, 1862-03-22
WENDELL PHILLIPS AT TIE
SMITHSONIAN
The War and Emancipation.

From the report Of the recent lecture Of
Wendell Phillips at the Smithsonian Institute
at Washington nc Gull few paragraphs which
will show the nnture and scope ofthc address,
one Of the most strong and able Of the course
thus far:
TIE EFFECT OF TIE WAR
Ihcnestly believe that whatever this con-
yulsion does, or falls to do, one thingno man,
no partv can prevent it's doing, and that is
shaking of the Chains Of every negro On the
continent. IApplause.1 do not mean that
any man intends it, for don't care what man
intends. When person gets into the Rapids
OF She Intends, they will 60 over: THAT SOL
In my view the system of bondage in these
States has received its death blow in the house
Of it's friends. do not believe TINT slavery
can survive the effects Of this eonvnlsfon- As
an Aboiitionist simply, I feel just as much a. ~
when looking at Rarey with CRUSADER IN ms
hand. No matter for the red eyes and painting
sides Of the brute, he will go down. 30
know all the brates south OF us will go down
to destruction, and bose my opinion on t"o
or three very patent facts
pErunoxE,tEsT OF KSG COTTON.
In the first place, for the lest ten years the
time is that s' Cotton is King. The overseer
made bis whip much longer than to extend
over the Senate Of the United States. he
added an additional snapper, and applied 1t to
the Lower house Of Congress, and that was,
bring tGa Starving lancashire viii Que hand and
tunultuous u ons with the other, to his foot
'steol. He has tried it. What has been the
result? The Board Of Trade reports to Great
Britain that after the abdicatfon Of King Cot
ton for eleven months Great Britain has more
cotton than she Lad at this time last year
/ [Applausc.l So much for one part Of the sys-
1em-the financial.
DEFEAT OF THE SLAVE POWER.
Well, then, the other was the political. It
| was the North ut the feet of the South. ]
have no wonder the South despised her. She
never met in yonder Capitol Q man from tic
North who had backbone until within q few
years. She had cause to despise Us.
But she tried an experiment in miniature,
| Missouri pledged herself against Kansas. The
South threw down the gauntlet Of single
State; and the North responded with single
State. She sent her peasants, her farmers
nta e Is rers The ThsX cssaan xsR e.
North, which means ploxshares and school
houses, took the field in the Territory agains
bowie knives and biudgeons, which represent
the South. They we're fairly matched, Joh1
Brown, the most Influential American in aid
ing our civilization [applausel, q man who ha:
done more in the Providence Of God to shapt
the fate Of this generation than any other ma,
save one, whom am proud to name 1t a
his feet, William Lloyd Garrison, (App.ausc
with one OF two hlsEss.l John Blown wen
TO Kansas, farmer, with the best stock, ani
owner of the best orchard west Of the Missis
sippi He carried as pledges Of good citize1
the prizes hc had won in the Agricultural fair
Of Ohio; lie didn't ever Owl q gun, nor q fowl
In peace. He planted his trees, advertised hi
stock, and it was not until Mis5ourians cam
across the border and destroyed his orcllar
and stole his cattle, that the old man wen
. out and bought musket. The history {
| Kansas since is written too patent for me
, repeat it. She has crushed Missouri undo
her feet. and has taken her seat in the Senat
Of The United States, q representative Of frc
r thought and free labor in the United State
[ApPlause.] What Missouri did to Kansa
the South does to the North to-day. Nap,
lean said Of Russia, II taught her to fight;
and so has Missouri taught us what the Sla'
Power means, aud what this contest means
conscience behind rifle. [LanghteE1
THE MEANING nF T1JE frrsTs