The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-21

the history Of golden deeds able to
polish the records Of the achieve
ments OF another chosen of God to
move amongst his fellow men; in his
right hand the sword or righteous
ness, in his left a copy Of what Moses
heard In distant ages and penciled
against the sacred rock. I saw Wen
dell Phillips, the greatest orator the
world ever saw, standing in the midst
or CIVILIZATIONS crowded pantheon
talking about L'Overture. (Ap-
plause). | heard the shouts Of the
I multitude, drunk on the deeds of 4
mighty warrior. | then knew there
no more, neither words to picture
nor conceptions to image, the gran
deur and the beauty of another mar
tyr. (Cheers)., Who can picture
Garibaldi? Who can describe John
Brown? If I tonight were to name
ChaC orator whose zeal and faith and
power of portrayal equalled the
mighty deeds Of John Brown, the
master spirit Of the Christian era, YOU
would answer me that Paul's work
was done when he gave to eternity
an adequate. description of the power
or one, "a Virgin Son, who set liber-
TVS candle on yonder hill, and tasted
death that we might live. (Cheers)
Men whose places in history must be
written by another, or the grace and
power Of whose example must be I'M
tolded to the listening multitude BY
the orator, are those who served free
dom with one eye on the gilded pal
ace and an ear listening for the an
plause Of the crowd. (AppIause)
Dld we say never a word Lovejoy's
fame is still emblazoned against the
heavens, and the morning stars that
sing together did strike his name for
sublimer chord. (Great Applause)
rms man fell first in freedoms cause
Lifted like Saups above the crowd ,
Upon his kinSly forehead fell.
Inc first sharp bolt Of slavery's cloud
Launched at the truth he urged so
we'll.
But when in 1897 he fell at the
hands Of the mob whose sons still live
ard pursue the children Of freedom,
Tor the first time brave and thoupht-
1ui men felt the curse and knew the
"lckedness Of slavery. They realized
mat either the slave power, aDDeal-
. Ing TO murder to halt free speech
must be crushed, or the fairest tree
that ever bloomed in the paradise of
liberty did rot and die away. His
death gave young men dreams and
Ola men visions. 1t gave to liberty
the mghtiest tribune that ever
echoed the gospel Of freedom. Wen
dell Phillips (great applause) me
thfnks. see him now, the divine
kissed son Of a golden age. lent to
The toiling slave-thundered his first
phlllipic against slavery, when it did
seem that Faneuil Hall would be dis
graced by the straddling tools of
trade and barter, upon the simple
Question Shall Or shall not Boston
denounce the murderers of LovciOyo
me death Of the brave always
arouses the wrath Of the righteous
and unJoosens the tongue Of the ora
tor. History teaches that no truth
can be established until those who
preach 1t hang lifeless on the cross.
(ApDlause). When laid the head of
ON'' N'O I'oDI'S' Ou Jlc charger J03n
was kindled the fame Of truth under
Herods throne: no papist sentence
ever hushed for a moment the truth
o. Savonarola; the hooting mob drag
8ing Garrison through Boston streets
merely proclaimed the dawn o. lib
erty; .Lovejoy's blood mingled with
the waters Of the Mississippi. vet the
slaves in that State that gave me
birth heard new song and won
dered, as the weeping waves swept
ooWn from the stricken banks Of ILL
nols taDplause); yonder on the crosa
hung Him that Taught how sweet is
liberty; for truths sake he died 4
cruel death. And vet He moves on
down the ages, thousand Magda-
lenes wash His feet: rObed in faith s
own purple corset, martyr and the
nope OF men. (Cheering). Love ioy
Is dead--he was murdered. yet he
ives, lives with Garrison and Phil
lips, with Sumner and Lucretia Mott
With Whittier and all the rest, each
of whose fame is kissed and arcbed
by the matcifiess grandder OF the life
and death of old John Brown. Can