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Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 09, no. 12 (February 20, 1875)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2059
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1875-02-20
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: 1' I ' - I. v'.. « PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMYMELED LIVES 2 E e : I I BREAKING THE WAY FOR* FUTURE G-ENERATIONS, Vol. IX.-——No. 12.——VV};ole No. 220. NEVV YORK, FEB. 20, 1875. PRICE TEN GEN TS. T BY AND BY: ‘7 AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE on THE FUTURE. BY EDWARD MAITLAND. B 0 O K . I V 4. CHAPTER VII I.—Oontinued. In his care for the remote, whether in time or in space, the near was not forgotten, and poverty and sickness, which, in spite of all the advances made by civilization, will still occa- sionally thrust their ugly heads into view, found in him an ever ready and sympathetic alleviator. In the early days of his married life he had hoped to interest Nannie in some of his local charities, but had been compelled to give up the idea. Shecould scold people for being bad managers, and, by something more direct than implication, praise herself; but her sympathies seemed incapable of the extension neces- sary to constitute charity. As she could not with any ad- vantage a...
Show more1' I ' - I. v'.. « PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMYMELED LIVES 2 E e : I I BREAKING THE WAY FOR* FUTURE G-ENERATIONS, Vol. IX.-——No. 12.——VV};ole No. 220. NEVV YORK, FEB. 20, 1875. PRICE TEN GEN TS. T BY AND BY: ‘7 AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE on THE FUTURE. BY EDWARD MAITLAND. B 0 O K . I V 4. CHAPTER VII I.—Oontinued. In his care for the remote, whether in time or in space, the near was not forgotten, and poverty and sickness, which, in spite of all the advances made by civilization, will still occa- sionally thrust their ugly heads into view, found in him an ever ready and sympathetic alleviator. In the early days of his married life he had hoped to interest Nannie in some of his local charities, but had been compelled to give up the idea. Shecould scold people for being bad managers, and, by something more direct than implication, praise herself; but her sympathies seemed incapable of the extension neces- sary to constitute charity. As she could not with any ad- vantage accompany Criss on his rounds, and resented his absences, he had gradually withdrawn in a great measure from making them, leaving his work to be done by deputy—— an office gladly undertaken by the benevolent Bertie. Of Criss’ wealth and the employment it gave him, Nannie had long been jealous; but now her jealousy extended itself to his home occupations, which he carried on in his study. . Not that she was excluded, from this department, for Criss delighted in being able to glance from his work to her, as she sat on the soft carpet playing with the little Zoe; but, unluckily, it occurred to her one day that‘ he could not be thinking entirely of her while occupied about other matters. “Please explain, Nannie,” he said, one day, on her per- slsting in reproaching him for his engrossment. “ Please explain exactly what it is you wish of me; for I am really at my wits’ end to understand. Is it that you wish me to cease to be a man, engaged in work worthy of a man, and to be- come a woman, with thoughts for nothing but love?” “Yes,” said Nannie, stoutly. “I want you to think of nothing but me——and little Zoe; but not much of her, or you -will make me jealous of my own child.” “ Nannie, there was once a poet who wrote to his lady- love: . v “ ‘I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.’ What do you think of the sentiment?” “I should have been jealous of ‘ honor.’ ” “ You mean for honor, for his honor.” “ No, I don’t. I mean what I said.” “ There was another poet, who described a wife of whom her husbandwas so fond that he could not tear himself from her side to fulﬁll the duties to which he was in honor bound. One night he awoke from his sleep to ﬁnd her sitting up and “wmurmuriing, as she reﬂected over the career and character he was losing for her sake: I “ ‘Ah me, I fear me I am no true wife.’ Would you like to be regarded by your husband as being ‘no ‘true wife,’ when you seek to detain him from his duties?” “ I should have liked that man,” she said. “ Heloved his wife as a woman ought to be loved. He would have owned me to be true Woman, if not true wife.” ’ At this moment Criss’ attention was called off by the sounding of the telegraph signal. Before he was aware what she was about. Nannie had snatched a heavy ruler from the table, and rushing to the apparatus, with a tremendous blow smashed it to pieces. “ There!” she exclaimed, to Criss. “You may think your- self fortunate it ‘mas not your head. It may come to that yet, for your treatment of me.” Criss had learned the futility of bandying words with her when such a mood was on her. . Fearing for the safety of the child, he placed himself between her and it, and summoned the nurse. “ G0 at once to Dr. Markwell’s,” he said, when the nurse arrived, “and give my complinients to him and Mrs. Mark- well, and say that I shall be much obliged by their allowing you and the child to stay there until some other arrangement can be made.” "And when am I to see it again?” asked Nannie, as the nurse disappeared, and Criss closed the door after her. “ Well,” he said, with simulated indifference, “ I should i think a week or two will probably see you over this attack. It will be time enough to think about it then.” And he set himself to examine the mischief done to his apparaus. ~ “I shall go after my child,” exclaimed Nannie, darting toward the door. ‘ “ You cannot leave theroom. fastened the door as I let the nurse out. Your violence suggested the precaution.” “ I won’t stay in the house to be outraged.” “N 0 one wishes you to do so.’, But you do not leave it until you are in your right mind, "and then desire to do so. It depends entirely on yourself when that may be.” “ Do you consider me mad, then?” “ Youforce me to wish sometimes that I did.” " To wish that I was mad?” “ Yes; I should then be able to account for your behavior. I would rather have you mad than bad, heart-broken as it would make me.” . “ What does the doctor say about me?” “ He thinks that whatever you may be at present, you are endeavoring to drive yourself into insanity.” “ Isthat Mrs. MarkWell’s opinion, too ?” “ Slag. says you are no more mad than she is.” " What, then, does she ascribe my conduct to ?” “ Uncontrolled willfulness and inordinate vanity.” “ Nothing else?” “ Not that I knew of.” ‘K, ‘ “ She is right, so far; but she'omits the principal cause.” “ May I know it?” “You do know it. I have told you often.” “ Tell me again.” “ Love for you.” , “Love for me makes you pain and distress me by such conduct!” “I can’t help it.” “ Nannie, answer truly. Dy you try?” “I have no time when my feelings move me. You don’t know_what it is to have feelings.” “ I know what it is to have feelings for others. You make me fear that yours are only for yourself. Are you the hap- pier when you have given way to what you call your feelings, and made me wretched, and yourself ill and ugly with pas- sion, and driven your child away—” “Ugly! me ugly!” And she ran to a mirror and took a rapid look at herself; and then, ﬁnding the survey satisfac- tory, she rushed close up to Criss, and gazed with the most exquisite, winning look imaginable into his face, and in a pleading tone asked: ' “Am I really ugly, Criss dear? I don’t think I am. Do you?” and putting her arms round him, she clasped him tightly to her. “ Is it, then, because you believe no man can resist you, that you act in such a way ?” he inquired. “ Believe me, Nannie, even you may try your power too far. You have- done much to prove to me that even my, patience is limited.” “ Why, what would you do ?" .“Set you and myself free from a tie that has become a bondage-” , . “ Yes, I know that is what you want. But I won’t let you. I would murderlher and you, and myself, too.” “ Her! your child?” “ No, no, the woman you want to get free from me for.” “ Oh, I see. You prefer that we should continue to be miserable together than be happy apart.’ ’ “You don’t deny, then, that there is a woman for whom you wish to give me up. I thought you had some motive for trying to kill me by your unkindness.” “ Why should you give me credit for acting from motives when you deny doing so yourself 2" “ Why should you care about other women when you have me ?” “ It seems to give you great pleasure to think that I do so.” “I thi’nk it because you can’t help liking women. You like me too well not to like women.” “ Oh; and so you would behave better to me if I was less agreeable to you as a husband!” _ “Yes; it comes so natural to you to be nice with me, that I cannot help thinking you must have learned it with others.” i “I see. I shall have to imitate the example of the knight ,. who always clad himself in his armor before caressing his wife, for fear she should ﬁnd the process too agreeable.” “ I know what men are. You don’t deceive me when you pretend to be thinking only of- my good; You will send me out of my mind by it, and then you will be sorry.” And she began to cry. “ There is one thing, Nannie, that you have never yet got properly into your understanding——tha.t I took you to be, not my master, but my mistress. So long as you strive to be "both, you shall be neither. That is positive and certain. You have but to choose.” “ May I choose now?” “ If you please.” “ I-——don’t—-—want—to be your—master.” “ You declare it faithfully, and will not try in future?” “ Yes,” she said, in a low, penitent voice, gazing down while she spoke, and taking the measure of her own exquisite little foot, as, protruded from beneath her dress, it lay clos alongside of his. ' He was silent awhile, pondering the propriety of giving her another trial, but feeling that she had not yet really repented of her recent outrageous behavior. Finding that he did not speak, she said, coaxingly: “And you will let baby come back?” “Certainly, the moment you give me reason to feel sure you will continue to be good.” “ I am good now.” “ For how long?” A “ Until I am provoked again.” “That won’t do. The child shall stay away altogether, rather than grow up to have its character ruined by witness- ing an evil example set it by its mother.” “ You will not rob my child of its mother!” she exclaimed, wildly. “ On the contrary. I wish to save you to your child.” “ Are my promises nothing?” she inquired. I “You are as well able to judge of that as I am. . How have you kept them hitherto?” ‘ She hung her head, conscious that she had used words as counters, to be put aside as worthless as soon as her game was played. “ I shan’t know what to do all day without my baby,” she murmured. “ Yes, we shall miss it dreadfully,” he remarked. “ You won’t care,” returned Nannie. “Well, not so much as you, because I can go and see it; occasionally.” ~ “ So can I,” said Nannie; “ 1 shall go now.” I “That is quite out of the question.” (6 ?77 “ Because I have given orders to the contrary.” “ What do you mean '2” “Nannie, I had a most terrible shock one day not long ago. I overheard, when "out walking, some people talking about I us. One said to the other, ‘ Howls it one sees Mr. Carol about so little now?’ I dread to tell you the answer; but it may do you good to know the impression you have produced in the neighborhood.” “ I am not afraid. What was it I?” “ ‘ Oh, poor fellow, he is afraid to leave his mad wife.” “I don’t believe aword of it,” said Nannie. “ It is nothing but a story you have made up to excuse yourself for going; about without me.” “‘ “ So far from that being the case, it is the greatest disapa pointment to me to ﬁnd you object so/to everything I have to do and every person I have to see, that I am compelled to leave you at home. But where do you imagine that I want to go without you?” ' “ I know.” “Will you not enlighten me! Of course, I should not have told you of that conversation if I considered you mad.” “It is no matter what you consider me. You likethe I society of other people. That is enough for me.” “But not in the same way that I like your society. Life has many kinks of pleasures and engrossments besides love, which, by operating as distractions, serve to perpetuate and intensify love. Foremost among them are the charities and amenities of social intercourse, friendship and intellectual converse. I take as much delight in these as ever; but I have withdrawn from them all in the interests of your hap- piness.” “ And quite right, too. It only makes /you despise me \ \ _ OVGI‘ WOIIIELD. \ WOODHULL eh CLAFLlN’S wnnxnr Feb. 20, 1375. my ignorance when you go among what you call intellectual people. As for friends, I don't see what you want with them when you have got a wife.” " [To be continued] _._4._. r vwy ~ LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 31, 1875. 13 car Weekly——I am constantly coming across long, eulogis- tic. leading editorials in the newspapers over the country, - concerning Dr. E. H. C1arke’s late ebulitions on “Sex and Education’’‘ and “The Building of the Brain.” The said leading editorials never fail to lean toward the learned doc- tor’s side of the question, and to point prophetic ﬁnger to the good time coming when women will settle down to the truth (?) of his theory, that God Almighty originally in- tended to draw a radical line of inferiority «between the sexes, and that inferiority to be all on the feminine side. There is nothing so tickles the self-esteem of the average man as to have good a_uthority—Dr. Edward H. Clarke, for instance—for believing in and asserting his superiority Dr. Clarke -is the right man in the right place for the average masculine tdpin his faith to, and his dogged persistence in his exploded theory is commendable. There is nothing like knowing you are right and then going ahead. And there is no doubt the erudite and philosophic and scientiﬁc masculine Clarke has amost frigthful list of “ female complaints ” to build his ticklish theory out of. I have no objection to any man dealing mercilessly with the results of our pernicious social system and holding up the de- teriorated female of the present to the just criticism, not to say ridicule, that her dilapidated and forlorn state merits; but Ida most heartily object to the presumption on the part of any man that, because nine-tenths of my sex are hopelessly and repulsively depleted. and exhausted physi- cally, as the result of ages of stupid misapplication of natural laws and persistence in suicidal customs, women are conse- quently incapacitated to compete with men. Fatal results should lead a thinking mind in search of fatal causes. If there is aught of sufficient potency to wake the average female up to a knowledge of herself and functions, it is the bombastic assumption of such men as Dr. Clarke to ﬁx her in a cramped and uncomfortable “spear,” according to their :idea of her needs and capacities. But I’m about hopeless as to the average woman of to-day, and am well nigh at the conclusion that she is not worth saving. Were it not for the helpless unborn, the powerless victims of the "average wo- man’s stupid and wicked indifference, I’d never again lift my voice in protest against the shams and abuses of modern so- ciety of which woman is the chief victim, and through her the entire race. Dr. Clarke persists that “ there are times ” when girls are too sick to study. There’s no use mincing the matter, we ail knowwhat he means. Reasoning from tl e wretched re- sults. ’tis the greatest wonder in the world that a girl is ever fit for any sort of effort, mental or physical. The disadvan- tage she labors under from tl1e moment her mother makes‘ the fataldiscovery she has given birth to a woman child, from th_e—I had almost said. devil instead of Lord, for the uséleviiltseems to preside over female evolution—are such that, were she not originally created with a constitution ‘flike a horse,” she would not now be ﬁt even for the “ chief end of woman ”—-marriage and maternity. What a, joke she is on maternity! A ghastly, grim, gaunt and hideous joke on the sweet and sacred oﬁce of motherhood! And when men gush so bravely and slop over so ﬂuently about woman in her sphere as wife and mother, they simply don’t know what they are talking about; they have only in view a faithful, patient, self-sacriﬁcing, devoted minister to their lowest needs, and the majority of them that are husbands are ready to curse the ease with which their wives slip into their sacred (l) 9*‘ crown of maternity.” They would like their wives to min- ister unto them without burdening them so often with con- sequences. And what specimens of a natural (‘?) consequence the average “true woman” produces? I don’t wonder Dr. Clarke thinks we are all too sick to study? Now, if he would only be consistent and say the average womanhood of the day is not fit to pave that place “ where the ﬁre is not quenched and the worm dieth not” With infant slkulls, in _ short, that the best use she can put herself to is to go hang herself, While he himself puzzles his great brain it little as to why these things are thus, methlnkﬁ 116 Would be doing, the world a service. This may seem bitter, especially. to the “ so-called delicate and reﬁned” of my sex. Well, I am bitter! It is quite enough to make a woman-loving woman bitter to look around on the heaped-up female weakness and impotence, and, knowing the cause of all, to contemplate her sex’s utter indifference and persistent idiocy, and then stumble in the 1 dark against a man like Dr. Clarke who asserts that we are -periodical invalids, when he should know that ’tis abuse of her nature alone that has turned woman’s periods, like the ,point of a knife, against her health and happiness. Let Dr. Clarke be entirely consistent and teach husbands and fathers that there is one week in every four‘ when their ~wives and daughters need absolute rest and freedom from care, and see how soon he would have any practical masculine j followers. ’Tis only because he ﬂatters man’s assumption. that he is the especial obj ectfof J ehovah’s partia1it_y,without in the least interfering with his demands on woman (for Dr. C. only insists that we are too sick once a month to study) that the learned savant has so many noble tobacco consuming and whisky absorbing editors on his side, with their double ' leaded editorials. Any woman of average health, all her functions in as healthy tone as possible under our false system, knows that Dr. Clark, don’t know what he is talking about when he makes his assertions. Give giris the same early start on the road to health and happiness that boys have ; quit the ever. lasting, infernal, murderous nonsense about -ia,dy.=_1,i,ke pro- priety, womanly modesty and feminine gentleness and delicacy, at least until such time as those terms are not an- .other name for supreme’ stiipidity, superlative ignorance and mawkishness, and all sorts of female pomplaints generally; start a girl out on a righteous, royal road to a knowledge of herself and her functions; then give her freedom to hold herself sacred unto her highest knowledge, and not impose upon her a cursed submission of herself unto an exacting, domineering, ignorant. lustful man; let her be impressed from the crown of her head to the sole ‘of her foot that health ——perfect, unbounded, oveﬂowing healt-h——is the chiefest charm of womanhood, the truest image of God——in short, that a woman without health is a disgrace to her sex ; ﬁll her devo- tional soul with a realization of that canon from the Most High, that ’tis the worst of crimes to become a wife and mother without health for her marriage portion and knowl- edge of herself for her safeguard» against the furious license of the marriage relation; then take our present false, fatal, demoralizing social system, turn it, wrong side out that she may see the inmost part of its uncleanness, its wrongs, its shams and abuses, its womanly sacriﬁces on respectable, sanctiﬁed altars of damned custom; women laced, trailed, braided, pinned, puckered, powdered, puffed, ﬂounced, but- toned, stuﬁed and legislated to death, after a miserable life of periodical invalidism ;~—then, from these premises, let her A reason out a girl’s salvation in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. Boys could not live in the cramped and stiﬂed atmosphere that girls breathe‘; ’tis olnly superior stamina that has enabled womanhood so long to overcome the inroads of cruel customs. Put boys under the physical restraints that girls are under, and they would require a stronger rejuvenator than periodicity to keep them in health and spirits. Let Dr. Clarke cease to look for his examples of ‘womanhood and evidences of feminine capacity in a social hot-bed of a fashionable boarding—scho0l for “ young ladies,” and put his laboring brain to a better use, getting at the unstable founda- tion of all the ills female ﬂesh is heir to; let him take the woman of average health (for, as the world goes, the best of us are nothing but “ poor critters,”-—’tis the divinel y possible woman I have in my“.mind’s eye, not the wretched, fashion- ridden abortions of this day and generation——and the worst of it is the most of them are utterly powerless to help them- selves, or reproduce a superior type, which makes the stupid assertion of bombastic donkeys all the more unendurable).-——I say, let our Dr. take his samples of endurance from the ranks of average healthy women and girls, and then see if period- icity sets them back in the race for brains alongside of boys and men. Even ‘under all the physical drawbacks, the average healthy girl or woman is scarce, disturbed in her nature by its monthly revolution which regulates her tem- perament. How much about ourselves could we tell Dr. Edward H. Clarke that he has never dreamed of 1 And the main point to make with him is, that we are no more inclined to be sick once a month than he is inclined to be just in his conclusions. Just as abuses of their manhood, from age to age, have operated to make men sexual monstcrs.,,so abuses have rendered woman’s functional nature all out of tune. Women do not need Dr. Clarke to tell them what ails them anymore than men need Dr. Mary Walker to tell them what is the matter with their manhood, or why they leave so many suspicious-looking ‘empty bottles of peculiar medicine in‘ bureau drawers, at hotels all over the couhtry. Come right down to the matter of transmitted disease, and the “ sins of the parents,” the average girl will hold her own beside the average boy; and her brain not suffer more if she studies during her periods than does the brain of a boy after his periods of unnatural excitement and abuse. A girl has a natural outlet for the pent-up, suppressed sins of her parents in those very periods, while a boy, under the inﬂuence of his abnormal nature and the restraints of our sacred (1) social system, must crucify nature for relief. Let Dr. Clarke seek for the causes of all our miseries, in- stead of building an insane theory of masculine superiority out of a conglomerated mass of “ female complaints,” result- ing from male and female stupidity for ages. HELEN NASH. 348 FOURTH ST. (Room 6), San Francisco, Ca]. Dear V'ict0rz'a—I am informed that since my departure for this coast, some persons have been ﬁlling your ears with assertions of my enmity toward you, and that you now re- gard me as “ the secret head of the conspiracy to injure you.” It is certainly very strange that when I left New York for Detroit last fall, as soon as my back was fairly turned, the miserable hounds, who are always ready to bark at the heels of a. supposed foe, instantly began to howl against me; and now I no sooner leave for this coast than the same is repeated. Deeds I have thought spoke louder than words. I have‘ never besmeared you with ﬂattery, or acted the part of a, toady, but I have always ranked among the boldest, and most outspoken of the defenders, not only of the principles we hold in common, but of yourself, as their most prominent ad- vocate. Witness my lecture in Boston; indeed, everywhere that I have been called to speak, and your enemies have never even looked to me for recognition, but, on the con- trary, when ——-—-- was mailing his ﬁlthy pamphlet by the dozen to others, none were sent to me save the solitary “specimen number;” and when was in Boston he coupled my name with yours, associating us with every vile insinuation,and the “ champion of humanity” people have gone out of their way to cover me with their foul-mouthed slander. ‘Yet it seems this is not enough, and you must turn and question a friendship I had deemed fully and truly proved. The revelation of your sentiments reached me at a time of severe trial and affliction, and added the last sting to the agony I endured. I can only say in conclusion that nothing you could do or say could make me your enemy in thought, word or deed. We are both ﬁghting against dread- ful odds, with blsegiing hearts, «impaired health, with, in short, nothing left us but a grand cause and an indomitable will. I would not be your enemy, for I am like yourself, a mother; the work you have done for woman down-trodden and enslaved, the toy of lust, the jest of the depraved, de- mands from earngst co-operation and commands my gratitude. Victoria, let your thoughts turn backward to the 5 old days of trial, to the night we spent together, you and I watching '1‘e_nnie while she slept, and questioning what doom the future had in store for the Colonel in his gloomy prison, for you, for us; ask yourself could I be true to you then, in‘ the darkest hour, to be false now, when the“'promise of the dawn illumines the social ﬁrmament.‘ On minor points it is impossible for individualized and strongly marked characters always to agree, but rest assured, where the “ forlorn hope ” is needed, I shall be there,’loyal in act, undaunted in will. Yours always, ’ LAURA Curry Smcnn. A STERLING OLD POEM. Who shalrjndge a man from his manners? Who shall know him by his dress? Paupers may be ﬁt for princes, Princes ﬁt for something less. Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket May beclothe the golden ore ‘of the deepest thought and feeling- Satin vests can do no more. There are streams of crystal nectar Ever ﬂowing out of stone; There are purple beds and golden, _ Hidden, crushed and overthrown. God, who counts by souls, not dresses, Loves and prospers you and me; While he values thrones the highest But as pebbles in the sea. Man upraised above his fellows, Oft forgets his fellows then. Masters—-rulers—lords, remember That your meanest hinds are men; Men of labor, men of feeling, Men of thought and men of fame, Claiming equal rights to sunshine In manhood’s ennobling name. There are foam-embroidered oceans, There are little wood-clad rills; There are feeble, inch-high saplings, There are cedars on the hills. God, who counts by souls, not stations, Loves and prospers you and me; For to Him all vain distinctions Are as pebbles in the sea. Toiling hands alone are builders Of a nation’s wealth and fame; Titled laziness is pensioned, Fed and fattened on the same. By the sweat of others’ foreheads, Living only to rejoice; While the poor man’s outraged freedom Vainly lifts its feeble voice. ’ Truth and justice are eternal, Born with loveliness and light; Secret wrongs shall never prosper While there is a sunny right. God, whose world-wide voice is singing _g_ Boundless love to you and me, Links oppression with its triﬁes But as pebbles in the sea. - -mlndustréal Age. APHRA BE:uN’s RETREAT, } Jan. 13, 26th year of Hydeville Revelation. -Dear Vt’ctom'a——A spirit, assuming the female form, was rehabilitated upon this planet at San Francisco on the fourth of January, 1875, through the parental mediation of James and Anna Richardson, living together as avowed free lovers. In the notice of this birth, published in Common Sense, the Spiritual journal of this coast, are these words: “ This child was desired and was deliberately begotten in deﬁance of established usagesz” Persons of notable spiritual worth are the particular parents of this, to them, new-comer. (I desig- nate them “the particular parents,” to distinguish them ’ from -the general parentage constituted by humanity). Suav- ity and amenity mark the gentle beauty of Anna’s counte- nance. .Her eyes, large and violet in hue, are replete with ingenuous expression. «This plastic negativity of character is pregnant, however, with a religious ﬁrmness that impels her to the life of a radical reformer, and inspires the uncom- promising assertion of her iconoclastic opinions. I have had, in her presence, clairvoyance of psychic imagery of engross- ing interest. When within the sphere of her magnetism, panoramic visions of scenes in the French Revolution have been disclosed to me. I have seen about her, as she entered my chamber, such spirits as Buzot, Petion, Vergniaud, Bar- ba-roux, Louvet; have heard ringing shouts of the stirring triad—-Liberty, Equality, Fraternity-—and have beheld the presentment of that procession wherein a ﬂeshly and breath- ing goddess of reason is borne aloft, while religious symbols, grown vapid and meaningless, are trampled under foot. In her peculiar psychometric inﬂuences upon me, Anna, with outstretched ﬁnger, seems to be sternly pointing to these pictured memories of this great proletarian eﬂort; not solely, as it were, to remind me of the. awful history, but as if re- verting to her own personal past; as if her inner nature bore the indelible imprint of a. conspicuous part enacted then. I have been deeply impressed that a spirit whose valiant action in this contest against the aristocracy of church and state, made her “ greater than Brutus,?’ the divine Charlotte Cor- day animates to-day the physical frame of Anna. Should this be so, the returning spirit has marked its carnal investi- ture of this century with the characteristic individuality of its former existence. Not only in mental and moral attri- butes, but in physiognomy and person, Anna strikingly resembles the portraits that we have of this heroine. Her present love-mate, James Richardson, is of a sensitively poetic and artistic temperament, recalling that Andre Che- nier who sang so thrillingly of Charlotte’s heroism, and «fol- lowed her, after the lapse of a year, to the guillotine. May it not well be that two such earnest spirits are re-in- carnated in these typical individuals, to love and work to- gether for the same great purposes for which they lived and died in other days. The deadly blow aimed at tyranny, in the person of Marat by Charlotte Corday, was prompted. by ' Feb; 20, the_same spiritual impulse that now instigates the public enunciation of free-love principles by Anna Richardson, and incites in her a life of open protest against the errors of society. A * Anna’s ﬁrst sexual experience was legally sanctioned by marriage, but inharmony supervening, she left her lawful master for the more congenial companionship of her present lover. The spontaneous satisfac tive affection of these two is an inspiriting witness to the power of freedom in promoting love, though they are not of that school which believes that lovers should be wholly absorbed in one another. These great souls have not hesitated to mark their thorough adherence to their principles by the public announcement’ of the coming of this tangible result of their free-love contact; and have heartily consented to my wish to promulgate, through your columns, this signiﬁcant event to sympathetic thinkers. I . 1 know of many of my sex, claiming a theoretical interest in free love, and prone to enjoy secretly whatever experience ‘it may bring them, who would not dare to admit publicly that they permit their liberality of sentiment to determine their action. I am proud to avow myself a practical free lover. I believe that the truest life is that which illustrates in the overt actual, the invisible perfection of the ideal. By that which is true to me in thought, I regulate my exter- nal conduct. This inconsonance of mental persuasion and outward behavior, an interior homage to truth, and an exoterlo conformity to social superstition, was exempliﬁed _ in the life of that talented but inconsistent reformer, Madam Tencin. It is one of the inexplicable anomalies of 1 human character that this woman, a worshiper of liberty and ~ one of the originators in France of republican ideas in the age of Louis XV., while practicing free-love privately, should not have recognized, like N inon do l’Enclos or Anna Richardson, the nobleness of boldly leading a‘ life of social freedom. Through one of her sexual alliances, Madame Tencin gave birth to D’Alembert, the French Socrates. Afraid of public opinion. she caused the infant to be placed upon the steps of a church, where he was found by a gl‘azier’s wife who reared him. Afterward D’Alcmbert, one of the greatest intellects, and celebrated, for the constant practice of the noblest virtues, boasted that he was a child of nature, born outside of marriage and society, and happy to continue there, beyond the sphere of its corruption. Anna Richardson, in the very opposite spirit to that of Madam Tencin, proudly heralds to the world the coming of this babe of dissent. This is a noticeable incident in this period, when womanhood is in the birth-throes of a new civilization. Let us hope for this infant that she may be- come an exceptional and representative woman, who, un- contaminated by the world’s bigotries, will gratefully recall the propitious circumstances attending her birth, and with more reason than D’Alembert, exult that she was begotten under the inspiration of free thought. I, too, born out of the pale of marriage, -and glorying in my illegitimacy, am gratulant in annunciating the advent of this messenger of love and freedom. ‘ ' FRANCES ROsE_MAoKINLEY. OUR DOOTRINES IN ENGLAND. The most popular of the satires published in "England as Christmas books is one styled “ The Coming King,” which treats of the movements of the present Prince of _Wales. it the Proprietor of the WEEKLY is thus alluded to: “ Whene'er a rumor rose against her Grace, Touching her love for cigarettes and cups; When it was whispered she did not eschew The doctrines that Miss-Woodhull had proclaimed In Jim Fisk’s city, in debased New York.” The New York Herald, of Jan. 25, instructs us that the above brochure was rapidly bought up; and, though issued at one shilling, some of the copies were purchased at the rate of two gulneas each. In ——.-.-__—. A VOICE FROM ENGLIND. DECEMBER 29, 1874. Dear Mrs. Woodhull—I feel sure you would be pleased‘ to hear from one of your devoted adherents here that there are a few congenial souls who truly sympathize with you in your noble and God-like work—viz., to eﬂectually reform our present state of society, both morally and physically. I have, through the kindness of a Spiritualist, an old friend of mine, carefully‘ read some half-dozen copies of your valuable paper, and am satisﬁed that it is the only organ, either in this country or America, which fairly and logically discusses that falsely-called indelicate though all-important subject, “ our sexual relations.” . For the last eight years I have seen quite suﬁcient to prove to a demonstration that our present so-called marriage sys- tem is hollow and a sham; _in fact, nothing more nor less than “legal prostitution.” Iiam quite aware that some of the most advanced minds of America oppose the doctrines of free love, making that and the term free lust to convey the same idea. Now, I ﬁrmly maintain against all opponents that “free love” and “ free lust ” are not one‘and the same thing; but that, on the con- trary, they are diametrically opposed to each other. I was much disappointed to ﬁnd a charming writer on natural theology quoting from one of your speeches with the express intention of confounding you “out of your own mouth.” He, in substance, writes as follows: “Even Mrs. Woodhull will allow that a large majority of those who have been married in the orthodox churches, both in this, country and America, have no wish whatever gto separate, but are mutually and lovingly attached to each other.” Now, Ifully and freely admit that it is quite possible that this may be true, although, for myself, I am strongly inclined to dispute it; but-whether it is so or not, I maintain that instead of that being an argument for upholding our present social system, it undeniably proves that all those ‘cases which he refers to are living evidences of the uselessness of our legal, and of the glorious eifects of a “free love ” marriage. By far the largest number of our opponents, are quite 11;- I WOODHULL a GI.AFLIN’S WEEKLY’ competent to give us any information on the subject, for .many of them profess to be too much disgusted to even pol- lute their mouths by mentioning the subject. Those people, by the way, have the unblushing assurance to call themselves followers of that divine man, Jesus Christ, who said to the self-righteous Pharisees who desired that the woman taken in adultery, in the very act, should be stoned, “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the ﬁrst stone.” Then it is said again :- “Let us have true love between the sexes, not free love!” How absurd; as if it were possible to conceive of love being true unless it is also free. Shakes-L peare, that great painter of human nature, beautifully ex- presses the , “love marriage ” thus: “Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit im pediment.”-——Sonnet, N O. 95. Swedenborg, also, in his beautiful treatise on “ Conjugal Love,” clearly shows that only when the aﬁections of the sexes are mutually reciprocated have they a right to sexual intercourse. I am satisﬁed in my own mind that our-detest~ able priest-made marriage law is the cause of such alarge number of falsely-called married men, preferring the society of other women to that of their wives, or, to write more correctly, their concubines. Who, I ask, can wonder that so large a portion of our mothers should give birth to children physically and mentally deformed——children conceived not in love but in hate. Oh, it is a sad thing _to know that so many “ undesired” children are born. Now, all this might be prevented if sexual impregnation never took place ‘except at the consent and desire of the female; because if the male, through any means, compels the woman to submit against her desire, then I say that he has committed a rape, not- withstanding that the parsons, “by their oiﬁce,” have through a bit of legerdemain made them “ one ﬂesh.” Dear Mrs. Woodhull, you will, I am sure, believe me when I inform you that both myself and friends are rejoiced to know that you are in a fair way of recovering from your late sickness. May the great Father of the universe send you angel friends to comfort and support you in your great and noble work. Should you ever be led to visit England, I hope to have the pleasure of hearing one of your charming ad- dresses. There are a good number of Spiritualists and Secularists here, but although they for the most part are free from the pernicious effects of priestcraft, they seem to lack sufﬁcient manliness to break away from the conventionalitles of society. They are fearful of offending that hydra-headed monster, “public opinion.” The people have been too long led by the nose. Why longer pay men to do our thinking for us ? Let us act, act in the living present, fearing the anathema of neither bibles nor priests. I have read with much pleasure an able article on free love by that great writer and thinker, Robert Dale Owen, in your issue of November 28, and thoroughly indorse it. on your valuable space, believe me, Yours fraternally, OHN WATSON. The following men ‘and women (I don’t like the terms ladies and gentlemen) have kindly added their names as a testimony of their appreciation of your great services to mankind: Bessie Williams, Aaron Franklin, Sophia Frank- lin, J. W. Chamberlin. "“ I" ' CLYDE, Ohio, J an‘ 20, 1875. Dear Wealth/—Please accept my tardy mite. How I wish I could increase it a. thousand-fold! It is said, “ Those whom the gods love, die young.” I’m sure they must love you, dear WEEKLY; yet I pray that you may not die, or not, at least, until you have fully accomplished your grand and glorious mission. But I do not ‘know that my prayers will be of any avail, as “the prayers of the wicked availeth nothing;” and I am very, very wicked, dear WEEKLY——so wicked that pure and virtuous( ?) Madam Grundyfsometimes almost has spasms when I come in contact with her, especially if I oifer her my hand. Now,_ 1 do not blame the oldlady at all for putting on that “ I am holier than thou” air; for I think she has just as good a right to view me from her stand»-point as I have to view her from mine. Yet, with all my deep sinfulness, I intend to pray with all my might for her and her family (for she is intensely “ married” and has a large family, and there is something “queer ” about the whole family, for when they are not married they want to be, and when they are they want to be divorced). ~ I intend to pray that the beauti- fulchild, “ Freedom,” may yet be born in their souls. But, poor child, I sometimes tremble for it, for fear it might be strangled in its birth. Yet will I hope and pray; and if the beauteous child ever does ﬁnd a, birth-place in their souls, Iknow that ’they——even they who now affect to scorn and despise——will then smile upon me as “ radiantly as a May morning.” ' I have been unable, as yet, to obtain any new subscribers for you, but my heart is not utterly sick with “hope de- ferred.” Some of the excuses for not aiding you in this your hour of need are ludicrous, some disgusting; but the saddest and most sickening of them all is, Victoriaﬁs extravagance! Don’t you think the dear soul is’ actually accused of “ putting up at ﬁrst-class hotels!” just as though ﬁrst-class women shouldn’t put up at ﬁrst-class hotels. Oh, Shame, where is thy blush? Now, dear WEEKLY, don’t you think it would be advisable for Victoria to adopt the “ Uriah Heep ” policy _._be very “ ’umble,” and put up at third or fourth rate hotels? It would be such a nice thing for her enemies to make capital of. The highest honora grateful people could confer has twice been given to U. S. Grant——and even a “third term” talked of—for the brave (?) battles he has fought, the noble (?)‘ victories he has won. But his extrava- gance is not even thought of by his friends and supporters; while our brave and beloved Victoria, who has dared to come out and stand alone———all alOne——fOr the truth’s sake, who has suffered and sacriﬁced so much, and who has already fought a grander battle than U. S. Grant has ever even dreamed of, must be denounced for “putting up at ﬁrst-class hotels.” Again would I ask: Oh, Sh H116, where is thy blush? Just as though earth itself, much less ﬁrst-class hotels, afforded any- " thing too good for one who has done so much for poor V humanity‘, especially when she earns it herself, and at so Apologizing for trespassing so much I i dear a rate, and pays her own bills! Such complaints from Victoria’s avowed enemies would not be surprising; but reading of*her paper and the falling of truth-pearls from her very.lips, I must sayI am sorry and surprised that they have read andheard to so little purpose. The out-look is fearful, as our good brother, D. M. Allen, says, when we see the vast amount of pretension, ignorance and prejudice to be met and overcome. Yet I am sure we shall win; for does‘ not Victoria lead the way? and have we not that grand old warrior, staunch and true, Parker Pillsbury, with us? Then have we not that true friend of woman, that brave and per- sistent battler for her emancipation, Warren Chase, to ask questions—-questions that they dare not attempt to answer, because they well know they cannot, without giving up all their claims. Thenthere is that glorious Helen Nash, with many, many others. Yet it is not upon one or all of these that we, should depend, so much as upon the principle of freedom itself. ;Oh, I am not at all discouraged; and as “Helen” says, let there be no turning back because of ig- norance and persecutions. . 1 Yours, to battle to the best of my ability for the privilege of blowing my own nose, for the privilege of using every organ and faculty of my being as seemeth to me best; ﬁnally, yours for all natural rights, Without the interference of Mother Grundy, Church or State. ‘ HERMIA RUSSELL. » THE Spiritualists of -West Winﬁeld. N. Y., and vicinity held a two-days’ meeting in Music Hall, on Saturday and Sunday, January 2 and 3, 1875. Dr. E. F. Beals called the meeting to order, and announced the platform free for the discussion ofspiritualism, humanity and reform. The speak- ers were, Dr. H. P. Fairﬁeld, of Lynn, Mass., and Prof. C. D. Farlin, of Watertown, N. Y., and Mrs. S. A. N. Kimball, of Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., a clairvoyant and test medium. The "sessions were well attended, and thespeakers listened! to with marked attention, showing an appreciative and thoughtful audience. The fact that the meetings have caused considerable talk here shows that good seeds were sown, which we hope will yield abundant harvest. The conference meetings were entertaining, and the music good; and, notwithstanding the .i.nclemency of the weather, the meeting was a success. 8 A clergyman who was present volunteered to tell what he knew about spiritualism (two weeks later), but chose to do so in his own pulpit. Dr. Fairﬁeld challenged him to an open discussion of the subject, which he positively refused to accept, but invited all to come and hear him. , ‘We conclude from this that the. leaven is working in the hearts of the people; yea, even in the hearts of the clergy. AN ATTENDANT. UNCOMMON GOOD SENSE. The following notice of abirth appearsjin No. 34: of Common Sense, of San Francisco, California. Both the inserters and publishers of the same deserve to be commended for their bravery; for more knowledge can be gained from one proven fact in social and sexual matters, than from a dozen theories. This is the notice: “ Born in San Francisco, Jan. 4, 1875, a daughter to James and Anna-Richardson. During a wedded life of four years, Mrs. Richardson (then Anna Smith) being in _ delicate health, lost two young babes, which experience, with other considerations, induced her to become again mistress of her- self, as she was prior to marriage. This child, which was de- sired, and was deliberately begotten in deﬁance of estab- lishedsasages, bids fair to live and to be a blessing and a beneﬁt to its pa-rents.”—-Common Sense, San Francisco, Cal. THE MARRIAGE BOND. “What God hath joined together let no man put asunder.” This is a Christian bible injunction. If it is of binding force, ought not its converse to be equally binding ?——viz., hat God hath put asunder let no man join together. I hold that love, andlove alone, constitutes marriage; that marriage ;” and universal Christendom, virtually, though unwittingly, subscribes to this truth, inasmuch as all cere- monies Or laws for the solemnization and legalizing of mar- riage are never applied before, but subsequent to the ex- pressed wish of parties between whom it is understood that this marriage of love already exists- Again, “ God is love.” monials. If so, then the existence of mutual love constitutes the God-joining,while its absence is equal proof of the lack of such joining. If it is a crime to put asunder those who are thus joined of God, can it be less a crime to join or hold together those who, from lack of mutual love, are God-sun- dered or not joined of God? If, then, the love, or godliness, forsake the parties, what becomes of the bond? Are they then ‘joined of this God of love when there is no love to con- stitute “ the fulﬁlling of the law?” If in this latter case the are we not justiﬁed in suggesting that they “ beware lest haply they be found ﬁghting against God,” oragainst love, which is God, and also the only fulﬁlling of the law i.c., the higher law of love. , . - What less than an act of presumptive ignorance is it to re- quire ﬁnite, changeable beings, such as we are, to promise that which, from our very nature, we cannot be sure that we can possibly fulﬁll? Every separation—except by death- protest to and against this manifest stupidity! Certainly it would seem to be time that we began, at least to suspect that love is not a thing to be commanded, bought, sold or re- tained bypromises; but depends on qualities possessed by those we love, by which oiir senses are addressed, and over whichwe positively have no control. T. LEONARD. GRAFTON, Mass., _J anuary 15. 1875. - DENMARK is going to abolish the rights of primogeniture Land all titles to nobility. ' when they come from those who have claimed to enjoy the . this marriage of love “makes the bond, not the bond the, and also “Love is the fulﬁlling of the law”——Bible testi- , mundane powers that be assume to continue the legal bond, * and every application for a divorce, is but a standing, solemn 4 I A ‘WOODHULI. 4. OLAFI.lN’S WEEKLY Feb. 20, 1875. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. 