Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-04
Alefau0rla Q6azetttte
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, ISL
wendell Phillips.

such criticisms. Beside, those WHO make then
;:avc either not read my speech or are not fit t,
read newspapers. | have anticipated and cover
cd every point they refer to touching Mr.. De
veua. Any Que who can count five will see It'll
kc reads the speech attcntivcly.
CorFcspoudant-But sir, they say Mr. Deyen
bought back Sims, furnished all the money anc
redeemed him; is that true ?
Mr. Phips-No, he did not Sins was
sent back iu 1851. About ten years after
ward Devcus woke up and offered 10 redeem
! hm. In The previous efforts for Sims re.
lease D2vcns took no part. For many years
the STAKEHOLDER refused to sell; he had Sims
cruelty whipped. and when he thought he
had punished the negro enough for runGing
away ser: him TO Mississippi. For many
years we heard nothing Of him and sup
posed him to be dead. Eleven years atlerwarI
the war freed him and hc came to Massachu'
sets. This statement shows how absurd Is the
idea that Devens' offer to buy Sims vas full
a!oncment. All Deyens' money did not and
could not release Sins from the Wretched fate
to which the slavehound had sent the negro.
This idea, that few hundred dollars are full
compensation for mortal slu and grave wrong
done your fellow man Is hearteSs and cruel, as
we'll As absurd. The wrong once done the VIC
tim Ii beyond your reach Ii IS as II yOu gave
4 man mortal wound and then offered the
physician thousands To euro him. For al! the
wralchelucss and WrOog rims suffered during
those eleven years berGna Il largely rt3pQnai-
hl3. Astor had 2 crazy sou who Knocked ont
an attendant eye with the iron tip ct his cane.
The man wriihod ia agony. Young A5tor said,
~ iiat do you crY for : Ny father vii! pay fol
IL. The editors who claim that pcyels' thcu'
:aul d0l4rI were = full atonemo:lt arc rs crazy
~ ycuig !is!o:. Bat If DaYenI had bough,
Gim2 and been - any way able 10 Eil!y compen-
safe he negro that would no. cover the whole
extent ol the evil he had done. what atone.
mrnt would that have been to the Boston
streets he had ttssracod, 10 thu: humane hearts
he had tortnrcl? Would that have neutral
ICED tho evil OF lis infamous example The
acts Of public men educate the people. The
than anything else 10 dull the American con-
science and make lis the corrupt people we are
to-day. Scratch aapling aud the oak will
show it Ter centuries.
Correspondent But. ::.:, thcy say MIR. De
7rns rcpentel. Il his repentance nothing
Mr.. Phillips Mr.. Dcvcns has never, to my
knowledge, uttered, either publicly or in pr-
ya,e, the word ''rapcni." Ills offering money
To hny Sims does not show repentance. never
knew Il slave cls, where the most heartles5 OF
the hunters did noL, immcdiltcly . after, offer 10
aid 10 rcdtcmiGg their Vc:lm. That family
which WAS mo5> active in scndlug Burns TO
chaius all contributed 10 buy him back. But
every one Of shcm gIoticd meanwhile 10 the
part they had taken n Burns surrender. In
stead Of repeating they boascd lor years alter
of what they had doGe. II Doveus does repent,
claim that his repentance shall be as public
A. his sin; otherwise the effect Of bad example
runs on unchecked. ID not th:ak much OF
the coo science which sin4 in State street, in
the daylight, at Che head OF l,00o soldiers,
amid r!audits, anGi then repeats IN skulklng
prigatc letter to Mrs. A B e.. Bat neither IL
private letter nor in any public act does there
exist the slightest evidence that O2Vcns has
ever repcntcd.
Correspondcnt--Mcn say, slr, Tint hlr. De,
gtus was United States officer, and bound t.
hunt slaves if applied 10?
Mr.. PhIips-I[e was United States Mar,
s!:al. Bu: no man il Obliged or authorized 10
hold OH to au Office # his conscience lorbld5 the
acl his Office calls him TO DO. Every sane man
agrees 10 this As Dtyens held on to his Office
have u right to infer that his conscience JUS
tiiit,! him in ti.e act he was called TO DO. This
is oil have charged on him, and have cstI'
mated the owuess OF his moral nature by the
fact that ne vas unable to see the lnlamy OF
slave catching Why did not he resign? low
his letter ui resignation would have rung
throughout the land, rousDg its conscience and
Hitting it's Young men 10 4 higher moral level
Granville Sharpe resigned his place 10 the Eng.
Iish War Office rather than sign, as mere
clerk, the order sending troops 10 America IN
our Hrvolutiop. IS it TOO much to expect
that 4 Massachusetts, lawyer shall have
~ keen L sense Of homer as an Fog
Ijsh gentleman? Charles Sumner was
united States Commissioner, authorized
and bouad 10 execute the Fugitive Slave act.
When one asked hin, If he. as Commissioner,
souI order the return OF fugitive slaves, he
/ answered, as thy servant L dog that he should
do this thing? | was i man before | was i
Commissioner When the Boston police was
ordered ont to help The surrender Of Burns,
Mr.. Joseph *. Hayes, captain III that torcc,
resigned his place rather than aid 10 that wick
cduCss. Could not four years at Harvard Col
Irrc and tea years 1T the bar Icach DcVcns as
mich morals, wakcn 10 him as keen a sense Of
honor as service in the police had given Hayes
| No, Devens deliberately chose TO 90 on and
earn his salary at the risk Of earning ;lo the
DISGUST Of all honorable man. lie has had the
| blood MONEY, sto It or Ia'i II ur. ne must
mt whine if tic ,iisiu-t Of mahkl0i c!lngs 10
him Ike Nessns' shirt IN thr c!asslr lahIo, anl
tormcnts him forever.
| Corre:pondenL--Bnt. Eli, ether mah beside
| neyans SUPPORTED tho Fugitive Slave lay
Sir. Phillips s-Trua But it i= very ditIeIa!!;tII
hing to justify intellectually 5;, n ST wv |h,eh hsi VII Il
| "a to torture one Of those men With you. own
hands The mind rnsy be h!iGted and confused d.
The appeal ol your single Gell3wm"n Wat;en:
ihn hnsTt vhian, az Madison aai1, il the bcs
ogicia Stotne= picture Of he jing2 "T5so9
c.. D. johr.7a sad, the man who cGn9t
hsa. Of The sinking Of the whole Chinese EmPiF'
;l,o tho ser without emotion might poa;Ib :!
r.;1t II sooiag the surgnon cut of h!s nc'ghbo-'
i;.tie fngcr.'' l heard Benjamin. K, N-rt's
Judco Of the supreme Court Of the Uni:e:t
states, uphold the Fugitive Slave act in tanoui
Hail in sn elaborate speech. Ten days alter
usrd the hunlc.7s were IN search of q neg. 0 Wn'
worked f7r Judge Curtis The Judge gave tn
man IL one5 snd helped his fight to Canada
Curtis cou not resist tho mute appeal Of ms In
! r;,itr shovcd re WAS mSn, IN spite OF u