, 1863-11-28


The Hon. D. S. Dickinson, Of New York, delIy.
cred alectu1c last night before the Young Mems AZ
sociation, "On the Aspect and Tendency Of the
Times" he Was received at Bryan Hall with
great cheers OF welcome.
As an orator, Mr. Dickinson Is not demonstray
tive nor eloquent, as we understand eloqueuce, nor
emphatic. Hls discourse consisted Of series Of
good, patriotic sentiments, very well expressed,
which were either decorated or elucidated By
figures OF speech; without much power, however,
OF character In then.s
he seemed to please the audience very. much,
patriotic sentiments Of his discourse which made
ibem applaud Eo heartily. -
Il hs Wy pardon Us tor saying 60. Ee think that
trusted to the inspiration Of the moment and been
less careful Of his rhetoric. The rough and ready
manner, for which he had been famous in the East,
Hou1d have been far more acceptable in the West
than the regularly mounted style which he affected
lie commenced his oration by saying that today
hopes xeIe dlssipa,ed, and lost IN tbs gnh stream
Of passion. Yet again re wore returning to the
S9, sea s9 Of P1oSs P1e,s; ,, ,,ren III. re,t ID.
going ahead; In social duties and domestic
Affection, and n advocating the claims Of pure
snd u apdeasd 1eg1on NJ man alone soga DO Il The
the fact that equality was at the base Of his ex-
istence. From the earliest history OF, man
in existence that man was superior to another
In accordance with this b9se dogma, wars i1ad
%
Not 10 ameNo1nte the condition OF the man,
but to feed and cothe class Of slaves, that The
Eaangy St IT, sDsy sy %la ss Ksesb 1s
started upon its career, It abolished tho exactons
Of an impious hie1archy-oft those who made their
wealth out Of the worlds poor.
But while we were advancing In physical science,
VIC were adMoDished that VIC had great deal to
learn In socinl affai1s, We had tyranny and traitor
Bet NC could mot pluck out ali the flowers for tue
garden OF the world, or pull out all ie weeds In
spiration hsd taught us that we could not do all
mourn, and : time 70 dc; apd it now became rs 70
consider whether we should permit this Republic
10 die, or submit In craven spirit to delu6iye
peace chee59 goS,na land h. had r 9een =,
great cities and wide spreading prairics, and all
Circulating Etvers-and people numbering many
o. Zen we4 1 apS
moral and material blessings, had been the soil OF
civil war: Was this the land ous fathers 1oyeds
the sol lo,,. our fathers sntlyaea, 1es.
1t. 1t was not the head of the Government; that
was very small hct, but it was the principles OF
the Government which We had to look to-. Whilst
country to ruin, herd Of miserable people were
toiling away, ignorant Of what they were doing.
No country could live With an ignorant
eIaihcd @ i pespctaits q c1istenea; sad they hsd
right to exercise a]l power at their command,
amounting even to despotism, regardless Of CON
e.,pus was right. The ruler had the supreme
right OF staying all that-of infringing upon ths
n0sEttss Of oil snb'eets, Then tie !. safety of the
when ffce speech became lcentiousneas, It had
e eex eSS Ss IN 5s 81 s hnf r s %as
made In 1872 By Andrew jackson; 1t Ind operated
aePRsta long a9 IN history
tiis III hot:Sed @ Of eonsPiiaey and crime, this Ills
By % naItoroas e Press | @ese done away % with, viii
could the arm OF the civil law be staycdl Nm.
mcnse chheers.) He had already accomplished
but We could moi 1nally pit II down, and demon.
strate whether 1oynlty Or treason shonl pdreEail,
without the most resolute, active, and energetic
Let no one bellcye that this Vnion eonld
ever be dir1ded with success. Every loyal
mind knew that the road to sqceesa In this matter
er advocated division foz the purposes OF peace
~as more 1eroCIouh monster than that e1ecrable
man who reared monument q seventy thousand
In order 10 put down the rebellion We must act
with one accord, and one mind. Political parties
were 81 good enough In their WAY, but when
q The Government, these parties must give way,
otherwise ne had reached The lowest and basest
forms, and principles Of Algcrine servit1de. We
wanted Government to put down the rebellion
na she good Of squsbSng @ about pa1tesS Who wenid
crre about being ia The Senate Or Congress. the
clceest counsellor cf the Preident fhst President
bis armies could not maintain the integrity Of the
nEtion? We hsd hitherto had al the benehtso Of peace
and good government, 6nt had never borne the
penalties Of them. II our fathers had cared
abont blood or tnxatlon, We ehonid never have
bad an American Republic; ard 4 we now cared for
either Or any Of these, we should never sustain the
leLce and gaunt famine shoud tear topon the Ftals
OF country, than 1t should give In 10 traitors.
E1t the m1terAbe 60 ttlc1Rrs called coppernea1t
toa-r think Eo II uBerecict Arnold had nVeo ia this
day. he might b4Fc been FTtdent OF the Confederate
Sta.es might hayo tsEued Confederate bontst and
been great 1nan and hero l-Itmmense cheera]-and
siill Committed less sin than these WHO call
Had Andre been arrested at this time, It would hare
bcen called unconstitutional; and Wsahlngtons viola
TIN Of the habcas corpus would have been called trea
eon. because he yielded the habeas" and restrained
slavery as political element Ind departed forever
anG carried with 1t It's lifelong nnfagonism. It's re-
mains had to be cared for: but hereafter, the Antho
nies who game 70 tts corpse would come 10 not
10 pla3ser 1t Ind been tried and condemned by the
w.ole civilized world. -.
The existence Of slavery in free government. pro-
dueed abolition hy necessity Us absolute ns the Law
Ltutry had shown that was m enemy to the human
race FoI In tread, wolf In feroeity, 1t always had
b1en he who should cast out this monster ofscccs
snn would do d deed which should rebound 10 Ills
honor through all generations.