, 1862-03-27
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wKrpELE RHILLIPss LECTURE.
The allegation that Wendell Phillips de-
cla1ed himself i" disunionist," In his lee
kure On the war, st Cincinnati, IL IN inven-
lion for excusipg the abettors and instigar
tors of the mob BY which he Tas b1utallv
asssiled. His real offense vaa. that he de-
clared himself an a Abolitonist;" and that
he has been a lifelong and earnest laborer
in behalf Of the Anf-Staverv cause.
Ne understand LII, Phi11ips's position to |
be substantially this: "Whateyer I nav |
have thought Of the Constitution ss inter
preted. by the pro-slayery faction that
has heretofore controlled the country. I
am now the supporter and defender
Of the Constitution, It is to me new in-
stzumens, with guarantees for human free-
t1on-uot the nursing mother If hnman
slavery, Whatever 7 nav bavo thoncht of
the nron,;ptv of main, t,;n,nr t1,a Tn;en ~
tha 1,:ae on5 r,-rosos - .1,a ..., .a,,o.a
am since tbat T7n;on ,,,o,,,;ao. ~ =, ho tbe
shield and nrotaot;,n ~ s,7-an,inn 1ihertv
an Tn;on 1n.,r, rt;s ;s rie r,os;tion. as
10 n,deratana y. ona t1o,rb he NAV
he severely cenz,rcd for his autccedent
nn;nions and efforts no man but one to
whom anti-E1ayery opinion is treason
more deadly t1,an secession, can make it
the cause Of violence So much BY wayof
rcfntatiou Of the scandalous talsehood by
which the Cincinnati outrage is excused.
MI. Phillips is a gentleman against whose
personal purity not even his bitterest enc
mics have ever dared to breathe q word.
That he is honest in his opinions; that he
Is doing his uttermost in his own way for
the advancement Of liberty among n1an-
kind; that he has made great sacrifices Of
social position. Of money and Of iufiu-
ence by his radicalism. are urouo-
sitions that we have never heard
questioned. That as a scholar he
stands pic eminent among the scholars of
New England, his lectures and speeches
are abundant proof That as an orator he
is without a reer in all this land, if in the
whole world, is an assertion that might
be well maintained. 1t is burning
shame to Cincinnati that such
a man, moved bv nothing but the most ex-
ahed patriotism, encouraging ali loyal en-.
deayor. 1,v Incentives that never full to take
hold Of and inflarne the imaeinations Of
men. utterine proud defiance to that Slave
Power that has. after Q long serie:
of ageressious of a legislative and
judicial character, undertaken to conquer
the Union by sword and tire.-shamefuI
ne say, that such man, speaking from
the yerr desk at which Yaucey justified
treosf,n and encouraged secession. sbouli
be subjected to the insults and outrages Q
a h,1,to1 nro-s]avcrv rnob.
Mr. phi11ins is to sneak herein reneo
that lecture which furnished the drunke,
11ackonards the hired rnffians. the nfnns
ebon1dor.b;tters and miscellaneous .conn
a,o,. ~ avn e;s+.,. ,;+x- f;,oev axc,,7a E,
.be;r hr,,to1;tv Tbonah we do not be7on
- 1,;e ec,,oo1 of n,1;t7es and +hono1, bo h.
1,oe,, one If The most violent enemies of tb
ponr,,1;co. ,,,r+r re ar, ;,,e+it7ad III, o1,
~ &C eao,c,' ;r on+roo,;nx ~, ,,oor1
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""o "1n W "nenueu " ms ueela. a '1'l'l
III 1a'of u iltlS1fllal uoeity &ef !. a
men, WHO ce1uno1 pes'l nls uens:,ianl ell. ~
e1sm u ene "ola1ty u sia'enoiiels ILL
slaeenoto'ng, VINO cannot eoAefa'e n's a
peals 10 make anas contest ene o. ace
anean'ng' anu one 'Da. WILL command Il
sympathy o. au n'anh1ho' TO sIay away
easy. Republicans whose opinions NAV