New-York tribune., 1867-04-24
WENDELL PHILLIPS.

to listen TO the speech Of Mr.. Wendell Phillips on ma
tionaI Affairs" The entrance OF Mr.. Phillips, at abont
o'clock was greeted with hearty applause. Mr. Aaron
n Powen Of Brooklyn, Editor of 72e AaiSdcry SIo''
.iayd introduced the orator, who spoke as follows
MR. PHILnss ADDRESS.
IApIss Asn GENTIEMEE have very great pleasure in
standing ths platform Of popular ect@es' placing
too t,e highest possible value on this system Of popular
lectures which has taken deep. root in the o9"
Staes within the last 50 years. Some may regard 1t many
pred 10 do sol as q mere literary entertainment Lhs
plae to edacaC men, Undoubtedly thai was t11 sln'
intent Of the iyceum. When Horace Mann % I" m IN o,rr
Ia,los 40 ears ago i Massachusetts, orgilaeu IN Our
ay this system 0i lcctuiing 10 was intended Ss snpo
anent 90 the academy us suPees WTc ht rithn tie
s,s N si NJ Las decpened It's purposo and brOadehcu
NJ, s C ~ The -eat chapters Of civil duty It has under
1kcu TO fearlessiy with the great pOnIela M
s ,y oTnon nan any one other instrnenaity 10 pre-
pare the North iof us Sea, @ ] ~ II ~ cav h here
that tho l coum Owes this great change IN lIs purpose
,cVotion OF yOur eloquent orator, Henry Wald
Rccchcr APniS"fcl oDIi.S Name mon If as no tran
sdacat cnal machinery Of the free states We wonder
L, orr iafers got along without IT; hui we arc DOu
Ia Soo TO i :at children shall never dispense WIN ~
II has grown into that Indispensable CONC go4dlton & oL
,s.lgenshp- 49, an mfettercd platform. Imuk mo mo
,aent YGa live in land where thought IS the only
guaranty q a% wheTe sISUes eS5sStns s p6c opinion
tIv tc toysTnn,ent than that machine at Washington,
tor fbf only shows which WAY The wind s and1t Is the
5fh1St compliment that be paid to great people
at tEcy reach the utmost goal OF popular om1e1yg5t
I bc ln r led ny the braiu the virtue 0l te cohIn%
sut that bungs great Iesp0hsloinI' io'S o dcIc1d
sHt upon fhe virtue aud intelligence OF tle commu
nifty around you IMAM on sta1mses 81 oyCp I% o masses
new probpm-- -prOhleIS Of vast ndti0Hti IuonSun, 70
oe oe5 % % no, nor ~ as in our universities 5enates but
ky two or three millions OF yoters-actna ps{ business
en ahorers iii, no leisure f0rinVestigator ghse men
Inay, 80 cSi @ Il f'' is his sSSGr, pow it Is temper
9a
five years ago. now il Is the ss.Jeg position iSa0iS5 %
woman now il IS mat EIe96 s9soCw c y o,u S0,'f "
- apita and labor. Vast, dliicut unpopular aEafdous
questions who snail al eem and i eai mem @ s CpG 9hS ~,
artusl peoplethoso people who alone can SAVE is t0y
s,eT % u he u rs DSencnSentI WheP s6al the people
fnd their intelligence and edueauont Who sai SOL" IN
aud on iathoming these hated depths weleon.i * mar
IyIdom and osracsm, treading pOpgla his feet
There are fer great sources " .uOnai educatOnODly
ncat POPULAR egu@@ for he masses 9hf Is @ uae
liz fcNrAis agitation Ioob at the press lateG anu @
iSe Sditors cannOt afford face unpOpuarity oneba
lhe Winter is taken up in dOdging the pledges Nhch
S4e the last november Take he pulpit The IDEAL Of
Ar American pulpit is something that puts popularity ana
se6neos every sinner has eye but for duty But when
was the Auefan pulpit ever knovna the ioforn nope
tae the enc in ten OF the American puplts faced pop
nar inuty throwing ts party Dehn3 u IN tg seye be
r aetact partnership 'etween the press and The pulpit
cSsseS Fer WRsti 10 educate the peopti Oh, no.
