The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-22

The Amen 10 the Proclaim tton-Address
~ Wendell Phillips NJ the Cooper I'm

81 Wendell Phillips at the Cooper I'M
stttute.
Notwithstanding the exceeding inclemsncy Of the
weather thu large hall Of the Cooper Instrts last
evening hled to overlooking by assembly drawn TO-
sether by the announcement that Wendell Phillips would
pronounce his Amcnn TO tho Presidents proclamation
OF negro emancipation Among the assemblage
very many ladies' both upon the platform and in the body
OF the hail. Precisely at eight O'Clock Mr.. PHILIPPE adj
vanced TO tho front OF the platform and Immediately
greeted with round Of enthusiastic applause.
Mr.. THEnDoRE Tnros nominated chairman Mr.
Edward Ketchum who announced that at the close
OF the address would be sung new John Brown song.
(Applause He then introduced PHILLIPS who spoke
AZ folows.-
LADIES GENTLgMEN-I to speak 20 you tonight
on the residents proclamation Of tho ls day Of janus
ry ias-he proclamation Of freedom TO every slave in
the rebel States Of the Union And think the first
thought that occurs 70 that have occurred 10
every one ON the PRONUNCIATION Of that paper the i'm
mese pfogress which The nation had made within the
lat twenty months. You remember twenty months ago
little more than that tw eny three-on the 18th day
OF tsbruary, 1861 The Congress Of the United States
almost unanimously resolved slavery had nothing TO
do with THE war; that States and no
power In tho government had either the wish or the
right to interfere with It. that those individuals who
cherished such an idea were so few IN nambcrs, nsg
attempt TO appreciate their influence on the pub
no. On Tho very day that Congress thus
nonnced to the world that there something
sacred than Union m this imminent and momenous strug
ge and that was the system Of negro bondageon that
very day Abraham Lincoln left bis house at Springfield
on hs route to the capital The first voice heard from
The expectan President his pledge at Cleveland to
execute to the utmost the Fugitive Slave law Of the
public. He reached Wash lngton hunted and disguised
and the first word heard from his military substitute was
pledge TO put down every Save insurrection with
iron hand The nation launched on the great civil war OF
the century with pledge from every department that 1t
would not take one step towards Justice few minutes
later, on his 'eagrrod ontrost In MISSOURI, fremont
great applause )utorcd the statesman word that
both III and able to the Ill OF tho republic Instantly
timd abnet hastenod to cashier him. Months Of
Citation, indecision, c'npfomso followed and CROPPED
our way-the great ,oass OF the people, tieiess, but
sun cropping onwaTd--til the I'D day Of Sep
TENDER, 1862, when al the Prosid, nt undertook
enact the statute OF Congress that said to the nd
Idnal rebel we will weaken You by taking away your
slaves: We will punish yoI be- the con1scaon OF your
property " ana then turning 10 ne cxpecant millions that
watched his lips, tho only lntination he could make to
them was, Negroes, II ! consent to emancipate you
Will you instantly Leave tho cou3tryf Inc st day of
January dawped and rev voice floats 20 US from the
White House az Waslngton. II threat 70 the midi
vdual STAKEHOLDER I'll cripple your right hand it Is
penal enactment 20 rebcious citizen--yousha be
punished by fine for your trcason 1t is tho nation in tho
Of absolute justice nrg its the throne
Of the Autobiography is the President OF
the United States, not commanding the freedom the
slaves OF rebels but enancpating every slave whether
his MASTER DO loyal tSaiiorous in the
sehelous sections of tho Unicn. (Cheers) In ether
words i T. thst is the onsurnmation OF the pledge
the Analysis which Abraham Lincoln hnself niado in
fAe, los hon he said TAo agitation which pervads
i" rcpbic can cease only IL two ways-oro Is the dis
ba and half free shall either wholly slave
or wholly Free" On the ls day OF January Of the present
tionaty is henccsorih liberty aud ha the patton is
henceorth 70 De wholly free. applause 1t is not
stop onward il turning his corner and launching into
new channel 1t is not the punishment o. treason it is
the Inauguration OF Justice. (Cheers.) He loads his
cannon with broken letters aud fires them from
tho bastion OF absolute Justice cheers land instead
Of saying to the cxlectant citizen clothed in
black skin, coonize you to the junges Of
silent or the Declaration Of Independence--"may
COLOMBO you into tho ots and ships Of the Union and put
mIsket In your right handf (icnewed appause.) The
nation, Ia other words, launches channel. She
