The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-24

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mofs than any othef slnf'e imnuiae
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insnt NJ pflnelpls rDiblns has heen added
~ that dlsoaufss, IN vivid end elective slo'
1uen of adyooaoy II hts never b'en snf'
ladspsndsnes echoed joaa Adams 'i 10
the continental c0ngsgi. All the plsss
i0f applying the Amerlcin pfinei.
ple 0f representations 10 the wives and
mothers oi American oiiixsns echo tue elo
gnenca Of Wendell Phillips al WOfoesie,,
His, also, was the voice that summoned tue
temperance voters al the commonwealth 10
stand no aud be counted; the voice which
res0lutely and dfilanily exposed the crime
20 which the busy American mind aud con-
science are Al last turning, The American
crime against the Indians. Thr ueh him
the sorrow Of Crete, the tragedy Of Ireland,
pleaded with America. In the terrible CT.
perisnos OF the early.snti,slavery debate,
when the church and refined society seemed
profound distrust Of that con-
refyaiism OF prosperity which
ohills human sympathy aud
nfrrows the conscience. SO the vas, COM
binations OF capital In thess latter days,
sith their immense monopolies and impe'
rial power, seemed TO him sure to corrupt
tho government, and TO obstruct anc
felt, therefore, that what Is called the re-
spectacle class, IL often reslly, but uncon-
SCI lusly and with generous purpose, not
Justly estimating Its own tendency, the
dangerous class. He was not party poll
lio.an; he cared little for parties orfor patty
leaders. But any political party which IN
his judgment, represented the dangerous
tan - a fnu la hal
interest OF the peace aud progress OF oil the
people.
Bat his Judgment, always profoundly sih.
cere, was " not profoundly sometime mis-.
taken? No nober friend OF iT adom and OF
man than Wendell Phillips ever breathed
upon this continent, and no man'sseryice to
freedom SURPRISES HE. But before tho war
no demanded peaceful disunion-yot Il was
the union IN s"ms that saved liberty DnI-
Ing tho war he world have superseded Liza.
coln-but IL was Lincoln who '-eed the
slaves. Ha pleaded for Ireland, tortured
By centuries OF misrule, and whllo every
generous heart followed with sympathy
the pathos and the power OF his appeal
the just mind recoiled iron the
,hsrp +, arFralsnaaent Of the Co.. nas ;
| know 1t Y; but know also, and history
will remember, that the slave Union which
he denounced ia dissolved; that II W. tbs
heart aud conscience OF the nation, eyl.t,i
by his mora appe ! of 81, .tation, as we'll IS
by the enthusiasm OF pat otto war, which
held up the hands OF Lincoln, and upon
which Lincoln leaned in emapclpatlng the
slaves; and that only by indignant Gad az
gresslve appeals like his has the hear. OF
Enclnnd ever opened to Irisa wrong,
No man, l say, con take u pre-emlnent
and effective part in con eniions
that shske nations, or in the DIS
cussion of great national policies
OF foreign relations, Of domestic ecouomy
and finance, without keen reprosch and
fierce misconcsption. But death" says
Bacon, "briugeth good fame" Then, il
, moral integrity remain unsoiled, the put
pose pure, olameless the l''e, End patriotism
az shining as the SUI, conflicting vlews and
differing couusels disappear, and firmly
fixed upon character and actual
| achievement good fine rests ure.
| am not here TO declare that the judgment
OF Wendell Phillips ives ALWAYS sound, nor
his estimate OF men 8lwrrs inst, nor his
policy Nlways approved by the event, He
would have scorned such praise. l sm not
to evlogize the Morts' but the immoltF'.
He, TOO, ives a great American pattlct and
no American--no, not one-otfers to tuture
generations of his countrymen more pric E
less example OF iniiexlble fidelity 10 con.
| scien' and to public duty; and no Ameri-
ca i more truly then he purged the national
name of its shame, and made the American
flag the flag of hope for mankind.
Among her MODEST children his native
city will cherish him, and gratefully recall
the unbending Pr-itan soul that dweit in
a form so gracious and urbhne.
As ye1rs 60 by, and only the large outlines
OF loioy American chs -acters end careers
remain, the wide republic vii confess the
beneciclion of a life like tbs, and gladly
own that II with perfect faith, and hope 81.
sured. America would still st"nd and IBID
the distant generations hail, the 'nspira-
| ton Of her natione, life must re- the sublime
mo-sl 'urage, the e'l.embracing humanity,
the spotless integrity, the absolutely un--
selfish devotion of great powers TO Great
public ends, which were the glory OF Wen
dell Phillips.