Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-05-02
Wendell Phillips on the Dean Of President
Lincoln,

40 B Iale speech Oh W endeN fhIhp', delivered
10 lae lrem5nt Temple, BJst1n, zoe following
beautiful passage occurs;
We believe The agony Vi Dhe slaves h0yel, tie
mother aud tle husband, when o lakes Is seat at
our board. We relIzs the 0ubAr.sm winch
crushed a,n 10 the sgAeu.ug ana blu,a, use Of
,he relics - Bu. Run, 10 The tor,ufs and uarya-
uJn u Libby Prison, where lGoey was mercy,
and death was y DIS best blessing aud now stil
more bitterly We realize .t 10 Tue coward ,pAe
wh ch strikes 40 unarmed IN 3D., unaarucd, behind
bus back 10 the assassin hagefs which dabb.s
with o.lOdy katie at ihe throat, Of o.d mtn on
sick pillows. Oh, God LET ibis lesson be erough
spare u, a1y more suea cQslIy teaching
This deed Is bu, TIE result aud t4.r representa-
tea OF The system 10 whose defense il ~ done.
No matter whether i was previously app, owed
a. kichmoni, OF whether The assassin, 1t be
reaches the coutederaes, be received vitl all hon
Or, a. the wretch Brook, was, lul a, % 0leOlier
wretch S surrey be wherever rebels are not
DUMP w.lu ls,t u our cannon. No matter i0r
al. ihi-. g d ,h5ws tH.s terrible acl 10 teach the
aston, Do uuHls,Ihra1le terms, tAe terrible Toe
sitn winch lJ has 30 drA. BI. for tbs d-nd,sh
spirit North atI South Nh.-h holds Up the re-
1-Ao1, lh- assassin n4d never elber W.sard or
d.red such d, d. lns iuul h!sn only ,hows
US how black aud VIDE tae c.lI4 ifom winch It
spr-ug
Ana VIA. Il him 10 whose precious blood thi,
mamealoQs les on is VIII! lie sleeps 10 The
D.es in,s Of tae poor, whose letters God com
ml,,l1led h,m 70 Jrr4k Give prayers iBd tears
% tue dg,oAte vdJw aud tne iA.herless, but
count h,m blessed far above ,he ctJwd Of ms
fellow men. fey-ut G. l,, OF " Amen lie
MS permitted himself 20 deal the asl staggering
b. which seat rebellion rseAug 10 d. grave
iuj hen, h.,ltg hs darling boy by lhe hand,
10 walk toe sr,e,s Of is surrendered cap tai,
while hls t4ls ur4uA 10 praise anu thanksgiving
sncn 0o.e hS name ~ the throne Of cd ia
every iurm pty lud gra4tu4e could NV nt and
t1eu % sea. ,he .ufe trlmpl q the cause he
loved " b his own blood. ue heard tie hfst
note, of com NJ jubilee aud iouad his name IA
every one. Wa among living men may not
envy hlm2 Suppose thl', when boy, he hlaled
GA tpe SLOW clueul OF tHe " .sss ppl, ,uiy g.z,ng
at r slave upon is balk', SOME angel h4d i!ed
tne curtain, ami shown hln tnAt Ia The prime OF
nls manhood De Sn-u,d See this pr W empire
rocked TO lis iouu1a 400 IN he ehlrt TO break
those chains, should himself martht the hosts Of
the Almighty IN the grtndest and h0ueS, war
mat ChustendOm ever Knew, aud dtAl, win hail
reluctant hand, that tnuuderbot OF justice which
would smIte tnit tou system 10 ihe dust-then
de, leaving a name lmm rial 10 tbe sturdy prlJe
% our race aud the uudlng gratitude OF another,
would any creduDly, however sangulne, any
enthusiasm however lerd have enabled aim 10
believe II ? Fortunate man, lie has ,td 10 DO
u! Applause. God ha, glAciousy withheld
nun from any fatal miss,ep IN the great advance,
and Withdrawn him al he momeDt when bus star
4. obs
ef hand or lhe work God gives it to do.
No matter that, unable 70 lead aud form the
nati o, be was contented TO be only It's reprtsen-
@Iys aud IN uthpece no matter that, with prtl-
udces hanging about him, he CROPPED his way slow
~ end mslnes reluctantly forward let Us re-
member bow patient be was Of contradiction, how
mule oosante 10 opoon, now wiling IKE LORD
bicoai TO hight ms torch at every miu CANDLE
W the least possible persona hatred, with TOO
htt.e s,cdInu bitterness, often forgetting justice
80 mercy ttndtt-heirled 90 any misery his own
eyes saw, aud in any deed which needed his actual
sWc,Iln, Il his slmputles had limits, reeolltet he
Was humtn, aud that he welcomed light more than
most men, was more honest Than his fellows, and
V.th a truth to his own CONVICTIONS such as few
po icidns achieve. With all his short comings,
~ point proudly TO him as the natural growth u
democratic Institutions. Applause. Coming
line Will put hIm on that galaxy OF Americans
via ch makes our history the day star OF the ma
tons, Washington, lhmiiton, Franklin, Jeaer-
sen aad Jay. History will add his name to the
bright list, VITA more loving clam on our graft
tude thau either OF them. n one OF those was
called 10 die for bis cause. For him, when the
nation needed to be raised 10 its asI dread duty,
We we're prepared tor 1t by the baptism OF his
hioll.