The state journal., 1884-02-09

dlsunion as the only road to abolition,
but after the war began he sustained the
Government, and his reason in this case
was the same as in the first He advo-
Gated in 1868 the arming, educating,
entranchising of the freedmen, and in
order to secure the two latter ends, he
secured the continuation of the
Anti-Slavery SOciety's existence until
after the adoption of the fifteenth
amendment in 1862 He had becom o
now a prominent advocate of tenn
perance and labor reform, and on those
issues became candidate for Governor
OF Massachusetts in 1879. He received
nearly ~, 900 votes. His next notable
appearance in public for public cause
was made in 1875 at Faneuil Hall. 1t
was 9 meeting called to denounce the
Louisiana policy of President Grant.
MIR. Phillips made a speech that at
tracted wide attention, in which he de-
clared in favor of that policy. Woman
suffrage is another topic to which he has
Of late years given his energies and his
eloquence, and he has also been promi-
nent as an advocate Of prohibitory liquor
laws, prison reform, and the abolition of
capital punishment. In March, 1875, his
financial views were set forth in a speech
delivered at Boston, but this and other
positions taken by him have caused deep
regret among his admirers.
AS a popular lecturer Mr.. Phillips
reputation is as broad rs his reputation as
an advocate of human rights. He has
been heard in most of the Northern
States, if not in all, and everywhere with
great delight, Delane, of the London
Tunes, once heard him, though he went
into the hall somewhat under protest.
having in mind only the slavery associ-
atoms Of Mr.. Phillips name, but
VIXEN he came away on being asked
if he had been pleased, his ans.
wer was PLEASED l never heard
anything like it, We have no orator in
England who can compare with him. He
is the most eloquent speaker living"
Probably the most famous of Mr. Phil
lips's lectures are those on ''The Lost
Arts and "Toussaint POuverture, the
former Of which has been delivered some
hundreds Of times. His funeral eulogies
on Theodore Parker and John Brown are
also celebrated.
About three years ago an intimate friend
Of Mr.. Phillips, one who had known him
NJ ~ Sulo, hiduC JuDllC SOIllG l1lGICSl-
ing facts about his private life. Though
in comfortable circumstances, worth prob
ably 5000, 900, Mr.. Phillips then lived,
and since his marriage had lived, in an
old fashioned, meagrely furnished house
in Essex street Boston. For 80 years he
had dwelt there and the entertainments
Of ordinary boarding houses and retail
shops could not drive him away.
Finally, when street improve
ment made it necessary for him
to 60, he went with deep regret. He has
been 2 great lover ofart, though he col
lected no pictures, or bronZes, or marbles,
because he preferred to give the money
they would cost to the poor. No really
needy, deserving man or woman ever APP
pealed TO him, said his friend in vain.
He is constantly doing good, but he is
so secretive and silent concerning
his benevolence that nobody hears
Of it unless by accident" His
manner in private was wholly sim
pie and natural; it put persons at
their ease; yet it was the manner of
patrician, and ''men of the common sort
who meet him esteem and admire him,
though they always feel the difference be-
tween him and themselves. His wife
was long chronic invalid; he had no
children. To his wife he ascribed all the
best things he had done He was a mem
Der ofthe Old South church, but he rarely,
if ever, attended church anywhere, hav-
ing been repealed by the course taken by
orthodoxy in slavery times.