New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
LEOTURE-ROOM HINTS.
CHANCES AT HOME AND ABROAD.

LECTURE, ny WENDELL PHIIIPs-A THIRD TERN
F0R GEN. GRANT AID PLENTY or THE BEsr
CURRENCY THE WORLD EVER sAw"-THE FUTURE
or EUROPE AND AMERICA
A large audience listened Saturday oycning at As
sociation Hall 10 Mr. Wendell Phillips, whose lecture
upon Chances Abroad" contained references not
only to European questions and institutions. bnt To
matters az dstinctively national any that could
arise.
TIE LEcruRg
After referring 70 his tour in Europe which had
enabled hn IN gather the materials Tor his lectuce, he
said America has been for the last years
the worlds Interest and the channel in which tho world
Is moved mainly has been that OF material growth
with the single exception OF having worked or
poison OF the slave system the growth Of tbs connrY
for the last 10 wears has been material " has added
nothing otherwise to the philosophy Of government: It
has thrown little light social quesons the last
80 years have shown material. growth such
"a II Is impossible that any other 81 years
will ever show. II I were 10 SAY that The last
70 years IN the world have shown progress sGch
three previous could not SHOW, aud snch as
is extremely unlikely that two moro centuries viii
show / sh0uld not Oyer5tae the truth, because ths
lavish development Of steam power and telegraph and
the immense development OF the ccOporiYo efort OF
wcalth-nolding production, facilitating production,
cboapculng producton--haye made such an exhibition
OF mental force "a il H. not at all likely That any Two
centuries will ever again But for these clements
tho British Government wond have ceased 10 exist nc
least q generation ago. The next century VIII sno" :"
social changes not material In my OPINION. "'oat
changes in the relations of capital aud labor gres.
changes In the position OF woman chAhT's " lhs
nature Of government, in the relations OF church
and state-these are to be the prominent facts
of the next hundred years II they come.
well. If they do not come, tias ooy
is born to-day who, Ike Gbbon. when 10 wrote tho
"DecIne and Fall OF the Roman Empire '-that BOY Ia
born to-day that will write the decline ana ia o. me
American Republic Because to any thoughtful manft
s evident that the grasp OF associated wealth Ia an age
ben the sin OF not being rich only atOned or Dy tho ef
fort 70 become so the grasp ot associated wealth OF
bank and railroad and manufacturer on leg oaVc IN
dependence. the possibility OF indYiiual ihGepend
epce rigid and despotic and inevitable that unless
wa eyade 1T by some great social changes At won't he
poz,ibe for this republic TO survive We see power
Infinitely prander than that OF the fendai barons
OF 300 years ago, infinitely more Irresistible tDah
that, Today Mr.. Gladstone sald sDeaklng Oh ene
,sestablishment OF the English Church. We cannot
trust the Church beyond the clasp or the GoVernhents
nsnd as a rival power welding S9OOO9CCO sleIBt !. ~
zoo 1rnye a charge 10 the British GOvernmcnt."
500 OOo-s45OOOO OO0too grave charge Tor the rt
sh Government, three times as strong as ours ana v
ONE man the head OF the PenDsyly R'irOad, M.
scott welds 5000O0o0 and the very sweep oI NJ gar
mcnts he marches east from San Franc SEQ 70 % Iha
deIphja is more than sufficient TO sweep down IeEiai
lures as he goes look for no safety here except IN
oreat social changes. believe tnat The day hds gone
by in this country when can get nall mans power
ont Of him system of wages 1t was possible S@
believe that we at home are to see another great
social change, 10 speak God tornd that we hhpc,n
over return 10 that deIsiOn OF specie paymentE DO
not think that the American people Will ever WANDER
back to those Egyptian deshpots " IS Geiusaom H iyha
stree dspeed the practical experience O the WOro
We have the best currency In tho world no", anu !
don't believe the utmost shors OF any H. never viii
look forward TO currency double III yOiupe. Iesns
U1H itH T M cheek and balance OF commodity, whcs,
or gold, to disturb the natural relation oil ls Noumo
To-day the Englishnan putt sGog ~ sn1 @ N %, a-o o.
ybiebb ba eta uprQ
tocratic social institutions and is content Uniess we
Rrirsin with her own weapons we shall 60 under Nov.
these changes which impeDd over u5 are npenung over
Ear9Pe Ra4 e' ESs'2 s Il y drsas i
much than any imagine There IL Dut one sIea
nothing In the Church or the state, tue Lords ls'
could DELAY for 20 year5 the advent or he repuo oe
sanse the same ch6nge has come oyer the there
as exist here. Area and Bradlaugh and the " ~
behind them understand human nature ann to cl-lins
every born the soil to recognition better nan
people think allow. Look at France and Spain ihs
Duo dAumae's character and private views are lno.
he cannot drag France back the Bourbon dynasty.
and the very necessity of the hour will bring France
man. France will follow in the steps Of any oneretio
man, and the right man will come. spain
has no king or queen to make clam whose
character could bear four hours, Investigation.
very want OF dynasty All the forces OF Europe ara
to-day wild disorder, and crash ana joste against
that is opening upon us We have great deal of gno
OF one anoher. and this ignorance has been the
miscOnceved each other. We do not wholly understand
other until do 1t won't be safe 70 trust the
helm OF the vessel o State To any other idea purpose
than that which has held il for the last dozen
therefore, shall be the last to object ii the Gen
eral occupies the Presidential chair goes there
for the third time II he Will hold tho vessel straight
her course
The lecturer then coUtrasted the people of this couD
try with those OF Europe some humorous psra
els. The who has the biggest pile of dollars IS tho
biggest here, and hero there IL a possibility OF
cumulating money so the American puts money at tho
top and everything else below II s not so In Europe
although think it Is. There there Is superabund
ance OF labor. When Horace Greeley man IN
France working with iu-shaped instrument to reap
with, hs to him and said: why don't you gets
scythe you could do three days work In one" The
said. Because have not three days work to d0-and
this is all Europe; there Is TOO much labor.
and there is necessity for planning.
He then referred to the condition OF women There
thing in which Europe WAS far ahead OF tlH
country, and that that they knew difference be-
tween the black and the white He had Travelled
all Europe and found tho black man equality
wherever he went, aud seeing this he turned away.
knowing that he must be least 400 miles from Boston.
La. .hter aud applause