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Show Henry D. rfhorcau. And r fcrring to hi::; movrment: "lL is, in my opinion, the g rC':tlt':-:L 1-'<' l'Vice a man ean n •nti<'r to Uod." ''l pity the poor iu uonthlge that have none to help tlwrn; that i ~ why I am here ; not to gratily any p · r~o nal anim o~ ity, rcve11 ,r(' or vitl(lictive f' pirit. lL is 1ny sympa thy wi th the n' oppn•ss(•d an<l the wronged, that arc a!'i good a · you, aud a:; prt'('iOll :-1 in the sight or God." You don't know your testament wllcn you FICC it. " I want yon to umlL·r~t:uHl tha.t I r espect tit • ri g ht~ of tltc poo n•st. aud wcake't of co l o n~ d peo ple, oppn•ss<•d by the slave powet', just a , much as 1 do those of' tlte m o~ L wealthy and powe r (.u I . " " ] wish to ~ ay, furthermore, that you h:ul ur i t<' t·, all you JH'o ple at the Sonth, prepare yoursclv •s i(>r a S(' ttl<·ntt·nt of tlt:tL question, that must com up lor settl C'nwnt sootH 'r titan yon arc pr< ~ paretl for it. The soon<'r you are pre p:1n·d lhc lH' tler. You may di spo. c of' me very en:-; ily. I :1111 n< •arly di:-: po.-ed of' now ; uu t this qu •stion i:-; l:i lill to be s<'ltl t•d - thi · JH'gro qtwsl ion, I mean ; the <'tHl of that. is not y t'l." 1 forc•:-;t•e the time wh<'n the paint •r will pain t that f;t<•nr, nn longt' t' goin ~ to R ome for n. !-~ ul>.i <'ct; the pod will :-. ing it ; tit<' lti :o~ t o rian r 'Cord it ; and, with the L:wding of' the! Pilgrims :lnd th • Dvelaration of Indt'[H'II(Ic•tH'<', it will l>e the ~ ornament o l' :-;ome future national gallery, when at Jt.a:-;t the presc·nt {()l'ln of' Sl:tV('l'Y shall uc no more lwre. vVe :-;)wll lh <' ll be at libe rty to w<'cp for Captain Drown. Then, and not till then, we will take our r evenge. • II. LECT URE BY w EN DELL PHILLIPS.* LADIES AND GENTLE1\IEN : Of course I do not cxp('<: t - .-;peaking from this platform, and to you - to f" <l)' any thing on the vital que.- tion of the hour, wlti ·ll you have not aln.:atly lt r anl. But, when a great question <livid ~ tit· <'Ontnlunit y, all m n arc call ed upon to vou•, an<ll Jed to-nig ht, that 1 am simply giving my vote. i am only Hay ing '' ditto" to wltat yon h<'ar from tlti: platform day a ll<'r day. Atl(l 1 woulcl wiJlin n-ly have an>ided, ladies nnd gcntl c·m<'n, CYen at tlli:-; last monH' nt, borrowing tlti , hour from you. I tried to do l>cttcr by you. Like the Irishman in the story, I ofl(· n·cl to hold th ' hat of' lion. 'J'Itomas Corwin , of' Olt io, (enthu:-; iastic applau ~e,) if' 1t' woul<l only mak · a speC'clt, and, I am f'Orry to sny, he declines, m o~ t unaccouwtably, tlti ~ g<'tlcrou ' oiTe r. ( Laught <• r.) So 1 mu:::;t fulfil my :tppoiutm ·nt , and <1elivct· my I \c ttJI'C Hlysclf'. ''The Lc-~o n of the lionr ?" I think the les. on of the I tom· is in ·urrcction. (Sensation.) Insurrection of' thoug ht nlways pr •ced<'s tbc insurrection of' arms. The Ja ·t twenty y<· ~lr~ have be ·n an jnsurrcction of' thought. \V e seem to be ent ering on a n ew ph a. c of' thi ~ great Anwrican . t ruggl •. l t ~C<' tn H to me tit at we h:w • 11 •vt•r ncec·pkcl, :1 :-1 A n H·r i <' :lll ~, we have JI C\ ' ·r aeccpted our own civili za tion. \V · lta\'c h<·ld "' l•: nt il l1•<l "'l'ho Lesson of lho H ou r," tlolivoro1l nt Brooklyn, N. Y., TuCIHtiBy C\' l'll illg, NOVOIII UCI' J, h50. |