Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-08
NORTHERN OHIO SANITARY
FAIR.
gIss pIcKIHsoHla 1EcIunH.

blossom Of youth upon her cheeks, and its
curling, auburn crown upon her brow, the
honors due the bsy-Wresthsd orator and
the statesman that holds in his hands the
destiaies Of 9 country. While one iistsnF,
he Is inclined to wonder at her audacity
But soon thAt wonder is lost in enthusiasm
and admiration, and as one is SWEPT along
with the eadsnees Of her wonderfully length
ensd sentences, following her in her glowing
descriptions, her eloquent tributes, her strong
argument, her Withsring dsnuncistiOn, he
cannot resist paying to her tribute Of sd-
miration such a. Is rarely Of red to the
sagsst wisdom or the most fiery elOquencs.
The audience last evening, consisting Of
over two Thousand people, hIlsd the spacious
stage and vast Audienes Hall nearly full.
They were sntrsnesd and delighted By the
feast offered them, as their loud and frequent
applause plainly tsstihsd,-and while it is
very high, it is not too high praise, to say
that the expectations Of sll were fully reali-
zsd.
The receipts from the lesturs will amount
to very nearly one thousand dollars.
Miss. Dickinson was introduced BY D. P.
EsIs, Esq, and was greeted by welcoming
applause.
The lecture opened by an aliusion to the gal
| liant little band at Marathon, where one against
ten successfully resisted the invader. and whose
bones we're honored beyord those Of the other
warriors who fought and died for Greece. Amer
ican history had furnished many parallel cases.
The battle fields Of the South had witnessed the
noble self-sscrifoe oftens Of thousands Of pure
patriots who had followed where the flag waved
| in the thieke.t OF the fght and were willing to
/ die if they could but conquer. She said never
meet q common soldier without a sentiment Of
the profoundest respect. BE may have lost an
arm, or leg, he may breathe faint and tnlck, or
/ some ill-cast bullet may have made his face
beautiful forever with CHASTITY scar. The ma
/ ton hOnors him living, mourns him dead,
/ and builds a monument wherever he has fallen.
i Why have these soldiers diedl Why stand we all
/ ready TO do snd sserifcel In the language Of the
i President,-that the nation, under GOD, might
| have a new birth to freedom,-thsta q government
| Of the people, By the people, for the people
! should be re-estsblished.
We did not understand this at the outset; it
was neither comprehended nor truly spoken Of;
it is a wsr for the liberty Of the race-a contest
l against an oligarehy which despises labor and
hates the equality Of man. The South has been
/ fighting for its oligsrchic institutions with 6
/ venom unequalled. We have not till recently
admitted that the present Is death-struggie be-
/ tween freedom and slavery that both were
L standing on the outermosL ledge Of the preci-
pIce and that one Of them must fail. When the
Presidents first call was made we were told that
Il the War-Was not Waged for the purpose Of subju-
cation OF Of interfering with the constitutional
l rights Of the South. When certain General
i went TO take command Of the army in Western
Virginia, lin mercy to himself he should here
be- nameless and should be nameless forever
| more), he declared that he would put down
| slave insurrection with an iron hand. It was
perhaps well that he did so, or we should never
/ have known that he had an iron hRndi he never
| showed it in his contests with the rebels. But
God, in his mercy, sent US defeat, and we saw
| then that we could no longer hope to continue
| the compromises with the slave power, which
would have been the nations grave Like the
boomngof cannon over the sea, bringing dead
| bodies to the surface, was the attack on Sumter.
The secession Of South Carolina showed the rot
! tenness and corruption Of the slave power; the
utter putridty on which it is founded. And
| now the people,-the msts washed from their
eyes by tears declare that the war is and shall
be one alone for liberty and justice. In l776
we fought grand fight for independence,-in
1881 We began a grander struggle for q grand
er obiect,-for universal liberty. " 60
little further" said wounded soldier TO the
surgeon, who was probing for bullet, and you
through the brain and the bone and muscle OF
the men Of the North, has reused the loyal
heart OF the people. We are now lighting for lib
erty and freedom our rulers will henceforth be
like one Of od-too august TO rule over q Save.
