The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-06-28
Anna Dickinson's Ringing Words.

-hiici Il HtNtic anu IIbtfittctt Illness Nnlti
brought her to the verge of the grave. the
many friends of Anna Dickinson in all parts
of the country have been made glad by the in
tcliiecnce of her eonyalcscence. For several
years her face has not been seen in New York
until The past week. The editor of The Press
apprecating the great services rendered 10 the
country and the Republican party by Miss
Dickinson, and the interest with which her
opinions OF some of the important issues of
the present time would be read by the very
large circle who have been moved and iG-
fluenccd by her oNer-poWern@ cioq,cncc il.
behalf of justice to the wrungca and oppressed,
sought and obtained her consent to an express
sion of some of her views upon subjects now
uppermo>t i'll discussion throughout the coun-
Try.
Miss Dickinson still bears traces Of her lony
illness, but retains in a remarkable degree the
freshness of complexion and youthfulness Of
feature and expression which always character
lied her The revival of her old enthusiasm
while speaking illuminated her face with its
old magnetic glow. She has lost none of her
lire force. 1t only needs the occasion and
the subject TO awaken the old tempest which
>wavcd the multitudcs who crowded 10 hear
her.
The past. present and future of the Repub-
iican party wa, the subject that most Interest,"
cd Miss iiIt tklil>Oii. She SAID:
with The Red sea before and the pursuing
Egyptians hehind Moses said to tie children
of Israel. Fear We not; stand >till the Lord
shall fight for YOU. and We shall hold your
peace
And the Lord said unto Moses: Where
fore criest thou unto ME. speak unto the child
rem Of Israel. that they 90 TOKw ARD
The Republican party was born Of Il pro-
test Of lie human conscience. Certainly it
had Il material body seeking material ends but
y moral idea was It's soul and its impclling
force. Without il in.pul>c fails and force Gibbs
idly away. What il needs to-day is a crv that
will rouse t> soul; and that once alert. the
lody will move forward fast enough to a
triumph that will mean alike prosperity and
Justice
II mean that however other parties may be
able to viii and hold power, the way to success
for this PARTY is by an aggressive fight on tie
lin" of a cen. inc-God'> truth and this worlds
eNpediency. justice for the black man being
his right and our salvation.
The negro Il dead is>ue. He is the only
really live factor III American politics TODAY.
ri, the blood sucked from his body polite
hat has given life 10 that vampire. the Dem
ocratir party. and even i, >tro,e,. in the ldy-
lntnt Of inu'iitudcS. the CHASTITY character of
that organization that has onl y lived by feed
ing on the lives of men. We of the North
learned TO know its action and to oaiic il
when it crew fat on feast of slaves. Now
hat il is groWiu. all powerful on diet of
'i'l%rn>' me rights the lbrrlles; the vital
iHsehrr OF Tree men, we say 'ti> lawful prey
ihd we nave no ri@ht To interfere with the ban
Iuet.'
III ! i 9'ou lhih@ lor people to mete out
Justice III ji>t caii>e before they are 'hagnan-
lno'i>lN generous |" AN evii one. The fashion
u the gay haS been. ana Is. to tax of the love
itasi MAJ ! slfcad between oid Toes. III at
a~i We Of the North and they OF the South are
doing what our forefathcrS dil thirty wears
@faSiih@ iiiind> across the PROSTATE body
81 lflf ht!f",ani our nrlne OF race ana lhso-
'hl "'>Hal'i oi lh' narNiN mas Drought Us 10
embrace a> nieh ana hfethreh' well he!oved
'hl hohofap'e ,hoSe Whom elsewhere and
aiincr o'her Conditions we would dcnonnce a>
""'ciS "ti iih"r"'Ict>-Iohhcrs OF the rights
81 thcir ie'toW>' aii ihurderefs 9i tie rea! life
u lhtlf government ana mothcriand.
must: oNerdrawn: No. The States of
llabama' ARKANSAS, '.cor@ih' Mississippi and
NoflE '"roiiha nave hardly 6.'ooo00 people.
>tt 'he >"''; oI ti'lf I"hSrc>H'"iiai delegation
.''-"a> c'r''rd ny i"-."o votes. Enough to
return h"iil OF lie me a dozen members of
oh-l',>' "eoI-Ia SEM Ten fil'ilhcfs 10 on
-feSS- i'tm'crat'r htehherN-;'ni lis aggregate
|otc lor These len i'enocratic members was
.o'o-lo'o'o less thAn We're cast III Que Con-
,ies>iohal district ~ the Northern State Of
hirlnSan-
"kcNef>r the case. Does any one suppose
'of IN instant that me south would submit to
na' sort ~ power welded by the North: No.
y lln "",'i'l sue ~: iia'G thf matter recliied
y liie i"l>' aI0, iai'i'S th;tl' would appeal 10
ne ~ "ltri'''"h o. liif sword.
70 no mean 'ila' ! What me Nofthmthe Re-
p"niEai' party. o"Ih' 10 20: cH. 1here i
ny use III P"til'G ti' laii'l 10 lile pioiSh>ii;ile
thd l"oklh. 'arh. ne 1nrrow Is to be run TO
ne cin. me kepublIcan party has had to
irlve IT. steel through graves and mounds of
men ana IN. "id men who are tired and say.
i.ri Us resi-. ana tHc Young fellows who say
me WORK Is zone. Lucky we who were born
Nhth 'ne huf'rh ana ne heat OF the day We're
over, nave got 10 understand. on penalty OF
ieiih that the mornings work Is not the even
h- :. and ita' yesterday Is not To-day
Have done with the foolery of so much AS
istehh@ to the answer of bloody shirt aid
de1thct l>>iies OF the war, when one cries for
u>tlre NOW.
I'VE are not talking of the repeal of the
NaE>a>- Nebraska ,il. the trrarhery of slavery.
he broken pledges of the Slave Power. the
greedy grasp AT the broad pralrics that would
rave pro>ltnted to slavery. and so to barren
lie anu hl'ieou> death the gift Of virgin soil
hat nature held for the embrace of manly men
for none Of the issues that made the Kepub-
lean party and lis fight Of 56-no. nor for the
dort"rcd returns that cave Pennsylvania to
he Democracy. and so cheated John Fremont
II the " iIIte House. and put a minority in
hower.
Nor Of the firing on sumter nor the
intchery Of four years of war, nor of the toll
and sweat and blood. the tears and prayers
md anguish. the enpiea homes. the broken
hearts. the lines left on the field. in camp. in
ho>pita. and the lives left dcsoate at home, the
leht. the burdens of all sorts that We're heaped
IN Those who Won Nor of savery'S whips
and ewes. Nor OF things done and left un-
Inn hat hay. l,,pn lla I.1 Il