New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-20
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
MISS ANNA +. DICKINSON'S LECTURE AT
COOPER INSTITUTE.


THE NEED OF PEACE-A LAw-BREAK1NG sECRE-
TARY-MIsDEEDs OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
THE GRANT PARTY VERSUS REFoRM-Thb
oFFICE-uOLDERs' CLIQUE AT PHILADELPHIA
WHAT CINCINNATI MEANS.
Miss Anna L. Dickinson delivered last evening"
the Cooper Institute, before large audience,
lecture entitled I'VE the People" Horace Greeley
presided, and on taking the chair was greeted with
applause In introducing Miss Dickinson, he sald'
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: The American people are
now holding free parliament to consider their
and prospects Some say that all Is hxed an Is seteu'
there is no time now for discussion But the people IN
sjst that this time for dlscusslo auu 'V
nothinr fixed until ev shall have considered and de
hear on such Occusionsa word perhaps mistaken some
snJ earnesyon viii hear tonight have the pleasure
Of Introducing you the speaker OF the evening" MISS
Anna f. Dickinson
Miss Dickinson was greeted with applause OH
coming forward and spoke as follows;
In oden time with the Red Sea in front and he hosts
OF Egypt behind. Gods voice was heard Dlddng inc
children of Israel go forward Eternal advance-eXer-
lasting growthis the price of life TO every nation The
life Of nations is like the me OF h S ond TO
@SSs her for work s1y must nations
Has this nation so aetedi Has It not rather acseI te
in advance Of their time that could afford to stand
STILL that they had put by such great stores OF S 20
spend and add thereto and yet cause no nankucyi
Compare the work fathers did for tneI tIne Wan
by the comparison. -Four millions OF people
who we're Tired ro@ the respcnbty Of brues to the
responsibility of kings. We the people, say we ara IL,
and take comfort and honor to ourselves Tor so DONG;
bmf there is no one knows not full wen that the shaces
would have been stricken from tue manu- OF Uc saw
had we needed that hand TO carry ayone' III our
After speaking Of the war and its results the speaker
continued: Now that the is ended we are conhr-
inc its methods i'm times of peace. IL is not strange
bad Tick Is soon learned and perssenty repeated IA
time as often that which beautiful and admirable.
Arc the means and methods which were good LOT war 10
we needed strong central P0TIer' nay dnS
we upheld and maintained IT, an 1i,r 1 "a cop
once leaned upon central power we are Hheiy 10 con-
tnue that method ThisPeople having IaStu IEu5
t arr. ,p1scd TO say Let have peace"
We are like people who having weaheIeu sOnle arr, IRE
and the clouds passed away, are disposed TO
lie down the deck and sleep Ihey, say fS,
settles down over and about them like mantle Ana
my friends, what is true III nature Is rs lhcy
10 be true in nation. There are more shpWIecks
from the fogs than the winds there are more sp"Iecks
when people think they are sac ana seCT Wan fcs
they battling against wind ana lde ana IL" tlc @
since the means employed during the Sro, war
ii 10 a successful close worthy of al trust ana
honor therefore the methods of war must De go@a III
tire of peace and the men VINO rneG s s[ oI ~,
must the best to Oe iDtrusted Win the UoNrh
en i'm time of peace and that TO examine the record OF
these in time Of war, to see whether they are Ine
10 govern i'll time Of peace Is 10 cohueInn Inc Wal
W. bat had our war. during which had sus
pension certain laws and the enforcement OF la
r Good many wears ago and yet the President
the United States to-day granted the power OF sos
pending one-haf of this great country the almost
divine night Of habcas corpus whensoeNer IN ms own PR
Vafe and Individual opinion the public good may require
g. O%r to-day is granted rght in time OF peace
that England would not tolerate in Ine hduus oi tnC
Queen in time of war (Appausel We have had our
rauers filled with accounts Of investigations and OF
fupcs that have not been investigated lie SECRETARY
of the Treasury coming Of the treasury with loa
comes face to face with law that BLOCKS Ms PatHNy
and what does he do GO round II NO; Ash Tue t.
Die TO change itl No; he tramples 1t nnder 1oot,
ignores II And the party in power by strict party VOe
IN Congress- declares that he has done no wrong
more men lad been brought trial and punished during
this Administration than under any other AIiainS "a
ton and that proved how good ana adnlTaoe TINS Au
minstTatUnis Gen Bartlett siid Coou nIns te
dav whenhe said that an Administration
should be not above Investigation put IdteI aoose
pcion There be question that there are certain
laws ~ our country at large that sorely need inyes
gazing and rlghting How shall we night them ihere
Tcht them And how is this rightng to be donei The
questions on which the war MdS iouSIt
Srsires to lift it on to its feet again
Having fought fight far We to fold our arms
let US Keep what the war has done" But Cincinnati
says, Enough has not been done et us Keep what
those going to Philadelphia, so cay we; we say
fhey mean III To say a thing and to mean it are two
entirely different matters Let the formation OF TINS Con
tn ali things is what the people desire, and how they
gong get itl They are gong 10 gel al fladclpna
f0nyTho obc sT When the State Convention met
tsere Not one ofiice holder in It," Mr.. Wilson would
that there were 70 ofcehoders in that same Convention
We had nominating Convention at HaIIlsourg the
other day, and MI. Forney says the elements Whlch
compose it were disgrace even 10 the political
workings and machinery of Pennsylvania, llaugnterj
and of politics IN pennsylvania G1A Hio% t any
thing can Ice said worse than that MI wilson SAID on
u 1is foos5 and absurd. aud not worthy Of
a moments consideration 20 say that IL IS the once
holders who are interested IN Ine % m ooo anu Us
action that 1t Is absurd to suppose that @Wp once,
holders should govern party OF 100000 people and
set K Kcntu %SO4 on7entons are but part Of
the system which is rotten through and through
illustrations Of how he great body of the people
are letting their rights slip away and be dragged out TO
destruction no wreck yet returned Let the pro-
posed Convention answer. For what Is 1t clledt II Is
that action an opposition 70 all efforts toward civil Ser
Wee reform for the two thinG are e9 Last
ofice-holders' says MI Wilson can do very little
harm oneh@ Of them sg are Ir many AMY
yet when Mr.. Wilson says it is not likely
are gong 70 run he
what DESIRES he has 40 ofceseekers who are dsa-
Of followers ' 1t hss been a disGracciul spec
faole to see Washington. and the White House
n sf ne veTy dsy the President takes his Now does
Philadelphia propose to destroy ths Hot az an ,a
way Of temptation in this case President VINO WIN use
the enormous power Of the Government 10 atan wnat
he desires when he enters the list OF competitors 1or re-
eIectiOnl No. .
What are the men who 60 70 this Conventions Is IL
true looking them in their record, that one can be-
Ieve that they thoroughly honest IN their demand
for reform in government and poitcsf You have one
from NewYork You write your own record concern
ing HIM have from Pennsylvania. His party wrote
against him in the Congress OF the United states
m 1850 the verdict "common thief" and, far as /
know the verdict correct Ii Is such men as one we
will say from the North West who condemn as traitor
O. the principles OF his party Mr. Sumner who stood as
martyr for his principles in time past and who Will be
q martyr IN all time 10 come.
II Useless 10 enumerate the men who stand on the
other side for the people know their record What,
then are the methods they use Time was when cat
could look a KING, but in this dav the American man
woman who would dare TO Lift his eye To tho
White House 10 investigate accuse Is
bran as traitor party and country
ake: 80 that can any say that these who go