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Show Wendell Phillips. man arc as sacr· e t1 ...p- :") tho~c of the miscalled commonwealth of 'v·t rg·r m· a. v·I rorr ini•·t ia only anothe. r Algiers. Th ' ba rb. a-rou l wn1 e w ]1 0 ;(.T:,•'1 oo · e·' v...· h other ' imt)n son wom n for tead u. ng c1 1 1' ltl ren t o 1. c ac1 , })l'()l1ibi t the Hi ble, ell men on the auct ton-bl oc1 c , a b o1 .1 :-·,1 1 111"•1 rri,·1 o(T e ' condemn half their w.o men .t o pro. - tt· tutw· n, am1 <1.e vote themselYes to th ' brec<.llllg . o( llUm,,a n b ew· ers fio r a1 e , 1·8 011Iy •a h' rtc-rer and bla ·kcr Algtcr s. [he on 1y ° p rayer o f ,a true ma" n for uch i , " Gracious Heaven ! un 1e ': tl 1ey r er ent , send soon their E xmouth nn<.l Decatur." John Brown ha' twice as much right to hang Gov. \Vi ·c, as GoY. \Vi e has to hang him. (Cheers and hi:scs.) You sec I am talking of that ab ·olutc e:sence or thing' that l~v e ' in. tl~ e sicrht of the Eternal and the Infinite; not a men jutlgc 1t m tl~ rotten moral , of the nineteenth c •ntury, among a herd of ta te that calls it elf an empir<', bccau · · it rai ·es cotton and sells slaves. \Vhat I ·ay is this : Harper ':; F erry was the only goYcrnment in tlutt vicinity. L ook at the trial. Virginia, true to h cr 'e ](~ ha" hown exactly the ame ha te that the pirate docs wlt en he tri c.~ a man on deck, and runs him up to the yard-arm. Uncon. eiously she i , consist 'nt. N ow, you do not think thi "' to-day, some of you, p e rh ~1ps . But I tell you what ab olute IIi tory hall judge of th ' c forms and phantoma of ours. J ohn Brown began bi · life, his public life, in Kan as. The South planted that seed ; it re~p s ihe first fruit now. Twelve years ago the g reat men in '\Vashin gton, the \V cbstcrs nnd the Clays, planted the l\1cxicnn war; and they reaped their appropriate fruit in Gen. Taylor and Gen. Pierce pu hing them from their statc·men's tool ' . The South planted the seeds of violence in ICan.·as, and taught peaceful Northern men familiarity with the bowie-knife and r evolver. They planted nine hundred and ninety-nine eed:=:, anu this is the fir t one that ha fl owered; thi.· i::; the first drop of the coming . howcr. P eople do me the honor to say, in some of the western papers, that this i traceable to some teachings of mine. It is too much honor to such as me. W end IJ Phillips. 5'3 Glaclly, if it were not frdsome vanity, would I clut(') 1 this laur ' l oC having a ny : hare in th • gr ·at r t'so lutc darincr of that man who fluug lrirn:clf aga in ·t an empire in bebalf of justice and libC' rty. Th(•y were not the bravest men who foug ht at Sara toga ntHl YorktowH, in the war of ] 77G. 0 ! . ' no . 1t wa. ra th c-r those wl10 flung th •msclves, at Lexincrton f' U (' I . · 0 ' ew an ct: ul t•, ngarnst t!Jc embattled ran ks of an crnpi re, till tl1eu thoug lr t incsistible. Elderly mC'n, in powd1·re<1 wig.-; and r C'd velve t, :-;moothcu th eir rufTlc.c::, and cried, "l\Iad111 ·n 1" Full-fe<l eu:;tom-house tl ' rks :;;aid, '' A pistol shot ncraitt ·t Giural tar l" B r1t Capta in Jng ra!Jam, under the star: and stripe~, die.tat ing t ·r~lls to the fl<•c•t of t.he Ca' ars, was only ~Ire echo _at that 1A'X Jng ton g un. 1I~: rpC' r' · F erry i · the IA~Xmg ton of to-d<ty. Up to tlri:::; moment , Brown's Jif'• J1a::; been one unr.Hi~ed. suc·ces~. Prudcnee, skill, co11 ragc· t11rif't, knowledge of lt1 ' (Jill , knowl edge of' his oppo11 ents, UIH.launt •d daril~ g- he !Jntl all th c:-:e. Ilc was tire man w1ro could leave hansa~, ~~n<l go in to .1\fi .... sou ri, nn e.] take eleven meu and give th 'In to lJ uc rty, and bring them off on th • J1orse,:, wlt ich Ire enrricu wi th him, and two wl1ich he took a~ tribute from th ie master: in o rder to heilit·1te C'("' l> '1~1 1 1 1 1 ' < « • ten, W 1e11 le l[H spa s ... etl J,j~ human protf'!Jf'S fi·om the nrl turc of' the l J 't' 1 Ill (.( •. tat e:s to rlre sn!e . lreltcr ol' the Engli -It l ion, thi , i!4 the brave, fra nk, and :::nbl11ue tru st<•r in God'· r i(Tht " lltl "b ·ol t · · o •• u ::.. ll ' JIISt J<.:C that entered l1i · nnme in the city of Cl •veland, " .John l3rown' of r · ' " l . ' . . \..:ln :sa~, ar v<·rtt:-:ed there two horse:; for f.:a l<>, and stood 1ll front of i!Jc auctioneer's 1-i t:mcl, not if)' ino· a ll uidd('l" ofwhat 'omc Wo Ldt~ think - the defect in the tit!'. (Laughter.) llu t Jtc added, Wi th nonchalance, when Jrc told the sto · r _ " TI b 1 1), . 1cy roug 1L ~ very •xccllent price." (L a ught ' r. ) T J1is I S the man who, 111 tire face of the na tion, :wowing !tis r i(rht nnd laboring wi th what strength J10 Jrnd in behalf of ~11; w~·ong d, goes down to 1 fa rpl•r's F cny to follow up hi , work. 1\ ell, men say he f:til cd. Every m·1n IJ•t:; J11' . .1\Io ·co s . ' . ( ( ' ::-. :-; w. ~ ll p-pose l1c da.l la d, every man meets !tis \\' att..•rloo at last. TllCre [j ~~- |
