Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-11-15
Wendell Phillips, Speech

" have read with considerable at
tention the speech made by Mr. Phillips at the
Cooper Institute iw evenings ritce. Tho
criticisms which he made upon Mr. Lincoln Do
not demand at my hands any minute dissection.
have only to say that Mi. Phillips and Mr.
Lincoln are counterpars, and need each other.
Mr. Phillips ayOwediy ls a reiyTmer, and there
fore is an ogital0r. Mr.. Lincoln Is by nature
and practice an administrator and an organizer
It is impossible but that these two men should
in some respecte stand IN critical antagonism Of
each other. And Mr.. Phillips goes before to
prepare the way. lie raises higher and higher
at every step the great moral standards and BIO
finds fault with the administration that he may
bring it higher and higher. am glad that he
made that speech. | regard him 90 do anchors
10 the western rivers. When TIE steamboat
runs upon shallow place, they set jacks under
her quarters, and take au anchor and carry it
far down the stream and couple u 10 the capsan
and then haul the boat up to the anchor. Mr..
Phillips is an anchor and be ls tar ahead Of
any possible administration Al present but he
hopes By turning the capstan TO bring tho adj
ministation up 70 his ground 10y aud-by. You
know that Coo lett the lllIutes, and the Jebu
siteS, and the AmOries IN the mountains as
thorns to make the children OF Israel faithful TO
their Worship aud God leaves IN cur Canaan
some thorns to spur men up to their duty Aud
am glad Mr. Phillips criticized Mr.. Lincoln.
| Let hun crltlcize hun again. Mr.. Lincoln can
bear il. IL vii! not hurt HIM. Neither will il
hurt Mr.. Phillips DO not think thar any
speech that 10 can make will inlure his repu,a-
ton The abest speaker on the continent; a
man Of the profound 81 moral CONVICTIONS a
man that has been true to his ideas at the ox-
pense OF his ambti On man who had the
prospect OF rising 10 the highest honors that a
nation could give, but who because be loved
justice more than hOnofs, stood In a minority.
Kissed, hated, mnbbed, that he might be witness
OF liberty, John the BAptsti the wilderness
clothed with eam9l's hair, eating l0custs aud
wild honey, and preaching repentance to a
guilty nation such Is he aud because be as
adhered r. his o0nyl tons OF liberty 10 The 1t
termost, and with constant testimony, he i.
without comene!s in the eyes Of the poop e
and is made oil no reputation. And hon
him, and admire him, and love him. DO n u
always follow him; Tor too, am Tree, At
have judgment that must cxerc TO. But
do believe that Mr.. Phillips while he may seem
severe in his criticisms on Mr.. Lincoln, IS sever,
only that no may b, Kind to liberty, aud that hC
may be kind to patriotism, to cJuutTy. And
think that Mr. Lincoln Will do we'll to take
heed to his criticisms and 70 accept slch men al
he is no, blndy to follow them not o TAX,
everything that they say as gospeI; but as tn,
natural qulckeners OF men like himself Fol
these extreme men these men that are admin
isrators and organizers, and that go only as las
as they can take tho people with them, AM
these men that are reiormels end agiiaWrs, an(
L that always go ahead OF the people are tn
i natural coun'erpar's aud helps Vi each other.
--Beeoher.