The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-07
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IIr. Phillips delivered an address on Tuesday
$ S.obt. in the Boston Music Hall, in which he
sst forth the present objects and aims OF tne
ihcendiary wing of the Radical party. A re-
>D0rter of the Boston Advertiser gives the iof
= loving synopsis Of his harangue:
ssJ am to sneak tonight upon topics that ore
+. orirr,ly vejghty,n said Mr. Phillips at the out
~ SET; s.but so great avarlety OF pleasant tno9gnl
comes to you through the other lectures OF tne
- something grim from me. For the times arc
ErISn.n Mr.. Phillips said, however that he nae
S3oS criticism to make upon the administration,
although he did not acquit 1t OF large ano
crave NEGLECT Tho cause OF It's weakness III
sa5y distinctly; it was an administration essel'
tally sectional as to its own party, ana nencc,
HE other such, 1t acted Win haII,hearIeu sup.
=. ,,s,e Cabinet officer who represented the New
Erhland wing OF the Republican party-lnean-
IND Mr.. Boutwell, The rest represent % sec
i iona weak, unthinking, reluctant section
ia Republicanism." Again, Mr.. Phillips nad
nothing-one Of his fearful "nothingS'LL -
70 sag Of the President Ine monarc1 oo.ai oo 70
a s,oyver who falls below his station disgraces
oI,iy himself; but the elected magistrate OF a
;fes people by his incompetency disgraces his
rdnsfitueucy The election OF the President was
Ehe result of the blind, unthlnking spirit OF hero
VI worship In his party; and General Grant mas
4 not to blame. Besides, we are coming, salo tne
sneaker nearer to that state in whicn the
4 resident Is but a mere figure head, the repre-
senfariye of an idea. The tendency OF all
$ raodern constitutional government is 10 the
n TdeSreciation of the executive and tne exail;l-
1. ZION of the legislative power. And Mr. Phll-
s Hips paused once more to pay his compliments
q 10 the convenient English system OF . resPon-
= sil,lss ministry. removable at the will OF tie
$} 1,prfslatnre. Indeed, save the first Adams
+ and jefferson, and perhaps Jackson. not q
sinyle President had had 8 purpose in bis ad-
Dfnisfrntion except to elect himself ior
tecond time. said Mr. Phillips. In this con-
dftion of affairs We turn necessarily 10 Con,
fress. which is to be the most efficient and
SetiYe element OF our government for the next
Il forr years. ''We gravltate that way OF our
selves; and son account Of the character OF the
a Executive we are landed there now" And
ne ask of Congress to assume the government
> which the Executive has abdicated. We ask
( rom it the ingredients which shall harvest the
results OF the war, and enable US to get all
which, our blood and treasure mas lafly
4 Except for financial purposes, then. it ap-
Eears that our fathers never finished their
& work. Il was actually not until the adoption
1ft the Fourteenth amendment that our gov
rzrnrnent ever defined citizenship. We had
Nbeen before like the Indians world, which
& fnsted upon a tortoise, that upon stone, and
fhe stone upon nothing. Nor was there, under
. Din constitution and laws, any recognized
grower OF the government to protect It's own
*cItzens; and as result in Texas and South
HZafolinn no man can cast an unpopular ballot
Without taking his life in his hand. Now, what
4 ne ask of Congress is that they complete the
iructnre of the government They have
one so far as to define citizenship now We
f3dEire of them not only to leglslate for the
( s615tection Of its citizens, but also to protect
HEM. This is the time to Go the work-to
fnish the machine which came imperfect from
s1e hands of our ancestors. We have abolished
tslayery; we have defined citizenship; let us
4 now set about the task Of defending our citi-
zens To accomplish this, said Alr. Phillips,
4 DO not know that an amendment to the con.
8iitution Is necessary; 1t is enough that We set
,e II once for all that the flag shall protect the
l%itizsn everywhere.
Beginning the consideration Of his second
demand upon Congress, the speaker asked,
fIFhat made the rebellion ?" and answered.
,f'EiRht millions of dunces-eight millions Of
slunces led by few hundred thousand knayes. \
'Tbe masses Of the South were all sunk in bru-
'fifh ignorance, and fell an easy prey, as ever |
before, to the designing men who wished to-
use them. And the government" said Mr.. |
Bows so many ounces, deserves TO be rebeled |
'epainstn Now the time has come to change |
kil that. ssIf Alabama won't educate her peo- |
'R'e, we must educate them for her and send /
Ike bill to her to pay" We cannot trust her |
|eeople with great questions until they have |
Iarns acknowledges the newspaper" said the
aecturer, II viii acknowledge Alabama" And |
bis work OF education Is the second thing I
'Ellich we ask Congress to do. Revolution could
Neyer have been possible II Jefferson Davis had
9ot lad such a mass Of material under mis- feet.
And at this point in his discourse Mr.. Phillips
paused TO pay his respects to the New York
Pfibnne, making the starting point Of his dia-
9ibe the concillatory policy of that paper to-
Eards the South, and giving 1t n ost tremsn-
s0us setting down for its declarat on that we
'sheed TO use" jefferson Davis and the princi-
q4lb Southern men. mo man," M: Phillips
aid, in this connection, "ever surrendered one
half his rights and ever saw the other half"
&nd as for the Tribune, the speaker said that
'twen-meaning good AboltioniSts, doubtless
I'd sldisowned' it long ago, for its manifold
'lienees against the truth, several Of which
II Phillips rehearsed in his most caustic style,
lHelIing With especial bitterness upon the Tri-
,1ne's course during the war.
Einally, Mr Phillips came to that spirit of the
zorth which he characterized as foollshly
rkFnanimous. The Southern whites, he said,
'aQ cot almost everything. They had the
7ealth Of the South and they had its educa-
lo1 and they had captured the Supreme
;ouff, For,n said the speaker, "a worse
han Taney presides over and wields the !
over OF the Supreme Court; q base man, the !
3ore dangerous for his fair and speclous out |,
de shows slave of Tammany, a corrupt and =
saal judge, and bad TO the last degree, and :
8 almost every respect, If Mr.. Phillips may be +
elieYed. This false spirit of magnafiimty =
'hich had been developed so surprisingly fast !;
& late, especially in the Democratic party
sbieh now was perfectly lamb-like In its spirit,
id6n utter advocate Of the doctrine OF non
esistance-the lecturer stigmatized as per- -
Icious and false; "a mush OF magma =
nifty p indeed was the phrase by which
designated it. What We needed was
, develop that stern spirit of funcompromising
,st;ce which WAS abhorrent TO the American
sople. And what ne asked Of Congress in n
"a third place was to fortify the people against
leir own magnanimity. That this spirit had
,achedn dangerous point was plain to see.
on could see il In the columns Of the Tribune;
b, said Mr.. Phillips. not content to let II. G. r,
with what he had given him, Horace te
5eeley Is as good vane as any other to show
hjch way the corrupt wind Is blowing" And
e she more important in Nr. Phillips 1udg-. nj
enL fhet these steps should be taken at once, pc
cause be regards the issue of the political
.slest Of 1872 as doubtful, and ''lf Chase and
71[e Hampton succeed TO Johnson's treach- =