The New York herald., 1867-12-20
" SURRENDER OF CONGRESS. !"

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An address was delivered last evening at the Brooklyn
Academy Of Music by Wendell Phillips on the Sur
render OF CongrsSs.p The attendance not very
large faot which might have been caused partly BY
the almost impossible condition Of the streets. The
address occupied an hour and half In delivery, good
deal Of 1t being identical with Q previous oration
Tho speaker met with comparatively cool recep-
tion. and only succeeded once or twice Ia elicit
ing . faint murnur Of applause Hs began
By showing the value Of ycsums And lecture halls in the
dssemiuation Of free and unshackled thought, and
then proceeded review the which brought
the war; arriving al last at the political situation at the
present time. He then sald:n
It Ii useless 70 talk about the negro We are Amsr-
men OF brains and enterprise; men who when one
thing falls turn to another men never 81 fault never
position such as many nation has been in before
nobsr purposs-rsng 20 the level Of more intsllec
tua comprehension We, the educated American
side Of the republican party says no; the
sn By ss' tho Yes iHs~fr hs Pesdsn. sas
the Trumbulls and the Snermans and the Fcssendsns
Of to-day There are but two camps one holds that
there no other exit from this dihculty but By con.
eSeRoe on :nS White
ment" following their leader. the President Of the
State: s asS e D
drawer q Baonanan-.hs RIP Van winkis Of Of
Se' sSs negro ss b. treated WITH generosity and
il s Andrew johnson of the 4th March, 1t is the An
that arc bound be very careful Of morals Of
the negro population Ana that s the camp that ia the
postpone, by measures Of conciation, the graphing
with this question to-day and the ultimate settlement
n., S n9H two Ss s s II
President The Thirty-nnsh and Forsetn congresss.
ssss ss 'Dsss Rses ss' IT, s q put bs 'I sH Tho stat
/ vfs hook laws which should take from the
sssay and ncss.an been a. WORK building up
q machine which oHis the President, omits him from
such : Sas
oneei Why. instead of IKE g. psrpstusliy psgaing
ssld IN reply, 'tns public won't bear il; are going
% follow the policy Of chsckmatng the President and
pursuing @ that policy they have forfeited al ne
support, and stirred up on the side Of the
Ana At length the President in the full face OF the
on dared 70 trampe the laws Of Congress under nls
4: tenure once S
| Edwin Stanton, and put him out OF office And Con
he w Is, ever 60 70 Office There
sign At Washington that there s any courage n either
house to vindcate its Tenure Of once BILL When the
English Parliament met in the days of Charles the
very first hour OF It's session 1t took up the act which
the Eing bad undertaken 70 violate. 1t listened 70
| nothing; Il neither adjourned nor asked for .
message; il neither appointed committees nor
did any other Of the usual routine Of houses
where is he law We passed last session And II the
Senate had dared II Andrew johnson had covered
Dor would have been .where n Edwin stanton and the
Tenure Of once bill ?" II the idol General himself
flung Il back IN bis face ana have said 1--WE do not ac-
knowledge you Secretary OF War; Ihere Ia but one
nS ps for anS
under the other the fear OF the President WELL then
s.ss 70 % % 'Sss ss .ns n Il
heart Of The nation burned hottest against the
chss ss cs o
nation there s but one path out OF this difficulty and
ono simple party movement would have placed It for.
upon statute book But instead Of this they
into the poisoned prsudices Of Ohio and were defeated
And this they call statesmanshiP. And this Congress-
has not even shs % ylnscsss M
| have been written during the Kansas troubles
hears in ]; the kAeil Of rs own strength
to mpeach ' him. Congress stands today day III: M:
schooboy who has forgotten his task u has nothing
arguments Of Andrew johnson, because he answers
their pretencss with their aotona But that not the
ing bat the meeting house. and turns which.
ever way the Wind plsases II ruled By dozen men,
nobody boz" and and 70 wss DOWN as
sss!! s.es y. s' j = e:
sS ..s ~ q sS s.S a.
see can chsckmats the American people Il mot shas
S'I.a's 4 e. IN e: f lS ss4 re-
party was willing 70 nght lis principles Il Is Be-.
cause for the sake Of what Il sstsemsd concatioh.
God cursed oonsis.ion . the oos.on'ss pit consIa-
monsd up into any palpabs shape has the night.
mare of .as American people ever since 1889. The
Warming not example . the senator and shs
Grants and the ssn,ons Who in the moment when the
a s :. q o,
man, covered him with the cloak OF their own popu.
that makes Andrew johnson Presdsns today AND And
the hardest sight 10 whose heart 10 this prob
moi Ss s sss'' s sas: ;Sa
may pus him higher than weliington and, on
and viii not complain. Its not a cannoneer nor I
captain, nor corporal that We want to-day but man
woo know: this problem and sees rightly To-day
that has sent out its first born to md taken
gsrnercd wealth and scattered TO the Winds in order
moment Of It's accomplishment is shutting iis syeIids
and bandssss i: eyes and trusting its future to
ninsynine out Of hundred journals praise the reiI.
oencs Of an American cltIzen. l can understand
Tss!ssnc' acS s. at A0scow The Emperor Of the
y only one man n that county who
has right to think But we live IN a country where
every man bears in bis hand that ballot which Is as the
same time bis title and his duty 70 think We live In .
c5lS,ly wSer. there ar. ::s Ripopa OF
Rpl2Rsss Y Vsr.s. u, 80. - In this country that
tn2 Pyss Myn undertakes to lead II, paradcs a. the
k@y VtTensra Grant that he does condesccnd
20 ss,s ~ wat he thinks Here IL man whose great
nmsor,c Jds are II will eight cut on this line " IL
iasts .orever;' and here twenty millions Of people
wp5 are about 10 trust that with the helm Of power
without claiming the right 20 ask him ION what line DO
you intend 70 fight II outn Yea man stands up and
tells MS feow citizens III do not condescend 10 say
where am going 10 load you," and yet We Afo
TO elect MIN President We loved Lincoln with all his
faults because bus face towards the light aud what
be did not know to-day no learned tomorrow, and
always growing wiser than be yesterday. His soul
was always epen 70 the influence OF Providence and