The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-06

wigwam take special train over the Central
Railroad and get to the Convention by the
Philadelphia and Erie branch; but unless Bel
mont makes up his mind very soon, carries
Marble pick-a-back, and hobbies over the
ground at pretty fast pace, he will be too
late to take part in the performances and the
pickings
Wendell Phillips On Congress and che
| President-The OLD Liberty Party 10
be Revived.
| The usual convention Of tho anti-slavery
society took place at birmingham Massachu-
sets, on the 4th instant, no doubt for the spe-
cial purpose of giving Wendell Phillips an OPP
portunity to have his say on the political
questions Of the day. As might have been ex-
pected, this high priest Of the old abolition
party exposed the duplicity Of the party lead
ers in Congress, and denounced both the Presi-
dent and the radicals. Phillips, having fought
his way into prominence in the ranks Of the
old liberty party and in the anti-slavery So
ciety, and lived to see the adoption of his ideas
of abolition of slavery, now insists that 1t shall
be made perfect by the adoption of universal
negro suffrage. On that point he will accept
no compromises or halfway measure, but in
sists upon having universal suffrage or moth
ing. He finds that neither the President
nor Congress is ready to grant it in the
shape that he wants it and, as a matter Of
course, his speech at birmingham is filed with
denunciations. The President, however, is let
off very easy, compared with the accusations
sv y;u IND nj
ment against the latter, if anything, exceeds
Mr.. Phillips usual vigorous style. This
prophet and leader Of the old abolition faction
informed his followers gathered around him,
that the President has no policy, simply
q plot" while Congress "has betrayed us, and
is demoralizng the popular heart"
The great point made against the President is
that he is the leader Of the South, their general
in-chief, encamped in the White House, assist
ing that section in rallying the broken lines in
an effort to restore, AZ closely as possible, the
Union as il was But with all this he believes
that Mr.. johnson is anxious to he elected
President in 1868, and would be willing to
give negro suffrage to secure that point. But
while the President according 10 high priest
Phillips view Of the matter, is ready to go that
far, he holds that Congress has surrendered
the point at issue, and that the only purpose of
the radicals is to bridge over the fall elections,
in the hope Of saving the party. They have
proposed in the amendments TO the constitu-
ton to compromise the question Of suffrage by
a change of basis Of representation. As a mat
ter Of course Mr.. Phillips opposes these amend
mcnts, declares that they will never be ratified,
and what Is more, that the republican leaders
in Congress know that they will not be and do
not want them adopted. 81 do not" says
Phillips, "disgrace the whole proceedings when
I say that 1t is party trick. 1t is got up to
serve q purpose, to kill time until after the
election and get rid Of pressing emergency"
But IL IL should by chance succeed, "then the
negro will be given defenceless into the hands
Of his former MASTER" Such is the view given
Of the action Of Congress, which he character
ICES as craftsmanship of compromise and n.y.
pocrisy, in which he and his friends can take
no part or lot in it's contamination. Since
neither the President nor Congress comes up to
the standard Of the old anti-slavery faction,
and neither Of the old parties Of the day in
tend to adopt the idea that that class are Ia
boring for, it has become necessary to look to
other means and other sources for the accom-
plishment Of their purposes.
The plan for oil this has been hit upon.
Wendell Phillips finds, by looking over
troll governments-land and the ballot
box. The class which owns land will
be able to mould the government This, in his
view, Is the reason why the South desires TO
keep the lands out Of the hands Of the negroes.
II they can only succeed in accomplishing
that, the people who have heretofore held the
supremacy in that section will be able TO resist
oil efforts at their overthrow by revolution in
their midst. Lands and the ballot box for the
negro are, therefore, indispensable to the sue
cess of Wendell Phillips great idea. Unable
to prevail upon the republican party TO engraft
this upon Its creed, he proposes to organize a
party with that as its platform, and 60 before
the people battling for that great principle.
In other words, to revive the old liberty or
abolition party Of twenty years ago and carry
on the same system OF tactics, adopting the
cry Of Gland and ballot for the negroes"
in the place Of abolition Of slavery. Mr..
Phillips admits that il may take them ten
or fifteen years to secure their final sue
cess, but he is certain that they win triumph
in the end. This will bring a new party in
the neld, and viii take from the present
republican organization ell that class Of men
who, like Wendell Phillips, fare honest in their
convictions, and prefer principles to party and
official position. II win probably make di-
version in this way in the Northern States Of
upwards Of two hundred thousand votes, and
thus control sufficient number Of votes to
more than hold the balance Of power between
the other two parties. Thus, at the very time
when the conservative portion Of the repub-
lican party Is preparing to hold convention
and cut loose fron Aha radical wing the