The Portland daily press., 1868-12-29
wendell Phfiisps,,s Lsesxrs.

"AeAS0otlho AiU4aHy <>ssocisitlonJ WHICH Sein>
plesely filled all available space His subject
was "Politics," but We think it should be more
aptly termed the "war Of races
He commenced by saying Republicanisrn is
to ignore and trample out ali distinctions o.
race and to repudiate the idea of white mans
government. Our fathers broke away. from
Europe on account of their principles, but
they were not broad enough and strong enough
In their principles. Two sets Of men-one
thought ideas was the great thing, he other
considered ideas no test of loyalty. Gov Nor
ris, because he made one idea the great base
of his plan for the union of the States was call
ed fanatic. Then came the platform which
had two ideas for its base. The one, that there
was an inequality between white and black,
and the other the Declaration of Indepen-
dence.
The question Of to-day is, are the American
people ready to face an idea? Are they ready
to look upon negro as man aud not as q
negro? There Is not single question which
will come up in the future generation, Of real
substantial Importance, that has not grown
out of the war OF races. In 1872 1919, 1885 and
1896, and ever since till 1861 the negro has
been at the bottom. It we3t down into the
very stratum. 1t was incorporated into it by
our fathers. Mr.. Lincoln first thought the re.
bellion was simply war of strength between
the North and South; then he thought the ne
gro might be freed, and then Lincoln died !;
and il he had lived, more than half the harvest
Of the war would have been lost in attempts at
reconstruction. Then came four years of
dorio In bo 81,
arises are we to get rid of it forever. The me-
gro is the poisoned root of American politics;
and even when you have done with the negro
the same question comes Up with the China
MAN and other races.
Mr.. Phillips then got on to the Ind an SUBJ
ject. he said we send the finest military ge-
muses. of the day to combat few indians. 1t
cost million and half dollars to kill an In.
dian, and had cost 900 900 to kill six indians
He says the Indians hadn't cost England hard
ly cent, and why? Because when an Indian
is injured by white man, or white man is
injured By an Indian, they are brought before a
justice of peace. But in our case the cry is
determination.
He urged that the incoming administration
should once and forever put an end to these
questions that the South Is perpetually forcing
upon us. Let us accept the situation ard treat
the white man and the gro on the same terms.
This talk about inequality Of the negro must
be crushed out, as thoroughly as the confeder-
acy was crushed out by the war. He didn't
believe in craftsmanship. He thought that all
men knew more than any one man. That the
average common sense Of the community was
hoo ne he ~ Ind r;d
ual. He said We have gained nothing by the
election of Grant. 1t was only sklrmish for
position, and the Republican party won. Now
comes the battle for victory. Only $4,000 votes
saved Grant from defeat, aud Seymour from
electi IN, and those 5000 votes, carefully dis
tributed, would have knocked Grant and the
party sky.high. The assertion Of our right to
control South Carolina means the right TO send
our IDEAS Their, and If NJ zine and N ,ss. thu
sets hadn't the right to send their ideas there
they had no right TO send arms there, and if
they lave the right and don't use it they are
fyols Now. nothing Is settled in the ten rebcl-
lious States. They are all consistent there.
JEFF Davis, Wade Hampton, and the rest Of
them, don't pretend to believe that admitting
the negro to equality Is an outrage. They d.
believe il. 1t is ridiculous to thing that be-
cause few hundred cannon have spoken
against them that they are going to give up a
sixty years idea. You can't change such men,
you can only buy them. Whom these old fos-
sis, imbedded in an idea, get to certain state
God kindly removes them to make room fer a
fresh young impossible mind, prepared for
progress Give him Phillips) the land of Maine
Of fa nd afh iSrI1t
have all the capital and rest of the votes, and
he would beat them so they, wouldn't know
where they WERE A Massachusetts Senator
says to the nes 70 Ego and vote for Grant" The
negro says, "if I vote for the great soldier will
you guarantee that the power, which enables
me 10 cast that vote, shall be continued TO my
child?" And the Senator says, Eve promise
nothing. Go aud vote"
He then compared the difference between
English and American politics. A Disrael or
Bright has to say what he believes .or what
he will do. But who knows what Grant will
do. The Tribune hopes; Mr. Washburne
thinks; Major Rawlins supposes; Mr.. Colfax
expects; but no one knors.
he said that the prayer OF the G "rman peas
ant was, at night, "Maka me, oh, Lord as well
off tomorrow as 10 night" The Amer can
father used to bs able to save dollar from bis
wages at tho end OF the week, and that dollar
was to be the fulcrum 10 make bis son rise 10 a
better position than he occupied himself But
now that dollar has to go for taxes, and when
government has to come into competition with
business then comes the paraly zing of business,
and down goes business and the coUntry's pro-
gress.
He compared Grant with Wellington. Said
Grant was no more comprehensive in intellect
than the Irou Duke. In 1856 he went to New
Orleans on afsing visit of week and then
comes back and informs the government of the
thoughts of s 100000 people, and said that in
December not soldier would be needed at the
South.
He closed by saying that while he was willing
to ad nit all Grants claims as a splendid sol.
der and brave man, he considered him heart
less. That scenes of bloodshed had familiarized
him with horrors that would stir a civilian to
to the core. That when it was, and is, known
that for white man to say in Louisiana OF
Texas, II am Union man." was to lay down
his life, the first soldier OF the age sat in Wash
inxton, with a rank that placed him on an
equality WIN uouicS, Will priuccly salary
and let these things GO on. ,
If he had said to the Senate, with my rank,
my powerful army and my prestige, cannot
move step on account of the man in thew bite
House, the Senate would have tnrned Andy
johnson out in ten minutes. There hasn't
been q soldier since Julius Cesar who would
have sat there under the circumstances. Then
let the people of every State demand of
Ulysses Grant what his intentions are. Don't
let him remain ten days in the White House
without knowing his sentiments. Let them
command their Senators and Representatives in
Congress to demand of Grant what his opin-
ions and sentiments are in regard to the vital
questions Of the day and then parent, when
they go home at night can look in their cradles
and know that the next generation are spared
this fearful struggle once again.
We don't pretend to do any kind OF justice
to Mr.. Phillips lecture. One may not agree
with him in all he says, but get 50 interested
as to forget to report.
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