New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-28
WENDELL PHILLIPS ON HBCoN'
sTRUCTION.

- Demonstration now is Disgrace forever lie SAD;
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. am speaking tonight ON
Reeons;ructiop which deem during the coming SLY or
sisbt months the most nomeno-f Gces.'on which can
Secupy the attention Of the American people And In
eoming here tonight to speak upon IT, allow me 10 say
fhat II 10 from no undue anxiety or dstrust OF the
national sutborities - executive and .eg4slatfe IN
whose hands rests the problem IhsTe no disrnsf OF
their purpose -Four year. ago divided the North into
three classes one the defeated minority ready for any
thing which would embarrass lis conqueror; secondly
large section of the Republican PARTY then ia ny AI
Seward. ready for any sacrifice that would save we
Union and thirdly the hast sso ICs OF .e 1 10
keep in Office the promises made In inc cnu.
vsss The meaning Of that canFfs' OF Io;V We
i think Abraham, the head Of chat last section, and
Interpreted the canvass and meant to Eeer, s
and did keep 70 ,s utmost g Syjgs ,sea into The
sections, the defeated minority ready ioI any tns
that would eInbarass the Government secohd! 9 t
larger section than existed IN Isoo pro0tu9ne ~ ~.
Republican party recruited from the the BeiEyeret
and W ar Democratic, ready tbeh as nov" "f ainVs'
any sacrifice that would save the nation; anu tluy'
the honest and earnest men of the Eepabhean ranks
nespinQ TO keen in the office the promises OF the
canvass and at the head Of that last section should
place today as did then the name OF our Chief Mags
trate, Abraham Lincoln. lChseIs.l II thought n
were cerain--no man. when much il at hazard has
O right 10 risk anything-h we're certain
that tho Chief Magistrate Of the nation
interpreted this canvass az I think it
ought to be interpreted and u thought cir
cumstances and his party would enable nun 70 keeP
should have nothing to say 10 You tonight But ihere
h where my distrust lodges and confess Il ls moi less
sned by the iperous anxiety OF the PRESIDENT 70 oree
upon us the sham state OF Louisiana Allow me- iheTe
fore in the hour which you lend to Inc tonight 10 ef
1nto some views of what consider the indispensable
elements of any sound and permanent reconstruction
believe the meaning OF the recent canvass, broadly
stated is this Tie North decided 10 save is IaliOh
ahty at every cost and 10 demand all that liz essentia
TO the permanance OF that nationality. what is the
meaning of the canvassi think the universal purpose
Of the North represented on that canvass Is 70 pre-
served the nationality from the Lakes 10 inc In enu
BOUNDED by both oceans. lCheers. Now nave 10
say to you tonight that is my goa the establishments
u a strong prosperous and just nationality. We
had one once, strong. prosperous, but with
no ius,ice in IT, II was Slave oarcly its great pur-
pose the preservation and the perpetu1tion OF the
iem Of domestic Slavery Ii endured until lstO In form
aud till nigh lsi0 III essences md II was strong ana
prosperous nation. Since that we hove had nothing
which deserves the name. We gee that IN ihe treel
nent Of America both by It's friends and Its oes on vac
other side Of the Neithtr OF them within the
last ten years have regarded us as nation sroug ana
equal The whole conduct of the Engsd Government
its isy exercises hardly deignng 10 attempt 10 hide
the undisguised hostility Of tie classes It represents
Take Earl Russell when Charles Francis Adam laldeG
at Liverpool within ten hours OF speech VIII tne
representative Of the state OF American Affairs, oul
che Re,l does not degn wait Without stopping for
the few hours which will bring the new message IRON
fhis side of the ocean, be doubles our Gncui';es W
acknowledging the begerency OF the Rebel States why
Poland had been in iGsurTecton for years. ne yentared
upon no such step Russia wac too sOn5 10 allow such
an Insult Take the Alabama She escapes RON ~, Ln'
srpoo The Government made it excuses we dld our
best 1t is the Hah Sheriff who lets his prisoner es-
eape. He SAVE " ! had been donblelroned. Wesay;
Won are e1cusable But IKE next morning the con
scted murderer comes IL and takes breakfast with the
official and after breakfast bows his thanks and goes
his way ~ recommit his crime so Win the AiaDsmai
IN sixty ninety days he puts INTO an Lnglsh port U
coal and ike tie murderer goes out to continue her
dsprcdations. Ii France had flung her Tag rom the
masthead Of the vessel she burnt, would Britain have
Oh OnraX nj
ner of friends k hardly less proof OF our lack Of ma
tonsHty. They do not view Us as equals we
ere not a nation twelty'One years old. Pretty
boys they pat US the shoulder and say, well.
