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Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 04, no. 19 (March 23, 1872)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-1941
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1872-03-23
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: Q \ PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHTIUNTRAMMELED LI‘§7ESl BRLAKING THE WA Y FOR FUTURE GENERA A Vol. 4.-—No. 19.'—~Whole N0. 97. . NEW YORK, MARCH 23,1872. E 2 TIONS. ‘JOHN J. cisco dz son, BANKERS, No. 59 Wall Street, New York. Gold and Currency received on deposit, subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rate of Four per Cent. per annum, credited at the end of each month. AELL CHECKS DRAWN ON US PASS THROUGH THE CLEARING-HOUSE, AND ARE RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT BY ALL THE CITY BANKS. Certiﬁcates ef Deposit issued, payable‘ on demand, bearing Four per Cent. interest. A Loans negotiated. , Orders promptly executed for the Purchase and Sale of Governments, Gold, Stocks and Bonds on commission. * Collections made on all parts 01 the United States and Canadas. 73-85. THE LOANERS’ BANK on THE CITY on NEW YORK (ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CHAR’l‘ER,) “ Continental Life ” Building, 22 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. CAPL -PAL .............................. . . . . . $500,000 Subje...
Show moreQ \ PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHTIUNTRAMMELED LI‘§7ESl BRLAKING THE WA Y FOR FUTURE GENERA A Vol. 4.-—No. 19.'—~Whole N0. 97. . NEW YORK, MARCH 23,1872. E 2 TIONS. ‘JOHN J. cisco dz son, BANKERS, No. 59 Wall Street, New York. Gold and Currency received on deposit, subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rate of Four per Cent. per annum, credited at the end of each month. AELL CHECKS DRAWN ON US PASS THROUGH THE CLEARING-HOUSE, AND ARE RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT BY ALL THE CITY BANKS. Certiﬁcates ef Deposit issued, payable‘ on demand, bearing Four per Cent. interest. A Loans negotiated. , Orders promptly executed for the Purchase and Sale of Governments, Gold, Stocks and Bonds on commission. * Collections made on all parts 01 the United States and Canadas. 73-85. THE LOANERS’ BANK on THE CITY on NEW YORK (ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CHAR’l‘ER,) “ Continental Life ” Building, 22 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. CAPL -PAL .............................. . . . . . $500,000 Subject to increase to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,00,000 This Bank negotiates LOANS. makes COLLEC- TIONS, advances on SECURITIES. and receives DEPOSITS. Accounts of Bankers, Manufacturers and Merchants will receive special attention. E‘ FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST paid on (CURRENT BALANCES, and liberal facilities offered to our CUSTOMERS. DORR RUSSELL, President. A. F. WILLMARTH, Vice-President. HARVET FISK. I OFFICE OF FISK & HATCH. BANKnRs A. S. HATCH. nu) DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, No. 5 Nassau srnnnr, N. Y., Opposite 17.8. Sub-Treasury. -3-. We receive the accounts of Banks, Bank- ers, Corporations and others, subject to check at sight, and allow interest on bal-ances. We make special arrangements for interest on deposits of speciﬁc sums for ﬁxed periods. We make collections on all points in the United States and Canada, and issue Certiﬁ- cates of Deposit available in all parts of the Union. We buy and sell, at current rates, all classes of Government Securities, and the Bonds oi the Central Paciﬁc Railroad Company; also, Gold and Silver Coin and Gold Coupons. We buy and sell, at the Stock Exchange, miscellaneous Stocks and Bonds, on commis- sion, for cash. Communications and inquiries by mail or telegraph, will receive careful attention. FISK dc HATCH. 76¢-88. RAILROAD IRON, FOR SALE ‘BY _ 9 S. W HOPKINS 8: CO., 71 BROADWAY. CALDWELL & 00.. BANKERS, ” 2'7 'W'.all St... New York. Order for Purchase and Sale of United States Securities, Stocks, Bonds and Ameri- can Gold promptly executed at the usual commission. . ~ , Collections p1-omptly made in all parts of the. United States and Canada. W’ Interest, 4 per cent, allowed on de- posits, subject to sight draft. '18 to 103. ' NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK. THE FREEDMANS SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY. (Chartered by the Government‘ 01 the United States.) ’ DEPOSITS OVER $3,000,009. 185 BLEEOKER STREET, NEW YORK. SIX PER CENT. interest commences ﬂrst of each month. Four per cent. allowed from date of each deposit for full number of days, not less than thirty, on sums of $150 and upward, Withdrawn before January. DEPOSIT CERTIFICATES, as safe as Registered Bonds, and promptly available in any part of ‘the United States, issued, payable on demand, with in terest due. ‘ Accounts strictly private and conﬁdential. A ‘Deposits payable on demand, with interest ‘due. Interest on accounts of certiﬁcates paid by check to depositors residing out of the city if desired. Send for Circular. Open daily from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., and MONDAYS and SATURDAYS from 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. , NEW ‘rental SAVINGS, BANK, Eighth AVB..'cn1‘. Pnnrteenih SI. SIX run cnrrr. mrnnnsr allowed on all sums from~$5 to $5,000. Deposits made on or before August 1 will draw interest from August 1. Assets, $2,473,303 05. Surplus, $200,272 95. LOOKWOOD as 00.. BANKERS, No. 94 Broadway, TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS, . /- - ‘I Includmg the purchase and sale on commission or GOVERNMENT AND RAILWAY BONDS, AND OTHER SECURITIES. < STOCKS E. C. J’. OSBORN. ADDISON CAMMACK. OSBORN &'CAMMACK, BANKERS, No. 34 BROAD STREET. STOCKS, STATE BONDS, GOLD AND FEDERAL SECURITIES, bought and sold on Commission. \ Whether youwygitséhtcto Buy or Bell Road CHARLES W. HASSLE{, C-LS. N0. 7 WALL STREET, New York. — 6%-74 Bantu House of HENRY ULBWSX no, 32 Wall Street, N. Y. Circular Notes and Letters ‘of Credit for travelers; also Commercial Credits issued available throughout the world. V Bills of Exchange on the Imperial Bank of London, National Bank of Scotland, Provincial Bank of Ire- land, and all their branches. ' Telegraphic Transfers of money on ‘Europe, San Francisco and the West Indies. Deposit accounts received in" either Currency or Coin, subject to check at sight, which pass through -the Clearing House as if drawn upon any city bank; interest allowed on all daily balances; Certiﬁcates of A Deposit issued bearing interest at current rate; Notes and Drafts collected. State, City and Railroad Loans negotiated. CLEWS, HABICHT 85 00., 11 0ld‘Broad St., London. WOOBHULL, CLAFLIN & 00., Bankers and Brokers, O NO. 44 BROAD STREET, New York. _ A TANNER & ca, BANKERS, No. 11 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, DEABERS IN - STOCKS, BONDS, eon) AND EXCHANGE. ORDERS EXECUTED AT THE STOCK AND GOLD EXCHANGES. Inrnnnsr ALLOWED on Dnr-osrrs SUBJECT TO Cnnox AT Srerrr. Buy and sell at current market rates, the FIRST MORTGAGE EIGHT (8) PER PER CENT. GOLD BONDS Of the ST. JOSEPH AND DENVER CITY RAILROAD COMPANY. / Interest, payable August and February, in New York, London, or Frankfort-on-the-Main, free of United States taxes. Present market quotations, 977/3 a 98%c. and interest. . TANNER 85 CO., No. 11 WALL srmunm. 56 1 A PRICE FIVE CENTS. L MAXWELL & 00., , Bankers and Brokers. . I N... 11. BROAD. STREET, Nswl Yank. , ilnmmr ALLEN‘, . I BARTONA ALLEN,: , RAH K ER 3 A N D »B«R0sKE’RS‘, " ‘ No.” 40 BROAD srnanr. Steaks, Bonds and Gold bought? and sold on com‘ s . ‘ A LF-IRSOT-,CLAS,S Nswitvost srumrrv A L‘ A AT ALUW‘ rr.}rcn.l A sAM’L BARTON. —-3-—_an. The Undersigned oifér for sale the First Mortgage Seven Per Cent. Gold Bonds of the Syracuse and Che- nango Valley Railroad, at 95' and accrued interest. This road runs from the City: of Syracuse to Smlth’s Valley, wherepit unites with the New York Midland Railroad, thus connecting that city by. a direct line of road with the metropolis. I . Its length is 42 miles, its cost about $40,000 per mile, andit is mortgaged‘ for less than $12,000 per mile; the balance of the funds reiiuir-ed for its con- struction having been raised by subscription to the capital stock. ' _ 7 The road approaches completion. It traverses a. populous and fertile district of the State, which in- sures it a paying business, and it is under the con: trol of gentlemen of high character and ability. Its bonds possess all the requisites of an inviting invest- ment. They are amply secured by a mortgage for less than one-third the value of the property. They pay seven per cent. gold interest, and are offered ﬁve per cent. below par. The undersigned conﬁdently recom- mend them to all class of investors. GEORGE ornizran & Co., No. 25 NASSAU STREET. mums, ssrauu a tu eANunnsu No. 11 Nassau Street, ‘issue CIRCULAR NOTES and LETTERS or cannrr for TRAVELERS in EUROPE, and available in all the PRINCIPAL CITIES, also for use in the UNITED STATES, WEST LNDIES. Also, TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFERS to LONDON, PARIS and CALIFORNIA. G. EBBINGEOUSEN. G. A. WIDMAYER. J. BAUMAN. s A FL; s. 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Gold Bonds ._.OF‘ THE iéidhlsﬁﬁhh VALLEY RAELWAY COMPANY ARE OFFERED FOR SALE AT 90 AND ACCRUE INTEREST I§YCURRENCY, menu a .or.anrr, Financial Agents, NO. 141 BROADWALT, . AND A ERASTEES F. Mm BANKER, Cor. Twenty-ﬁfth Street and Third Avenue. By exchanvingll. S. Bonds for the Bondsof the WALLKIILLQVALLEY RAILWAY oourunr, you jnclease your Income over 40 Per cent., and your Principal about 25 Per Cent., and ‘get a’ security EQUALLY safe- THE LAW O3; MARRIAGE, lEXHAUS'l‘IVE ARGUMENT AGAINS'l,‘ MARRIAGE LEGISLATION, ray c. s. James, Author of “Manualof Transcendental Philosophy.” For Sale by the Author, post paid, for 25c. Address Alma, Wis. 75 fTHE ’LEES” tnorsntuss,‘ LINK-MOTION, Loox—sTI-Ton \,- Sewing Mac inc Challenges the world in perfection of work, strength and beauty of stitch, durability of construction and rapidity of motion. Call and examine. Send for circular. Agents wanted. ‘ MANUFACTURED BY 'B|.EE?S ‘SEWING P$dABH‘!1ﬁ1E ED” one nnohnwhv, New York. JUST ISSUED! 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DIVIDEND. —A semi-annual dividend at the rateof six per cent. per ‘annum, on all sums of $5fand up- ward which have been on deposit for §one~or_°mor,e "months next previous to July 1, will be -paid ‘on and after J uly‘ 21, 1871. . '_ . _ TEREST not'c°_a1ledfEfor will remainvas principal, and draWV_int;cgest_from Jply 1. _ 4, , ' BANK -"OPEN daily from 10 to 3; also iMon‘da’y and Saturday evenings, from 4% to 6% o’clock. -Interest commences on the 1st of every month following the CHARLES K. GRAHAM, President. G. H. B2NumoT. Secretary. . A ‘REMNRKABLE woux BY S ROBERT DALE owmv. J ust published, THE DEBATABLE LAND BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT. By Robert Dale Owen. Author of “Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World,” etc. Alarge handsome volume, "beautifully printed and bound. Price $2. . CONTENTS. ..Prefatory Address to the Protestant Clergy. Book I. Touching communication of religious knowled e to man. Book . Some characteristics of the Phenomena. Book III. 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It inquires whether re igion is a progressive science. _ It contrasts Calvinism, Lu- theranism, Paulism, with Christianity. Inspiration it regards as not infallible, yet an inestimable gift of God and the origin of all religions—a gift for all ages, not conﬁned to one century nor to one chu ch; a gift pre-eminently appearing in the Author of our re- on. glint the main object of the book is to ajford conclu- sive proo , aside from historical, evidence, of immor- tality. t shows that we of to-day have the same evi- dence ou that subject as the Apostles had. More than half the volume consists of narrativesin proof of this—narratives that will seem marvelous-incred ible, at first sight, to many-—-yet which are sustained by evidence as strong as that which daily determines, in our courts of law, the life and death of men. This book aﬂirms that the strongest of all historical evidences for modern ,Spiritua'.lism are found in the Gospels, and that the strongest of all proof going to substantiate the Gospel narratives are found in the ghenomena of Spiritualism, rationally interpreted: - hristianity, freed from alien creeds, sustaining Spiritualism; and enlightened Spiritualism sustain- ing Christianity. Finally, the author gives his conception of the foundation motive of Chmstiau morality and'Spi1'itual progress, as set forth by Christ himself. It is a book eminently suited to an era like the present, when the debatable land of morals and re- ligion is freely explored, and when men are disposed to prove all things ere they hold fast tothat which is good. G. W. CARLETON& C0,, Publishers, Madison Square, New York. A BEAUTIFUL SET OF TEETH, With plumpers to set out the cheeks and restore the face to its natural appearance. 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The entertainment will consist of music, speeches and dancing, and was arranged by the French Section No. 2, and the proceeds will be devoted to the benefit of an International paper in the French language. Let everybody who favors the great human- itarian principles of this great society, which is rapidly spread- ing all over the world, give their support to this Banquet. T ckets, $1.00. , T —-—-———«-o-«---——— THE INTERNATIONAL. It ought to be known that this association is not secret——it does not aspire to the honor of being a conspiracy. Its meet- ings are held in public; they are open to all comers, though only members are permitted to speak (unless by special invitation), and none but members are allowed to vote. The several sections in this city and vicinity meet as follows: Section 1 (German).—Sunday, 8 P. M., at the Tenth Ward Hotel, corner of Broome and Forsyth streets. Section 2 (French).—-Sunday, 9:30 A. M., at No. 100 Prince street. Section 6 (German).-‘Thursday, 8 P. M., at No. 10 Stanton street. Section 8 (German)-—Sunday, 3 P. M., at No. 53 Union avenue, Williamsburgh, L. I. ‘ ‘ Section 9 (American’).——-Wednesday, 8 P. M., at No 35 East Twenty-seventh street. Section 10 (French).——Meets every Thursday at the N. W. corner of Fortieth street and Park avenue, at 8 P. M. Section 11 (German).—Th‘.u1'sday, 8 P. M., West Thirty- ninth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, ‘at Hessel’s. Section 12 (American)-The second and fourth Sunday in each month, 8 P. M., at No. 15 E. 38th street. _ Section 13 (German)-Every Friday, at 805 Third avenue. Section 22 (French)-—The second and fourth Friday in each month, 8 P. M., at Constants, 68 Grand street. ’ Section 35 ®E‘ﬁglish).—Meets every Friday evening at Myers’, 129 Spring street, at 8 o’cl0ck. ‘ \ INTERNATIONAL WORKINGMEN’S ASSOCIATION. All persons desiring to become members of, or to form sections, and trades unions or societies Wishing to affiliate with the In- ternational Workingmen’s Association, can procure all the necessary information and documents by addressing the regu- lar oﬂicers of the Federal Council of North America, as fol- lows : I J I p T T ‘ English Corresponding Secretary, John T. Elliot, 208 Fifth street, New York. , j i A German Corresponding Secretary, Edward Grosse, 214. Mad- ison street, New ork. _ A , _ . . \ French Correspondi'ng'Secretary, B. Laugrand, 335 Fourth avenue, New York. ‘ Spanish Corresponding Secretary, Majin Janer, "112 Lexing- ton avenue, Brooklyn. . _ _ . . . . . . .. Italian Corres ondingx ‘Secretary, Antonio" Brumi, 621 East Twelfth street, ow Yor . INTERNATIONAL WORKING MEN’S ASSOCIATION. ‘[§.+‘rom London Eastern Post} The General Council of the International Working Mens’ Association held its usual weekly meeting on Tuesday evening last, at the Council Rooms,,256 High Holborn, W. C.,_ Citizen Serraillier, late member of the Commune of Paris, inthefchair. Citizen Marx called attention to the fact,’ that two men who had been active members of the International in France, had become Bonapartist age’nts,.and were now trying’ to create ’a movement in favor of Bonaparte amongst the workmen of ‘ France. In furtherance of this object they had published a pamphlet in Brussels with_the title of L’Empt're~ ct lot France Nouvelle——(The Empire and New France)——in which they tried to prove that a Bonapartist restoration would be the best thing possible for the working classes, and that the Empire, and that 0 only could save France. The names of the men Albert. Rich-. ard and Gaspard Blane were appended to the pamphlets so I that there could not be any mistake. They had belonged to that party who had always preached abstention from politics, and that abstention had produced its fruits in making them Imperialists. The same ideas were inﬂuencing others too, for the Bonapartist reaction was rapidly extending, and unless the [workmen roused themselves from their present lethargy they would ﬁnd themselves for the second time under the rule of this “Man of December.” He should have moved the expul- sion of the two he had mentioned only they themselves de- clared that they no longer belonged to the International. It was announced that large batches of Refugees were being landed in England without any means of subsistence, and a committee was appointed to devise means to relieve them; in the meantime money was voted to alleviate their present ne- cessities. A The rules of a new French section, Federaliste de Retraite, were laid before the Council for approval, and were referred to a committee to report upon, in accordance with the standing orders of the Council. A letter from America was read, asking what English Re- publican leader was intimate with Prince Napoleon, commonly called plon plon. A cutting from the New York World was en- closed, in which was described an interview with the Prince. The reporter stated that he was accompanied by one of the Republican leaders of England. Hence the desire to know what Republican was fond of the favor of any prince, even though he might only be a Bonaparte, a ﬁrst cousin to the author of the coup d’etat, and one of the ﬁrst to skedaddle when he found the tide of war turning against France. Citizen McDonnel announced the formation of an Irish branch in Soho, on Sunday evening, and stated that it was proposed to start another in Marylebone. The movement was taking root in Ireland. Q4 ST. LUKE’S BRANCH. On Thursday the members of this branch met at their branch, 27 President street, to elect ofﬁcers for the ensuing term. Letters were read from absent friends, among others, from G. Bennett, an active member of . this branch, who sent 10s. to theirifunds, and hoped soon to be in a position . to an- nounce the formation of a branch in Wood Green, despite the many diﬁiculties he has to encounter. Much dissatisfaction was expressed that Maltman Barry was still received by the Association in the face of his expulsion by the British Federal Council, to which they respectfully drew the attention of the London branches. R. Foster, Secretary. ——London Eastern Post. ’—::—— INTERNATIONAL WORKING MEN’S ASSOCIATION. [From London Eastern Post] The General Council of the International Working Men’s Association held its usual weekly meeting on Tuesday last, at the Council Rooms, 256, High Holborn, W. C., Citizen Ser- raillier, late member of the Commune of Paris, in the chair. Dr. Marx reported that an International combination of man- ufacturers had been projected in Berlin. In. its articles it de- clared that “one of its principal functions shall be to spy into the acts of the International Working Men’s Assosiation, and give reports thereon to the Government. To act upon hints given by the Government relative to the said Association, and to execute all measures which the Government may oﬂicially demand. The organ of the Berlin Bourse, in commenting up- on it,'said “the success of the movement is impossible, no As- sociation which thus declares itself a police agency will ever obtain the conﬁdence of the manufacturers, and the opposition of the working class is a certainty.” , The Secretary for Italy reported that the movement was spreading in that country; new section had just formed in Milan and had forwarded its rules for approval. Being in accordance with the General Statutes they were conﬁrmed. Citizen Engels reported that the whole attention of the 1nem— bers of the Association in Spain was occupied with the Govern- ment measures to put down the International. Senor Sagasta, the new Prime Minister, had sent a circular to governors of prov- inces, informing them that while the rights of public meeting and of free speech were to be maintained inviolate in general cases, they were not to be allowed in the case of the Internation- al, as it was an Association antagonistic to all law and Govern- ment. The members of the Association had a perfect right to hold their theories but not to express them. For the members to express them would be equivalent to the commencement of a revolution. The first action of the sections in Madrid was to at‘ once summons 3. public meeting to decide ..upon the course of action to be taken in the matter. Though there could be no mistake as to the intention of the Government in the matter, no action had been taken’ yet. That though,. might be owing to the dissolution of the Cortes. That, dissolution was considered by the Radicals, as. a coup d’cta.t, and a general impressiion prevailed that the people would not proceed to the election, but that blows would ensue. The International is considering what action it shall take under the circumstances, for though it has made it a practice to abstain from politics hitherto, it ﬁnds itself compelled to act politically as well as socially. In fact, it thoroughly recognizes the principle laid down in the conference resolutions, that the Political and Social questions are indissoluble. g ' _ _A new section had been formed of comniercial. clerks in Barcelona; the members wished to be put in communication with other sections composed of commercial clerks, with a View to united action. Citizen Frankel announcedzthat the last numbercofvthei Vollcswille had been seized, on account of I an article in from the pen of Louise Miche1',[th‘e communist. The-‘feditdr, Neu- mjayer,.'had..been aIrested,.uP9a, a.zcl1erge»» of high ».t;rea;son..s..and ' owing-,tQ.theA_p£31fSﬁ<311tiQI1S-318.received, »he.,had .-become insane. Itwas announced that the movement was continuing, to pro- gress iniFrance. new section had been formediinl a where no branch had previously existed. A federal committee ' in the south of Wales had declared its entire concurrence in the‘ resolutions of the conference, especially to that relative to the union of political and social ‘action. - * _ The Secretary reported that he had received a letter from Australia, asking for information, with a view to the starting of b’ran'ch'es in the Antipodes. ' , Another letter was also received from the Taunton 'Repuh- lican Club giving in its unqualiﬁed adherence to the principles of the International. S A ————-————<s>~%—~w=-- THE Acausgiiun. THE HANDS. BY DUGANNE. “ The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof," Says God’s most holy word; The water hath ﬁsh, and the land hath ﬂesh, And the air hath many a bird; , ' And the soil is teeming o'er the earth, And the earth hath numberless lands; Yet minions of hands want acres, While millions of acres want hands. Sunlight and breeze, and gladsome ﬂowers, -Are’ o’er the earth spread wide, And the good God gave these gifts to men, Tomen who on earth abide ; Yet thousands are toiling in poisonous gloom‘ And shackled with iron bands; While millions of hands wants acres, And minions of acres want hands. Never a. rod hath the poor man here, To plant with a grain of corn-- ‘ . . And never a plant where his child may cull Fresh ﬂowers in the dewy morn; The soil lies fallow, the woods grow rank, Yet idle the poor man stands! Ah! millions of hands wants acres, And minions of acres want hands. "I‘is writ that “ we should not muzzle the ox That treadeth out the corn 1” Yet, behold, ye shackle the p‘oor1man’s limbs That have all earth’s burdens borne. The land is the gift of a bounteous God, And to labor his word commands; Yet millions of hands want acres, And millions of acres want hands. Who hath ordained that the few should hoard Their millions of useless gold ? ‘ And rob the earth of its fruits and ﬂowers, . While proﬂtless soil they hold '2 Who. hath ordained that a parchment scroll Shall fence round miles of lands, When. millions of hands want acres, And mi11ions_of acres want hands? ’Tis a glaring lie on the face of day, This robbery of men’s rights! , "Tie a. lie that the word of the Lord disowns, ’Tis a curse that burns and blightsl And ’t will burn and blight, till the people rise, . And swear, while they burst their brands, That the hands shall henceforth, have acres, , And the acres henceforth have hands. ' —————————¢-o-¢»—————- HUMAN WELL—BEING. ART. 2.-——-SOCIETARY Homocmurv.’ In each harmonic stage of societary development all the presiding principles harmonize with thepresiding aspiration, and any principle that does not harmonize with the presiding aspiration of any harmonic stage cannot dominate in it. The aspiration for individual pre-eminence, presides in ‘the ﬁr-st harmonic stage. , , The despotic principle of compact, the compulsory principle of dispensation, the arbitrary principle of rule, the dictatorial principle of commerce, the patriarchical principle of familism, the chattel principle of service, the authority principle of re- hgion, and the obedience principle of morality—all harmonize with the aspiration for individual pre-eminence, and, therefore, in, the first harmcnic stage they are the codominating prin- ciples, and by their domination all the principles and aspira- tions of the second, third, and fourth stages are rendered har- monious as conserving coadjutants. The republican principleof compact, the compensative prin- ciple of dispensation, the representative principle of rule, the comparative principle of commerce, the industrial principle of familism, thecomputative principle of service, the agreement principle of religion, and the honesty principle of morality, all harmonize with the aspiration for individual rights and therefore in the second harmonic stage they are the co- dominating principles; and by their co-domination all the prin- ciples and aspirations of the ﬁrst, third and fourth stages are rendered harmonious in the second as conserving coadjutants. The democratic principle of compact, the co—operative prin- ciple of dispensation, the majority principle of rule, the joint stock principle of commerce, the insurive principle of famil- ism, the attractive principle of service, the popularity princi- ple of religion, and the impartiality principle of morality, all harmonize with the aspiration for equal investments; and thereforein the third harmonic stage they are the co-dcmina- ting principles; and by their domination all the principles and aspirations of the ﬁrst, second, and fourth stages are rendered harmonious in the third, as conserving coadjutants. The fraternal principles of compact, the communistic prin- ciple of dispensation, the constitutional principle of rule, the free principle of commerce, the universal principle of fam- ilism, the voluntary principle of service, the goodness prin- ciple of religion, and the righteousness principle of morality, all harmonize with the aspiration for equal beneﬁts; and _there- ‘ fore, in the fourth harmonic stage, they are the codominating principles; and by their domination all the principles of the ﬁrst, second and third stages, are rendered harmonious in the fourth as conserving coadjutants. These principles in the order stated comprise all the possi- ble generic principles of the societary world, in the only pos- sible order-ofzactualization, and this order, these principles, “9«_Sp'irasti0_ns;a_n_d developments of the societary world are as cer-. tain as_.the__orde;r_. of the unioldments of the stellar, the planet, the zoo cal: and the societary worlds. _ each-iharmonic stage there is a pivotal institutiononvwhich 1,ts§p_rin.c’ip.les=.are balanced in dominancy, and on these depend the permanenceyof all societary arrangements. 4 A I I wooDHULL la cLAEL1N=s WEEKLY. , March 23, I852. These pivotal institutions are based on personal gender and they regulate commerce as based on sexual differences. .In each stage the pivotal institution is in principles and as- piration a complete model of all its institutions. The pivotal institution of the ﬁrst stage was named marriage, and suitage is proposed as the name for the pivotal institution of the second stage. f Principles of different grades cannot by any possibility dom- inate together in harmony, and any grade of principles cannot long hold sway except they are balanced on their appropriate pivotal institution. , - So long as marriage remains the pivotal institution, the prin- ciples of the second stage cannot be balanced in dominancy. , S. T. FowLER. —-—-—-s»o«¢-———-—— « [COPYRIGHTED] "~ ' - EMMANUELO; on, NEWS raom THE Nonrn POLE. [Being an accurate history of the ﬁrst settlement of Emman- uelo, the great island within the Polar Sea, which occurred on or about A. D. 76; together with a description of the pres- ent inhabitants thereof, their laws, manners, customs, etc. Carefully compiled and arranged from a manuscript found in Iceland by John Merriweather; said document being attested by Ivan Kornikolf, of Russia; Yacob Petrolavski, a Polish Jew; Adrian Circovich, a Hungarian, and Walter Geddes, of Scotland, the modern discoverers of the island]. INTRODUCTORY. The good ship Katrina sailed from Cronstadt, in Russia, for Leith, in Scotland, on November 27th, 1858. Her crew were eleven in number including the Captain, and she car- ried also seventeen; passengers, counting myself, John Merri- weather, among the latter. She was 550 tons burthen, and was laden with hides and grain. When we had been out about a week we met with a succession of heavy gales which drove us northward off our course; the vessel became leaky and un- manageable, and was at last wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Only three souls were saved out of the twenty—eight, Johann Gottsberger, Caspar Bulwinkel and myself.‘ The place where we landed was called Yorokil, and contained about one hun- dred inhabitants. They were all very kind to us. We were half famishedand half frozen. Johann, who had received in- ternal injuries, died within a month; before the end of the year Bulwinkel was lost in a ﬁshing excursion, and, of the survivors from the wreck, I alone was left on the island. I say alone, for the city of Beildavik, where there was a Danish Consul, was two hundred or more miles away from Yorokil, which is situated on the northeastern part of "Iceland, and there was no communication with it whatever of which I could avail myself. \ At the time of our disaster, when putting on the preserver to which I believe I am indebted for my life, I placed in my pocket at small compass, which I believe might be useful should I be spared to get on shore. I mention this, because the manu- script, the contents of which I am about to make public, was obtained through its agency. It was a well coustructed instru- ment, having been made by Evans of Liverpool. The people of the village, though they had heard of the Mariners’ Com- pass, had never seen one before. I explained its operation, as soon as I had learned their language. Being ﬁshermen, often driven out to sea, they readily comprehended its use. One day, our people (having been invited to a merrymaking by the Jarl of Karsloe, the head of a neighboring settlement) called upon me to accompany them. I,did so, taking the precaution to bring my compass with me, for I knew it would be asked for. ~ Karsloe was a larger place than Yorokil, situated about twenty miles to the south of us, on the sea coast also. As we were traveling along I looked at my instrument and found the needle was very much deflected, and that, instead of north, as far as I could make out by the position of the sun, it must be pointing nearly due east; as we prbceeded it gradually fell away to the north. I requested Erie Drontheimer who was driving the_sled, to stop, whilst I got out to look into the cause of the phenomenon. I found, on traveling back over the course that we had come, that the needle changed again toward the east. Believing that there was iron ore near in large quantity, I fol- lowed the direction pointed out by the needle, and it soon led me to the sea shore. On nearing it the deﬁection be came greater, and ﬁnally the needle stood at an angle of at least seventy degrees. Looking carefully about, I could perceive A nothing but sand‘ and seaweed, until, on further observation, I noticed something of a reddish color shining in a clump of the latter. I went forward and picked it up, and found it to be a light metal cylinder, painted red, with white ends and bands. There was no sign of moss or tint of green upon it. It looked as fresh as if it had been painted the day before. It was about eighteen inches long andlfour inches in diameter. It was not heavy, for I found that it would ﬂoat easily. Taking a spear-head out of my pocket, which I was carrying to Karsloe to get altered, I tried to scrape 013? some of the paint or composition with which it was covered, and found the metal underneath to be highly magnetic; so much so, that I could easily carry it by its at- traction to the iron. The metal of which it was composed was of very ﬁne quality and of a blueish tint, much like what gun- smiths call plum-color. With some difficulty I succeeded in opening one of the ends, and found within a roll of what I ﬁrst took to be sheets of paper, but which afterward proved to be of cloth of very fine texture, far ﬁner than cambric; They were of a yellow tint, and covered with writing. Some of the names were in Hebrew characters, richly ornamented, but the body of the composition was evidently the work of an un- educated man, and was in English. I have been blamed for ' correcting and re-writing the manuscript, but, in the original, which has been unfortunately lost or destroyed, not to men- tion glaring defects in style, it required great study to arrive at the true meaning of the writer or writers, for, by the pro- nouns used, it would be impossible to tell whether they were one or many. Although I confess myself to be deeply grieved at the loss of the original manuscript, which prevents the absolute certiﬁca- tion of the truth of the document I am about to submit to the public, I am more distressed for the loss of the singular orna- mentations of the Hebrew words, than for the manuscript itself. Many ofthese contained careful drawings of plants and animals, such as I had never before seen, and some were skill- fully executed in colors of rare brilliancy. I feel sure that they would have silenced. all cavillers against my veracity, and would certainly have proved invaluable to students of natural history in our colleges. It is impossible to describe them in words; and alas! I have no skill with the pencil to re-depict them for the beneﬁt of mankind. They must remain a sealed letter: unless the expedition lately started succeeds in forcing its way to “Emmanuelo,” and, what is probably more diffi- cult, returning hither again. This is rendered still more du- bious by the fact, that those of the outer world who are there now; appear to be so well satisﬁed with their condition, that they at least express no desire to revisit us. M Feeling however, that in these times, something more will be expected by the public to conﬁrm the truth of this state- ment thatthe simple assertions of an unknown writer, I beg respectfully to append the following: ATTESTATION. I, John Merriweather, of Broadway Hall, VVoodbury, Dev- onshire, Great Britain, being of sound mind, and having due respect for my religion, which is that of a Christian, do hereby aﬁirm that I believe the main part of the statements contained in the manuscript called “Emmanuelo; or News from the North Pole;” to be substantially correct. I further declare, that, in offering it to the public, I am not animated by an un- worthy desire for fame or pecuniary reward, but simply send it forth with intent that it may aid the cause of humanity, and assist in perfecting the brotherhood of mankind. Of course this endorsement does not pertain to the natural, geographi- cal particulars of the work (the correctness of which I have no means for ascertaining), but simply to those general state- ments and the deductions therefrom, which are therein con- tained. . JOHN MEanrwEArHEr.. —————~—~§~av——<ss-—————- CORRESPONDENCE. [Our correspondence column admits every shade of opinion; all that we require is that the language shall be that, current in calm, unfettered so- cial or philosophical discussion. . It is often suggested that certain sub- jects should be excluded ﬁom public journals. We think that nothing should be excluded that is of public interest. Not the facts but the style to determine the propriety of the discussion. ' We are in no wise to be held answerable for the opinions expressed by correspondents. r ‘ N. B.-—It is particularly requested that no communication shall exceed one column. The more concise the more acceptable. ‘ Communications containing really valuable matter are often excluded on account ofIengtl1.] LETTER FROM ENGLAND. THE WILLows, Bridgewater,‘February 12, 1872. Mnssns. EDIroEs.—I observe an article in the Jicmner of the 3d: inst., headed “ Names Wanted,” being a counter petition to one in circulation “for the purpose of committing the United States Government to the creed of Evangelical Christianity.” Therefore, as I am very earnestly opposed to having the United States Constitntion degraded by any sectarian dogmas or creeds, I shall feel obliged by your placing my name to any or all remonstraces that may be got up against any such san- gu.inery encroachments; for creeds or dogmas of any kind can only be enforced, as past history sadly demonstrates, by racks an.d inquisitions too horrible to contemplate, and more dis- graceful to humanity than any other feature in the world’s history. ’ I had not the least expectation that bigotry existed of so dark a die as to make the attempt to blacken the white ﬂag of the American Constitution, which is now inviting all nations of the earth to come under its peaceful banner, allowing free- dom of thought and speech to all, permitting all and every one to worship as he or she may feel disposed, or to abstain from all worship except Truth and Justice. -I was a citizen and resident of the United States for fifty years; my last place of residence being in Cincinnati, as my documents now in Committee of Post Ofiice Expenditures will show me to be; also the originator, attended by its successful accomplishment, of the cheap postage system in the United States. And I still hold in my possession the documentary evidence of my citizenship. I cannot conclude this communication without expressing my admiration of an article in the same paper, entitled “Wore Light,” in which you come out so nobly and boldly to the res- cue of the fair fame of the purest, the bravest, and withal the most inﬂuential of women, viz., Mrs. Victoria C. Woodhull, who is sacriﬁcing her means, her health and obedience to the world’s fastidious etiquette, to serve the cause of humanity. Although I never previously sympathized with that wing of Spiritualists called “Free Lovers,” yetrI consider the document of that lady, which appeared in a former number of the Banner, entitled "‘ Social Freedom,” to be full of more profound arguments on the subject, than any thing that ever came under my notice. Let her traducer who is without sintcast the first stone. But it is to be feared that, as a general rule, the great- est maligners are the greatest sinners. I have not yet received WooI>HULL & CLArLIN’s WEEKLY. I hope it will soon arrive. . You are at liberty to use this in any way that may be bene- ﬁcial to the cause of free thought and free speech. I am still a friend of progress in my 79th year. CLEMENT PINE. ._—.——-—-———.—-.§——.—..._._._.._ HARPER’S NAST-Y MARRIAGE vs. «« FREE LOVE” AND A TRUE MARRIAGE. "‘ Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee; the remainder of wrath thou shall restrain.”-PsALMs 76, 10. - Editors of Woodhull and 0ld_ﬂt'n’s Weekly; ’ - A l Will you allow me space for a few words on the subject above named? I have viewed with considerable interest Nast’s picture in Hdrper’s Weekly of February 17, representing a miserable woman clambering up a rough, rocky mountain, carrying on her back three children and a besotted drunken husband with a rum bottle in his hand; who being met by a so-called angel of darkness carrying a scroll bidding her be saved by free love, tells her§“get thee behind me satan ! I’d rather travel the hard- est path of matrimony than follow your footsteps.” I have also read your comment on the picture and the article accom- panying it, and although it is a pretty effectual settler of the “pious” authors of that attempt at caricature; still a thought or two occurred ’to me while looking at the picture, which I would like to present. It suggested the old proverb, “truth will prevail.” In this casetruth very decidedly prevailed in telling a story very dzﬁerent from what the artist’s servile devo- tion to false morality’ sought to make it tell. I speak to those who have seen the picture. If any such, capable of thinking, have failed to see the points of which I speak, it must be be’- cause of a hurried look, with minds otherwise occupied. Let such ones look again. It is almost as hard to make genuine art lie, as it is to make ﬁgures lie. And in this case the artistic inspiration of this artist was altogether too much for his old conventional prejudices. He evidently endeavored to give the face of . the burdened devotee to conventionalism, a lock of pious meekness and resignation; but has really given her what devotionﬁto such a false sense of duty must iozevitably produce in all such victirns—a look of utter soul—l,-angour and despair-—one which shows that all hope and vigor of soul and body, and all the enlivening and exalted emotions are crushed by the terrible weight of the false sense of duty to make her-own God-given nature the supporter of a beastliness more beastly than the beasts, if such a word may be used, and the beasts will forgive a comparison which is only made because it is impossible to make a suitable one. ‘ ,, The child whose face shows in that picture is also such a one as such a union might be expected to produce — an ill- formed burlesque upon humanity—-with shrunken, shriveled, vital region; the languid, expressionless face of the mother, minus the grief, and the brutal head of the father. The same artistic inspiration mastered the artist’s prejudices in his representation of his “Mrs. Satan.” Despite the bats wings, the horns, and cloven foot, supposed to be suitable for a “ satan,” and the attempt to make the features appear gross and sensual, the artistic necessity of preserving enough of the look of the woman he attempts to caricature, to have the pub- lic recognize/the likeness, compelled him to present a head and face which even, when coarsely printed in caricature and usur- mounted with horns, nevertheless plainly shows lofty spiritual- ity, earnest philanthropy, and excellent moral development as the leading characteristics. So conspicuously prominent, in- deed, do these traits appear in spite of all, that it does not re- quire a phrenologist to discover them. Every observer must see them, even withhout understanding what it is that gives _ expression and reveals character to the eye. In viewing the picture, the text of scripture above quoted came to my mind,and I could but exclaim, O glorious spirit of divine art I how thou makes the folly and prejudice of bigots to praise ‘both thee and the truth ! He, who partially under thy inspirations, still seeks to idealize groveling slavishness, and to slander the grandly human and truly moral, thus always ﬁnds his thrusts piercing that which he would foster rather than the intended object of his assault! Let such artists try again and again. Though involuntarily their assistance, they are effectual preachers of reform doctrines. May God bless them,» and give them vigor and zeal to continue making such blunders, till taught by them they shall learn to see, and con- sciously assist the truth they now unwittingly serve. Fraternally yours, in the love of truth and its teachers, even ' though they are involuntary ones, CALEB S. WEEKS. ._......_._..._____: EDITORS or WEEKLY: In article ﬁve, section first, of the constitution submitted in your last issue, would not a proviso exempting from taxation and execution, the homes of all to a reasonable amount, with a graduated tax on surplus property for defraying the expenses of government, be more in harmony with the genius of our institutions? Our wise legislators at Washington seem determined that women shall have no hand in governing the race. Were women equally determined that they would have no share in propagating the race till their * rights were acknowledged, I think a compromise would soon be effected. When science demonstrates. as it assuredly will, (when free from the leading strings of religion), that the two conditions represented in the sexes are each convertible into the other, thereby making one of all, and that existence is founded on that interchange instead of one beingeternally subservient to the other, the rights of woman will be respected. For this we contend. J. TINNEY. WEs'rrIELD, N. Y., February 6, 1872. .._____...___..._..._—.——j————-—— STRAY SHOTS. It is not true that a resolution was passed at a late conven- tion of the kingly dead-heads of Europe, in which it was for? bidden for any member of it to cry “Hats off,” under pain of re-decapitation. Money is, by human decrees, made the exchange for labor, but it is. beyond the power of man to make it the equivalent of labor. The creator of wealth, of which money is merely.the representative, can only rightfully be balanced by itself, Money was invented to be the servant of labor, not its master. The editor of the Olyristictn Union must be a man of very vivid imagination, seeing that he declares that here “the working class is the whole population,” and when to that statement he adds that “there is no conﬂict of interests among us,” he exhibits also, a serenity which it is positively charming to contemplate. The Republican and Democratic gladiators, who have been waiting in the political arena for the advent of the labor lion, are pleased with the result of the Columbus Labor Con. vention. The question with them now is-not who shall com- bat with, but who shall take charge of the poodle let loose on that occasion. Wait till May, gentlemen, and you will see the real animal. WANTED.-—A cottage by the sea, built in the very ﬂorid Gothic style, with none of the modern improvements. A cool, shady, quiet location preferred, with a good out-look. A place suitable for the retirement of an aged ﬁsherman, where he may occasionally amuse himself with the net and spear, arrange all his little matters around him, and have his’ own way in every thing, Address P. N., Vatican, Rome. Dr.‘Malthus”asserted. that “too many were invited to the feast of life, and that, consequently, some must go w1thout_a share therein.” The worst paid class of workers are the nul- 5-1. ‘- "boots. In March 23, 1872. WOODHULL (ll CLAFLIN’fS WEEKLY. I A . "5; lions of British agricultural laborers who put the aforesaid feast on the table. The question is, ought the latter to be de- prived of the food their labors have produced, in order to make room for idlers with tickets, who at present are first served? - There are four revolutions in progress_tl_iroughout civiliza- tion: social, industrial, political and religious. All are pro- gressing‘; but the success of either cannot be predicted until they coalesce. Our present systems are not only useless, but mischievous and proliﬁc of crimes and criminals. Under any circumstances, those relics of the dark ages are doomed. Let them pass. The world waits for the morning. M. Louis Blane told the French Assembly last week, that “if they passed the bill before them (imposing penalties on Internationals), they would throw France back three centu- ries.” He is wrong. It would only necessarily‘ convert the , “Internationale” from an open society into a secret one. The word among the people is “Producers to the front,” and it is not in. the power of the French Assembly to materially retard their progress. For a long time the clergy, in right of their profession, have supervised the public schools of Prussia, but Bismarck has succeeded in passing a measure which places‘ them hencefor- ward under State control entirely-. Count Arnim is despatched to Rome with a box of ointment to heal the offence. He ought to be a good doctor, for, to use the classic language of the footman in Pickwick, “The Pope is wounded in the most ten- derousest part of his buzzum." The attempt of the insane lad, O’Connor, to assassinate the V Queeniof Great Britain with a pistol with nothing in it, might be turned to advantage by the ill-paid Bohemians of this country. A good, solid lie (well adhered to) against the I. W. A. , would secure favor with the British shop-keepers just now. Mr. L. Napoleon, who got up one to order against the I. W. A., previous to the taking of his last plebiscite, can instruct news- factors as regards the way in which he managed such affairs in France. By cable telegram we learn, that the pope has sanctioned the divine right claim of the Count de Chambord, and-ordered the priests in France to defend it. Per contra, the Tablet of the same date inform us, that “the church, in educating her own children in her faith and discipline, is taking the very course necessary to save republicanism from perversion and destruc- tion, and to secure the stability and perpetuity of the republic.” It is asserted thst every stick has two ends; which is the “in- fallible ” end of this one? - The N. Y. Hera.lcl of the 9th inst., concludes its report of Mrs. McKinley’s lecture on “ Free Love," as follows 2 “ Mrs. McKinley deserves great credit for the bravery with which she managed her inenagerie, and the great untamed ought to have received a vote of thanks for conﬁning them- selves to growls under such exasperating circumstances.” To this we reply, Ainen!*—not having previously been in- » structed by the N. Y. Ilemlcl, they probably did not even dream of suppressing “Free Speech,” the only right left to woman, by illegal physical force. Our social science reformers are fond of amusing themselves with statistics. They compute that were it not for diseases, wars, and famines, there would not be standing room for our people on'this continent by the year 3000. Probably they could add something to this useful information, by informing us from the present rate of increase, how many millions of dollars per capita the people ought then to possess, also into how many thousand hands it will be concentrated. Having solved the problem they can conclude their labors by estimating, from British statistics, how many hundred men will be likely to own this continent about the same period. At the Court of Special Sessions, on Saturday last, three children were brought before Judge Dowling, charged as fol- lows: . Lion Ullmann, aged 9, accused of stabbing Lawrence McEvoy, aged 10. Convicted. The second, a wretched little fellow, aged 8 years, was charged with having stolen a wheel-barrow. Acquitted. The third case was that of a child of eleven years, who was condemned for the crime of stealing a pair of shoes. Two of these will most probably be sent to one of our houses ‘of refuge,where they will cease to be a burden to their parents, and where their physcial, intellectual, and moral wants will be properly attended to. When the Japanese visitors come, let us not show them our tenement houses in proof of our civili- zation, but our alms-houses and prisons. ' A leader in Frank: Leslie’s newspaper is devoted to the dis- cussion of “The new Order of Amazons.” The writer begins bravely; but, before concluding, he evidently trembles in his He sa s: “ Ku-klux in the South was never half so dangerous a thing as this new order, as many unfortunate men have found to their cost, and more soon may.” Yes, well they may; for in his next paragraph he insinuates that it has become necessary for man to assist in “ restraining them within the the limits which God and nature has assigned to them." ' Truly when man does that which God and nature have fail- ed to accomplish, woman ought to submit taniely to the legal and political degradation to which he at present condemns her, but not till then. The article bravely concludes with the fol- lowing noble threat: ' “ But the revolver and the ballot box let her leave in the coarser hands of the rougher part of the species, let her greatest safeguard-her weakness-cease longer to assure her of love and protection.” Horrible! What will poor woman do? B 1 Y Blow the trumpet, a aain. TIRALLEUR. -«- ECHO ANSWERS: ‘_‘ WHAT !” DEAR WEEKLY: What has befallen the Golden Age‘? It has , become as dull as an orthodox heaven, and as “proper” as an ancient Puritan sister. Sure Theodore Tilton is not going to “ backslide,” become considerate like Horace Greely, or anti- - progressive like William Loyd Garrison? few months ago we regarded Theodore Tilton as the Chevalier Bayard of the nineteenth century; a brave knight doing battle for the truth and running a gallant tilt against every hoary wrong, each new deceit. We saw him him stand- ing, as we supposed, not only physically but morally, head and shoulders abovvehifs fe_il0w,s, “ The noblest Roman of them all,-” but of late’ the paper. into which he wont to infuse so sf his spirit riczms to is like em 1.ios=‘xJ ii’.it1w-315.8: #301135 the ﬁre extinguished, the glow and fervor vanished. , Why is this so? Theodore Tilton did the world good service when he pub- lished Victoria Wodhull’s biography, and if he made enemies through his courageous daring, he made himself also countless friends. From East to West, from North to South, men and women cried “God bless Theodore Tilton! Heaven sustain him 1” I have read and re—read his “ Legend of good women,” one of the most exquisite productions of his pen. I look in vain for its equal in the pages of the Golden Age to-day. Has Theodore Tilton abandoned the “Forlorn Hope of the Race,” or is he lost in the mazes of “Sleepy Hollow?” Must it be said of him also, “Ye did run well: What has hindered thee?” ~ Please respond and oblige your faithful subscriber and friend. * ' MARCIA. March 3, 1872. _.»_j.._——_..p—+——:——@- WAITING. ’ BY MARY C. CURRAN. x Waiting for the inspiration, That will wake the sweet vibration Of the slumb’ring chords; Waiting for the entrancing measure That shall ﬂood the soul with pleasure, Like an angers. song. Waiting for the artists power That shall come in some glad hour To this iintaught hand; To transﬁx and give expression, To the soul’s deep intuition Held in silence long. Waiting for the inner vision, That shall reach the Home Elysian Where our loved ones dwell; Till instead of doubts distressing, We shall feel the fond caressing Of their loving hands. They will come and guard our pathway Evenlhrough the shadowy gateway To the bright Beyond; Where the songs of the immortals, Greet us, in the star-gemmed portals Of the Better Land. Rocnnsrnn, N. Y, A ~————--o~o—<v--————-— PROGRESSION. While the conservatives are hugging their false ideas, and the bigots their musty creeds, the car of progression is moving surely onward, clearing away the old rubbish and making new paths through the wilderness of ignorance, and causing ﬂow- ers of thought to grow in the place of thorns and thistles. In the long ago past, one Paul thought it advisable for women to remain at home, and if they were lacking in wisdom and knowledge, to ask, and be taught by their husbands. In Paul’s day such a course might have been right, but not so thought Lucy Stone, Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the nineteenth century. These women found within their deep, yearning natures, certain rights which were denied them by custom and educatien, and at once they commenced work with tongue, pen and efforts to ﬁght against the popular tide of might and ignorance; by their zeal and sacriﬁces they slowly gathered to themselves men and women who were wil- ling to place their shoulders to the wheel of reform and help move on the car for the weak and timid ones, who should, by reason of their weakness, have a free ride. ~ To-day the world moves, and men and women are digging into the rich quarries of their being and bringing forth the treasures of mind and thought; they are reading the gospels of the stars, moon, sun and ﬂowers; the gospels of the insects, mineral, vegetable, animal, up to man. In ﬁne, they are be- ginning to read and understand that universal language which has never been confounded, consequently needs no interpre- tation. ‘ And because of this free language Victoria C. Woodhull dares to maintain her cause, and shock the world to its very center, by her radical teachings, and iconoclastic movements. I say: All hail! to the brave little woman who is willing to lead, and plead the cause of the needy, suffering women of America. All hail to the little woman who astonishes the learned men of the day with her deep, reasoning‘ powers, logical arguments, indomitable will, and persevering ener . Her power, ability, and right have opened to her the Halls of Legislation, the Senate Chamber, and avenues hitherto closed to women; while her truthfulness, spirituality, and soul pur- pose are to her a shelter and defence against the shafts of envy, malice and contuinely cast upon her by the ignorant, and would-be great. Work on, brave woman, your hour of victory is coming'~—you are gathering around youa bright assem- blage of noble, earnest workers, whose souls are imbued with lofty purposes, and who are not afraid to work. Among the brave, true workers who have joined you of late, are Laura De Force Gordon, who won praise and renown for her earnest,- convincing arguments -upon the woman suffrage question, in California, before the Senate convened in Sacramento, two years ago, s Also the gentle, persuasive, earnest Laura Cuppy Smith, who with her stormy, affectional nature reaches deep down into the soul of humanity. and bids them be true to their needs and their rights. Truly these indefatigable workers won golden opinions from all sorts of people upon the golden shores of the Paciﬁc, and they have come among us to gather - new laurels and achieve a grand success with the noble band of strong working women who are determined to unbar the iron doors of opposition, and enter the temple of freedom, there to work for the amelioration of suffering down—trodden humanity, and enact safer laws for the guidance of future gen- erations. Truly the world moves, and we are living in a glo- rious age. Mrs. M. L. SHERMAN. ADRIAN, March 7, ->—--——- THE PORTENTS OF THE HOUR. [From the Banner of Light] Those who have endeavored by observation’ to render them- selves at all conversant with events as they are daily transpir- ing among men, must be fully satisﬁed that, in the world of political life, as well as that of theological inculcation, great changes are impending, whose magnitude may not, at this early stage be grasped, but whose forecast shadows are as threaten- ing to “ established” things of a fossiliferous order, as was the mystic “ Upharsin” to the trembling Belshazzar. Signs of uneasiness, ' and active inq_iii;r,y as to the justice of their state,; are perceivable everywhere among the great toiling masses, who :%‘ii’etl1f?l1‘1,ii/$6 but for e riimaice ‘.W1,1iel-I ‘*e.siii9ro.1‘t (T?) A or, rather, keep from starvation. their beloved families; signs of distrust for the future by the capitalist, who guards his treasures with a jealous eye; signs of fraudulent dealing and gigantic “ring” speculations, and soulless corporational operations, are about on every hand, and the hour of change must come; the guard‘ on the dial of time is even now—-to the quick, prescient ear-clinking its warning of the last step ere the stroke shallsound ! ‘ While we have not turned our attention_to treading the crooked paths of .political caucuses, or joining the exciting struggle of current election campaigns, yet, in common with all lovers of humanity, oiirprayer is, and ever has been, for the sustenance of a free government, unharnessed by creed, . unbound by any privileged order on this continent of North America; and as we belong to a class whose prayers are meas- ured by their works, rather than their words, we have ever - tried to match our deeds with our professions. « And holding such views, it is with a feeling of melancholy that we look across the seething bosom of the land to day, and mark every- where the out cropping tokens of disintegration, which will, if not curbed, precipitate all that has yet been gained for political freedom in the New World either into the arms of a military despotism, or the ranks of that frail sisterhood typiﬁed by Mexico and the South American republics. — What are the necessities of the hour‘? It is comparatively easy to enumerate thein—but where are the unselﬁsh, patriotic souls who are ready to sacriﬁce all in their attainment? We want undisturbable guarantees of religious liberty, the enact- ment and enforcement of just laws, the purity of the ballot- box, proper qualiﬁcations in candidates for oﬂice, popular edu- cation in its most all-embracing sense, an impartial Executive, an incorruptible Congress, a fearless judiciary, and a steadfast opposition to all sorts of corruption and evil practices in poli- tics or social life, no matter among what people or in what party. . No one, not blinded by animosity or culpable ignorance, can deny these propositions—in fact, the various rallying cries of the party organizations express a determination-not, however, coupled, we are sorry to say, with execution when they are .. successful~to inaugurate in a broader degree the reign of these much-desired principles, which are the crowning nimbus of the republic. There are also many writ_ers and speakers who, from individ- ual standpoints, are teaching what they believe to be panaceas for all political wrongs, and their ideas and plans, as well as ‘those of the dominant party, must be received and considered by every one who desires to take in the range of the great questions which time seems at last, Sphinx-like, to propound to the statesmen of America. Mrs. Victoria C. Woodhull, who, through her able journal, as well as by her eloquent utterances, has done brave work for 7 truth, and whose course, in all good acts, we have ever com- mended, has set on foot, in common with other earnest work- ers, a project for a grand Combination Convention, to be holden in New York City about the ﬁrst of the coming month of May, where all branches of radicalism and reform may meet together to discuss plans of union against a common outside pressure. Its movers intend to construct a platform and nom- inate candidates for President and Vice-President—~the ﬁrst so broad as to be susceptible of including every human right, and the latter the best possible exponents of every branch of reform. With regard to this enterprise, we have, as before stated, an anxietv to perceive the line of operation on which it will be founded, as the problem to be dealt with is one of more than usual magnitude, calling for its treatment cool heads and steady hands. Mrs. Woodhull, in the course of her editorial in her WEEIiLY of March 2, has succinctly given the history of the rise of the present dominant party, in the following words: i “ The Republican party grew into power, not because it was the representative of freedom as an abstract principle, but be- cause freedom was right, and its application demanded to cure‘ an existing ill. It sprung into existence, boldly undertookiits task, -and as grandly accomplished it. ” ‘ But she impeaches that party, as having supinely ceased its labors for human advancement when its ﬁrst great work was done, and declares that: “ The recent actions and avowals of the leaders of the Re- publican party make it impossible for any citizen of liberal tendencies to any longer maintain or afﬁliate with it. In its self consciousness of the power of position, and having the control of all the patronage of the Government, it ignores the demands of a large body of its adherents. It imagines it can stand and defy them. It thinks they will not desert from its folds. ‘ It does not believe there can be another party organ- ized of sufficient strength to endanger its success in the next election.” ,1, Looking at the case from her position, she maintains that the people cannot remain in a state of quiescent lassitude; that other needed reforms are coming to the surface demanding at- tention, and that those who defend and promulgate these help to human amelioration, though ostracised and downtrodden by the party in power, even as its friends were sneered at and op- posed in the days preceeding the late civil war, "will, when properly concentrated, move on to certain victory. “ The Republican party was the Vconsolidation of all the more radical elements of the country. It conquered political power, and the defeated party rebelled, from which followed a terrible conflict, such as was never before known. The new party, whose organziation is now under consideration, has the same elements of success for its foundation, and the same promise of triumph that the Republican party had.” Upon this view of the case she issues the call for the several reformatory elements of _the country to come determinedly to- gether*——the great laboring class; the einancipationists from tyranny _of every kind and character; the people of progressive tendencies, whose hearts entertain liberal and expansive sen- timents, that they may organize their forces for successful op- eration, under the broad designation of a “ Human Rights Party.” tention. The Boston Daily Advertiser, as one of the advocates of the present order of things, in a lugubrious editorial article, commencing with the name -of Mrs. Woodhull, practically confesses, before the close of it, that the threatening combina- tion of parties and people for reform and progress and liberal government presents initial characteristics not to be contem- plated with perfect satisfaction. The Wooclhiill banner is in- scribed with what the Aclverliscr and its hunkerish class do not relish the reading of. This year is to witness a pretty thorough shaking up of the dry bones of old fossilism, and the more sa- gacious of that side of the house begin to scent {out the fact already. —- i We shall ‘watch the developiiieiit of the new party move- ment with great interest, hoping that its adherents on coming together will clearly state the views entertained, and the ground occupied by themselves, that no ambiguity may mis- lead the general public as to their intention, and no reformer of‘ any shade be left in doubt and iincei-faintiy as to the course he should pursue concerning it. As we have frequently said, the forward inoyeinent is inevitable-th,e only question arising is tli‘e'practi’cability of the plans now and then presented for i11ef1ii>ih¢ér.a-$39? ef the .e_n.fe ‘ ° The issue of this call has already attracted wide at- . selves ? what is right and what is wrong? . progress of others. rgtle 6 A i i "WOODHULL. & iCLAFLIN’S WE 1‘ 1 EKLY. March 23, 1872. {E SPEECH OE‘ MATILDA \ JOSLYN GAGE——'I‘HEi LAST EVENING OF THE WASHINGTON CONVENTION. The arguments to-day before the Judiciary Committee were the culmination of long ages. , The seed of to-day was sown far down in the past. Geologists tell us that marks of rain storms which occurred "hundreds of years ago are visible now in the solid rock, and that the direction of the wind at that time may also be plainly told by noticing the slant ,of the rain drop marks. So in woman’s demand to-day for self-govern- ment, we ﬁnd the rain drops of past thought; we ﬁnd what was the direction of men’s minds inthe early times of the world. Nations were bound in slavery, yet the desire for freedom never left them. They were repressed in their eﬂorts for education; in their efforts for religious liberty; in their efforts for political liberty; yet they continually desired freedom, and worked for freedom. All great leaders in the past promised more liberty, greater freedom to their followers. Liberty is the divinest instinct of the human heart; it is the divinest word ever spoken; it is the one word that is sweeter than home or mother. Political equality has been the dream of the ages. When at the death of Smerdis, the Magician, the political power of Persia fell into the hands of seven noblemen, even then, uprose a vision of political equality. One of those seven noblemcn, even then, proposed a democratic form of government. But only within the last hundred years has this dream of freedom begun to be realized, and not until this country set up a gov- ernment which declared all men to be equal, and alike capable of self-government. Where were human rights before that day? Where were the rights of men before that day? Did they come into the world newly created then? Did the Declara- tion and Constitution create those rights at the time of our Revolutionary war? Were a band of men that hour born into the world who possessed natural rights never before possessed by human beings? In ages of the past the common people~ commen men——were believed to have beencreated solely for the beneﬁt of kings and the nobility; they were deemed to be of use only to ﬁght the battles of kings; they were poorly fed, they were poorly clad, they were tyranically treated; they did not own a foot of land, they did not own the houses in wmch they lived; they did not own their children, they did not own themselves; their very thoughts were governed by a different class of men from themselves; they were ﬁned, im- prisoned, burned at the stake if they dared think for them- selves either in matters of politics or religion. In those past ages parents alone possessed the education of the world ; a knowledge of books was deemed degrading to nobles, and above the capacity of common people. The Bible was kept chained in cloisters, and it was expounded by these meh. These ages forever passed away when the Declaration of Amer- ican Independence was issued, and liberty was at once seen to be the heritage of the common people, to be the birthright of every body. Men are now educated, they possess books, they read the Bible, they possess houses and landsfthey shine in the government, they thiim for themselves in religious matters, and we calil this the age of enlightenment, while we call the others the dark ages. This progress at ﬁrst moved slowly but with the newspaper, thexsteam-engine, the telegraph, it has ﬂown like lightening, and ideas new rule the world. Nothing is so strong as an idea; Nothing is so -intangible as an idea. The rule of the world was once force, it is now fast getting to be consent. The world has even gained its growth through protest. Every religious or political reformer is a protestant. But where do people get their right of protest unless within them- All protests against tyranny come from within. ‘When the old revolutionists protested against the exactions of King George’s government, they found that right of protest within themselves. They found the right to life and liberty, and self-government within themselves. These rights were as old as the creation and were laid before the foundations of the world were laid, but men had been kept under bonds; all these rights during thousands of years had been kept hidden .under the crown of some king, but the rights were there though they were hidden. All that was needed was to see them and to use them. Women are part of the world; theyare a component part of humanity. Their rights have been repressed, held back, kept down, but still they exist, and the world is waking up to the fact. Think you women cannot decide for themselves Think you any human being can bear another human being’s responsibility ? Women came into the world as part of the family, as part of society, under government. They ﬁnd these institutions ready moulded for them; their lives, their liberties, their happiness. is con- trolled by them. Shall they not protest if they ﬁnd these in- stitutions too narrow for them? Vfhenever God creates a new soul, a new idea then comes into the world, and society must be shaped to meet that person‘s needs. Buckle says the civil- izations of the past fell because theygwere one sided in their growth——because they did not develope equally in all direc- tions, but sacriﬁced some constituents in order to secure the The impressions of the world have been that justice was a one-sided idea, that if one person received it another person would be injured. This can never be. Rights, though ‘as Emerson says, when strongly stated they may seem to conﬁict with other rights, yet this can never really be so. Equal and exact justice to one person can never prove of last- ing injury to another person. Neither declarations, or consti- tutions, or laws can destroy or create rights; they can neither destroy or create justice. They can only proclaim these things to exist. The very word declaration signiﬁes proclamation. To declare is to proclaim. I The rights of men in the past were held in obeyance; they were not lost, but men were so busied in searching for the di- vine rights of kings that they forgot the divine rights of their own humanity: I have a right every hour to as much fresh air _ as I wish to breathe; but supposing you shut me up in a room with every door tightly closed, so that I breathe the same viti- ated air over and over again, that does not do away with my natural right to breathe fresh air. I have a right to do it if I do not use it. It is sometimes claimed that as all women do not wish to govern themselves, therefore no woman shall gov- ern herself, and this is called an argument against us. VVe need not wonder to ﬁnd tories among women; tories existed just thelsame at the time of the revolution. A slavish soul does not deserve freedom either for itself or for another: But let us see if all men now use the ballot. How was it in my own State * of New York in 1826, the year in which doing away with 4 the property qualiﬁcation for white men was voted. upon? You would judge that to have been a question of importance, you would think all men in the State would that day have voted; but how was it? Not one-third of the men of the State votedthat day. Of the 312,000 voters New York at that time possessed, less than 100,000 went up to the polls that dav. Did any one say those men no longer ought to possess theballot ? Did any one say that as less than one-third had voted at this very important election, therefore it was a reason why all men should be dis- franchised? Not at all. -No such thing was proposed; no such idea entered their heads. Every man in the State, every 7 man in the whole country knew that the right to the ballot and the use of. the ballot were entirely disconnected. - Supposing a man never voted till he was a hundred years old, no one would think he had therefore lost his right to vote; and provided, he livedso long and went up to the polls on the very last day and hourrof his life, men would reverently standalside and make him room. At no election ever held have all men voted. In New York, in 1868, wasjthe closest election in ﬁfty years, party feeling ran high, but all the men in the State of New York did . not vote. There were even then nearly 26,000 men who did not vote, but no one said, as so many men do not care for the ballot,vtherefore no man shall vote. If a man never votes at all, you do not say he has lost the right. If a foreigner, from the most despotic government in the world, comes to this country and takes out papers of citizenship, although his an- cestors never voted but have always been under authority, you allow him to vote. If every other man in the nation refrained from voting, this foreign-born man who never before voted will be allowed to exercise his right of self—government, for, al- though it is less than one hundred years since the ﬁrst govern- ment was instituted which recognized human rights, the scales have dropped from the eyes of many men besides Americans, and all nationalities, European, Asiatic, and African, have come to the United States to enjoy their natural right of self-government. The lesson of human rights is one easilylearned. Foreign- ers have learned it, and so have American wives and daughters. We would be dullards indeed, did we not read the lesson too. It is not alone written in the last twenty or thirty years that women have been interested in these questions of natural rights. They have been interestedever since the first protest was made by the Colonies. Mercy Otis Warren bore a power- ful hand in bringing about the Revolution. She was in con-. stant correspondence, during the Colonial struggle, with the Adams’, both Samuel and John, and Hancock, and Gerry and Knox and Jefferson. She was consulted on all the great ques- tions of the day, and “her political opinions were sought by men whogave them vital action in the council and on the ﬁeld.” She was part and parcel of the committee of correspondence which did so much to educate and develop the sentiment of liberty in the Colonies; and her brother, James Otis, was in- debted to her for many of the ideas he gave to the world. To the end of his life her inﬂuence over him was all powerful, and her advice constantly sought by him. His speech upon the Bill of rights contained’ the pith of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, of which J efferson gets the credit; much of it came from her. Is it strange that We have learned the lesson? Over women has been an absolutism as positive as ever ruled a nation. The men of the country have been under a Republican form of government ; the women have been impe- rially ruled. The blood of our fore-mothers begins to boil in our veins. They resisted taxation at that early day; shall not we '2’ That taxation without representation was tyranny was a. fundamental doctrine of the women of "76. In 12-70, six years before the Declaration of Independence, the women of New England made a public, combined protest, against taxa- tion without representation; and as tea was‘ the article upon which Great Britain was then expending her strength, these women of the American Colonies united themselves into a league, and bound themselves to use no more tea in their fam- ilies until the tax upon it was repealed. This league was formed by the married women, but three days afterward the young ladies held an anti-tax meeting. These young ladies publicly declared they did not take this step for themselves alone, but they protested against-taxation as a matter of prin- ciple, and with a view to beneﬁt their posterity. , These pub- lic protestsofwomen against taxation were made more than ﬁve years before the commencement of the Revolutionary war. They were the real origin of the famous Tea Party in ‘Boston Harbor, which did not take place until three years after the public protest of the women. The women of to-day are the direct posterity of the women of the revolution," and as our fore-mothers protested against taxation without representation, so do we, their descendants, protest against being taxed with- out being represented. - The fortunate hour has come for Republicans to take up the question of woman suffrage. The ‘negro question has ceased to be an element of American politics, and the Republican party is hard pressed for an issue that will give them a strong hold upon the next Presidential campaign. The party jour- nals have for a year declared that the party, as a party, has exhausted the gratitude of the country. Woman demands of the Republican party that it shall declare her enfranchised, and infurtherance of this demand she arraigns the present Govern- ment at the bar of its own faith. The Constitution of the United States was founded upon the principles of the Declara- tion of Independence. In the formation of the latter we show a woman to have had much hand. The faith of this Government, of this Congress, is founded ﬁrst on the declaration. The whole spirit of the Declaration is, that those who are not protected by a government in the enjoyment and exercise of their natural rights, do not owethat government allegiance. This is alike the faith of the legislative and the Executive officers of the United States. We have, _this day, demanded of these bodies that they show their faith by their works. It is the faith of this government that no legislative body has the power or the right to legislate for people without their consent. We arraign the present Congress at the bar of its own faith, and demand of it that it shall throw oﬁ‘ its present usurped, , unjust powers over’ woman, and strictly adhere to the ﬁrst principles of Republican government. It is the statement of the Declaration of Independence, and the faith of the government, that government derives all its just powers from the consent of the people for whom it makes laws. ’ ' The legislative bodies of this country’ make laws for 18,000,000 of women. By their own faith, their rule -over woman is unjust. By their own faith, they have no authority at all over women. By their own faith, their present rule over women is an usurpation, a tyranny,‘ a rule of force and not of consent. 0 , It is the faith of this government that taxes should not be imposed upon persons without their consent. By this faith we arraign this government as tyranous, and contradictory of -its own foundation principle, when it taxes women, as it now does, not only without her own consent, but in absolute opposition to her wishes, by refusing her vote in regard to taxing her own property, as I was refused in my own village of Layetteville, in July last, and as many another woman has been refused before me, and her property sold by distress, upon hervabsolute refusal to pay the taxes imposed. It is the faith of this government that every person has an inborn right to a trial by a jury of peers, and 1.hi.~-:' faith founded upon the Declaration of Iiidependeiice. We here again arraign this government at the bar of its own faith, and demand of it an adherence to its charter of rights. There is no republican form of government in this coun- try for women. However much men may be undera Republican. form of goveroment; however much. they may be under adjust and equitable form of government, the women of the coun- try are imperially ruled. They suffer’ under all the oppression that the colonies" did. Theyfeel the same injustice that the colonies! did, they feel this day the same injustice felt by their foremothers in 1770"when”th’eyﬁ5,ublic1y protested against taxa- tion without" representation. ‘ ‘ ' The Declaration of Independence is not a mere formula of words; it is the judgment-bar of the American Government, and by it the country lives or dies. The word people is nine times. mentioned in the Declaration of Independence ; men but once, although inllaw, man is a, generic term, signifying the whole people, and the laws on taxation, criminal jurisprudence etc. etc., are promulgated and executed under the generic term man. The only right a state in the union has to levy or collect taxes, is by, and through, and under the word “man,” “he,” “him,” “his,” etc.; and yet in all forced executions of law, every executive from the President down to the town con- stable, reads man, to mean woman. Before the death of Thaddeus Stevens, he declared {his belief that,.the elective franchise, the ballot, was one of the inalienable rights intended to be secured to the people of this country by, thejDeclaration of Independence. The Declaration- of Independence is the basis of American Constitutional law, and is the unfailing standard by which constitutions and amendments are to be tested. We date our birth as a nation from the promulgation of that document. We had no consti- tution till thirteen years afterwards. This country actually existed under such conditions for thirteen years befor e we had a constitution.- Luther Martin, Attorney General of Maryland, and one of the delegates of said convention‘, said in his report to the Legislature of Maryland, upon the secret proceedings of the convention, that those members who advocate the equality of suffrage, took the matter up on the original pmlnciples of gov- ernment; they urged, that all persons considered in a state of nature,“ before any government is formed, are equally free and independent, no one having any right or author-, ity to exercise power over another, and this without any regard to personal strength, understanding, or wealth. That when such individuals enter into government, they have each an equal right to a voice in its ﬁrst formation, and afterward have such a right to an equal vote in every matter which re- lates to their government. Now women, at the commencement of government, either had an equal voice with men in its for- mation, or they did not have such equal voice. In case they did have such epual voice at that time, they still have it, and no question of personal strength, understanding, or wealth, has anything at all to do in the matter. In case they did not have equal voice in the ‘formation of the government, they are still free and independent, and no one has any right or author- ity to exercise power over them. Which horn of this dilemma will you choose’? An enlargement of suffrage has been the course of this re- public in the past, and as a consequence it has grown in free- dom, in enlightenment, in power. H, ~ A gradual abridgment of this right has been the mode in which aristocracies have been built on the ruins of popular forms of government. Much quotation is made from “the fathers.” It is quite time, in a convention like this, to give quotations from the mothers of the revolution as well. Mrs. Warren, who had so much inﬂuence in the revolution- ary struggle, prepared a history of that war from notes taken by her in a diary that time. In the preface of this history she bids us recollect that every domestic enjoyment depends on the un- impaired possession of civil and religious liberty, and that the- increase, prosperity, and happiness of this country depends on the full and free enjoyment of rights and liberties. Men talk to us about precedent! Well, precedent is, after all, folly. Supposing some person or some body of persons did in the past do something a certain way! What of it? We are other persons, in another age of the world, under circumstances entirely our own. We know more than those persons did. We have learned from their mistakes, as well as their we1l—doing; and beside that, our wants are our own, not theirs. What was justice to them, may be rank injustice to- wards us. It is not the past we want, but the present. It is not precedent we are after, but justice. Let us have liberty to become ourselves ; let us have liberty lo develop our own resources. Tariff men make great cry about developing the resources of the country, but it is not half as necessary to de- velop the country, as it is to develop the people, and that can only be done by giving them all social, and reli ious and poli- tical opportunities. What right have you to ar me out from your advantages? Who made you keeper over my soul? Stand aside! I’ll ﬁnd out what the world needs’ of me. I’ll ﬁnd out what is for my best good. A great,many people spend their time making a path for their neighbors to walk in, with- out taking heed just where thoir own feet travel. We have the experience of the past to grow from; the world was never as . wise as it is to-day-—never as free as it is to-day. It is a weak- ness, a lack of wisdom, to look all the while at precedent. We are the ancients. We are wiser than those before us. They ‘have helped us along, to be sure, but after all they did not know our necessities quite as well as we know them ourselves. They could not forsee the needs of this generation. They probably knew their own ‘needs, but they don't know ours. Civilization advances, moral civilization, religious civilization, political civilization. Men understand the Christian religion now, much better than they did at the time of Christ; much better than they did a couple of hundred years ago, when they burnt people at the stake, or severed them asunder in the name of Christianity. They understand social civilization better than they did, when blood was demanded for blood, and as the Scripture has it, “ An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” much better than they did when the old, the sick and the helpless were left alone to die. Men understand political civilization much better than they did when’ they beheaded men on account of their political opinions, or buried them in dungeons so deep that the sound of a human voice or the light of the sun never entered. But . the world is still at school. It has not yet learned all of justice, although it understands human rights better than it did when the punishment of crimes was guided according to the rank of the oifender——better than it did when kings and nobles could do with impunity things which if done by a peasant would have condemned him to death. ‘ This generation, this very people, have advanced in civiliza- tion within the last ten years. They have advanced so far that they see moral and political rights do not belong alone to people of one color of skin, and that black men, equally with white men, are human beings. Now we want to advance them ano_ther,step,;' we want. them more fully to learn what justice is. . ' Gevernment, whether monarchical or Republican, is not a ﬁnality; it is not the end; it is only the ‘nieans to an end. VVo,mau wislies to live ﬁrst for liorsolf alone; to 11:-ze her own faculties for her own good flint. Uiitil she does .<;o,. she is not fully herself, and until she has freedom to (levelope l'le1.*;-:.o.i.!'. she cannot be of full worth to herself or others. After a woman’s individuality is fully recognized does she owe com- munity a debt-and not before. Government is indebted to woman before woman is indebted to government; She "comes March 23, 1872. An; into the world a new thought, a divine idea, to ﬁnd this web of government entangled about her. Every way she may strive to_move she is caught fast. You have noticed the frantic efforts of a ﬂy to loosen himself from a spider web. He moves a little in this direction; the spider glides swiftly up and attaches‘-an unseen thread to his wing; he makes a move‘ in an opposite direction; the spider again noiselessly attaches a second thread, and soon the ﬂy ﬁnds himself ‘incapable of I the least exertion. Woman ﬁnds herself in this spider web just as soon as she opens her eyes into life. The world is ﬁnished for her from the very moment of her birth. The spider has spun the web of government and gotten the thread of laws cunningly fas- tened all about her. Nobody asks, “ Do they suit?” Nobody asks “What are your wishes?” You ﬁnd the web spun and you are expected to leave it so. . K What man would believe such a theory was meant for him? Not one. Man does not look at the customs of the world to ask if he must believe. He does not accept the dead thoughts of past ages; he looks into his own soul and there ﬁnds his answer. The world is woman’s too. She is part of this rest- less, changeful mass called humanity. She, too, has a future entirely beyond this present life, and should she be debarred from making the best possible use of all her faculties? Should she be prevented from helping herself? Restrictions are of two characters——natural aud legislative. Natural restrictions adhere in the very nature of things; for instance, men are restricted from ﬂying because they were not created with the ability to fly. A‘ statute against ﬂying would bea burlesque on law. Nature herself made the restriction when she made the man. But no such restriction exists as to suffrage. On the contrary,. when people were made responsi- ble, accountable beings, they were endowed with the right to self-government. The power of self-government carries with it the right to self-government. Laws are not made for idiots, insane or infants. They are made for people capable of obey- ing them. They are made for people capable of self-govern- ment, of self-restraint. Our reform is the truest, broadest, grandest reform the wdrld ever saw; it is the ultimate of Christianity; it is undoing the heavy burdens and letting the / oppressed go free. The truest republicanism is recognized in the Ten Commandments. ~ The equality of the father and mother in the family is there declared; the equal moral responsibility of man and woman is asserted. The right of life is recognized, the right of property is recognized. When we come down to Christianity, we ﬁnd these laws put in practice. Some people tell us the world is not ready for our reform; the fact is the world never seems prepared for any step. When Christ came into the world, he did not ﬁnd the world ready to receive him. He came to his own; his own knew him not. They accepted him not; they passed him by on the other side; they cruciﬁed him; and notwithstanding all this, it was time he came. The cry always is, the country is not quite ready. It has always been so. Mrs. Warren, in the history of the revolution, says, the declaration of the independence of the colonies had been contemplated for several months before the words were publicly spoken, but congress feared. That body was appre- hensive that the people at large were not prepared for it. By and by a patriotic member spoke the word, response was im— mediate, and men rendered themselves immortal. Ten years ago our country had not made up its mind that it was prepared to put an end to slavery. Suddenly a gun was fired away down south. It boomed along the sea-shore u to New England; it echoed among the mountains of the middle States; it rode along the valleys and across the prairies of the far West, and in an instant we knew the knell of slavery had been struck. » We were prepared for it, _ Just so will it be with our question. As soon as our question gets to be a public question, in the light of being a party question; just as soon as one of the great political parties of the day take it up, you will ﬁnd the country ready for it. The only question will be, why has it so long been delayed? When we use the ballot we only speak through it. Through it we say how the money raised by tax upon our property shall be used. Through it we only express our individualwill in an authoritative manner; we only protect our own selves. That women should possess -the ballot is only carrying to its legiti- mate ends the theory of our government, and when she does possess it fully, equally, unequivocally, shall we for the first time have a true Republic. It is no argument against suffrage, it is no proof against woman’s desire for suffrage because many of them do not beg for it. Many a woman, who, knowing her dependent condi- tion, dares not say to-day she would like the ballot, would use it to-morrow if she had the opportunity. In Rome, for a con-' siderable period before the subversion of the Republic, the usage was to vote by tablets with letters expressing assent or dissent to a proposed measure. The result of this voting was often very different from the opinions publicly expressed. Cicero speaks of this diversity as showing how real opinions,— not spoken for fear of listening tyrants, appeared in these silent suffrages of the people. So would it be with many women who to-day decry the use of the ballot. Open it to them,——free them from espionage and force, and few would fail to use it. Few people desire to be ruled by others. It is because our govern- ment is founded on the principles of self-government that it is better than any other government. All governments rule peo- ple, but that is not what the present generation wants. The people of the United States,—-the people of the nine- teenth century want to rule themselves. They have made up their minds that they themselves know what is for their best good. They have made up their minds that kings or A other masters cannot take quite as good care of their interests as they can take themselves; and the way they take care of their own interest is to use the ballot—to vote, to express their own opinions through that simple" little piece of paper, which is white upon one side, and on the other side has a few printed . words, that is all-, and yet it is more powerful than the sword; it is a greater defense than a standing army; it is more glorious than the crown of kings; it is one of the p1'i'u'ile{/es, immunities, and inalienable rights of a citizen of the United States. It is man's, it is woman’s, it belongs to us all. It is yours, it is mine, and to prevent me from using it is to rob me; it is to steal my birth-right; it is to make me a slave; it is to put_ an- other person's will in place of my own; it is to take from me my responsibility; it is to bury my talents; it is to destroy my individuality; it is to swallow’ me 'up in - another. ‘ Justice for women will surely coniel, As well attempt to stop the avalanche when it is p rushing down the mo,u'nta_in"side,"as to ‘attempt stopping women’s ‘demand‘ for ’ justice‘; as well‘. attempt to stop ‘the rising of ‘to-nuiorfovifs sun, ' as ,to ‘attempt to holdlback-the’vballot from women. ‘ “Liber’t‘yfis hers by cli"'vine'. right; equality shall be hers by just laws, for right is more powerful than the avalanche; it is brighter than the sun, and it will surely make its way into men’s minds: it will enabie them to see the truth, and justice will at last triumph. The past has deen man’s, the future will be woman’s—tl1e future in edu- cation, in politics, in religion, in government, in all human and divine methods of a higher culture and a purer morality. for the world. [couriuunb FROM NINTH men] or prisons. Moses allowed divorce, without adultery and by the woman. Christ himself acknowledged the justice of separation. We are not inclined to the opinion that there is much “reason or conscience” in many modern marriages. If these attributes» were obeyed, there would be little need ‘for divorce laws, as people would not wish to be put asunder. Common sense and truthfulness do not enter as component ‘parts of the mental superstructure of this poor’ critic. “ OUR GOSSIP. ” This lively theatrical sheet,which circulates in several, of the best and most popular theatres of the city is always full of the tersest and most charming items of the drama and ﬁne arts. It is much more than a mere theatrical circular, has thousands of readers outside of theatres, and presents a good arrayvof advertisers, which is one of the best tests of journalistic success. We trust it may “Gossip” these many’ a year. “THE BANNER OF -LIFE.” The ﬁrst number of this sheet is upon our desk-—a perfect pattern of beauty and taste. It is the Cosmopolitan resusci- tated under anew name and better auspices. It will be devo- ted to “individual, family, social, church, municipal, national, political, religious, reformation,’ restoration, and redemption,” —a broad platform enough, to be ’ sure. The contents of this number, however, give good promise of fulﬁllment of its pur- poses. It contains a large number of able articles from a variety of able writers, while the piquancy of its editorial matter is a veritable relief. from the monotinous round of par- tisanship with which thesecular press is ﬁlled. It is published by E. R. Swackhamer, at 982 Sixth avenue, at $2 per year. TRIBUNE ON PHYSIC. The New York Tribune carries the lives of the world, and so hurls javelins at allithe enemies of public virtue \and private rights. Poor Mesmer, who is dead and gone long ago, comes in for a prod to gratify the spasmodic virtuous impulse of the old philosopher, who never was a Spiritualist, never had me- diums in his family, never admitted that the Fox girls where too many for him and his committee, never was identiﬁed with Communism—none of that. What if the Paris doctor does delude his patients? Do not all the legalized scientiﬁc secundem artem quacks charge whether they kill or cure? Has the green Greely yet to learn that the regular cliplontcttic doc- tors neveruguarantee cures? That this is deemed the height of charlatanism? Of course the Paris doctor is a scamp, for 19 Mesmer did the same thing. Splendid logic, this. The moon is made of green cheese. ergo, all planets are green cheese. “Can a more lamentable misfortune befall any one than to be fooled in one’s physic ? ” That depends on the kind of physic administered. It might be quite fortunate to throw the pills away and take the box, or have sawdust or bread pills sub- stituted. Mesmerized water won’t hurt any one ; poisonous drugs may. Nature is the great healer, and mesmerized water will not obstruct nature; physic ignorantly administered may——often does, and we have to pay, kill or cure. “Throw physic to the dogs” and give us mesmerized water. BANNER OF LIGHT. To this “Luminary” belongs the honor of having safely passed through that portion of its orbit in which danger ever impends, with perfect safety; and of having gained the position’ from which it can send forth its glorious rays of sunlight, to enliven and gladden the world, in serenity and conﬁdence. Look backward ﬁfteen years and consider the blank darkness in which the spirit world was still enclosed, and remember what was requisite at that time to boldly attempt to pierce the gloom, in order that some faint rays of spirit light might pene- trate the awful blank of uncertainity which separated “this from that.” I K To undertake the management of what was intended to dissi- pate the darkness in which this world was enshrouded, required something more than courage; it required a faith which would move mountains. Such a faith had they who ﬂung to the breeze the ever glorious BANNER, which alike in storm and calm has shed its genial, life—giving LIGHT. The ﬁrst number of volume thirty-one of this paper is “be- fore us, as usual laden with things which make glad the soul of man.‘ Unlike almost all other journals this one, which was once ostracised, has not since its -maturity, in turn, ostracised other and later efforts. It keeps pace with the march of re- form, never lagging behind to question this, or to condemn that, but always investigating, analyzing, accepting and grow- ing. While others stop in their course and are submerged, by the surging, rolling tide, as it restlessly bears along in its God- directed track, this one is ever found on the crest of the fore- most wave, boldly pointing where the next and greater “ swell” will land humanity.’ This is the secret of its continuous, suc- cess; and to the Editor-in-chief, Luther Colby, “whose hand never leaves the rudder, and whose intellectual sight foresaw this secret,‘ does the l3Ct7i7ter owe its present proud position. Untrammeledby bigotry or prejudice, unrestricted in length or breadth, unfathomed in depth, it moves majestically along, smiling complacently at its enemies, pitying its luke—warm friends, comforting the afflicted, healing the sick and raising the dead. Such is the Bctmzer of I/lght—an honor to its con- ductors and a blessing to the race. ' ‘ Lﬁee editorial frcmrthe “ Banner,” in another colu-mum} st 3 ' \;_. ~ ._1.-,»_.. W'(5)OvD_H_ULIi it CLAFLIN’S ws_sK~[Lr. , ‘ 7 . THOSE wno KNOW Us. TENAFLY, N. J.. March 10, 1872. VICTORIA WoonHULL—Dear Madam: In answer to an article in your paper of ,last,wee,k, “A Word to the wise,” let me say that, as far as I am concerned, I ask nohigher praise than to have it said that you-maligned, denounced, cruelly and wickedly persecuted by priests, politicians, press and people——~ever ﬁnd a warm and welcome place in my heart, and by my side. You are doing a grand work, notonly for your sex, but humanity. I have read all your speeches and bound volumes on politi- cal and social equality, and I consider your arguments on the many national questions now moving popular thought, able and unanswerable. . Do not let the coldness and ingratitude of some of your see: wound you, while such noble women as Lucretia Mott, Martha‘ C. Wright, Paulina W. Davis, Matilda J oslyn Gage, Mary J. Davis, Susan B. Anthony, and Isabella Beecher Hooker, are one and all yourvsincere friends. The latter spent 'a few days with me not long since,- and one V night, as we sat alone hour after hour, by the bright moonlight, ' talking over the past, the present, and the future, of woman’s sad history and happier destiny, and of your sudden and marvelous coming, she abruptly exclaimed, “ that little woman has bridged, with her prostrate body, an awful gulf over which womanhoodwill walk to freedom.” Many of us fully appreci- ate the deep ploughing, sub-soiling, under-draining you have done for public and private morals in the last year, and while the world sneers at your blunders, /we shall garner up your noble utterances with grateful hearts. The WEEKLY is all that the most fastidious. could ask this week. I specially . like the editorial, “Positive and negative reform.” I am amused in reading the Republican’; and Dem- ocratic journals to see how ﬁrmly _ ﬁxed these old parties are in the faith that they are to live on indeﬁnitely, when the democracy per se has been in its grave at least four years,and_.thejrepublican party is in its dotage, so weak in the knees it.can_not bear its own weight, and so blind it cannot tell its own friends. The .labor party, in refusing to do justice to woman, has sealed its doom also. Now is the time forthe ad- vance guard in all reforms to organize their forces into a “ Peoples’ Party.” Those who understand the true principles of government, if they would save what we have left of freedom, and secure equal rights for all, must now come to the front‘ and be leaders of numbers, as well as leaders of thought. If we desire a peaceful solution of C the many questions now loomingon our political horizon, the ' best men and women of the republic must assemble at an early day, and take counsel together. When we get the united thought of man and woman on national questions we shall have the complete humanitarian idea, that harmony in polit- ical action hitherto unknown. .It is strange men do not see this; and, yet, not so strange after all; for when we talk‘ to them of the “ feminine element” they think of the frail specimens of pwomanhoodwho preside in their households, and say what possible beneﬁt could these bring to us ? forgetting that the poor, cribbed ‘slave would be transformed in freedom, and in her native dignity develop powers that he never dreamt she po_ss,essed; To-day, in dependence, she reflects the man by her side, not her own true nature, or her God. ’ We shall never know what a true, grand womanhood is, until woman has -the full liberty to bound her own sphere, and you, dear friend, are doing much to usher in that glad day. ' ' ‘ELIZABETH CADY Smurou. __._.,_______ HUDSON TUTTLE AND HIS ‘FNEW iDISG_rB;A.C_..” BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. In common with your numerous readers, Messrs. Editors, I have read with an astonishment and regret no less profound than sorrowful, Mr. Hudson Tuttle’s numerous attempts to bring odium to the woman’s suffrage movement, the American Association of Spiritualists, and tothe cause of Spiritualism generally, ‘by‘his\‘frequent attabks, through the spiritual press, because of the ‘public position of Mrs; Woodhull, and the re- lation she sustains to these active and respective bodies or de- partments of reform. - . The author of “Physical Man,” “Arcana of Nature,” “ God Idea,” Arcana of Spiritualism,” etc., (volumes of varied merit, containing no original idea of his own, mainly valuable as compilations to the general and discussive reader), has de- throned himself from the position he has hitherto meritoriously held among Spiritualists, by the petty character and quality of his recent newspaper controversy. Instead of deﬁnitely maintaining any great ‘ moral principle, he unfortunately ap- pears to have gotten up for his own especial gratiﬁcation, and entered upon a sort of free fight, to the disgust of_ a large con stituency, in which he voluntarily champions an unworthy and ‘ ignoble side. In this encounter he exhibits characteristics which one expects to see in a professional of the prize ring, rather than in a philosopher of the spiritual school. How comes it that one who has heretofore been credited with . generous outlook of vision and catholicity of thought, should and could thus suddenly fall from such’ a height to such a depth? What is the real as well as ostensible reason for such manifestation at this particular time ? Surely behind all these “launching diatribes” which have ﬂooded the spiritual press for the past two months, there must be, it is safe to assume, a more tangible and signiﬁcant cause than what appears on the surface. ' ‘ V 7 Such a persistent avalanche of personal opposition cannot be reconciled on the hypothesis that Mrs. Woodhull was made , President of the National Organization of Spiritualists——this supposition is altogether too thin. Waving, however, every- thing of this character, as an" observer watching, more or less closely whatever is goingon," I have to confess myself unable to see the rel_evancy of ‘Mr. I Tutt_1e’s_- emphasized points, as sought to be made against Mrs. Woodhiill. Distrusting my own judgment, I ‘sought the opinion ofmy neighbors, acquaintances and friends ; and though some of them were, and still are op- posed to Mrs. Woodhull, for some reason or otherthey could not tell, with one exception all saw as I did, and deplored the narrowness of mind, the littleness of comprehension and boy- ishness of exhibition generally, made by the Autocratic l?hilosopher“of Berlin Heights, of free—love notoriety. 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Those who would make sure of obtaining ingress to the Academy, should secure seats at once at 44 Broad Street, and remember that the doors will open at ﬁfteen minutes past seven o’clock. I ’ ———-—--—~———¢-o-o-—~—-—-——- THE MAY CONVENTION. As We have previously remarked, there is a call under con- sideration for this convention which, when" issued, judging from what we have been informed about it, will startle the country from one extreme to the other, and throughout its vast area. The times are portentious of grand events, and those who are moving in this matter are competent to grasp and master the situation. Until it appears, let every soul which has an interest in the future of humanity be gathering itself up for the emergency, and be ready to give its whole strength in support of the grand movement which will dates from the day the forthcoming call shall be made to the public. -——*—————-we-¢-———--- - THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. This elegant Temple of Art, with its capacious accomo- dations and convenient appointments, has generally been dedi- cated to operatic and terpsichorian purposes. V Until quite re- cently we do not remember that it was used as a lecture hall. Ithas, however, been demonstrated thatit has one of the most plete reversal of the present Order of things. scientiﬁcally constructed auditoriums in the -country‘. A A NATIONAL DISGRACE.