The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-05-26
Another speech from Miss. Dick
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J. .,,o4os From the New York Sunday Mercury.
A portion of the Now York public hav
become suddenly and exubefantly enthusiast,
on tue subject oil Miss Annie +. Dickinsol
I the young lady political orator from the stale
! and sober, and Quaker City Of Philadelphi'
Therefore the Cooper Institute was crowde
on the I'd inst, Notwithstanding the entranc
fee Of fifty cents. A large portion Of the au
dience were ladies, aud in il were included
number of we'll known citizens attracted b
curiosity. Conspicuous, standing against on
, of the pillars in The middle of tho ball, iu a
attitude for carte de visite, was George Fran
els, the Irrepressbe. There was apprehen
sions that Mr.. Train would become excite'
under the strong denunciations Of Miss Dick
iusos, but it was believed that bis gallantr
would aid bis discretion. s
At eight o'clock, Mr.. Charles Gou'd can
along the front Of the platform, which wa
occupied by number of ladies and gentle
men, with large quantity of bonnet ant
shawl and other female apparel in bis hand
and Miss Dickinson, plainly and prettily dress
ed in black, with Loyal League badge 0
red. white and blue upon her breast, followed
and was greeted by the audience with enthu
siastic applause, As Miss Dickinson sat fol
a moment before speaking, Mr., Oliver John
son, editor Of the Anti Slavery Standard, pre-
sented her quietly with very pretty bouquet
which Mr.. Gould took charge of when the
lady rose 10 speak. ~ ~
Mayor Opdyke introduced the young lady
to the audience. He said, at. the request Of
many of our citizens, Miss Annie f
Dickinson, of Philadelphia, had con
senled TO address the people on the subject ol
" The Three Ways of Peace" theme most
cengenial to the thoughts Of woman, and OF
deep interest to us at the present time. He
had the honor to present the fair speaker to
the audience. ..,-l 'i
She was received with cheering. She
camo forward with two or three narrow slips
in her hand, containing the heads of her
discourse. She is pretty, petite, and possess
IS a large share of vim and vitality. She
wears her hair curling short about the neck
Her voice was molodious and strong enough
to fill the largo hall of the Institute, SO that
every one could hear. Both the pouvl vf hv,
voice, and her facility Of gesture, have been
cultivated by practice and elocution. She
spoke in substance as follows: ..-.,sl 90
"The head of the people Of tn, nineteenth
century demands reason for war. The heart
of the people Of the nineteehth century ques.
tions for the cause Of civil war. The people
of tho United States, with their Constitution,
the egis Of their Liberties, torn and trampled
npop, with their tattered flag dismembered,
star after star eclipsed seeing through the
glare Of battle the still pale faces Of their tru
est and best beloved dead, or hearing above
the din and noisc the sharp cry Of agony or
the moan of protracted suffering coming up
from the lips Of their best beloved, ask with
thrilling pathos for the cause Of the this war
who or what is responsiblel For by fad
ing the cause can we alone give the remedyl
Who or what is responsible for this warf-
What element of discorj within, or what
enemy without, has arrested the American
people in their path or matcriar Progress, anA
has turned them to The double-quck Of frac.
,ricudal wsri II is a question that humanity
asks, and that history must answer; and the
historian in the future, with all prejudice
thrown aside, will have but one answer, to be
forever repeated as warning, aud that will
be: "Slavery-Slavcry!" Slavery brought
the war by forever demanding concessions
from Freedom and Justice, by almost sancti.
flying a series of compromises, every ono of
which having for its base, foundation, nay lis
absolute structure, slavery. which began with
the Declaration Of Independence. The colo.
nies did well to put in the instrument which
declared that all men were acknowledged
equal, clause in favor Of liberty; and South
Carolina which, with Alabama and Mississp.
pi, demanded that the clause should he strck-
en- out, and at their demand, aud by their re.
tt0y demanded their three-flihs of reprasen.
tation, and insisting that slaves should be held
As property like any other property. Again
The North yiel lod, and Mr.. Madis,n, writing
10 1887 says the contest 10 that convention
was not between the large aul the small
States, it was between the North aud the
South, and negro slavery was the subject of
The South said to the North:
You are stronger than We are; you are
gaining more strength; your civilization ad
'anc-s, and your merchandise, mechanics, aud
build you up; therefore, we
want more territory" And it was furnished.
We had the annexation of Florida, the war
With the Seminole Indians; wo had the Mis-
ouIi OOnptomise III 1904 VIC uau Tue NICK
can war; We had hundreds Of thousands Of
lollars spent iu that war. ln 1850 VIC had
he admission of California into the Union,
because the gallant young Colonel brought
he principle of freedom into it. He clam
'sred upward over mountains which human
DOT had never touched before, fnl standing
here, planted the stars and stripes, and civii-
ation come up there with him. And going
urthcr, he carried civilization, which is lber
'rty, into California; and when California
sked for admission as free State, the South
efusod TO give il entr nee, and would not
'ield consent until a great portion Of the1aud
hat had bsen bought from Mexico should
'e given TO slavery; and by the Fugitive
Slave Law they had from this timo the whole
errtory Of the North for a vast slave hunting
round. Yet, in 1854, they had the Missouri
compromise, granted thirty years before, re.
ealed. So stood tho close of actual COM
fomisc. What shows the recordi That
he South had baen sharper than we; that
heir statesmen had been wiser, their politi-
ians shrcwder than tho shrewdest Of the
Yankees, yet il could not gain what Il want
d. They had gained every compromise in
svor Of slavery; and, what was more impor
n fhov hal al "a at ol,l;ob sIovo