New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-13
"THE DUTY OF THE EoUB.o
a ddress BY Wendell PEiitips is tic New
England Congregational Cburoh.
HroSkiyn.


Hroskiyn.
The announcement that Wendell Philips
would deliver an address upon "The Daty of the
Honr, at tie New.Engand Congregational Church, in
South Ninth.st, near Ffth Brooklyn, under the aus
pces of the Brooklyn Library Association. attracted
quite large audience last evening, Notwithstanding
the execrabe condition Of the streets and tho threaten
ing aspect OF the skos. 1t nearly y o'clock when
the speaker was introduced TO his audience bat he had
moi coIcuded the opening sentence OF his address De-
fore It's attention was fixed. After stating tnat he was
well aware OF the subjects usually selected for Iyceum
lectures, in which the speaker strove 10 combine III
struction with amusement, he spoke somewhat rs
follows:
l do not think sin when cal your attention 10 a
question OF cyil duty The nation is passing through
OF Its greatest tests For The past four years We
have been called 10 the ordeal Of war. We have re-
solved the question whether Republics could fight. Ii
had been pr0phcsied that in the storm OF they would
90 20 pieces. When the guns Of the enemy Numbered
against Fort Sumter, Ihe London Iies said the Dub
bic had bnrst' but the bubble put COO OF soldiers
in The field and crushed the Rebellion. The question
now 10 be determined is. Can Republics governf and
this is the greater trial of the two
have been subjected 10 great deal of rdicuie be-
cause three months ago. said the conquered party IA
the field might be the successful party N the senate
Chamber; but in civil wars one party hos never yei
gained all it caiIDed-a have ended in COMPROMISE.
We have been trying 20 put gull between our Inslu
tons of $50 aud those that TO govern hereaiter
Yon remember the revolution in France in l-is when
kings were fying along every highway IN Europe.
To-day throne is erected as hrmly m Plrs aslt wa-
in 1890 We believed That when our cannon went down
20 the Gulf our ideas would 10 with ihemi ONT II we
succeed in this matter shall have done what no nation
ever before accomplished. The Son'h reOehed
10 save her form OF society By what means
did she rebel She had two weapons. The irst
was the idea of State Sovereignty. The Calhoun doc
time that the STATE WIS political poweF-tho ,.ioh
nothing The second was The Slave Power, whieh
ruled the Nation. When the South counted the votes
Or Fremont sue found that there no hope ior her
in the ballot. and ,he chose the bayOnet. In th1t
she has been whipped; but II the men who made
IDEAS Size has los nothing save INC prestige OF con
tinued success. VIII these men come backi Well.
who made the Rebellion You and | can count
thousand names. Where arc these mon now
Ono hundred of them in Europe; 100 have died on
the field OF battle the rest live hold Office and walk the
land. either pardoned or unpardoned Inc President
!,hed one aud never will. Jer Davis cannot yet his
deserts in this world. and would be ;he last man ia
ask that De- should ho punishel. The time bas gone BY
when punishment was possible. These states come
back with the same ideas. The have surrendered
nothing The South back with 1000 o0O of men
representing L labor. II matters lo tor The pgesen,
they tia. you have in NeN.AOrkt Not one.
The South says ii you let hic come hncN yoi
mus' do n with white mans government
Southern civilization l. lOrce - Northern cyIll
zatiOn j. motive The South s1ys compel the
North saws attract. and this Is the idea that was
rhundercd on the soil of Nirginil from tie guns Of
Grant. We want t0 know now whether the President
j. a force 10 be trusted t0 De resisted Here tn
speaker criticised what been termed the experiment
uf tie Precedent The Radical, said. Take state
and gave rs ciYil rights. Did De- make such az ca
perrnenii H. reconstructed he Southera militia and
mustered out the Array OF he United States lie then
cones ~ CD1rrc.s uHd n,ts how u likes his Recon
.tgucied States. Suppose Congress should say, don't
lie them 90 nli' tun he Tut them bIrk under a
military ,lcef They lave their miltl. aud We
lave hot ours. Indeed. Andrew johnson has not
vo' made up biz mind whether lc may call
lheso black men c0untfymcn Thirty years ago An
drew Jack .ol called them folOwciii<ens. Tho truth
IT, Mr.. johnson docs not yet undertake to s1y whether
them what their liberty is and -ays II is the liberty 20
work. thus j. u good definition IN Isk!n rejoice 10
,1y bur uot outside r. abraham Lincoln NJ Gctfrs-
barg. ia bis Immortal speech. said. Everything Tor
The people; everything by the people. Here 10 the
difference between the two.
He then aludcd to Hr. Beecher's idea Of cancellation
,nl said he was willing 10 admit The Southern states.
because they were unfit 20 be admitted. II were 10
take pot sinner from the Five Point. 10 'he door ~
plymouth Church and ask 10 have him admitted, Mr..
lesrh.r would .ly. Certainly, into The church and
iii preach ~ him bur into the church govern it,
TO- because be /, not it,. Ibis Mr. Beecher calls con.
dnation. JcG DAVIS cannot be- hanged, cannot be ban
ihed cannot be converted. Put into one scale JEFF
Davis with hs hate. Wade Hampton with hi pride and
Gov. Aiken with lB ignorance and into the other the
Iero with his book and bis ballot andh his 40 acres aud
Northern energy Will ts culture and capital and that
scale kicks the BEAM These the elements OF con
.niaon and they aie those which We must send the
south.
/ | do NOT tonight speak 20 yog ls Abohiionist.
might have held Up before you, Two years ago the
negro with hands ettcrtd aud ask YOU n he was not
man and brother hut to-day be stands upon his feet
ind has hs right hand upon The ingIar vein Of the
National Treasury. II is question whether yOtr
iecuriiics shall sell fr - or go down 90. Turn him
away ia anger and this ~ b. the result Tor upon hm
,cpcnds the National credit Give him the ballot and
,ou are safe Let these men nom the South
1to Congress and 'hc FIRST measure they would
rbie WOud bc one oi hndLce. Some Oi yOl
are afraid of the Confederate debt; bat never knew
~ouihclncr who was anxious tD pay his debts. The
blacks nav made no mistakcs--hcy always grayiac
toward tue side al justice, and yOu nav trust them with
the ballot as you have already trusted them with The
bullet iOr the ncXt four years the question VIII not be
oi a t9rih oi Banks but the same clls of question
that of justice 20 tho negro. Let 40 hero worship ol
love for any party blind yon to the duty oi the hOur but
how yourselves uolhN OF the men that have died Tor