New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-24

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lnn Iifi1R,rH To- THE TEWrSr.l
Bosrov or. 2.i.-Thc course of lectures IN the
People, Church. ga this city We, poncd los Wendell
Phillips this eveninr. who delivered an Grafton ou
" Tie Living issue" which was mainly devoted Ia
the political questions of tho day. He discussed
National issues o.. well as those Of State import
auoc. 1ut was peculiarly acui, bitter and vigorous
~ h.s illusions 20 tie present campaign. "a was
10 bc expected. ne ,Ntol. d General Butler rs tho
embodiment OF all political and personal viz
tues. and the small audience of some three hun
,irc,i persons who listened To Lim were evidently
quit ia sympathy with his views. lie began his
Discourse by referring 20 the great advances and
discoveries Of science during the past nifty year.
and SAID that Chat period had witnessed similar
advance in qpcstio of politics, causing men T.
rally in great parties. and bringing them IN angry
conflict. lie considered, however that little had
actually been accomplished; the time Ind been too
short for that. and he wa evidently disposed 10
think that little WAS to Ice expected from the par
ties now existing. IT, sad the trouble now was that
the leaders of the present day we've towards who
were afraid 90 assert their actual convictions. The
present tendency oi events showed that America WAS
afraid 10 trust every human being IN hcr boundaries
with vote. which was a cowardlv acknowledge
mcnt that our fathers experiment has fallcd. The
civil hfc Of the country was being narrowed down
into aristocratic selection and relief from tins dark
state Of things was not To bo expected irom any
party or a-sociation existing at present.
Mr. Phillips said also that the line that
divide, Massachusetts Is the line marking the
difference bet Sccm thos' vino believe IN UNI
ycrsal suffrage and those who don't. The
friends Of the movement had nothing t.
hope from existing parties. Tie Democratic
pnrty was dead and had no power, and the kepnbll-
can party had no rirht 10 existence for II had VIC
lated all its pledges the causc of universal free
dom. lie arraisncd President Hayes Southern
pniirl and declared that he had proved tn~r :" HI
the promises made m behalf of tile black inli before
his cicciin Although hr had earnestly d'"cAtcd
the cause nf the freedmen and mad coHi1i'rratcd
their woes before he reached the rAtrHilN' chili,
hc had since then been coldiN indIilefcli. lie
looked to tine inner workings oi ~" IA thc rt T."
publican party He believed that the exodus has
bat lust begun, ana n the practical solution
of the question of suffrage in the south
He also apr.auded the Grccnbnck movement aud
SAID that the prime ISSUE 81 thc next campaign
would be- that of the currency. ms womb lNluc
the Solid South and complete the work winch the
exodus movement had bcguu. In the present de-
pressed STATE of political integrity aud WIutlptc.
there wa, but one figure which seemed 10
HIM to promise drliNcraucc III the iutufc, ana mat
va. the figure of lrnj imin /. Builder. He failed
state satisfactorily how tn" Essex statesman was
10 bring about the political millennium when MS
prophetic vision saw, but dcVott al much time 10
cuogy of the man which the glittering generali-
ties. of which Mr.. Philips Is a master. heid large
place.
lis address was sharp and vincgary, and con-
sisted more OF Remuneration Of all established
pOwers than Oi suggestions how the present state OF
things could % remcdicd.