New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-04
VIA. PHILLIPS EN PLYMOUTH
CHUHCH.
Our Euturo.

Tie commencement, and severai bu"" I.n;
wore vaiuly sndeayoriug to get a '0''Ds
Ge walls. After music BY the ch0if' /
NJ pb;ll;cs way introduced by Mr.. Iliton wno
.;5na,In ,.os commissioned by the Pastor Of 'the
Cbu,ch for the third time, to extend TO tner guest
az, hn.,ioE,v and the fullest freedom Of ths' plat
form.
MI Phillips rsid: .L;,s
,ire that have had the pleasure of standilg on ths
,,.,scy,n and this ia the first time cav saN 10 my
-, del;ch. that m coming here this evening, am
sYobanaing- onlpils with Mr Beecher for he speaks
Tonight in BOstOn Irom the Music iiail plauVip,
upere sra sometimes found, 10 Il larger crowd, IL
possittc Than YOU give me tonight. You VIII re-,
oiect bat the first time had the pleasure OF stand
;no here il was when a New-fork mob had driven
o. from the Tabernacle, aud when there was neithet
law nor order enough IN the city 70 permit an anu
SLAVERY voice TO be heard; and It was then that your
nastor and committee pledged themselves TO me
country that ii New-Hork was oyerawed ny 'ue
mob. Brooklyn had yet free speech ana mere IL
shopu be yiudlcated. lCheeTs. The fecono uuls
that stood here was nigh three yeais ago, ""eu
smoke 10 Won Ia relation to John Brown, then IN
Visainia iail Three years have rolled away
How full OF events How great tue results OF W..
mems dar0g of the idea winch he pressed gl'oh sne
eonsci.nce OF the country. DO Won know WIN "ha'
,1ostio ;nslice Providence treats that very town
where he Law in Jail when spoke 10 you STlViV
1he very man who went down from Iiiiaus ilhiih ~
bring his body back % his sad reialVes-lhsut,,V1
averv mile OF he road, his life threatened, the b
fs,s ;yyList6n0 rolrd his hcad--3hat very man iyF
eight or ten months has been, as Bngaller-csieIa
IN command OF the town II CeariestoWh auu II:i.
pers Ferry. lApplausel ID! oiusi ~ n'? 49, cr,v
officers he had the satisfaction Oh indng II MS up!
,y,th his own right hand TO put the torCh 70 Ial
very hotel in which he had been followed Win IN
snli and contumely "a the !FenG OF Johh otVNni
and when nis bng sde, under oFoere, destroyed al,
tie buildings of the reighborbood, with reVerenuai
care be babe the soldiers stop aud spare that engine
house that once sheltered the old nero lAppmuse:l
I do not know Il history more pe'IeV' toe.l-
rounding than ia that single local instance history
gives us In three short years. Hector IyDdale-lhe
friend of the friends of John Brown--~ho Went
there almost with his life in bis nght hand coH-
mands-and his will ia law. his SWORD is the guar.
onIv Of pesce and of property. BY his order The
town is desert, with the single exception OF tHs'
wall which John Browne presence has MADE IN
mortal. Now the whole history Of tne country Is Az
that single incident. Wrapped up III It's tlgnheance
IA the yphoe struggle which we come here to-day 70
lalk about. l am 10 speak to you OF the iutuTe IL
l. fair 70 say what every one Of you knows, that nc
vast interests toe elements OF civil society, are
crashing and ioslng against each other IN the kale
idOscOpe Of the future and 10 man can sketch Ger
tain picture. We can only speculate win more OF
less sagacty about the probable working out OF TIT
problem. We only suggest for the moment
what 10 10 tho duty oil leader and citizen II
bringing the country quickest and safest out Of th'
have "a doubt Tor one what the ulti
mate future is 10 be. l think II there arr
ANY ideas fundamental perfectly indesiructi
be- part and parcel OF the American Inino
they are these twO Free speech on every SUBJECT
upfettersd liberty Of thought and utterance every
vvhere upcn every topic Is the fundamental ideal q
American civilization; aud next 10 that, alnlost 81
Fundamental Is The other element OF our na'lons
Characteristic certainty that the continent belong
tous. IApplause.l Our civilization Is tue woIkin
out Of the most unfettered individuality eohsIs'el
with comfort; and the space gwen us ny frON1ehe
70 work out the problem Is the continent oil Nofl
ADericans; aud believe they make ss much u
real core of the heart Of the white man OF Loulslar
as they do OF Massachusetts, whether be is conscoI
of IL or not. Now with such national ehaIact'
but one future is possible, and that IL, n future
Freedom and future # Union No other grea
quiet haven, awaits Us. Everything that - ande
at il struggle. Everything that is aside Of that
sither war the nrza door 80 ie toAiv,v '.
