Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-14
wendell Phillips on the President,
Cabinea and Congress.

In his recent speech at Plymouth Church.
Brooklyn. WENDELL PHILLIPS said:
THAT is the exact secret. What Fenced is
President and a Cabinet, and the masses behind
them. Applause Now, | find no Cabinet in
Washington, but only snag. Applause The
President is AN honest man. but tell YOU how
think he Is made. His stay for thirty at
Springfield. the center of Ilnois-to the north
OF h,m-the northern half of his State-free edu.
cation. intelligent Republicans; 10 the south of
him-Egypt-ignorant. pro-slavery worse than
dougbiacel-thst would be an improvement He
has been balancing all his lite between the two
elements. To he popular with both. and that is the
result of the balance Applause
That il the education of thirty years. 1t is no
blame of his. he lived there and could not help
il. Laughter. He has succeeded in being
favorite in that Mosaic State of Illinois, and the
result is Abraham Lincoln. applause He
walked straight line to a result. but zig
zag. Applause. aud he Is not able at his present
age get rid OF that old habit. But it is impos
sible that man with that teaching should have
ANYTHING else but a certain unavoidable bias to-
ward the Southern side OF these questions. lie
could not have been elected il he had been
Northerner. The reason why your Senator was
rejected was because he was Thought to toe
Northeruer-a great mistake. Applause and
laughter
Il tell you We have President the result of
Illinois politics. We have an Administration
that means TO hand YOU over to the next PreS
dentiii election. aud let that decide the question:
hoping that il will result in u triumph OF tie
Democratic party. who we'll turn the country over
into the hands of the Southern sllvehodng aris-
tocrscy. We have Senate that, with only
twenty-nine DAYS before IL. counting Sunday.
dare not tell what they know of the Presidents
Cabinet when the perpetuty OF this country is at
stake
Such is the gratitude of Abolitionism. In
obedience To is bidding, Mr.. Lincoln has nearly
destroyed the country, has lost the confidence ot
q majority OF the people. and IS pursuing policy
which has aroused a fearful agitation at the North
\ ct all the return he gets from the who have
ruined him is kicks and cuffs
We are glad of it, Ii he had possessed
age and hrmuess he would have relied in perfect
security upon the conservative masses OF the
country Now he is distrusted by every one and
ahured in the mouth of the arch Abolition dem
agogue
Will he accept the experience and act upon il?
Will he arouse like Simpson, and strike these
agitstors aud traitors from his pathg Will he
even now join the ranks OF the real Union men
of The country or will he grope with vascil
lating steps, msnueled by fsnaticism and IN
Eerysd by the consciousness that he is not doing
his duty the country? lie can never satisfy
the Abotionists. Phillips himself. ii President
to morrOw, would fail 10 satisfy them. No man
can execute impossible ideas.
Mr.. Lincoln NAV lick the dust from the feet of
the Abolitionists but will receive neither graft
tude praise. for whoever attempts To execute
their policy mOrtte> and earages them by evinc-
ing is stupidity and wickedness.-[ Detroit Free
Press.