vote for Abraham Suppose Bonsparte dead 70
porrow, suppose Victoria in trouble aud cur Chlei'
Justice or Secretary Of State should write letter 70
London Paris telling them what steps TO take With
what cool poteness would they be bowed out Of Eu-
rope and reminded that their business was at bone
&hy syen Gollyin Smith exhibited an iDpertnence
which language is lacking 10 describe, and only an
EDglshman can eIe-ipliiy. lappaus Now N! Oh
toward the securing Of Nationality strong prosperous
and iust able 70 defy its opponents ana heeuus 40
spogy bu, M sxieass s bcns - cover the blot on
pnr national flag We will let il toGt In mid heaven
with nothing again TO apologize ior appaqSe ~
NE advise you of two principles which umannsy blenu
Stbex ave moi TO the existence Of Just ma
zion One is 1t must represent ore idea Asicug as ~
divided between two It is secondary power ~ II Ae
s,e1. great influence. 1t nus, er be money OF
Office or literature or virtue that must tske Possession
An New England forty years ago mau before whom
Webster would have weighed but as dust IN the balance
he could have forgotten wealth tans .ne h spg snIs
and the House Of Stuart with the present dissen'ion
between the and the upper class She has Only
been frsrate power IN those Few ana ione lIleI
when some gigantic mind compressed al the elements
Of her strength into the chanuel oil one idea Ihe con
femptibe thrdrate power Of Charles became me dic
tator OF Europe when CromWei!s iron !,sD' Iano
grasped all the elements Of English strength That
rebuked the young pride Of Louis ana the veteran crat
Of Mazarin. That humbled Spain on the land and
Holland on the es so te OS e.can asA fcs
VI Rome and the devastating conquetis OF sweden were
alike stopped. Later William III. aud Marlborough
enacted the miracle, and Chatham for Few elori
Gus wears humbed with hand the house Of BourO0n
while he welded with the other the Democracy 81 Eng
land as Gratsn described H. and to-day England FOL
lows humble yasss in the suite OF the treneh per'
or because her government and her at odds
one ia afraid and the other dassnt 10, take France
whatever time You mark her since l7e9' never great
except when pressed into one ohann by me despoiism
which fused everything into one idea-a herd OF ped
ders the contempt Of Europeno sooner did the 1hrd
Nspoleonputs his heel Paris than he dictates law 10
this cosnent and the other-tho Emperor OF the word
Now the same fate attends u.s. either Jefferson Davis
must sit at Washington welding 90 States IN favor OF
Slavery Lincoln must WELD them n the service OF
justice. One idea Your nationality goes no iuTAet
Than your idea. You may send cannon 70 the Gulf
Sherman az pilot his hordes IN the waves CT the AT
lapc but the nation extends further than the idea
Cannon and the schoolnouse follow Grant as he ad
vanoes II the scboolhoUse remains planted when the
cannon comes home have nation, but If IL retarnr
with the nationality goes back % anchorage
When New England and Newly ork kiss the waters OF
The Cali OF Mexico with ideas we have nation; con.
suest does not make IT, Well then another element OF
nationality Is mixture OF races There never was great
nation ON shsin of q single blood don't care where
Sace Judged by some tests In the world. but nobody
can hardly trace its abiding place. tnmixed and
assimDaied it falls behind the van: All great
nations, ever since Rome welcomed all gods 10
Asy Pantheon have beel mosaic of races. Austria