, 1875-05-21
DRY ROT.
Lecture by 11tks Anna Dickinson at
EnFsvclt 1aHlls

E'nr,vcjl HAIL,
Ths lecture on "Dsy 1sot " by st'ss Ann. Dick
'oaou ~ e'"oi -. ~, Ass e,e'.us "s"asa
b meagfo AUDIENCE the lhoohhheHeab o1 tue bup-
Jcet doubtless leading many to suppoae that tho
substance of tho essay MAS apir.lcas. Tue 200 !
people present, aoyever. vers not disappointed,
H. t.s..,.. s.;,. .,.. 80 H., sa,.,,ia., ~ ~.
Wv 'eetu'o .o4"h t'es ~ ~ ~. ~ tne
masscs. ana Ill a"akeninR On tho part OF TUG m
to'lgent clats:s to tue dutloH and fospoi'toili-
government OF tic country.
Mis- r,ck;n,on add Ma ,.,,,or,,,}nu rh,r,o.
...:..,. - ".'S as ~" it,. s ..',...
'et1h"o vi our couu.t1 "u'en ese1J nmo'ican
immense e1lsns Of territory with very scanty
nop,,latlon. fr,auohter.1 Il MAS 4 Anme-
tbinu. horoyer IN WHICH ryer, Amoriean
A' e, '
TOOK PRIDE. ~ though tieso was aome apec'a.
Pc,aonsl virtue Ia It, And yet, not satisfied
With ito already euofmoua exteut, and not satts-
fed for tho futnro ID Sosses, It. the nae,ve
Amo-,c,n w., o,ro- h isorco II in y thorn,, t.
49, "Ao .s',.ss,s,. 49,. ~, Wv onsa .t;..a
10 no"hcfo 'ananhco; 10 nase ~ tne mlnes
opou 10 hare towns aud cl:1cB laid out, though
thcy can ouIy 10 neon In prospective 600 years
hc,1cs. And, not satisfied with the present OK
tent, ho IL casor to lar laula on
co, and Cuba. II a.ked why, ho
would sAy II added TO Tue etrougtt aud
glory OF tho nepublio. Did = All history
taught us, II no would but road tho leeson. thAt,
invariably IA wealth accumulated And territory
spsead n1i nusubots iucr eaued, nations aod men
decaycd, 4 nation that had reached tho point
whefo It. asked nothiug Of It's Government through
It's individual mcmbors but to b, Loft alono, to 10
already siavs, elayo to its owu we|i-heiug,
aud tho cl,aIu waited for it.
Amorlcaua thought
TUE FUTURE .. 7HE oo.x7nr
VA ~ see 10 ~ thc paas. II va gfoss ms
FREQ gift, cyen fom tue hands OF God. We can
hnyo no blessing Tor HAtch wo do not paY, Wo
would not hava Sthcrs rulo ovot US. TUG Amer
lean citizen would DO sovereign in li4 own
right. uo thanked God, after go.no fashion,
that ho was lls own u,ustcr and goyot nod him
self. Who governed Ame,ica to-<i4y? Tha
loopls No ons believed It.
IT WA GOVERNED ny POLITICIANS.
thought, Of conscience, avon men will tho
fscuitics Of uei.goyvrument, vors altogether
too busy about their owu porsouat rights mud
lutiea and interests "a mon 10 look after their
dl1liey and tesppnsibllities ~ sovoteigps, WA.re
MAS gove,nment made At Washington A.
bany, Sprpsae!d7 10 one believed ii. II vas
made III tho primary meeting. These men OF
thought aud intelligence us7e too busy 10 leave
pits, to 20 10 this place nhsrs government mas
made, and made irroyocpbly THO basis on
which republics could .ost erlurlngIy was not
sxtpuk Of poSu;atto, numbers Of popuntiou,
inEtAXSB m2t4fl4l II.
ossents, osssnco Of uhris.isnity. ths recognition
on tie osrt of eysry ona or tho brotherIood Of
smmHnty en- tho n2, siJn md the acoantnnce NJ
indiyiimsl ra.nnns,hi,i.y , On tia othcr
Altar ra;erfinr to tho i,nn1onso foroiun cmf-
grafton aud it's 3gnorauco. the negroes at lie
3nnti, md their fliterncy. ma raid thny wcra
annn s1,nrcrTs ,,frr nm c1r1zrys.
,rhn raiortv falrd tn In rnots cIt,zen.
.,mntv hsc,r;so n tboir irnnE.nco. Ti,cs
votci III and rrnnr bcca,,sn
tJ,ov ,row IN battor Til, ,onnrn,c. aho,1d IL
conetiln~ed hv liz Aueriran votnr r. waa ros
ona'sh ta ~ ..rhirnx srs wall enoro, - t,s.
.rs 1L;. y iand n .sn"rsI fntn1,1encc,
Thcrc arr fren s,bools, and NV nv tsrs.a Yon
canno, nynnrt M IN I'm nf,cr the ta1.co,cctn-
.nd enn - bn srnnts TN mnnav n.onarr ~ r",
altar H. noor man tn scs II ia scnnds ii. chis
s1rcn ~ se,nn, !" Ehc t1,onrht tlet avan nn that
uasc3exs md .trnnrost of rcasnns1seif.
nrrserya.ion|ia Void be- = eooi thinu
Of money, The great body of orimo Ii, this coun-
v hose father WAs poverty, and WboBo mothor
was Ignorance and tue records sho"ed beysn4