‘ The National Commissioner of Education gives the startling - information that one-seventh of our entire population can neither read nor write; and this seventh over ten years of age. Out of a population of nearly forty millions, ﬁve millions seven hundred thousand have neverreceived the beneﬁt of a common school education. But even this disgraceful showing reveals only avery small part of the real ignorance that exists. Besides the millions who can neither read, nor write, there are millidns more who write so badly as to be unintelligible, and who read so poorly as to fail to comprehend what they read. This last class of people include the great proportion of those who can read and write. While if those who can read prop- erly and write correctly were separated, their numbers would astonish us still more than does the number who cannot do so at all. These alarming facts, if they were given their due weight, should rouse the people‘ to an investigation of . the causes which conspire to bequeath us such resiilts. If civiliza- tion is in any sense dependent upon education, they not only indicate a sad showing, but a terrible failure on the part of those who are educated, to look after the demands of such as ‘ are below them in this regard. The real meaning of the case, however, is something quite different from what it is usually supposed to be. It is one of those systems of aggregations of power in the hands of the few by which the many are made subservient. The ignorant mass- es always have been, and always will be, in virtual bondage to the enlightened few. The monopoly of education is fully as terrible a despotism as is themonopoly of wealth. Indeed, without the ﬁrst, the last would be impossible. It is the possession of education which makes the monopoly of power, in any direction possible. If all people were equally educated the prevaling unequal distributions of wealth and favor could not be maintained. Our Declaration of Independence declares all men are born equal. If the government were administered in the spirit of that declaration, equality would be proportionately sustained in all the various phases and spheres of life, and among all people. But the government does not even take cognizance of any measures which have for their aim the equality of the people. Indeed, though it is the entire spirit of the reasons given for the revolution out of which it grew it is questionable if a single legislative act stands upon our Statute books, State or National, from which it could be deduced that equality was» its purpose. A government which has failed in every particular to base its legislation upon - the idea of equal freedom, rights and duties, for all its citizens does not deserve, because it has not earned the name of a Republican government the veryﬁrst principles of which is equality. '. But this even might be overlooked, had the ' question never been raised. The impotency of the government to carry out the principles upon which it was founded, might be excused; but when that impotency assumes to itself, by the power of position, the right to deny equality, and absolutely to pre- vent its existence, the time for excuse is passed. The same spirit that determined the declaration of independence from the rule of English despotism, should possess and determine us to declare our independence from this later despotism,which is even more intolerable than the former was, because more pretentious; being a clear usurpation by the government of what can only rightfully exist in the people. Thirty years from to-day, the present infant generation will be the ruling spirit of the country. But is the present ruling spirit taking any note of that fact? Is it caring for what the future shall be? No I it spends its strength in hatching schemes by which its own selﬁsh propensities can be gratiﬁed, leaving the future ‘to take care of itself. In our highest halls of legislature President-making is the order of the day. Weeks and months of the time of Congress are consumed in windy and wordy declamation for party purposes, by which to entrap to their support those whom they have conspired torkeep in ignorance, while the vital interests of the people either lan- guish in the committees or in vain contend for respectful con- sideration before the bar of the House and Senate. And into such a conspiracy has the government, inaugurated through the blood, sufferings and privations of our fathers, degenerated. Indeed, the purposes for which our fathers bled and died have been so fearfully perverted by their descendents that it is almost useless to expect any redress, except, through a com- In all direc- tions and departments we see nothing but wrong-nothing Voioei even of small volume and compass’ easily ﬁns the Whole but a perversion of the principle of equality to self-interests vast space, which makes it the most desirable hall for a speaker Every year, ﬁnds some new and cunningly devised 18 giglation that the city affords. It Seems that an the SpeCi'9‘11e°ture.haHS becoming law-by which the monopolists hope to obtain a still in the city were built Without regard to the principles of ﬁrmer grasp upon the vita1s—-the inclustries—of the country. acoustics ; and it is Well nigh ruinous for Common Speakers to Every year some devices pass into law having in view the trans- attempt to be heard in all their parts when ﬁlled to their utmost fer of the Support of government, to a Still greater extent, from °?~‘Pa°“Y- For this regson We predicate that the Academy will the capitalists to the laborers; and every year ﬁnds a smaller become the most popular lecture ball as it now is the most fa’ number of the rich growing richer, and a larger number of the vored in other respects of all the public halls of the city. ' -Q-O-='9--—-~—-~ DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT. ~In Moscow, Muscatine county, Iowa, there was an election last week for a Board of Trustees. Two tickets were run-——the democratic and the woman’s rights. The former nominated all men, and the latter all women, who were elected by overwhelming majorities. Here is powder for the big guns in the female suffrage c_ause.——Evem'ng Telegram. Yes! And it was because there were those who DARED to act up to the logic of their theories, that such aresult obtained. poor, poorer, while a competent education is still more exclu- sively conﬁned to the few whose parents have the means to in- voke the beneﬁts of Harvard or Yale. ‘ True, reform is abroad inthe land, pleading its demands; but nevertheless upon every point exposing its weakness. Its great misfortune is that it is not integral. people here and a still smaller squad there, are uselessly ex- spending their time, the fruitless endeavors to in their several. directions; and of every Will others learn wisdom. from thiﬁ demonstration of our especial domain be i_nvaded,'or itiis requested .to lendpits aid ' \ for any further or greater end. Ancl each of these ,refo:rm,6.1‘r3 is A little squad of and limited means in obtain a little relaxation each so suspicious convulsions if its strength other as to pass into so bigoted in his own estimation that he conceives that his idea is the great panacea for all the ills of humanity, and deI1011I10€S every thing else as bitterly as he does" the ills he seeks to cure. Thus the vitality of reform is spent in numberless diverse di- rections with small results. This unphilosophic condition, however, is legitimate. It arises out of the fact that people- even reformers—know next to nothing about principles, or causes. They observe a certain deleterious effect and set them- selves about to ameliorate it, never stopping to inquire whence or why it came. Now, there must be an entire change of programme by Re- formers. Let them be of whatever sort they may, they must unite and enmasse march against the common enemy.‘ They must come down to the truth, that all true reform is one at bottom, springing from the same general principle of the de- mands of justice; and that nothing is reform that is not di- rectly related to this principle and connected with all that are related to it. A But if there is one thing which more than all others ought to secure the attention of all classes of people, it is education for the young. It is clear that many grow up in ignorance. Whether this comes from the incapacity, or indifference of pa- rents, need not be inquired into here. It is sufficient that the fact exists, and that it is prophetic of destruction to the future tion to children to make them desirable members of the socie- ty of which they will form a part, then society itself not only should, but must secure it to them. It should do this; ﬁrst, because it is its own interest ; and second, because it is a duty it owes to its future construction. It is a false idea that children belong to parents, instead of society. In the last and best analysis, parents are but the agents of society to , continue its existence. They produce children who shall constitute society. Then, do not children belong to society in a still more important sense than they can belong to parents? And no short—sighted policy, suggested merely by the affections, should be permitted to militate against both the welfare of society an; the interests of children. In other words, parents have no right to exercise a control over children that shall make them bad members of society, but to assert that children belong to them, is to assert such a right which," carried into practice, produces the unfortunate conditions from which we are now suffering. As civilization has spread and enlightenment become more generally diffused, and the beneﬁts of education more dis- tinctly understood, society has gradually extended its sway over the conduct of its children. Compulsory education is now advocated by the best humanitarians. From this to a perfect system, is but a single step. Ifpsociety have the right to de- mand that all children shall have a certain amount of educa- tion, it certainly has the right to the entire control of their ed- -ucation. It not only has the right to this control, but it is a duty it owes to children to exercise it. It is more important that children should be made good men and women, and proﬁtable citizens than it is that the selﬁsh whims of parents should be gratiﬁed. Parents revolt against resigning control over chil- dren, but they must learn to consult the interests of children and the good of society before their own selﬁsh affection which would be gratiﬁed at the expense of both children and society. And education should be such that every child, male and female, on arriving at a mature age, shall have had equal advan- tages to all the possibilities of education. Society has no right to conspire with its members to permit a certain favored few of its children to monopolize all the power of education. And we declare that society is itself responsible for a very large proportion of the crime it makes laws to punish. But such is its inconsistency, though it is so plain that almost every body overlooks the fact, in the supposition that the responsibility re- sides in the individual. Children, at their majority, are what society makes them, and there is no escaping the conclusion. It must be taken hold of ‘and our present system of education modiﬁed to meet it, and its decrees, let them interfere, as they will, with parental authority. and selﬁshness, must be inexor- able. “VIDI,” THE LIAR. In the Baltimore A.mc7'ic«m there is a letter by this liar, which is such an outrageous perversion that [we feel it incum- bent upon us to hold him up to contempt. There are a’ set of fellows in certain centres, of population, especially in Wash- “Vidi,” who eke out a precarious existence by retailing the. most extravagant falsehoods regarding prominent events which a prurient mind can invent. They are a disgrace to journal- ism, and a still greater disgrace to humanity. And the editors. who pay for and publish. such vulgarity are iﬁnitely worse than the writers.‘ We wish we knew this prurient-minded in- dividual, but we do not; he hides behind amom dc plume. But we will hold that up, since we lack the one for which it stands. Note the lie; . “ Woodhullism has had its votaries from before the ﬂood, but it was reserved for" the growing indifferentism of absolute social liberty to make room for it among social systems. Hence- forth very likely it may be an organized and public power, as But in its appearances of success there is a vast proportion of illusion. Mrs. Woodhull took the Academy of Music for an evening last week, to make her latest and as yet worst demon- stration against everything at which her wild and lawless feel- ings revolt. But it so happened that the Committee of Seventy took the Cooper Institute the same’ evening to hold a char- ter—ratiﬁcation meeting. Consequently the Woodhull demon- stration was a discomﬁture. ' The other place of amusement caught the ﬂoating public. The great speech was heard by a few and read by none; for the newspapers, having something else to talk about tnatII1orn..; of this country. If parents do not give the necessary educa- A ington, represented by Don Piatt, and in,New York by this- it has hitherto been a potent element of personal character. » x.-:;%;—,:.~.-.\s,~,:,..n-. ,,. ,_; ‘ 1-and, Me., March 9. Mareh- 23, 18-72. ing, ignored the poor conceited creature altogether. Consid- ering that the newspaper demand for sensations is the sole mechanical agency whereby such people are able occasionally to work their kite up into the air a little, this failure to engage the lift of a single reporter’s line for the great effort is full of signiﬁcance. Now this is a fair specimen of what this class of vultures are capable. An utter lie from beg-inning to end. The very re verse was true. The Cooper Institute meeting was an audience of about two hundred persons. At the Academy of Music there were seven thousand two hundred tickets taken at the door. But this liar, in the face of the Herald’s report, which . said that the Academy was literally packed, with as many more who could not obtain entrance, says “the great speech was heard by few and read by none.” It is quite true, as we have stated, that the demonstration was so vast, the administration journals decided to ignore it as the best method of limiting its inﬂuenc upon the public mind. They realized the danger of giving publicity to the fact that ﬁfteen thousand people were called out to hear the most revo- lutionary ‘speech of modern times. But the well—based fear of journals, nor yet the lies of “ Vidi” can ignore the Impending Revolution. It will come in spite of them, and swallow them all together in one common destruction. , The shallowness of this penny—a-liner is however expressed by himself. He speaks of the Academy of Music speech as the social speech, while not a word regarding the social relations oc- curs in it. Nevertheless he goes on to depreciate the awful tendencies of “Woodhullism,” citing as examples the fact that he was spoken to by several unfortunate women while passing down Broadway one evening. He would have it understood that nothing of this kind ever occurred until since the advent of the doctrines of free love, of which he shows himself as ignorant as he is devoid of _truth, where facts are in question. Hear this philosopher and moralist: Privately {the doctrine works devastation enough by un- ‘shackling the passions from conventional restraint and from the sense of shame. This change promises to become a most momentous one, revolutionizing the conditions of sin in society, and throwing virtue on her own unaided, inward strength. This view of the case is, we have no doubt, legitimate enough for “Vidi” to entertain. We have no question about the necessity of law to control his actions. This is clear enough, since if there were a law to punish a liar, he would probably have refrained from the lies of which we have con- victed him. It would not have been, however, because of his regard for truth but from his fear of the law. He would have it imagined that everybody’s virtue rests upon as slim a tenure as his veracity does, which we beg leave to doubt. Now though this person affects so much morality we will wager almost any thing that he is_ a regular consorter with these same women whom he describes. Like Don Pi-at, who can affect more and have less virtue, than any other living man, mercilessly ruining in the world’s estimation one of Ohio’s fairest daughters, and thereby blasting the hopes of one of its most promising states- men, this class of cormorants, lie constantly concealed behind the mask of hypocritical affectation, seeking whom they may devour. And yet they write pattern articles on morality. Out upon such shams, such hypocritical cant. And out ‘upon such journalism, and out upon the editors who conspire with such rascals to degrade the public tastes to their own level. To conclude our respects to this “Vidi,” to whom we trust we shall some day have the opportunity of expressing what we feel in our soul, we offer, without comment, the last part of his letter to the Americcm, merely asking the calm consid- eration of the case set forth, which, if it be as it doubtless is in this particular instance, an invention, is nevertheless an il- lustration of many that do really exist as standing indictments against our present social despotisms: Here is a case, however, which no artiﬁcial category could cover, and it happens to be substantially the usual case with the sex from which Mrs. Woodhull apostatized. The wound is deeper still than infamy, and the want is what society could not meet if it would. No philosophy or sophistry or even so- cial countenance had a balm for the conscious degradation and the torture of helpless passion in the secret heart of the woman who wrote the following note. I copy it verbatim from the original, received°the other day in Fulton street: “ Fulton Street Prayer Meet’i72g—I write because I am hope- lessly wretched; am young, wealthy, the world says happy. I live in the ﬁrst circles here. I am married to a man I dislike. I have two children by a man I love, and he lives with his. wife. I have no faith, no hope, nothing. I am wretched and miserable. I don’t believe in your meetings, and yet I write because I am so unhappy.” [No signature]. Earnest prayer was offered for this wretched victim of unbe- lief and sin that the Almighty Deliverer, toward whom she was involuntarily groping in her blind despair, would reveal Hi.m- self and set her free bya superior attraction and a stronger love from that which chained her soul in‘ torture and sin. .....r%~_—— THE FEMALE SUFFRAGE IN MAINE. The bill authorizing female citizens to-vote at Presidential elections in this State, passed the Senate by a handsome ma- jority. For the purpose of future reference, we record the yeas and nays. V YEAs:—Messrs. Chaplin, Dunning, Fletcher, Foster of Ken- nebec, Hadlock, Hinks, Humphrey, Irish, Kennedy, May, McLellan, Nickels, 0’Brien, Philbrick, Webber~15. ‘ v NArs:—Messrs. Cole, Davis, Dingley, Foster of Penobscot, Hobbs, Howes, Kimball, Pennell—-8. ‘ In the House this bill was defeated by a vote of 53 to 41. Among the yeas we are glad to see the name of Mr. Holden, of Portland. Mr. Fessenden and Mr. Knight voted against it. It is only a question of time. That the female “people” of this country are to exercise theright of suffrage at no distant day, is inevitable. That such a bill passed the Senate and re- ceived a handsome minority vote in the House, is one of the signs of progress. The world does move.——I he llfonitor, Port- PRESS JUSTICE. VVe have a new sensation of the free lust kind, in the case of'Rev. A. B. Carter of the church of the Holy Saviour. Be- fore we proceed we want it distinctly remembered that we did . not bring this social scandal to light,‘ and owe all we know to the pure daily press. seducinga young lady and procuring an abortion, as well as with putting his victim into a house ofassignation. The Star asks, Which is the sinner? ' If the charge be true, the man is the greater sinner, because of his age, calling, edu- cation, his wife and children; these are arguments against him; it is barely possible she waylaid and seduced him; and if she did, the facts still stand against him. It was his business to save hersoul, not prostitute her body, ruin her reputation, mur- der the fruits of their joint act, and send both to hell, if he was not a hypocritical ranter as well as a lecherous divine. The Tribune in harmony with its vulgar and brutal in- stincts, without hearing evidence further than the charge and denial, at once denounces the woman as attempt- ing to blackmail the innocent soul maker as well as soul saver. We prefer to wait the hearing of the evidence. The frequent recurrence of those Rev. monogamic free lust, digressions, as furnished in the columns of the Tribune, shows as a class, the per cent of Rev. seducers as very fair; and the inference at ﬁrst blush against the cloth. ' So far as this particular case is developed, the impression is against Mr. Carter. The lady would hardly risk the exposure and loss of standing in the community, where she was thor- oughly protected, unless, indeed, there is a necessity for an- other abortion, which may explain the fact of her desparation and imperative demand for the remaining $30,000. That he met her in the vestry is conceded. That that was a convenient place to conduct such a transaction, immediately under the droppings of the sanctuary——who will question? We suspend judgment, and await with patience this piece of pious scandal. We hope the Rev. gentleman will not charge his little misdemeanor to our paper and doctrines. The VVeelcly was not in existence when this little affair was said to have commenced. Meantime we are curious to know, if it be total depravity or the special depravity of these particular sinners, or monogamic, permanent legal marriage without regard to ﬁtness; or is it a false public opinion begotten of all these. Here legal motherhood is creditable, hence illegal mother- hood begets disgrace, and hence suicide and murder. When the day comes that motherhood is deemed the right of all healthy women, and no disgrace attaches to the mannerlof it, then murder and abortion will cease, and not until then. There are countries where this unchristian and unjust dis- crimination does not exist, where an unmarried mother stands as well as a married mother ; and there these pests of christian monogamy do not exist. We cannot see why an unmarried woman, the mother of a child whose father is physically and morally complete, or of average completeness, should stand below a woman who is a widow, or a woman who prostitutes her body and soul to rear- ing the offspring of drunken, diseased and brutal legal fathers. The right of motherhood is founded in nature, and is before, above and beyond all human legislation,“ There is neither vice nor virtue in it, except as it agrees or disagrees with the natural justice of the case. _ In the eyes of the world this woman’s confession forever bars her from respectable society. If this man is proven guilty, it will seriously mar his standing——ordinarily it would soon be forgotten. After marriage, this obligation rests lightly on him,’ heavily on her. Few men are strictly faithful-—few women unfaithful. The Times is as unjust as the Tribune; it saddles all the‘ blame on the woman. VVe think it more reasonable to judge after the evidence; that it is mean, unmanly and libellous to use the power of the press to manufacture public opinion against either, even if both are guilty, which is just as prob- able as that the woman alone is guilty; and in this case even more so. But the press is willing to accept the denial of the man-but not the aﬂirmation of the woman. The woman loses her social position by her confession——the man retains his and his salary, Let any honest mind compare the cases, an.d the injustice of the press is apparent. And yet we do wrong to demand justice for women. in the eyes of such crea- tures l n The fact that the girl iswilling to retire, and that the rev- erend gentleman is inexorable, does not prove her guilt nor his innocence. This spirit of persecution is illy in keeping with the life and precepts of the Master; and however innocent he may be of this particular charge, he has proveduone thing be- yond a doubt—and that is, that he is unﬁt to be a Christian minister. He cannot endure persecution without resentment ~vengence; and this addsstrongly to the suspicion that he is not free from blemish in the affair. -4»—o»¢—~ We are pleased to learn through our Paciﬁc Slope advices that Mrs. Mary Olmstead Hanks, late of this city, one of the most earnest and energetic workers in the suffrage cause here, and one of the really practical women ‘connected with the late mismanaged Workingwomen’s Association, is about entering the lecturing ﬁeld iii California and Oregon. Her subjects are the “ Relations of Marriage and Industry,” “ Land for the Laborer,” and “ How to Regulate the Conflict between Capital and Labor.” the ﬁrst of these subjects lately at the Woman’s Suffrage Con- She made a very able ‘and eloquent address on vention ‘in San Francisco, and we feel assurance in predicting V for her a brillian.t and successful future, The Rev. Holy Parson is accused of’ ,lowliest Christian from exterininating vermin.” I .wooDi=1ULL &riACLAFLI«N’S WEEKLY. l i ~ g a . 9 APOLLO HALL. THOMAS‘ GALES FORSTER. This celebrated trance orator is rousing an interest in reform which is something quite new for New York". At once the most open to the coming of the new and the most indifferent. to its presence in this city, which should be the very centre-. and soul of spiritual reform it is behind almost all other cities. of the couutry. There are reasons, however, and good ones. for such a condition. The immediate-centre of two millions of -people, it should have been far in advance of all other cities in spiritual progress. Butthe extreme individuality of’ Spiritualists has prevented their own growth. So fearful have. many of the most prominent persons been of organization, that. they‘ have overlooked the great necessity for it. ganization, any body of people are like an unorganized army, are useless as an effective power, and like a mob, is destructive of the very purposes for which it collect'ed. We are glad to see howpver, that the spiritualfossils aretaking back seats, and, that it is beginning to be perceived by the more enlight- ened, that organization for material g purposes, instead of hindering, is actually a necessary accompaniment of spiritual growth. It might as well be contended that a journal which advocates spiritual ideas, should not be supported by an or- ganized power, as to maintain that Spiritualism can perform its work as a disintegrated mass. It is in view of these consid- erations that we hail the advent of this talented speaker in New York for a definite season. Out of chaos, he will evolve order, and out of weakness he « will createistrength; when indifference will be succeeded by an interest for something more than, and beyond, individual conviction. THE -‘LYNN TRANSCRIPT” ON FREE .LOV_E "AND DIVORCE." ‘ T I i . It is an old “saw,” that “None are so blind_as those who‘3wilZ not see.” Another : “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” It was doubtless for the purpose of ‘fulfilling this Divine method of dealing with human ignorance that the God of Moses and the Jews hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and led him into the folly of attempting to follow the abscondingl chil- dren of Israel, and so accomplished by water what he had failed to do by frogs, lice, locusts, and other vermin. A writer wilfully blind, in this magnanimous paper, makes a sweeping attack on Spiritualism and social reform, as pre- sented in our Steinway Hall speech. To the charge of “ Spiiu itist vagueness and incoherence,” we need only reply, that most of the manifestations come from those who have been educated in the regular orthodox schools for eighteen hundred years ; and some of them have been hundreds of years on the other side; so that these communications are fair samples of the work of our enemies. If after Spiritism has run thema- chine two hundred years, we cannot show up better results, we will own up the failure. One thing is certain, the average in telligence of Spiritualists is above that of any orthodox church; and the doctrines taught by them are more rational than those which Moses professed to obtain directly from God, without the poor ungrammatical media, and those which Paul .pro- fessed to obtain from the Holy Spirit. We need only cite the doctrine of eternal damnation, ﬁt only to come from a demon, if such a monster be a possibility. If the readers‘ of the Transcript are persons of ordinary in- telligence, and will carefully analyze the quotations from our speech, not the comments and deductions of this dishonest, pious blockhead, they will see that there is not a word discord- ant with natural justice, the supremest of all laws. 1. The writer lowers, degrades divine matrimony to a mere business contract, and the ownership of the woman by the man. “Is a business contract bondage ? If my wife may be mine to- day, and another‘s to-morrow.” A business contract may be a great bondage, when it lacks equity—has been entered igno- rantly-—when one party has taken advantage of the ignorance or necessity of another party. -“ Fruitful sexual union, with or without marriage, consti- tutes marriage.” Such is the law of New York and some other States. , Conjugal love is subject to reason and conscierfce. It is immoral to allow it to go forth to improper objects—an exclu- sive and exacting passion, tolerating no rivals. This comes (exclusive and exacting) of nature and God, Jealous exclu- siveness of the conjugal passion, .is the natural safeguardfof . home. It is the human heart and consciencejas well as the decalogue that says: ‘-‘ Thou shalt not commit adultery. There is nothing in 'Christ’s Gospel that will prevent thefmeekest and Now this is enough to inﬂict on the reader from this Christian moralist who interprets Christ, who taught forgiveness, and forbear- ance as permitting a man to murder another under the pretext that he owns a human being called a woman or a wife. The writer makes conjugal love the subject of a. legal. con- tract and perpetually binding, regardless of any injustice. It does not deﬁne what is a proper object, what the equities of _ the contract are or what the conditions of release; and holds the woman as the property of the man, without any rights. -Now this w‘riter is the veriest ignoramus, if he do not know that two-thirds of all the men in the country have been at some time unchaste, and have violated this contract. And if the rule . of the courts and the equities of contracts were applied, two- thirds of all the marriages would be dissolved instanter. Now we wish to say to this pious interpreter of Christ that in heaven there are men and women, and yet there is no mar- riage there, ~We presume they will be kept in separate 9.3.? SEVENTH EA.C%E.l Without‘ or- ‘ I 10 W(_).C)I,),.H.ULL. (ll? OLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. March 23, 1872. FREE LOVE: I it ITS SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY. A LECTURE BY 1i’.R_A_NOIS ROSE MA OKINLEY, .41‘ IRVING, H_.4-LL, MARCH 8, 1872. I am about to speak of love, the most. exciting, and interestingof. all topics, and to .s'peak_,of it with that ‘perfect freedom which is the" ‘ ~characteristic of thou ght, andmust. be, ﬁnally, the. attribute of, action, whenthought, shall conquer ignorance and prejudice. Let me ask of my hearers to forget the bias of preconceived opinion, I and.. yielCl.thémse1ves— to the_irnp11l.ses of enthusiasm. or the suggestions Qf,—_r,_e,ason, which I hope to_qui.ck_en inall earnest minds that hear me. From those who come here with a predetermination to misappre- hend me, and who will_ watch my every phrase-in search of material for detracting criticism, I can expect only such misrepresentation or ridicule as is the ordinary destiny of unwelcome truth. - ' - These truths, which I shall’ now utter from the profoundest‘ convic- tion, must be, I believe, iterated and reiterated ‘ to women, and by wo- men; for as it is through woman’s ignorance of them that she has most suffered,‘she' has_the_ most to gain from their incorporation with that public opinion the enlightenment of which is the ﬁrst necessity toward re_fo‘rm. . I To this en,d:I'_speak, as the invisible spirit of thoughtinspires me. I ask only for_ aipatient. hearing.’ ~ The, love of the sexes, hitherto almost wholly instinctual, emotional and-.impulsive,_ is in,these,days, attracting the careful attention of "the purely specula.tiye.intellect., It is seen that all radical reform of society must, culminate in a. reform of the relations, between. the sexes. In order. to. halve avbetter world, we must begin by generating better indi- , viduals. The laws of generation, the profoundest mystery of being, are to be studied in the future in the light of pure, reason. Thus far they have been almost altogether under the guidance of religion, except where... Nature has swayed them in spite of the super- stition of man. — ' . It has been dimly perceived, and stated in all mythology, that sex isgthe original law of creation. All divinities are gods and goddesses. In the primitive form of Christianity, the worship of the female prin ciple. is retained, in the adoration of the Virgin Mary. ' Metaphysicians have philosophized this grand inspiration of the human 1Illl1Cl»ll1l}Ofl3h6 plainer statement that everything is dual, positive and negative—odd and «even-male and female. The conju_nction of these two is theolaw of evolution in matter, which when developed into spirit, as in human beings, becomes love, or the desire of sympathy and perpetuation. A T v- Love, then, is the law of human evolution,_ through which only can the race. be. improved. As yet it has been passional, poetical, involun- tary. ‘Science has to complete the cycle, by adding to this romance of the,you_th. of human nature, an: intelligent andpositive will. ’The creative energy of Natmte repeats inﬁnite combinations . this, Thoma of-sex, this ﬁrst div,isio_11..of.»theunity, Whence is all variety; so, the. musician or. composer, imitating this same process, makes ever- varying harmonies with modiﬁcations of. sound, or the chemist repro- duces all substances, or creates new ones, with differing juxtaposition ofmaterials. ’ I I Motion, theproducing force of unconscious, nature, becomes love whenit reaches the perfect modulations of the heart of man——the heat of the spirit expressing, itself in matter. The sexual searchof the, malefor the female—-the female for the male-—-is, the thread invisible , wherewith the fates_ spin the whole web of f‘exis'tence. A I A A Rock and brain are the Polar terminythe base and summit of ‘Na- ture’s eifoittsi in ourvisible'spl1ere——rock,the grossest form, and brain the, rnos[tI,spirit_uali{z,ed, expression of matt_er.. Rock. is the crude pro- duct of the coarse action.of the dual forces: of L the great battery of crea- tion: brain, their last. iucon,ceivabl,e .su..bti1iz,a»t,i;o11q “ Fro_m.th.e. almost inflexible granite.” in the Words of Prof Y0u~ . mans, “up th.rough more. an.d.more..mutab1e;f0rms of ‘matter, Solid, liquid, gaseous, organic, rises the primal. impulse of nature, till it reaches the summit of the scale in the human brain.” That, p_rimal_ impulse of nature is love. But midway.in the progress of this “ eter- nal art educing good from ill,” appears the principle of animal genera- tion, the germ whence, when Nature reaches the perfect echo of _ herself in the human consciousness, love springs into gloriopusg being. The law’ of chemical aff1‘nity.in: theworld of matter becomes the law of generation in the animal" kingdom. I Science,, by imeansw of chemical combinations, has learned to sway the, lele,me,ntar_y, forces, of nature, so as to minister -to every want of man. Wlhen science shall ‘have. le_ar_ned,, that men and Women are histeslyphs. of n3iure’s. forces. her. 6léI.i1enta1‘y Prinﬂiplres in Various ' combinatioiis, on their way" to perfect -consciousness, all individual tendencies... Will be Scientiﬁcally 1‘¢$19e0t9Cl;'a_I1Cll5h6 MW Of affinity as much,0,bS..e1'.V6diI1 the relations, of-the sexes as in the prac~ tical chemistry which makes, use of1that,:laW. . The old . monk.,who pounde.d- sulphur and charcoal together saw the pestle of his mortar go through the ceiling, and so discovéred?gun- powder,--- and taughtto. chemists‘ the danger.'— of»: ‘mixing oppngnant essences. Dire f e:>§p’erienee..-.of—'the evils of~'?4‘i'i‘I’Iii?f)§<?1‘,f<,3§I...i;. ;generation.~sho:nLd . -teachrnfs the ‘obse-1‘-‘v’—ance'« of*th'e' ‘analogical-‘*»law‘Tihg ,~atign_,o.f,- lthefielenients of:-humanity, soas tc"?“pr‘;€>d’u;ce‘:'/in_ 'the,_,f1_iture,._, a:ﬁa,,,1¢S.S,:di,SOO1‘d.,. . . _ . . ., ,. .. , ._ I;’et:’us’ consider this question of analogy a little further. Poetry is made up of comparison, sirnile, metaphor, allegory and are-.-lore / the like, derived from the constant rep_etit_ion of like processes with the same métterialswhich marks all the phfenomeila Of nature. Science, watching this methodof nature, learn from the control of smal1;_,.thin§g§. ‘how, to app1;.:.,the_sanie prcc_esses l12lle1:Y@¥:S%lly« 0 , their sun. A3_ - _ The-analogies between the‘ parts of the human body and society” I have longbeen the theme of poets, as in the familiar fable of the body and its members, so beautifully expressed by.Shakespeare in Coriolan us. Swedenborg says that the human form is derived from celestial love in every minutiae of thought. ' St. Paul declares that Christ isthe head of the body of humanity. Vllhen these analogies are recognized as absolute truths, and not as fancies and intuitions, pathology, or the explanation of the nature of diseases, will suggestthe cure or prevention of social as well as indi- vidual ills. Herbert Spencer is constructing a science of sociology, based upon I therecognition of this repetition of the same laws in the individual _ man andtheitotal humanity. Stephen Pearl Andrews has so far elaborated the presentation of this echo of the laws governing the development of the human body.and- that of society, that he has founded upon them a new social science, which will in time be recognized and put into practice. Of this science perfect freedom in the loves of the sexes, governed by a knowledge of the laws of the human frame, is one of the elementary principles. . = ‘ Thus free love, or freedom in the loves of the sexes, will be found _to be in the end a scientific necessity, an absolute fate, which it is idle V to contend against. Let me try to state the great law of the evolution of love upon which I found this statement and prediction———a law which, as it grandly permeates the whole story of humanity, is repeated in little in every love affair. i . The antique fable of the birth out of darkness of Eros, the god of love, signiﬁes, according to Pythagoras, the birth of love in the soul. In wise comments upon this myth this divine old philosopher has expressed, very succinctly, the law of the evolution of -love out of chaotic motion. - . This primal darkness, the eternal womb whence love is born, rep- resents the selﬁsh instinct of man, wherein is evolved that love which is the very essence of light and harmony and joyance. Thus, as we worship the perfect freedom of tr-ue love, or the restraint of passion or prejudice, we tend in our lives to instinct——-downward into the darkness of chaos——or, to the sublimity of self-abandonment, upward and out- ward into the light of love. Pythagoras declares that “Love appears ﬁrst in matter warring with the evil principle, or with darkness and the ﬁxed. Love is the prin- ciple of affinity in all things, and is-the cause of the oneness of the world. By the law of love it is that planets revolve around the sun ; for as the love of the child causes it to revolve in a manner about the parent, and the love of the mistress and lover causes them -to move harmoniously together, so move the heavenly lovers, the planets, with the planets, because they move about him, bound by his love. If the power of the love of two heavenly bodies is equal in each, then are ‘they sun and planets, each to the other, and move in one circle, about their common centre; and this is the most beautiful of:. all heavenly motions. All love is mutual, even among the stars, and the lover originates it in her he loves, and she in him in her turn.” Can thesesublime analogies of the laws of motion and the laws of love be morefsuggestively stated? These great harmonic laws must rule in this preparatory sphere, as they do in the heaven, of which all true love is but the anticipation, ere we can rid ourselves of the evils of our present society, equally incident to both marriage and free love. The majority of human beings are yet in the darkness of instinct, out of which Eros is born—free lovers by the license of nature, and not by a rational comprehension of the Trinity of Principle in Love. , Pythagoras may be said to be_the founder of that school of think- ers—the free lovers of the da_y——who claim that perfect freedom in love, as in the exercise of every other faculty, is to be the ﬁnality of a per- fected society. ’ He found in Love the same principle of threefold evolution which he had discovered in all nature. I According to his division, which the free lovers of to-day accept, the first kind of love, is base in its degree, regarding only the pleasure of the lover, and not that of the person loved. This is the low instinct of love, which reeks not at what cost of evil to another“ gratiﬁcation is obtained. A The second kind of love is personal, and of the heart, and unites husband and wife, parent and child, friend and friend. This is the affection that would share its pleasure with another; but it is lim- ited to such as are able to return ood for good, and pleasure for pleas- ure. Our boasted Christian civilization has reached no higher than this second grade of love—-a love still alloyed by selﬁsh considerations. The-third and last kind of love takes in all mankind, existing, resent, and to be hereafter; and , so the true lover becomes ﬁnally t e free lover, and, having truly loved one, learns to love all, and this is the love and charity that Christ enjoined. O that Ilcould awaken in-the hearts of those who hear me that throb of divine enthusiasm which accompanies a true, noble, generous and self-abandoning love, which, bursting the bounds of ‘personality, includes all humanity in its hopes and aspirations! This is the last touchof nature-that will make the whole world kin. These three kinds» of love described by Pythagoras inﬂuence the whole.--relat.ions...o£ the sexes. The ﬁrst ki.nd:{—_.tl:L‘e Selﬁsh, animal im- uslse and; thi.r.<;ii~,.l<.iIid-the universal lore-are alike only in .th.e. dam‘ or fr d, m, tho_ugh- otherwise as exactly opposite-, in spirit and E t =as.the, lowestanimal and the hi best reason; Tghe-*intermed~iate ‘ love-is represente by the restricted condition of ‘ marriage as aflegal or religious tie. These three subdivisions of love bring about the conjunction of the sexes. In the ﬁrst, as desire or animal instinct. In the second, the same impulse modiﬁed by the love of one, as a part of 'one’s self—~a selﬁsh-l.onging of possession, to which is to be added what phrenolo-« / Hence the people of the East call the sun the husband of ' .5 ., l 4 n '1 ‘March, 23, 1872." 7 eW00,DHULL <8» 0LArLIN’s .WE*EKLY. ‘ I 11. WE —=.. gists call philoprogenitiveness, the desire and love of offs ring; while in the third, the intensity of amorousness is controlled an , directedby . a scientiﬁc knowledge of the laws of love and an intense fearof the known consequences offbreaking them——a restraint so absolute that no superstition or law can compare. to it in efficacy. . « . _ - Let me still further illustrate. this proposition. The instinct of free- dom in love-—-free love—-begins in the animal world, where blind-propa- gation reigns. Reﬁned into voluptuousnes in man, it becomes,ein its most tasteful exhibition, a poetic sensuousness, as. in the Greek worship of Venus. This may be said to be the ﬁrst division of love, developed up to its ultimate. A ‘ ' ' Christianity introduced. a still further reﬁnement upon this, or a polar antagonism or rebound from the coarse license that characterized its lowest expression, This was embodied in monasticism and mono- gamy, and assumed its most poetic form in the half-love, half-worship of chivalry——the adoration of the knight for God andihis mistress—~the perfect love consistent with perfect honor, chanted in the lays of the Proubadours. ‘ » This idealization of marriage was the natural protest of the con- science or heart of humanity against the exorbitancies of the passions in the ﬁrst evolution of Love. It has gone to the extreme of an insufferable restraint upon the aifectional nature, against which the world rebels, and seems in‘ danger of lapsing into the bar- barity of the ﬁrst evolution, when science intervenes’ and completes the law, by showing the necessary 'transition to be to a rational freedom in love, superadding to these elements of sensuousness and worship the most perfect check upon the abuse of the mere propensity of love, in a knowledge of the laws of life; till the final ideal Free-Lover will combine the beauty and voluptuousness of the fair divinities of old religion with the honor and faith o:f chivalry - and the scientiﬁc knowledge and caution of a profound philosopher; who will, with Madame Roland, only consider pleasure to be a happi- ness in the union of what will regale both mind and body without the cost of regret. ‘ . Nature has symbolizedin the human body this great triune law of the development of love. The organ of veneration at the very summit of the brain is the pole of the opposite venery; the one the highest worship, the other the lowest love. Intermediate is the heart, irra- tionally emotional. VVe are now in the period of evolution represented by the heart. When to this shall be added the wisdom symbolized by the head, the cycle will be completed in the era of perfect freedom. In this thoughtful age this wondrous mystery of sexual love, which has so long eluded analysis as to have been left almost wholly in the realm of the imagination, is now receiving the most considerate and deliberate attention of both sexes. Woman especially, beginning to use her intellect in regard to the position of hersex, is emerging out of the secondary or heart period, into the trinaryor head; is learning to reason more than love, as she has previously. loved more than rea- soned. Hitherto mock modesty has hesitated to lift the veil which obscures these most intricate of the arcana of nature; but now the , whole being of thinking. humanity is aroused to the consideration of this philosophy of sexology, of this fundamental and elementary basis of being, a philosophy. which addresses itself to both thought and feeling, reason and emotion, which recognizes man and woman as the regpresentative types and symbols, or analogues, in the mystic language 0 the universe, of the two radical divisions of consciousness and exist- ence, the positive and negative poles of being. Man, as sex, Natures ideal of reflection, or the power of thought—won1an,’Nature’s image of herself, theall-inclusive entity incarnate"; these two, again, echoing the whole universe, as Natures concentrated“ expression of spirit and matter. a C i Love, then,"in the largest sense of the word, is the greatest law of creation, the God-principle in it. It is. the creative‘ and generative impulse of nature which makes all life. It is the cause of worship, the incitement of all romance, the theme of the legendary and poet. “ For love is heaven, and heaven is love.” To attempt to restrain this wildest impulse of the soul of man is as idle as to try to curb the religious emotions or the powers of thought, attempts as yet totally unsuccessful, though their constant renewal has deluged the planet in blood. Freedom to love! 'Without this freedom life is stripped of its pur- port and beauty. The chronicles of the race, as recorded in tale or history, prove that whatever restrictions have been put upon that om- nipotent passion have made countless millions. mourn, have turned existence into a terror and horror, have, by making love criminal, ex- cept under the restrictions of law and custom, perverted the noblest aspirations and quenched the light of hope in thetruest minds. Out of this romance of passion and the impediments that havebeen thrown in its way by false institutions, narrow prejudices, or the selﬁsh sense of ownership, the poets have weaved. thatfwoeful story of miser- able expectation, or wild imagination, temporary fruition, and hopeless disappointment, which gives pathos and.v,erity to the couplet: “The course of true love never did run smooth.” The , oets have all des ised the conventionalities which would trammel ove, even in its wilt est vagaries‘; and theyfhave_,toldlin "song the tale of freelove, until all feelin5g‘;i"li‘earts"beat, in I sympathyawith a true free-lover, who obeys the elective affinities’ of'lnatureaiid,hates the cold obstacles that oppose them, < ’ " " Love deﬁes ‘resti'aint', as‘_‘th;e ﬁnal ca,uses_in, nature, defyanalysis or control. Only by 'obedie_nce_to .its"ow,1i_f imn:ane;x;t.1av§s.,cajr itlble regg- lated. i ‘i " I The modern movement “in, favor of free love is a demand prompted by the daringly experimental and positive spirit of the age for an open and public recognition of that perfect freedom in love, as in worship, which fully developed humanity has always exercised latently; however, much Church and Statehave suppressed its public expression, by incul.-eating the ﬁxity of ‘idea a and stagnant target,‘ with , . V m _ ..._ _ , which they obstruct the current of free thought.‘ It is an extension, into the sphere of love, of that iniportunate claim for liberty which is the cry of ‘ the innumerable‘ oppressed. L , The advocates. of free love are accused of K geiieraliza—tion, and want of accuracy of statement in the explanation‘ of free love doctrine. As well accuse of I indeﬁniteness these groaning millions struggling with the :utterance of. their wrongs! - The fault, if it is one,‘is incidental to the nature of the subject and to all demands of reform, which must begin in protest before they can end in plan." Wliat more general than the oracular utterances of.Isaiah, denunciationsofkings and priests, , and dreams of the future glory of the people? Who (but the cribes -and Pharisees) asked for detail inthe all-comprehending axiomatics of Christ, proclaiming the coming reign on earth of perfectfreedom and perfect love ?.- St. Paul was no doubt. logicalenough before hewas converted, but afterward who more sublimely indeﬁnite? Luther, Cromwell and Wesley inveiohed against abuses with broad and coarse insistency! I x C I Those who feel and see the necessity of reform or revolution can but tell it to the world as God and Truth inspire them. When all true minds arelﬁred with this apprehension, the ch'ange.come_s about in some manner that no mortal intellect could previse. How absurd seemed the cry of the early abolitionists for the immediate freedom of the negro; and how utterly unforeseen the manner in which that most wondrous event of history was accomplished! The’ great laws of thought, thattend ever toward the good of humanity, are constantly in action. Let us aid them and not oppose them. . ' I am_stating and restating this law of free love as clearly as I can, but I cannot impress minds who can conceive of no higher love than the material impulse. . Such minds cannot apprehend the mental position of the philosophical free lover, who believes in the providence of eternal laws, who thinks out his or her action in love as far as des- tiny permits, who includes the material sensation in the apprehension of love (as in the deﬁnition of Pythagoras), and who believes in all the freedom of the worshipers of Aphrodite, corrected only by a true scientiﬁc knowledge of the laws of sex, and respect for the rights and freedom of others. . ' ' r The excitation of the sublimest capacities of the emotional nature is the noblest and truest use of love. Ignorance and repression con- vert this into the misuse which now exists. Knowledge and freedom would arouse its fullest harmony. I am often asked for a deﬁnition of the term free love, the phrase e1xcitingfd(iiﬁ"ei‘e1nt suggestioiis in different minds, as they are in differing s ao"es o eve oprnen . , 0T0 the animal man all love is animal propensity, and free love means to him the indiscriminate and unthinking licentiousness in which most men of the day indul.o"e who have the power and money. I‘ The conscientious belieti/er in restrictive marriage is .igiioi'ai’itly of the same impression. . He cannot see outside of the bounds or habit or opinion into the universe of love and freedom. To the free in thought, the two words that comprise the phrase free love convey its obvious’ meaning: freedom, the largest possible liberty inthe use and enjoymeiit. of thedivinest attribute“of hiinianity, Love. -What Wm. Penn claimed for his colony of Pennsylvania, freedom to worship God each one after his own fashion, the first time in history so broad. a principle was recognizedin the founding of a government, I claim for myself, and all free lovers, freedom to worship love, which to me is God, and freedom to pursue. that worship according to the bent of my own nature. - I C I will acknowledge that there is a deep and natural truth in the re- pulsive association of ideas with the words Free Love. This results * from the sheer abstract consideration of its lowest phase, without thought of the two other principles that correct it. All eating might thus be pronounced gluttony, forgetting how. taste and adaptation and science make it the minister and not the tyrant of the body. By lust I alone’ man goes back into an animal. The undeveloped thinker imputes this tendency to free love. - - Thenext step in thelaw of evolution in love corrects‘ the animal love by marriage, or the love. of one. But this is the rebound of over- ‘ action from the opposite excess, which would conﬁne the whole princi- ple of love to marriage—-an impossible restriction, which is continually rebelled against. - . - The third and last step—-to which society is now approaching, and is there indeed infact, though the old prohibitions and prejudices remain —recognizesall the freedom of sensation, but with every possible,limi- tation of heart and intellect, and so constitutes a perfect system of free love. I H - C St. Paul teaches the spirito~materia‘l philosophy, which the thinking free lover contends is to become a science and to check the irregulari- ties of human generation. He states in the twelfth chapterof ‘First Corinthians, in his broad, generalizing way, the design of Providence to perfect the scheme of the body in true use of all its parts. _ “ God hath tempered the body together, having given more abun- dant honor to that part which lacked. I “That there should be no schism in the body, but that the mem- bers should have the same care one for another.” B'elieyfing, with St. Paul, in all the God-made members of my body, I am perfectly willing to accept all that. canlbe conveyed by theterm free love,‘ as I accept-the instincts, the'heai_'t.-thro__bs., and the thoughtful emotions. of my_being., ‘ ' . it C V I ’ ‘ To thefvuligar aplirehension all loveis lust, all freed.o_m,license,_ all ’ frank’ speech i‘i‘baldi‘yI‘ ”‘Th\feTstatue of the" Venus de Medicis, to an artist, suggests the highest ideal’ iofforin_—‘-—tl1,’e very incarnation of creative love. “In the ordinary mortal this goddess in stone excites only the lowest emotions. H The ears of the groundl.ings always catch the lowest signiﬁcance of words. It is easier for children and‘ savages to learn obscenity than elegance of diction. They naturally seize the phase of language which corresponds to their undeveloped condition. Proxniseuousness_in,the_5 relation of the sexes is anarchy under our 12 p . WOODHULL & OLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. J March 23, 1872. present so/cial system——the anarchy which is intermediate between‘des- eternal friend of man, is unchained, and the tyrant Jupiter foresees his potism and freedom. d0Wnf-‘all. s I feet harmony. of love and wisdom. ‘ » - Society is not yet out of the anarchical stage of development--the reign of force and fraud. How can its loves be better than its lives? I would boldly state that the world has never produced a true lover. It must first produce a true man. The ideal lover of the poe , and romancers is but the faintest foreshadowing of such a god, who could not be developed as society is now constituted. Nor have there been as yet any‘ true love relations. They have been dreamed of, but never realized. Prompted only in man by the selﬁsh emotions acting upon the imagination, they have ﬁrst enthroned and then enslaved woman, or discarded her when she proved to be an encumbrance and not an incentive. . Perhaps this is too sweeping an assertion. If there is a free lover to-day such is Mr. Stephen Pearl Andrews. I have had the pleasure ’ of being admitted into his household during the life of the late Mrs. _Andrews, his great and good partner in devotion to humanity, and the happiness that prevailed there was as perfect as possible under opposing material conditions. It is because there has been no free love spiritually or sexually that -the race is so degraded. \ Restraints upon love have bred false natures, for love only begets love. , - The average man of the nineteenth century is but a ﬁghting and a trading animal, and perpetuates the strongest of the breed of ﬁghters and traders, and this bourgeoisie‘ of cunning and force contrives to rule the world. _ » VVhen man. gets to be a loving and a thinking being, and, thanks be to the gods of thought and the printing press, such an era approaches, he will correct with wisdom, his highest love, his lowest love——desire. Desire is the law of sexual perpetuation in the animal world. In the spiritual world it is magnetic attraction. ' VVhen the world shall have arrived at this much longed-for stage in its progress, false generation will cease, and the planet be peopled with gods in the ﬂesh. s S ' As yet there has been no true breed of men under the accidental or intuitional action of love. There is a superabundance of imperfect men in the present over population of the globe, with only here and there a specimen that suggests the possibilities of the race. Malthus was right in his fear that the world is peopling too fast. V The Shakers have gone to the extreme of ignoring sex altogether in their religious perception of this fact. Like the followers of George Fox, the Quakers, they protest against the excess of indulgence by the ‘ opposite ascetic extreme. But they develop the spirit at-the expense of the body. VVitness their lank forms and lantern visages. This total negation of the material power by which the soul expresses itself, ignoring the necessary functions of the sublime atomy which man in- habits, is like monasticism. a criticism, and can never become "general. The very opposite pole of this spiritual law of sexual selection crops out 1.11 the religion of the Mormons, who appear to have reverted to the spiritual impulses of the ancient Israelities, or to have protested, like Mahomet, against the monogamy of Christendom. The Oneida Communists, the modern'Essenes, a much-abused and little understood society, are illustrating what may be termed a mean between these two extremes of Shakerism and Mormonism. They are elucidating the laws of love experimentally, through a mixed religious, sensuous and scientiﬁc system, which is one of the most remarkable movements of the time, as evidencing the tendency of thought in the direction of free love. f _ Marriage, also, is performing its part in the great drama of ,,_love evolution ; but to the eye of free thought it is a local, temporary and partial institution, like existing governments and religions, and not a universal law of universal humanity. A . “Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediinent,” says Shakespeare. And this is the sentiment of the free lover, who asks only for freedom to all alike, to obey their own idiosyncrasies in this as in all other natural impulsions. ' But marriage is but a tie of the body; it cannot fetter the soul. Character and destiny are stronger than the Legislature, or that half- developed humanity whose well—intentioned ignorance asserts that what it thinks good for itself must be good for all others. The freedom I contend for is now habitually assumed, in private, by all who desire it or ﬁnd it a necessity of their natures, whatever may be their public and formal pretenses. Obedience to the conventional restraints of marriage is, practically - among men, such an absurd assumption that, as no one practices it, no one believes it i.n others. “ That household virtue most uncommon, Of constancy,” as Byron calls it, grows more and more uncommon, as reason takes the place of u . . ’ . Hoary error grown holy by traditionary dullness.” If, with the power of Asmodeus, we could, for one night, unroof the houses of this city, what husband or wife would be secure from some revelation of that undercurrent of -life of which its shining out- ward surface gives no intimation. ‘ . I . Far is it from the desire of a free lover to separate. parties who are happily mated under the legal bond ;i but shall others who are less I fortunate be constrained to abide in their misery? Freedom to mate, as each one’s nature dictates, uncontrolled by partial laws, is the demand of the reformer in love,‘ as perfect freedom in all action is now the demand of every intelligentthinker. Those who are afraid to trust all humanity with perfect freedom in all things, may perpetiiate the reign of force for a time, and so con- tinue the era of wars and revolutipns ; but their power to check the ,gpread of free ‘thoiight grows ._every 1’ day,’ .,l,:71‘O,1',[1ei;i1fJ1],S,: the 1 Perfect freedom between the sexes, will ﬁnally develop intovthe per- \ . ' Y ‘ i I am sure that the truest life must be a life of universalllove and \ freedom. In a perfect condition of society, special loves which jealously demand the entire consecration of one to the other will be almost unknown. The ﬁre and enthusiasm and passionate ardor which is now conﬁned to two lovers who feel only for each otherﬁﬁwill be shared by all the members of such a community. ‘ Imagine a society, even as large as the world, where all the in- habitants liave the freedom and intelligent recognition of each other’s rights which will make them accord-ant; where all are as developed as it is possible in earth life, each prompted by a divine humanity, under- - standing, caring for and helping the other. Sympathies between them would be continually alive, and their loves as natural and poetical as those of the plants. This is what would be called to-day promiscuousness, or anarchy ; but in such a consonant state of society, it would be as the harmony of the spheres. To the believer in free love, this anarchy, these wild and instinctive vagaries of humanity seeking the true laws of love, are but means to the great end of nature. _ “All discord, harmony misunderstood, , I All partial evil universalgood.” Those who are playing these grosser parts in the drama of life are truer than the Tartuffes who disguise their natures with respectability. They are of those members of the anatomy of humanity which, as St. Paul says, as yet Zacittliat abundant honor, in which all the members shall 1‘6JO1C€. In the by-gone history of love, woman has been, for the most part, a passive recipient, forbidden to think or reason upon her nature and destiny. She has had love made to her, as it is expressed.’ But, in the closest analysis of the process of love-making, it is the woman who makes love——or, to express it more symbolically, she is herself love; that alone is the law of her nature. Her latent power of fascination, her magnetic will, which, unconsciously to herself, sends out its spirit emanations like an aroma, and enwraps the personality of the male in a psychological web, an invisible entanglement, like the net which Vulcan threw around Mars and Venus; these, promote the ﬁrst inﬂuences of love in the male. V\7hen thoughtful women learn to know this power, they will control where they have hitherto been made subservient. I . Indeed, thoughtful men and women do not fall in love, as it is ap- propriately called. They do not mistake the halo which fancy throws around the object of desire for an appreciative and lasting affection. The whole story of love, as we know it in poetry and romance, and there alone has it been written in the past, ends in marriage or consummation. After that comes the misery of degradation, or the contempt of familiarity, conditions too coarse and commonplace for the purposes of art. The tricksy spirit of love, who plays fantastic games with the idealism of two ‘natures, disappears, like the love of Titania for the weaver. Law and custom would chain this Ariel, and this attempt has furnished the comedy of the ages, from Aristophanes to the runaway wife of yesterday. - VVith woman alone must rest the repression of the vagaries where- with the love demon has defied the world. Man is already a free lover in the lowest sense, while woman is a slave to those laws, cus- toms and superstitions which, with total ignorance of her true nature, force her to love and bear children, under barbarous restrictions. ‘As woman’s intellect develops into a perception of her true inﬂu- ence, she will no longer submit to be used as a toy, an ornament, a necessity or a fetish, blindly adored at one time, and despised and cast aside at another. As she learns her rights, she will maintain them, and her ﬁrst and most absolute right is that of the disposal of her per- son according to her own judgment or will. Never before in the history of the race has there been such an awakening of woman to a sense of her rights and duties, and the broad -I est ﬁeld opening for their exercise, as now in this ‘country. It would seem like one of those strange historical analogies, or cyclic recurrence of similar phenomena, which so startle the student of history, as reveal- ing the periodicity of the laws of evolution; as if the free loving, esthetic, tasteful, sensuous and nature—adoring life of ancient Greece of the age of Aspasia were to be renewed in this country, with the modi- ﬁcation of American civilization. How free the Greeks were i.n their love is expressed in their worship. Indeed, all religious worship is love, ultimating in veneration. All antique myths are founded, in all their recitals of the life of the gods and goddesses upon free love, upon _ the most thorough abandonment to its two principles, freedom and love. Venus, the goddess of universal love, and the patroness of perfect freedom in the relations of the sexes, was adored, under various names, , in all mythologies; and her son Cupid, the inspirer of love, was called “the god of gods.” Even the chaste Diana forgets herself with Endy- mion; the discovery of this lapse of the goddess of Chastity being greeted with the inextinguishable laughter of all Olympus. In that delicious dream of Greek life, which, to the poetic soul, is the revelation or adumbration of all that is possible of beauty in human existence, woman, or the idealized or divinized attributes, of her iiature, was the presiding, goddess ; and so will she be again, in the new Atlantis, that with such vast preliminary preparation is founding upon this‘ continent. , . The brilliant enlightenment of Ionic civilization, a thought Pharos in the ocean waste of past ignorance, is to be renewed and repeated here in America, with a general diffusion of intelligence among the‘ masses, and with such material appliances, larger sense of human rights and positive knowledge as will be added to it by the technological and mechanical dexterity of ‘the modern America. , Plato, the highest type of that Greek mind whose sublime speculations took in all the past history and future possibilities of ‘man, believed that the human races were created in distinct centres, andion a graduated scale of asceiiding types of form, according to the‘ transcendental ai'chit<30tQ¥Jl€> the scliY5-¥9«!;* idea; the i.nﬁnite pl?-1} .0f the divirie mind. ‘ ‘~ .. 4 ac-c.;:;:n:;,._,_.-.. ‘*. 1 ' ‘*7 . ~T‘:::;:::;;:.;;;;,;1’Ti,3'a§-*T‘=f:§.§:v“‘- A--,.-A: _-A-_~\-,-./__ , s.r.~;._d=i_,_;;:‘_— March 23, I872. We may conceive,‘then, that the same divine intent, after ages of ' separate schools of development, is bringing together on this vast con- tinent, under one form of government and language, all these types of mankind, out of which is to be created a millennial race, by amalgama- tion, assimilation and, coalescence of all the others, combining all the qualities developed in each under a long course of distinct training, until a new type shall come forth, to the production of which Woman, lending all her intuitive powers, shall add thereto a knowledge of the laws of being. ' Free love, as a philosophy, science, art and rule of life, will be the practice of this perfected race, as it will have been the means of their development. A marvelousindication of this is the fact that never before in history has there been such. a sudden broadening of thought, an escape from the trammels of the past, as among a rapidly increasing» class of American women, who foresee and foreshadow in thought and , act the future destiny and mission of their sex. These typical women are the precursors, announcers and heralds of _ this coming era of entire freedom. I Marriage, or matrimony, making one womanthe sole mother of one man’s cl1ildren—the meaning of the last term, as its etymology indi- cates-—is the pettiest of the methods adopted by the artistic energy of nature, in the admixture of these types of mankind, now for the first time brought altogether in this cosmopolitan civilization of America. These revolutions of type have been brought about by the freest exer- cise of the generative functions ; as, for example, in the mixture of the white and black types in the Southern States. In theipast, wars have been the principal means of the amalgamation of races. Now,-when a trip round the world is a summer excursion, the process has grown more rapid and certain. The soldier, sailor, and traveler are as natur- ally free lovers as they are free thinkers. Prejudices are bred in the bounded horizon of narrow localities, and roughly dissipated by the knowledge and sight of the world. .‘ Monogamy and the household virtues will breed aristocracy (talent run to seed, as Emerson calls it), respecting the fashion, or cunning in merchandise and molelike views of human nature, God and destiny ; but all free and genial and great souls knew that freedom in love is as truly the genius of humanity, and its inevitable tendency, as that freedom of thought and action for which they have ever struggled. “ Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.” The quietude of marriage makes contented conservators of the static or stationary; but the true lover, and the free lover, is an “eternal seeker, with the past at his back,” goaded ever by ideal dreams and hopes that brown-stone fronts and Parisian upholstery cannot satisfy. It has been said that our love at its highest ﬂood rushes beyond its object, and loses itself in the sense of mystery. This is worship, the constant tendency of love to become universal. But as each mystery is solved by science, we begin to ﬁnd that the truest worship is the worship of the relations we bear to all things. We lose ourselves no longer in the mist of faith but seek for the clear sight of practical doing, O 7 __ Love and law, symbolized in woman and man, attract as humanity this overﬂowing love. From the love of one we are taught the love of all, and become) reformers and free-lovers. A * As it has taken the gestation of the ages to bring humanity to its present stage of development so a long period must elapse before the principle of free love in sexual relatidns can be brought out of the anarchy in which it now expresses itself, and be inaugurated as the basis of the system of a free humanity. But this principle must be taught to the people as a principle, and become a part of the persistent demand for liberty and reform so char- acteristic of the period in which we live. The world is discovering that it has been governed too much, that the people should be the governors and legislators, by their own direct action, through suffrage, and that the State should be the minister of all private needs. The State now provides for the education of children. The next step must be that i.t will take upon itself the control and support of I ‘ them. Mothers and fathers must learn to love other people’s children, as well as they love their own. i ’ To those whose sympathies are conﬁned within the narrow circle‘ of their own blood such a proposition as this seems a terrible heresy. In their isolated households their only thought is of what is good for themselves or for those in. whom they are personallyinterested. But as scientiﬁc thought takes the place of intuition, emotion and super- stition, both the generationand education of children will be left no longer to the blind impulse of passion ‘ or of uneducated love, but will be reduced to order and method. i I It was truly argued by Robert Dale Owen, of Lanark, that all sys- tems of reform other than those which looked to a reform of outward circumstances, must inevitably lead to injustice, oppression and misery. Not only the most intelligent thinkers, but the masses of mankind, are becoming aware of this truth, and are ready to accept any practical method of realizing it. This is evident in the rapid progress of the International W'orkingmen’s Association, the first able, well-considered and broad attempt of the proletarian, or producing class, to organize a world-wide effort to improve its material conditions. No wonder the kaisers and potentates of Europe and the -ﬁnancial aristocracy of this country tremble at the giant strides and serried advance of this new army of the masses. With pen and ‘tongue, now the most powerful of weapons, this universal democracy is everywhere teaching the people to reason, think and protest. War and cunning, the only armory of the past, must succumb to this ﬁnal impetus of the common sense of humanity. The people’s time is coming. For ages they have been but beasts of burden. They now demand an peaceable revolution, by which their right shall be paramount in all future. forms of government. I This is. .‘W0O‘DHU_,,LL , & ,CLAFLIN’S ,W/EEKLY. . . - ‘ . I 13‘ Q q the first step toward a new social order, of which ﬁnally free love, in , its largest and purest sense, will be the crowning glory. P - It is the claim of the International Democracy thatall members of the human family are entitled, by nature, to land, water, air and light, _to maintain their existence and properly develop their being. VVhen these plain principles of justice obtain in society and fgovernment, crime will cease, and free thought and love spontaneously perfect man- kind. . In those days there will be no marriage nor giviiigin marriage,‘ but all will be as theangels in heaven. _ . The crimes against society as it now is are protests against society’s neglect of the welfare of its individuals. Make men andiwomen free and happy, and all cause of discord will,be removed. The body pro- vided for, the soul will assert its powers. Each individual spirit only knows its individual needs, and, prom ted by those needs, is acting out its necessary destiny. ‘Perfect free cm to do this is the aspiration and right of each, and in an enlightened social state the protection of this right will be the only legislation. ’ ‘ In the cant of newspaper or current criticism these broad statements are “glittering generalities,” or commonplace tirades. But no repeti- tion can impair the eificacy of grand truths, which are all that “ make, . men young, and keep them so.” It is the duty and mission of the earnest reformer to repeat, reiterate and re-enforce these great and necessary verities, trite though they may seem to the instructed thinker, until they impressso many minds that’ their practical application becomes inevitable. Convince the thought of the world and you secure its action, though the process is never so sud- _ den as enthusiasm expects. - ‘ These attemptsito reconstitute society on a freer basis are, say those of bounded mental horizon, dreams and impossibilities, But the dream of onemind becomes the thought of many others, and suggests, ﬁnally, some deﬁnite plan of realization. Roger Bacon, in the eleventh cen- tury, dreamt of the possibilities of steam. The fact is more wonderful than the fancy. By such dreams only does the race progress, and the despairing lover of humanity ﬁnds in them the relief of hope. Material science is conquering the outer world, but its triumphs are of little avail to the majority of mankind, so long as money only can purchase the enjoyments of luxury and art which it is multiplying. The true science is that science which, adopting the comprehensive axiom of Pope that “True self love and social are the same,” seeks some remedy for ill-paid labor, the one curse that has weighed so long upon the poor, the ignorant and oppressed. ’ ’I‘o those who think, desire and labor for humanity,_this world is in so horrible a medley that they cannot contemplate its miseries without aspiration and effort for their alleviation. . Their only resource against despair is to look upon the actual, as a step toward the possible. It is sometimes a wonder to me that any one can read with calm- nessthe history of the world for one day, as it is sketched in the daily newspaper. What a fearful record of crime, misery,suicide, villany, trade and trickery, unrelieved except by some dismal joke, some heart- less satire, or reckless caricature, wherewith editors and reporters gloat over the grotesqueness of suffering, the ludicrousness of agony, or over- whelm with coarse humor and rough ridicule any enthusiastic reformer who dares to suggest some radical cure for these evils, instead of the partial alleviation, the cold alms—giving, which is all that Christian society gives to them. . The acme of this material civilization, socially, is in the present system of marriage, and isolated households, wherein there is so little of real happiness, culture, or true life, that no earnest soul can abide in them. Statistics show that a fearfully large proportion of the chil- dren born in this stringent wedlock are idiotic, deformed, imbecile and unhealthy. If they grow to physical maturity, they are dwarfs in sympathy and intellect, though giants in cunning and selﬁshness ; who ' continue the course of chicane and hypocrisy, taught them by the ex- ample -of their fathers. They become narrow-minded conservatives, who ﬁnd in the ﬁerce struggles of business life the appropriate exercise of their powers of cold» calculation. A As the hired soldier would keep up the fearful game of war, they would maintain the strife of compe- tition. ' I “Marriage,” says one of its reverend supporters, “stands directly be- hind and underneath the whole order of society, and is one of the main pillars of the social and civil fabric in which we live.” True! But thisieivil and social fabric is so essentially and inherently imperfect, that only those whose personal interests are bound up in its stability, resist its improvement. No thinking soul but sees that this crumbling ' structure has no other merit than that it must yield the materials for a dnobler ediﬁce. But these upholders of the blind worship of the Juggernaut of ex- isting civilization cannot quench the hope of those who contrast this miserable Present with an ideal Euture.~ The free lover will continue to aspire to and labor for that perfect condition of life——long as it may take to achieve it—-where all restriction shall be unnecessary, where all shall be peace and innocence and bliss--the free love era~—the Saturn- ian age,——where love shall banish the selﬁshness of jealousy; when the coarse animal impulse, out of which is developed the great sympathetic force of nature, shall be‘ reﬁned by science and religion 2 when the knowledge of the head and the fruition of the desire of the heart shall conjoin in’ love-passion, fervent with all the enthusiasm of the poet, but tempered by all the self-command of the saint or sage. The cold in- credulity of economists and calculators cannot repress these hopes, nor tire and exhaust the indomitable patience they inspire in the laborer for the love of the race. The inﬁnite spirit, -developing the true soul through inﬁnite processes, will not allow it to rest in the imperfections of the present. The respectable married man may fulﬁll all» the clerkly and churchly duties of the day, and so far act out his mission of quietude and acqui- escence ; but to the perception of genius his consciousness is of no higher grade than that of the bee or the ant, which has no interest or perceptionbeyond its hive or hill. » ’ A - ' f.;*;f.-use-—"‘+ .--= -I . ml A A J . 1&4. t . ‘ . it ‘CLAFLINS March 23, is but the opposite pole of marriage. The respect that has been paid to marriageihas always been outward and conventional, never inward and heartfelt. Respectability has re- spected it, genius has laughed at it._ When the Pharisees tried to en- trap the sublimes-tof free thinkersiandifree lovers, Christ, with a sophis- . tical question growing out of the /supposed . sacredness of this marriage institution, inihis reply to them he ignores it altoget-her,as pertaining to the spiritéeregarding. it merely as an earthly, mortal and temporary expedient of this life. And so it is——the love symbolized by the selﬁsh heart, -and not that symbolized by head, heart’ and entire body. The form in which the lowest evolution of love new openly expresses itself in our social condition, is in whatis called Prostitution. It might . as well be called Protestation—the dissent in action against an abridg- men-t of liberty ; for, as freedom in love is a demand of human nature, it is covertly, if not openly,‘ practicedby the great majority of human beings—--the sumptuary orimprac-ticable laws against itor the force. of public ‘opinion being as impotent to prevent it as they wouldbe against 7 , a force of nature. a The woman who sells the joys of her body for money is called a‘ prostitute; but where are they who do not prostitute their souls for ‘worldly recompense if they have but opportunity? The clergyman prostitutes himself for a larger beneﬁce or a greater popularity, and his is the greatest of all the crimes of prostitution, as he blasphemes upon and leads astray the holiest impulses of the human soul. The lawyer prostitutes his brains for wealth, inﬂuence and position, being always ready to employ the whole power of his education and intellect in making the worse appear the better reason if he be but paid for it. The physician prostitutes science to money, tampersiwith life and health, and adopts the meanest arts to -court success and riches. The merchant prostitutes his soul for gain; for how true are the words of the preacher: “ As mortar sticketh between the stones, so does fraud between buyer and S€ll/612”, The most unblushing of all the prostitutes is the politi- cian; for his only thought is that of party subservientto personal in- terest. The editor prostitutes his wits to thedesire of selling hispaper. He writes that he may extend the, circulation of his journal, and not that of truth. He is as shameless a prostitute as the preacher or cler- gyman, for he sells lies, , N o wonder all these various male prostitutes flock in such numbers, though with every device of concealment, to visit their fellow prosti- tutes of the female sex, who pursue their trade without the necessity of hypocrisy. VVhat a relief it must be to these dissemblers to throw off the straitrlaced uniform of deceit which they wear in society, and abandon themselves to the freedom of license! How few are they who are not prostitutes to public opinion! to the malign passion of self—aggrandizement, or to that spirit of the age, in- carnate in its institutions, which opposes -all change lest the equa- nimity of those who proﬁt by these institutions should be disturbed; who think that “all the oppressions which are done under the sun” should continue if they enjoy bodily luxury and social rank. In the female sex, the married prostitutes of aristocratic position are, in truth, as many and as bad as those who sell themselves at a cheaper rate. They prostitute themselves to dress and show and-glut’-i" I O tony ‘and fashion, and on Sunday to hypocrisy; worshiping the good Principle with specious forms, while the secret meaning of their prayers is evil, thanking the god of their own imaginations--the reflection of their own mean natures-—that they have been chosen out and elected to these worldly favors, while so many‘ are consigned to a hopeless in- heritance of ignorance and misery. ; The use of the word prostitution, as applied to free sexual inter- course, is a prostitution or perversion of its etymological meaning, which is to o_/7‘"er or ‘set before, as is the degradation of this noblest use of ‘our materialinature, by our present modes of thought and action, a like prostitution. , . _ Could we but once recognize that this social evil is a social necessity, . growing out of the present imperfection of our social conditions ; that the misuse of the sexual functions is the overaction of the animal im- pulse, which will cease when the perceptive faculties _are aroused to its restraintand true use; that this is a disease of the body politic, to be treated hygienically, like other maladies, not with barbarous legal and social penalties, but with greater freedom guided by knowledge, we should be on the verge of attaining to a truer life. ~ Laws, prohibitions and denunciations have been exhausted in this vain endeavor to restrain nature by human enactments. Is it not time to try what love may do——love trusted implicitly as a principle, in its every manifestation, its abuses, and excesses, seen to be misuses and pei-‘versions of ignorance, or ﬁerce rebellion against the tyranny of control. , __ The laws by which the human passions act are as absolute as those of nature, and perfectly analogous in their modes of expression. The law of compensation and balance pervades them both. The social evil “ As surfeit is the father of much fast, K , So every scope, by the ininioderate use, turns to_restraint.” Marriage is, trio often, the refuge of the exhausted libertine of -the male sex; or to woman an inevitable necessity. . Love is as uncontrollable, as omnipotent to its own end as the law of gravitation; and as heedless of human provisions and preaching as the Atlantic Ocean of Mrs Partington’s mop. ‘ i It is the domain of reason, insociety as well as in the individual, to » govern, regulate and directthis divine energy to the divinest purposes. Swedenborg calls water the symbol of love. They are certainly alike, in that neither of them can be controlled other thanby the observance of the laws inherent in them. When water is made to run up hill without extraneous force, love may no longer laugh at lock- Smiths. _ i , j ‘ V A The security of the rights of individuals, where they do not impugnthe-rights of others, is the great demand of the age. ‘Among , these rights the right to love, according to the individual yimpulse, should he as free as the right to speak ‘or ithink‘. ‘That this may lead to abuses is no argument against its use. We have entire freedom of the press in this country. Such has been its misuse that wehave no high standard of thought or culture in it. It is the daily exponent of the daily commonplaces of actual life. It barely keeps pace with the progress of thought amongst the least thinking, and is always behind- hand: in the apprehension of any-‘great purpose of reform. , But it is acting as a means towards an end; and its abandonment to selﬁsh and partisan purposes, unbounded license of abuse, recrimi- nationand falsifying, are but the-perversion of this great power, which makes the millions think. Because the newspaper press of America has -misused the freedom it enjoys, should freedom of the press be abolished? N 0! trust the freedom further, and it will redeem itself. Having thus-far trusted the principle of freedom in thought, can it be restrained in love? . « If I should be asked, this moment, if I am a free lover, I should, in conscience, have to reply, N o !‘ I am nota free lover. That reply would be" made in the same spirit as, should I be asked, Are you-a thoroughly developed and perfect woman? «I-should be forced to reply, N o! i \ . \ . V The conservative world need not be alarmed lest its starched system be in immediate danger. In the natural laws of progression, a long period of time must elapse ere the world shall be converted to free love. ‘ . . - Of tru e free lovers there are none. Of those who apprehend and advocate that principle there are few, and they have attained to it through along course, of earnest thoughtand observation and expe- rience, or else are to the manner born, lineal descendants of the free thinkers and free lovers of .-thie,-ages, to whom humanity owes what liberty it enjoys; but if, togworship the sublime suggestions of free love, if to feel in one’s inmost soul an ardent desire to live freely and to love freely and universally, can make me worthy of the appellation , of free lover, then do I assert, with all my heart and in all sincerity, that I am proud of the title of free lover. I ‘ A true free lover willbind none, would hold none, except as the other is willing to be held and bound. .The most passionate lovers, after the wild enjoyment of fruition has endured for a certain period, cease to physically allure each other. A constant interchange of magnetism exhausts, by a physical law, the conditions of attraction; which are then instinctively sought elsewhere. A true free lover, instead of deploring this physiological fact, submits to and acknowl- edges the philosophy of circumstances, and seeks to discover the cause of this magnetic repulsion. ’ “ Had Fisk and Mansﬁeld been free lovers they would have both been spared-the tragedy and anguish that has been theirs. The beautiful Josie would have acknowledged the freedom of her lover to devote his attention and passion to another, as she had acknowledged his freedom to devote it to her, or as she claimed and exercised alike freedom for herself. I Had \Vatson been a free lover, a student of the laws of love, he would not haye pursued Mrs. Hyde with uneongenial attention, and impelled her to take his life. The claim of ownership, or right of pos- session, which all lovers, married or otherwise, assert for each other, is a tyranny that breeds innumerable rebellions. Of all the horrid absurdities begotten ‘of superstition or ambition, and inflicted upon ignorance, this despotic attempt to chain the very life:of the ‘soul has produced the most evil, and all that gives inspiration and aspiration to a human being has been thereby perverted to jealousy, hatred and malice. ‘ The wise and witty»Sterne, though a clergyman, was a free lover, as indeed have been all great thinkers and actors, commanding men, and influential women. * In his Sentimental Journey, Sterne contends" that as long as he was in love he found himself incapable of a mean action; but in some inter- val betwixt one passion and another, he says, “I always‘ perceive m heart locked up. I can scarce ﬁnd in it to give misery a sixpence, an , _ therefore, I always fall in love again as fast as I can‘, and the moment I am rekindled 1 am all generosity and good will again, and would do anything in the world, either for or with any one, if they will but satisfy me there is no sin in it”. ' ' To illustrate the power of love to work a social miracle, he tells this story: — “The town of Abdera, notwithstanding Democritus lived there, try ing all the powers of irony and laughter to reclaim it, was the_Vilest and most profligate town in all Thrace. What for prisons, conspiracies and assassinations, libels, pasquinades and tumults, there was no going there by day-—’twas worse by night. “ Now, when things were at the worst, it came to pass that the An- dromeda of Euripides being represented at Abdera, the whole audience was delighted with it; but of all the passages which delighted them nothing operated more upon their imaginations than the tender strokes of nature which the poet had wrought up in that pathetic speech of Perseus, ‘O C'u,p7fd, prince of gods and men,’ etc. Every man almost spoke pure iambics the next day, and talked of nothing but Perseus’s pathetic address, ‘O Cupid, prince of gods and men!’ in every street of Abdera, in every house——‘ O Cupid! Cupid,’ in every mouth, like the natural notes of some sweet melody which drop from it, whether it will or no, nothing but ‘Cupid! Cupid! prince of gods and men[‘ The ﬁre caught, and the Wl'i'Ol€‘ city, like the heart of one man, opened itself to-love. . . _ “ No pharmacopolist could sell one grain of hellebore, not a single . armorer had a heart to forge one instrument of death. Friendship and virtuelmet together and kissed each other in the street. The golden age returned, and ‘hung over the-town of Abdera. Every Abderite took his oaten pipe, and ever, Abderitish woman left her purple web andchastely sat her down an - listened to the song. I . ‘ May we not hope that whatoccurred at- Abdera shall take place all ,over the whole-planet, when hate and oppression shall be conquered "by love and freedom. ' ll , jl March 23, 1872. VVOODHULL -at-iFLm»s 15 The best article as a relish for family use is the fa- mous Halford Leiccstershire Table Sauce, and we con- ﬁdently recommend it to all. The sales of the regular customers of our best grocers are constantly increas- ing, for each one who tries the Halford praises its qual- ity to his neighbor, and the makers state that their cards of reference are made up of everybody who uses the goods. ——Boston Traveller. ___._,________ COSMOPOLITAN CONFERENCE meets every Sunday’ at 2:30 P. M.,‘, in the nicely ﬁtted up and spacious hall, southwest corner of Eleecker street and the ‘Bowery. Seats free, a collection being taken up to defray ex- penses of hall and advertising. Council of Conference every Wednesday evening, at the house of Ira B. Davis» 36 East Twenty-seventh street, near Fourth avenue. THE NEW YORK LIBERAL CLUB meets every Friday evening at 8 o’clock, for the discussion of Scientiﬁc and other interesting subjects. Good speaking and entertaining discussions may- always be expected. Z_____,_______ . A book for the times. “The Clergy a Source of Dan- ger to the American Republic.”\ Sold by subscription only. Agents wanted. Address W. F. Jamieson, 10 North J eﬂerson street, Chicago, Ill. _____4__....-_._ THE CELTIC WEEKLY.——ThiB new literary journal has been received by the press and the -peoplewith a warmth of welcome which indicates its worth and merit. From a host of press notices we select the fol- ‘ lowing: ' t “ ‘ The Celtic Weekly ’ is the taking title of a new pa- per, starting in anew path, with the well grounded hope of securing a class of readers which no other like publication has yet reached. In size and style it is similar to the ‘ Ledger.’ Its columns are ﬁlled with a variety of entertaining matter-—stoi'ies and poems——in ‘ which the Celtic element appears, but does not over-. shadow all else; notes on literature, art, etc. ; wood cuts embellish the pages,‘ and we doubt not the new paper will find numerous admirers. It is published by M. J. O’Leary & Co., and mailed to subscribers. for $2 50 a year.”——New York Evening Mail. “ THE CELTIC WEEKLY.—The first number of a new illustrated romantic and patriotic story paper, entitled ‘ The Celtic Weekly,’ has been received. It contains eight pages of ﬁve broad columns each, and is replete with spirited and irreproachable tales of ﬁction, which axe admirably illustrated, sketches, bits of humor, his- tory, wit and wisdom, and records of pleasing and mar- vellous adventure are also given. John Locke is the editor, M. J. O’Leary & Co., New York, are the‘propri- etors. Among the authors are John Locke, Dr.Waters, Dennis Holland, Dr. Julius Rodenberg, Mrs. D. Madi- gan, (nee Callanan), Marie O’Farrell and others. The subscription price is $2 50 a year, and the price per number is six cents.”——Brooklyn Eagle. The paper is for sale by all newsdealers throughout the United States and Canadas. Mail subscribers ad- dress M. J. O’Leary & Co., P. O. Box 6,074. 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LAURA DE FORCE GORDON, Of California, Will make-- engagements to lecture upon the follow- ing subjects ; I. “ Our Next Great Political Problem.” II. “‘ Idle Women and Workingmen.” III. “ A Political Crisis.” Terms made known on application. Address, WASHINGTON, D. C. , n. w. HULL, PSYGHOMETRIC AND CLAIRVOY- ANT PHYSICIAN, will diagnose disease and give prescriptions from a lock ol hair or photograph, the patient bein _required to ive name, age, residence, &c. A better iagonosis wil be given by giving him the leading symptoms, but ske tics are not required to do so. Watch the papers or his address, or direct to Hobart, Ind., and wait till the letters can be forwarded to him. Terms, $3. 1 Money refunded when he fails to get en rapport; with the patient. H. BEEBEE, N 0. 78 Broadway, B-ROIiiER IN STOCKS, com) AN nouns. . .1, 3, APOLLO HALL. BY . . THOMAS GALES FORSTER. , TRANCE SPILAKER,‘ EVER r s UNDA Y M0RNINc,c EVENING At half-past 10 A. M., and half-past 7 P. 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Battey, Fashion Ed. .Pomeroy’s Democrat, P. 0. Box 5217, NEW YORK ‘CITY.’ N. B.-—MONEY sent by mail should be in the form of dollar. ' Among many other well-known ﬁrms in New York, Mrs. BATTEY refers, bypermission, to James H. Mccreery & Co., Morris Altman, and the proprie- tors of the HOME JOURNAL and of Woo1)HULL 8: CLAFLIN'S WEEKLY. 94 Mrs. Laura Guppy Smith. . This lady, who has spent-"six years in Ciﬂifornia, re- ceiving the highest encomiums fromvthe press of the ing an earnest, eloquentand entertaining lecture. SUBJECTS : I.-—Woman in the Home, the Church and the State. II.—-0ii'e_' of the World’s Needs. llII.—The Religion of the‘Future. IV —-The Social Problem Reviewed. NOTICES OF THE PRESS. , _ To those who have not heard this ladylecture, we would say, go by. all means if you; would desire to hear an earnest, well-spoken discourse, with an un- broken ﬂow of -well-pronounced, grammatical ‘Eng-. lish. We have our own ideas about woman's mission and how farshe unsexes herself when sheyventures to lecture men, yet spite of our prejudice we were car- ried away by her words last evening at Ma.guire’s Opera House.——Scm Francisco. News ‘Letter. This lady pronounced a remarkable address last night at the Hall opposite the Academy of Music. Remarkable because of the extreme beau of lan- guage and opulence of fancy, and interesti 1:127‘ on ac- count of its tender and grateful sentiment.—- e Daily American Flag, ‘San Fram.-ésco. , She never hesitated an instant for a word,'and she has always the most appropriate. Her voice is sweet and melodious, _her'Ten‘c:nciat1oii pure anddistinct, her attitude and gestu svery graceful indeed.—Sacm- Mrs. Laura Cuppy Smith gave. an inter_es_ting and instructive lecture last night to a laroe assemblageat Maguire’s Opera House, which if de ivered by some peripatetic male pedagogue with alarge reputation, at a dollar er head admission. would have received unbounde eulogiums from the press.-—;S'<m Fran- ciscoE’ccamlner. Laura Cuppy Smith, one of the ‘best educated and most talented lad lecturers We have ever listened to. —San Francisco zgwro. Mrs, Cuppy Smith possesses great talent as a speaker, and, standing before heuaudience in her simple, yet elegant attire, withaspirituelle face,which seems to index the emotions of her mind, commands the attention and respect of all her liearei‘s.—San Francisco Morning Call. \ Maguire’s Opera Ilousenever, contained a greater throng than convened to listen to an erudite lecture on Radicalism, ‘by Laura Guppy Smith, last evening. _.Alta Oallfomza, San Francisco. , Mrs. Laura Cuppysmith has -proven herselfto be a To say that she ranks among theﬁrst of allwho have addressed an Omaha auc_lien_ce, whether male or fe- male, is but doing h%)l1St1Ce;—WM. L. Pniusonr,‘ Chairman Relief om tee Y. M. 0. Association.- Sweilking majestically througlrthe ‘splendid gardens ‘of, literature and philosophy, culling,“ as she went rap- _ inspired genius ; riveting the profound attention of all her charmed hearers. Such women you seldom meet. Her praises are on the tongues of all the people.—0maha Tribune. 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Vinegar‘ Bitters are not a vile Fancy Drink, made of Poor Rum, Wliiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Liquors, doctored, spiced, and sweetened to please the taste, called “Tonics,” “ Appetizers,” “Restorers,” &c., that lead the tippler on to rtlriinlcenriess and ruin, but are a true Medicine made rom the native roots and herbs ofCalifornia, freie from allAlcoholic Stimulants. They are the Great Blood Puriﬁer and a Life-giving Principle, a Perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the System, carryin_g off all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condition, egriching ilt, refreshing and invigorating both mind and ody. Tiey are easy of administration, prompt in their action, certain in their results, safe and reliable in all forms of disease. ‘ N0 Person can take these Bitters accord- ing to directions, and remain long ,1inwell,. provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. » Dyspepsia or Indigrestion. Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tiglitness of the Chest, Diz- ziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation’ the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the‘Kidneys,’ and a liimdred other painful symptoms, are tl1e'ofIsprings of Dyspepsia.’ In these complaints it has no equal, and one bottle will prove a better guar- \ antee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. ,For Fenxale Coinplaints, in young or. old, married or/single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an inflluence that a marked improveinent is soon percep- tib e. . if I i For Inﬂammatoi-y and Chronic Rheu- Iuatisnl and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful- Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derange- mentof the Digestive‘ Organs. 'I‘h'eyLa.re a Gentle Purgmtive as well as 01 Tbllic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful ageritiin relieving Congestion or Inﬂam- mation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious Diseases. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt- Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car- iiuncles, I{lllg-\VOI‘l'nS,' Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Ery- sipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations oftlie Skin, 1-Iumors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will convince the most incredulous of their curative effects. Cleanse the ‘Vitia.te(1 Blood whenever you find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it when you find it ob- structed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will folloi . ‘ Grateful thousands proclaim VINEGAR BIT- TERS the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained the sinking system. . Pin, Tiipe, and other Wo1°nis, lurking in the system of‘ so many thousands, are effectually de- stroyed and removed. Says a d-istinguished physiol- ogist’: Thereis scarcely an individual upon the face ofthe E3.l‘th»\Vl.lOS& body is exempt from the presence of worms. It is not upon the healthy elements of the body that worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. N0 system of Medicine, no verinifuges, no anthelmiu- itics, will freeithe system from worms like these Bit- ters. ,, Mechanical Diseases. Persons engaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, will be subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against this take a dose of WAi.i<i:i2’s VINEGAR BiT’rERs once or twice a‘ week, as a Preventive. Bilious, Reniitterit, and In‘.t'.cirirnittent Fevers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Ten- nessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Roan- oke, James, and many others, with their vast tributa- ries. throughout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera. There are always more or less obstructions of the liver, a weakness and irritable state of the stomach, and great torpor of the bowels, being clogged up with vitiated accumulations. In their treat- ment, :1 purgative, exerting a poweiful influence upon these various organs, is essentially necessary. There is no cathartic for the purpose equal to DR. J. WALi:Ei<'s VINEGAR BITTERS, as they will speedily remove the dark-colored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. Scrofuln, or I{ing’s Ulcers,~Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, _Goiter, Scrofulous Inﬂammations, Indolent Inﬂainmations, Mercurial Af- V fections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc.,.etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Dis- eases, WAi..Kz«:R’s ViNEGAR BITTERS have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinate and intract- able cascs. . Dr. Walke1"s California Vinegar Bitters act on all these cases in a similar manner. By purifying the Blood they remove the cause, and by resolving away the effects of ‘the’ inﬂammation (the tubercular deposits) the affected parts receive health, and :1 pernianent cure is effected. ' . r The properties of D12. WAi.i<i:R’s VINEGAR BITTERS are Aperient, Diaphoretic and Carrhinative, . Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter~lrri- tant, Sudoriﬁc, Alterativc, and Anti-Bilious. Fortify the body against disease by puri- fying all its ﬂuids with VINEGAR BITTERS. No epic demiccan take hold of a system thus forearined. The liver, the stomach, the bowels, the kidneys, and the nerves are rendered disease-proof by this great invig- orant. " Directionsw-Take of the Bitters on going to bed at night from a half to one and one-half_wine-glassfull. Eat good nourishing food, such as beet steak, mutton chop, venison, roast beef, and vegetables, and take out-door exercise. They are composed of purely veget- able ingredients, and containno spirit. ].WALKER, Prop’r. R.H. McDONALD& 00., ‘ Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco, Cal.. and cor. of Wasliingtoii and Charlton Sts., New York. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. Assets, over Such Diseases are caused by Eva,“ VVhite Swellings, I HoME 0 503000000 c00i0iNi, 5 No. 135 Broadway. Braiich Oﬁice. . .No. 586 Sixth, Avenue. Eapiial . . . 02,500,000 4,000,000 This Company having provided ‘for all its Chicago Losses, without borrowing a dollar or disturbing a single Bond and Mortgage, invites the attention of the public to the following Certiﬁcate of Hon. George W. Miller, Superintendent of the Insurance Depart- ment of the State of New York, that the Capital has been restored to the full. amount of Two and One-half Millions of Dollars. ' A » CHAS. J.’ IYIARTIN, Pres. J. H. WASHBURN, Sec. INSURANCE DAPARTMENT. } AALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1871. Having on the 10th day of November, 1871, made a requisition, directing the officers of the Home In- surance Company, of New York, to require the Stock- holders of said Coinpaify to pay up the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand ‘Dollars deﬁciency then existing in the Capital of Said Company, and upon due examination made, it appearing that ‘the said amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars has been duly subscribed and fully paid in, in cash, I hereby certify that the capital of said Compa- ny has been fully restored to its original amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hafnd and aﬂlxed my oﬂicial seal on the day and year above written. . GEORGE W. MILLER, (L. S.) Superintendeiilt. 8 PER CT. GOLD 1-irsi 100010000 0-1l1liI1gF11I1[1B011il, (COUPON AND REGISTERED,) INTEREST PAYABLE QUARTERLY, FREE OF Goiverumcut Tax, ISSUE LIMITED TO $I6,300 PR. MILE, OF THE LO GANSPORT, CRAWFORDSVILLE A AND Southwestern Railway, OF INDIANA. Price 92 1-2 and Accrued Interest. This road, 92 miles in length, 70 of which are in ac- tual operation, runs southwesterly from Logansport‘ to Rockville, passing centrally through ﬁve of the wealthiest and most productive counties of Indiana, hitherto without railway facilities, and penetrating for twelve miles at its Southern terminus the cele- brated Block Coal Fields of Parke county. It; aﬂbrds the shortest existing outlet to Chicago. Toledo, De- troit, Fort Wayne, Logansport and all other interme- diate points for the Block Coal (now in such large de- mand), Lumber, Cattle, Grain and other surplus pro- ducts of this rich agricultural and mineral section of the State. For the present we offer a limited number of these First Mortgage Bonds at 92% and accrued interest, in currency, or will exchange them for“U. S. Bonds or ‘ other marketable securities at the rates of the day. At the above price these Bonds yieldito the investor 60 per cent. more income than the , Bonds of the United States, and we nnhesitatingly recommend them to all classes of investorsas offering the most ample security and liberal returns. Further and full particulars, with pamphlets and ' maps, furnished by us on application. JONES an SCHUYLER, No. 12 Pine Street,“ 0 FINANCIAL AGENTS or THEACOMPANY. ‘ SPECIAL DEP - through route of Quick Time, Short Distance an ' Fare, ask for tickets, andfbe sure they read, via Louis- A GRAND Fire Relief Concert, ACADEMY pr MUSIC, N. Y., FEBRUARY 22, 1872, InTAid or the Sufferers by Fire in the 0 Northwest. I $1oo,ooo TO BE’ DISTRIBUTED '.I‘0 TICKET-HIAOLDERS. $25,000 for $2, $170,000 for $2, $5,000 for $2, . $3,000'for $2, and Wgz 10,115 OTHER PRESENTS, Making $100,000 Ill GREENBACKS. BANKING Housn or WELLS, FARGO & Co., 84 BROADWAY, NEW YoBK,.December 9. 1871. To THE PUBLIC: The “Northwestern Fire Reliei Committee” have opened with our Banking House a S1’ ACCOUNT, known as "TEE TICKET-HOL RS‘ FUND,” with directions that the whole amount deposited shall be by us paid out to such’ holders of the Grand Fire Relief Concert Tickets as become entitled thereto. _ This Fund will be paid by us, at our Banking House, No. 84 Broadway,.New York, upon the order of the said Committee, in accordance with the above instructions. Respectfully, \ WELLS, FARGO &,C0. ’E‘~lCKE'1‘S. $2 EACH. Address all communications and orders for tickets NELSON CROSS, Chairman. General Office. 267 Broadway, N. Y. 7000 CENT. AND ALL TAXES. The: Connecticut Valley Railroad First Mortgage Bonds, FREE OF ALL TAXES in Connecticut; free of income tax evegrwhere. Interest payable January and July in New ork, Road running; stock paid up larger than mortgage ; road already employed to its utmost capacity. — For sale at moderate discount, by ALLEN, STEPHENS & OO.,- - Bankers, No. 12 Pine street, New York. operators upon Sewing Machines, 0 Why will you suffer from back-ache and side-ache, when by using DR. SAPP’S WALKING MOTION TREADLE, The whole trouble may be overcome ?. Price $5. LADD & CO., 791 Broadway. THE BALTIMORE & OHIO R. 3. Is an Air-Line Route from Baltimore and Washington to Cincinnati, and is the only line running Pul1mai1’s Palace Day and Sleeping Cars through from Washing- ton and Baltimore to Cincinnati without change. Louisville in 29,1/2 hours. ' - Passengers by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have choice of routes, either via Columbus or Parkersburg. From Cincinnati, take the Louisville and Cincinnati Short Line Railroad. , , Avoid all dangerous ferry transfers by crossing the great Ohio River Suspension Bridge, and reach Louis- ville hours in advance of all other lines. Save many miles in ooing to Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans. The only line running four daily trains from Cin- ciimati to Louisville. - Silver Palace Sleeping Coaches at night, and splen- did Smoking Cars, with revolving arm chairs, on day trains. Remember! lower fare by no other route. To secure the advantages offered by this eat ow ville and Cincinnati Short Line R. R. _ Get your tickets—No. 87 Wahington street, Boston; No. 229 Broadway oﬁice New Jersey R. R. foot or Cortlandt street, New York; Continental Hotel, 828 Chestnut street, 44 South Fifth street, and at’ the depot .corner Broad and Prime streets, Philadelphia; S. E. corner Baltimore and Calvert streets, or at Camden Station, Baltimore; 485 Pennsylvania aveniie Wash- ington D. C. ; and at all the principal railroad Oﬁices in the est. ‘ ' SAM. GILL, General Supt., Louisville, Ky. HENRY STEFFE, Gen. Ticket Aoent, Louisville, Ky. SIDNE B. JONES Gen. Pass. Agent, Louisville, Ky. Bin, BLACK 0. 565 8: 567 BROADWAY, ll.Y., ARE OPENING THEIR NEW INVOICES OF IMPORTED. ‘ o H A 1 N s ., The Walthami Watch IN BEST VARIETIES. WATCHES I BANKING HOUSE KOUNTZE BROTHERS, ' NEW YORK, ’ I 14 WALL STREET. » ................ A Four per cent. interest allowed on all d9P031'°5- Collections made everywhere. ‘ Orders for Cold, Government and other sééiiiiileﬁ executed. ' The Highest -Cash Prices , PAID FOR . OLD NEWSPAPERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION; OLD PAM’PHLETS of everykind; OLD BLANK-BOOKS AND LEDGERS that are . written full , and all kinds of WASTE PAPER from Bankers, Insurance Companies, Brokers, Pat:ent-Medi- cine Depots, Prmtmpg-_Oﬂices, Bookbind. ers, Public and rivate Libraries, Hotels, Steamboats Railroad Companies, and press 7, 03-120. * ‘\ TIFFANY & co. UNION SQUARE. SECOND FLOOR NOW OBEN. , Majolica ROYAL WORCESTER AND OTHER FINE PORCELAIN. London Cut and Engraved Glass. FREDERICK KllRTZ’S . Bronze, DINING Rooms 23 New‘ Street and 00 Broadway AND r 76 Maiden Lane and 1 Liberty St. Mr. Kwrtz invites to his cool and comfortably fur nished diini-ng apartments the down-town public, as- suring them that they will always ﬁnd there the choicest via.-Dds, served in the most elegant style, the most carefully selected brands of wines and liquors, as well as the most prompt’ attention by accomplished winters. 67-79 THE GOLDEN AG-E, A NEW WEEKLY ‘JOURNAL EDITED BY THEODORE TILTON, Devoted to the Free Discussion. of all Living Questionsin Church, State, Society, Lima- twre, Art and Moral Reform.- PUBLISHED EVERY VVEBNESDAY IN NEW YORK. Price Three Dollars a Year, Cash in Advance. MR. TILTON, having retired from THE INDEPENDENT and THE BROOKLYN DAILY UNION, will hereafter devote his whole Editorial labors to Tun GOLDEN Aer. Persons wishing to subscribe will please send their" I names, with the money, immediately, to ’ THEODORE TILTON P. O. Box 2,848, NEW YORK CITY. DR.H. SLLADQE, (C1airvoyant,) , J. 'SIMmMONS,i 210 West ,Forty-third street, N. ‘,2’. . ‘ -' * Ell OFFICE nouns FROM 9‘ A. ii; To 957?. M4 NOT OPEN ‘SATURDAY. 1 I / I 5 , i I ,0 £1
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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1872-03-23_04_19
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1872-03-23_04_19
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 04, no. 21 (April 6, 1872)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-1942
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1872-04-06
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: PROGRESS 2 FREE TI-IOUG.I:IT 2 UNSTRAMMELED ,;InIVErSl BNAAKING THE WA Y FOR _FU1*Ur:E GENERATIONS. 44 JOHN J. cisco & son, A BANKERS, Trio. 50? Wall Street, New York. Gold and Currency received on deposit, subject to check at sight. , Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rate of Four per Cent. per annum, credited at the end of each month. I ALL CHECKS DRAWN ON US PASS THROUGII THE CLEARING—HOUSE, AND ARE RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT BY ALL THE CITY BANKS. Certiﬁcates of Deposit issued, payable on demand, bearing Four per Cent. interest. Loans negotiated. . Orders promptly executedfor the Purchase and Saleof Governments, Gold, Stocks and Bonds on commission. ‘ Collections made on all parts or the ‘United States and Canadas. 86-tf , THE LOANERS’ BANK OF THE CITY OF NEW ‘YORK (ORGANIZED "UNDER STATE onARTER,) “ Continental Life ” Building, "32 "NASSAE S’1_‘Rl'23E’l“, NEW YORK. CAPITAL. . .. ............................. .. $500,000 Subject to increase to . . . ....