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Woodhull oﬁ 0lafl<£n’s Weekly, . Box 3791, New York City. i‘ . Omce, 111 Nassau Street, Room 9. S NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEB. 20, 1875. EXPLANATION. It is due to friends in the West to explain why Mrs. Woodhull did not ﬁll her engagements at Lincoln, Nebraska City, Omaha, Council Bluffs and Des Moines. She lectured in the Opera House at Topeka, Kansas, on the evening of Feb. 1. The hall was very cold which so affected her still weak lungs that she came nearly breaking down several times during the evening, and only concluded her address by the greatest effort which left her prostrated. The fol- lowing day a terrible storm arose and prevailed all the next night, the temperature continually growing colder. When we arrived at Omaha on the morning of the 3d, on our way to Lincoln, the thermometer indicated twenty degrees_below zero, the windlblowing a perfect gale. This stinging at1nos- phere she could not endure a monent; to take it into her lungs was to strangle her. It would have been madness for her to have attempted to lecture anywhere, so she wisely concluded to give up the trip and hasten to a more genial clime, and wait until the cold spell should break. She will ﬁll her engagements in Michigan as advertised elsewhere. . - A‘ A w 17% TO ALL RADICAL REFORMERS. The readers of the WEEKLY. are aware. that, under the pressure of the exigency and contrary to medical advice, Victoria C. Woodh.ull, about a fortnight since, again essayed to continue her public ministration on the all-important reforms demanded by this paper, in the lecture ﬁeld of the West. We are sorry—-very sorry—to add, that she has again returned to the city, having been unable to endure the terri- bly cold spell that has prevailed all over the country since the first of February. Under these circumstances, we ap- peal again to the generosity of the friends of true reform, to not withhold any pecuniary aid that they can consistently I extend us in this crisis. Those who are posted on the sub- ject believe that in a very short period, a path will soon be opened for the WEEKLY which will make it an established success. It would be so now, if its so—called Christian foes did not resort to the most vile and underhand means to cur- tail its sales in the larger cities of the Union. But, we trust, in a short time to be able to expose their methods of opera- A tion,,and we feel sure that the exposition will be sufficient to terminate all that species of warfare. The time has been, when the proprietors of this paper had other methods by which to obtain the funds necessary to sustain the WEEKLY than by lecturin-g, but of those means they have been cruelly deprived by the unjust rendering of the laws of the United States. Our readers know that a petition I is now before Congress setting forth the same, and asking a recompense therefor. In early times, although the WEEKLY ‘“ has rarely paid its expenses, the generosity of our subscribers was never appealed to-. Not only the paper but costly books on the various reforms were then distributed to reformers as free almost as air. Neither do we appeal now for aid to the - WEEKLY as a paper, but as a most needed instrument to, carry forward the good cause that is dear to all our hearts. Knowing’ this to be the case,we feel no hesitation in address- ing all true reformers on the subject, and impressing again upon them the necessity and duty of lending once more their cheerful, earnest and generous efforts to keep the ﬂag of all the great reforms of the age ﬂoating, as ever, foremost in the ﬁght for the rights of woman, and for the Qollsequent advancement of all the human race. JUST OR UNJUST? We have never objected to, or avoided, but have rather courted criticism about any act with which we have been connected. We have a right, however, to insist that a true basis for criticism be had, and proper use made of all_the facts that go to make up a case that is criticized. Wewere recently called before the courts as defendants in a case, where the judge ruled that a proposed witness for the plain- tiff was disqualiﬁed because the person was an Atheist; and we have been severely taken to task for permitting it to be done. It is set down against us as abetting the abridgment of free speech and individual rights. Now, this must be fair or unfair according to the circum- stances under which it occurred. We shall not attempt to decide the question, but we will present the facts upon which the decision ought to be based, and let our readers and others interested judge for themselves, merely request- ing that each of our critics consider and answer this ques- tion’ before deciding himself or herself competent to criticize us: Suppose that you were unjustly accused of murder, and that your vindication or conviction depended upon the testi- mony of a person whom you had good reason to suppose would testify falsely, and whom you knew would testify against you, would you not make use of any technical legal points that the law might offer to exclude the testimony of such a witness? If you, each and all, say that you would make no attempt at defense by excluding such testimony, when the lawtgave the right, then you become competent critics of us in the case at issue. The principle involved is the same, although‘ whatever this person might have testified to could not have affected the pointi, at issue in our case, since every incident relating to it had transpired long before this individual knew any of the parties to the case. It was impossible that he could have known anything about the factsupon which the case rested. The desire that prompted this person to go upon the witness -’-‘stand was not to testify to any pertinent fact, but to vomit another mess of ﬁlth upon the community ' similar to that upon which he has expended a year’s time in gathering and vending——libels foul and villainous, many of which he knew had been denied by the very persons whom he quoted as his authorities, who, if put upon the stand to testify, would utterly repudiate and deny all connection with the allegations. But the allegations have nevertheless been, with this knowledge in his possession, persistently repeated, just as if their authority had not been denied by the alleged authors themselves. A person who will malici- ously do such an infamy (a clearer case of malice could not be thought of), which is so much more infamous than a false oath could be conceived to be, would not hesitate to testify to anything that might be necessary to make a case against parties toward wllom lie might be maliciously in- clined. Suppose this party had been permitted to testify without the usual formula, and he had done so falsely, is it not clear that there would have been no recourse for us? He could not have been proceeded against for perjury, because he would not have been under oath, and perjury in the eyes of the law is testifying falsely under oath, and this person was fully aware of all this, and, as we believe, would have used it to have given vent to his malice against us. Hence we feel entirely justiﬁcd in not having permitted this in_ dividual to testify upon such unequal conditions as these, the opinions of our critics to the contrary notwithstanding- But to the case. The complaint, in this instance, alleged that Woodhull, Claflin & Co., in May, 1871, received from plaintiff four hundred dollars for investment; but that,» in- stead of investing the sum, it was fraudulently converted to their own use. Upon this complaint the Court granted or- ders of arrest. In the trial the Court held that, as the case was brought in this way, upon orders of arrest, it had to be decided upon the truth or falsity of the alleged facts upon which the arrest was asked for. In other words, if the jury found from the evidence that the money was invested, and that there was no fraudulent appropriation, then their verdict must be for the defendants. The defendants proved that the money was invested and lost, and they proved by complain- ant’s own witnessesthat she had been so notiﬁed at the time of the loss. As there was no evidence to offset this, of course the jury found for the defendants. It is, therefore, established, that we were falsely arrested and held to bail, and put to any amount of inconvenience and expense without a shadow of law—just the same as any malicious person might go and make a similar complaint against our critics and have them imprisoned and put to the same inconveniences,illegally. But now mark the connection between this case and this would-have-been witness. In his foul printed libels, he re- fers to a case which is cited as one among many, where it is alleged that “she” (Mrs. Woodhull) “ swindles women,” thus: “ and any number of »New York lawyers have been studying how to collect $400 for another.” Had the case been a just one, would it have puzzled New York lawyers to have taken legal steps for its collection? Every one must see the inconsistency of an afﬁrmative answer. But a Rhode Island lawyer was hunted out who did study up a way in which he thought he could collect it. It was thus: He learned that we contemplated going to Europe, alsothe steamer, day and hour upon which we proposed to sail. He then had his client make the necessary aﬂidavit lalleging fraud, and obtained the orders of arrest. These, the oﬂicer’s were instructed to hold until we were all on board the ship and it was about to sail, when they were to appear on the ship and arrest us, and in the evept of our refusing to pay the demand, then raised to $535, to take us off the ship and to jail. He probably thought that, rather than be thus deprived of the voyage and lose our passage, we would pay the demand whether right or wrong. But he reckoned without his host. We obtained news of his intentions and . and defeated them in time to make our voyage as pro- posed. And this is the case about which ..:our critics are interest- ing themselves, because we, being illegally assailed,,saw ﬁt to use legal means of defense. We can assure them that when- ever we are illegally assailed through the processes of law, obtained by improper methods and afﬁdavits, we shall take whatever means the law offers for defense. Upon principle we defend the proposition that every per- son has a right to give testimony, but we also defend the proposition of the right of any necessary means of defense against persons who are known to have discarded all princi- ples, or what amounts to the same, to have sacriﬁced them all to further their malicious designs against those who are defending themselves. The right of self-protection lies at the base of all other rights, and so long as we are put upon the defense in such ways as we have been, we shall not sur- render it, nor ignore any rights that the law may give us to defeat the malice of our enemies. Let it be remembered that the evidence excluded in this case could not by any possibilily have affected the verdict. It was sought to be given with the hope that some foundation could be estab- lished for vending malicious libels in a more public manner than had been previously possible; it was not to better the case for the plaintiff, but to blacken, if possible, the names and characters of the defendants. So far as the law is con- cerned, under which the evidence was excluded, we are utterly opposed to it, and will do whatever we can to have it repealed; but we are equally opposed to the law that makes it possible for one person, by making a false affidavit, to maliciously obtain the arrest and imprisonment of another; but we are no more opposed to either of these laws than we are to that made for the collection of debts, which ‘attempts, by legal methods, to regulate what should be left to the individuals concerned. We hope and trust that all these remnants of the ‘barbarous ages may soon go down together into a common oblivion, and the honor and self- respect of the people be permitted to become their own vindication in all the affairs of life. Then there will be no oaths required of Atheists or others, nor will there be any loose laws that will permit those who are willing to swear falsely to vent their spleen by illegally resorting to arrests and imprisonments to enforce the payment of unjust or trumped-up claims. __ 4‘. 4 %Vwv'*V THE BROOKLYN BATTLE. In reply to the many who are somewhat acquainted with the basis of the facts regarding the relations that existed ‘be- tween Mr. Tilton and myself, and who are insisting that I shall not rest another moment under the insinuations cast upon me by him in his evidence of Tuesday of last week, I ask them to be patient; I am_the one more deeply in- terested than anybody else, and. if I can afford to wait for my justiﬁcation, others can-surely afford to do so with me. I am aware how indignant many of my friends feel on ac- count of the slurs cast upon me, and through me upon the cause of social freedom by Mr. ‘Tilton. But I have learned that the laws of immutable justice always eventually bring the truth and the right uppermost; and I can better afford to let them run their course than to possibly abort their purposes by attempting to interfere to forestall their judgment. I decided before the trial began to not interfere in any manner with its progress. If Mr. Tilton thinks that, with the rendering of the verdict, this case will be concluded he will learn his error possibly too late to avert the doom that he is inviting upon his head. The inﬁnitely greater and more important part of this case will be undecided when this trial shall have closed. It is in the verdict that shall follow the one which this court will render that I am chieﬂy concerned. The mere present is nothing when compared with the inﬁnite future. He may struggle now to make the shadows he has cast upon my name and fame heavier and . darker; but when he shall stand unvailed, as stand he shall, he will blusn as deeply for his present efforts as he now pretends to for what has passed. After this trial is closed, I shall have a plain, simple state- ment of facts to make, in which there is set forth the truth in detail about all that has occurred since the 22d day of May, 1871, in which any of the parties to this scandal were involved. That statement will be all that is required to conﬁrm the truth or expose the falsity of Mr. Tilton’s testimony regarding his relationship with -me. Wait pa- tiently for it as I shall wait to give it. ‘ VICTORIA C. WOODHULL. VICTORIA C. WOODHULL’S APPOINTMENTS IN - MICHIGAN. Kalamazoo, Feb. 12; Grand Rapids, 13th; Big Rapids, 15th- Greenville, 16th ; Ionia, 17th; Lansing, 18th ; Bay City ’19u1-, East Saginaw, 20th; Flint, 22d; Port Huron, 23d,’ Ypsilanti, 24:11; Battle Creek, 25:11, Jackson, 26th; Adrian, 27th ; Hillsdale, March 1 ; C01dWater,2d ; Elkhart (Ind), 3d ; South Bend (Ind), 4th. "-3-... 4 Feb. 20, 1875. WOODHULL as cLAFLiNrs WEEKLY. 5 WHAT IS TRUTH ? This is the well-known question that Pilate put to Jesus, and we are not told that the latter answered it. Yet it is ' the question of questions, of all peoples and of all ages. When men can fully solve it they will be Gods. But though in its fullness it is to us unanswerable we can essay partially to elucidate it. Two presses during the past week have en-V deavored so to do. The one aﬂirmatively the other nega- tively. They are the New York Herald and the Ohristioin “Union. After we have quoted their remarks pertaining to the subject, the WEEKLY will discuss the same from the standpoint of Spiritualism. Our readers must not expect, however, to be very much en- lightened upon the abovesubject, for from time immemorial, men have had, and we suppose will have, very superﬁcial viewsof the matter. The consequence has been and is, that they have returned, and probably will return, different an- swers every time the question is asked. But what they lack in knowledge they make up in obstinacy and bigotry, so that at no time and in no civilized (or even savage) com- munity will the inquirer fail to receive hundreds of absolute and varying replies to the question. The best of these are ambiguous if not contradictory, like the deﬁnition of God by the wise ancients, Plato, of Athens, and Archimedes, of 4, Syracuse; the former of whom declared the Deity was “ A Being whose substance is truth, and whose shadow is light;” while the latter, being a mathematician, asserted that “ God is a circle, whose centre is ;everywhere, and whose circum-_ ference is nowhere.” We do not believe that the moderns have much improved upon these deﬁnitions of the Deity, although there is a grand mistiness in both answers, which in either is not a blemish but a beauty. Neither do we think our contemporary, the New York Herald, has much advanced human knowledge upon the subject of absolute truth, although we admire the liberality with which it has presented it to the notice of the American public. We ﬁnd under the heading of “ Pulpit Topics for Today” (Jan. 31) the following passage, to which we refer: . Somewhat akin to the ﬁrst-named topic (“_Limitations of spiritual Knowledge,” by Dr. Moran) is an inquiry by Dr. Porteous as to “What is truth, and who possess it ?”_ We don’t believe that any doctor in the church or out of it can answer that inquiry except by the monosyllable God. Truth is too broad, and deep and high to be possessed absolutely by any man or any set of men, and the most that any of us can obtain is a small slice of the great loaf. _ There you have it, gentle readers. It is not very satisfac- tory. But, after reading it, /we can say of it what the Scotch sailor “ Sandie” said of the owl which he palmed off on his sweetheart “ Jennie” in lieu of a parrot. She complained that it was not one of the pretty painted birds she expected from the East Indies, ‘and her lover replied: “ Why, Jennie, lass, ye say true, he’s no very beautiful, but look at his een! see what a power of thocht there is in ’em!” So say we of the Herald’s deﬁnition; it is not very diffuse, but there is a power of thought in it. . _ . The second attempt at elucidating what is truth we ﬁnd in a letter in the same paper, over the signature of “ William Coventry H. Waddellff It may be termed an attempt to answer the question I16gatiV91Ya 50 that by reducing its dimensions and proving what is not, we may eventually arrive at a just conclusion as to what is--truth! Here is the statement ;of the Christian Union as to “ What is not Truth!” - A Oh '. tiam. Union. H6313,’ Ward Beecher editor-in-chief h3:1s‘ti?aba7;:'f1oned ” the doctrine of endless pupishment, be: cause enlightened Christian feeling declared that it could not be true,” and that the time can hardly be distant when it (the church) willwholly reject the doctrine. But the ad- missions are accompanied by the still more startling exp;-es- Sions that U: although enlightened Christian feeling ” has risen to this exalted truth—v_iz., that_ everlasting punishment .. could not be 1;rue;” that this truth is not in accord with the letter of Scripture; thus: The ‘appeal from the enlightened reason and moral sense of mankind to the letter of Scripture has never been successful, and never can be. From this we have a right to infer that, in the opinion of the Christian Union, the Scriptures, or those portions of them that assert the doctrine of eternal punishment, “could not be true,” and, consequently, are not the truth. N ow, if an other credal religions will put what they call “their sacred Wﬁtingsn on the same pile. and the world would burn them" as the housekeeper and the bachelor Samson Carasco did Don Quixotes’ books on chivalry,‘ we believegthat we should narrow down considerably the dimensions of the question, is What is truth ?” Probably; however, it would be as well not to destroy them, for the Bible, the Veda’s, the Koran, and all works of similar character, ‘doubtless contain among their errors many excellencies, which have been, and may yet be of great beneﬁt to mankind. ) , o v Now for the WEEKLY s deﬁnition ;‘ and we mean to come at it with a, circumbendibus. What is Truth ? Well, in the first pmce, we do not believe that the truth is an article that has ever been monopolized. Unless the truth be u money,” we do not believe that it has ever been restricted to the.“ seed of Abraham.” To the honest Chinaman it is Buddha, ; to the honest Hindoo it is Chrishna ; to the honest Turk it is A1131; ; and to the honest J esusite it is J esus, To the honest Pagan itwas Jupiter, who was a very good God in his day ; and ‘to every man—-everywhere-—it is the highest aspiration ‘of his highest development-—that, to him, is truth. 0 Oh! when will mankind attend to their earthly duties, and leave the dwellers in the heavens to form their own family arrangements, and take care of themselves. Had our forefathers but done this, what mountains of misery, what seas of human gore would have been spared to humanity. But we did not make and do not rule the world. All hu- man excellencies have been obtained by suffering. This ever has been the case, and is the case now. Socrates must drink the hemlock, and J esus‘ must be cruciﬁed for the ad-._ vancement of our race now as of yore. The ignorant may still cry against those who would take oﬁ‘ them the chains of the past——-“ Crucify them! Crucify them!”-—-and prefer the scoﬁer Aristophanes and the robber Barrabas to the real benefactors of mankind. “DRAT THAT BOY, BAILEY!” ’ The above exclamation can be found in Dickens’ “ Mar- tin Chuzzlewit.” Bailey, an errand boy mentioned therein, was noted for his impudence. On one occasion, the writer tells us, he swaggered into Poll Sweedlepipes’, the barbers, and throwing himself into a chair commanded the astonish- ed tonsoi‘ to shave him. Although Bailey had no beard—— not even down on his chin-poor Poll obeyed with fear and trembling; and Sairey Gamp, the nurse, when she heardjof the occurrence, uttered the exclamation with which we have headed this article, viz. 2 “ Drat that boy, Bailey.” The above scene returned vividly to our memory on read- ing certain portions of the testimony of Theodore Tilton in the trial between him and H. W. Beecher. We especially refer to that memorable picture drawn by Mr. Tilton of his interview with Henry Ward Beecher, in which he says he charged the latter with having seduced Mrs. Tilton; and, more especially, to the concluding part of the same, in which, according to the Herald, Mr. Tilton asserts that the Plymouth pastor asked him the following question: ' M1zliyI go once again, and for the last time, and see Eliza- bet Under the circumstances, if they be correctly related, we think that our readers will agree with us that this was about the “steepest” question that ever was asked; but it is more than matched by an action attributed to H. W. Beecher by Mr. Tilton, which obcurred some time after at Mr. Moul- ton’s house, and we preface it by saying that Mr. Moulton was very sick at the time, and not expected to live: I (Theodore Tilton) went to his (Mr. Moulton’s house) one day and a servant girl came to the door and told me that Mr. Beecher was up-stairs ; while she was talking Mr.Beecher came down~stairs and met me in the parlor; he told me that_Frank was lying at the edge of the grave; he_said, ‘_‘ Frank is very sick, and I am afraid he will die, and if_ he dies, Theodore, what will then become of your case and mine? He said to me, with tears in his eyes, “ Theodore,_ Frank has saved my life, and I would willingly give my life to save Fra_nk’s;” and he then put his arms about my shoulders and kissed me on the forehead; he then departed hastily. If such a kiss could ever have occurred, for the life of us-we could not determine how to catalogue.it. ,Was it a pastoral- salute, or afraternal, or the kiss of “peace. It could not possibly be a paroxysmal kiss! The only place in which it would seem right to place it would be to range it with the lie chronicled by Mr. Moulton, and call it the “kiss sublimet” But the effort to schedule it is too great for our feeble pow- ers, we cannot do justice to it. We, therefore, mentally retreat from the too vast undertaking, and again re-enter the barber-shop of ‘P011 Sweedlepipes; hide our shortcom- ings by re-echoing the words of the immortal Sairey Gamp, and conclude with saying “Drat that boy, Bailey!” ;.44 A r ‘WT THAT CHALLENGE. Every one admired the bold challenge of the Brooklyn" Pastor to all people to bring forward all that‘each and every one of them knew that militated against his character; but, if the following extract, taken from the Hamid of Jan. 30, be correct, “ a change has come over the spirit of his dream.” We do not assert . this to be the case ourselves, but present to our readers the testimony we have quoted on the subject : ‘ The Brooklyn public has been partly aware of Mr. Beech- er’s desire, through his counsel, to keep Tilton_ off the stand. There was no opinion in favor of Tilton testifying or going to the wall. A great many people thought he ought to speak, because the issue was between himself and one other person. Even Mr. Beecher’s partisans wondered what reason or pol- icy existed in favor of Theodore’s enforced silence. .- Henry Ward Beecher may well ﬁnd from the comments of the Herald and Sun, and other important dailies, that something more will be required in his case than merely an adroitly won legal acquittal. If the statements of Messrs. Moulton and Tilton be false and slanderous they must be proved to be so to the satisfaction of the public; if, on the contrary, they be proved truthful and correct, a simple liai- son will be but one in along list of crimes charged against H. W. Beecher. It is our belief that the ‘public is deter- mined to know the truth of the affair which has so long agi- tated society. It will not submit to be hoodwinked by any subterfuges, legal or otherwise, and any compromising will condemn all parties concerned. —-———-———>-—+o>-<———-—-— INFALLIBILITY. The New York Herald, of Jan. 30, contains a special tele- gram giving a synopsis of the pamphlet of 100 pages just is- sued by Archbishop Manning in reply to Mr. Gladstone on the subject of papal infallibility. It commences. with the statement that——- ‘ He [Archbishop Manning] maintains that the Vatican de-V crees have not changed the conditions of civil allegiance. The allegiance of Catholics is as undivided as that of any, other Christians. Questions of conscience alone coulddivide iftbpghe recent decrees have not extended the power of the From this we learn that “ questions of conscience” can divide allegiance. It is important to potentates, then, to inquire who is to decide as to what are “questions of con- science.” The WEEKLY maintains that, of late, the Pope has rendered opinions on such subjects freely ; and further- more, that to Catholics, there is no appeal from his decisions. We are next told that-— The Ecumenical Council in no way touched the relations of Church and State. Its decrees merely declared doctrines ‘Which were already matters of faith. ' Infallibility might have been previously a matter of faith, now, however, it is likely to become a matter of practice, which to temporal rulers is objectionable. V The Pope cannot, therefore, either by virtue of these de- crees or his supreme authority. make any claim upon his adherents of a nature to impair the integrity of their civil allegiance. To impair civil allegiance’ would be contrary to that law. The spiritualauthority of the Church was indirect in its operation on temporal affairs. A Q Where does Archbishop Manning obtain authorityto limit the power of an infallible Pope, as he does in the first sentence? What Catholic could rebuke the head of his * church should he do an act contrary to divine law. Inter- dicts have impaired and would impair civil allegiance, and yet they have been freely used by many Popes, and are not indirect in their operations. But, to continue- It [spiritual authority] indirectly condemns and declares not binding such temporal laws as deviate from the lawof God, and therefore impede the attainments of salvation. In regard to the supposition advanced in an argument, that the Pope might attempt to depose the Queen of England, the writer remarks that, as the Queen is wholly withdrawn from the Catholic Church, every condition is wanting which would render such deposition justiﬁable. Here again the Pope claims power to judge what temporal laws deviate from the law of God, and he exercised that power in the matter of our Public Schools. As regards the Queen question, policy at present may dictate forbearance ; but, if policy dictated otherwise,‘how then ? Again, The Archbishop declares that the European Powers have entered into a systematic conspiracy againstthe Church, and warns them that they are thereby wrecking themselves. This we believe, andit inaugurates in Europe the religious revolution treated of by the WEEKLY. The clay pots refuse, and wisely, to keep company with the iron pot. A fallible Monarch can hardly be expected to welcome an infallible Pope in his dominions. We assert it is good for the peoples that the old ﬁrm of “king and priest” are not likely to dis- solve partnership without ﬁghting, and that out of their dis- sensions will arise bothitemporal and spiritual liberty for the masses of Europe. In conclusion, he says Mr. Gladstone’s pamphlet invites Catholics to rebel against divine authority and “encourage "schism, heresy and deadly sin.” In these days the words———“ schism, heresy, and deadly. sin ’,’—frighten none but weak minds. The Church of Rome has shown of late no courtesy to the Anglican Church. Ac- cording’ to the latter, Archbishop Manning himself is a criminal, and is guilty of the spiritual “act of adultery ” in introducing himself in the diocese of the Anglican Bishop of London. Other Catholic noblemen of England, as well as Lord Acton, will have to choose sides in the matter, for a, mixed allegiance must be offensive both to the Queen and the Pope. - _iA... ﬁIrr—~ ANSWERS TO OORRESPONDENTS. 18., Toronto, 0anctdci.——We are not certain who was the author of the poem you allude to, but think that it was A the production of Herrick. B. T., Brooklyn, N. Y_.—We cannot instruct you as to H. W. Beecher’s present position with regard to eternal punish- ment. His creedfwritten, it is said, by himself, affirms it, but his paper, the Uliristicin Union, denies it, as you will perceive by an extract given in one of this week’s leaders. U . R-. E, Galveston, Texas.