New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-10
SPEECH OF WENDELL PHILLIPS.


I Mr. WENDELL PHILrPs upon being introduced. was
greeted with laundering applause After stating that
Through ndispositoD. his remarks WOULD DC prie no
said that he wished TO make two statements, WHEN
seemed 10 him important be taken into consideration
by the AboIltionsts. What say therefore, said the
1spcaker simply In regard 10 le next na,aOIai s'sp
az affecting the security Of the colOed man I'D DIS
lnevly.founa right. Governments are not made-Iney
grow: aud the seeds or elements out OF when tney
Fdcriyc their strength the real guarantee oi the
nights specially recognized in the Constitution now
II The anti Slavery amendment to the Constitution shall
we so a1s ibr ' Our dn
10 me az Americans and eelr.sighted Abontionlsts
10 day is the reformation of the elements OF the state
Ito see to that the great forces OF society guarantees
ltho RIGHT recognized by the parchment; and that %
lie Great duty which the present hour brings to u.s. NO
freedom il real and emancipation Is enectuai uniess
society that undcrie law that they may secure its
Execution That Is the text. Now what light do the
aIy chapter OF the struggle is cloSng what lesson does
4 II give US We have tried 1t In two shapes, and II
take two individuals as Representative; o, tIese
Ewhe do no injustice 10 either. The first nationai
purpoec was inearnatCd in the IDEA that Tue SCUM
lwas not angry. bat mislcdthat she was not hostile
Hint simply wayward-that she loved the Union as
tmuch rs We did but only took an odd way Of show
ling II llaughterl-,hat, misled and mistaken
1maanasiuity and forbesrance, the eAhipition ei
spowcr without the use Of 1t, was the Only
sway TO bring her back hom her error.
eAt the head Of that idea We placed Mcclellan.
The exhibition of strength withoa. the use Of uo
5ion Inv At the basis OF Southern treason-that form
lof war was illustrated by slaves sent back to Their
masters, by the proclamation iNat We snoud pus
ansurccton with iron hand by guard set over the
femnty house of General Lee. while dying men lay IN
he sSamp outside under the storm aud the suushlne
INV a guard set over the only. spring that
aye decent water for Ave miles, while evered soldiers
died of thirst in sight of the ktchen-by guard set
Hover his garden that the wounded man was
gcatred half milo around IL to the swamp where ne
ded in order that the sacred Enclosure might not be
ldesecrated by the step Of a Union soldier. Did
yt do any goodi The South Rugged herself
in the delusion that tho North elteer n. mao , nu
Ethc scattered elements Of nsurfection grew solid
einto state-what had been the comparatively
kdcspicable shape OF Eebeiion enlarged into me
fsons of civil war. Two years rolled away. Inc cur
Main rises on another aspect of Northern purpose oher
Imam lchecIs sweeps like tornado across Georgia,
eayng dcsola,on behind hp Out al INC SAINT an
orestraned hand One day he crossed the Slster
lFerry. setting his foot South Carolina lie sees
grecn sward with their throats cut bearing on ssei
!. breasts the message, Death to every foraser.
0Thereupon he spreads the wings OF his uesoiat'Ds
host forty miles wide. burns whenever nc ca,
sreach them, the magnificent forests which MAKE lax.
uthc wealth of that region, leaves behind mn
pneithor town village. neither mouse, iarni no
efcnce-men and women excepted, nelther iow ho
Hour footed beast nor any living thing OF any eonse
Hgucnce whatever. One dead uniform silence Teignoe
where he trod. In this guisc no sweeps up ~
ugh-bchinG him twenty-five Thousand noh hS
eSerars craving of their conqueror their daily bread
n They were the and the women VINO, yea, ne
sat n proud houses that the North eituer nau ~
Strength or was afraid to use it. sherman wrote w,.i
the swords point the purpose ana tne DON'T ~ - ut
North in letters forty long on the bosom OF n0ut
Carolina. iIm,nenso appause Tho astoanded Con Con
edcracy crambed to pieces rms was war; .iS ,s
ha;r 81 state announces which kind Of purpose VII
animate him In the coming four years, when he tells
tna treason is crime to be severely punished no.
mere diererce of opinion. Now the question, Win .n
;bt If that experience behind us. with the announce
mcnt from the Presidential chair Is VIVA ~
should be the duty ard the %sn'i sa aSu,um
ata The work, saw no word OF what should DO , don
70 assas sins fhe hand OF Davis RED n The hand
Of our Chief Magistrate we must Leave sanm !" a. Govern
AdTn us, ANU With 10 which have to deal
when we SPEAK Of the great mass OF sU s enc
mcs-not IebepubIic ene%s. ON sae should be ,hs
thc picket lines Of this cv will soonest and sures