Show morePROGRESS 2 FREE TI-IOUG.I:IT 2 UNSTRAMMELED ,;InIVErSl BNAAKING THE WA Y FOR _FU1*Ur:E GENERATIONS. 44 JOHN J. cisco & son, A BANKERS, Trio. 50? Wall Street, New York. Gold and Currency received on deposit, subject to check at sight. , Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rate of Four per Cent. per annum, credited at the end of each month. I ALL CHECKS DRAWN ON US PASS THROUGII THE CLEARING—HOUSE, AND ARE RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT BY ALL THE CITY BANKS. Certiﬁcates of Deposit issued, payable on demand, bearing Four per Cent. interest. Loans negotiated. . Orders promptly executedfor the Purchase and Saleof Governments, Gold, Stocks and Bonds on commission. ‘ Collections made on all parts or the ‘United States and Canadas. 86-tf , THE LOANERS’ BANK OF THE CITY OF NEW ‘YORK (ORGANIZED "UNDER STATE onARTER,) “ Continental Life ” Building, "32 "NASSAE S’1_‘Rl'23E’l“, NEW YORK. CAPITAL. . .. ............................. .. $500,000 Subject to increase to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l,00,000 This Bank negotiates LoANs, makes COLLEC- TIONS, advances on SECURITIES, and receives DEPOSITS. ‘ Accounts 0:’ Bankers, Manufacturers and Merchants will receive special attention. W FIVE" PER CENT. INTEREST paid on CURRENT BALANCES, and liberal facilities offered to our CUSTOMERS; DORE RUSSELL, President. A. F‘. 'WILLMAnTH, Vice-President. HARVEY FISK. OFTICE OF do HATCH. aANKnns,. » A1\"D DEALERS IN GOVERNMItlN’I‘ SECURITIES, No. 5 Nassau srnnnr, N. Y., A. S. HATCH. Opposite U". :8. Sub-Treasury.‘ We receive the accounts of Banks, Bank- ers, Corporations and others, subject to check at sight, and allow interest on balances. We make special arrangements for interest on deposits of speciﬁc sums for ﬁxed periods. ‘We mahe collections on all points in the United States and Canada, and issue Certiﬁ- cates ofDcposit available in all parts of the Union. We buy and sell, at current rates, all classes of Government Securities, and the Bonds oi the Central Paciﬁc Railroad Company; also, *'Go1d and Silver Coin and Gold Coupons. “We buy and sell, at the Stock Exchange, miscellaneous Stocks and Bonds, on commis- sion, for cash. Communications and inquiries by mail or ielcgraph, will receiye careful attention. , FISK a HATCH. 89,-tr , Vol. 4.——No. 2l.——Whole No. 99. RAILROAD IRON, FOR SALE BY S. W HOPKINS & 00., "751 BROADWAY. CALDWELL & 00.. BANKERS, 27 Wall St... New York. Order for Purchase and Sale bf United States Securities, Stocks, Bonds and Ameri- can Gold promptly executed at the usual commission. Collections promptly made in all parts ; of the United. States and Canada. @ Interest, 4 per cent., allowed on de- posits, subject to sight draft. 78 to 103. NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK. THE FREEDMAN’S SAVINGS‘ AND TRUSVI‘ ' COMPANY. (Chartered by the Government or the United States.) DEPOSITS OVER $3,000,000. 185 BLEECKER STREET, NEW YORK. SIX PER CENT. interest commences Oﬂrst of ’/each month. Four per cent. allowed from date of each deposit for full number of days, not less than thirty, on sums of $50 and upward, withdrawn before January. DEPOSIT CERTIFICATES, as safe as Registered Bonds, and promptly available in any part of the United States, issued, payable on demand, with in lierest due. Accounts strictly piivateand conﬁdential. Deposits payable on demand, with interest due. Interest onlzccounts of certiﬁcates paid by check to depositors residing out of the city if desired. Send for Circular. Open daily from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., and MONDAYS and SATURDAYS from 9 A. M. to 8 r. M. JOHN J. ZUILLE, Cashier. NEW YORK SAVINGS BANK, Eighth AVBL. ear. ‘Fourteenth St. SIX ran CENT. INTEREST allowed on all sums from $5_ to $5,000. Deposits made on or bet'ore.August 1 will draw interest from August 1. ‘ Assets, ,473,303 05.‘ Surplus, 200,272 95.‘ LOCKWOOD & co.. B A N K E R S , A No. 94 Broadway, TRANSACT * A GENERAL .BANKINo, BUSINESS, Including the purchase and sale on commission 01 GOVERNMENT AND RAILWAY BONDS, STOCKS AND OTKEB SECURITIES. NEW YORK, I APRIL 6,1872. 0. J. OSBORN. ADDISON CAMMAOK. OSBORN & CAMMACK, B A. N K E R S, ' No. 34 BROAD STREET. STOCKS, STATE BONDS, GOLD AND FEDERAL SECURITIES, bought and sold on Commission. Rail Road CHARLES W. IIASSLER, N0. 7 WALL STREET, New York. 62-113 Banhhr House. urhhhhr hhhwh &G0, 32 Wall Street, N. Y. Whether you wish to Buy or Sell . write to Circular Notes and Letters of Credit for travelers; also Commercial Credits issued available throughout the world. ' Bills of Exchange on the Imperial Bank of London, National Bank_ of Scotland, Provincial Bank of Ire- land, and all their branches. Telegraphic Transfers of money on Europe.,_ San V Francisco and the West Indies. Deposit accounts received in either\Currency or Coin, subject to check at sight, which pass through the Clearing House as if drawn upon any city bank; interest allowed on all daily balances; Certiﬁcates oi ‘ Deposit issued bearing interest at current rate; Notes and Drafts collected. State, City and Railroad Loans negotiated. CLEVVS, HABICHT & CC., 11 Old Broad _St., London. BANKING AN-o FINANCML. The St. Joseph and Denver City Ra.i1ro:u‘i C0rnpa.ny’s FIRST DIORTGAGE BONDS ' Are being absorbed by an increasing demand. for them. Secured as they are by aﬁrst mortgage on the Road, Land Grrant, Franchise, and Equipments, combined in one mortgage, they command at once a ready market. A Liberal Sinking Ifund provided in the Mortgage Deed must advance the price upon the closing of the loan. Principal and interest payable in GOLD. Inter- est at eigtht (8) per cent per annum. Payable, semi- annually, free of ta.x.O Principal in thirty years. De- -nominations, $1,000, $500 and,$100 Conponsor Regis- tered. Price 97 1-2 and accrued interest, in currency, from February 15, 1872. ’ V Maps,‘ Circulars, ‘Documents, and information fur- nished. ‘ Trustees, Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New York. - V Can now be had througﬂ the principal Banks and Bankers throughout the country, and from the under- signed who unhesitatingly recommend them. TANNER 3: oo., Bankers, 98 N0. 11 Wall street, New York. U PRICE TEN CENTS. ~ MAXWELL &‘ co, Bankers and Brokers, No. 11 BROAD STREET, NEW Yomz. sAM’I. BARTON. nanny ALLEN? BARTON a ALLEN, BfANl(E?R$ MED B-RBKERS, * A No. 40BROAD STREET. St.ocks,»Bonds and Gold bought and sold on com- mission _ /A FIRST-CLASS NEW YORK SEBURETY ATA Low PRICE. 0 The Undersigned offerfor sale the First Mortgage Seven Per Cent. Gold Bonds of the Syracuse and Che— nango Valley Railroad, at 95 and accrued interest.’ This road runs from the City of Syracuse to Smitl1’s Valley, where it unites with the New York Midland Railroad, thus connecting that city by 8. direct line of road with the metropolis. ‘ A Its length‘. is 42 miles, its cost about $40,000 per mile, and it is mortgaged for less than $12,000 per’ mile; the balance of the funds required for its con- struction having been raised by subscription to the capital stock. ’ ‘ ‘ The road approaches completion. It traverses a populous and fertile district of_ the State, which in- sures it a paying business, and it is under the con- trol of gentlemen or high character and ability. Its bonds possess all the requisites of an inviting invest- ment. They are amply secured by arnortgagefor less ‘ than one-third the value of the property. They pay seven per cent. gold interest, and are offered ﬁve per « cent. below par. The undersigned conﬁdently recom- mend them to all class of investors. daemon OPDYKE & co., 'No. 25 NASSAU STREET. than thrhmhh 2. cu BANKERS, No. 11 Nassau Street... issue CIRCULAR NOTES and LETTERS OF CREDIT for .TRTAVELERS in EUROPE, and available in all the ERINCIBAL CITIES, also for use in the UNITED STATES, WEST INDIES. Also, TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFERS,to LONDON, PARIS and CALIFORNIA. G. EBBINGHOUBEN. G. A. WIDMAYEB. J. BAUMAN. SA HE S MARVIN & cons , p T ABLE THE BEST.. 265 BROADWAT. 2 ‘WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY, April 6, 1872. .. ,5 THE uswiuiscovsnr SOLUTION & GDLLPDUND ELIXIR FIRST AN NL_ OLUIO ever mde in one mixture of ALL THE TWELVE valuable active principals of the Well known curative agent, . _ PINE TREE TAR, UNEQUALED in Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, and consumption. CUBES ‘VVITI-IOUT FAIL Arecent cold in three to six hours; and al 0, by its VITALISING, PURIFYIN G and ST - MULATING effects upon the general system, is remarkably eﬂicacious in all DISEASES OF THE BLOOD. including Scrofula and Eruptions of the skin, Dyspepsia, Diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, Heart Disease, and General Debility. ONE TRlALLsGONVlNC'E'S! “Volatile Stiliitiom of Tar For INHALATION, without application of HEAT. A remarkably VALUABLE‘discovery, as the whole apparatus can be carried in the vest pocket, readv at any time for themost effectual and positively curative use in All Diseases of the NOSE, THROAT and LUNGS. . THE COMPOUND Tar and Mandrake Pill; for use inconnection with the ELIXIR -TAR, 3'3 a combination of the TWO most valuable ALTERATIVE Medicines known in the Pro- fession, and renders this Pill Without exception the very best ever oﬁered. Th SOLUTION and COMPOUND ELIXIR of is without doubt the Best reed nown 11 cases of EHDLERE ANDWYELLDW FEVER. It is a Speciﬁc for such diseases, and should be x kept in the household of every family, especially during those months in which CHULERR ANDY YELLOW FEVER are liable to prevail. A small quantity taken ‘daily will prevent contracting these terrible iseaas. Solution and Compoiind Elixir, $1.00 per Bottle Volatile Solution for Inhalation, $5.00 per Box Tar and Mandrake Pills, 50cts per box. Send for Circular of POSITIVE CURES . to your Druggist, or to’ L. F. HYDE &. co., SOLE PROPRIETOBS, 110 E. 22d St., New York. ﬁ Sold by all Druggists. 88. ti’. DESIRABLE ’ HOME , SECURITIES. The First Mortgage 7 Per Cent. Gold Bonds ‘WALLKELE. VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY ARE OFFERED FOR SALE AT 90 AND ACCRUED INTEREST I:lB‘TYCURRENCY, MEAD & CLARK, Financial Agents, N0. 141 BROADWAY, AND, ERASILLS F. MEAD, BANKER, Cor. Twenty-ﬁfth Street and Third Avenue. By ‘exchangin U. S. Bonds’ for the Bonds of the WALLKILL VA LEY RAILWAY COMPANY, you inc"reasc your Income over 40 Per cent., and your Principal about 25 ‘Per Cent., and get a security EQUALLY safe. Tun LAW or I MARRIAGE, AN :exHAUsTIvE ‘ARGUMENT B AGAINST MARRIAGE LEGISLATION, o.‘ e...IAMEs, Author of “Manual of-' Transcendental Philosophy.” For Sale by the Author, post paid, for 25c. " Address Alma, Wis. 75 “ THE BLEELS ” NOISELESS, LINK-MOTION, LOCK"-'sTITo‘H »~..~.w:so\\\ ‘,*‘«¥‘ Sewing WMachine Challenges the world in perfection of work, strength and beauty of stitch, durability of xonstruction and rapidity of motion. Call and examine. Send for eirculan. Agents wanted. ‘~ MANUFACTURED BY BLEES sswise stresses on, 623 Bnonnwnu, new York. JUST ISSUED ! The Most Elegant Book of the Season. -ENTITLED Poems of Progress. BY LIZZIE DOTEN. Author of p “ POEMS FROIVI THE INNER LIFE,” Which have been read and admired by thousands in Europe and America. In the new book will be found all the new and bean- tiful inspirational poems GIVEN BY MISQ DOTEN Since the publication of the previous volume. The new volume has a SPLENDID STEEL ENGIRAVING Of the talented authoress. EVERY SPIRITUALIST I EVERY FREE-'l.‘HINKlllRl EVERY REFORMZERI Should haveacopy of this new addition to poetic literature. NO LIBRARY IS COMPLETE WITHOUT IT. Orders should be forwarded at once. PRICE-551 50, postage 20 cents. Full Gilt, $2 00. Will. WHITE &. 00., Publishers, 158 Washington St., Boston, Mass. Trade Supplied on Liberal Terms. LEO MILLER, A OF NEW YORK, Will present to the public - THE,WOMAN QUESTION IN A NEW LIGHT. U JECT' S B . “WOMAN, AND HER RELATIONS TO TEMPER- ANCE AND OTHER REFORMS." Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, in a letter to Gen. Jordan, of Pennsylvania, says: _ “‘ I had the pleasure of canyassing with Lee Miller, Esq., in New‘Jersey, and I most cordially recommend him to our friends in your State as a gentleman of rare talent and character and a most effective and elo- quent speaker.” CHARLES I-I. FOSTER, TEST MEDIUM. 16 East Twelfth street, N. Y. CHIBKERENE 8!. SNS’ PIANO-FORTES. The Best * Pianos at the Lowest A Prices, And upon the most favorable terms of payment. We Invite ‘ the attention of persons intending to purchase Pianos to. our New Illustrated Catalogue, giving full description of Styles and Prices, and the terms on which We sell to those desiring to make EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS. ' snnn FORA CATALOGUE. ' CHICKERING & sons, NO. 11 EAST FOURTEENTH ST., NEW YORK. I MRS. M. D. TRACY, CITY EMPLOYMENT BUREAU GENERAL BUSINESS EXCHANGE, 517 WASHINGTON S'l 7 MUTUAL BENEFIT SAVINGS BANK, SUN BUILDING, , _/166 Nassau ‘street, New York. DIVIDEND. —A semi-an-nual dividendat therate of six per cent. per annum, on all sums of $5 and up- ward which have been on deposit for one or more months next previous to July 1, will be paid on and after J ulygl, 1871. V INTER_EST'not called for will remain as principal, and draw interest from July 1. - . BANK OPEN daily from 10 to 3; also Mondayand Saturday evenings, from 4% to 6);’; o’clock. Interest commences on the 1st of every month following the deposit. . - . CHARLES K. GRAHAM, President, G. H. Bnuumcr. Secretary. P A“? an “ii A@ LADIES’ PROTECTOR. NO ‘MORE COLD FEET-—NO MORE DEFORMED LIMBS. 7 nus. DANIELS takes pleasure in offering the above articles to. ladies, with the assurance that they will give satisfaction. The trade supplied at a discount. , No. 63 Clarendon Street, BOSTON. OR ‘ MRS. C. A. GAYNOR, _ 824 Broadway, New York. svrunu & 00., (Successors to D. Marley,) No. 557 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Dealers in MODERN AND ANTIQUE Furniture, Bronzes, CHINA, ARTICLES OF VERTU. 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Terms, $75 and expenses. _ We take pleasure in recommending her to our friends, as one of the most proﬁtable as well as entertaining speakers in the field. Her address is box 778 Biidgeport, Conn. --—--4»-0-6--—— WOMAN’S RIGHTS. [New York Herald, March 22.] A large meeting was held last night in the Turner’ Hall, in Fourth street, for the purpose of formin a German Woman’s Rights Association. The meeting was acgldressed by Mrs. Ma- thilde Wendel, Dr. Augusta Lilenthal, and Mme. Clara Nev- mann. At the conclusion of these addresses, there was a very lively (lemme. ---——¢-o-+—————— THE INTERNATIONAL. It ought to be known that this association is not secret-—it does not aspire to the honor of being a conspiracy. Its meet- ings are held in public; they are open to all comers, though only members are permitted to speak (unless by special invitation), and none but members are allowed to vote. The several sections in this city and vicinity meet as follows: Section 1 (German).-—Sunday, 8 P. M., at the Tenth Ward Hotel, corner of Broome and Forsytli streets. Section .2 (French)-—Suuday, 9:30 A. ‘M., at No. 100 Prince street. Section 6 (German)-—Meets in 66 and 68 Fourth street, in the N. Y. Turn I-Ialle, every Thursday evening at 8 o’cLocx. Section 8 (German).—Sunday, 3 P. M., at No. 53 Union avenue, Williamsburgh, L. 1. Section 9 (American).——-Wednesday, 8 P. M., at No 35 East Twenty-s eventh street. Section 10 (French)-—Meets every Thursday at the N. W. corner of Fortieth street and Park avenue, at 8 P. M. Section 11 (Germa‘n).—Thursday, 8 P. M., West Thirty- ninth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, at Hessel’s. Section 12 (American)-The second and fourth Sunday in each month, 8 P. M., at No. 15 E. 38th street. Section 13 (German).-Every Friday, at 805 Third avenue. Section 22 (French).-The second and fourth Friday in each month, 8 P. M., at Constant’s, 88 Grand street. Section 35 (English).——Meets every Friday evening ’at Myers’, 129 Spring street, at 8 o’clock. ---—-—<>—o-<x»——-——- INTEENATIONAL WORKINGMEN’S ASSOCIATION. All persons desiring to become members of, or to form sections, and trades unions orsocieties wishing to afliliate with the In- ternational Workingmen’s Association, can procure all the necessary information and documents by addressing the regu- lar oﬂicers of the Federal Council of North America, as fol- lows : A English Corresponding Secretary, John T. Elliot, 208 Fifth ‘ street,‘ New York. u German Corresponding Secretary, Edward Grosse, 214 Mad- ison street, New York. ‘ French Corresponding Secretary, 13. Laugrand, 335 Fourth avenue, New York. r Spanish worresponding Secretary, Majin J aner, 112 Lexing- ton avenue, Brookl . - Italian '2 Corres ondini Secretary, Antonio‘ Brumi, G21/';.East Twelfth street, ew Yor ternatglonal Association of Workingmcn. THE INTERNATIONAL iH.ERALD. ‘ We are indebted to our friend G. E. Harris, of London, for the first number of the new journal, the International Herald. ‘I’ At last the Internationals have an organ in England, from which their principles and propositions may be authorita- tively obtained. We scarcely need say that we are most grati- ﬁed by the examination of this number. It promises to be an able and earnest advocate of those all-sided principles which alone can have any claim to universal application. , We gladly copy the following from its columns, which from the first to‘ the last page are ﬁlled with words of wisdom : INTERNATIONAL wonK1NGMm~:’s ASSOCIATION. The General Council of the International Workingmen’s Association held its usual weekly meeting on Tuesday, Feb- ruary 20, at the Council Rooms, 256, High Holborn, W.‘C., Citizen Longuet (late member of the Commune of Paris), in the chair. A report was received from the Federal Council of North America, from which it appeared the progress of the associa- tion in the States had been. very great indeed. There are now forty-one sections in active operation. The Federal Council had drafted a set of rules, of which :1 copy was enclosedto be submitted. to the General Council for .:.j>proval. The Federal Council had been invited by the Stair Builders’ and Joiners’ Union to urge upon the Government the importance of estab- lishing a Labor Commission, as proposed in Congress by Mr. Hoar. The matter had been referred to the sections, along with a suggestion, that a member of the International should be appointed upon the Commission. Section 15 of New Orleans had projected an International Agricultural Colony to give help and comfort to emigrants arriving in that locality. In Philadelphia the sections proposed to establish an organ to be called the Labor (7ha.mpion. While in Baltimore the aid of the G-uciblc had been given to the association, the editor,- Mr. A. B. Davis, having joined the Baltimore sections. An- other paper was also to be issued for the first time on the 18th of March, which day was to be celebrated by a grand banquet, under the auspices of the French Citizens. One French sec- tion. laida proposition before the Federal Council, asking that the 18th of March should be declared a regular International holiday. In trade matters there was not much to report. Work had been reasonably plenty during the winter, and disputes had been few. The operative plasterers of New York were only working eight hours a day, and it appeared to be the general impression that a demand for the eight hours would be made in the coming session in Congress. “The National Labor Party” were to meet at the beginning of the present month at Columbus to nominate candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency. Citizen Jung proposed “That a committee be appointed to arrange a meeting to celebrate the revolution of the 18th of March.” It was the ﬁrst success of the workmen, and showed that the workingclasses were thoroughly qualiﬁed to govern themselves. Citizen Bournet seconded the motion, and Citizen Boon supported it. It was carried unanimously, and it was decided that all bodies of worlcing men should be invited to co-operate with the committee to carry out the object in view. The C_ouncil then took into consideration the outrage com- mitted upon Citizen Outine in Switzerland, and, after a short, discussion, unanimously adopted the following declaration, which was ordered to be inserted in all the organs of the asso- ciation : ‘ Declanrailion of the Geneml Council of the Izziemavtional lVor7c- i.n.g7n.en’s Association. The Swiss‘ authorities have thought proper, upon a simple reclamation of the Russian Foreign office, sent in violation of t 1e Federal Constitution direct to a magistrate at Iverdun, to search the house of Citizen Outine at Geneva under the infam- ous pretext that he might be implicated in the forgery of Rus- sian paper money——a scandalous affair, in which, wonderful to say, the Russian State Councilor, Kamensky, charged to prosecute the forgers, figures at the same time as their ring- leader. They seized the papers of Outine. and exposed all his Russian, German, and English correspondence to the scrutiny of a Russian translator, whose very name they refuse to give. Citizen Outine, up to December, 1871, was editor of the Inter- national organ, L’Egal'ite, and consequently his correspondence was for the greater part of the "time International, and provided‘ with the stamps of its different committees. Had itgnot been for the interference of his legal adviser, Citizen Amberng, to whom the council tenders its best thanks, Outine’s papers and himself wouldhave been handed over to the Russian govern- ment, with which Switzerland has not even a treaty of extra- dition. The Russian government, met at home by a daily growing opposition, has taken advantage of the sham conspiracies of men like Netchayeﬁ‘, who did not belong to the International, to prosecute opponents at home under the pretext of being Internationals. Now it takes another step in advance. Sup- ported by its faithful vassal, Prussia, it commences an inter- ventionin the internal concerns of Western nations by calling upon their magistrates to hunt down in its service the Inter- national. It opens its campaign in a Republic, and the Repub- lican authorities hastened to make themselves the humble ser- vants of Russia. The General Council consider it sufficient to denounce the designs of the Russian Cabinet, and the sub- serving of its Western helpmates to the workinen of all nations. ‘-——-+4-4-——-~ THE ALARM IN EUROPE. The following signiﬁcant circular, proposing a combination of all the European governments to suppress the International, was issued by the Spanish Minister of State to all Spanish rep- resentatives in foreign countries : THE INTERNATIONAL. PROPOSED COMBINATION OF EUROPEAN GOVERNIVIENTS TO SUPPRESS IT-—I’MPORTAN’I‘ CIRCULAR FROM THE SPANISH MINISTER ~01" . STATE TO ALL FOREIGN COUNTRIES. The Spanish Minister of State, Senator De Blas, has address- ed the following circular to the Spanish representatives in foreign countries, England included, on the Internationals: YOUR EXCELLENOY,—~—-A grave debate occurred in the Spanish ' Congress during the last Legislature, which was one of the most important ever sustained in any legislative assembly. Its object was to- deﬁne, from the political, and, consequently, eminently practical, point of view the real condition of the In- The powerful and ‘ tained in a few yearsj, invite the serious attention of all who _ The latter 1s . are interested in the preservation of social order. menaced in its very foundations by the Internationals, which break up all ‘the traditions of humanity, erases from thought I the very name of God, of the life of the family, and of inherit- ance, which also erases that of nations from the civilized world, and aspires to increase the prosperity of the working classes on the basis of equality. It was, therefore, necessary to examine and decide how far we could tolerate, even under the most liberal of political institutions, the existence of an association which commenced by declaring itself the enemy of every po- government-. . . We submit to the Congress the question whether the respect due to liberty and to the rights conﬁrmed by the Spanish Democratic Constitution should ‘be extended to its abusive ex- ercise, permitting those to avail themselves of it who struggle‘ to destroy it, or whether, to defend this very liberty, properly understood, we ought to sally to the encounter of — the disturb- ing and revolutionary tendencies of the International, declar- ing it inimical to the security of tne State, and therefore in- cluded in the prohibitions of article 10 of the Constitution.‘ created everywhere, this long and brilliant discussion, sustain- ed so loftily by our principal orators. It is, therefore, unneces- Government of his Majesty have looked upon the question. They obtained by a solemn vote in the Parliament 3. declara- tion favorable to their intentions. the Government respecting the International. » The circular’ of my colleague, the Minister of the Home .,Department, to the authorities of the provinces will have made known to you the‘ conduct they decided to pursue. ‘ The Government, resting on the declarations of the repre- sentatives of the country who have passed judgment on the International, and voted it outside of the constitution and lia- ble under the penal code, are resolved to repress all its mani- quire it, to submit to the Cortes a project of law dissolving the said association in conformity with the constitution. The Government do not direct themselves to you to-day through me with any other object than to explain to you ~ their ideas, already well known, respecting the International, and the rules by which you ought to guide your conduct in this question. they have other views. Knowing that you are entirely identi- mission conﬁded to you, you will contribute efﬁcaciously, in your relations with the government to which you are accredit- ed, to procure that the measures necessary to arrive at a satis- facto result may be taken by common accord. This accord is required by the very nature of the association, for its character of universality is. exactly that which makes it the more dan- gerous. It will not suffice that one Government alone shall take re- specting it separately the most severe dispositions, neither will it suffice that its sectionsshould be made to disappear from one single nation by means of its laws, nor by the co-opera» tion and individual initiative (the importance of which, never- theless, cannot be overrated) of all classes. interested in the conservation of society. There will always remain some fan- atical adherents, who, on the ﬁrst favorable occasion, will serve as the nucleus for its prompt reorganization, toward which the General Council will powerfully aid with the extra- ordinary publicity the newspaper press affordsin our days, and the rapidity of communication between all civilized peo- ple. The Commune of Paris is an eloquent example of this. A large part, and perhaps not the least inﬂuential, of those who directed the events there was composed of foreigners who were not resident in France at the fall of the Empire.‘ To put down the evil it is necessary that all governments labor at once to the same end. All are equally interested nay, the others are even more interested than Spain, where the International. has not taken such profound root and does not count such a great number of adherents as in other -nations of the two continents. The administration of each nation permits it to adopt legislative disposition, which, however different they may be, will be equally efficacious to preserve them from the cataclysm of a social revolution. - The imminence and gravity of the danger are powerful mo- tivesto induce statesmen to devote their serious attention to this object. This was claimed of themlast year by the circular of the minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic. That nation has just passed through a terrible crisis. It is possible that the severe blow inflicted on the agitators of Paris after the victories secured by the troops of Versailles has an ill-founded conﬁdence in the other governments of Europe. Nevertheless, the organs of the International, aud the declara- tions of its friends in the clubs, and even in State Parliaments, quickly proved that the defeat suffered was considered by them as a merely transitory contretemps; and so far from con-_ demning the horrors of the Commune of Paris, they proclaimed with pride their share in the responsibility, and manifested ing to extend the sphere of their action with more perserve- rance than ever. ' It is therefore to be hoped that, in view of the gravity of the circumstances, every State will benevolentlyand sympatheti- cally lend its aid to the work of defense against the Interna- tional. This will be all the more easy if one of the great powers undertakes to sketch the basis of a common agreement and of a universal and simultaneous action. It is also to be desired that the nations who have not yet ‘ concluded a treaty of extradition with Spain should enter into a special agreement as to whatever relates to the Inter- national. You will please let me know whether the Minister of ' For- eign Affairs is disposed to take these suggestions into consider- ation, and I beg you to read this dispatch to him and leave 9. copy with him. . ‘ “Convinced of the zeal of your Excellency in the service of the State, I am sure you will avail yourself of the good rela- tions which exist between the Government of of his Majesty, to obtain the most prompt and efﬁcacious sup- port the latter needs abroad, in respect to» the measures it judges prudent to adopt. = » “Bommcro DE BLAS, “Minister of State (Foreign Affairs}. “MADRID, February, 1872;” ' — The Chronopher is the name of an instrument which supplies all England with the correct time. communication with the Greenwich Observatory and with six- teen of the principle cities of the kingdom, and precisely at ten A.M., the hour is ﬂashed, not only to these stations, but to every formidable organization, and the rapid development it has at- post-office. in the country, so that all the timelis regulated» to the twentieth part of a second. sary for me to remind you of the point of view under which the ’ As regards the interior administration of the nation 7 ﬁed with them, they hope that in the discharge :of the high, . themselves disposed to reproduce those horrors anew, by work-. and that It is in direct. liticale school, and incompatible with all existing forms of ‘ You will doubtless have followed, with the same interest that it ' From this preface you will have no doubts as to the ideas of ' festations and all its other ostensible acts which might alter‘ the public peace; and are also resolved, if circumstances re-’ ’ 3 “Receive the expression of my deepest’ consideration, etc. ,. . 6. woo:oHULL at CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. April 6, 18.72. . PUT THEM ON THE" RECORD. The time will come when the Internationals will want to know the past record of the various papers. For this purpose we enter up the Commercial Advertiser“, ﬁrst ‘extracting its per- sonalities, out of which some people will ﬁnd it impossible to rise until the thin mask to their-own‘ social vileness is rent asunder and they stand revealed. in their true light. SUNDAY PROCESSIONS—-A SIGNIFICANT CONTRAST. T 0 the Editor of the Oommercial Adve'rl7'.se1".' Some months ago an affair occurred in this city which will not, soon be forgotten. ’Several classes or combinations of persons, who assumed the name of “Internationals,” ‘combined to commemorate the murder of the Archbishop of Paris by the “Communists,” who also destroyed the Column Vendome,‘ burned the Palace of the Tuileries, and committed almost every other conceivable atrocity. These “ Internationals” were composed of Inﬁdels, Agrarians, and others not less dis- creditably notorious. For the proposed demonstration the admirers of French Communism determined to desecrate the Sabbath. No other day was good enough for their bad pur- poses. At such a revolting exhibition on the Sabbath day, all good citizens protested. But the police authorities not only refused to prohibit the procession, but adopted a resolution promising the “Internationals” their protection. Sunday last, the 17th, was the anniversary of St. Patrick. This day is everywhere celebrated as a festive and religious anniversary by Irishmen and Catholics. In view of its occur- rence this year on Sunday, Archbishop McCloskey, in consul- tation with neighboring Bishops and Priests, advised that the anniversary of their patron saint should be commemorated not on Sunday, the 17th, but on Monday, the 18th day of March. This truly Christian suggestion of the Prelates and Priesthood was universally and cheerfully acted upon. , We had therefore, on Monday last, an imposing, impressive and orderly demonstration from all the patriotic, religious, . mechanical,’ temperance, civic and festive Hibernian societies fand associations of the City. The conduct; therefore, of our Irish fellow-citizens 111 “remembering the Sabbath day’? stands out in creditable relief against the dark shadow which inﬁdels and agrarians cast upon the city. W. THE INTERNATIONAL IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. CHICAGO, March 19, 1872. I-/.[EsnAMns WOODHULL At CLAFLIN :~The Chicago sections 1 of the International held their first public meeting here on Sunday the 17th, in the Globe Theatre. There were between four and ﬁve hundred persons present, and among them sprinkled here and there were a few ladies. The whole appear- ance was very good, they being all well dressed and well be- haved. Pendant from one of the gallery boxes was a red flag with a white fringe border on which was inscribed, “Work- ingmen of all Nations, be United. ” The meeting was addressed by a number of speakers, but as I have never studied any but my native language I could only report the English speakers. They were two in number. Under the circumstances the best I could do was to secure the names of the other speakers. The meeting was called to order about 3 o’clock,'by Mr. Zimpel, who assumed the chair. The first speaker was Mr. Carl Klings ; he spoke in German at considerable length. Mr. Egan then addressed the meeting in Swedish. Mr. Trainer was the next speaker; by his accent I took him to be a German. He spoke in English. He said the International had not alone to work against the press and capital, but against the working- ‘ men themselves ; he said they did not seem to comprehend what the principles of the International were, and would not always co-operate for their own interests. take a good while to instruct the people to the principles of the society, but that they would in the end succeed. He said opposition was good in the main, as it kept them from making many mistakes. He exhorted them to continue in their good work of the emancipation of theworking classes, and that they would have the satisfaction of knowing that their children if not themselves, would be the happier for it. Mr. Crouse next spoke in German; after him came Mr. Thomas Watson, who spoke somewhat as follows: “ We hear a great deal of talk about freedom and brotherly love, ruzd «quality, but it is a much easier thing to preach than practice. VVe live in an age of freedom in a certain. sense, it is true; but there are forms of slavery far worse than that from which the black slaves of the South have been freed. There are thousands of white slaves who spend their whole lives in making money to put into the pockets of the few, and when they get old are no better off than they were in their youth. How long is this state of things to continue? If workinginen wished to have a change for the better, they should adopt the principles of the International Workingmen’s Association. You all know very well that there has always been a natural antagonism be- tween /capital and labor, and the object of this society is to re- lease the laborer from the bondage imposed on him by capital, and to obtain for him his true freedom in every sense of the word; and any society that seeks to effect this purpose should be supported. So, therefore, I call on you all as men and fellow beings to take hold of this good ork and try and make the world somewhat better than it is at present.” Mr. Watson is an eloquent speaker, with an earnestness that carries conviction with it. After several other addresses the meeting adjourned. ' . The above is but a short synopsis of some of the remarks made by the gentlemen. They were greeted with frequent showers of applause which showed that the sympathies of the audience were enlisted. ’ O, by the way, Mr. ‘Watson is a staunch Spiritualist and a leader of the Chicago Progressive Lyceum (Spiritualist). I suppose if they follow out the philosophy of Hudson Tuttle and some others, the Lyceum will proceed to hold a confer- ence and excommunicate Watson for daring, as a Spiritualist, or harmonial philosopher, to believe and adopt anything out- side of the fact that the “ini:ercommunion of the two worlds is i_rres_istible,” or that “ man, is an immortal, spirit retaining identity and individuality after separation from the physical form and possessing the power to communicate with earth.” To be sure, as,Tuttle says, there isa “ dependent philosophy of spirit life,” but of course no one must make any practical application of their deductions from that philosophy. More Anon. OUR JACK. HUMAN WELL—BEING. ART. IV—l\/IARRIAGE. V The word marry is tracable to the Arabic, where it is de- rived from more which signiﬁes masculine and brave. v Masculineiis derived from master, and master is a modiﬁca- tion of mater, to indicate a male who subjects and holds in possession and control, a human mater or female. He thought it would * compound of fee and male, to indicate a mater who is held as. a fee, or in fee simple by a hunian male. 11171. is the root or both male and mater. The written or printed letters of our language were invented by ancient learned men called Hierophants, as elements of a secret symbolic language. They are picture signs to represent ideas and were called hierogliﬁcs, because invented by Hiero- hants. P These letters or hierogliﬁc picturesare composed of certain geometric elements or ﬁgures that have natural signiiications that served as the anological basis of the secret symbolism of a written secret language that ﬁnally became the basis of a general language. The original words of this hierophantic language were composed of these hierogliﬁc characters or ﬁgures, according to their symbolic signiﬁcance, as known by the learned hiero- phants and secreted from the common people. The simplicity and beauty of this language has been mostly destroyed by the many modiﬁcations accomplished by those ignorant of the original signiﬁcations of letters, and thus, ideas, letters and words have been confounded and confused. In mater and male, M signiﬁes unity of source; A, unity of power; L, ability to beget; T, ability to conceive; E, pro- liﬁcation; and R, to give birth. Ma signiﬁes one of the human species; Mal, one of the be- getting gender; Mat, one of the conceptive gender; Male, one who has the power to prolificate by impregnation; Mate, one who has the power to proliﬁcate by gestation; and Mater, one who has given birth to fruit. trol. Brave is also an original word, and could be analysed in the same manner, if roomiwould allow. ’ Originally, brave was the crest or cap of a wave of the sea. when raging over shoal, shore rock or cragz \ According to Webster, brave in quality signiﬁes big, bold, vigorous, strong, furious, daring, and fearless ; as a thing, a hatchel; ora daring, turbulent, insolent, overbearing, aggres- sive male man; and as an action, to stand out, to swell, to en- counter arrogantly, torake or hatchel, and to act deﬁantly or menacingly. ’ The original and proper signiﬁcance of marry was to take, subject, and hold in possession a human mater (or female) by husbandry as a chattel ; for tillage and use ; and marriage is a combination of husband-mastery, and chattel wifery. Wife is a compound of wave and waif ; wave signiﬁes to push or drive along and cast about, and waif signiﬁes that which is driven along or cast about. Waive 'is a human mater, deprived of protection by relin- quishment; and legally deﬁned, a wife is a woman put beyond the protection of law by the coverture of a husband. All the words that belong to the marriage vocabulary give similar indications of its nature. The word court is a cher- ished sample, derived from the Arabic lcaura which signiﬁes to gather, cut and bind, as in harvesting grain with a sickle. Court has the sense of cutting off and separating by enclos- ing and shutting in; and hence a tight high fence is called a court, and a yard thus enclosed is called a court—yard; also in judicial use court has a like sense. As the anticedent of mar- riage it signiﬁes a cutting off from society and binding to self for selﬁsh purposes. .\, . Primitive, pure, unalloyed marriage was polygamic and this was the ﬁrst possibility of human society. Monogamy is marriage modiﬁed by the male aspiration for, and the masculine idea of individual rights; and is an attempt at maleine or masculine suitage. _ As polygamic marriage was the perfect pattern and the only possible pivotal of all individual despotisms; so monogamic marriage is the perfect pattern and the only pivot of any poli- tical or republicanised despotism. Harlotry is a necessary accompaniement of monagamic marriage and "political despotisms. In it woman would realize more of the suitage idea than she does in marriage of either sort; and this is it immoral, damning feature, immoral and damning ‘because it endangers marriage and with it all des- potisms whether pure or mixed. To prevent the speedy extinction of marriage and all despot- theharlot in every possible way, shutting her out from the society of other women, rendering her an outlaw and heaping on her all possible odiurn and foul Kepitaphs; and to secure a supply for demands in that direction it was necessary to shut her out from all other industries so far as was possible; and these are the secrets of prostitution so-called. Well did the Nazarene say that in Heaven there is neither marrying or giving in marriage and that the publicans and harlots were nearer the heaven than the scribes and pharisees. To-day marriage is the only real bar to genuine Republican- ism, and individual suitage is the only passport to it. Marriage has served. well its uses, rob it not of its name or character, but in all things give to it credit where credit is due, and a parting blessing for the good it has done, rather than kicks and cuffs for the good it has not done or could not do. T. FOWLER. -~——.—-<a»o~4>———-—- “ MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.” The older I grow the more I am convinced that thddvirtue and sense of this old, old maxim is not appreciated, and cer- tainly not acted upon, or many of the ills of life, with the falsities and lies, might, could and would be avoided. There are many whose affairs in ‘life are so entangled, that to admit of a justification of their own cases, without committing the affairs of others, is simply impossible. We have no right to do this, and to avoid it, lies are often resorted. to. I don’t jus- tify the lying, but I do say the age we live in, while it depre- cates the system of lying, really fosters it. When people be- come educated to the dignity and humanity of minding their own business and letting other people’s alone, much of the hy- pocrisy and lying will cease, and 0, who can countjtheisum of human suffering and agony that will be spared to human hearts by every one simply minding their own business. The above is peculiarly applicable at the present time, when we want to unite mankind in harmony. Our earthly affairs have not been conducted on a system warranted to throw the life pages of all open to the gaze of the curious, and this fact ought to be dwelt upon and remembered by those who are active in reform. Were all known of life as it is to-day, the suffering, the untold agony of human hearts, would far outweigh the offense done, and how much of this misery is borne by per- sons who are guiltless, God only knows. Justice, truth and humanity demand n_ow, more than ever, that the above golden rule should be considered. Mother is a corruption of the word mater, and female is a March 11, 1872. The S in master, indicates subjection, possession and con- isms balanced thereon, it was, and is yet necessary to persecute‘ "oonn§r:sroNnn::uon. [Our correspondence column admits every shade of opinion ; allthat we} require "is that the language shall be that, current in calm, unfettered so- cial or philosophical discussion. It is often suggested that certain sub- jects should be excluded from public journals. We think that nothing‘ should be excluded that is of public interest. Not the facts but the style to determine the propriety of the discussion. ' i We are in no wise to be held answerable for the opinions expressed by correspondents. N.‘B.—It is particularly requested that no communication shall exceed one column. The more concise the more ‘acceptable. Communications containing really valuable matter are often excluded on account of length.) SP1 RI T UAJZIS TI 0.’ BLACK QUAKERS. We have been permitted to make another extract irom an unpublished woitli of travels in Central Africa. ' On the north branch of the Gonii river in a secluded country we found a colony of Quakers or friends. They were a very isolated people. having little intercourse with the tribes around them. They used the plain language and never resorted to arms, being non-resistants. In their government they had very admirable police arrangements. The force was composed of strong athletic men and women, who used no weapons but acted the part of care-takers of the insane. These people be- lieved that any one who violated the rights of others or com- mitted anycrime was of unsound mind and to a certain ex- tent insane, and it was considered to be a duty to restrain these until they gave evidence of restoration to health. They denied that there was any right to punish any one, the law carrying its penalties with it, and the compunction of conscience being greater where human authority did not interfere and attempt to punish. . They claimed the right and the power to restrain any per- son when they acted in a manner that was injurious to them,- selves or to others. They used just sufficient restraint to pre- vent this, and in doing this they were always very careful to avoid any appearance of vindictive feelings or punishment to- wards those 0:11 whom it was used. , Their police arrangement worked so quietly that one would scarcely know of its existence ; great care takento avoid any public manifestations, under the belief that they were not beneﬁcial to society, and they kept all such things sacredly quiet, and persons were often 1'estrained for a time and came forth without its being known to any except those who have kindly cared for them. ' In their dealings with one another they were strictly honest, preferring each other in all things. Their mode of worship was like that of the friends in civilized count ries. They came ‘together every day in a social manner, and rat in silent nieditation until some one, either man, or woman, or child, was moved to speak. There wasa The remarks of the young children even were often very feel- ing and. impre isive. Their meetings closed with social greet- ings, converse? ion and gymnastic exercises. They claimed to be influenced directly by the holy spirit. Their religious views were very plain and simple, always avoiding unpleasant controversies. There was a-general feel- ingfof love, and forbearance prevailed. the universe and the Holy Spirit which they believe was sent by God to conifort them and enlighten them in their everyday duties. They carried their religion into all departments of life, and had no observances of days and times; believing all days to be alike holy they did. not set apart one day in seven as is done by most religious denominations. They considered oaths as an abomination, and held that every person was sacredly bound to speak the truth at all times and under all circumstances, and hence, had no idea of going through any form to make a person, under special con- ditions, tell the truth; for, said they, this would be an admis- sion that they might tell falsehoods all the rest of the time. They were exceedingly plain and exemplary in regard to their dress, while all were left free. The rule generally adopted was economy, utility‘ and cornfort. There was no rigid rule con- ﬁning any one to a particular form or color; each one was left to follow their taste and inclinations. There was great deal of freedom and sociability among them; living pure lives, their intercourse was free and without any suspicion, and hence they were a very happy people. In- dividual conscience was respected always as the real standard, and each one was left free to act according to their highest and bestimpressions and the dictates of their consciences, with no other restraint than those we have referred to in re- gard to the rights of others and injury to themselves. Their form of government very simple. Each individual being a law unto themselves. }There was very little need of any external laws. Their education was universal, and by com- mon consent all children were sent to school, the boys and -girls together, and they were taught such braiiches of know- ledge as were calculated to strengthen'a_nd develop their minds, while the physical was also properly attended to. This spirit of equality, oasecl upon capacity, was carried out in all depart- .ments, and woman stood side by side with man, a participant in all things a.r-cording to capacity. No arbitrary standard of equality was professed, but the divine equality of right measur- ed by capacity alone, was the standard universally accepted. Though they were a simple minded people, they were not devoid of artistic taste in their houses and in the laying out and cultivation of their gardens. The country, being a very fertile one, produced. spontaneous- ly almost every thing that was needed for their subsistence. Yet. unlike most persons who live in such countries, they were an industrious people, having an inmate sense of the necessity of working in natural things in order to de- velop their own powers. There were no very wealthy persons, and no poor. ’ They were not allowed to hold any more land than they could properly cultivate, and their habits were such that avarice was» not at all fostered in any one, and any manifestation of it was considered. an evidence of unsound- ness of mind and a subject for moral restraint first. and if it did not stop with this, the restraint was carried further. The purity ofptheir lives, the freedom of their intercourse,‘ and the happy relations they sustained to each other in their never witnessed in any other country. A - - We asked some of them why they did not mingle with other tribes; they remarked that they had not found any other people who were willing to live as they dld, and therefore, it seemed best to them to keep thdir community isolated, and the tribes around had not yet attained to a position to comprehend and live out the principles which they felt called upon to manifem in their lives, to the world. Their idea Was——that they were Amsrorrn. ' who settled in that countrymany years ago. solemn dignii y about their meetings, which was felt by all} hey believed in one God, the great ceiitral ruling poweiaof families and a community, -presented features which we had‘ descendents of two families of very good men-and women," . 7‘-.—<;:-cc-:.:: -I . . I April 6, 1872. TRUE MORALITY. Laronrn, Ind. . . Mns. WooDnULi.—J)em* Sister :—The sympathies of my -woman nature have been so awakened in reading the number of your journal dated August, that I feel deeply impressed to write you. Calm reﬂection bids me yield to the impression for several reasons. 1st. My circumstances and conditions in life at present are such that I need the sympathy and encour- agement of a true, brave woman like yourself‘. 2d. I feel it my duty to give a word of cheer to “ the woman who dwres.” Yes, "dares to be true to the individuality of noble vwomomhood! in- stead of a slave to the tyrant St. Custom. I, too, like yourself, have suffered persecution and ridicule because I am a friend and a sister to the father of my children, from whom, for the deepest and most conscientious motives I divorced myself as a wife. Dr. J. K. Bailey and myself determined to heroically prove the truth, that because two persons cannot live harmoniously in ‘ a conjugal relation, is no reason they may not in a fraternal one; _therefore my home is his home; where I teach. my children to love and respect their father. He tries ' to do his duty by his children; while at the same time he is to me a friend and brother. entertaining for me the highest and purest respect; thus I consider that my ceurse toward him is but si_mple justice, and when I read your truthful Words that a similar act of your life, you considered one of the most noble, I burst into tears of joy. Oh I thank God, said I, I am not all alone, there is one true sister stands for me. I will not ask you, who have so many important duties to perform to use your precious time in reading a recital of the trials I have braved——of the loneliness I have suffered; all I ask is one word of sympathy and encouragement. Do not thimk me weak if I say thatthe opposition at times is almost more than I can endure. Do you wonder when I say that Spiritualists here tell me it will not do for them to give me any prominent position in their society or lyceum, while I persist in the course above mentioned E‘ I reply that I am willing~to work in the most humble posi- tion in the lyceum or society; I know that others cannot place me in high a position as I have placed myself when I as.«:m't.er.l the individuality of my true w0ma—nh.ood. My spiritual friends answer: “we know your principle is right, but we are afraid our cause will be injured. ” I reply “ true Spiritiialisni cannot be injured, but spirits of freedom, love and light will let no organization long succcedlwhile the mem- bers sacrifice individual freedom for the sake of respectability of society. There are faithful, earnest, pure, blessed souls here, who are noble, perscvering workers in our cause; each is fulﬁlling his and her mission in the cause of truth. The peace of mind within my bosom bids me to never blame but ever praise; to never curse but ever bless; to never revenge but ever forgive; thus living out the Christ principle in my every day life. But I can never yield my God-given rights to freedom and equality for the sake of respectability or popularity. _ p The Puritan's voice arose upon Plymouth rock in thanksgiv- ing for the land of Columbia where all men and women could worship God accorsling to the dictates of conscience. The God I vforsliip the divinity within soul, and within that di- virsity dwells the sacred virtue of my womanhood, which virtue can alone be maintained in the light of Purity’s freedom and freedoms purity. The day of woman's equality is dawning upon the world,but that it may beam in the perfection of its glorious light, a few ‘ rave women must stem the tide of popular custom, slander, and persecution, and unﬂinchingly assert the self-hood of women! Angels attend thee, my sister. Truly has our noble Frances Brown named thee “ The new prophetess of the world." Stand for the right! though falsehood rail And proud. lips coldly sneer, A poisoned arrow cannot wound A conscience pure and clear. Stand for the right! and with clean hands Exalt the truth on high I 'I‘houl’t ﬁnd warm sympathizing hearts Among the passers by. ' Those who have seen, and thought, and felt, Yet could not boldly dare ‘ The battle’s brunt—but by thy side Will every danger share. I Stand for the right! proclaim it loud, ‘!‘houl’t find an answering tone In honest hearts, and thou no more Be doomed to stand alone. ' Truly, thy sister and co—laborer, SADA BAILEY. \ . PERSONS AND PRINCIPLES. BY H. M. BROWN. E. V. Wilson has interviewed Emma Hardinge Britten. She assures him that a progressive war is to be inaugurated “under the direction and advice of spiritual intelligences.” For this new angel. movement let us give thanks. I am ready to hail \‘.'ith hosannas, any word, work, or worker, that will in any way give life, light or strength to souls adrift. I ready to push with the new party, or to stand aside with the rejected. I trust that none of us poor associationists, will ever attempt to throw back the stones and tufts of that have well nigh brought us to the ground. And if in the course of human events, it so happen that a member of the new association in any way departs from old paths, let us not violate the princi- ples of our faith by crying “ stand. aside,”, or “ unclean.” It is Wise to remember “ God moves in a mysterious way, His won- ders to perform.” Mrs. Hardinge_.Britten has a vast amount of will, zeal, and energy; with these powers she may work wonders, I remember years ago the work she begun in behalf of “fallen women.” - » Her faith, hope and charity, convinced us all of her divine calling, May she not, by angel aid, help those who are trying hard not to fall? The weak, blind, ignorant, need open eyes, strong hands, true hearts. We hope the needed helpers will join Mrs. Britten .in. her enterprise. and that the new institution will be broad enough to take in all castes, classes and creeds; deep enough to reach the foundations of hell; high enough to take in the throes of the church. The American Association arrived at something of this sort. butl am sorry to say, we have as yet done but little of the needed work. The main work on Educatirm.al institutions has advanced very slowly. But we may, in our way,’ do something yet worthy the name we ‘hear. I I Woodhull, and of course friendly to the social and political. it , But while I rejoice in the prospect of a movement that pro- mises the collecting and holding those who ignore our work, I am deeply pained by the threats and stabs at reputations. It ill-becomes us, who have struggled against wind and tide—- who have been charged. with all manner of evil doings~when fairnames have been blackened by friends at home, and by ; foes abroad, to defame woman, especially one who has come up through great tribulation ; whose robes have been whitened by sorrow-tears ; a woman who like ~.-some others, has passed» through the furnace of domestic affliction ;a womanwho has craved, again and again, the sweet shelter of the grave. I mean -Victoria Woodhull, and if she is all_ that her traducers claim that she is, is it for us Spiritualists to damn without mercy a woman -who is struggling for a foothold upon Grod’s green earth? ' Suppose I do not endorse Mrs. Woodhull’s faith ;what of it? She may not ‘accept my hobbies, but she has no right, human or divine, to throw foul water upon the robes I wear, nor I upon’ hers? , I Dr. Bailey, Mrs. Hardinge, E.’ V. Wilson and Hudson Tuttle, are all med.iums,_ all, very likely, commissioned by high Heaven to feed the famishing world. Why may they not go their way, do the work given into their hands to do, and not stop to weigh, measure, judge, and condemn another worker. claiming, like themselves, to be angel-sent to do a cer- tain other work. K In this personal contest we are overlooking principles that are as vital as heart’s blood. The Lam-worthier-than-thou spirit, is not in harmony with angel teachings. Let us all, henceforth and evermore, cease denouncing person, and begin the battle for principle. ?—+»o-9-————— THE ABSENT. BY BI;-EH01’ A. BEALS. r How oft, as the day is deepening. My thoughts reach outxvard to thee, Like summer-air, tenderly sweetening The landscape of Nature and sea. How oft dear memories come nestling Like baby-eyes brimming with love, When my heart with sorrow is wrestling, To lead me peacefully above. How often, in 1ove’s sweet re-union, Do our spirits mingle the same, Like ﬂowers that blend in communion Beneath the baptism of rain. How oft, when tired and weary With the labor of every day, Do I come from the archway dreary, And reach for thy spirit away. How sadly the shadows are falling Around my spirit to-night, While over its waves I am calling _ For thy presence of sweetest delight. How sacred the picture I’m painting; A Its colors the rainbow outvie. ’ Tis strength to my spirit when fainting, To feel thy spirit is nigh. -~—————+o-o~—‘-— “ WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY.” [From the American Spiritualist,] In the midst of a press which panders to mere popularity, it is remarkable as it is refreshing and righteous, to find one influence and extensive in circulation, consistently devoted to the advancing interests of humanity. There is no discounting its courage, its independence or its adherence to the fundamen- tal principles which underlie all political, social and religious’ progress. As a public journal, it is distinctive, original and radical~—sui gencris. I The wondrous power of generalization and profound insight which characterize the writings of Mrs. Woodhull. are well complemented by the subtle discrimination, keen perception and analytical acumen of Col. Blood, and the vivacity, fresh.- ness and pequency of Tennie (jf. Claﬂin, which added to their valuable corps of independent contributors, gives the journal a position which commands the respectful favor of thousands of readers, despite their professions of opposition to its partic- ular views. ., Let everybody take the Weekly and thus enrich themselves by a variety of radical ‘thought, argument and conclusion, to be found to an equal extent no where else. ’ ._.T_..._.h...-._ A valued friend and faithful co-worker in Missouri writes: “ The WEEKLY is rapidly becoming the most inﬂuential paper in the country. It makes an impression wherever it falls. I wish I could ﬁnd language to express my gratitude for the noble work that is being done for humanity. Conservative bigots may denounce you (as they do me in this community), but I know you are right, and lcnozoiug this, whenever I have an opportunity I speak not only of you but also of the princi- ples you advocate. And it is with great satisfaction that I see most of my friends joining with me, and I trust that this list of subscribers, is only the beginning of what I shall send you. The opposition here has been bitter, especially among some who claim to be-Spiritualists. The R. P. .Iou:r'n.al has helped them a great deal. Several weeks ago I sent a letter to the Jomvuzl which has not been answere“d yet, if it is not soon, I shall send you 2; copy. Itis with great satisfaction that I count scarcely nothing of Spiritualism, warm friends of Mrs. journal, like unto Woodhull and 0laﬂin’s Wbelclg/, powerful in. inany of my friends who still belong to the church, and lmo‘.v' woonn:ULL a CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. A A p I *5 POLITICAL. LEGAL VICTORY roa 'WOl\/IEN. [Daily News, March 22.] , SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 22. A Woman’s Rights bill was finally passed in the house, yes- terday, by a vote of 96 to 43, after first being defeated by'86 to 33. A It provides that no person shall be precluded from ' any occupation, profession or employment, except military, on account of sex, provided that the act\shall not be construed to affect eligibility to oﬁice ; but ‘nothing in the act shall be con- strued to require females to work on the streets or roads or to serve on juries. ‘ THE BEGINNING OF THE END. We clip the following editorial leader from the New Haven Evening Union, the official organ of the Labor party, edited by Alex. T1-oup, one of the very ablest of the recognized lead- ers of that party. Its meaning is unmistakeable. We see in it the keynote to the approaching dissolution of the bargain and sale into which the Columbus convention degenerated. The Labor party has been sold out for the last time. It will be found that a few political tricksters cannot command the votes‘ of the honest masses. We wait patiently for the ap- proaching denouement which will. open the way for the labor 7 movement to be officially represented in the assembling of the people in convention in this city, in May, to inaugurate the party of Human Rightsfirrespective of any distinctions which have heretofore been maintained in politics and government; spam: our DAVIS AND PARKER. One month ago yesterday, the \Labor Reformers adopted a platform of principles, and nominated Judge David Davis, of Illinois, for President, and Gov. Joel Parker, of New Jersey, for Vice President. The delegates who presented their names to the convention, stated that they knew them to be in favor of the principles proclaimed in the platform, but could not say positively in reference to their accepting the nominations, although they believed they would. The members of the con- I vention, after the nomination of Judge Davis, were so anxious for a reply that the Chairman was instructed to telegraph him forthwith, requesting an immediate answer. The reply ‘came, that “The Chief Magistracy of the Republic should neither be sought nor declined by an American citizen.” This seemed to be perfectly satis- factory. After the nomination of Governor Joel Parker for Vice—President, a committee consisting of Messrs. Groom, of New York, Cameron of Illinois, Puett of Indiana, Chamberlin of Massachusetts, and Day of New York, were appointed to wait upon the candidates, present them the platform and ten- . der them the nominations. Now we are informed that Messrs. Groom. Puett and Cameron have been to Washington, have had an interview with Judge Davis, and that he accepts both the nomination and the platform, and it’s “all right.” Well, it may be "‘ all right” to these gentlemen, and we are pleased to hear that it is so, but the workingmen desire it direct from the nominees. We then asked, “ Did youtender the nomina- vention, and receive his answer?” To this question we are answered that it has not been formally presented, that they only called on/’ the Judge informally ; but it’s “ all right." The duty of this Committee is plain, viz.: to present the plat- form and tender the nominations to these gentlemen, and pub- lish their repliesto the world. The Labor Reformers of this State protest against any further delay ; time enough has been granted the candidates to consideiﬁgthe matter in all its bearings, .If they believe in the principles and are ready to adopt them, why hesitate? if they do not it is time the workingmen should know it. But there is a motive in this delay, and that is to- trim their sails for the nominations of the Liberal Republicans and Democrats, and that to our mind is the obstacle in the way of immediate acceptance. Now we have no objection what- ever to the candidates receiving any and every nomination, provided they stand squarely on the Labor platform. It is not men that we are after but principle. We have been led to look upon Davis and Parker as the representatives of the principles embodied in the Labor platform, and the ﬁnancial measures proposed therein have been repudiated by both parties, and the leaders of the Liberal Republican, movement, such as Sumner, Trumbull and Schurz, are among the strongest ad- vocates in Congress for a specie currency, and a return to specie payments. , But we have yet to learnfrom these gentle-, men how they propose to return to specie payments. Against this monetary system are arrayed both the old parties and the Liberal Republicans also, and they are willing to concede everything else, but will not surrender their present hold without a fearful stiuggle. On this point we are very anxious to hear from Messrs.'Davis and Parker, and we desire to hear before the assembling the Cincinnati . Convention. The question of the Labor j Beformers desire to ask Messrs. Davis and Parker is this : “‘ Do you accept the Labor nomination and platform, and will you run whether you receive any nomination or‘ not '3" Nothing short of an aﬁirinative answer to this will satisfy the Labor Reformers of this State. If there is anything in the platform inconsistent with their v_icws,»i*'let them name it, so as there may be a complete understanding between the work- ingmen and their nominees. One of the committee said to the editor of this paper, “I should like to have you go down to Washington and see Davis ; I feel satisﬁed he would con- vince you that all is right. Well, "we don’t dispute ‘~ it, but that would only satisfy one person, while the foregoing ques- tion being propounded, and if answered affirmatively would satisfy all. Now, we do not wish to be understood as acting with any undue haste, or asking for anything that is unreason- able ; but that we are actuated solely by what we believed to be right. We are at a loss to see how Judge Davis and Joel Parker can accept the ﬁnancial plank of the Labor platform, and ex- pect the nomination of the Liberal Republican Convention when the leaders of that movement have fought our monetary system at any and every opportunity. We are aware that noth- ing has been said derogatory about the candidates by the parti- san press, but the ﬁnancial plank has been attacked and de- nounced by evcry organ of the bondholders and National Banks from Maine to California and from the Lakes to the.Gulf, with- -out distinction of party. ' . Supposing the committee should by their procrastination and delay wait until after the Cincinnati Convention’, to pre- sent the nomination and platform of the Labor Party, and Davis «and Parker should be endorsed by the Cincinnati Con- vention on a different platform. What then? What platform would they adopt, and towhich party would they owe alle- principles sh? is promulgating." gian.-ce‘? We care nothing for Davis and Parker, save as the tion and platform to Judge Davis, as requested by the Con- ‘ and they are as well able to answer now as one month hence. ‘ .,€ _ is .. 5. 6 wooonum. a .,.oL.A.rL1N7s ,W‘E,EKLY. , , pl April 6, i_s72. f T \ representatives of the principles the Labor Party are advoca- ting- If they honestly believe in those principles and desire to further them by the use" of’ their names they can do it now as well as a week or a month . hence. An intimate friend of Gov. Parker writes us that the Governor endorses the platform anywhere and everywhere, but he has received no official call‘ from the Committee as yet. We call upon the Committee to immediately present to the candidates a copy of the platform, and tender them the nominations, and publish their replies. We likewise call upon every delegate to the Columbus Con- vention to immediately write to Mr. Groom, inquiring why this delay, and call upon him to either carry out the will of the Convention, or resign, and have some one else appointed, , who will perform the work. It is time that the Labor Reform- ers knew from their nominees directly (not second-handed) whether they accepted their nominations, and would stand upon the platform. A THE WORLD FOR CENTRALIZATION OF LEGISLA- TION This Democratic beacon light is in danger of ﬂoating from its moorings in the small but snug harbor of State sovereignty A . and -rights, where it has so long been fastened, and of seeking r safety from the social storms and tempests which ragetherein, in the more capacious. harbor of national unity. _ It has just occurred to the l/Vorld what a blessing it might V be if there were a National Divorce law, common to all the States and Territories. This view of the question is one which — we have labored assiduously to show, notonly as regards mar- riage and divorce, but of all other social questions, involved in common law or criminal jurisprudence. We have hopes, even of the World, since it has dawned upon its sight; which is so carefully guarded about by conservatism and time-hon- ored customs and screens, that a common divorce law would do away, with a deal of legal prostitution and designing prac- tices to obtain divorces, that it will also, in time, surrender its other equally -restricted views of legislation, and look for harmony, security and prosperity in one general system of laws for the whole country, to be enacted by the Congress of the United States. This would virtually abolish the State Legislatures and Legislative bribery, and at the same time the venal attaches to immense monied-nionopolies, which a large part of them are at present. The “World says: More tinkering at Albany with the laws, notwith- standing the failure of previous attempts. The divorce laws of the various States of the Union are little creditable to their legislators. Unfortunately, many as are the advantages of the .Federal system it has its drawbacks, and here is one of them. Be the laws, say of New York, ever so stringent upon the subject of divorce, dissatisﬁed persons can go to reside in Connecticut, or New Jersey, or Pennsylvania, or any State which afford them more immunities from. molestation in severing the bonds of conjugal life. Indeed men can do business in New York and reside in other States, thus having an almost complete bar ’ against "the more stringent laws. In consequence all manner of “ dodges” are tried to evade just laws. Divorces are ob- tained in States where neither party to them has resided, and our system is made a complete mockery. It will be necessary at the earliest practicable moment to put a stop to such pro- ceedings by the enactment of the most stringent penal pro- visions against those who directly or indirectly procure such divorces, as well as by the uniﬁcation of the legal provisions ‘upon that subject. The best attainable law upon marriage and divorce ought to be made general throughout the Union. Uniﬁcation in law is what we want, not degradation. We ‘ want a most perfect system of laws for the whole country, to be everywhere administered by servants elected by the people among whom they are to ofﬁciate. And while the laws shall have but one supreme centre of supervisory control, they shall see to it that every person is protected in the full and free use of the right to life, libertyand to the pursuits of happiness. Such laws formed by a Congress, elected by the votes of all citizens, and approved by the same, through the medium of the referendum would secure a permenancy which is unknown to this and all other representative governments. mend to the ‘World a further relaxation of its limits to sovereignty. %% MIS OELLANEO Us. (Continued. ) EMMANUELO , iNEWS FROM THE NORTH POLE. {CHAPTER THE rmsr. . “ This is as strange a maze as e’cr men trod; And there is in this business more than nature Was ever conduct of; some oracle 'Must rectify our knowledge.” -—SHAKESPEARE, supplied by J. M. THE NARRATIVE OF IVAN KQRNIKOFF, OF RUSSIA; YACOB 1’ETROLA- vsxr, A POLISH JEW; ADRIAN omcovron, A IIUNGARIAN; AND WALTER GEDDES, or GREAT BRITAIN; CONCLUDING wrrrr THEIR , SAJFE ARRIVAL A1‘ EMMANUELO. In the interior of Asiatic Russia many events take place, which are not noted by the press of Europe. Furthermore, it may be said, sometimes transactions of considerable magni- tude,,and known to the secret police, are not recorded in the Russian newspapers. In that country it is deemed unnecessary - to trouble the people with details of incipient revolts and ab- ortive revolutions. When such. attempts can be put down without exciting the public, it is considered wise to cover them with oblivion. It is therefore not to be expected that the ris- A — ingv planned by Petrolavski, in the city of Tobolsk in 1871, will be found mentioned in the history of modern Russia. But it * tookvplace nevertheless, and for it, we, the subscribers, in com- -mon withvtwenty-three other conspirators, were condemned to A "labor in the mines of Niska, near the town of Novaskoi, for the remainder of our lives. Having far more important matters to speak of, we will not . disturb the reader (if this manuscript ever ﬁnds one) with the hardships we underwent the first year of our captivity. Our good conduct and attention attracted the notice of the head . goaler or master miner, and he promoted us to do the work, -principally sledding, outside the mines. . sent on short excursions to fetch provisions and other neces- After a time we were , . We com-' saries to the village of Nicolaiev, which is on the Olensk river, and lies south of the town of the same name; the latter being situated in latitude 73° North, or about six degrees within the Arctic Circle. We had long determined to take‘ the first chance that offered for our escape, but it was three long weary years before an opportunity occurred. At length, however, we found one. Some extensive repairs were needed for the shafts of the mine, and we were dispatched to bring the timber from Nicolaiev. We carried our provisions with us to last us the trip, the common black bread used in the mines. We were not allowed ﬁre-arms, but sometimes managed to trap game where we put up for the nightfthis was all the ﬂesh food we got. We caught a rabbitocoasionally, and did not turn our back upon a fox. Having arrived at Nicolaisv, we set about excecuting our plan. It was simple enough; viz: to seize, in the dusk of the evening, the likeliest ﬁshing smack we _could ﬁnd and trust ourselves to the mercy of the river. This was our intention, but when we came to put it in prac- tice we found the craft were all so well guarded by dogs, that it was quite impossible to execute it. Geddes then proposed that we should trust ourselves to a raft, and not tempt the dogs, lest their barking should bring the ﬁshermen upon us. No sooner said than done; the raft was made of three squared logs of pine timber, strongly bound together with the strips of hide we commonly carried in our sleds. Then bringing our bread in“ the leather bags in which we kept it, we placed it on board, launched our raft, and were soon ﬂoating down the Olensk. The current of the river must havebeen running ‘at least six knots, yet it seemed an age before we passed out of sight of the village. Although we could. not secure a boat, we had obtained two oars, which we borrowed from the host of , the Red Cross, the inn where our horses were put up. We had not been six hours on our journey, and it was just begin- ning to get grey, when on turning a reach in their-iver, we came upon a sloop which was moored off a cottage of rather superior pretensions. We ‘steered the raft for it, intending to have a ﬁght for it if it was guarded. But there was no one on board, though we found preparations had been made for along cruise. We soon exchanged craft, hauled up the anchor, and setting the mainsail, went merrily on our way. — When we were at Nicolaiev, we had noticed a small paddle wheel steamer lying there, which plied between that village and Olensk. She did not make more than trips a year, and we knew it was about her time to start now, seeing that it was late in the fall, being near the end of September, although the weather had been singularly open. We naturally felt afraid of her overhauling us on the -river, especially when we were on the raft. Even now we doubted whether we should escape. “We were rightin so doing, for about noon We heard her pass on her way to Olensk. Fortunately for us, there was a heavy fog on the river, so dense that we could not see even her chimney. Had it not been for that circumstance, we should doubtless have been recognized by our prison dresses, and re- captured. We made the town of Olensk the following day about noon, but we stood off from it and reconnoitred until dusk, for we knew our escape from Nicolaiev would be reported by the steamer, which we alongside the wharf. Amongst the craft we noticed a schooner anchored out in mid stream, appa- rently ready for sea. From her size, we estimated there would not be more men than we could manage on board of her, so we thought it best to attempt her capture. Our design was to run down the coast to the mouth of the Lena River, scuttle the schooner, and make for the first village we could find. We also expected to ﬁnd some seamen’s clothes in her, which would enable us to disguise ourselves, so that we should not be recog- nized as government prisoners. As soon as it was dark we put our plan into operation. There was a light in her cabin, and in it we found a man and a boy, both asleep. We very quickly captured them, and then set to work to heave anchor. Geddes, who was an experienced mariner, found some charts in a locker in the cabin, and told us we had to run down about} seven degrees of.east longitude before we should arrive at our proposed destination. But, a degree of longitude in that latitude is only about twenty-five miles, he thought, if -we had luck, we could do it in two days. Happily for us, we found the schooner was laden with rye flour and bears hams, so that we should not want for provisions. There were also achest of clothes, such as worn by Russian. sailors; one complete fur suit, which we judged belonged to the captain,‘ as it had been worn; and plenty of good bear skins. When we arrived at the headland on the eastern side of the mouth of the river, we set adrift in our little craft, the man and boy we had captured, feeling, that by the time they again reached Olensk, we should be too far away to be pursued. Immediately after they left us, the wind veered round southerly, and it commenced to blow a gale. We close reefed the mainsail, but soon found that the only chance we had was to run before it. The first day we managed. to hold our course N. N. E., and fell in with land, which we took J20 be the Island of Koselnoi, but the gale in- creasing and the wind falling off southerly, we were compelled to scud before it. due north. 7 During the next twenty-four hours we fell in withice. The wind increased in violence and beat down the sea; except a very slight roll, there was no mo- tion iu our little vessel, she seemed to be pinned down to her work, but we could judge the terriﬁc speed at which we were going, by listening to the suction of the water at her’ sides. To add to the horrors of our situation, at this crisis, the day‘ , light began to fail us, for we were entering the regions of the long nights of the pole. Although we felt we were advancing on destruction, and could hear the icebergs grinding, crashing, and toppling around us, the ga e compelled us to go forward. It became also intensely cold. Fortunately, we had an abund- ance of fuel, and kept a good ﬁre, and lamps constantly light- ed in the cabin ; while on deck, the man at the wheel was re- lieved every hour. In the glimmer of light we had at noon of the ﬁfth day, we discovered ourselves drifting through a vast ﬁssure, about ﬁfty fathoms wide, lying between the ice moun- tains that girdle the North Pole. It was evident that this had been made quite recently, for the ice formations on either side exactly corresponded. Here, except the sound of the gale, no other noise was heard. The wind itself wasour pilot, for the helm was frozen. According to our judgment we were about forty-eight hours in this fearful ﬁssure. After that the wind began sensibly to abate. Now another danger beset us, for as the wind fell, the ﬁeld ice began. to form. The sch 101161" was already cumbcred with it, and consequently made slow way. At the same time the narrow passage in which we were, apps-ai'e(l to be closing up. This movement of the mountain giants really helped us, for it prevented the formation of ﬁeld ice_._ x,vl_iic11 would have effectu- ally destroyed us. Alth.ough the wind yet high, we seemed to crawl along on our journey. We were hours passing a point, and had almost began to give up in despair, when the moon, which for six Inonths is the sun of the Pole, rising in silver glory before us, exposed to our view, not six lengths ahead of us, the open. sea. f It was many hours, however, before we reached. it. When we did, we began also to notice. a sensible diminution of the cold. Although we gradually gained in speed, making .-any we had previously seen. probably two knots an hour, we felt there was a current against us. Before the moon set, Geddes called our attention to the fact that the ice on the rigging was commencing to melt, and on examining the bows of the vessel we noticed large icicles falling of into the sea. Hearing a noise like the reverberations of distant thunder, in our wake, we looked be- hind us and beheld the reclosing of the ﬁssure by which we had entered. We knew it proceeded from thence from wit- nessing the commotion of the crests of the icebergs, some of which we judged to have been eight hundred feet high. The view before us was one of superhuman brilliancy. The icewall appeared to us like a city of glass ﬁlled with a thousand cathedrals. Here and there might be seen. plateaus of snow, of billions of tons in weight, yet so light’ and feathery in appearancethat they looked like down beds for antediluvian giants. Although we knew that we were shut out forever from the world we had known, the escape from imminent present dangers made us welcome the future with delight. We felt it _,,to be impossible that a place so grand and so magniﬁcent should not have an island within it suitable for the home of man. , At the same time feeling full of gratitude for our esca? e we returned our common thanks, irrespective of our creed; and held on our course rejoicing. / We had not proceeded far before there arose before us an appearance like a luminous silver mist rising on the horizon. The northern lights were around us, occasionally shooting forth from every point of the compass, their sparkling spires of light almost to the zenith, and anon spreading out into in- numerable ramiﬁcations of supernatural delicacy. But the halo in our front was steady, increasing in volume and bril- liancy as we advanced towards it. We soon began to perceive that it did not rise from the line of the horizon, but rather above it, and that beneath it there was certainly the land. In a few hours we were close in shore, but could perceive nothing but rocks before us, which appeared to be almost, if not quite, perpendicular. Seeing that it wasimpossibleto make a land- ing, we coasted along by them for some distance. hoping to ﬁnd an inlet or harbor where we could anchor. We were not successful in our search; but-, on rounding a bluff headland, a boat, or from its size it would probably be more proper to term it a ship, shot out between us. The vessel appeared to be of‘ a different construction from Her breath was disproportioned to her length, and her bows did not appear to rise more than three or four feet above the water line. She had two masts, standing parallel, and placed about one-third of her length from her prow. From these depended two large sails with yards and booms in shape like those of the mainsails of sloops. The wind being favorable, both these’ were spread, and she bore down upon us with singular velocity. Immediately on her perceiving us, two lights of great brilliancy were lit on her bows, which made every object around her distinctly visible. On board of our schooner the shadows were as clear and well- deﬁned as those cast under a mid-day sun. As she came near- er to us we noted that, in the after part of the vessel, the cabins were built upon the deck, for lights in some were cc- casionally visible. It was not long before we werehailed by an old man with a beard, who came to the fore part of the vessel, and at the same time, a flag was displayed, on which was painted in bright colors a serpent wining round a cross. To our great joy, Yacob Petrolavski understood the bail, which he told us was Hebrew; and, being a scholar, answered it in the same language.“ Very soon others came before the light, where we could see them distinctly, and joined the man who had hailed us. Petrolavski kept up a conversation» /with the Captain (for so we took him to be), and translated for us what was said. The purport was that we were yet four hours’ sail from J oppa the nearest port. Furthermore, that the same was not a natural but an artiﬁcial port, having been made by bevelling the rocks some six feet below the water line at low tide; that they would pilot us to it, and that we should be there before the rising of the moon. In addition to this we were informed that the name of the vessel was “The Dorcas,” and that she was ap- pointed by government to render aid and assistance to any craft that might be in need of stores or help of any kind what- ever. As near as we could- judge, she appeared to be about one hundred feet in length, whilst her breadth of beam was at least thirty feet. She had for a ﬁgure head a graceful female, crowned with flowers, with its arms stretched forth and its hands open, though in the act of distribut_ion. The feet of the same almost touched the water over which it seemed to glide in majestic beauty. In color, it was dark,’ apparently of bronze, relieved here and there with gold edging, producing a pleasing effect. A line of a similar color terminating with a gold band (the former being about a foot and the latter not whilst under these, arranged perpendicularly amidships, and then gradually falling off to the shape of the bow and the stern, were a series of lines of various bright colors too numerous to specify. On her coming nearer, we could perceive that the men on board of her were mostly dressed in tunics, which reached a little below the knee, though some there were who wore long mantles nearly touching the ground. They had on their feet sandals, fastened round their ancles with strips of leather or cloth. The features of many of them were decidedly l of the Jewish type, but their countenances were open, and quite devoid of that eager and cunning look which sometimes distinguishes the children of Israel among us. It is unnecessary here to specify any further in regard to the people of Emmanuelo, into whose pleasant land we were happy years ; and amongst whom we desire our ashes to repose. Full descriptions of the island and its inhabitants, of their history, their laws, their manners and. their customs, will be found in their proper places in the enclosed document. In this case, to anticipate matters would be to disarrange them, which would not be proﬁtable. It is enough here to state, that, in a short space of time, we made the port of Joppa, and were most kindly entertained, and all our wants attended to by the inhabitants thereof. The next chapter will be devoted to a condensed account of the History of Ennnanuelo. [10 BE CONTINUED] . —————~—-:>—e—<x>-——-—- The legislature of California has presented to Congress reso- lutions against Chinese labor, and requests a revision of our treaty regulations so as effectually to exclude it in future. As the United States Senate has placed itself upon record against the naturalization of John Chinaman, in spite of the terms of the treaty, it will be worth watching on this occasion. you earnest republicans and synipathizers with liberty, Messrs. Nye of Nevada, Morton of Indiana, Williams of Oregon, and “W:ilson. of l\Lla.ssachusettes. the American world is waiting, in painful suspense to see you again “Jump Jim Crow.” If the United States Senate right in d_ecreeing John Chinaman’s exclusion from tho. beneﬁt of xm.t'uralimLtio.o_, the legislature of California justified in demanding his exclusion. from the country. We want no re-establishment here ofpoltical slav.e1’y by the special friends of the negro. more than four inches in width) marked the form of the vessel, ' then about to enter: with whom we have since assed man ‘ » 3’ Come, ' .~ x~.r ;’ :21, ‘ ~ , -,:.._l_.. -..:-n.,_, : ,. __;_i,; ‘r\..\-v_: Mnxm. - .. ,4 . :~;—;J:.z. ‘A . / ‘ 35;-cv_n;..‘ -_ -.,;_;_;nr:,,-,:,.-A-._.. , A-;L_.-. LL-..;:.=~.--=. -J \- April 6, 1872. WQQDHULL & cLArLiN?s wEEi§Lr. pi - r e E7 -4 OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. NAPLES, March 2, 1872. DEAR Mas. Wooi>HULL,—-I have just returned from a visit to the Annunziati, the foundling hospital of Naples. ~ . After a long drive we entered a large court-yard and saw what seemed a ﬁne palace. Admitted by the porter we were passed on to a person of a little higher grade, who came from a side room ﬁlled with huge volumes in which clerks were .writin ; a moment waiting and then we followed him up three long ghts of stairs into another office, ﬁlled with day books, ledgers, journals and a half dozen clerks, all men, bythe way. Here the General Superintendant received us graciously, ex- pressed much pleasure at having an American and English lady to visit them, and himself guided us to the chief matron, 3. Sister of Mercy. A large noble looking woman with a face full of motherly affection and a voice as soft and cooing as ‘a dove’s. ’ . ‘ In this room were several ladies and some children. After a little conversation with her, a bell summoned two Sisters from an inner apartment. ‘ Like the mother, these women had the expression of persons entirely satisﬁed with their work; to one of these sisters we were transferred for guidance over the house. Passing out of the matron’s office we entered the ﬁrst dor- mitory where were ranged ﬁfteen cribs, each hung with white spotted muslin and covered with white spreads. In each of these little beds nestled two,sometimes three bd7n.bz'no, all under one month in age. Behind each crib stood the bed for the nurse who had charge of the infants. These women all looked in good healthand perfectly competent to ﬁll the place of mothers to the little outcasts. They are always examined before being received as nurses, and if there is any taint apparent, are rejected. Avwoman with .a cough would fail an appointment. as nurse to the children of the Madonna, no matter what other qualiﬁcation she might . possess; for Neapolitans think consumption contagious, ‘and are so particular about it that they new paint, paper, and fur- nish a room where a consumptive dies, while for small pox they would hardly fumigate an apartment. On entering the next room we observed over the door a pic- ture of the Madonna and that our guide made reverence to it, and turning we observed there was one over the door we had passed. These are the children of the holy mother, said our guide,‘they all come to her, and are forever hers. Here were twenty cribs, with the same furnishings, and the same arrange- ments for the nurses, and in each crib three children, except- ing one or two where death had made a vacancy. It was curious to see the way the little heads nestled togeth- er. but what ‘a chorus of weak cries, and oh! the din of baby talk among the nurses. Another room had forty cribs all filled or at least having one or more occupants. There were but few among all these infants over six months old; inquiring the reason of this we learned that large num- bers were adopted by ladies who make vows to the Madonna to do this service for her.- If they have been prosperous, or saved from any danger or sufl'ering, they offer her their vows and adopt one of her children, which is often regarded with more fondness than the children of the house. Returning to the first nursery we found one of the ladies we had seen in the mothers’ rooiii, nursing and caressing a baby which she doubtless carried away with her. Others were there upon the same errand. I inquired of the chief matron if inf-anticide was a common crimein Naples. She did not seem to comprehend my ques- tion; accordingly I asked the physician, and his reply was it was very rare so far as his observation went. An intelligent physician with an extensive practice outside, in reply to the same question, said it is more common than the doctor at the Annunziafi supposes; nevertheless it is rare when compared with English and American cities; it is a vice of their higher civilization. If the wholesale slaughter of the innocents is a necessity of our civilization, it seems questionable whether it is Wise to attain to such remarkable altitudes. I inquired the rate of mortality among the infants, and was told by both superintendent and physician, that it rarely ex- ceeded twenty—f'ive per cent. This low rate they attributed to the children’s being nourished at the breast, and not fed as in the Romagnia, with cows’ milk. He might also have added, the cleanliness and the excellent ventilation as sanitary meas- ures. The rooms are very high, and the doors and windows were all open to admit air and the loving warmth of the sun. Occasionally we saw a nurse with a baby all unrolled from its swadling clothes, stretching itself in the genial warmth, cooing and enlarging its animal life in the freest way. This was usually on the wide open balcony which ran completely round the inner court. It is a marvel how the human system can adapt itself to bandages in which these children are swathed. , Leaving the narrow floors we were shown the amusement rooms, which occupy the Whole of one side of the court. The first room was a magniﬁcent hall at least twenty feet high with handsome marble pillars, frescoed walls, and ceiling colored, tiled floors and pictures on the wall. Here several ‘quiet, tidy looking young women were promenading and chatting with perfect freedom. The next hall was floored with red tile, had no ornaments, and here younger girls were at plav. From here we enter the chapel, where werea few good pictures and a Madonna most elegantly dressed, the work of the girls of the school! A royal purple velvet wrought with gold in a rich heavy, and tasteful pattern. . As we came out of the chapel a bell rang and they went into dinner, not with a rush, nor yet with a drilled air as in most institutions; they acted as freely as children in a home. The Salon was furnished with marble top tables, and simple forms to sit upon. Before each girl was placed a blue and white covered turreen ﬁlled with macaroni, cooked with toma- toes, which they ate Ct la Neapolitan with their ﬁngers. A The dinner over we were taken to the school rooms. It was the work hour; in the ﬁrst room‘ were the little girls, and, as I observed, those with weak eyes; there they were knitting most industriously. In the next room was glove sewing, artiﬁcial flower working and embroidery. A hunch back girl seemed much delighted that I noticed, and praised her exquisite ﬂowers. In the next room embroidery and lace making of the most beautiful kinds. One girl told me she had been six months at vsiork on a parasol cover ; she designed her pattern for it. Another was making a black lace ﬁounce nearly halfa yard deep ; she also designed her own pattern. We then went into the room where they study drawing, and twice a week have a master to give them lessons. Some of the patterns were very beautiful. I asked if these girls never left the institution. They are never sent away, was the reply. They sometimes marry when they have a little dowery, which has been saved for them. We could not send away the Holy Mothers" children. Going out on the ter- race we sawvseveral old women with gentle, childish faces, and found tliatthey were really the lVIadonna’s children. that had grown old in the only home they ever knew, and amid the only love they had ever had. What becomes of the boys, I asked‘. Oh, those that are / not taken out on the vows are sent’ to another institution of the -z Mothers’, where they are educated. What think you for?--for nothing other than the arm'y——which at this moment is march- ing to the sound of music beneath my balcony. Three or four timesa day the troops pass, and as I look at them I think for this then you were rescued in infancy now to be food for‘. powder. ’ I can not tell you who was the founder of this institution or h.ow endowed. The attendants did not know, they seemed satisﬁed to accept the now, and let the past go; They declined the money offered and only accepted our thanks; hence I judge it must be very rich, for it is the only place where money has not seemed the very ﬁrst thought and desire. A few days since I met Madame Louvier who has written some very able letters to American papers. She says - in one I am not a Communist, I do not know any of them, but I like to see justice done, and they, the Communists, have been shamefully misunderstood by Americans. Sheis a brave, noble woman and will do her part toward‘ making our people under- stand that the Communists fought a brave battle for the right to self-government, the right to hold their municipal elections, in short, the right to freedom. ' She says during their government good order prevailed, and the most perfect ‘justice. No monopolies of provisions were allowed; but, she continues, the most horrible atrocities were perpetrated by the beseigers. . The ﬁfty—two day’s seige is unequalled in history for its bar- barities, buirthe outrages upon humanity when they entered the city as far exceeds the horrors of St. Bartholomew’s day, as that did all past horrors. » Slowly but surely the truth will work its way, and this sham. government will fall as others have done before. The syco- phantic old man at its head may/live‘ to see his schemes fail even yet. The elections of the provinces are a warning to him. I had talked an hour with Madam, and in our sympathies had drawn very near each other when I asked her if, the Com- munists would have given woman suffrage. This opened that question in which I found her well posted. Soon after I handed her the history of the movement; glancing at it she said, are you the author? Oh! I have known you for years, and now such a hand shaking and cordial greeting one does not often have. But I am spinning out my letter too long. Adieu. P. w. I). ~———-—+~o+—-—-~—— STRAY SHOTS. The New York Sun reports that "‘a judge in St. Louis has appeared on the bench in a black gown,” and subsequently condemns the aristocratic innovation on our Republican sim- plicity.‘ St. Louis has already infamously distinguished her- self in copying European snobbery, by sanctioning prostitution by law. The fashion of unsexing her judges by frocking them is only another step in the same direction. “THE ANNIVERSARY or THE COMMUNE.~——PARIS, March 18. To-day being the anniversary of the uprising of the Commune, it is feared that demonstrations attended with disorder may be made in this city, to celebrate the event, and the government has taken precautions for the suppression of all disturbances.” Notwithstanding the long ten months fusilade at Sartory, the Parisian Communists are not all killed yet. When they triumph, and they most assuredly will in the near future, let us hope, that, notwithstanding the horrible butcheries they have suffered, they will remember the dying advice of their great leader Rossel, and forgive their malignant and ignorant enemies. Senor De Blas, the Spanish Minister of State, has addressed a circular to the governments of Europe proposing to them to combine their efforts to crush the Internationals. Well, Austria has tried that game scientiﬁcally from the commence- ment, and all the other great Eiiropeaiiipowers spasmodically —but the International shines on. As to the effort on the part of Senor De Blas it will prove to be merely a modern illustra- tion of Don Quixote attacking the wind-‘mills, and will result for him, in a similar discomﬁture. The great Austrian states- man, Count Buest, is wiser than the Don, for, when questioned on the subject of the Internationals by a Herald correspondent, we are informed “he switched off the track, evidently not in- tending to reveal any thing upon this point.” “PRINTERS DEMANDING FULL PAY non WOMEN PRINTERS.——— The Syracuse Courier of the 5th says: The male printers in the establishment of Masters", Lee & Stone, struck yesterday against the employment of female compositors at low wages upon the Northern Christian Advocate, lately removed from Auburn. The men disclaim any hostility on their part toward the female compositors, as printers are too gallant to oppress the weaker sex; on the contrary, they only ask that where fe- males are employed they should receive a fair price for their work.” , The above is taken from the Daily .’l’im—es, of Scranton, Pa; The Knights of St. Crispinlhave twice defended successfully the Daughters of St. Crispin against unjust discriminations-. When the typo’s understand their best interests they will do likewise. The WEEKLY pays it women compositors the same as men receive. “At Lexington,Mich., a week or two since, Mr. Wideman, the township treasurer, visited the house of Mr. William Stoner, in Davisville, for the purpose of collecting tax on a dog. He was deemed, however, an interloper by the ladies of the domicile and treated accordingly. They took the pre- caution to lock the door ﬁrst, to prevent his escape with the goods, and then proceeded to belabor him, one with a good sized hickory club, another with an ax, and another with a kettle of hot water ready, as they said, to scald the hog as soon as the others had killed him. The climate was altogether too warm for his comfort and he was only too glad to escape with a whole skin. A reinforcement visited the place the next day, and the tables were turned and the belligerent females were compelled to pay the tax, and the costs and expenses incurred. They state in extenuation of their conduct, that they had been advised that the tax was illegal, and that they had a right to take extreme measures in the protection of their property from a levy. ” ‘ ' ‘ If the dog belonged. to the women, accoi-ding to thefathers, they would be right, for, “taxation without representation is Music AND THE DRAMA. Nilsson’s season of opera at the Academy of Music has at last come to a close, and will be recorded as one of the most pronounced ﬁnancial successes this country has ever seen. Thanks to the good management of the brothers Strakosch, backed up by the powerful aid of Dr. Doremus, the fashion- able world of this city early pronounced her a success, and‘ other cities promptly endorsed that opinion. No lady of fash- ion considered it proper to absent herself from these perform- _ ances, and the Academy has nightly presented an array of elegant toilets such as is rarely seen within its walls. That she has been entirely an artistic success we are not prepared to admit, but her winning ways, the extremely artistic manner in which she has used her fast waning organ and her prompt- ness in crushing out anything approaching rivalry on the part of those of her company who were fairly entitled to share her honors, have kept her the attraction of the season. Next week the house will beoccupied by the Parepa-Rosa grand combination for the production of Italian Opera. Par- epa-Rosa, Adelaide Phillipps, Santley and Wachtel will form a quartette such as has rarely, if ever, been equalled in the world. Four rich, full, fresh voices! none of the thin, French organs are here, and no one of them can overpower the rest, has heretofore been unfamiliar. The Church Music Association are busily engaged in rehears- ing for their closing concert of the season, under the direc- tion of Dr. James Peck, Beethoven’s Mass in D, the most dim- in this country. ~ We fear Dr. Peck has undertaken too much in attempting the production of this work by a society only a three years old. An entire season of practice would hardly master its enormous difficulties. If persistentwork on the part of the conductor can accomplish it, however, we may look f'or satisfactory results; we cannot butregret that no more satisfactory soprano has been selected than the lady who is now rehearsing for the part. The graceful and attractive music of Mendelssohn’s unﬁnished opera of “Loreley,” will also be given. ' ' The remarkable enterprise of Mr. J as. Steele Mackaye, at the St. James Theatre, will come to a close with the present week. During the season he has produced two new pieces, one being much that was uninteresting and extravagant, and the other a society play abounding in the mostadvanced doctrines of free love. “Marriage” was well placed upon the stage and Miss Griswold made many really ﬁne points as the heroine. It is rumored that Mr. Mackaye’s friends propose building him a theatre, but we hardly anticipate its accomplishment. The friends of Mrs. John Wood have visited Niblo's in some- what diminished‘ numbers during the week to witness the‘well- worn burlesque of “ Pocahontas,” the production of. “Poll and Partner Joe” having beenunavoidably deferred until next week. Mrs. Wood has been quite ill, but has bravely gone through her part with all the vim of perfect health. At Booth’s Theatre, Miss Carlotta Le Clercq commenced an engagement on Monday evening, appearing as “ Rosalind ” in “ As You Like It.” ‘Ne are inclined to pronounce her the best actress, in her line, in the country, and she is worthy of liberal patronage, which she will doubtless receive. ‘We shall speak more fully of her in a future issue. Mr. Daly has revived “Frou—Frou” for a week, with Miss Agngs Ethel in her original character, at that most’ delight- fully fashionable little theatre, the Fifth avenue. It is to be followed by the production of Mr. Daly’s new piece, adapted from the French, entitled “Article 47.”; The attractions presented by Mr. Jackson and his associates f'or last Sunday evening’s concert _at the Grand Opera House drew an immense audience. The Ninth Regiment Band, Capoul and M’lle Duval were worthy of the ovation, and the entertainment was a thoroughly enjoyablehone. At the Grand Opera House Mr. Cole is being liberally re- warded for his lavish expenditure in the production of the new spectacle of “Lalla Rookh” It is pronounced gorgeous in the extreme. More anon. A ' “The Veteran” will not be withdrawn until some indeﬁnite period in the future. ' At Bryant’s Opera House a new burlesque on “Julius Caesar” is having a successful run in combination with the usual variety of song and dance. ~—-—-—<p—o-+--—-——— THE UNIVERSAL Boox l\/IAnx.——This ingenious device, as its name indicates, is universal in its application and use, and for the purpose designed,‘ is at once unique, novel andcomplete. See advertisement. \ WHERE TO DINE. WEEKLY, “Where shall I dine when ‘down town?’ ” we re- ply, emphatically, at Kurtz’s, 60 Broadway. We have never heard any of the objections to. “ Kurtz ” that come to our ears about other prominent places. Everything that is required to satisfy the cravings of the “ inner man” is served up by Kurtz tyranny.'! The New York News is the reporter of the above in the best style, while special attention is given to “dinner item; ; .'il:iE}§JAILLEUEt q 3 parties,” to whom extra inducements are offered! but the house will be ﬁlled with a quantity of tone to which it cult vocal work ever written. 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Advertisers bills will be collected from the oﬁice of the paper, and must in all cases, bear the signature of WOODHULL, CLAFLIN & Co. Specimen copies sent free. News-dealers supplied by the American News Company, No. 121 Nassau street, New Ybrk. ‘ - A All communications, business or editorial, must be addressed Woodhull dz Cla.fiiII’s Weekly’, 44. BROAD STREET, NEW Yonx CITY. JOHN W. METZLER, Superintendent of Advertising. ‘-‘:2.-r. VIVGTQRIA G. W90BHdl.§..A?€E TENNEE S. Ql.A'FLlit, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. THE TWENTY—FOURTH ANNEVERSARY OF MODERN . SPIRITUALISM. .. X We had prepared copy for the announcement of the coming Anniversary, and supposed, until too late to remedy the defect, that the paper of last Saturday contained it. We sincerely regret this oversight, and herewith make such reparation as lies in our power at this late moment. . The twenty-fourth Anniversary of Modern Spiritualism will be celebrated at Apollo Hall, Sunday afternoon, March 31st, 1872, at two o’clook. Margaret Fox Kane, one of the original / “ Fox Sisters” Will be present, and doubtless, the Spirit VVorld will give a manifestation through her, of the raps which star- tled the public a quarter of a century ago, and‘ ushered in the Spiritual Dispensation. ' I The following eminent Speakers will be present and deliver short addresses: Hon. J. W. Edmonds, Dr. T. Hallock, Victoria C. Woodhull, 0. Fannie Allyn, AIInai;M. Middlebrook, Nettie C. Maynard, Warren L. Barlow, "A. A,.“W‘nee]_ocl;, F1~ed_ L. H. Willis and Thomas Gales Forster. Music and singing by the Society’s choir. Tickets twenty-ﬁve cents.‘ ‘John J. Tyler, President; Dr. 0. R. Gross, Secretary. . Q G g . BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The following are the newly elected “Board of Trustees” of the New York Spiritualist Society, holding meetings at Apollo Hall: John Tyler, John Keyser, Dr. Andrews, VV. S. Barnard, Dr. 0. R. Gross,rJ. A. Cozeno, F. M. Clark, J. H. Newton, E. S. Creamer. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, the fol- owing committee on Anniversary was appointed: W. S. BARN-‘ BIRD, D3. 0. R. Gnoss, E. S. CIIEAMER, J. A, CozENo. .....-.,;,_.~,s:;,.. THE MAY CONVENTION. Every day the evidence, that the convention ' called for the 9th and 10th of May, by representatives of the various reforms, to meet in ' Steinway Hall, is to be a spontaneous up- rising of the people, increases in volume, interest and en- thusiasm. Already many prominent men and -women who have never taken part, even in the suﬁrage movement, are coming forward favoring the f‘oI'mation of a new party, which shall meet the demands of all really reformatory movements ; while an active workis going forward looking to the complete transfer of an already organized movement to the support of the new one. Many names of prominent persons engaged in this are withheld until the work is complete, when a thunder- bolt will be let loose which will open the eyes of the people who at least affect to believe, that the Republican. party is se- curely ﬁxed upon the country. From all parts of the country—from Maine to California~ from Minnesota to Louisiana—come inquiries as to how repre- sentation can be had in the Convention. These inquiries were called out by the simple announcement in these columns that there was to be a Convention broad enough to include all Human Rights. They are answered bygthe calls themselves-—by People are sick of present political con- ditions and are ready to bolt en mccssc from them, and embrace that which, at least, promises freedom, equality and justice to all people, and which will permit of favoritism to none, either as individuals or as combinations of individuals. Then let the whole country ring with the coming doom, and viduals, send on names to be added to either of the two ' PEOPLE’S CONVENTION. The undersigned citizens of the United States, responding to the invitation of the National Woman Suffrage Association propose to hold 3. Convention .at Steinway Hall, in the city of New York the 9th and 10th of May. ‘We believe the time has come for the formation of a new political party whose principles shall meet the issues of the hour, and represent equal rights for all. g V _ As women of the country are to take part for the ﬁrst time in political action, we propose that the initiative steps in the Convention shall be taken by them, that their opinions and methods may be fairly set forth, and considered by the repre- sentatives from many reform movements now ready for united action; such as the Internationals, and other Labor Reformers,—the friends of peace, temperance, and education, and by all those who believe that the time has come to carry the principles of true morality and religion into the State House, the Court and the market place. This Convention will declare the platform of the People’s Party, and consider the nominationpof candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, who shall be the best possible exponents of political and industrial reform. The Republican party, in destroying slavery, accomplished its entire mission. In denying that “ citizen” means political equality, it has been false to its own deﬁnition of Republican Government; and in fostering land, railroad and money mo- nopolies, it is building up a commercial feudalism dangerous to the liberty of the people. . The Democratic party, false to its name and mission, died in the attempt to sustain slavery, and is buried beyond all hope of resurrection. 3 Even that portion of the Labor party which met recently at Columbus, proved its‘ incapacity to frame a national plat- form to meet the demands of the hour. , C We therefore invite all citizens, who believe in the idea of self-government; who demand an honest administration; the reform of political and social abuses; the emancipation of labor, and the enfranchisement of woman, to join with us and inaugurate a political revolution, which shall secure jus- tice, liberty and equality to every citizen of the United States. « ELIZABETH V CADY STANTON. ISABELLA B. HOOKER. SUSAN B. ANTHONY. MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE. You are respectfully requested to authorize, at your earliest convenience, the use of your name to the above call, address- ing your reply yes! or no! to Mrs. Isabella. B. Hooker, 10 Hubbard st., New Haven, Conn. 7 ~—————~—+—o-¢—————— THE PARTY OF THE’ PEOPLE TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN HUMAN RIGHTS,’TO BE INAUGU- RATED IN THE U. S., IN MAY, 1872. We, the undersigned citizens ofthe United States, believing the time has come for,,_the formation of an entirely new party whose principles shall meet the vital issues of the hour purpose to hold a Convention in the city of New York, on the 9th and 10th of May, 1872, for the purpose of constructing a plat- form and considering nominations for President and Vice- President—-the ﬁrst so broad as to include every human-right, and the last, the best possible exponents ofevery branch of reform. Some of the reasons, which render this step necessary, are as follows : We charge on the present Government, that in so far as it has not secured freedom, maintained equality and adminis- tered justice to each citizen, it has proven a failure; and since it exists without the consent of the governed, therefore, that it is not a republican government. , We charge it with being a political despotism, inasmuch as the minority have usurped the whole political power, and by its unscrupulous use prevent the majority from participation in the government, nevertheless compelling them to contribute to its maintenance and holding them amenable to the laws, which condition was described by its ‘founders as absolute bondage. ~ I We charge it with being a ﬁnancial and military des- potism; using usurped power to coerce the people. We charge it with using and abusing millions of citizens who, by the cunningly devised legislation of the privileged classes, are condemned to lives of continuous servitude and, want, being always half fed and half clothed, and often half sheltered. We charge it with gross and wicked neglect of its children‘, permitting them to be reared to lives of ignorance, vice and crime; as a result of which it now has more 9 than ﬁve and a half millions of citizens over ten years of age who can neither read nor write. ' We charge it with having degenerated from its once high estate into a mere conspiracycf office-holders, money-lenders, land-grabbers rings and lobbies, against the mechanic, the farmer and the laborer, by which the former yearly rob the latter of all they produce. And ﬁnally we indict it as a whole, as unworthy of longer toleration, since rivers of human blood,‘ and centuries ofhuman toil, are too costly prices to be demanded ofa people who have already paid the price of freedom; nevertheless, such was the price demanded and paid for a slavery, which, in point of human vvretchedness, was comparitively as nothing to that which still exists, ‘to abolish which it promises to demand still more blood and greater servitude and toil. In view of these conditions, which are a reproach upon our civ- “ calls "’ which appear in another column. , ilization, all persons residing within the United States, regard April 6," 1872. less of race, sex, nationality or previous condition; and espe- _ cially Labor, Land, Peace and Temperance reformers, and Internationals and Woman Suffragists-—including all the various Suffrage Associations—~as well as all others who believe the time has come when the principles of eternal justice and human equity should be carried into our halls of legislation, our courts and market-places, instead of longer insisting that they shall exist merely as indeﬁnite, negative and purpose- less theories—as matters of. faith, separate from works, are earnestly invited to respond to this call and, through properly constituted delegations to join with us, and in concert with the National Woman Suffrage Association‘to help us to in- augurate the great and good work of refoﬁnation. This reformation, properly begun, will expand into a. p_(- litical revolution which ‘shall sweep over the country and purify it of demagogism, oﬂicial corruption and party despot- ism; after which the reign of all the people may be possible through a truly republican government which shall not only recognize but guarantee equal political and social rights to all men and women, and which shall secure equal opportu- nities for education to all children. Victoria C. Woodhull. . . .N. Y. Horace Dresser . . . . . . . . .N. Y. Horace H. Day . . . . . . . .N. Y. Marie Howland . . . . . . ..N. J. Anna M. Middlebrook. . . CL. A. G. VV. Carter . . . . . . . .Ohio. L. E. De Wolf . . . . . . . . . . .Ills. Addie L. Ballou . . . . . . . . .In_d. Ellen Dickinson . . . . . . . .N. J. Hon. ‘H.’ C. Dibble . . . . . . . .La. Theodore H. Banks. . . . .N. Y. M. A. Towns’d Hoardley, Mass. Mary J. Holmes . . . . . . .Tenn. R. W. Hume . . . . . . . . . . ..N. Y. Ira B. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . .N. Y. Martha P. Jacobs . . . . . . .Mass. Laura Cuppy Smith . . . . . .Cal. John M. Spear . . . . . . . . . . .Cal. E. H. Heywood . . . . . . . .Mass. E. Hope Whipple . . . . ..Ohio. Ellen Goodell Smith. . . . . .Pa. J. K. Ingalls . . . . . . . . . . . .N. Y. Hon. J. D. Reymert. .. . .N. Y. C. Fannie Allen . . . . . . . ..D. . Marilla M. Ricker . . . . . . .N. H. John Brown Smith . . . . . ..Pa. NorE:—You are earnestly requested to unite in this move- ment and authorize the use of your name to support the above call; and also to secure and forward the names of as many other suitable persons as it may be posssble for you to obtain, and return the same at the earliest practicable mo-‘ ment, too : VICTORIA C. WooDnULL. 