New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-25
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eFfIcIAl JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of NEW ORLEANS
1--WE, the People''-Anna Dickinson.
This is a special to the st. Louis Repubi

1--WE, the People''-Anna Dickinson.
This is special to the st. Louis Republi-
New York, April l9-Anna Dickinson
delivered her new speech, 1--WE, the People,"
at Cooper Institute tonight to large audi
ence. She spoke for two hours, letting many
broadsides into Grant, and taking posi-
ton squarely IN favor of the Cincinnati con-
vention. Horace Greeley introduced her to
the audience, and occupied seat on the
platform. Miss Dickinson was attired neatly
in black silk, as usual, and acclaimed with
great vig0r and animation. and winning
many rounds of applause. There was but
one hiss during the evening, and that was
when the speaker denounced the French
arms sale as violation OF international
law. The audience silenced the dissenter
by uprOars of applause, though Miss Dick
inson begged kissing to be allowed
freely as applause. She began by point
ing out the negligence Of 1--WE, the peo-
ple," in not doing enough to prevent the
growth of ignorance and crime. She as
sailed the power exerted by the primary
meeting system in its present shape, COM
bining SO much that is rascally, dangerous
and repulsiye. She wants the next .Presi-
dent not above investigation, but above
suspicion. Grants friends, she said, assure
us he does not assume to be a statesman,
but they have no need to tell us that. They
claim he alone can be elected; but if this is
the case, no party Of principle need expect
to have its principles represented, when one
man is so completely master of the situa-
ton. They assert he is the conquerOr of the
rebellion, which is an insult to million
other soldiers, and an insult to fallen heroes
in their graves. If ever final victory was
wen in spite of generals. it was our great
war Of the rebellion. Laughter and ap-
plause. When the monument is raised to
commemorate our triumph. no figure of a
man will surmOunt it, but the statue OF
nation. Great applause.
The man occupying the White House as
a soldier, with all soldiers habits OF
thought and detail of compelling blind
obedience to the power he holds of sus-
pending habeas corpus in the South in time
Of peace, is more than England would dele
gate to the Queen in time of war; One Of
the speakers Wednesday spoke of his recent
Southern journey. /, too, have just re-
turned from the South, and every man and
woman with whom / conversed there
assured me all they asked is for Northern
people to believe Southern citizens admit
that the war is over and slavery dead, and
that these corpses shall be permitted to re-
main undisturbed in their graves. [Ap-
plause.
She was present at recent administra-
ton convention in Louisville, where she re-
ceived the assurance so fashionable now-a-
days that no Office holders were present,
yet no less than seventy-six Office holders
were pointed out to her.. Grants friends
insist he must be reelected, or the security
of Republican triumphs is endangered.
This is an argument Tor continuing him in
the White House all the rest of his life.
Miss Dickinson made happy criticism
of Senator Wilson's assurances that all was
going weu, because the country was rich
and fOurishing. This was precisely the
argument of the old Northern allies of
slavery. We hear Of Grant paying the
debt, as if, every three months, lie drew his
salary, and paid a slice of debt out of his
own pocket. 1t is the people who are pay
ing the debt, and who say it shall be paid.
Secretary Boutwell, has trampled on the
law in going into the market and negOti-
ating loans without observance of legal
limitation. Fred Douglass has shown the
dangerous tendency of this administration
by advocating at New Orleans to establish
for cOlored persons certain social |
rights in the Southern States. The same |
rights are withheld just the same in the |
North. The administration party has not |
ridiculed, threatened and attempted to crush |
labor, temperance or wOman's suffrage con- |
ventions. Why should it now make such |
fierce opposition to the Cincinnati conven- |
ton! The Philadelphia convention means let |
US sldy JUST WucT6 We are, WuLc luo SluCiu-
natl convention means let us accept the war |
with its reforms and add to its beneicent |
results. The speaker paid most feeling |
and admirirg tribute to Sumner, which was |
heartily applauded and followed by signif- |
cant glances at Greeley, calling him one |
with will to work and thought to execute;
no one need tell her that the backbone OF |
the Republican party in New York was |
broken. The audience gave Greeley four or |
five rounds of wild applause, winding up |
with cheering and hat-waving. Miss Dick |
inson made deep impression on her au-
dience and carried it with her throughout. |
Her utterances were thoroughly and boldly
Liberal Republican and she handled Grant
roughly.