Wendell Phillips

Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 31, 1 August 1923, Page 13

Wendell Phillips

ABOLITIONIST AND LABOUR AGITATOR 1811-18S! His life was a ceaseless' protest, And his voice w!a.*3 a prophet's cry To be t r " e to the Truth and faithful Though th© world were arrayed for tho Lie. A. sower of infinite 6<ied t A woodman that hewed to the I'ghi, Who dared to be traitor to Union, "When Union was traitor to R-gh't. i ""Fanatic," the insects hissed, Till he-1 aught them to understand,. That the highest crime may bo written In the highest law of the land. "Disturber," and "Dreamer," tncy. cried, When he preached an Ideal cre)ed, Till they learned - that the me n who have changed the world, "With the world have disagreed. That the Remnant is right when the Masses, Are led" like sheep to the pen, For the instinct of Equity slumbers, Till roused by Instinctive men. '\ —J. B. O'Reilly.