, 1865-01-07
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- A'0A9. JANUARY Z, 1SH5.
PHILLIPS ON NEGRO StRP4acn
VIC are not among the number of tho,,
VINO regard Wendell Phillips as harin.
caused cnu-slaycry sentiment 10 exist or bear
AIS fruits IN this country. This would be to
suppose that figure head draws after 1t the
sup. OF that the Tartar chief who each morn.
Ing goes out from bis SNOW hut to mark ont
I'm the heavens the course which the sun must
pursue, causes tho SUMS motion. That Phillips
for twenty-five years under certain circpm-
B'ances lnborcd alone and Intellectually
to abolish slavery, while now the
American nation under q wholly different
set Of circumstances labors unitedly aud ef.
1cctuany to the same end, only proves that
circumstances alter cases" )" and that with
out this change Of circumstances Mr.. Phillips
influence would-haye amounted to very little,
We know not whether Mr. Phillips arrosates
any large share in producing this change Of
circumstances. II he docs he possesses great
vanity. The sentiment that slavery is wrong,
Is natural to a1l non-slaveholding communi-
tics. Mr.. Phillips no more caused 1t at the
north than the Tartcr chief causes the carth's
revolution. Hc ut best but placed himself at
the Prov Of the ship to which the winds OF
heaven gave motion. He is f1t to part thu
S"ses. NV 6onie one wiser than himself must
1eeef tao vessel MAJ indeed would be the
S'e" 'asI "oula trust their safety to the
nsufe az the ho"s, though it might be tho
ocst TINT could be carved out Of one naterial,
as Mr. Phillips H. the utmost that can be
made out Of one idea. In some respects these
nsurcs nave aone hir. Phillips too much
aopot- Except IN tue mere desire to abolish
slavery ne has never preceded though he has
oiten dinc1ed from events and he is wholly
ocst'tute Of wisdom In the means Of obtaining
Ponucal results. Helabored TO abolish slavery
y cutse1lDg q secession party at the North.
hls ehort was despicable failure. The v1o-
Hence and infcmpcrate passion Of his diatribes
perhaps caused as many Northern people to
be plo-slavery rs to be antt-siaycry.
1nueea ne pecnllaSly happy In his
ability to satisfy most men Of the un-
~ uueoe o4 Jus pos't'ons. Dufang the war,
4ls aouse Of thnSe's financial policies, to
which every statesman of the DIR has now
gwen MS adhesion and hsa advocacy Of FIRE.
mont's Cleveland tlasco-eveu after Fremont
himself hacked cut Of it-ars but minor mani.
les'a1'o9s o. nus et1ane and distempered 5udg~
.nsn'' u 4,s m 1res 1eeen1 speech 9. Cooper lnsti-
tu1c mr.' fMnp' demanded that suffrage
eaouse y. 10 thfo"n open 10 al Inc negroes OF
1.e lne oou1n, WIN no 'ese out 4oyalty- Not
"4l1oaanous tAe great burden 1ats country
e,oens unae. oy reason o! 1ts ignorant vote,
. oaiuen "nlca none 20 ousnt 10 realize more
seos'ois tAah M1. 1"u'ps, SINCE no MN las
so eso' a4uis ineo its scoFn as ne, nc
:, "ou4a aua W u.s present can@cr, 1ous mil
uons o' saaSas "nom II mas been criminal TO-
ecacn 10 reaa IL tho ignorance Of q large
po'uon o1 our foreign Fote has been danger
GUS, can mr. fhhlaps see no dangers In the
so'c o1 Inc 1feeo skaFes, far more generally
ignorant, ecTv1le aad capable ofhelng wrought
upon W the arts Of dcmasogues? The orator,
not tue statesman, says:
,.,,- ~ ane 1cgio ne oso ana ne %1a not AZ
plaueet Lei nc see q man ii Boston tresd on the
humhlest right Ct the humhlest Irish boy in Ros-
o. Boston for biz adrocs1es md nenrY WiIsp1 far
his patron within a ~nck. And the reason IS that
thcres1r II I'll; nnt AZ n ~ Eson @ Has spte
humblcst fringe Of the garment Of lis nation ID
thus eaecsual,y projected, 30 tw!il &c With The
5a,a, and thr I'd deaagoaes r ] oT W 1ota naTtes iii
be cop In hand bf5ors him."
%-~'| s'AA- ~A~ 49, ~-@A5~E7~~9 ~ 1S%A 1~~A et%o
be cap in hand before the negro. But If Mr.
Phillips were statesman, that is result he
would do his utmost to prevent, not because
The negro is hlack, not because he ought to
DC owned, bought and sold and brntalized,
but because 50 tar as he Is ignorant he would be
just the material for demagngucs to work
upon. ana aemagoguism In our leaders, com
1lned With and growing out Of Ignorance In
our voters, Is danger which strikes at the
Fery existence OF kcpuolcan government and
lcnas Always to~afos oespot'sm. 1t has been
1ne ignorance o. our soathern Sote which
caused secession a. Inc eontn, ana mainly the
'snotance o. inc coprefneaa PoFnon Of that
very a11sa 'oes ~ WHICH, MT' 1au1'ps so ap-
Prosnely feiefs' WHICH aas maze nearly one
han ane Nosln supphant tool 70 the slaYe
power before aod daring Inc rebellion So far
Is the negroes Of the South are Intelligent, ii
they cannot be led by the nose by their
ao1ner masters OF by new ones no better, If
they can read the constitution undeD which,
and the laws for Which, aud the ballot by
which they vote. and can receive the light Of
the newspaper press which Is the palladium Of
popular lberty-Hthcy can write the proper
name on that ballot lift does not ainit-wc
sec no special evil but a probability OF greot
good in permitting them to vote. Without
these restrictions they hnye voted in Tennes-
See and North Carolina, and surrounded by
those limitations, the elective franchise in
their hands would ba beneficial to them md
to the country.
Speaking al We do, not like the irresponsl-
bic MIR. Phillips. Us the declaimcr Of a petty
sect off, come-outcrs, u but Us one Of the Or