But Now He Is All For The Union, Thinking That
A Victorious North Can Compel The Immediate Emancipation Of
Southern Slaves.
As to which I beg to say that I am bold to differ
from Mr. Phillips altogether.
It soon became evident to me that Mr. Phillips was unwell, and
lecturing at a disadvantage. His manner was clearly that of an
accustomed orator, but his voice was weak, and he was not up to the
effect which he attempted to make. His hearers were impatient,
repeatedly calling upon him to speak out, and on that account I
tried hard to feel kindly toward him and his lecture. But I must
confess that I failed. To me it seemed that the doctrine he
preached was one of rapine, bloodshed, and social destruction. He
would call upon the government and upon Congress to enfranchise the
slaves at once - now during the war - so that the Southern power
might be destroyed by a concurrence of misfortunes. And he would
do so at once, on the spur of the moment, fearing lest the South
should be before him, and themselves emancipate their own bondsmen.
I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so
blood-thirsty as a professed philanthropist; and that when the
philanthropist's ardor lies negroward, it then assumes the deepest
die of venom and blood-thirstiness. There are four millions of
slaves in the Southern States, none of whom have any capacity for
self-maintenance or self-control. Four millions of slaves, with
the necessities of children, with the passions of men, and the
ignorance of savages!
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