New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-26
" THE SOUTH vICTcRIOUs.o
ReraeIi phillips,. Eec,ure Lns, y.cnina.


following is a synopsis Of his speech:
Mr. CnAIRMAy, LADIES AND GENTIENEE: ] speak
night because in my view, the passing hours are
both the darkest and the most Oenous in the history
pf the Republic ask your attention for an hour, TO
D0ok at the present stage ot that great conflict through
which the nation is passing because 1t seems 10 NE
shat whatever function public opinion has 10 play IN
the unfolding and settlement Of that conflict that
opinion has 10 be expressed now before Congress
and takes steps that can be redressed In
thc opinion Of the Journals ard the masses for puohc
opinion ia Its broadest sense. has no salvation for u.s.
il s TO be inyoAed now. To justify serious GROUND
upon which TO refer 10 it, let add frankly, that IN
Looking strr at the and conflict Judging it, he g Soais 1iS
victorious i know many Of you Will deem
tis paTadOXicG, almost insane But c. Inc remind you
that ths is not the first revolution III history aud that
abe records of revolutions full Of warning for Peo
pie placed as 1873, in Paris, was great POS
siblity. II had honest earnest men, able men, az tns
helm Of public affairs; and yet, history, iookine pach
npon le4e closes its record with the statement that II
was possibility, and possibility only me nos sh
shical principle in France that seemed 20 pe ou
merged forever IN that third great rlsiD9 ol e Pol
laI tide came out Of il. and stands to-day slosei I 40
ths streets OF Paris and the department" Vi ii"'''
than IL did in 1890. -. ,;,or,
of the Old regime: France made the greatest eioI
any nation ever made sever her future nom hSr % p
TO omen Gulf between France as II was ana fIlVe
ns shS boned She wonld be- Aud yet lie goes on 10
xhow lie that the greatest effort mace 'y nanoH
unsuccessful and tha aiter lne "aae, 'ue VJ" % 20
I7s9-90 subsided TIE oiu lhs'I'u'VhS ie"fP'"'eN '
1he subsiding waves. ,r...
Now we stand exactly as France stood. We are Try
Sag to put gulf between the condition OF TIE southern
aIt of The Union as it was and the Southern half Of the
lInion as we would ain have ito divide the one RON
ans other by an impossible gulf We 100 nave MADE
zpsgnanmous majestic, immense efforts 70 accomplish
that end The question still remains; ' Is IT accom-.
plisoed Has America done in one revolution what
France failed to do after threef
lam not asking. therefore general and insane ques
lions but broadly put 10 Us by history IN every
yecord Of revolutionary periods. How much was the
Union wise enough TO guarantee and anchor forever
What IN the battlefield and in the political struggle
bas she earned Well. my answer 10 that question 70.
night is in regard 20 the South hai taking no account
TODAY making a schedule OF she affairs mars shang
ahem against each other the South has thus far con
sueIed aud order that may appear honest on that
point let take you back 10 the cause from wAeh the
Rebellion grew, and the weapons which u useu
The speaker here referred TO Mr.. Sewaid's Z" IRE
1ressibe Conflict" speechhat II there being two sep
aTate civilizations. antagonistc 10 each oher one oi
which must gain theimasteTyas having been the real
origin of the war; which had ovcTthrown the STATE
,hs doctrines Of Calhoun and other Southern leaders
I3nt the contest We, finished. When the nation
ade hall Of the labor slave she bade Hdleu 10 ree
dom The south knew this perfectly; and she also had
ber white slaves at the North, John Randolph hty
named the Democratic party ApplauseJ we may
have conquered Southern armies but we have not con
snefed determination The South comes back as though
she were conferring favor The speaker did not he
Jeve that there any certainty Of the passage OF the
Constitutional Amendment by the requisite number OF
States The way 10 make the thing sure Was 10 shut
out every Rebel State from Congress until II agrees to
The amendment. Then the amendment IS secure As
II is are still aeated 10y the same old lrrepress
she The south came back with the same theory Of tie
