The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-29
PHlLLlPPlCS.
Wendell Reviewed In Detail By n
Sonlherner.
The O,hcr Side OF a Great and Grave
Question.
Per,la,nt Points Pertaining TO Phillip.

SAN ASToNIo, April ao,- Editor HERALD
Having perused, With careful attention
and cal dor, tae eulosium delyeteu lh
Boston, hy My. George w, Cnrlis, upon inc
life aud actions OF Wendell Phillips, put'
pose 20 enter my protest agansI mach
that wEs uttered By the orator. MI. CuE-
tis, white not o great man nor q statesman
in the true sense ui those words, .eloro
thew had come 20 he proslituted oy being
lavished upon ctossIoad politicians anu
county COURT lawyers Is writer OF taste auu
elegance, and has taxed his powers 20 tne
utmost % shf luslro upon Wendell fhl!'
lips aud his career. The ancient Egyptians
well moving how prone fnnera. orauons
were 10 Side into lulsome 90 ulslion ana IN
faithful poftrhitnfc oi the dead, had wise
custom OF appointing smother orator 70
follow tho frat one, and 10 depict the llfe
and aollons OF the deceased IN their true
oolors. | propose 70 fuliu the functions
and 20 dlscnafge the duties ot this second
orator on this occasion, aud 10 paint Wen
dell pbii'ips, ~ ho viii appear upon the
canvass ni history, when the glamour nov
eurrounding him shall have disappeared.
/ cannot Vic with Mr.. Curtis In poinp ol
defamation nor flowers OF rAu.-
or.c. but am clnsoled Tor my
deficiency "a tbs respect, by ther G.
Election, that truth requires no merelricious
adognmeuts 20 render her pleasing or iOrcl'
BILE 20 such minds as are open 70 eonY4o'
ton. -.,..
Men4eil Etlllll~ was ppIh Az SAt4
and had slavery never existed ne Woulu
still have been au extremist. Tho force o!
his will aud the constitution Of his mind
would have rendered him an oGtTemlst W
any age under any circumstances. IL would
be no compliment TO the Intelligence OF the
reader, to remark that the mind Of an ex-
tremisi necessarily Is wanting In breadth
and amplitude ard Is tainted with faDati'
cis.n, and hence cannot truly be classed In
the first order OF mind. An extremist Is q
man OF ttrong will.poger, out imbued with
only one idea, which he erects into bed Of
PTocrus,es aud religion OF one ana the
same time. This one idea Is SIDE universal
shioooleth, and all who rejsctit are danomi-
mated and vltupersted with all the oiiiuence
of billingste and the bitterness ofperional
hatred. From the very twilight OF history
extremists tave fulfilled the Law OF their
being, aud have uniformity displayed The
same cssL OF fniud.
The RxTEMIsT Is MEBELY a MoN0-MAHiAC,
not insane enough 20 be confined in Bed
lam, bnt sufficiently 80 20 act with specie
o. spasmodio vigor, calculated so overswe
the liuiid and Rsciuata the unthlnkiug.
! said history sho Eed, thet the minds II ali
extrs nnists were ot the same cast and tenn
uer and were the slaves OF one dominant
and auiocratic idea, which they were po1
erless TO shake or. R)bespiere was man
OF this cast and temper, aud to TINS must
be aecribed the atrocities which nc pcrpe-
trated, f0s every 0xtimiit is full-blown
dopns'ist, and roady 20 become proseou-
tor the moment mis- dominant idsB ~
discrediied, or resisi ed. James u, OF Eng.
land, was another notlble extremist snd
slaye OF one idea BE sacrificed his throi
Co this dominant idea-'ho restoration of
the Catholic religion in Eoglind, and he
was "A prosecutor also from the came cause
Harrison nad Fleetwood we're very different
men from Oliver Cromwell. and ,hiH differ.
ence nrose rom their being extremists, Or
81 rhfo nnrrnXaH their
mental horizon.
