The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-19

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iualon aud Bunker M frd thrrs hoy Viii
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ishOig Wa the frrit 81 the revolution
oulfc lrIin1if IA ihl gcgy cfaole OF ilnel.y
did no son frrylYf 10 ANrfe ~ il1mocrlug
ccaofsf D. he gfgse Of q = slcn n son
there wa. He had cone win the multi,
tude, and no had h,afu with ~ mpaiby ana
approval tho speeches thai condemnei the
wrong Int wnrh the crue, voifs justified
tue nufdorers OF Lovioy the heart OF the
vounn nam iullc0 within him. This
spssoh, h5 said 10 himself, must be an
llsOfui. As tho mhle1 strain proceeded,
fha Blrion boy all on fire,
With Concord aud Lexington tuf-
Finc g. his hear uupnnlclouely murn.ufeu,
"e1oh 2 speech 20 Ra1enu Hal must BIZ
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over 10 y0ufrey whispered nelrhbor,
Eh0orslooard hin. Help me tothe plat
form nd vlii-sli pushing and atrug'
SLrr Through tao dense and threatening
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lcrn g.s iii % upon IT, and, adyarolpg 20
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cfllf. Cot ridirf ta4 WftlTiud .unuie-
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IS ls world hfy llh . Goa de sdod-
lrl I'D words itnt touched tle utfl' tld
hoHrI. & "a tltlal % Inal N4s' ru't-
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dlgrgic f tic'nC tae h's. mafllf in We
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Ctarmar.i $780, "Ehun 4 hcerd. the
l.tNlmll Jag IOWA principles which
r,aCsd llerlot.m, 'rccnllrIag, ard muir.
dcrlr 90 Alton, edo ry eide with Ons nna
Hnrcaor. aad Qilncy aud AaRml, I
thought ilos1 pictured lips wculd have
b-ek. into yolc0 10 rob re the reercant
American, tho ,lanf utofine dead"
10 tte annals az A .f.f.cin spncch, there
hst bon no such fQ1ic airco Patrick len
rvs cieolfic1' wfrnlrS 20 George the
Third. L. WIS thst greatest OF orntoilcal
ttiumphs when q supreme emotion, q senu-
ment which 10 10 mould a people anow,
lifted the orator 10 adequate expression.
Three such scenes are y lslIicus ia our
history. That d the speech OF Patrick
Henry az Williamsburg. Of Wendell Phil
iusa Faneuu bali, OF Abraham Lincoln ~
Gs,tysburg--three, and lhsro is no fourth.
But prsm1 was he oloquence OF PHI
lips, ue over the harmonious tunfuis OF
vast orchestra, one clear voice, Ike u leyk
high poisi IN heaven, steadily carries the
mtlody. AS Demoahenes was the orator
of Greece against Phillip, aud Cicero Of
Rome against Catiline, aud John Pym. Of
England against the Stuartdespot'sm, Wen
others were tho statesmen, OF the snll.sls-
verv Cause.
When he frat spoke ut Faneu'l II some
OF the most reno 1ned American orators
were SIN In their phme. Webster end Clay
were IL the senate, Choate mt the bar, Ed.
ward Everett upon the academic platform.
From AL these ,oators Phiiiips .dinsred
Behind Wehstsr aud Everett aud Clay
there was always a great orgsn'zsd parry
or en- entrenched conservation o. feeling
aud opinion, They spoke accepted views.
They moved with masses Of men, and were
ture Of the epplnuse'cf party npirit, OF pc.
liticai condition ard es eblithed institutions.
Phillips stood alone. He Was not whig
Of an indisputed situation. Both parties
denounced him. He must recruit q new
party. Public opirinn condemned him.
liz must win public opinion 10 achieve BIZ.
purpore. The tone, tho method OF the new
orator, announced q rtw split. !.
Ee faced hin audience With tranquil
mfen, and abeaming tsnfc. hat was never
dimmei. He spoEe, ana ~ me measured
cadence 0 his quiet voice tuero was intsnse
feeling, but no defamation, no passionate
appeal, no superficial and ieigned emotion.
n was sim ply culloquy--a gentleman con-
versng. Unconscioufly ana surely the ear
and heart were charmed.
How terribly earnest was the antl-slhvery
contest this generation little knows. But to
understand PHILIPPE We Must recall the
bitue,ion of the country, When lac joined tbs
aboiltionist3. and for more than twen y
wears nfterward, slavery est supreme in the
white house, and made laws IN tho cspitol.
Courts Of justice vsro its MINISTERS and
legislatures its lackeys. 1t silsncsd the
prua her Ia the pulpit, IL muzzicd the cdi-
tor Z. his desk, and the professor in his
lecture room II Get price upon tie head
q pcaceu cilizsns, robbed this mails, end
denounced the vital principle OF tho declat-
alton of Independence ~ treason. In STATES
vhofc laws did not tolerate slavery, slavery
ruled The ciun frd this drewing-roon, t1e
lectory and the Office, reaggereo et the
dinner table. and scourgec, With
scorn cow1rdiy nccisty. IL tore the
golden rule from school.Docks, aud from
he prayer-book the pictured oenlgnlty Of
Cnr,et. il prohibited in the free atni9
schools for the hated race, aud hunted wo-
men Who taught children - read. IL for.
padn FREQ people To communicate Will
thesz raprers1t sivea. seized territory 10
-.xssris. ita a. ez|l.is, sfDaafnl spseleieoty
aud pla..cd to OIL fanre 70 make the en-
pirc i,unsouuAblo and the free republic on
Tue UnMeg states Impossible. Scholars,
&trlnte. n,cQ ed women IA everq church
Ia every parry, raised indlgiuusL voices -
earnest protest. They sighed aaainst 2
hurricane.
III. iacn. tht work Of Tho revolution vss
10 uayed. and sndsRsnaens Asaes.ea was
u bscorae ire America tho frat and para
m0rnt necessity was 70 arouse tho country
Addiction wac the duty cfthe' hour. Cat
r,son was ceysniriy not the first abolition.
ist. DO, nor was Luther the first protoBtant.
But Luther 5ronsat all the ~Gnderipg and
aeprrato rays oil protest to q focus and
kin5led she contest for religious freedom.
So when Garrison dung fall in tho face OF
slavery the ae1ancs OF immediate and COM
plate abolition. slavery, iustinctively fore
reeing ito doom, sprsnR to Its feet ana
ioir;ng with tho heroism at despair, in
the death rreppls with liberty, from
which, after Q generation, liberty arose
unbruised and Victorious. Il 10 hard for
the survivors Of Z generation, "a which alb
oiit.onist was . word suggesting the most
oncs nonsensioaI ard dangerous, . gro.
te<oue and ecnctimcnious PLAYING with
flra IN 4 powder mssssjue, TO believe that
~. v..~nsn ~ thu tn 1o0rononk affvn nhuIis