44. Broad street, New York City. ———~—-¢»—cr-9--———— WHAT DOES SPIRITUALISM MEAN? Of late years we have cherished the hope that the world had at last evolved something-that would never admit of restric- tion; something that would grow and expand until all the needs of humanity should be encompassed by it; until every principle of justice, every truth of philosophy, and every demonstration of science should be formulated within the circle of its all-embracing theory and practice. A This is what we had predicted for Spiritualism. But we are now surprised into a revision of our premises; a re-analysis of the causes from which we expected such results to flow; and are compelled to inquire if indeed Spiritualism do mean all that; or is it to repeat the oft-told tale of Sectarianism? From the nature of the foundation upon which Spiritualism is built it ought not to be sectarian-; indeed, Spiritualism, in the broad sense of universal intercommunication between the inhabitants of the material and spiritual spheres, cannot be sectarian since it presumes upon‘ communion between persons of every possible shade of difference in intellect, morals and culture. Then who shall say what shall constitute a Spirit- ualist? And if this cannot be done, whence the cry raised as to what belief and practices shall be permitted for the elect? And who have been deputed as the conservators of the faith ‘.9 It seems to us that there isga deep meaning in the fact that Spirit communion is no respecter of persons. If the facts upon which it is built recognize no distinction among persons, how can the faith growing out of it be made sectarian‘? And if it. cannot be made sectarian, are Sectarians Sprititualists? And ifnot, are those who are attempting to hedge it, anything more than Sectarians? Spiritualism is universal. Sectarian- ism is limitation; and this is the difference. Now, what is the logic of this? If Spiritualism is a univer- sal religion, does it not naturally and unavoidably lead to the conclusion that it is also humanitarian? Universality is humanitarian; and humanitarianism includes all the needs of humanity. And what are human needs? First, they are material. The needs of the ﬂesh, out of which all others grow, must be provided for, in order that the intellectual and moral nature may have sustenance. In order to make any practical use ‘of Spiritualism its logical deductions must be outwrought in‘ every day life. _ - One of the very first things upon which the welfare of hu- manityidepends, is its proper organization. Organization of humanity is its government. If government then be imperfect; if indeed it be despotic, it necessarily follows that Spiritual- ism, in beginning at the foundation of society to evolve it to better conditions, should ﬁrst endeavor to correct govern- mental abuses. Moreover, if governments, under which Spir- itualism has burst forth, are falsely organized, are built upon principles which are n_ot humanitarian, then should its whole efforts be directed to the construction of a better one to take the place of the-old. How then can those who are entitled to the name of Spiritualist L, as believers in the religion of human- ity, say they have nothing to do with government as such? Should not the principles of religion enter into the construc- tion of the government? Should it not be such as-to permit and protect human rights? Should it be not builded upon jus- tice and equity; and are they not elements of Spiritualism as a religion? , We should consider ourselves very bad Spiritualists if, be- cause the government permitted us to usurp the rights Of others, as our present government does aportion of their nat- , I I. .1’ r April .6, 1872. woo1)HULL (SE OLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. A , 9 ural rights, we should usurp them and at the same time make loud professions of devotion to human welfare. I This is a serious question, one which the true hu- manitarian cannot evade. It is useless for any to say that they may be consistent humanitarians and at the same time eschew their duty and rights as citizens. Nor will it do for them to profess that they are devoted to humanity, and at the same time co-operate with a political party which con‘- spires ‘ for the interests of the few against the interests of the great majority of the people. They cannot say, and be con- sistent, that they believe woman,- as a constituent part of society and acknowledgedcitizens of the Government, can .be deprived of her rights as such and at the same time sup- port the party which enforces that despotism. Far be it from us to desire or attempt to compel any person to act politically, against the Republican party. But we have the right to ex- -‘ pose the inconsistency of those who profess one thing, and live in action something quite different. It is no better to pro- fess justice and equality and live their opposites, than it is to make a long face of serving God of a Sunday, and live to the devil all the week. And if we, as Spiritualists, make‘no more ' consistent application of our professions than do your Presby- terian brethren, what better are we than they; what does our Spiritua1ism—ourreligion—proﬁt us more than theirs? We, therefore, conceive it to be our duty to urge upon Spir- itualists the work of reorganizing our Government so that it shall be administered upon the principles of strict human justice. Nor shall people hinder us by crying out that we want to sectarianize politics. VVc have never before found Spiritualists who were willing to admit that Spiritualism was a sectarian religion, or that they were sectarians. But some have tlioughtlessly, we think, announced that they are sec- tarians and that Spiritualism is, like all other isms, sectarian. But it remains to be seen whether the great mass of Spirit- ualists will permit such an imputation to be permanently fas- tened upon them, and whether they will remain contentedly and unconcernedly watching the gross abuses that have grown up under our Government and never raise their hands to stop their practice. We believe that Spiritualists, as a body, have a care as to what sort of a government exists. We believe that they in- terpret Spiritualism to mean the religion of humanity, and that in caring for humanity they cannot remain indifferent specta- tors to their enslavement, be it of whatever subtleness it may, even if it be that which was spoken of by the Apostle and “servant of Groc,” James, when he said “Behold the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, Which is of you kept back by fraud.” This same kind of fraud is practiced upon the laborers everywhere in this country, and shall Spiri tualists stand by and let it continue? Nor shall the cry that we wish to make use of Spiritualists’ to accomplish our own selﬁsh purposes deter us from the work we are assigned to do. It matters not to us, except that we pity those who entertain the sentiment, if some do maintain the proposition that we labor for self, instead of for humanity. Vile have this knowledge, however, that if we do by false pre- tenses so labor, that they who assert it, can by no possibility be so well informed of our motives as to be warranted in the assertion. They do not know whether they speak falsely or truly. They should comfort themselves, however, in this, that if what they assert be true our efforts will come to naught. It so occurs that We care but little for more personalities. Whatever people may assert of us personally we endeavor to leave out of the question; but we are ever ready to defend the principles we advocate, or to acknowledge our errors when we ﬁnd them. Hence we would say to our personal enemies cease - your personal denunciations and question our principles. And in this particular matter of political action, into which we urge upon Spiritualists to enter, the principles of justice and human rights would be better jsubserved than by sticking to the Democratic and Republican parties. Let them remem- her that the question is not, whether we are urging this move- ment for person-all ends or for purely humanitarian motives; but whether the movement is right or wrong? If it be wrong in itself there could be no possible excuse for Spiritualists to forward it by their support; but if it be right of itself, there can be no excuse for opposing it, even if we are its advocates. In the last instance it is those who would oppose it that would , be acting from personalmotives; they would oppose it because a particular person is its advocate. And we earnestly recom- mend that Spiritualists consider this distinction, which ‘per- haps may not have occurred to them previously. -—--—o-e+—-.-—~ WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? The National Labor Reformers seem to be criminally slow in notifying “ the object of their choice” of the results of’ the Columbus Convention. It is questionable whether they have not even now laid themselves open to a couple of actions for damages for “breach of promise.” But why need they fear to declare their intentions ? Has not "‘ ye dark Judge of the Supreme Court, asserted in a letter, that he deems it a duty to refuse no honorable offer; and, as for “Ye Governor of ye Jerseys,” did not he lately half signify his acquiesence to the Pacolet of the New York Herald, in such beautiful language, that the question of the latter, and the answer of the former can only be expressed in poetry thus: ' “Why don’t you marry then, my pretty maid? Nobody asked me (the Governor) said.” _ But really this dilatoriousness in the National Labor Reformers is no laughing matter. If they have no respect for the feelings of Judge Davis and Gov. Parker, they ought to , have some for the people. They are certainly not justified in keeping‘ “hundreds” of . our citizens in cruel suspense, hang- ing like Mahometfs coﬂin, between heaven and earth. TPIE REASONAND THE DIFFERENCE. We need only refer to the fact to have it clearly understood by our readers, that the Religio-PhilosopltlcalJournal has been our most determined and bitter opponent, because we have dared, as President of the American Association, to advise to urge, Spiritualists to form a political party based upon the principles of justice andequality, in fact to give the politi- cal ‘professions of the Journal an opportunity for exercise. Ever since our message to Spiritua1ists,_week after week it has contained some unkind reference to us. But we arewnow rejoiced to ﬁnd it, if not acknowledging its errors in so many words, advocating governmental questions with quite as much force and profundity as we were ever guilty of doing. We may have been wrong, since we occu- ‘pied the position referred to; to issue a message, and to urge Spiritualists to act justly, politically; but it may be right for the Jourinal to do the same thing, simply as a journal. We don’t pretend to be competent to decide this question, and will leave it entirely.to Brother Jones. We are only too glad to perceive that the same cause We entertain with so much earnestness, ﬁnds in the Journal so able and faithful an advo- cate. Brother Jones does not oppose the advocacy of govern- mental, political questions. Though he opposes our being permitted to advocate them, we are happy to know that it is the person and not the principle which is the cause of it. So after all we work in harmony, since if the principle can suc- ceed, we shall be glad, even to be excused from advocating it and permitted to retire to the ranks from which we were, to ourselves, so unexpectedly called. Does any one doubt what we have said? Let us go to the Journal and let it speak for itself. Surely we have a right to its words to sustain our hopeful position. In its issue of March 9 is an editorial under the caption of “ What governments ought to do for children.” We confess to having been surprised at seeing such a subject presented, since we had been led to the belief that all interference with governmental or political "questions was entirely out of place for a Spiritual paper like the Journal so deeply engaged in searching after God. Not that we thought the Journal had no regard for children, but that it could think government could possibly have any thing to do with them was an entire surprise. No body questions that children ought to have the very best education and care, but that the Journal, a re- ligious paper, could advocate it and at the same time say that Spiritualists as such should not meddle withepolitical ques- tions, was what we were anxious to learn the explanation of. It went on to explain: . * “Government owes a duty to every soul that is born under its fostering care; to see that each is trained from early 73-nfuncy in that line of development that shall make it a useful member of society.” ’ Precisely what we have urged upon every proper occasion But we ‘have not only urged theproposition as an abstract right——but, and this is where we differ from the Journal, we have shown how to accomplish the desired result. We have urged Spiritualists to concentrate their entire vote in such a way as to elect persons to make such laws as will provide just what the Journal says the government ought to do. But we are attempt‘ ing to sectarianize politics when we urge Spiritualists‘ to take the political action. that will secure it! Or does the Journal hold that it is the province of Spiritualists to teach and not to practice? For our part weihave always held that preaching, without practicing, was inexceeding bad taste, since it opens the door to a charge of hypocrisy. ,Our government does not care for the education of children. The Journal says it ought to do so and stops there. We not only say it ought to do so, but‘also urge Spiritualists to make it a duty of the government to do so. Which is the more consistent? But if we were agreeably surprised by the presentation so forcibly, of what government ought to do, we were confounded at this, its further proposition: “ The moral aspect of the sub- ject never presents itself to their teachers’ consideration. In- deed their moral faculties have never been awakened upon the subject. Such faculties in them are absolutely obtuse. * * * Indeed, they have been robbed of the very life element that would develop them." Indeed, then the mo7'al‘facultz'es, as well as the intellectual, should be the subject of education ! so says the Joumal, and it becomes highly suggestive, if not instructive. It is but a step from this to include religion. In fact, as between mor- ality and religion, it is generally considered there is but little difference. But what shall a government he considered that neglects the intellectual and moral culture of its children? Let the Jour- nal answer. “ Is it not obvious that a government that would thus neg- lect the highest duty that can devolve upon it, by providing for, rearing and developing the best men and women it is capable of, to take the place of those who so rapidly pass away, is recreant to its highest interests, and void of that wisdom which should guide it for the greatest good of all.” And it continues to say when the government shall not neg- lect its “highest interests" that it will be‘ the ushering in of the millennial age. And still farther, ‘q‘Modern Spiritualism is being ushered into the world to quicken thought, to rouse men and women to action.” . But as it progresses it becomes still more explicit and deﬁnes Spiritualism. itself thusz‘ * " The difference betweenSpiritualism and religion is this‘:—— Spiritualism presents science, philosophy and action, as a remedy for all social as well as temporal evils. Religion pre- sents blind adherence to church dogmas.” And yet in another column of the self-same paper it takes the American Association to task in the most bitter language for proposing the very action, which it says, Spiritualisrn was ushered into the world to bring about. It certainly follows according to the Journal, if it makes any professions to consist- 7 ency, that the American Association are Religionists, instead of Spiritualists. Thus, we learn, after several weeks of fruit» less searchgwhat the Journals course means. We are not Spirit- ualists, and as sectarian religionists,we have no right to urge, or take political action, since, if we were Spiritualists; we might according to the Journal do so. And we ask every pro“ fessing Spiritualist to note this position and argument of the Journal, and not be frightened from political action because sectarian religionists professing to be Spzriticalisls, are advocatin g «. it without the right to do so. This, from the Journal may also’ explain what Emma Hardinge Britten meant when she spoke of the necessity of calling a convention to see who’ are, and who I are not Spiritualists, and what they may, and may not believe and advocate. — I But the issue of the Journal of the 23d instant still further enlightens us about politics and government. Under a caption A “ Governments are instituted for the welfare of the people ” it proceeds to inform us what governments are, as follows: “Hence, when we speak of a government we mean the people who live under speciﬁc laws and legislative enactments, im- posed by COMMON coNs1«:Nr." Again, this is just what,_we have claimed. We said in our speech of last May that women have no government, and called upon them to come forward next May if they were not taken into the present government he V fore. and inaugurate a government for themselves, with the hope thatjthey would make onegso much better than the present one, that many men would desert from the less, to the more perfect. And, as if to clinch, past escape, the previous declaration of the objects of Spiritualism, the Journal again declares: “The mission of Spiritualism is to enlighten the people, to induce thought, to arouse action, to break down partition Walls that divide men from one another, and‘ to unite in every great and good work. It has no warfare against individuals(? 1’ Z’) anywhere, but its warfare is against institutions everywhere which tend to caste in society, or negatively allow ignorance to ea3tsl.” We could not possibly demand a broader platform for Spir- itualism; and as we said before, we are glad, indeed, to know that the Jou1"n.ul agrees with us so perfectly as to what Spirit, ualism is; and as to what Spiritualists should do; in fact, so glad that we readily overlook the various ill-tempered things it has been surprised into saying about us and against what it advocates so warmly and powerfully in its calmer moments, When reason, instead of prejudice, has the mastery. ' The mission of . Spiritualism is “warfare against institutions everywhere, which tend to caste in society, or which negatively allow ignorance to exist.” The very broadest interpretation of the most radical political action we have ever advocated was not a whit in advance of this that the Journal advocates. But we also hold that Spiritualists do not perform their highest. duty if they do not carry on this “ warfare,” when by not do- i . ing so they “negatively allow ignorance to exist.” We com- mend a review of the situation to the Journal; and to Spirit- ualists, the careful, calm and serious consideration of this duty urged upon them by so ably conducted a journal as the Religio-Philosophical. ‘ - . ’ ———+-0-+————— PIOUS MANIA. WHO Is RESPONSIBLE ?—Through the preaching of an insane orthodox ranter, who espoused the doctrine of Christian per- fection, as attainable in this life, multitudes of people in Illi- nois have caught the frenzy, and have been conducting them- selves in such a disorderly way that the police and friends have been compelled to break the “spell” by legal interfer- ‘ ence. We‘ have here in this city the “ Sons and Daughters of . God,” who are only another stripe of this mania. These de- mented creatures claim not the perfection of humanity; but the perfection of God. Sin is not sin to them. No matter what actthey commit, it brings no consciousness of guilt. The Doctrine of Christian perfection, as held by the Arme- nians, and the doctrine of election as held by the Presbyte- rians, are substantially the same, notwithstanding the hair- splitting, and head-splitting of the disputants. Periodically . this doctrine breaks out like an epidemic-~much after the fashion of small—pox and cholera, and about as fatal, though it attacks the higher domain of mind. The presumption and insanity of these miserable dupes is manifest in their profanity, violation of the laws of health, and entire freedom from a nice moral discrimination. A We believe there is a branch of the Methodist church in A this city which, we are told, is increasing wonderfully under the auspices of this higher perfection. Now we wish to know who is responsible for all this erratic ’ conduct--—this wild delusion, this foolish conceit, thispious mania? People are rendered unﬁt for the duties and respon- sibilities of life thereby, and somebody should be held‘ re- sponsible. We think the Spiritualists are the guilty parties, and pray our pious friends not to wrest from us the honor of causing all-the wrongs in the universe. --——+-9-o-——- MAINE FIRST; MASSACHUSETTS NEXT. The ‘proposition to submit to the people an amendment to the State Constitutions of these States striking out the word “ male,” has been defeated. If in these States, where it would naturally be expected that the most. favorable sentiments re- garding the equality of women and their ﬁtness for participa- tion in government would exist, the Legislatures will not sub- mit the question to the male citizens who have possessed them- selves of the ruling power,'what can we expect of such States as Pennsylvania and Kentucky? In the ﬁrst-mentioned States the question was lost by a con- siderable vote. Had it been passed by this Legislature, the men would have voted it down by as large, if not a larger majority p10 . the past year, and had their efforts been directed upon the * could obtain ten thousand petitioners, our request would be bitement ended. I York Tribune: " course in’ exposing general order irregularities, has suddenly . found more pressing work.‘ Yesterday he spent in trying to "atit.= - _ general order business for a payment of thirty per cent. of the K litical inﬂuence. ' _ partvon-and after this date, in monthly payments- as theigocds April 6, I872. woonHULL & CLAFLIN’S wnnxtr. than the white men of NewYork voted down the ‘State proposition to enfranchise negroes, since woman’s equality is even more unpopular with men than negro equality was with white men- It is nothing short of sheer madness to attempt to hide this hostility on the part of our male Governors, to w0man’s obtain- ing the use and 'power‘of the ballot, and they who ﬂatter the aspirants for freedom from political despotism by the specious promises that the fact is otherwise than it really is, are damag- ing the cause. _ Tlad there been unity among all woman suffragists during key to the position-Congi'ess-—it had been gained this session. In spite of all the opposition to this method ﬁfty thousand names have been enrolled asking Congress to pass a Declaratory Act. But knowing that thereis division among women them- selves, no action has thus far been taken. Had our ‘opponent-s done what they say they could have done-—obtained twice as many more names, Congress would scarcely have dared to ignore their united voices. One hundred and ﬁfty thousand petitioners would have been such a demonstration as is un- known in govermental affairs. Last winter we were told if we granted. We answered-by ﬁve times as many and are refused. Such is the justice that men dispense. And woman will not fail‘ to note it down in their memories for future reference. We did not intend to speak upon this phase of the question, but to present the proceedings in the Massachusetts legislature preceding the vote which defeated the question of submission in that State. _ UNUSUAL scnnn IN THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE or REPRESENTA- TIVES——A. SINGULAR PRAYER BY THE CHAPLAIN-—woMAN's RIGHTS [From the Boston Herald] For some time past remarks have been common among the members of the House of Representatives that the prayers offer- ed by the Chaplain, Rev. ‘N. H. Cudworth, were not in good taste, as in many instances he alluded in unmistakable terms to particular matters of legislation in the order of the day, and which, of course, had not been disposed of. Yesterday, on the niweniﬁg‘ of the session of the House, he offered the following prayer: “ The earth is thine, O Lord, and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein; and now another of the world’s great questions presses into this chamber for an an- swer, What can we do for women? and clamor answers “ Let her vote.” Clamor answers again, “ Don’t let her vote, ” Clamor thunders, clamor whines, clamor prays, clamor jeers. Shall we hear the jeer of clamor? God forbid! If there be any stain of a right withheld from bright, blessed beings, those who as mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, companions and friends, make up so much of the happiness of the Common- wealth homes, give us Wisdom clear enough to see and will strong enough to expuuge that stain from the records of our otherwise prosperous State.” ' , As soon as the chaplain had ﬁnished Mr. Kimball of Boston, inquired of the speaker whether it was in order for a person not a member of the House to speak on questions which were before the House, and the speaker said it was not in order. Mr. Newell of Boston asked whether the ruling of the chair applied to the prayer of the Chaplain to God, when the speaker replied that it applied to no person.’ Mr. Porter of Revere then asked whether it was in order for a member to raise a point of order when the question was before the House, but the speaker declined to rule on abstract questions. Mr. Cogswell of Yarmouth said that some of the prayers he had heard in the House by the chaplain were in a tone of levity unbecoming the solemnity of the service, and he did not question the propriety of any member of the House to interfere and criticise. . Mr. Porter of Revere said he thought the attack on the chaplain was cowardly, as the rebuke might have been given in private—the member from Boston who made it not having the moral courage to make it directly. Mr. Sears of Barnstable had heard the prayer of the day, and as it was a clear instruction to the House how to vote on the woman suffrage question, he should vote against it. The speaker here stopped the debate by stating that he had been in doubt as to whether the resolve was in order or not, but an examination convinced him that it wasjnot in order, and he so ruled. Mr. Loring took an appeal from this decision, but his own vote was the only one in favor of the appeal, and so the ex- ---——'—«>—o-¢——-—— HENRY C. BOWEN. It will be remembered by our readers that immediately after the May Convention of last year this honest, pious, devout and holy Christian editor of the religio-commercial, Independ- ent came out in an attack upon us, which for infamous vil- lainy, and canting hypocrisy was scarcely ever equalled. It will also-be remembered when we challenged him to nfake his assertions good, he slunk away like a dirty cur dog in silence, which he has maintained to this day, excepting an occasional slur ﬂung at us. . I - But there is a compensation in and for all things. Every act brings its just reward, be that for good performed or for evil. And this quintessence of perfection, with all his godli- ness, is not, exempted from the common law. Hear the New VGENERAL onnnn TRADING. Mr. Bowen, who lately set up as a judge on the Trib2me’s rub the general order ﬁlth off his own garments; and this morning we give him’ all the space he asks for thewash. At best. it is unsavory work; and, such as it is, he has ill luck I We publishedr documents, over his own signature, showing him to have been concerned in farming out the East River gross receipts to himself and his associates, in return for po- “ Squire and Johnson, parties of the ﬁrst part, and Henry 0. Bowen, E. E. ‘ Bowen and Frederick Lambert, parties of the second. part, do hereby agree that the parties of the ﬁrst part shall pay to the parties of the second part, or their heirs and assigns, thirty per cent. on the storage of all general" order or unclaimed goods sent to the store ‘of the parties of the ﬁrst ._ her to this desperate defence, even as Rob Boy, the great who resort to the device of blackmailing have, by base treat- 1ment of the other sex, had all the love of their natures con- go out, so long as the direction of general order or unclaimed goods is subject to the control of said parties of the second part. And said parties of the second part do agree that the parties of the ﬁrst part shall continue in undisturbed receipt of said unclaimed goods during the time above speciﬁed.” The first name signed to this agreement was that of Henry C. Bowen-; and he wrote besides an individual letter, now in our possession, giving his individual “consent and sanction to the‘ arrangement,” and proffering assurance that he had made it right with the Collector. Well: Mr. Bowen admits it all; but claims that he did it solely for his associates, ——l?rovi- deuce having about that timeshown him that he must devote his own talents to a religious newspaper _;——and enters besides the plea-in-bar that, anyway, the thirty per cent. amounted to but a beggarly sum. lWe need go no further. Doubtless, Mr. Bowen’s successors have improved on his methods‘ and are able to make more out of the plum ; but he admits himself the ﬁrst of the Leets. He exacted thirty per cent. from the com- merce on the East Biver, which went to General Order stores, giving in return nothing whatever but political inﬂuence. He says he didn’t get the money himself. Mr. Johnson, with whom the bargain was made, thinks he got his share of it. That is their affair, and is of no consequence to the public. It only remains to note that ex—Collector Barney ﬂatly repud- iates M1. Bowen’s professed authority to make any bargain about the matter at all. This, if accepted, would seem ‘to the carnal mind to reduce the whole transaction to the level of a conﬁdence game. But we do not care to pursue it. Mr. Bow- en appears to have some pretty lively issues of fact on his hands, with ex-Collector Barney, and with “party of the se- cond part” Johnson. He has two newspapers, which he’ is welcome to devote to the discussion. Our purpose is attained in satisfying the public that he is not the person to undertake impugning anything The T rilmne has said or may say on the subject of General Order. Comments are superﬂuous. shows how the thing was done. —————«>4-<>————-- MAGNIFICENT BEATS vs. MAGNIFICENT The late Custom House expose HUSSIES. An article entitled “ Magniﬁcent I-Iussies,” appeared in Sun- day’s World, of the 9th of March. It was inspired, no doubt, by the late attempt of Miss Couch to secure a permanent liv- ing out of a parson, by so-called false pretences (1?) even as the parson gets a living out of ‘his congregation by a no less wicked hypocrisy. No scolding is so ﬁerce as that of the guilty who would cover up their crimes by vociferate abuselof those of others. This article in the World is a wholly one- sided piece of manly invective in which the female who avenges the oppressions of her sex upon man, by what is called blackmailing, is given over to public detestation with utter forgetfulness of the intolerable wrongs which compel Scottish blackmailer, was urged ' to this resort as his only method of sustaining himself against his enemies. Self-defence is the ﬁrst law of Nature, and when men of the highest social positon, claiming to be gentlemen, deliberately rob women by false pretences, why are not they as much deserving punishment as the unfortunate wretches who attack them in‘ turn by such methods as desperation suggests ? My woman’s nature is ﬁred with indignation at the utter in-' justice of these wholly male statements, and since men (as ed- itorials and communications in nearly all the papers have demonstrated) are howling unmercifully against those of my sex who have recourse to this only method of righting them- selves, I must needs take up the pen to state the whole truth of the°case, and show that men, having ﬁrst impelled women to prostitution, then try to cheat them out of their hard-earned living, and so drive them to pight themselves as they may. You know what Byron says about a woman’s rage when to the detestation I feel for the villainy which tries to shield itself by raising an outcry against the natural defence of its victim. I ' A It is ﬁrst to be stated that we live in an entirely male civili- zation, in which for the most part all women who are not greatly favored by fortune, have to use the coarse but express- ive phrase of the sailor, no more chance than "‘a cat in hell without claws.” We have male laws, male legislation, male judges, and male public opinion, in which no judgment is too severe for the woman who rebels against these male ordinances, and no leniency too light for the male who wrongs a woman. If you tread upon a worm it will turn; and these women verted into hate. Magniﬁcent hussies afe then but the oppo- site pole of magniﬁcent beats, as thieves are the protest by nature's law of compensation against the unequal distribution of property. Blackmailing, as it is called, is a natural conse- quence of “beats,” a judgment which men have taught women to execute. As long as man is only a cunning animal, and ex- ercises no other faculty in his intercourse with such women as he dares to outrage, can it be expected that they will not meet cunning with cunning, and fraud with fraud. If the laws will not protect women, they must protect themselves by the same crude justice that invented the blackmail system of the Scot- tish borders. If the term “ beat” is a technicality not familiar to such of my readers as have not come in contact with this animal that preys upon women, let me explain it. It isan individual who adopts everydevise to cheat women out of those favors which so many of them are forced to sellas their only means of main- tenance. ’ ' A Beats are to be found in every grade of society, but more es-’ pecially in its most showy and outwardly reputable and re- spectable ranks. There are clergymen beats, single and mar- ried men beats, brokers, bankers, lawyers, etc. , A beat may be described as a man with a hooked nose, some depth of eyelid, uncovered, indicating acquisitiveness, little conscientiousness, small generosity and large amativeness. . The juvenile “beats” are the most handsomely dressed. men in the city, live at the wronged. I am in just such a frenzy and shall give full vent . ' prostitution. principal hotels, \have at box at the opera, drive fast horses and are obliged to pay for all their pleasures, except those enjoyed at the expense of women whom they are able to deceive. V A ‘ Adandilﬁed lad of this type I have now in my -mind’s eye, who, as he pursues his beat system bare-facedly, and boasts of the number of ‘women whom he has so gulled, deserves to be im- mortalized in your paper. A His father is a man of great reputed wealth. A more graceless and dishonorable Scamp than the son, never put foot into ladiesboudoir, or kissed the check of a blushing damsel who thought herself loved and dreamed of a future in which she would be tenderly cared for. This youthful Minotaur is always superbly attired. Every devise of the tailor is exhausted upon‘ his person. His throat is en- veloped by the most exquisite of neckties. His feet, neat and tidy, are encased in the most delicate of chaussures, his little hands squeezed into the most elegant of gloves. He is a good looking boy, and at ﬁrst sight, as he dawns on one’s vision attired like Beau Brummel, and opening his voluptuous- ly red lips, expressly to display some dazzling white teeth, and utter with an alluring simper some of the few French phrases of which he is master, one is impelled to exclaim, Oh! git il est beau. , The unknown woman would imagine that goodness beamed from his large blue eyes, but I would tell her that the eyes of this boy, and all other eyes that may be like his, indicate voracity, greediness and selﬁshness. Noteghim as he takes off his hat; that front head instead of towering, Shakes- perean like, is like that ofa snake, ﬁat and receding, showing him destitute of all breath of nature, without either generosity or veneration—in fine, that he was cut by nature for a “beat.” He has been known to treat his cynthians of the minute to an occasional supper, but even in this his habitual “beat” nature protrudes itself, for not only does he “beat” his mis- tress, but any susceptible male friend to whom he will declaim of the beautiful woman he possesses “all for love.” The curiosity of his companion is excited who accepts an invitation to call with him and look upon his godesses. We will go to supper he proposes, for which of course the friend is made to pay. He is fond of writing brief billet doux, and knows all the petit soius of the daughter, but he never has any money and travels entirely on his dainty little ﬁgure. “Pa,” he says, “ has cut him short.” Many women have been captivated by the acts and address of this juvenile rake, and have listened to his beguilements, _till ﬁnding themselves deceived, used and abandoned, they have appealed to pa, stating their amour with the son, and begging for some assistance. Pa is surprised; asks his son, “What does this signify?” “O, nothing, pa i only an attempt at blackmail.” Women goaded to desperation by cruelty such as this, and on the verge of starvation, adopt this method of obtaining money. If these unfortunates merit such condign punish- ment, as according to the newspapers, should be meted out to them, what sufficient retribution can thhre be inflicted upon the real authors of the evil, unless they should be made to un- dergo the fate of-Abelard, and be deprived ofthe powers they have used so vilely. , Let every “beat” who has been blackmailed remember how many more times by his cheating of women he has deserved a repetition of this treatment. I know a man of wealth in this city, a wholesale dealer in an article, of which he ‘is said to enjoy a monopoly. He is, I am told, a deacon of the church, and a man of family. He has one name to the church and the business world, but with women with whom he associates privately, he passes under an incognito. He is an ignorant fellow, and fond of that bawdy talk, which is pure obscenity, without any relief of wit or hu- mor. A young girl, with whom I am acquainted, being absolutely forced by necessity to obtain money at any cost, made up her mind to go to an assignation-house. Never having been to such a place before, she requested me to go with her. As I believe that all places should be known to the wise, I did not hesitate to accompany her. She was there in- troduced to Schank, who, after treating us to wine, retired with my companion. This rich and pious deacon gave to this ne- cessitous girl, to her terrible disappointment, but half the price usual in the house. She complained to me, and but for my remonstran ce he would not have given the balance, which he afterwards did. ’ Away with the nonsence about personalities I ' This attempt to cover up the crimes of individuals against defenceless women is criminal. Generalstatements are of no avail. The mask must be stripped from the visages of these hypocrites and night prowlers, who are raising in the newspapers the cry of blackmail to cover up their own scoundrelisms, that women may not be able to say to them effectively, so as to touch that fear of the world’s opinion, which is their only conscience and restraint, “Let him, who is without sin among you, throw the ﬁrst stone.” Indeed, I say to my sex, “Have you been deceived, maltreated, abandoned, or to comprise it all in one word-— beat, write out your experience, state the plain truth, give names and incidents with all possible particularity. Send these statements to WOODHULL & CLArLIN’s WEEKLY that they may be published and sent broadcast over the land ; that like Cain whenever one of these men go, his infamy may follow him, or that the publicity of his crime may incite him to re- trieve his dishonor, or deter others from like acts.” ' Let me give you another instance of this sconndrelism in high places, which, when I think of it, ﬁlls me with rage and horror. A friend, dear to my heart, was forced by adverse cir- cumstances and immediate necessities to a life of degradation, taking refuge from the terrors of starvation in the shame of This is her ﬁrst night’s experience : One of the wealthiest men of Wall street called, with a friend. My friend was not in a ﬁt sanitary condition to accept the particular at- tention of either of these harpies, but they indulged largely in wine and kept her for several hours at the piano, entertain- ing them, as she’ is an accomplished singer and performer. For the use and amusement of these two men,’ two other women were sent for. As the small hours of the night were approaching, my poor friend, desperate and sad, imbibed too much, and lost all self-possession. In this humor they com- pelled her to divest herself of all her garments and stand be- fore them entirely nude. They paid the woman for the wine, but my friend received nothing. 0, Victoria, I weep as I think of wemaAn’s servitude and man’s brutality ! More in my next. Quit Wno KEOWIS6 sf, let: M, H. ,i ii if, 5; ll] ;. . i. I is ll -9 &:<~ 1. - forms of life. April 6, 1872. woovm-L .& .0L.AFL1N’S WEEKLY I 11 THE nrrnos or SEXUAL EQUALITY. A LECTURE, BY T-ENNIE _C..GLA.FLIN, All the Academy of Music, Friday Evening Ma1'ch 29,,1872. . . 3 . . . If societytwere to become aware of the existence of an insidious ' plague in-incipient form, making ready to sweep over the world and istill its subtle poison into the atmosphere, from which the u people generally would unconsciously imbibe it, and which, thoug not alarmingly fatal in its immediate consequences, would, nevertheless, . gradually and surely sap humanity’s great fountain ofhealth, would it not -be consistent to suppose that every possible effort would be put forth to analyze its causes, its modes of operation and its effects, and to stop it early in its career? But should the doctors of divinity, of law anc of me icine, and the professors of respectability, together with all the reverend and honorable mistresses of the land, cry out against it and denounce the investigation, would it be right for those who should be engaged in it to stop short in their efforts because of such opposi- tion, and should they quietly step aside and permit it to pass. un- noticed in its destructive course? And should some bold spirit more daring than the rest, caring more for the welfare of the multitude. than for its approval, irresistibly rush to the front and proclaim the impend- - ing evil, would she not be justiﬁed in so doing, even in the very faces — of the opposition? Yes 1 Everybody except the opposers would con- sider it the highest possible duty that an individual could perform—— the highest possible duty for the few who should understand the threatening monster——persistently to continue her efforts against any and all opposition, until she should compel the people to listen and learn the real character of the impending danger. Now, just such a condition as this actually exists in our very midst to-day ; and yet scarcely any- body seems to be aware of its existence, while the few who do really suspect it, are deterred from entering upon its investigation, by the terrible persecutions and denunciations which are heaped upon, and hurled at, the individuals who are bold enough to stand out and defy” the self-assumed coiiservators of the moral health of society, who, dagger in hand, are ever ready to strike as well as to defame. And it is the more terrible that this disease to which I referis arbitrarily, and without a single good reason, assigned to the realm of I morality, and held to be a lack of morals, to be cured by preaching, rather than a lack of physical health, to be cured by a complete under- standing of the laws which govern physical life. ’ . - But those who so blindly attempt to controvert the laws of nature, do not stop to consider that a genuine morality cannot have root in, and existence upon, a diseased physique. A truly moral condition must spring from a condition of genuine physical health. We hold this to be inevitable, since morals are the outgrowth of physical struc- ture. As well might we expect perfect fruit from a decaying tree as to’ expect pure morality from a diseased physical structure. It is possible that a low moral condition may accompany a high degree of physical health; but the converse does not follow, although there may be seeming exceptions to the rule. ‘ One of the very first and most important of all considerations for humanity, then, is physical health. With that as a foundation, all other things are possible; without that as a foundation, all other things are improbable. But how obstinately do all classes of teachers ignore this self-evident truth. Not one of them devotes even a thought to the subject. True, our physicians with their vile stuffs profess to, and in some instances th-ink they do, cure disease. But I can assure them they have never yet cured any disease. They may have modiﬁed its symptoms, even have caused the effects to cease, but the causes are always left untouched; since next to nothing is known of causes. VVith physics it is the same as it is in all other departments. People are intent in dealing with present effects, never seeming to care if the cause continue. Indeed it sometimes appears as if they do not want the removal of causes; since if they were to be removed then their effects would cease, and numberless professors, like.Othello, would ﬁnd ‘ their occupation gone. In other words, we are generally content when we ﬁnd a branch, bearing bad fruit to cut it from the body. of the tree, leaving it to produce similar branches, rather than to dig it up by the root, and absolutely destroy the capacity to produce. Human life is not different in absolute existence from the other The same general laws govern its manifestations, though in a higher stage of development. And when we seek toidiscover the . laws which govern it we must proceed by the same rules of analysis and deduction as when we discover laws in otherforms of life.g But up to this time the practice has been entirely different, and now, when it is proposed to subject human life to a common form of investigation, a terrific tumult is raised, and almost the whole world raises its hands and its voices in holy horror at the proposed sacrilege. . Natural laws are recognized in everything else ; but the very highest department of life is forcibly divorced from all control of natural law, and left to the mercy of the arbitrary impositions of a standard called moral, but which is really. the result of the very conditions it isframed to heal. - If there are unfortunate conditions existing, which none deny, it is .. not because people have failed to live up to the public standard of morals ; but because they have failed to live after the requirements of the natural laws ;_ have failed to follow conditions in the direc- tion of higher attainment. Wlienever these laws are ignored, in the attempt to conform to the other sort, then thelegitimate results follow; I and they are always against the highest good of the subject. , The primal error that is made by society, and it isone that almost - everybody makes, is inattempting to compel all sorts of people, to con- form to the same rules of life——a thing which.is not only impossible in itself, but which everybody knows is impossible. It is an absolute law, everywhere in the universe, that every condition. has its own con- trolling laws; and it is impossible to compel the law of one sort of conditions to apply to conditions of an entirely differentcharacter. It I would be _considered the height of absurdity to saypbecause some . 95 individuals are dyspeptic, hence every individual should subsist on‘ Graham‘ ﬂour. But that would be no more absurd. than "are nearly all the rules laid down for the government of society in its most fundamental relations.‘ Finding certain effects existing in its body, society attempts to compel underlying principles to conform to them. -Now that is all wrong, and nothing but misfortune can possibly flow from it. _ The only true mode is to discover the principles and laws which underlie all things, and then to formulate rules of government in conformity to , them, in utterdisregard of whatever may have been or whatever is. I have said there is a terrible disease being engendered in society, which all “the powers that be” are exerting their utmost efforts to con- ceal, and to prevent inquiry being made about it." Those who presume, even to hint,.that our sexual rules and regulations are not perfect, and their results’ are not sound, are at once branded as revolutionists, who ‘ desire to demoralize society by their immoral teachings, or who desire tp excuse their own lives by advocating rules of conduct conforming to them. It seems to be wholly ignored that the same kind of effects which exist in society now, have always existed. rDiscords and incom- patibilities have always accompanied the,,relations of the sexes, and always will until the laws that govern them are discovered and applied. But until they are discovered people must be left free to investigate, else no proper cure can be expected. Suppose experiments upon rail—roading had been prohibited by the laws which apply to the stage coach and the draft horse, would we now have been [able to travel across this continent in six days? In all these minor conditions of life,‘everything is left free and open. But the very moment we step intothe relations of life itself, the very name of freedom to investigate is expunged from its language. Now, I hold that this is all wrong. I hold that the same rules which we apply to the conditions of life should also be applied to life itself. And I assert, in the broadest and most positive terms possible, that ourentire social system, which is the foundation of all life, is top- pling with decay and rottenness, because we are not consistent and wise in regard to its administration. There is to be a complete revolu- tion in it, and not so much as one stone shall be left standing upon another that shall not be thrown down. But instead of examining the principles upon which the new struc- ture shall and must be built, I will first analyze the various parts of the present system, or dissect the old carcase preparatory to its entire destruction, which mustbe accomplished before the new and true one can be erected in the place where now the old one rears its frowning head. - ’ ' - The ﬁrst thing that we encounter when we examine the present social system, and which is its chief corner-stone, ismarriage, or the union of the sexes. At the outset the question arises as to what mar- riage is. Is it a natural condition or an artiﬁcial production? Is it governed by natural or by artiﬁcial laws? Does it exist in the com- mon order of the universe, or did mankind invent it in order that they might have its use? ~ Now, in this l.ies the whole question, since, if it exist naturally, it must be governed by natural laws,-with which men ought not to in- terfere. must be formulated from the laws throughwhich it was produced. That is to say, if marriage is a natural condition, which would exist ‘whether there were any artiﬁcial laws or not, then, since it exists and there are laws, the laws which govern it should be such as to har- monize with those which govern it in its_natural condition. But if marriage is an artiﬁcial production, invented to serve specific purposes, as the watch is invented to mark time, then the laws by which it should be governed should be those which will best produce the pur- poses for which it was invented. Now, is marriage an invention or is it a natural condition existing in , the common order of things? It is scarcely necessary that I should say it is not in any sense of the word an invention made by man. Hence. it follows that the same laws which would govern it in its purely natural state, or in its primitive condition, must be carried into its higher conditions and rule them. To illustrate: If a tree ora plant ” or a ﬂower be found growing wild, in a purely natural state, which, on account of its beauty. or its use, it is desirable should be transplanted to’ superior, or to cultivated conditions, the laws by whichit is found existing must accompany it into its higher relations. It cannot be transplanted to them and be subjected to entirely different laws of growth, since it°has certain laws of its own which cannot be set aside, and still retain the capacities which ﬁrst recommended it to favor. A water-lily cannot be transplanted and made to flourish beside the rose- bush. It musthave its natural relations, from which to draw its natu- ral aliment _ I " - So it is with marriage. Man found the principle of marriage exist- ing in men. and women before there were any rules of societyg In transplanting it into civilized society the same laws which governed its manifestations should have accompanied it. It will not ﬂourish and bear natural fruit unless the laws of its natural existence are main- tained. - I . - , . But, laying aside this part of the subject, let us inquire into the objects to be attained by marriage. But ﬁrst let us analyze the results that are. attained. The ﬁrst grand attempt is to induce two persons, opposite in sex, to think so much of each other that they feel willing, in order to accomplish a present wish, to promise to love each other tilldeath do them art. At the very introduction to the happy state, they are compelle to give a solemn pledge that they will perform something which there can be no human. means of determining in advance, whether they can or cannot redeem. The only value a prom- ise or a contract has, is the ability which is involved to fulﬁll it. That is all the value any ecuniary contract ever had. It is all the value any contract has. I‘ two people contract to perform something they do. not know they can perform, but which they must enter upon before ‘ - their ability to perform it can be tested, I say theyare merely experi- But if it is an artiﬁcial product, why then its governing rules I 12 if - v . "WOODHULL oL.m.iv=s WEEKLY. menting; and any rule that shall attempt to say; that experiments, even if unsuccessful, shall stand in force as the rule of life, to depart from which is moral death, is a curse upon society. In.all' other departments of life the most complete‘ experiments are made and tests are applied ‘before the adoption of a new theory. i But in this, the most important of them all, people are required to shut their eyes, or be blindfolded, and walk straight in, in the most complete and bliss- ful. ignorance of what the results are to be; but experience teaches us that neither the bliss nor -the ignorance lasts a great while. Rapid enlightenment and sudden dissipation of dreamy visions are- the general rule. I believe that a large proportion of married people will agree- with me that, as compared to what they anticipated, marriage is a stupendous failure—a gigantic fraud. But they don’t realize this until the blow is struck——until the deed is done»-from which, twist it as they may, there is no escape. Some rebel, and a. life-long contest follows; but the general result is, that the situation, bad as it may be, is accepted as incurable, and the most there is to be made of a bad bargain is made. The common resultiis the utterwaste of all that is really grand and noble in life, sacriﬁced to satisfy a custom which the self- ‘ styled conservators of morality impose upon society. And the reason this sacriﬁce-is made is because the moral courage to do differently is (lacking. It is ostracisni to do differently. ‘The important crisis passed, the ﬁrst incident of importance by which they are overtaken is, that the wife unexpectedly ﬁnds herself. in a strange condition, and wonders. what the symptoms mean. Satisﬁed at length that something is wrong, the ‘services of a Madam Restell, if the parties have the means to obtain emf-7'ee to her august presence, are secured, and the situation is usually successfully relieved, in a scientiﬁc manner. But lacking the open sesame to this aristocratic relief, second, third and fourth rate resorts, according to cost, are put in demand. And when the information, means and courage to do either of these are lacking, then washes, teas, tonics and various sorts of appliances known to the initiated, are resorted to, either of which, if successful, inevitably induces a long list of complaints and weaknesses, the prevalence of which to-day is a standing reproach upon, and a permanent indictment against, American women. Thus, in the very ﬁrst year of their new departuige experi- ments, the health of the wife is thoroughly ruined, and in a manner which prevents its ever being regained. And not only her health, but her beauty, as well of temper as of form and feature. The next circumstance that usually turns up, when all resorts fail, is, wives ﬁnd themselves with babies on their hands. How they came by them they are usually only aclittle less ignorant of than of the care to which theyare entitled. These are things too unimportant in their character to have been a subject of consideration in education. In fact, -so immodest as to have been utterly precluded from thought. And when natural curiosity may have incited children to obtain, by stealth, some information, when discovered by their parents they were probably ﬂogged, or at least severely reprimanded, for their tendencies to im- morality. . . ' Now, my second indictment against marriage is, that it compels women to become mothers against their wish and will, and to maintain sexual relations with men for whom their love is not suﬁiciently deep \to always make them happy at the prospect of reproducing themselves in children. I assert it as my earnest and well-established conviction that no woman should ever hold sexual relations with. any man from , the possible consequences of which she might desire to escape. But this raises a relative question as to what shall take the place of present marriage customs, since, so long as women depend upon the fact of theirysex for support, marriage of some sort seems indispensable. And itis altogether too true that a very large proportion of the relations between the sexes are contracted almost solely with the idea of support. Scarcely any woman deems it dishonorable to assert that she mar- ried for a home, or that if it were not for support she would not remain with her husband; but the same woman will denounce a poor unfor- tunate, who cannotobtain a husband, because she sustains sexual rela- tions, for the same purposes, with a man to whom she is not legally married. ' It is, without doubt, the most unfortunate condition to which women are subject, that, as a general rule, they are compelled to rely upon their sex to gain favor with men. Nothing else which-r-women may _ possess is any recommendation with men. The only stock a woman. has -in which to deal is her person. She must sell that to a man for life, or to men indiscriminately, in order to obtain the means of living. ~ ' But a great change must come. The total order of society must be reversed. It must be reconstructed so as to make women equally , independent with men. Women must be educated as men are-—to ' self-support; and the idea that they are onlyborn and grown to be- 'come'the sexual slaves of some man, or a number of men, must be forever banished from the thoughts of women and from the thoughts of men that they can be so. ~ If women, when they arrive at their majority, are like men capable of self-maintenance, marriage or sexual relations would only be entered upon from motives other than making them a means of support. They will not surrender their freedom except for love, which should be the motive of all sexual relations. And I say that any relations which are sustained for any other motive than love are prostitution, since it is a use of human powers, not indicated by the laws which govern ‘them—in which they are made to subserve other purposes than those for which by nature they are intended. Nature never intended that woman should sell her soul, by prostituting her body, ‘to maintain the wants of soul and body. I . * I It is to be inferred from this that I do not believe that enacted law can ever sanction marriage unless it first receive the sanction of natu- ral law. Hence, I hold that all sexual unions which are maintained‘ that would dissolve did the law not prevent it, are little, if any, better than downright and open promiscuity. In fact, their effects may Often be even more deleterious. I ' - , y I often, hear it remarked that the general health of woman is deter- :2 iorating fromwhat it once was. I believe it to be true. I know, from a large experience, that not one woman in ten is perfectlyhealthful sexually. Now, what is the meaning of all this? There m.ust be a cause somewhere—sorne general cause——since the same effects exist upon ever hand. And they are sufficiently alarming to justify the most searc ing analysis, and to make proper the most plain speech. A long practice in female complaints entitles me to speakgauthoii ’ tatively. And I unhesitatingly assert that I never knew a woman suffer- ing from “ weaknesses ” who was perfectly content——who was happy and suitably married. And I never knew a perfectly healthy woman who was unhappily mated. Men and women unite their lives because they ' are sexually opposites; The diiference in sex is the foundation of all . ; union, and it is simple folly to attempt to ignore the logic of that fact, since I do not care how much, to all external appearances, men and women may be married, if they are not really united in the foundation ‘upon which the marriage is predicated, then disease will mostsurely follow a continuation of the relation. In perfect sexual unity only can perfect marriage exist, and the issue may be dodged for all the reasons it ispossible. to invent, to this at last will we all have to come. And you all know I am telling you the truth, though perhaps you have not got the courage to admit it, even to yourselves. ‘ But it is full time that the question be discussed, since it is that one upon which the health of the coming generation depends. And if I am denounced, as I am, for compelling attention to it, I shall have the satisfaction, as I do, of knowing I perform a duty, though it be a most thankless one. ' . . But I am asked, why has not this condition been discovered before, and why should different results follow from sexual relations now than formerly, when most women were as healthy as most men were? The explanation is very simple, butvvery complete. It was not till very recently—~say within a score of years——that a thought of sexual free» dom dawned within. the hearts of women. They knew nothing—~ thought nothing———but absolute obedience to their husbands. At length a light began to dawn upon their souls, which taught them that they were individuals, and as such, entitled to rights. VVitli that lesson rebellion began. Up to that time they had not felt their condition of slavery. But, beginning to feel it, it spread through their whole being, and though they still yielded obedience to the conditions, an involuntary revolution began, which has culminated in the present dreadful results. I am safe in saying that at least one—half of all mar- ried women are to-day in open revolt against the conditions imposed on them by the marriage state, by which they are compelled to submit to sexual commerce against their own desires. And do’ you think such things can exist and not engender discord-—iiot produce disease? Do’ you imagine that the penalty of violated law can he escaped? ‘And it must not be concluded that women only are sufferers. Men . ~ also pay the penalty of all attempts to interfere with the modes of nature. Thousands are now suffering this penalty,‘woiidering from what it came. They do not know that unreciprocated sexuality destroys itself in time. Neither do they realize, when they seek promiscuity——when they support the fashionable houses of prostitu- tion—~that they are selling all their future for the merest pretense of present change. Verily does nature compensate to the utmost farthing for all bad uses made of her bountiful and beauteous provisions. She knows no such incoiisequent thing as forgiveness of violated law, or remission of incurred penalty. Her demand is measure for measure; and it is always honored. Her account is never closed, except upon the ﬁnal rendition of what belongs to herself And here and now I impeach that class of so-called public servants who aﬁix M. D. to their names-—-‘-first, for their persistent silence upon this subjectgand, if they object to this, secondly, for their ignorance and want of capacity, since, uneducated in book physiology as I am, and girl as I was, one of the very ﬁrst facts that attracted my attention, connected with the class of diseases resulting from sexual abuses, was this one of which I speak. Certainly, older, wiser and more learned heads must have learnedfhore than I did. -But never a word do they let drop giving a suspicion that there is such a thing as unfortunate results, which legitimately flow to women from our present 'marriage system, and to men, from its attendant fact of prostitution. Therefore it is that those to whom we have conﬁded the most important circum- stances of our lives, for safety, have proved wholly recreant to their trust. A very learned and wise physician, to whom I once suggested these facts, explained them to me thus: He said, “ Our whole system of practice is wrongly based, because it is the direct interest of the physi- cian that sickness shall prevail, since the people pay the doctors for treatment, not for health; and since their income is in direct propor- tion to the amount of sickness for which the people require treatment; while the people, instead of paying most, for the best health, pay best, for the most sickness.” A nation whom we denominate “heathen” are wiser than we in this regard, since they contract by the year for treatment, which makes it the direct interest of the physician to preserve them in the best pos- sible health; and not only this, but to study into and discover the causes of disease, for which, under our present system,‘ there is no direct inducement. Now, I am prepared to make a further, a more unfortunate and still more sweeping indictment, which not only involves all men, but, indi- rectly and negatively, all women. Men are presuming despots, while women are morally their willing slaves. Don’t wince under the terms used, until I show you their force, and then you may take them directly home. In the ﬁrst place, men have had the making of all the laws by which we are controlled, while women have ever simply acquiesced in them. These few. words maintain the whole indictment. ' But what are the details? Women ﬁnd every avenue for distinc- tion shut in their faces by these laws, with Which they have nothing to do but yield obedience. There is no distinction for women except to marry.’ This is so deﬁniteand so unexceptionable that if you ask one ‘ax /' _April,6,,18l7.2. i —A‘7v‘ Ki.’ 1 ‘E -i -‘;’:<-.- 7 ‘~t'.":;-Ts:-'7 T April 6, 1872. WOODHULL & cLAFL1N>s WEEKLY.- I v . it .13 hundred misses in their teens for what they are preparing, ninety-nine will answer “for marriagel ” And everything that can be done to assist them to “ make their market,” and to obtain the very highest market price, or the best man, measured by his wealth, is done. VVhat difference in principle is there between this and the old system of ex msure in market and actual. sale to the highest cash bidder? We s iould not boast so much of our civilization, as being superior to that of Asia, untii we analyze it carefully, to see if there really is, after all‘, any very great difference. , I ’And i.t does not alter the case‘ at all whether the men are pros- titutes, or whether they are what it is required that women shall be, only there is a common saying that a “fast ” man stands the best chance with women. While I am not prepared to assert this is the rule, rather than the exception, this I do assert: that it is commonly accepted that a reformed male prostitute makes the best husband. And I am not certain but there are good reasons for it,-‘since if a man have gone through all the hollowness and falsity of promiscuity with women of the town, he must be able to appreciate the purity and sacredness of ‘ genuine love and perfect marriage. a And I say that in the order of things it is a foul libel upon nature to assume if a man be “ a fallen man,” that he can never rise out of that condition. But I also assert, if it is a libel upon nature to assume that of man, it is a still more infamous libel to assert it of woman. If reformed rakes make the best husbands, so also will reformed prostitutes make the best wives, and for the same reason. i But you never hear a man called a prostitute, nor see him banished from society, for illegal sexual relations with women; therefore I de- mand that the word prostitute, as applied to women, shall be banished from our vocabulary. , Suppose that the beautiful women who ﬁll houses of fashionable resort, to the frequenters of which you do not hesitate to marr your daughters, had the same opportunities to marry yoursons, 0 you. think that foul word would long be hurled upon them? I tell you nayl A,foul—-an infamous—-—despotisIn exists, by which women are made to bear the sins, not only of themselves, but also of men, and that, too, for the very things forced upon them by men. And I propose to descend into the lowest depth to which my sex have been hurled, and rescue the words so daubed and damned by which they have been branded, and place them where the world shall be compelled to give them equal justice, without regard to their appli- cation to sex. It shall no longer stand recorded that a woman, follow- ing the instincts of her nature and the dictation of her soul, shall be consigned to everlasting infamy, while he who stands by her side, equally partaking, shall pass to other conquests honored and respected. Virtue in woman must mean the same thing that it means in man. The tune has already been too much extended in which the same words have diiferent and sometimes contradictory meanings, as used by, and applied to, different people, and especially to different sexes. That tnese different meanings and applications exist, reveals a whole history of untold woe——a whole philosophy of unknown truth. They tell us just where the world stands in absolute development. These two uses of the word virtue tell a sad tale for woman. The word was originally derived from the Latin ctr, meaning manliness. In the crude, ancient times womanliness was left out of the question. It was the warlike quality of physical strength which was denominated virtue. But in this age——more cultured intellectually and more reﬁned spirit- ually——virtue, as applied to men, has a higher signiﬁcance, and means moral goodness. But it is still conﬁned to a narrow and insulting specialty when applied to women.. It has no relation, in her case, ex- cept to one thing———her sexual nature. _Apart from that nature, a woman may be all that is noble, generous and- good——may even be a pattern of religious inspiration, devotion and emotion, and she is not virtuous, and never can become so; but if she is sound in that special regard, if she come up to the standard that way, or if she succeed in making» people believe she comes up to it, she may be a perfect virago, a thief even, a ﬁendish hag, but she is perfectly virtuous——she is to be priz‘-ed above rubies. ” All this is simply diabolism. It is a degrading, insulting mockery to deﬁne woman’s virtue in this way, or in any way different from inansvirtue. But women seem to accept this disparaging discrimina- tion, enforced by an organized social despotism, with but little reluc- tance, since ‘upon the -faintest intimation of 'l7)YL])7?0]QTt6Zf:9/ women shrink with a terrible dread and in the most abject horror. But while we can never render the terms “libertine ” and “ rake ” as opprobrious as men have made “strumpet 7’ and “ whore,” let us resort to the opposite tac- tics and take the sting out of these words by shrinking from no impu- tation to which we may for a time be subjected, by living our highest r and best life. We are now enslaved by the mere fear of an epithet, and ’ust so long as the world can throw any vile term at us, before, whic we cower, it will maintain its enslavement. But we must not permit it to be understood that it is free love alone that woman m.ust grow strong enough to defy, but every other term intended to degrade. I do not intend that she shall or shall not - be what these. words are supposed to convey ; but merely that she shall let the world know that it is simply none of its business what she is i.n this regard, and that woman’s Virtue must hereafter mean something very diﬁerent-——in short, that it means just what makes a man virtuous and good. i “ But there are other general words which need to be discarded from the lan uage before inequalities can disappear. And to none do I ob- ject, as aving a contemptible inference, more strongly than to Seduc- tion. Women are always the poor and despised objects of seduction. Men are strong and powerful; they are never seduced. ’Wome11 are ' weak and submissive. They always fall. Now, I say that is an infamous lie. I sa that it is oftener the man who is seduced than it is the woman. And}: in these later days, I am .free to confess that woman’s chief employment, afterarriving at adult age, is to seduce men into marriage. It is the natural and even the legitimate course for women under our present system of society. They have nothing else to do. - — ' _ First, they must contrive to entrap some man into marriage.‘ And it is really amusing to take an inventory of the various appliances of — which use is made. From the top of the head to the bottom of the. , heel there is nothing perceptible. but artiﬁcial contrivances to add to their natural charms, or to hide their natural deformities. No person may be able to determine how much of the bump paraded upon the I head of the woman he thinks of marrying is natural, or how much false; he does not know whether the ﬂush upon her cheek is that of health or the result. of rouge; hedoes not know whether that beauti- fully developed bust is the graceful proportions of nature or the result of the ingenious contrivances so well known to the initiated ; and, after descending below the chest, all hope, even for supposition, is lost in the most unfathomable complexity of artiﬁcialties; even the leg, if by any incident it be revealed to sight before the legal right to closer analysis is obtained, he is equally at fault about, since does he not re- member how faultless were those of Black Crook memory; and how preposterous to imagine that such perfection of the superior, could accompany such unsightly presentation of inferior, extremities aswere there made to belong to one and the same individual. But all of these possibilities have become a necessary part of almost every lady’s wardrobe ; in fact, so general that fashionable women may well be said to be ahuge bundle of false pretenses If a law which it i was found -necessary to put in force in the Seventeenth Century in England were to be resumed to—day, it would cause an immense change in female appearances. It was as ‘follows: “ All women, of whatever age, rank, profession or degree, whether virgins, wives or widows, that shall, from and after this Act, impose upon, seduce and betray into matrimony any of his Majesty’s male subjects, by scents, . paints, cometics, washes, artiﬁcial teeth, false hair, Spanish wool, iron ., stays, hoops,ihigh-heeled shoes or bolstered hips, shall incur the penalty of the laws in force against witchcraft, sorcery and the like, and that the marriage, upon conviction, shall stand null and void.” , You see these tricks are no new things by which women"attempt to seduce men, They are only at present becoming a little more fashion- able and a great deal more necessary than they have been since the men were compelled to enact that law to protect themselves against their too outrageous deceptions. Gravely ask yourselves the question: How many marriages are constantly contracted by the use of these and similar means, and then say, if you can, that women’s chief employ- ' ment is not seduction. . , - I know of a recent case of a young lady, a very fashionable and a very virtuous lady of nineteen,,who not only seduced a man of seventy- two into marriage by various artiﬁcial means, but she compelled him to settle one hundred thousand dollars upon her before she would permit the ceremony. - i , Now, I say that the poor prostitute, suffering for bread and naked for ‘clothes, who sells herself to some man for a few hours to obtain the few dollars with which to procure them, and thus sustain her life; or the young maiden involuntarily yielding herself up to him to whom her young heart goes out in purity, is an angel compared to this woman who sold herself during her natural life to the man she detested, for one hundred thousand dollars. If the ﬁrst, is a case of simple prostitution, the last is a deed against which every true woma.n’s soul will revolt. But such is the forceof public opinion that, while the ﬁrst would be kicked from the door-step of the last, and the second turned from her father’s home, being a sister of the last, the last is a worshiped belle of New York——a virtuous woman. My friends, do you think the world will be permitted much longer to enforce such customs? Again I tell you, nayl The times are ripe for social revolution. So long as God shall give me strength I will ' never shut my mouth ; no, not until that revolution is precipitated. I-know a poor distracted girl, scarcely out of her teens, who has an aged mother, an inﬁrm father, and three small children dependent upon her. She works at her trade in New York, earning six dollars per week. It costs her double that sum to provide for her dependents ; the other six she earns by selling herself to a married man of high standing for one night every week. And that man would let her starve before he would give her a single dollar, unless she thus remained the slave to his passion, which she loathes with the utmost abhorrence, for she loves another, and he desires to marry her ; but this church- going Christian tells her if she attempt to do that, he will expose her to him. In a time of the most- extreme need this delicate, reﬁned, sensitive and pure-souled girl, to save her from being turned out of this man’s house into the streets with her family, to beg or to starve, because she could not pay his rent, siibmitted to his only alternative. And, my friends, there are "thousands of similar cases all over the world. It is said of Christ that he gave his life to save mankind, and.he is revered for having done it. ~-Wliat. do you think should be the reward for this poor woman, for giving what to her is more than life that the lives of those she loves may be saved? Let - me say to you, my friends, there are many Christs to-day giving their lives for others, in more ways than we have been in the habit of thinking; but, neverthe- less, they are‘Christs and are giving their lives. A I ' - I But to return to seduction. It is and ought to be mutual. In its last analysis it is simply sexual charm———the delight which one sex feels in the presence of the other when love draws them together. No love is without seductive power. It is, indeed, the very essence of love, and in this regard woman is the grand seductive force; but they are taught by a school of sharp practice, which men have instituted for them, to I throw the blame upon men. _ But society itself is-directly responsible for the crime which attaches to seduction, since it should permit no girl to develop into, woman- hood ignorant of anything that pertains to the sexual relations. « The . restriction‘ in regard to education in these, the most important factsof life, is truly astonishing, and what is called seduction will continue until this ignorance is banished by a common-sense system of the most 14 I i I w‘ooni=u‘iLL at cLArL1N>s WEEKLY. « April 6, 1872. careful andﬁninute education. Do you. suppose, with a full ‘knowledge ’ of all the possibilities of sexual intercourse, that any woman could ever beseduced? Then let us learn, that as in all other things so also is it in this, thatsafety and security lie only in its perfect understanding. Have this, and seduction will be forever banished,‘since women will be equally responsible with men. - I Illegitimacy, is another aopprobrious term, coined and fastened upon another class of innocent victims to public opinion. If a woman bear a child outside of legality, that child is illegitimate—is a bastard. Now I ask, in the name of all consistency, why should a person born into this world Without consenting thereto be held responsible forthe manner of that coming ? It is not enough that the mother is eternally damned, but her child must also bear the stain of shame. It matters not what marks of great promise the child may possess ; he may be a perfect specimen of young humanity in form, features, mind and soul; he may be the most intelligent, have the quickestiperception, the keenest understand- ing, the profoundest comparison, and the most comprehensive, intellec- - tual grasp of all his mates, and yet after all he is only a bastard at last. While he may be surrounded by sickly, puling, partially idiotic and -half-made-up children of legali.ty, and they will "taunt him with his shame. i ‘ I say out upon such morality! Shame is no name for such infernalism; and I also say that the woman who is blessed in being the mother of a noble specimen of humanity-——I do not care whether married orpnotehas wisely and purely performed her chiefest mission of motherhood, to which she is commissioned by God himself.‘ And I further assert it as my ﬁrm and well-grounded belief that the woman 2 who bears halfimade-up children, even if it be in marriage, is guilty of illegitimacy, since illegitimacy ‘in the sight of Heaven and Nature is in‘ having imperfect children. A11d right here I must ask your attention to a very pertinent fact connected with this matter. Did any of you ever". see an illegitimate who was nota superior child? I am free to confess I never did. And there is a reason for it too, and one that has a whole world of meaning in’ it. All illegitimate children are conceived under the fullest inspi- ration of love——under the most perfect natural marriage possible be- tween the sexes. The fruit of such marriages cannot be otherwise than perfect, because all the conditions that determine perfection are resent, and their laws obeyed. You see, my friends, healthy and oeautiful-souled children are not begotten of legality. They result from conditions which are in harmony with nature; in other words, children are natural, instead of legal, productions. I will now make an assertion, in which I defy refutation. iAn unhealthy child, either in body, mind or heart, was never born of a perfectly natural marriage. And to this I will add another with still I more positiveness: A healthy child, in body, mind and heart, was never born when all the conditions of natural union were not present, though it were conﬁrmed by all the legality which the law, and all the sanctiﬁcationiwhich the church could confer. Now, what is the lesson of all these facts; or do they mean nothing to humanity, struggling along as it is between life, and death-——more dead than alive, and all disease and misery! It has a lesson, and one ‘ I which society will not be much longer able to reject, though it now shuts its eyes, ears and hearts against it. The entire practices of mar-‘ riage will be changed—indeed reversed. Instead of endeavoring to bind two people together all their lives, whether they are married by nature or not, the first and great object will be to make only such marriages legal as first are natural; and, secondly, such as remain so. You may scout this idea, but those of you who shall live for twenty I’ years please remember what I say. I I have said that all the avenues for /the exercise of woman’s ambi- tion, except through marriage, are closed. If one is brave and stron enough to breast the barriers and force her way into channels occupied by men almost to the complete exclusion of women, she must submit to constant insult and contumely. In my common, everyday pursuits I am called by them to visit men at their business places. After I am gone, notes are frequently sent after me, requesting’, when in future I have business, to conduct it by writing. ,At one time I lost five thousand dollars because I could not visit a ﬁrm ‘with whom I was doing some business, because the wife of one of the partners committed the extreme and unfrequentv folly of remaining a whole afternoon at his office, he not daring to admit me while she was there. That same man seeks every possible opportunity to press his disgusting sexual beastliness upon women, and makes his brags of the number of different women with whom he has consorted. 7 ' Not long since I entered the oﬁce of a prominent and wealthy ﬁrm in Nassau street, New York, upon a purely business matter. True, I had been there not unfrequently before, but had not taken so outspoken a position upon social mattersas of late. After completing my busi- ness, and being about to depart, the ‘head of the ﬁrm said: “ Tennie, see here, I don’t want you to come here so much ; it will be remarked upon in the street.” Just as though’/I was such a suspicious character, as to invite unpleasant comment ; and as though my visits must mean something wrong, against which these immaculate men stood in fear. As I turned to leave,/there appeared a woman bearing a tray of lunch for the bankers. I asked, 5.‘ Does this woman come here every day ? ” “Yes," was the reply. “Why don’t you make the same rule for her that you require me to follow? Are not you in danger from her, and from those who daily mop your ﬂoor and dust your office? Why do you have one_ rule for'me and another for these women?” You see the real objection to me, was, that I was attempting to stand upon an ' equality with them, to transact business, while these other women were . their slaves to wipe up their vile tobacco puddles. I let that ﬁrm understand that I understood the matter, you may depend. - And why do these men employ women about their oﬁices instead of men? I will tell you. They can obtain the same services from them" for one-half‘ the price they would be obliged to, ay men. There. is "no: single kind of labor that is performed by bot women and men for O O which menido not receive much the higher"rate of pay. Even at type-I setting, where the work must be the same, men receive forty-ﬁve, while women are compelled to accept forty cents, per thousand ems. The best . women cooks get twenty dollars per month, at most twenty-ﬁve. ‘ Men readily command one hundred, and simply because they are men, with go superior ﬁtness over women‘ as to capacity. A tailoress gets seventy- ve cents for making a coat while a man’s price is three and a half .dollars. Women obtain from three to six dollars per week as sales- women; men from ten to twenty-five, and women are the acknowl- edged superiors ofrnen in this industry. But there is great competition for temporary employment to bridge over the time in which they expectto be able to seduce men into supporting them as wives, and to thus obtain a livelihood, rather‘ than by continuing to labor. What would become of the world if men pursued the same policy that women pursue? Why, there would be no such thing as perfection in any ranch of industry. All labor would be regarded as a temporary con- ‘ dition, pending the sole aim and end of all life, to be married out of all service to society. And to such unproﬁtable usages do the present social institutions legitimately tend. I tell you, my friends, you have no idea to what a woman who -attempts to conquer position in business must submit and endure it with patiepce. ,1 have been in Broad street more than two years. I have seen hun reds of men on the verge of ruin saved. by their male friends, who always rally to their relief. But I have quite a different and a sad statement to make. I have yet to ﬁnd men who will stand by women in a business extremity. They will render no assistance to women, unless they are repaid as only women" can repay them. So it is that women have a fearful task before them——-one which it will _be impossible for them to conquer, unless they ﬁrst conque- political power unless they ﬁrst acquire the power of the ballot. And it is for this reason that this cause is so persistently advocated by my sjster, Xictopi: C. d.lV_Vootdhull, tliopgh she £1218 pever spolggn pp frepllyiof 1 snee sin ese irec ions as . ave spo en c you. c ave a a strong hope of being able to prevail upon the General Government to grant us our plain constitutional right as citizens, knowing if we gave - the full reasons why we put in ourclaim for it, that it would be refused. But men already see, if women acquire political power, that they, instead of men, will rule. And this is the secret of the opposi- tion to woman’s suffrage. Not long since I was conversing with a prominent man upon these ‘things, to whom I remarked, “When women conquer their freedom, and stand upon an equality with men in all things, they will ﬁnd their ﬁelds of operation somewhat restricted upon those in which they now roam almost ad Zibitum. Woman will then choose the man upon whom she can bestow her favors.” “ Yes,” he replied, “we know that, and it is the reason why we don’t intend you shall get your freedom.” « We shall now appeal to the women themselves, who are so apathetic, that I sometimes almost despair of their ever becoming conscious, of the deep andhumiliating degradation in which they slumber. Why, without knowing it, they are the .most complete slaves, living for nothing in the world but to minister to men’s brutality and lust, and to bear children when they can’t escape them. Analyze the situation carefully, and without bias, and no man or woman will deny what I say. , In conclusion, permit me to observe that women, before they can attain to their true and best relation in the family of man, must secure freedom for themselves, and after that, equality will come, when they will be competent to match men in all departments of life, and never be dependent upon them. And when equality shall be fully ushered in, justice, the sum of all that is desirable for humanity, will gradually appear, with her blinded eyes and truly balanced scales, keeping guard over all, raised into relations which in perfection may be put in com- parison with those in which the angels dwell. Then, indeed, will men and women dwell together in unity, and see constantly spjdnging up in their midst beautiful, angelic, God-like children, who, being conceived in joy, gestated in hope, and born to consummate both joyand ho e by fullest fruition, shall regenerate the world, since “the seed of tie woman shall bruise the serpent’s head,” and thereby ‘the last enemy, which is death, shall be conquered. ' :2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITIES. Icanmn COMMUNITY—Queen City, Adams County, Iowa. EBENEZER COMMUNITY-——-Ebenezel‘ Colony, Iowa. RAPPITE COMMUNITY—Ec0n0my, near Pittsburg. SWEEDXSH COMMUNITY-—SWeediSh Colony, Bishop Hill, Illinois. 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Good speaking and entertaining discussions may always be expected. _.A__._.._____....__ Wnnrznvsn you visit the Parker ‘House, Tremont House, Revere House or American House in Boston, or the‘ Fifth Avenue‘H‘otel, the Grand Central,‘ the*St. Nicholas‘ or $.t-=,-I.aI..nes. ;H..01:,.e1 .i.r..z. New ..York.. ssﬁ .for, the Hnlford Leicestershire Table Sauce, for at all ﬁrsfnclass hotels guests will be furnished with this most superior article. A THE CELTIC WEEKLY.—ThlS new literary journal has been received by the press and the people with 3 warmth of‘ welcome which indicates its worth and merit. From a host of press notices we select the fol- lowing: “ ‘The Celtic Weekly’ is the taking title of a. new paper, starting in a. new path, with the well grounded hope of securing a class of readers which no other like publication has yet reached. In size and style it is sim- ilar to the ‘ Ledger.’ Its columns fare filled with a va- riety of entertaining matter~—storiea and pooms~—in which the Celtic element appears, but does not over- shadow all else; notes on literature, art, etc.; wood cuts embellish the ,-pages, and we doubt not the new paper will ﬁnd numerous admirers. It is published by M. J. O’Leary.& Co., and mailed to subscribers for . $2.50 a year.”—New York Evening Mail. “THE CELTIC VVEELLY.-——The ﬁrst number of a new illustrated romantic and patriotic story paper, entitled ‘ The Celtic Weekly,’ has been reoeieved. It contains eight pages of ﬁve broad columns each, and is replete with spirited and irreproachable tales of fiction, which ' are admirably illustrated, sketches, bits of humor, his- tory, wit and wisdom, and records of pleaing and mar- vellous adventure are also given. John Locke is the editor, M. J. O’Leary & 00., New York, are the proprie- tors. Among the authors are John Locke,‘ Dr. Waters, Dennis Holland, Dr. Julius Rodenberg;,.Mrs. D. Madi- gan: (nee Callanan), Marie O’Farrell,and, ‘others. The subscription price is $2.50 a year, andlthe price per number is six cents.”——Brooklyn Eagle. The paper is for sale by all newsdealers throughout the United State sand Canadas. Mail subscribers ad- dress M. J. Q’Leary & 'Co., ".9. 0. Box 5,074, New York City. Agents wanted in every town in the Union. Lil»- eral terms given. _._._.___.._.___ A book for the times. ~ Thaﬂlergy ‘a Source of “Dan. I ge,r.to the American Republ.i'c.‘7'. Sold by uubsczipﬂou only. Agents wanted. Address W. F. Jamloson, 10 North Jeﬁerson street, Chicago, In. Ap.r;i1. 6;, 1872. I woonsutt & CLAFLIN’S w‘EEi§:i.r,,, 15 ‘E . BILLIARD TABLES. The game of billiards has become one of the perma- nent institutions of the world. Perhaps no game com- bines so many of the requisites of amusement, exercise, and intellectual discipline as does this. It has none of the objections urged against many other sorts of amuse- ment. Even the religious people who abjure cards play billiards. One of the necessities of a good game of bil- liards is a-good table. No matter how excellent a player a person may be, he will play a poor game upon a poor table. It may seem almost superﬂuous to call attention to the fact, since it is so well known; nevertheless, we may re-echo the general sentiment when we say to our readers, if you want to purchase a billiard table, be ure and buy one of the PHELAN 8: COLLANDER manu- ' acture, and it will net disappoint you. _.______.__._ Flowers are one of the few things in life that bring us unmixed pleasure. They are the most innocent tribute, of courtesy or affection, as acceptable in the day of feasting as in the house of mourning, Florists are thus in a sense public benefactors. Hodgson, at No. 403 Fifth avenue, from among the palaces takes us away to the sights and odors of the country with his rustic work, his gnarled boughs, and curiously crooked seats, ' his fragrant ﬂowers and beautifully assorted boquets. — Of all the ornaments now devised for beautifying gentlemen’s grounds, there are none_ that can surpass rustic work, either in grandeur, beauty, utility or dura- bility. It may be introduced almost anywhere if the surroundings are in the least rural; in many cases it can be placed where nothing else could be, often times converting an eyesore into a place of great beauty, and yet ornamental and useful. As it is, there are few that have either the taste or good judgment for the judicious arrangement of the materials out of which the best rustic is made. To make or design rustic objects, the maker or designer must exercise good judgment as to the best place for his object—whether it is a house. bridge, vase, basket, or any of the many objects that may be formed of rustic work—for if the object is in a bad position, be the object ever so good, it looses half the effect, or even becomes an eyesore. There must be something rural in the locality, something in tone with the object. "Perfect taste is requiredfor the form of any object, although in anything rustic the form will be much modiﬁed ; yet there must be an original design to give meaning and grace to the object. In all cases, unless working with straight material, nature must be followed as nearly as possible, avoiding right angles or anything that looks formal; every piece should look as if joined by nature. This not only gives beauty but stability to the work. To all this must be combined the skill of the builder, to give strength, ﬁnish and neatness to the whole work. Many people think that as a matter of course carpenters min build rustic, but there are few if any that can give that natural rusticity so necessary to it. Itlis a trade by itself, and requires men with a natural taste and inventive genius. Some men work at it for years and cannot do it creditably. There is nothing that may not be made in rustic work, from a dwelling house to a cage, a bridge to a card basket. Many of the vases are ﬁlled with plants and look very handsome, with ivy half hiding’ the wood- work, and ﬁne ﬂowering plants capping the whole and making it a thing complete in itself. There are also many fine baskets ﬁlled. Certainly nothing could be more ornamental or better in a window than one of these. But these things to be appreciated must be seen; for large constructions, we would advise any one ' to visit the grounds of Mr. Hoey. at Long Branch, or Peter B. King, Esq., on the Pallisades overlooking the Hudson, or General Ward's estate. 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Public speakers, especially, who wish to avoid the disagreeable hissing sound of artiﬁcial teeth, will ﬁnd this a perfect triumph over all other methods, while they are decidedly the most healthy and cleanly known to the public. DE. A. JOHNSON :—-Dear Sir : Your American Tooth Powder is superior to everything of the kind that I have everus cd or examined, and it is decidedly the ﬁnest article for the toilet I have‘ seen. Yours, ' J. J. CROOKE, Chemist. , P1-ice—25 and 50 cent bottle; Large bottles contain- ing double the quantity, 75 cents. DR. AMOS JOHNSON, 111 East Twelfth st., near Fourth ave. THE .G-OLDEN AGE, A NEW WEEKLY JOURNAL EDITED BY THEODORE TILTON, Donated to the Free Disc-ussion of all Living _ Questions in Church, State, Sooiety,_Lz’te7'a- lure, Art and llfoml Reform. PUBL§h{ED E‘VER.Y WEDNESDAY IN NEW YORK. Price Three Dollars a Year, Cash in Advance Mn. TILTON, having retired from Tim INDEPENDENT and THE Buooxmru DAILY UNION, will hereafter devote his Whole Editorial labors to THE GOLDEN Aer. Persons Wishing to subscribe will please send their names, with themoney, immediately, to THEODORE TILTON , P, 0. Box 2.848. NEW YORK UITY. Purchasing Agency. MRS. EMILY V. BATTEY, FASI-IION EDITRESS AND P UR CHASING? AGENT or P OMER 0 rs DEMO ORAT, Will receive orders from country ladies desiring to purchase goods in New York, attend to the same and forward by express, or other conveyance, to ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, Without making any extra charge for the same; care- fully purchasing at the lowest prices for those who- may send their orders. She will also give advice and information about styles, fashions and prices of goods, even if those writing do not wish to purchase, when a stamp is inclosed to pay return postage. Address, _ Mr s. V. Em1lyBattey, Fashion Ed. Pome1'oy’s Democrat, P. 0. B02: 5217, NEW YORK CITY. N. B.~—MONEY sent by mail should be in the form of ' a check or post-oﬂlce order for all sums ver one dollar. Among many other well-known ﬁrms in New York, Mrs. BATTEY refers‘, by permission, to James H. Mccreery & 00., Morris Altman, and the proprie- tors of the HOME JOURNAL and of WOODEULL & CLAF'LIN’S WEEKLY. 94 Mrs. Laura Guppy Smith. This lady, who has spent six years in California, re- ceiving the highest encomiums from the press of the _ Paciﬁc coast, cannot fail to please Associations de sir mg an earnest, eloquent and entertaining lecture. , SHUBJECTS : I.~—Woman in the Home, the Church and the State. II.——One of the World‘s Needs. III.—The Religion of the Future. IV —The Social Problem Reviewed. ’ NOTICES OF THE PRESS. To those who have not heard ‘this lady lecture, we would say, go by all means if you would desire to hear an earnest, well-spoken discourse, with an un- broken ﬂow of well-pronounced, grammatical Eng- lish. We have our own ideas about woman’s mission and how far she unsexes herself when she ventures to lecture men, yet spite of our prejudice we were car- ried away by her wordslast evening at Maguire‘s Opera House.—San Francisco News Letter. This lady pronounced a remarkable address last night at the Hall opposite the Academy of Music. Remarkable because of the extreme beauty of lan- guage and opulence of‘ fancy, and interesting on ac- count of its tender and grateful sentin1ent.—TILe Pally American Flag. San Francisco. She never hesitated an instant for a word, and she has always the most appropriate. Her voice is sweet and melodious, her enunciation pure and distinct, her attitude and gestures very graceful indeed.-—,;S’acm- mento Uowespondent Santa Clam Argus. Mrs. Laura Cuppy Smith gave an interesting and instructive lecture last night to a large assemblage at Maguire’s Opera House, which it’ delivered by some peripatetic male peclagogue with a large reputation, at a dollar per head admission, would have received . unbounded eulogiums from the press.——San Fran- cisco .E'9camz'ner. Laura Cuppy Smith, one of the best educated and most talented lady lecturers we have ever listened to. —San Francisco Figaro. Mrs. Cuppy Smith possesses great talent as a speaker, and, standing; before her audience in her simple, yet elegant attire, with aspirétnelle face,which seems to index the emotions of her mind, commands the attention and respect of~ all her hearers.-Stm Francisco Morning Call. Maguire"s Opera House never contained a greater throng than convened to listen to an erudite lecture on Rarlicalism, by Laura Cuppy Smith, last evening. -—_/Illa Oali_fo7~n.ia, San Francisco. Mrs. Laura Cuppy Smith has proven herself to be a lady of rare culture added to great natural eloquence. To say that she ran '59 among the first of all who have addressed an Omaha audieme, whether male or fe- male, is but doing he); justice.——Wm. L. PEABODY, Chairman Relief Comfffittee Y. M. 0. Association.- Oma/za Republican. Walking majestically through the splendid gardens of literature and philosophy, culling, as she went rap- idly on, the richest gems of inspired genius ; riveting the profound attention of all her charmed hearers. Such women you seldom meet. Her praises are on the tongues of all the peopl,e.—()maha '.1'7"lbmw. She is a ﬂuent speaker, using elegant language, and with far more than ordinary argumentative pow- ers.—- Omaha Herald She ‘s an educated, reﬁned lady, and one of the best lectui s we ever heard.— Omaha Republican. Address LAURA CUPPY SMITH, 44 Broad street, N. Y. JAOURNEYMEN PRRNTERS’ C0-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, No. 30 Beekman Street, NEAR WILLIAM, NEW YORK. THIS ASSOCIATION IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF PRACTICAL J OURNEYMEN PRINTERS ‘AND PRESSMEN, Representing every department of the trade. Those who favor us with work may thefefore rely upon having their orders ﬁlled with NEATNESS, ACCURACY AND DISPATCH. Havin greatly enlarged our accommodations, and added a 1 the latest and most fashionable styles of TYPE, IMPROVED PRESSES and MACHINERY, we now possess one of the largest and most complete printing establishmentsin the city, and are prepared to compete for all kinds OYMAGAZINE, NEWS- PAPER, BOOK and PAMPHLET WORK. J 03- PRINTING executed. in the best‘ style, Aplaln and illuminated, in gold colors, tints and bronzes. A11 grade» of.1~*3l.re. .1.-ifs s.n.d. Marine hwlirance Work- Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. so THE MAGNETIC HEALING INSTITUTE No. 1 1 8 West Twenty-third St. 5 NEW YORK CITY. This Institute organize"d‘upon_‘ combined prin- ciples of CLAIR V0 YANOE, ~ MA @NErIsM; "and MEDICINE Makes‘ a specialty of all those diseases, which by the medical faculty, are usually considered incurable. Amodg these may be mentioned PARAL rials. SCRR OFULA, RHEMA TISM, D YSPEP SIA, EPILEPSY, OHOREA, NEURAL GIA, UHR ONIU DIARRHCEA, Diseases of the Liver, Spleen and Kid- neys, and especiallyggf _‘“-W3‘ -y,BRIGHNT’S§§§_DISEASE, HND All DISEASES PEGULIARTG WSMEN. In this last class of complaints some of the most ex- traordinary discoveries have recently been made, which surmount the difficulties that have heretofore stood in the way of their cure. That terrible foe to human life, CANCER, is also conquered by a very simple, but recently dis- covered remedy, which by chemical action upon the diseased fungus causes it to separate from the sur- rounding parts and to slough off, leaving behind only a healing sore. The peculiar advantage which the practice at this in- stitution possesses over all others is, that in addition to all the scientific knowledge of Medical Therapeutics and Remedial Agents, ‘ which the faculty have, it also has the ‘unerring means of diagnosing diseases through CLAIRVOYANCE, as well as the scientiﬁc administration of ANIMAL AND SPIRITUAL MAGNETISM in all their various forms. The Best Clairvoyants and Magnetic Operators are Always Employed. This combination of remedial means can safely be relied upon to cure every disease that has not already’ destroyed some vital internal organ. No matter how often, the patient affected in chronic form, may have failed in Obtaining relief he should not despair, but seek it from this. the only institution where all the various methods of cure can be combined. In addition to the cure of disease, clairvoyant con- sultations upon all kinds of business can also be ob- tained. The very best of reference given to all who desire it, both as to disease and consultations. ’ Reception hours from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. Invalids who cannot visit the Institute in person can apply by letter. , Medicine sent to all parts of the world. I All letters bQ_addr_Qsggd’ L I‘ i _ ,M,AG'NETIC..HEALING INSTITUTE,. , 113 "West "I‘wenLty-third street, New York City, _ A DR. lPAnK_ER,_ IVIEDICAL ELECTRICIAN," TREATS VVITVH ESPECIAL SU:OCESS ALL ‘ A Nilnirtvovs “I)I:S;0RDIhII€S‘., As Paralyvsis; St. Vitus’ Dance, «be. A thorough. . and complete diagnosis made of each case ; also proprietor and sole .manufacturer of the best Compound'E_xtract of Buchu and Juniper in the market. ‘ Distilled by im- proved apparatus ; strictly pure. Especially adapted for Chronic Affections of the Kidneys of the most diffi- cult character. - . - - ' ~ aw Principal office No. 162 West Forty-sixth street, at junction of Broadway and Seventh avenue. Com- munications by mail promptly attended to. Hour-s—.— 10 A. M. to 81>. M. 98 T H E Lﬂllfd Basile Favorite olfltline I ’ Trade, Being the ‘most sa.1- _ able bustle out, .as_. I . well as one of the latest patents, and more: it offers the most "advan- tages to dealers. 3% Call for terms or send for price list. Wholesale Depot, 91 WHITE STREET, NEW,YORK .; 801 RACE STREET, PHILADELPHIA. A. W. THOMAS.‘ HE ONLY DEVICE PERFECT IN ITS ADAPTA-. tion to books in all languages; is original‘ in design, novel ' in application and complete '1‘ H E in its use. A special de- , ‘ ~ 3 ~ , sign for Bib- les is one of the most val-_ uable features U N E L of this inveng , tion, meeting ' with the ap-._. proval, of all BOOK IVIARIL cler g y m e n, teachers and stuclentswhov, have used it. It.is handsome, durable, cheap, and cannot be soiled or lost. Send for price list. E. ‘C. Townsend, 29 Beekman street, New York. IRA B. DAVIS, PERSIAN BATH<.ss.f NO. 85 EAST TWENTY SEVENTH ST, 3%“ Opposite the New Haven Railroad Depot, -ﬁn’ NEW YORK. Vapor, Sulphur, Mercurial, Iodine, Electro-Magne1.ic- , and Friction Baths. ' Open from 8 A. M. to 10 r. M ; Sundays, 8 A. M. to 1 9. M. FOR USE IN FAMILIES, 1 grHE FAMOUS llaiiénrtl lsiteslelsllite‘ Tails sums THE BEST RELISH Put up in any part of the world for Family Ilse". in Can. be Bought of any First-Class Grocer; BLANCH oM’s*B’v, CLAIRVOYANT, Business and Test Medium, Sittings, Examinations, &c. Circles held at request, A 100 WEST FOURTEENTH , STREET, - corner Sixth avenue. ‘ Hours from 9 A. M, to 8 P. M. FOR SALE. I offer for sale my couurnr PLACE, with ..u'zae' improvetnents, in whole or in parts, which is four miles east of thecity, on the National Road. It istoo: well known to require any description of it. _ THOS. HORNBROOK, 98, Office No.V118 1-2 Main street, up stairs." MRS. ic._A. de la FVOLIEAVSA A.LOE'B‘0 T.A.‘I\TE COMPOUNDS FOR Ca.ttai'rh, Ner1ra1giAa,,'l‘lyir0at. Disease, Mora bid Liver, Rlleumatism and. all Blood Impurities. ,2. SAFE, SURE AND SPEEDY REMEDEY. Principal _ Depot, _ ,o1rr LEE, N. .J. . Oﬁice, 38% ‘ Bleecker street._ Sold by druggists generally. 98’ , APOLLO IIALL. S'i1‘1!l1i d ‘any L e c tu re'i8'" . BY _‘ THOMAS ‘ GALES i Fonsrnié-J TRANCE SPEAKER, _ EVERY S.UN1?,A1’. MORNING ti EVENING ' _ half-past. 10A. M., and half-past 7 r. M., Duringthe year,-,1 commencing‘ February 4, _1872, at %pollo Hall, corner Broadway and Twenty-913111? StI‘e6'§. I, e ’ W York. JOHN LKEYSER, Treasurer. I WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. \ April 6, ;asr2. .,. .- Vinelggar Bitters are not a vile Fancy Drink, made of oor Rum, VVhisl;ey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Liquors, doctored, spiced, and sweetened to please the taste, called “Tonics,” “Appetizers,” “Restorers,” &c., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are a true Medicine, made from the native roots and herbs ofCalifornia, ﬂee from allAlcoholic Stimulants. They are the Great Blood Puriﬁer and a Life-giving Principle, a Perfect Renovator and Iiivigorator of the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condition, enriching it, refreshing and invigorating both mind and body. They are easy of administration, prompt in their action, certain in their re.:»i‘i_lts, safe and reliable in all forms otﬁiisease. . 0 Person can take these itters accord- ing to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other n}eans, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point 0 repair. I) spe sin or IlN1i"‘(:Sli0ll. Headache Pain in thyei Shoiilders, Coiighs,’Tiglitness of the Chest, Diz- ziness. Sour Eructatious of the Stomach, Bad Taste in .the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inﬂammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the ofispriiigs of Dyspepsia. In these complaints it has no equal, and one bottle will prove a better guar- iantee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. For Female Colnpluints, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood. or the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an inglluence that 21 marked improvement is soon percep- ti e. For Inﬂanrimatory and Chronic Rheu- mntism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilioiis, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful. -Sucli Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derange- ment of the Digestive Organs. They are a Gentle Purgutive as xvell as II. Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inﬂam- mation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious Diseases. , For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt- Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car- buncles, Ring-worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Ery- sipelas, Itch, Scnrfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will convince the most incredulous of their curative effects. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores‘; cleanse it when you find it ob- st-riicted and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. Grateful thousands proclaim VINEGAR BIT- TERS the most wonderful Invigoraiit that ever sustained the sinking system. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are etfectually de- stroyed and removed. Says a distinguished physiol- ogist: There is scarcely an individual upon the face ofthe _ earth whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. It is not upon the healthy elements of the body that worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of disease.’ N0 system of Medicine, no vermifiiges, no anthelrnin— itics, will free the system from worms like these Bit- ters. Mechanical Diseases. Persons engaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold—beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, will be subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against this take a dose of'W.-u.i<i~:iz’s VINEGAR Bi'rTERs once or twice a week, as :1 Preventive. Bilious, Reixiitteilt, and Interxnittcnt Revers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our reat rivers throughout the United States, especially nose of the—Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Ten- nessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Roan- oke, James, and many others, with their vast tributa- ries, throughout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and other abdominalviscera. There are always more or less obstructions of the liver, a weakness and irritable state of~t1ie stomach, and great torpor of the bowels, being clogged up with vitiated accnniulations. In their treat- merit, a purgative, exerting a powerful influence upon these various organs, is essentially necessary. Tli,ere is. no cathartic for the purpose equal to DR. J. WALKEi<’s VINEGAR BITTERS, as they will speedily remove the dark-colored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. . _ Sorofula, or King’s Evil, White Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goiter, Scrofulous Inﬂammations, Indolent Inﬂammations, Mercurial Af- fections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc.,etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Dis- eases, WALi<Eia’s VINEGAR BITTERS have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinate and intract- able cases. ‘ Dr. Walker’s Californiin. Vinegar Bitters act on all these cases in a similar manner. By purifying the Blood they remove the cause, and by resolving away the effects of the inﬂammation (the tubercular deposits) the affected parts receive health, and a permanent cure . is effected. The properties of DR. W.Ai.icEE’s VINEGAR BITTERS are Aperient, Diaplioretic and Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irri- tant, Sudoritic, Alterative, and Anti-Bilious. Fortify the body against disease by puri- fyin all its ﬂuids with VINEGAR BITTERS. No epi demic can take hold of a system thus forearmed. ’Ihe liver, the stomach, the bowels, the kidneys, and the nerves are rendered disease-proof by this great invig- orant. Directions.—-Take of the Bitters on going to bed . at night from a half to one and one-halfwine-glassfull. Eat -good nourishing food, such as beef steak, mutton chop, venison, roast beef, and vegetables, and take out-door exercise. They aye composed of purely Vegeti able ingredients, and contain no spirit. — LWALKER, Prop’r. R. H. 1VIcDON_AI.D& CO», Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco, Cal.. and cor. of Washington and Charlton Stsu N EW York- «SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. Assets. over 4.’ H 0 M E . irsummct coiiirim, No. 135 Broadway. Branch Oiﬁce. . No. 586 Sixth Avenue. I ﬂapital . .i.D$2.50a in This Company h-aving provided for all its Chicago Losses, without borrowings dollar or disturbing a single Bond and Mortgage, invites the attention of the public to the following Certiﬁcate of Hon. George Miller, Superintendent of the Insurance Depart- ment of the State of New York, that the Capital has been restored to the full amount of Two and One-half Millions" of Dollars. CHAS. J. MARTIN, Pres. J. H. WASHBURN, Sec. INSURANCE DAPARTMENT, } ALBANY, N. Y., »Dec. 27, 1871. Having on the 10th day of November, 1871, made a requisition, directing the officers of the Home In- surance Company, of New York, to require the Stock- holders of said Company to pay up the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars deﬁciency then existing in the Capital of said Company, and upon due examination made, it appearing that the said amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars has been duly subscribed and fully paid in, in cash, I hereby certify that the capital of Said Compa- ny has been fully restored to its original amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.\ In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my*haiid and affixed my oiﬂcial seal on the day and year above written. GEORGE W. MILLER, Superintendent. 8 PER CT. coLD First Mortgage Sllllllllgfllllll Bﬂllli, (COUPON AND REGISTERED,) INTEREST PAYABLE QUARTERLY, FREE OF T Government Tax, ISSUE LIMITED TO $16,300 PR. ll/IILE, OF THE LOGANSPORT, ~ ERAWFGRBSVZLLE AND Southwestern Railway, OF ENDIANA. Price 92 1-32 and Accrued Interest. This road, 92 miles in length, 70 of which are in ac- tiial operation, runs southwesterly from Logansport to Rockville, passing centrally through ﬁve of the wealthiest and most productive counties of Indiana, hitherto without railway facilities, and penetrating for twelve miles at its Southern term-inus the cele- brated Block Coal Fields of Parke county. It affords the shortest existing outlet to Chicago. Toledo, De- troit, Fort Wayne, Logansport and all other interme- diate points for the Block Coal (now in such large de- mand), Lumber, Cattle, Grain and other surplus pro- ducts of this rich agricultural and mineral Section of the State. For the present we oﬁ‘er a limited number of these First Mortgage Bonds at 92%; and accrued interest, in currency, or will exchange them for U. S. Bonds‘ or other max-ketable securities at the rates of the day. At the above price these Bonds yield to the investor 60 per cent. more income than the Bonds ‘of the United States, and we unhesitatingly recommend them to all classes of investors as oﬁering the most ample security and liberal re-turns. Further and full particulars,’ with pamphlets and maps, furnished by us on application. JONES’ dc SCHUYLER, ' No. 12 Pine Street, FINANCIAL AGENTS or 'I‘H1ll,-_COMPANY. rniicis D ciiai. DESKS AND crricr. ‘ TUEEITUE.E,i No. 113 BROADWAY, Late of 81 Cedar Street, i NE WV YORK. ' an EA KIMBALL, M. D., 257 WEST FIFTEENTH STREET, Near Eighth avenue. Oﬂiee Hours from 1 to 8 P. M. Electrical and Magnetic Treatment given when de ‘ sired. H. B. cI..a.r'LIN 84 co, DRY GOODS, _G£iEtPE'1t*S, _ HOSIERY AND WHITE GOODS, LACES AND EMBROIDERIES, YANKEE MOTIONS, FLANNELS AND BOOTS AND SHOES, CHURCH, WORTH AND WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK. F. H. BEEBEE, D No. 78 Broadway, BROKER IN STOCKS, GOLD AN BONDS. ‘ “(PER BENT. AND ALL hits. The‘; Connecticut Valley Railroad First Mortgage Bonds, FREE OF ALL TAXES in Connecticut; free of income tax ever where. Interest payable January and July in New ork. Road running; stock paid up larger than mortgage ; road already employed to its utmost capacity. . ' For Sale at moderate discount, by ALLEN, STEPHENS & 00., Bankers, No. 12 Pine street, New York. operators upon Sewing Machines, Why will you Suffer from back-ache and side-ache, ’ when by using DR. SAPP‘S WALKING MOTION TREADLE, The whole trouble may be overcome? Price $5. LADD & C0., 791 Broadway. THE BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R. IS an Air-Line Route from Baltimore and Washington to Cincinnati, and is the only line running Pullman“S Palace Day and Sleeping Cars throu2:h from Washing- ton and Baltimore to Cincinnati without change. Louisville in 29,39 hours. Passengers by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have choice of routes, either via Columbus or Parkersburg., From Cincinna.ti,.take~the Louisville and Cincinnati Short Line Railroad. Avoidall dangerous ferry transfers by crossing the great Ohio River Suspension Bridge, and reach Louis- ville hours in advance of all other lines. Save many miles in going to Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans. The only line running four daily trains from Clin- cinnati to Louisville. . Silver Palace Sleeping Coaches at night, and splen- did Smoking Cars, with revolving arm chairs, on day trains Remember! lower fare by no other route. To Secure the advantages _oﬂ‘ered by this reat through route of Quick Time’, Short Distance and ow Fare, ask for tickets, and be Sure they read, via,Louis- ville and Cincinnati Short Line R. R. Get your ticketS—No. 87 Washington street, Boston; No. 229 Broadway, oiﬁce New Jersey R. R. foot. of Cor-tlandt street, New York; Continental ﬁotel, 828 Chestnut street, 44 South Fifth Street, and at the depot corner Broad and Prime Streets, Philadelphia; S, E, corner Baltimore and Calvert streets, or at Czmiden Station, Baltimore; 485 Pennsylvania avenue, Wash- pigtt1<1)n,ED. 0.; and at all the principal railroad Cﬁices Ii e a . SAM. GILL, ‘ General Supt. Louisville, Ky. .HENRi’ STEEEE, Gen. Ticket Aggent, Louisville, Ky. SIDNE B. JONES Gen. Pass. Agent, Louisville, Ky. nu, BLAEK 565 8: 667 BROADWAY, N. Y, ARE OPENING THEIE NEW IXNVOICES IMPOETED WATCHES c H A I N S. AGENTS FOR The Waltham Watch IN BEST VARIETIES. ?s..etNE:.fiNc’ i+ioi:iSE , _ 03‘ i:o‘iiNTaE DE.oT.ii'EES, ‘ NEW ‘roan, I / Ml Want. S’I”‘Rl£a}§3’l‘. Four per cent. interest allowed. on all deposits. Collections made everywhere. Orders for Gold, Government and other securities executed. The Highest Cash Prices nu) FOR . , OLD NEWSPAPERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION; ' OLD ‘PAMPEILETS of’ every kind; OLD BLANK-BOOKS AND LEDGERS that are wmtten full; « and all kinds of WASTE PAPER from Bankers, Insurance Companies, Brokers, Patent;-Medb cine Depots Prlnlillig-Om.C6S Bookbind- ers, Public and rivate Libraries, Hotels, Steamboats Railroad Companies, and ess ‘Offices, &c. JOHN C. STOCKWELL, . , 25 Ann street, N. Y. €38-I20. TIFFANY& co, TUNIUN SQUARE. SECOND FLOOR NOW OPEN.’ Bronze, Majolica ROYAL WORCESTER AND OTHER FINE PORCELAIN. London Cut arid Engzraved Glass. FSESEREEK éltilitlilﬁ DINING Eco S 23 New Street and co Rromelvvsaiy . , 76 maiden Lane and 1 mriervry St. Mr. Knrtz invites to his cool and comfortably tut nished dining apa.rtinentS_ the downtown public, as- euring them that they will always ﬁnd there the choicest viiands, Served in the most elegant Style, the most carefully Selected brands of wines and liquors, as well as the most prompt attention by accomplished 6'1-79 " Wﬂltcbii. MRS. S. H. BLANCHARD, Clairvcyant Physician, Business and Test lVI_edium._, . 55 MECHANIC STREET, WORCESTER, - ,- - TURKO RUSSIAN EA HE ladies are informed by ‘MES. HYACYNTHE ROB-' , INSON that she entirely rebuilt and reﬁtted and opened the Baths No. 112 E. Twenty-seventh street, near Fourth avenue, for ladies only, thus avoiding the inconvenience and unpleasantness attending those baths which are not exclusively for ladies. These baths include all the most, recent improvements, and con-‘ sist of the Hot Air Turkish Bath, Vapor Russian Bath, Cold Plunge Bath, Shower ’ Baths and Douches, Mani- pulating, shampooing and Dressing Rooms. Mrs. Robinson having had several. years experience in con- ducting the Ladies’ Department of the large baths in this city, assures those ladies who may visit these that they, will ﬁnd every arrangement calculated for the most luxurious and healthful enjoyment. Physicians Sending their Patients to these Baths for the cure of Colds, R eumatism, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, Nervous and Loch S’ Complaints, may be assured of having them well treated according to the most; recent modes. Single Bath, $1 ; Six Tickets. $5 ; Fifteen Tickets, $10. m Open daily, from 11 A. M. to 4 P. M. D R. H. S L A D (C1airvoyant,) J. S I M MON st, 210 West ‘Forty-third street, N: Y. .51 MASS, E. OFFICE HOURS FROM 9 A. M. TO 9- P. M" ~ NOT C OPEN saaiugamv. '
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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1872-04-06_04_21
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1872-04-06_04_21
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 04, no. 22 (April 27, 1872)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-1943
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1872-04-27
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: I -In n PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED LIVESE BELAKING THE WA Y EOE FUTURE GENERATIONS. 222-; Vol: 4.-—No. 22:-Whole No.102. NEW YORK, APRIL 27,1872. PRICE TEN CENTS. xi - AUGUST BELMONT & Co., BANKERS, 4 50 "Wall Street. Issue Letters of Credit to Travelers, available in all parts of the world, through the v ' MESSRS. DE ROTHSCHILD and their correspondents. c. J. osnonn. ADDISON CAMMACK. OSBORN & CAMMACK, . BAN KE RS, No. 34 BROAD STREET. SECURITIES, bought and sold on Commission, Rail Whether you wish to Buy or Sell Write to ' Also, make telegraphic transfers of money on GHARLES W_ HASSLER, California, Europe and Havana. AN UNDOUBTED Security, KN ‘W E PAYING 60 PER CENT. MORE INCOME THAN G 0 VERNMENT B ozvps, AND NO. 7 WALL STREET, New York. 62-113 Banking H0188 [If HENRY GLEWS 8:00., \ 32 Wall Street, N. Y. Circular Notes and Letters of Credit for travelers; also Commercial Credits issued available throughout ‘the World. »\ Bills of Exchange on the Imp...
