New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-19

l{,-s.ar. HI Tho ,a b..f.v- of The old SOnh. he he
held in Boston .pert'ce vhi"h BOSTON c,n1ol no"
conceive. lie saw American women msuited Tor oe-
rcuduC their innocent sisters. whose ciidieh were
sold from ,her arms. tie saU al American c,Heh as
sailed by furious mob in tIc city OF James 'tiS' IOf
gTing, vtth james Oris, that man rlgni 70 lDeIty
D. Inherent and .flieuabc Him ella citizen soldier ne
oo ei 20 the majesty vi the people maintaining me
authority OF law: but TO li- startled SURPRISE ne
saw THAI the riabf1 defenders Of law against the mob
were Themselves the mob. The City whose atlutpls
lfee speech had taught country now 10 DC mo l
out ne saw raising plrrIrdal hand against MS parent
Liberty II wa. enough. - the jail doors closed
upon Garrison save his lfe Garrison ana h5 cause
bad won their most powerful and fehoEhf i f 49,
With th, setting of thar October sun Vaul.hc'l iie''
the Carrer of prosperous cBe, tne grauncat"l OF oI
nary ambition which the genius and tie aec9mp4, 'rut
of Wendell Phillips had seemed 10 foreteA ! e7 th@
lqpg awaited cf.nt had come at last Scared -c)rned
ard sorslen that covering aud fiendle's client was
vron-ed and degraded humanity. The great seal ga"
and understood.
s0nigl is grandeur tc our dust'
80 ne,l j. ,,at 90 ll - ID 7tou must
lie youth o5Ies. Iean.
Already the Boston bog felt what he aftcrward sand
love ln.yPir,-h,g these -.eet9 OF Eo'i'H' o' -
vii, u, mother red my baby te"t' 'ud u goa g.sl'
time enough 1 viii make tnem too pure Tor iAe io'-
steps OF slave And we, tea0F-citlzens. VINO recall
TIE life and the nan, the "nrirg soen1ee' me COM
pete surrender do not hear In t' soft air ct hat long
vanished Octai day far above the rot OF We s'S
rraet the beHedictou that ne could NOT near pvl
whose influence bIcarhed always from the Mehs3is
sweetness OK his smile and the gracious couftSf u IL
manner La mach a. tbau hast done 1t 70 th least
Of these NY brethren thou host done 1t unto me-
The scene or that DAY Illustration OF tEe tinle
A. We look hack upon II II IA incredible BUT II was hVV
until Loveioy fell while defending his press ~ atom
I'm November 1887 that an American citizen was
killed by a raging mob for declaring IN nee s,ale
the RIGHT Of innocent and women TO their personal
fbertT Tb;. ira -ely Ike the deadly blow at Charles
Sumner III Tie senate Chamber twenty !eers aI,el
ward aved the whole country win sense oI NasO nhe
D,r eut5ilg rcrii The country has Just been sterted
hv the terrible NOT al Cincinnati, when SPahg rom
the public consciousness that by craiy legal cumming
.-f,- q
once Dad universally condemned because IN TINS eouL-
try. whatever the wrong may be- reform Oy rl9I Is
always than tue wrong. lie Alton not now
ever, had no redeemIng impulse. - va - fM -
frenzy Of Law --aess. sudden ana ghaSly IhP9 vi
the uaquenclaDle fires Of passion that were Oeins
under the seeming peace and PROSPERITY OIL the Nno
How fierce and f.r-reaching those passions were was
only the riot itseli, but IN TIE reI5al u
Fmeuil Hall ior public meeting 10 denolhG. me aP-
Ds ling wroug 20 Americas liberty which mad beeh
done in Illinois lest the patriotic protest 81 the meeting
should be Interpreted 10y the country "a the voice OF
Boston But me refusal reconsidered and never
since the people If Boston thronged tmemi h9t on
ne day are. TIE massacre In state street had that
ancient hail more solemn ana sgnihclhV a-'1nl-
Jlv r wa. The more solemn, the more slghhicd NC
cause the excited multitude was no longer ~ IN the
revolutionary day inspired by one unanimous ana over
,ylrrniur purpose 10 assert aud maintain liberty Oh
speech n the bllwark of all other liberty II was an
unVouted aLdsireboding An evil spirit was IN
the mr..
THE PROTEST ~ FANECIL HALL.
