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Show W cndcll Phillips. nnd tllcy w 'rc a mob of ntnr<1<' n'r~ lltat gntlH•rc<l :thout ltim, and :ought to wrenk YCng<·:uH'I' by l:t king- hi;-; !if(•. The hanks of th' Potomac. tlo11hly <l <'nr now to Ili:-> to1·y :l1H1 to 1\Ian! The <1u~t of 'Va ~ hin gton n:~ t:; thc·re; nn<l 1 Ti."tory lrill see itlr ' Yer on thni rin·r-~ id e the brave old man on his pall<'t, "' ho~e <lu ~ t, whC'n Cod e:tlls him hen<'<', the FatlH' I' of' his C'ountry W<lttld lH~ proucl to 1nakc room f(n· lH' ~ i<l<· his own. But if Virginia tyrants dare hang him nf'tvr this Jno ek<·ry of a trial, it will take two more \Va·hingtons nt. 1 <>a~ t to make the name of the State any thing hut ~d>Omin :tblt• in time to rome. (Applau:::c nn<l hi s~es.) 'Vel!, I ~ay what I really think, ( dt<'(' r;-;, and cries of' "good, good.") U<·orge 'Vashington was a ~re:1L man. Y ct ll'ay wl1:1t I n'ally think. And I know, Jnclic. an<l f!entl('tnc•n, that, cdtH':tk<l as yon hn-r<' been hy the <'xpcri cnrc of the Ja:-:;t ten year:-; h<·r<', you woulclltarc thou ght nw tl1c 1-i i]Ji est !ls Wt.' ll as the m o~t eowardly man in the ·worltl, if 1 :;;I tot tid han' eome, with my t W<'llty ,r<':H·~ behind nw, an<l talk ed about nny thing c l:-;e to-nig ht (':>..c<·pt. that great example whi<·h one man hm; ~e t u:-; on tlw 1,:111k:-; of' the I>otomac. You expected, of' ('OUr:'c, that I ~ hould l t•\l you my 1' nl opinion or it. I value th i~ clement that Jkown has introdm·<· <l into Amcriean polities. The f-louth is a g rc: tt pO\\'<'r -no <·ownrc1::; in Virginia. (LnughtPr.) lL wa~ 1101 eowanli(·c•. (Laughter.) Now, I try to l'pcak very plain, but you will mi;-;nndt>r~ tancl me. Th0r<' i;; no cowardic.:c in Virginia. Th' So11th arc not eowanl~. The lunnt ie::; in the Go::: pel wer not cowards when tl.ey l'Hi<1, 'Art thou come to torment us bef(n·c· llw time?" (Laughter.) Th<-y were hr:wc cnongh, hut th<'y saw aHu· off. They saw the tremendous power that w:l, t·nt cring into that charmed eirrlr; th ('y knew its irt<·ritahlc vietory. Virginia did not tn•mlde nt. an old :,rr:ty-ht•: ult·tl 1uan at 1 f:trpt•r's Ferry; tlti'Y tn:mbl(•d aL a .John Brown in <'Vl l')' man'~ O\\ n ('011- ~('I Cnt('. Ifo lt:td ln·c•n there lll !lllJ yenrl', a11d, like tlt:1t lel'rific scene wltid1 BeddorJ hn: drawn ior u~ in l1is 1/aLl of W cndell Phillips. 57 Eblt's, where the crowd runs around, ea r lt man with nn incurable wound in l1i ' bosom, and :trrl'<'(' ...; ; 11oL to SJH'ak of it. 0 th e. Sot.'t.h Jtas been running np and down it.-1 pol it i<'al :lnd ·acral ld •, nn(l ·very man k cps his rigl1 t hand pres 'Cd on ~hC' secret and incttrable sore, with nn und ('rstood ngr emcnt, m C!Ju rch and • tate>, tlrat it ne ,'er sltall be nwntion cd, for fc:u· .the great ghastly f:tbrie 1-ih<tll come to pic•ccs nt tJ 1c talis-m: tnre word. Brown lllt(•red it· C'ri<·d '· Shvcry 1 · , '-·· 1 ' , ~ · s .""illl . come, nil tnw mc.n, It •lp pull · it down," an<l l11c whol' machinery trcllll>l<'d to rts Ycry base. 1 v:du this mo,·~· nwnt for anotlJct· 1· .... 0 , 1 ])'1 • ... • 1< you <'vcr ~'<'<'a Ll:1 e k ~n1ith shoe a r(·~ tl <•s" lll>l'" ( ' ? If' ) 0 1 . . . , ·' . , u lave, you l1~l\ e ~<'<'11 hrm take· a :nwll <'ord and ti{' the npp<•r lip. A tik h11n wl~:lt. lH· do<·~ it (()r, ht• will tell you to gi,·r the 0 ·a ~t somctl 11ng to think of: ( L·ttwht <' r ) l\T()\\' tlt<' u tl 1 • ' !") • , J ,-,011 I 1as CX-tc ·JL•, J\' t' ~('lt<' IIJ<·s. Site gra~ps with one hand a ]\[<·xi('o, and with t~1e otltc'!' she dictat ·s t<'rlllR to tlH! Churcl1, ~IH• i rnpo~<'s conditwns_ 011 the Ht atc, site buys np 'VebsU•r with a little or a pronJJ ~<·, nud Ev<'n·tt with 1101hinrr (( 1 1 • •• 11 ] 1 t 1 o· ~ ' t aug 1 <'r ant ap- plau~e.) ,John Brown J~as givc•n her :omctltino· ('·1· 1 • 1 0 t] · k (' .., :-.... J 1.. Ill) o · 11<· has tunred lH'l' <lttention inw·lr(lly 11 , 1 1 1 t < • laS :lll•r 1 lwr th.at titer' has U<'<'ll creat c·<l n new rh'm<·n t. in tlti: NoJ~h-e r n m rn d ; Uta i i i i::; 11 o t 1ll c n·l y ti I(~ thin k <' r' t haL it is ll o L llln<·ly ~ lte editor, Llwt iL j~ not mer •ly the moral reformer, lJJtt, tilt• rdea lras Jl<' l'\"l<l(•tl ·tll 1 , {' . · · ' c ass<':; o :o ·tety. Call them lll:td l !l l' ll if ) ' Oll ,,,·11 11· · l l t • .u t to te I who's mad. TJre world . :?s one man~ is m:td. .Tuhn Hrown .said the f'amc of the ~f.O\'('I'Jlor. lou r<·rn <' nt l>er the madman in EdinburO'h. A frwn<l •t .. d·l'(l 1 · 1 1 o . . . .. trm w t:tt te was the re for. ,, \V ell , <'ried lw " t It<'). · 1 t 1 1 ' ' . ~ar< n IOIIW t wL 1 wns m·t<l. 'll'<l 1 L''l.l l · ' ' ' • ...... , r< was not · uuL th<'y h:1<l the Ill:lj.orit)' " ( I. rrl t. ·) J .. . ' • -'<lll 0 l t. • u::;t SO lt 1~ Hl n·gar~l to ,John Brown. The nation says he is mad. I a - p<'al f~·orn J>Jtilip drunk to I>hilip sou 'r; l nppC'nl fi·om t!:e ~~.r:<·rrenn pcopl <·, dnrnk with cotton, nnd tit<! N 'W York Ob- ScJ L er, (loud and Lon o· htwhtc . ) t tl A . o • o 1, o 1c mencan people liCty |