The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-11

Lecture nj the Cooper Institute 0D .'Breakers
Ahead."
A lecture delivered last evening AT the Cooper
Institute by h,ss Anna Diclenson Breakers Ahead -
The bah about half hled the female portion Of
the audience strongly preponderating.
After abiding 10 the present unsettled condi-
ton Of the country, and 10 the pro-slavsry
spirit, which she stated had brought ON the
recent war Miss Dickepsen said that this
same devil OF tyranny which had fed given time
10 grow strong caused wounds which would take
long time 10 heal. What me actual condition OF
affairs South to-day Discomfort ignorance dlsness
which the law formerly made for white neccss ~
misery and Thousand other evils. Nothing could
change This condition Of things hut Justice administered
TO white and black, poor and rich, alike Haif the
whites were skill rs much rebels they were
three years ago. One or the msrvc,s Of the
age was shat the very who brought the had
now the audacy 10 urge the possession OF rights which
by armed rebellion they had thousand times forfeited
these oasht =. once - be deprived OF all political
Tue same uneroken iron. that 1t did during the II
Scnth understood THAI the North was s In earnest
they would al once cease all active opposition. She
Of tbs m9rs conservative Ok the republican party 10 be-
l.eye, Nc Seward once said 70 delegation, that the
eue for liberty had already been fought and wop and
thai The oaiy thing now reaaning to be- accomplished
the firm establishment Of the Union. Bal the inter-
Of freedom still in peril. Ass Dickinson pro-
cesded say that the true interests OF the republican
party would be sacrificed il did not come oit boldly
and declare al orce for absolute equality OF civil and
political rights among all American ctizons regardless
Of race or color. II the party did not do this the
time wopld speedily come when It's sole sup
port prop ard STAY would be -, broken ,,,, mic
party must take as It's motto ami adopt IS It's watch
word "anivorss and impartial suffrage and win, or !;
must rapid,alc IT and die. And reputation Was ss
easily accomplished by silence BY any noisy words.
u might no granted perhaps that party like the sun,
sne i'm, returned and the eclipse did not degenerate
into night II might be granted that The republican
parry lad the right 70 stand st TO pause, TO consider
before IL went upon new ground but when party
that or any any great contest denied the power
which created l. aud ropudated the spirit which made
it, tai party dying at the core and from the roots
aud sepnichre woad await II. Very faint appiau
Mss Dicseus,n then read number Of extracta from
Southern and conservative papers, cxultiDg over
To gay thai the trns course Tor the party
TO adopt 10 follow the example OF Dir Lincoln and,
standing seadtast In the dag Of desea. and disaster,
work steadily 10 success not by fcnrdiang, bnt ny
rcacrt NJ in louder the principles Of eternal truth
mud justice had been said by some that the rcpun-
liean party could ouy triumph liic next election
by selecting candidate who could he elected
was also clearly stated that The ouiy man
OF popularity sufficient to nsars victory was
Genera. Grant, Tho sphinx, IN behalf Or whom
favnr .i,s, 10 not given 70 lho
repnncan party. Bui. Car shc could discover, tho
only quail ncaton heycnd this negative virtue Of not
being man % h ~ sps ss Sy
Grant, was .be hat he and had been soldier.
what would the triumph OF the party DO worth
| IL it trirpiphed "a tais way only bv eIectiDs a
| man standing such platform as this
| She did not intend or wish 10 bring
anv change AGAINST General Giant would take wiser
h:ans than discover what couid DC urged ethics
Tor os against bm except that ne hsd been soldier
Hut 81 II IL would certainly curious victory scr The
republican party win IN the coming conte: II only
4 succeeded by running as candidate Inaa who had
expressed openly his sympathy ~ ihe grea, prn-
sspes which il embodied and which had lifted Is Into
power. Again the time had como when, IN al he weak
knccd and conservative PAPERS cry Was ra'sci Tor com
promise Fat the party alter bearing the he and bar
den Of the dry, would never consent 10 rcnluIshins
thus the psincncs Tor which they had struggled so Tong
No; il would hight rs fight vaiantly 10 the cnd. Mis-
Dickinson concluded by remarkiug that might seeIf
strange that she. udlv dual whom the iag ranked
paupcrs criminals aod idiots should desire thus
earnestly the of any poica organization. Sht
desired ", however because that party nnmbegod in III
midst The greatest the wmest, the nost humane sou
| tho age afforded. because its name synSnymoul
with tho rcpublie because II stood with -four millions
OF broken letters and chains and scourts, en,blems
despo:sm under its feet and bccauee II clofied in tn
three hundred thousand heroic dead who dod that
Hheriy might live