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

we're those who thought So But they were critics OF
tempersmcnt which did not note that with fsiinps
ass,SIs wc su,a enS Th S were still Vast
tons springng from tho same root OF selshue "u
injustice a. the question of slavery They must ioIce
hearing In the ss,no way He would not adopt III nd
die life the career of politics. which he had renounced
in youth. however seductive that career might 90
whatevcr its opportunities and rewards because inc
purpose had crown with his growth ana suehg,hehcu
with h strength to form public opinion rather than 10
represent IT, in making or in executing the laws 10
form public opinion upon vital pnbhc questions oy p1oo
discussion but by public discussion absolutely fear
less and sincere and conducted with honest faith in
the pooplo 60 whom the argument was addressed tins
was tho chosen task of his life; this was the pubic
service which he had long performed ond ths lie
wculd stiil perform, and in the familiar way.
His comprehensive philanthrophy had made nun
evon during the artislavery contest. the unrihg au
vocao Of other great reforms. His powerful pres'nia
ton Of the justice and reason Of the political equaiN
Of womcs 1t Worcester in 1857 more than any other
single impulse launched that question upon the sea OF
popular controversy. In the general statement on
principle nothing has been added to that discourse. III
vivid and elective cOquence Of advocacy mas 1eO
been surpassed. All the arguments 10y lnueIei"ciI' n
echoed Jcha Adams in tho Continental congress. M
tho pleas for applying the American principle o. cPo
sentatior 80 the wives and mcthcrs of American ci~eS
echo the elonuence of Wendell Phillips ut Worcester
His also vas the voice that summoned the Temperance
Hso,ers az Tho Commonwealth 10 stand up and be
counted the voice which resOutely ana dehnit'S "a
posed the crime - which the busy American hlihu .
conscience are at last turning. the Amelc@h run .
moi inst Ile
the tragedy Of ireland pleaded with America In the
terrible experience of the carly ant-SaNcTy usDaic
when the church and refined society s8cmed I" pe INC
rampant Of slavery, he had learned proi"n9 Gl>'ru>
of that ConvcTsatisIn Of prosperity which ohuIT human
symDathy aud narrows the conscience. so the N'st
cc-bnoions of canita in these later days, with their
immense monopclies and imperial power. seemed To MN
cure 60 corrupt tho government anu TO "pS'r"v 'u
threaten the real welfare Of the people lie ie' 'oIe
fore that what is called the Respectable class u "oh
really but scously aud with generous purpose
not Justly estimating its own tendency the dangerous
class. He was not party pGtciah nc vaIuu
party which in his Judgment, TcpreSented the G"ug'
tendency party to be defeated III Inc interest,"
If the peace aud progress OF al the peoP"
TRIUMPHANT OVER AL REPH0ACH.
Ent hi. Judgment, always profoundly sincere, was II
M, ,ro,o,n6jy sometimes mistaken No nobor friend
of freedom and Of man than Wendell Philips over
breahed upon this Continent and mans service t.
freedom SURPRISES his. But before the war he de
nandod peaceful dsuion-yct IL was tho Union N
nrms that saved Liberty During The war ne Wonl9 i
have -ucr,edcd IinColnbut il Lincoln who ireed
the slaves lie pleaded for Ireland tortured b. cen
turtles Of misrue and while every generous heart io
lowed with sympathy the pathcs and the power OF us
appeal TN, inst mind recoed from the sharp aIIaign
ycnt of the lruest friends in Engald that Ireland ever
had know il ALI bat know also, and history VIII
remember, that the slave Union which he dcnomce J.
dissolved that il the heart and conscience OF the
nation. exalted 10y his moral appeal OF agitation as Won
as by the onthusasm Of patriotic war; which beld up
the hands Of Lincoln. and upon winch lhncon eaHeu
IN enancpaiing the slaves; and that only by Indignant
ana aggressive appeals like his has the heart OF bnSad
ever opened 20 Irish wrong. -. .
part in c0ncions that shake nations, or IN the discus
sion gr>at national policies, of foreign rolatOhS H
domestic economy and finance, without Keen reEoach
and fierce nisconccpticn. " But death, says hdc"H'
bringetn good fame" Then, il moral INTEGRITY re-,
main uI,sood the purpose pure, bamelcs' the me- anu
ratr;otisiu ~ shining the sum- conflicting views anu
differing coun-cs disappear, and truly fixed upon
character and actual achievement good tame rests Sc
cure Lightly year. ago IN s Us cry f hsrsyin% and
running his party, for his dOgmatrsir his vanity anu
ambition, for his eXaspeTating lnpTacucaplltli ne
tho Colossus Of the Revolution! And Thomas Jefferson
Il msy truly say what the historian says OF me
Saracen mothers and Richard Occur dc lhon thh' the
mothera of Boston hushcd their children with lear OF
the pOtioal devil nCarnatc of Virginia. Bat When the
,rspary Of mourning shrouded the columns ana over
hung the 0rches Of Faneuil Hall, Daniel Webster dld
not RENE rber that sometimes John Adams was mpru'
dent and Thomas Jefferson sometimes unWiSe. lie re-
rnembered only that John Adams aud Thomas Jefferson
were two OF the greatest of American PATROLS ana
their fellow citizens of every party bowed their headS
ard said am not here to declare that the lu9F
uont of Wendell Phillips YVES always sound, nor Ills
estimate Of men always Just nor his policy always al
proved by She event He would have scorncd sueh
praise aG not here 10 eul0gizo the mortal Dut me
immortal. He too. great American palrl"'i ana
no American lfe-no not one-ofcrs 10 future genera
lions cf his COuntrymen more priceless example VI ia
flexible fidelity to conscience and 20 nubhc duty; anu
no American more truly than he purged the national
name oft shame aud made the American iao lno H'S
VI hope for mankind.
Az RESPIRATION GIVEN To NATIONAL LIFE.
Among h-r noblest children his native city VIII
cherish hu and gratefully recall tho unbendins Puri
tan soal that dwelt in O form gracious and urhIne
The plsir house in which he lved-soyerely plain be
cause the welfare Of the suffering and the slave were
preferred 10 book aud picture and every fair de'i
of srt: the house TO which the North star ied the
trembling fugitive, and which the unfortunate ana the
frjendless kueY-the radiant bguro passing swiftly
through these streets plain the house from which II
came regal with royalty beyond that OF kings the
ceaseess charity untod-thc strong sustaining heart OF
pry ate freud-hip-the sacred domestic affection that
must not here named-the eloQuenoe which Ike the
sopr OF Orphcu will fade from living memory into q
doubtful talhat great sOene OF bis youth III faneull
Uaji-the surrender OF GmbitiOn-tbe mighty agitation
and the mighty triumph with which his name IL forever
bIended-tho conservation Of life hidden with God Ill
sympathy with mhn--Ihesc all these will live among
yo.r immortal traditions, heroic oven in your heroic
story But not yours alone As years 20 by and only
the large outlines of lofty American characters and
careers remain, the wide republic will confess the
benedction of life like this. and gladly own that II
with perfect faith, and hope assured America would
eti stand and " bid the defiant generations hail the
inspiration Of her national life must be the sublime
moral courage the all-embracing humanity the spot
less integrity tho absolutely unEelfsh devotion OF great
power great public ends which were the glory OF
Wendell Phillips.
>ETrTkG 1COIT FOR ANYTHING.