Show moreI -In n PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED LIVESE BELAKING THE WA Y EOE FUTURE GENERATIONS. 222-; Vol: 4.-—No. 22:-Whole No.102. NEW YORK, APRIL 27,1872. PRICE TEN CENTS. xi - AUGUST BELMONT & Co., BANKERS, 4 50 "Wall Street. Issue Letters of Credit to Travelers, available in all parts of the world, through the v ' MESSRS. DE ROTHSCHILD and their correspondents. c. J. osnonn. ADDISON CAMMACK. OSBORN & CAMMACK, . BAN KE RS, No. 34 BROAD STREET. SECURITIES, bought and sold on Commission, Rail Whether you wish to Buy or Sell Write to ' Also, make telegraphic transfers of money on GHARLES W_ HASSLER, California, Europe and Havana. AN UNDOUBTED Security, KN ‘W E PAYING 60 PER CENT. MORE INCOME THAN G 0 VERNMENT B ozvps, AND NO. 7 WALL STREET, New York. 62-113 Banking H0188 [If HENRY GLEWS 8:00., \ 32 Wall Street, N. Y. 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Woodhull ; The Principles of Finance, speech by Victoria C. Wood- hull- 9 Practical View of Political Equality, speech by Tennie C‘. Claﬂin ; _ Majority and Minority Report of the Judiciary Commit- tee on the Woodhull Memorial ; The Principles of Social Freedom; ' Carpenter and Cartter Reviewed~—A Speech before the Suﬁrage Convention at Washington ; = Each per copy ; A , 10 per 100 ; _ 5 00 --———o-0-+--——— POST OFFICE NOTICE. The mails for Europe during the week ending Saturday, April 27, 1872, will close at this ofﬁce on Wednesday at 10.10 A. M., on Thursday at 10.30 A. M., and on Friday at 7.45 P. M. I P. H. J ONES, Postmaster. -—-—--—+-0-9-———— MRS. A. M. MIDDLEBROOK. Recently we gave our readers some account of this talented lady whom we are able to count among our most respected friends. She is open to engagements to speak upon any subject of general interest—religious, political or social——any- where in the States east of the Mississippi River. Terms, $75 and expenses. We take pleasure in recommending her to our friends, as one of the most proﬁtable as well as entertaining speakers in the ﬁeld. Her address is box 778 Bridgeport, Conn. ————-———<>—o-+—————— THE INTERNATION\‘AL. It ought to be known that this association is not secret——it does not aspire to the honor of being a conspiracy. Its meet- ings are held in public; they are open to all comers,‘ though only members are permitted to speak (unless by special invitation), and none but members are allowed to vote. The several sections in this city and vicinity meet as follows: Section 1 (German).—Sunday, 8 P. M., at the Tenth Ward Hotel, corner of Broome and Forsyth streets. ' Section 2 (French)-Sunday, 9:30 A. M., at No. 100 Prince street. Section 6 (German).—Meets in 66 and 68 Fourth street, in the N. Y. Turn Halle, every Thursday evening at 8 o’oLoox. Section 7 (Irish)-First and third Sundays at 3 p. m., at 26 Delaney street. ' Section 8 (German).-—Sunday, 3 P. M., at No. 53 Union avenue, Williamsburgh, L. I‘. Section 9 (American).--Wednesday, 8 P. M., at No 35 East Twenty-seventh street. Section 10 (French).-—Meets every Thursday at the N. W. corner of Fortieth street and Park avenue, at 8 P. M. Section 11 (German)-—Thursday, 8 P. M., West Thirty- ‘ninth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, at Hessel’s. A [Section 12 (American) will not meet again until the mem- bers receive a special notice] Section 13 (German).—Every Friday, at 805 Third avenue. Section 22 (French):-The second and fourth Friday in each month, 8 P. M., at Constant’s, 68 Grand street. Section 35 (English).——Meets every Friday evening at Myers’, 129 Spring street, at 8 o’clock. ' ——~—-—+-o-+-———-- INTERNATIONAL WORKINGMEN’S ASSOCIATION. All persons desiring to become members of, or to form. sections, and_ trades unions or societies wishing to aﬁiliate with the In- ternational Workingmen’s Association, can procure all the necessary information and documents by addressing the regu- lar oﬂicers of the Federal Council of North America, as fol- lows : I . 7 English Corresponding Secretary, John T. Elliot, 208 Fifth street, New York. German Corresponding Secretary, Edward Grosse, 214: Mad- ison street, New York. , _ French Corresponding Secretary, B. Laugrand, 335 Fourth avenue, New,York§ Spanish.Corresponding Secretary, Majin Janer, 112 Lexing- tonavenue, Brooklyn. _ ' 8 Italian. Corresponding Secretary, Antonie 621 East T.}'?.?!¥¢%¥st.#?é*»§ Nev‘ Yak. $2 00. I THE INTERNATIONAL AND POLITICAL ACTION. To those remarkably wise persons. among the Internationals in this country who declare that Internationalism does not contemplate political action, and that the General Council in London discountenances it, we commend for their careful con- sideration, the following extracts from a report of a meeting of the General Council, copied from the International Herald, of London, the official organ of the association: _ /The General Council of the International‘ WorkingInen’s Association held its usual weekly meeting on Tuesday evening, March 5, at the temporary offices, 23 Rathbone place, Oxford street, Citizen Longuet in the chair. , Citizen Engels reported that he had receiveda letter from Italy which gave a very gratifying account of the work being done in that country. The real workmen were thoroughly in favor of the principles of the International as explained in the conference resolutions. The dbctrine preached by the middle- classleaders, that the working class should abstain from poli- tics, found no favor whatever. ‘ The Council then proceeded to discuss a manifesto which had been drawn, up, explanatory of the divisions which had taken place in Switzerland. It was a vigorous defence of the policy of the Association, and showed most conclusively that the doctrine “that the working class ought to abstain from politics,” was both absurd and dangerous. ’ It was adopted unanimously, and as the matter related to a difficulty which had occurred amongst the members speak- ing French, it was ordered to be printed in that language. —————<o-9--————— THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY—ITS ORIGIN AND AIMS. [From the International Herald, London, Eng.] . Thoughtful men among the working classes must have al- ways felt that their position in society was an unnatural one, that always producing and never owning, was the result of some violation of the laws of equity and nature, and therefore such men must always have felt a desire to obtain the power of opposing successfully the system by which they were de- frauded. The first successful attempt at International combination proceeded from a small number of German workmen in Lon- don, who had been expelled from France in 1839 for taking part in an emcnte at Paris. At that time there were a number of German workingmen’s societies in France and Switzerland in constant communication with each other, whose chief aim was the propagation of communistic theories. They were cosmo- politans, as a matter of course. The little’ group that had gathered in London founded a branch Society in February, 1840, called the German Arbeiter Buildings Verein. The spokesmen of that society were on friendly terms with the English Socialist, the Chartists, and the London French Dem- ocratic Society. Out of that freindship sprang the Society of the Fraternal Democrats, of which Julian Harney was the cor-_ responding secretary. The Fraternal Democrats, were in cor- respondence with a number of Democratic societies in Bel- gium, of which the German Workingmen’s Society of Brussels was one. . In November, 1847, a German Communist Conference was held in London, at "which Dr. Karl Marx, then residing at Brussells, was present. At that conference the old commun- istic theories were thrown overboard, and a manifesto of the the Communist party, drawn up by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, substituted. In that manifesto it was stated:- “The Communists are no particular party in contradistinc- tion from other workingmen’s parties. They have no interest separate from the interests of the whole proletariat, and set up no particular principles according to which they intend to model the proletarian movement. They distinguish themselves, on the one hand, from other workingmen’s parties by defend- ing the common interests, which are independent of national- ity, of the whole class in the various national struggles; on the other hand, by representing the interests of the common move- ment at the diiferent stages of development through which the struggle between the wages laborers and the capitalists has to pass. The immediate aim of the Communists is the same as that of other proletarian‘ parties——the overthrow of the rule of the capitalists by the acquisition of political power. The practical measures suggested as applicable in the most advanced countries were: 1. The abolition of private property in land. 2. ‘The centralization of the means of transport in the hands of the State by means of a National Bank. ‘ 3. National Workshops. 4:. The reclamation and improvement of land on a common’ lan. — . P 5. The gratuituous education of all the children. Let us brieﬂy consider the merits of each of these proposi- tions. There does not appear to be any thing visionany about them, for they seem solid, substantial ﬁnd practicable. The abolition of private property in land should require no defence, for there can be no argument brought forward in favor of private land-owning that cannot,-be used just as fairly in sup- port of the right of man-owning. Land-owning is neither more or less than slave-owning, for whether the monopolist holds the land or the man by force, he can dictate the terms upon which the man shall live. The raw material—the ele- ments—can never be justly claimed as exclusive private proper- ty; there can be no just charge made for any thing but labor or the results of labor, and the earth is not the result of any man’s labor; it never was any man’s property to give, buy, or sell,’ and there is no title deed in existence purporting to give to any individual the exclusive ownership of any portion of the earth, which is any thing more than the legal sanction of a lie! ‘ That the money of a nation should be national money surely needs no more proving than that the law of a nation should be a national law. With the land and the money of a nation in the hands of a privileged few, is it not inevitable that the many must suffer, that they must endure all the imposts which the monopolists may dare to put upon them? The bankers, discounters, Jew millionaires, and all the other huge gamblers and speculators would always have the laborer begging for the sovereign, but would never have the sovereign soliciting em- ployment, and thus it is that they would have the laborers many and the sovereigns few. The industrialists have been perpetually swindled out of more than half their earnings by suc rivileged rogues as those who have made the Times and the 05181‘ great dailies their exclusive organs. It is time the honest and industrious merchants and manufacturers of Eng- land and other civilized countries studied for themselves the evils caused by private banking and a limited gold currency, and also the effectof making all money national money, its se- curity being the whole reali-zed“-wealth’ of the nation. The false doctrines of Adam Smith have been iterated and reiterated by the Times and. its ‘ﬁunkeys, merely because it 4 served their puispose. “Even the Bank of England’ is neither more nor less than a huge gambling house which has failed three times-——once having suspended specie payment for about twenty years. The whole system is a fraud on the industrial community, and the wires are pulled by the same men who ‘in- spire the Times and its servile imitators to call the successful swindle respectable. . We certainly have as much right and as much reason to de- mand that railways and canals’ shall be ‘National property as we‘ have to consent to the National or Municipal ownership, con- trol or management of the Post Office, ‘Sewers, Telegraph, Army, or Navy, all of which are communistic institutions. The third proposition will as surely be adopted as will those already remarked upon. A true government should be neither more nor less than the co-operation of the people for mutual beneﬁt- But government nearly always has been the control of the industrious and peaceful’ many by the lazy and unsrcu- A pulous few. They have combined, we have plodded along, suffering all things. ‘When the working classes have talked of combining in self-defence against the already combined fraud- ulent classes, a howl of horror has been raised by the rogues and_their organs and they have talked of intimidation, revolu- tion, and bloodshed ! -This grasping and “ selﬁsh clique has organized the people for war, for mutual destruction, but will ‘ hear of no National organization for National production. Are the Industrialists of Europe satisﬁed with governments that ignore the useful trades, arts, and sciences, and cherish‘ and support only the institutions for war, superstition, and legal plundering—such as we have recently seenin the -Tichborne?" case. I The fourth proposition should not require any defence for its wisdom is palpable. Co-operation of National effort ‘and means must be applied to many other undertakings than the mere conveyance of letters. Those who cannot see the wis- dom of this proposition are unable to comprehend the bene- ﬁts derived from having a National Post Office. _\ The gratuitous education of all the children (aa in the United States) would be the cheapest and best way of educating them; so far as school instructiomis concerned. We cannot imagine what sane objection can be made to this proposition and there-J fore will not dwell upon it unnecessarily; I ‘ The small band of workmen proceeded to get their mani- festo printed in several languages. At the same time the Fraternal Democrats made preparations to hold a public in- ' ternational Congress at ‘Brussels in the following year, to which the Democracy of Europe was to be invited, but the revolution of February prevented both these designs. After the downfall of the revolution an attempt was made to bring about an international alliance among the exiled revolutionists, but it came to nothing. Few were content to enter upon a weary propagandist campaign, and,';-"laboring under the stigma of a defeat, they had no followers, ‘nor was there any prospect for present operations. A new generation of workmen was re»- quired to undertake the task, and when it was undertaken it was done unpremeditatedly. . Having set their unions in order as well as they could, so as to be prepared for future contingencies, they began to direct their efforts to politics. g In 1860 a Trade Unionist, Manhood Suffrage, and Vote—by-Ballot Association was established, with the motto, “ united we conquer,” of which Gr. Odger was Chairman, and T. G. Facey, Secretary. Several successful meetings had been held before the Ameri- can war broke out. ‘ I The Italian war, the American war, the Mexican expedition, the Schleswig-Holstein affair, and the Polish insurrection were events eminently ‘calculated to draw the attention of the work- ing classes to foreign politics and diplomatic intrigues. The new band of pioneers had ample work on hand during the American war, and before the fate of the Union was ﬁnall de- cided they had to enter upon an agitation in favor of P0 and, for which purpose they co-operated with the National League for the independence of Poland. But all these things together never engendered the idea of seriously setting to work to‘ es- tablish an International Democratic Society. -—————-<>—‘o-+~————— « HUMAN WELL—BEING. ART. VII—AN APPEAL T0 WOMAN. Man by virtue of his superior compulsory ability, did actual- ize marriage, polygamic and rnonogamic, and on them he, has bui1t_all sorts of despotism, individual and political, and by his efforts mainly society has arisen from chaos to its present de- gree of development, and little more can he now do but move in a circle and repeat in his revolutions societary arrangements that have existed in the past, and but little more can ‘he do till you have performed that which is assigned by your nature to ou. . firs organic developments rendered him dominantly compul- sory in ability. From him you differ, and that difference ren- ders you dominantly compensative in ability. He has more ability to compel and you m.ore to serve. He has accomplished what you had not the power to do, and you can accomplish what he has not the power for. , He has arranged society in the structural form, after the pat- tern of the stellar compacts and their rocky fragments, and it is now for you to arrange it in organic form after the patterns of the plant world. You could not have structuralized it, and he cannot organize it. For this you alone are specially ﬁtted. A poet has said, “Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for ’tis their nature too ;” and so let men delight in their despotic con- flicts for ’tis their nature too, and you should delight in repub- lics for thatuis your nature. To accomplish genuine republics it is necessary to substitute , suitage for marriage, and this requires cburage and devotion to human rights and well-being._ . The suﬂerings through which man’s societary arrangements have passed yon, should have endowed you with these qualities before now. I» In the course of human events man has arrived to the height of his ability, and is about to descend in the revolutionary, and war with all its horrors is now imminent. ~ It is_ not in man’s agressive nature to stop in a maddened rev- olutionary descent till he is at the bottom "of the circle, drunk with blood and desolation; but on recovering from the stupor of desolation, he is ever ready again to ascend in the circle of progress to the summit of his capability. ~ From the revolution now impending you can divert‘ him if you act without delay, by the substitution of better things. This power slumbers in you; will you awake it to use or let it slumber on while we are whirled to destruction? You have only to substitute suitage for marriage, and » genu- ine republics are as inevitable as day and night; and then pol- itical revolutions, with war and carnage, will forever become impossible; and despotism, individual and political, will for- ever cease from the earth. — ' Now is the day, and the necessities of the toiling multitude of men is your opportunity. ' Improve it while you may, for soon it will pass from you. . Organize industrial suitage groups by the election of repre- 4 ~ in - WOODHULL ca oLAFLn\rs WEEKLY. b April 27, 11872.“ sentative leaders and the new foundation is laid on which the genuine, universal republic can be built. Industrial familism will be the sequence of these groups, and these groups can or- ganizetheir families into productive unions by the election of representatives to a board of production; the boards of pro- duction can organize theproductive unionspinto commercial unions by the election of representatives to a congress of ex- change, and these congresses of exchange can organize the commercial unions into a universal union by the election of representatives to a general tribunal, and thus will be com- pleted the organization of the universal genuine industrial re ublic. , y » y ‘ n this republic money and all monetary currencies will be superseded by bills of credit to be used as evidence of service performed. » In this way the monetary power, with all the monopolies based thereon, will be destroyed; all supplies for war or idle- ness will be cut off, and this will render war impossible and compel idlers of all sorts to live by industry. The Internationals and other laboring men have masculine compulsory natures the same a.s their employers, and hence they seek political rather than industrial arrangements, and , remain hireling chattels instead of becoming industrially free. Also, they remain the servants of their oppressors furnishing them with supplies for war or idleness, and while depending on their masters for supplies, they are rushing blindly the road to war, where they will ﬁnd desolation instead of plenty. ~ Is this wise generalship? it ‘maybe valiant, but not wise; and wisdom is the better part of valor. ' Sisters, the right generalship must come from you; you can secure such societary arrangements as shall deprive the enemy of supplies so effectually that war and idleness shall be render- ed impossible. The supplies already in store are held and controlled mostly by the monetary arrangements, and therefore, if you render these arrangements useless, you not onlycut oif further sup- plies, but you also render useless nearly all that is now held in r}_eserve;,all that partakes of the nature of money. Awake, sisters, to this. ‘your opportunity, act well your part, and all wise brothers will serve with you devotedly till a blood- less victory is ours. - -----0-0-<3»-———— COMllIIUNISM——THE WAY IT WORKED AND WHAT IT LED TC. * ARTICLE VII. Some facts are more strange than fiction, more philosophical than philosophy, more romantic than romance, and more conservative than conservation. THE MODEL SCHOOLS. I must not omit to describe the model schools, sustained by Mr. McClure. They were conducted by the pestallozian teachers before mentioned. ' One was conducted in one wing of the large town hall. There was a partition separating this from the centre portion, where was when my attention was arrested by a few words that I overheard addressed to a class of boys by Mr. Darusmont, a French gentleman, the conductor of this school. The thoughts presented to the public were so new, so sublime, and the language so charming, that I stood fascinated.» I could not go about the business I went there for ; but after having listened to the whole discourse, I resolved (though several years a married man) to beg of Mr. Darusmont the privilege of coming and sitting with his boys and listening to his teachings. I knocked at his door-—he came—I "made known my purpose~his handsome countenance lighted up and his eyes moistened with an evidently benevolent emotion, and taking my hand within both of his, he drew me within the door and gave me a welcome with a charming cordiality, in word, tone and gesture truly French. VVe immediately be- came fast friends. The next day I took my seat with the boys, and for the ﬁrst time in my life, I saw the true mission of education ! No gen- eralization that I can give will convey an adequate idea of the teachings of ‘WILLIAM PHIQUEPAL DARUSMONT, so careful was he to -put forth the exact truth, and to see that it was thoroughly understood—so minutely analytical; so profoundly philosophical in the smallest particular-—such nice DISCRHHNATIONS where common eyes see no difference, but the want of which so often proves disastrous through life ! Withall this minuteness his discourse was not tiresome; and though addressed entirely to the intellect, the effect upon the feelings was like that of a masterly musical composition; which, by judicious changes of key and occasional digressions from the main theme, and then by natural and easy returns to it, with slight variations of expression, carries us, unconscious- ly wherever the author chooses. , I was speechless with admiration-reverence—-love ! When the sitting was over and the boys, gone to their work, we had a long conversation (if that may be called conversation in which I could only listen). In this and subsequent interviews I learned that he had, early", in life, resolved to devote himself to what he considered education should be. That he had been several years a friend and coadjutor of Pestal-lozzi. It seemed that one great idea with him was to draw out into ex- ercise the self-sustaining faculties and thus qualify pupils to meet any contingencies of after life; and with this view he had experimented with himself in order to find out the extent of human capacities. He had learned several branches of mechan- ismwmade a piano-forte from the raw materials, had gone, all through the details ‘of cooking food, washing and mending =olothes, as well as as cutting out and making them, and his pupils -were now doing all these kinds of work for themselvos. Hehad remodeled the modes of almost every branch of civ- -ilization.» He was the inventor of the instrument now used in Iimany of the schools, viz, . a frame with ten rods in it with ten ‘bails on each for the better teaching of arithmatic; and he it the “ ’Arithmometer.” In teaching geometry, instead rzof depending on words and lines, he had cubes, cones and nevery geometrical idea in wood, hanging up about the school- room or otherwise in plain sight. In teaching geography, each pupil had a little globe which he held in this hand to refer to. Hehaclspent four years in some of the hospitals in Paris to qualify himself to speak intelligently upon anatomy and dis- eases, and he discoursed to us on these subjects using a pig for illustrations, as the animal nearest resembling the human structure. I also understood, (not from him) that he was a most thorough musical scholar, and an exquisite performer. He had also digested a system of universal phonography, rep- resenting all the elements of all languages. In short, he seemed, like Lord Bacon, to have taken for his life-long" pursuit, the study and promulgation of all useful knowledge, by the shortest and most thorough modes that could be devised; with the great leading idea that “ there is nothing ‘too large or too smatl for the greatest to engage in,vwh.ich has a tendency to mitigate the pains, or promote the enjoyments of the humblest. ” Since his death, I have learned that he belonged to the French nobility: but no hint of the kind ever escaped him in our interviews. With all his wonderful acquirements, his un- affected-modesty was strikingly conspicuous. PRINCETON, Mass. --~——¢»o+——-————— A QUERY. J. WARREN. Is E. H. H., who writes upon. social equality in the London Intemational Herald, the organ of the Internationals of Europe, an International, and if so, why do not Karl Marx and his confederates, who rule the “General Council," suspend the section to which he belongs, because of the advocacy of issues, which are in direct opposition to the doctrines of the Inter- national? We await a response. Will somebody please inform us, since we don’t believe in partiality among Internationals, even if they are foreign instead of American ,and not in the way of F- Sorge. ’ ~ S0 OIAL SCIENCE. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE “SOCIAL EVIL.” We present our readers with a preliminary draft of a billfor the suppression of the social evil, to be presented to the New York Legislature at its next session, supported by a half milli- on of the peopleyof New York State, ina monster petition. We owe it to Mrs. Churchill of Sacramento, to say that this bill is mainly copied from one which was drafted by a committee of women of that state and introduced into the lagislature by her. . The People of the State of New York. represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The Chiefs of Police of the different cities of this 2 State are hereby required to make as full and complete a re- 3 cord of the names of men who visit houses of ’ ill fame or as- 4 signation, and men of known reputation for visiting lewd wo- 5 men as possible, and to furnish such record to the Board of 6 Health, and, from time to time, to furnish such additional 7 and supplemental records as shall show fully the facts 8 herein required. This record shall show the name of the 9 house or houses visited by these men; it shall also show 10 the occupation of said men, together with such other par- 11 ticulars as may be of statistical or sanitary interest; such 12 record shall be kept in the Health Office, but shall be 13 opened to the inspection of members of the Board of 14 Health only, the Health Ofﬁcers, the Board of Police Com- 15 missioners and members of the Board of Supervisors. The 16 Board of Health shall be composed of equal numbers of 17 each sex, all of whom shall be over thirty=ﬁve years of age. SEC. 2. The Board of Police Commissioners, upon re- 2 quest of the Board of Health, -shall have the power to arrest 3 or cause to be arrested, within any locality in this State, 4 any person who shall inform, directly or by in- 5 sinuation any person or persons, whether male 6 or female, that he has had sexual intercourse 7 with any particular female, and notice shall be served 8 upon him or her by the Board of Health, and he or she shall 9 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and and shall, on ‘ 10 conviction, be ﬁned not less than two thousand dollars, or 11 less than three years imprisonment nor more than ﬁve. SEC. 3. Any man occupying a private room or rooms in any 2 tenement house or building, jointly with a woman as his 3 his mistress, shall be required to pay ten dollars a month 4 for hospital dues and one dollar a. week for examination 5 fees, and shall be held in law bound for the support of such 6 woman and her children until released by the action of the 7 Court of, Common Pleas. SEC. 4. Accepted. [I-Iolland’-s Bill] SEC. 5. No man or boy shall intimate to a woman upon the street or in the cars, public’ thoroughfares of any kind, that he has sensual design upon her person. Any man violating this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be ﬁned not less than ten dollars, nor more than ﬁfty, or imprisonment. . SEC. 7. The Board of Health is hereby authorized to erect, purchase or rent suitable buildings to be used as a hospital and house of industry for the exclusive care, med- ical treatment and industrial employment of diseased men, when it ‘shallibe deemed unsafe for their families to be ex- posed to such disease. Such person or persons shall be en- titled to medical treatment and attendance as provided by this ordinance. 4 SEC. 8. For the future support and maintenance of said 2 hospital and house of industry, for the payment of its 3 debts, the advancement of its interests and the humane 4 and reformatory objects contemplated by its establishment, 5 each male whose name is found upon the register shall pay 6 the sum of ten dollars per month as hospital dues, which 7 moneys thus coming into the hands of the Board of Health 8 by virtue of this ordinance, shall be paid into the City OO<IG>O1i<F~C».'3ND O30"(tF*C\'Jl.\'> 9 Treasury at least once a week, and the Clerk of the Board 10 of Health shall take triplicate receipts therfor, one ‘of 11 which shall be deposited with the Controller, and one with 13 Health, to draw his warrant on the City Treasury, from ‘ 14 time to time, for such amount of money as may be neces- 15 sary for the support of their joint hospitals. 1 [The rest of section 8, of Holland’s Bill, is accepted.) SEC. 9. Is accepted» (of I-Iollandls Bill). SEC. 10. Each division shall be under the supervision of 2 two physicians——-a man and woman-both regular.g1‘adu- 3 ates of some medical school and in good standing, and 4 shall be appointed by the Board of Health, and be known 5 as the “Medical Examiners.” SEQ. 11. Each Medical examiner shall visit, once in each week, and as much oftener as the Board of Health shall direct, all men who are in the habit of attending houses of ill-fame, houses of assignation or houses of prostitution. In order that their families may be protected from disease, they shall submit to examination, and if found affected by disease the physician may order such to be removed to the hospital or house of industry, and no man shall further associate 9 with his family until discharged,’and the Medical Examiners 10 shall have full power to order the removal or cause the ar- 11 rest and commitment to the hospital any man who shall 12 refuse to enter the house of industry within twelve hours 13 when ordered to do so, or when properly committed by the 14 Medical Examiners, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, 15 and shall, on conviction, be ﬁned notless than twenty dol- 16 lars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence, or 17 imprisonment. ' ' SEO. 12. No keeper of ahouse of prostitution, ill-fame or 2 house of assignation, or room or rooms, shall permit any 3 male, who has been declared by a Medical Examiner to be 4 afflicted with disease and a proper subject for hospital treat- 5 ment, to remain in her house for one hour without notify- 6 ing the Chief of Police of such facts; and any owner, 7 keeper or person in charge of any house of ill-fame, or 8 house of assignation, or room or rooms, who shall violate 9 the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a 10 misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be ﬁned not less than 11 ten dollars nor more than ﬁfty dollars for each offence, or 12 imprisonment. . SEC. 13. No male who is in the habit of visiting houses 2 of ill-fame, or prostitution, or assignation houses, or room, 3 or rooms, shall exhibit or have in his possession, for the 4 purpose of deceiving women, any ticket or examination 5 card, issued by the Medical Examiner, other than his own 6 ticket or examination card, issued for the current week, in 7 his own name, as it appears registered on the record at the 8 Health Office; and any male in the habit of visiting bad 9 houses, violating the, provisions of this Section shall be 10 deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be 11 ﬁned not less than twenty dollars nor more than ﬁfty dol 12 lars for each offense, or imprisonment. SEC. 14. No owner or keeper, or person in charge of an 2 house of assignation, or house of ill-fame shall permit any 3 male to visit her house unless said male can show ﬁrst his_ 4 ticket of registration, and that the Board of Health have 5 pronounced said male in health. If any male shall violate 6 the provisions of this Section he shall be deemed guilty of 7 misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be ﬁned not less than 8 ten dollars nor more than two thousand dollars for each of- 9 fense, or imprisonment. SEC. 15. It shall be the duty of each medical examiner 2 to treat all cases of disease found to exist in the malesﬂliving 3 in his district, when solicited to do so, and when not prop- 4 erly requiring hospital treatmentgbut he shall not under any 5 circumstances receive any pay o1‘em0111mentSp for I'ende1'- 62 ing such service, except his regular monthly salary. He 7' shall not under any circumstances employ a substitute, or 8 delegate any of the powers vested in him by this ordinance, . 9 except it be to the lady Examin gr. Each Medical ‘Examin- 10 er shall make a full and detailed report in writing, once a 11 week to the Board of Health of his or her action in each 12 case, and the condition of the person under his or her 13 charge, and of the house occupied by them. SEC. 16. Each Medical Examiner shall give at least three 2 days verbal notice to the males who keep mistresses in room 3 or rooms, of the day at which he or she will be present to 4 receive the weekly, or {monthly dues herein provided for, 5 and to grant certiﬁcates of exalnination, and any male who 6 keeps a mistress, or is'in the habit of visiting any house or 7 room or rooms of ill-fame, obstructing or hindering, or 8 preventing the Medical Examiner, whether male or female, 9 from discharging his or her duty—the duties of the oﬁﬁce- 10 shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and ﬁned not less 11 than twenty dollars for each offense, or more than ﬁve thou- 12 sand dollars, or imprisonment. SEC. 17-. No male who is known to visit bad houses shall 2 leave his place of abode and move where there are other 3 houses of ill-fame, to live within the city of New York 4 until such person shall have ﬁrst obtained permission to do 5 so from the Chief of Police, and no permit to change resi- dence shall be granted unless the applicant ﬁrst produce C3C>-1GsCJ'l}~F-0310 C’: 8 permission to change residence; and unless his card shall 9 show him to be in goodihealth, no permit to change resi- 10 dence shall be granted. 2 ' SEC. 18. Each malejwho has in hischarge a mistress, or 2 who frequents houses of ill-fame, assignation or bawdy 4 complete information to the ‘Board of Police Commissioners '5 in Section 1 of this ordinance, and also of any changejthat 12 the Auditor, and the last to be retained by the Board of . . _ 7 his examination card for the current week in which he asks « 3 houses, shall be, and is hereby required to‘ give full and»; 1‘ April 27, 1872. A ‘ ( ﬁg. WOODHULL & CLAFLINS WEEKLY. c I I ‘ 5 6 may take place in the ownership of a mistress, or the pos- 7 session of room or rooms used for the'purpose of prostitu-Q ,8 tion, and any male refusing to give the information required 9 in Section 1 of this ordinance, will be deemed guilty of a 110 misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be ﬁned not less than 11 ﬁfty dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, or impris- 12 onment. SEC." 19. Any owner or keeper of a house kept for the 2 accommodation of males, who shall allow any male such 3 favor without an examination card from a duly authorized 4 Medical Examiner for the current week, shall be deemed 5 ‘guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be ﬁned 6 -not less thanlﬁfty dollars nor more than two thousand dol- *7 lars for each offense, or imprisonment. V in SEC. 20. The Boardof Health shall have full authority to 2 employ all inmates committed to the Hospital and House of 3 Industry at such work or labor as they may be able to per- 4 form, and the amount received for such shall be collected 5 and paid into the city treasury, and placed to the credit of 6 the Hospital or House of Industry: and any male desiring 7 to reform may remain an inmate of the House of Industry, 8 and there shall be secured for him the services of a minis- 9 ter of any persuasion he may desire for a sufficient length 10 of time for him to repent, and for this purpose proper aid 11 and assistance shall be afforded by the Board of Health 12 and Board of Police Commissioners. SEC. 21. No name of any registered male shall be erased 2 from the records except by order of the Board of Health 3 and Board of Police Commissioners. SEC. 22. No woman, let her occupation be what it may, 2 and her weakness or love of man be what it may, shall be 3 designated, in any statute, or legal proceeding, or published 4 report, by the low, vulgar. and obscene names of prosti- 5 tute, bawd or.courtesan, inasmuch as this practice is cruel, 6 unjust and degrading to a class of persons following a legiti- 7 mate and indispensible calling; a calling or profession V 8 which we are about to protect and regulate as best wemay 9 with our present form of class legislation. As we do 10 not read of the founder of our modern religion making such "11 partial distinction, to the degradation and shame of a par- 12 ticular class, we cannot conceive why our modern legisla- 13 tors should presume to sit in judgment, and apply odious 14 epithets, instead of forgiveness and blessings. LETTER FROM ALBERT BRISBANE, DEFINING so- CIAL soIENoE. , , No. 1. FRIEND G—-—--: I answer your letter, in which you speak of Socrxn SCIENCE, and in relation to which you remark as fol- lows: “ My chief objection to the phrase Social Science is that it is so vague and indeﬁnite that I never know what is meant by it. I have not even a distinct notion of what you, yourself, mean by it.” ’ - »- In answer, I will endeavor to explain clearly what, I think, is to be understood by SocIAL SCIENCE, and its scope and function. I ‘ But some preliminary explanations are necessary. First, I must deﬁne the meaning of the term Society. As Social Sci- ence is the science of society, we must know what Society is, if we would obtain’a clear conception of the branch of knowl- edge which treats of it. Society is a WHOLE, composed of a system of laws and institu- tions under which a large body of human beings, forming a _ State or Nation, lives. Such a body of beings is a collective Soul, of which the 'l1tCll'Uld?.(.Cll souls are the members. The terms —Social System ; Social Order ; Social Organization; Social Organism, are used synonymously with Society. Now, the Whole of a system of laws and institutions, forming a Society, is the external organism under which a collective Soul lives, operates and acts, and becomes one great associated Being. A social system or organism is as necessary to a col- lective Soul as our little physical organisms or bodies are to our individual souls. ‘ The system of Industry, for example, with its appliances for producing wealth; with its methods of exchanging, and its laws and customs for dividing and distributing it, is the agent by which men create wealth or the means of existence. The sys- tem of Industry is, then, the organ of production of a collective‘ Soul; it is, so to say, its collective Hands. Without such an organ, a State or Nation could not produce what it required for its support. We see this illustrated by our Indians on the Western prairies. They have no regularly constituted system of Labor or Industry, with its tools, implements, machinery, processes,etc. They live consequently in poverty; they are like an individual man who should be without hands, i. e., the means of working and producing. ‘The Institutions which regulate the development and action ~ of the social or moral Sentiments in man, such as love, ambi- tion and others, are the external organs through which these sentiments manifest themselves externally, and give rise to the social ties and relations which human beings form with each other. They are the collective Heart. Government, or "he system of Political Institutions, is the I external organ by which the collective interests and relations of men are regulated. Without a Government, it would be im- possible for a large body of beings to co-operate as a whole and politically. It is the collective Head. , ‘These examples suffice to show that the Institutions of Society are the external organsthrough which individual souls act and co-operate as an associated Whole. Without institu- tions, combined in a social organization, a State orvNation would be impossible. L Humanity passes through imperfect, preparatory and transi- tional Societies to arrive ﬁnally at a scientiﬁc and normal Society——at one relatively perfect. It passesthrough these im- perfect social states as the globe passed through incomplete and imperfect geological stages to arrive at its present condi- tion with humanity upon; or as the human being passes throughthe embryonic phase in the mother’s womb. and the infantile phase to become afully developed man or woman. When the normal and scientiﬁcally organized Society shall be established on the earth, all Humanity will become associated, and will live voluntarily under it. Humanity’ will then possess its true social Organism, its collective Body, by means of, and through which it will fulﬁll its social functions or destinies on the earth, and will as a consequence of the normal development of its moral and mental Forces, -rise to a life of elevation and happiness. We now understand what is meant by the term, Society, the Social system,or the Social Order. It is a whole of Institu- tions, laws, ordinances and customs under which a collective Soul lives; it is the external Body of such a soul, the parts or institutions of which are its organs. 1 I will now point out further how Humanity has in the past elaborated the different systems of Society which it has estab- lished on the earth--the order it has followed in the elaboration, and how, ﬁnally, it is to arrive at a scientiﬁcally organized So- ciety, fully adapted to its nature, and capable of securing the full and normal development of all its spiritual Forces, that“is, its sentiments, faculties, etc. We must have an idea of the 0oncrete,—of Society and its de- velopment, before we can have an idea of the Abstmct——of the Science. Men saw what plants and animals were before they created the sciences of botany and zoology, but they do not really know at the present day what Society is, and the conditions of its progressive development or elaboration. They look upon it as something abstract and intangible which groWs,——Which develops itself without the intervention of human reason. Humanity began its social life and career on the earth with- out any of the elements of Society,—without industry, social and political institutions, religion, or the arts and sciences, and without past experiments and experience to guide it. ‘It had a two-fold work to perform: 1. To create the elements of Society; that is, to invent, de- vise and discover the germs of industry, the arts, sciences, etc. 2. To organize them; that is, to combine, co-ordinate and arrange them in the whole, which is called Society. For example, Humanity had to invent the primary‘ imple- ’ ments and processes of industry before it could attempt any constitution or organization of the industrial branch of society_ It had to devise laws and some principle of authority before it could establish Governments. When once the elements of society, or some of them are ela- borated, the work of combining and arranging, that is, of organizing them, can begin. The great work of socialelaboration and organization began, when men, abandoning a hunting and wandering life, settled in ﬁxed habitations and communities. This ﬁrst took place, I think, in the valley of the Nile, some 8,000 years, perphaps, B. C. It is possible that a stable community was formed by the oldest of the Aryan races in Northern Asia, at about the same period, indications of which are vaguely preserved in the Zoroastrian traditions, and in the primitive language from which the later Aryan languages, the Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Teutonic and others have been derived. Since the foundation of the Egyptian society on the Nile, a succession of societies have been elaborated and established, culminating in our modern ‘civilization. These constitute the progressive societies of the world, and form the great current of progressive history. The outlying societies, or those at the circumference of the continents, such as the Chinese, Japanese, and even the Hindoo, have been stagnant, and have exercised very little inﬂuence on the progressive history of mankind. Two branches of the human race have elaborated the histori- cal societies, and accomplished the great work of social pro- gress wnich has taken place in the past. These two branches are the Semiticand the Aryan, as they are now generally called. ‘ The Semitic race includes as branches the Chaldean, Assy- rian, Phoenician, Hebrew and Carthaginian. The Egyptian should, I think, be included as a branch, as it is, in its mental constitution, in unity with it. \ _ The Aryan race ‘includes as its branches the Median, Per- sian, Greek, Latin, Teutonic, Celtic and Slavonic. Also, the Brahminical, united with the native Indian races, which it con- quered. We have now an idea of the actors in the great drama of history—-of the two branches of the human family, which haveaccomplished the great work of social evolution. I will indicate brieﬂy the order which has reigned in the succesion of the historical Societies. 1. The Egyptian. This Society was evolved by a peaceful race, animated by the family and religious sentiments. _Its seat was the Valley of the. Nile. There it formed the ﬁrst stable and regular community. Living on a soil, annually overﬂowed, very fertile and easily cultivated, free from forests and rank grasses, it was led to engage in the work" of agricul- ture, which in turn led it gradually to the elaboration of the other elements of society--government, religion, the arts and sciences—all, however, in rude outline. The foundation of this ﬁrst society, or as I will call it, Civilization, took place, Ithink, at,least 8,000 B. C. The Semitic. This Society was developed and founded by the original Semitic race in the basins of the Tigreb and Euphrates. Itselaboration was begun by the Chaldean branch ' of the race near the Persian Gulf; the germs were do doubt. received from Egypt. This Civilization spread northward up the two rivers, and resulted in the creation of the Babylonian and Assyrian Societies. Branches of the Semitic Civilization were the Phoenician, Jewish and Carthygenian. Its origin goes back some 4,000 B. C. \ ~ 3. The l|Iedo—Persicm, or ﬁrst Aryan. civili.zation-the ﬁrstlun-» less there was an earlier stable Aryan community, which was disruptured and of which the Medo-Persian was fragments con- solidated anew. (I do not speak of the Hindoo civilization, founded by a branch of the Aryans which migrated into India. It conquered the native population, established castes, and be- came historically stagnant, exercising too little influence on the current of progressive history to take a . place in it.) The seat of the thirdlcivilization was Media and Persia to the the North and East of the Tigris and Euphrates. Its rise may be traced back some 2,500 years B. C. Tradition speaks of the conquest of Babylon 2,200 years B. C. by the Modes. 4. The Greek and Itomam. This society was elaborated and established on the shores and the islands of the Mediterranean sea by the Greek and Latin races. It was the ﬁrst social state in which Reason, emancipating itself from the control of Re- ligion, framed independenly laws and institutions, and evolv- ed art and science in a natural manner. The Greek civiliza- tion was the initiation of Humanity into a higher and truer cracies took the place of absolute monarchies; civil liberty of despotism; philosophy of mythology; poetry of religious ri- tuals. Its rise dates back to a period coeval with the Mede- Persian, although it was consolidated somewhat later. 5. The Teutonic, or the 0at7z.olico—.Feudal of the middle ages. The elaboration of the social elements an.d the organization which distinguish this ﬁfth Civilization, were the work of’. the Teutonic races, aided by the Celtic and Slavonic in subordina- tion. Our modern Civilization is the continuation of it, but at the same time, a transition from it,»-characterized by two features: 1. The disruption of its religious, political and industrial systems; and 2. The creation of the physical sciences and new elements of Industry. and the development of Free inquiry and personal liberty, —-preparing the way for a modern nationsare n.ow-rapidly tending. Our, modern Civil- ization is, however, in its fundamental features the Catholico-' Feudal or Medieval. Its morals, system of property, much of its authority, its religion or what there is of it, its views of human nature, human destiny, and the Deity are, with {snore modiﬁcations in details and forms,’ of Medieval origin. - "are Catholico-Feudal. In the creation of the ﬁfth Civil:izati,>n, the light-haired and blue-eyed Ayran race appeared for the ﬁrst time on the scene of history as elaborator and organizer. The Greek and Roman Civilization was the work of the dark-haired Aryans. The former is stronger in sentiment; the latter in ﬁre and vivaci‘-* =of the intellect. ’.'i‘l.1:=; seat of the Teutonic Society is the continent of Europe, from which it has spread to the Western hemisphere, giving rise to the Societies on the two continents 0'. America. The most advanced is that of the United States, wliich is destined to do a great work for -the Civilization to another has, in the (past, been accompanied by great dcstructions, as was for example, the passage from the Greek and Roman to the Teutonic: but from all appearances, the transition from our modern civilization to a higher one will be constructive. Ours will not go to pieces as did the Roman. Modern Society has accumulated such knowledge and such'in- dustrial power that it will effect without disruption a new social construction. The revolutions now taking §)l.‘(.‘.(‘, and the reform agitations are the precursors of the impending transformation. A general revolution in Europe might deter- mine the initiation of it. Such in outline is the order of succession that has reigned in the different distinct elaborations of social elements, and in the experiments which have been made in their organiza- tion from the Egyptian to our modern Civilization. The ﬁve great systems of Society which have been established are so many successive strata in the great social Evolution in which Humanity has been and is still engaged, analogous to the suc- cessivc strata which are found in the geologiml development of our globe. Humanity has been at work devnlv pi 1-g a social world, as Nature or the earth forces were, diiring the geologi- cal ages, at work creating a physical world; or as the vital principle in the embryonic germ in the mother’s womb develops a physical organism, which is the human body. It is the faculties, sentiments, instincts, passions of the collective Soul (Humanity), acting ecctemally, which evolve a social Or ganism,' as the same Faculties in the individual soul, acting internally, evolve a physical organism. As the embryo heralds the coming man; as the incomplete and imperfect geological states heralded the ﬁnal advent of a complete globe with an intelligent Humanity upon it, so the incomplete .and imperfect Societies of the past and present herald the ad- vent of a completed and (relatively) perfect social Organism, under the institutions of which Humanity will accomplish its destiny, establish the reign of ’ social harmony and unity, on the earth, and enter into association with the laws and order of the Cosmos. ~ _ ' I have touched on thisvast subject of Social Evolution in order to present clearly to the mind the idea ofa successive social elaboration, and experiments in Organization, effected by Humanity on a unitary plan, for organic instinct has guided it in the direction it has taken through history. The ﬁrst branch of Social Science treats of this Evolution; it is the theory of it, commonly called the Philosophy of History. We must have an idea of the Evolution to comprehend the possibility of a theory, and to undertake its discovery. -. {To BE CON'.[‘INUED.] social life; it was the beginning of real social progress. Demo- new social Construction,—a new order of society, to which , future social progress of mankind. The transition from one *4 J I‘! It I rcwoommrr & cLAEL1N’s wEExLr. ‘April 27, 1872. ‘V THE woEs or WOMAN, AS EXHIBITED IN THE GLEAN- INGS or A EAY IN THE NEW YORK PAPERS. [N. Y. Standard, April 12th.] A MALPEACTICE oAsE IN CQURT——THE NOTORIOUS MADAME VoN Busxmx IN LUDLow STREET JA1L—-AN ACTION To RECOVER $10,000 DAMAGES. " ~ “ Mary Von Buskirk has been sued for $10,000 by Mary Mc- Ginn, in the Court of.Common Pleas, for what, if the plaintiffs story be true", is something more than malpractice. Mary McGi.Im charges that having been led astray by a Dr. Palmer, his sister, after endeavoring in vain to get her to consent to an operation, got her, by a trick, into Madame Von Buskirk’s house, and that there the Madame, by force, compelled her to submit to two attempts to produce an abortion, which failed, but made her very ill. On affidavits setting forth these facts the defendant was arrested, her bail being ﬁxed at $5,000. In de- fault of bail she was locked up last Saturday in Ludlow street "ail. J Yesterday she applied to Judge Loew for her release, or a great reduction of bail. She claims that she never saw the girl until about two weeks ago; that then the girl came in de- manding $2,000, threatening a suit if she did not comply, and that on her refusal the arrest was made. In this she is sup- ported by the afﬁdavit of her son. She also produces the ' record of the ﬁliation proceeding brought by the plaintiff against Dr. Palmer before Justice Ledwith to show that she then charged the attempted operation on another person. She further says that she is so poor that she cannot procure the bail named. , _ The plaintiff denies that she ever stated that the attempt was made by any but the defendant in this case, and Mr. Mott, her attorney, explained her visit to the defendant in this way. The order of arrest was issued to the sheriff in December last, but the Sheriff reported that it was impossible for any man unknown to the inmates of the house to gain admission. As a matter of strategy, he had got .the plaintiff to go there, the sheriff’s officer and himself following as soon as the door was opened. Both deny that any such conversation as Madame Von Buskirk states took place, and all deny that her son was present at it. The Court took the papers.” We forbear to comment on this as yet unadjudicated case. It is simply presented as part of the record of the miseries of the present condition of woman. i Annnsr or SEVEN “ MA.DAMs.”-—In- consequence of a com- plaint made before Justice Dowling of residents in the neigh- borhood of certain houses of ill.-fame, Detective Fields and a posse of police made a raid on the houses Nos. 400, 4.04, 410, 412, 414 and 418 Canal. street, and all the female inmates, number- ing twenty, were arrested and brought before the justice yester- dayfmorning, who discharged the girls with a caution and committed the proprietors for trial. Their names are Mary Havenich, Mary Schmidt,Mary Brown, Augusta Meyers, Louisa Leon, Teresa Meyers and Louisa Baker.—New Yorlc Stcmdcml, ' April A . 1 Except where “waiter girls” were in the -question, did any one ever hear of a police raid on the rum shops of New York ? ' If ‘ women only kept liquor saloons how soon would they be at- But this question is partially answered by the New I tacked. A York Stcw',!April 12: “ The police have again cleaned out a number of disorderly houses,’ with the women attached. It’s a singular commentary ' on the age in which we live, that these poor, abandoned women are periodically disgraced and humbled, while the men who herd with them, and live upon their shame, are never touched. This common sense view of the subject is commended to the notice of partial one-eyed justice, who spares male prosti- tiytutes, and sticks down those only who arecruelly and shame- _ lessly deprived of legal and political ‘power to protect them- selves. A FOEGIVING I‘IUSBAND.—A runaway wife recently arrived at . Waterbury,’ 'Conn., in company with a traveling fraud, who called himself “ Dr. Dorwin.” She had not .left the cars, how- ,_ ever, before she suddenly and unexpectedly met her husband, who had traced the pair from New Haven. The sequel is thus told by the Springﬁeld Republican: ‘Upon facing her the true husband meekly said, “Mary is this you ?” 'A11d, Mary replied, “Pop, is that you?” and ex- pressed great, surprise at seeing him; “ Pop” forgave his err- ing ‘wife on ‘the spot and bore her back to New Haven, while ’ “‘ Dr. Dorwin,” who turns out to be Frank Hedges, a Hartford .. sport, and an old lover of the woman, was taken back to Bridgeport to settle his bills. The poet says “(To err is human, to forgive divine 1” l I is questionable whether the husband will ﬁnd that doc- Aptriirie applied in his case. On the contrary, it is fair to predict ‘ both the husband and wife will find the “seeming;Chris- I, tians” among their acquaintances the very last to forgive and ' forget the escapade. People are so good now, they not only hate the sin but the sinner also. , A WAIE-—A SAD SEQ,UEL.———II1 the Times last Sunday, was a paragraph headed “A Waif,” snd recording the fact that a female infant of tender age had been found on the doorsteps of house No. 44 Brimmer street. The item attracted the atten- tion of State Constables Tewksbury and Tobey, and from cer- tain circumstances known to them, they felt convinced that they knew the parents of the abandoned. child. Officer Tewks- bury accordingly this morning visited a house in Spring street, _where he called for one of the inmates, a married woman named Maria Grfﬁin, who has been lodging in the house with her husband, a cabinet-maker, in business at No. 60 Albany street. \ ” / _ Mr. Tobey, on being confronted with the woman, at once accused her of being the mother of the deserted child, and af- , ter a few words she admitted that such was the fact, and then made a clean breast of the matter. Her story, in eﬁect, was ' that her husband hated the young one worse than-“pizen,” and although the full volume of a mother’s love for her off- , spring is bubbling up in her maternal bosom, yet she was compelled by Griﬁﬁn to rid herself and him of the infant. Acting under his orders, therefore she took the little one, a ﬁne healthy child, born on the 29th of February, and wrapp- ing it in an old red shawl, she deposited it as aforesaid on the , steps of Mrs. Eliotls house in Brimmer street, where it was found and taken thence to the Chardon Street Home. When- her sad story was ﬁnished Mr. Tewksbury took her into custody and conveyed her to the Municipal Court, where a complaint \ for assault was made out, and on that she was arranged and pleaded guilty. . The officers were desirous of having her put on probation, but His Honor thought the matter should be more fully inves- tigated, and accordingly held her in $2,000 for examination next Tuesday. ' . When picked up last Saturday night the child was destitute of clothing, with the exception of the old shawl, and would un- doubtedly have perished had it not have been found so soon. A The mother is only sixteen years of age, and, notwithstanding the husband is in businessfor himself, she is also very poorly off in the matter of wearing apparel, so much so, that Officer Tewksbury was compelled, through pity, to procure for her use a heavy shawl. She seemed to be particularly pleased at the prospect of getting her child again, and taking in all, the case presents a truly pitable scene from life in the metropolis. ——Boston Times; The above is a volume of horrors which needs no comment. The poor child only sixteen years of age, has chosen her pro_ tector, and can only secure herself for a time, from his infernal power over her, by aiding to secure his imprisonment for the crime, which, probably, he compelled her to commit, viz, the ab- andonment of the infant. There is no other resource for her except in defying the power which, if the above statement be correct, has placed her for life in the clutches of ademon. ’ Many who will not heed THE WEEKLY, will listen to the fol- lowing, which is taken from the [New York “ Daily Witness,” April 12.} A WARNING. ——It appears from the Sun of April 9, 1872, that Lookup Evans has been released from prison in Sing Sing, to which he was sentenced last May for three years and six months. The cause of his release is thus stated: “He was convicted of a crime unknown in law ."’ With equal truth, it might be added, unknown even in Sodom. At the time when Evans was convicted, his case created a great sensation. Sev- eral letters were published, asa selection, from several bushels like them, from all parts of the country, found in his office. One especially seemed to go beyond the others in depravity. The substance of it was this: If you send me stuff at a cheap rate, with which I can murder my unboin infant, I ‘will en- deavor to procure you customers. This sort’ of crime is shown by statistics, which were read at a convention of physicians held in Massachusetts, a short time ago, to be widespread. The average number of children in the New England States is three children to two families. At this rate of decrease, the Yankee nation will have vanished from the earth in the fourth generation. Four produces three; three produces two; two produces one; and the one probably will merge into some other ‘nationality. To reﬂecting minds, especially Christian men and women, this state of affairs is totally abhorrent; to think that a nation should vanish from the earth by its own wickedness, seems something new. Surely it must rejoice the ﬁends of hell to see criminals convicted of such crimes, as this, set free with full opportunities to continue their hellish trade. If the devil himself controlled the seats of justice in New York, he could not do his infernal work better than setting free such crimi- nals as this. We must not infer, however, that the United States will be depopulatad. ’ The Irish and Germans are pouring in by thousands every day. The Irish World, of April 6, claims that there are 13,000,000 of Irish, and their descendants in this country, and the Chinese emigration has set in on the California coast. There is one great danger, however. It is this: that God’s patience may become exhausted, and long before the fourth generation He may pour out his judgments, and make a much speedier end. Such things have happened before, and may happen again. ' CAUTION. This sad state of affairs may well be deplored, but, bad asit is, it is probably not so bad as it will be, for the evil is not stationary but increasing. Child or foetus——murder is a national crime, if what “Caution,” says be correct, and it is believed so to be. In the near future, when woman helps to make and administer the laws, let us trust that she will ﬁnd a way to remedy this evil. With this we close our record of 5 a day‘s “Miseries of Women ” as culled from the daily papers of New York. TIRALLEU/B. ~————~—-—-O-Q-6-————-—-——— STRAY SHOTS. ICHABOD.-—-In the beginning of -this century, the great Napoleon, although then at war with Great Britain, transmit- ted the gold medal of the Academy of Science to Sir Humphrey Davy the inventor of the safety lamp, «declaring that science did not recognize national limitation. A telegram of the 9th instant informs us that “ the jury of painters of the annual exhibition have rejected two pictures sent in by Gustave Courbet, the communist, on the ground that the artist has disqualiﬁed him- self from competition with honorable men.” , Francis the First notiﬁed his countrymen of the defeat of Pavia in the memorable words, “ Towi est perdu, mats l’hon- new !’’—The Thiers gang do not seem to have saved even their self-respect. Poor France ! THE HAMMER AND THE PLoUGH.-For the first time in the history of Great Brittain the ill-paid agricultural laborers "of England, have struck work in the county of W2).i'wickshire' This is a happy omen. When the soil-tillers and the mechanics unite on a just and equal basis, and they can unite on none oth- er, the sons of toil will be ready to sound the onset for battle. A Mr. ‘Wheeler, of New York, has introduced into the House Lof Representatives a bill providing that none but male citizens over twenty-one years of age shall be permitted to vote in Utah, prohibting officers of election from placing any marks on bal- lots passing through their hands, and providing forpa 1'egistr_y of votes in that Territory. This measure is intended to limit the power of the Mormons, who, under the pretence of woman suffrage, now march their numerous wives to the ballot-laox, to express the will of Brigham Young. -«New York bun, Z-‘.=_'pl”ll 9th. ' The sapient cry has been, that, because all women do not wish to vote, legislators are justified in robbing those of the ballot who desire to use it. This bill will destroy that illusion. Those who advocate may look for some notoriety. It is too late. in the day to ‘stereotype the ‘political slavery of woman in‘ this republic, and those who attempt to do so‘ will 9enjésy':;;n im- .1. mortality of infamy. Trot out the heroes who are afraid of their mothers, wives and sisters in the political arena. Show up your candidates for the Haynau medal—-Mr. ’Wheeler. Thomas Moore tells us in one of his famous melodies that a beautiful lady, decked with gold and jewels, walked unharmed through ancient Ireland. The papers have stated that if Mrs. Woodhull hires a hall ‘in “modern Ireland” she will not be permitted to speak her mind scathless. It may berso, but at present let us regard it as an unwarranted libel against the fair fame of the men and women of that country. The Woman’s Journal gives a touching incident as an exam- ple of feminine devotion. “A Cincinnati womanrecentl bail- ed her husband out of the station-house, to which he ha been consigned for drunkenness, with the proceeds of her hair, which was exceedingly long and beautiful.” “ Feminine devotion” eh !—It is easy to see that a man wrote that notice; had a woman indited it she would have given it a very different title. ' “ LAWYERS IN GrowNs.-—Speaking,of the proposition of the St. Louis bar, that the lawyers there should resume black gowns in the courts, a bright little lady said: ‘It seems to me that neither men nor women are satisﬁed with the role God has given them. The men want to put on the women's petticoats and the women want to put on the men’s pantaloons.’ Mr. E. S. Thomas, in his ‘ Reminiscences,’ tells an anecdote of Judge Burke, of Charleston, South Carolina, and his gown, which placed that eccentric bachelor in rather an awkward position. For convenience sake, the Judge kept his gown in a closet in the hall of a house occupied by a maiden lady named Von Rhine, who resided near the Court House. He was in the habit of stepping in on his way to court, seizing his robe, and put- ting it on as he entered the hall of justice. One day, being in great haste, he darted into the closet, seized the ﬁrst black garment that met his eye, hurried into court, and ascended the bench, making vain efforts to adjust it. Presently his arms came through—not ﬂowing sleeves, but two pocket holes, and holding up his hands in amazement, he exclaimed with the utmost gravity, while the Court was convulsed with laughter, ‘ Before God, I have got on Von Rhine’s petticoat.’ ” The above extract is taken from the Daily Witness of the 11th instant, and the outside world will please to remember that the appeal to the Deity in the last sentence is not taking a certain name in vain, or how could it have got into the Witness, “ darn it. ” ~ OUR VVORKINGWOMEN~—LECTURE AT Coornn INSTITUTE BY MRS. JANE S. GrRIFF1‘N—A SORROWFUL STORY or WEoNc.--1\Irs. Jane S. Grrilﬁn, the Irish elocutionist, delivered a lecture at the Cooper Institute, last evening,‘ a lecture entitled “Our Work- ingwomen—their wants and their wages—their woes and their wrongs,” before a large and appreciative audience. General McAndras, the celebrated French-Irish general, presided, and introduced the lecturer, who commenced by saying that Nature had imposed uponwoman the task of training and nursing the slaves and masters of the world, and yet how few of these mothers, said the lecturer, have been allowed a voice in the framing of the laws which have ruled or misruled their sex for centuries. Man made the laws that gave him the right of being master, and woman had toobey them. She then referred to the dependency of woman on man, and said that many of the hardships whichthe former had to undergo could be remedied by according towoman theright of female. suﬂrage. Mrs. Griffin dwelt at great length on the several kinds of labor for which women are poorly paid, particularizing capmaking and shiritmaking. She concluded by saying that the terrible and continued warring with life, and warring for it, have made many females in the ﬁts of madness end their lives bya lamen- table suicide.—N. Y. Star 10th inst. Those women who have carefully studied the question of “ Woman’s wrongs,” assert thus, “ Female prostitution is mainly traceable to starvation;” and the real reason why un- chastity is rated as a greater crime in woman than it is in man, is because it is commonly very mu.ch more costly in its conse- quences. TIEALIEEUR. “ TO THE FUTURE LOOKS TRUE NOBILITY.” Why should we weep, and from the lightof day Hide our dispairing faces in the dust? Or idly sit with folded hands and mourn The vanished glory of departed dreams- The end of our ambitions and of hope, The toppling down of the bright goal of years-— The dark prostration of the aims of life, The things for which we waited, toiled and yearned, Starved, and in silence suffered cruel wrong Trod down the roses blossoming next our hearts, In striving for the garlands out of reach, That hid a hell of thorns beneath their mask Of blushing buds, and raptures of perfume ? Why should we weep? some happier hand than ours, In the far future, waiting silently Beyond the rosy glimmer of the dawn, Shall gatherup the broken strands anew, Of bafﬂed projects and defeated aims, And weave them into bright victorious wreaths Of fame and fortune, for all coming years, Immortal as the use andineed they crown. (Signed) ._ The above inspiring lines were given to us, through the medlumship of Mrs. Emma Powell, at a public circle. May they bless others of like necessity, as they have encouraged us. Fraternallv Yours, W. D. REIOHNEB. HELEN Wmsmm-7. PHILADELEHIA, Dec. 7th, 1871. , - ————‘—-——+4-<s»-—-———- FLASHES FROM TELEGRAEHIC PENS. “"I have been treading along the ﬂowery banks of a loneriyer where the shady woodlands were ﬁlled with the sweet song- sters, making melody to their souls’ idols, and the grassy slopes were covered with nature’s wildest and sweetest ﬂowers, but it was only, as it were, in a dream that I have stood beside the lirnpid waters, looking down into their mirror depths to be- hold beside my own face none other than your own. It is useless now to sing of the wild happiness that thrilled ‘my soul, for the dream is chased away by the stern reality of waking, and I am not- only glad that I have dreamed‘ the dream, but I am all the better for it; for I only looked upon it as a dream from which I should sooner or later’ awakeni and "ﬁnd 0 gm “-6..-.<‘_ 7-4:<n4%~ -.,_...3.-,.'-...xx.-.,,.\ -goodness of nature’s children.“ Isa ‘ I gilt so keenly my inferiority——(of' course Iwould wish to look * athirst for your teachings, but it is right that our paths should Ariel 27.1872» ald‘¥~ .wooDHULL & 'C5%[jAFLIN’S "IWEEKLY . :7 myself more self-relying, and more fully impressed wi? the 4 * >; :v. u G_" . ECHOES TO THE 'ABovE. _ I had several very reasonable reasons, dear friend “Ac,” for mg nay .to that pleading question from your lips-—-or pen. up to him who should occupy, the highest niche in love’s celes- tial temple), but I feltthat when you came to know me better; when my faults and failings fwerejbrought out by the little cares and trials that hour by hour unfold our truepnature, our ‘inner self, the gloss and glitter worn off, (that love colors with a butterﬂydown), when you found that ’my weak, unculti- vated, undeveloped brain could not comprehend your pet theories, you would tire of my poor company, you could seethat you had “ stooped to conquer,” and, when you raised up to your full height, (and I acknowledge you are a peer) then, I thought," your heart would hunger again and I could not feed your unsatiated soul 1 O, I value very highly the pearl you laid at my feet. I feel exalted, as it were, by this condescension (you hardly realized it as such, but it was). My heart thanks and blesses you. I have been led along a silvery stream by you, I noted all the beauties that were scat- tered on its shore, and prize the lessons that ramble taught me, and how glad I’d be to take more lessons. My soul is diverge since you cannot accept of friendship which cannot ripen into love. I feel assured that now you can plainly see that the rich philosophies so dear, so real to you-—food to your searching soul, are as “Greek” to me——you ought to realize that true congeniality springs from equal capacities to compre- hend, from a oneness of soul—all others are fancied, not real; and, too soon, alas I the blank truth comes. COMET, ~——~———-9-Q4-——————— [CONTINUED. ] EMMANUELO ; OR, NEWS FROM THE NORTH POLE. CHAPTER THE THIRD.‘ “ The honored Gods Keep Rome in safety; and our chairs ofjustice Supplied with worths men; plant love amongus; Throng our large temples with the shows of peace, .And not our streets with war.” _ COBIOLAIIUS. THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY, AND I THE EXCUSE MADE FOR 50 DOING-——THE BUILDING OF HIEROS0" LYDLL, OR NEVV JERUSALEM——THE MISERABLE CONDITION OF THE IVIASSES FROIVI THE THIRTEENTH TO THE SEVENTEENTH CEN- runv. A Historians estimate the population of Emmanuelo, at the end of the seventh century at about four millions, and state that it was almost equally distributed in the four large settle- ments then existing. This, however, is only a supposition on their part, for, not until the twelfth century was there a cen- sus. Remembering the punishment that was visited upon King David for numbering the people, the authorities previ- ously did not dare to follow his example. At that time, after the four great divisions had made their returns, the population of the island was found to be nearly fourteen millions. The excuse made for their census-taking was as follows : It had long been the desire of many worthy men to form some central bond of union, in which they could all join, and which, they fondly hoped, would again bring back the good old days of the past. They called a convention of the representa- tives of the different sections for this purpose. Remembering their origin, it was proposed by them to unite in building a central city to be called, Hiercsolyma, or “New Jerusalem,” in which work they could all unite, and where, once again, they could occasionally meet together in brotherly love. A site was found ﬁt for its iocation (having some of the natural features of ancient Jerusalem) upon which they decided it should be built. In order to perform the necessary work, it was requisite to assess the four different communities on the island in their proper number of laborers, and this could not correctly be per- formed without taking the census of their populations. For nearly a century they agreed, and worked steadily in the build- i.ng up and beautifying of the Central City, but after that time divisions came upon them, owing to the knowledge they ob- tained of their various powers by such enumeration of their peoples, and for the three following cycles, or from the thir- teenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the history of Emmanuelo is a history of bloodshed, rapine, and misery. This period is often referred to by the natives, and is termed by them the “dark days,” or the “times of sorrow.” So bit, terly did the wars rage amongst them that, on taking the last census, on or about A. D. 1620, the population was found not to have increased during the past three centuries. But this special curse of the Deity was probably not to be attributed to the wars alone, but also to the lasciviousness and bestiality which pervaded all ranks of society at that melancholy era, of which a writer of the time thus discourses: “It is impossible to conceive anything more horrible than the condition of the far larger part of the people of the island ofEmmanuelo at this period. In some cases all the males of a community were trained to slay their brethren. The skill of the men of science, the arts of the mechanics and the labors of the agriculturists were wasted, and worse than wasted, in wars. The workers were oppressed by grievous land and money laws which invested the latter with unlimited powers to eat up the substance of pro- ducers. , Nor was this all, for life itself was attacked by the M-ganization of a shameless system of distribution which rewarded those who committed frauds" upon the community, and paid them for poisoning the articles in which they dealt. Under the operation of the laws above-mentioned, men were rewarded in an inverse ratio to the work they performed. The most useful and necessary of all toilers, the tiller of the soil, was paid the least; and the man who supplied the food of the people in some cases was a serf or a slave, and in all cases could hardly obtain a sufficient share of the labor of his own hand.s wherewith to sustain life. Orders to live upon the toil of others were readily issued by all the governments on the island in countless quantities. And the least expression of dis- sent on the part of distressed workers was sternly repressed by the armed hirelings of the rulers. Governed by a false political economy which sacriﬁced the producers, the wealth of the communities became concentrated in the hands of a very few individuals, who were rendered in- ordinately rich, the masses in consequence becoming pauper- ized and brutalized. Through the channels of luxury and misery crime ﬂooded the island. In the cities and towns large numbers of the population were selected from the ranks of laborers, armed with bludgeons and other weapons, and sent forth to dragoon the people into the paths of virtue. Not were imprisonedin the course of a year for crimes of various kinds. But, notwithstanding the stringency of the laws and the ﬁerceness with which they were executed, , they could*nei- ther subdue nor materially affect the evils threatening to dis- rupt society. This sad condition of things only endured a short time, for the ministers of the law soonbecame degen- erated, and their attacks upon criminals soon dwindled into mere raids upon the lowest, poorest, and most wretched classes of the vicious, whilst high-handed villains, who com- mitted crimes similar to those for which the former were punished, went unwhipped of justice. . To the wise it soon became manifest that brute force alone would be powerless to prevent confusion and anarchy. I p . But perhaps the distinguishing characteristic of these terri- ble times was in the fearful social condition of the age. The meanest commercial paper was inﬁnitely more honored in the observance than the bond of matrimony. Maternity was shunned. Foeticide and infanticide became common. Prizes were offered for manuscripts to instruct the people on the best methods of proceeding in order to insure the prevention, of in- crease. Heads of families dreaded the future; the mora1oma- laria was around them, and they felt it to be impossible that their little ones would escape the pestilence. Amongst the poor, brutality between the sexes began to exhibit itself; among the wealthy, enervated by luxury and dehumanized by obscene sensuality, the men and women of which that idle class was composed might be set down as enemies. The comforts of home were neglected, the sacred fortresses of connubial and parental affection were attacked, and withthem the true strong- holds of the morality and virtue yet remaining on the island were crumbling into ruins.” p Although by their skill and industry, underthe severe money stimulous which was brought to bear upon them, the workers of the community had succeeded in increasing ﬁve hundred fold the products of the island, they derived no beneﬁts there- from. Sterner and longer labors were required of them after every improvement they made. In the cities their lives were sacriﬁced by the governments, in countless numbers, with impunity; in the country they were reduced to serfdom and‘ slavery. With the ruling class “money” was all in all, and ‘ ‘ man ” was nowhere. shops, in the courts of law and in the halls of science; where the merchants congregated and where the people met to wor-_‘ ship, justice and right were overthrown and fraud and wrong were triumphant.” V ' ; But there is a silver lining to every cloud. From the same history we gather the fact, that, even in the latest and darkest‘ period of the “ Time of Sorrow,” charity, justice, and right- eousness were not unrepresented in Emmanuelc. Iteformers began to appear in every department, and reforms, social and physical, of the condition of women,'of temperance, of land, money, distribution, and labor, were projected and discussed.’ At ﬁrst their efforts appeared to be vain, and, secure in their pride of power, the rulers treated them with contempt; but gradually they began to appear to the latter to be more im- portant, and worthy of attention and repression. But, in the meantime, the masses on the island began to move. The toil-' ers called to each other out of the dceps. Throughout Em-, manuelo, the storm for years had been slowly and steadily gathering; and in the impure and fetid atmosphere the low rolling of the popular thunders began to reverberate around the island. But the action of the people in this crisis is re—j served for the next chapter. ———-—-¢-—oa-———————- PHENOMENAL. OITR LATE FELLOW TOWNSMAN, l\IR. BIOSES RRONNER, SEEN O1\'E OF OUR CITIZENS IN NEW YORK,‘AT THE ROOIJS OF DR.‘ ‘ HENRY SLAIDE. I feel an obligation to make an exact statement of facts asl seen by me when in the city of New York some three weeks since, at the rooms of the spiritual medium, Henry Slade. Though exposed by the reporter of that bright luminary, the New York Sun, some time previous to the facts which I will now relate, with a friend I visited the medium in the day time, and each one of us received a communication through what is called the slate manifestation. -To be more explicit, Dr. Slade gave me a slate, also a small bit of pencil, which was placed on the slate. I placed the slate under the table and pressed it upward against the table leaf——the small bit -of pencil being between the slate and the leaf. Slade’s hands in the meantime were on top of the table and he did not touch the slate. One long since dead gave me V a com- munication in writing. The friend with me also received a communication from his wife while he held the slate beneath the leaf of the table. Satisﬁed with the results of our meeting in the day time, we left. In the evening I visited the rooms of the Dr. the second time, for the purpose of seeing spirit faces. Dr. Slade gave me every facility for close scrutiny, and that which took place should forever silence those who have time to expose Mr. Slade——at least with every man and woman laying claims to common honesty, and who will not ignore the testimony of their own senses. Every part of the room I ex- amined, moved every article of furniture, and I know that there was not a wire, neither any paste—board faces, as stated by one Mrs. Case. I had the management of preparing the room for the manifestations. The same table used for the Slade manifestations was used in the evening. Let me state that the room was not dark. It was lighted with gas, and I could see to read. At Moravia, Mrs. Andrews retires into what is called a cabinet. Mr. Slade sits at the table. I took a piece of black cloth, about a yard long and three—fourths of a yard in width, and suspended it in the center of the room by a narrow tape. The position in which I placed it enabled me to see under, over, and both sides of the cloth. Out of the center of the cloth was a piece removed about sixteen inches square. The fact. I sat down at the table with Dr. Slade, took hold of both his hands and very soon something about the size of my hand appeared at the opening. -Dr. Slade, very much excited, released his hands from mine, and tore away the curtain with this remark, “ See if any one is behind the counter.” I knew no one was there ; for I took the pre- caution to lock the only door in the room when I ex- amined it. For the second time we took our seats at the table as before. Soon a full sized face appeared and. as soon vanished. A second time the face appeared at the opening \ in the cloth, andI recognized it at once as Mr. Moses Bronner, unfrequently fully a tenth. part of the citizens in such places 1 late a merchant of the city of Rochester. Being well acquaint- Everywhere, in the ships and in the i f monstration. ; scribe the nature of the soul; its mysterious connection with j the body; or in what with him, I know I was not mistaken. I even saw a mole on his face. The face vanished, and then a third time made its ap- pearance. This time, to be more positive, I asked, if he was notsuch a one, and he shook his head. I asked “ Are you Moses Brenner ?’_’ and bending the head forward three times I was satisﬁed, and will take my oath to-day in any court that thefacts as stated are true. In conclusion, let me say that who- ever says I was deceived, and that Dr. Slade used trickery~— wires, pasteboard faces, or had-theassistance of others-—they doiwhat the boy did when he» lied. M. G. Rochester Empress, April 9. MIDNIGHT MUSINGS. BY WASHINGTON IRVING. [The following selection from Irving, written over ﬁfty years ago, evinces much of the spirit that pervaded his character and writings at that time, and which, no doubt, has had its share in promoting and spreading” the Spiritual leaven of the present age. His conceptions and appreciations of the beauties of the Spiritual philosophy, stamp him as one of a high order of_,Spiritualists.] I am now alone in my chamber The family have long since retired. I have heard their footsteps die away, and the doors ‘ clap to after them. The murmur of voices and the peal of re- mote laughterfgno longer reach the ear. The clock from the church, in which so many of the former inhabitants of this house lie buried, has chimed the awful hour of midnight. I have sat by the window and mused upon the dusky land- scape, watching the lights disappearing one by one from the dis- tant villageg and the moon rising in her. silent majesty, and leading up all the silver pomp of heaven. As I have gazed up- on these quiet graves and shadowy‘ lawns, silvered over and imperfectly lighted by dewy moonshine, my mind has been crowded by “ thick coming fancies” concerning those spiritual beings which - . " ' ‘ “ -—-———— Walk the earth Unseen both when we wake and when we sleep.” Are there, indeed, such beings ‘P Is this space between us and the Diety ﬁlled up by innumerable orders of spiritual beings, forming the same gradations between the human soul and di- vine perfection, that we see prevailing from humanity down to the meanest insect? It is a sublime and beautiful doctrine in- culcatcd by the early fathers, that there are guardian angels ap- pointed to watch over cities and nations, to take care of good men, and to guard and guide the steps of helpless infancy. Even the doctrine of departed spirits returning to visit the scenes and beings, which were dear to them during the bodies’ ‘ existence, though it has been debased by the absurd supersti- tions of the vulgar, in itself is awfully solemn and sublime. However lightly it may be ridiculed, yet, the attention invol- untarily yielded to it whenever it is» made the subject of serious discussion, and its prevalence in all ages and countries, even among newly discovered nations that have had no previous in- terchange of thought with other parts of the world, prove it to be one of those mysterious and instinctive beliefs, to which, if left to ‘ourselves, we should naturally incline. In spiteof all the pride of reason and philosophy, a vague doubt will still lurk in the mind, and perhaps will neverbe eradicated, as it is a matter that does not admit of positive de- Who yet has been able to comprehend and de- part of the frame it is situated ? We know merely that it does exist; but whence it came, and enter- ed into us, and how it operates, are all matters of mere specu- lation, and contradictory theories. If, then, we are thus ignor- ant of this spiritual essence, even while it forms a part of our- selves, and is continually present to our consciousness, how can we pretend to ascertain or deny its power and operations, when released from its ﬂeshy prison—house ? » Everything connected with ou.r spiritual nature is full of doubt and difﬁculty. “ We are fearfully and wonderfully made,” we are surrounded by mysteries, and we are mysteries even to ourselves. It is more the manner in which this super- tition has been degraded, than its intrinsic absurdity, that has brought it into‘ contempt. Raise it above the frivolous pur- poses to which it has been applied, strip it of the gloom and horror with which it has been enveloped, and there is none, in the whole circle of visionary creeds, that could more delight- fully elevate imagination, or more tenderly affect the heart. It would become a sovereign comfort at the bed of death, soothing the bitter tear wrung from us by the agony of mortal separa- tion. ~ What could be more consoling than the idea, that the souls of those we once loved were permitted to return and watch over our welfare ?~—that ‘affectionate and guardian spirits sat by our pillows when we slept, keeping a vigil over our most helpless hours ?—that beauty and innocence, which had lan- guished into the tomb, yet smiled unseen around us, revealing themselves in those blest dreams wherein we live over again the hours of past endearments? A belief of this kind would, I should think, be a new incentive to virtue, rendering us cir- cumspect, even in our most secret moments, from the idea that those weonce loved and honored were invisible witnesses of all our actions. - It would take away, too, from the loneliness and destitution which we are apt to feel more and ‘ more as we get on in our pilgrimage through the wilderness of this world, andiﬁnd. that those who set forward with us lovingly and <-‘heerily on the journey, have one by one dropped away from our side. ‘Place the superstition in this light, and I confess I should like to ‘be a believer in it. —I see nothing in it that is incompatable with the tender and merciful nature of our religion, or revolting to the wishes and affections of the heart. There are departed beings that I have loved as I never again shall love in this world; that have loved me as I never again shall be loved. If such beings do even retain in their ‘blessed spheres the attachments which they felt on earth; if they take an interest in the poor concerns of transient morality, and are permitted to hold communion with those whom they have loved on earth, I feel as if now, at this deep hour of night, in this silence and solitude, I could receive their visitations with . the most solemn but unalloyed delight. . -——-~«-o-o—+——-———— . Eleven millions of us, are there ? How are our publications supported? Have we a sound, solid quarterly review? I Have we an able monthly? Nothing of the kind. When reading the quarterlies and monthlies of the “liberal ” denominations, and reflecting that we have nothing corresponding, a blush tinges our check. How long is this want—this condition of things to remain? Is that indefatigable worker, Emma Hard- inge Britten, expecting to bring out the Western Star ? There is a soul-demand for such a periodical. Every Spir- itualist journal, we are sure, would hail its appearance de- light. Whats the prospect? .4 __, 3 . I I v WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. April 27,. 1872. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE‘. one copy for one year - - - - - ‘- - - $3 00— One copy for six months - - ” - - - - - \ 1 50 Single copies - - - - - - - - - - 10 FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTION. on: BE MADE ro mun Aomror or run AMERICAN mews COMPANY, LONDON, ENGLAND. $4 00 2 00 One copy for one year - - - - - - - one copy for six months - - - - - -‘ - , RATES OF ADVERTISING. Per line (according to location) - - From $1 00 to 2 50 Time, column and page advertisements by special contract. Special place in advertising columns caxnnotbe permanently given. Advertiser’s bills will be collected from the oﬁlce of the paper, and must in all cases, bear the signature of WoonHtrLL, CLAFLIN 82 Co. Specimen copies sent free. News-dealers supplied. by the American News Company, No. 121 Nassau street, New York. ’ All communications. business or editorial, must be addressed W oodlrull & Cla.ﬂi11’st W‘ eekly, ' I 44 BROAD Srnnnr, NEW Your CITY. JOHN W. METZLER, Superintendent of Advertising. WGTGREA 3. Wﬂﬂliﬂit Add TEtihllEl3. 5l.A'l-"LEN, r EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. BORN INTO SPIRIT LIFE. On Sunday, April 6th, as the shades of evening were gath- ering, our former husband and later friend and brother, Can- ning H. Woodhull, escaped, after a weeks painful struggle, from. his conﬁnement in’. material form, to the "freedom ,of Spirit Life. This transition, though somewhat sudden. was not wholly unanticipated, either by him or us. Certain unhappy habits of life, with peculiarities of constitution, placed a not indeﬁnite tenure upon the extension of his physical life. Some ten years ago he remarked: “ I cannot expect to live longer than till I875.” This prophecy was shortened by only three years, expiring in 1872 instead. ’ ’ There are various circumstances connected with his life, and , "ours, some of which, having been snatched from us by the public, sometimes in an unmerciful manner, and at others by duplicity and treachery, have placed us in an unfavorable light in the judgment of those who have had no means of justifying their opinions by personal acquaintance. To such, we now have no recriminations to offer, nor any unkind words to ‘say. We leave themall to their consciences and their God, simply remarking that he has taken a departure, called hence by the uncontrollable powers of nature, which they would have had us hasten by leaving him, -at the expense of our own sense of right, to abandon himself to his unfortunate habits. It will scarcely be maintained by any, that all people are l ushered into physical being, equally endowed with the germs of greatness and goodness, or their opposites. In other words, people are born to be what they are There are those who are possessed of peculiarities, which they can never overcome. Even conﬁrmed habits either for good or for ill are not always merely acquired; but usually grow out of inherent tendencies. _Some people are constitutionally drunkards; while others, though "as fully accustomed to drink, never become drunkards. In either case, there is neither merit or dismerit, since both are alike the result of circumstances and causes beyond indi- vidual control; and the former is only to be remedied. by a better understanding of the laws of life and generation, and its application in general experience. It is in this sense that we regard the life of the deceased who has just left us. Our acquaintance with him began while yet we were quite young and very unpleasantly situated. Eleven years of unremitting, wifely devotion, tried by every possible species of Worldly temptation, an_d testiﬁcd to by him upon every occasion, terminated a condition which became unen- durable. When he found us inexorable in the determination to separate from him, he made no objection. He permitted us o depart in peace, and never from that day did he either upbraid or complain of us; but on the contrary often wondered that we had not left him before. And we know that he, though he felt the change severely, was just enough to rejoice in knowing that the changed conditions opened a wider ﬁeld of usefulness and happiness to us, and in all our movements none were more gratiﬁed at our success, or more regretful for our seeming defeats than he. But with the cessation of our marital rela- tion there were others that coul.d not be so easily. sundered as this had been. We had our children,‘ for whom he had as warm 2:. love as his nature’ could know. It was not in our heart to banish him entirely from them. Besides we owed him personally a duty, higher than that which any law can formulate or enforce. It was impossible for us to be indiffer- ent to the needs and necessities of him to wb.om we had given. so many years of our life, and though the world demanded that we should abandon him to all the exigencies of his unfortunate weakness, we thank Heaven that we had the cour- age. to brave its judgments and to perform that which was no more our duty than it was our pleasure to perform. He has always had a home with us whenever he has desired to occupy it. I We must confess, however, that _ this condition was one which, for a long time, we shrank from letting the public know, and it became the rod in the hands of unscrupulous per- sons, held in terror over our heads to compel us to do their bid- ding, and most cruelly and unrelentlessly did they make use of it. At length patience and forbearance ceased to be a virtue with us. The sequence has been heralded world-wide and used against usin every possible shape, until, in the minds of those who have had no means of correcting their judgment, we are held as little better than veritable demons. We trust the vin- dictiveness of the authors of all this, now that the stumbling- block is removed from their way, will cease, and the desperate energy they have devoted to effect our condemnation will be transferred to a nobler purpose. But they found a ﬁtting close to their career of insatiable vengeance, in endeavoring to convey to the public the impres- sion that he whom we had sheltered and protected in deﬁance of public opinion, during his life had been foully dealt with by us, in his leaving of it. This cruelty was almost more than we could philosophically accept. It seemed to us that with death, such bitterness ought to have ceased. It did not however; but care was taken that the alleged suspicious circumstances of his decease should be telegraphed all over the world, so that in the next mornings papers, it would at least be intimated that, “one of Mrs. Woodhull-’s husbands” had died suddenly, and the coroner was investigating the matter. The refutation of this infamous insinuation will never reach one half the people, who with avidity drank down the ﬁrst news with a “ didn’t I tell you so." Even some of the city editors had the malignity and malicious- ness to state in the columns of their papers what the tele- graph had conveyed to all the world beside. There is not an editor in this city; there ought not to be one in the country, who does not know the circumstances regarding Dr. Wood- hull’s presence in our house. -But notwithstanding this, there were some who could fall so far from their manhood as to re- sort to deliberate and malicious falsiﬁcation for the sole pur- pose of embittering the public mind. We trust that all such will be satisﬁed with the part they played and feel no com- punctions of conscience when they shall meet us hereafter. It must not be inferred, however, that there were no good traits of character represented by the deceased. In spite of all his unfortunate habits, he was one of the most skillful physicians we ever knew. His presence in our family was a source of great satisfaction in this regard. He was ever ready at a mo- ment’s notice, day or night, to attend to the ailments of any who required his services, and no clear- er nor better testimony of the deep regard, aye‘ love, he had for our present husband, could be had than the care bestowed upon him during several violent attacks of sick- ness, and no better assurance of thorough trust and coﬁdence on his part than that he would permit no other physician to prescribe for him. These two people were not rivals. They were brothers; and in spite of all the attempts made to make them enemies, they remained friends to the last, he who is still with us, watching over the death-bed of him who has gone, with all the sleepless anxiety that danger imparts to those who love. But Dr. Woodhull was one who desired no responsibility, not even of his children; he wanted aplace of rest, and so far as we could, we relieved him from the ﬁrst and ministered to the last. We would not say we do not care for the good opinion of the world. But we must be permitted to first desire the good opinion of ourselves, and to endeavor to secure it. If that gain, that of the ?world, none can appreciate it more than we do. If in securing our own approval we gain the condemna- tion of the world, we are consoled by the knowledge that our conscience which God gave us for a monitor does not also con- demn us.’ We only regret that we awoke to this realization so late as we did. We know we previously failed in many duties to the departed, because we feared to do right. But they were deeds of_ omission. instead of commission, for which we know he will, from his spirit home, regard us leniently and forgiv- ingly. Of this we feel assured, since the last act performed for him by his mortal body was to smile upon us as if in per- fect satisfaction and thankfulness that he was permitted to endure the struggles of physical death and spiritual birth in the presence of his only remaining friends on earth. TO OUR READERS. We have received several communications upon the subject of the change in the price of the WEEKLY. A year ago we re- duced the price from four to two dollars per year, and from ten to ﬁve cents per single copy. We did this to induce an ex- tended circulation during the--year in which the question as to whether woman has any political status, was to be discussed in Congress. The deliberate determination on the part of Congress, expressed before the question was well before them, precluded all hope of success in urging the matter upon them. If women have rights Congress could not afford to acknowldge them on the eve of a Presidential campaign, since to do so might defeat their nicely arranged political schemes. All of this time we have issued the WEEEL3: at an expense greater than the price which we have received for it, and we nowradvancethc price as published. . Those who find fault at the disproportion between the yearly and per copy price, should remember that in the first instance we receive the entire sum, while in the second, several inteimcdiate persons must make their proﬁt, so that we really receive less for those sold through the News Company than we do for those sent to sub- scribers. This is the misfortune of our systems of trade, and not our fault. While the price of the paper was ﬁve cents, scarcely any newsmen outside of the city would trouble them- selves to keep it on account of the smallness of the proﬁt to them. The result has justiﬁed the change, since the demand through the News Company is very rapidly increasing from all over the country. —————--+-9-¢—j— THE MAY CONVENTION. Every day we are in receipt of numerous evidences from all parts of the country that the time has really come when a new political departure must be taken, because it is demanded by the people who have awakened to the fact that our present Government is in the hands of those who are mere politicians, and who conduct it to their own interests, in utter disregard of every principle of human rights and of political economy. Not a single movement is put on foot by the leaders of either party, which has.any object other than party success. They would not accord a clear’ political right to anybody if they thought it would endanger any of their pet schemes. Expe- diency is their sole rule, .;and no people’s freedom is safe in such hands; and no governmental system is perfect which will‘ admit of such perversion from the true objects of a just govern- ment. At this emergency, when the more enlighted part of the people begin to see the tendency of our politics, it is meet that they should assemble together’ and consider what action is necessary to counteract it. And each person, man and woman, who feels the importance of the occasion should sacrifice something of personal convenience to forward the movement. A They should remember that it is not enough that they desire action; they must take action. . This is no already organized political body with thousands of dollars at its back to insure its success. It is purely a people’s cause stripped of all politicians and all schemes, seeking only the good and the rights of the people,—-seeking to inaugurate in government the principles of a common humanity. We commend the action of the Woman Suffrage Committee of California, published in another column to the consideration of every body of reformers in the country. They realize that they have nothing to hope for, from either of the present par- ties, and that the onlv way to wrench anything from them is to assume a deﬁant, aggressive position, as in the formation of a New Political Party, having positive principles for its basis. Then delay not a single day, but organize, and send duly authorized persons to represent you in the coming convention, which promises to be fraught with the most momentous events of any gathering of the people since the Declaration of Inc e- pendence. It should in reality be the repetition, in stronger terms if possible, of the principles then enunciated, and the consideration of the means that will best secure their incorpo- ration into,a governmental system. No honest person will for a moment pretend that our gov- ernment exists by the consent of the governed. The Decla- ration of Indcpenpence says that all just governments. do so exist. It follows, tried by that instrument, that ours is not a just government. Be it the work of the coming convention to declare that such a government must be inaugurated. and to begin the practical work in such a manner as shall give the present usurpers to understand. that it is in dead earnest; and our word for it, ;the present. self-constituted governors will come down from their lofty positions and acknowledge that, after all, it may be possible that women have a political status and political rights, which even they ought to respect. ‘ Those who intend to be present at the Convention should make "early application for tickets as Delegates, and such as de- sire to speak upon any department of the great question of governmental reform should indicate the subject and the time they desire to occupy, so that the Committee of Arrangements ' may be able to make all necessary preparation to prevent con- fusion, and to expedite the legitimate business of the Conven- tion. It is intended to have each State represented by its proper quota of‘ delegates according to our present political System. A It is also_]_arrangecl that the ﬁrst day~-the 9th-——shall be de- voted entirely to the Woman Suifragists, giving women the opportunity to put forth their methods of proposed action to secure the end all have in view, while the 10th and 11th will be occupied in the organization and work of the party of Hu- man Rights. C We have hundreds of letters containing thousands of names from all parts of the country, which express the utmost conﬁ- dence, and the most unbounded enthusiasm over the prospect that is to loom up from this grand and glorious coiggregation of the people, who for once, come together under the inﬂu- ence of no political tricksters and traders, and under the dicta. of no party power. Such will be the May Convention ; and well may those who have kept us from our birth-rights trem- ble, for their days of power are numbered. ———~—-o-o—+-—-— The Universal Peace Union will hold its sixth annual meet- ing at one of the rooms of the Cooper Institute, on Wednes- day, May 8, at 11*-o'clock A. M., and 3 and 8 o’clock r. M.’ The Second Annual Convention of THE AMERICAN LABOR. REFORM LEAGUE, will be held in New York City, Sunday and Monday, May 5th and 6th, in Cooper Institute: Room N o. 18, Sunday the 5th, day and evening; in Room No. 24, Monday 6th, afternoon and evening. John Orvis, Victoria C. Woohull, J. K. Ingalls, E. H. Heyward, Miss Kate Stanton, Mrs. E. L. Daniels, T. H. Bouks Miss J eunie Collins, Geo. B. Drury, Albert Brisbone, William I-lauson, and other speakers are expected. ' \ .\ ‘3v‘-_=<- ' H 1 l :3 r/‘*1. ‘ . '-34'-"*3 *3" ;. D 3%.‘. . 1:8‘ »x-,--.::::. g , A , ;._._. T; , ,. , April 27, ’ 1872. WOODHULL & cLAFLIN’s WEEKLY. , A . , 9 ' - PEOPLE’S CONVENTION. The undersigned citizens of the United Statemresponding to the invitation of the National Woman Suffrage Association propose to hold a Convention at Steinway Hall, in the city of New York the '9th an 10th of May. We believe the time s come“ for the formation of a new political party whose principles shall meet the issues of the ‘ hour, and represent equal rights for all. I As women of the country are to take part for the ﬁrst time in political action, we propose that the initiative steps in the Convention shall be taken by them, that their opinions and methods may be fairly set forth, and considered by the repre- sentatives from many reform movements now ready for united action; such as the Internationals, and other Labor Reformers,——the friends of peace, temperance, and education, and by all those who believe that the time has come to carry the principles of true morality and religion into the State House, the Court and the market place. This Convention will declare the platform of the People’s ' Party, and consider the nomination of candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, who shall be the best possible exponents of political andindustrial reform. _ The Republican party, in destroying slavery, accomplished its _entire mission. In denying that “ citizen” means political equality, it has been false to its own deﬁnition of Republican Government; and in fostering land, railroad and money mo- nopolies, it is building up a _commercial feudalism dangerous ' to the liberty of the people. The Democratic party, false to its name and mission, died in the attempt to sustain slavery, and is buried beyond all _ hope of resurrection. Even that portion of the Labor party which met recently at Columbus, proved its incapacity to frame a national plat- form to meet the demands of the hour. We therefore invite all citizens, who believe in the idea of self—gcvernment; who demand an honest administration; the reform of political and social abuses; the emancipation of labor, and the enfranchisement of woman, to. join with us and inaugurate a political revolution, which shall secure jus- tice, liberty and equality to every citizen of the United States. , ‘ ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. ISABELLA B. HOOKER. A SUSAN B. ANTHONY. MATILDA J OSLYN GAGE. You are respectfully requested to authorize, at your earliest convenience, the use of your name to the above call, address- ing our reply yes! or no! to Mrs. Isabella. B. Hooker, 10 Hub. ard st., New Haven, Conn. THE PARTY OF THE PEOPLE TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN HUMAN RIGHTS, ‘TO BE INAUGU- RATED IN THE U. S., IN MAY, 1872. Weﬁthe undersigned citizens of the United States, believing the time has come for the formation of an entirely new party whose principles shall meet the vital issues of the hour purpose to hold a Convention in the city of New York, on the 9th and 10th of May, 1872, for the purpose of constructing a plat- form and considering nominations for President and Vice- President——the first so broad as to include every human right, and the last, the best possible‘ exponents of every branch of reform. V Some of the reasons, which render this step necessary, are as follows : * We charge on the present Government, that in so far as it has not secured freedom, maintained equality and adminis- tered justice to each citizen, it has proven a failure; and since‘ it exists without the consent of the governed, therefore, that it is not a republican government. ‘We charge it with being a political despotism, inasmuch as the minority have usurped the whole political power, and by its unscrupulous use prevent the majority from participation in the government, nevertheless compelling them to contribute to its maintenance and holding them amenable to the laws, which condition was described by its founders as absolute bondage. We charge it with being a ﬁnancial and military‘ des- potism; using usurped power to coerce the people. . We charge it with using and abusing millions of citizens who, by the cunningly devised legislation of the privileged classes, are condemned to lives of continuous servitude and want, being always half fed and half clothed, and often half sheltered. We charge it with gross and wicked neglect of its children, permitting them to be reared to lives of ignorance, vice and crime; as a result of which it now has more than ﬁve and a half millions of citizens over ten years of age who can neither read nor write. - We charge it with having degenerated from its once high estate into a mere conspiracy of oﬁice-holders, money-lenders, land-grabbers rings and lobbies, against the mechanic, the farmer and the laborer, by which the former yearly rob thn latter of all they produce. And ﬁnally we indict" it as a whole, as unworthy of longer toleration, since riversof human blood, and centuries of human toil, are too costly prices to be demanded of a people who have ‘already paid the price of freedom; nevertheless, such was the price demanded and paid for a slavery, which, in point of human wretchedness, was comparitively as nothing to that which still exists, to abolish which it promises to demand still more blood and greater servitude and toil. In view of these conditions, which are a reproach upon our civ- ilization, all persons residing within the United States, regard- less of race, sex, nationality or previous condition; and espe- cially Labor, Land, Peace and Temperance reformers, and Internationals and Woman Suffragists—including all the various Suffrage Associations——as well as all others who believe the time has come when the principles of eternal justice and‘ human equity should be carried into our halls of legislation, our courts and market-places, instead of longer insisting that ‘ they shall exist merely as indefinite, negative and purpose- less theories—as matters of faith, separate from works, are earnestly invited to respond to this call and, through properly constituted delegations to join with us, and in concert with the National Woman Suffrage Association to help us to in- augurate the great and good work of reformation. This reformation, properly begun, will expand into a pc- litical revolution which shall sweep over the country .and purify it of demagogism, oﬂicial corruption and party despot- ism; after which the reign of all the people may‘ be possible through a truly republican government which shall not only recognize but guarantee equal political and social rights to all men and women, and which shall secure equal opportu- nities for education to all children. ‘ Victoria 0. Woodhull, New York ‘City. Horace H. Day, New York City. Anna M. Middlebrook, Bridgeport, Conn. L. E. De Wolf, Chicago, Ills. Ellen Dickinson, Vineland, New Jersey. ”‘ Theodore H. Banks, New York City. Mary.J. Holmes, Memphis, Tenn. Ira B. Davis, New York City. Laura Cuppy Smith, Cal. E. H. Heywood, Princeton, Mass. Ellen Goodell Smith, Philadelphia, Penn. Hon. J . D. Reymert, New York’City. Marilla M. Ricker, Dover, N. HI. Horace Dresser, New York City. Marie Howland, Hammonton, N. J. A. G. W. Carter, Cincinnati, Ohio. Addie L. Ballou, Terre Haute, Ind. Hon. H. C. Dibble, New Orleans, Louisiana. M. S. Townsend Hoadley, Lynn, Mass. R. W. Hume, .,New York City. Martha P. Jacobs, Worcester, Mass. John M. Spear, San Francisco, Cal. E. Hope Whipple, Clyde, Ohio. John Brown Smith, Philadelphia, Penn. Col. Henry Beeny, New York City. Elvira Hull, Vineland, N. J. Dan’l ‘W. Hull, Hobart, Ind. ‘E. G. Granville, Baltimore, Md. Jonathan Watson, Titusville, Pa. 2 Mrs. S. H. Blanchard, Worcester, Mass. Newman Weeks, Rutland, Vt. . John Beeson, Chapinville, Conn. Mrs. B. W. Briggs, Rochester, N. Y. George R. Allen, New York City. J. H. W. Toohey, Providence, R. I. Belva A. Lockwood, Washington, D. (3. Jonathan Koons, Taylors Hill, Ill. ’ W. F. Jamieson, Chicago, Ill. Dyer D. Lum, Portland, Me. Thomas W. Organ, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Mary A. Leland, New York City. B. Franklin Clark, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dr. E. P. Gazzam, New York City. William West, New York City. Hon. C. C. Cowley, Boston, Mass. L. K. Coonley, Vineland, N. J. Moses Hull, Vineland, N. J. Hon. John M. Howard, New Orleans, La. Prof. E. Whipple, Clyde, Ohio. Harvey Lyman, Springﬁeld, Mass. L. Bush, Jamestown, Tenn. Mrs. J. H. Severance, Milwaukee, Wis. T. Millot, New York City. Cornie H. Maynard, Buffalo, N. Y. B. S. Brown, Buffalo, N. Y. S. J. Holley, Buffalo, N. Y. Harriet B. Benton, New York City. Frances Kingman, New London, Conn. Hannah J. Hunt, Delta, Ohio. Fred. S. Cabot, New York City. T. C. Leland, New York City. S. T. Fowler, Brooklyn, N. Y. . John Orvis, Boston, Mass. Carrie Lewis, Cleveland, Ohio. Jane S. Grifﬁn, New York City. Michael Scanlon, New York City. Joshua Rose, New York City. Louise B. Flanders, Malone, N. Y. Jane M. Wilson, Brooklyn, N. Y. John Little, New York City. J. T. Elliott, New York City. Thomas Haskell, West Gloucester, Mass. Mrs. A. E. Mossop, Sturgis, Mich. D. B. Marks, Hallsport, N. J. J. H. Severance, Milwaukee, Wis. Josiah Warren, Princeton, Mass. Jane Case, Oswego, N. Y. Frances Rose McKinley, New York City. Danvers Doubleday, New York City: Dr. J. H. Hill, Knightstown, Ind. Geo. R. Case, Norwich, Conn. Alfred A. Smith, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Lucy Coleman, Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Dr. Raymond, Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. George, Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. S. D, Fobes, Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. C. B. Forbes, Syracuse, N. Y. A. Orvis, Rochester, N. Y. Dr. A. G. Wolf, Mystic River, Ct. Emily B. Rood, Fredonia, N. Y. Nathaniel Randall, M. D., Woodstock, Vt. Thomas Marston, Philadelphia, Pa. Otis F. Porter, Bridgport, Ct. Seward Mitchel, Coonville, Me. Thos. J. Schoﬁeld, Nephi City, Utah. ' D. C. Coleman, Philadelphia, Pa. , Daniel Wood, Lebanon, Me. C. S. Middlebrook, Bridgport, Ct. Nettie M. Pease, Chicago, Ill. Angela T. Heywood, Princeton, Mass. John Hepburn, Milwaukee, Wis. W. H. Dibble, Middleton, Ct. Ellen M. Child, Philadelphia, Pa. Wm. H. Wescott, Philadelphia, Pa. Mary J. Thorne, Philadelphia, Pa. Alfred H. Love, Philadelphia, Pa. C. B. Rogers. Philadelphia, Pa. J. H. Rhodes, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa. Frank Crocker, New York City. Anna Kimball, Parker, New York City. . NOTE.——-—All who wish to unite in this great movement and who, in good faith, approve this call, will address in writing, with full name, to either of the above——who will immediately verify and forward to the undersigned for the Committee of arrangements in New York. ' _ Tickets of Admittance to the Convention prepared for each Delegate, will be ready‘ by the 8th of May—-and to avoid con- fusion, no person will be admitted to the floor of the Conven- tion without such tickets. Vrcroam C. Woonnunn, 44 Broad street, New York. Or, B. Fmnxnm CLARK, Sec’y Com., , 55 Liberty street, New York. NEW Yonx, March 30, 1872. --——-—o-——-——~ We yield from our crowded columns space for a few of the names of delegates received, and not yet published. Before the assembling of the convention we hope to print an extra containing the names and residences of all the author- ized delegates: » ‘ Jane B. Archibald, Washington, D. C. » Mrs. _M. E. Otis, Damariscotta, Maine. Jennie Leys, Boston, Mass. J. W. Stuart, Broadhead, Wis. Chauncey Barnes, Athens, Ohio. Sarah J. Swasey, Noank, Conn. Oliver Gamage, Damariscotta. Mary S. Latham, Noank, Conn. Mrs. Adeline G. Priest, Damariscotta. Marcus Swasey, Noank, Conn. Mrs. Geo. Pratt, East Granville, Vt." Joseph P. Smith, Clayville.N. Y. David Mills, Hammonton, N. J. E. J. Woolley, Hammonton, N. J. Charles Gamage, D-amariscotta. Holloway Latham, Noank, Conn. v ‘ Phebe Cross, New Lenox, Ill. ~ Mrs. E. P. Woolley, Hammonton, N. J. M. B, Randall, Hammonton, N. J. Wm. E. Coleman, Richmond, Va. V Elizabeth Valeria Ingram, Boston, Mass. Mrs. Angeline T. Gamage, Damariscotta. 3,: 4 H. S. Donne, Pottsville, Penn. John M. Sterling, Kiantone, N. Y. Abram T. Gamage, Damariscotta. Henry T. Child, M. D., Philadel hia, Penn. Mrs. E: A. Burrill, Port Jervis, Y. i ‘ Cecelia Morey, l/Vest Winﬁeld, N. Y. C. L. James, Alma, VVisconsin. Larrabee, Boston, Mass. Amy Post, Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. L. G. Waterhouse, Sacramento, Cal. Mrs. E. E. Gibbs, Sacramento, Cal. D. E. Gamage, Damariscotta. ., S. L, 0. Allen, South Newbury, Ohio. David Cocks, Pleasantville, N. Y. Elizabeth G. Wise, St. Joseph, Mo. Geo. M. Taber, Springﬁeld, Ohio. Milo A. Townsend. Beaver Falls,‘ Penn. J. Raymond Talmadge, Calumet Harbor, Wis. Joseph Wharf, Damariscotta. I J. H. Ford, Geneva, Wis. O. L. Sutleff, Wooster, Ohio. Thomas Richmond,‘ Hancock, Vt. James S. Gamage, Damariseotta. Mary C. Hebard, Rochester, N. Y. Chas. W. Hebard, Rochester, N. Y. Mary C. Wight, Rochester, N. Y. A. L. Gamage, Damariscotta. Mrs. Georgie W. Gamage, Damariscotta. E. B. Foote, M. D., New York city._ Fisher M. Clark, New York city. John M. Kelso, San Francisco, Cal. C. Fannie Allyn, Stoneham, Mass. T. M. Ewing, Cardington, Ohio. Elizabeth Ewing, Cardington, Ohio. J osian Buxton, Minooka Ill. Charles Woodcock, Minooka, Ill. Richard Woodcock, Minooka, Ill. Miss M. A. Woodcock, Minooka, Ill. Miss J . Woodcock, Minooka, Ill. ”Miss E. Woodcock, Minooka, Ill. Solomon M. J ewett, Rutland, Vt. William Hanson, Elmira, N. Y. G. W Madox, Ellsworth, Me.‘ J. K. Ingalls, Yates County, N. Y. D. Tarbell, E. Granville, Vt. Lydia A. Schoﬁeld, Philaclelphi, Pa. D. Hicks, Senora, Georgia. E. G. Curtis, California. John Southard, Pontiac, Mich. Eloise O. Randall, Hammonton, -N. J .. 0. Mills, I-Iammonton. N. J. Chauncy Paul, Vineland, N. J. D. M. Allen, South Newbury, Ohio. Minerva L. Green, South Newburv, Chio. ___.__.._..._¢_.__..._...__ ‘ CooNvIL_LE, Maine, April 4, 1872. The undersigned, citizens of Coonville and vicinity, being in sympathy with the Peoples Convention which is to assemble in New York, May 9, and 10, cheerfully append our names to the call.’ , ‘ Seward Mitchell, Coonville, Maine. William S. Flanders, Coonville, Maine. Mary J . Morrill, Coonville, Maine. 