SHALL never reach peace, the country VIII never va
down % ia normal level, until It has reached sbsc
hi freedom and entire unity from the Lakes to III
Gulf Now some guess one thing and advs
ppe thing and others advise the contrary
Some men talk of separation as the path 1
tbe result. Some speak Of the Proclamation OF tn
Pregdeut; others fear submission 10 the SlaV
Power. The Republican, ideal Is Union upon a
Auti.Slayery basis. The Democratic ideal lie Oulo
mon no basis whatever; an arplsIlce, the Southern
states In convention with carte blanche to in
NO matter what terms they aiix. My belief IL tina
ali of them are only another maze Tor war wa
more o. less Disguised war more or ess protiaceC
but war in IA true sense. his country has Devt
found ANYTHING but war since l7c7 1t was the wa
OF ideas. Ii was the war OF the ballot box. IL wa
she war Of parties. Ii was the war OF pulpits. 81
IL was all the same, war line SOutneTner haze
Abe Northerner because he knew that Ds Institution
we're unsafe 80 long as the Yankee ked question:
CAughterl. lie knows to-day, Jefferson Dayi
knows To-Day, ttat there is but one cornerstone ~
a4OutheIn Confederacy, based on Slavery: aud tina
is silence in New-England. And be knows tn
that result never come. he may leave New
land out III the cOld but III tue cold she sN
talks. [Applause.l And as long as che exits
thinking, his system rests on tie apex, not on Al
base Ii tOtteTs-lt cannot live. Ii is 10 war {
sections and he knows it. New. Orleans to-day LEI
90 herself, certain tia, that banner never would b
taken down, guaranteed against ID Confederate resC
tion-New- orleans to-day is the ally OF New-NoI 4
knows her interests, and sees II. II is no war q
sections; IL is war Of IDEAS, ending when one idct
9tIaDglss the other and not before. Now 80 muc
IDsy be eaid Of our Future. Peace comes when TIA
which plants itself Gods only law holds th
helm; and If that is freedom, peace comes whe
freedom holds the helm, aud not I'LL then
Now, would accept anything ON an
Anti.Sayery basis. l would accept eepaIa'
ton; / would accept compromise; L would ac-
cept Union; | would accept petce, and pay the
whole Confederate debt at par, Oh an Anll-Slhvery
basis. Because on that basis L Lave touched the
hard-pan Of national eXietence; have reached the
granite stratum, and may begin 10 build again III
peace. AND until reach that, no chicanery OF par
tiee, 10 cunning OF politicians ingenuity OF COM
promise, no device OF separation can make any dll-
ference. We are IN tOr Tie war. The South knows
II, AID II the North don't know it now, she will
learn II in the course Of year two. Sensation.
We talk Of events-what DO they meant lDry mean
that the irresistible nature OF own institutions
which stronger than any individual or any
peneTaiicu-tbat undelcurrent which is hearing
us on, and has borne us on for tie lasf
seventy Yeas. Ii Is AN undercunent to which we