The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-03-15
ANNA DICKINSON

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customary to devote some space to
minute description Of the lady's dress,
but as so many newspapers have made
such egregious blunders on this topic, .
wise precaution suggests to us that it is
not exactly the forte Of masculine pens,
so we beg to be excused for believing 1t
a custom more honored in the breach
than the observance Why the dress of
a lady lecturer should receive such
special attention. while that of gentle
men who speak in public on the stage
passes entirely unnoticed. is mystery.
If it ever becomes fashionable to CON-
ment upon the latter class, then Heaven
have pity upon Tilton, Greeley and
Train. Miss Dickinson is recognized as
at the head Of the female orators in this
country, and it is distinction for which
she certainly has some strong claims.
Her manner is much more pleasant than
it was years ago, and her powers OF lan>
guage and brilliancy of thought seems
to have increased with her earnestness.
Her voice has occasionally harshness.
but this does not appear so prominent
as she proceeds with her lecture.
Her lecture was entitled "Whited
Sepulchers," and contained SO much
information in regard to the Mormons
and Mormonism that we are tempted to
give large extracts from it. She began
by saying:
See Naples and die So runs the old
proverb. Set Salt Lake City and live
live to work, should be the new.
3 1t was at the close of lovely day in
June, last summer, she said. that she
first saw this city Of Salt Lake-this city
of the Saints; great stretch OF lovely
plain beyond an inland sea Of sapphire
rejecting sapphire sky all about it
range after range Of stately mountains.
glowing through the marvelously clear
air; masses OF purple and gold, whilst
over all, diamond bright,the eternal walls
of snow In the midst of such sur
roundings. and the fair and wonderful
things of Gods handiwork lies this
whited sepulchre. Fair indeed to the
eye, pleasant to the traveller who know
eth not that the dead are there, and
that her Inhabitants are in the depth Of
he'll. Wide, clean, cool streets and
a dashing mountain stream flowing
through broad avenues-a soil which
needs but little work to produce the
richest crops in the would; houses,
poor, adobe huts most of them, but
charming in wilderness of scenery that
surrounds them; bushes and trees Ia
de-, with flowers and heavy with fruits !;
cleanliness, order, quiet; drinking, no
doubt, yet no drinking visible, and no
licensed drinking saloons; no gambling
saloons; all outward decency preserved;
as safe for woman to walk the streets
at night as at noonday-which, doubt
less, is vastly more than can be said for
some other more reputable cities, nearer
home. Cleanliness, order, quiet-too
quiet in fact, since stagnant pool is
slower than running brook. but can
scarcely be considered more wholesome
i love the noise Of free nation said
De Gasparin. He would be blessed by
no such sounds here. Utah is the most
absolute tyranny, the most unmitigated
despotism on which the sun shines to-
day. Utah and Mormonism, said the
lecturer, is 6
BRIGHAM YOUNG.
Miss Dickinson thinks that o intelli-
gent person can go into that Territory
with eyes to see and ears to hear and
comprehension to understand, without
realizing that the magnet that holds this
people together, and the chain that binds
them fast, is this one man; this one
man, who possesses that rsrest of COM
modities-brains, and that infinitely
rarer faculty, knowledge how to use
them the head of the church, the head
of the State. absolute in power is Brig
ham Young, president and civil magis-
trate. True, some command may be
pronounced, some order given to which
his faithful followers are inclin ed to
complain. and at once Brigham Young,
seer. prophet. inspirer of the church.
has o revelation direct from Heaven,
which he announces on the next Sab
bath afternoon from his high place in
the temple, and his people not only bow
to it in submission, but accept it with
delight, though it be as was his final
revelation in the matter of CO operation
and the taking one fifth of tLeir worldly
gains each year. The territory is dis
tricted--the city also. At the head of
each Of these districts is one of his
most intelligent tools, who at the same
time has a position as civil magistrate,
judge of elections and military officer
and bishop in the church-as thorough
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