Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-11

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WENDELL PHHIPs, delivered speech a
birmingham, Mass, on the Fourth, from
which we give the subjoined extracts. As 4
disclosure Of the true aims Of the Radical
majority in Congress it deserves attention
The speaker is in perfect accord with the
Radical party-wiH vote with and sustain
them-but labors TO adUaaoc them to the
position, not only Of giving the ballot to the
negro, but Of giving him the lands Of the
South. The conservative people Of the
whole country should take warning, and be
mp and doing for constitutional Union,
under such disclosures
THE President.
do not say that / can put my hand on
the exact pledges which prove the President
traitor % his own promises but do say,
and every man who hears me knows-and
believe the President Of the United States
himself lnows-that he betrays to-day the
principles which carried him into Office.
Hear, hear" and applause. ! say that,
had he stood ia 1864 planning what he row
plans, then in 1865 and 1866, he woaid have
been suing for pardon at The door Of the
White House, instead Of being seated within
it, endeavoring 20 build up a party out Of
rebels, and towards whose timidity saved
them from being rebels. IApplause. Well,
the President is great force. II is idle to
ignore the fact that the tenant Of the White
House, with the patronage Of the Govern
ment behind him, can almost guarantee sue
cess 10 any party 10 which he lends his aid
And how stands the National legislature
Congress has surrendered-sur the
point IN issue; surrendered the exact ques-
ton upon which depends the character Of
the future. Look at IT, A barbarous and a
civilized community can never be united
under one government on equal terms; the
result must be conflict. IN order that bar
barism and civilization should be united un-
der one government, one or the other must
be able 10 control It's rival for the time being
Il you expect peace in the future, the North
must have a right 10 carry its civilization
into the barbarous South; the civilized North
must have the right within the national Cir
die 90 control the barbarism Of its neighbOT
What controls governments? Two elements
land and the ballOt-box. In the long run,
take half a century together, land owues the
government; that class which holds the land
will be able 10 hold the government IL
always has been so, and there is little doubt
that il always wall be. What made a demo-
cratic revolution possible in France in 1883?
Because Its nobility had parted with its land;
because the French peasants held the land Of
France.
What then made and still makes demo-
cratic revolution impossible in England ?
Because then and now the ruling classes of
England holds tho land in lis hand. Thirty
thousand families own the land i'm England
\ ou might as well rebel against the law of
FTayitatiOn as make n democratic move on
the soil of Great Britain. The South knows
IL; the South pledges herself 10 herself to
keep the land out Of the hand Of the negro.
la this she plants the cornerstone of her
government in the firmest possible spot
On the other hand is the ballot. The only
possible thing that can couutervail this ruler
Of all governments, land, is the ballot
box. ln our reconstruction these two items
are the primary ones. The ballot-box is
Indispensable With it., all others range
themselves in proportion. Without il there
is hardly possibility of salvation. Now, in
these circumstances, Congress surrenders the
two points, Of land for the negro and the
ballot She has neither confscated the land
nor has she regulated the political privi-
leges Of the citizens OF the rebellous States
! say, Ia those circumstances, Congress has
surrendered. ! know rs we'll as YOU do
what Congress means / know as well as
you DO what hopes Congress indulCcs. We
are accustomed TO say that the President has
policy. ! think it is a mistake. The
President has not policy; he has a
purpose. The Presidents purpose is 10 be
reelected IN 1865. For that he will adj
NIT any policy. To secure that he would
support even suffrage for the negro. lie has
no ideas; he has plot He has no prin-
ciplos; lac has a selfish purpose to carry.
THE AIMS OF CONGRESS.
Congress, broadly considered, is in exactly
the same condition. allow the honesty Of
It's purpose, if you will but the purpose of
Congress is TO maintain the harmony and
the predominance Of the Republican party
II has purpose, and its purpose is to tide
over the fall elections. ] acknowledge,
with you, that the majority Of Congress hon
estly believe that by saving the unity Of the
Republican party they shall save the nation.
! will acknowledge the honest conviction Of
the majority Of Congress- but what | want
you 20 observe is that Congress to-day does
not even propose TO settle the question in
yolved in the resolution. IL only proposes
81 lay before the people such a measure as
will save the Republican party at the ballot
box. Well, friends, distust such policy.
! believe that Sll history shows that as it is
said in the Good Book, he who seeks only
Go save his life shall lose it, So a party,
when it is reduced TO apolicy concocted only
60 save It's life, is certain 20 lose IT, The
South has never fought on this line. She
has always fought for what she believed to
be a principle frankly avowing il, and four
times out Of five she has succeeded. The
policy Of the South, the statcsmanship Of the
South, is courage fraukness, and an idea.
The statesmanship Of the North is timi3ity,
compromise and hypocrisy [Laughter.l
What the leaders in Congress thinl, Is,
that the amendment viii be rejected. OF
course il will be- The President has put
his foot down against it, He has warned
the Southern States not 20 ihdorse il. He
has told them in 50 many words that they
will have his support in refusing 10 ratify it.
The precedent set In the last amendment
counts all the States in making up the re-
guisite three.fourths, and il that precedent
is TO be followed now, there is no possibility
that the proposed amendment win be ac-
cepicd. What then. does STEVENS, what
does boutwell,, what does WADE, what
does SUSnaB expect In that near fall,
when the elections are over and the amend
ment defeated, what do they expect? Why,
they expect that the Republican party, vic
jorious nc the hallot-box. urtcttered hy the
adoption of the amendment, will float hack
into Congress, able TO pass an act that shall
give the ballot 20 the negro, and initiate an
amendment of the Constitution which shall
secure II 70 him. They hope they expect,
that after the defeat Of the amendment in
the fall elections, the party will return to
Congress stronger than IL stands to-day.
They do not want the amendment accepted.
The worst possihlencws that TuApnEvS SrE-
VEINS could hear would be that the amend
mcnt was adopted The most unwelcome
news that YOU could carry to GEORGE BoUT-
WELL, Of Groton, would be that the amend
ment had been ratified. They neither cx-
pect IL nor wish IT, Ii Is a party move. I
DO not disgrace H. when ] say il is party
trick, 20 tide Over the elections, and save
timc-nothing else. To serve a Purpose-to
get rid Of an emcrgcnCy--to tide over the
summer-to get on the other side Of the
cleotions-thai is all
suppose to-day this were a Republican
caucus Some Republican orator Is addrcs-
sing GU. lie is advocating the amendment
"a the Congressional offer 20 the South.
some man la the audience rises and asks,
" L. that the Congressional plan DO you
mean 90 say that when that amendment Is
ratified, Congress will admit the South 70
their seats in the Senate and the House Is
thai your plan 80 He must saw vcs or no.