‘—-To loan money at any interest whatever was held to be a crime, and was punishable both by ecclesiastical and civil law in every nation in Europe until the sixteenth century. Our present money system, which is based on the legalization of usury, is but little more than three centuries old. . T M, 6’. W.—The conversation you allude to took place be- tween the two poets Sylvester and rare Ben Jonson in the time-of Elizabeth. They challenged each other to ‘ make rhymes to their own names, and the former began thus: A ' I, Sylvester, M Kissed your sister ! T To which the latter, not admiring the statement, replied: I, Ben Jonson, ‘ Kissed your wife! “That doesn’t rhyme,” said Sylvester; “I know it,” re- A plied rare Ben, “but it’s quite true, __nevertheless, and truth is better than poetry.” 8. .31., Cincinnati, 07iio.——We teach our young men how to bear arms, and how to use them. He who thinks that the dumb tools they misuse will not demand living food in the’ To cultivate the spirit of war is .to near future is a fool. breed war. . «- Spiritualist, Jersey Oitg/, N. J.-—The phenomena, which are”. .~ the base of the new development, are needed; the rain. 6 which is already arising out _of the same will remodel the civilized world. S M. R. 8., 0ht'eago,,1Zt.—-—The revolutions demanded by the people of all classes are marching together, both here and in Europe; industrial, ﬁnancial, religious and social. They are all component parts of one grand whole. Jerry Thompson, N. Y.—-We cannottell you by what‘au- ' thority the ton of coal has been shortened 224 lbs. in weight. The constitution Says: “Congress shall ﬁx the standard of weights and measures;” and, in our opinion, it is the duty of the Attorney General to See that you are not defrauded in measure. H. R. M, Paterson, N. J."-—Chastity has long been com- plimented by the poets. Shakespeare treats of it in Coriolanus. That hero terms Valeria. ‘ The noble sister of Publicola, The moon of Rome. Chaste as the icicle, That’s curded by the frostgfrom purest snow, And hangs on Dian’s temple! But some think, to use a French proverb, “the game is not worth the candle.” The only men who have the right to honor chastity in women are Catholic priests and shaking Quakers. Economist, Sctrcttoga, N. Y.—The moral condition of the city of New York is exhibited in the list of births and deaths, published weekly by the Herald. The latter ’ always far outnumber the former, proving that the city is naturally damned. 5 ‘ WOODHULL a. OLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. concerning the formation of a committee; that Mrs. Tilton had gone down to the committee at Mr. Ovington’s house; that previous to the assembling of the committee he (Gen. Tracy) had instructed her what to say and how to say it; put the questions to her that she might make no blunder in answering them; that when she came before the committee she astonished and impressed all of them with her eloquent allusions to her pastor and to her husband; that she had denied everything, that there had been any wrong between herself and Mr. Beecher, or that there had been any proposal of wrong by him toward her, or that there was any ground for the scandal. And Gen. Tracy, in making the narration, wept. [Laughter.] 'He said he never had witnessed such a spectacle in his life. “Now,” said he, “if you take the right advantage of‘ Mrs. Tilton’s appearance before this committee, and of the tender hearts of those gentlemen toward all the parties in the case, and particularly toward you,” meaning myself, “ now is an opportunity to suppress the scandal for- ever. It is the woman’s right to deny it; let her deny it and stand on her denial now. Co-operate with that denial, it can be made a success.” Gen. Tracy’s representations to me made a great impression on my mind. I said if there is any chance to save Elizabeth’s name and fame and blot out the scandal, heaven knows I shall be glad to co-operate with it. ‘ -—N. Y. Sun. COMMENTS. . This is hard on General Tracy. Both Mr. Moulton and Mr. Tilton have paid their compliments to him. Consider- ing his position as Mr. Beecher’s counsel, it looks as if the sheep weregworrying the dog. [From the Brooklyn Argus.]_ THURSDAY, FEB. 4. REMINISCENCES 013' MR. TILTON. Mr. Sherman here read two articles in question, from the Golden Age. The ﬁrst article was taken from the Hearth and Home. and referred to Mr. Tilton. commencing with a reference to him as a. young man of golden hair, who sprang Hopeful, Toronto, C’otnada.———You must not judge the WEEKLY - by the number of its subscribers. When Gideon went forth against the Midianites he commanded 32,000 men. He reduced it to 300, keeping only those in it who lapped the water in drinking. It is so with the WEEKLY; it has had a larger number of subscribers, but those it has now will never turn their backs. They will die before they will surrender. We believe they are all lappers, men and women, and that there is not one poltroon among tli’em. B. W. R., San Francisco, 0al.—‘We do not take any stock in the millennium. Establish one, and in a century the world would putrefy with rottenness. The troubling of the waters has ever been necessary to its health, is now, and, in our opinion, ever will be. I J. 12., Los Angelos, 0ctl.—The Senate resolution against the naturalization of Chinamen was an unmitigated villainy, falsifying our contract in thetreaty we had just previously ’ concluded with China, and contrary to the genius of our Republic. Inquirer, Detroit, Mich.--The Civil Rights bill must be made a law; until it is established, the republicanism, or, if you please, democracy of the Union, is the greatest farce the world ever saw. — S V “ Q, INCID ENTS OF THE TILTON-BEEOHER TRIAL. ' MONDAY, FEB. 1, 1875. , — Some of the New York dailies will kill Henry Ward Beecher before the termination of the trial, that is, if it be possible to slay him with printer’s ink. According to the Evening Telegram, this is the last report of his state of health: 1* “ The appearance of Beecher’s face was a study as Tilton cured out the full story of his wife’s connection with eecher. All round his neck and behind his ears was the blood red glow of apoplexy. His lips were pale and his eyes were a strong, unearthly look.’’ I We, however, warn our readers that he has been reported , to be in a similar condition for some time; but he turns up at Plymouth Church every Sunday with the regularity of a ‘t ”H llclock. . f 5 A ’ O1 y-. el _ TUESDAY,_FEB._ 2. . TILToN’s GENEALOGICAL, RESEARCHES. (From the N. Y. Sun.) , _ Q.‘ State what occurred at that interview. A. Mr. Beecher came. to my house one morning," about the ﬁrst or second ,week,_yes, certainly, the second week in February, 1871. He had come in pursuance of a request which*I had sent to him through Mr. Moulton. I had told Mr. Moulton that I wanted to see Mr. Beecher at my house. Mr. Beecher came in the morning while I was at breakfast. I rose from the table, (met him in the parlor, and told him to go up stairs into. my study. He immediately -went up and I followed him. closed the door behind me, and after he took his seat I said . to him, “ 1 have called you hither, sir, in order_ that you may remove, if you can, a shadow from the future life of the little boy Ralph.‘ His mother has assigned to me a date at which your criminal intimacy with her began. This little boy was born a. few months after that. If the date which his mother has given is correct, it will save a dishonor attaching to his name. I want you to tell me, as before God, whether or not that date is right. I want, if possible, to shield‘ him, but I want more than that to know the truth-tell me the truth. He -told me on his word of honor as before God that the date which «Mrs. Tilton had assigned was the correct date. At that moment Mrs. Tilton herself, who had followed me up- stairs, came into the room, and when I stated to her the point of conversation, she burst into tears, and asseverated, as she had onceor twice done before, that the date which she had given was correct. Q. State whether in that conversation that morning in your study, the date was named, and if so, who named it? A. Mr. Beecher asked me what date Elizabeth had named. I told him that Elizabeth had named as the date at which ‘ their criminal intimacy began Oct. 10, 1868. He replied that he hadtno faculty for dates, and had made no record, but he believed in his soul that she had_ told me the truth. He said a few other things on that occasion which I trust I shall not be requested to reproduce here, since. a proper delicacy would forbid their utterance. COMMENTS. C,» into early favor, writing double-leaded leaders, and singing songs and uttering sparkling wit; as one who succeeded to the vacant chair of Mr. Beecher, and who, in his opinion,‘ more than ﬁlled it, and as being a man of more than ordinary abilities to please children.. In connection with this thought, Mr. Shearman here read Mr. Tilton’s Poem, which com- mences “ Baby by, here’s a ﬂy; let us catch him, you and I,” 856., very much to the amusement of those in the courtroom. He also read Mr. Tilton’s production entitled “ The Lay- man’s Confession of Faith.” Mr. Tilton’s reply to the article from the‘ Hearth and Home characterized it as a satire speaking -of him as one dead. — His opinion on marriage and divorce were the same as when he ﬁrst formed them in college days. He concluded he had a right to vindicate Mrs. Woodhull’s right to express her opinions in a free land, and accepts that right with pride. He was acquainted with a number of eminent men and women, noted for their liberality of sentiment. Among them, Lucretia Mott, Horace Greeley, Charles Sumner, Laura Curtis Bullard, and he considered Victoria Woodhull the peer of any one among them. He was called a Spiritualist. Well, so was President Lincoln. There are more Spiritual- ists than Methodists, and he considered that he had suﬂicient skill to write; a life of Bishop Simpson from a Methodist point of view, or a life of Elder Evans from a Shaker point of view, just as well as he had written a life of Victoria C. Woodhull from a spiritualistic point of view. He acknowl- edges that he is 93 Communist, but is a Communist in the best sense of the word. The atrocities in Paris were not the fault of the Commune, but the fault of Versailles. He says: “ In conclusion, let me add that I have never been a con- tributor to Hearth and Home, but if you will give a letter from me room in your columns, I will gladly write y u one, and give a. full and explicit exposition of my view on the sub- jects spoken of. Very truly yours, THEODORE TILTON. Friday was consumed in reading the letters of Mr. and Mrs. Tilton to each other, prior to 1871. MRS. WOODHULL IN KANSAS. [From the Leavenworth Commercial, J an. 31, 1875.] “ THE DESTINY on THE RE1=URITIo.” Last night Mrs. Victoria Woodhull spoke at the Opera House, to a good audience-—a gathering of intelligent people who wanted to hear what the woman had to say and how she said it. In the dress circle we noticed a large number of. ladies who were intensely interested in what the speaker had to offer. For an hour the audience were held by the eloquent words, eloquently spoken. Mrs. Woodhull was evidently in point. (From the Commonwealth, Topeka, Kane. Feb. 2, 1875.) VICTORIA C. WOODHULI4-HER LECTURE AT THE OPERA HOUSE LAST NIGHT. Amuch larger audience greeted this famous social icono- clast at her second appearance last evening than on the occa- sion of her ﬁrst coming a year ago. Whatever may be said of this woman, her rhetorical talents are unquestioned, and she certainly does not permit any one in her audience to doze. The lecture was preceded by readings from Macbeth. Her remedy for crime and her method of abolishing physi- cians and legislators‘ at one fell blow may be comprehended in the word stirpiculture: the improvement of the race by the application of the doctrine of natural selection to the human family. She repudiated the notion that free love, as she advocated it, meant promiscuity, and maintained that the inevitable result would be to prevent promiscuity, which was the curse of society now. She was for free love, as dis- tinguished from enforced lust, maintaining that, in it was only to be found the true dignity of a matrimony whose only basis was, or could be, love. ~ All this was illustrated and enforced by eloquence and earnestness, and many apt and telling hits. The verdict of the audience was that, manger her rather embarrassing candor, her discourse contained many unpalatable but none the less forcible truths, and that she’s a mighty bright woman albeit she may be under bonds to Sathanus. -'--—---—-—>-40>--4-—-—---——— BUSINESS EDITORIALS. This meeting was a greater dishonor to the child than ever his paternity could be. Set aside the savage idea of the claiming inheritance, which ought not to exist in well- ordered communities, and the question of paternity need not have been enquired into. ‘ I WEDNESDAY, FER. 3D. ' ‘ll’,-‘Tilton, Gen. Tracy told me that I need have no anxiety W. F. J AMIESON is engaged by the Free Lecture Associa- tion of New Haven, Conn., to remain the two ﬁrst Sundays of February, making in all seven Sundays,besides week-evening lectures in the same place. ‘OUR readers who desire a full report of the Tilton-Beecher trial can get it in pamphlet form‘ from McDivitt, Campbell St 00. See advertisement on page 7. ill health, but heriarguments were forcibly put and to the * Feb. T20,‘ 1375. A. S. BURROWS, magnetic and hygienic physician. Bloom- ington, Ill. Oﬂice, room No. 5, over the Post Oﬁice. Re- sidence at Magnetic and Hygienic Institute (formerly Major human system to keep it in good health or to restore it to that condition when out of order. He treats patients at their homes or at the institute. 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The hours’ time consumed by travelers by other routes to Chicago from the East or West in transferring from depot to depot, is saved by passengers by this route to get their m§a1ils——aifi tadvalntage oygr all cither routes which deservedly makes it t e most popular and the best patronize me o rave across e on merit. THROUGH TICKETS to all important towns, a 11 general information may be obtained at the Company’s omce, 349 Broadway (corner of Leonard street), New York. 5 Condensed Time Table. WESTWARD‘ FROM NEW YORK, Via Erie & Mich. Central & Great‘ W estern R, R’s STATIONS. Eivpress. Eﬁggfss s'rA'rroNs. Etcpress t t N.’ Y ....... . 8.30 A M. 10.45 A M. Ly 23d Street N. 6.45 1». III. L3.’ (2}:I1%.I§1l§§l?S,St1'eet .......... .. 8:40 3 -10.45 :: 5 Chambers street ...... 7.00 :: “ Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. “ “ “ .]T3e3'1sIe)ernC1t_y1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .. “ - §3%.‘.’t"t“.‘1’l.‘i“.‘“.". '''' '.('1'.‘.":::::::: 1313:. 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M. 8,15 ,4, M, Ar St._Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.15 P. M. : _ , _ , _ , , . . . . .. 5.40 P. M. Ar Sedalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6.50 A. M. Ac}. ]S):;1,?£,a,'1'_'_' __________________ _. 3,00 “ Denison . . . . . . . . . 8.00 “ . , “ Galveston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10.45 "‘ Galveston . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10.00 “ . ' 1; ,,,,,,,,,, . , 11.00 P. M Ar Bismarck.. . . . . . . . . . .. 12.01 P. M. 1 ‘F g(l)II]I£I)(I1B ................ .. 5.00 A. M. “ Columbus ........ 6.30 “ , H Little Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.30 r. M. “ Little Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . .. _1- _ . _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ ,, 8,550 A, 31- Ar Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.00 P. M ., A‘? (]I1uI.1r8.1ﬁ184g.t.(iI.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.00 P. M. “ Omaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.45 A. M. .. u Cheyenne _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ , , . . . . .. “ Cheye-nne...; . . . . . . . . . . .. 12.50 P. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1875-02-20_09_12
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1875-02-20_09_12
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 09, no. 13 (February 27, 1875)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2060
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1875-02-27
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: ‘ter that seemed determined to baﬂie him. PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNT:13AMM:e3LED LIVES: , BREAKING THE WAY FOR-FUTURE GENERATIONS- Vol. IX.—No. l3.—VVl:ole No. 221.! NEW YORK, FEB. 27, 1875. PRICE TEN CENTS. V BY AND BY: AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE on THE FUTURE. BY EDWARD MAITLAND. B O O K I V . CHAPTER VII I.—Uontinued. “Nannie, I expected to ﬁnd you untaught, but I did not expect to ﬁnd you unteachable.” “Then you are disappointed in me?” “ It is in your power to prevent my being so.” “ If you loved me as you ought you would think me perfect. But you can’t when you are always thinking of some other—— some inte1lectual—woman.” (She uttered the word with a sneering emphasis). “ Oh, you need not deny it; you won’t convince me. I know it is true becausel dreamed it! Don’t laugh at me! I won’t be laughed at by you. Oh, you cruel, cruel man!” she added, on seeing the smile evoked by her last speech. “Why, Nannie, it is the greatest compliment one can pay to a comedian when he has uttered a ...
Show more‘ter that seemed determined to baﬂie him. PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNT:13AMM:e3LED LIVES: , BREAKING THE WAY FOR-FUTURE GENERATIONS- Vol. IX.—No. l3.—VVl:ole No. 221.! NEW YORK, FEB. 27, 1875. PRICE TEN CENTS. V BY AND BY: AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE on THE FUTURE. BY EDWARD MAITLAND. B O O K I V . CHAPTER VII I.—Uontinued. “Nannie, I expected to ﬁnd you untaught, but I did not expect to ﬁnd you unteachable.” “Then you are disappointed in me?” “ It is in your power to prevent my being so.” “ If you loved me as you ought you would think me perfect. But you can’t when you are always thinking of some other—— some inte1lectual—woman.” (She uttered the word with a sneering emphasis). “ Oh, you need not deny it; you won’t convince me. I know it is true becausel dreamed it! Don’t laugh at me! I won’t be laughed at by you. Oh, you cruel, cruel man!” she added, on seeing the smile evoked by her last speech. “Why, Nannie, it is the greatest compliment one can pay to a comedian when he has uttered a good thing well to laugh heartily. I shall make a note of that—‘ I know it is true be- cause I dreamed it,’ and get some dramatic friend to put it into a play. An actress who can say it exactly as you did will be sure to bring the house down. But I really must bring this conversation to an end for the present, as I must go and see how pc.or Bertie is.” “ Bertie! what is the matter with him?” “ He was taken very ill in the night, and had to send for a doctor.” “ Why don’t you telegraph instead of going?” “ You have put it out of my power.” “ How ?” “I had already been conversing with him about himself by telegraph. It was the sounding of his signal that excited you to destroy the apparatus. By my not replying he will be thinking that I have gone out, probably to see him.” “ Is this true?" she exclaimed.‘ “ I know you have never understood my character,” he re- plied, “ but I did not think you had so utterly misunderstood it as to suppose me capable offalsehood.” “ I know what I know,” she said, with a menacing air that was anything but reassuring to Criss. And then, with a sudden change of demeanor, added, “ But Crlss, dear, I must go and nurse dear Bertie; I can be such a good nurse. You will be so proud of your little wife when you see her in a sick-room. Why did you not tell me at once, and then all this trouble would have been saved?” “ I was about to tell you when it occurred, in the hope that you would make the proposal you have just made.” “ Well, then, come quick and let us go to him at once. Shall I ring for the carriage?” “ I will do that while you are putting something on,” re- plied Criss, utterly at a loss to ﬁnd the key-note to a charac- He could liken Nannie only to a musical instrument that is perfect in all respects, save for one note which obstinately refuses to be tuned into harmony, but so jars whenever and however it is touched, as to produce the most frightful discord. Only in Nannie’s case, unhappily, the false note seemed to have the faculty of spontaneous utterance, so that it was impoggime to avoid being tortured by it. CHAPTER IX. Bertie's illness was sharp, but by the evening the symptoms were so much alleviated that there was no excuse for Criss and Nannie to remain with him through the night. In her conduct in the sick-room, Nannie had shown a tact and readiness which delighted Criss, and on their way home he spoke in such a way as to show her that he was pleased, but without implying that he was surprised. Nannie’s demeanor during the drive each way, caused‘him some perplexity. On the way to Bertie’s her lips were set, as if under the inﬂu- ence of alarm and apprehension. On her return she spoke only in monosyllables, as if his remarks interrupted a train of thoughts altogether unconnected with their recent expe-' rience. On reaching home she ran into the house without a word and hurried up-stairs, evidently longing to indulge her feelings by herself.- Anxiously watching, Crissheard a scream, which, however, did not sound to him like one 6: distress. In another mg. ,i.. . - lieve your story about his being ill, ment Nannie had run down to him with the baby in her arms, exclaiming, triumphantly—— . “ I have got her back! I have "got her back!” ‘ “ Yes, so I see. Can you explain it ?” he asked, with a smile. “ No,” she said, and her face fell, as if feeling less sure that she had cause for exultation. V “ Bring baby into the study and I will tell you.” “No. no, not in that room, I can’t go in there. In here.” “ Nannie, darling, I was so pleased by your readiness to go and nurse Bertie, that I sent for the child back to meet you on your return as a reward.” For a moment Nannie looked as if she was on the point of bursting into tears. Then, with a manifest effort, she re- strained them, and after two or three ﬂuctuations of resolve, said. as if to herself :_ “No, _I won’t; I won’t be so weak; he shan’t- think he has 1 conquered me. Oriss, you were taken in. It wasn’t good- ness a bit that made me want to go to Bertie. I didn’t be- I thought it was an ex- cuse to go and see some woman. I determined to outwit you by going with you. And now I have got my child back with- out being good.” And she laughed a wild hysterical laugh. “ Well, Nannie,” he said, soothingly, “now that you see for yourself how groundless your fancies are, I hope’ we shall have an easy time of it for the future.” But Nannie had made up her mind not to come round just yet. So she busied herself about the child, tossing and sing- ing to it, and took no notice of his remarks. , Before he could speak again, the telegraph signal in the adjoining room uttered its alarm. On hearing it, Nannie turned very red, and the more so because she ' felt that Criss saw the change in her color. With a faltering voice, she said: “ I thought it was broken?” ‘ “ It has been repaired in our absence,” said Criss. “ There are too many poor fellows depending for their bread on my punctuality for that to be left broken.” And he went to see what messages had arrived while he was out, leaving Nannie with the child to recover at leisure. Before retiring for the night, N annie sat beside Cries on a sofa, her equanimity perfectly restored. _ “I wish,” she said, as she played with his hand, twisting her lovely hair around it, “ I wish you did not expect me to be so good. I am sure I should be better if I wasn’t expected to be so. It wouldn’t make you bad, being expected to be bad; why then should I be made good by being expected?” “ Perhaps it would help you to be good if I were to break out occasionally into a ﬁt like one of yours.’