Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1866-10-25
Phillips Speaks to the Radicals.


cial equality of the negro and white races,
and the latter carries out the theory prac-
tically in his domestic relations. The ut
terances of these gentlemen, and especial
ly Of the head, must be accepted as the
sentiments and principles of the whole
party. True, some few of his followers do
not profess to run the dogma of 'impar-
tial suffrage" as deep into the ground as
he does; yet, if carried out to their To-
gical conclusions, their opinions legiti-
mately lead to the same result.
On the 18th of the present month. Mr..
Wendell Phillips delivered a lecture in
fremont Temple, in Boston. NOW, the
reader will please remember, Boston is
the self-styled "Athens of America" the
centre of n.wledge and refinement" yea,
the supposed Hub of the Universe. y l.
1t must therefore be conceded by the de-
PRAYED and grovelling "mud-slls'' of the
South that Mr.. Phillips oracular utter
ances were delivered to the Solons, the
Lycurguses, and the Platos of the nation,
with whom all the wisdom Of the ancients
and all the philosophy and religion of mo-
dern times reside. The oracle utters his
cabalistic harange, the sagcs applaud and
clap their hands for joy.
He said that zone year ago he express
ed the belief that Jefferson Davis never
intended to rebel, never intended to fight
the flag, or to desert Washington. ):
They meant that the North should be re-
bells while they held the government. -
Phillips has consistently denounced the
constitution as league with satan, and
virtually acknowledges that he and his par
ty have overthrown the government and
that Davis and the South fought to main
tain it. He "never meant to rebel"
He declared that all the leading repub-
licans Of the day were thoroughly con-
WINGED of the necessity of impartial suffrage
All these men were speaking in favor of
impartial suffrage, but why, be asked, did
they not enact their belief into faith The
remedy for that was to send those back to
Congress, and tell them to enact their be-
lief into statute" That is, he would have
Congress pass law Investing every negro
and every woman within the limits of the
country with the right to vote.
He would say to Congress: $50 back
and sit down in the House of Representa-
tivcs, and govern the Republic; and for
the first act in that government, impcach
the President. Prolonged applause. He
would have the House of Representatives
impeach tho President, place the president
of the Senate in his Office, and then the
people would run the machine. Applause. =
Yea, verify. Mr.. Philips, the radicals
would run this new machine of your ina
gination with vengeance! They would
run it, until not even little grease spot
of its grandeur and dignity should be left
They would run it, until the last vestage
of civil liberty should be crushed out on
this continent, and until the seats formerly
occupied by the Webstcrs, the Clays, the
Calhouns, and Marcys of the nation, in
the administration of the government,
should be degraded by such mountebanks
as Wendell Phillips and his co-laborcrs in
this work of destruction.
He says to Congress, after having turn
ed the President out for having dared to
oppose their destructive schemes, govern
the Republic" That is to say, the former
form of government, with its limitations
and restrictions, has been abolished, or,
we should more properly say, usnrped, and
a great central machine unlimited in its
powers and unrestricted in its operations,
has been set up on its ruins. Govern
the Republic:' for the States are hence
forth to be considered as mere dependen-
cies of the machine Invested Of all the
functions of separate, sovereign existence
possessed by them under the form of gov
ernment established by the statesmen of
former days.
Speaking Of the constitutional amend
ment, he denounced the insertion of the
word males as "a libel on the nineteenth
century" He would Of course include wo-
men, black and white, mulatto and GIN
gcr-bread brown, under the head of 'citi
zens,' and give them the glorious privi-
lege Of voting.
He said the negro riots at Memphis and
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