When the -eemly protest against the monstrous crime
had been spoken and the proper duty OF the day was
done voice Wa, heard the voice Of the high officer
.,irnnly sworn to prosecute in the name Oh h'lssa
c,,,erts every vioatou OF law, declaring, in Faneml
nm itv vo,r. after tie battle Of Bunker Hill. and
,n.d a bowling storm Of applause, that an American
r-tr, Who wa Dat 10 death by mad crowd OF ms
is9cif.zeu, for defending his right OF Tree speech
died the fool dietl Boston mas seen urA "a :, ~ u
never a moment dark a. that Seven wears ntlore
Webster had said IN me ian2ns Toruo ls' T5e~
rh!-ett- bind, runtlft' between her Dyes, me-
,ro Boston and Concord. and Lexington ana BnnAer
Hn and there they will remain forever IIa4 tles
al-radv E..I-hel Was the SPIRIT OF Iue htvUiultoi
,. -ri,,t1 L. the very cradle Of liberty dld no sou
survive to awake is numbering eeh0es by thr grace
If God such son there was lie had come WIlI me
multitude sud he had heard with synpathyand ap-
.,r,,I -ha -pecchrs that condemned the wrong mt
when the cr-e voice lu,hed the mu'u'ier' VI lplc-
low -ha heart OF the Young man buIned WITHIN MN
This speech. ia ~id ~ himself must ne ih-"er'' -
fh "a, "a strain proceeded the BO- ton boy an on hre
with Concord and Lexington tu+ghg l hls Aeu!'' IH
consciously mUuu 'red, % >uch = e'ch IN TaheuII nan
must he answered III Tmcu Hail why nor an
,wes II Yourself +" whispered he-h'"f' VINO ot.I-
n..,rG him Hrip me 10 the platform and Ylfi -
and ri.L-ug amt struggling through the dense ana
threatening crowd, the young man l'''u'u 'H' pa
f.Y.. WIS lifted upon II. AMI. adv ahcAE i' ePth
was greeted with roar Of hostile en-'. but
!dma the vhr.wiud undismayed. rs let many "
g.,,- 5rf,ryard hr directed the same Wild storm ne
stood MON the platform In all 'b' beauty ana Grace ~
imperial you-h-ths Greeks would nave sdiH "a ".01
J...o,f aud i'm words that Touched the mlnd and
h.t-t and conscience IT hat vast uulutuGe, ~ WIN
fire fom Hcavca recalling Boston 10 herself ne saved
4 IL
nnI disgrace of -t'hnG me Afst mar IN u i
struggle for personal tecdom. 90 NE hdIlil' Ie
,a.d when heard tine gentleman lay down pImslpLe'
which placed the rioters lnctunIiile7 III" ll'
of Alton ..de by side with ON and hancock ana
Qlmc and Adams. Thought those pictured Ups WouIn
I,, broken INTO voice rchuhe the recreaut Amen
can the derer Of the dead And even ~ he spoke
the vision was fulfilled. once more Ms naive Music
rang through Faneu Hail. In the orator oWA ourn-
inp words those pictured lips did break into immortal
reGuke In Wendell Phillips glowing %1th hoiy mug
nation AT the insult ~ America and TO man. John
Adams and James Vtis, Josiah quincy ana S4i''-1i
Adams. though dead yet 7pahs
HISTORIC PARALLELS OF TIE HCEAE.
In the annals of American speech, there had been no
such scene since Patrick Henrys electrical warning to
George the Third Il thar greatest Of oratoricai
ri .mph- when supreme emotion, sentiment which
l. 10 mould people anew lifted the orator to adequate
expression Three such are iustri0s IN G,lr his
tory That Of the speech Of Patrick Henry AZ iIhSh7-
burg of wendell Philips m Faneull nan OF amman
Lincoln in Gcttv-hurg-three and there u no toHIth
They transmit une gushed, the torch ~ an elolehce
which In. aroused nations and changed the course Of
history and which Webster called noble subhhe'
godie action The tremendous controversy indeed,
Inspired universal r1queuce A the cause passed
trn1In the moral appeal ot the Abohu0nlsts % the
political action IF the Liberty parry OF Ihs eon'elSnce
Wins and the Free soil Democrats and nnaly OK the
Republican patty. the sound Of speech which IN IT.
variety and excellence had never Oeeh heaFu upon INC
continent hlled the air But supreme over II all was
the eioquouce Of Philips, a. over the harmonious
tlt OF d vast orchestra. one clear voice IKE irk
hi.h poised in heaven. steadily carries the melody
A. Demosthenes was the orator of breoce against
Philip and Ceero Of Rome against Catiline and John
Pyn of England against the despotism Wendell
Phlips was Gistinctiyely tho orator. Others were
the statesmen. Of the anti slHvery cause.
V hen ne tirst spoke at Faneul Han some OF me
most renowned American orators we're stiu IN their
prime. Webster and Clay were Ia the Senate Choate
At the bur Edward Everett upon the Academic plat
form From all these orators Philips differed moro
than thew differed from each other Behind Webster,
and Everett and Clay, there was always great or
ganized party or an enrenched conservatism Of eeng
aud opinion They spoke accepted views. Ihey
moved with masses of men. and were sne Of the
applause OF party spirit of political tradition, aud OF
established Institutions. Phillips stood alone lie was
not Wing nor Democrat, The graceful panegJ rss
OF an undsputed situation. Both parties denounced