The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27
Wendell Phillips Assault ON Presi-
dent Hayes and His Cabinet.

don't Hayes and His Cabinet.
We print one of the most piquant efforts
Of this vituperative orator in the report OF
his speech, or lecture as he calls it. deliv-
cred in Philadelphia last evening We do
not know how Mr.. Phillips could have put
his brilliant talents as termagant to bet
ter use than he has done in this bitter
arraignment of the new President, his Cabi-
net and his policy. Despite his extravagant
rhetoric Wendell Phillips is not fool. He
is as keen judge as any outsider
of what President Hayes means. His lam
pooning TRADE attests his full belief in the
Presidents sincerity. Those friends Of the
South whose faith has begun to waver, in
consequence of Mr.. Hayes slowness and
seeming hesitation, will be encouraged when
they find that men like Wendell Phillips
carries them beyond all bounds of civility
and decency. This invective of Mr.. Phillips
will be read, as everything he delivers
is certain to be read, because its
livcliness and pungency make it at
tractive to lovers Of scandal, who
are majority of every commu-
nifty It will help the President and his
public estimation, for the extravaganza Of
its abuse is self-refuting in respect to the
particular charges, and the hostile animus
it betrays is a conclusive proof of the de-
spair Of its author. If men like Garrison
and Phillips praised the President, or even
attempted to coax and wheedle him, the
doubts of his sincerity might deepen into
belief; but when these men are seen to pour
out all their Walls Of wrath and vituperation
on his head, it is evident to everybody
that they, at least, think him in down.
right earnest in the policy he has
announced. The way in which Mr.. Phillips
singles ont every member of the Cabinet
for personal disparagement and libel is the
most satisfactory comment which has yet
been made by anybody on the fitness of
the Presidents advisers for carrying out the
policy he has adopted. If they pleased
Wendell Phillips they could not possibly
please rational, considerate men, The
President should regard Mr.. Phillips in
continent invective as the highest compli-
ment and the best tribute to his sincerity
which has been paid him in any quarter.
Whose sentiments does Wendell Phillips
reflect? Not those of the country at large;
not those of the better class of republicans
not those Of Frederick Douglass and other
trusted representatives of the colored race,
but only those of squad Of rabid fanatics
and interested carpet-baggers. Packard,
Chamberlain and their satellites are the
only persons Of any political consequence
who will read this speech of Phillips
with appreciation and relish, and even
they will not dare to avow their approval.
They will merely roll it, as wicked people
are said to do sin, ''as q sweet morsel, under
their. tongues" Phillips truly expresses
what Packard thinks. Packard would say
the same things of the President and
Cabinet if he dared. He may possibly dare
when his hopes are utterly Frustrated. but
for the present he is muzzled by his sense Of
interest. The President may see what
Packard thinks if he will read what Wendell
Phillips says.