, 1862-03-31


There was, beyond the present enjoyment
Of an intellectual feast, In the utterances Of
the siycr-tongusd orator, abundant food for
thought in the lecture Of Mr. Phillips, at BTy-
an Hill on Friday evening, Of which we gave
IN incomplete report in our last issue. It was
richly suggestive, and thinking mtn willing to
know the truth and to walk il the Light, came
away sadder than they entered the hall, sadder
il they gained new and more adequate idea
OF the task set before the American people
the duties it entails, and the sacrifices that
cannot be avoided; sadder and yet nerved
anew and with better appreciation Of the
crisis that has come upon us. We do not con-
template repetition even in part Of the report
We have already given, but the leading ideas Of
Mr.. Phillips We wish might be sent broadcast
through the land to sink deep into the minds
Of all lovers Of their country. TheF cannot
he too often repeated In the view of the
lecturer, men In Congress, and out Of it, are
poor students Of History, and still worse OBJ
servers Of the age in which they live, who place
the present war upon the narrow basis Of
mere revolt, to be quelled by show of force,
!. and IN array Of cannon. It is revolution, q
great uuheaying that has grown out Of natural
causes, as resistless in its force as an earth
quake, and not to tie followed by the same
order Of events as that which it disturbed,
Kfr. Phillips referred to History to show that
it is what has taken place in the life OF all ma
lions, in the struggle between two profisely
the same elements, Aristocraey with capital
and ignorance, striving against Democracy
with its thinking braiu and the ltmfless fruits
Of intelligence and industry. The mode has
differed bnt the principle has been the same
In cur own country the aristocratic element
means thRt four million black slaves shall be
bought and sold, and six million whites be de-
graded, In order that = few hundred Thousand
slave cwnens may win wealth and power.
And Democracy is represented by nineteen
free States with al thelr power and great
ness. There can be but one result
to the var; there is no peace to
be purchased save by utter cxtermination Of
The principle Of one side OF the other, and be-
cause 1recmcn will not be e1te1minated the
shareholders must They must pass away as
class, even as the cavaliers Of England went
down there, can be no pence until then
The lecturer stated his remedy for the ma
liona1 evil squ2rel5 and plainly, Emancipation.
With the advance Of our armies, Freedom, he
said, should go forward. With claborateness
he pictured the effect Of this policy. The
rebel STAKEHOLDER loses his Slaves by forfeit.
The loyal master willing to sustain the
Government, shall be paid. And nov
what follows. IF our armies advance as nov
without emancipation the cause makes NJ
friends. The white race are sore from defeat
The Disappointed negro, who reads Liberty il
the Aar If we do not, suIlenIy sees his chain.
ziehtcned. On the contrary, with Freedom II
The van OF our army: the lova1 master finds r.
his hand bond of the United States. the nr;cf
Of his slaves. He knows it's value depend:
upon the safety Of the Union. Heis thus DC
cuniarily interested in loyalty. The ban 0
Labor is taken of. New fields are opened X
Intelligence and Progress long denied to tn
white masses in the Slave States. 4 boon
secured the poor whites, when they come t
realize it, that gives them new charte
of manhood. The grateful negro rise
from This bondage to begin the deyel
.o.,u,cnt lis Creator intended for him
The flayeoBuer alone is useless, as such. mn
by Natures Irresistible Law must pass away
All this which we briefly present as Mr, Phi
1ips,s view Of the cause and cure Of the VA,
7,e did not fail 10 aecamnapy With a confess3o
nfthe thorur patf of dif6cu}ftes which inte,
c.nes bcfore the xorl con,a bp rea1;7ca :
lie fhrouch yc,rs of ach. and 5onbt on1 A.
arass;or, Rut there is M other wov-n
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