Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-01-11
Wendell Phillfps's Opinion.

Mr.. Phillips recently made an adj
dress TO an immense audience In
Boston, on the Presidential cam
paign just past, and on some of the
leaders engaged i'll it. The follow
ing is brief sy nopsis of his remarks:
If the republic ia safe to-day, we
owe it to the far-sighted statesman.
ship and fearless patriotism of the
President of the United States. Fear
less, because in the face of popular
Misunderstanding and misconcep-
ton, Grant is as steadfast as when
before an enemy's camp; cautious
never to overstep the laws, bu
prompt to go to it's extreme verge to
protect liberty. No man since An
drew Jackson has bsen moro willing
to take the responsibility than Gen.
Grant and, believe on this will
!ingness to resume responsibility in
time of need has depended the sal
walton of this nation. The two names
jackson and Grant-will go down
to history together.
If Tilden is really the next Presi-
dent. be ought to thank first of all
the Boston and New York papers so
called Republicans. They have made
1t possible that the natural order of
things can be reversed, and have
perhaps gained victory for the
couutry's foes at time when all his
tory indicated that the Government
should be kept in the hands of men
who saved 1t. | Say this for this
reason The Republican papers of
the North have been crednous in the
extreme IN regard to every piece of
gossip against their own leaders. No
tale was 80 improbable thai, once
started, those Journals would not
give it wind, if not full credence. -
Thus they fouled their own nests and
fritted away the cohesion which held
the once strong party together, till
it became o mere mob. On the 9TH
err hands, these papers were most as
tonishingly incredulous at every tale
which came from the South disclos-
ing its real condition. No matter
how complete the evidence, nor fair
tho record, how overw helming TIE
testimony, nutIl the first of Septem-
Der you could hardly get hearing
in any Republican columns for true
statement of affairs at the South. -
When Senator Boutwell, put the
oapsheaf to his splendid public se'-
vices by taking up the gauntlet
which Bayard had thrown down, his
speech was deserted as ungracious
and disgrsceful, mere ebuIlition of
morbid rage. No Que Journal in
Boston, l think (and quite sure no
daily journal } had one line of recog-
milton, one line of welcome to the
Senator. He was called boy, and
asked to come home and not Disgrace
the State by further exhibitions OF
malice. These papers tried to run the
Republican machine on two wheels,
civil service reform and finance,
Nothing else was to be tolerated.
But on September LIST these journals
had learned that these were but
vapid superfuities and tame issues,
which would invite defeat, and so
they stole the thunder Of the Massa-
chusetts Senator, without thanking
him. They saw at length that IT
was not possible 10 rally the North
against the nations enemy except on
one great vital issue-the rights OF
man. | should have been ashamed
had it been otherwise If New Eng-
land or the North had thought OF
anything else, while white or black
Republican must leave his Southern
home at night for fear of his life ; if
the American peoples sense of hon.
or could have tolerated and other
issue I should have been ashamed
No wonder then, that the Republic
can party has just touched success,
no more. 1t has not deserved sue
cess. 1t has not recognized as it
should have done in this conflict, the
graphic of two civilizations. Its
real leaders have been ignored and
deprecated by the journals. Blaine
and Morton, Butler and Boutwell,
these are the men who are stemming
the tide, who have been fighting DIS
trust and rebellion in their own
ranks as we'll as facing the enemy
| in front. Take
Charles Francis A1ams-a man who
has not known for ten years whether
be was a Democrat or a Re publican.
He belongs to this latter class of
men. He is a good lawyer. a digni
fed and high toned diplomatist, who
made the English Lord feel that he
was his peer | have no words but of
thanks for his services at Geneva or
the Court of st. James. wish he
| had stayed there If, next January.
[ should be caught in terrible
snowstorm down the barbor, and the
pilot bad run the vessel Oh rock. he
might bring me ticket of mem Ser
ship in temperance society and in
the orthodox church ; but | should
say to him, That's all very well, but
| want man who knows the differ
ence between rock and water
Applause | want leader who
can see through the storm. do not
care for bis record just now. | do
not even care for his integrity
want a pilot. And to- day the only
question is, where shall we find a
pilot =? We want not honest men,
simply, but honest men with eyes