New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-10
DdNGERS OF TIE REPUBLfC.

rrcrrRE ny wgSrEfI PHILLIPS ON "TfMPER NICE,
LABOR AND WOMAN DRUNkEANEss ~ CITES
AND THE AGGREGATION or WEALTH TO BIZ
GUARDED ACAISsT-CO-wORKING or INK sEktS
TIE CONDITION or SUCCESS.
Association Hall, at Twenty-tlird-st ana
was well filled last evening by an audience
which gave close attention to Wendell Phlips's new lee
tnro on Temperance, Labor. and NoLian' Mt fhii-
lips appeared alcne the platform. and without being
introduced, began by saying that with the finishing
of the first century Of this country nan
meny things OF which, nation, 1t might
DE Justly proud We have many hatonai Unit
rial evidences of mower" h. said, (WHICH are tie
result OF democratic institutions Yet when we count
up these things n wise 10 look ahead NJ the oDs'sos
and dangers at exist The great triumph OF the past II
The accomplishment OF what constitutional govern
mem ever accomplished under similar circumstances II
ma. n,rooted and put an end human slavery IL u
plain that domestic bondage wrecked the old attempts a,
human liberty But peril5 asss the future OIL our
possibility OF liberty"
Tho speaker referred TO the times when In various
large oities, MODS attacked those who uttered
bold sentiments, aud s1d 81 mention this
rs oue OF tie dIngers which beset popu-
lar Institutions II ia tradition since the time OF
Wslpoe arranging taxes you must mover touch
m. brewers Gladstone thrown from power because
5ecr and the Bible were a-Hyed against him. wherever
republican lnst uops have tried 10 govern great cty
4 ey have fail d. TIE N0bnm OF lhe age u 10" "
govern great ces-bOw To make life and property com
Portable in thcm. You wrench acity from Khaveo an
robbers only by popular ID'll1h N sterH ~ me-,
are mppy who readily t1pple over INTO the ehahns-
OF crirne. TAce who have no idess anu car
nothing for convictions Another sa'iheeS "a a ,is -
that it is hard to say how II Is TO ne Ieledsu
nt of the skns II ifs encmics and as 1t has marched
down the centuries il has been attended ny TWO PCS
IL tlampes other nations under foot and re'eis III ~
tOHc0iun Ia ms colnTy d l,'n - S'i' ,1,,,ai.trt
enough in a day to Keep him drunk week. thenis,l!
asO doubles temptation by making run ont OF SiNunsi
and brandy cut of anthract. coal. Besldes, the saxon
ia 2 voter ON ths unstable corrupt, fO,eh I"upus,ic
no,alir Zen, erunce IL not a scntinent but ii holds
tho possibility nun c.pal freedom ne que ton VI
sO!e IS found to avert this tendency To- sulPc
this Veainess' 10 curb this huI.ef Oh we sxQn
III n there cacnot he decent and honest goVeitm Nv ia
ctC, of half llOh Or quarter OF nilil'h o. lhap
The press OF Europe points 70 lheso shOeS nlo
savs Govern "A gcrat city before you boast OF inle-
pclfente before you say that eSa Suffrage IS lne
Ne have allowed no obstacle to stop delay pro-
gir-s d q ftc; have made nature our drudge iut
We have made ~ beginning OF ulstDu,on. ine uSnic
pnr EQUALLY and nCrchangeabl!y are tne elem, MS
essential 10 republican lie Our danger IS in wedding
man Ia Penn ,ylyania who holds S1oOoOOOoOi VI hlsnS
land and witn wave Of h.s hand he can upset Legs
laie fl necessary that should Lave Incorporated
wealth millions OF money must DE massed' udt 'h,
witch siIpCnDy legislation may preserve ito ihdefehd
am not going to claim suffrage for woman. nor 10 de-
claim against the hardship Of denying H. In view Oi
Drunkenness IN cities and wealth. from a national
standpoint we need sagaciDus sates'uanship to guide
st,c,cssiuBy the ship or STATE don't much demand
sutiIs re for claim that she shall hit up orr
bar At this time. Run back through history abd ste
what he sexes have done together. Where they have
WorNed in unis there has been almost unihiAed ana
absolute Success what each has done ny Use
Das been medsuTably failure do not argue
The spcic.iy OF woman u man. believe tlht they
are equal though alike; they are dts rent forces
nut not unequal Tie great principle IS that God iuate
tlen to act each other Each Is lifted high
,st by the isy alton of the other Take Europe and
Asia or Northern AID Southern Europe. The Northern
raf OF Europe - higher than the Southern hall, not IN
race moi ia hood There Is the same duerenee as ne
tween Moha and Christianity. The FORMER Is
n male civilization and (. male religion. SOphOces
and EuI1pes pure as ToDnySon ana purcr lhhh
Dickens but yOn may not open sOphocles ANA Eurlpines
and Chaucer aud much OF Shakespeare on your iabie
" uyl Because they wrote Tor men, The CIVILIZATION OF
Athens was male. The marbles which are carved today
can he paced in any church OF laliOr IN Greece NO
man, except one before his like Pcricies,
made "a woman bis companion. aud put thought and
separation together within Only the last 300 years
hiyc on cted platform which ahead OF the Church IN
morals aud ahead OF law in ethlcs-and that Is society
wGcfe men and women are equal. Wherever the sexes
together touch sticcC art literature, the race ms ana
cors tOryald more successfully. SO, beseech you.
ioce TIE vote on woman. H. the rOttenneSS OF elites and
lie feiasin Of the nation must cmpiOy every force
to secure OF democratic institutions lFt tue
state re 81 and woman WIKI tao tertintyt at we
sgail Outrde the STORM"