The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-04-19
fFrom the New York Herald. /
WENDELL PHILLIPS.

Interview with the sIlver-Toagued oratoI
| -slavs-Cateher Devwns- Yurther fartiea.
Friends soId oat-Ham pton stIll CraekIns
the slAveholdinE whip.
BosroS. April. 2. ls7T-It 10 rarely
that any Of the utter ances OF Wendell
Philips have attracted more attention
than his remarkable speech delivered 10
Philadelphia few evenings since. q full
report OF which was published In th'
Herald the Subsequent morning. Hs
denunciation OF General D~vrn-. nov o.
President Hayes Cabinet. probably caus
ed more criticism than even his whole
sale attack upon the President himself
Thinking that the distinguished orato-
might have been somewhat stirred up by
the journalistic batteries which have
been leveled at him during the last few
days, your correspondent called on him
this afternoon, At bis residence. No 81
E,seE street He found Mr.. Phillips had
just retired from lecturing tour. and. 10
spite Of the harrh things that bad b~ri,
said about him. he seemed TO be aa calm,
and serene as q summer morning Aft-i
= few commonplace observations ! asked
IL he did not intend TO reply 10 the ma
m~rous criticisms which bad been mad
on bis Philadelphia address.
ISpUFEEEST TO HIs DETAnERa.
Mr.. Phillips-Of course not never
notice such criticisms Besides. tho.s
who make them have either not read nv
speech or are not fit 10 read newspapers
I have anticipated and covered ~veTy
point they refer TO touching Mr. Drven-
Any one who can count Eve will ses u u
he reads the speech Attentively.
n - - T.
Deysns bought back Sims. furnished all
the money and redeemed him; 10 that
true7
GENERAL DEvESs AoAIx ATTACKED.
Mr.. Phillips-No. he did not Sim,
was sent back ip 1851 About ten years
afterward. D~veus woke up and offered
to redeem him. In the previous effort.
Tor Sims release. De, ems took no part
For many years the STAKEHOLDER refused
to sell be bad Sims cruelty whipped
aud when be thought he bad punished
the negro enough for running away. sent
him to Mississippi. For many years W.
heard nothing OF him. and supposed him
TO be dead. Eleven years aftrrward tn"
war freed him. aud he came 10 Ma.-a
chusetts. This statement shows hos'
absurd IA the idea that the D-vrns' OFF,
Devens' money did not and could not ?"
lease Sims from the wr-tchrd fate Q"
which the slave hound had sent thu
negro This idea. that lew hundred
dollars are iull compensation Tor mortHl
sin and grave wrong done your f-llo~
mao Is heartless and cruel. as veil a. al
surd The wong once done the victim
is beyond yolr reach. II j. A. " you raw"
= man a mortal wound and then off-i~d
the physician Thousands TO cure him
For ali the uretchedness end wrong.
Sims suffered during these eleven year
Devens is largely responsible Astor had
q crazy son who knocked out an attend
ants eye with the iron tip Of his can~
The man writhed in agony Young Astof
said. What do you cry fort Ny father
will pay for IL The editors who claim
that Drvens' thousand dollars were full
Atonement are as crazy 80 young Astor
But u Devens bad bought Sims and ben
in any way able TO fully compensate thu
negro. that would not cover the Who'll.
extent OF the evil he had done. Whist
Atou ement would that have been 10 the
Boston streets he has disgrAcrd. TO ia.
humane hearts he had tortured Would
that have neutraliE-d The evil Of bis inlA
nous example7 The acts Of public m-n
educate the people The wicked ser
Witty Of those days has done more than
anything else 10 dull the American con
science and make us the corrupt p@opl'
we are to day Scratch a sapling aud the
oak will show IL for centuries.
Correspondent-But. sir. they say Nr
De ysns rrpented. ls bis repentance
noIhing7
DEvESs NEVER REFExrED.
Mr. Phillips-Mr Drvens has never. 10
my knowledge, uttered, either publicly
or in private. the word repent" Hi-
Offering money to buy Sims does not
show repentance. | never knew n slave
case where the most heartlrs. Of ths
hunters did not, Immediately after. offer
to aid in redeeming their victim Tba,
family which was most active In sendinr
Burns TO chains all contributed TO buy
him back. But every one OF them glo
rird meanwhile in the part they bad
taken in Burns surrender. Instead OF
repenting. they boAsted for years after OF
what they had done. II D-vrns doe. re-
pent ] claim that his repentance shall b. |
rs public as bis sin otherwise the effect |
OF bad example runs on unchecked.
do not think much OF the conscience |
which sins in State street. in the day light. |
At the head OF one thousand soldiers. |
amid plaudits. and then r~pents IN n
skulking private letter TO Mrs. A. B & |
But neither in private letter nor in any |
public act does there exist the slightest
evidence that Drvens has ever reprnt~d |
Correspondent-M~n cay, sir. that NJ |
Dryens was a United States officer, and |
bound To hunt slaves 10 applied 10.
Mr. Phillips-He was United States |
h.. 4. Al. a
TO hold on 10 al Office % his con |
science iorbids the act his Office calls him
TO do Every sane man agrees 10 this /
As Devens held on TO his Office | hsve
right 20 inter that bis conscience justified /
him in the act hr was called 70 do Thu /
is all have charged ON me. aud 1 have
estimatrd the louns.s OF his moral ma
turs by the fact that be was unable To- |
see the iniamy OF slzy~c.tching. Why /
dad not he rrsign7 How tbi. letter oi
would have rung through
the land, rousing its conscience Hnd liza
ing it, young men TO higher moral
level Granville Sharpe resigned hi. i
place la the English War Ofiic- rather
than sign. A. = mere clerk, the order
sending troops 10 America In our R.vo /
luton. ls 10 too much to expect that .
Ma slchusetts lawyer shall have ~ keen /
a sense OF honor as an English gentle
manR Charles Sumner was a United /
States Commissioner. authorized aud /
bound TO execute the Fugitive Slave Act. |
W h-n one asked him ~ he, As Commis.
sioner. would order the return Of fugitive |
slaves. he answered: "'ls thy servant a |
dog that be should do this thingY / !
was a man before vas = Commissioner" |
When the Boston police Wa. ordered out /
10 help the surrender OF Burns. Mr.. Jo- |
srph X. Hayes. Captsin in that force. re
signed his place rather than aid in that |
wickedness. Could not four years At