New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-22
AMEN TO THE PROCLAMATION.
TIE COOPER INSTITUTE CROWDED
THE PEOPLE FOR FREEDOM.
WENDELL PHILLIPS on EMANClPAilUN'

Despite the driving storm which swept the s''eo'S
of all. human beings not driven out oil c'o's oy
necoe;,v or by considerations patriotism, the great
hall AZ the Cooner Institute was filled last evening
With n, audience eager 10 hear the words OF the
,roa,shaupion Of Liberty, Wendell Phillips.
EnsAR KErcHuM, esq, chosen Chairman,
and w;hont ceremony he presented Mr. Phillips,
amiafouultuousap When this bad subsided
MripHLLIPs said:
/ ,trs AND GENTLENEN: | am TO speak TO you
,or,gI,t on the Presidents Proclamation of the lei
,av OF January last the proclamation of Freedom 10
every xlavs ia the rcbelliOns States OF the Union
And think the first thought that occurs TO us, or
tbal uils have occurred TO any one on The pronul-
q ION of that paper, was the immense progress
which the natiori had made within the last twenty
months You rene mbei twenty months sgo--a E:tle
more than thar, twe1ty-three-on the lllh.cay OF
February, 1861, the Congress OF the United STATES
almost unanimously resolved that Slavery had nom
ing 10 do with this war, that no man ia the Free
States and no power in the Government had either
the wish or the right interfere with III that those
VITO cherished spch an idea were so lew i'll num-
bers insignificant IN position, va. ~ M9s NV
worth while 10 attempt TO appreciate theif lniidence
ON the publie On the very day that Congress thus
nunouDced 10 the world that there was something
~. sacred than Union in this imminent and mo-
1nctc"s struggle, and thai was Ine systIn o' negio
;Icnusae. On tnat rv,, 49,. -
his home in Springfield on lis route to The Ceyiiel
1he nist vQIea heard from the expectant President
WM4s h.s Pledge at Cleveland to execute to The
utmost the FngitIve Slave Law o. the Repabr.c
lie reached Washington hurried ana dlSg Used
apd the f.st word heard from his military
substitute was a pledge to put down every slave
insurrec,ion with an iron hand. Cue nation was
launched on tho great Gvii war o. the century with
,ledge from every departme't that it would not
take one step toward justice few months later,
on Lis beleagured outpos. In Missouri Fremont ut.
tered the statesmsa Neutrality-suspicious. aPplausel -
ths statesman word that was both fit and able to
cure the Republic, INSTANTLY q timld Cabinet has,
tered to cashier bsn. Months ofrOnciliation, .ude-
csiop, compromise, followed. And we CROPPED our
way the Of the people tireess but still groping
onward, until the I'D day Of September, 1862 when
all the President undertook 10 enact was the Statute
OF Congress tnat sad to the individual Rebel, 1--WE
will weaken you by taking away your slave; we
will punish you by oonfscation of your property
and then turning to the expectant millions that
watched his lips, the only intimation that he could
make 10 them was, Negroes if 1 consent TO eman-
ciPete you, will you instantly leave the country T.
The first day OF January dawned, and a new voice
hoatsto us from the White House at Washington
IL is no threat to the individual stakeholder, " viii
cripple your right hand" 1t is no penal enactment
20 d rebelious citizen, You shall be punished by
fne for your treason II is the nation, IN the name
OF absolute justice, linking its TO the throne
OF tue Almighty. IApplause.l 1t is the President
OF the United States, not commanding the freedom
OF the slaves OF, Rebels, but emancipatiug every
slave whether ais master be loyal or tratorous, II
In other word o. it lie this: 1t is the consum naiio
of the pledge on the annals which Abraham LincOl
himself mad In June, 1858, when he said;
A One "n'" the dupon c} the Union and Il
Other thaSx half slave and bali iTee shall
come siiherfwholy slave or wholly ifee'"
On the. fret day of the present month, he al
nouncss IN the name Of the nation that nationality
henceforth liberty, and that the nation Is hencefort
10 be wholly free. Applausc II is not ste
onward; 1t Is turning a corner and launching into
new ehyJnei IL is not the punishmeDt OF treason
II is theinasguraton of Justice. lie oads lis canno
with oEokep letters, ara fires them from the 6asiio
of absolute Justice. Applause. And instead O
saying TO the expectsnt citizen clothed in blac
akin. May l cOl0nIze you to the jungles in Sout
American" he addresses him like the Declaration 0
Independence: May colonize you into the fort
and shirs of the Union, and put musket into you
night haldl' Applause. The Union, IN oihe
words launches on new channel She undertake
10 say taat the system Of Slavery 10 incompatible
with the perpetuity Of the Republic. The Unio
annouB .es that doctrine, records it her statute
book, end beneeforth the motto OF the American ci
yen -is liberty TO the slave or death 10 the Union
In deeper meaning than Webster announce
g. tho motto Of the thirty millions whom Abra
nam Lincoln Is lawful President is, Liberty AN
Unieo. aud forever, one and iDseparable.
iGIeat cheering Well, who would not bay Ame
20 such step of the Union Who would stop d
the first blush TO measure lis absolute extent, 0
count any seeming deficiencies IN the measure
is enough for us that at last the Union announces II
purpose TO use the full measure of its power. tn
French minister biAu ~ l1t Ol III
struggle, " know the North has power amply sui
fcient 80 crush this rebellion, but / know well
too, thet she has never the will TO use it," On th
first day Of January America announces her deter
,nination to the power which the canno
against Sumter gave her, Aud thai is %
signlfcation Of the Proclamation. Now
know some men criticise It's extent. Tier
are some that End fault with the exceptions mad
bv the President. No doubt there can be soun'
fault correctly found with the exceptions OF ba
great instrument. But the merit Of IL Is, that
bears in Its bosom the seeds of complete emancipa
IApplause.l 1 know the President stops, ts we al
bsve in tho middle Of the rapids the edge u
Niagara 10 save the chip, but he and the chip vii
10 over together. God has launched this Union o.
voyage whose only port is liberty; and whethe
the President Telucts, whether the cabin boy
cOnspire il matters nO--absOlute Justice holds the
helm, and we never shall come into haibor unit
every man under The flag is free. Applause Why
do say this / will tell YOU. i just u,ed the
word, the North. And we are accustomed 20 use
she words North and South familiarity in the
present month. They once meaut the land toward
The pole and TIE land toward the Gun. They have a
deeter siynicance present. BY the North
mean the civilization OF the nineteenth cen ury;
mean that equal and recognized manhood up "
which the race has struggled by the tolls ana bat
ties Of nineteen centuries; mean free speech free
types open Bbles-the welcome rule of the ioaior-
ity; i socaD the Declaration OF iDdeuendepca An
plause.J And by the South, l mean hk.wise q
principle, and not locality an element OF civil life
la fourteen rebelliOus States. That element il AT
present IN this city; it is working at ALBANY TO-DAY.
1t trcmphed at H&isburg as certainly az it IN
umphs II Richmond and Montgomery. lApplause |
And wherever you go yOu viii iiud them. Yon will
End them IN thls very crowG-men who think that
he that steals bis brother aud uses him l. a gentle
man, aud be that makes his wealth by
abe sweat Of his brow Is not-he belongs 10 the Con
fc6sracy. lApplause.l Now, by pIe South, mean