New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-19
WENDELL PHILLIPS ON SLAVERY AND
THE UNION.

slave. TApplsuse. For the first time, the consti-
tuted authorities of the nation make step toward
that great motto" Freedom National and give
us Capital without chain. lCheers Neither
you nor could have naturally expected to live TO
see that result Not the most sanguine Of us could
have hoped that auy means ho could call into
cise would far prevail against the seeming interest
and the well-ancbored institutions of the country ma
to coDsecrate even the District TO Liberty IN our
day. We have lived to gee 70 much In nation
that moves so fast an we do II gives us good hope
that those are yet living, in middle bte within these
walls who shall see the whole continent. as far at
least as il acknowledges the Stars and Stripes, clean
aud free from the iet,er OF a slave Applause
Nothing cen save Slavery. MIR. Lincoln, the ma.
tion, may abolish Slavery they cannot save it, God
appealed frs; TO the pulpiis-they were barred
against bis Iuesseneer; he appealed 10 balios-they
We're too slow for his methods he appeals TO bullets,
and the slaves OF the District arc the rst trophies
Of his victory. ApPlnusel The strength OF
Slavery las been in the idea of the North that there
wss something sacred in the compromises Of tho
Constitution, something graceful, cvalrc, and pic
turesque ia the slav, holoer and his eystem. Thai
delusion goes ont at Manassss-thc skrlls OF brave
inen used for drinking vessels. 1t goes out at Fort
Donelson and PittsbuIg, when chivnry took to ils
heels before the men whom had affected TO despise
Applause Never again will the Norih st down
blind worshpers OF a civilization supposed TO be bet
ter than tleir own We were mobbed from tie John
Brown meeting little more than year ago.
have heard the "John Brown Song" on the sea
cred roll of Virginia, ard the Court-H House 10
which he was doomed to death is the barracks OF
Massachusetts regiment. Who believed when, a
year ago to-day, the 9th Massachusetts regiment
hurried TO save the ca,al that to-day emancipation
would be decreed in the District aud Northern regi-
ments hold Virginia under their feet Yet 80 it Is
But yet do not think the act abolis' ing Slavery
in the District, broad and marked as il s, so signii
cant the message of the President. After all the
Inf fla of
ion Of the people. He holds out his bands to the
millions and says, "Support met We have not
vet answered lin officially. That message OF his ID
The boldest voice yet heard over the continent. III
means more than men accord 10 il. May tell You
story he always tells one. lanehterI hoiloinR
some criticisms upon his message, lie taid' mere s
more in il than people zee. Dld yon ever behi 'ne
story Of the IrisLman who went down 10 the s'a'r
| of Maine, in Maine Liquor Law iine' ana hShen Ioi
a glass OF soda water, addihr, 'Couldn I you ph
drop Of the crather in 1t unb.know 10 myseI! 20
| have put q lnge drop Of tho crathcr III II uhoe-
known 10 them lAppiause.
4 That II ssaYe says ihis, Substantially; 1eh'emeh'
now is your time TO sell. If YOU don't seilc "a, snd
another twelve months sweeps what you call prop
erty from your grasp, without omleuALii0n, never
say did not give YOU fair hothe. lAprhi1c.
That is one half tie Message the other hnif Is AL
arrow q fight beyond even that, Tor 1t SAYS ltis;
&" Geatleiaen il YOU will rell, / VIII buy. Hat
means that rebellion has given him the night TO buy
and be gocs on 70 say: " II The abolition OF Slavery
be an Efficient means of ending tlis war, II / hud
cannon unsuccessful, shall ny efficient mcans:
ln other words: Gentlemen, will buy If you VIII
trade. Ii YOU won't trace, remember that AaYn
the right 10 take" Pregnant vofdsl lie hspg
that you 1.-Two to hear them from the head 81 the
Government. For the hnt Tine ic the history OF Tie
Government, it has done at anii-Slayery act; i has
spoken an aUti-SlayeTy word. Applsuse. Enough
TO have gained in twelve months.
The massea are 10 settle this question. not the
statesmen. They stand. to-day, doulting and IN
creduloue Of the purpose and intelligence OF the
rnuss<e Tie President sid TO a Lending RepubIiean
poItirian Of New-York, 'sWby do Mt you bold CON
ventiops often, and let me feel the mind Of the
nation7 You cannot crelte as much hht-olNory
feeling ss we shall need before we get through ihis
war IApplause.l In other words, the President
holds out hs ha ds to the people, and says" I'm
right7 How far maySi GO" Answer him. Tell
him the ice Thick thus far, and VIII be tlcker an
arrows fight ahead. Tell him that If his inestaRe
To the Border States leads you 70 say Amen, mes
ssge 70 the Gulf States that says Liberty will have
ten.fold Amen. Loud applause.
/ We stand Just here The Gull states have mace
Nd their minds-they want Slavery without the on-
ION Outelde Of New-Orleans which knows that If
be has not the great valley OF the Mississippi behind
her, she is desert. DO not believe in any Union
,m in the Gulf States. Tue BOrser Sttes have made
up their minds, for the preucnt-lhey want Slavery
AID the Union. The North, believe III its misses,
has made up It's mnd-it wants the Union without
Slavery Loud applause. III that public sentiment
can be Iipened and made manifest, tie Union IL
saved; if cannot or if il does not exist the Union
is gone No jugge. 10 trick, osupeIhcial arrange
ment ii possible. We have reached The level of re-
aity II the Union il not really and absolutely, the
nreierence above everything. Of the alorty Of tie
North then it is gone. believe il IL, and that 1t il
our duty to make il manifest 10 the leading author-
te-.
Presideut's Message in regard TO compensation ana
colouization-excellent things, he sad # properly
anrhed ColOnize the black, we get nd Of hands;
eolonize the whites, we get rid OF m0uths 10 u
was the slaves who should be compensated, not the
,oasters as t. matter Of justeei but yet, the nation
would compensate the masters, because they could
not take care Of themselves, and BET the slaves ee,
because they could. He ridiculcd the idea that the
eufrauclised slave, would nlsh % the North. They
would stay where they are, because they like The
climate and accustomed to The cultivation oil the
producte raised on that toil.
] Mr.. Phillips spoke Of the devotion OF some West
ern men whom DO met to the cause OIL The country,
who had given all their sons to is service, asking
only that, If they should fall upon the bapie-hed
liberty should spring from their blood. He said he
did not believe Mcclellan 10 be traitor, but he
tbought he represented with Buel aud llaleck, the
Fairfaxes snd Essexes 10 the English Revolution of
1910. who were anxious not to hurt anybody while
Fremont, Sigel, and Hunter rePresenled Cromwell
and Ireton who were not afraid 10 btiike even the
King. "a
In conclusion, Mr. Phillips spoke OF the support he
had received AT the West from the Germans, r.
marking that, whenever he was threatened with
mob he was certain OF receiving an ohcr IRON 'De
Gernans of their lives and their bodies. AF-
planse.I lie came home with one idea. No fan'
kee no Buckeye, no Ioosier, no natives no ioreisi'-
era no black no white no German, no saxon, ~
that beautiful future which we bebohi-onl, hmen-
can citizens, with one law i@rl @im cvIa s 70 1
Gulf, from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific every race,
every man, free; and Union indiv.ible IN iis III
fercs and is patriotism IA the granite thai under
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