New-York tribune., 1868-10-23
WENDBLL PHILLIPS ON THE CANVASS
Prom Th. Anti. I.sl.rerr standard.

Prom The Anti Slavery Standard
IL the late elections mean all they seem 10.
the panio In the Rebel ranks natural enough The
vote IN Pennsyyana aud Indiana IA the deatD watras
of the Old a pas sa Th" old pemocrc party
ia ann hilated. There is need TO Inquire which caused
are siamcss twins No other platform could have borne
seymour and Blair Seymour and Blair could consistently
narty whose right hand stakeholder and It's left
doughfnce which spoke only Hes, ana sought Only puh
der ia dead IL has welded immense power; the more
a to the nation that allowed lt Stil IL IA something
n Take comfort ln though nothing TO boast Of that the
people 3ats it ~ and spe it ont Of their mouths
For us AboitIonists the event has deep siSncsnSe
come together again. must be to run race Win the
RepuDan pa Ssd Ss 'o9 of nero Of
alism dcspot the nation Tor sixty year,. Justice mas
at last killed It, Let reOr1ner henceforth despair
This great power represented all the base selfish and
material interests OF the land IL was intrenched IN race
hatred Commerce It's ally; the church was It's tool
t inr bye eaten away its At the moment
when It seelDcd stronRest ana most tneaehlhR,N Op
ribnte n. fan TO the moral OF the nation As the
Church during this long struggle OF forty years never
lifted It's hand for emancipation but eIt us 10 owe ~
an 10 fear. 40 now the nation bows rather To necessity
than To conscience t IA an intellectual IecOghlOn o
our need, moral conviction OF our uuy. III
healthy mornl state we ought feel trst then reason
But with tho United states tho process Is reversed.
gitb one hand sites tho Democratic party aud welds
the other, tho strength of the hepupuSa
and sfnge must be the aud admitted basis
OF all political organizations In this country over the
grave OF the last TO stand something else may
& carved the names Of seymour and Blair In the his
tory OF our race the grave OF Cna,ss stnaTs ie
OF James TO dictate In relHton those OF burr
and Davis 70 divide the SaSOns o dTr sa As t now
rule Nation without accepting tho negro as al equal
aud call Eoene:er for Hitherto hath the Lord helped
Our danger lies In the effect this is likely to
have on the Republican party, OvereOnfdent, presum
Ing its strength. 1t will bo tempted 10 fall below
its pledges We need TO DO vigllant unceasing IN our
labor educate the dc nand every right thing
OF It. Fortunately the great problem OF reconstruction
cannot finally settled except the right basis Stern
Justice reigns despouo there escape no evasion Its
champions the Aboltionist and Radlcal-sUhsER
Wade; and 1t laughs respectable conservatism and
fasdeous pedantry TO scorn. For its persuasive advo
Gates are Starvation and Anarchy Boodshed. ehokcd
Trade im pOvershef Masses aud Government Stagger
Ing into bankruptcy Arguments which might have been
unheeded from an Apostle, become oraeular from the
And beside the soured Democrat watches his chances
However much we may fairly ask OF the dominant party
and however little may expect OF their candidate,
what hOpo for Is rigorous and impartial execution
OF the laws We have yet met certainly not among
Abotioniss any man foolish enough TO suppose that the
effects OF Slavery could be rszed out in generation
CURED by the panacea OF any mere political Arrangements
Out OF Slavery social aysem Around it was ar
ranged most complex political organization Fashion,
trade, religion took shape from H. IL VIII require CEN
tury and the cooperating force OF all the elements OF
civilization and Christianity to remodel these When the
Government winch has robbed the for two centu
ries and fattened Its plage, returns him home.
pao share OF his damages IN the shape OF 40 oe
anda measure dictated by the most urgent national ne
cessity when secures him edneatonanother national
necesstand when II protects him In the exercise or hs
political rights IL has finished ts cask 50 Tar as lie Is con-
cerued. The insult which diletanti and snobbish
form offers him by discussing measures 10 help" him,
In trihe not worth notice. Next, the Government
keep the channels Opon that the great forces OF
the enemy may have free course TO clyilLe tho who
Of the South. That, too. will take time BY which
not mean, as Whatey says that mems minds are
letting them alone" No We mean that will be pa
tent for fifty years provided great forces allowed to
ripen them. We know most OF these Wade IIamptons
win rpen under earthly sky. Cod In his mercy
win graciousy take these ncurables out OF path.
Aud yet we recognize that there moro hope OF mary
bllndly honest He did shut his eyes. He
worst obstacles have Seymours and Adamses The
first Adams cheated his party; tho assassin OF the
most intellectual statesman Of that age, Alexander Ham
ilton. There has been generation OF the family
since which has not repeated the treason. Choate
MS no such luck They type OF the worst rot that
attacks repubcse vain, greedy, deoorous race always
In the market and In making up which their maker-who
ever he 'was-omitted every generous emotion and q
moral sense. tWENDELL PHILLIPS.