elect candidate 10 carry point, To nllsf 50 much
prosreets 'SiVailability" Is the motto Written over
Dead most successful politician OF the age as Tar as
efae concerned confessed within seven yealr tlat
he had dared TO ptter his whole ttonshI smee ne
ss srGwT mp p,9ie1 9a' He ans s'a anghter @ ten
end applause Now, certainly, under tnat lh9htasem
Sy sSy iD9sY ayir IN 'oS new Shape My life has been
- 5evcted 10 accepting things not creating but
not ueser that piotoge can tSe American people
lend the nineteenth century. only here-a platform
with candidate 70 leadno party to disagree no crcea
to defold no paTtneIFhp keepe you back \ aou noh l
rummNR here because You agree with us; you summon
Ne 10 at as urF of Judgment accepting what yOu please
Oor the Great men Of the Cotton States stephens and
isss %s IN hs S In ST. Louis the other day was 10 be
followed by Gov iSSte 0t % MissSsPp 70 eHpeS @ avs
If tuch an institution has taught nothing else. II
len 20 It's Opponents ApplausSth indi,pen3Seo .
cornerstone OF American ei@ulehsn&P @ & S shS e f 40 % :,
who skus n:o tho pot honse and VINO SEEKS rVlese ~
le party and viii show you man that does not really
SesSf be- ei IKE sia h Dnc on the banks Of he a
con, who, when the plaintiffs lawyer had nmshed hi'
said. "NOw don't speak yOu viii only confuse me- nav
e 9Pmy mnd GTeat y 1S5eT ~ We e Tss @ an3 e
gOyerTnent Of the people IS reality and not a
preens ndispeDs necessary and constituent accom-
Ianimen an other educational facilities is platform
which leaves AL thoughts m all questions un$nneled
liberty Of uterince-ane that Is the iyeeJm NowheEs
sse-nowhere ese IN The great intellectual world
70 ' pst down prejudice It has dcpe more 10
break down the platforms Of the parties than any
Whto first forgot their pEiudces aud warmed be
ooat the elOuenee Of that machess OF American era
pause. IL WAS from this platform, too that wolnsns
voice Was first heard, with unlimited Acknowledgement
Of her purity and her eoquence. lAppoIsel But this
20 rsnsinsent never compliments enough Lyeellm In
ihe last ten years has done ts share, and more than is
share to prepare the nation for the great strife ~ the
lssf ten ycalsuneQuacd in the history OF any nation
ar any age. II j. only eight ye9rs-t y not
Ed Dominion and saw armed and hsOlent Nirgln2ns
looking down on The wounded patriot weieilns ~ M;
sway is e1ed the scorn Of the world follow
ns his footsteps as areev SG sYI and ps5y Sr re
iat B(ettered agitation, ethical political and soci n
fhe Inspiration OF such patfOrm feel tbatit Is NOT only
iIlcge. but it is our duty 10 DiIng h hlo
Tuaetes 10 he solution OF this great prObenthe prac
sib,;t am, tbe value az demOcrstic institutions II
q. sot only privilege but duty that every thoughtful
yance patience perseverance, and the utmost -e1deto
il1n In meeting the different gneslOns OF the
Lomr God sets MS up this generation-tO prove
50 the Nineteenth Century IN the face Of Chrisendom
End the OF the the reality or kepubDcc IN
SiitutOns-he fact that te people do actually govern
inrope looks aeos the water to-day confident that
better than hers. and she has seen sd Sc
sured all this these zoo years her masses cheated 0n OF
Their biIthright by the GINNING OF statesmen. She be-
ieves and confidently expects that SHAH be also She
believes 10 the gentry OF the Continent. South Caro-
iiua and the st9tesanshp Of the Continent south Caro-
bua will yet become what she eosiaeIs te Democracy
cheat the North out OF its purpose, and your duy
EHd mine in the service OF Democratic institutions
to show incFcdulOns Europe and the world that
twenty millions Of people determine shall be done
iapplsuse- spite Of al the ehicaney % satesie9 OF
90 seven yeaTs God sets us the curious
sents OF statutes BOT 10 tse selhS m9EoLE @ oi iaMS
hat TO the actual planning or tne seeas OF enlallobl
ten ststes We 0.cOnyinee the nations aud ourselves
that 20 enrious palcasaent ~ WASHINGTON " ~ eject
sading Governments are not Dnt like thls hhll
" lnmber-a constitution IN ninety days ny fohLsot
They grow ont OF state ~ oaks grow: One huisfed
and fifty families Own 0ne-haH or EhElahu< a
thousand oyn Scotland 5ohn Bright esnno' g@se Ne
works tn dOosnsday Here. every man can own bS own