National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-28
GREAT SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
TEE GREAT LECTURE OF WENDELL
PHILLIPS LIST NIGHT.

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TEE GREAT LECTURE OF WENDELL
PHILLIPS LIST NIGHT.
ACRowpEp AUDIENCE GREET THEFAMEI
CID AGITAToR-How He DISCUSSED TIKI
TRINITY OF LIVE ToPICs-THE RELA
TIoNs OF CAPITAL AND LABoR-FEMAEf
SUFFRAGE THE ONLY SALVATION FOL
THE REPUBLIC.
Last night the Congregational church wa
crowded by the appreciative public Of the ma
tional metropolis, assembled to greet the illus
trious Wendell Phillips and his great lecture OF
Temperance, Labor and Women"
As was evidenced by the large concourse, thu
distinguished lecturer was more than fortunate
In having chosen a theme for the occasion 80 pc
culiarly calculated to arouse the already active
interest being manifested on every hand by the
association of the now talisman words, rum and
women. The words which fell with 90 much feel.
ing from the eloquent lips Of Mr.. Phillips Will dc
much to sustain and strengthen the courage al.
ready gathered by the sex in its crusade against
rum as it will temper the efforts of the good with
healthy though hearty warfare rather than q
mere crusade in q good cause.
About fifteen minutes after the hour announced
Rigelow amid great applause, and said that he was
About to speak to the audience ON three burning
subjects-angry subjects, which marshaA the
communities in antagonism and stir up feelings
II asked why he brought such questions for:
ward, he would reply that the hrst thought OF
FIRST element of free institutions. Congress, col
leges commerce, and all institutions. politically
gent man Il the bsilotbo.. OF course, therefore.
all these questions are thrown by God upon q
generation to stir sluggish, hostile people, anu
these will, within fifteen years. decide politics,
make and unmake parties Every man should
seize the chance to lift the popular mind, tnere-
fore, to grasp such questions.
defect. The beauty Of aristocracyis that y MAKES
strong individuals. But this individual import
.nee is y ts 's Ni be p%nd that
strong pride of name which Scott mas lminof ia
lied in his parting Of Marmion and Douglas. Inc
Engishman is like block Q. nn rabs axlpst
him gets cut. The Yankee is like cobbie stone,
which you can't put your foot on firmly at all.
Somewhere there must be platform to raise
tie educational interest Of the masses These
questions
STAND KNOCKING AT THE DOOR,
and an audience will be given ere long. or they
will provoke strife and shipwreck parties anu
Our Government has changed from its English
prototype, and our language must change 70 SUIT
IL.
Mp but We have no bayonets behind to make law
succumb. The reserve and habltual thnrdcfsr OF
the millions is the only dependence oil our Gov
If you will examine the census you will hnd that
cities are in advance Of counties in population.
great city is the symbol OF sfe 60.
century must be one that can grappie with great
city. The French and English from across the
cannot" This is seemingly true, for can walk
half mile up and down London at night with my
person covered with diamonds and, seven chances
out of ten. be safe, while no man will dare 60 n
quarter of mile, thus panopliet on Broadway at
midnight without making his will. What is the
EXPLANATION Of this difference between New York
been owned and run for q score OF years by
about one hundred men. These rule the low
class, and thus run the machine. This is the
joint product of money and power. The instru-
nent in this is the corner grocery. whe re the mob
Of dozen is drilled for It's work, and this brings
me TO first thought,
INTENPERANCR
Intemperance is not the cause, but the ever-ready
and ample opportunity for this work OF vice. In
every great city two classes are found-tbe igno-
rant and the rich: but between these is ever found
pf Wellington at Waterloo, who battle the effort
to coin gold out Of weakness. How shall we
change this arrangement Of forces? Men say let
crusade against q mere ghost that don't exist. l
say that the South would have conquered US in
year If her major generals hadn't been drunk;
our major svnS-als hadn't been drunk. Laughter
Rpd applause.
4 man Gan get drunk here for week on the
earnings Of day. Suppose the teetotaIets III
The Maine liquor law may be a shain; but do yju T,
suppose the Yankee intrepidity which has led tbs
world up to what is seen in this country will give
hing else. Rum must go to the wall. Intemper- |
Hnce is the
pEY.Por OF GREAT CITIES
and these cities are the hearts. hands and eyes OF
all our States. You can trace q line from yon |
direct as that of the telegraph wires from here to
mat city. You can't give your friend the iron
resolution which will enable him to pass that open
yrog-shop door, but law and society demand that
you shut that door forever.
But must pass to q question Of
LABOR.
There has been a cry Of conflict raised between !
capital and labor which does not exist. Wealth 1
and want are connected by chain in which there
is link which came not from God, but from hell,
and the sooner 1t is found the better An aristoc-
rscy is q community of classes Whenever you |
see lines drawn dark and black between the !
classes our republic has gone.
BRAINS HAVE MARRIED WEALTH,
and NO longer serve the people. The best men no |
longer go to Congress; not that there are not able
men in Congress, but that the great mass drags |
sesreh Of other Channels Of operation. Men have
grown to be afraid Of the power of wealth |
where it has become omnipotent. We have sur
money, the curse of Athens and Florence peeps |
sver the horizon and yet threatens us with its |
shallow. Can we afford to let the sturdy, strong.
:elf-reiant spirit of personal identity die out?
:hink not The speaker here said that in address
ng a large crowd of laboring men lately the COM
nittee Of arrangements, consisting Of fve working
men, each and all feared to go with him on the |
stage because some Of their employers were in the
audience, and might deem them ostentatious. and
prejudice their standing with them. Labor gropes
Dpvg ard N
This weary yoke which comes down on its shoulders
We ought to encourage and help ii, go that the |
a mere register VI the names Of the rich over tie
land.
But now o word on
/ train in the regiment that claims her right to
vote. demand 1t OF her, as her duty, that she
You will find in all history that where one sex
has tried to do anything alone it has failed, and
he sex making the end az ave n5s been St I
the combined efforts of both sexes. In literature
many Of the richest works were written only for |
gated literature. -. So in art Many Of it's finest
works can't be seen by the eyes Of women. But |
the taste Of woman has changed all this now.
1t is the scene where men and women meet to. |
gether; it is the finest thing We have-far ahead |
Of the Church. and ahead Of 1aw. Woman re-
deemed civilization; Look at this as illustrated
in the growth Of California. Women cleansed it |
1T for people to live in. Woman is an unconscious
check to profanity and vice. Woman will do for |
politics all that she has done for literature art
and society; and If there is chance that our gal
liant old ship of state shall outride the storm of
the night this chance is bettered twenty five per
cent with her crew largely interpreted with |
women.
THE SOCIAL TEMPLE OF HONOR.
A DELIGHTFUL FESTIVAL.
The festival now in progress at Odeon hall, cor
aer of Pennsylvania avenue and -Four and -a-half