The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-04-25
LETTER FROM our BOSTON COR
RESPONDENT.

BosroS, April 10, lNG2.
The great champion Of the radicals, Wen.
dell Phillips, has returned after somewhat
extended tour through the west, and on
Thursday evening, April Il, in response To an
invitation by the fraternity, he delivered an
address, the subject Of which was Washing
ton and the West"
" Armed and equipped rs" etc, wo pro.
ceeded to the Temple, where were assembled
very respectable number of people. Prior
to the appearance of the orator, but little
worthy Of note occurred.
Promptly at : o'clock the orator, accompa.
MED by several champions Of freedom, enter.
ell the hall, and was greeted with immense
applause. which was repeated adi,bihim dur.
ing the evening whenever his enthusiastic
auditors imagined his allusion to Greeiom lie.
manded 1t, Your correspondent fortunately
obtained n seat near DR.. ---, who was one
Of the most attentive listeners.
The placid smile which illuminated his
face the gentle nodiing Of his head indicating
his entire endorsement Of every idea, togeth-
cr with his drcam.lIke, sentimental expression
Of cDuntcnancc were in perfect accord with
the OCCASION. lie seemed to absorb every sen.
tmcnt, and with such amazing rapidity, too
that occasionally he preceded the orator.
! Ouc instance will Indicate sufficiently the
absurdi'y Of the scene. Mr.. Phillips had
! spoken Of the president, and given US to un.
derstand that his particular intirmity was not
want ct deSue nor purpose, but wW. tina,
is, t. second all the efforts made to abolish
slavery in the United States. He then pro.
ccedcd to speak Of the cabinet, which he af
frmed was composed entirely aud solely ot
one man.
At this announcement my ncighbor'- face
! beamci with II most expressive smile, and
rovsing himself into the semi unconscious
state into which he had fallen ia state Of mind
entirely adapted to the comprehension of the
orators remarks with an expression of tri.
umph he whispered to some of hi, friends
Seward Seward"
The orator informed US that the cabinet
consisted Of the secretary OF war. Mr.. Stan.
ton Tho Dr's face suddenly became elonga.
ted. The intclligcut(?) smile vanished, and
he rclHpsei into kind of torpor from which
only the departure Of the audience awakened
him.
| MIR. Stanton, said he, is not an abolitionjst
! but he is on the anxious seat. ithowever or-
Cured to your correspondent, that if the sec.
| rotary Of war had any anxiety in reference to
the matter, it was occaSioned by his great de.
sire to counteract the influence Of such men
as Mr.. Phillips and his school of politicians.
We were assured that the president and Mr..
Stanton made Il working team, one supplying
what was deficient in the other. Chase. said
he, has become ohscured by his financial OF.
erat'ons, and to-day, " Chase issynonymous
with 'hnances.' Seward has become entire.
| ly obsolete a. "A cabinet officer since his ccc.
brated letter to Mr. Dayton in which he pre-
dlcted that this rebellion would be crushed
and peace restored, without changing the sta,
tus Of a single individual.
No aIlusion was made to the other mem
bers Of the cabinet, and the orators deduction
was that Stanton was the entire cabinet. per.
forming all the functions Of the various de.
partments.
lie descanted at length upon the preside
message relative to gradual cmanclp patton, ana
with unblushing etfrontery told us it was in
tended by the president as but the intiatory
measure, the grand result of which would be
the abolition of slavery.
What the president said to the border states
he would repeat to the gulf states with ten
fold emphasis" Gentlemen, if you wish to
SELL will buy if you will not sell, your ac
ton has given me right to take, and | pU
take. If you do not improve this opportuni-
ty, another twelve months sweeps what you
call property from your grasp. Never say
did not give you fair warning"
The usual amount of fault was found with
Mcclellan, llalleck, Buell. and Grant, and
especially with the former.
These were the Fairlaxes and Essexes Of
the seventeenth century who were afraid of
hurting some one. They must be deposedand
and the Cromwells and Sertons who were
not afraid to kill the king himself, must ho
placed in command.
The orator entirely ignored the fact that in
the west important victories had been recent.
ly achieved by our army and navy. ami eyi. .
IDENTIFY considered the refusal to yield to the
camorous demands of the radicals proceed. /
ing SO niquitous as to etiace entirely the glo.
~ OF any seeming successes.
Allusion was made to the very touching re.
ee?tion given him in the west. 1t was no.
.iceauIe' however, that he maintained pro. .
iouno silence regarding the understandable q