New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-16

action of Gen. Sheridan. His dispatch was brutal
Dispatch and if West Point graduated such men
then do away with West Point. Col. Saltonstall
appeared to receive the cordial sympathy OF his
hearers, and was warmly applauded
Mr.. Albert Mason Of Plymouth. also took up the
history of the organization Of the Legislature
Richard Olney thought that the President and
Gen. Sheridan had been taught lesson they would
not soon forget. The people OF Louisiana. nc
thought, ought to be disconnected. There was q
timc when Boston was odious to The British Coy
eminent as New Orleans was at present and no read
from Samuel Adams q quotation apropos that it
was received with rounds of applause.
srEECH OF TIE HON. r. NJ MORSE (REPUBiICANJ
The Hon. r. NJ. Morse. jr., reviewed the election
and the acts Of Monday.
SPEECH OF WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Mr. Morse was the last of the regular speakers and
the resolutions having been hastily adopted, re-
newed calls were made for Wendell Phillips. 1t was
evident that the audience was determined to hear
from HIM, and the Chairman said: This Is
Faueuil Hail. and sacred TO free speech If any gem
tleman desires to speak, Ire shall be heard Mr Phil
lips had already risen to speak from the
place where he had sat during the whole meeting
on the gallery railing, against pillar at the upper
end of the hail. He was called to the platform, and
began, being interrupted every minute by cheers,
and Kisses and frequent appeals of the Chairman for
order. He said:
GENTLEMEN, FELLOW CITIZENS: came here this
OF Boston was to be uttered through FIneul Han on
topics OF great national interest Tne citizens Of Boston
conduct OF the Executive OF the United states.
looked over the st Of gen'lemsdn VINO sd iuT
this il the voice OF Boston, who are
the Boston that us TO this expression OF Bos
ton opinOni Are they men who vote. and pay taxes.
anG bear tho glory OF being the citizens OF
Boston, that summoned this muaryi Ine first
name on the list is Charles Francis Adams OF
Quincy, very worthy gentleman. but voter
in Quincy. observe the list of names the names OF
and Worcester. and Cambridge, and l call up to my
memory the hundred men, lawyers merchants, clergy.
men. editors who in any Judgment IN the world would
he understood to represent the CITY OF Boston affirm.
fellow citizens, that II you presented the paper to one
hundred OF them, ninety would refuse u sign IT, Tue
inference that draw Is this In framing the resolutions
that are to 10 form from such meeting as hs-prdc
ncally they are to be the impression largely OF
BostoG-it becomes gentlemen standing SO alone
to be- preculiry careful in the facts they
assert, and the inference tkey draw because
the absence OF Dana and BigeOw, and Abbott, and
Bartlett tue legal profession 10 not herr In the absence
OF the merchants OF the city with half dozen e1cep
tons, the of Boston Is not here In the alb
OF every clergyman who votes in this city the pull
pit not here Therefore, say becomes us to eXer-
else extra caution, That the facts we state ~ such POI
sOn and the nferences we make are carefully guarded
70 be citizen OF the United States Ia great priv
ilege Ii VITA IL Invaluable rights, and every
man claiming that name as his ia entitled to the full
protection Of tue National Government. Ia he not
No doubts that whenever the United States
citizen il in q foreign land wnen Algernes tramped
upon "A citizen the United states Commodore Decatur
with the gus shOted TO the lips, taught the dog its
lesson. England taught Austria this same lesson. We
have had something 10 that Kind OF work with Cuba
Well gentlemen, citizen or the United States IN Massa
much entitled To protection 81 zen the
United states IN Japan, is ne mott Very well, when a
negro ia Southern states is hauled from his house
anu about to he shot; when white Republican, caught
m some county Of Alabama Is about TO
aud looks tho State hlln
aud sees 10 protection none whatever white or black,
he right to call upon tue National Government
Washington 10 say, Fno or make way to protect
me, for I a ci,izeni" Just bear the text il mind
When, in 1872 the &c Washington recognized
the government or Gov Kellogg In Louisiana, II
is not for you or me to-day to say whether
United states had no alternative Neither
the Senate the House would act. Your Congress
done. They would not take step IN any direction
stood the President OF the United states. What
should lie dol Grant recognizes Kellogg az Governor
He must recognize somebody Loud laughter
For two years Congress never rebuke1
him. They have tried again and again.
to some conclusion on the Louisiana question
and they could but there stood tue Executive who
Then, driven into that position. shut up to 1t.
never voted, 1 never held an Office IN
my lte, nor ever coveted one In September last
this recognized Gov. kellogg whom Congress would not
dlsqualfy whom the President was forced To rec0g-
nze, sends to Washington according to the Constitution
he Legislature not being IN SESSION. and says 10 Gen.
Grant, Domestic violence threatens to suOyert the
Government" Grant could not nave ac'ed difcrently
Wnen the Government when the Nation, is we'll in
side Of State or the call OF It's constitutional authority
when is II to 20 OUT Why it is to 90 our gentlemen,
when the Democrats disturbance 10 queled not before
Whenever the Legislature assemblies IN that STATE and
says TO the National Government: I've are
Suppose now that neither a, Inc Governor
the President KNOW wnen to go he must exercise
his own discretion Tue year breads IN h OF January
call the roll. Listen to me, gentlemen; here
Is the rub to the question. the Clerk proceeds
Stat that could do IL, and the moment
any gentleman IN that hall undertook TO make motion
Clerk had not pronounced carried, ard when
Clerk took the chair they ceased be
a Legislature aud became mob Drag out ve men from
me iSoisIstnre Of I1uisiana IL was nor Legislature
but New Orleans mob What does Gan. SheridaI sayf
No man had dared TO write liar " on the Dr1S OF
under that Illegal motion took the chair, challenge
any legal gentleman here TO answer. That was
TO study this question. Mr.. Chairman. We had
Of that kind this city ia 1859, when Mr. Howe and Mr.
Witt did They came forward aud brushed aside the
officers, eaped upou tue platform, and said 1--WE will
run the meeting" Ii was a mob.
Now, gentlemen, what was left lin louisiana The
legislature was fugitive from its own nall. aud there
the eye OF the law, and Governor but Gov Kellogg
Hiss, you please but produce the master OF parlia-
Tho Governor Of the state was left alone. and
he said as he was bound to say to the United
tie peace Of the city They had gone there in sepem
ber and as the President had not fl to withdraw
dlers and says to them, Turn that mob out OF the
years studied that very point Of constitutional
and parliamentary law-I say thai Gen. de
TroDriand and Gen Grant complied with every
requirement OF the constitutional law OF tue United
States Now, the first gentleman this stand was our
fellow citizen, Gen. Quincy. What did he
sayf He said he left trebrsnds aud ashes OF turmoil
aud bloodshed when he lett NewOreans Gen. Sheridan
was there with him and these nrebrands, and now
Gen. Sheridan has gone back there Mr. Quincy
resides Boston, and says although he left roUrauds
and hot ashes and discord In louisiana he DON'T be-
lev there any there to-day. But Gen. Sheridan who
has gone back there, says there Is. Which will You
believe Is not the who has gone
down there and examined better witness than
who tells you he left that state Of things but
thinks Is not there am not here 10 praise the
Administration IL these resolutions passed, they
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