Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-11-08
Ai19mon0 Enquirer.
BY RITcHIE. DUNNAvANT, TYLER & WISE
NOVEMBER 8, 1850.
WENDELL PHILLIPS LECTURE.

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WENDELL PHILLIPS LECTURE.
IN this issue Of the Enquirer" our readers
will find the last manifesto Of treason preached
or lectured by Wendell Phillips, in brooklyn.
In the present excited condition Of public SEN
timcnt, with two mcn already condemned to
death for treason and four others imprisoned
and awaiting trial. with very mrny others at
: large, liable to be demanded by the Executive
Of the State and brought 10 trial. it WIS hoped
that no man would fan the flame Of dsunion
by uttering sentiments calculated to rouse sec
( tional feelings 10 point of actual outbreak
But this man Phillips, with the security which
distance affords, breaches, in the city Of Brook
lyn, the treason and crime wr insert in to.days
Enquirer" The importance Of this lecture is
due more 10 the fact. th1t it was listened to
ani appIau,icd, than Ia the mar who delivered
it. ~ the sentiments il contains
Falschood and treason lose none Of their in
fanny because Of the. novelty in which they are
expressed. or the impudrnce with which they
are avowcd; and Mr.. Phillips IS none the less
crimina! because the citizens Of Brooklyn
laughed at and applaudcd his iaisehood and
trc1son
Mr. Phillips and John Brown, the apostle and
the nartyr oi negro stealing and deliberate
murder, are not agreed in tie Lesson If the
Honr" Tie apostle Phillips falsely styles the
llarpcrs Ferry cmcutc an lnsurrection,
and the martyr Rrowm falsely AYERS to have
intended by the same act merely ncgro.steal
Ing. Mr.. Phillips would make John Brown
hero Of liberty, but the fear of death van
quiShcd John Browns hcroiSm, and made him
falsely ayow his intention 10 haze been merely
To run of r"grors
Wien examined by Gov. Wise IN the pres.
cnce or the Magistrates and others at llarper's
liberation, iorciblc lbcration if necessary, of
the slaves of Maryland and Virginia, and en-
phatcaly denied nil intention OF running off
the acgra,... The organization of the Proyis
lonal Government p:u.s, the intention to have
been revolution and insurrecton, and not the
running oil Of >lavrs--but the fear Ct death
unncrvcs John Brown, and he degencrales from
Mr. Phillips chief of I revolution to the leader
Of gang OF thieves from Mr.. Phillips hero
of liberty 10 the criminal guilty Of larceny,
from the Martyr to the Fclon.
1t is no; with the sad Ealsehood The criminal
Brown has just uttered, nor with the greater
Galscllood Of the still greater criminal Phillips,
that we at present have TO deal.
Wendcl! Phillips, safe in Boston, is response
Die for john BrowG :ncarccratcd in Charles
town Upon such men as Wendell Philips is
the blood Of Brown and his five associates;
and though hardened in vilany at present,
death may yet unncrvc Phillips, and he TOO
may cry out "pecracj' as poor Brown has
just done.
What mcans the applause that greeted the
treason Of Phillips in brooklyn? What is the
wordt to understand from an such exhibition OF
APPRECIATION LsLim he GoeonmcHt cttr"pfo-
plea. d:d>rcn, IN our sentiments ?f right and
,rjpny az r5 are IN oRr Institutions! When
al mpuGcnt scourdrei, avowing hinscl! ''rot
citizen. a.>criS that one Of the States Of the
CHirGyracy is aot Government, 1t wo'iid
pas, uahccGcd, did il not meet the appreciation
AMI enlist the attention ol = crowded audience
from sister State Our NortitrH brethren,
by such exhibitions q; appreciation, are
flaming the flame Of civil discord, which,
in an uulooket' lor hour will burst forth intoa
consuming cnr.:lagratou. We shall feed the
uow smouldcr..g cmh"r, with every particle OF
furl furnished ny toe Northern fanatics. As
or. n, conservatism sits silent, and listens COW
aru.l:kr. :" -uci! treason, we shall inform our
rcat,rs Of public sentiment at tho North. and
if the Information jNtl"m.S, why let the conSe-
uucnrvS fall upon the authors and ahettors. It
Is lolly 10 point Southern people to the North
en- press AS evidence that Brown is cXccra'cd
At the North \ few more such pubic meet
ln.- a. tnat which applauded Phillips, will
satisfy the people Of the South that the lnion
has served its purpose, that we are two differ
cnt people, and tha; all efforts at continued
good feeling. under common Government, are
futll".
We Indulge in no threat, "i dI>nnlon, we
consider such threats aS unbecoming The South;
but ia honest faith and iruth We affirm, that
the abscncc At the South of III! threats,
all vain .asconadc at public meetings and
windy resolutions cvIdcacc = condition of
public sentiment and feeling with which it is
treasonablc to taprpcr. # there are parties at
the North who desire dissolution, they have
seized tic best means by which TO accom-
plish their wishes Public feeling OF insccu-
ritv i, tie EA;oa was aroused by the llarpers
Ferry tmcut.. 4 craa. wrong 10 Sovereign
State was there pcrpctrated, private citizens
brutaIy murdered public property insoently
seized and testroyed--if these things take
place in tie Tnion, coa ,co,se happs,, art 9f
IL? E,.unGcr tho form of Cnnfrdcracy, such
wrongs are rcrpe,ratci, will an existence ms
separate and independent nations bring any
greater :a!a!nllcS:
These are the question, now asked from
nei.hbor 10 Hcighbnr-ai! subjects Of party
politics are forgotten; anxious enquiry is made
every dav whether the Southern Senator'S will
take their seats with Seward, Hale and Sumner;
implicated as they have been III this affair 10
ag:ravate such state OF publc sentiment, with
charges and H. situations ofwcaknesS, cnwardlce
and injustice; with SANDERS against the Execu-
tive and people Of the injured State. is treason
worse than that Of Brnwn--to listen to, applaud
and approve, is wic,ednesS only surpassed by
the impudcn. ard impertncnt scoundrel who
uttered and published the treason.
The wickclncss Of Wendell Phillips reaches
its climax in speaking Of Virginia, while
his consumma!c ignorance bears testimony to
L.. L.. .ratnn. .;uuv Lie snnnis Of Inv