-’ I “ Oh, yes, that it would. Do! do do it!” “ Well, it did occur to me to-day that it was a good oppor- tunity to- follow the example of a person I once heard of, who went to take charge of a lunatic. The patient was subject to attacks of violence, in which he would ﬂing about the room and smash whatever was handy to him. Well, the first time he did this before his new keeper, who was a woman of great nerve and resolution, she at once seized sundry articles of furniture and dashed them to the ground with precisely the same outcries and gesticulations which he had used.” Nannie laughed gleefully. “ Oh, how I should like to have seen that!” she cried. “ But what did he do then?” “ He gazed at her in astonishment, and at length asked her what she did that for. She replied that, seeing him do it, she supposed it was the way of the place, and the right thing for her to do. The story goes that he thereupon looked ex- ceedingly foolish,,and never_ after broke out so again.” “ And why didn’t you smash the things in your study this morning, too, if you thought it Would cure me ?” “ I believe my principal reason was that it was my study. Had it been one of your rooms now, with all your pretty things about it, I probably should have done a little smashing.” _ - ' . After a pause, she said: “I am thinking, Criss, dear, that you ought never to have married at all.” ' “ Well, Nannie, we live and learn.” “ I mean that you are too perfect by half in yourself. N 3 woman can put up with absolute goodness. There is not suiﬁcient of the machine about us. Our feelings can’t stand it; they will have relaxation. It is as bad for us to live with a person who is perfect, as for a child to live only with grown- up folks. I should be sorry if little Zoe has no one beside you and Inc to play We shall be quite old then, and she .7‘ will want the companionship of other children. They learn so much from each other that all the schools and grown-up people in the world can’t teach them. She is almost six sister for a companion.” And the sad prospect wrung a little sob from N annie’s affectionate heart. Her melancholy forebodings were happily doomed to dis- appointment. Zoe was scarcely eighteen months old when the desired playfellow made its appearance in the form of a ‘little boy. ‘ ! CHAPTER X. work, the gigantic operations which Oriss was carrying on in the desert proceeded rapidly and steadily, without requiring more than an occasional brief visit from him. In the same way. the work of freeing thought throughout Soudan from "the chains of superstition, made progress in spite of the vested interests. When the Emperor had come thoroughly to comprehend the real signiﬁcance of the claim set up by the priesthood to be superior to the civil government, he had given his countenance to the societies which ,Criss had! created for the spread of popular enlightenment. The battle; was virtually won when once the people comprehended that. whatever the object of inquiiy, there is but one method-——the= scientiﬁc; inasmuch as it signiﬁes merely accuracy both in observation of facts and deduction. of inferences; so that to» reject the scientiﬁc for any other method is simply to reject accuracy for inaccuracy. It was thus that the ﬁctions of so-called history, and the inventions of superstitions gradually lost all importance in their eyes, and became but as certain fossil specimens to the geologist, tokens of a lower stage in the earth’s development. Students and curiosity-mongers may concern themselves about such things, but they enter not into the lives of those who judge all matters by the criterion of the present. Talking over these things one day, the Emperor expressed to Criss his surprise that with all his zeal for the enlighten- ment of the people, he had not attacked the divinity of the sacred talisman. “Surely,” said the young monarch, “if I am to.be a reforming king, and, to use your own phrase, ‘ of‘ a piece throughout,’ I ought openly to discard a superstitious- basis for the crown which now affects to justify its existence. by use.” » . Criss acknowledged that he had thought much on this very point,‘ and believing that the symptoms would disappear as the disease was cured, had judged it best to commence at the other end. “ Let us,” he said, “ be content with ‘gradually developing the intelligence of the people, and they will of themselves, then, successively shed one superstition after another. Knowledge is the sole proper distributor of faith. No use to extinguish the candle before letting in the sun- shine. When once they have knowledge they will perceive of their own accord that the sacred talisman derives all its real value from its intrinsic worth and beauty, and that any mystic addition serves to diminish rather than enhance its lustre.” . It was thus that the spirit of emancipated Europe crossed the Sahara into Soudan and conquered the chief, if not the last, stronghold of superstition remaining in the world. The people and their sovereign understood each other and the unity of their interests, and thenceforth all opposition was vain. The national school, national universities andinatlonal church of Soudan, became the three steps in the ladder of the national development; the appeal in all being to man’s< present and mature, instead of to his past and rudimentary.. Thus, too, did Europe repay to Africathe debt owed for Africa’s contribution to the early civilization of the world ;; and the greater debt owed for the world’s after treatment. oﬁ was now free in mind as well as in body, and its very soil was being redeemed as from an hereditary curse. clare, morally insolvent, and capable: of rehabilitation only by a vast act of grace, it was now proving, by its conduct. in Africa, that it had only suspended payment, not become utterly bankrupt; that give it time and it would pay all. This last was a, train of thought which had been communi- cated t,0_ Qﬁgg’ mind during one of those ﬂights into the Em- pyrean which had made the chief delight of his life as a ‘bachelor. It is only because man is impatient with God’s slow“ niethodof working that he denounces. Nature as a months old now. She will be so dull without any brother or Thanks to a careful selection of agents and organization of ‘ Africa. Once a slave-hunting ground for all men, Africa. If ever the earth had been, as theologians. were wont to dc-I ,./* ‘oi ’7/721:/§%ﬁﬂ‘" W '3u~‘.' . 2 I ” WOODHULL .2 CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY '9 Feb. 27, 1875. bankrupt who has failed to fulﬁll his proper engagements to the great Creditor, and thus fallen short of the end of his being. We. who can contemplate such lives as some which have sprung from the earth——yea, even such a life as this I am now too imperfectly narrating—may well, hold that were thereno other like it, no other approaching it for purity, goodness and usefulness, one such life is suflicient to redeem the earth from the charge of being utterly reprobate and fallen, from the condemnation of having existed in vain and incurred a sentence of wrath for having failed to fulﬁll the end of its being; sufficient, therefore, to reconcile its Maker to it-—just as one magniﬁcent blossom suffices to redeem the plant that lives a hundred years and ﬂowers but once, from the charge of having wasted its existence. Even if the ex- perience of all past ages of apparent aimlessnessand sterility afford no plea in justiﬁcation of existence, the "one fact that there is room for hope in the future may well suﬁice to avert the sentence men are too apt to pronounce-—thatall is vanity and vexation, and that the tree of humanity is" ﬁt only to be cut down, that it cumber the ground no longer. [To be continued] COSHOCTON, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1875. Dear Weekly—Among all the other ills that ﬂesh is heir to, and that I get a sniﬁ’ of in my peregrinations up and down, modern young ladyism gives me perhaps a deal more anxious solicitude than all the rest put together; for are not the “ young ladies ” of to-day the prospective mothers of to- morrow, at least such proportion of them, considering the feminine overplus, as stands a fair chance under our wise and beneﬁcient and sanctiﬁed social legislation? Considering the possibility of the prospective motherhood, and judging from the samples of the raw material, are we not safe in setting it down, that not one girl in a hundred is ﬁtted, morally, mentally and physically, to assume the great responsibility: in short, that not one in a hundred escapes committing, unconsciously to a large degree, a great crime against nature when she becomes a mother? I must confess, at the imminent risk of incurring the vengeance of all the “ girls” of the present generation, that ’I have no feelings in common with Olive Logan, when I see a bevy of girls let loose from all restraint, “going it alone” with ten chances to one of “ getting euchred.” I never feel as Olive! says she does under such circumstances—namely, like taking those “ sweet girls ” all in my arms and kissing them--though it is my private opinion Olive was only throw- ing a sop to Cerberus when she promulgated that sentiment. On the contrary, whenever I see the most approved pattern of the modern young lady I’m seized with an almost uncon- trollable impulse to shake her up; put a little wholesome.re- straint upon her decidedly loose actions, which she evidently thinks so charming and artless; make her see herself as others see her; out her corset lacings;_c1ip her dirty, dis- ' gusting trail; relieve her foolish head of surplus false hair and “ things ;” clothe her from head to foot in healthful, easy garments, and set her wayward feet in the path of knowledge and true happiness. But your modern girl is the most incorrigible animal pos- sible to scare up. From my experience with, and observation of, the species, I had as§lief undertake to develop a jackass as a f11ll»ﬁedged society graduate—an “ accomplished and charming and amiable young lady”—got up and decorated for the social sacriﬁce. _ The modern girl——I beg all pardon-—-young lady, has no re- spect for superior years and understanding. She thinks she knows it all, and there’s no use your telling her you have been a silly girl yourself, and in the mirror she herself holds up you are heartily ashamed of the reﬂection; because with added years has come goodtaste, a developed womanly in- stinct——I don’t mean mam kishness—and some appreciation of the eternal ﬁtness of things, so that your judgment and example are ﬁt to shine a beacon on a hill to a young girl; nevertheless, for those same reasons she sets you down as .old maidish and old fogyish, prefers to turn her weak nose up at you, and go on in her ruinous course until broken health, shattered hopes, and early decline set her thinking upon her hopeless case. And if, in the meantime, she has be-— come a. mother, she sees her own girls coming up about her in her own tracks, and she too weak and powerless to control _ the continued destruction. No wonder girls have no respect for thier mothers nowa- days, for your modern mother is fully as incorrigible as her daughters, who cannot fail to see what a nonentity their mother is; that she is not capable of commanding obedience in simplest things, to say nothing of reverence for her judg- ment and opinions; and were it not that she ministers so in- dulgently and so unwisely to all their foolish whims, they would not even feel affection for her. And as the mother is so the girl will be, unless, as in rare cases, a law of nature has been stumbled upon in procreation- for few and far between are the blessed children of desire and design. , _ As seen in the light of the present,what is a modern young lady but an inharmonious conglomeration of ignorance, mis- named innocence; affection, misnamed accomplishment ; impudence, mistaken for ease and grace; and disease, con- strued as feminine delicacy? One need not go on a hunt for specimens, for they are everywhere present, with nothing else to do but to keep their social estimate at par and themselves conspicuously in the market, displaying, as Charles Dickens said of the modern young man, various varieties of puppyism-—female puppyism -—-and stupidity; amusing all sensible people near them with their folly and conceit, and happily thinking themselves the objects of general admiration. For instance: a short time since I was waiting in a hotel parlor for my room to be got ready. I was passing the time A" over the Beecher trial, till two most perfect and elaborate specimens of modern young ladyhood entered the room, cre- atingdisturbance enough fora dozen. They were amply gotten up in all theparaphernalia’appropriate totheir sex and .leom1ltl0n-- ‘ “Ribbons, fringes, buttons, bows, ’broidery and lace, Tassels, gloves, powder, paint, mingled with a grace; , Flounces, plaits and frills and hems, full and deep and ‘wide- E’en their pretty little feet tapped with conscious pride.” The day was sloppy, muddy and rainy, consequently their trails were in what seemed the last stage of hopelessness, quite on the “sharp and ragged edge of despair” as far as any restoration to cleanliness and decency were concerned; and their thin cloth gaiters were in a state to cause no. end of “ female weakness ” to the wearers. A - No use my trying to read——those considerate and modest, loud-mouthed and rattle-brai_ned young ladies had no idea there was any soul in existence besides their sovereign selves. As their conversation (?) furnishes excellent example of the general chatter of their class, I will reproduce it here. The ﬁrst thing, however, was a prolonged and impudent stare at me, which I tried to bear with the grace of a martyr. They took me all in at a glance, evidently coming to the con- clusion I didn’t amount to much—I was too old—for,_ in the estimation of a girl inher teens, a woman in thethirties is old enough to die and be buried deep out of sight; for she has no idea she will ever live to be so old herself, or if she does, she hopes and prays she will be married, because she thinks she couldn’t possibly survive being thirty and still single. I’ve been there myself and know just what stupid ideas Mrs. Grundy puts into silly girls’ heads. But to the conversation of the above-mentioned “gay girls.” “ Oh, Mat, I’m so tired! ain’t you ?” “Yes, Lou, I’m just tired to death waiting. I do so hate to be on the eve of going anywhere! don’t you?” “Indeed I do! I think it is so tedious to wait, and wait, and wait.” “I should say it is. I do wonder how much longer we have got to wait here?” “ Oh, dear me! there’s no telling. Good gracious, Mat, just look at my skirts! ain’t they a sight?” And Miss Lou sails to the window in the last stage of discontent, just as her damp clothes had begun to steam nicely. “ 0, Mat! j ust come here; there goes George Staples. What is he doing here? I wonder if he has come to the wedding ?” “I guess net; not likely he would go to the wedding of a girl he tried tofget himself. And between you and me, Lou, if he had had‘as much money as Will Evans, I think he would have had Alice Freeman, for I am Sure 8116 liked him.” “ Now, Mat, you just bet Alice Freeman knows her business; her thirty thousand, along with Will Evans’ fifty thousand, is a nice little sum to set up with.” “ 0, Lou! there goes Albert Barnes. I do think he is the best dancer in ourclub. I would rather waltz with him than eat! wouldn’t you ?” “ Yes, he’s a mighty ﬁne waltzer, but I guess he’s got to stop it if he leaves our church and joins the Methodist, just to please Minnie Sherman, the affected thing! pretends to be so awful pious! I wouldn’t join a church where I I couldn’t dance! would you, Lou?” "No, indeed! But don’t Albert Barnes ﬁx his hair pretty? I think he is the best dressed young man in town. 0, Mat! I’m so tired! ain’t you ?” “ Dear me! yes, Lou, I wish I had the last Ledger to read.” “ Now, Mat, why don’t you take the Waverly Maga- zine. I think it is a heap more interesting than the Ledger; it’s so much more literary than the Ledger.” . “ O. I d011’t know, Lou! What do you suppose Alice’s bridesmaids will wear to-night? Alice is going to wear white satin.” “ How many bridesmaids is she going to have, Mat?” “ Six! And I think they ought to wear white tarletan, don’t you? 0, Lou, I’m so tired!” And so it continued for the space of half an hour, till those two fair specimens of “ budding womanhood” were called to fresh scenes, leaving that hotel parlor to silence and to me, and no doubt ﬂattering themselves they had quite over- whelmed that “ dowdy old woman” with their “ style.” - “ 0, would some power the giftie gie us, To see ourselves as ithers see us.” Only two days after receiving the impression of those two maidens, I met another of their class in a depot waiting- reom. She was dressed in the deepest possible mourning. Her crape vail was long enough, and the black border on her handkerchief was deep enough for her mother-in-1aw’s funeral. N _ She had a terrible cold on her lungs. I said to her: “This is a miserable day for you to be out with that cold.” She replied: “ Yes, indeed, it is. I caught the cold at a ball last week dressing low-neck and short sleeves, and then riding seven miles in a hack, with the window open; and to-night I am going to Louisville to attend a wedding.” “ And I sup- pose you will again dress low-neck and short sleeves?” said I. “ Yes; I suppose so,” said she. “ Well,” I replied. “ P61‘- haps it will not be long before you are dressed thinner yet-— in the last dress you will ever wear.” She laughed, drew her sable habiliments about her, and got -on the train for Louisville, and perhaps for “ that bourne whence no traveler returns,” to help swell the angelic bands that sit naked, as Don Piatt once said, on the edge of a damp cloud, picking a harp by moonlight.‘ And any girl that goes to balls with low neck and short sleeves deserves to pick harps, sitting naked on the edge of damp clouds, to all eternity. What a healthy set of young angels modern girls would make! 0, for the tongues of men and of angels to make girls hear! Yet they would not be convinced, though one rose from the dead! A What shall we do to be saved? ‘ ’ HELEN N ASH. CHICAGO, January 7, 1875. - Victoria. 0. Woodhull: Thou, the American Cruciﬁcd of to-day I Just now looking over some old manuscrips of mine, I ﬁnd a letter of May, 1872, written for, but accidentally not trans- mitted to, our noble friend, Laura Cuppy Smith, to which I still subscribe with all my heart, and from which I take plea- sure in extracting, and the liberty of transmitting to you, the following: _ “ While for years—I cannot say how many—-my course, mentally, has been directed over the social high seas, hither and thither, in search of an unobstructed passage for outraged humanity into the land of real warmth, justice, freedom and right, I have ‘hailed with anilexpectantns joy, any, even the smallest speck of promise on the horizon--thatwoodhull-Olaf lin craft, the WEEKLY, heaving in sight, manned with a crew from among the truly noblest and foremost women and men in the'land—allgifted with ‘the. sword of the spirit ’—and sending from its grand and mighty _armament the solid balls for freedom, justice, truth and right all over the social seas, in thunder tones, some day to be echoed from all points of the compass,-that momentousWEEKLY movement made this your sailor, in the glow of admiration and gratitude, bare his aged head; his tarpaulin reverently went down, down to his deck; and when again he stood erect, with ‘hat in hand,’ that aged Simon came before him and quoted scrip- ture, thus: ‘N ow let Thy servant go hence in peace; for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation’s day ! ’ “ Aye, we harbor now no doubt that God will bless, even unto the end, these very efforts of His hosts in behalf of all His children, and that the day is surely soon to break over Humanity’s sky. So, let us, shout ‘ Hallelujah’ and sing ‘ Glory to God in the highest!’ ' And soon, even the Judas Church and the Judas State, and the Judas Press,—who have not ‘gone through the gates ;’ who have not ‘prepared the way for the people;’ who have not ‘cast up a highway;’ who have not ‘ gathered out the stones ;’ who have not ‘lifted up a standard for the people’ (Isaiah lxii., 10); but, who have brought unto Humanity oppression and wrong instead of justice, slavery instead of freedom, enmity instead of amity, degradation instead of elevation, obstructions instead of a cleared track, a cross, forsooth, instead of life,-——soon, even they will deem it politic to echo it, though their master, their Trinity of Lust, Position and Mammon, may stand aghast; thereby.” * * * And now, let me prophetically add, that--aged, though I be—I shall not “go hence ” before, Victoria, thy victory is gained; that the darkness of this hour announces but the breaking of the day, the breaking of the new era; and that in spite of base and bitter efforts of aristocratic would- be—leaders—a grateful posterity, i the blessings of thy vic- tory, shall rear from out its heart a lofty and beautiful In Memoriam over the tomb that is to enhrine thy ashes. Then let the blood-hounds rally and bound; let the wolves howl and the foxes bark; Let the birds of pray Look about and scream, And the long-ears bray And kick the lion whom dying they deem; let the free-lust devotees of our fast crumbling social dis- pensation swear and curse. and its enervated foster-mother, that so misnamed “ Christian Church” hatefully damn ;. let spiritualists respectably cross themselves, self satisﬁedly, ' from their individual, imaginary, ornamental loftiness, or from behind their phenomenal rte plus ultra; let;compromise—— traitorous marauders in league, covet thy ﬁeld, to destroy the hopes for the future of the many; and let penny-a-liners scribble with venom, for this hour is theirs. But the day, Victoria,with its victory, and the incoming era, is Humanity’s and thine ! Oh, for the power of magnetically voioin g, now, all over the land: To the front, ye men and women who have at heart “in spirit and in truth” the welfare of Humanity on earth‘ and of Humanity in heaven,—-To the front! Heaven is at work: “ To thy tents, O Israel” of to—day ! Yours, in the cause of Humanity, N. H. J ORGENSEN. BOSTON, 32 Woodbine street, Jan. 31, "75. My Noble Fr'£end—-Something says, write Victoria. I will attempt it, although I have but a. few words to-day, for I know that you have no time, and perhaps little disposition to receive a long epistle from me. I was reading your “ Elixir of Life” when the impression came to me to write. Never before have I so enjoyed that most valuable production. It contains more important mat- ter for the good, the highest good, of the race, than can be found in all the libraries and encyclopedias of earth. Extrav- agant though this may seem, even to you, yet before high heaven I believe it, and the older I grow, and the more I learn of myself and the needs of humanity, the stronger is this belief. I see, too, more and more the part, the important mission, which is yours._ The world don’t comprehend you yet—-—no, it cannot. Coming generations only will be able to do this. Thank God! my sight, yes, my spirit vision, is so unfolded that I can see what the vast multitude of ignorant men and women cannot. I am having an illumination and an insight into spirit things, and such peace, harmony and rest as I never before conceived of. Years ago, through that remarkable communicator of “The Spirit Congress,” J. M. Spear, I was told to read the book of Job. I often did so. They told me that his expe- riences would be mine. They have been to the letter. N ow ' they inform me that the reverse side is to be mine. I am now enjoying it, and my very soul is ﬁlled with gratitude and love; it goes out to you and your noble companion. God bless you both,‘ and enable you, for many years yet to come, “to awaken the sleepers, and to call such as are in their graves to a new, vitaland active life.” That remarkable reading of your character and ‘mission by Mr. Spear in 1871, is still in my hands, and in due time, at the prime‘, proper time, Ishall be inspired to give it to the World. Rest assured on this point. ' I am devoting all myctime, mind and body, and means, to the actualizing of “The Union Movement.” “ The signs in the heavens are big with promises.” My faith fails not, my heart grows not cold, and although comparatively, and to all externalvision, alone, yet I am not alone. I faint not, and, I trust, shall not, while life and health arespared me. I should . love, dearly love, to see you; but in due time we shall meet. Have not means at present to aid you. This one movement demands all I have. If I could I. wouldlaid you again in the publication of the WEnKIn;._ ‘I like the .abriclge_ment;; eight pagesare enough. With love and respect, J. M. Scrnntme.‘ ._g/‘ J‘ ‘ Q " kl «. 7 Feb. 27, 1875. ‘TRUE MOMOGAMY. ‘ l . A GRAFTON, Jan. 24., .1875. It may be laid down as an axiomatic truth that, all possible consequence considered and provided for, there can be no more harm in men and women cohabiting together temper- ately as they may be attracted mutually, than there is in their temperately satisfying themselves with such food as produces the best relish. And that the former comes no more under the legitimate control of law than the latter, but should equally be left to the choice and judgment of the parties concerned. Nevertheless it may safely be assumed that where the .-attraction is mutual and equal, with suﬂicient congeniality to satisfy their mental, social and sexual proclivities and tastes; or, in other words, when each ﬁnd in the other all that their natures reasonably demand, there need be little fear that either will be seeking abroad the satisfaction they so readily and fully ﬁnd at home, and which constitutes the true monogamic marriage. '1‘. LEONARD. WHAT IS IN A KISS. V BY WARREN CHASE. A sensual man who never kissed a child, nor a woman ex- cept as an expression of sexual passion or lust, knows noth- ing of the sacred purity of this gentle exhibition of loving friendship, knows nothing of the pure greeting which soul gives to soul in this salutation between meeting and parting friends of opposite sexes, nor of the holy kiss of a mother or father when given to a child, or near and dear young friend. Such persons when they own wives never kiss them except in sexual passion, and if any other man should kiss them at meeting or parting they are outraged with the most violent anger at the wife, and hatred ever after of the man. Such persons know nothing of love except its expression in lust'or sexual passion, and know little of friendship in the higher relations of purity. We have known many such men in our travels, but never knew one that varied from the above des- cription. We have also known hundreds of men whose souls rise above the sensual, and see in a kiss the holiest tie of pure - and sacred friendship, and who would see only an expression of such pure friendship in the greeting and parting with friends, male or female; and such we know to be the most pure, and best husbands. Knowing their own objects, feel- ings and motives in such cases, they judge others by them- selves.‘ No outawrd sign gives us a better evidence of purity in man or woman than the easy and familiar greeting of inti- mate friends of the opposite sex with a kiss. We often see thi in the cars and public places, and, so far as we have ever been able to learn, these are the pure and affectionate, and not the sensual and licentious who hide their expression of lust in stolen kisses in the dark, and out of sight of other parties. ‘SELECTED AND ORIGINAL FOR THE WEEKLY. BY “OLD SLABSIDES.” Truth is never slander, although it may be very unwel- come.—Burnett. On rumor’s tongue continual slanders ride.--Shakespeare. Soft-buzzing slander: silky moths that eat an honest ‘name. —Thomson. ; ‘ Slander is the solace of malignity.-—.Tou.bert. Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation his defense.——J'ohnson. Where it concerns himself, who is angry at a slander makes it true.-Ben. Jonson. There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears.—-Bishop Hall. There is no slander in an allowed fool, though he do noth- ing but rai1.—Shahespeare. If slander be a snake, it is a winged one. It ﬂies as well as creeps»-Douglas Jerrold. The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of ot-hers.-—-Fr'eld'lng. Calumny would soon starve and die of itself, if nobody took it in and gave it lodging.—Le'i-ghton. Life would be a perpetual ﬂea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveraclties, insinuations and -suspicions which are uttering against him.——Beecher. A new light in social freedom may be found if you take Henry Ward Beecher’s candle.