The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-05-18
GEN ERAL NEWS.
Wendell Phillips on National Education"


There four great national educaton-ony four
great popular colleges for the One is the press the
second the pulpit the third is politics. and the fourth is ag
taon Look at the press large, and honorable ana IN
huential and function, but the editors cannot
afford face unpopulary Onehalf the Winter is taken
up in lodging the pledges which made in the Fall and
explaining the prophecies made the last November Take the
pulpit The ideal of an American pulpit something that
puts popularity and unpopuarty under its feet that gppes
with all SIM rebukes every sinner mas no eye out Tor DUTY
when American pulpit ever known as the oron
hope Of crusade against popular sin When was the
time that one in of the American pupts faced popular
niouy throwing party behind it in the service of Justice
On the contrary actual result there act partnership
between press and the pulpit Take politics. there the
natv and here stands the speaker For what To educate
the people? Oh no elect candidate carry point to
utter so much truth and carefully conceal the not
peril party prospects, "Avalabty" the motto over
head The successful politician of the age far Office
is concerned confessed within years. that he had
dared to utter whole thought since he grown up man.
He said personally am Episcopaan politically am
Methodist" daughter and appause) Now, certainly under
that pilotage-only following leader and that disgrace
he only saying in shape My life has been de-
voted accepting things not creatngbut not under that
potage the American people lead the vast nineteenth
tury Only here-a platform with candidate to lead-no
ny to disagree no Defend partnership keeps Won
back don't here because you agree with us
you to sit jury OF Judgment accepting what
please and rejecting the rest In Boston, ten years ago.
summoned the great of the Cotton Saes-Sephens and
his comrades and render for the faith
was in them ST. Louis the other day to be followed
by Fooe of Mississippi explain his side of the great
problem of national AFFAIRS and surely if such institution has
taught nothing it would teach that intellectual courage
which dared listen to its opponents Appause THE ndspe-
sbe of American citizenship Show
who skuks into the pot house and who seeks refuge in his
party and will show you that does really believe
his creed (Appause American citizenship be like
the Dutch Justice the banks of the Hudson wo when
plaintiffs lawyer had furnished his argument and the defen
dant about to commence, said Now don't speak,
will only confuse mel have made up my mind" Great
laughter) If really be what pretend be
Repubcanism sham if the of the people
a reality and preense, ndspensably necessary and
accompaniment to all other educational facilities
platform which leaves all thoughts in all questions
trammeed liberty of utterance-and that is the Lyceum
Nowhere ee-nowhere else in the great intellectual world is
there such platform. 1t has done more to put down
dice it has done break down the platforms of the
parties than other 1t through this platform that
American white first forgot their prudces and warmed
beneath the eoquence Of that matchess OF American
negro though he beFrederick Douglass Appause) 1t
from this platform too that womans voice first heard
with unlimited acknowledgment of her purity and her eo
quence Appause But this compliment compliments
enough Lyceum In the last has done its share,
and than its SHARE to the nation for the
strife of the last yearsunequaled in the history of
nation any age Iii only eight yeast is eg h
ago-since looked down into the Old Dominion and
armed and insoen Vginans looking down the wounded
patriot weering in his blood at Harper Ferry. Not eight
rolled away and Mason is exled the of the
world following his footsteps Appause) No nation
made such is owing largely and primarily
that unfetteed agitation ethical political and social of the
great questions of the dayand standing here under the in
spration of such PLATFORM feel that it only prvi
lege but it is duty bring all energies and capac
ties the solution of this great problemhe practcabty
and the value of democratic institutions Governments
built like this hall of umber-a constitution ia ninety
days They grow of state oaks grow One
hundred and fifty families oneha of England thousand
Scotland John Bright cannot make democracy until
he vanquishes this SYSTEM if he works till doomsday Here
every his homestead and you can't make
monarchy if you try until doomsday.
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