The New York herald., 1862-08-21
ABATCA OF IREASoNaBLE DOCUMENTS,
Discouraging Enlistments and
the War.
Wendell Phillips, Horace Greeley and D.
Plumb In Favor Of Revolution,
From the New York Tribune, Al gust 20. ]
LETTER FROM WENDELL PHILLIPS.


New York papert may make mo do ths nnd nsn. etner
lhlngs 4 ~hich never thought You know by expert
sncs that ihe American press - gem !h, ue.n.i iss
nor speak truth about abolitui-s ol any TYPE
have never discouraged snlstments IN tbc Union army
ale NY kndrcd anA of my tea 81 z ends Others
res h rcs h nd honorable graves No ce o these ever
heafd word nom me TO discourage his enlistns Ind
tile honor March, % address the Fonft-ensh Mssa
chusets D: F0rt Anany and ms very seaA tha ihIN
,hfrd Massachusetts at amp taineron M ran ia eli
regireut heard anything from my lips to discor ra
his VII lie -souicd service II 'heTnon
Allow me TO state my position. From lS4 "a lac,
,vas ftsunionia and so,, ID trea tbs Unt ~.
that d.s,som ne only RI hso,s r,h, az ,lsbs M
fer u. chas rsan aas me ata. spar ~ dis iuon not
Cons tutou itself warranted and c.,coted ranisa !,
these ep.rts, shey were wi . and useful sqnto.
cha sea 'ho wn"s auesh St'cr that peace and JUS
J. The destruction % avery i ipeyitablo whionsvsr
scctl II quers ~ tbs s,rgEce
There never cad be oace Or union I'LL slavery ia do
B. lhare never can re peace till orc government rules
from lie Gulf 20 tbc lakes, and having wronged the
FOR Two celts es we owe him the presevat Of tho
Union 20 gGerd hts transition from slavery TO freedom
ana nlai.e II short, easy and perfect.
Believing thes three things, accept Wcbster's senti-
meDt Liberty and UGion and forever. and Ii.
sepassbie.n GLADLY q hat lnica--q,vG !,
v,is;et saord rofce rs,ts let hare 5.1 ~ mi 4
thict h, f ceny Gw ors 1giYed from as hs,a 81
priceqss ~ dymandtng an oct 10 fro-Sovry c0saon,
s shus lat door Is, {cce; ara his administration
oss 10 rolicg ohch Rink, n.G.es erery iif pst
V,tga,a, and e,erg dolar sren Mers ne. ,ga.
ccgiso cjscsnicJsly ffort Sach Union adDasRis-
Bnt there rs room honest difference
ION Others can support II. To such sayero give 10
the uron your bes, blood, your heartiest support.
is there, then, no place left for me- Yes. be-
cne thing. This administration is Quite another.
Whehr nts odalinist7at,oa aoiR err ;i!f! as
ttroa,Gh o,lr troubles hare serious dtslts ma
i nsser wn mis- ii charges is prssen. nscy, Ky
an. quite ce,taia. Where then, is my place under
republican government which only rohecsapa executes
me machinery @ eSea gove-h hlent not " any Clom-
wail stalking into ~ enaie chamber or the Wi.e House
Where. then, is aost. especially under aiminstIa
ton that avowe .i's waiting, begging TO he told what
to dor must edus arouse and mature public opinion
that shall compel hc administration to adopt support
Il in pursuing ihe policy can aid This dc ~ Frankly
and candly criesing its present pclcy, oivi and mill
tary. However uat aud Objectionable yg may Think
my "means, - they exactly described in your own
words~"Ths eooa citizen may owe hs Sororn4ea coun
sci, entreaty, admonilon, to abandon mistaken policy
as vel a. force to sustain IA the discharge o. great
responsibilities" No administration demand of
citizen sacrifice his consccncs. aad the limits with
in which he Is boGnd TO sacrifice his opinion are
euiogizsd general, whom knew, AID few really
trusted should have saved twelve montss Ave hun
ared millions Of cqila s, and hundred thousand lIvos
IN ay 6pina had the TtJUEe continued las August TO
do its dnty and demand vigor Of the goverpment ,ou
wonld have changed controlled III, Cabinet p aronor
noph and saved us millions Of dcars, thousands or
lives. and untold disgrace. Such criticism is always
every thinking mans duty. War excuses no man iron.
this duty least Of al when change OF publ seuti
inen to lead ne adnoistraton to- and support IT IN,
policy, is onr only hope o. saving tho Union The
Union belongs 10 me as mvch as TO Abraham Lincoln.
