The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-03

and shows how unjust to him werS the mis-
givings caused by his procrastination. He
has set the seal of official action to the
policy declared in the inaugural address.
Retreat is impossible now. Packard ought
to learn something from the experience Of
Chamberlain. The Presidents deliberate
slowness, by which they were both SO much
encouraged, will prove 10 be as frail reli-
ance in the other case as in the one which
has been decided. Packard, who is intelli-
gent and shrewd, will now see where he
stands. He can no longer expect to be sus-
tanned by federal troops. He has lived too long
in Louisiana and understands the State too
well to believe that his government can
stand week after the troops are withdrawn.
The period occupied by the Presidents
committee will afford him time for cool re-
Fiction. A sense of the utter hopelessness
of his case will probably lead him to submit
to the inevitable
An Interview with Wendell Phillips.
The lovers of lively reading will find
something decidedly ''breezy" in the report
given by our Boston correspondent of re-
markable conversation with Wendell Phil
lips. His recent lecture in Philadelphia
was tart enough, but it falls short of the in
terview as vinegar does Of vitriol. Mr..
Phillips seems to have been stung into
rage by the newspaper comments on
his vituperative lecture. In this fresh
philippe the champion termagant of
the century out-Phillips himself We
suspect that the reason why he is
so beside himself in this strange interview
is that his conscience convicts him of wild
injustice to Mr.. Devens and President
Hayes, and that the criticisms of the press,
which he SO furiously resents and repels,
touched him on a sore spot. Why should
this aged orator forget the respect he owes
to his own gray hairs and his brilliant in
tellectual gifts and make an exhibition of
himself as mental epileptic? If he had
made personal appearance in public foam
ing at the mouth, crashing his teeth and
dashing his head against lampposts and
curbstones every friend he has in
the world would lament the physical
malady which deprived him of self-control.
A kindred moral and intellectual malady
makes him an object of more melancholy
pity. Mr.. Phillips raves like mailman.
When brilliant man becomes lunatic the
vagaries Of his disordered intellect may be
amusing by their cleverness, but it is only
the heartless or the thoughtless that can de-
rive any pleasure from its cratic sallies.
Snow this, though it may make the un-
skilful laugh, cannot but make the jul
dicious grieve, the censure of one which
must o'erweigh whole theatre of others"
The brilliancy of Mr.. Phillips as
an orator has always extorted the
admiration OF many who have no
sympathy with his sentiments His
most determined opponents have found his
speeches an intellectual repast, but we ven-
ture to suggest to him that he is now
going beyond the limits of courteous in
diligence. A court fool, with his cap and
bells, his licensed tongue and satirical
gibes, his pungent wit and freedom to LAM
pooh his betters, is tolerable only while he
has the grace Of youth. When an old man,
whose years should render him venerable,
plays such tricks he afflicts us with q pain
full sense Of incongruity between his abusive
sallies and the wise moderation and mellow
tolerance which would better suit with his
age. 1t seems too much like withered and
superannuated spinster affecting the hoy
denish airs Of girl still in her teens.
1t would be a waste of logic to undertake
a serious refutation Of Mr. Phillips intem-
perate TRADE against Attorney General
Devens and against President Hayes and the
other members Of his Cabinet. Mr.. Devens
fought in a cause for which Mr.. Phillips only
spouted. Mr.. Hayes is receiving the hearty
approval of at least seven-tenths Of his coun-
trymen for pursuing the policy which Mr..
Phillips denounces. Mr.. Phillips crazy OBJ
jurgations amuse the public for day, but
the wise and sagacious policy of President
Hayes which causes this outpouring of venom
will be approved by posterity wher the
name of Wendell Phillips is forgotten.
Dogs In Harness.
In a short communication from Mr.. Henry
Bergh, which will be found elsewhere, there
are several points that need explanation.
1t is said that the man who was the yoke
fellow of the dog was arrested by "a person
unknown to and acting without the au-
thority of the Society for the Prevention