undertakes to say tina. the system OF slavery ncomp,
ton announces that doctrine records Il on her statute
book and henoeorh tho motto OF tho American citizen
piause) In deeper meaning than Webster announced
u, the motto Of the thirty millions over whom Abraham
and forever one and oarasca Veil who would NOT
say amen to such sepf None. Who would stop at
the first fash to measure Its absolute extent
any seeming dehc.sncics in tho measuref II is
enough for us that at last the nation announces
It's purpose 70 use the full measure Of It's power
struggle ~ know tic North has power amply sufficient
crush these rebels; but know, well, that she has
America Ter determination to use the power
which the cannon agaGs: Sumter gave her. and that Is
the significance Of the proclamation. Now know
men criticize its extent, and there that find
faalt with the exceptions made by the President No
eoubt there can be mo fault correctly found with the
exceptions to that great instrument, but the merit OF il
= that II bears IN its bosom the seeds OF complete
cipation Tor svcry slave under the stars and stripes
gheers( ] know tho President stops, all are, in
The middle Of the rapids the edge OF Niagara, ID
Z. chip; but he and the chip will go over tose
Their. Great laugher) God has launched this nation
on voyage whose only port % liberty and whether the
President hcstates the cabin boys conspro matters
not, absolute justice holds the helm and we n yer shall
come into harbor until every under tho ing free
(Cheers) Why do sayths? il tell you. just used the
word north We are accustomed to use the words North
and south famliary in the present months They
meant the land toward the pole and the land toward the
sun They have deeper significance present. BY the
mean that equa! AID recognized manhood up which
the race has struggled by the toll and battle nineteen
the welcome rule Of tho majority. / mean the De-
elar alton Of Independence (Cheers) and by the
pie, not a locality, an oioment Of civil lie
not fourteen rebsllious States. That element is
present IN thus city Is working at Albany today;
Richmond and Montgomery. (Cheers) And wherever
yon Ind men (and you III find them this very crowd)
men who think that he who ellis his brother and uses him
Is gentleman and that hc who makes his living by the
sweat o. his brow Is not he belongs to the confederacy
tApplause) Now by tho South just that ele
ment-an element which, Ike the days OF Queen Mary
and the nqustioI cannot tolerate free speech but pun
ishes it with che sake. i an aristocracy that
considers the Declaration OF Independence sham and
mocracy snare; that thinks and rromulgates the creed
that third Of the race are born booted and
and the other twohrds ready added Tor that third 10
ride mean civilization bcb prohibits the Btble by
statute to every sixth man in Ia community, and puts
matron into felcas cell for teaching black sister
TO read. (Voices-"shamo, shame.'o Now those
two clements are at war to-day-uot nineteen
elements OF civilization are fighting, aud it is 10
new thing that they are fighting Thoy could
cAbt ny sue Hsiting tncy never
In 1857 when the constitution formed Thomas Jeer
son and Rufus King, followed by the ablest In the
convention, announced that the discrimination between
the States was not between great States and little, but
between free states and slave Even then the conflict had
begun In 1888 Mr. Adams said the floor OF Congress,
"Whcther slave and free states can cohere into one
government rs matter Of philosophical speculation We
arc trying the experiment. In June. 1858, Mr.. Lincoln
used the language which have just quoted "Ths
try half slave and half free; II must either break
10 wholly slave or wholly free. In October Of tho
year Mr. Seward, In bis great rrepressble conflict
speech at Rochester said the thing. This a
conflict between two irrcconciabe civilizations. The
history OF scvcnty years the history OF two civza
tons conformity struggling, always at odds, except
when one or the other ruled so long the south ruled
up to 1919, We bad comparative peace. The Missouri
compromise was the first rising protest OF Northern
civilization against The Southern IL unsuccessful
protest the South put hor feet but she did not
Kill IT, II shot cut again In the compromise Of 1850 but
again twas straned and put uudcr the heel OF the
tocracy fourteen States yet IL eliminated again ny tho
irresistible power OF Gods laws and IN 1901 II
the name Of Abraham Lincoln on the walls OF tho repub
nc-nota victory bat the herald OF victory The south
was beaten at the ballot box and Appealed from tho