7 Hiram F. Magoon, Coonville, Maine. Frances A..Flanders, Coonville, Maine. E. T. Pierce, Coonville, Maine. Eunice P. Smith, Coonville, Maine. Emily F. Tilton, Coonville, Maine. Stephen Andrews, Coonville, Maine. D. D. Flynt, Dexter, Maine, Charles Coockett, Dexter, Maine. Martin Smith, Dexter, Maine. As an illustration of the uprising of the people, we subjoin one of the multitude of communications we are receiving every da . ‘ y “ BUFFALO, April 10, 1872. “Mus. WOODHULL2 I send you the following names, all of this city, and employed in the book department of the Courier establishment: - ‘Geo. F. Kittridge, Buffalo,‘ N. Y. Edwin A. Teall, Buffalo, N. Y. Thomas Evans, Buffalo, N. Y. Ed. F. Blackmond, Buffalo, N. Y. J . Lewis Schrader, Buifalo, N. Y. Louis L. Bender, Buffalo, N. Y. Harry Smart, Buifalo. N. Y. Robt. D. VVhitney, Buffalo, N. Y. M. McDonough, Buﬁalo, N. Y. Charles Hauaden, Buffalo, N. Y. , _W. H. Overocker, Buffalo‘, N, Y. I F. Todd, Buffalo, N. Y. Geo. N. Bauer, Buffalo, N. Y. Mort. D. Kenyon, Buffalo, N. Y. Benj. T. Shewbrook, Buifalo, N. Y. M Geo. W. Irwin, Buffalo, N; Y. Wm. T. Bailey, Buffalo, N. Y. ‘Wm. McK. Gatchell, Buffalo, N. Y. C. H. Plumley, Buffalo, N. Y. / This is only a straw but it shows you the way the wind blows. ' GEO. F. Kxrmrnen. POLITICAL ACTION. We must confess to not a little surprise—we may almost say to considerable amazem/ent-that there are so many, apparent- ly reasonable people, who, forone reason or another, object to taking political action to cure the various illsfrom which we suﬁer. And we also confess at being almost at a loss to know what argument to oppose to them, since we can see no room for argument against such action. To attempt to argue that political action should not be taken to accomplish certain re- sults, seems to us like arguing that the sun ought not to shine, since one is no less obvious to us as impossible of accomplish- ment than the other. The sun must shine. Better organiza-' ‘ tion of society mustfollow the enactment of better laws. Are . not these clear propositions ? The people tell us they are not satisﬁed with their condition; that they suffer from various grievances, and they are deprived of their rights; that they are robbed of the results of their la- bor; that certain. classes are privileged; in short, that free- dom, equality and justice do not exist. , Now all of these results follow/as the legitimate consequence ofexisting laws. It cannot be expected that the results will change unless the laws producing them are first changed. So long as present laws are enforced, so long will present results follow. As an illustration of the utter folly and fallacy of the position against political action, the Trades Unions deprecate political action, but they ask for an eight hour law. Some- body must enact it before they can have it. Enacting laws is the work of Legislatures. O Legislatures are bodies elected by the people. All elections are political action. 0 Now, what would be the common sense view, as to what the. 75,000 trades unionists of this city should do to secure an eight hour law? Why, clearly to elect representatives to the General Assembly who would pass such a law, -which they could easily do if they would discard the most absurd and preposterous of all possible propositions—that the ills from which labor suffers are not political ills to be cured by political action. Nor is the case any less clear in any any other regard than it is in the case of the eight hour law. Some of the Internation- als, object to political action, saying their question is a ques- tion of bread and butter and not of politics. Let us say to you : Friends, so long as your political masters can keep you in that anomolous condition, so long will you have the question of bread and butter to discuss. Never was there so transpar- ent a trick—-so pretentious a fraud. It is telling you and mak- ing you believe that the sun does not shine, when you stand in its light and heait. V The reason you have a bread and butter question is because you do not enjoy the full results of your labor; because a large portion of that which you produce is unjustly and unequitably taken from you. And mark you, it is all done through legal means. Are you required to pay an exhorbitant price for nearly everything that you purchase to maintain life? It is because the law permits a privileged few to levy a tax upon you, that they may continue in certain pursuits, which in and of themselves are not self-supporting; and that your industry may be taxed to maintain the government and thus, by so far, exempt accumulated wealth from taxation. Are you always compelled to labor in production, never possessing .what you produce, but seeing it continually aggregated in the hands of those who do not produce at all? It is because the law permits and assists them to monopolize wealth and money, and then to rent you the first and loan you the last, at enor- mous rent and interest rates—in one instance compelling you to pay tribute for the use of that which is just as much yours as it is theirs by whom you are held subject; and in the other, taxing you for the use of what should belong to all the people, who should have the beneﬁt of what you pay, that individuals may in a somewhat different manner. rule you as despotically and as severely as though you were their slaves; and because the law has granted invaluable franchises to corpora- tors, in the use of which they have grown to immense power and to enormous capital stock, upon which they are protected in paying outrageously large dividends of proﬁts, to obtain which they are permitted to levy direct taxes upon every. mile you travel, by these means; upon every barrel of ﬂour, pound of, meat and gallon of molasses you eat. Now all these things ' are the results of law, and until the laws are changed, the "pres- ent condition " will not merely continue, but will continually grow worse. And they who tell you differently are your ene- mies. ' J , 9 There is but one method of relief, and that isfor every labor- er to at once -determine that he will never cast. another vote for any person who is not pledged to the support of laws that shall‘ . entirely change our present unequal, unjust, tyrannical-politi- cal systems, and that shall compel equity and justice to all peo- ple, making it utterly impossible. for one class of persons to not only exist from the toil of another class, but to steal from them everything which their toil produces. Let it never again be said that the ills from which the laborer suffers are not to be remedied by political action, since in no other possible way. can they be remedied. So long as the laboring classes fail to organize as a single body, politically, just so long will the cap. ital classes prey upon them.’ ' —-—<'>—e+-—-—————- _ The second quarterly convention of the New Jersey. State '''Association of Spiritualists and Friends of Progress, will be,‘ held’ in Jersey City, on Wednesday, May 8, commencing at 10 o’clock, a.m., holding three sessions. v A, cordial invitation . is extended to all interested in-the great reforms of theday,‘ especially those designing to attend the Peoples Reform Con- vention in New York, May 9 *and 10. Name and place of hall, and names of speakers willbe given next week, and bills posted in Jersey City at the proper time. , ’ .» _ ; . . . ELLEN DICKINSON, .Sec’y.; ; V'1‘NELA1*_TI>,‘.N.’J.,, April 10. V _ z .10 N <9» CLAN-IN’S i RESULTS or SPIRITUALISM. BY THE NEW YORK " 'rIMns.” The 31st of March was celebrated at Apollo Hall as the 24th anniversary of Spiritualism. ‘ This the Times calls a‘ convention. On that occasion was present a congregation of people com- posed chieﬂy of persons over forty years of age, and which for intelligence was not equalled by any similar audience in this city on that day, Sunday, March 31, 1872. We further state that the improvised poems of Mrs. Fanny Allyn, were marvel- lous nianifestations of intellectual power, whether proceeding from herself, or through her from higher intelligences. No preacher, however learned, dare attemptsuch an ordeal as that endured by this lady on that occasion. ' Such an audience-——such performances, and the honest faith of such people, the New York Times ridicules in low, vulgar slang, wholly unbecoming a public journal. We have men- tioned only one speaker. But we may say that all the speak- ers, Dr. Halleck, Mr. Partridge, Mrs. Woodhull, Mr. Forster, Mr. Wheelock, of THE AMERICAN SPIRITUALIST, acquitted themselves well for the occasion, which was not a convention, but only a social anniversary’ of the advent of modern Spiritualism. ' These annual conventions, says the Times, show “miserable paucity of results.” “The Spiritualists, although bound to- ‘ gether by the loosest of all possible ties-—a common belief in the possibility of communicating with the dead, practically form a sect which is said to number its adherents by millions. Among these are found persons of the highest character.” “ And yet this union of high cltamcters with zonscmpulous ener- gy has accomplished nothing.” All this failure “in spite of its assumed super-natural origin.” “ The smallest Presby- terian sect can point to greater results than the millions of ardent believers in Spiritualism.” “Were Spiritualism what it claims to be, a revelation superceding christianity, it should have accomplished more. Its chief work has been in disuniting families and increasing insanity. Such were not the conse- quences of the introduction of christianity, nor even of the religion of Budda and Mohammed, though false in theology and comparatively pure in morals.” Such a conglomeration of falzkhood, misrepresentation, igno- rance, presumption, contradiction and sophistry, will be diffi- cult to ﬁnd any where in the English language. We present these quotations as a sample of the mental and moral character of the newspaper press generally exhibited in their cowardly, dishonest and fruitless efforts to stay the tide of rev- olution inaugurated specially twenty-four years ago by the spirit-world, through the instrumentality of unlettered children’, and now numbering millions of believers supefior in theologi- cal love to the learned clergy themselves, and much more to the dupes of their blind dogmatisms. This new theological departure, has penetrated the light and heavy literature; the pulpit and the press; song and story‘;-scientific and other so- cieties, in face of the most unreasonable, unjust, and at times violent opposition. It has done} more to enlighten, liberalize, and liberate the common mind. than any similar movement ever did in ten times the time. It has compelled7the discus- sion of its assumptions by pulpit and press; and is at last com- pelling respectable treatment from the-best mind in the world, including the respectable portion of the secular press. Now for facts: Spiritualists teach that there is nothing super- natural in these things, and therefore that there never was anything supernatural in similar facts, at any time in the world’s history. They do not believe in‘ the supernatural. God is natural. and all below God must be natural. Jesus declared that he came not to bring peace, but a sword—- to kindle a ﬁre; to set families at loggerheads; and called upon his followers to forsake’ all relations, and all earthly wealth, and break up all family ties for the sake of him and his Gospel. , M It is thus shown that the Times is as ignorant of the teach- ings of Jesus and their effects, as it is ignorant of the science and results of modern Spiritualism. ‘To ‘write dogmatically about that which you do=not know, is as dishonest as falsehood‘ or theft. We will not insult our readers by pursuing-these miserable pretenders—ignorant, malicious libellers both of Jesus and modern spiritual manifestations. We ];;a,ve.',gjVen- enough to show the mental and'mo_ral»calibre of our.ene,mies.' We have not misrepresented the Times in the smallest degree. It is high time that Spiritualists-should ceaseto patronize this class of papers.- We havearight to demand fairness and decency at» the-hands of,__;these_ creatures, who, .by accident, have acquired‘ the ‘place and power to denounce things beyond the grasp of theirfeeble intellects, Withiimpunity. ooornn UNION REPUBLICAN MEETING. ' NOT IN THE PROGRAMME. The Cincinnati» departure political party politicians, held —a grand pow-wow at:-Cooper'*Union, ‘on.Friday night, at which . Trumbull, “eschurz, and Greeley let off the usual quantity of clap-trap, by which the multitude are seduced or’ psycholo-' _ Kticians and demand that the government-shall be run in the in- gized into the support"of caucus candidates cut and dried to order. ; ‘Thousands went a'way",-and thousands‘ remained’ out- side hoping for something "to turn up‘ thatwould -entertain -them. A few rockets,-and a’ poor-‘band of music had»*been='-pro-/ ivided for thertdelectationi of r thevunfortunate» sovereignsiwho were unable to behold or hear the oracles of the “ Sorehead Republicans.” ' I The crowd swayed‘ to and ‘fro ’for_the‘b'wan,t_oﬁsomethirig bet- ter, until a stranger gaueq,rhg;;,mseu;’;g to April 27, 1872. order, and announced “ The Star Spangled Banner,” by John Hutchinson, the sweetest singer of America. After the song Mr. J. B. Wolff, who is known to our, readers as the author of a series of articles on the “Indian Question,” and who has made a special study of all; the great questions now before the ‘people, took the stand and called on any person who was willing and able to address the meeting, to come for- ward. No. one appeared, and he announced that he would talk to them a few minutes. But few persons in the crowd had ever seen or heard of Mr. Wolfﬁand there was some dis- position to be noisy" and funny, at the start. But the swaying mass soon realized that he was master of the situation and thoroughly understood what he was about; fully as well, if not better than the speaker’s inside the hall. . Mr. W. commenced by stating that the politicians-—-editors- and thieves, and in these, the civilization of the nineteenth century, are on trial. , The politicians and editors are twin brothers. Between them the nation is brought to the verge of ruin; they are be- coming conscious of the imminence of the danger, and are making frantic efforts to divert public attention and thus hold the reins of power a iittle longer; and the great questionis, are the politicians and editors, who have brought us into this condition, ﬁt to be trusted to restore the Government to a healthy state? The hearty N0 that rang through the crowd, showed that the speaker had gained their ears and got down into their sympathies. The speaker then proceeded to state that there were several questions eminently national, demanding solution: Finances, Commerce and the Indian muddle, with someothers. That these questions had been in the hands of the Republicans for ten years, and remained without solution. He then proceeded to charge that the causes of our troubles is found in the igno- rance and dishonesty of public men; that the men inside the House—-meaning the speakers and their compeers at Washing- ton—were wholly incompetent to draft a bill exhaustive of any of the great National questions, and capable of practical execu- tion; that they knew how to squander the public lands, char- ter railroads, grant subsidies, and fatten on public plunder, but how to do the work really needed they knew not, as was seen in the proof that it was not done. Mr. W. said on the ﬁnancial question that the specie basis humbug had been exploded every ten years for half a century—— that specie never had been a safe basis—that we had a paper currency for ten years without specie—that we never had so good a currency as this, and all that was needed to complete it was to make it receivable for all public dues, and greenbacks would immediately appreciate to gold, and Wall street gold gambling would stop in the fraction of a second. Whereupon the crowd came down with applause. The speaker said that Greeley,“ in the New York Tribune, had been hounding and howling on specie payments for years, and was very igno- rant of the Question of Finances; that any man who knew the history of banking and currency in this country, understood the question of ﬁnances, and still demanded specie payments, was a ﬁnancial blockhead, whether politician, editor or bank- er. The purpose and use of specie under the old system, was as a redeeming equivalent for paper. Under our present sys- tem, incomplete as it is, with bonds as a basis of security, there was no need of specie payments, except in the improba- ble event of the failure of the nation to maintain its faith, as expressed in those bonds. The redemption of the notes being placed beyond a peradventure, perfect conﬁdence is established, and there exists no longer any necessity for an equivalent for redemption. Specie is not demanded for common. use, and only becomes important under the old system as a guarantee. The present system guarantees absolutely dollar for dollar, and ten per cent. over; while under the old system, one dollar in gold coined from three to twenty in paper, while its power of re- sumption was only dollar for dollar. Mr. W. thenproceeded to charge that Boutwell had lost by mismanagement $1,000,000,000; that 75,000,000 of that was in a single district, and could be proved; that he had offered --‘numerous editors and Congressmen the proofs-—thata large part of the money used in paying the national debt had been .stolen from honest creditors. of the Government, that small honest claims could not be-collected while large, dishonest ones were collected. He declared himself ready to make good his ' allegations if the opportunitywere given. He argued that if the Custom House of New York, an integral part of Bout- well’s department, and under his direct supervision, were cor- rupt, the strong presumption was that the Treasury itself was corrupt; they were both run by politicians and in the interest of party. “ _ On the Tariff Question Mr. W. saidithat there are three par- A ties to this controversy : The Free Traders, who are merchants, and- station themselves in all the avenues of commerce, and manufactures, who deal more directly with the producers; and t the producers themselves. The matter .in dispute was,-which j of the two former should steal all the latter produced. . If Mr.“ Greely understood the subject of protection, he would “insist on protection from manufacturers as well as free-traders —again the crowd saw the point and applauded. He exhorted the wealth-producing classes to ignore the dictation of ‘poli- terest of itheqwholepeople, for just as long as it is run in the ‘‘interest— and -‘for the beneﬁt of -party the same evils will exist. people have a, right to demand that excessive wealth shall be impossible to the few against the many; thatirestrictions shall be placed in the ambitious and unprincipled greed of speculators and non-producers, and that thus the common blessings of life’ may be equalized. AWhen Mr. Wolf stopped, three vociferous ‘cheers. -were giyen, ‘and the multitude de- V \ ‘e -'31’. “‘ tr’. , :.-‘;:_::._- :::c~;.z=:r .l - , I \ ,:.7JZ£I:_.3‘::::‘;§‘._‘ . .:‘::.—’.~_ , ' manded that he should proceed. "to correct the system--only change the men. April 27, 1872. 7 WOODHULL pa cLAFL1N>s WEEKLY. e 11 It was evident that he had lifted them above the cesspool of party politics, and that they were now heartily in sympathy with the speaker. - The reading of the regular speeches as produced ‘in the morning papers, shows a wonderful coincidence in the declara- tions made on the outside that the speakers were unable to grapple with the great problems challenging solution. Schurz, Trumbull and Greely, were rapid and superﬁcial; transient and ineﬂicient. They utterly failed to attempt a remedy for the main evils. They had only transient remedies for constitutional de- fects. Their chief remedy is a change of rulers. The assump- tion on their partithat they are wiser and better that the ‘ ‘ Ins” is no guarantee that when the tables turn that, we shall be any better off. The evil lies in the system, and they do not propose The men who new claim the places have had ample opportunity to deal with the permanent questions of the nation, and have utterly failed. Theyhave not even produced a decent system for the protection and collection of the revenues; and they are not willing that any one else shall, or that any person shall have compensation, though he save millions to the treasury. A more total evasion of the fundamental questions of the hour could not well be imagined. No single permanent im- portant measure or method was propounded or discussed. And yet these are the men who propose to lead us to the Land 1 of Promise, where there shall be capacity and integrity in public men. We regret that Mr. W. did not have an opportunity to stand side by side with those leaders on the platform, that the pub- lic might be allowed to contrast between mere theory and practice-—and solid practical measures for the solution of our troubles. As yet politicians hold the press, the sword, and the purse ; hence such speeches as that made outside fail to get publicity. Of course we do not complain of any omission in this case, as their was no opportunity. But we know full well that neither of the old factions or fragments of factions wish to hear the whole truth. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? The religious pulpit and press are much elated over the late revival in the West, which has its chief seat in Lawrence, Kansas. " A wonderful work of regeneration is claimed; but they are careful to omit mention of a similar phrenzy in Illinois, which is the same in essence, though only carried a degree farther, resulting in insanity, and legal suppression. The Independent indulges in a lengthy discussion and prog- nostication, the result of which is that a reaction will come— i that there will be more reason and less excitement; some will cool down, others will fall away, and things will gravitate back to the old nets, and run on in the old fashion. Neverthe—‘ less, the Independent cannot see anything but the power of God in these ﬂuctuating ebulitions of religious fervor. The humble instrument’ of this (wonderful revolution, is “ neither orator nor master of men;’’ he has only a deep con- viction that he has the truth. This and no more. He talks of their relations to God, and immediately the streets, stores, counting-houses, banks, saloons and brothels, are vocal with discussion of “repentance,” and “What must I do to be saved?” By hundreds they stand up and publicly pledge themselves to the service of God during their whole lives. Gambling shops close—-grog shops are deserted——the police have no work; a wonderful change is wrought as by magic. ‘What has done it? That’s the question? The Independent replies: “ Whenever the thoughts of men are turned toward God; the truths of the Bible, the sinfulness of men-—the need of a Savior, are proclaimed, and the attention of the community is fastened upon them, then a powerful reformation in public morals begins. Neither are such movements dependent at all ;,upon the agency of any individual.” “ The same thing,” says this reckless paper, is going on in hundreds of other towns besides . Lawrence, Kansas, but fails to name one. This profound philosopher says that this revival. commenced A with a particular individual, and was not dependent on that individual. Now, every well informed person knows that from the days of Wesley, Whitﬁeld, Summerﬁeld, and Peter'Boehler, revivals have been principally conﬁned to particular individuals and particular efforts by those individuals. The Independent calls on philosophers and social scientists to show some inﬂuence by which all those mighty works can be done before it will attend to criticisms, or give up the religion of Jesus Christ. The logic of this is, if it has any, that unless some other suﬁicient cause can be assigned, we must accept the theory that it is done by the religion of Jesus Christ. This may satisfy the writers and readers of religious literature; but it will hardly meet the requirements of philosophers, logicians, and people of common sense. The method of referring mysterious phenomena to special providence ‘ and divine inﬂuence in the absence of any rational explanation, is by no means modern. It is a peculiarity of all people, all ages, all religions, all .igno- ‘ rance, all pious charlatans. Suppose we are unable to show any other cause, does it follow as a necessity that the Inde- pendent, and the sects generally are correct in their assign- ment? And yet this is the sophistry by which they gull and enslave the poor demented creatures who are ignorant of the causes of their own mad phrenzies and saltations‘ after the manner of James Crow. ‘E’ During the religious mania among the Presbyterians, some , thirty years ago, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and Ken- tucky, known as the falling exercises, children of four and ﬁve ‘ years of age caught the contagion; went _through all the phases of experience, corresponding to old and hardened sin- ners; they repented, wept, prayed, received the gift of the.- great price. It Holy Ghost, the witness of the spirit, joy unspeakable and full of glory; professed and were accepted and published in the‘ papers as having obtained the pearl of is no uncommon thing among the Methodists during their extraordinary ‘revival efforts to catch children eight and ten years of age, who are subjected to the same ordeal-—grinding into the kingdom as the vilest wretch in the crowdwchildren who have never of- fended God, nor injured man. Children, gentle, mild, kind, tender, sensitive, truthful, naturally good. And it is this very class of children, who are affected by this mania. Nothing but the absurd doctrine‘ of total depravity and inherited guilt, could at all justify the conviction and conversion of ‘babes and sucklings, on the same conditions and in the same’ manner as old and hardened sinners. And yet all this has been accept- ed by these divinely appointed venders, pedlers of the super- stitions of all the ages. . I With brazen front they demand that we shall show some other way or accept their dogmatism. Will the Religious Dogmatizers tell u.s how it is that fright, will be transferred from a single horseito a whole herd, when only only horse sees the danger—-the same of cattle, deer, birds and animals generally? Will they tell how fear will turn the hair gray in an hour or night? How the same cause will will start the kidneys, and the bowels into instant action I How» epilepsy, laughing, crying, St. Vitus’ dance, are all communi- cated by sympathy, or mental causes alone? Will they tell how an individual by the oratorical power of a political speak- er, can be made to trample his own hat to pieces, or throw him- self ﬂatly on the ground, with intense excitement. Can they tell how a whole community can be thrown into such a fwrore of excitement, by a single speech on a common subject, (political) that they neglected their business until noon the next day discussing it? Can they tell how disease is caused and cured by mental inﬂuences alone? Or how a man can be made drunk on water, and sober on whiskey? All these and more are done, and must have a cause, a philosophy, a science. But does it follow that because we cannot define the causes, that we must hold them supernatural, or special divine acts? Their existence and constant recurrence show them natural and not supernatural. The same is true of religious mania—- re- vival excitements. I We know ofa magnetizer who was once a successful revival- ist in the M. E. Church, where these phenomena most abound. Under this man’s inﬂuence, after he left the church, Metho- dists, Presbyterians, Universalists, Inﬁdels and Atheists, would . give forth the genuine religious experiences spontaneously, and to his great annoyance, as their shouting defeated his ex- periments. The pious portions of these subjects declared pub- licly that their sensations and experiences were precisely analogous to those they had under church inﬂuences. This same man had the power to destroy the appetite for tobacco, whiskey and profanity, in those who came under his inﬂuence. He also cured ﬁts and other diseases in the same way. We say, therefore, to the Independent, Christian Radical, and all the pedlers of theological superstition, that you must explain our phenomena, in some other way, philosophically, logically, scientiﬁcally, or we shall insist that your religious mania is not the fruits of the religion of Jesus Christ, Chrishna or Buddha; but simple and solely the legitimate fruits of what we term animal magnetism. If these theological chuckleheads will pay some attention to the phenomena of animal magnetism and modern Spiritualism, they will ﬁnd another solution for the wonderful periodical epi- demics of moral transformation of whole communities, through particular individuals who have nothing to do with theicauses which produce them, they will ascertain that no special di- vine aﬁlatus is at all necessary—- that they occur substantially in cases where neither God, devil, damnation are thought of 01' named. A SPECK OF PIOUS WAR. E. C. Green, Centralia, Penn., teacher, was assassinated by three men, in his school room, in the morning. These men are supposed to be Catholics, incensed by Mr. Green’s free- dom of speech in regard to that sect. The wounded man will die; the murderers are unknown. Whereupon Harper indulges in three columns of bitter invective, inﬂammatory ap- peals and imperative demands for rigorous inquiry, most de- cided punishment, in "order that the popular (Protestant) in- dignation may be satisﬁed. “ The assassins of Centralia, the Protestant families ﬂying from persecution, the triumph and exaltation of the instiga- tors, the martyred teacher, must arouse the nationito decided action.” Now if all this mean anything, it is that the Catho- lics are to be put down by law, if possible; by force if neces- sary. ’Put this with the attempt, the willingness of Protest- ants to put God in the Constitution, and we have a prophecy of the coming conflict. “ No other religious sect assaults teacher’s as at Hunter’s Point, or leaves them bleeding and dying, as at Centralia.” Though not written by the editor, the statement is endorsed by silence, and a failure to contradict. Eugene Lawrence is very ignorant or a very wilful liar. The Protestant sects have always persecuted each other, and have murdered thousands for the same cause that provoked the murder of Greene. A mere diiference of opinion. To-day they are trying to get possession of the Government, and should they succeed, a ban will be put on religious freedom. The whole power of the nation is called into requisition to suppress Mormonism, at the instance of the Protestant sects, .--with Rev. Newman as thegchampion. We In the absence ofpower, ridicule, sarcasm, denunciation are the weapons used exhaustively by these champions of religious toleration and freedom. ‘ » It is only ‘a few years since the Presbyterian demanded eter- nal damnation on all who did not believe in infant damnation. Now to our comprehension eternal damnation is a little worse than physical murder. The God of the Protestants is as cruel as the.God of the Catholics. It is not the inherent superiority of the sects that makes them more tolerant, but the outside pressure from the natural growth and fuller comprehension of individual rights and liberty. The persecuting, intolerant spirit is as much in one as the ‘other. Without considering the truth or falsity of Modern Spiritu- alism, we would ask if the last twenty-four years of persecu- tion, prosecution and ostracism of every kind has not been equal to their opportunity and power? Harpens Weekly is a full conﬁrmation of all this. It appeals directly to religious prejudices of the entire Protestant element, while the same element is demanding a sectarian clause in the Constitution, that shall exclude from office all independent thinkers--non communicants. _ We, too, demand that the perpetrators of this ioutrageshall be brought to justice); but we can see no reason for appealing to the whole nation, until at least the authorities of Pennsyl- vania have been exhausted, and open rebellion to the govern- ment is declared. No good can come of such wanton disre- gard of the principles which must prevail here if -wenwould prevent a bloody religious frenzy which will end in an exter- minating religious crusade. . What we need is perfect liberty; perfect toleration. Free- dom ofthought, speech and action, the birth right of every rational soul. The sects in the absence of facts and proofs of their respective systems should be allowed to abuse each other at pleasure. \ " The party abused is not bound to stand ‘and take it. They can walk away—avoid the abusers. They all say religion is a matter of faith, that it is not and cannot be demonstrated. None of'them pretend to show God or Christ, or the Holy Spirit. None of them have any proofs of immortality, any demonstration of the correctness of their creeds or means of grace; in the absence of these they should be allowed to fret and fume; to rant and abuse, to traduce and damn to their souls delight; as it don’t amount to much anyhow I Catholics and Protestants have had a blessed time at this business of abusing, slandering and trying to murder Spirit- ualists morally; and the time may not be distant when free- thinkers will be compelled to step in and prevent these meek and lowly followers of the Lamb from cutting each others throats, as they often have done about differences on subjects _ which neither understand. All these violent manifestations are the legitimate fruits of the priest—cr-aft that subordinates the people to a blind faith in an unfathomable mystery, and that teaches that God will damn a soul eternally for the sin of unbelief. As ye sow, so shall ye also reap. V 31et’BUsH STREET, SAN Frmncrsco, l . April 2, 1872. f DEAR Mus. STANTON: At the request of our mutual friend, Mrs. Elizabeth T. Schenck, President of the State Central Woman Suffrage Committee of California, I forward you the enclosed communication for publication if you shall think it useful put to such use. ‘ The committee held a meeting at my rooms yesterday and appointed the following delegates to attend the convention: Mrs. Judge Wallis, of Mayﬁeld, Mrs. O. Fuller, Mrs. C. H. Spear and Miss Jennie Phelps, all of San Francisco. Some, if not all, of these ladies will ‘doubtless attend that meeting, which we see takes place on the 9th and 10th of May. _ With kindest regards and best wishes, believe me, very t1-u1y, . C. H SPEAR. Mus. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. THE COMMUNICATION. . The State Central Woman Suffrage Committee of California desire to express their hearty approval of the proposed measure to hold at an early day a convention of the friends of progress, including the woman suffragists, to form. a new political party, to be called the People’s Party, of all parts of the United States. I i In common with others in the states and territories ofthe nation, the friends of universal suffrage in California have looked to the Democrats and Republicans for justice. At our last state election both of these parties studiously avoided all reference to our disfranchised position, and to our legal disa- bilities in state and nation, so that up to this hour we see nothing to hope for from either of the dominant political par- ties; and it is deeply to be regretted that the National: Labor Party could altogether reject our claim to equal rights in labor and the franchise. The late action of the National Legisla- ture in reference to our numerously signed petitions asking to be acknowledged as citizens under the Fourteenth and'Fif- teenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, I has cut off all hope of obtaining justice from that quarter. Old and faithfully tried methods of action upon the political parties, and upon state legislatures having failed,‘ this '_ Com- mittee see no better way of obtaining redress for the injustice done women than to call a National Convention to consider -the present aspect of our cause, (which we believe lies at. the. foot of all societary reform) and to organize, as Mrs. Stanton has wisely and seasonably suggested, a Peoples Party, which, nom- inating a President, will recognize wo1nen’s just claim to"all the rights now held by men. A V This committee have already put in nomination for the pre- sidency Hon. Geo. W. Julian, but they have felt it _to be just to inform him and other friends of impartial suffrage,‘ th‘at’his nomination’ was subject to the decision of the N'ational’Women’s Convention. The committee are not tenacious in respect tovthe particular person, and have reason to believe that the-P.e_ople’-s Party will select the best. « _ q But, should either of the great parties now existing nominate a candidate known to be friondly to our just claim, we would encourage all woman suifragists to unite their strength, ,.ti-me, talents and means to promote his election, whether ‘that. -nom1- nee be a Republican or a Democrat. ’ . . 12 . WOODHULL & OLAFLINS WEEKLY. . VICTORIA‘ C. WOODHULL, FREE LOVE, SPIRITUAL- ISM, AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS. BY s. B. M’oRAcxnN. Undeniably, the age in which we live is one of critical anal- ysis—-analysis of subjects as well as of substances—of systems as well as of creeds--of thoughts and theories~—of persons as well as institutions. It seems indeed a general reckoning day, in which, turn as we may, we are confronted by reﬂex mirrors which compel us to see ourselves as others see us; a time pecu- liarly when the all-seeing eye is opened with special clearness as it is represented by the billion or more of human organisms that inhabit the earth in the visible form, and by the trillions, quadrillions, quintillions, septillions and octillions that inhabit the spiritual spheres—opened to search out and lay bare the hitherto hidden mysteries of the natural world, and the rela- tions of persons to it, to society and to themselves. if the mind of every person in the world could be clairvoyantly illu- minated, that they might perceive at the same instant the acts, the thoughts and the moral status of every other person, there would be some staring, some astonishment, some confusion, and some consternation. The shock would certainly be momentarily painful; the impression would be profound and lasting; let us believe also" that the effect would be wholesome and salutary. ‘We might then discover that what seem to us to be blemishes are really but beauties in disguise; that what appear to be errors, are no errors; and we might come to realize that-— “This world is not so bad a world. As some would like to make it-- Whether good or whether bad, depends On how you take it.” i - By being able also to perceive more clearlyuthe latest impel- ling causes of human action, we would come to look with more charity upon the misfortunes of our fellows. But we do not invoke so complete a mirroring up as we have hinted at. The critical tendency of which we have spoken, comes sufiiciently near to it for our day and age. From it, let us hope, men and ' women may come to understand each other better, and to take a fresher, freeer start in the broad and broadening road of human progress, impelled by more kindly, cordial, and reci- procal feelings and purposes. , Among no class of persons is this critical tendency so sharply prominent, as among Spiritualists. Every person who accepts a position of any prominence among Spiritualists, must recon- cile himself or hersdlf to be subjected to the illuminating power of a thousand Drummond lights ; to be gazed at, looked through, measured, weighed, gauged, picked, plucked, dis- sected, analyzed, distilled, resolved, retortecl, precipitated, shaved, skinned, boiled, skimmed and strained. If, after the process, a residuum remains; it may be safely turned and de- posited among the sacred relicslin the spiritual temple. Our dear friend and sister, Victoria C. VVoodhull, is just now undergoing the interesting process. That she will emerge from the ordeal only the brighter and grander, I verily believe. I refer, of course, to t-he criticisms that have lately been made upon ‘the position by the Spiritual papers and writers. Her lecture on “ Social Freedom” forms the key noteiof the opposition to her. And this will in the future, however it may be regarded in‘ the present, he the brightest jewel in the crown. The system of marriage, as it has existed in the past, con- stitutes the stem upon which the social relations depend. It is therefore the most vital of the social problems. If , attacked, it should be upon well-assured grounds of the justice of the at- tack. But to say that it must not be attacked because of its age and its dependence upon an ancient religious system, is to say what this critical age will not endorse._ Ancient systems are on trial, the marriage system among the rest. ' It cannotplead age, . divine right, nor the right of possession, in bar or abatement. It must face the issue squarely upon the merits. We arraign it as one of the most intolerable of despotisms inherited from the rude ages. We arraign it as the greatest bar to human happi- ness, and the fruitful source of human misery.‘ We arraign it as destructive not only to the happiness, but consequently to the usefulness of thousands, and hundreds of thousands, of the best men and women in the land. We arraign it as not only despotic and destructive of the happiness and usefulness of men and women, but as the fruitful source of fraud, of deceit, of perjury, of inﬁdelity, of insincerity. We arraign it as not only responsible for these evils directly affecting the parties to it, but as the cause of more permanent evils affecting their offspring. Spiritualists and other reformers have hesitated to grasp the problem of the social relations. They have feared it, not be- cause it was not demanded by the merits of the case. but be- cause they have feared the frowns of those who worship the established order of things. . ‘ i The popular heart and pulse beat responsively to the senti- ment of social freedom rationally deﬁned. All that is needed to call out this response is for the sentiment to receive such paternal recognition as to give it respectability. So soon as the nucleus is formed, the particles will adhere to it. Spiritualism as the great uniting force of the party of the future, is in a position to declare itself distinctively" upon this subject. But if it is called upon to so declare itself from policy, it is doubly called upon to so declare itself be- cause it is right. In antagonizing the principles of social freedom to the ex- isting despotism of marriage, it was necessary that the axe should be laid to the root of the tree. Mrs. Woodhull has done it stoutly, effectively, and heroically. All honor to her. She has laid down the abstract principle in its broadest and extremest aspect. There is no evasion, equivocation or reser- vation, or possibility of’ misunderstanding. Yet it does not ﬁouow thatvthe principle thus broadly L stated should be the v :3... rule in all cases or in any case. Mrs. Woodhull herself would not advise that it be followed in all cases or in any case. As in all the relations of men, there is a golden rule which the better instinct -will ordain as the standard. The consorting and cohabitation of men and women is as inseparable from their condition as it is essential to the perpetuation of the race. The relations of men and women in this respect should be“ monogainic. When they assume such relations they should, in some manner, advise society of the fact. This may be done by sending a, crier through the streets to proclaim it, by newspaper publication, by a nup—, tial procession or banquet, by meeting in the church or other place of assembly and announcing it, or by advising their friends in’ some more quiet and nearest way of their intention. In order to guard the rights of persons and of property, the fact should be made a matter of public record. Some formal- ity should be observed in the dissolution of the relation, and this also should be made a matter of record. These would be simply social regulations, and they would be enforced by a wholesome social sentiment in the absence of statute law, They are regulations which are in fact involved in the theory of civil marriage. If left to itself, the civil law would settle the marriage question on a rational basis, and that basis would be similar to what has been indicated. It would leave every person free to form a marital alliance, and equally free to dis- solve it. The civil regulation would be one of convenience merely, and in no degree an oppressive abridgment of personal freedom. ‘But here steps in religious despotism under the lead of priestcraft, and claims the divine right to deﬁne authorita- tively what marriage is. It declares it to be a sacrament which, once solemnized, is indissoluble. It invokes the aid of the civil law to declare ﬁxed what it denies the power of the civil law to unﬁx. The civil law having, in the past cen- turies, surrendered to the bastard divinity all that it demanded, is now endeavoring to break loose from it, and hence, in Great Britain, and in many of the States of the Uni- on, has liberaized its divorce laws, departing neatly from the church rule. The effort to make the two-that is, the civil and cannon law, work together, has produced a strange hotch- potch medley. The civil and the ecclesiastical law are antipe- dal. The civil law is supposed to be the embodiment of common sense and to guarantee personal freedom, and to pro- tect the person in its exercise. The ecclesiastical law is the embodiment of bigotry, and its aim is to abridge personal freedom and to enthrone its self as a despotic power. The conﬁrmation of the two, like any unnatural mating, has pro- duced a monstrosity Among the monstrous features of this hybrid law of marriage is, that which presumes that a boy of eighteen and a girl of sixteen years of age, are capable of ne- gotiating a contract, but that the same persons at the age of forty are incapable of dissolution of the contract. Further than this, every application for the dissolution of such a con- tract must be upon complaint of one party only, and this com- plaint must contain an express averment under oath that it is not by the private «consent or conclusion of the "other party; and no decree can:»‘be granted except upon such proof‘ as ren- ders the party defendant infamousrin the eye of the law and of society. If those ‘whose marital relations are now happy and proﬁt- able, fear that national regulations on the subject of marriage would disrupt them~if their happiness depends upon the re- straint which an arbitrary law imposes, and not upon mutual love, honor and respect—if they are happier under despotic rule thanthey would be under the rule of freedom—we pity them. If, again, there be those so basely constituted that they can think of nothing higher than a slavish subserviency to lust, and who feel that a statute law is the only barrier be- tween them and the common dogs of the street—-we pity them also. But let us assure both classes that human dignity and self-respect form a much better security against the evil which they fear, than any statute law. We stand in the attitude of reformers, and especially reli- gious reformers. Spiritualism is the very antipode of the old theology. There is scarcely anything that is affirmed of Spir- itualism that the old theology does not deny. That the more odious features of existing marital laws grow out of and are replaced by, and form a strong prop to the old theological system, is of itself a sufficient reason for placing them in the negative column of the issues with which Spiritualism has to deal. Spiritualism should no longer exhaust itself in summer-land dreamings and moonbeam platitudes. These will do where there is nothing more important on hand. But there is a crisis approaching that will demand heavier shot than spiritual butter-cups culled from the mystical summer-land, and stronger breastworks than moonbeams. This very social prob- lem will go forward with _or without Spiritualism. \ The up- heaval of the toiling masses and their demand for a more equal distribution of the proceeds of theirjlabor, will go forward with or without Spiritualism. The demands of women for equality and justice will go forward with or without Spirit- ualism. The demand of the people to be released from the posed, will go forward with or without Spiritualism. The de- mand of the people for national instruction in the practical af- fairs of life, in place of the namby-pamby stuff now furnished by our sectarian schools and churches, will go forward with or without Spiritualism: The demand of the people for that na- tionalamusement and recreation which the church has denied them, will go forward with or without Spiritualism. These are subjects which address themselves practically to the masses. Spiritualism, beautiful as it is in theory, and satisfying as it is to thousands as an ascertained fact, yet fails in these phases merely to address themselves to‘ the masses. The several‘ absurd restraints of custom and fashion which society has im- - April 27, 1872. forms of manifestation which we have enunciated with others, constitute thevfermentive and revolutionaryforces of the time, and which are not only destined , to shake Christendom to its center, ‘but rend it from base to dome. If Spiritualism comes marshaling them on, it will be accepted by the masses as the divine bride of a heaven-appointed marriage, because it is the proper mission of Spiritualism -to stand as the spiritual coun- terpart of the more material forces that are converging to form the new dispensation. But if it fail to take this position. it will be lost sight of in the fearful struggle that is upon us, and some unnatural form of religious belief, some superstitious faith, arise as the Spiritual elemen.t in the reconstructed social state; because some form of religion is as essential to the social state as is the spirit or soul to the person. Human history is marked by epochs. As the developing stages of the earth are marked by geological strata, so analog- ously does the scene of human history lay in strata. As vari- ous forces combine to form- a single zeological stratum, so do various forces combine to form historic epochs. The forces that enter into the formation of physical strata require the cementing power of some single great agency to give them def- initive form. So the moral forces that enter into the forma- tion of historical strata that crystalize around some personality. The persons who hold the more prominent representative posi- tions in historic periods are neither gods nor angels in any special sense, although it is quite the custom to deify them. They live by eating and breathing, like other persons, and it is diﬁicult to discover any essential difference between them and other persons. Their position may be due to a fortunate combination of circumstances, which some would call acci- dent, or it may be due to a ﬁne mental and temperamental balance. Whatever it may be, two conditions are essential to the evolutions of marked periods either in the physical or moral world. These are, first, the elemental forces necessary to constitute them, and second, the combining force requisite to bring them together. We have enumerated some of the moral forces which we believe are to enter into the formation of the new historic era. At present, Mrs. Woodhull seems to hold the central position around which these forces may crys- talize. She is the best representative of aggressive ideas on the continent. It is no argument against her to say that she is a woman. Divinity chooses its agents where it will, and so long as they are true to their mission it is not for us to chal- lenge the wisdom that ordained them to their work. Nor is it any argument against her to say that she was comparatively unknown until within the past few months. Those who are prominent in the early steps of a movement, seldom carry it to fruition. As if in mockery of vain ambition, the generals who carry a campaign to a successful close, many times spring from the ranks, while veteran commanders are left without an occu- pation. ' ' . Unlike many other reformers, Mrs. Woodhull does not ally herself with a select parlor coterie and seek to move the world by a pretentious display of carpet benevolence. Having suf- feredherself, she knows something of the suffering of the mil- lions of human kind. There is no great charm between her and them, nor would she have one. ‘‘ She appeals to the masses. She sympathizes with their sufferings and their wants. If the prescribed prayers in the Book fail to save them, she com- mends them to the great laboratory of nature for a savior. She would save mankind by appealing to the lowly upon their own plane of existence, and not by denouncing hell ﬁre upon them because they do not wear broadcloth and sit in satin pews. In parliamentary history, Burke was known as the great Com- moner in the British lower House, and Stevens in the Ameri- can Congress. So may_Mrs. Woodhull be aptly styled the great Commoner in the reformatory upheavel of to-day, as contrasted with the select but well-meaning few who fancy that fine clothes and ﬁne speech are the only certain passports to Heaven. ~ DETROIT, March 1. -—--9-9-9--———— FREE MONEY. Why is it not practicable, so far as government is concerned? That is, give the people the use of money as needed, to the« dedt of the United'States, by issuing notes receivable for all dues to government, to anyone who would take them and de- posit a government bond bearing 1 per cent. interest per an- num, as secutity; make a free banking law, in other words, based on 1 per cent. government bonds, and as fast as these demand notes are issued, withdraw the national bank circula- tion, unless they (the banks) agree to take the‘ l. per cent. bonds in place of the 6 per cent. as their market value Let these bonds be converible at the option of the holder also, without allowance of interest for the current year, so that the greatest possible use may be had of the currency. Of course capital will oppose this, but when the ‘banks cannot help themselves, they will succumb, and take this law as freely as they did the other, if they were refused the right to do busi- ness under national law~—except on these condition. ONE or REE PEOPLE. _.__...._..._.____._'_. The three following extracts are from the Sunday Mercury of 7 March 31,~—bar comments. JEFFERSON MARKET roman COURT. Miss Mary Cunningham, of No. 1 Congress place, brought a charge of bastardy, against William Murphy, of No. 53 Laight street. Miss Cunningham is a very good-looking young woman, with plump, rosy cheeks. Col. Charles S. Spencer appeared for her, and Abe Hummel, Esq. for William. Miss Cunning- ham stated that last November Mr. Murphy seduced her, under promise of marriage, in a saloon. She stated her age at ﬁf- teen. The further hearing of the case was adjourned. Mary is ﬁfteen years old, and socially ostracised forever. If William is convicted, he will be ﬁned only, that is all. There’s A even-handed justice. Woe for us, women being the chief exe- cutors of the unequal law. ~ I 73$-:-‘A&.:“r+=_'."f A '~:-‘‘ ~ ~ I U v “1 April. 27, 1872. TO JOSEPHINE ON HER SIXTEENTHO BIRTHDAY, Josey, just sixteen years ago to day, Thy pure being first saw the light. The hour I do remember well when first I looked Upon thy ruddy face, and did questions Earnest to thy being put-— ~ “ Would you grow up to womanhood, to cheer, Or chill, that querying heart, then at that Interesting moment, sought acquaintance, And so much strove to awaken some chord, Vibrating with your future : Making it To echo some token of Josey there, The herald of succeeding weal, or W0; Of sorrows like untimely frosts, to sere, And blight the proudest hopes your noble heart Might cherish; or of vivifying sunshine, That should margin your path with gems so bright, 80 full of life, so like excess in joy, That you would never feel regret.” But nay; You have lived with ups and downs like others, Joyous and sad: betimes a snatch of both Together. But still your faithful being Hath grasped the steady helm of noble thought, And garnered up a consciousness of wealth, In true womanly virtue, with a fund Of pure girlish manners, that need not blush, Where angels could with satisfactionsmile! Treasures of more weight than glitt’ring diamonds, For where diamonds can never shine, manners Have their just value; as always at par, The circulating medium of the good. You would feel at home where simple justice Held the scale in balance. But in circles All artiﬁcial, the price in manners Is agreed upon; and like weight in coin, Must the smallest deﬁciency make up In studied stiffened nice exactitude; As forever swayed by incantations, Of pimps, and bawds, who like insatiate elves Do rule the social exchequer. Not so Wherein a gentle truthful nature reigns, And doth in hurried satisfaction live Through all our being; as gentle sunlight Awakens the early ﬂower, to blend It artless sweets most lavishly with life . Unswerved by rule exact, or grudging price; But is its own true almoner. And from Its large unstinting fullness, prompts the rule, Or makes the price, unawed by threats, nor won By smiles. Of law in being, this is all; For sovereign rights belong to sovereign souls. Thus manners leap unbidden from the heart, Where generous greatness holds the empire, As vegetation from the earth doth spring, When acorns can be chiseled out by tools; Then true politeness may be taught in schools; We feel awkward, constrained, and out of ﬁx, Where education moulds and fashions man. Be then your future, as simple, artless, ’ And unaffected as your past, and ybu May smile, while others weep. Their rule is man’s, Your’s the congenial sweets of gentle worth. Few are willing to pay the price of ease In life. It costs too much to disregard The obliging nods, and requisitions ' Of sham society: and not to bow When it doth bid. If we would have true peace This is the price. For, who counts us, it is To swell their own importance, never ours, As ancient Romans made of their pris’ners Of war, trophies, and chained. them to their care To grace their train, while fools stood to applaud. For only when sweetly independent Are all harmoniously whole ; nor happy, Save in the ratio of this completeness. Of the true heart live always then. the pet; Nor e’en for once seek other rules in life. In this proportion only, are ﬂowers Beautiful and sweet; just as they consult The pleasures of organic qualities , Purely their own. So throughout vast being, Each atom individualized, has rights And loves, with which to interfere is rude, And in the end moulds a sad deformity. Too much presumption has thus spoiled the world. For life, artiﬁcially lived, is false To all the wants of necessary being; Wasting all our energies to achieve Unnecessary ends; which though we gain, Are anything but that we bargain for; Like wrecks near shore, the sport of winds, we live Just in sight of satisﬁed existence; Still at tormenting distance from the boon We see. For solid, and constant pleasure, Court the approving smiles of Josephine. E. W., PA. On Sunday afternoon and evening Miss Middlebrook spoke to very large audiences. In the evening every seat was occu- pied and quite a large number of persons were compelled to stand during the whole discourse. Miss M. is a ready and ﬂuent speaker, uses choice and expressive language and conveys her ideas in a very clear and connected manner. She has a ﬁnely modulated voice, and with appropriate gestures and en- ergy attracts and holds the attention of her audience, even al- though they may disagree with her views and positions, The drift of her remarks in the evening were to show that the past has failed to demonstrate the fact of immortality, and that modern spiritualism is the developing of that truth. Miss M. has spoken four Sundays in the country. She now returns to her home in. Connecticut. —Ith.z'ca Journal. __._____,_,__L . The plea of insanity is taken by the courts of England for no more than it is worth. In a moment of extreme passion the Rev. ‘Mr. Watson, a man of unquestionable ability; but of singular temperament, killed his wife. He was engaged in writing a book at the time, and at 2 o’clock in the morning his wife entered his room and requested him to go to bed. He was enraged at the interruption, and in one fatal moment accomplished the dreadful deed. It would not be difficult for an American lawyer tolﬁx a very ﬁne plea of insanity in be- half of Mr. Watson, particularly as his actions after the mur- der were nearly 9. voluntary confession of murder. He has been tried, however, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged.——— Wwnan’s Journal, - . ‘ ‘ - I DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. TERRIBLE FATE OF A RUINED GIRL-—-HER, SHAME EFFECTED BY A LEADING PHYSICIAN OF SYRACUiSE—-HIS FLIGHT, FEARING VEN-_- G-EANCE FROM A BROTHER OF THE VICTII‘/I——THE BODY EXPECTED AT SYRACUSE TO--DAY. ' I [Correspondence N. Y. Standard] SYRACUSE, March 27. —Yesterday Mr. Jay Eastman returned to Syracuse, bringing news of the death of a beautiful and ac- complished young lady, named Frances P. Tyler, who put an end to her existence at Detroit, by taking ‘strychnine. A letter was also found on her bureau, written with lead pencil, evident- ly just before taking the poison. We give it below: DETROIT, March 24, 1872. DEAR BROTHER; I believe I wrote you first at Adrian, but what I wrote I could not tell. I think I said I would go out to Aunt Mayes. I remember Dick got my trunk checked through to Quincy. I know I thought I never could go to either of my aunts when I got down to the depot. It seems like a dream ever since I left Sates, and even before. Don’t, know how I came to get my baggage checked here, but it is here, and me with it. My God! it seems to me I shall go mad when I think of my ruined character. There is no one knows anything about it except those who have had the same trouble. Henry, I _hope you will forgive me for doing as I have done, but I thought I would go to work here. I cannot go among my friends. If you could know just how I feel, you would not blame me. I brought this on myself and do not deserve the sympathy of my friends. I see that I have disgraced you, and all connected with me. FRANK , She also left,a note to Mr. Love, the clerk at the hotel, re- questing him to send the following dispatch to her brother, Henry A. Tyler, Goldwater, Michigan; ‘ MARCH 24, 1872. BROTHER HENRY: Here I am at the Franklin House. Come, for I am very sick. Your sister, FRANK. Some time last Summer a physician named Whedon, suc- ceeded, it is alleged, under the sacred promise of marraige, 111 seducing the poor girl. She pressed him to fulﬁll his engage- ment to her again and again, but the villian put her away with various excuses. Finally in October last, when concealment was no longer possible, she again besought the doctor, to save her honor. She affirmed that he proposed the crime of abor- tion. Bewildered and still having conﬁdence that he would be true to her, she acceded, and the fatal drugs were taken. A long and serious illness followed. Her friends sought the phy- sician and say, that he confessed everything and promised he would marry Frances as soon as she recovered. She rose from her bed, that had almost proved her couch of death, only to ﬁnd. HER DESTROYER wsnnnn TO ANOTHER, _ Married and returned to this city, the physician has been practising up to a day or two since. _ The friends of the family in the meantime brought suit against him for seduction under promise of marriage. and the case was before our courts. ' REMAINS TO BE BROUGHT TO SYRACUSE. The remains of Miss Tyler were expected to arrive in this . city last night. The body will be accompanied by her brother Henry. REPORTED FLIGHT on THE PHYSICIAN. Yesterday it was reported that the physician had ﬂed, fearing that the vengeance of the brother of the deeply wronged victim would be visited upon his head. Patients went to hlS office in Clinton street, but were informed that he was not at home. --——————¢-o~o—~—————~ A VERY PRETTY QUARREL AS IT STANDS. A Kilkenny cat affair, let us be thankful, is the present con- . test between the Administrationists and the Anti-Administra- tionists. The nomination of Grant at Philadelphia is as cer- tain as any future event can be. His election, as at the last pres- idential campaign of the Republican party, is almost equally certain. Exactly what will be done at Cincinnati is not so lit- erally certain, but the result‘? a fatal loss to the Republican party of its saving spirit, is as clear as day light. The Democratic party is already confessedly dead. By the coming election it will be buried as a body; but after death will come the resurrection of the spirit. The best elements, those who belong to it because they suppose it. to be the party of the people, will go «where they belong, that 1S with the New Liberty Party, the party of Universal Liberty, based on Inte- gal Justice, and inspired by Inﬁnite Love. . 1 Those who now belong to the Republican party because they believe it to have been practically, the party of Human Rights, as against State privileges and limitations, and legalized op- pressions, will leave it and rally to the standard of the new party. For the Republican party cannot survive a victory, either of the Grant men or of the liberals. The present cam- paign will end its career whatever may be the result of the election. Whichever way will be equally fatal. It has done all the good it ever will. M But the best result for the ultimate success of the right, is the election of Grant, and fortunately the one most likely to occur. The new party should not take the ﬁeld until its time has come, when it will achieve so overwhelming a triumph as to silence all factions opposition. We are not yet ready; the people are not yet sufficiently united; they do not know their strength, they have not decided unanimously what they will do with their power. . , They are beginning to see that political power is only useful as a short out to industrial and social reorganization. To do the grand work which lies before them, the inspiration and aid of woman is indispensable. In the campaign of 1876 women will take part, and the party of All-Freedom-for-All will sweep evervthing before it. Then the Commonwealthiwill be really born. F. S. C. LOUISVILLE, I{Y., March 30,I1872. Editors Woodhull Qmd Olaﬂ'in’s Weekly, New York City. MESDAMES: Please insert the following in your paper: The Young People’s Spiritual Association of Louisville, Ky., are a complete organization, working under constltlltloll and by-laws, equally as systematic as any organized lodge; all the business done according, to parliamentary law. Meetings every Thursday evening. A large number of ladies and gen- tlemen join each meeting. This association employs the lec- tm-er_s_(commenejng April 1), Moses Hull addresses us. du- ring‘April. We are desirous of corresponding with first class talent to address us for one year commencing May 1, 1872. I Address NANNIE DINGIVIAN, Corresponding Secretary, 283 East'Chestnut street. 3., . WOODHULL can CLAFLIN’S "WEEKLY. O . it 13 From the American Spiritualist. :2 ANNIVERSARY POEM. BY J. 0. SMITH. Time marches on; we hear her velvet tread ‘In evening twilight and in morning red. ' Her yearly task our dear old planet spins, Hisjourney never ends, and ne’er begins. Still all along her pathway there appears Mile-stones and land-marks of the ﬂeeting years—— Great wars that devastate our ﬁelds with blood; Days natal of great lives, ordained of God. Great ﬂoods and fires that ﬁll the heart with dread, Days when the wise are numbered with the dead. Thus great events are kept in memory green, And the broad past is from the present seen. When ﬁrst the lightning on its cable steed Flashed through the brine, its messages of speed, l ‘ How the heart glowed ;! and how the ready pen Of verse and prose joined in a wild amen. Yet when the wires that couple earth with sky, Twenty-four years ago, were stretched on high, We heard no chantings loud, no comely praise, We saw no victors’ wreaths, no poets’ lays; But from the press, the pulpit and the stage, In spiteful jest or wild vehement rage, All eemed intent to strangle at its birth, Thisl ast, this greatest child vouchsafed to earth. Still down the cable came the words of cheer. ' . Let hem run on, man’s destiny is clear, The church and forum may combine to kill; Pilate and Herod join their might and skill, Yet o’er the future never day shall rise, In which man may not converse‘ with the skies.” There’s news from heaven, from yonder gorgeous spheres, . Form after form in radiant light appears. Down the broad gulf-stream of eternal day, On love’s dear mission do they wend their way. They come in kindness, human souls to win From paths of ignorance, from lives of sin. They come our darkened spirits to illume, " And demonstrate a life beyond the tomb. Be ours the care-, theircounsels to attend, And practice all the virtues they commend. In God the Father, man the son, to live, And free as we receive, so freely give. No sacraﬁcial altar do we raise, ‘No special priest’ to pray, or bless or praise, But in all things, of earth, or sky, or air, We chant our praises and we breatheour prayer. In sylvan shades which naiture kindly spreads, From garish noon-day beams to shield our heads; in feathered sougsters, warbling notes of love: In gaudy insects, flitting through the grove, Inbounteous light, the green enameled sod, In ﬂowers that yield their fragrance up to God ;' .. In rolling rivers, bearing treasures blest, Mountains, whose heads in purest azure rest; Great seas and oceans: and the sedgy lakes, And pools all hidden ’neath the shady brakes; Clouds that career along the vaulted sky, And stars that twinkle from their dome on high. Day, with its glories in profusion shed, Night, with its solemn silence overspread; All things that live; all things that fade and die, ' All things that creep, all things that walk or ﬂy ; All that hath been, and all that e’er shall be, In form or thought, in earth or air, or sea: These are our priests; our altar stone the soul; Truth, our companion, happiness, our goal, Then welcome, messages from worlds of light, Ye tend to guide our erring steps aright; Ye teach the language in which God has gravel: On all things known a prophecy of Heaven. These telegraphic wires that pierce the skies, Down which dispatches glide, up which they rise, \ This cable grand, that stretches from the earth To every‘spirit of terrestial birth, This is the master-work that crowns our age, Whether of angels bright, or mortal sage, The telescope that shows a perfect whole ; Natiii-e and God, the body and the souL Then let the bigot wag his senseless tongue; Let fools deride in jest and ribald song ; Let priests who preach for bread and pray for hire, Or curse for spite, to everlasting ﬁre ; Let them press on, the oldfamiliar chase. Truth to impale, and science to disgrace. With heads erect and hearts serene and strong, And thoughts turned sunward, let us move along. Not blow for blow, but love for buffets give, And teach these teachers how a man should live. 2 Whoe’er consorts with Heaven’s undying truth, And nought besides, has everlasting youth. Then up, my fellows, yonder mountain’s head 3' Is tinged with heralds of the morning red; " Truth all divine, in robes of purest white, Is rising to dispel the gloom of night. Welcome, great truth l Thy willing subjects now, With bosoms bared, renewed allegiance vow. Thy steps we’ll follow: and thy, regal smile, All tears shall wipe; all sorrows‘ shall beguile. Soon may the relics ofbarbarian lore Torment, like spectral images, no more; Truth’s heavenly light o’er all the ruin fall The ivied column and the crumbling wall; 9 And every soul whose life in God began, Live the great prayer—the prayer to be a man; Not cramped by creeds, by sectaries restrained, But healthful, normal man, as Heaven ordained. ' WASHINGTON, March 31, 1872. ———'——+0-0-———-—-— ERRATA. DEAR WEEKLY: ’I thank you for publishing my letter last week on the “ Social Question,” but regret very much that the printer should have used the word slightest. authority, instead of highestauthority, as written in the letter. A ’ Yours truly, SEWABZD M1Tcn_r*.Lz.. CooNv1LLE, Me., April 8, 1872. ' 14 WOODHULL & CLA.F_LIN_’.S WEEKLY.‘ April 27, 1872. *- ll/IUSIO AND THE DRAMA. The Parepa. Rosa Italian Opera Combination, at the Academy of Music, has proved even a more overwhehn- ing success than we had anticipated. Notwithstand- ing the high price of tickets the house. has been cramm- ed at evervuperformance, and the “Hugenots,” “Don Giovanni,” “Trovatore,”_ and “ Rigoletto,” have been performed in a highly artistic and satisfactory manner. Parepa has seemed to gain new ﬁre from the host of talent by which she is surrounded, and Santley, with his superb voice and fine acting, has become the reign- ing favorite. V The late public rehersals of the Church'Music Associa‘ tion have agreeably disappointed musical connoiseurs, for the society has shown unmistakable evidence of its ability to master that most diﬂicult of choral composi- tion, Beethoven’s Mass in D. They are, of course, far short of perfection, but it is reasonable to suppose by the time the concert. takes place, they will be able to render this work in a style somewhat worthy its illustri- ous composer, and also reflect credit on their talented conductor, Dr. James Pech. With the present week the engagement of Miss Le Clercq at Booth’s Theatre will' cease. Her support dur- ing the latter part of it was more satisfactory than at first. The members of the company seeming to be cast with more regard to their several abilities in her recent productions, than in “As you Like it.” “A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing”was very creditably performedthrough- out. It is a charming domestic drama, and Miss Le Clercq’s part of “ Anne Car-ew” is well drawn, and was most exquisitely performed by that lady. Her imper- sonation‘, throughout was as nearly faultless as could well be imagined. The sugene in which she drowns her child to protect her husband and immediately after, in the midst of her despair at being obliged to do so, is able to clasp the little one in her arms and assure her of her motherly love, was simply superb. Miss Le Clerccfsxplay of featureswas both wonderful and artistic. Miss Gertie Norwood is specially entitled to -mention for the manner in which she played the character of ‘ ‘ Anne’s” daughter. Although only a child in appear- ance and years, her performance might well put to shame many mature artists. Mr. John Wilson was also acceptable as "John Carew,” displaying rather more ability than usual. The character of “Juliana” in the “Honeymoon” is thoroughly familiar to all theatre goers, but init.Miss Le Clercq loses nothing by the natural comparisons that are made between her rendi- tion of the role, and that of the various artists who have enacted it in years gone by. It was full of sparkle, albeit‘ her surroundings were not of a particularly jovial character. The piece was not, ‘however, b/adly performed, Miss Bella Pateman acting “Volante” nicely, and the rest of the company appearing to rather more than their usual advantage. We shall part with Miss Le Clercq with sincere regret, and look forward to her promised reappearance at Mr. Fechter’s new theatre with pleasure. Next week Mr. Booth will appear upon the boards and draw the inevitable crowds which follow the announcement of his name. He will open with “ Sir Edwin Mortimer” in the “ Iron Chest,” and will shortly after produce “ Richard Third,” which has been many months in preparation, and will form another series of magniﬁcent scenic productions for which he has made his theatre famed. “ Poll and Partner Joe” (Burnaud’s best burlesque— according to the papers) has been produced at Niblo’s. That Burnaud may never write another burlesque shall be our prayerfrom this time forth, forever. What must his other efforts have been? Fit entertainment for the seriousof serious families! We patiently listened. to it and mu‘s_t‘confess we have not the remotest idea what the author intended. Burlesqucs are expected to be wofully devoid of plot and common sense, and it seems as if Mr. Burnaud. knowing this, had attempted to out-Herod Herod. There was really nothing to laugh about, except the piquancy of Mrs.’ Wood and Jennie Lee, andgthe humorous antics of Harry Cox. Of course there were many ill assorted but elegant toilets, fair singing and scenery, but, taken as a whole, dullness was the prevailing character. Mr.,Anson who has done some good things since his arrival in this country, entirely failed to produce any mirth as “ Black Brandon,” and Mr. Young had very little opportunity. Harry Cox, however, was really excellent as “ Dame Tiller,” and Miss Jennie Lee, one of the prettiest and jolliest little ladies to be found anywhere, looked even prettier and jollier than usual, as “ Harry Hallyard,” especially when decked in the full regimentals of an admiral. Mrs. John Wood looked, acted and dressed her, part to perfection, and her singing of “His heart was true to Poll,” was one of those inimitable perform. Iances that is seldom met with on the burlesque stage. The present is Mrs. Wood’s last week, and she will he succeeded by a thorough dramatic sensation, entitled “ Black Friday,” in which various persons who came prominently before the public at that time, will be portrayed to the life. Dan Bryant’s Opera House is ﬁlled nightly with the best people in the city, and “ Julius the Sneezer,”' the new burlesque, has proved a decided hit. It is one of the best pieces of the kind we have ever seen, and those who desire a hearty laugh should not fail to witness it. The friends of Mme. De Lesdernier gave -her a com- plimentary beneﬁt on Friday evening the 12th inst., at a private residence on Fourteenth street. A large number of ladies and gentlemen were present. Mme. De Lesdernier favored the assembly with some drama- tic readings, in which she displayed more than the average ability, some of the comic pieces being par. ticularly well done, especially Tom Hood's “Lost Heir,” -and a “ Widow Bedott” paper, both in character, she .wa’s ably assisted by Mrs. Knox, who has 3, contralto voiceof wonderful power, and who sang with great taste “Hannah at the window binding shoes,” and “ Fait111\—:an.d-’Hope." Several other amateurs assisted, ,and“the' whole -affair was very enjoyable. HOW ARE YOU, DEMOCRATIC REFORM- « ERS ? - [Correspondence of Morning Herald, St. Joseph, Mo.] - A woman of good common sense, possessed of courage and believing in human rights and the indi- viduality of her sex, registered her name as an Ameri- can citizen and an elector in the Third Ward on the 18th ult., and on the opening of the polls on the 2nd inst., offered her ballot to theinspectors or judges of election of said Third‘ Ward, and was challenged by Mr. Evans, the so-called Democratic member of the Board, and owihg to the weaknes of one of the Republican judges the ballot was rejected. . The Democrats claim to be in favor of progress and reform, but their works and votes have always, without an exception, been opposed to them. They fought against the colored man of Africa and his descendants, and if they had not been defeated by the bravery, per- severence and better sense of the Republicans, would still have held him in slavery and ignorance. And now, as they cannot vent their meanness and spleen any longer upon the colored man, they turn it upon the white women of the land, the mothers, wives and sisters of the gallant men of the United States, and deny them their God‘-given rights at the polls. This decision places the white woman below the African, the “ Heathen Chinee” and the Fejee Islander. But thanks to the spirit of reform, the stand still or go back rule of the modern Democracies is shivering on its last legs, and will soon be toppled over into the slough of oblivion, never to be resurrected. Yours, P. V. WISE. ST. J osnrn, M0,, April 3, 1872. ,~ BEHIND THE SCENES. In a recent lecture in the Elm Place Church, Brook- lyn, Eugene A. Puller is reported to have showed as follows 2 ’ ’ DRAMA or POLITICS. was ﬁrst taken up, and its actors examined with a keen and penetrating criticism that excited frequent applause as portrait after portrait of well known politicians were placed before the audience. The mercantile world next engaged attention, and the speaker sketches the social position of our merchant princes, whose splendid palaces and magniﬁcent equipages ornamented the city, and whose benefactions were chronicled and characters held up for imitation by a success adoring press. The public looked on the actor as he appeared with admir- ing wonder, but could they look behind the scenes they could see that this gigantic fortune was created by a vast monopoly, crushing down the weaker rivals. They would see that this BELAUDED PHILANTHROPIST was an unrelenting creditor from whom his debtors need expect neither mercy nor sympathy; that to his clerk he was a severe taskmaster; that while with os- tentatious liberality he signed checks for thousands of dollars for the heathen in a distant land, or for the sufferers by some gigantic conﬂagration, he ground the faces of his employes; that while building up costly ediﬁces for the accommodation of indigent women, his own ill paid shop girls were struggling with poverty andthe: temptations to vice that accompany it in the heart of a vast city. The world only looks on the actors as they appear on the stage, and it sees with envy the daring speculator who by dint of lobbying charters and adroit manipulations, obtain control of some great rail road interest; but if it could look behind the scenes it would see that those so-called FIRST-CLASS CITIZENS. are really first-class” frauds, and heartless traders in human agony. They ﬁll up six days with rapacious gambling, and on the seventh, they are found placidly singing hymns in church. Sometimes they assume the role of the philanthropist, building churches and founding theological seminaries: but behind the scenes they are rapacious sharks, whose path is marked with human blood. We should have less of censure and contempt for the man who lives out his real life in ' sconn ron DISGUISE, and steals openly and lives in unmasked immorality, hiding nothing but his benefactions, than for the mean, cowardly, sneaking wretch who plunders under the mantle of religion. The lecturer then took up the de- ceptions of social life, and kept his hearers in prolong- ed merrimentjby his inimitable delineation of the petty deceits so common among the various rank of society . NEW BOOKS. MUSIC AND MORALS, BY THE Rnv. H. R. Howns, M. A., WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS. New York: Harper is Brothers, 1872. Mr. Howe is undoubtedly a gentleman who has much love for and considerable knowledge of music. Naturally like other men of similar tastes and like knowledge he is a theorist in music. He has invented a method perfectly satisfactory to himself of explaining why it is that certain musicalrphrases are pathetic and certain others gay. Moreover he thinks he has discover- ed precisely the true theory upon which emotion of all sorts can be translatedfinto music. This theory, which is certainly an original and ingenious one, he sets forth at great length, and with diagrams so extremely scien- tiﬁc in appearance, that they go far toward convincing the credulous reader of the truth of the theory which they illustrate. The only fault which can be found with this theory is the slight one that it has no founda- tion whatever, except in the fancy of the author. It is injurious and interesting: but it is practically of no _ value whatever. The greater part of the book is occupied with musi- cal gossip; with criticisms of famous musicians, and their works. If Mr. Howe does not tell us anything particularly new about Beethoven and Rosini: or discover any fresh topics for remark in the “seventh symphony,” or “William Tell,” he still talks intelligently and with an enthusiasm that shall attract to his book the affec- tionate attention of all lovers of music. It is diﬂicult for an amateur musician to write upon musical topics . without exhibiting a tendency to gush, and without falling into abysses of Vse1_1,t,1m°nt91_‘ Platitudg, It 13 only just to Mr. Howe to say that he has successfully avoiden these faults and that while his book is not‘ a valuable text-book, it is an exceptionally brilliant essay, it is always readable andnearly always sensible. TWENTY Yams AGO; on, THE Sromr on AN Enomsn GmL’s Anvnncrunn IN PARIS DURING THE TROUBLOUS TIMES or 1851. Edited by the author of John Halifax. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. This is the third‘ volume of the series entitled “Books for girls,” written and edited by Mrs. Cruik and now published by the Harpers. It describes, in the language of a young English girl, with the convic- tion and proper instincts of her class, the scenes of the coup d’ etat in Paris. It is of some value as a history, which, by the bye, it doesnot purport to be, but it is undoubtedly interesting as a story. The author does not seem to have been an exceptionably clean girl, and she certrinly was not tinctured with liberal opinions. Still her ingenious simplicity givés a certain charm to her narration, and from its actual merits or faults as a» story, and there is no doubt that it will meet with a large circle of appreciative readers. CncIL’s Tnxsr. A Novnn. By the author of Carlyon’s Year, Lost Sir Marsingbird, etc. New- York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. ' The author of this novel is a clear literary hack, who knowing that there is a demand] for sensational novels and supplies this demand with a serene disregard of the plainest principles of art. He constructs his plot suﬂiciently well, though his instincts are preposterous and he tells his story with vivacity and considerable force, although the story itself deﬁes all the laws of probability. “ Cecil’s Tryst” is a fair spicimen of his workmanship. The plot is coherent and artistically put together, but the difficulty with it is that the main incident upon which it turns is not only improbable, but very nearly impossible. The undoubted skill of the writer as a narrator makes the book an entertaining one, but there is no attempt whatever at character drawing. The dramatic personals are one and all pup- pets,moved by the hand of the author and they are utter- ly devoid of all, but the most superﬁcial resemblance to to the ﬂesh and blood people of actual life. “ Cecil Tryst,” like other novels from the same hand which preceded it, will be widely read and quickly for- gotten. It has the one merit of being interesting, but in nearly all other respects it is a cheap piece of poor workmanship. The Messrs. Harpers are now issuing a new edition ofDickens’ novels, which for general reading is decid- edly the best edition in the market.‘ The type is large and clear, the paper of good quality, and the illustra- tions numerous and of universal merit. The ﬁrst vol: ume containing “Oliver Twist,” has lately been publish- ed, and will soon be followed by “ Martin Chuzzlewit.” The volumes can be had either in paper or cloth covers, and in the latter form are sufficiently ornamented for any library. I The price of this work is lower than that of any other edition of equal merit, and will proba- bly be the favorite edition with the majority of readers. “THE CANCELLED WILL,” is a story of American life, tracing the career of a beautiful young girl, who is left in ignorance of her family, though carefully prepared to ﬁght the battle of life, when the time comes in which she comprehends that on her ,own efforts must depend the future, she pants to make a brillian success in society. The story shows what means are used to this end, what experiences she passes through, how strange her parentage is revealed to her, and the use she makes of that revelation. There are many characters, all well sustained, who; are thrown into relations toward each other of the most thrilling character; and few readers will be found willing to skip a page of this charming delineation of home life. Sydney Smith says a novel “ is only meant to please: it must do that or it does nothing.” Judged by that test, “The Cancelled Wil ” deserves a high place, for it absorbs the interest of the reader, from the ﬁrst page to the last. In imaginative power, management of plot, and delineation of the various passions and in- terests which move its characters, this novel will prove to be abrilliant success. « It is issued in a large duodecimo volume, and sold by all booksellers at the low price of $1.75 in cloth, or $1.50 in paper cover; or copies will be sent by mail, to any place, post-paid, by the publishers, on receipt of the price of the work in a letter to them. Published in uniform, elegant and durable style by T. B. Petersen & Brothers, No. 306 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. A BILLIARD TABLES. V: The game of billiards has become one of the perma- *nent institutions of the world. Perhaps no game com- bines so many of the requisites of amusement, exercise, and intellectual discipline as does this. ‘ It has none of the objections urged against many other sorts of amuse- ment. Even the religious people who abjure cards play billiards. One of the necessities of a good game of bil- liards is a good table. No matter how excellent a player a person may be, he will play a poor game upon a poor table. It may seem almost superﬂuous to call attention to the fact, since it is so well known; nevertheless, we may re-echo the general sentiment when we say to our readers, if you want to purchase a billiard table, be ure and buyone of the PHELAN & COLLANDER manu- acture, and it will not disappoint you. " ——¢———-—: . Flowers are one of the few things in life that bring us unmixed pleasure. They are the most innocent tribute of courtesy or affection, as acceptable in the day of feasting as in the house of mourning, Florists are thus in a sense public benefactors. Hodgson, at No. 403 Fifth avenue, from among the palaces takes us away to the sights and odors of the country with his rusticwork, his gnarled boughs, and curiously crooked seats, his fragrant ﬂowers and beautifully assorted boquets. ' I ' Of all the ornaments now devised for beautifying gentlemen’s grounds, there are none that can surpass rustic work, either in grandeur, beauty, utility or dura- bility. It may be introduced-almost‘ anywhere, if the ' surroundings are in the least in manycases can be p1aced;_who_r_e nothing else could‘, be, often times. converting an eyesore into a place of great beauty, and A yet ornamental and useful. As it is, there are few that have either the taste or good judgment for the judicious arrangement of the materials out of which the best rustic is made. To make or design rustic objects, I the maker or designer must exercise good judgment as to ' the best‘ place for his object—whether it is a house. bridge, vase, basket, or any of the many objects that may be formed of rustic work——for if the object is in a bad position, be the object ever so good, it looses half the effect, or even becomes an eyesore. There must be something rural in the locality, something in tone with the\object. Perfect taste is required for the form of any object, although in anything rustic the form willbe much modiﬁed; yet there must be an original design to give meaning and grace to the object. In all cases, unless working with straight material, nature must be followed as nearly as possible, avoiding right angles or anything that looks formal; every piece should look as if joined-by nature. ‘This not only gives beauty but stability to the work. To all this must be combined the skill of the builder, to give strength, ﬁnish and neatness to the whole work. Many people think that as a matter of course carpenters can build rustic, but there are few if any that can give that natural rusticity so necessary to it. It is a trade by itself, and requires men with a natural taste and inventive genius. Some men work at it for years and cannot do it creditably. There is nothing that may not be made in rustic work, from a dwelling house to a cage, a bridge to a ‘card basket. Many of the vases are ﬁlled with plants and look very handsome, with ivy half hiding the wood- work, and ﬁne ﬂowering plants capping the whole and making it a thing complete in itself. There are also ‘many fine baskets ﬁlled. Certainly nothing could be more ornamental or better in a window than one of these. But these things to be appreciated must be seen; for large constructions, we would advise any one to visit the grounds of Mr. Hoey. at Long Branch, or Peter B. King, Esq., on the Pallisades overlooking the Hudson, or General Ward’s estate. _.__.__..______ THE standard relish universally adopted by the best judges, is the Halford Leicestershire Table Sauce. You can obtain this ﬁne article of any first-class grocer for only ﬁfty cents per pint bottle. ‘ ' ___..___..______ “ ‘The Celtic Weekly’ is the taking title of _a new paper, starting in a new path, with the well grounded hope of securing a class of readers which no other like publication has yet reached. In size and style it is sim- ilar to the ‘Ledger.’ Its columns are ﬁlled with a va- riety of entertaining matter—storiea and poems—in which the Celtic element appears, but does not over- shadow all else ; notes on literature, art, etc.; wood cuts embellish thepages, and we doubt not the new paper will ﬁnd numerous admirers. It is published by M. J. O’Leary R: 00., and mailed to subscribers for $2.50 a year/’——New York Evening Mail. THE “ Pioneer” of March 27, is by all odds the bright- est issue its publisher has sent out in a long time. Its leader is capital and the editorial generally good We suspect the new contributor, Mrs. Hanks, must have acted as editor. herpen and are sure we recognize it in the article re- ferred to. The selections are good also. Two ﬁne articles from Mrs. Shepard’s series on the relation of capital and labor, appearing on the ﬁrst page: and our friend J. B. W. (Wolff), has a fearless and logical argu- ment in favor of Mrs. Laura D. Fair We congratulate Mrs..Pett Stevens on having soable an assistant as Mrs. Hanks. MRS. C‘. A. DeLa.FOLIE’S Clairvoyant Remedies, FOR THE CURE OF Caltaarrh, Throat Disease, Morbid. Liver, and all Blood Impurities. ' Sent to any part of the country on receipt of two dollars, with stamps. All letters of inquiry must contain four postage stamps to warrant an answer. Mrs. DeLaFolie will examine and prescribe for gen- eral diseases at her residence, Fort Lee, New Jersey. Steamers leave the foot of Spring street for Fort Lee at 10 A. M., and 2 and 4: P. M., every day. Distance, about ten miles, apleasant sail up the beautiful Hudson. All communications addressed to Fort Lee, New Jersey, or 382 Rleeker Street,; New York city, till May 1. MRS. DELAFOLIE, Eclectic Physician. Dr. Ammi Brown, D E N T I S T. '>25"WEST TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET. Dr. Amos Johnson’s DELICIOUS AMERICAN TOOTH POWDER.—Barti-es using dentifrice are aware that most of the drug stores are ﬁlled with all sorts of crude preparations for the teeth, made by adventurers, merely to make money. Dr. J ohnson’s powder was made for his patrons, regardless of expense, and forced into the market by druggists. It is the only article that has stood for 25 years the test of science and experience, being the cream of all preparations-for the teeth and a perfect luxury. As a delightful mouth cleanser and teeth preserver, for children and adults, it has no equal. It is used by, and has the recommendation of, eminent Chemists, who will not lend their names to any other preparation.-—To those who need Artiﬁcial Teeth the writer would say, that his artiﬁcial teeth are all that art and ingenuity can accomplish in respect of appear- ance, mastication, and restoration of the contour of the face. Public speakers, especially, who wish to avoid the disagreeable hissing sound of artiﬁcial teeth, will ﬁnd this a perfect triumph over all other methods, while they are- decidedly the most healthy and cleanly known to the public. Dn. A. Jomvsou :-—Dca.r Sir 2 Your American Tooth artiolefor the toilet I have seen. Yours, J. J. Cnooxn, Chemist. Price-25 and 50 cent bottles. Large bottles contain- ing double the quantity-, 75 cents. » ‘ V - v _, :. 1 - - DR. AMOS J OHNSQN, ‘ 111Eas_t Twelfth st., near Fourth _avo'.‘ > We are acquainted with the usages of ' Powder is superior to everything _of the kind that I have, ever used or examined, and it is decidedly the finest.’ 1 \ 15 A.p{I'.ﬂ" 27;‘; 1672. FOR LIVERPOOL, . (VIA QUEENs'roN), CARRYING THE U. S. MAILS. THE LIVERPOOL AND "GREAT WESTERN STEAM COMPANY will dispatch one of their ﬁx-st-class, full power, iron screw steamships From Pier No. 4:6, N. R. Every Wednesday, as follows : MANHATTAN, Capt. J. B PRICE, fApril 10, at 2:30 P. M. WISCONSIN, Capt. T. W. FREEMAN, April 17, at 1 :00 }?.M. NEVADA, capl! Eoxsym, . - April '24,'at 2:30 A. M. WYOMING, Capt. WHINERAY, - May, 1, at 1:00 )2. M. MINFESOTA, Capt. IVIORGAN, - - May 8, at 3:00‘ P. M. IDAHO, Capt.:PnIoE - - - - - May 15, at 11:30 A.M. Cabin passage $30, old. ‘ _ Stcerageﬁassage (O ceV29 Broadway), $30, currency. 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Safe and Profitable, ‘ THE CMHRA SOUTHERN FIRST MORTGAGE SINKING FUND,THIRTY YEARS ? per cent. Gold Bonds. AT 90.anol Accrued interest. The Road runsfrom Buffalo to the Detroit River, and is the Eastern link in the new V Air Line from BUFFALO to CHICAGO, and has been under construction for about two years past by rail_road men who have seen the necessity for a Steel Rail, Low Grade Short Route between the great railroad systems which diverge from CHIC!-‘:90, Tl.EBOAND BUFFALO. Among the builders of the road, by whose cash sub- scriptions 200 miles (out of 290) have ah'eady been grad. ed, bridged, and made ready for the superstructure, a large part of the steel rails bought, all of the materials for the stations and apart of the equipment purchased, . are ; MILTON COURTEIGHT, JOHH F. TRACY. DAVID DOWS, WM. L. SCOTT, ‘HENRY FARHAM, R, A. FORSYTH, HENRY H. PORTER, JOHN M. BURKE, M. L. SYKES. Ja., B. F. ALLEN, all Directors either in the Chicago and Northwest or in the Chicago, Rock Island -and Paciﬁc ; gGEO. OPDYKE, of the Midland Road ;JOHN B. ALLEN, SIDNEY DILLON, DANIEL DREW, J. S. CASEMENT, J. & J. CASEY, O. S. CHAP- MAN, JQHN ROSS, DAVID STEWART, and F. H. WINSTON. The road will be 33 Miles Shorter than any Other Road. either built or in contemplation between Buffalo and Chicago, and will also shorten the distance between Toledo and Buffalo 23 miles. ‘ ' THE MAXIMUM GRADE on the entire line does not exceed fifteen feet to the :mi'le——and Ninety-six per cent. of the road is. STRAIGHT.§ The roadwill be completed and in running order on or before December 21st ofthis vear. The principal and interest of the bonds are payable either in New York, London or Frankfort. . We conﬁdently recommend the bonds to all classes of investors. ' LEONARD, suntan a F0$TERi, No. 10 WALL STEET. REAL ESTATEEXCHANGE. _ANDR.EW J. ROGERS &.Co., No. 472 o STREET, N. WL, whsnnvotrron, D. o. ‘ 3 REAL ESTATE bought an.d‘sold,on'Commission. IMOIIEYLOANED and INvEsrMENfrs gudiciously made- p,nkE.mA1..coounts; ‘ Notes and other.’ Ola ms ‘promptly col- ee .. . p , ..,f‘ y p AN1>nnw‘J.‘Roon‘ns,‘ ‘_ _ T _ FRANK Macs, Attorney and Counselerlat Real Estate Agent. A .53; A PARKER, MEDICAL‘ ELECTRICIAN; menus-wirn ESPECIAL suoonss ALL NERVOUS DISORDERS, As Paralysis, St. Vitus’ Dance, &c. A thorough and complete diagnosis made of each case ; also proprietor and sole manufacturer of the best Compound Extract of Buchu and Juniper in the market. Distilled by im- proved apparatus; strictly pure. Especially adapted for ~Chro'n'ic Affections of the Kidneys of the most diffi- cult oharacter. , _ ﬁw Principal office No. 162 West Forty-sixth street, at junction of » Broadway and Seventh avenue. Com- munications. by mail promptly attended to. Hours- 10 A. M. to ’8 1'>."M. ' 98 T H E- Luiia Busﬂe Is»'.rn'1r' Favorite: of the Trade, Being the most sal- able bustle out, as well as one of the latest patents, and more: it oifers the most advan- tages to dealers. ﬁg? Call for terms or sendfor price list. Wholesale Depot, 91 WHITE STREET, NEW YORK ; 801 RACE STREET, PHILADELPHIA. A. W. THOMAS. HE ONLY DEVICE PERFECT IN ITS ADAPTA- tion to books in all languages; is original in design, novel in application and, complete . T H E in its use. A sp e c ial de- sign for Bib- les is one of the most val- uable features U N L of this inven- tion, meeﬁng , with the ap- proval of all BOOK MARK. clergyman, teachers and students who have used it. It is handsome, durable, cheap, and cannot be soiled or lost. Send for price list. EL 0.‘ Townsend, 29 Beekman street, New York. IRA B. DAVIS, PERSIAN BATES. NO. 35 EAST TWENTY SEVENTH ST, 3% Opposite the New Haven Railroad Depot, ‘$3 NEW YORK. Vapor, Sulphur, Mercurial, Iodine, Electra-Magnetic and Friction Baths. Open from 3 A. M. to 10 1-. M ; Sundays, 8 A. M. to 1 2-. M FOR USE IN EAMILIES, {THE FAMOUS Halfnrd leioestershire l'atlsSsucs THE BEST RELISH Put up in any part ofthe world for Family Use. - Can be Bought of any First-Class Grocer. BLANCH OMSBY, CLAIRVOYANT, Business and Test Medium, Sittings, Examinations, &c. Circles held at request. 100 WEST FOURTEENTH STREET, corner Sixth avenue. Hours from 9 A. M, to 8 P. M. FOR SALE. ‘ I offer for sale my COUNTRY BLACE, with all its improvements, in whole or in parts, which is four miles east of the city, on the National Road. It is too well known to require any description of it. ' TI-IOS. HORNBROOK, 98 Office No. 118 1-2 Main street, up stairs. APOLLO HALL. Sunday Lectures BY THOMAS GALES FORSTER. ‘ TRANCE SPEAKER, EVER Y SUNDA Y JVIORNING‘ cf: EVENING‘ Atphalf-past 10 A. M., and half-past '7 P. M., During the year, commencing February 4, 1872, at Apollo Hall, corner Broadway and Twenty-‘eight street, New York. , _ JOHN KEYSER, Treasurer. WOODHULL, CLAFLIN & 00., Bankers and Brokers, N’-0.144 BROAD STREET, New York. I MRiS.*M. D. TRACY, QITY EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, BUSINESS I EXCI_IA_NGE, C so WASHINGTON so ‘at H B,95?’1‘ON- W.OOD1I+I.U=LL . E oLA:B‘1.IN’S WEEKLY. THE MAGNETIC HEALING lNSTiTb"TE \ S No.‘ 1 1 8 West Twenty-third St. NEW YORK CITY. L This Institute organized upon the combined‘ prin- ' clplu of c ~ CLAIRVO YANUE,-— MA._GNETIS.M, and v MEDICINE Makes a specialty of in these diseases, which by the medical faculty, are usually considered incurable.-' Among these-may be mentioned PARAL rs1s. SC.RB_01?’U‘LA, R1-IEUM.-1 TISM, ~ D YSPEPSIA, EPILEPSY, GHOREA, NEURAL 01.4, CHRONIC DZARRHLEA, Diseases 91} the Liver, Spleen and Kid- neys, and especially BRIGH'I"S D-ZISEASE, AND All BESEASES PEEULIAR T0 WCMEN. In this last class of complaints some of the most ex- traordinary discoveries have recently been made, which surmount the diﬁiculties that have heretofore stood in the way of their cure. That terrible foe to human life, CANCER, is also conquered by a very simple, but recently dis- covered remedy, which by chemical action upon the diseased fungus causes it to separate from the sur- rounding parts and to slough off, leaving behind only a healing sore. The peculiar advantage which the practice at this in- stitution possesses over all others is, that in addition to all the scientific knowledge of Medical Therapeutics and Remedial Agents, which the faculty have, it also has the unerring means of diagnosing diseases through CLAIRVOYANCE, as well as the scientiﬁc administration of ANIMAL AND SPIRITUAL MAGNETISM in all their various forms. The Best Clairvoyants and lliagnetic Operators are Always Emiploycd. This combination of remedial means can safely be relied upon to cure every disease that has not already destroyed some vital internal organ. No matter how often, the. patient affected in chronic form, may have failed in obtaining relief he should not despair, but seek it from this. the only institution where all the, various methods of cure can be combined. In addition to the cure of disease, clairvoyant con- sultations upon all kinds of business can also be ob- tained. A The very best of reference given to all who desire it, both as to disease‘ and consultations. ’ Reception hours from 9 A." M. to 9 P.‘ M. " Invalids who cannot‘ visit the ‘Institute in person can apply by letter. ‘ ' ' . 3 Medicine sent to all partscf the world. A All letters. s_hou1d.be.ad_dre_ssed. ; . , MAGNETIC ;HEALING‘ INSTITUTE, 118 West Twenty-third street," New York" City. Purchasing Agency. MRS; Eavzm..vi v. EATTEY, FASHION EDITRESS...‘ - AND PURCHASING AGENT 01+‘ PQMERQYS DEMOCRAT, ' Will receive orders from country ladies ‘desiring to purchase goods in New York, attend to the‘: same: «and forward by express, or other conveyance, to ’ ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED ‘STATES, Without making any extra charge for the same; care- fully purchasing at the lowest prices for those who may send their orders. She will also give adviceandg information about styles, fashions and prices of goodep even; if those writing do not wish to purchase,-when ta‘ stamp is inclosed to pay return postage. ‘ V ‘ Address, _ Mr s. V. Em_1lyBattey, Fashion Ed. Pome-royfs Democrat, P. 0. Box 5217, NE,W YORK C'.ZT_Y. N. B.——-MONEY sent by mail should be in the form of a check or post-oiiice order for all sums Ver one dollar. ‘ Among many other well-known ﬁrms in New York,_ Mrs. BATTEY refers, by permission, to James H;. Mccreery & 430., Morris Altman, and the,p1'oprie— tors of the . HOME JOURNAL and of WOODHULL &_ CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. 94 ' Mrs. Laura Guppy Smith. A This lady, who has spent six years in Calii'ornia,-rc-- ceiving the highest encom,-iums from the press of the Paciﬁc coast, cannot fail to please Associations cle sir ing an earnest, eloquent and entertaining lecture. SUBJECTS : I.~—Won1an in the Home, the Church and the State. II.-—One of the World’s Needs. ’ HI.—The Religion of the Future. IV --The Social Problem Reviewed. NOTICES OF THE PRESS. To those who have not heard this lady lecture, we would say, go by ‘all means if you would, desire to — hear an earnest, -well-spoken cliscourse,.—with an un-.— broken ﬂow of well-pronounced, grammatical Eng-V lish. We have our own ideas about woInan’s mission ' and how far she unsexes herself when sheventures to lecture men, yet spite of our prejudice we were car-" ried away by her words _:last, evenin ,at.Maguire’s Opera House.-—;S’rm Franczsco News ‘Le tar. . ’ This lady pronounced a remarkable address last- night at the Hall opposite the Academy ‘of »Music_—. Remarkable because, of the ‘ extreme beauty of lan- guage and opulence of fancy, and interesting7'Z on ac- c unt of its tender and grateful sentiment.-—-T e Daily merican Flag, Sam. Francisco. ’ ‘She never hesitated an instant for a word, and she has always the most appropriate.‘ Her voice is sweet and melodious. her enuncration pure anddistinct, her attitude and gestures very graceful" indeed.--;S’ac¢"a-g ' memo Correspondent Santa (Jlam Argos,‘ V ‘Mrs. Laura Cuppy Smith gave an interesting and instructive lecture last night to a large_assemblag_e.at. Maguire’s Opera House,’ which if delivered by some peripatetic male pedagoguejvvith a large reputation , at a dollar per head admission, would have received unbounded eulogiums from the press.——Scm ,F7“cm:- ci.9coExamtner. ‘ ‘ Laura Cuppy Smith,.onc of the best educated and most talented lady lecturers we have ever listened=to'.‘ —San Francisco Figaro. ’ VMrs., Cuppy Smith possesses great talent as a’ speaker, and, standing before her audience in her" simple, yet elegant attire, with aspirttuelle facenvhich‘ seems to index the emotions of her mind, commands. the attention and respect. of all her hearers.’-—-)S’om., Francisco M0¢m1n_(/ Oall. . ‘ 'Maguire’s Opera Housenever contained a greater throng than convened to listen to an erudite lecture on Radicahsm, by Laura Guppy Smith, last evening. —-"Alta. 0al2:form'.a,;S’anI1’ranctsc0. » v -- Mrs. Laura Cuppy Smith has proven herself -to be a lady of rare culture, added to great natura‘1?el—oquen'ce.i‘ To say that she ranks among the ﬁrst of‘ all who have addressed an Omaha audience, whether-‘male or -'fe-: male, is but doing ner_justice.-——WM. L. PEABo‘Dr,-‘ Chairman Relief Oo1nfli1ttee.'Y. M. C. Association.—- Omaha Repablwan. Walking majestically through the splendid gardens ' of literature and philosophy, culling, asslie’went rap-» idly on, the richestgems ot inspired genius ; riveting’ the profound attention of all her 'charmerl,hea1'e_rs.‘ ‘ Such women you seldom meet.‘ Her‘ praises are‘ on‘ the tongues of all the people —()maira 1'7‘ib'£me. She is a ﬂuent speaker, using elegant language, and with far more than ordinary argumentative pow.- ers.— Omaha. Heralol . ' She is an educated, reﬁned lady, and one of the best lecturers we ever heard.-—0maiLa; Republican; . _ ’ , LAURA CUPPYSMITH, Address 44 Broad street, - N: Y.‘ JOURNiEYlWEff€_ Ps,;m_;Ts';R.s?' C0-OPERATIV E - ASSOCIATION, W No. 30‘jBe_ekn,1‘aI,1 Stl'0(_9IJ,' NEAR, . WILLIAM, NEW YORK. TBLIS ASSOCIATION IS COMPOSED OF PRACTICAL JOURNEYMEN PRINTE/RS1, ’ ‘ ' AND PRESSMEN, ‘ ’ ‘ Representihg every department of the trails. upon having their ordersfﬁlled with , Those who favor us withjwork ‘may ,tlie1'efore_ire£1y,l , NEATNESSSACCURACY AND ‘DISPATCH... Having gt-eatly enla_rgedjour accommodations and TYPE, IMPR'ovED‘ PRESSES and MACHIV‘ , we now possess one of ‘the largest andmost com lets’. g S added all the ‘latest‘ and most fashionable i t‘ ”" t bl‘ li" t'i “th"?'city and"are‘. "e at dj" Ed DéJ$%§§eat‘o1§ alll€Iki:1dI;Z‘oF' MA:GAZINE','pr " PAPER;*‘BOO'Kj and" PAMPJEELET WORK. . ‘JOB: ,PRINTING‘r,executed in ‘the best, style, plain and illuminated,_in;go1d colors, tints and bronaes,_ ‘A V ‘All grades of Fire, Life and Marine Insurance work. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. April 27, 1872. Vinegar Bitters are not a vile Fancy Drink, made of Poor Rum, W'hiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Liquors, doctor-ed, spiced, ElT‘iCl sweetened to please the taste, called “Tonics,” “ Appetizers,” “Restorers,” &c., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and min, but are a true Medicine, made from the native roots and herbs ofCalifornia, free ﬂ'on1 all Alcoholic Stimulants. They are the Great Blood Puriﬁer and a Life-giving Principle, a Perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condition, enriching it, refreshing and invigorating both mind and body. They are easy of administration, prompt in their action, certain in their results, safe and reliable in all forms of disease. No Person can take these Bitters accord- ing to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. ‘ Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pain ;.r the Shoulders, Coughs, Tiglitness of the Chest, Diz- ziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste iii the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a. hundred other painful symptoms, are the olfsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaints it has no equal, and one bottle will prove a better guar- antee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. For Female Complaints, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an -influence that a malked improvement is soon percep- tible. For Inﬂammatory and Chronic Rheu- liuatisrn and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally produced by derange- , merit of the Digestive Organs. They are n Gentle Purgative as well as a. Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inﬂam- rlgation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious iseases. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt- Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car- bnncles, , Ring-worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Ery- sipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will convince the most incredulous of their curative effects. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it when you find it oh- structed and sluggish in the veins : Qleanse it when it is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. Grateful thousands proclaim VINEGAR BIT- TRRS the mostwonderful Invigorant that ever sustained the sinking system. » Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are eﬂectually de- stroyed and removed. Says a distinguished physiol- ogist: There is scarcely an individual upon the face ofthe earth whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. It is not upon the healthy elements of the body that worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No system of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmin- itics, will free the system from worms like these Bit- ters. Mechanical Diseases. Persons engaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-heaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, will be subject to paralysis of the Bowels. 'l‘o guard against this take a dose of WAr.icEn’s VINEGAR Brrrexs once or twice a week, as a Preventive. Bilious, ’R.eInittent, and Intermittent Fcvers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Ten- nessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Roan- oke, James, and many others, with their vast tributa- ries, throughout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and other abdorninalviscera. There are always more or less obstructions of the liver, a weakness and irritable state of the stomach, and great torpor of the clogged up with vitiated accumulations. In their treat- ment, :1 purgative, exerting a powerful influence upon these «various organs, is essentially necessary. There is no cathartic for the purpose equal to DR. 1. WALi<Er<’s VINEGAR Bi'r'rERs, as they will speedily remove the dar-k—colored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. Scrofuln, 01' King’s Evil, White Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goiter, Scrofulous Inﬂammations, Indolent Inﬂammations, Mercurial Af- fections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc., etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Dis- eases, WALKER’s VINEGAR BITTERS have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinate and intract- , able cases. Dr. Walker’s California. Vinegar Bitters act on all these cases in .1 similar manner. By purifying the Blood they remove the cause, and by resolving away the effects of the inﬂammation (the tubercular deposits) the alTected parts receive health, and a permanent cure is effected. . The properties of DR. WALi<r:R’s Vrrmcmz Brrnxs are Aperient, Diaphoretic and Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irri- tant, Sudoriﬁc, Alterative, and Anti-Bilious. Fortify the body against disease By puri- fying all its ﬂuids with VINEGAR BITTERS. No epi demic can take hold of a system thus forearmed. The liver, the stomach, the bowels, the kidneys, and the nerves are rendered disease-proof by this great invig- ‘orant. Directions.—-Take of the Bitters on going to bed at night from a half to one and one-half wine-glassfull. Eat good inourishing food, such as beef steak, mutton chop, venison, roast beef, and vegetables, and take outodoor exercise. They are composed of purely veget- able ingredients, and contain no spirit. J.WALKER, Prop’r. R. H. Mcnonmmna. co., . Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco, Cal., and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts., New York. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. bowels, being " H0 ME . iisutiiitt commit... No. 135 Broadway. Branch Oﬁice. . No. 586 Sixth Avenue. Capital . . . $2,500,0 losers, over 4000,00 This Company) haying provided for all its Chicago Losses, without borrowingadollar or disturbing a single Bond and Mortgage, invites the attention of the public to the following Certiﬁcate of Hon. George W. Miller, Superintendent of the Insurance Depart- ment of the State of New York, that the Capital has been restored to the full amount of Two and One-half Millions of Dollars. . CHAS. ‘J. 1vIAR'1‘I‘N, Pres. J. H. WASHBURN, Soc. INSURANCE DAPARTMENT, } ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1871. Having on the 10th day of November, 1871, made 9. requisition, directing the officers of the Home In- surance Company, of New York, to require the Stock- holders of said Company to pay up the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars deﬁciency than existing in the Capital of said Company, and upon ‘due examination made, it appearing that the said amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars has been duly subscribed and fully paid in, in cash, I hereby certify that the capital of said Compa- nyphas been fully restored to wits original amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and aﬂixed my oﬂicial seal on the day and year above written. GEORGE W. MILLER, (L- S.) Superintendent. Fniiicis D. ciimi. DE SKS AND orrizcn FURNITURE, N0. 113 BROADWAY, Late of 81 Cedar street, I NEW YORK. ANNA KIMBALL, M. D._, 25*: ‘WEST FIFTEENTH STREET, Near Eighth avenue. Oﬂice Hours fr-loin 1 to 8 P. M. ‘M Electrical and Magnetic Treatment given when de sired- H. B. CLAPLIN, & co, DRY GOODS, GARPETS, HOSIERY .. EMBROIDERIES, YANKEE MOTIONS, FLANNELS AND BOOTS AND SHOES, CHURCH, woman AND WEST BROADWAY, A ‘NEW YORK. I . F. H. BEEBEE, No. 78 Broadway,’ BROKER’ IN STOCKS, GOLD AN BONDS.’ in i CEllT.All1l ALL nus. The Connecticut Valley Railroad First Mortgage Bonds,’ FREE OF ALL TAXES in Connecticut; free of income tax everywhere. Interest payable January and July in New York. Road running; stock paid up larger than mortgage ; road already employed to its utmost capacity. For sale at moderate discount, by . ALLEN, STEPHENS & 00., Bankers, No. 12 Pine street, New York. A FIRST-CLACSS NEW YDRK SECURED AT A Low PRICE. The Undersigued oﬂ‘ei—'?(i;—sale the First Mortgage Seven Per Cent. Gold Bonds of the Syracuse and Che- nango Valley Railroad, at 95 and accrued interest. This road runs from the City of Syracuse to Smith’s Valley, where it; unites with the New York Midland Rziilroad, thus connecting that city by a. direct line of road with the metropolis. Its length is 42 miles, its cost about $40,000 per mile, and it is mortgaged for less than $12,000 per mile; the balance of the funds required for its con- struction having been raised by subscription to the capital stock. The road approaches completion. It traverses a populous and fertile district of the State, which in- siues it a paying business, and it is under the con- trol ot‘ gentlemep of high chziraicter and ability. _ Its bonds possess all the reqiiisites of an inviting invest- ment. They are amply secured by :1 mortgage for less than one-third the value of the property. They pay seven per cent. gold interest, and are offered ﬁve per cent. below par. The undersigned conﬁdently recom- mend them to all class of investors. GEORGE OPDYKE & 00., No. 25 NASSAU STREET. snow Your: SAVINGS BANK, Eilmli lll'B.. cur. l'0l1l‘lB6I1lll St. SIX BER cniitr. INTEREST allowed on all sums from $5 to $5 000. Deposits 1:33: sczir or before August 1 will dravti interest from Assets,'$2,473,3o3 05. Surplus, $200,272 95. LOCKWOOD & CO.. BANKERS No. 94 Broadway, TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS, Including the purchase and sale on commission or ‘GOVERNMENT AND RAILWAY BONDS, STOCK53 AN D OTHER SECURITIES. ; . operators upon Sewing Machines, Why will you suffer from back—9.che and side-ache, when by using DR. SAPP’S WALKING MOTION TREADLE, The Whole trouble may be overcome? Price $5. LADD & 00., 791 Broadway. THE BALTIMORE 85 OHIO R R. Is an Air-Line Route from Baltimore and Washington to Cincinnati, and is the only line running Pullm9.n’s Palace Day and Sleeping Caro through from Washing- ton and Baltimore to Cincinnati Without change. Louisville in 29% hours. choice of routes, either via. Columbus or Parkersburg. From Cincinnati, take the Louisville and Cincinnati Short Line Railroad. Avoid all dangerous ferry transfers by crossing the great Ohio River Suspension Bridge and reach Louis- ville hours in advance of all other lines. Save many miles in croing to Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Atlanta, avannuh, Mobile and New Orleans. The only line running four daily trains from Cin- cinnati to Louisville. Silver Palace Sleeping Coaches at night, and splen- did Smoking Cars, with revolving arm chairs, on day trains Remember! lower fare by no other route. To secure the advantages oﬁered by this «Treat through route of Quick Time, Short Distance and ow Fare, ask for tickets, andibe sure they read, via Louis- ville and Cincinnati Short; Line R. R. Get your tickets—No. 8'! Washington street, Boston; No. 229 Broadway, olﬁce New Jersey R. R., foot; of Cortlandt; street, New York; Continental Hotel, 828 Chestnut street, 44 South Fifth street, and at the depot corner Broad and Prime streets, Philadelphia ' S. E. corner Baltimore and Calvert streets, or at Camden Station, Baltimore; 485 Pennsylvania avenue, Wash- ington D. C. ; and at all the principal railroad Omces in the ‘act. , . SAM. GILL, ‘ General Supt, ouisville, Ky. HENEY STEFFE, Gen. Ticket Agent, Louisville, Ky. SIDNEY? B. ‘JONES Gen. Pass. Agent, Louisville, Ky. nu, smut &. ca, 555 8: 557 BROADWAY, ll.Y., . ARE OPENING THEIR NEW INVOIOES IMPORTED WATCHES ND CHAINS.-- AGENTS FOB. The Waltham watch IN BEST VARIETIES. AND WHITE GOODS, LACES AND Passengers by the Baltimore and Ohio Railrozid have ' BANKING I-IOUSE I M g or ,l{OUN"l‘ZE BRO’I"HERS,, Nuwivonu, ii 14 WALL STREET. Four per cent. interest allowed on all deposits. l Collections made everywhere. , B I Orders for Gold, Government and ogre: securities executed. The Highest Cash Prices ‘ PAID FOR ‘ OLD NEWSBAPERS OF EVERY DESCRITTION; OLD PAMPHLETS of every kind; OLD BLANK-BOOKS LEDGERS that are’ written iull, and all kinds of WASTE PAPER from Bankers, Insurance Companies, Brokers, Patent-Media cine D _, Printing-Offices, Bookbind-" ers, blrc and Private ‘Libraries, Hotels, Steamboats, Railroad Companies, and Express ‘ Oﬂices, &c., JOHN C. STOCKWELL, ’ _ 25 Ann street, N. Y. 68-120. TIFFANY & £00., lumen SQUARE. snoorin FLOOR NOW OPEN. Bronze, Majolica} ROYAL WORCESTER AND OTHER ’ PORCELAIN. London Cut; and(iEna'raved Glass. MAXWELL & co, Bankers and Brokers, No. 11 BROAD STREET, 1 Nxw Yonx. tutu, siiturlit ii iii. BANKERS, N o. 11 Nassau Street, issue CIRCULAR NOTES and LETTERS OF CREDIT for TRAVELERS in EUROPE, and available in all the PRINCIP-AL CITIES, also for use in the UNITED STATES, ' WEST INDIES. Also, TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFERS to LONDON, PARIS and CALIFORNIA. e. A. WIDMAYER. G. EBBINGHOUSEN. J. BAUIIIAN. DESIRABLE HOME SECURITIES.- The First Mortgage 7'PSl' Cent. Gold Bonds or THE wM.Li(ii..i.. ‘VALLEY "RAILWAY couimur ARE OFFERED FOR SALE AT 90 AND A-CCRUED , INTEREST IETYCURRENCY, , ‘ , Nisan & oL.ARK, Financial Agents, i No. - mi . renosnwhr, ’ , ’ AND I EEASWS r. intro, . BANKER, Cor. Twenty-ﬁfth Street and Third Avenue. By exchan ing U. S. Bonds for the Bonds of the WALLKILL ALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY, you C increase your Income over 40 Per cent:., and your Prlncipal about 25 Per Cent., and get 2. security EQUALLY safe. THE LAW OF MARRIAGE, AN . I EXHAUSTIVE ARGUMENT‘ _. AGAINST MARRIAGE LEGISLATION, I >- By C. 3. JAMES, ‘U Author of “Manual of Tmnscendental‘ Philosophy.” For Sale by the Author, post paid, for 25¢. _ A Address *“ ' Aime, "Wis. 75 ’ \
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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1872-04-27_04_22
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1872-04-27_04_22
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 04, no. 25 (May 4, 1872)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-1944
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1872-05-04
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: x 1-“>RoGrR:Eissz FREE THOUGHT 2 .A.. vol. 4.——No. 25.-—Who1e No.'103_ BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE NEW OYORK, I MAY 4., 1872. A; o. J. osnosn. anmsox CAMMACK. OSBORN & CAMMACK, BANKERS, No. 34 BROAD STREET. STOCKS, STATE BONDS, GOLD AND FEDERAL SECURITIES, bought and sold on Commission. Whether youw1;\;it.s3ht(to Buy or Sell Road Bonds. CHARLES W. HASSLER, No. 7 WALL STREET, ‘ New York. 62-113 c AN UNDOUETED SeCL11"ity, PRYING 6 PER teat. MORE INCOME THAN G 0 VERNMENT BONDS, AND 9 1-2 per Cent on the Investment. FIRST MORTGAGE SIN KING FUND G-OLD BONDS OF THE — Laganspon, Urawfurdsviilei and Southwestern Railway sf Haitians. THEY BEAR 8 per Cent. Gold. INTEREST PAYABLE QUARTERLY IN MEW YORK, FREE OF GOVERNMENT TAX. AND ARE COUPON AND REGISTERED. ' A The issue is limited to $16,300 per mile, in denomi- nations of $1,000, $500 and $100. This Road, 92 miles long, affords the shortest existing outlet to Chicago, Toledo, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Logans- port, and interm...