—Burn-it. LOVE OF GOD IN MILAN, OHIO. The Rev. Mr. Wells, Secretary of the Ohio State Y.M.C.A., made the statement on the evening of the 11th inst., to an audience of several hundred people, that “the time is com- ing when Christians will love God so intensely that they will put to death even their own children who may be found hold- ing and teaching heretical opinions.” Has the doctrine of the “ Vicarious Atonement ” begun to bear such fruit as this, in’ these latter days of “ boasted civilization?” L. M. H. s. [From the San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 13.] A FUNERAL WHERE THE MOURNERS WERE- HAPPY. V ‘ A The remains of T. L. Johns, editor of the Figaro, were buried yesterday afternoon from Paciﬁc Hall, with simple but interesting ceremonies. The obsequies were in charge , of the Bohemian Club, which was represented by many of its members. The coffin was brought into‘ the hall a few minutes after 2 o’clock, P. M., and placed in front of the preacher’s desk. The music was by a quintette choir, which 83118 the Sacred 30118» ‘.‘ Reﬁt» Spirit, Rest,?’ as the procession entered the church. T. J. Vivian then made a ‘few appro-. priate remar1ss.oomp1imen.ta,rytq the deceased, The choir sang the tenor and exquisite melody, *‘Qoo;_;e page 1%,’? fret} ‘“l‘hEjM@E8i%hs" Themes tfewsemh made a speech. which side: theses it see, see egeesg esiesses; es the WO0DHU_LL & CLAFLIN?S WEEKLY afternoon. It was full of gentle appreciation of the dead journalist. Mr. Newcomb was followed by Laura Cuppy Smith, the Spiritualist, who has been for the last few months in San Francisco. She spoke with head uncovered, standing at the head of the coﬂin. She fully concurred in the words that had been spoken by those who had been fellow journal- ists with him who was gone,iand excused her verbal tribute by saying that he had been a true friend to woman, and it was highly becoming thatja wife and a mother should speak at his funeral. Mrs. Johns arose,~and with great emotion, said that for the last eighteen months her husband had lived a tragedy, and death came to {him simply as a release. J. G. Russell sang the beautiful air, "‘ Flee as a Bird to the Moun- tains.” Those present took a last look at the remains, which were soon after removed.and accompanied to the cemetery by relatives and intimate friends. - ‘ x The funeral was in many respects peculiar. Except for the class of music sung, which was religious in the conventional sense, the exercises were entirely secular. N o priest offi- ciated, no prayers "were uttered, nothing of a devotional nature occurred. That which was said was not inappropriate, and much deep feeling was manifested. Many journalists and members of the theatrical profession were present. [For Woodhull and Claﬂin’s Weekly.] WOMAN’S‘ COMING POWER. Br rnor. J. E. cook. 0, glorious day! 0, happy hour! When woman, conscious of her power, Shall make her selﬁsh tyrants cower. From slavery’s long and cheerless night She ushers forth in‘ freedom’s light To preach and plead for truth and right. Inspired by spirits from above, As well as her own faith and love, Man’s full compeer she’ll surely prove. By her heart-felt and loving words Of truth, which soul and body gird, At last the nations shall be stirred. With “ thoughts that breathe and words that burn,” She melts the obdurate and stern, And makes the stupid to discern. The reign of that infernal Ring, Of which Old Alcohol is King, Woman’s power to nought shall bring. And every Ring of Church or State, Devoid of love and full of hate, Through wom.i.n’s power shall meet its fate. The truth, that by her now is spread, “ Shall bruise the serpent’s hydra-head,”' And man by it be upward led. O, selﬁsh man, you yet shall see I’ Woman’s “ Individual Sovereignty,” And let her be healthy, happy, free. 0, woman, assume thine own high place As mother, saviour of our race; Then will the world progress apace. (From the Commonwealth, Boston, Mass.) PARKER PILLSBURY. The hour for the anti-slavery lecture arrives, and you ob- serve a man of medium height, squarely built, and of a some- what swarthy complexion, enter the hall. He sets his foot “ Men never know God’s messengers; ’tis well—«- The thoughts that in their kindling bosoms dwell , Roll sea—like through the world. They only know That they are trumpets that God’s lips do blow. They come and go, as night comes, bearing stars Dark in themsels es, shining through dungeon bars. They whisper, and their utterance grows more loud, Until dead nations hear it through their shroud Of ignorance and fear. A They never die, But rise love-animate to regions high Of deathless wonder. Few and dark their years; ‘ Mighty their sorrows; bitter cold their tears; Keener their anguish than a mother’s pain. Freed from earth, in emerald spheres they gain A vernal youth, a spring-tide of heart-rest, And unto God’s own heart in tenderest l.ove are pressed." B. J. B, COMMUNICATION THROUGH MRS. J. BURTON. NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 2, 1874.. To MRS. H. BEACH: My Dear Frz'end—The spheres are resplendent with glory; lights of various colors scintillate continually, and the rariﬁed atmosphere looks like a kaleidiscope of magniﬁed rays. The music is not wearing, but from its great variety is suited to each one's taste. It is a day of rejoicing, and every happy heart is mellow with enjoyment; each home is deco- rated with such fair ﬂowers as suit the pleasure of its occu- pants, and the love of the Father is manifest in every radiating prism that decks the sky. « I feel God in. the .motion of my feet, in the sound of my voice, in the touch of a friend's hand; all things breathe inspiration and point to Divinity; in my pulses I feel His pulse, and I am all aglow with love for Him, for you, for all. Yet there is a reversed side; for the lower spheres are dark and gloomy, and ﬁlled with inconsolable spirits who have wandered around for scores of years undeveloped; some who died drunk, or insane, or vile with murderous deeds, who cannot arouse themselves from a stupor which oppresses them even to the bitterness of a living death; mothers who gave themselves to infamy, and have the marks of infan- ticide attached to their garments, cry for help; and to them I and manyothers go carrying the love of God in our hands and hearts, and meeting it also even there; and we encour- age, teach and develop thousands by gradual degrees to enlightenment, self-respect and hope, and they attain at last a fair status, from which they have all eternity to work in. I am a busy woman; ever since I left you all upon earth, it has been my mission to develop hopeless souls. CORA. This woman had wonderful sight; was known as Mrs. Cora Seaman; died about the year 1855, in this city. I feel this communication should be given to the world. I consulted her in life, and her predictions have been fulﬁlled almost without exception. She was of Indian birth, and is a strong aid to assist me yet, and says she _is still developing her clairvoyant and astrological powers.—H. Beach. ANOTHER CLERICAL SCANDAL. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Jan. 19, 1875. As though the Beecher scandal wits not enough to inﬂict on the country, since that became a topic of discussion, we have had several of the same sort in various parts of the land. Rhode Island has not escaped; it has had its scandal in the alleged improper conduct_ of the Rev. A. B. Burdick, of Wes- terly, a member of the Seventh Day Baptist communion. The matter was brought before the public in the Sun 9’.ay‘D£s- patch some six weeks ago, the charge being that the rover- ﬂatly upon the ﬂoor, his head droops forward as if partly concealed between his shoulders, and his general aspect is that of a plain,_. unvarnished brother of the great human family of whom he is neither king nor vassal. To a super- ﬁcial audience, even after Parker Pillsbury has reached the platform and been for some time speaking, he affords a very uncertain assurance of that moral power, keen satire, or mar- velous sublimity, with which he at length inspires his ap- preciative hearers. But to the physilogist, that square and ponderous brain, so near the large and vital heart and lungs, is at once pronounced a magazine of power. There resides in that frontal lobe a capacity for thought, as well as moral feeling, which, if brought into constant use, must tend to shatter even a naturally energetic physical frame. Such, in fact, if we mistake not, has been the mental and physical experience of Mr. Pillsbury for years. His vital power, to- day, is muchreduced. Hence you see this radical abolitionist slowly rising to speak, and almost awkwardly creeping for- ward to the stand, like a soldier, bruised and maimed, and already exhausted by the heat of battle. But when he un- seals his prophetic lips, and the internal altar-ﬁres begin to glow, he seems like an increasing giant, lifting and steadily poising the immense burden that weighs upon hissoul, until, from the cloudless realm of Eternal Justice, he feels the pulse, and dictates the cure, of amighty nation prostrate and delirious with the wine of oppression. The unpretending speaker, suffering from disease, who began with faint and almost breathless utterance, is now transﬁgured into the likeness of an Isaiah hurling the divine judgments upon the mightiest heads of his own degenerate Israel. The gilded mantles of the false prophets, and the silken logic of political and diplomatic patriotism, melt in the focal ﬂame of his inspiration like glittering gauze in the mouth of the iron furnace. A , Mr. Pillsbury has been thought to draw too gloomy and dark pictures of the moral sky ‘of the government and the nation/. Perhaps the ill-health and the somewhat bilious temperament of Mr. Pillsbury may sometimes unduly tinge his lectures with the hue of melancholy. At the same time they may serve-to anoint those ample eyeballs with a clearer vision, and unseal those inspired lips with words of more momentpgs import than the surface-thinkers or babbling political doctors of his own generation will ever know. At any rate, let his more sanguine critics remember that “ a Dtsphet gg sadder than other men":-sadcler, because of all sites men he looks farthest into the euE'ri.tt*esﬁes§§¥.i,ef his ceasing; wages. is sienna? geese es it is st zeal end gentleman stopped at a hotel in Pawtucket a Saturday night in July last with a woman not his wife. The charge excited much comment, and the press called upon the alleged culprit to vindicate himself. During the week subsequent to the publication of the charge, Elder Burdick published in each of the daily papers in Providence a card declaring his innocence and promising to clear up his character. This he has not done yet, and the Dispatch has fortiﬁed its original statement by facts which have an ominous signiﬁcance, and are probably the reason why the promised vindication is not forthcoming. Only the conclusion is admissible that the Elder is unable to meet the case and clear his skirts. The public mind seems to be settling down upon a verdict of guilty. Elder Burdick has been one of the unctious sort. who could wrestle with the Lord in prayer like a grizzly or hurl the thunderbolts of hell at sinners as a Paixham hurls shot. He was a year or so since city missionary for the Young Men’s Christian Association, and more recently a State constable, resigning a few days before the scandal was publicly-disclosed. The case is suggestive, but as the WEEKLY. I is pressed for room I‘ reserve comments which are pressing not only on this but kindred cases. which are so numerous as to indicate that the army of the Lord is sadly demoralized. ’ WILLIAM FOSTER, J R. NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 1875. Enrrons WOODHULL AND CLAELIN’s WEEKLY: The public generally have admired the manner in which Judge Neilson presides, at the Tilton and Beecher trial His ruling as to the admission of Mr. Tilton’s testimony,with the exclusion “of any conﬁdential communications,” has also been applauded by many. But, Mr..Editor, I, for one, am sorry to perceive that it is not carried out; at the very commencementof Mr. Tilton’s testimony occ rs the follow- ing passage; “ My wife is forty-one;” and then, as if to add insult to injury, it is followed with “between one and two years older than myself.” If the ﬁrst of the above state- ments can be looked upon by any lady who has arrived at the years of discretion in any other light than as a most con-= ﬁdential communication, your correspondent is grievously ‘ mistaken Where was Mr. Evarts when the above Was 1113-- tered that he ‘did not interpose one of his everlasting objec- tions; and why did not Judge Neilson maintain his r}11i.ng 011 that occasion. I do not know“ how other ladies feel in the mgtter, but as for me. I trust I may never be defended the see tried iii‘ 53% 95335? €25’ W29 Eli??? hdigitii bl?“ i-W‘ 4 WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY Feb. 27, 1875. 3' TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.‘ ‘ A PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. 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Woodhull do C'laﬂin’s Weekly, Box 3791, New York City. Oﬂice, 111 Nassau Street, Room 9. al- “ The diseases of society can, no more than cor poreal maladies, be prevented or cared without being spoken about in plain Zanguage.”——JoHN STUART MILL. -.4-f NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEB. 27, 1875. ,, __ REVOLUTION. Europe is armed to the teeth. The German system of civ- ilization rests upon the sword. With it the soldier is ﬁrst, the citizen subordinate. Germany is a band of armed ban- ditti ready to sally forth in quest -of booty. Of course under such ‘circumstances all other Europeans must arm likewise. The Prussian system cannot sustain itself save by preda- tory excursions upon its‘ neighbors. It needs rich foes, and b it can carve its way to their strong boxes with the sword. The first Napoleon estimated that one soldier with his nr.ces~ sary paraphernalia, devoured the labors of three toilers. There are now, it is estimated, ﬁve II1llllOl1S of these red locusts in Europe. is it any wonder, then, that the laborers there are trodden down into the dust of the earth? Certainly not. We speak of ancient Rome as the great military nation of antiquity. So it was. Yet Augustus Caesar held all Europe; the ngrth of Africa and the west of Asia, with 189,000 men, or less than one twentieth of the number of soldiers that are now in Europe. Workers had-a chance to obtain a decent existence in those days, now they have not. But there are reasons for all this arming. Since the des- truction of slavery and serfdom, the politico-economical base of the world has been removed. They were the foun- dations of the "present industrial system, and with their fall the oppressions of the laborer in all their forms, must soon become things of the past. Under the new system, now already foreshadowed, those ancient foes, the agriculturist and the mechanichuvc happily concluded to join their forces, and when united, both here and eventually in Europe, they will be able to dictate better laws than we have at present. Under them distributors and ﬁnanciers will be ruled as their agents, and not be, as now, their rulers. The Catholic Church sees the coming change and is preparing to assist it. The millions of women workers in schools and factories are linking it to a social change also, ‘while the ﬁnancier, under whose ruling peoplefare starving in our cities in the midst of plenty, must expect to have his theories overhauled, and changes introduce of the most momentous consequences. ‘ It will be seen that the industrial revolution of which we have spoken cannot be eifected without a ﬁnancial boulevessment which also is rapidly advancing upon the world. ’ The right of money to compete with the laborer by the legﬂization of usury is denied. That is the foun- dation of the wOrld’s money system, though it is condemned ' by Moses, Aristotle, Mahommed, and also by the Catholic Church. Protestantism is too much dominated by money to speak out upon the question. Our present ﬁnancial system is being destroyed from within, it has eaten itself out in three hundred years. It is now like a heap of ma-‘ nure on ﬁre wit its own rottenness. All civilized nations now are sta.<rgering, under national debts the interest of which half of them are unable to meet. With us States, cities, towns and villages are general'y in like manner’ en- cumbered. The Wise money provisions of the Constitution are setrat —li'c1llglll., The oracle of the Supreme C.O11.I‘t, nia- .nil>u12ite<i by the power of the mosey-change1°s.’aciing, some think, through the executive, “ Mammonizes.” Al- ready the nation, reeling under a money delirium tremens, has had two appoplectic ﬁts, the third will be fat-al to the system. It needs no outward attack, its innate rot- tenness will destroy it. VVith it will fall a deadly oppressor, which has long sucked the life out of the toilers, both male and fenialo, which has prevented_increase, and ”which has subsidized the presses, the platfo rms, and the churches of mankind. Marching on, with‘ an equal step, the religious revolution is pressing forward also. New religions are being generated everywhere. With such the claimed inspiration of the Bible is generally considered a thing of the past. The most popular pulpit Orators manufacture their creeds as they go, when’ they want a new doctrine they improvise it. That many headed hydra, protestantism, is beginning to feel the neces- sity of uniting its hundreds of sects, but cannot perform the Operation. The Y. M. C. A. is trying the same game ; it uses the clergy but virtually ignores them, by repudiating their dissensions. The Catholic ‘Church, since its declara- tion of the infallibility of the Pope, has fallen from inon-, archial grace, and consequently has found it necessary to put the barque of St. Peter on a new tack. The peoples are displacing their rulers in its affections. It feels itself now, with its two hundred millions of adherents, like an ele- phant, with kings for its keepers. It has the power, but it cannot Organize it, and governments will take care that it shall not. Undermining all, the new development, Spi- ritualism, is rapidly working its way. With it the im- provement of our race is everything, its manufactured gods . nothing. Ramifying already everywhere, it is displacing Buddha, Brahma, ';_Allah and Jehovah, and soon all those potentates will keep company in_ the distance with the Jupiter of the Pagans. Why it should thus increase in power is palpablef The people under its doctrines recog- nize the fact that the dreadful persecutions of the past can never be repeated, because, leaving the God-dreams of past ages, it simply demands of all its followers to develop their own souls by faithfully performing their duties to all their brothers and sisters in the world. Thus, of necessity, it unites itself with all the reforms demanded by the age; for they are the instruments by which alone it can perform its grand work of human improvement and regeneration. Last, but not least, comes the social revolutiOn——in other words, the rightful claim," growing out of our advanced civilization, for personal sovereignty. The world has ad- vanced to it by regular gradations. Woman, during the long past, has been a slave——ﬁrst, in savage life, to the in- dividual man; s_ince, through priesthoods or civil laws, to communities; but under the latter arrangements, the bar- barism of the ancient individual savage rule has been and is maintained. Through it she has been and is generally debarred from her personal right to choose the father of her child. This is the first and grandest of natural rights——One without which we cannot hope for the improvement of the race of man. What woman will do with her liberty, when it is admitted, is a question man has no right to ask. But, if she be less promiscuous and more monogamic than her mate, she will then be in power to establish for herself that system which she prefers. But before this grandest of all the revolutions can be accomplished, it is manifest that her industrial rights must be established ; that her ﬁnancial position must be changed; that the religious and civil laws which have so long oppressed her must be annihilated; that old things must pass away and all become new. We have thus sketched the four grand movements of the present age, and have endeavored to show how they are all parts of one magniﬁcent whole. We do not claim that they have been devised or hardly promoted by human agencies; they are a growth. It is not to be expected that they will be established without great sufferings; but they will be established. Geologists have proved the regular gradation of the changes of the natural world, and the changes in the moral world are as regular and as inevitable as those ‘of the physical. The earth never retraces its orbit,‘ and the car of the ages never rolls back. All that the WEEKLY claims is that it has seen in the distance the changes now rapidly ap- proaching, and that it has warned mankind to prepare to meet them, and to proﬁt by them. m_4A_4_ WT CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. One would think that, in a civilized country, this is the last thing that ought to be permitted; but any one who walks through the streets of any of our populous cities willﬁnd that the suppression of it is the last thing that communities (call- ing themselves Christian) attend to. In fact, although for years there has been a potent and ﬂourishing society estab- lished for the protection of inferior animals in New‘,York, it is only within the past three months that a society of a similar character has been instituted for the protection of children. Our readers well know that for a long time the. WEEKLY has tried to infuse a littleiiumanity into our ortho-, dox brethren and sisters in that particular, and asserted and defended the rights of all little ones to full communal care, both as regards their physical and moral, as well as their intellectual requirements, which latter are now, we are glad to add, by the passage of the “ Compulsory Education ” law, fully admitted. V ‘ I - We claim both of the above advances as the fruits of the labors of the . truthful and out-spoken coadjutors of the there is even now a bitter ﬁght ‘over both of the above efforts,‘ for, at present, the “ Compulsory Education Bill” is not, and cannot be, carried into effect, because, as the Tribunetadmits, it does not go far enough, being limited solely to the intellectual needs of children and omitting to provide ﬁrst for their physical necessities. With regard to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, un- der the indomitable Mr. Bergh, it is now applying to the Legislature at Albany for a law giving it power to act in certain cases; and this is the way in which our Grecian con- temporary, the New York Worid, treats his application, or rather himself: It is obviously scandalous that a person who is capable of playing the fantastic tricks before,hig_h heaven with other lpeopée s feelings and other people s rights in which Be_rgh as or now oo many years been persistently indulging, should be clothed, as_ by a _bill now pending at Albany it is proposed to clothe him, with a sort of general unlimited ]11I‘lS.d1Cl}10n‘ Over all the valuable live stock of the com- munity, extending to thepraotical conﬁscation of all four- footed animals, as to the true uses and services of which there may any _dispute_ar1se between their lawful ‘owners and this se1f—appo1nted dictator of -the highways and the byways of New York. It is impossible that such a bill should have been born of anything but impudeiit persistency on the part of Bergh, and thoughtless sentimentalism on the part of other people. Bergh is past cure. But if the people whose votes are necessary to inﬂict this new dispencsation of Bergh upon us have any concern about their own iuture they will do well to think twice before they leap once at the crack of this ’p1‘1?p(j)ES:léee1‘rOl.ilS person s pestiferous whip. We have had enoug o g . so far as we know, that have thus endeavored to belittle his services to the brute creation. Probably remembering the position taken by the World in the cause of slavery in the war of the rebellion, it would be just to look upon its asper- sions as complimentary to the great humanitarian. Witliout disguisingthe magnitude of his vast undertaking, which we believe he well appreciates, we wish him hearty success in his new department, resting assured that the full com- munal care Over all little ones who need State aid, which ought to be cheerfully rendered, will very soon, after it has been established, commend itself to the good will of the public and immortalize the agent or agents by whom it is consummated. The WEEKLY does not look upon public aid as a gift, but asa right to which all children are born in communities hundreds of thousands of children in our cities is a disgrace to us as a people. Furthermore, their right to every Care that can be bestowed on them, is backed by every considera. tion worthy of public attention. Every starving or ragged child among us is an insult to all our religions, exposing their shortcomings in the most fearful manner. But alas! already what is called Christianity essays to block the way of this great and needed reform. Already the bugle has sounded, calling up the legions for the old Catholic and Protestant ﬁght Over these wretched, ragged and neglected little Ones. Here it is, inan extract from the Sunday Demo- crat of January 31: But as the bill stands, it empowers the corporators and their agents to seize Catholic children, to bring them before some complacent Justice, and then to consign them to a Pro- testant reformatory. The members _of New York should look after this ‘bill, and have a clause inserted that the chil. dren of Catholic parents should be sent to a Catholic reform- atory, while the children of Protestant parents should be of the State. If the rich Catholic and Protestant church es did their duty there would be no neglected children; that they are as they are is the fault of both churches. As in the case of the public schools, all the people have to ask of religionists is to stand aside and let the public car roll On. It is melan- choly to perceive that no good can be devised for our commu- nity without raising a faction ﬁght among creedal religionists. One would think if there be any subject on which all ought to cheerfully lend their aid, it is to be found in the protec. tion of the neglected children of our community. A decent regard for the public good ought to stiﬁe the mean amosi- ties of interested religionists, and a proper respect for the Constitution of the United States ought to save us from the public catering to any religious system, which appears to be the cause of contention. But we trust that the good sense Of» the people will not permit their creedal animosities to rob them of the great good that all must admit will eventuate from the bill under consideration. Self-interest alone ought to secure its passage, for every economist knows how to compute the diﬁ’ei'ence between the value of workers and idlers in a community, and also: that cheerful retreats could to-day be established and sustained for these forlorn little waifs of 11umanity—these poor Joe All-alone’s of our cities ——at half the cost of the prisons which must be provided for the same parties to-morrow, if we neglect or ignore our pres- ent pressing duty to tllein. mm; 4_ ‘V - UNDEVELOPED HUMANITY. “ Things bad begun, make themselves strong by ill.”