Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-16
Remarks OF wendell Philip. before
the American Anti->laveTy society
in New York.

THE CABINET At WAsHtSGrox MovKiEs-AT-
TACK on BLAn. SKwAED. CaAsE AxD OrHERs-
No VICTORIES TO De OBTAINED I'LL raKY ARE
sEyr DpwS so DEEP THAT A PLuxxET CANNOT
+ YfSD THEM.
! Mr. Phillips com menced bis address by alIudirg
TO the career of Mr john Calhoun. who. he
said. left his college AZ New Haven. determined
! 10 DO all IN bis power to overthrow slavery IN bis
native State Heb that fact from class-fnat
OF Calhouns. But subsequently. when Calhoun
was informed Of the spread Of luuacy among the
colored population OF the North and the state
ment was circulated from the fact that the in
mates Of poOrhou-e sere all recorded a. colored
then Calhoun. having left the walls OF college
in free State. use all his pOWer 20 defend slave
~ against MS promises and proceeded Europe
with the argument that the cOlored people OF the
North we're subject TO lunacy. There an end
TO his professions in favor Of freedom When at
f length the great struggle came. the South relied
on their allies who represented hatred 10 the ne
gro and the copperhesd conspiracy tor success
After time their Generals went into the field
with the impression that liberty might he the
great alternative. the eminent contingent, by
which the rebellion should be put down. i hen
they had great battles from that Of Shiloh, down
TO many others. Bot there was no result. They
had heard OF the circumstance that the managers
+ of A Roman theater had declared he had trained
several monkieS 10 act perfectly the s-eat perform
/ ance: but when in an intricate part, th' audience
threw nuts to the actors. rather the monkes.
f they all fOrsook their roles. Applause Such
was the case in their own country They had
monkeys in the Cabmetat W ashington. (Langh
/ ter For eighteen months they had compro
mise. and they were on all fOurs. Butthey snuff
! ell off Generals and statesmen as events began
10 tighten. and never till the onion was peeled TO
+ the very point. would they be successful Never
till routine West Point and routine Whiggery are
rooted out. would the struggle end by an uncom
promising war They had their war OF types
The war Of types was over. and the war Of bul-
! lets had come But how long was the TO
last? TIL Richmond was captured, and Charles
ton and other cities were sezedg No; he knew
no end of the struggle till Richmond and
Charleston. and Savannah taken and sOwn
with SALT till the antiguary cannot find the places
where they formerly existed They were engag
ed in a war with aristocracv a war with every
law man. with every mar too incident to think.
with every loafer, with every aristocrat. These
were their enemies. But every honest man was
their ally whether he eat rice on the banks of the
Ganges, or was enrolled in Hooker's army ZAP
planse But until the Government was founded
on Justice and right there would be no peace.
/ Now msiorites did not rule. and they would
/ never rule, under the present state OF Things
When England emancipated her slaves, she did
not do because of majoritIes. bus because nine
lazy men had kept down one man with living
soul for liberty He believed their government
in spirit liberty be the end of their strug
/ gle But how long should it be that an awful
| minority should take all the high places at the
| helm of the nation? Hevalued Hooker; he might
/ have faults, rs the diamond might have pebble
behind it. But he looked forward for the
/ i. Il L., lofr IF
for another man There was but one man
TO weigh down the power of the whole souled
/ fanatic. Stonewall ack>on and he was John
/ Brown (Applause They had heard much
about honest men. When ships were going down.
when their keels were striking the bottom, they
were told that the pilots were the honestest men
| in New York When Col Sumner was appoint
ed General they heard he was honest, and if men
were not honest let them 90 bv the board A
previous speaker said he was thankful that the
Secretary of State, Mr. Seward had given a pass
port 10 n colored man But how did he do so?
| When Seward took office, New England Sena
tor asked him for passport for a colored con
stituent of his That in June, 1851 But
! Mr. Seward AZ once replieh Negroes cannot
have passes from this office" What reDlied
the Senator. do YOU mean to adhere 10 and sap
port the bred Scott decision?" Il do not"
answered Mr. Seward. "mean to denv. or altar.
|
passports from this office Il will 90 to
higher power" replied TIE Senator. and Mr. Sew
ard then said. "Why did Won maintain that the
man YOU wanted passport for was colored: why
did YOU not simply call him John Smith," Mr.
| Seward then retired to another chamber. and re
turne1 handing paper to the Senator. remark
| inc with several explosives: There put as MANY
negroes as YOU Ike in il " There appeared VIM
III Seward. true TO his nature-he the mon
| kav Nth tba
great change had come Toonlbs had said he
would call the roll Of his slaves mt the foot of
| Bunker Hill, hut before he able to do So,
| Col. HigciIrson called the roll of his slaves in
South Carolina Applause He had that
morning received communication from high
officer, in which he found that the officers were
happy in the negro enlstments under their charge
| The men fit to organize victory must mean vic
tory; the moment thew got rid Of West Point
dog in the manger West Point, which would
not fight allow Others 70 fight laughter
| thew might expect Success But they would
never get victory till the second Command
er in Chief was sent ne far as SIN Francisco
| from the fight. for he bad the mountain of West
| Point on his sholder~ laughter There
prOverb that MN WAS never great fool until
he had learned latin; so a man never more
incorrgbe than when he graduated NJ West
| Point As To the freedom of the slaves the
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every bondman in the country. But they need
expect no victory till there were changes made
! The Hillecks. the Stewards the ChaSes would
/ follow the leadership OF their own ambition. and
they would be supported by strong minds and bad
/ helrts and corruption: but they would never have
a victory till the nation buriel these men 80 deep
| that the plummet could never find them Bu'ler
/ Phelps. Fremont. Hamilton should he called
/ These men meant that the Union should mean
/ liberty. It II WAS continued and If not il should
not exist The President, should have Fremont
At his right hand. Hamilton N hi left and But
| Ter in front. vet not Of these held the baton
of command Yet at one time the President
would not allow one Of them 10 leave Washing.
/ ton for more than six hours Yet why that
/ Because of the Cabinet The Commander in
! Chief bad the mountain of West Point on his
shoulders Laughter That was the mouse
| that knaweJ the cable that bound the President
! The Press was toe free The first slave To be
! emancipated was the President Laughter
Let the men who were incapable of being the
Crnmwel's of liberty. be permitted To lead the
conflict The speaker then eulOgize Gems Fremont
and Butler. and in the course of his remarks de
clared that when holiday Generals. hear. Ell.
were driven out of Virginia. whole hearted Cen
erals would take their places and tens OF thousands
- men would spring arms from the North
West. and New England with colored men, to
defend the Union Anplause
] From he New York Express
Naiiandi gbam-rhe Dry rortugas.
The following very important paragraph ID
pears in the Washington Chronicle, semi oti