Show morex 1-“>RoGrR:Eissz FREE THOUGHT 2 .A.. vol. 4.——No. 25.-—Who1e No.'103_ BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE NEW OYORK, I MAY 4., 1872. A; o. J. osnosn. anmsox CAMMACK. OSBORN & CAMMACK, BANKERS, No. 34 BROAD STREET. STOCKS, STATE BONDS, GOLD AND FEDERAL SECURITIES, bought and sold on Commission. Whether youw1;\;it.s3ht(to Buy or Sell Road Bonds. CHARLES W. HASSLER, No. 7 WALL STREET, ‘ New York. 62-113 c AN UNDOUETED SeCL11"ity, PRYING 6 PER teat. MORE INCOME THAN G 0 VERNMENT BONDS, AND 9 1-2 per Cent on the Investment. FIRST MORTGAGE SIN KING FUND G-OLD BONDS OF THE — Laganspon, Urawfurdsviilei and Southwestern Railway sf Haitians. THEY BEAR 8 per Cent. Gold. INTEREST PAYABLE QUARTERLY IN MEW YORK, FREE OF GOVERNMENT TAX. AND ARE COUPON AND REGISTERED. ' A The issue is limited to $16,300 per mile, in denomi- nations of $1,000, $500 and $100. This Road, 92 miles long, affords the shortest existing outlet to Chicago, Toledo, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Logans- port, and intermediate points for the celebrated Block and Bituminous Goal of Parke County,\as, also, for the large surplus products of the rich agricultural and min- eral sections of the State which it traverses. For the present we are offering these Bonds at 95 and accrued interest in currency, or will exchange them for , Government Bonds, or otherfmarketable securities, at the rates of the day. Further and full particulars, with pamphlets and maps furnished by us on personal or written applica- tion. JONES & SCHUYLER, No. 12 PINE ST., NEW YORK. ' FINANCIAL AGENTS OF THE COMPANY. I California, Europe, and Banlinrxﬁouse of H.EllRY GLEWS x. 00., 32 “Tall Street, N. Y. Circular Notes and Letters of Credit for travelers; also Commercial Credits issued available ‘throughout the world. Bills of Exchange on the Imperial Bankiof London, National Bank of Scotland, Provincial Bankl of Ire- land, and all their branches. t Telegraphic Transfers of money on Europe, Sail Francisco and the West Indies. ; Deposit accounts received in either Currency o‘ Coin, subject to check at sight, which pass througlt the Clearing House as if drawn upon any city bank interest allowed on all daily balances; Certiﬁcates ol Deposit issued bearing interest at current rate; Note: and Drafts collected. State, City and Railroad Loans negotiated. CLEWS, ZEIABICHT a 00.", . 11 Old Broad St., London. ANKNC AND FINANCIAL. The St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Coxnpa.ny’s FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS Are being absorbed by an increasing demand for theml Secured as they are by a first mortgage on the Road, Land Grant, Franchise, and Equipments, combined inl one mortgage, they command at once a ready market.‘ A Liberal Sinking Fund provided in the Mortgage Deed must advance the price upon the closing of the loan. Principal and interest payable in GOLD. Inter-I est at eigtht (8) per cent per annum. Payable, semi- annually, free of tax. Principal in thirty years. De-5- nominations, $1,000, $500 and $100 Coupons or Regis- tered. ' - Price 97 1-2 and accrued interest, in* currency, from February 15, 1872. p A Maps, Circulars, Documents, and information fur» nished. O Trustees, Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New‘ York. Can now be had through the principal Banks and Bankers throughout the country, and from the under- signed who unhesitatingly recommend them. TANNER 3:: C0,, Bankers, , 98 No. 11 Wall street, New York. AUGUST‘ BELMONT‘ & Cm, BANKERS, 50 Wall Street. Issue Letters of Credit to Travelers, available in all parts of the World, through the MESSRS. DE ROTHSCHTLD and their correspondents‘, Also, make ‘ telagra hie transfers of money on arms. .» ' 1 . . Safe and Profitable, , THE camel SOUTHERN FIRST MORTGAGE SINKING FUND,THI§_RTY YEARS , ? per cent. Gold Bonds. 90 and Accrued Interest. The Road runs from Buffalo to the Detroit River, and is the Eastern link in the new Air Line from BUFFALO to eaicaso,’ and has been under construction for about two years past by railroad men who have seen the necessity for a Steel Rail, Low Cu'ade,Short Route between the great railroad systems which diverge from GHBAGD, TOLEDD AND BUFFAL. Among the builders of the road, by whose cash sub- scriptions 200 miles (out of 290) have already been grad- ed, bridged, and made ready for the superstructure, & large part of the steel rails‘ bought, all of the materials for the stations and a part of the equipment purchased, are ; MILTON COURTRIGHT, J OHH F. TRACY, DAVID DOWS, WM. L. SCOTT, HENRY FARHAM, R, A. FORSYTH, HENRY ‘H. PORTER, JOHN M. BURKE, M. L. SYKES, J 12., B. F. ALLEN, all Directors eitherin the Chicago and Northwest-or in the Chicago, Roclr Island and Paciﬁc ; §GEO. OPDYKE, of‘ the Midland ‘Road ; JOHN B. ALLEN, SIDNEY DILLON, DANIEL DREW, J. S. CASEMENT, J. & J. CASEY, O. S. CHAP- MAN, JOHN ROSS, DAVID STEWART, and F. H. WINSTON. The road will be 33 Miles Shorter than any Other Road. either built or in contemplation between Buffalo and Chicago, and will also shorten the distance between Toledo and Buffalo 23 miles. THE MAXIMUM GRADE on the entire line does not exceed ﬁfteen feet to the mile-—and Ninety-six per cent. of the road is STRAIGHT; The road will be completed and in running order on or before December 21st ofthis vear. The principal and interest of the bonds are payable either in New York, London or Frankfort. _ We conﬁdently recommend the bonds to all classes of store. LEGNIERE, SHELDSN & FOSTER, No. 10 WALL BTEET. 100tf. RAILROAD IRON, /ron sans Br. s. W’ norinss a co, ‘ii BROADWAY. 94. :-...... ¢........ Per xi-n-ages. abieoe-¢ber We offer for sale‘ 7 of’ the above bonds in block.’ By act of reorganisation of the Company these bonds are convertible site the Eirst _Prefei5z:-ed Shares of the Company, which amounts to only 17,000 shares, and int..0...'the..C0I}s01idated Bonds.Lrsc§nt1y negotiate-<1 ‘at Amsterdam) of millions of dollars, whichgcover the entire line of 230 miles ofgcompleted rosd,‘to- A gether with\all the rolling stock and real property, to the value of more than ‘ten niinidns of dollars. The road crosses the entire. State of Illinois, and connects with the mammoth iron bridges spanning the Missis- sippiat Iieolzuk and ‘Burlington. "r1ia’inc6meor the _ road for thevlyear will net’ ‘s11iiicient‘to"’p‘£:y‘interest on all the bonded indebtedness’. anddividend on the pre- ferred shares. “ ' ‘O A For terms apply-to " 0.101%-1:91Dédséﬁiifsié > 103 p ‘ ‘Corner Wall and William ..EithIl1. Ave. 90?-P0ﬁll66mh,lSii SIX PER.’”cE1ﬁ'T.~ Inrnnssr allowed on all sums from $5156’ ‘$5,000.’ Deposits A9 t‘-- _..:. . .. ,. ifﬁiia, $2,4':s,3o3 05. , ‘ t »Ezua'plul;rF$2ﬁ0.3?8 .95. . ~. ‘it! it made 'on«or- before August 11 will draw interest ﬂan WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. — May 4, 1872. V!’ a E-_' ’ £- D’ at Apt 1 ' - _nr~e;_; _ _~' " _ A, valuable active rincipals of the well known __ A P TREE TAR, ..::x.i. , §.<.i;s.0?1:.=i‘:1s.a.sQ..éée’§sa.., ,1 all ,5. CURES WITHOUT FAIL ‘- A recent cold in three to six hours; and also, , by its VITALISING, PURIFYING and S'I‘I- MULATING eﬁects upon the general system, is remarkably eﬂicacious in all DISEASES TH-E BLOOD. including Scroiula an Eruptions of the skin, Dyspepsia, Diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, , Heart Disease, and General Debility. ; ONE TRIAL CGNVENGESE ALS A l‘ . I , 9.‘; 5» _ HEAT. A remarkably VALUABLE discovery, as the whole apparatus can be carried in the Vest pocket, readv at any time for the most effectual‘ and positively curative use in ’All Diseases of the NOSE, THROAT "‘ "" . ‘ -. §1‘.‘‘.‘'.1 is: ,2 . "\-.-l.\1,.).'¢\ .<.‘.=.§lQ;l;}: p : . I Ear and Mandrake Pill. for use in connection with the ELIXIR. TAR, ’ is a combination of the TWO most valuable ALTERATIVE Medicines known in the Pro- fession,3aiidr.neiiders,thissBiHawi,th9??I’$ exception the very-‘us-s’tmes‘t$rEcre&-' *4‘ , The SOLUTION and COMPOUND ELIXIR of . s 3-.v.'-‘ <4 '""s'f’.;%'$‘h39lI.$*’.;£‘lr9.E3’j‘{‘TlZlEi§i3.§‘; 7 ° cases 0? ‘ ‘ £ill.Ed.!l dim VELLGW FEVER. It is a -Speciﬁc for such diseases, and should be kept in the household of every family, especially ..dur1ng t__ho'se months in _which ‘eitssrtsrenttsviiiﬁwairvts are liable to prevail. A small quantity taken daily will prevent contracting these terrible diseases. So1ut_ion_and-Compound Elixir, $1.g(_)_per Bottle * ,Vo1éti1€:S6l1ii.ionifE6ftiE{l5té1a;tiQiti$5}l?0 per Box Tar and Mandrake Pills, 50cts per box. . Send for Circular of POSITIVE CURES to your Druggist, or to ' 4 1.. 1*. H-Y-DE 3; oo., SOLE PROPRIETORS, 110 E. 2241 St., New York, all D1-uggists. « ..,‘ ,3 -oi?’ ,L\.x.'r.=’: :‘:.:_i;L;:;. -« :; .,». ~L'.».« ’ .ii.u .:...u v-2 iviuriz-M::<.'»~‘.u.~" e.'.=‘}‘ l=W=.a‘V:‘:%.:»=+ W‘; W . an 1‘ ..--.: £;(1$,l-}.1.A ii: :~.~._=.=.,~i_§T.i';u.: 113.4 i«_c.:.~:; -;’:'r.('}.l. f-"J :z:'.u;' _:,'é.~'y'-‘:1-vzr';.-x .=2i'>-~:';:‘:7‘E ‘m::+'.:~'~§-‘ »_\-.-§”.»»—. «mi: L"1vL.'L ~ (Chartered by the Government or the Ignited gtates.) ' Darosxrs OVER s3.q@9.99e...c.+. 185 BLEEQKER Sjl‘RE '13, NEW RE. 7 ed first of each .J“‘-'. 3?‘ SIX”'PI1lR}CE‘NT.'11ﬁe1°es month.“ - . .uLia; new '.1«:«n“~.‘t=:;~ _ , Four per cent. allowed from date of each deposit —%r—£ull-nu1nJcer.of.days,_nct.lessLthan..,thirty,.onsums of $50 and upward, withdrawn before January. V Aid . _ —,. comnienc Bonds, and promptlyyavailable in any part of the Ilnited Sta'es_, issued, a ab‘-e » "- ‘ demand with In Accounts :n¢-gyibargé sy meat priw. an conﬁden'tial. " ;s"ii§’des:zgnd.§gv;§t,i3it ' ' due L his 2..e.t.r ; as. ‘JV! ' Interest dizbaccounts ofnbertiiicates palidhffy check to , ' ‘ its resgzirgg o1ry9zr,trstlz;eadty‘-j;,§‘él‘§s§,red. fie . .4 .5233: aroﬂp*eurla11y,.g,¢om main. .5zuz§.rAM-:s,o.=anx1 ' QNDAYS and SATUJRDAYS from 9 A. JCl2il\l.?J.‘. suites TEE was ” \ I Noiisnnnss, LlNK—ld€}TION, LOCK-STITCH __?-_.q’\\.V:.\«\>¢:xos ms $3? \- A Sewing Machine Challenges the World in perfection of work, strength and beauty of stitch, durability, of construction and rapidity of motion. Call and _ examine. Agents Send for V circular. wanted. ~ MANUFACTURED BY Mass saunas sucsass ca, M 623 BROADWAY", New ‘Yeibrk. Join: 3161360 & sou, LANKERS, No. 59 ‘Wall Street, ltlew “York. I Gold and Currency received on deposit, subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rate. of Four per Cent. per zmnum, credited. at the end 01 each month. ALL CHECKS DRAWN ON US PASS THROUGH THE CLEARING-HOUSE, AND ARE RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT BY ALL THE CITY BANKS. ‘ Certiﬁcates of Deposit issued, payable on demand, bearing Four per Cent. "interest. Loans negotiated. Orders promptly executed for the Purchase and Sale of Governments, Gold, Stocks and Bonds on commission. a ' A Collections made on all parts of »-the United States and Canadas. « ~ - -L ‘ 6-tf8 sAM’r. BARTON. HENRY ALLEN BARTON & ALLEN‘, sasssss Ass secures, No. 40 BROAD STREET. Stocks, Bonds and Gold bought and sold on com- mission ' ti-litltiﬁldt & PIAEC-FCRTES. L The Best Pianos at the {Lowest , Prices, ’ * And upon the most favorable terms of payment. We invite the attention of persons intending to purchase Pianos to our New Illustrated Catalogue. giving full description of Styles and Prices, and the terms on which we sell to those desiring to make EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS. sum) son A CATALOGUE. CHICKERING & SONS, NO. 11 EAST FOURTEENTH sT., NEW YORK. HARVEY FISK. OFFICE or ‘Fist: & HATCH. BANKERS, AND DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT’ S-ECUP.ITIFlS, No. 5 NASSAU srnnnr, N. Y., A. S. HATCH. r Opposite U. 8.. Sub-Treasury. We receive the accounts of Banks, Bank’-' ers, Corporations and others, subject to check at sight, and allow interest on balances. We make special arrangements for interest on deposits of speciﬁc sums for ﬁxed periods. -We malie collections on all points in the United States and Canada, ‘and issue Certiﬁ- cates of Deposit available in all parts of the Union. - I We buy and sell, at current rates, all classes of Government Securities, and the ‘Bonds oi the Central Paciﬁc Railroad Company; also, Cold and Silver Coin. and Gold Coupons. We buy and sell, at the Stock Exchange, miscellaneous Stocks and Bonds, on commis- sion, for cash. ' Communications and inquiries by mail or telegraph, will receive carefulattention. FISK & HATCH. 89-tf . . PATENT STOCKING SUPPORTER AND LADEES’ rnorncroa. MORE COLD FEE’I‘—NO MORE DEFORMED LIMBS. MRS. DANIELS takes pleasure in offering the above articles to ladies, with the assurance that they will give satisfaction. ‘ The trade supplied at a discount. : , No. Clarendon Sgreet, BOSTON. ’ MRS. C. A. G-AYNOR, CQ4 Broadway, New nYo.~rk. SYPHER & 00., (Succ'essors‘ to D. MarJey,) “ No. 557 BROADWAY’, NEW YORK, - ' Dealers in‘ MODERN AND ANTIQUE Furniture, Bronzes, CHINA, ARTICLES OF VERTU. Established ‘1826. NO OR. A BEAUTIFUL CE‘? OF" “WEETH, With plumpers to set out the cheeks and restore the face to its‘ natural appearance. Movable plumpers adjusted to old sets, weighted Lower Sets, ﬁllings Gold, Amalgam, Bone, etc. ' TEETH EX'PRAC'1‘ED WITHOUT PAIN With Nitrous Oztide Gas. I No extra charge when others are inserted. SPLENDID SETS, $10 to $20. L. BERNHARD, No. 216 Sixth Avenue, Between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets east side. WM. DIBBLEE, LADIES’ HAIR DRESSER, 854 Broadway HIAS nnmovnn rnom BIS aroma; To THE FIRST FLOOR, where he will continue to conduct his business in al its branches TWENTY—FlVE PER CENT. CHEAPER than heretofore, in consequence of the diﬁerence in his rent. CHA'l‘ELAIN'E BRAEDS, LADIES’ AND G-EN'l'.‘LEMEN’S WIGS, and everything appertaining’ to the business will be kept on hand and made to order. , DIBBLEEANIA for stimulating, JAPONICA for soothing; and the MAGIC TAR SALVE for promoting the growth of the hair, constantly on hand. Consultation on diseases of the scalp, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. Also, his celebrated HARABA znnv, or FLESH BEAUTIFIER, the only pure and harm- less preparation ever made for the complexion. No "lady should ever be without it. Can be obtained only at WM. DIBBLEE’S, 854 Broadway. up-stairs. MRS. II. F. M. lenowmss ' Postoﬂice address, till February, will be 132 Wood land avenue, Cleveland. Ohio. IN PRESS. The Life, -Speeches, Labors and Essays 013' WILLIAM H. SYLVIS, ‘Late President of the Iron-Moulders’ International Union ; and also of the National Labor Union. ' BY HIS BR_0'l‘HER—~JAZM.'ES C. SYLVIS, Of Sunbury, Pa. “We must show them that when a just monetary system has been established there will no longer exist a. necessity for Trades’ Unions.” I —WM. H. SYLVIS. PHILADELPHIA : CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER, 819 and 821 M arket street. Lno MILLER, OF NEW YORK, Will present to the public THE wowwl QUESTION IN A mew LIGHT. SUBJECT’ “WOMAN, AND HER RELATIONS T0 TEMPER- . ANCE AND OTHER REFORMS.” Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, in a letter to Gen. Jordan, of Pennsylvania, says: “ I had the pleasure of canvassing with Leo Miller, Esq., in New Jersey, and I most cordially recommend him to our friends in your State as a gentleman of rare talent and character and a most eﬂ'eotive and elo- quent speaker.” - CHARLES H. POSTER, Tnsr MEDIUM, The Road to Power. SEXUAL somncn. Physical and Mental Regeneration. A Pamphlet of 60 pages, by F. B. Down. Priceless to wives and mothers, and such as are tr;/‘Ina tobe men. Price 50 cents. Address F. B. DO , x ‘ Wellsville, Mo. 3. W. HULL, PSYGHOMETRIG AND CI.AIRVOY- ANT PHYSICIAN, L will diagnose disease and give prescriptions from a lock of hair or photograph, the patient bein requirefd to give name, age, residence, &c. A better iagonosis will be given by giving him the leading symptoms, but ske tics are not required to do so. Watch the papers for his address, or direct to Hobart, Ind., and wait till the letters can be forwarded to him. Terms, $3. Money refunded when he falls to get en rapport with the patient. ' LAURA DE FORCE GORDON, Of California, . Will make engagements to ‘lecture upon the follow- ing subjects : - I. “ Our Next Great Political Problem.” II. “ Idle Women and Workingmen.” III. “ A Political Crisis.” Terms made known on application. Address, - WASHINGTON, D. C. it DEC. s. WEEKS, D E N T I S T, No. 412 FOURTH AVE., Between Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets, NEW YORK. » TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN, By the use of Chemically pure Nitrous Oxide or Laugh- ing Gas. Dr. W. has used it several years, extracting teeth for thousands with complete success, and with no bad effects in any instance. All operations pertaining to Dentistry performed in the most careful and thorough manner, at reasonable price. 98 LIBERAL BOOK STORE. R. L. MOORE. WARREN CHASE. E. _LUKENS. WARREN CHASE & 00., 614 N. FIFTH STREET, VST? LOUIS, Mo. Liberal and Spiritual Books and Papers PARLOR GAMES, VOLTAICJ, SOLES. PHIEEN OLOG-ICAL BOOKS, (950.- 'w- Comprising a complete assortment of all Books published and advertised by Wm. White & Co., J. P. Mendum, S. S. Jones, and other Liberal publishers, with all Liberal Papers, «be. Dr. H. Stoi-er’s Nutritive Compound. » Dr.\Spence’s Positive and Negative Powders. FREBERIEK KURTZ’S DINING ROOMS 23 New Street and 60 Broadway AND 76 Maiden Lane and 1 Liberty St. Mr. Kurtz invites to h-is:-(:01 and comfortably fur nished dining apartments the down-town public, as- suring them that they will always ﬁnd there the choicest viands, served in the most elegant style, the most carefully selected brands of wines and liquors, as well as the most prompt attention by accomplished W-79 Wiltetﬁ. The Highest Cash Prices PAID ron OLD NEWSPAPERS OF EVERY DESCRI.PTION;_ _ OLD PAMPELETS of every -kind; OLD BLANK-BOOKS AN_D LEDGERS that ,m, written full , and all kinds of WASTE PAPER from Bankers, Insurance Companies, Brokers, Patent-Medi. cine Dipots, Prmting-_Oﬂices Bookbindy ers, ubhc and Private, Libraries, Hotels, Steamboats Railroad mpanies, and lilxpress JO%°e<§J’6§&‘0ClfWELI., ' 25,Ann‘street,‘ 11.2. 58-120. ‘ » MAXWELL at 00., No. 11 BROAD STREET, New YORK. 1’ ' THE LAW‘ OF MARRIAGE, AN EXHAUSTIVE ARGUMENT AGAINST MARRIAGE LEGISLATION, ‘ By C. 8.'JA'MES, _ Author of “Manual of Transcendental Philosophy.” For Sale by the Author, post paid, for 25¢. Address 75 East Twelfth street, AN. 3(- Alma, Wis. Bankers and Brokers, A- wooDHULL &’cLAEL1N’s WEEKLY. A . 13 The Books and Speches of Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennis C: Claﬂin will hereafter be furnished, postage paid, at the fol- . lowing liberal prices : Thhe Principles of Government, by Victoria C. Wood- ull ; Constitutional Equality,‘ by Tennie C. Claﬂin ; 2 '50 Woman Suffrage guaranteed by the Constitution, speech by Victoria C. Woodhull ; The Great Social Problem of Labor and Capital, speech by Victoria C. Woodhull ; The Principles of Finance, speech by Victoria C. Wood- hull ; . Practical View of Political "Equality, speech by Tennie C. Claﬂin ; . Majority and Minority Report of the Judiciary Commit- tee on the Woodhull Memorial ; Carpenter and Cartter Reviewed—-A Speech before the Suffrage Convention at Washington ; Each per copy ; 10 per 100 ; 5 00 The Principles of Social Freedom; 25 The Impending Revolution, 25 ——————-—————¢—O-O—-———-- -5 POST OFFICE NOTICE. The mails for Europe during the week ending Saturday, May 4, 1872, will close at this office on Wednesday at 10 A. M., on Thursday at 11 A. M., and on Saturday at 11 A. M. P. H. J ONES, Postmaster. —————-o—o—o———~——— MRS. A. M. MIDDLEBROOK. Recently we gave our°readers some account of this talented lady whom We are. able to count among our most respected friends. She is open to engagements to speak upon any subject of general interesfr—religious, political or social-—any- where in the States east of the Mississippi River. Terms; $75 and expenses. We take pleasure in recommending her toaour friends, as one of the most proﬁtable as well as entertaining speakers in the ﬁeld. Her address is box 778 Bridgeport, Conn. —-————+—o—+——-—-- THE INTERNATIONAL. It ought to be known that this association is not secret——it does not aspire to the honor of being a conspiracy. Its meet- ings are held in public; they are open to all comers, though ‘only members are permitted to speak (unless by "special invitation), and none but members are allowed to vote. The. several sections in this city and vicinity meet as follows: Section 1 (German).—-Sunday, 8 P. M., at the Tenth Ward Hotel, corner of Broome and Forsyth streets. Section 2 A (French).——Sunday, 9:30 A. M., at No. 100 Prince street. . ' Section 6 (German).——Meets in 66 and 68 Fourth street, in the N. Y. Turn Halle, every Thursday evening at 8 o’cLooK. Section 7 (Irish).—First and third Sundays at 3 p. m., at 26 Delaney street. I 1 Section 8 (German).—Sunday, 3 P. M., at No. 53 Union avenue, Williamsburgh, L. I. ‘ Section 9 (American).——Wednesday, 8 P. M., at No §5 East Twenty-seventh street. Section 10 (French).-—Meets every Thursday at the N. W. corner of Fortiethestreet and Park avenue, at 8 P. M. Section 11 (German).—Thursday, ,8 P. M., West Thirty- ninth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, at Hessel’s. [Section 12 (American) will meet Sunday evening, 28th instant, at 35 East 27th street. Section 13 (German).—Every Friday,‘at 805 Third avenue. Section 22 (French).——The second and fourth Friday in each month, 8 P. M., at Constant’s, 68 Grand street. Section 35 (English).—Meets every Friday evening at Myers’, 129 Spring street, at 8 o’elock. ‘ —-—-—————¢-0+-—-— INTERNATIONAL WORKINGMEN’S ASSOCIATION. All persons desiring to become members of, or to form sections, and trades unions or societies wishing to affiliate with the In- ternational Workingmen’s Association, can procure all the necessary information and documents by addressing the regu- lar officers of the Federal Council of North America, as fol- lows :1 q _ 1 English Corresponding Secretary, John T. Elliot, 208 Fifth street, New York. . . German Corresponding Secretary, Edward Grosse, 214 Mad. ison street, New York. a French Corresponding Secretary, B. Laugrand, 335 Fourth avenue, New York. . Spanish Corresponding Secretary, Majin Janer, 112 Lexing- ton avenue, Brooklyn. . Italian Corresponding Secretary, Antonio‘ 621. East Twelfth street,’ New York. ‘ A THE GENERAL COUNCIL; TWO FEDERAL COUNCILS OF THE U. S.;/AND THE‘ TWELFTH SECTION OF THE I. W. A. ‘OF N. A. We had not intended to say anything upon this matter to bring it more prominently before the public, until it should have been made a little more deﬁnite. But we are in receipt of a large number of letters from persons contemplating the for- mation of sections, especially among the Spiritualists of the country, asking the cause of the -suspension of Section 12, which require some sort of explanation. Besides the suspen- sion of the Section was made public by other means than our own, for which we cannot be held responsible; and our duty as journalists demand a treatment of the subject strictly in accordance with the facts involved. _ » The following was published in full in the New York World of April 15: ' ' THE INTERNATIONAL WORKINGMEN’S ASSOCIATION, 33 RATHBONE PLACE, LONDON, W. C. ' I——THE Two FEDERAL COUNCILS. ART 1.-—Considering that Federal Councils are but. instituted in order to secure in every country to the workingmen’s move- ment the power .of union and combination. (Sec. 7, general rules.) That consequently the existence of two rival central councils is an open infraction of the /general rules. The General Council calls upon the two Federal Councils at New York to unite and act as one provisionally, until the meet- ing of the American‘ General Congress. ' ART. 2. ——Considering that the efficiency of the Provisional Federal Council would be impaired if it contained too many members, who have only recently joined the I. W. A. 1 The General Council recommends that such new formed sec- tions as are numerically weak. should combine among them- selves for the appointment of a few common delegates. II—-GENERAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERATION. ART. 1.—The General Council recommends the convocation for the 1st of July, _1872, of a general Congress of the delegates of sections and affiliated associations of the United States. ART. 2.—To this Congress will belong the appointment of the Federal Council of the U. S. It may, if convenient, empower the Federal Council thus appointed to add to itself a certain limited number of members. ART. 3.-—The same Congress will have power of determin- ing the by-laws and regulations for the organization of the I. W. A. in. the U. S., but such by-laws and regulations must not contain anything contrary to the general rules and regulations of the association. GSEGTION XII. ART. 2.—Considering that Section No. 12 of New York, has not only passed a resolution, by virtue of which each section possesses the independent right to construe according to its fancy, the proceedings of the several Congresses, and the gen- eral rules and regulations, but has moreover fully acted up to this doctrine, which, if fully adopted would leave nothing of the I. W. A. but its name; That the same section has never ceased to make the I. W. A. a vehicle of issues some of which are foreign, while otbers are directly opposed to the aims and purposes of the I. W. A.; For these reasons the General Council considers it its duty to put in force administrative resolution 6 of the Basle Con- gress, and to declare Sec. 12 suspended till the meeting of the next General Congress which is to take place in September, 1872. ART. 2.—Considering that the I. W. A., according to general rules, is to consist exclusively of workingmen’s societies. (Art.“ 1, 7, and 11 general rules;) That consequently Art. 9 of the general rules to this effect: “Every body who acknowledges and defends the principles of the I. W. A. is eligible to become a member,” although it con- fers upon the active adherents of the International the right either of individual membership, or admission to workingmen’s sections, does in no way legitimate the" formation of sections exclusively or principally composed of members not belonging to the working class; . That for this very reason the General Council was some months ago precluded from recognising a Sclavonia section, composed of students; That according to general rules VI., the general rules are to be adapted to the local circumstances of each county; - That the social condition of the U. S., though in many other respects most favorable to the working class xmovement, peculiarly facilitate the intrusion into the I. W. A. of bogus re- formers, middle class quacks, and trading politicians; For these reasons, the General Council recommends that in ‘future no American section be admitted, of which two thirds at least are not -wages laborers. AET. 3.—The General Council calls the attention of the American Federation to resolution third, of the last Conference relating to a section or sections, or separist bodies pretending to accomplish special missions, distinct from the common aim of the association; viz., to emancipate the man of labor from his economical subjection to the monopolizer of the means"of labor, the which lies at the bottom of servitude in all its forms, of all social misery, mental degradation, and political depend- ence. REMARKS. The above very remarkable emanation of the despotic Will resident in the G. C. at London, England, has been transmit- , ted to this country through communications addressed to the Secretaries of each of the rival Federal Councils here, but the persons whom it most nearly concerns, namely, the members of the 12th Section, have not yet officially received any infor- 'mation either of the commencement or termination of proceed- ings against them, under which it appears that as a. section they have been arraigned, tried, convicted and sentenced with- out a hearing being accorded to them, and even without their knowledge. Comment upon such unwarrantable conduct can scarcely be necessary. It seems to us to be utterly inexcus- able, and that the actors therein ought to be held. to a strict account. 2 Citizens of any country pretending to the possession or en- joyment of the least civil freedom intensely hate and guard against arbitrary arrests and punishments. Nothing is ever permitted to be transactedjudicially in their name upon ewparte testimony beyond the mere service of a notice to the accused to appear and answer the plaintiffs. And meanwhile, the ac- cused is'presumed‘to be innocent. But in "this case all ordi- nary rules governing the administration of civil justice appear to have been reversed. ' , . Not only does, this Council’ (about ‘one-half of the members of which, if we are notgreatly misinformed,. have now no con- stituents, since they have from ‘time to timebeen added to ﬁll vacancies occasioned by retiring members) presume thus to in.- dict one of the most l— active Sections of the I. W. A. in the United States, that one to which, more than any. other agency. (though we say it who perhaps should notsay it), the organization is indebted for the "progress it has made in this country\d11.fring the last year; but acting ex post facto, itdeelares thataction criminal to-day which was yesterday, under its. own Rules and Regulations, not only innocent, but praiseworthy; and it pro- ceeds to inﬂict punishment accordingly. 1‘ Yesterday, any Sec- tion might take the initiative; speech was free anduthe‘ press was free. The way to equality gwas through liberty. To-day nothing must be thought or spoken, or written or printed, and nothing must be done without permission of the power ruling I the deliberations of the G. 0., sitting at No. 33 Rathbone Place,-V London, W. C. M I i A The ﬁrst authorized official edition of the “-Rules” of the I. W. A., distributed in this country, contained the fo1lowing~ ' Article No. 7: T “ The various branches and sections shall, at their places of abode, and as far as their inﬂuence may extend, take the ini- tiative not only in all matters tending to the general progres- sive improvement of public life, but also in the foundation of productive associations and other institutions useful to the working class. The General Council shall encourage them in every possible manner.” ‘ ‘ Now, a large majority of the Sections here were organized under that edition of the rules containing this article. Is it keeping good faith, or is it even common fairness ‘to suspend those Sections which, availing themselves of thelliberty ac- corded thereby, take the initiative in all matters tending‘ to the general progressive improvement of publiclife ?” because ‘ forsooth, a private Conference of delegates held in London’, at which the Sections in the United States were not represented, have since revised the Rules in such a ;manner as to omit the above article. It strikes us that the only just course to pursue .under such circnmstances would be to say to those Sections, “ what you have done was laudable and justiﬁable, but here- after you must do so no more,” instead of depriving them of their International character by an arbitrary decree, of which and the reasons for its proposed issue, they were designedlykept in profound ignorance. ‘ But the reasons assigned for the suspension of section 12 are as destitute of truth as the manner in which. the suspension was accomplished is unjustifiable. Section 12 has passedno resolution in virtue of which each section possesses the inde- pendent right to construeaccording to its fancy the proceed- ings of the several Congresses and the general Rules and Regu lations. A proposition was submitted which might be so con- strued, and after a discussion, which continued through two ‘or three meetings, it was amended so as to provide, that in the ﬁrstlinstance each section must decide for itself, since the Rules required each member to accept and sustain the principles of the I. W. A.,’ but that where there was a difference of opinion an appeal should be taken to the G. C., which should be rec- ognized as the ﬁnal arbiter. Surely there is uothing in this which is objectionable, unless the G. C. desire for membership ‘ in this country no persons but mental as well as physical slaves, which, if it does, it will not find. Here, at least, there is no mental slavery imposed by anybody’s authority. 1 Nor is it true that the “same section has never ceased‘ to _ make the I. W. A. a vehicle of issues, some of which are foreign, while others are directly opposed to the aims and pur- poses of the I. W. A..” Ordinarily, a defendant in a judicial proceeding is entitled to a “‘ bill of particulars.” Where are the A speciﬁcations in this case ? They have not been accorded, be= V cause they cannot be created. Wesay that Section 12 has not made the I. W. A. the vehicle of any other issues than those which are logically and legitimately deducible from the lan- guage in which the proceedings of the several Congresses and ‘ of the G. C., and even of the private Conference held in Lon- don last autumn (above referred to), has been printed." Moreover, we say, that John Hales, General Secretary of I the G. C., in a letter to the Secretary of the Dundee Republican’ Club, (who had written to ascertain the principles of the I. W. A.), published) in the WEEKLY of December 23, 1871, made the I. W. A. the vehicle of precisely the same issues.‘ Were they then, as proposed by him, either foreign or directly‘ opposed to the aims and purposes of the I. W. A. ? If so, why is he retained "as General Secretay? lWhy not suspend him ?‘ 7 Or, are the citizens of the United States to be excepted from the general rule governing the Propaganda of the I. W. A. throughout the world? In this decree of the G. C. its authors ’ ‘ presume to recommend that in future no Americansection be I admitted, of which two thirds at least are not wages slaves. Must they be politically slaves, also ? As well one ‘thing as" the other, for the one condition follows the other as regularly‘ as that the sun rising in the East gives light by day, and setting‘ in the West is succeeded by darkness through the night. It may be said that section 6 of article 2, of the revised Rules, confers an absolute right to suspend any branch until the I meeting of the next Congress, and that the G. C. may act with or without reason, and with or without any notice to the parties ~ concerned. If this were so, the letter of the authority and the 1 spirit and purpose for which it was conferred, should deter- mine its meaning and how it should be exercised. Justice and equity are before and above allmereforms. But this section‘ I of article 2 does not apply to Section ‘12. The case of ’ Section ' 12 falls within the terms of Section '7 of the -same article, which provides that “in case: of ’ diﬂer}-.2 vences arising between societies or branches of the same national ~- 1 :.\_>\ 4 A WOODHULL ta OLAFLINS w 7 -§ group, or between groups of different nationalities,” the G. C. shall decide such differences, subject to an appeal to the next Congress, but no power of, suspension is accorded. The entire interest at issue here has grown, out of diiferences,be- ‘ tween Section 1 and Section 12. The last-named Section would be willing to accept adecision of the G. C. against it, and take an appeal to theCongress, but it has a right to de- nounce its suspension as an act of usurpation and tyranny which the” comparatively free citizens of America will never submit to, either within or without the pale of the I. ‘W. A. And we may be again referred, as we have already been, by F. A. Sorge in the columns of the New York "World for a justi- ﬁcation to the last clause of Article 17 of the Resolutions of the London Conference, in the following words, to wit: The Conference gives-warning that henceforth the General Council will be bound to publicly denounce and disavow all organs of the International which, following the precedents of the Progress and the Solidarite, should discuss in their columns, before the ‘middle-class public, questions exclusively reserved for the-local or federal committees and the general Council, or for the private and administrative sittings of the federal or general congresses. I ' Buththis, too, is inapplicable to the case of Section 12. Woodhull, Claﬁin & Co., publish the WEEKLY, in which they print articles, and papers and documents relating to the W. A., and each member of the ﬁrm belongs to Seption 12; but that Section is not responsiblefor the contents of the WEEKLY, and has no‘ right to interfere with the business of its editors and proprietors.‘ The Section is responsible for the integrity of its own members, certainly, but what is publicly spoken in a public meeting, may be publicly printed in a pub- lic newspaper, without violating the rule. Nor has the G. C. over indicated what the subjects may be that are exclusively reserved for the local or Federal Committees. Finally, Section’ 12 is in no way responsible for the dissolu- tion of the old C. C., or for the existence of two rival Federal Councils. The old Committee expired under the terms of its Constitution ‘on the first of December last. The only legal way to prolong its existence was proposed by the delegate of Section 12; but his proposition, namely, “that the officers of the committee be ofﬁcially authorized to issue a Call upon the different Sections to elect delegates to a new committee to which the old business might be referred" was rejected, and the Committee adjourned sine die. The formation of two rival Federal Councils was the logical result. Wick is regular we cannot say, since it is the province of G. C. to decide; but this we do say, that a large majority of the Sections, andjof the adherents of the I. W.A. in America are rep- r3sented in that Council, of which JOHN T. ELLIOT is the Eng- lish speaking Corresponding Secretary. Moreover, after the dissolution of the Central Committee and on theday the various re-elected delegates were to assemble, a number of delegates, who had previously desired to exclude Section 12, by concerted action met an hour before the usual time for meeting, organized a new Council, and appointed a committee on credentials, which was instructed to report ad- versely to all Sections not comprised of two-thirds wages labor- ers, and Section 12 was not to be admitted upon any terms whatever. When the other delegates arrived they found this extraordinary machinery in full operation. Of course they would not submit to any such despotic rule as that, and assembling at another place, organized a separate Council, which has continued to transact business and to act as propa- gandists with harmony and success. With this branch of the I. W. A. nearly all of the newly formed sections have aﬁilia- ted, while scarcely any have joined what is known as the “‘ Sorge Faction.” This latter Council have utterly ignored the existence ‘of the other branch, and denied its right to ad- mit unrepresented Sections; while the former Council have always kept open a standing invitation to all sections to come 111.. Just one, and but one, sensible suggestion can be found throughout the whole of this extraordinary manifesto of the G. C. It is in the Article where it is stated that the eﬁciency of Councils is impaired by the admission of too many members, and it is recommended that the several sections should com- bine among themselves for the appointment of common delegates. But we doubt if its authors fully appre- ciated the forms of organization to which a faithful application of the principle must lead. It involves the substitution of local self-government in place of the cen- tralization which has hitherto marked the progress of the I. W. A., and which is just now producing consequences that if not speedily obviated, must result in its disruption. We (Ameri- cans) may be supposed to understand our own political status, at least as well as our fellow citizens of other nationalities residing beyond the seas. Our form of government is Muni- cipal, State and National. To become a political power the I. W. A. must conquer possession of the forms of government. To this end the sections must be organized by primary elec- tion districts. As many sections as may be included within a Municipal district must combine to elect a delegate to a mu- nicipal Council. So, likewise, as many sections as may be in- c cluded within an Assembly district must combine to elect a delegate to a State Council. So, also, as many sections as may be included within a Congressional district must combine to -elect ‘a delegate to a National Council. The Municipality first, the State next, and the Nation last. In this manner only a new government may be formed to ‘takelthe place of the ‘old, when the workof that has been ﬁn- ished. ’ Nor would it be necessary to prescribe that two thirds ‘of the members‘ of the sections should be wages laborers. It ‘would be far more reasonable to decree,though even that would , ibeiabvsurd, that two thirds of the members should be their own _..se1f-irupporliingl‘employers. _T,heV intrusion into theI. W. A.pof _.$f “ bogus reformers, middle class quacks and trading .po1iticians,’_’ is mostlyto befeared from that class of citizens who have nothing better to depend upon than the proceeds of wages slavery. _ — A We sincerely hope that all the differences of the I. W. A. may be amicably adjusted, upon the principles of freedom, equality and justice, but it cannot be expected that Americans, with American ideas, either can or will submit to any foreign systems of arbitrary control. And if for following this pecu- liarity of the American people, the General Council in London see fit discard them, they will have to form an Internation- al of their ownto meet American ideas of governmental justice. But to our own mind there can be but one true interpretation or Internationalism, and that seems to us, must be against. Class Legislation, such as is represented in the; resolutions which we have printed. ‘* . ELEMENTS OF ORDER-—W OMAN . [From the International Herald, London, Eng.] CONCERNING SPHERES. “ Wherever there is an ascendant class, a large proportion of the morali- ty of the country emanates from its class interests, and its feelings of class superiority. The morality between Spartans and Helots, between planters and negroes, between princes and subjects, between nobles and roturiers, between MEN AND WOMEN, has been for the most part the crea- tion of these class interests and feelings; and the sentiments thus gener- ated react in turn upon the moral feelings of the members of the ascend- ant class in their relations among themselves.”—-JOHN STUART MILL. In considering the question of spheres, of which politics is one, I purpose, as brieﬂy as I can, to examine whether woman would deteriorate if admitted to the full enjoy- ment of power, < and, also, how far politics is likely to unsex her. It is said that it appears from her mental constitution that she is ordained to be subordinate to man. This argument extended a little further would defeat all hu- man liberty. Slavery could be vindicated and upheld wher- ever it should appear that the master had the superior mental organization. The principle would give the power of govern- ment to a select few, with the best endowed minds, and ex- clude the great mass of the people from any participation in the affairs of the State.’ It would utterly subvert the princi- ples of republicanism. ’I‘he same reasons which operate to es- tablish self-government for the mass of mankind, seem also to establish the right of woman to be represented in the councils of State. I have only to maintain that woman is a rational, moral being, and disposed to obey the law, in order to establish her capacity to vindicate her rights. She must fall below the average moral endow- ments before she can be justly excluded from any moral work which concerns her happiness, or that of the community. Government is a moral institution, in which all nature and enlightened moral beings under its inﬂuence, who have an in- telligent and abiding love of justice, have a right to be actors. But, it is inquired, would not any attempt to place “ weaker” faculties on a par with stronger ones be unsuccessful? I answer, that great success has attended such an experiment in the Republic of the United States of America, where, for more than half a century without any nice discrimination as to the comparative strength of the mental faculties, the Amer- icans have substantially placed all native adult male citizens on a par as to the right of representation under the United States“ Government, ever since its organization. The great mass of the American male citizens throng the polls of their elections, and the general result has been satisfactory to the friends of free government. In Eng- land, too, we are nearing this point of male suffrage, despite the cabalistioghallucination that we have arrived at “house- hold” suffrage. But it is said that man has a better endow- ment than woman of the reasoning faculties, causality, and comparison. I hope I may be pardoned for conceding this to be true, merely for the sake of the argument. It is sufficient for my purpose that woman is conceded to be a rational moral being. But granting to man superior reasoning faculties, these alone will not make him a better legislator than woman ; he must have a better moral endowment also, for legislation is a moral work. But grant him a moral superiority over woman (which is unfounded in fact) then he would be better qualiﬁed for the business of legislation; but so also is one man better qualiﬁed for this work than another, and yet all men are alike eligible to the legislative oiiice. Su pose man on account of these superior endowments would egislate best, that would not exclude women from voting for the legislative body. Allow man to be exclusively eligible to the representative office, the question st-ill returns, by whose votes is he to be chosen ? And. ought not women at least to participate in the exercise of the elective franchise ? . Human rights take their origin in the mental constitution; all men have the same mental attributes, and therefore we must concede to them the_ same rights. Although at the same time we perceive that one man has far more liberal endowments than another, yet we hold that the right does not depend upon the degree, but wholly upon the character of the mental manifestation. The laws have never distinguished between the grades of in- tellectual endowments with a view to the ascertainment of human rights. Sanity is all that the law looks to either in reference to rights or duties. In the social state all sane men of mature age are possessed of equal rights, and the laws de- volve upon them equal responsibilities. He who has the least instinctive attachment to existence has the same right to the protection of life as ‘he who loves it most. The prodigals right of property is as sacred to the law as the miser’s; the small possessions of the poor, as the ample stores of the rich. So that the greatest intellectual endowments confer no more of the rights of human’ than the most ordinary mental capacity~and in the eyes of justice, the rights of the humble are as sacred as those of the great. It is of no importance then to establish woman’s mental inferiority, even if it could be done, with a view to disprove her rights; for, if we concede to her the attributes, we must concede to her also the rights of humanity. The arguments which establish human rights upon a natural foundation, establishthem to be inherent in woman as well as in man. But perhaps all-this will be con- ceded, the argument being not so much against her abstract rights as against her power to vindicate and de_fend them; or in other words, against her participation in civil government. What then is the function of government? It is simply the protection of human rights. For whose beneﬁt it is establish- ed? For the beneﬁt of all who have rights to protect. We hold that government is the mere offspring of rights, which in- stitute it as their means of defence and vindication. Hence. it will be perceived that woman’s rights are as sacred to the law as man’s, and that her concern with governmentis as great and important as his own. If so why is she excluded from acting in reference to that which so im,mediately,,c_oJ3¢€,r11s her’? She, is EEKLY. May 4., 1872-. E, . a rational moral being, endowed with rights. Is she not the very being to guard them? Throughout the sensitive creation does not each being act for himself in assertion and defence ? But of all others is not a rational moral being especially or- dained for self-con ‘ol and self vindication? ~ It is thought t at politics will unsex woman, that she will “ lose her tender little ways and bashful modesties, and the bloom be rubbed off every enjoyment.” This is but the re- vivaleof dn old cry of tyrants, now masquerading as Liberals and Conservatives, that the people are incapable of se1f-govern- ment. As an exhausted receiver deﬁnes the sphere of a rabbit suffocated under it, so imprisoning conditions within which the ages have bound woman limit, her natural» right__to -,li_fe._, While men’s functions and opportunities are of their own choice, women’s are forced on. them by circumstances. Man’s duties and avocation send the soul outward; woman muit stay at home . with her heart. What right has one adult citizen to forcibly determine the status of another? The sphere of ‘a slave is the circle described by his driver’s lash; the sphere of woman free is the realm her heart ﬁlls, the range and height of her faculty. The ability of one marks the present sphere of that one, but leaves all space this side of God to enlarge upon. It is said that woman cannot engage in politics, or other business, be- cause she must marry; but she is coinpelled to unpaid toil of many kinds, besides child-bearing, if married. Will it- require . more effort to go to .- the« town-hall stwice than it does to attend the church ﬁfty-two’ times a, year. * Politics are made merely a matter of business, the ways and means to certain ends. Principle is the what, policy is the how of affairs. The’ Queen of England is con- ceded to be, in the gentler traits, a model to her sex, though she rules an empire which encircles the globe ; will our queen 'ot hearts be less a woman whenrdropping a piece of paper into a box? . » * . Women in Parliament, at salaries of £500. a year, could hardly be more damaged or damaging than as -waiter‘-girls or mistresses of those august legislators. If politics are vicious, it is high time they were cured, for sound “policy always coincides with substantial justice. ” The plea that women will be rudely at-the polls, so_far as it has any weight, only proves that male ruﬁians should be disfranchised; but “this chivalry objec- tion comes about two centuries too late, for 1 the courtesy of men has increased as the freedom ef woman has been accord- ed.” If men are so bad they cannot be trusted to vote with Women, ought they to vote for women? Those accustomed to govern in schools, able to teach more than males can learn, will not consent to be life—long vassals of boys they educate. The mother of nine children, successfully. raised and started in . life; why prefer a whiff of cigar smoke to her, for Legislator, President, or Queen? Government has been made a bloody, barbarous thing, chieﬂy because it ignores ethics of which woman is the clearer and most steadfast exponent. “ For contemplation he and valor formed; For softness she and sweet attractive grace. He for God alone; she for God and him.”- was a poet’s idea, which Paul put‘ in this presuming wayz‘ “Neither was the man created for‘ the woman, but woman for » the man.” It is because we have thus stepped between con- . science and God, severed the moral law of gravitation which binds ﬁnite sovereignties to the creative centre, that our social astronomy is so sadly distracted. If the heavenly bodies are viewed as revolving around the earth, their movements appear chaotic and inexplicable; but when you reckon from the sun as centre, the watch in your pocket may be timed and regulated by their exact and wonderous whirl through space. Whoso ‘makes woman a satellite of himself is behind Copernicus in practical science; if he quotes the Bible let him listen to Jesus, who ap- plauded 3. woman for not attending to house-keeping. If his dinner is uncooked, and his house deserted, it may be a divine voice which beckons her forth, and sordid avarice which bids her stay and grind in the prison—hourse of his selﬁsm. By Whose decree is one immortal being insphered within, and made a martyr to the private interests of another? We have no fears that, dowered with liberty, she will be less feminine, for nothing unwomanly can prevail among Women. More re- spected in a shop or counting-house, than in the kitchen, a girl acquires character and self-control in proportion as her sphere enlarges. The magnetic, » thrilling touch, graceful . form . nd movement, this animated beauty and use, has laws, t dencies, and a career of its own. Superstitions bats may denounce the rising sun as a “reform against nature,” for night is their day; but rose and violet wel- come light, and are adorned in - its redeeming presence. Woman “as God made her ” we wait to see; having already too much of the man made woman. Her artiﬁcial, superin- duced, enervated nature, may disappear, but nature will revive and (prevail. Per Contra, let us brieﬂy review—~ MEN’s RIGHTS. A gentle bachelor fears conscriptions of war may invade his peace if oman vote, and that our rulers may draft for hus- bands. Fatally married the wife controls one-third his prop- erty, while he loses claim to any share in hers. He can deed nothing away without her signature, and has no use of her credit at the shop or ’store, while she can buy heavily on his account, and law compels him to pay the uttermost. With- drawing from his lordship's imperial no highness she may levy perpetual alimony on him for a living, while he must delve to earn it, and count himself lucky to be rid of her at thst. A gay creature, blushing behind her fan, outwits an elegant fop in lavender kids, who thinks all the girls dying to marry him, - ensnares him in an engagment, provokes him to break it, and in damages for breach of promise, carries of the bulk of his fortune. If this be his fate now, who can protect him when the “suppressed sex” are free, and he is obliged to risk his charms in an open market? Armed with jealousy and cunning, in the absence of better weapons of defence, ignorant, frivilous, exacting woman now often drags man down. ; her subjected conviction being fruitful in vices of artiﬁce and power, of unnatural dependence , and imperious self-assertion ; the aggressor, as usual, suffers most. Imbruted mind is the reﬂex result of the exercise of arbitrary power, and those who trample on the weak are the first to cringe to the strong. ‘ None but base nature assume to rule equals, or domi- neer over inferiors. We must count it, therefore, the first and chief of man’s rights to undo, without asking, this injustice to woman; for in so far as he deprives her of vigor and scope does he maim himself. Alas that any man can wish woman perish- ing in luxurious inactivity, wedded to vice or imbecility, im- paled on a needle, or starving in a garret, to be Collteiltedl, Double as many superiors to Elizabeth Browning, Margaret Fuller, Charlotte Bronte and George Sand are buried under our household, sewing shop, fashionable and factory life. England has one Stuart Mill, America one EIDGISOII, but it were unlucky to have two; for why should nature be so, given out as to repeat herself? In requiring woman to be the shadow of man, we mar creative inten- tion, and rob society of the better service intuitive. sense .waits,..to.enter. The value of. self-supporting. independence’ doubtless suggested the of a wit:._f‘A, N treated by menf Which‘ « .-;.- .?_-«—=~:5¢/ i‘ ' —,:.a:a:.x\. ,,.....—,-..~ - ...,,,.,-.v._.,...- .;n__._(.-V ~ - -,l,...,,:l_:-.;..-‘x:-...‘ .:,.Lc; - D ,.;:..e:» - ..-«,. N}-4 -.v. _ ,;_e~,-;.._‘_/.:-;;c:.-:t;.:;;,,g;rs -_-i » /.-—«..;.;:;:-;2»,=;- , -.-/2,. "May 4,;18d72. .3: wooni2IULL & cnirnmrs WEEKLY. , pp p V S A i i_ wifeis a fortune——when she is poor.” As the adjective is said ' to be the greatest enemy of the noun, though agreeing with it in gender, number, and person, so woman is an adjective, an ap ndage, of man; is useless or worse to him, and a mockery to erself, having an inalienable right to be a noun, a person accountable. to inﬁnite intelligence. Since in correcting wrong we enact right, men’s actual inﬂuence will not only be lessened but vastly increased, by abolishing the despotic and irresponsible power they now wield. If authority is natural and beneﬁcent, the votes of a world united cannot overthrow it; if it is usurped, the quicker it falls the better. It was Shakspeare, we believe, who wrote “As You Like It.” Fascinating weakness, “sweet irresponsibil- ity,” ‘becomes a nullity, or hostile, when allegiance is forced, and suggests truths in an old maxim, “as many slaves, so many enemies.” Since we offer a premium to adverse inﬂuence, practical sense and persuasive eloquence are turned a ainst us; “ measures which statesmen have meditated a w ole year may be overturned by a woman in a day,” and often have they conquered a nation by simply making up faces. The victims of -false deference on one hand, and tyran- nical subjection on the other, they win through diplomatic artiﬁce, or by sacriﬁces inconsistent with personal sanctity and social well-being. Impulses, which rightly directed would -overflow in tenderness and reetitude, invigorate, adorn, and ‘bless mankind, now take the sexes to houses of assignation, and the very materials with which perfect society will be construc- '-ted, when the builder arrives, are added fuel to ﬂaming heats «our ignorance kindles. The “social evil,” which despairing qphilanthrophy says “no law can restrain and no power sup- press,” is a vast business system of supply and demand, whose ‘natural causes and retributive results point outcast and out- --casters to the ways of healthful sanity. Not to quote Solomon :ELI1CI Sampson, the reputed wisest and strongest of men, both of whom were conquered by women, why in Europe and [America to-day are men of genius, writers, statesmen, and re- iformers, involved in family feuds, tenants of desolate homes, wanderers from what should be domestic quiet, or indulging "in practices they dare not defend as right? These things can- not be dismissed with a sneer, or religiously atlributed to the Prince of Evil ; for the devil is only unexplained adversity, :and may yet turn out .to be Deity in disguise. " The old theory of natural depravity and vicarious .atonement will no longer serve to darken counsel ‘with words, for the instincts and attractions God made are not iessentially unclean. Conjugal law, which in all ages and na- ‘tions has “ conﬁned women to one man, has never conﬁned :man to one woman.” Virtuous lawgivers who urge war on . Abyssinian savages and Mormon polygamists, should first face domestic problems at home, whose solution will require clearer ‘heads and braver hearts than have yet appeared. . In Utah husbands are responsible for their wivcs——required by law, at least, to provide them bread. In Boston, New York, and in .London men are quite as much married, though in a clandes- ‘ tine and unscrupulous way. Spectacled book-worms may ex- plore traditions of the past, grave divines declairn against laxity of morals, conceited stoics affect to be superior to fasci- nation, but the fact remains that woman, incarnating love, has ruled and will rule man for better or for worse, just in propor- tion as she is assured or denied a right to herself. Not respon- sible to law, because unrecognized by it, she is now driven to secure recognition of her existence by depravity or rebellion. If frivolous or perverse, it is the result of false conditions, for nature has a seriously honest intent in creating a woman as in creating a man. If he makes badness a necessity, and bribes to silence her moral sense, designed to call him to order, why may not the “weaker vessel” plot to upset the stronger ? In my next I propose to introduce to your readers “A Polit- ical Washing Day." E. H, H, CHURCH AND STATE. To those to whom this couplet has been a terror, we com- mend the following wise words of Ambrose Caston Cudden, taken from the International Herald, of London, England: “But my observations and searching inquiries stayed not here. Ifound other things which required an equally vigilant scrutiny, and on the need for this scrutiny, the many per- versions, absurdities and superstitions I discovered “_ The ~Church,” had opened my eyes; and in that other equally art- ful and cunning contrivance called “The State,” I saw before ‘me another monster evil, another self-constituted authority of the self same character and corrupt inﬂuence, ‘as that which I had already abandoned. I found “The State” to bea like (combination of men, who assume and exercise undue tempo- .ral authority and dominion over mankind, and receive proﬁt "by their own made laws. and appropriate to themselves and ‘their minions all the world’s wealth and money, to gratify their thirst for arbitrary power over their fellow men, and to :indulge themselves in ease and affluence, vanity and pride; "while they thereby create and perpetuate poverty, hardships, "misery and degradation to the industrious useful millions, "without themselves doing any useful thing on earth. The two artiﬁcial authorities of Church and State are essen- tially one and the same imposition on the people; they aid and support each other, neither could live without the other. As the union of the soul and body is necessary to constitute human life of a man, so the alliance of the two tyrannies is necessary to make one perfect tyranny over the whole man, corporal and spiritual. This monstrous assumption exercises absolute control over both body and soul, and as far as pos- sible, entire dominion over the industrious wealth-producing nations on the earth. ’ This unholy and unjust authority has been triumphantly wielded throughout all nations called the Christendom for many centuries, especially from the time of Constantine, by church and state, in the name and under the p‘ tenee of true religion and civil government. And the very ame dogmatic tyranny, only somewhat modiﬁed and modernized, is still be- ing exercised. All the laws that have been made by rulers, " churchmen or statesmen, all the wars that have been waged by governments, all the churches, palaces, colleges andprisons that have been built, all the priests, clergy and preachers that have been educated, all the mandates and edicts issued by kings or ministers, all their secret diplomacies, all the discus- sions in parliaments and congresses, and all the imposts theqy exact all the world ever, have been and continue to be mainly for the one object and purpose of upholding this double mon- ster tyranny which has ever stood in the way, blocking up the ath of freedom, and hindering social progress and human appmess.” . Bishop Simpson has recently rendered an ecclesiastical de- . cision which is not so complimentary to the United States Senate as it might be. It seems the appointment of Dr. New- man to the chaplaincy of the Senate, after his pastoral period in Washington. had expired, raised a question of church gov- ernment which’ Bishop Simpson promptly decided by saying that, under the general law of the church, he had the power to appoint chaplains to reformatory in.<~titutio:ns, and he consid- ered the United States Senate to fall» within the scope cf the rules ' THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. We have a long and attractive communication from Brother L. H. Carpenter of Battle Creek, which we should be glad to publish, but our limited space forbids it, since nothing can be abstracted from it without destroying its connection and mean- ing. Nevertheless we are made glad of such evidence of our own aged friends, who have lived more than three-score-and ten years and whose years’ have not accustomed them to run in old fashioned ruts of thoughts. I Mnvoorm, GRUNDY Co. Inn. April 15, 1872. i Editors of Woodhull and 0Zaﬁin’s Weekly: I heartily endorse your principles and call for a convention in May. I think it none too soon to look at the deplorable state of the country at large. Three ﬁfths of the working farmers in this vicininty are bankrupt with their families, and all through the selﬁsh villainies of the monopoly. The farmers, as Workers, do all the labor, and the merchants get the golden slice from their tables and homes. If things continue so many months longer, all must eventually loose their homes as they cannot meet the mortgages in time to save them. Go where you wil1—in house or cot, in village or town, in stores or saloons, you hear the self-same story of destitu- tion, despair, etc. ' ' Curses heavy and deep are hurled at the monopolists and boards of trade. A change must come either by revolution or ballot, very soon;"we, or as a people, are damned. Yours for liberty, JOSIAH BUXTON. A LOGICAL VIEW. . MEsnAMEs_WoonHULL & CLAFLINZ In your issue of February 3, I find an article from Maxwell, in which he criticizes Mrs. Woodhull’s paragraph on free love, thinks it ambiguous and faulty because it does not assert the “do as you would be done by” principle; the “moral duty of justice and edquity” between lovers which he thinks should instigate each of them to sacriﬁce his or her own inclinations for the happiness of the other. Now, I understand Mrs. Woodhull to speak of that mutual spirit-blending love, which binds two congenial souls in one, in scripture phrase, “makes of the twain one flesh,” enables them to anticipate each others’ wants, being already in- inclined to supply or relieve them by virtue of that mutua love, thus rendering the sacriﬁce of inclination in so doing impossible. To talk of such sacriﬁce is simply absurd. But, really, which would be the most happifying to George—a kind act performed by Mary, gushing forth, as it were, sponta- neously from the deep fountain of her in-dwelling love; or, prompted by a sense of duty, involving a sacriﬁce of incli- clination? A No, friend Maxwell, it seems to me that to talk of mutual lovers needing a sense of duty to prompt them to acts oi “justice and equity” toward each other, would be like attempt- ing to warm the rays of a tropical sun with the glimmerings of, an iceberg. Where love is wanting a sense of duty may be required to secure “justice and equity,” but where love and wisdom abound, there will, I think, be small need of that sense of that duty. ' Now, it should be the joy of all well-wishers of humanity that we have one paper that can afford to be free. Yours for Progress, B. H. Lewis. “Matilda” writes us from Providence, R. I.: The Spiritu- alists of Providence are apparently awakening to an apprecia- tion of the great truths revealed to them, and to this much of merit may be accredited the teachings of Mrs. F. Kingsman, who has recently ministered here. A woman whose preposes? sing appearance, ﬁne mental endowments, proliﬁc experience, and above all her glowing self-sacriﬁcing zeal for the cause which she has recently espoused cannot fail to place her among the first and most attractive of those who promulgate these divine principles. Her lectures in the place commanded full and attentive audiences; have been marked by a close application of the divine plan to the needs of humanity; and were embodied in lofty and sublime thoughts. These gifts when known will entitle her to the patronage of all societies who would be ediﬁed in matters pertaining to their highest inter- ests and happiness, thus securing the warp and web for weav- ing the golden links of purity and harmony whereby poor humanity may be bound in one common brotherhood. A. H. Clay, of Pottstown, N. Y., writes us as follows: I observed in The Banner of Light, several speeches deliv- ered by yourself, on diﬂerent subjects, in which my own thoughts on the same subject are reﬂected. Therefore, I write as a duty, to let you know that you do not stand alone in the matter. ' H’ I am sure that all the mischief and siiifering in the world has grown out of the idea of worshipping false gods; and it seems to me that all the world should easily see this. To wor- ship one God would displace all dispute in reference to the niattdr; then the foundation on which to build our social structures would be laid, “ good will to all mankind.” I make this broad assertion that the world belongs to God’s children ‘equally-«that no one has a right to enrich himself or herself by selling it out to others; nor have the whole people got this right to do so to make a few rich at the expenseof the many. In nature we see a place for everything, and everything in its place; so God created a place for all His children; but man left his proper place and violated God’s law. We are now paying the penalty. Look at the trains of mischief in the world; gaze upon it as you would upon a Photograph, and see the sin of the world. Then imagine the whole world a united joint stolck company—~a place for each and each in place, need- : ' ' -=v~' ing‘ no money, the I enemy‘ of equality, consequently no one could put another’s accumulated laborin his pocket or safe, and make use of it to enslave. Christ always taught this doc- trine. Our social structure was nearly always uppermostin his thoughts and conversations. Hear him: “Love one ‘ another; ” “ Do as you would have others do to you.” All of which clearly anticipated means that would answerthis end; under this lies the true worship of God. _........__,..._..,_.___... _ Viola E. Archibald, of 'Watseka, writes thus : , Iwish to express my gratitude for your kind response, and highly appreciated generosity, although so unexpected. Though unspoken, my spirit has gone out to you in gentle re~ membrance, and thank offering to the Guiding Band that sur- round and uphold, prompting words of inspiration, giving encouragement to the crushed, saddened heart; strengthand vigor to the laborer, already in the ﬁelds; striking terror to the — heart of the usurper, for he knows his house is built upon the sand, and it cannot long withstand such fearful lashings of the waves below, and the terrii’ic‘thunderbo_lts above. But it , mustfcill, and as was said of old, “ great will be the fall there- of.” I have just been reading your criticism of the Worlds comments upon Laura Fair, I am glad your hand ﬂinched not to grasp tightly the surgeons knife, and scalpel, lay bare, and probe deeply, this foul, loathsome, social excresence. Too many members of the press, stand ready with palliative poultice, and fresh, white bandage, to bind up, and conceal all traces, if may be, of putrefaotion. Ah ! my dear sirs, you have poulticed too long, and though you may try lvigilently to cover all vestige, the noisome odor thereof cannot be band- aged. My soul burned with indignation, to see and feel how freely, man may pour on woman’s defenceless head, the veil of his holy (?) wrath; when perhaps, he himself, is even now liv- ing a life of erratic madness, and his diobolisms threaten him, of his own Cares and Penotes. There is many a woman be~ hind the grates, could tell fearful tales of blasted hopes and lives, ‘enacted under the broad cloak of marriage, or legal ized prostitution. I say let every woman take A the law in her own hands, and whoever approaches her against" her wishes though it be her own husband, shoot him down, as any other beast bereft of de- cency. When man learnshe must respect and regard womans personality; or he will be forced by power of bullet, someoof this crushing woman down to the earth, and then spitting their foul remorse, and offering all manner of indignities afterward, will cease; I fear not until then. She has no suffrage, proper- ty, or legal rights, worthy of notice. Then what other course for self protection has she? I do not advocate mob law, but if indignity and insult is oﬁ‘ered, let them abide the consequen- ces. Let her understand she is nothing but game with 99-100 of mankind, and that no person or power can or will help her if in trouble, and all the stock she takes in the other securities will go down immediately below par. But, with the determina- iion, “ myself shall be my friend,” under all circumstances, she will most efficiently muzzle every low dog's mouth, and create the respect of all worth having. Oh, had I the power of enstaniping upon every one of my sisters consciences in letters of living light the necessity, the stern necessity, of self reliance. ltseems to me the greatest possible revolution now pending is that of opening the spiritual vision of humanity, and its prac- tical application to this earth plane. My most feverent wishes are with you, that you may be enabled to attain the acme of yourhopes, which represents the necessity of 1'7, 000,0ﬂ0 sisters and as many more of the inevitable companion, either for weal or woe. (If there are any thoughts herein contained that you think would beneﬁt any other, you are at ‘liberty to pub~ __ lish, but I would prefer the true name be suppressed, as I do not wish to come before the public in propia personal, until I am free from him whom the law recognizes as my husband, with power to insult when it pleases his own sweet will, and which he has not hesitated to take advantage of. I stole this, that you may understand my encumbered conditic n. -13 Cnnsrnn SQUARE, BOSTON, Mass, January 4, 1872. V > Mas. VICTORIA C. WOODHULLf—My Dear ‘Madam: Last night I was drawn by an irrepressible power to be present at Music Hall, that I might look upon the personal, and hear the living voice of the woman whose energizing thoughts had become revealed to me the first time, but a fewﬂmonths ago. Exultanlly did I listen to every statement, madam, that you made; either in argument or in illustration of your subject, and I followed you with scrutinizing care from the establishment of your premises, through the processes of your analysis, and: your closely compacted arguments, until you reached your inevita- ble conclusions, and I do affirm that for the ﬁrst time assured, ly, have those momentous" principles found a ﬁrst advocate in one who discerns the primal causes, with rare clear-sightedness ' and strong sense, honer-ably enunciates the hideous evils, and presents their cures, and fearlessly discloses the ultimate logi- cal issues dedueible from her principles. I .g The tyrannies,socia1 and governmental, that exist at this mo- ment in every land,lare crushing manhood. out- of men, and keeping women dwarfed andj; helpless, and all the while the Jugernaut of civilization with its multiplying demands ad- vancing inexorably, intensifying the evils ‘of all conditions, and yet tens of thousands seem unable to discern the ,sou.rces._. of their suffering, but believe that the accumulations of mere ma- terial wcalth is the panacea for love that glows on the altar of your own pure heart, and to your uncompromising worship at the shrine of truth, I rendermy homage. .. . . ’ You were listened to last night by an English gentlewoman and Englishman, and no more fervid ,sympathy and; admira-= tion encompassed you than what went out from them. _ I trust that the high intelligences who instruct you, may guide you to QM Q5 _ WOODHU LL _ «St CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. May 4, 1872. visit England, that you may thereproclaim among the women and-men -of high culture and exalted rank the lofty principles of life that animate -you, and which urge an utterance where- -ever there is suffering and established -tyrannies, that you may there experience how sincere and, genial is the support to un- feigned loyalty, to principle, so unostentatiously, modestly and reverently proclaimed. _ To the unselﬁsh womanly love that glows on the altar of your own pure heart,iand to your uncompromising worship at the shrine of ’.Truth,_I render my homage. Subscribing myself, dear Madam, yours in sincere sym- pathy, E. V. INGRAM. A SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 2, 1872. jMRs_. V Vrcronm C. WOODHULLZ Sustained as you are by armies of brave and true women and men, and by the angelic hosts of the ‘spirit world, you need no ‘words of encourage- ment from me, yet I wish you to know that there are thou- sands of progressive spirits throughout this far Western coun- try,'and that nearly all of them with whom I have come in contact, endorse your views upon all the great questions of the day. Many others are with us at heart, but have not the moral courage to declare themselves publicly for fear of ostracisrn in" society" or of injury to their business. As to myself, I wish my thousands of friends in Missouri and elsewhere to know that I have’ enlisted for “ during ‘the war,” in the army of reform, andthat I mean to ﬁght, with voice and pen, andsword if necessary, until injustice and oppression shall be driven from our land. I willnot rest until’ women enjoy all the rights and privileges in our Government enjoyed by men; till the la- boring classes cease to be oppressed by the rich; till full po- litical, religious and social freedom be guaranteed to all. The revolution is begun and ‘must run its course, and woe to those who place themselves in its way, or attempt to arrest its pro- gress. JOHN R. KELSO. ————-o———— Elizabeth Valerie Ingram of 73 Chester square, ‘Boston, Mass, forwards her name that it may be placed on the pro- nunciamento for the enfranchisement of women and the in- auguration of a true liberty in America. A sojourn of nearly three years in the United States has dis- closed to her that the much vauntedliberty in this country is but a mockerv and a lie. She has perceived that from the Senator to the herdsman there but exists a system of multiplied tyranny of the lust of power and the greed of gain, created only by the inexorable limitations of individual conditions; but that true and lasting liberty which rises on a reverence of each man for another, has not yet begun to exist. April 9, 1872. ‘ — FLORENCE, March 28, 1872. Mr Dnln vMns. WOODHULL: A large package of papers from you met me on my arrival here, and were, I assure you, as welcome and as refreshing as cold water to a thirsty soul. Thanks, or as the Italians would say, motto gmzia; it is very pleasant to be kept on rapport with events and people in our own country. . Rapid as is the progress of reconstruction in this old nation newly consolidated, the moral atmosphere seemed stagnation in Naples. In Rome I felt at once the spirit which was breathing upon the people; there I came at once into the sphere of theliberals,;and found it one of enthusiasm akin to that which has always, in all ages, animated the real reformer, that supernatural impulse which never deceives, and ulti- mately triumphs over all obstacles. Immediatelyafter our arrival we learned that Pere Hyacinthe was to speak two evenings from that day at a hall adjoining the Argentine Theater. Hastening to the ticket office we found numbers there on the same errand as ourselves, and with alike want of success. “Impossible, madam, we have issued the very last.” Disappointed, but not hopeless, we took our way to a friend,‘who crushed our hopes at once by saying, “ I am so sorry, but I have only one ticket left, and I have hidden my maid to take me there to-night, even if I am in- sensible.” Here was the spirit; I so love an enthusiasm that ignores suffering for the sakeof truth and right. It was right- fully her place and not mine, and so I‘ yielded to my fate of exclusion as gracefully as I could. Long before the hour the streets were packed with eager, earnest men and a few women. The speech was, as I learned, mild and Christian, setting forththe demands which his party have made, that the church be reformed,5 and the Bible be given freely to all the people. "Gravazza followed an’dI judge from what I saw and heard of his speech,‘ that he is one of the reformers who gives a knock down denunciation, and if he has notg driven every one out of the hearing of his voice, makes his argument to prove his position. I p ‘ On the Friday following this meeting we were in St.’ Peter’s to hear the Vespers. The Pope’s chapel was crowded to suffo- cation, and still the peoplecame. Gradually the tide ﬂowed toward the High Altar. Thinking that the Pope might posssi- bly be going to say High Mass there (we slipped t down , from our holyseat a Prie-dieu where we had rested our tired feet, and shocked numberless_ poor Italians, who felt that to sit thus at our ease was a mortal sin). And passing out into the navewe saw that the Tribune above the High Altar was ablaze with light, and that itiwas already crowded ’ with a solemn, sad-looking audience. The prayers commenced almost immediately after the close of Vespers; the reisponses were deafening, for there were few if any, less than ten thousand people on their knees. It was unendurable, and we made our way out, and back to the great door, where we listened to the strange sound which was like the roar of ' the sea. when a strong wind has wakened its depths; it was all a mystery to us, for we knew that only on Easter and great church festivals were these candles on the Tribune lighted. ~ Inquiring of one who, like ourselves, was a spectator what all this meant, his reply was, that it was sympathy and prayers for the Pope, and a protest against the meeting of Pere Hya- cinthe, and these prayers were to be held for three days. Poor old man, little did he know what was next to come. Two weeks ago Mazzina died in Pisag, the Sunday following it was ‘announced_tha_t the Patriot’s bust would be carried to the‘ Capitol. - The procession was to form at eleven. By half-past nine eager faces and rapid steps were bent toward the Evrio, and soon both sides were thickly hedged with a quiet crowd of spectators. One or two carriages passed up thestreet scatter- ing wreaths of laurel and bay leaves and ﬂowers on the way; At eleven the procession began to pass where we stood on the steps of a church, and where we had been for more than an hour waiting in the hot sun. The artisans were ﬁrst, and all handicrafts were represented; on some of the banners was in- scribed “Mazzina, the working.man’s father.” “Mazzina, the laborers’ friend.” Next came the Liberal Clubpcomposed of men of high birth, and many of wealth, and connected with the new government. Will there be no women among them, was the thoughts which arose in our minds, for;still they came and as yet there are none. The carbonnarie were conspicuous with the yellow ﬂower in the lap button hole on the left side. Next came the Free-thinkers with their white banners and only these digniﬁed words, “ Free'thinkers,” inscribed thereon. They were a noble looking set of men and in their midst half a dozen women dressed in deep black, with bowed heads;' one or two were leaning on the arm of the gentleman with whom they walked, the others like the men were shoulder to shoulder. After these our own ﬂag borne by a young man who will in” the future mark this as a white day in his calendar of his life. . Now comes the car drawn by four white horses with a statue of liberty holding above the head of the bust a wreath of laurel. There was no shouting or hurrahing, but a quiet lift- ing of the hat and the wreaths and ﬂowers previously scattered were thrown upon the car till the black pall was covered. p Behind the car were numerous small banners with the names of other patriots who had died for Italy, and after these were the wives, children and friends of the fallen. The procession had widened like a mighty stream and swept into its ranks many who perhaps did not understand all its deep signiﬁcance. It was not a pageant, there were no military trappings, no martyr, to hide himself in his splendid apartments, and to withhold his blessings on Easter. It pleased him to place Victor Emanuel under the ban, but no misfortune has befallen him, since, on the coutrary, he has prospered and grown into the affections of the people withmarvelous rapidity since those shells were thrown against St. John Lateran. It gave one a strange feeling of pain, and yet of triumph, to see those seams and gashes in the old walls of_ that beautiful church; pain that it had been injured thus, triumph that the bonds of supersti- tion were being broken, and that the Pope was by his own acts, hastening the freedom of thought among the people. There will be no very strong demonstrations while Pius Ninth lives, but no other Pope will ever hold sway in Rome over the consciences and over the lives of the people, ‘as he has done in the past. During Lent every man, woman and child must confess and have their ticket of communion; failing of this, they are liable to be taken from their families and imprisoned. A Catholic lady of high standing, culture and a thorough knowledge of what she afﬁrmed, told me that she had. known a mother taken from her babe and imprisoned for no other of- fence than failing to present her ticket of communion. It is not so very difﬁcult to obtain these if one has money; they may be purchased without confession; but if there are consci- entious scruples about confession and an absence from the im- posed duty, woe to the delinquent; trials, vexations,_ impris- onment and loss of worldly goods are the results. I do not of what I have observed and known is not even hinted at in this letter. Yours, as ever, PAULINE WRIGHT DAVIS. CARDINGTON, Morrow Co., 0., April 14, 1872. The thoughts below were suggested on reading the Religio of the last week. VICTORIA C. WOODHULL,-~Courage, dear sister. Yours is the high prerogative to “contend with wild beasts,” or with ele- ments in humanity more tyrannical than they. Deep down in the human heart the volcanic ﬁres of hell are burning and seething to-day, as they have never before in all the past. Yours is the mission, in part, to uncap the infernal pits that are burning out the very heart strings of humanity. While the smoke and ﬂame of the hitherto pent up conditions ascend in unbroken columns, be not dismayed or in the least thrown off of your balance; for it will not be “forever and forever.” It is but the “breaking up of the foundations of the great deep” of man’s undeveloped conditions, which must have a channel through which to elaborate its morbid, ignited con- ditions. Go on in the majesty of your divine womanhood, and a constellation of bright angels will ever cluster around your person, and impress your mind with words of burning truth nodding plumes, no music, but the beating drum to which they that will call out ‘and burn up the dross of human Wisdom- kept step; to us it seemed the throbbing of the great heart of the nation, and was the most impressive hour I ever passed. The consuming ﬁres that laid waste the commercial bazar of the West are but as the spark compared with the mental ﬁres with which your spirit has to contend. Many are the noble Glancing into the faces of our party I saw their tearful sympa- workers in the form that appreciate your mission in the ranks thy and was rejoiced that we had notileft Rome before this be— Of 3‘ cosmopolitan Spirituality’ and daily there are added to monstration. The procession was one hour in passing. After it was over the hearts of women and of men, their numbers such as will stand ﬁrm to the banner of pro- gress-—equal rights for all, when the time comes that will try “That great day, for I turned to a friend who was in Paris during the siege and which all other days were made,” cannot be far in the future. whose whole heart was in sympathy with this demonstrat on, and said, “Will this be any better understood than was the Commune? Will they recognize this as the fruit of the seed and the mountains sown in the past and "watered with the blood of nations!” “Alas! I fear not,” was her reply ; “for they send people to Then will the faint-hearted, and those who are slow to accept a universal philantrophy~a religion and a government that is cosmopolitan in its char-acter——call upon the rocks to hide them from the presence of the brightness of that coming day. For the sake of the truth you must expect to be misrepresented, villiﬁed, and treated with all manner of supercillious contempt by half see and report whose eyes are not yet unsealed. I have been ﬂedged reformers’ who Stand upon their dignity among the talking with one who said Mazzina was a dangerous man——a disturber of the peace, ambitious and discontented.” If Victor Emanuel’s eyes are unsealed he will read the signs of the times and act for the truth. There is, however, very little hope that he is sufficiently enlightened to establish his throne in justice or sway his scepter in righteousness. He is interested in education, and gives his countenance to every movement in that direction. Our noble countrywoman, Mrs. Emily Merriman, has her work well in hand for the establishment of a college for women. The Government are ready to give her aid, and en- courage her to go forward just as soon as her health will permit. _, - At her house I met Madame Ermina Fua Fusinata, who was called by the Government to ﬁll the chair of Belles-Letters in the new Normal school of Italy. She is a poet of eminence- a strong, earnest, pleasing woman, reﬁned and graceful in manner ; she is, nevertheless, a well-read politician. Listening to the conversation betweeng these two noblewomen, so hope- ful of the future of the Church, so sanguine of success in their plans for the education and development of women, I felt re- buked for my want of faith, for in their success it will be in- deed the removing of mountains, but the promise is “ Accord- ing to your faith it shall be done unto you.” One little story shows what their work is to be. An Italian count said to a lady who was pleading the cause of education : “ I would not marry a lady who could read and write, for shewould then have correspondents and write billet doux and ﬂirt and Waste time reading.” This was said in perfect earnestness, and is an illustration of what the Equal Rights cause has to contend with ; and yet I shall not be surprised any day to hear that true reformers in the past, and thus it will be in the future, un- til the great spiritual, humanitarian work, which you have so boldly inaugurated, is consummated in fruition. ' T. M. EWING. A HEAVY. BLOW AND SORE DISCOURAGEMENT. A So the Utah ﬂourish of trumpets is, after all, a ﬁzzle! What will brother Newman and his henchman do? Even the White House with the Methodist Church to boot, failed to bring the Mormons to time. And then again, brother Newman could not succeed in re-electing to the United States Senate his dear brother Harlan, with francs ad libitum to back him. What are we coming to? A ‘v~ Now my sympathies are keenly aroused for our dear brother, and I venture “ humbly to sojest” that brother Newman, Mc- Kean and Harlan, .together with all the “ irrigation" law specu- lators, headed by Senator Nye, and all the gamblers, black legs, liquor sellers, rufiians and rowdies of Salt Lake City and the mining regions round about march around that city and blow ram’s horns, al la Jericho, whereby an earthquake or some other miraculous agency will so shake up these Mormon repro- bates as to compel the surrender of the said city and all it con- tains to said McKean, Newman, Harlan, Nye and their co- operators aforesaid. That gbeing accomplished, a handsome present from the proceeds to the incumbent of the White House would be in order; after which it would be well to determine the punishment to be administered to those audacious judges of the Supreme Court who have dared to question the legal sagacity of Messrs. Newman and McKean ! V ANTI Pnocusrns. . LAND GRANTS NOT NECESSARY FOR RAILROADS. Those who uphold the right of Congress to give away what belongs neither to members of that body nor (exclusively) to the whole people mm; born, allege that these grants and subsi- dies are necessary in order to open up communications with Government hag 0033-forrod 3 limited Suﬂmgo upon Women of remote districts. Were their position correct, it might be fortunes, of noble birth, etc., but that will be only thh begin- ning of the work, the social, the most important; part of all, still remains untouched. shown that we are paying too dear for our whistle, by creating immensely rich corporations to control legislatures in their in- terest, in order that our population may be scattered a little faster than it otherwise would be; the present extent of the This is holy Week and the ohu1’oho-9 We all 311% here: the scattering, independent of railways, being only necessitated by picture of the Virgin painted by St. Luke, has been uncovered, and tO_d,,y the miserie is to be sung; they are going to make States; which the land grant policy extends to the newer terri— ' up here for the Pope’s haughtiness, for he wills to have no music in the Sixtine Chapel, and will not bless the people, be- cause his temporal power is abridged. It pleases his holiness to shut up the Vatican, and the mosaic Workssond admi'‘’J‘’iSito1‘S 0111)’ by Permission: 311535 VGTY great according to the widely-published advertisements of its agents. , inconvenience to them. It pleases him to be regarded as a that monopoly of land, without cultivation, in the Older tories. And, again, if railroads are so indispensable as re- presented, and private enterprise is so inadequate to their con- struction (I grant neither premise except for the sake of argu- ment) then it would be cheaper for the government to build them than. pay four or ﬁve prices to companies to per- form the service, as has been done in the case of the N. P. R.,,R., I have before mentioned the fact that the Texas Paciﬁc Com- write from prejudice, but from actual knowledge, and the half . sects and isms of the day. Thus, it has been the lot of all’ L-5-aoltzdm an 1JL_l“d 4'6 (‘H-rH::'1:1 U2 ‘:9 S$"U si € 3!‘? ._. m._._......-._-. -.-.n-.~.n_a.>—a'mm1-t 4.-?~0(1O<1n.<! I May./1, 1872.. wooDHULL & cLAELIN’s WEEKLY; c ‘ pany years ago were willing and anxious to build that road very soon after the war, only asking Congress that right of way which it virtually refused, session after session, to grant. But when a land grant was appended, Congress was quite ready to pay a company for doing that which it would not permit them to do for nothing. In other words Congressmen wanted a little greasing, and there are no means to make grease out of a rail- road without a land grant. And now comes the converse of the operation. The “ Great Salt Lake and Colorado River It. Pa,” wanted a land grant; but public sentiment has compelled Congress to shut down, in the main on land grants, generally and particularly, though the House has refused to put the matter in the decisive form of a Constitutional amendment prohibiting such grants. The com- pany above named, however, failing to get a grant, are now, with the two other companies asking and competing for the privilege of building a road connecting the Union with the Texas Company. The Paciﬁc asks only a right of way as the Texas Paciﬁc did years ago. . And now will they be granted this apparently rea- sonable request, or will they be put off until at the close of some session a land grant can be tacked on to another bill and hurried through, promptly receiving the signature of a Presi- dent who signs all such bills, but, lets those intended to secure fair compensation to actual settlers “ go over?” - ‘ ANTI Pnoonusrns. BRENTWOOD, L. I., Sunday 7, Archimedes 84, March 31, 1872. MY DEAR Mas. WOODHULL : I have thought much since the very pleasant but the brief interview I had with you of the document you showed me, the call for a Cosmopolitical Con- vention. In those few moments it was impossible for me to give you any serious judgment in the matter. I could make only the general observation that the body to which I belong takes no direct share in practical politics. But this statement standing by itself is open to very wide misunderstandings. It might be supposed to indicate too low an estimate of the importance of political action proper. or ‘even an indifference to public and social interest. To you, however, I need hardly say that for us Positivists, more than for any one, political, social, and moral interests came ever first and foremost. Our abstinence from direct political action is based on the very opposite of indifference or disdain. We count, in a word, upon exercising a much more power- ful inﬂuence upon political action in the long run than we could possibly attain by any direct participation in it. There lies the whole secret of our policy. No matter who may be President of the United States, there is a higher oﬁce, we say, even than that. It is to that higher office that we directly aspire. , We aim at nothing less in fact than the supreme social func- tion. What then is that? Simply and purely that of public instructor. This is an office, moreover, which is not, to use democratic language, in the gift of the people. It is an office which has to be assumed by him who is competent to ﬁll it. To it applies with peculiar force the maxim: “The tools to him who can use them.” If, as we believe, Auguste Comte really did insti- tute a positive social science and an equally positive moral science, it is certain that man will ultimately have to learn his ideas from those who can teach sciences so manifestly su- preme. It would be so none the less were their teachings ever so much repugnant to our wishes and preconceived preju- dices. Positive knowledge is certain in the end to be recog- niaed as such, were it only by force of the sharpilessons of ex- _ perience. I am very far, however, from asking any one to admit the claims of the positive doctrine to be veritable science without a searching and rigorous investigation, which, moreover, I am quite aware very few are competent to institute, even if they had both time and inclination. But there are some few con- siderations bearing on this subject of political action, which I think will be found easily appreciable. 1. There are many things which can be done quite as effectu- ally by setting to work to. do them as by passing a law to enact that they shall be done. It needs no positive science, only simple common sense, to perceive the sound policy involved in setting to work one’s self to do any good thing that needs to be done, instead of waiting to pass a law‘to make somebody else do it. 2. Some of the worst evils in society depend but in a small degree upon the law. They result from different opinions. Change the opinion and they evils will disappear without altering a single word in any of our laws. 3. Agitat- ing for a change in the law, may often be the easiest way of working a change in opinion. Yes, I grant that, and there- fore I make no opposition at all to any such agitation. In its way it is useful, and is “helping on the grand end. The cases in which this is so are, however, mostly, perhaps, those in which public opinion is in a great degree prepared for the change. The more radical, underlying principles need a calm philosophic teaching rather than mere agitation. Agitation is useful, moreover principally to destroy, Whether institutions or old-time prejudices and errors. Calm meditation is necessary for bntlding up. And a social RECONSTRUCTION is the work really devolving upon the age into which we have been born; a work in which popular agitation, appealing necessarily to passion and prejudice mainly, has no share beyond that of merely clear- ing the ground. 