, 1862-04-24
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Wendell Phillips on the we1t.
On his return to Boston from his recent lee
turing tour through the West, Wendell Phil
lips spoke to crowded audience at fremont
Temple. The following Is the closing portion
Of his address:
j, In reference to the West, Nj. Phillips said
that the people Of that section are vide awake
TO the penls Of the Republic. The difficulty WIS
that The Democratic party was drawing it's
lines: y Municipal successes, all over the land,
1Fom. rsao.a, Wisconsin, by the way Of Chicago,
line, indicated that that party was going
to take the place Of enthusiasm On ma
ticnal sffuirs. The negro WIS not the cues
fion. He Was the pebble in the cog.wheel,
which had got TO be removed, or the M
chine would not work. he WIS not
sage from Washington Or the Great Westabout
him. He holds the key Of our position; no
party can succeed without him. He Has not
in question. The greater question was-are
Tree institutions to survive? Is slavery, when
it goes down into its grave, to drag republic
canism With IT into common ruin. The Last
words Of the President to him were-"It is a
big job; the country little knows. how big"
There should be no union Of parties without
an express understanding Of ideas. This
Commonwealth struck down party lines, and
what was the consequence? Judge Thomas
in the House Of Representatiyes: An empty
lApp1ause- a union Of parties which for
gets ideas, which conquers only to fight over
again on the field Of victory to decide which
idea shall precede the other, is worse than 9
defeat. The message that he brought home
from the West, if he brought any, was, nGive
US the support Of ideas, net the hollow sup
port Of words. Give us an Intelligent and
ayowed determination and purpose that this
war shall not end until slavery Is swept from
the surlaee Of the continent y
Throughout the West, Mr. Phillips said, the
Dcnlocratic party rears ib head. 1t gave me
the benefit Of an incessant advertisement I
owe audiences of thousands and tens Of thou
sands to the fAct that a fortnight before I ap-
preached the city, the Democratic press loaded
its columns with advertisements for me. Cin-
cinnatti heraldcd me with the most excellent
advertisements, and sent me sealed as her
apostle to the banks OF the Mississippi.
.{Laughter.] It was Democratic endorsement
opened ny way to Tic hearts & ftP tie pr3iries n
SO quickly that was almost afraid men would
suspect me Of collusion; but #hen I got
there found the same cordial enthusiasm,
the same relentless idens in the masses that
lind here, but the same lack Of organized ef-
f0rt-the same resting On the logic Of events
the same certainty that God would work out
his own purpose in his OWN time. In the
meanwhile, they were listening to the in
trigncs Of politics, to make the next Congress
weaker than the present, to clog the wheels OF
Government; they were leaving press, poiE-
oned with Southern intrigue, to build up q
seeming public opinion that should bring
back, temporary triumph, lul1, even, a
compromise, not impossible. What are VIC
fighting lor to-day?. The South is fighting for
i tie DrCd Scott decision, for slavery in the
Territories and slavery III the District. One
year has wiped slavery ont Of the District.
Do your duty for six months, and we will
wipe it cut Of the Territories; another six
months, aud We will wipe it out Of the States.
fApplause-] But leave it a year, aud nc may
see CINCINNATI mobs in every seaboad city T.;
the public mind may be swayed to and fro with
intrigue. What I complain Of is, that you Re-
publicans, you Abolitionists, are not standing
t. your guns. The enemy are sowing their
tareB, and you do not answer them.
Mr.. Phillips then referred to the suggestion
in the Presidents message in regard to com
pensation and colonization-cxcelle things,
he said, if properly applied. Colonize the
hlack-We get rid Of hands; colenizc the
whites, VIC get rid Of mouths. So it was the
slaves who should be compensated, not the
masters, as matter Of Justice; but yet, tile
nation would compensate the masters, because
they could not take care Of themselves, and
set the slaves free, because they could. He
ridieu!ed tile idea tl1at the enfranchised slaves
would rush 10 the North. They would stay
where they are, because they like the climate,
and are accustomed to the cultivation Of the
products raised on TINT soil.
h1r. Phillips spoke Of the devotion Of some
Western men whom he met to the cause o1
the country, who had given all their sons to
its service, asking only that, II they should
fall upon the battlefield, liberty should spring
from their blood. He said he did not believe
Mcclellan to he traitor, but he thought hs
represented, with Buell. and Ha1leck, the Fair
faxes and Esse1es in the English Revolution
Of 16iO, Who were anxious not to hurt any
body; while Fremont, Sigcl and Hunter rep
resented Cromwell and Ireton, who were moi
afraid to strike even the King.
In conclusion, Mr.. Phillips spoke Of tht
support he had received at the West from tht
Germans, remarking that, whenever he wa:
threatened with . mob, he was certain Of re
| cciTing III offer from the Germans of thei
IyeR and their bodies. [Appiause.] He can't
home with one idea-No Yankee, no Buck
/; eye. nc Hoosier, no natives, no foreigners, n<
black, no white, no German, no Saxon, in tha
beautitu, future Which we behold, only Amer
! ican ci1izenE, with one Law impartial over 81
e! larplau5e i an empire stretching from tht
lakes to the Cult, from the Atlantic to th'
Pacific, every race, every man free; aud :
! Union, indivisible in its interests and its pa
| triotism as the granite that underlies 1h
! continent. That flag shall be our future, bu
i in order 10 it,. support your own representa-
/ tires. speak to the merchants OF Boston
who bound the Mississippi to our har
! boE-b bind now the Gulf Of Mezic'
:. to Boston. I speak to the politicians Of Mas
/: sachusctts, you who have sent these Repubn
(; can Senators and Representatives to Wash
ington, stand by them! Remember that yol
haye no support in your prcss,-it vassal
! The press Of the Connecticut Valley is as bas
as that Of the seaboard. II Massachusett
| saves herself, it is to be in spite Of her edj
tors. want voice from the Legislature;
want a voice from the Exchange; Want
voice from Faneuil Hall. If you do not civ
it, you are deserting the place Of Masss
ehusetts in this struggle, which is to lead
The West loeks (, yuu; inc South looks t
you. The Massachusetts regiments are th
worst treated, Massachusetts soldiers th
Ho1bt hated, because they are recognized a
the most fixed in their purpose. shor 1T
he tic same in politics as on the field. Er
courage the President to enlarge his Borde
| State message; encourage Mr.. atanton, hi
whole Cabinet, to say, within six months
death TO every institution that makes wa
upon the Republic, and liberty to every ma
under its nag!" {Prolonged applausc.l