The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-24
Wendell Philips on the War.

Wendell Philips on the War.
At tho Music Hall N Boston. on recent
Sunday. Wendell Philips threw off his
scruples against war, declaring that the
time for peaceful measures has passed., and
| that tho great batile bctwecn civilization
ard harbarism is now to 10 fought
| We copy from this discourse tho follow
ing eloquent passages
| THE WAR MARCH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
! Many times this winter, here aud else.
where. | havo cnunscled peacc-urged MS
know how, the cxpediuncy of acknowledging
a Southern Confudcracv. md the peaceful
separation of ihcsc thirty-fnur States. Que
ot the journals ANNOUNCES TO you that
come hero this morning to retract these
| opinions. No not one of them! Appause
! need thom all-everv word | have spoken
this winrcr-overy act of twenty five wears
of my life, to make tho welcome givc .his
war hearty and hot. Civil war is a mo
montous evil.
I, needs tho sounilest, most solemn justi-
fcation. l rejoice before Gnd to-day for
every word that have spoken counsoling
poacc; aud rejoice with an especially pro
found gratitude. that for the first time in
my auti slavery life, I speak under tho
stars and stripes. and welcome tho tread OF
Massachusetts men marshalled for war.
Enthusiastic cheering No matter what
the past has been or SAID; to day tho slave
asks God tor sight of this banner, and
counts it the pledge of his redemption.
[Appiausc.] Hitherto it may havc meant
what you thought. or what | did to-day il
represents Sovereignty and Justice. Re.
newcd applausr.l The only mistake that
have made was in surprising Massachusetts
wholly chokcd with cotton aud cankorcd
with gold. Loud chearing.] Tho South
thought hcr patience and generous willing
ness for peace were cowardlcc; TO day
shows tho mistake. She has been sleeping
on hor arms since &c and the first cannon.
shot brings her 10 her feet riih ihe mnr cry
Of The Rrvoiution on her lips. Loud cheers
Any man who loves either liberty or man.
hood must rejoice ut such an hour. Ap
plausr.J
THE WAR ONE OF SELF DEFENCE.
Our struggle, therefore. is no struggle
between diff, rent ideas. bur b1!toeen bdr6dr-
! ism and ciuiiizI.ioh Such cnn only be ssttird
by arms. prolonged cheering The gov.
crnmcnt has waited until it's best friends
almost suspected its integrity; but the
cannon shot on Fort Sumter has opened
tho only door out of this hour. There
were but two; one was compromise. the
other was battle. Tho integrity Of the
North closed tho first, the generous for
bearance Of nineteen States closed the her.
| Tho South opcned this with cannon shot
and Lincoln shows himself at tho door.
Prolonged and enthusiastic cheering
WASHINGTON uCR THERMoPYLE.
Tho War, then. is not aggressive but in
sclf.dcfcncc. and Hashing,on has brcome the
TAermopyfae Of ib"riy d.d Justice. APP
plause. Rather than surrender il, cover
every square foot of it with living body;
Cloud cheers . crowd il with a million OF
men, and ompty every hank vault at the
North to pay tho cost (Ronewed cheering
Teach the world onto for all, that America
belongs to the stars and stripes, and under
thom no man shalt wear q chain. Enihu-
siastic cheering In the whole of this con
tiicr, ] have looked only at libcrry-only at
tho s!avo. Porrv entored the battle of tho
lakes with, Don't givo up tho ship l0at-
ing from tho mast head of tho Lawrence
When with his fighting flag no loft hor
crippled. hoading north. and mounting the
deck of tho Niagara, turned her bow duo
west, no did all for ono purposo-:o rake
tho decks of tho too. Acknowledge secoss
ion. or cannonaGo il. | caro- not which (;
! but "PiOclaim liberty throughout all tho
land unto all tho Inhabitants thereof. -
Loud cheers.
wAsIIINGToN OR MONTGOMERY THE CAPITAL.
The South, IT tho truth bo told, cannot
wait. Like all usurpers. thoy dare not give
time for tho people 10 criticise thoir title
! TO power. War and tumult must conceal
the irrrgularity of their civil course and
smother discomfort aud criticism at tho
same time. Besides, bankruptcy at homo
eau 1.-Two out its short term of possible OK
| istoGce only by conquest on land and piracy
at sea. Aud, further, only by war, by op'
peal to popular frenzy, can they hope to
delude tho border states 10 join them. War
is tho breath OF their life.
To.day, therefore, tho question is, BY tho
voice OF tho South. "Shal Washington or
Montgomery own the Continent"
Aud tho North says, From tho Cuff TO
the Pole, tho Stars aud Stripes shall atone
to four millions of negroes. whom wo have
forgotten for seventy years; and, before
you break tho Union, wo shall SEQ that
justice is done to the slave. Enthusiastic
and long.conlinued cheers
NO MORE COMPROMISE MAssACHUsETTs BLOOD
MUST be AVENGED
There Is only Quo thing that those cannon
shots in tho harbor of Charleston settled.
and that is. that there neuer cdh be conf
promise. Loud applause. We abolition
ists have doubted whether this Union meant
Justice and libor,y. We have doubted tho
honest intention of nineteen millions of
pooplo. They havo said in answer to our
criticism, "Wo believe that the fathers
moant to establish justice. We bolieve that
theTo are hidden ia the armory of the Con-
stitution weapons strong enough TO secure
it. We are wiling yet TO try tho expert
meDt Grant us time" We have doubted,
deridad tho nretonca as wa Runnoscd Du.