4. There are some things, nay many, that are altogether outside of the province of the civil government. And these are the most important things, too. They are not only outside the province of the civil government, but they are above it. There is nothing whatever to be done in the purely political sphere in regard to to all this large class of important, and supremely important questions,‘ but to force the civil gov- ernment to take its dirty hands off‘ and keep them off. The immense importance of this class of questions can be seen at a glance on enumerating only a few of them: Marriage, the Re- lation of the Sexes, the Regulation of Human Propagation; in a word, all questions of Education, Manners, Morals and Re- ligion. Now this office of Public Inspector is at this day essentially vacant. I speak not here of the pedagogic branch of it; the school teacher is very useful in his way, but it is of his teachers that is just now the question. The vacant office is that which should be ﬁlled, but is not by the pulpit, thelprofessional, aye, and the confessional; by the medical and legal professions; by the poets, artists and savants. Perhaps one of the gratndest ideas of the positive doctrine is, that this office, regarded to-day as many different offices, as we see at a glance by the above enumeration, is in reality only one. Human nature is an Integer; it is a one thing, the sublimest thing in our universe. The culture and development of human nature is a one arl—- the supreme, the sovereign art. ' Again I say that this office is today essentially vacant-this. oﬁice of Public Instructor and Counsellor. The pulpit can- not fulﬁll it, for it is ignorant of man’s physical organization- The medical profession cannot fulﬁll it, for it is ignorant of social and moral science. The artists—including the men of letters —-are prostituting such talent as they have (and the noblest talents are in this day of anarchy sighing inﬁobscurity) in making money. The savants (such as they are) are grub- bing among specialties. \ Ah! but the press! the press is the great public instructor in this age! ‘Angels and ministers of grace defend us! The daily newspaper! Of all the foul and slimy things in our midst that prostitute themselves to power and self, the foulest and the slimiest is this newspaper press ! Lying deliberately, adopting as its very trade the systematic deception of the peo- ple, now in the interests of party, now in the interest of any one that will pay for it, rigidly shutting out all sincere efforts to enlighten the people (popular enlightment being fatal "to its own repas-like supremacy), yet at the same time engrossing nearly all the reading time of nearly the whole of our modern population, the newspaper press has now at last becomeein its ascending period it was of course otherwise—the greatest obstacle to the dissemination of real knowledge among the people that has ever been invented. The Papal Index Expur- gatorius was nothing to it. The only really powerful argument that I know of for the existence of the devil, is the present power and inﬂuence of the daily newspaper ! It were enough to cite the way it has treated yourself, my dear madam. These cowardly assassins behind a mask know, each one of them, that in his foul insinuations he is basely, damnably lying. Not one of ‘ them dares write over his own name the ribaldry safely spewed out there, this cunningest of the inventions of hell-anonymous journalism! ,_ That the charge I thus make is true of the press generally, I call to witness, not merely the daily experience of each one of us, but the distinct admission of one of the greatest lights of regular orthodox journalism, the Nation. This Nation, by the by, does its lying in a manner so much less gross, even so de- corous, that it is all the more mischevous; and it is so much the more culpable for the virtuous airs put on and the severely moral principles in the name of which it assumes its accus- tomed tone of Infallibility. But its evidence against its own craft—whose office it does its best to magnify, in a limited sense even to really elevate—is plainly unimpeachable. In a recent number (14th March, 1872,) it says: “ The phrase ‘newspaper charge’ is now all buta synonym for a downright falsehood, of which no sensible man would take any notice.” And the same article, treating of the recent onslaughts of the New York Times on Insurance. Superintendent Miller, it winds up by remarking that‘ ‘the principal fact revealed” by the investi- gation of the Legislative, Committee into the charges of the Times is that the persons who wrote the articles against Miller are such that, upon their own showing, it would be unsafe upon their anonymous evidence “ to convict a hungry dog of having robbed a larder.” ' No indeedi For a hundred reasons the newspaper press can never fulfil the office in question. I do not discuss here the services that may yet be rendered to the popular cause by ir- regular heterodox papers like your ‘WEEKLY, the Golden Age and some others; but these, although eminent, are only tem- porary and transitional. The office of public instructor, of public and private counsellor, social, legal, medical, moral counsellor, is an offﬁce now vacant, and we intend to take pos- session of it. It is for this that we abstain from direct inter- ference in political action. For the essential fact in regard to this office is that it must of necessity be fulﬁlled by an organ- ized body. Isolat-ed individuals can never adequately fulﬁl it. An isolated individual can give no sufﬁcient guarantee evenvof good faith, to say nothing of competencey. It is having to seek for its instruction and counsel at the hands of isolated individuals, and mercenaries at that; the worst feature of all of our present anarchy, that exposes the popular mass at this day to the pretensions of a thousand impostors, who every now and then make them wade knee-deep in their own blood. Now I could fain enlist the co-operation of your sex, especial- ly of the most advanced of your sex, and your own personal co- operation first and foremost, in this grandest task of the age, the organization of the new body of public constructors, des- tined to replace the present incompetent crowd of priests, par- sons, doctors, lawyers, art-profaners, sham scientific grubbers. The more because the positive doctrine recognizes distinctly that without the co-operation of woman, this body can never be formed, and especially can never. fulﬁl its office. Nay, »more: woman is necessarily its right hand as well as its essen- tial inspirer. Science has to septematizc our conceptions, all the way up from mathematics to morals. But whence do we de- rive the essential substance of our moral conceptions ‘P Whence but from the spontaneous aspiration of woman. Let science ever so perfectly septematize our moral conceptions, its septe— matization is ﬁnally valid only when it shall have been ratiﬁed by your sex, ever constituting as does the moral providence of‘ humanity. It is not true that women must correct her sponta- neous aspirations by the light of science, save in a minor dc» gree; the dominant truth is that speculation must guide itself by the feminine aspiration. Nor is this conception with us any mere sentimentalism. It is the sober conclusion of moral illers. If it were not for making this letter too long, I would like to go on to paint out how even the question of the true relations between labor and capital, which seems on the face of it so fairly to belong to the temporal order, to be a question so en- tirely within the sphere of the civil government, is nevertheless not capable of solution independently of this grand problem of re-organizing on a basis entirely independent of the civil gov- ernment, ‘the supreme function of public instruction. To do this I would have to tear to shreds unmercifully several pet propositions of the Labor Reformers, of the Internationals and of your own Cosmopolitical platform; you know how deep is my sympathy with the International Association. How my heart bounded with enthusiasm at that glorious “ communion of saints” we had at the Casino in Houston street on the day made a red letter day to me by the happiness of my ﬁrst intro- duction to you. It is not a practical error or two in the programme of that association that can hinder or seri- ously mar that sympathy. Still it is humanity that you and I love, not the physical—toiler class separately and exclusively. We love the mechanic for the sake of the man beneath the apron. We feel sympathy with the blackened and hardened hand for the sake of the willing service it renders to our common mistress, and are but anxious that we also may, in our sphere of toil, render a service to Humanity that shall be at least as effective as his. But only the selfish demagogues whose love for the workingmen is nothing but an eager desire to use them as stepping stones to their ‘own power; to be used, of course, as we always see all demagogues usc power, as soon as it is once fairly in their grasp. Who would expect, that the men who have at the cost of great labor attained some positive knowledge should pretend to conform their ideas to the rude guesses of the crowd who know simply that they are oppressed and ill-used, but by the very nature of the case, cannot have any real knowledge of the remedy. It is the true function of the thinker to enlighten the masses, not to flatter either their vanity or their vic_es- , ‘ My sympathy with the International, in spite of all mis- takes, springs not only from its being a fraternization among the _several nationalities but from the demonstrable necessity of the working classes obtaining as such political power; a ne- science itself, which it stands ready to make good against all cav- ' . cessity springing from the selfishness and narrowness of the ’ actual governing classes, constantly‘ stimulated as are-both the selﬁshness and narrowness by the newspapers, and in attaining power the workingmen, taught by experience, and even by re- ﬂection, as we can see already, will modify their (programme, _ as I need not stop to show now, however, fcecaus,-e’I shall .-be constantly returning to the subject in the pages of the'_WEEKi_nz'; almost the only journal in the United States that I can conﬁ- dently rely on never to turn traitor ‘to the cause of free inquiry. v But theworkingmenare necessarily_.an. integral. element in the new educational organization, if only as a background of sup- port and inﬂuence. The social reconstruction, at all events, can be ﬁnally accomplished only by thefree union and~co-opee ration of the three elements: the Thinkers, women and work. ingmen. This is the very center and core of the positive policy. announced by August Comte; and (without being in the slight- est degree comprehended) received by politicians "and newspa- pers with sneers and derision, already giving place, however, to pale fears in the presence of so many unmistakable tokens of a ﬁnal, nay, even approximate realization. But what has -all this to do with the Cosmopolitical Conven- tion? Well, not-hing, perhaps, very directly. It is simply the reason why we positively can take no part in it, notwithstand- ing our profound sympathy with its essential ends. It is not the practical errors in the programme that would keep us away; these will spontaneouslydisappear in time. But the’ other work, really above as well as beyond all directly political action, demands of those who would actively engage in it a personal abstention f'rom the activities proper to the ‘lower sphere. For the most fundamental condition of all in the normal and perfected social order is the entire separation be- tween the educational organization (Church) and the practical or industrial organization (State). To directly superintend practical affairs is one thing; to cultivate the ideal is another and very different thing. No doubt we want to bring the prac- tical chiefs under the inﬂuence of the ideal to the utmost pos- sible extent.' But each order of functions must be free in its own sphere. Material power and wealth, the very things the practical direction deals with, -have no sort of function in the spiritual (educational) sphere, beyound the furnishing of certain material instruments; and indeed mankind has had an V abundant experience of the inevitably corrupting inﬂuence of material power and wealth upon a priesthood, be its doctrines- ever so sublimely pure, and an educational organization cannot help being a priesthood, whether it call itself so or not. Bad- ical Reformers ought, moreover, to be above all superstition about a mere name. Let the sublime Religion of Humanity triumph ever so much over the dead superstitions of the past, we still must not go back to any form of Theocracy. Positiv- ists, at all events, _will protest against it in every shape to the bitter end. _ We have perforce, therefore, to choose in which sphere we will act; in the higher sphere, the spiritual, the educational; or in the lower sphere, the material, the purely political. Those of us who care most for immediate results, which just because immediate cannot possibly be radical, will choose’ the political sphere. Those of us who are more for the ultimate, the Radical, the Ideal, will choose the Spiritual sphere.‘ Very ‘cordially yours, " . HENRY EDGAR. HANNIBAL, Mo., February 5, 1872. Mus. VICTORIA WOODHULL: Through the kindness of one of your patrons I am permitted a perusal of your weekly issue, freighted with the progressive spirit of the age, with which I find myself by nature so much in sympathy as to occasionally (in my humble way) put forth a little canonading from a true radical standpoint. The social problem, however, is to me a‘ little more difficult of solution. If I remember correctly, in your able Steinway Hall effort, you endorsed the sentiment of a complete concentration of affection whereby the union -and blending of the magnetic and harmonizing of the spiritual forces become perfect as the best and only means of obtaining the highest fruition of happiness in the matrimonial relation. Now if this proposition is true, which I believe, would not freedom of the affections tend inevitably to weaken and ulti- mately destroy the union that would otherwise exist, thereby?’ bringing to thousands the disastrous consequences of a total- alienation of all attachment beyond the usual ties of friend- ship’. And again, since the union in perhaps a large majority of instances, is only partial, and the intellectual status of_man- kind at present precludes the possibility of its being otherwise, would not freedom of the affections be sure to produce“ disso- lution in a large majority of instances throughout the land '3. Who of us would be willing to assume the responsibility? Again, asgwe ascend the scale of human improvement and per- fection of character, we can reach, in our imagination, a con- dition whereby our highest ambition and pleasure would con- sist in throwing aside all selﬁshness and unreservedly yield ourselves, souls and body, to the relief ‘of suffering humanity. In this condition only can we see how order and harmony would exist without the restraints of the law, or even the re- straining inﬂuence of individual will power. But do the masses appreciate a sentiment of this kind, or is it possible for ‘ them to appreciate it. Why then cast before them pearls, the_ value of which they know not, or treasures, 5 the diadems of which they will trample under foot. Respectfully yours, - P. There is no difﬁculty in solving the social problem if principles form the basis of qur argumentation. But if we go about it in utter disregard of all fundamental truths, we may strive forever and never attain it. And it is because no deﬁnite prin- ciples are used, that so much confusion does exist among those who discuss the problem. The whole question lies just here : Have individuals the right to determine their love for them- selves, or have others the right to determine it for them? If it is answered that the right exists in the individual, then the problem is solved. If, on the contrary, it is answered. that . it exists in others, outside of i.ndividuals,.then also is the prob- lem solved, since in either case the way is very clear. Butit is. not answered either way by those who question the first an: swer. They -denounce the conclusion as false, as horrid, and as everything that is bad, but they fail to say what their-solution is. Hence we are left in tbe dark as to what they -- propose. ' They are like those who say, “Down with the King,” without having anything to take his place. ' ' ‘ . ' Our views as to ultimate conditions may or may not ‘be cor- rect, but principles are self evident truths. In them we ‘can- not ‘be mistaken. If freedom be right, it matters not whether it leads to monogomy or to universal love. There can be no question about the principle of freedom. There may be hon- est difference in regard to what the exercise of that principle may lead, therefore we should not trouble ourselves about what will come, but ought to be vigilant as to the principles - on which we base our action. . ..-...~n.r~..--....-,-. .,.. ..s,.,,,_ ,, L May 4, 1872. ‘TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. . _ ‘PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Oncoopyloroneyear - - - - - - - Onecopyiorsixmonths - - - - - - - sihglecop1es- -‘- - - - - - - - ' V I FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTION. BE» ‘IO TEE AGENU! 0!’ THE AMERICAN NEWS COLIPANYJ LONDON, ENGLAND. - $300 1 50 10 $4 00 2 00 one copy for one your - - . p .. . . . 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Will ‘all friends of the new political movement who have the convenience, please inform the Committee of Arrangements as early as possible, how many delegates to the convention they will accommodate during the convention? Address-this oﬁice. THE MAY CONVENTION.’ In response to many inquiries we repeat that the Convention to continue three days, the 9th, 10th and 11th. The 9th will be occupied exclusively by the National Woman Suffrage Asso- ciation, vrhich, since women are for the ﬁrst time to take steps for political action will permit them to take the initiative and to put fc rth the methods by gwhich they propose to meet the issues now before the people for settlement. This is also due to them because it is by their invitation that the other reformatory elements have been inducl cl to come out of their political stupor and to take active measures to accom- plisn their reforms. . On the 10th the Convention will be; merged into the more extended sphere, and continued during the 11th, the suifragists acting in concert with all others for the formation of a new political party. Both" calls clearly set forth this idea, and with the exception that the second, or the call responsive to the ﬁrst, is somewhat more speciﬁc in its language, legitimately mean the same thing. In fact, there is but one call; but there were very many, who, not being active woman suffragists, could not legitimately sign the ﬁrst, and desiring to inform the pub- lic of their proposed action, respond to the invitation of the National Woman Suffrage Association, by making a secondary call themselves stating that they proposed to join with the Suf- fragists. VVe state this thus explicitly, in order that the infer- ence may not be drawn that there is any difference between the several movements which propose to combine into a grand one, and to ﬁght it out upon the line that shall be agreed upon un- til victory shall ensue. * The enemy, always busy, have already started the impression that there is not entire harmony existing between the two calls; ’ that some of the suﬂragists are fearful that the other reform will swallow suffrage, and make them but indiﬁerent allies; but no friend of reform need be told that their movements can _ never hope for success lacking the aid and support of women. Woman suffrage stands, and must continue to stand, at the very head ' of the list of desirable attainments. With it secured, all else would follow, since women are more deeply imbued - with a sense of natural justice and equity than men are. . Associations and bodies of people at a distance, who cannot send delegates to the Convention, can be represented by friends residing here. Such should forward the proper cre- dentialsptoctlieir delegates, or, in case they chose so to do, to the Committee of Arrangements, who will assign them repre- sentation. , h All the principal railroads have assented to the issuing of the usual half-rate tickets to the delegates, and the method by A which this will be done will be announced next week. To forward the duties of the Committee of Arrangements, it is desirable that all delegates intending to be present at the Convention send in their names as early as possible, and those who desire to speak, their subject and the time required.» All Speakers should preparetheir manuscript so that the entire pro- ceedings of the Convention may be correctly published, and WOODHULL & “CLAl?‘LIN’S WEEKLY. ' should not consume time to exceed thirty minutes— ﬁfteen preferable. » v No person will be excluded from the convention on the " 10th and 11th, as it has been intimated. Of course delegates alone will be entitled to vote, a certain part of the hall being set apart for their occupancy The business of the convention will be transacted in its day sessions-—the evening sessions be- ing set apart for set speeches, and an admission charged to the same. - These arrangements do not apply to the proceedings of the ﬁrst day-'-the 9th. ‘S _ We feel constrained to say that the convention is an assured success, which will cause a quaking among the dry-bones of the old political parties, and carry consternation to our gov- ernors who have so long occupied the ofﬁces of trust and ex- cluded us from all participation with them. " Let the people remember that this is to be the renewal o the Declaration of Independence in broader and more do- cisive terms than ever, and that a new epoch in the history of civilization will date from this convention. C —-——-—-¢-o-+-—-—-—- PEOPLE’S CONVENTION. The undersigned citizens of the United States, responding to the invitation of the, National Woman Suffrage Association propose to hold 3. Convention at Steinway Hall, in the city of New York the 9th and 10th of May. We believe the time has come for the formation of a new political party whose principles shall meet the issues of the hour, and represent equal rights for all. _ As women of the country are to take part for the ﬁrst time in political action, we propose that the initiative steps in the Convention shall be taken by them, that their opinions and methods may be fairly set forth, and considered by the repre- sentatives united action; such as the Intcrnatioiials, and other Labor Reformers,—~the friends of peace, temperance, and education, and by all those who believe that the time has come to carry the principles of true morality and religion into the State House, the Court anclthe market place. ’ ‘ This Convention will declare the platform of the Pecplc’s Party, and consider the nomination of candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, who shall be the best possible exponents of political and industrial reform. The Republican party, in destroying slavery, accomplished its entire mission. In denying that “ citizen” means political equality, it has been false to its own deﬁnition of Republican Government; and in fostering land, railroad and money mo- nopolies, 1t is building up a commercial feudalism. dangerous to the liberty of the people. The Democratic party, false to its name and mission, died in the attempt to sustain slavery, and is buried beyond all hope of resurrection. , Even that portion of the Labor party which met recently at Columbus, proved its incapacity to frame a national plat- form to meet the demands of the hour. , We therefore invite all citizens, who believe in the idea of self-government; who demand an honest administration; the reforiu of political and social abuses; the emancipation of labor, and the enfranchisement of woman, to join with us and inaugurate a political revolution, which shall secure jus- tice, liberty and equality to every citizen of the United States. ‘- ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. ISABELLA BXHOOKER. ' SUSAN B. ANTHONY.‘ MATILDA JosLvN GAGE. Anna W. Spencer, Philadelphta, Penn. You are respectfully requested to authorize, at your earliest convenience, the use of your name to the above call, address- ing your reply yes! or no! to Mrs. Isabella. B. Hooker, 10 Hubbard st.,, New Haven, Conn. THE PARTY OF THE PEOPLE TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN HUMAN RIGHTS, TO BE INAUGU- RATED IN THE U. S., IN MAY, 1872. Wefthe undersigned citizens of the United States, believing the time has come for the formation of an entirely new party whose principles shall meet the vital issues of the hour purpose to hold 3. Convention in the city of New York, on the 9th and 10th of May, 187 2, for the purpose of constructing a plat- form and considering nominations for President and Vice- President——the first so broad as to include every human right, and the last, the best possible exponents of every branch of reform. Some of the reasons, which render this step necessary, are as follows : ' We charge on the present’ Government, that in so far as it has not secured freedom, maintained equality and adminis- tered justice to each citizen, it has proven a failure; and since it exists without the consent of the governed, therefore, that it is not a republican government. - We charge it with being a political despotism, inasmuch as the minority have usurped the whole political power, and by its unscrupulous use prevent the majority from participation in the government, nevertheless compelling them to contribute to its maintenance and holding them amenable to the laws, which condition was described by its founders "as absolute bondage. We charge it with being a ﬁnancial and military des- potism; using usurped power to coerce the people. We charge it with using and abusing millions of citizens who, by the cunningly devised legislation of the privileged classes, are condemned to lives of continuous servitude and want, being always half fed and half clothed, and often half sheltered. We charge it with gross and wicked neglect of its children, permitting them to be reared to lives of ignorance, vice and crime; a result of which it now has more than ﬁve and a halt‘ dnillions of citizens over ten years of age who can neither read nor write. . “ ' We charge it with having degenerated from its once’ high estate into a mere conspiracy of office-holders, money-lenders, land-grabbers rings and. lobbies, against the mechanic, the farmer and the laborer, ‘by which the former yearly rob the ‘latter of all they produce. And ﬁnally we indict it as a whole, as unworthy of longer- toleraﬁon, since rivers of human blood, and centuries of human toil, are too costly prices to be demanded of a people who have already paid the price of freedom; nevertheless, such was the price demanded and paid for a slavery, which, in point of human wretchedncss, was comparitiyely as nothing to that which still exists, to abolish which it promises to demand still more blood and greater servitude and toil. ' In view of these conditions, which are a reproach upon our civ- ilization, allpersons residing within the United States, regard- from many reform movements now ready for ‘ less of race, sex, nationality or previous condition; and espe- cially Labor, Land, Peace and Temperance reformers, and" Internationals and Woman Suﬁ"rag‘ists—-including all the various Suffrage Associations-as well as all others who believe the time has come when the principles of eternal justice and human equity should be carried into our halls of legislation, our courts and market-places, instead of longer insisting that they shall exist merely as indeﬁnite, negative and purpose- less theories—as matters of faith, separate from works, are earnestly invited to respond to this call and, through properly constituted delegations to join with us, and in concert withgthe National Woman Suffrage Association to help us to in- augurate the great and good work of reformation. This reformation, properly begun, will ex and into a pc- litical revolution which shall sweep over the country and purify it of demagogism, oﬁiicial corruption and party despot- ism; after which the reign of all the people may be possible through a truly republican government which shall not only recognize but guarantee equal political and social rights to all men and women, and which shall secure equal opportu- nities for education to all children. Victoria. C. Woodhull, New York City. Horace H. Day, New York City. Anna M. Middlebrook, Bridgeport, Conn. , L. E. De Wolf, Chicago, Ills. Ellen Dickinson, Vineland, New Jersey. Theodore H. Banks, New York City. Mary J. Holmes, Memphis, Tenn. Ira B. Davis, New York City. . Laura Cuppy Smith, Cal. E. H. Heywood, Princeton, Mass. Ellen Goodell Smith, Philadelphia, Penn. Hon. J. D. Reymert,‘ New York City. Marilla M. Ricker, Dover, N. H. Horace Dresser, New York City. Marie Howland, Hammonton, N. J. A. G. VV. Carter, Cincinnati, Ohio. Addie L. Ballou, Terre Haute, Ind. Hon. H. C. Dibble, New Orleans, Louisiana. M. S. Townsend Hoadley, Lynn, Mass. R. W. Hume, New York City. Martha P. Jacobs, Worcester, Mass. John M. Spear, San Francisco, Cal. E. Hope ,Whipple, Clyde,.Ohio. John Brown Smith, Philadelphia, Penn. Col. Henry Beeny, New York City. Elvira Hull, Vineland, N. J. - Dan’l-W. Hull, Hobart, Ind. E. G. Granville, Baltimore, Md. I Jonathan Watson, Titusville, Pa. Mrs. S. H. Blanchard, Worcester, Mass. Newman Weeks, Rutland, Vt. John Beeson, Chapinville, Conn. Mrs. B. W. Briggs, Rochester, N. Y.‘ George R. Allen, New York City. J. H. W. Toohey,‘ Providence, R. I. Belva A. Lockwood, Washington, D. C. Jonathan Koons, Taylors Hill, Ill. W. F. Jamieson, Chicago, Ill. Dyer D. Lum, Portland, Me. Thomas W. Organ, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Mary A. Leland, New York City. B. Franklin Clark, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dr. E. P. Gazzam, New York City. VVil1iam West, New York City. Hon. C. C. Cowley, Boston, Mass. L. K. Coonley, Vineland, N. J. Moses Hull, Vineland, N. J. Hon. John M. Howard, New Orleans, La. Prof. E. Whipple, Clyde, Ohio. Harvey Lyman, Springﬁeld, Mass. L. Bush, Jamestown, Tenn. . Mrs. J. H. Severance, Milwaukee, Wis. T. Millot, New York City. Cornie H. Maynard, Buffalo, N. Y. B. S. Brown, Buffalo, N. Y. S. J. Holley, Buffalo, N. Y. Harriet B. Burton, New York City. Frances Kingman, New London, Conn. Hannah J. Hunt, Delta, Ohio. Fred. S. Cabot, New York City. T. C. Leland, New York City. S. T. Fowler, Brooklyn, N. Y. John Orvis, Boston, Mass. - Carrie Lewis, Cleveland, Ohio. Jane S. Griﬁin, New York City. Michael Scanlon, New York City. Joshua Rose, New York City. Louise B. Flanders, Malone, N. Y. Jane M. Wilson, Brooklyn, N. Y. John Little, ‘New York City. J. T. Elliott, New York City. Thomas Haskell, West Gloucester, Mass. Mrs. A. E. Mossop, Sturgis, Mich. D. B Marks, Hallsport, N. J. . J. H. Severance, Milwaukee, ‘Wis. Josiah Warren. Princeton, Mass. Jane Case, Oswcgo, N. Y. Frances Rose 1VIcKiuley, New York City. Danvers Doubleday, New York City. Dr. J. H. Hill, Knightstown, Ind. Geo. R. Case, Norwich, Conn. Alfred A. Smith, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Lucy Coleman, Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs.‘ Dr. Raymond, Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. George, Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. S. D, Fobes, Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. C. B. Forbes, S racuse, N. Y. A. Orvis, Rochester, . Y. Dr. A. G. Wolf, Mystic River, Ct. Emily B. Rood, Fredonia, N. Y. Nathaniel Randall, M. D., Woodstock, ‘Vt. Thomas Marston, Philadelphia, Pa. Otis F. Porter, Bridgport, Ct. Seward Mitchel, Coonville, Me. Thos. J. Schoﬁeld, Nephi City, Utah. D. C. Coleman, Philadelphia, Pa. Daniel Wood, Lebanon, Me. C. S. Middlebrook, Bridgport, Ct. Nettie M. Pease, Chicago, Ill. Angela T. Heywood, Princeton, Mass. John Hepburn, Milwaukee, Wis. W. H. Dibble, Middleton, Ct. Ellen M. Child, Philadelphia, Pa. Wm. H. Wescott, Philadelphia, Pa. Mary J. Thornc, Philadelphia, Pa. Alfred H. Love, Philadelphia, Pa. O. B. Rogers. Philadelphia, Pa. J. H. Rhodes, M- D., Philadelphia, Pa Lavina«A. Dundore, Baltimore, Md. Mercy Clark, Baltimore, Md. 0 Mg... 4, 1872. wooDnULL 3. CLAFLIN’S ‘WEEKLY. p "9 4' ,,Geo. F. Kittridge, Buffalo, N. Y. A Seward Mitchell, Coonville, Maine. William Hanson, Elmira, N. Y. G. W Madox, Ellsworth, Me. J. K. Ingalls, Yates County, N. Y. D. Tarbell, E. Granville, Vt. Lydia A. Schoﬁeld, Philadelphi, Pa. 0. Fannie Allyn, Stoneham, Mass. T. M. Ewing, Cardington, Ohio. E. B. Foote, M. D., New York city. 0. L. Sutleii Wooster, Ohio. C. L. James, Alma, Wisconsin. Milo A. Townsend. Beaver Falls, Penn. Amy Post, Rochester, N. Y. Henry T. Child, M. D., Philadelphia, Penn. John M. Sterling, Kiantone, N. Y. Jennie Leys, Boston, Mass. = - Dr. E. Woodruff, Grand_Rapids, Mich. C. H. Pollok, New York City. Frank Crocker, New York City. Anna Kimball, Parker, New York City. _ ‘ NOTE.——All wh.o wish to unite in this great movement and’ who, in good faith, approve this call, will address in writing, with full name, to either of the above—who will immediately verify and forward to the undersigned for the Committee of arrangements in New York. Tickets of Admittance to the Convention prepared for each Delegate, will be ready by the 8th of May——and to avoid con- fusion, no person will be admitted to the ﬂoor of the Conven- tion without such tickets. VICTORIA C. WOODHULL, ~14; Broad street, New York. Or, B. F1'x‘ANKLIN CLARK, Sec’y Com., 55 Liberty street, New York. NEW Yonx, March 30, 18753.. --___,,.mh,,_ . We yield from our crowded columns space for a few of the names of delegates received, and not yet published. Before the assembling of the convention we hope to print an extra containing the names and residences of all the author- ized delegates: . Jane B. Archibald, Washington, D. C. Mrs. M. E. Otis, Damariscotta, Maine. J. W. Stuart, B1-oadhead, Wis. Edwin A. -Teall, Buffalo, N. Y Thomas Evans, Buffalo, N. Y. Miss E. Woodcock, Minooka, Ill. Solomon M. J ewett, Rutland, Vt. Charles Coockett, ‘Dexter, Maine. Martin Smith, Dexter, Maine. Elizabeth Ewing, Cardington, Ohio. J osian Buxton, Minooka Ill. Charles Woodcock, Minooka, Ill. Richard Woodcock, Minooka, Ill. Miss M. A. Woodcock, Minooka, Ill. Miss J. VVoodcock, Minooka, Ill. Ed. F. Blackmond, Buffalo, N. Y. J. Lewis Schrader, Buffalo, N. Y. Stephen Andrews, Coonville, Maine. D. D. Flynt, Dexter, Maine, Fisher M. Clark, New York city. J ohn'M. Kelso, San Francisco, Cal. Louis L. Bender, Buffalo, N. Y. Thomas Richmond, Hancock, Vt. James S. Gamage, Damariscotta. Mary C. Hebard, Rochester, N. Y. Eunice P. Smith, Coonville, Maine, Emily F. Tilton; Coonville, Maine. Chas. W. Hebard, Rochester, N. Y. Mary C. Wight, Rochester, N. Y. A. L. Gamage, Damariscotta. Mrs. Georgie W. Gram-age, Damariscotta. I Harry Smart, Buffalo. N. Y. Robt. D. Whitney, Buffalo, N. Y. Joseph Wharf, Damariscotta. J. H. Ford, Geneva, Wis. Frances A. Flanders, Coonville, Maine. E. T. Pierce, Coonville, Maine. Geo. M. Taber, Springﬁeld, Ohio. J. Raymond Talmadge, Calumet Harbor, Wis. M. McDonough, Buffalo, N. Y. Charles Hauaden, Buffalo, N. Y. Larrabee, Boston, Mass. Mrs. L. G. W-aterhousc, Sacramento, Cal. Mrs. E. E. Gibbs, Sacramento, Cal. .- D. E. Gamage, Damariscotta. \ Mary J. Morrill, Coonville, 'Maine. Hiram F. Magoon, Coonville, Maine. S. L, 0. Allen, South Newbury, Ohio. David Cocks, Pleasantville, N. Y. Elizabeth G. Wise, St. Joseph, Mo. W. H. Overocker, Buifalo, N, Y. F. Todd, Buffalo, N. Y. Elizabeth Valoria Ingram, Boston, Mass. Mrs. Angeline T. Gamage, Darnariscotta. H. S. Donne, Pottsville, Penn. Geo. N. Bauer, Buffalo, N. Y. Mort. D. Kenyon, Buffalo, N. Y. Abram T. Gamage, Damariscotta. Mrs. E. A. Burrill, Port Jervis, N. Y. Cecelia Morey, West Winﬁeld, N. Y. Mrs. E. P. Woolley, Hammonton, N. J._ M. B, Randall, Hammonton, N. J. Wm. E. Coleman, Richmond, Va. Benj. T. Shewbrook, Buffalo, N. Y. Geo. .W. Irwin, Buffalo, N. Y. ' William S. Flanders, Coonville, Maine. Mrs. Geo. Pratt, East Granville, Vt. Joseph P. Smith. Clayvil1e.N. Y. David Mills, Hammonton, N. J. J. Woolley, Hammonton, N. J. Charles Gamage, Damariscotta. Holloway Latham, Noank, Conn. Phebe Cross, New Lenox. I11- Wm. T. Bailey, Buffalo, N. Y. I I - Wm. McK. Gatchell, Buﬁhlo, N. Y. Willie E. Tracy, Afton, Minn. - George E. Tracy, Afton, Minn. , ‘ James Pecard, Wis. Mary K. Pecard, Wis. Carrie Gade, New York City. John H. Davis, Hyde Park, Penn. Richard lhtrris,‘ W'illian1sburg, L. I. Daniel B. Hulburt, North Amherst, Ohio. Eliza A. C.‘ ‘Hulburt, North Amherst, Ohio. Ruby M. Pepoon, St. Kirtland, Ohio. W. Snow, Lone Rock, Wis. I Lydia D. Wheeler, Neosho, Mo. Mary E. Burton, Neosho, Mo. ‘ Win. Beales, Meney Creek, Minn. Lemuel Parmley, Hammond, La. Wm. Hopkins, Fremont, Ind. J. H. Bemis, Mt. Airy, N. C. Susan VV. Bemis, Mt. Airy, N. C. Myra N. Chase, Afton, Minn. Prof. J. H. Cook, Columbus, Kansas. Frances A. M. Cook, Columbus, Kansas. Nulan M. Chase, Afton, Minn. Leonard Newcomb, Afton, Minn. L. G. Thomas, Lone Rock, Wis. Mrs. L. G. Thomas, Lone Rock, Wi~:.. Mary Laten, Lone‘ Rock, Wis. Abby Newcomb, Afton, Minn. Eliza Newcomb, Afton, Minn. Mrs. W. Snow, Lone Rock, Wis. W. H. Willis, Dixon, Ills. M. A. Willis, Dixon, Ills. Edith Mashier, Afton, Minn. Flora Tracy, Afton, Minn. A. Pepoon, St. Kirtlandf Ohio. _ Rosetta B. Harlow, Cornville, Me. George H. Gardner, N. D., Cornville,, Me. Mary F. Hopkins, Fremont, Ind. E. Hovey, Buffalo, Mo. J. B. Campbell, Springﬁeld, Mass. Jennie Latham, Cornville, Me. George C. Waite, Cornville, Me. James Ormsby, Milwaukee, Wis. Geo. VV. Pryor, Mt. Airy, N. C. Lucett E. Pryor, Mt. Airy, N. C. M. C. Cangar, Battle Creek, Mich. 4;: Susie Rockwell, Battle Creek, Mick. F. L. Willis, M.I)., New York City. Jane M. Willis, New York City. V Ann Lemon Davies, Neosho, Mo. It. Rice, Portage City, Wis. Sophia Rice, Portage City, W’is. Aleda Jones, Cornville, Me. Alden ‘Nhiteman, Cornville, Me. Ellen Msybee, Portage City, VVis.~ Lizzie Scott, Minneapolis, Minn. P. E. Callins, New York City. Mary D. Andrews, Bradford, N. H. M. Milleson, Battle Creek, Mich. P. Brinkerhoif, Battle Creek, Mich. Mary L. Congar, Brttle Creek, Mich. Mrs. M. J. Edison, Watseka‘, Ill. Daniel Edison, Watseka, Ill. A. C. Edison, Watseka, Ill. Mary A. Ross, Cornville, Me. James N. Jones, Cornville, Me. John Woodsum, Newﬁeld, N. J. Capt. E. P. Ely, Newﬁeld, N. J. Thorndike Leonard, Grafton, Mass. Ruth A. Mills, Vineland, N. J. Dr. C. Hawxhurst, Battle Creek,*’ Mich. J. K. Dearth, Battle Creek, Mich. E. Stiles, Battle Creek, Mich. Mrs. A. C. McDonald, New York City. Wm. Rowe, Jersey City, N. J. .51‘. B. S. VValters, Mt. Pleasant, ‘Iowa. H. Angusted White, VVatseka, Ill. Mrs. F. A. Edison, Watseka, Ill. Ira Nevens, Cornville, Me. John Curtis, Cornville, Me. Chauncey Barnes, Athens, Ohio. Sarah J. Swasey, Noank, Conn. Oliver G-amage, Damariscotta. Mary S. Latham, Noank, Conn. Mrs. Adeline G. Priest, Damariscotta. Marcus Swasey, Noank, Conn. C. H. Plumley, Buffalo, N. Y. D. Hicks, Senora, Georgia. E. G. Curtis, California. , John Southard, Pontiac, Mich. Eloise O. Randall, Hammonton, N. J. 0. Mills, Hammonton. N. J. Chauncy Paul, Vineland, N. J. D. M. Allen, South Newbury, Ohio. Minerva L. Green, South Newburv, Ohio. Col. H. Winchester, Lower Lake, Cal. Hannah F. M. Brown, Chicago, Ill. George A. Bacon, Boston, Mass. Nancy Brown, Fella. Iowa. R. Carrall, Titusville, Mo. Mrs. M. E. Wade. Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. C. M. Shaw, Pella, Iowa. N. M. Strong, Fredericktown. Ohio. H. S. Brown, M. D., Milwaukee, Wis. Mattie J. B. Long, North Amherst, Ohio. Hiram Belden, North Amherst, Ohio. Mrs. Belden, North Amherst, Ohio. T. Hulburt, North'Amherst, Ohio. Nellie Hulburt, North Amherst, Ohio. B. M. Lawrence, M. D., Clinton, N. J. P. R. Lawrence, Clinton, N. J. John Caruthers, Baltimore, Md. James Frist, Baltimore, Md. Helen O. Easley, Baltimore, Md. Clementine Averill, Milford, N. H. Mrs. S. O. Averill, Milford, N. H. ——--—«-e«+—---- ANNA DICKENSON AND “WE, THE PEOPLE.” On the evening of the 19th inst, this distinguishedlecturess spoke in Cooper Institute to a fair audience upon “We, the People.” Horace Greeley presided, introducing the speaker in a few words, which, when compared with recent writings of his as to how he should consider the advent of a daughter of his upon the rostrum, was, to say the least, remarkable; that is, if anything from so wonderfula philosopher can be considered remarkable. Upon the platform was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Kate Stanton, and Theodore Tilton, well-known woman suf-* fragists, who thus apparently indorsed the objects of the meet- ing, which previously were well understood to be against the. ' nomination of General Grant and in favor of the candidate to benominated ht Cincinnati. The introductory portion of the lecture consisted of a somewhat critical review of the various ills from which the country suffersfwhich she declared to be the result of political indifference on the part of the people. _ She. arg_ued,.and rather conclusively too, that whoever neg- lects to attend to his—(forgetting her)-—pol.itical. duties, for- ,_ ,_,._.__,,..,....... smut, I feits his citizenship. Political duties, she said, are as im- ‘ portant as any performed by the people, and they who neg- ‘ lects them were false not only to their own interests. as indi- viduals, but also to the claims of society upon them. She spoke at length of the extent of ignorance and compara- tive indifference with which education is regarded. Even in A Massachusetts, which has the best system of common schools of any State in the Union, there were thousands of children who never crossed thethreshold of the school-house door last year. On every hand there is pauperism, beggary and crime. “ We, the people,” graduate many of our children in the schools of vice and then punish them for being criminals. She then asked the very pertinent question, “ Who are the government?” and proceeded to answer that “we, the peo- ple,” are in scarcely no sense the governing, power; but that the heads of the vast railroad corporations of the country con- trol all the important legislation. They are constantly de- manding more and more, and Legislatures and Congresses are continually granting it. She discussed the caucus and primary system in vogue as the most corrupt of all possible things, consisting of, on the one side, of greedy office-seekers, and on the other of the ig- norant rabble whose first and last desire is the means of ob- taining their regular rations of whiskey; and altogether drew : a forcible and correct picture of the means through which cor- j ruption creeps iuto all departments of political and govern- , mental action. = Up to this pointwe imagined she might’ be laying a broad »basis for the application 0] remediable principles; for the ad- vocacy of fundamental propositions about governmental re- form. Upon no reforniatory stand had we ever heard a more I favorable or promising introduction for thoroughly radical and ' reformatory propositions. We expected her to proceed and show how these things could be remedied. ‘Having given" a — picture of the effects from which so much wrong and misery I is experienced it was natural that she should explain her methods for‘ curing educational ignorance and indifference; the prevalence of crime and destitution; for abolishing the all- gpowerful railroad corporations, and for destroying the ills which corrupt the fountains of political power. But just here the scene changed. A From the Reformer she descended to the politician. From general principles she shifted to special movements. She overhauledthe present ad- ministration in such a manner as must have induced thought- , less people to imagine that it is responsible for all the terrible condition which she had depicted; and then as she came to I the opposition movement—the Cincinnati Convention——to still ‘ further imagine it is to be sovereign remedy for all. ‘The one term principle and civil service reform are the great 1‘ Panacea which shall heal all diseases of our political systems, . correct all the abuses of which she complained, and banish all the terrible pools of corruption and fraud; since these two, remedies compose the stock in trade of the Greeley-Sumner- ‘ Schurz movement. . And why does the present Administration fear this proposed A Cincinnati Convention? Why does it not abuse and traduce the late labor convention and the woman suffrage conventions? Because, in the first there is strength, and in the remainder, may into the then existing administrations. It had the ele- ments of power; and if but a hundred men and women were present, their action portended coming destruction. But the present administrators had no need to fear the men and women who meet in labor and suffrage conventions. There is nothing but weakness in them. There are no principles at stake and in question, which gives them vitality. There is no danger to be feared from their action—-a highly compliment. ary allusion, we take it, to those whom we have named as be- ing upon the platform. A We waited patiently to hear some word about equal suﬁrage and citizenship, but the subject was carefully avoided, though in an indirect way she several times gently combed the phi}- o‘sopher’s scanty-hair, under" which operation his “sorehead” evidently winced. She said she did not form one of the peo- ple, that she had no political duties. But she diligently neg- lected to say whether she desired to form one of them, or if she desired political rights." Upon these, to us, important points, she was. as non-committal as an experienced male politician. It may be, however, that she is in the same condition that her former teacher in political economy recently announced himself to be in; he did not know the cure for the ills he had I pictured, which, by the‘ way, were very like those she had painted, but certainly, we must confess, more powerful lights and shades and more vivid and life-like character. It seems so strange to us that those who so well comprehend conditions cannot peer through and behind them and realize suits. It cannot be possible that «Anna Dickinson supposes that the vindication of the one-term principle and the adoption of civil-service reform will stop ignorance, crime, railroad monopolies and corrupt caucuses. And yet she presented no other method, andrlcft her audience to draw the conclusion, after having carefully considered the inconsequent connections of her speech, that she really oifered the best remedies she pos- sessed. ' A q « But considerate minds can scarcely fail to conclude that this is a purely politic move. in‘ the interest of a movement which, to say the most, simply proposes to substitute for one set of accomplished politicians who occupy executive offices an- other set not a whit better. The same Congress which has put all this unlawfulvpower into the hands of General Grant, would have "required Charles Sumner to execute the same laws. Gen- eral Grant has not demanded, the enactment of these arbitrary weakness. The old abolition party conventions carried dis— j from What they ﬂow, as well as what would produce opposite re- ‘ 1o WOODHULL at GLAFLI.N’S WEEKLY. May 4, 187.2..- 7 . laws which, as Miss Dickenson avers, are the methods of the soldier rather than the civilian. How is it that Grant is so much more the soldier than the civilian? Did four years of war upset and remodel the long years of his previous civil life ? ’Nobody will pretend it. It, would, however, be doing an in- justice not to say that the effort of Miss Dickinson was a mas-_ terly political speech, more able, convincing and effective, more chaste and elegant in diction, and evinced more compre- hensive intellectual grasp than did either of the male speakers at the recent mass meetings of the Liberal and Administration Republicans held at the same place. We could only wish that her talent could be available to the interests of humanity in a broader sense than is prophesied through the rather limited platform upon which the Cincinnati convention is to stand. In this, inprinciple, insigniﬁcient affair, she sinks all the demands and needs of her sex. She forgets that they are 1 in a still more degraded con- dition than are the negroesfor whom she once pleaded sol’ earnestly and effectively, and ignoring their petitions, she blindly hoists the flag of the party which will -not listen, much less consider, whether women have any political status at all, or the laborer is worthy his hire, leaving the ﬁrst to be the prey of the other sex, and the last to be the prey of privileged class- es—-the railroad land and money monopolist-s. —-—o-o-4»-————— ARE PERSOHALITIES EVER. J USTIFIABLE? i "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye.” “Woe unto you, scribes, pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses and for a pretence make long prayer: for ye make clean the out- side of the cup, but within are full of extortion and excess; for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful without, but Within are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness; ye outwardly ap- pear righteous unto men, but within are full of hypocrasy and iniquity; ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? ”—St. Matthew xxiii. ‘ - "Moreover, if thy brother (or thy sister) trespass against thee, go tell him his fault.”—-St. Matthew xviii, 15. Without hesitation we answer, yes I and to this aﬁirmation, add: that they are, under certain circumstances, not only justifiable but often a duty, which if 4 neglected or ignored, work either against the general public welfare, or that of the individuals concerned. There are certain principles by which all individual and col- lective action should be governed. These principles, if they are understood at all by the people, are almost altogether ig- nored by them in practical every day life. And where in in- dividual instances there is an attempt made to put them» to practice almost the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to defeat the purpose. Hence it becomes next to an impossi- bility for anybody to fully exemplify in practice the great rule of rights possessed and exercised and rights accorded and re- spected. . ’_ By no means would we have it understood, when we say that personalities are justifiable, that we. mean the adoption of the law, given, as the Bible informs us, by God to Moses “ an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,” and a mean act for a mean act; nor on the other hand do we, in its literal sense, believe when a person commits an invasion of another‘s right, that the person so intruded upon is bound to offer the opportunity to commit the same offence again. Admitting, if the Bible Christian insist that we shall, that both those laws were given of God, it does not signify that they are always to remain in force; indeed, we are told that the law given of God to Moses, it was found necessary to almost, if not quite, reverse in Christ’s time. Why then, shall it not be deemed possible that even the law’ of Christ may be necesssarily modiﬁed. The Law of Moses was one extreme of the rule of of life; that of Christ was the other extreme. It is fair to presume that the mean between the two extremes will eventually be the law. Moses law was entirely the law of force; Christ’s law was entirely the law of love. The ﬁnal adjustment of the two, the law of wisdom, will be the ultimate or third development of the rule of human intercourse. 7 , We are verging on the age of wisdom. It is already begin- ning to be realized that love is not the highest law of order ; nor the broadest rule of life. The law of force and of love, in their generally accepted sense, is essentially selﬁsh; people rule by force ; it is to carry out some selﬁsh purpose——some personal end; and if by love, it then is for the sake of a selﬁsh gratiﬁcation or purpose, or for some personal motive. Love, especially, is most emphatically selﬁsh in its present form- of acceptance. But when either force or love is made use of for the good of humanity; when from the selﬁsh and the indi- vidual the executive rises into, and merges with the humani- tarian and universal, then wisdom supercedes ; and it is just this step which representatives of advanced humanity are en- deavoring to take to-day. ‘ .1 It was necessary that this analysis should be made, that what we shall say may not be misnnderstood. We might, however, justify it by quite a different method, and one that is in com- mon practice. If a person steal material things, commit aper- sonal assault or trespass upon property rights, the law takes hold of the -case and either restrains or punishes the offender. This, however, is not the legitimate method ;that consists in the community protecting itself against the despotism of indi- viduals who, by their acts, demonstrate that they are liable to trespassupon other people’s rights ; that is if a person, ,by re- peated practices, shows a proclivity to steal, it is not only the right but the duty of society to take measures that will effectu- . ally prevent the further practice of such aproclivity. Now carry this practice into the more reﬁned departments of life ; into the life and character of individuals, as well as to their property and persons, and apply it there, and it would require that people who are continually meddling with what is none of their business, be so dealt with as to .make it impossible that their efforts should be- productive of harm. This is not the law of retaliation, but the law of pro- tection. , ' We have upon the rostrum in the columns of the WEEKLY, and in private conversation everywhere, advocated the rights of social freedom, which people choose to call free love, and since they so choose, we choose to accept it. ‘ If it be any satisfaction to our enemies to call our principles, Free Love doctrines, and us Free Lovers, we assure them we have not the slightest objection. Now, Social Freedom means freedom-in the Social relations, as well for the demon as for the angel; it means that each individual is entitled to determine for him or herself what love shall be, and declares their right to exercise it unrestrained, so long as they a ﬁnd consenting parties; in which practice nobody’s rights are encroached upon. It does not say that one person shall have full license to practice his or her love, or lust if the term better describe it, with or without the consent of the parties, being its object. It not only demands the most per- fect freedom on the one hand, but the most ample protection against tyranny on the other hand; of course this recognizes the rights of the most animal part of mankind to the use of thleir natural ‘powers, by which they: have been entrusted by God, by virtue of their creation; but it ought not to be for- gotten that it also recognizes the same right for the most spir- itually reﬁnd. There is, as everybody knows there is, a regular line of progressive unfoldment in sexuality, from the lowest to the highest. Some there are who knowenothing but passion in the sexual relation, while on the opposite extreme there.are those who are evenly balanced in all the divisions of human lifewin the passional, the intellectual and the moral. Social Freedom recognizes all these various degrees of enfoldment, and while, according to each the legitimate expression of its condition, protects each from being compelled, against its will, to follow the dispotic dictates of any other. But there are a certain class of people who, either in honest ignorance or in downright maliciousness, continually affirm that such a doctrine is an outrage upon virtue, and that we«-ad- vocate it in order to justify our practice of its lowest acknowl- edged degree, and not only that we do it for that purpose, but that we “ are horrid women, who wallow in sensualism.” Now, we have just as good a right to claim that we advocate social freedom for the purpose of justifying the practice of its very highest conditions, and it would be equally as legitimate as the opposite aﬁirmation. » . But what we do mean to say ‘is, that whether it be the lowest, the highest, or the mean between them that our condition rep- resents, it is nobody’s business but our own, and we shall not stoop to explain it either to satisfy » the curiosity of intermeddling hussies, the low vulgarity of the sensualist, nor yet the fastidious virtue of so called respectable society. It is simply none of their business. Our theory accords to each of these classes all the rights and freedom we claim, and they have no authority to demand explanations from us, nor we from them. But, as we have said, certain classes of people—~or we should rather say certain individuals, since there are but few peo- ple of any class who do not. have suﬁicient business of their own to attend to, to forbidgiving attention to the business of other people-we say certain individuals have interpreted free love to mean a low and vulgar form of sensuality, and insist that we are special representatives of it in that form. But mark you, they do not make these charges about us sim- ply as individuals, but as representatives of movements in which we are engaged, and by thus attempting to defame us to defeat the ends sought by the movements. They thus take their intended abuse of us out of the realm of pure personality and lift it into that of a general character, and we wish it to be distinctly understood that it is on this plane that we retort, if indeed we do retort at all, which until now we have refrained from doing. We are engaged, for instance, in the cause of woman suffrage, and we advocate those methods by which we think it will be best advanced. Others, also, engaged in the same cause advo- cate different methods; and instead of stopping to show the su- periority of theirs, over ours, set about abusing us as Free Lov- ers, at the same time declaring that suffrage has no relation to, free love. We ask them: Why, then, do you lug it into the con- troversy? They cannot even go to Albany to inﬂuence the Legislature in favor of s_uﬁ'rage without taking special pains to have it understood that they “ do not belong to that vulgar free love clique at all, in fact, that they have nothing to do with them;” which, by the way, was not required, since from the arguments ‘presented; their hearers must have discovered that, without the allusion to free love. If the arguments they have at hand are not suﬂiciently strong to show the rightful- ness of their methods, they had better stay at home and con- struct others, rather than to drag in “ outside questions” to be used for the sake of the prejudices it is expected they will invoke. And we mean all this for the good of those who practice it. ‘ ~ If these people would present the principles of social free— dom as we present- them, we would thank them for every‘ time they would make use of their power to aid their cause’; but we shall object from this time‘ out, -toitheir taking these words away from their legitimate ‘connection, and using them with their own deﬁnitions, or arguments to forward their plans and to damage ours. Suppose we are all they would have it understood we are, what would they have to do with a truth or a just method‘? A little more judicious consideration, Mesdames, if you please, and -it will not only be niore t becoming, but considerably more safe. You at least, shall" not longer attempt to damage a cause by blackguarding its advocates. « _ A We make no objection to your holding your meetings; we even have and shall again, attend them; but you ought think twice about your own glass houses, before you cast very large stones to damage ours; you may also advocate your methods of procedure, and if we ﬁnd them superior to our own we will gladly adopt them; but you will be wise to not oppose our methods by your vulgar abuse of us personally, You are perfectly free to attend or to’ stay awayfrom our lectures; but it will be a little more prudent for you to modify your vulgarity about us, of which you make use to prevent others from attending.‘ And if by chance we should ever in- nocently call at the residence of any of you who are ashamed to have other visitors know you receive us, we beg you to be honest enough to decline admitting us, and if any of you from anything we have done, that we are revengeful women, we ask you to remember that we have patiently endured all your vile taunts end insinuations and innuendoes for two long years without a retort. Patience sometimes even ceases to be a virtue. We think it has become so in our case. But we should never notice any of your malicious brutality and vulgarity if we did not know that , all your professed sense of shocked modesty and outraged virtue is the most complete sham, the most pretentious fraud. As long as ,we could we credited you with honesty and ignorance, but facts too palpa- ble have come to our knowledge to longer admit excusing you on that ground. We know why you denounce free love; you fear the exposures it would bring... You think by shutting off its growth that your own personalities, which you have such a horror of the world’s knowing, will be exposed to the purify- ing breath of publicity. Hence you desire to stifle our advo- cacy of the principle of social freedom, and to injure our in- fluence wherever, whenever and in every possible way you can. You have put before the public everything in our whole life which could be raked up that was true, and ﬁnding that did not answer, manufactured facts to order ad tiblitum. What say you now to a slight change of programme—-to the presentation to the public of what is known to be true of your own lives. Do not understand us to question the right you had to such practices. By no means. But it is not healthful either to your own or to public morals for you to hypociitically denounce in others what you privately practice or have practiced yourselves. You ought not to be permitted to steal and then go crying "stop thief” to direct attention from your booty and fasten the guilt upon others. When people see this done and do not expose the fraud, they are held to be accomplices with the real thief. Can you make the application of that suggestion? We earnestly desire to be excused from any and all part in everything having even the appearance of personality. But We have no idea that the course pursued so long will now be suddenly changed. But so surely as time rolls on and the attempt to blacken us and thus ‘to interfere with the principles we advocate continue, interpreting our theories to \ suit yourselves, and then holding us up as the exponents of such base interpretation, so surely shall we expose the hypocrisy of your pretentious virtue, by the fullest exposition of the facts of your lives, and if that be what it pleases some to denom- inate revengeful action, then we shall be revengeful. But we disclaim any such motive in advance; and in place of it declare that the sole inducement will be to make it for ever afterward impossible for you to effect any more harm by the practice of your proclivities for interfering with what is none of your busi- ness. —————————¢—o+—~—~— THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.———C’ontinueol._ CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 12, 1872. Srsmn WOODHULLZ Having just read in the R. P. Journal, your letter to S. S. Jones, in which you have clearly deﬁned your position in the general sense, and his remarks quite as clearly deﬁning his, I felt as though I could not keep silent, and hope every one who stands with you will, as I do now, send you tokens of respect and appreciation, and more than this, a moral and sympathetic support to aid you to maintain the po- sition and standard you have taken in the work of righting the Wrongs the blaze of spiritual light has shown to exist in our whole social and political structure. Thousands of weary souls, bowed down under a pressure that was crushing earthly existence, because, being compelled to exist and live in conditions not in harmony with their devel- opment-—under laws and conventionalities not suited to their spiritual attainment, under laws and customs made to suit the convenience and immoralities of the rude animal spirit still ruling our whole social and political structure, took a new lease of life; and feel assured, dear sister, they all join in blessing the “ woman who dared” to say, what woman alone could have said, with any effect upon the masses, making questions that were before struggling in by-ways to be heard now taking their place as questions of importance and human interest and spir- itual welfare on the open ﬁeld of public debate. It cannot be otherwise than thus; minds will view your posi- tion and formulate it in perfect keeping with their spiritual attainment, and in doing this, each one is obliged to show his or her locality, and spiritive progressive attainment. Spiritualism thus far, a light that shines into the mental and moral surroundings of humanity, has found millions able to comprehend the situation to that degree, and in their mental vision they were a decided and destinctive departure so far as theories were concerned from their old standards of mankind’s actions here, and their relation to the life beyond, and it is very gratifyng that even so many are thus able theoretically to see the mistakes that we were living under, and have boldly ..- ,~ _-_.=.,-_=.__.._/N. 4. , Q -. ..n.r_,..n.-_. \ “Journal was my favorite. May 4, 1872. WOODHULL at CLAFLlN’S WEEKLY. ..l1 \ stepped out to battle against error in theories, ‘but it cannot be expected for a moment in any gmind except those who refuse to see, that the effect this spiritual "light has brought, will stop and always dwell in the ﬁeld of theoretical action, and the in- troduction of facts to overthrow false religious teachings. Not by any means. « It must push forward, and in the overthrow of false theories it must supplant false, social and political for- mulas upon which our whole social structure is built, with for- mulas that harmonize with the intelligence the new lights give us. » One thing seems plain endugh to become an axiom-—that our whole structure with all its social and political forms, are forms thst were but the deductions that grew out of false theories a- gainst which our spiritual guns have turned; that if the relig- ious theories of the present and past are false, all else must be false; therefore, all those who do not sustain the position you assume that “both church and state are indivisable, are ‘those who are still more or less under the powers of darkness and false theories of the past, not yet fully born out of them. This new departure is to me grand and signiﬁcant, for it means the complete birth out of darkness into a glorious light and right- eous liberty, and must, in the end, overthrow the present false and immense standards, _and in their place erect the temple of human justice and equality, according to individual soul needs. If to do this is a “ New Disgrace,” please count me in its work, and in conclusion will say, what I have frequently said and Wish to spread broadcast over the land, that in our wholesome structure, and all that is built upon it, there is not in a single plank or institution a moral one. It is false and immoral from top to bottom, and from centre to circumference, for it is whol- ly and totally built upon the selﬁsh and wild animal spirit, and all who approve “ this new departure," have still left in their natures the still governing spirit of selﬁsh and immoral ten- dencies. , If the great mass of Spiritualists “reject your theory as per- nicious,” as Bro. Jones says, it only shows their relationships to still false and immoral action, and, as it stands, Spiritual- ists as a mass are are no better than the believers in old theo- logy, because they enter into all the schemes both of trade and political pollution, and have not in them yet enough of the leaven of this new life left to lift them out from immoral to to moral practices. Free lust and free hate are the oifspring and the constant inter- change of society as it stands. Free love, the child of the future, that which is struggling to rule in every department of human interest is the beautiful an- gel of light, which when, free lust and free hate take their de- parture, enters into the soul, and when fully incorporated in the heart of the masses will transform this world of wretchedness, crime and immortality into “the kingdom of heaven” where alone dwells righteousnes and purity. And this is what Spirit- ualism and this new departure means to do; not in beautiful theories unacted; ‘not in poetic words and phrase, to cover over pleasingly vice and corruption, not alone in the comprehen- sion of laws and principles that govern the starry heavens, rocky formations, and the chemistry of nature, but in that grandest of all grandeur, the highest and most sublime depart- ment, the human soul and its relationships to one another, and the universe of life around, in beautiful action, in kind loving impulses, in good deeds, in unselﬁsh’motives. And in the trans- formation, old things built upon false theories must pass away and the new departure and its spirit take their place. F. SKINNER. DEAR VICTORIA AND TENNIE: No excuse is asked for this, I have borne my indignation long enough, and now it bursts and I boil over. Fearing it will take too long for you to do so, I pen a line. Ere I knew the WEEKLY, the Reltgio P. I am sorry to say that I am fast los- ing “my first love.” The Journal is not content with allow- ing the introduction to its columns of low, vulgar correspon- dence, but we are treated editorially in anything buta spiritual manner when reference is made to a certain woman, Victoria C. Woodhull, not ‘+'VVoodhull Claflin Blood,” as our “friend” of the Religio has it, issue of April 6, 1872. Were I to give rein to myself, I should certainly say something in keeping with the spirit of the Journal, and thus depart from one of your (THE WEEKi:Y’s) aims. I am only too sorry that a jour- nal professing to be spiritual, should, by its own election, level itself with the secular press. If any one doubts this, a perusal of the above number of the .Religto-Philosophical Journal and the previous issue, will con- vince them of the justice of my strictures. As it will take a “long time to write or speak that which we are now ignorant of," so it will “be a long time” before the Pioneer of Thought can be understood. Natural or unbiased minds are “ few and far between,” comparatively, and we may not be surprised to ﬁnd even an editor of a Spiritual paper giving plain signs of the non-comprehension of argument in favor of fundamental truths. If Bro. Jones fathers the “arguments” spoken of, I will sayto him, asking his pardon for the reminder, to remem- ber that one can present argument but cannot give under- standing; a mild term, my dear sir, for brains. But if thou wouldst ‘_‘ hang thyself,” continue thy panderings to people’s prejudices. ' Allow me. my dear Mrs. Woodhull, to conclude with an ex- pression of unbounded admiration of your labors in behalf of truth and humanity. Tens of thousands, no doubt, love you, who have not the courage or opportunity to communicate the fact, Gno. HABDCASTLE. Qumox, 111., April, 1872. WOMAN; AND SYMPATHY. - Western-Lyceums would do well if they engaged Mr. W. W. J Broom to lecture on “,Woman’s Power and Works,” and on “The 1 Law of Sympathy, from History and Experience.” He isla speaker who is strongly recommended by Wendell Phillips. The Eastern Press has often praised him. His New York Lec- tures on the “Richardson-McFarland Case” attracted much attention, and were carefully reported by the New York Herald. His present address is, “W. W. BROOM, Rochester Depot, Lonaire Co., Ohio.” We hope committees will secure his ser- vices. . * . 2 .0" “IS SAUL ALSO AMONG THE PROPHETS?” Respecting an extraordinary case of Kleptomania, a recent Tribune editorial has the following : . ’ ~ “ If Civilization had ever brought half the skill and energy to bear upon the making of a man that she has upon a machine, science would have comprehended and known how to to treat this disinherited child of nature.” , » More than this; said “ child of nature” need never have been disinherited at all. But this bringing “ skill and energy upon the making of a man” is just what we call sttrpiculture, and like any other science, the very ﬁrst condition of its exist- ence and success is that freedom of emperiment which the T rtbune so bitterly opposes. The sentence. as it stands, is all we could ask, as far as it goes; but to it might have advantageously been added the following : “Further and better:——Science, unimpeded by church dog- mas, State tinkerings and social censorships, would have so in structed us in the laws ‘of sexual attraction, conception and gestation, that children would be born free from uncontrollable and injurious impulses, and with inherent attractions for the true, the good and the beautiful.” [N. Y. Tribune please copy if it dare] 4Nri—PRoci<.Us'rEs. . BOSTON, March 29,‘ 1872. Mns. VICTORIA C. Wooni=iULL,—Dear Madam: Courtesy compels the above address, while my heart dictates but the ten- derer one, beloved Sister. I can no longer withold the offer of my love and gratitude for the work, great and incom- putable, that you are accomplishing. This comes to you through tears of regret that even yet the world smiles and crowns with thorns those who are bearing crosses for humanity, yet _through these tears, I look up with rejoicing that you so ﬁnely, bravely stand on the Calvary to which the Great Spirit has called you. As little ready for your divine mission as unworthy the great truths you are proclaiming; as ungrateful as ever; as unmind- ful of the voice of God, whose omnipotent excelsior to man is not to be stayed by arrogant earth-cries; as doubtful ever of God’s guidance, the world doubts and denies you as it has all the reformers of the ages; until crowned with success, they are transﬁgured from Nazarene’s unworthy recognition, to very sons and daughters of God; then the world worships. But the inﬁnite Father wills that you work on despite opposi- tion, scorn and neglect; and I know that for you, angel sent as you are, in place of doubt shall come divine trust; in place of calumniation shall come coronation, in place of rejection shall come from the world, glad acclamations of acceptance and the compensation of love universal and abiding for a leader, who, from one of the noblest heights of truth yet reached by human soul under angelic guidance, has so dauntlessly called to the struggling millions to come up higher into a fuller freedom of truth and love. And by all the world’s great need of reform, by the unutterable hope I have within my soul to aid in lifting up the broken lines of earth, in binding up the broken hearts, I bid you “ God speed” on your glorious way, and by this ben- ediction that rises in my heart, you may know the sacred, fer- vent “ God be with you” that comes a benison from Heaven to you from my beloved spirit band. 0 may we all, brothers, sisters, toilers as we are in the white harvest ﬁeld of the spirit, call to each other from whatever height we stand upon, with love and sympathy, and thus cheer and brighten the way to nobler ascents for each other forever. Sincerely Yours, With love and for the truth J ENNIE LEYS. ANSWER. JACKSONVILLE, November 27, 1871. MRS. VICTORIA WOODHULL : I have just ﬁnished reading your abominable lecture on free love, as reported for the Mis- souri Democrat. Were it not for the crowdsof men and women who hear you, and who probably will to some extent be in- ﬂuenced by you, I would not concern myself so seriously about the matter. I would like to know if you believe the Bible? If so, how do you interpret the 32d verse of the 5th chapter of Matthew? and what do you think of the 19th chap- ter, reading from the 3d to the 10th? Another thought that I must suggest to you is the vast re- sponsibility you are taking upon yourself in leading men and women to hell by your actions and inﬂuence. Surely the spirit that prompted such words as those contained. in your lecture is none other than that of the Evil One. You say you speak as one having authority in these matters. Where did you gain such authority? The “ thousands of heart-broken men” who consulted you as a clairvoyant must have been wholly lost to all self respect before they would consult with a woman of your professed principles on the subject most sacred to right-minded persons——their marriage relations. The confes- sions of such men as these must have been could hardly invest you with unimpeachable authority.» ‘ It is women of your stamp who are most inﬂuential in pro- ducing domestic discord-—-women who are educatediand gifted, and who can clothe their foul ideas in respectable dress, until the victims of their arts are thoroughly demoralized and ready to receive the atrocious ideas in all their monstrosity. Now, because I desire your salvation, I entreat you to search the scriptures, and thereby see what is your duty to yourself, humanity, and God, and let this thing of free love, as you call it, but which in reality is nothing more than the lust of the ﬂesh severely alone. It will as certainly lead you to the regions of eternal wretchedness and burning, as it will to misery and contempt here. I send you this word of warning because I feel it to be my duty to rescue you if possi- ble, from the foul pit into which you have descended; If you do not repent, and accept the mercy offered to you, I expect, in the great day of judgment, when the Judge shall say to you, “ depart from me thou worker of iniquity,” to say —Amen! Yours, etc., Mas. SARAH A. HIGGENS. Our good sister Higgens is evidently somewhat in the shadow of ignorance about the social relations. We have forwarded her all the nepessary documents to remove her into the light of knowledge, and hope she will not refuse to be thus transferred. PHILADELPHIA, April, 1872. DEAR TENNIE CLAFLIN2 Your speech is both prudent and powerful. But yet you labor under a mistake, which destroys much of your argument. W Marriages are all ‘natural; for none marry, who, at the time of marriage," do not believe that they either do or may love the other party. ' But ‘many soon ﬁnd out that they made a ‘mis- take and then and not until then marriage becomes unnatural. No law forces such unsuited. mates to remain together; for the law provides divorce. What then keeps such unsuited mates together? Firstly, the cost and the sometimes unreas- onable conditions of the divorce laws. Secondly,‘ public opinion, that spectral despot; and here, Madame, you have the whole cause of the social cancer in a nut shell: Let di- ; voroe be speedy, cheap, and respectable. People shall marry, fected and heavenly love. whenever they please. Do notsay anything again'st'inarryin"g. But if married and they ﬁnd out they cannot love each other, and they do not divorce themselves, then they become morally prostitutes. _ This is the front you wish to make. Strike at the presen t divorce laws and you gain it. A To ﬁght marriage is simply to ﬁght a shadow. If you need legal points against the divorce law to show its absurdity, let me know and I will furnish some. Respectfully, VAN TRONK. ~ “ People shall marry whenever they please.” Add to this the logical sequence that, people shall unmarry whenever they please, and we will quite agree with you. But when almost the whole world constantly carp at us because we claim that mar- riage is not necessarily a union for life, of one manand one woman, we are excusable for saying something ‘against mar- riage as interpreted by them, backed up as they are -by the lexicographers, one and all. Change the deﬁnitions of mar- riage, to comport with the natural relations of the sexes, and we will say nothing against it. But if we should say nothing against marriage, why should we say anything in favor of di- vorce? which is its opposite. If marriage as at present prac- ticed, has nothing fundamentally wrong in it, why must di- vorce be advocated to cure something which does not exist? It seems to us that these matters are such as law has no‘ right- ful control over. “We would say as Pope makes “Eloisa” say to “Abelard”: How oft when pressed to marriage have I said, Curse on all laws, but that which love has made; Love, free as air at sight of human ties Spreads his light wings and in a moment ﬂies. We do not, however, object to a law regulating marriage, any more than we do to a law regulating suffrage; but we do object to a law which virtually prohibits marriage, and for the same reasons that we do to a law which prohibits suffrage, . since both interfere with the right of the people to the pursuit of happiness. It is one thing to protect each individual in the pursuit of happiness; but quite a different thing to prohibit such pursuit, or to say its course shall never change. PHILADELPHIA : 526 North Twenty-ﬁrst street. 4 MY DEAR 'SIsrER : This is the fraternal greeting by which I addressed thee a month ago, asking to be excused for the fa- miliar salutation from an entire stranger. As I learn thee never received that letter, I now take the liberty of again ex- pressing my heartfelt sympathy and interest in the great work of reform in which‘ thee is so nobly laboring, which I could "not have done had I not the assurance of ‘._thy friendly reception last Thursday eve. when introduced to t ‘ ’e by our friend Mrs. Middlebrook. The loving kiss receiv th,_en assured me that my expression of sympathy may not be an}? intrusion. I will quote from my first letter, as that was written under the fresh inspiring gratitude of a full and thaiﬁkfu-l soul for the noble utterances it had just drank in. I said, Ithave just read “ The Principles of Social Freedom,” which thrilled my soul with gratitude for the noble spirit willing to advance such ideas ; and I venture, in an humble way, to give a f‘ God speed” to thy noble mission, and a “grateful reverence” to the dear woman willing to brave the condemnation and scorn of many, yet dauntless in her expressions of the high and holy truths presented to her. It is not a matter of wonder that a large portion of the people are not prepared for such radical inno- vations on the customs of society; but was the world ever pre- pared for any great reform, or appreciated the reformer until some noble spirit, standing at the helm, guides the soul of humanity into the haven of a higher life‘? Though 1800 years have passed since Jesus blessed man- kind through, his mediumistic powers, I doubt if here to-day he would be tolerated any more than others who, like him, are blessing the world by their ministrations. Since thy election as President of the National Association of Spiritualists, I have read all I could of thy teachings. I was delighted with the lecture on “ Children, their rights and privileges,” and thy address to Spiritualists; then when thee spoke in our so;called city of “Brotherly Love,” a few weeks since, how glad was I’ to gaze upon thy face; tho’ not having the privilege of pressing thy hand, my spirit went forth silent- ly to greet those noble utterances for the rights of woman, and after reading “ The principles of social freedom,” I must con- fess my whole soul thrilled with the grandeur and nobility of the truths contained therein, until I wept‘ tears of loving grate- ful tenderness toward the author of them, and of regret that those who so harshly condemn can not see the light from the bright mountain top whereon she must have risen to have con- . ceived such unselﬁsh and heavenly attainments. Though I can not yet accord with all. the views held forth, yet thee pre- sents them in a light worthy of deep thought. Thy deﬁnition of “ free love” is so freighted with divine expressions and sub- lime truths, that I feel they are indeed “words ﬁtly spoken, like apples of gold set in pictures of silver,” and worthy to be treasured in the inner sanctury of every living heart. The world is not yet prepared for their fulﬁlment; but all honor to the Heaven-born courage that will bravely utter such» senti- ments and with language clothed in such purity that its spirit- uality must be felt by all who will listen or read. A . It seems to me this social‘ question needs a great moral cour- age, combined with a deeper purity than any reform the? world has ever known; it is because it concerns every man, woman or child in their highest, holiest and most sacred relations of life, and that a woman should have seen its approach and heralded its coming, is a cause of joy, while for those who condemn and seek to injure she came in the fullness of divine love break forth that holy prayer, “Father .forgive them, for they know not what they do.” ~ '_ ‘ Press forward in every good word and work, dear sister, cheered by the guidance of the dear angels and that beautiful promise given from “ on the heights” by the loving Jesus, “Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.” Many living. hearts are thanking thee for uplifting the ,veil to the world’s dim vision of “this exalted freedom of love, though it rejects and scorns it now. Falter not. (though thy 1 path is often “ weary and heavy laden” with human denunci- ation), in casting upon the waters of life this picture of per- “Like bread cast upon the waters it will return after many days-” to bless and brighten the lives of humanity. , 1 _ . . __ Excuse my«Quaker style of ‘addressing thee, I use_the plain language it is most natural to me and more expressive. of my feelings. I am a birth—right member ‘of the “ Society of Friends,” but Spiritualism is the religion of my Vconvincment and adoption. .. ., , E . _ I beg pardon for intruding so long a letter upon thee. I will send it by Mrs. Middlebrook, our ‘friend and sister, whom’ I - ing the equivalent. 12] learned to love during the last month. She is a beautiful speaker and noble woman. ’ I With a happy New Year’s greeting, and the hope that the fair, white pa es‘ ‘of the coming year will bear a noble record to heaven 0 the good work accomplished; and with another as- surance of my soul-sympathy ﬂowing toward thee in) every good word and work, I am, fraternally and cordially, thy. - sister in the cause of truth, LYDIA A. SCHOFIELD. Will thee please accept these pictures of our dear Lucretia ' iMott ? They are the earliest and latest taken of her—the ﬁrst about the age of 40—the last only a few months since. Beau.- tiful in youth, and just as beautiful near the golden setting of herearthly life. ‘ Thee ma have her pictures, but I felt that I would like to sendlthee t ese. L. A. S. if rninvns AND noiasnns. MENDOTA, La Salle Co., Ill., March 18,1872. (1.) The products of a person’s labor may be taken from him without his knowledge or consent, without the actor incur- ing the moral turpitude of theft or robbery; as when a full and just equivalent of the product taken, has been left for the own- er, in its stead. ' (2.) The products of a person’s labor may be taken from him with both his knowledge and consent, and yet the actor incur the moral turpitude, both of theft and robbery; as when one party, in the exchange of products, supposes that he is receiving the eqivalent of his product-, while he is not, and the other party knows that he is not; or, as when one par- ty is so situated that he must consent to accept less than the equivalent or do worse, while the other party in exchange knows that he is receiving, of others products, more than he is giving. (3.) The substance of these two propositions may be thus stated——The essential element in the turpitude of robbery or theft consists in taking the products of others, without giv- (4.) Whether the instrumentality used in effecting this, may be a larger brain in the market, or a strong- er arm in theforest, morally the fact is the same. (5.) A man who has in his possession thousands of times more of the pro- duct of others than it is possible for one person to have pro- duced, must of necessity have what he has not a righe to, if proposition No. 3 be true: provided that the act may be per- mitted by the government for a limited time, as for one life- time, as a bonus or premium to promote some publin good, af- ter which it should revert to the public. The remcdy. Impose a tax of from one to eighty per cent. on incomes. How appropriated. First,—Pa-y the national debt; Second,- With this income tax, and a direct tax, purchase all the land individually owned ‘within the United States, at a full and just valuation; excepting homesteads of perhaps ten or twenty acres; taking perhaps ﬁfty years to ﬁnish the work. “Free soil.” To carry out theseﬁand other ideas, it is proposed to organize another political party. JAMES A_DAIIt. P ‘POLITICAL. .23., wonx roayﬁnn CINCINNATI REFORMERS. PRACTICAL SUGGEST IONS FROM A PRACTICAL MAN. GENTLEMEN2 As a citizen, J therefore a sovereign, I have a personal interest in all movements which make or mar the common weal. My rights are equal to those of any other citi- zen, and no more—-in or out of office, in or out of your Con- vention. Inasmuch as your action must affect me as an in- tegral part of the nation, and as you are not a legal body with power to enact organic law, or statute; and, therefore, bind me without my consent, and as you exclude me by the terms of your Call, I address you and the country from my standpoint of citizen and student of the present status and tendency of my country. Five sets of national candidates are now in process of in- cubation-—-have an embryonic existense—may be actualized. This is proof of great differences of opinion on national topics V -Wide-spread dissatisfaction with men and measures-—of a disintegrating process, dangerous to the civil and social com- pact; it is now confusion; it may be revolution and chaos. Other conﬁicting elements further complicate the functions «of government, and increase the peril. It will not do (to cry Peace! Peacell when there is only antagonism and conflict; the very conditions and causes of insurrection and convulsion. Your responsibilities are in the leaders of these divisions (of opinion-and especially on that branch now disintegrat- ing the dominant party, adding to the confusion, and propos- ing to construct a new party of reform and progress on the same basis, and out of the materials of the old ‘party. I will not, at this point, impeach your motives, self-consti- tuted leaders as you are, having assumed your position without consulting the people. But a blind virtuous impulse is no guar- antee of a scientific thesis of government, or practical methods of administration. The demand of the hour, is : What do you propose to do now—do you propose to’ do——and what guaran- ee do you propose to give more than your illustrious prede- cessors have given, and which ever have been ropes of sand? Your call was a blunder, and shows lack of ﬁtness for your self-imposed responsibilities; that you do not appreciate the situation, or you wilfully suppress it. That call should have been general, and without any speciﬁc declaration of prin- ciples. The situation demands a convention of the people—- ‘ a committee of the whole on the slate of the Union. Your call is-essentially partizan; usurps the prerogatives of the conven- tion, and contains nothing new except Civil Service Reform—- which you propose to carry out with a slight variation from the Grant party, which anticipated your movement in its annun- ciation. . g ; All other questions were left just as they were. If you mean reform you will take the measures necessary to reform, among which you may ﬁnd the following: I 1. No slate, prepared beforehand, should be tolerated in the convention one moment. 2. The convention should announce a thesis and a method. 3. It should compel the candidates to give a thesis and method. , , p _ . 4:. It should. give the country the best. materials, regardless 7 WOODHULL & CLAFLINS wnnKLv.. of antecedents, services, claims, availability, position or any other consideration, except that of supreme statesmanship. To accomplish these essential and important objects each person who allows his or her name to be used by the conven- tion, should be required to go before the convention with a thesis and method anterior to any declaration by the conven- tion. \This will give the convention not only an opportunity to judge the men, but to construct a platform; and it will give to the country the means of judging both the convention and the candidates. , 2. The candidates should be pledged not only‘to “civil ser- _ vice,” but all other reforms, so as to reduce the expenses to the minimum and increase the beneﬁts to the maximum. You owe this to yourselves, and to the country. We are entitled to the best men whether in the hovel or a palace. The place to begin f.‘ civil service reform” is in your own convention. The people will then have reason to hope it will be carried into the Government. But if you ignore your own doctrine, our hopes are blasted. This is what I fear you will do. Conventions construct platforms, which mean anything or nothing, and then make availibility the condition of standing to them. The animus of this movement is to beat Grant. The argu- ment_is “ Civil Service Reform,” a shade,of— difference, all other questions istand as they were. That personal ambition and pique enter largely into the contest is apparent. The press and leaders give us nothing new on theold issues. Finance, tariff, free-trade, land reform suffrage, class legislation, labor and capital, revenue and taxes. The eternal Indian muddle stands as monuments of incompetency in politicians. They do not even know of the most important movement of all the ages, gracluafeel zfcws the regulator of production, accumulation and distribution, on equitable principles, which will stride like a giant throughout the land, crushing out all opposition. In my ofﬁce are 3000 names to the petition in asingle lVo-rd in the in the City of New York, (W'ar.d 17). _ The men who lead this movement have had charge of the questions for years, and up to this time have exhibted no symp- toms of a high order of statesmenhip, have given no proofs that they understand the great questions demanding solution,or that they are entitled to hold the reigns of government, any more than those whom they would expel. They are the same men who selected Grant, for availability, and now propose to select another man for availability to beat Grant. They acted on false principles then, they propose to act on the same principles now ; “ Civil Service” is a veil of gauze covering up alike their intentions and defects. They were, mistaken before—they may be now. Is there not a necessity then for such rules as I have adduced? “ Are these leaders willing to retire to private life? Having failed to guide the ship of State safely, is this a reason why they should insist on holding the helm longer? How many of them are not seeking office? How many of them will lay down their purse-onal ambition on the altar ‘of their country? How many who would not make gigantic efforts to sit enthroned on the necks of the people? The average politician is of average morality. A change from one man to another of the same class, will be no guaran- tee of improvement. It cannot make Statesmen 0111. of politi- cians, honest men out of political kleptomaniacs. Let the true Reformers in all conventions organize and in- sist on applying civil service reform to the Presidential candi- dates who are to execute this new role, and to all other candi- dates for popular suffrage. Administer the medicine at home. J. B. Wonrr, 510 Pearl street, New York. ?—o-ow-——— _A SIGN on THE TIMES. From the New York hlerald of Sunday, the 21st inst., we copy one of the most remarkable indications that have as yet appeared in the political horizon. The article itself is a most powerful argument in favor of the movement in which we are engaged, but it is not more remarkable than the fact that it should have a place in the New York Herald, which apparently is so earnest an advocate of the re-election of General Grant: HENRY VVABD Bnnonnn FOR PREsIDnNr—-A NEW RELIGIO- POLITICAL PARTY TO BE FORMED IN NEW YORK———I‘IENRY WARD Bnncnnn Pnorosnn AS ITS CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESI- DENCY or run UNITED STATES. To the Editor of the Herald : _ It has been announced and it is now generally understood among the more radical and progressive classes throughout the United State that a National Convention of the various bodies, organizations and movements which represent the revolution- ary spirit of the country, as relates to political, social, relig- ious, and educational reforms, is to held in Steinway Hall, in the city of New York, the 9th and 10th of May proximo. The object for which the Convention has been called is a purely political one, namely, to form a coalition, if possible, of all those classes of citizens everywhere that are devoted more to, the principles of justice, of truth, of freedom and equal rights than to the success either of the Republican or ‘the Democratic parties; and in case the Convention shall agree upon a deﬁnite course of po itical action to be pursued, to nominate candidates for President and Vice President of . the United States for the next Presidential term. The Convention referred to is expected to be composed. of representatives . of the following organizations, viz. :—The National Labor Party, the International Workingmcn’s Associ- ation, the Woman Suffrage party, the Temperance party, the Peace party, the Spiritualists, the Liberal or non-Evangelical Christians, the Free Religionists, the Free Thinkers, the Free Lovers, the Land Reformers, the Socialists, Communists, Pos- itivists, Harmonialists, etc. Now, t

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