The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-02-07


hsd ksruA1son says:
"wsndsil FhIllips ~ ~ swori Of u
spirit Of the snii-slsvsry cansa HI
sleqassoe ~ss Ike The tLrust 81 iLs rapid
-s~ih. keen, deadly terrible vsspo,
sgainst great iniqnisy. Biz pressno
before IN audience Vas mssly. his bsAris,
easy and natural but not stsdied o. drs
nstio Or frsqssat il gesture But Ri
power = - orator Icy in Vie iecisivssss
Of bic shonght and he pesfsctios sss
visos Of his vofda He thought spigrsn'
add he spoke What hs thought fsArlsssly
and brilliantly. With hin. Language W
% half obscure medium Of con NJ usicatioa
but clear lees through which b. mad
the common mind -. in IL full nagaitsd1
the truth ~ IL Icy 10 The srstor's psrcsps
loo. In this quality NJ. Phillips vii
rank a The head Of Americas oralon. Ia
thoss heroic days be made the osuss BIZ
livelihood and his purposs. and forssool
all 10 serve the slave. T. W. Parsons said
Of him with truth in his Ass soassl--
Born 10 high niscs the louiy horn
Ne sioopsa 20 serve aud gays ambition scorn.
Mr.. Phillips was personally maa Of
big hssrt, keen with the philanthropis
ssnsibilitiss Of the flower Of New England
descent He felt for the slave because b
loved humsnity, aud 10 that p assion may
be traced alike the success and tho mis-.
takes Of his life. Nc degradation or out.
ward circumstances could discourags the
human soul so deep that Mr.. Phillips VA
indifferent TO il. The slave, the Indian,
the psor Of his native city. the working
men, the vorkinswomen, the family
cursed BY iuteupersnss, the convict con.
dsmnsd to death, these furnished the mo-
tiyss Of his life"
Joseph Cook in the prelude 10 bis Mon
day lecture spoke as follows OF Mr.. Phil.
lips
''Hs whom God crowns lot no man try
TO discrewn. There lies dead or his
shield in yondsr street an unsullisd soldier
Of popular reform, spotlsss disintersstsd
champion Of the oppressed. the foremost
crater Of the English-speaking world in
recent years. largest and iatsst-lst Us
hope not the lsst--of the Puritians, =
servant OF the Most High God. . man on
The altar Of whose heart the Goals Of fire
we're kiudled BY breath from the divine
justice and tenderness.
were kindled by breath from the divine
justice and tenderness.
"Wsndsll Phillips has gone, doubtless.
TO an intellectually great reward. 10 is
with Garrison and Sumner and Lincoln
now. He has met Wilberforcs and CLARK.
son. He is in the company Of Aristidss
md Scipio and the Roman Gracchi and Of
III the past martyrs. who, in every sge,
have laid down their lives that the
darkness Of their ages might be little
ightsned. What cares he for our praise
,r our bIamei He cared little for IL in
life. Fifty years hence history will not
lsk what Boston thinks Of Wendell Phil.
Ups, but rather what he though: Of Bos.
ON. We cannot crown him. The mem.
Try OF his career crowns our civilization.
II look upon these periods Of Mr..
Phillips life: preparation, struggle. vic.
DRY. His preparation extended from his
,irth-or from some age before IL. for hs}
Inherited ancestral merit Of the highest
yps- to the Boston Mob Of 1886. His
truggls lasted from 1885 TO 1865; that il,
rom the time whom Mr. Garrison
n danger Of being murdered in your
trsets for anti.slavery opinions, to the time
vhsn It pleased Almighty Providence to
Eradicate slavery from our nation. His
'ictory was in the last nineteen years in
vhich be walked among us; not without
occupation, indeed, but with his great
purpose 50 thoroughly accomplished that
10 seemed lonely in his victory. II was
dr. Phillips who gave soul to the North
rho gave IT such power rs made the vic.
Dry possible. With al the mistakes Of
he abolitionists, I believe that without
hem, nay, without this one leader Of them,
is entirely possible We might have
acked the courage necessary for the main
snance Of the Union. II il not too much
0 assert that but for the career Of this
,an. who was himself martyr, our liber-
, and Union today be in the jaws Of the
,onstsr slavery.
"You say you didn't understand tho
stations between labor and cspitsl. Wait
fly years. and then ask IL Wendell Phil.
ps understood the case! To me his
pinions on finance seemed 10 be erron-
ous. II ! may venture to state the fact,
found them not only erroneous but alb
urd. Nevertheless I 10 not feel myself
all competent to say that Mr.. Phillips
i'd not understand this subject. It's one
possibly which do not He certainly
I'D right, in the name Of his whole o.
Der, to put forward singular opinions and
attention TO them.
II think that whoever wishes TO study
As best nsdsla Of popular sloqusnce that
nsrica has ever given to tho world,
lust spend days and nights on what poor
smnsnts we have left Of Mr.. PHILIPPE
pesshes. Here are Goals Of Are lighted
: the breath Of God Let the Young
ZEN come TO this altar and light their
probes. and carry them cut into the
arch Of civilization. Boston nobbsd
r.. Phillips. Let this city now proudly.
,vsrsatly. and yet psnitsntly. build bis
His hands were clean from
~ stain Of gold. He did not love place
sslf. u il said that meat Of the gaiss
his lecture courses we're given away in
lent philanthropy. Certain il i that
n lsst person vhos~ interests he thousht