—Sha7cespeare. The New York’ World, in its issue of Feb. 14, devotes a short leader to the subject of children. It is a melancholy admission of the present sad condition of infaniile humanity. We believe that our neighbor-’s_remarks on the above theme are pertinent and too truthful, and, therefore, re-publish them: ' Dr. Johnson declares that children are naturally cruel. ‘condensed and arranged the same ‘in our columns. But C It is due to Mr. Bergh to state that there are few presses, worthy to be termed civilized. The present condition of . sent to Protestant reformatoriés, all, of course, at the expense . _ , _ , Thackeray says they are naturally hypocritical. Mrs. Mont-= I WEEKLY, only claiming for ourselves the merit of having l gomery contends that they are not naturally truthful. . 5’ 3». - . rs... , #4 A 1‘ ..,\ 3.75» I ,4 ’_ ‘A. Feb. 27, 1875. ‘wooi)HnLL as CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. 5 And now Theodore Tilton swears they are naturally crafty. To cap or bottom all. Wordsworth sings, as everybody knows: ‘-‘ The child is father of the man.” - Such being the case, we do not see that anybody could reason- ably expect the world to be better than it is. Nay, -we are bound to infer that it is worse than it seems.‘ The stream cannot rise above its source, and its apparent _meanderings on a higher level, if perceived, must be an illusion. Beyond doubt, if these great moral teachers are not mistaken. we are all congenitally a bad lot together, and might bis well resign ourselves to the fact. VVhy kick against the pr1ck_s of innate depravity? Why try, spasmodically or otherwise, to_ lift ourselves up by our waistbands? The best we can do is to add a sense of shame to the cruelty, hypocrisy. untruthful- ness, craftiness and general “ cussedness” with which we are dowered at birth. Let us blush, and be hopeless. The senti- ment is not a cheerful one, yet the time, it must be owned, would seem to give it proof. ’ At present, it may be said, children, in what are called civilized communities, are artiﬁcially rather than naturally begotten. The services of priests or magistrates are gene- rally called into aid parents previous to the act of reproduc-_ tion. Under men’s rule, the rights of women vanish, prac- tically annihilated by the operation. That is why the WEEKLY objects to legal marriages. They seal women, as the Mormons call it, to certain men. If either of the parties are unworthy or unﬁt, no matter, they cannot recede and try again for a more desirable conjunction. VVe believe that inharmonious conditions exist in fully half of the mar- ried couples in the Union, and from such what can be ex- pected but undeveloped children. Under these circumstances we do not hold it wise to join in the wail with which our contemporary terminates its ar- ticle. We will not “blush and be hopeless,” but will do our best to exhibit to all of our brethren and sisters a more excellent way. We will hold up before them the idea of“ “free love,” and maintain it in opposition to “slavish law.” We will set up in all aifectional matters “ woman’s rights” against “man’s usurpations,” although the latter may have ' been sanctioned from time immemorial by all the legislatures, and all the priesthoods that the World has ever seen. Fur- thermore, we do not, cannot look for much improvement in the human stock until we have succeeded in our efforts, which end, we trust, is not far off, for when people are will- ing to acknowledge an evil, it is manifestly their duty, if they are Wise, to look for and speedily apply a ﬁtting remedy. ~49 VVOMAN AT RETAIL. The curse of modern civilizazion, based on a false, system of political economy, is, that in effect it schedules man under, instead of over, property. With it money is every- thing, man, nothing. -Every thinking human being knows that what our cities need in order to improve the social order of the people, is space, air and light. They cannot have_ these requisites of healthy existence, because the “ claims of property” block the way. In the war, Congress assessed the money value of man wholesale, here is one who proposes to perform the same operation in retail. In a lvashington paper is printed the following .'-—-Wanted --The front teeth of a girl fourteen years of age. VVill pay liberally and replace artiﬁcially.—New Y ark Sun. If it were a custom with African savages to extract the teeth of their young women, what a howl would be very properly raised against it by the religious bodies among us. Yet here is an offer advertised and looked upon as a simple business-operation, without shocking the moral sense of the community. It is the opinion of the WEEKLY that the barba- risms of modern civilization, of which the above proposal is a specimen, far surpass those which are to be found among savage peoples. In fact, the WEEKLY feels constrained in the present instance, to apologize to all Bushmen, Caribs, Hot- tentots, et hoe genus omne, for having dared to suppose, that, as human beings, they might be guilty of a similar atrocity. >-<Q9—< LEVELING DOIV N. Of late years many corporations and many presses have considered the masses of the working classes as unﬁt to be permitted to use public conveyances. We believe that New York is the only city (either here or in Europe) where public carriers under a contract with the State, are permitted to break their contract for the accommodation of parties who deem themselves too good to ride with their neighbors." We allude tothe corporation controlling the public, or what ought to be the public, cars on‘ the Third Avenue, and to what are termed the Palace cars onthat line. The rate charged on them, is, we believe, ten cents, the extra four cents being levied on passengers by what Theodore Parker used to call—“the rule of thumb.” It is kind, doubtless, to gentlemen and ladies, for the Third Avenue corporation thus _to nullify their contract, but we believe that ‘ the people have rights in the matter which ought to be respected. But lately, the New York Herald ‘demanded “special streetcars for ladies” also, for the following reasons: ‘ The inadequate accommodations furnished by our city railroad companies to meet public wants at certain hoursof the day, when the commencement and close of business in- crease passenger traffic on every line, are especially disagree- able to ladies. To be compelled to breathean unwholsome atmosphere for a half hour or so, in which the unwelcome odors of strange dinner cans, outer garments fresh from a sewer, pipes of uncertain origin and breaths of every descrip- tion of alcoholic vileness mingle together. and to stand on Wearied limbs while stalwart lords of creation ensconce them- selves comfortably in corners, scowling, perchance, when the slight arm clinging to the strap obscures the dim light of the ill—smelling lamp, is no pleasant ordeal for a lady. The city railroad companies can readily aﬁord a concession to . their too indulgent patrons, to make some special provision for ladies during such hours when the cars are overcrowded. When poor working girls are obligedto. shiver on a bleak platform or be jostled by unfeeling persons who claim the right-of way by reason of their superior strength there is cer- tainly a just cause to demand of the companies special cars for the weaker sex. Frequent‘: y ladies ﬁnd it a task of extreme diﬂiculty’ to obtain even ordinary standing room on a car in the morning and evening. Each company should, there- fore, reserve a certain number of cars for the exclusive accommodation of ladies during those hours of the day when the throng of passengers is greatest. Corporations that make so much money should be compelled to consult the interests of the public. . While we do not desire to defend the arrogance of the corporations that cram the cars in a way unknown to other civilized nations, and would be glad to see them restricted to, allow sixteen inches of seat room to each passenger, as is the case in London, and we believe in Paris and Vienna; and the enforcement of that restriction to be placed in the hands of the police authorities and not left solely to be enforced by wronged citizens, we are glad to congratulate them on not having introduced a sexual discrimination in their cars like the one suggested by the Herald. As to the “ working girls” mentioned in the same, we think they were introduced merely as an afterthought, for we feel assured that they would make no objection to riding with working men. We pity those who suffer from the obscene smell of the dinners that toilets are compelled to eat, and wish the food was of a better quality. As to the sewer builders, who do their dirty, barbarous and uneconomical work for the ac- commodation of the gentry, we do not think the unsavoriness of their labors should be made a charge against them by the .He7'aZcZ. Instead of complaining of them, we think our con- temporary would do better by striving to ameliorate the harshness and nauseousness of their life labors, and not to endeavor to make an invidious distinction between them and others who are less useful and less necessary members of sf)- is a --much better, and far more republican method of pro- cedure, than that of copying the absurd classifying system of our English progenitors, which has generally been, and is now, that of leveling down. g+—4——% WHAT OF THE NIGHT? Nearly one hundred years have passed since ourfathers met in council in Philadelphia to concert measures for securing the liberties of the people of this country. Nearly a century has gone by since, appealing their cause to eternal justice, they deemed it their duty, in the Declaration of Independ- ence, after enumerating the reasons which justiﬁed such action, to hurl their deﬁance at the most wealthy and potent nation’ then existing on the face of the globe. But, before arriving at such conclusion, they found it necessary to sketch, for their guidance, the proper duties of a government. These they declared were three in number, viz. : “ To secure to the people the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The “ rights of property,”’which latterly seem to have usurped almost all the attention of our National, State and Municipal legislation, were not enumer- ated, save incidentally, perhaps, under the last of these speciﬁcations. , V The first question we shall ask is, Has our government done its duty in regard to this matter of the security of hu- man life? Will our records of criminal and accidental de- struction of human life compare favorably with those of other nations of our standing and enlightenment? It is be- lievedithat they will not. Nor are our municipal authorities less negligent of their duties in this particular. It is com- puted that in the city of New York alone, during the sum- mer months, the deaths of not less than one hundred chil- dren per week are due to circumstances over which the city authorities have power, but fail to exercise it. It is not too much to assert that the meanest shanty here is more care- fully guarded by our rulers than the lives of a hetacomb of the children of our working classes. ' The second right which our fathers instruct us a just gov- ernment-should secure, is that of “liberty.” So caijeful were they of this sacred right, that, though by the cupidity of Great Britain slavery existed among them, they utterly refused to nationally legalize it. They decreed a large terri- tory, the Northwest, to liberty. They declined to insert even the word “servitude” in the Constitution, because it sug- gested slavery, and user “ service” instead.‘ They decreed the destruction of the slave» trade after a short term of years, and set an example to other nations by branding it as .“ piracy.” A I . It is manifest that if the people, or even the popular churches, had maintained the ground taken against slavery in the Revolutionary era, it would soon have withered and died out in the land, and we should have been spared the long and bloody period of the War of the Rebellion. But they did not. The later parties both Whig and Democratic, Trial by Jury, and S. A. Douglas, at its behest, annihilated the Missouri compromise. We are not indebted for its de- struction either to the piety of the churches or the honesty of governments, but to the general and spontaneous indig- nation of the people. I Under these circumstances, it is sub- mitted that we are not indebted to our rulers for the care they have taken in securing and establishing the liberty of the people of the Republic. The third and last-mentioned duty of a government is to secure us in the right to the “pursuit of happiness.” We are a Republic and are justiﬁed in claiming that the happiness‘ 1'efe1'i'edto shculdbe general. Probably we can yet @931. ciety. By so doing, it would in our opinion, level up, which bent before the power of slavery. Webster sacriﬁced to it. pare favorably with other _,nations’ in this matter, but how is it as regards ourselves? During thepast half century homi- cides have increased in New York City from four to four- at a fearfully accelerated speed, until now in the winter season the recipients of public charity number about one-tenth of the population. It is no answer to this sad statement, to seek to balance it by pointing to the increase of property in the community. Such advance is a proof of the industry of the people, and does not justify the extension of pauperism among them. We ﬁnd the causes of the fearful degeneracy of which we complain in the operation of the evil land and money laws, which alas! we have inherited from our aristo- cratic British progenitors, and which are at war with the political institutions we have inherited from our forefathers. The codes of law which have governed mankind are few in number, and, like the religions of mankind, their bases are very similar. Ideas now rule the world far more than parchments. In this country there is possibly no law so much infracted as the Constitution itself. The freedom of con- science, ordained by that instrument is broken by Congress itself in the appointment of paid chaplains, while nothing can be farther than our present money system from the hard money limitation of the power of Congress in that instru- ment. All the efforts of the WEEKLY have been directed to force the democratic idea into our social, ﬁnancial and in- dustrial economy, so as to bring them in harmony with our religious and political freedom. The latter also we aim to develop by demanding the extension of the same civil and political rights to all women that are claimed and can be ex- ercised by all men in our Republic; for, in the admission of the personal sovereignty of woman all these reforms] culmi- nate and until that is accomplished, in our opinion the present chaotic condition of society must continue to exist among us. » __.4Q 4 r wr*~ ‘MALE OWNERSHIP OF WOMEN. Property in woman appears to us to be the ban of our present sexual system. The World’s ecclesiastical and lega systems assume it to be right, nd coansequently in the opinion of the WEEKLY are not in harmony with justice and natural law. Outside of that ownership woman is looked upon usually with contempt. An old bachelor may be honored and respected, but an old maid is generally held up to public contempt. There are exceptions, of course, but they are few and far between. So strong in man is the feeling of propertyin a wife, that in it all the personal rights of the latter appear to be absorbed. Let a woman marry a scoundrel, a ‘drunkard, or a semi,-imbecile, it is ex- pected of her to" abide by her bargain. Of course, in some instances, she disobeys such a cruel ruling, and consequently suffers for her virtue in so doing. In the Tilton-Beecher case, some men may pity Theodore Tilton, but only women feel the sorrows of Mrs. Tilton. In the present trial the law itself appears to ignore her existence, and to treat her with absolute contempt. There _are no damages for her to come out of the affair. It is not likely that even her testi- mony will be taken, although in the verdict she certainly has more at stake than either H. W. Beecher or her husband, Under the law the portion of woman is to suffer. Should the verdict indirectly inculpate her, it isquestionable whether she could maintain possession of her own children. Yet, Mr. Pryor tells us, that, in the eye of the law, adultery is not a crime. How is this ? The deprivation of a mother of her little ones savors a little of punishment. It is cer- tainly not just ; but it is consistent with the idea of property which runsthrough the whole of the sexual and social tyranny (established by the ecclesiastical and civil laws) through which man yet retains his ancient "savage power over his helpmate woman. Q->——-4- BOOK NOTICES. THE CULTIVATION or ART AND ITS RELATIONS TO RELi.. GIOUS PURITANISM AND MONEY-GETTING. A ‘pamphlet, ' 36 Dey street, New York. A timely work, well worthy of the patronage of the public. have done yet. We are practical and energetic, but not aesthetic. The best way’ to reduce crimes and to remove barbarisms is by the introduction of harmony and beauty amongst us. Education enters at eye-gate more than at car- children. "For the above reasons, we hold that if A, R_ Cooper’s Work be not properly appreciated the loss will ‘fall not only upon the publisher, but upon the people of the Union. . , Anrronrrr or Cnnrsrmmzrr. 1 A pamphlet, by John A1- l8)tpIi;g;r,1E1>_g;v6§.[0Ili3{ublished by Charles P. Somerby,’k36 Day This work, which appears to be a condensation and 1-3.. arrangement of Taylor.-’s Diegesis, is divided into save}; fathers of the Christian Church. 2; The progress of Christianity. 3. The philosophies of the ancient Greeks, 4. Hindoo, Persian and Scandinavian mythologies. 5. A comparison-of Christian and Pagan mythology. 6. The world’s saviors of all creeds and peoples. '7.-Human sacri. ﬁces, demons, hells, etc. 'In this collation and comparison of the world’s creeds, there is much‘ matter for reﬂection_ on the eve of occurring, and that consequently it is wellfor us all to be posted as to the faiths of the past, in order to be pm. pared to assist in shaping the development. of the future, We wish the work every success, ‘ ' ‘ teen hundred per annum, While pauperism increases annually by A. R. Cooper, pp. 48. Published by,Charles P. Samerby, As a people we need to give more attention to art than we- gate, and adults need instruction in art quite as much as ' chapters. The first gives usfthe.testimonies of the earlier 4 Nothing is more certain than that vast religious changes are , s b " WOODHULL J5 cLAEi.iN's WEEKLY. Feb. 27, 1875. » INCIDENTS OF THE TILTON-BEECHER TRIAL. A MONIDAM,’ 'FEB." STE. I «- THEODORE TIL'.I‘ON"Si CROSS.—EXAMINATION. Q.-—Was not enough said there to make you understand that the stories related to immorality or proﬂigacy with wo- smen? A.—Stories concerning my relations with women and 'i my drinking and my brutality and other things, a dreadful volume, all that went to make Mr. Bowen’s avalanche. He told me that they came to him from all quarters of the world, all of a sudden. [Laughter.] Q.——Did he suggest in any way, or did it come to be a mat- ter considered there that if these stories were true you would have to leave his employment? A”.-—No, sir, he said if those stories were true I ought not to live a day longer, and I agreed with him in that sentiment. V Y Q. Did you understand that the reason of your seeing Mr. Bowen or your friend Mr. Johnson thinking it proper for you to see Mr. Bowen, was that the stories that had been told him concerning you were such as would not tolerate your continuing in his employment? A. Not at all; for Mr. Bowen had for ﬁfteen years retailed himself just such stories con- cerning Mr. Beecher, and he had all of that time been Mr. Beecher’s chief pewholder, and Mr. Beecher his chief writer, and no such stories would have aifected any man in his em-. ploy whether as minister or editor. [Laughton] Q. He was above prejudices of that kind? A. Yes, sir, en- tirely so; he abolished them all in the house of God. [Laugh- ter.]—N, Y. Sun. - COMM ENT. i There is a volume in the above answers. They expose a sea of hypocrisy and canting villainv, and well exhibit the char- acter of Plymouth Church piety. Here is a sketch of one of the prominent characters in the aﬂfair. Q. Who is Oliver Johnson, and what relations had he to you in business,.or personal intimacy, or family friendship? A. Oliver Johnson is an old gentleman, living in New York. He used to be editor of the Anti-Slavery Standard, and after- ward became my associate editor in the Independent, and » whom I afterward put into the Christian Union, to help Mr. Beecher carry his case so that the public eye should not see it‘ ‘I Mm answer more accurately by giving you 3’ Written love her because she embodies the grandest truths that ever biography ofhim which he has prepared for me to use to print after his death. [Laughter.]—N. Y. Sun. S WEDNESDAY, FER. 9TH. Q. Now, as you didn’t suspect Mr. Beecher or Mr. Moulton of having informed Mrs. Woodhull, how did you imagine she got her information? A. Through the open gate of the lips of Mrs. Nathan B. Morse. Q. That was your theory? A. Yes, sir; not that it went from Mrs. Morse to Mrs. Woodhull, but that it went through many mouths; Mrs. Morse was in the habit of saying that I made such and such charges, and they got to Mrs.Woodhull’s ears. Q. Well, I have not asked you a word about that; you sus- pected, then, wh at Mrs. Morse had publicly said? A. Pri- vate, sir. Q. Well, private with publicity; you don’t mean that she whispered it in Mrs. Woodhull’s car? A. N 0; she didn’t whisper it in anybody’s ear, but spoke it out loud. [Laugh- ter.]——N. Y. Herald. COMMENTS. The above statement is Theodore Tilton’s version as to how the facts of the case came to the proprietor of the WEEKLY. It is not complimentary to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Morse. 'WEDNEsDAY, FER. 10TH. On this day the following extract exhibits a singular phase of the socIAL AND SEXUAL QUESTION. It is taken from the Brooklyn Argus: Q. Mr. Tilton, upon the occasion of your attendance and hearing and answering questions before the Committee of the Church, please say if this occurred. Did you, upon being asked this question, “ You say, Mr. Tilton, that Mrs. Tilton insisted to you that she had not violated her marriage vow.” In answer to that, did you say, “ Yes,.Elizabeth was in a sort of vaporous cloud between light and dark. She could not see this wrong. ‘She maintained to her mother, in my presence that she had not done wrong. She cannot bear to do wrong; a sense of having done wrong is enough to crush her. She neverwould have had these relations if she had supposed at the time they were wrong?’ ‘ Q. Did you say that? Q. Did you say that. in answer to a question that was read? A. I said something like that. . Q. Substantially, did you say that? A. Yes, sir; she’ thought‘ that she had not; she did not insist that she had 2 note; the substance of that statement is very true; if you will let me look at it, I will read it over again, and say whether it is correct or not. Q. I will ask you another question ﬁrst: On this answer being made to you, were you then asked this question, and did you then make the answer which follows :’ “, Q. Did you say that she did or did not insist that she had‘ ‘ violated her marriage vows? A. She always was saying that ‘it never seemed to her wrong;’ and, ‘Theodore, I do not now see that I have wronged you.’ ” V A. She frequently said that during the year. L Q. Did you make that answer? A. Something like. that; I don’t remember exactly the words; if you will let me look ‘ it over I can tell you whether—-— a "Q. Well, that is suﬂicient. . » ooMMENTs. The WEEKLY claims to have laid the stone of personal sovereignty for the foundation of the new temple of social ‘order. Much. more is yet to be done before the ediﬁce is ' complete. In the case before us———'we, at 1east—were Theo- ’ dore Tilton’s testimony correct——judge not! I ’ THURSDAY, FEB. 11TH. I " - , Mr. Tilton had testiﬁedlthat what is known, as “ [The True Story ”e-a document written by him after the Woodhull publication and shown to the Rev. Dr. Storrs and others»: was not in his possession, excepting a few of the last leaves. isis nits ass ﬁshes the rest sissy. site has as site that had destroyed it. Before the recess Mr. Evarts had requested DR. R. P. FELLOWS, the distinguished "Magnetic Physician,~ him to bring these leaves with him, and upon resuming his stands to-day one of_ the most successful spiritual physicians seat he took them out of his pocket. Then everybody was of the age. astonished to see Mr. Evarts stand up with a bunch of fools- State in the Union by his Magnetized Powder with a success cap sheets in his hands and say, “Mr. Tilton, please listen to which is truly remarkable. Mrs. M. Heasley, of Wheeling, what I shall now read, and say whether you recognize it as West Va., writing to the doctor, says: “The powder that ‘ The True Story?’ ” This turned out to be a copy, with you sent me is all taken, and I am happy to say to you I now many mistakes and omissions, of the original document. can hear the clock strike and tick distinctly. I have not. How it was obtained the lawyers for the defense refuse to heard it strike téefore for almost three years.” What better- tell. The probability seems to be that somebody with whom evidence is needed to demonstrate its wonderful power. $1 Mr. Tilton left it for perusal copied it hurried1y,~and "has per box. Address.Vineland, N. J . furnished it for use in the trial,-N. Y. Sun. , This is about the only original matter that has been intro- duced as yet in the trial. Our readers will perceive that there is already a kink in this so-called “ true story,” which can only be unraveled by Mrs. Tilton, who, according to thee above statement, informed Theodore Tilton that “ she had destroyed it.” On Friday, in consequence of the ice blockade, which pre- vented the attendance of one of the jurynien, the case was adjourned until Monday, Feb. 15. _ ' _ _ BOARD AND TREATMENT FOR INvALIDs.