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tExtracts from Wendell Phillips Discourse in Music
Hail, Boston, April 2l, lS6ll
THE WAR MARCH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Many times this winter, here and elsewhere
l have counselled peace--urged, as we'll as |
know how, the expedency of acknowledging
southern enntrderacv and the peaceful sena
ration OF these thirty-iour states. One OF tie
journals announces to you that come here
this morning to retract those opinions. No,
not one of Them (Applause.) l need them
all-every word l have spoken this winter
every act of twenty five years OF my life, to
make the welcome give this war hearty and
hot. Civil war is Il momentous evil 1t needs
the soundest most solemn justification. | re-
joice before God to-day for every word have
spoken counseing peace and rejoice with
an especially profound gratitude, that for the
first time in my anti slavery life, speak under
the stars and stripes, and welcome the tread
OF Massachusetts men marshaed for war.
Enthusiastic cheerng) No matter what the
past has been or said o.day the slave asks
God tor a sight at this banner, and counts it
the pledge Of his redemption. (ApplauSe.)
Hitherto it may have meant what you thought
or what l did, today it represents sovereignty
and justice. (Renewed applause.) The only
mistake that have was in supposing Massa
chusetts wholly choked with cotton and can
kered with gold. Loud cheering The
south thought her patience and generous will
ingness tor peace were cowardice to-day
shows the mistake. Size has been sleeping on
her arms since '76, and the first cannon shot
brings her to her feet ooh the toar-cfy othe Revo-
luton on her lips. Loud cheers.) Any man
who loves either liberty or manhood must re-
joice at such an hour. (Applause
TIE WAR ONE OF SELF DEFENCE.
Our struggle, therefore, is no struggle be-
tween ferent ideas, but betaceen barbariSm and
ciUiiiSdtioa. Such only be settled by arms.
prolonged cheering. The government have
waited until its best friends almost suspected
its courage or its integrity but the cannon
shot against Fort Sumter has opened the only
door out of this hour. There were but two,
one was compromise, the other was battle.
The integrity OF the north closed the FIRST the
generous iorbearance OF nineteen states closed
the other. The south opened this with can
non shot and Lincoln shows himself at the
door. prolonged and enthusiastic cheers.)
WASHINGTON OUR THERMoPYLAE.
The war, then, is not aggressive but in self
defence, and Washington has become the Iher.
mopylg of liberty and justice. (Applause.)
Rather than surrender it, cover every square
foot of it with living body Qoud cheers j
crowd it with million men, and empty every
bank vault at the north to pay the cost Re-
newed cheering.) Teach the world once for
all, that North America belongs to the stars
a chain. Enthusiastic cheering) In the
whole of this conflict have only looked at
liberty-only at The slave. Perry entered the
battle of the lakes with ''don't give up the
ship" floating from the masthead of the Law
renee. When with his fighting flag he left her
crippled, heading north and mounting the
deck of the Niagara, turned her bows due
west, he did all lor one purpose-to rake the
decks OF the foe. Acknowledge secession or
cannonade it, | care not which but proclaim
liberty Throughout all the land unto all the in
habilants thereof" loud cheers)
WASHINGTON OR MONTGOMERY THE CAPITAL.
The south, if the truth be told, cannot wait
Like all usurpers, they dare not give time for
the people to critcise their title to power
War ard tumnlt must conceal the irregularity
of their civil course, and smoother discomfort
and criticism at the same time. Besides, bank.
urptcy at home can live out its short term o
possible existence only by conquest on land
and piracy at sea- And, further, only by war
by appeal to popular frenzy, can they hope tc
deude the border states to join them War il
the b cath of their life. To-day, therefore
the question is, by the voice of the south
'shall Washington OR Montgomery own the
continent. 2" And the north says, "from the
gull 10 the pole, the stars and stripes shal
atone to four million ofnegroes whom we have
forgotten for seventy years and before you
break the Union we shall see that Justice il
done TO the slave. Enthusiastic and long
continued cheers)
NO MORE coMPRoMIsEs--MAssACHU
BLOOD MUST BE AVENGED.
There is only one thing thai these cannon
shot in the harbor of Charleston settled, anC
/ that is, that there neUer can be compromise
| loud applause) We abolitionists have
doubted whether this Union really means jus
tice and liberty. We have doubted the hon
est intentions of nineteen million of people
They have said, in answer to our criticism
ave believe that the fathers meant to estab
lish justice. We believe that there are hiddel
to tie Arnory of the Constitution weapon
strong enough to hold it. We are willing ye
to try the experiment Grant us time." W.
have doubted, derided the pretence, as w