Wiiberforco lahOred with untifiug ardOr
AID energy for ears, in tao race OF many
foYmidsbls obstacles, to secure the aooli'
ton OF The slave trade, but be sor wss
and bitterness towards the supporters OF
the slave trade still less did be narrow bis
mind and his energies 10 one subject.
WHEREFORE was an able and useful moan
Der Of Parliament, the firm friendoi liberty
the advocate OF political and legal reform
the uncompr missing enemy OF corruption,
the large-hesried philanthropiS', respected,
admired, esteemed and beloved by both
wings ard tories, churchmen and diesen'
ters, Jew and Gentle FOR the ioro9 o. his
inttilect, the purity Of his motives, the rec
iitude OF his conduct, the ameuity OF his
department and his unaffected piety.
Though 40 active member OF Parliament,
in the midst OF stirring events aud rapid
changes The was the contemporary OF Fox,
Burke and Pit) and although he had 70
some sXtent, cousscrated his energies 10 Toe
carving through Parliament an act Tor
sbo,lshinc the slave trade and was likewise
In favor Of emancipsting the slaves IN the
British West Indian islands, he i0Hnd time
to write an able and eloquent work IN de-
tense of the Christian religion, which wss
popular with all sects and denomipationsl
In the Kingdom. Wilberforoe never
dreamed Of STOPPING to re-eoho what
Macauiey appropriately bs.nied The bray |
q! Exeter Hall"-the deafening roar OF a
psfcs, of senseless fanatics he poured out
on .he slave owners neither rancorous
inyertiye nor abiurgstory eloquence. from |
the fact, that his reason and Justice taught |
him. N e .hey ought not 10 be made scspe |
oosts for the slns ADD crimes OF their and |
his ancestors na., for the sino and crimes
ot the English government. he read m
the page Of history, that the English gov
erntnent had exported from Spain clause,
called the Assiento, In treaty, securing TO
Enslshmen and English vessels the xclu.
awe right Of supplying even Spanish colon
les with African slaves. Nor did WILDER.
force deem II honest and Just to rob slave
owners of their properly in their slaves by |
manipulating them without compeDsatiDg
tire owners He recognized the indublta.
ble historical fact. that the slave owners Of
his day were not responsible Tor the intro
duction of slavery in the West Indies cha,
eIavas had been Introduced into them, fnilv
two centuries before, with the approval and
concurrence OF both the people and the gov
eminent Of England, and that slaves hed
been recognized and treated. as property,
with the approval aud concurrence Of the |
nsople and government Of England, In the
colonies OF England aud the West India
Islands, He knew that the elsve owners OF
his day had inherited their slaves,
With the approval and concurrence Of
the people and government OF England, and |
ceding his own. had almost universally sp. |
proved both slavery and the slave trade |
Hasknsw that many Of the slave owners |
Vffe minors and helpless women, and that |
emapcips ting the slaves, without compen. |
sstino the owners, would reduce thousands |
Of innocent and helpless persons to poverty |
and want. He felt that emancipation with |
ont co mpeu sating the slave owners, would |
AMOUNT 10 bieh-handed robbery and naked |
spoliation. He felt that snch conduct
vould tsrnish the name OF England through |
fhc long tract OF the coming centuries. with |
A inoffscssble stain and fatal mill-dew; be
SoIt that philanthropy must be free from |
iniustics and ISOLATION. end should Ike
~ christisp religion, love the sinner,
SSi1s hating the SIM" be felt that there /
conjd Be no philantrophy In robbiDg the
SIsvo owners Of rights OF property, acquired
81 Inheritance or purchase. with the con-
nj and approval OF the people and govern.
mont Of England; he felt thst thsre could
= no justice in reducing innocent persons
SSnnened 20 Inherit or purchase slaves, at
= Find when slavery was universally re-
GSr5of e being consistent With religion
c3srnxsf PHILLIPS WITH wrIBrRroRcr
n1Sc6 heck with gold, In their opposition
S6SvSrv. % a. 70 eusge and measure The