New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-10

The Hrg that the people who declare his Play to be
pers have said, beyond that. that l came to New
York to ask the verdict 81 the critics after
here 10 have the Judgment OF the critics passed upon
No; knew full well that would have no fay0IaDle
criticisms from New,York papers / knew that from
heartbreaking experience.
WALL BETWEEN HERSELF AND HER OLD AUDIENCE.
had hoped. said, when got into this town-when |
came to Newiork, New-YOrk so kind, so friend y, so
generous, ready to help ything-that the New
York public would show what thought OF my play
But the New-York papers had made wall be-
tween me and my old Ncw-YOrk audience.
found II out. They said came here
under peculiarly favorable conditions. Most Of you
know there has been trouble in the business manage
ment Of this house directly preceding my coming
Il does not o FS M ma 10 kindly nd MD
toward me- But the Monday morning before the We'd
nesday evening that the play should be rung out there
were seven pieces scenery still be pad There
was no king 10 appear There were 10000 obstacles to
On Wednesday evening when the curtain went UP
had spent % hours reheaTsng-l had spent, cannot
tell you, what slcepless hours OF aS0py came
here in very little better condition to play in this
house than was Ia mako my first bow to
win. Good friends, what could TINS weak, sick.
miserable, crushed. hcsrt-broken woman do in oppo-
reudice they had stirred against in this Piacei
IDENTIFY touched her hearers greatly ana attracted tner
sympathy DID not hgni them; God knows dld not
want 70 ht them WIS almost eFu SlcSnd ' b5E6s
taken up my work in life Ia do. put II not down until
same cause . Thai am sarse to-nglt-bscause have
swallowed 50 many tears that have stIangled me. !
went heavily through my work brcalsc my heart
dragged hands aud feet until could scarcely move
said can 20 to my own yow-Yori friends. These
papers viii not tell the truth. MI Cowpcr wrote To
The TRIBUNE and said good words ~ me and
my acting. He said good words IN opposition To my
tender critics Of TIE TRIBUNE. THE TRIBUNE, which
absolute uncqGiyuca justice. lets the letter lie
two weeks before II published II, and added the gl.ul-
Sb M riyd v,tb ,Ie iIoyycr sinre it .hnnli
DE understood that Mr. COwpcr was her business man
and that she was 20 study with him throughout the
/ MAJ never engaIed To study WIN MN.
There sucn understanding. Mr.. COwper
given absolute justice suppressed the dispatch, %
did publish il until the Boston papers appeared,
which contained tne information that such a
dispatch had bocn sent iHsscsI A. snort
time aftervard The IRIBUNE reasserted this
statement which it knew TO be- false. and when called
To deny IT, refused the ground THAI the assci on
hid been tIken from another paper. Ihc AeT- lOr;
Herald says that nave given my play title that must
shock and scandalizc ali ugCtthuklng and
long experience ard the thoughtful payerul training by
Quaker mother against the broguc and the bgotry OF
Thought ~ naming the play save Oi ITS prominent
and appropriate fitness. ! called u a Crown o.
ThornN' as might have called 1t \ Crown 81 Agony
Good friends, all I have to say has been sand N
d'Tjonted fashion. |. has ben o.. so ioH5
speech that consider TINS Only talking. not l.ctlr-
ing. but tank you all undr;t1nd ne. All ask
some of them have said. but falsely, that
they have douc-Statr the facts Of me AM my wOrH,
not simply III this town, hut elsewhere; and what
people whom | have faced many
years in New York is that they go away from here and
What the Nsw-YarE plpcr. SAY, ana then sit
IN jnd-ment On ner work, nnt IiF' Anna
and SEE it. and then if you condemn Anna Dickinson,
she has not one Noid to say.