She then reviewed in scathing language the
course Of the traitorous mon in the North who
cried out against the administration and did not
JON their brethren in the South because they
were too cowsrdly TO bght- Speaking OF Bu-
ehanan she said: 81 beg yonr pardon for mention
ing his name in decent society. The old-time
leaders Of these Northern traitors lead the
Southern armies, their old-time co-Workers and
co-voters swell the sonthern ranks,
the only difference beng that be-
tween towards and fighters. They spoke Of cor
rupton, stealing, bIunders, mismanagement,
disloyal governments, and abuses Of power. She
agreed that laundering mismanagement had
been pFoli6calIy developed at the outset, for as
Major Patterson had said: "Out of the
$50 Generals commissioned at the beginning Of
the war, 20T were Democratic What
in Heavens name, could you expect
but miBmRnaRemept or worse. But these things
are not so now. The days of the shovel brigade
are passed, and men ara willing to fight. She
then dissected In q mastery manner the COM
plaints,a s,and faulthndings Ofthe Copperhead party,
showing their inconsistency, and proving conclu-
sivsly that the only trouble with them was that
the cornerstone Of slavery bad been swept away,
and the liberty Of @ man as man established.
We have been at war three years or more, and
we have yet TO hear ef the FIRST act Of barbarism
committed by Northern soldier, white or black
But who shall tell the numberless deeds of bru-
tality and fsndish oruaity committed by our
'brethren" Of the South. The manning Of the
dead, the shooting Of prisoners, making SPOONS
and other ornaments from the bones Of North
ern meni these, and countless other deviltues
furnished damning record Of the ehiValry Of the
South, one which would never be forgotten, and |
the law-sbiding, Union-loving,, consttution-lov-
ing, humanitarian mob Of fifty thousand Breck- |
enridge Democrats in the streets Of new York, |
showed themselves fit associates for the robbers /
OF the South.
Here one or two left the Hall in apparent dis |
gust, Whersupon the speskerremarked--"T :" That's /
right run aWsy from the truth you can't stand I" i
and was greeted with Rpplausel
She referred most eloquently to the story Of /
the black man at Rodman's Point, who, when a /
boatwas stuck fast and swept BY rebel bullets,
rOOllU cot and DUEhad n
" Somebody must die to get out Of this, and It /
might as well be l." So above the noise of the L
combat, the yells Of hate, the groans of the
the sighs OF the dying, there comes the
voice Of the doWn-trodden people saving; /
i Somebody must die to get us out Of this and i
t might as well be we."
They had said that the blacks oould not fight.
Let Congress look out through the fogs of Wash
ngton and sec how in Pennsylvania when not
Dne white man volunteered, two companies of
blacks went forth to the defense Of the Capitol.
Soldiers Of the Union, they should be boun-
led and paid as the other men. Its shameful
hing that men should be lying dead on the bat
le- Fields of the South and be in debt for their
informs and their families at home starving for
he want Of pay and bounty. Il is The meanest
If all mean things to try to save So a month ont
" men willing &c die for It. Soldiers OF the Un-
on, the blacks should be paid heroes, they
hould have chance for promotion; they
hould have given to them the lands Of the
,outhI which hsd been earned by centuries
4 labor. Put the black in the Constitution as
itizeni establish him in the country he has
lelPed to save, and you will need no Northern
ayonets 70 save or preserve the Union
The amnesty proclamation Is a piece Of North
IN meannessi the Government has no right to |
.et down on its knees to The people who are stIl
a arms and reject it with disguat SubiuRate
hem FIRST then offer them terms Of pesee-not
,efore. There was another insuperable objec-
ion the President hsd usurped the functions
( the Legislature in that Offer 1t was foolish |
be South is stronger now than she was twelve
months ago. We say we have cut the rebellion
q two; yes, but we have also concentrated its
owerin the East and West, and divided our own
Within few days three out ofhslfs dozen expe-
itions have fallen dead, and they will perhaps
est as ten times or more yet before the war is
loseo; b9t e proposed TO make them take {
he oath. The President is o lawyer, and a ives, F,
srn one ct that II is aWonder he does moi knnrr