Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-26
A REMARKABLE SPEECH.

Philips will be pr"no"ncch by all the most re.
markab'c aml Noteworthy. 1t was delivered
"n the 9th inst, IL, New Be'iinrl, Mass. and is
thus reported by correspondent of the Bos.
ton Tmsc.Tp:
NEw Gl:nrorp, Mass. April TO- 1861.
NiE. EnlroE: Wendell PHILIPS delivered
lecture before our I.yccum last evening, in.
ienselypoiticai ia. its character in the course
cf which he TOOK occasion to comment on the
news just received from Charleston. send
YOU specimen of his brilliant and erratic
ideas, in'lris own language. The lecture. was
interrupted by frequent misses:
"The telegraph is Said to.,ferort tonight
that the guns are firing either oht. of Fort
Sumter or-into it-that to morrow,s breeze
when it sweeps from the North will bring to
us the echo of the first Lexington battle Of the
new revolution. We'll, ,.dWliat shall we say Of
such an hoursg; own feeling is double one.
IT Is like the triomph Of sniness-rejoicing and
SORROW. l cannot, indeed, congratulate you
enough on Che sublime sPec,ub!c Of twenty
millions Of people educated in twelvcmontl,
up to being willing that their idolized Union
should rislSa battle, should risk dissolution, in
of slave States.
Eut om sorry that gun should hc fred at
FortSumter, or that n gun should he fired
from 1T, for this reason. The Administration
at Washington h"csnpt know lis time Here
are series of States g;rdling the gulf who
think that their peculiar Institutions require
that they skocld have separate government.
Trey had right to !e"rlc that question with
out appealing, 10 you orme. a large body of
people, sufficient 10 make nation, have COME
to the conclusion that they will have a gov.
ernment Of a certain form. Who denies. them
the right9 Standing with the principles of
'76 behind Us, wiz" can lenythcm the right 2
What is q matter Of few millions IF dollars
or few for,ss TITS mere droc, in the buck
ct Of lhe great rationa! question. It is theirs
Just as much as ours. maintain. on the prin.
'cip!es of 'iG that Abraham Lincoln hns no
right TO a soldier in Fort Sumter.
But tha question comes secondly, Suppose
we hal right to interfere. what is the COOL
OF III You may punish South Carolina for 90.
ing out of the Union. That does not bring
her in. lcu may subdue hcr.by hundreds of
thousands of armies. but that does not make
hera State. THERE'S no longer Union. It
is snolhing but boys play. Mr.. jefferson Davis
Is angry, and Mr. Abraham Lincoln is mad,
andthey agree to fight. One, two or three
years hence,yif the news of this afternoon is
correct, we shall have gone through war.
spent millions, required the death of a hundred
thousand men, and be exactly then where we
are now-two nations: little more angry. a
little poorer, and great deal wiser; and that
Will be the only difference. We may just as
wellsettlc it now as then. IT,, 'T =
You cannot go, through Massachusetts and
recruit mehto lombard Charleston or New Or.
leans. 1hcsNorthern mind will not bear it,
You never can make such war popular The
hrst onset may be borne. The telegraph may
BRING us news that Anderson has bombarded
Charleston, and"you may rejoice But the
sober second thought Of Massachusetts will be.
""steiui' unchrislany guilty" The North
never VIII endorse such war; Instead of
conIuering Charleston, ,&you create Charles
ton in New England. You stir up sympathy
for the South.
Therefore, it seems to me that the inaucura. !.
t'on OF war IS not only violation of,prineiple
but itisa a violation,o OF cxpediency. & -
.Toste for disunion in Boston is.to be an
AooiltionIst. 10 be against disunion is;too Be
an Abo'itonistto- day in the strests of Charles.
Ton. Now, that very state of things .hgws
that the civilization Of the two cities is utterly
antagonistie.: What the use of-tryinc to
join thema Is Abraham Lincoln capable ot
making fire and powderle. down together in
peaces If he can, let him send his army tc
Fort Sumter ard occupy it.
But understand me. believe in the Unior
exactly as you do. in the future. This is m,
proposition: "Go out, gentlemen: You arc vel
come to your empire-take it," Let them try
the exp eri'nent Of cheating with one hand and
1dieness with the other. know that God liza.
written Bankruptcy" over such an exper:.
ment. If you cannonade South Carolina. Won
connonade hcr into the sympathy of the world
do not know 1pw but VIII alta moioritv there
is on my side; but 1 Know tl6sfi that if the
telegraph speaks true tonight, that tie gun.
are echoing around Fort Sumter, then maiori
ty is against us, for it will convert every man
into seeessionist. Besides there is anotbe,
fearful element in the problem. There is an
other terrible consideration. We can then nc
longeEsxtead to the black race at the. South
our estsympathy and our best aid. %
We stand tonight at.the beginipe OF, an
epoch which may, 4l,arc the peace or;ihs ruin i,
generation in it's bosom. Inaugurste war
we know not where it will end. We are in no
condition foSGgs The South ispoor, ssawe
nre rich. The poor man can d6'tyice ihe in
jury to the rich man that tho rich can do To
the poor. Your gealdr- -;5ss safely on the
bosom Of The ocean. All New England has il;
mllloSsnheM The Korlhy whIsas every .ses
with ass@saths TAs sophEbss pSssae aeassse,
but she can Cuy tho privatteers of es1a VA fac.
to prey on yours III ira dangerous st,ij5S When
wealth qhAfrels WITH poverty 1'fEF
Driven zen TO to despair, the Southern States may
t'ss poor 40 and bahkrups bs.-the ,poofess 1ias
Gamble 4 eiFststand % Bng as New EngIsndii
t2Rnagesiaa eftbst of the ciyilised, void
.se South Gan ptiaish New, Ishglaad mote than
AtY Eng sss ,pbniish ttkks.s Wa nposnyS