sokorLination VI races. II uncertain coniin-
wenoy of the future whether blacks can live here;
whether the two races can harmonic on an equal
footing. Only ,he sHs.. s'sHe". sen' tue negro can
Asye left behind dominant race, the unapnIoachabe
sxpd untouched power Of that stern wrtc race which
nosde them slaves before. negro cannot be sold II
1hst amendment is passed, but may he go from the
New Of South Carolina over its ferry, there be
one 10 the next city That is for The White man 70
1nla ma he Epp IA
Sssdg That is for white men 10 say May lie testify
IN court Perhaps May he sit in the jury box It's
ssss S of that saeranent9 Well We do not know: May
re learn to read a Bibiei We'll, wen see. May he
a,ea the dirge of his own chfdrenf Perhaps. May he
70 no 10 the ballot box Certainly not:
system OF Slavery, not OF Slavery in an American
e6niton Of that because have always placed
IN the grand chattesm the fact that man may be sou
shst the science of Slavery Is that the same right when
IpAa has over animal white man las over negro
sYast is the original idea of Slavery we have taken
4rom II the one element that shall not sell tht
nnimal as he pleoses. The animal has one ilght-nO
a. he sold Graft Brown who knows Slavery iron
SIN Toarbt it describes Slavery as he finds il
Nissouri TODAY and saws that II means the withhold
ing Of the political franchise OF all partlepauoI
in the Government; that slavery the South brings baci
In her right hand She comes back with the same ee
ments Of political strength which can control tnS
ocs Of the North; the came theories WIN the SAM
Snen TO work them and the same element to WORK then
with. That is the way the South returns II must b
evident any reasoning man that the single adyantag
Che North has gained in changing the poitca sn'
social condition Of the southern states was the elm
ipaton possibly. of this single element OF chateihood
he alluded to Mr.. Beecher's letter, published IN yes
terday's TRIBUNE and said, the only question IN Mr.
Beeehers mind whether the white man will be dis
posed to grind the black man to powde or not.
The Southerners coming 10 seek pardon brought n
evidence of LOYALTY with them and yet look at the bear
jpg Of the President toward them He receives then
with all the courtesy, consideration and teierenc
with which any President Of the Unite
Gouth They ask him what is 10 be The fete OF MI
Davis He saws well it is onlyt decent that b
sbould be tried thus giving them of th
PRESIDENTIAL clemeDey, while we all laugh at it Som
Dean Swift Douglass Jerrod will hold il up b
zen the and contempt Of the ages Immense az
pjause.l That said TO that the books Of th
Rallst. merchants could show had paid more sine
tkeir emancipation 10 Northern manufacturers than th
white class at the South had paid. Cheers
The speaker dwelt, with his usual eloQuence upoT
Che virtues and qualifications of the negroes. and de
Sscted the wrongs which they had suffered and stil
suffer He referred 10 Mr.. Stewards recent speech a
Che present plan for reconstruction only good plan
Int the only plan. The President had all along pre-
tended that he only experimenting in the matter
reconstruction and he had therefore sent out Chief
Justice Chase Cen Schurz and Mr. COvode on tours o.
observation through the South. These gentle
snen had made reports until finding
them useless they had dropped them altogether and
ceased travelling. There but three wsvs Of re-
construction: to allow the Government to be par
tieipated in solely by the white race; solely by the
black race solely 10 the loyalsts Of all races. Ap
plausel The former the Southern idea the latter
the Radical Northern idea He says the black men
eonntrymenr do not know whether be can, but /
know every American ought. Applause. His first
idea that these black needed advice and tells
them their liberty 40 liberty 10 work. This IA the
been Lifted up. He says 10 them 10 be kind 10 their
wives; TO be vrtuous and chaste Laughter
Mr.. Phillips then alluded TO the cOmmendatons
bestowed ON Gen. Robert L. Lee by Mr. Beecher and
cid ol Iaax IN Ha Draef ftaNt