What right nSs he any oitcia-our servanisto claim
that shall criticising mis- lakes, when they ao
dragging the Union to ruin na grave faults IN fresi-
don't Lincoln; but do not believe be makes Any such
claim.
s,d on ne 1t Of August that lad Ibeen in ne SnaS
shoil no oce rel ssei the administration a dea o. q blGa
g,ttl aaopted right policy 7kGtf rgeu Had boon,
il that way part Of The government sold naye ric4
control its action. You were bound ioafaalsl,
think, tc have impressed thai duty the Tepab bcan
party which holds the administration such course
right and proper under glee governments. But when
Congress has decided aud under its authority o. by his
cw the President demands soldiers, tho h0ar for such
effort or protest gone We have right ien to eds.
courage enlistments" as a means to change pubic OBI.
non TO influence the ADMINISTRATION. Uur remedy il
different. II We cann,t actively aid mus; subInt To
the penalty aud strive meanwhile 20 change that public
thought which alone can alter the action Of goycrp9t
That daty Try - do n my measure siy criticism ts
not Ike that of the Hsto Ccier and It's klcirei meant
to Iarayge The adninis.raton but 10 gcad II 10 moro
activity and vg0r, 10 change the Cabinet claim OF
you as Journals o broad Influence, That yol resume
Tho pos. which Pthink you deserted last summer and
hasten the rrenng q that necessary public purpose by
end fearless crrisln or the whole policy o IN.
administration civil military in order TO avert years
o war, 10 thousauss Of iyos 10 guard the Industry
Of the future from grinding taxes to sneedy aud
complete justice fer The negro ard put the Union be-
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
AUeusr le, lec2
THE PRAYER or TWENTY MILLIONS.
To AsnSnAA iJvcoiS n President THr SiTp srArxs:
upAR SI.-i ito not iItrude tell ycl-for you must
know alrcadythst great proportion II those who ,r
umphed in your election, and Of all who desire the IN
country soreiy dtsaIpoiHied anu s3y lai,lsE Jv the
policy you 10 be p1rsts.y h regard 10 as sares
Of re>ls write only to st succincty
before you what we rsquire, what We think have
right TO expect and Vi what we complain.
l. We require 81 yoa a. The first servant Of the repub
lic charged especially and pseminenty with this duty
that yon execute the laws Most emphaticaIy d. we d.
mand that such aws have heea recently enacted
which thee.re ;nny fairly be presumed 70 eihody The
present viii and 70 be dictated by the need. OF the
republic, and which, after due confederation haze r..
cevsd personal sanction shall by you bo carried
into fu effect and that you publicly aud dec ivsly TO-
struct yrsr subordsatcs that such sws exist that they
binding all fuEct0pafie aid citizens that they
are to be cbcyed 10 the letter.
H. We think you strangely and disastrousy renss
In tho discharge Of your official aud imperative duty
with regard 70 tie emancpang provisions OF tpe
Conlscation Those provisions wore Gesignedo 0cb
slavery with liberty. rbey prescribe that men loyal 10
the Union, and wing 70 shsa thsir blood N her behalf
shalt longer held with tue nltions consent in
bondage a. persistent, malignant traitors who :or
twenty years nave pSen plotting and for sixteen months
have been fghting TO dyrie ana destroy country
Why these traitors shsrd be teatsd with tsnderncs by
you to the preudce Of the dearest rights OF loyal men
cannot conceive.
II. W. thil yoa miaiy iseaeaeei By he counsel
TIE rcDrese'a,lons ne nlssocss, c ceia fossil politicians
har1 fys1a tn 5ortr stare Scts. KNOWN well that
tho he,r,y, Internationally loyal portion ~ the white
ezons 81 thoss states do not expsct nor desire that
slavery shall he uphold to the prejudice oi
the truth d which appeal Only every republican
residing ia those states but 10 such snsnt oyeiss a.
r. Winter Davis Psrson Brownlow the Tnion t..ntna,
COMMITTEES Of Baltimore, and to the Ndyhr.le raio,.)-
We ask you to consider hat slavery l. everywhere The
savef'dinG sections Of Maryland and delaware beng
this day though under the unon fag 10 fun sympathy
with the rsbe lion, while the frss zoor portions o Tan
nesscs and of Tsxis, though writing under The b.ssdy
heel Of treason, are unconqueubly loyal to the Union
80 emNhaticaly is this the case TINT intelligent
uRion banker Of Baltimore recently avowed his conafcnt
belief that majority " III. present Legislature OF Ms
ryland, though elected AZ and stu protesting be Union
lists, are at hosrt dcsirous ot the triumph ~ Tho Jr
Davis conspiracy and when asked how they could be
won back TO loyalty, rspisd-"Dnly by TIE cOnpets
abolition of slavery 1t seoms 70 the n obvious
truth that whasvsr strengthens fortes slavery IN
the border states strengthens aso treason snd drives
home the wedge Intended to divide The rnn Had you
from the first refused u recognize IN those states AZ
here, any other than dnitona' loyay-ghat vliah
stands for tho Union, whatever may becons oI slavery
those States would have beeu, and would be TAR ns.e
Union than they have been Or
". We think ttnid couises in such a cri@s calculated
to prove perous, and probably disastrous n = The duty
OF government 70 ~antonly, wics-ly asssiieJ hy ~
bclsn lgrs has pssn 81 oppOro force 10 force III
hant, dsuntess spirit. II cannot sibrd t1 emporizc wh
traitors nor with sefsi.sitors. u must brlbc them
~ behave themselves make them fair promises n
tb. hnpe of dsarnrc their cnusclsg hrsijitv RaDFe