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

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fhliiips was f1pfOlsly lufi, moi Only b
The commanding Will aud renlus OF thl
orator, but By the profound sincerity OF bill
faith IN the people. TIE pary leaders oil
Ne tins had justified faith IN the paop.e
His was unqualified. To many OF his TEL
low citizens II seemed mai, qnixotie,
shlmsiosi, or merely ieisned. To soma oil
only an eloquent demsgogue. Hut bls lie
VAS The Tenly. To no ~ o. his, TO no
private advantage sought or gained, 20 no
use II his mastery mower. except 10 pro.
mote purposes which he believed to be
essential 10 the pubic welfare. could they
ever p0int who charged him with base mo
lives or personal ends. Wendell Phillips
held with John Bright. that the first 500
men who pas ID IN the Strand would make
~ good q parliament as that which sits At
ST, Stevens, The great argument for popu-
lar government Is not the essential right.
eousness OF a majority, but the celestial
law whion subordinate. the brlia
force OF numbers TO intellectual and
moral ascendancy, "a The immeasurable
Hoods OF ocean follow the moon. undis.
lurbed by The most IaucOTous hostility, as
In the meeting ~ the Music hall in this CITY
In the wintar OF secession, he LOGGED calmly
At the mob. and behind the drunken Phillip
he saw Ph Hip the King. And Phillips saw
that, ia the itomediate presence OF mon
strous and and peillous wrong 10 human
nataTe, prosperous and comfortable Amer.
iei ancTlly refused 10 hear; ana that while
humanity lay bruised aud bleeding by the
gHv, ne polished society Of the most co.
i'gnl sned city in the union passed by die
da'Niui on the other side.
But while he cherished this profound
faith In the ,op's, aud bscsuss he cher
hhed IL, no never fNtlered tne mob, nor
IN x ugon It's cs, nor psndered 10 It's
nAghlOn, nor .sred its forming hate, or
il exulung en- aus'ism, to touch the CAIN
81 OF h''I sgnsnt soul. Those who we've
2 ser - ipsp'tr de-ido, aud siloncs him
wrsn ne p 'a9'ed FOR tue mes. o, went aud
shouted, and rapturOusiy crowned him
wnFQ ha paid homage 20 O'CJnnell, aud
M s O'Conns'ps cAusa his own. But tho
crowd DID not follow him WITH huEgss. He
n 1yci iaB5i'sty majesty, aud II from his
smcoth tpe ID a l'shta'Hg h,Sh OF satire
O. oil tc3fh G,gGrS cherished lie,
o. an huno.ed chr-actor, or a
dogma of the party creed, and
the CT Owd nurat into lui,ous tempest Of
d sent. he bset u into S"encs with unC)m
nrom ''ngi .'on. II " "a. 20 d..
Ais vol ;, he turael 10 the Tepoi ,ers. au,
over ths raging tumu G'lmly ssid. "Howl
on, sne?e 20 M" y millions here"
There was ether power in his speech
o w -por tn n In the 81 eoh OF auy other
American orator, an unspering inyectlye.
Ihe abolition appel WAS essentially incon-
c i, slc, p I'd the method OF n rei)rmer at
close quarters VITA miyh eystem OF
wrong car rot te measured by the stand.
Ir.'a OF cc n { I'd po'i'7 debate Phillips did
nc. shrink I. )m ne 81 ilest denuncistion +,
or q CT y or. OIL, OF tho who seemed 10
MIN! re. ut 10 ssdom aod humanity,
however er7h, ned they might be -
offsc'sl digc'ty iuve ed, with whatever
softer g-a'ss OF ,omp'ishment endowed.
Shout. 81 tFCncs ''"bumsn as deliber ate
o, rem, ,'NN wr'ch Jmpal a man
~ do } snolhe- what he would not hest.
'-'e, am 1 70 applause CT ~ men, 10 kill
tNst o lcr -, ~ mp 'ug. - do to him
should slch CT offence DO condoned bv
nur' rus edmonton and hesi'ating doubt?
shor'd ,hept .-'ty OF friendship, should
the oEencer I'VE him from The pI''ory OF
public scorn?
The svowed and open opponents OF the
anti--'lve.y agitation could not justify
9npl~'n Q! r'9 len''ess pprsut. From
I'M :, hs rec y"d The blows that in turn
ne did not ,JaIs. But o n g, his friends,
lt'e. !ot ire s"'ra E my, Though in
o.ier r'y 'ons ard mon a different route
me-ch;,g agr '~ss the same foe, I'd they,
=, feel thu. ,s'at OF tref how msny
Massr chuselts men, who q nafne the COM
monwealth v u G 'uor'ze wiz bis, loyal
q TN mis- own fidelity to tie )mmon cause.
he sometimes tlunt' as X creant and
scouresn E : lageardl How many lenders ia
o'ler sta g, -r,snen below 2 I'd revere i,
VINO I o,r' ways ivan his fought the bat
tie of liherty with fitmn' in ie right, es
God gave them to sea the right, end who
Eve N nationfl gratitude and smong the
sreat ia history fol 3vermore, did nos those
dsup,lr- . limo III sometimes cruelty to
ms'isl? "DlHme not this p'a'Dness oil
sne ,cn.n he gid. 81 have hundred
ends. as bravo [ p'sss God ever made
who :, hes ~ e-e not Ct rife after honored
men make such speeches" HE knew that hi
ruthless words closed to him homes OIL
friendship and hee-ts OF sympathy. he
saw the omazement, heard the conuemna'
ton; but like the great apostle prec ching
CHRIST, he knew only humanity, ana hu
manity crucifie5.
For a utsrLer of century this YVES the
csreerof Wendell Phillips. His life had no
events; bi speeches were its only incident
No public man could pass from us whose
death, like his, would command universal
attention, whose story would not display q
splendid '.S OF speciel achievements. o.
VI -ious official service, as OF treaties skill
oily negotiated, of legislative measures
triumphs, of devoted party following, of an
immense personal association, such
as our ordinary political controversy
and the leadership Of genius and
eloouence produce. But that official par
ticipation in political action, and that pc
culiar personal contact with society, were
wanting 10 the lie Of Wendell Phillips.
How strong, indeed. his moral ascendency
over the public mind, hoV warm the ad-
miraticn, how fond the affection in which,
at a little distance, and as became the su.
preme reserve of his nature, he was held,
LET this scene like that of his buiisl bear
witness. Bet during the long crusade OF
his life he was the most solitary OF eminent
merican figures. In the general cGuIse
of affairs he took little part. He had no
share in the conduct OF The associations
for every purpose, scientific, literary,
charitable, moral or other, with which every
american community abouuds. In or
binary society, OF the club and the public
dinner, st the assembly and at the csre'
mopisl occasion. he was unknown as in
legislative halls or in public offices. Partly
il was that reserve partly that methcd of
his public speech withheld bin; partly he
felt the air OF social complaisance, like the
con- promising atmosphere of legislatures,
10 be urfrlsndly to the split end obieots OF
rad to give wh;re there could be no return.
Yet, In tho, politics' arena, had he
cared to engage, no man was mora
amply equipped than he,. by, nature I,
powers. and taste and adaptation, by special
study and familiarity with history sud
literature, by exquisite tect, and gay humor
snd ebounding atfability, by oil the quail
ties that in public life make q great party
leader, aleader houored and beloved. And
la that other circle, that elevated sphere"
Ia rahinh Mar Ia Antninetta anpearad. Ngl,t.