The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-27
Lecture on decentralization. by A. n. u.
Dawson of Gcorgia-Ncgro Suffrage


Al the Cooper Institute last evening lecture was de.
itvercd by Andrew H. n. Dawson OF Georgia ON the
subject OF decentralization The audience numbered
about one hundred and twenty persons Mr. Dawson.
during the delivery of his remarks suffered much from
the effects OF chill which attacked him several hours
previously The speaker In the Of his lecture,
said Tho eloquent gentleman (wendcl PhiIips) who
ec,urcd here last night asserted that everything must
Ds "r as ana ny 0y s' bng O. r
many Of the offices by tho people, that led Us into the
defnagogues No did OF these get some
petty oiiice-gct constabesiip any other "shp to
sail HIM into higher ofire-thnu Immediately sct about
ther he knew anything about the principles involved
them or not : Wendell Philips ladyocstes uni
versa suffrage What Ia that great rcprcsc Of the
radical party driving ar II an open question whether
when he cndows thc negro Will, universal suffrage he
gains his ends lilo IS N Massachnss. the negro Is IN
tied for all time. What folowss The negro, being
resident Of the SOUTH and having Cor his neigh.
necessarily bc influenced by these. who then,
will 10 the best able in the best posi-
ton, 10 control the negro notes.-the man who is
there 10 talk TO him. or the who making speeches
away oil here In the city OF New York which the negro
sees aud which, he dd he never ccad read
or understand II therefore seems TO that MI Phil
lips' party is taking great risks. II the negro
does sri vote, and iSe demasosses are be benefited
before In tho past il was . with them TO 20
from place TO place. kissing children nacring wives and
assng Tor vOtS. THINK now 'ueneaF " win w
for them when universal suffrage" IL permitted 10 20
from cabin 10 cabin, kissing the little negro babies
and telling them how much they look IKE their tathers
in order 10 secure votes Intelligence ought
70 b. the Of suffrage everywhere There are too
many ignorant voting Every possible rebuke
ought DO given 10 ignorance. when yon
give TO the people the unlicensed power To- oil all the
Offices you send among a swarm OF demAgogues, who
do us injury and bring ruin upon tho country .
have heard the gentleman who spoke hsre last night
wendell Phllipsl denounced as a dcnagogue. That
was indeed Islander him. He Ia no demagoguc. Dcma
Qoqucs are men who snun the popular breeze. Wendell
Phillips is profound, original thinker He
the responsibility Of blazing the way for public
opinion, and when public. opiaion aocs not
follow IN his course he "baxes' away ni H. am not
sure though that he always "blazes away tho right
side In referring directly 10 the subject oS rscoaca
ton he said that there douiA that the
try would be firmly reunited. remarkable thing
was that while the soldiers wis had tough, on both
sides rapidly coming togethcxwhils the men who
had faced the bullets and fougbt the battles
tending to each other the hand Of good feowhip-thc
politicians, both North and South, who occupied
cushioned seats during the progress Of the aud who
saw bomb bursting Ia air. wore now quar-
rclng among themselves aud attempting 10 interfere ana
prevent that lasting reunng Of hands and hearts VIII on
would otherwise speedily follow
The effect OF Mr.. Dswsons tudisposition was plainly
| manifest during the delivery Of the lecture