Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-01-16
Anna II. Dickinson at Ann ArbOr,
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A. Michigan
Correspondence of The Ohio Statesman.l
Es< ANN ARBoR, MIcn, Jan. 6, 1868,
4 EDf70R RS STA 7lESAAN; W
I,cannot torbear giving to you, and your
| readers, q brief sketch of our late visitor
k.Miss$ Anna Diekinson,r and, the extreme
| loyalty of our Ann Aibor, humanitarians.
| had heard much of this female giant of the
| 10Th century, noted as the female mouth
piece of New England fanaticism; but
Tonight am one of many who are surfer
Ising-With o stricken conscience. for having
wasted time and money to hear all hunlanl-
ty outraged except the C"hToic, odlof0us,
Datyiotic colored man" The house'was filled
te,oVerilowing, who cheered much. and, Of
| ten, and it would seem spontaneously, when
anything in the shape, color or smell of
their colored idol was presented.
| But for "Miss Anna" Tohedr of her, one
would expect to see her the goddess OF wis
\ dom, ''from whose tongue words flow
\ sweeter than honey" and from whose eyes
would come such a blaze of intelligence as
| to light up the dark corners in the minds of
all assenibled-one possessing the philos-
Apply of Plato, the eloquence of Demos
thenese, and the foresight of Solomon.
But disappointment is not uncommon in
this world. Her philosophy is the low
newspaper slangof the day. Her eloquence
showed that she had her piece" well COM
mitted, and had often spoken it before her
tutor. Her foresightis is that of monoman-
lac, who, following one idea into the mazes
of darkness, can see nothing in any direc-
tion, but wildly dreams of far OIL future
when that one idea shall rule the world.
Yes she looked into the future-a future
when the Democratic party shall all be
| gibbeted-the people OF the South eXter-
minated, and their lands occupied by the
'colored men," voting at the ballot-boX,
sitting in Judgment, commanding our
armies, SC. And the proposition which
/ drew forth the most deafening cheers from
| this Ann Arbor Of humanity and liberty,
/ was that she would wage this war for 30
years for no other purpose than negro sut-
| frage and equality. and announced as the
sentiment of the East" that there could be
no reconstruction until this end be attained.
Her topic,as announced, was p"The mean
| ing of the election" Judge from the above
,oI,at it means! After saying that all in the
South should eitheribe hung, or incarcera-
ted f0rlife, she went on to show that all in
the North who do not agree with the Re
| publican party, are worse than the traitors
imthe South, and deserve worse punishment.
And then, with u hearty cheerlfrom Ollr
philanthropists, came TRADE upon McClel-
| Ian and the Democratic party in general;
| that all the low of other countries are COM
| ing here, joining the Democratic ranks, and
thus forming an army of traitors in the rear
the innocent girl forgetting that she pro-
poses to butcher our men for thirty years to
come, and not k1O,oing presume, that her
Abolition friends in Congress are encourage
ing this immigration of Democratic traitors
to fill their places.
After having exhausted all her venom,
newspaper slang, and phrases of the 'DaiSer-
o6ile gulpls" upon the Democratic party, Eer
next burden was to prove the far superori
ty of the "colored man. over the pure An
glo Saxon. She spoke Of the ''cowardice of
the white men of Pennsylvania, and the pa
triotism of the colored men. Their deeds
of noble daring on many of our battle
fields.' colOred with the cloqr;ence of Wen
dell Phillips, were presented as having 10
parallel in history-not even Napoleon at
Lodi" This, then. is the Interpretation of
the election: Negro suffrage and equality;
no peace until this end is Ubtai.ed; the ut
ter extinction of all who will not support
this doctrine.
/ should scarcely have noticed this had it
come only from this weak, simple minded
girl. But the approval given it here, and
coming as she does missionary sent out
from the East to enlighten this dark
West, adds some significance to what she
says. She does not come messenger of
peace, preaching good will to men, but with
the "hOarse clarion of war in her mouth,
blowing blast so loud and Deep that one
would imagine the war in heaven only be-
gum Possessing the delicate form of wo-
man. l imagined that some radiant angel
had lost its first estate, and had come upon
Isarfh raarttitinU- thn intarnal-
giens of Pluto. Have we not fallen
upon fearful times, when woman, whose
mission in this world, is that of a guardian
angel to imbue young minds with the re-
ligion, gentleness and love of the Savior,
and to curb aud smooth the rough passions
of men, turn to seek fame in the groans and
blood of the dying! Like the Vailed
Mokanna." she translates the raying OF the
bereft mother or widow into .oracles of
fate a-sa~~
Would bail Heavens signals in her flashing eyes,
And call her shreks the language OF the skies"
Disguise it as we may, lightup the future
as we may with all the beauties of hope,
reality still stands forth that there is a
party of Jacobins fast forming in the North,
who would send to the guillotine all who
disagree with them. To the unObserving,
the future may look all bright, but the care
Iul SJuuCub Vi anu
sees not far in the distance the gathering
storm which, if not stayed, will roll over
this land its pillows of terror, equalled only
by the bloody days of France. These are
not the forebodings OF a desponding Demo-
crat only, but any close observer cannot
fail to see this spirit even in his neighbors.
Some of the honest, tdr-SeetRg Republicans
see it and tremble. 1t rests with the good
people of the West to stay this tide. The
East will not While the money of the Gov
ernment goes to them in a constant stream,
and the groans of the dying and shrieks of
the widow are to them only "tales told"
we can expect nothing from them. They
may never see the results of their teachings
until history's pen writes it with the blood
OF brothers, or until their thirty years. war
for negro equality shall have closed, and |
the mangled dead shall confront them at |
the bar Of the Great Beyond. And then,
coming up all crimsoned with innocent |
blood, they may hear the last announce
ment, '.Ye unfit for the blessed society of
peace makers, '--fit for the fellowship of
Bloody May and the Jacobin murderers of
France, depart with them to regions of
eternal wars ~ "AL."
DRowNED.-A man by the name of Geo. |
Muncy, son-in-law of Mrs. Ritz, of'this city, |
was drowned in the river below the upper |
bridge about ii o'clock this morning. He |