New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-21
THE DISSOLTYIQS on HHR UNION.
a PLEA.
BY WENDELL PHILLIPS.

foEth the advantages OF o1eSofylnE tue OnlOn |
Not 4le interest wss excited by the eDdesvors of
sosue Of therettypres of Esrcokyn 20 excite riot
and many people exrectea that tire finest orator cf
New. England woulanOt be allowed togve his ncVel
end striking areumert Efe was listened to, however,
with thcsost profound attention, and but few senti'
nents excited even the r2est marks Of disapprcsaton
Mr. FaEoDoRF TILros, IN rising, at the request of
the Committee 70 ntrsduce the lecturer gave en- ac-
count ef the dit ,ultes which the Committee had bad
in sslectibg place Ger this lecture The Brooklyn
Tabernacle ayiDg been engaged ten days beforehand
refused at ate hour Konday evening 30 allow tho
borse 10 be used. On application 10 the Trustees OF
The Rev. n. Beeeher's Church, who happened at Wat
TINE 10 bs'n session, motion was eaered to grant
.b<ir e6fce st the usual charge, but, after |
an boer's discnssioD, was voted down. Inc |
Committee thus q second time repHised, applied az
midnight TO Mr.. Taylor, the Superintendent OF ene
Aihenvam who was in favor of free speech, aud i'm
mediatcly granted the hall. NIT. said he did not
aQfs with Mr. Phiiips's view Of the expcdiency OF
Weossey' President Of Yale College, who, on being
asked TO offer prayer at a Union Meeting 10 New
Haven, replied NO; don't care enough about the
Union TO pusy for it," He introduced Ar. Phillips
AMID loud demonstrations Of applause.
mr.. PHlLIaPs said: Ladies and Gentemen-l see
nc resson why the announcement that the subject Of
an address would be consider the dissolution OF the
Union shoe.d occasion any trouble, or give any one
apy, offense What are we ALL Anne icans with
only one obiect-the welfare of thirty millions Of peo-
ple; thinking men, with great Purposs-the sue
cess of this magnificent experiment OF seigovernment
There il the basis OF every mans civil me- NOW, II
one man thinks there is one road 10 that goal, aud
another man differs and selects different route each
is fully persuaded in his mnd, should there be
any tenderness and constituencies aoe1t the discussion
Of great public question, it would look as If there
existed somewhere half conscious doubt of the
tualyslue of the Union. This is timid, sensitive,
shrinking cautions, cowardly attempt to shelter the
question from discussion. Every speech is full Of eulo
fies Of the Union. When a man is perfectly well he
does not go about the street saying am WELL
Astor never up and down Wall street asking his
neiehbOrs to indorse his sovency They knew he was
solvent lie wrote bis name, and from here TO Cal
eutsa 1t wae enough. If he had ash ed The NEw.f DIRK
TRIHUSr and Herald and Times to publish that ne
vas solvent his notes would have been a. discount
that yer, day. have little suspicion in regard to
this seniitiyeness to the discussion OF the UDon and
shis continual incessant imporunate eulogy tnat mee
usin every political address. The earth stands IL
does not need meeting at Castle Garden to resolve
that the earth shall stand God fixed the laws OF gray
ity and that lie enough. l doubt, therefore, much
u whether these enthusiastic apostles believe what they
~ would have us to understand.
. He either s-sn his fate TOO much,
who ssIs to put Il to the touch,
To gain or lose II all
Now. when / come here to discuss the Union, what
is the question Why, when they Launched the
Great Eastern, you know abe had two magnificent
immense engines on board each the work OF diiier
n shop each under the control of Its MAKER OF course
one the sworn rival of the other and when the righ
the ship sank in the trough. Well we stand just
there, politically to-day. Am irepressibe conflict be-
tween great systems united in thirtythree States
by che verdict of the wsest statesmen rrepressble
conflict. Well, one man says they can both be good,
and go together and the other saystake out one,
they never can be made 10 60 together. Why should
not they both be heard [CheeriDg "Science, Gays
Lord Bacon "Ighs her torch at every mans candle.
In the great omentous issue of selfgovernng and
@r-l- ohn rIA ha 70
have sn opinion and bold TO utter 1t. That is all we
claim tonight the whole Of it. Which way shall the
problem be settled If the argument rests on the
other SIDE there will 60 the million. If rests with
ms, there win 20 the public thought. You may say
from Paradise down TO to-day, that two and two make
five, but 1t will not alter the weight Of the
planet Jupiter any than 9rasshoppers chrpng in
meadow. If 1 am right. the next generation will
think with me. How absurd, that in government
based on ideas referring itself to conscience governed
by opinion that should set themselves up TO be
afraid of every discussion and BESIDES If the argu
nent stands is alleged, Union resting on thirty
millions of happy people, prncely merchants, reverend
divines, grave Statement can It be lPlurea oy the
CLAUSE Well, why do / speak 10 you tonight in
regard to the American Union Friends,
have no interest in the American Union except
Anti. Slavery matter. have interest in the civil
affairs OF your thirty three States except as they affect
the Anti Slavery issue. l have no greater no more
imperative duty no greeter purpose in life than to Int
the PROSTATE raee, far God gives me the means
into education, liberty, and their rights. Cheers.
Now If the American Union stands bstwixt me and
fhatobect curse it; if it does not can reach my
purpose, and save all that you save, your
cherished institutions, it is matter OF the ut
most indifference to me. i acknowledge however,
fhst love justice and liberty more than human nstu-
ttons. No parchment, however sacred, no machinery
of government, however venerable Is anything TO me
compared with the rights of the lowest individual that
walks on the surface of our thirtythre States do
mot Ike Mr. Stewards motto. There Is something IN
phrases We mourn the statesman OF Marshheld
IA his great fall Of the 9TH OF March, looO,
but eyen he said elderly and Umon," put
. ting Liberty frat and Union afterward Inc
ReDublcan representative of 1860 says the Republ-
cans swear to the Union and link to il the idea OF lib
erty do not like the conocaton. II ia significant OF
perspective which dstrust. But, ladies' ana gen.
tlsmen. what is the Slave system? -Four millions,
race robbed of their rights herded with the brntes;
father with no children, husband with no wife, Wiie
with no children denied the Bible by statute, herd
ed In promiscuous coacubinage by law, 10 |
teach them to read indictable oftense, prosu-
tuition the legal fate of every sixth woman
In The Republic. That is the Slave system. why |
does II exist 10 these States Go from the North pole
TO the Southern cape there s only one spot except ours
that has not yielded up the system TO the spirit OF she
aea.--Brazl. With that exception, Mexico and every
South American Republic, has gotten rid OF slavery
AS Mr. Seward has pointed ont, and as the Aboliion-
lists baye been saying for ten years this result IL All tne
more remarkable, because the spirit OF tDe age IL
against u.s. Europe for the last generation, has been
lifting off chains melting letters, elevating the iaborng
.elssses into civil rights. The whole channel OF the
last century is deep with the steps OF popular
progress and elevation Far east az Russia the despot
bends from hrs throne 10 take OIL chains NO naon IN
Europe, no matter how much the victim OF corrdpt
faith OF aristocratc Government exists that has
not relieved the people, that has not gone stride after
stride IN favor OF popular rights. Despotism is writ
ten all over with revolution in favor Of the