—No. 53 Academy OUR ANGEL OF DELIVERANCE. street, Newark, N. J .—Dr. L. K. Coonley, clairvoyant, with Let me 5a to my brother who of late Sent me for emsal long experience in all kinds of diseases, warrants satisfaction. the oration if Mrs ‘VO0dh1’m,s ,’, Tried '18 b Fire ” 01; ‘V, The -Uses medicines, plain and homo-electricity, and magnetism. T d F 1 V S‘ , H .” th ’ _ ‘ I Y t ’ ,t _ Solicits correspondence. Sends medicines by express. Has 1:116 _an 3‘ 5° 0°13 y’ at, one mg,“ 8?", ence 1 con good accommodation for boarding patients on liberal terms. tains is marked by me as the most Christ-like words ever - spoken on this planet! They are these: “ If there is any X sister in this place so low that no other woman will visit her, MRS- NELLIE 11- DAVIS may be addressed at 235 Wa8hlﬁg- tell me, there will my feet wend their way. If there is any l50Il St") Salem. M388- child so wretched that none will care for it, there will my . motherys heart Wandenn . WARREN CHASE permanent address is Colfax, Iowa. ' He Whatis all the rest to me ifthis be the Welling-up of her soul? Will Spend the Summer mostly in New England» and next Must I, as a woman partaking of the very qualities, liable to Winter in California’ “ if the Lord is Wining-” the same wretchedness, under the same conditions, and the same depravity with other women if surrounded by the same circumstances, gather up own skirts and shun others be- cause they are more unhappy than myself? Who, what, am I, that I should prate of my own immaculatenes? My love glows toward a soul so beau_~’t‘iful as this one seems to me! I Dr. Slade, the eminent Test Medium, may be found at his oﬁce, No. 25 East Twenty-ﬁrst street near Broadway " THOSE who desire admirable dental work can be sure of obtaining it from Dr. C. S. Weeks, 107 East Twenty-sixth street, three doors east of Fourth ave. Dr. W. is a careful, skillful and honest dentist.—ED. SOCIAL FREEDOM CoNvENTIoN.——'l‘he friends of social freedom, and all interested in any side of the various issues covered by the words, “social reform,” “social freedom,” ‘‘ free love,” etc., are invited to meet in convention at Paine Memorial Hall at 10 o’clock A. M., on Sunday, Feb. 28, and, if thought best, continue two days, to investigate and agitate came down out of heaven to bless woman’s life. social reform, and probably to organize a plan for more ef- This is the period of woman’s growth and emancipation. fectual work. All shades of opinion are invited to represent Out of sexualty per se are the issues of life, and she has be- themselves in this convention. The platform shall be abso- come the angel of the new covenant whereby men I and lutely free, the speakers being limited only as to time. Come women are t6 enter the arena of life together, and /strike one, come all; come prepared to give in the most concise hands to overthrow the false gods which we have set up in manner your best thoughts. _ our households. Has my mother’s heart no answer to this Moses Hull, George L. Barker, beautiful, thrilling sentence, when my own blue-eyed dar- Mattie Sawyer, D." W. Hull, Prescott Robinson, Charlotte lings are clinging around my neck, and I know full well what Barber, Rachel Campbell, Etta Bullock, John Hardy, Mary the world has for them if they are thrust out in it without a Stearns, Boston ; J . M. Sterling, Kiantone, New York ; mother? She is hounded and abused by gentlemen and L. K. Joslyn, Providence; E. H. Heywood, and Angela T. ladies whom Iknow, who often revile her on this account, for Heywood, Princeton; J . H. W. Toohey and Isabel Smith, befriending“ har1ots.” She is a friend to those whom the Chelsea; Anthony Higgins, Jr., Salem; M. S. Townsend, same people in turn use, then abuse and denounce as “ out- Bridgewater, Conn.; J . J . Gurney, Littleton, Mass.; Joseph casts." She takes them by the hand; she is not fearful of Buxton and Maria Buxton, Milford, Mass.; B. B. Hill, Mrs. contamination. The evil is the fruit of other evils, and in Nellie Hill. F. R. Ladd, and C. Leonard, Springﬁeld. high places too, from our -legislative halls down "to a con- Jfemptibl-e class styled “the °1€3rgy’”Wh(,)1 keep among "h°’.“ A coNvENTIoN of the “ American Free Dress League” 11.1 “.16 8201:: f°1‘?,““.‘§1 :1? gmg 0:: e chﬁfgle .:hatti£e1: will be held in Horticultural Hall, Worcester, Mass., Thurs- 25 and light up these caves of despair! I ask, in God’s name, 1% sions daily, at 10 A. M., and 2 and’? P. M. Believing friendly _ , - , discussion on sub_]ects of human improvement productive of It Is any too soon? CHARLOTTE BARBER practical goodness, this meeting invites friends of physical and spiritual liberty, of hygienic usages and general wel- fare to unite in its deliberations. That woman’s prevailing costume, in debilitating the body, disqualiﬁes mental facul- ties—in unduly consuming time, strength, thought, toil and means, abridges the elevation and independence of both sexes, and is basic among causes of poverty, inequality, and all the vexed evils aﬁlicting the world-—is acknowledged by LEDRU ROLLIN, the great Communist, is dead and buried He was a kind of free-thinker. No prayers were said over his grave, but one hundred thousand of the workers of Paris paid tribute to his memory. Their cry was ominous for France, for as the cofﬁn of M. Ledru Rollin was lowered into the grave the hundred thousand voices sang out, “ Vive le suffrage universel 1” “ Viva la Republique !”——-Sunday Demo- crat‘ together on the present phase of the case and its reformation. THE contest of Tyndall and the religionists is not over God Good speakers are invited and expected. Those from a dis- and no God, but over a God who works by invariable tance wishing most reasonable board and attention while in methods, and executes his will by systematic means, as op- W01'0BBl361‘ 3139 00ll1l119l1d9d to the HOHY Tree 11111» Pleasant posed to a God of shifts and devices, who can be diverted street. The public are 001'dl311Y ll1Vll76d t0 3l7l36Ild- P3961‘ from his purpose by prayers, and prevailed upon to change friendly to the cause please copy. his plans by urgent entreaty.—N. Y. Sun. “ Tm: religion of a nation ought to be the embodiment of REMEMBER that it is by the Erie. Great Western of Canada its highest intelligence in the most solemn moments of that and the Michigan Central Railroads that the most elegant, intelligence.” But that is not the fact to-day in any commodious and comfortable Pullman Palace Cars are run country.-—Shaker and Shalceress. ' through between New York and Chicago-—-the broad gauge E- - trucks of the Erie being changed at Suspension Bridge for A I - narrow ones, and vice versa, both carrying the wide coaches EDITORIALS- of the Erie road. These coaches leave New York from de- -——— pots foot of Chambers and 23d streets at 7 o’clock, P. M., THE FIRsT QUARTER CoNvENTIoN for 1875 of the New daily: and Cl1l0ag0 from the Michigan Central depot at 5 Jersey State Association of Spiritualists and Friends of 'o’clock.lP- M-a daily. Passengers bythis route who are going Progress, will be held in Library Hall, Market street, New- still further West arrive in Chicago in the depot of the ark, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, February 20th, 21st Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, the most popular and 22d, three sessions each day, commencing at 10 A. M., to and best patronized of all the routes leading westward from ~c1ose with a grand sociable on the evening of the 22d. Chicago. 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A new educational system, in which all children born shallhave the same advantages of physical, industrial, mental and moral cul- ture, and thus be equally prepared at ma- turity to enter upon active, responsible and useful lives. - All of which will constitute the various parts of a new social order, in which all the human rights of the individual will beas- sociated to form the harmonious organization of the peoples into the grand human family, of which every person in the world will be a member. Criticism and objectiozns specially invited. The WEEIEY is issued every Saturday. Subscription price, $3 per year; $1.50 six months; or 100. single copy, to be had of any » Newsdealer in the world. who can order it from the following General Agents: The American News Co., New York City; * The New York News Co., New York City,; The -National News Co., New York City; i The.New England News Co., Boston, Mass. ; The Central News Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; - The Western News Co., Chicago, Ill. 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HORT AND FAST LINE ACROSS .THE CONTINENT BY THE OLD ESTAB- lished and Popular Route via The ERIE RAILWAY to SUSPENSION The GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA to Detroit; The MICHIGAN CEl‘~"l‘RAL to Chicago; BRIDGE ; The CHICAGO, BURLINGTON and QUINCY to Kansas City, St. Joseph, Lincoln, Omaha and to all points in the great North and Southwest. ‘tn t h of cars, from New York to Chicago. Depg? ‘M1ich(igancC:ii%fal in Chicago, from which the C., B. and One change to Omaha, and that in the Q. departs. The hours’ time consumed h" t to Chicago from the East or West in transferring from depot to depot, is saved it)? §:s‘s‘:21ii:g:.r1Syb(y)rYtli3i1s.rr(:)liitee>Sto get their meals—-an advantage over all other routes which deservedly makes it t ’ e most popular and the best patronized line of travel across the Continent. Timoncn TICKETS to all important towns, 8.11.1 general information may be obtained at the Company’s omce, 349 Broadway (corner of Leonard street), New York. Condensed Time Table. A WESTWARD FROM NEW YORK, Via Erie & Mich. Central &.Great Western R, R’s s'rAr1bNs. . Express. E aifgs STATIONS. Etvpress. \ . Y. . . . . . . . . .. 8.30‘ A. M. 10.45 A M. Lv 23d Street N. Y . . . . . . .. 6.45 P. M. L‘? (%Ii%§itl§§i?:’s§°eet .......... .. 8.40 “ 10.45 “ . “ Chambers street . . . . . . . .. 7.00 “‘ g “ Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9.15 11.15 Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.20 _u Homé11svi11e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.30 1.50 “ “ Hornellsville . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.40 Ea,-prggg, “ Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A. M. P M Lv lgu1faéo._.6..1.3. W - . . . . . us nsin ri e . . . . .. . , , E _B_r_i_d§(,%IIII'.... 2.45 A“M 2.55 “ Ar Haiiintou ..... ...... .. 2.55 *- 11.20 pitm ..- Lond0n_,,.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.35 “ 5.55 “ London ................ .. 5.55 “ 2.35 a m. -* Detroit ................. .. 9.40 “ 10.00 “ “ Detroit ................ .. 10.00 ,“ 7.00 6 “ Jackson . . . . . . . ........ .. 12.15 P. M. 1.00 A M “ Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.00 A“ M 13.30 “ “ Chicaio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.00 “ 8.00 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 8.45 p m Ar ﬂwaukee ' . _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ __,_. A4, M, 11 50 A M, Ar Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.50 A. M. 5.30 a. in. Ar Prairie du Chein . . . . . . . . . . .. ’ .8~55 1’. M. . Ar Prairie du Chein . . . . . . .. 8.55 p in ;11.50 p. M. 7.05 A M Ar La Crosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.05 A. M. 7.05 a m 6.15 P. M. Ar St. Paul ...... ..... .. 7.00 A. M. Ar 3,15 A, M, Ar St. Louis .............. .. 8.15 P. M. 5.40 P. M. . Ar Sedalia ..... ........ .. 6.50 1. M. .. Denison ____________ , A , _ ,_ 3,09 “ ‘: Denison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.00 “ . ,. Galveston _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ , _, 10,45 “ Galveston . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10.00 “ -__—':-——_ ‘ -- . _ k _______________ __ 11_oo 1>_ M, , , Ar Bismarck.... . . . . . . . . . . .. 12.01 P. M. A£(l}3OIl1:lI:1D(I1S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.00 A. M. . :‘ Columbus ...... 6.30 “ . .. u Lime Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.30 P. M. ‘ Little Rock ............ .. . .- _ ________ 3.50 A, M. Ar Burlington... ......... .. 7.00 r. M. Ag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.00 P. M. “ Omaha..... ....... .. .. 7.45 A. M. “ Cheyenne ................. .. Cheyenne“ 12.50 1’ M. H Ogden _ , _ , . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .... ... “ Ogden...._ . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.30 ,,,_ u San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . .. . San Francisco ....... .. g 8.30, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6.40 A. M- Ar Galesburg............... 4.452. M. ‘ﬁg ..... . . . . . . . . . 11.15 “ “ Q.111110e3’ - — — - - - - -- 9-45 “ .. St Joseph ________________ ,, 10.00 “ ,. “ St. Joseph..... . . . . . . . .. 8.10 A M. “ Kansas City .............. .. 10.40 P. M. “ Kansas Clty ----------- -. 9-25 “ u Atchi5on.____, _ , , _ _ _ . , , . . . .. 11.00 “ “ Atchison . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.17 “ s. Leavenworth ,,,,,,,,, 12.10 “ ‘° Leavenworth .......... .. 12.40 noon. “ Denver. ................. .. 7.00 A. M. “ Denver ............... .. Through Sleeping Car Arrangements 9.15 A, m___Day Express from’ Jersey City (daily excelxlat Sunday), with Pullman’s Drawing-Room Cars and connecting at Suspension Bridge with Pullman’s a the following y in time to take the morning trains , _,._. ht E 1’ cm Jersey City (daily) Chziggglzi vlfithciiiitgchanxggreafriimg there at 8.00 a. m.’, he morning trains to all points West, Northwest and P ace Sleeping Cars, arriving at Chicago 8.0013. in from there. with Pul1ma.n’s Palace Sleeping Cars, runs through to giving passengers ample time for breakfast and take outhwest. CONNECTIONS OF ERIE RAILWAY WITH MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES OF Michigan Central 85 Great Western Railways. At St. Catharines, with Welland Railway, for Port Colborne. At Hamilton, with branch for Toronto and intermediate stations; also with branch to Port Dover. ‘At Harrisburg, with branch for Galt, Guelph, Southampton and intermediate stations. ‘At Paris, with G. W. R. branch for Brantford and with Godcrich branch Grand Trunk Railway. At London, with branch for Petrolia and Sarnia-. Also with Port Stanley Branch for Port Stanley, an daily line of steamers from there to Cleveland. At Detroit with Detroit 85 Milwaukie Railway for Port Huron, Branch Grand Trunk Railway. Also De 9 troit, Lansing & Lake Michi an R. R. to Howard and intermediate stations. Also Detroit & Bay City R. R. 5 Branch Lake S. & M. S. R. . to Toledo. At Wayne, with Flint & Pere M. R. R. to Plymouth, Holy, etc. At Ypsilanti, with Detroit, Hillsdale & Eel River R. Rs, for Manchester, Hillsdale, Banker’s, Waterloo Columbia City, N. Manchester, Denver and Indianapolis. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1875-02-27_09_13
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1875-02-27_09_13
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 09, no. 14 (March 6, 1875)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2061
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1875-03-06
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: 3 PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT ! UNTRAMMELED LIVESi BREAKING. THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Vol. IX.—No. 14.——Wl;ole No. 222. NEW YORK, MARCH 6, 1875 . PRICE TEN CENT? ‘ BY AND BY: AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE on THE FUTURE. BY EDWARD MAITLAND. B O O K I V . THAPTER X.——(}ontinued. > With the intellectual emancipation of Soudan, the need of social regeneration became apparent. Here, however, Criss fo-und less readiness to follow an. European lead than in other respects. Neither the women were eager to demand, nor the men ready to concede a change in the relations of the sexes, little content though they both were with the existing state of things. A little inquiry showed him that they had never yet learned to see the essential distinction between social and political equality. The women, too, had been taught, by a comparatively recent event in a neighboring State, to see the absurdity of their claiming to be legislators at all, when they could be so only upon suﬁerance, and must at all time...
Show more3 PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT ! UNTRAMMELED LIVESi BREAKING. THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Vol. IX.—No. 14.——Wl;ole No. 222. NEW YORK, MARCH 6, 1875 . PRICE TEN CENT? ‘ BY AND BY: AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE on THE FUTURE. BY EDWARD MAITLAND. B O O K I V . THAPTER X.——(}ontinued. > With the intellectual emancipation of Soudan, the need of social regeneration became apparent. Here, however, Criss fo-und less readiness to follow an. European lead than in other respects. Neither the women were eager to demand, nor the men ready to concede a change in the relations of the sexes, little content though they both were with the existing state of things. A little inquiry showed him that they had never yet learned to see the essential distinction between social and political equality. The women, too, had been taught, by a comparatively recent event in a neighboring State, to see the absurdity of their claiming to be legislators at all, when they could be so only upon suﬁerance, and must at all times be in- capable of enforcing their decrees. And the men had taken advantage of the occurrence to laugh to scorn all demands for a change which seemed to involve anything approaching to identity of function in public more than in domestic life. The occurrence in question was as follows: Several generations ago, a large district on the west coast of Africa was governed bya succession of despotic sovereigns, whose sole idea of religion and political economy was to ap- pease the gods, and keep down the surplus population, by the periodical celebration of human sacriﬁces on an enormous scale. For along time the victims of these Kings of Dahomey (an appellation apparently derived from the Latin Lia homines, “ give me men,” supposed to be addressed to the king by his god) were selected by the merest caprice. But, as civilization extended to those regions, and the sentiments of men there became softened by the study of philanthropy and art, un- , meaning caprice gave place to a system of natural selection, whereby all the crippled and imperfect specimens of the population were periodically chosen to be offered up. The effect of this weeding out of the inferior types was to produce a race of men and women as superior to ordinary folks as the “ pedigree ” cereals, for which the hills of our own marine southern suburb were once- so famous, were superior to ordi- nary produce. The men and women were all beautiful, good, and clever; and never had been known such handsome negroes and negresses. But as man improved, the gods became worse off; and the priests complained that, owing to there being no imperfect specimens left, the supply of victims for their sacriﬁces was running short. There was danger, they declared, of some terrible judgment befalling the nation, through the neglect of the public ordinances of religion. I Upon hearing this the King, after holdingbonsultation with the priests, determined upon making a new ecclesiastical canon. By this it was ordered that the selections for sacriﬁce should be made among the shortest of his subjects, male and female. He trusted thereby both to satisfy the gods, and raise the average stature of his people. " The people, however, after the ﬁrst sacriﬁce or two, deter- mined no longer to submit to such a state of things. were wearied of the exactions of the priests, and disposed to think that a deity who could derive gratiﬁcation from human sacriﬁces, could not be of much account anyhow. They had also imbibed certain revolutionary notions unfavorable to monarchy. So one day they rose in a mass, abolished the dynasty, disendowed the church, and established a republic. So high was the standard of female excellence, that there was no question about women having, under the new regime, an equal share of political power with men. They had it as a matter of course, and with laudable assiduity did they apply themselves to the practice of parliamentary and forens1ce'lo- quence. So earnest were they in the discharge of their public duties, that the men gradually withdrew from public _life altogether, as a thing best adaped to women, and occupied themselves with ordinary affairs in the ﬁeld, the factory, the market, and the home; until every public office was held by women, even the police and the army consisting exclusively of that sex. . ' Things went along smoothly and well until certain states- women of Dahomey, smitten by propagandist zeal, endea- vored to undermine the institutions of their neighbors, on the ground of their unwomanly character. The Emperor of Soudan, whose dominions reached from the Red Sea to the They , Niger, had long been anxious to extend his rule to the Atlan- tic sea-board. The main obstacle to his ambition was the prosperous and easy-going community of Dahomey. The intrigues of its stateswomen among his own people supplied him with a pretext for invading it; while the knowledge that it was defended only by an army of women, made it seem to him as inviting an attack. He determined therefore to reduce it to submission, and compel it to acknowledge the authority which, in virtue of his well-known descent from Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, he claimed over all the adjacent regions. On the approach of the Imperial army, the women of Daho- mey prepared to march out to battle. at the idea of danger to their women, offered to go in their places, saying that whatever legislation and police might be, ﬁghting a foreign foe who was really in earnest, was a serious matter. _ But the women scornfullyrejectedtheir proffered aid, bade them stay at home and look after their children and business, and then marched boldly forth to meet the enemy. No sooner had they departed than the men met in council. They knew how it would be and that no time must be lost. It was necessary, however, that their women should receive a lesson. A battle, and therefore a reverse, could not take place for a day or two. So, having armed and formed themselves into divisions, they started after it was dark to occupy the hills which overlooked the plain where the battle was ex- pccted to take place, keeping their movements absolutely secret from the army of women. On the enemy coming insight, the women with much show of determination, and really making a most gallant appear- ance, advanced to meet him. The combat was short and san- guinary, that is, to one side, the side of the unhappy Dahomey damsels. Their courage, unsuported by strength, proved to belvain. The Imperial levies, though consisting of a race far inferior in physique, were yet men. They, therefore, could not, under any circumstances, suﬂer themselves to be de- feated by women; while the women felt, though they did not own until afterward, already half beaten through the inﬂu- ence of their own hereditarily-acquired impressions of man’s prowess. They were soon in full ﬂight over the plain; and as they ﬂed, the visions of their homes, containing their chil- dren and the husbands they had left to tend them, rose before them; and with the army beaten and the enemy advancing. they saw nothing but ruin and slavery for all they loved, or... ought to love. A " I 5 The unhappy fugitives were not suffered long to indulge these bitter reﬂections. The sounds of battle were renewed. The tramp of a host came near. Whither now shall they ﬂee? Home! How can they face their homes, thus humiliated after all their vauntings? “What is this? No enemy! but our own-=-dear—menl ! Oh, save us! save and forgive!” _ “ All right, all right, lassies ”—-(they had a few Scotch words in their vernacular. Many of them were literally “Bonny lassies,” for they belonged to the province of Bonny, a little to the eastward of their great river; and were not the Cama- roon mountains, towering thirteen thousand feet high, almost in sight, a name palpably of Scotch origin ?)——“ all right, lassies,” exclaimed thousands of manly voices, as thousands of muscular arms were clasped round thousands of delicate ebony necks. “ We knew how it would be and took precau- tions accordingly. You would go; but we determined you should not be beaten too badly. So we placed ourselves where we could see the battle, and directly you ran away and the enemy gave chase, we pounced upon him and cut him to pieces. So now you can come home, and resume your func- tions, legislative and protective, without fear of further moles- tation. The women were glad enough to go home, but from that day forward they steadily declined to undertake functions which, through lack of physical strength, they could only fulﬁl by suiferance. It was the remembrance of this incident that mainly operated to retard the introduction of the European system into Central Africa. America, too, had contributed an example in dissuasion. For the women bf the province of New England, in an access of religious fervor, had taken advan- tage of their being in a majority at the polls, to create a Pope- dom of Boston, and elected one of their own sex to the office, and in virtue of the ancient and intellectual supremacy of The men, concerned _ their city, claimed for her spiritual supremacy over the whole" continent. It was only by taking possession of the polls by 2. force and reversing the decree, that the men put an end to the absurdity. Thenceforth they have restricted the suffrage to themselves. . ~ Thus, in addition to Criss’ other labors on behalf of his African proteges, he undertook to make them comprehend the” natural law which seems to assign to men a monopoly of the sphere of politics and legislation, and to restrict women to the social and industrial sphere; inasmuch as the former is based on force, and the latter on couvenience——a difference ‘of function for which nature, and not man, is responsible. CHAPTER XI. Since his marriage Criss had held no intercourse with his spiritual friends. The tenor of his life was inconsistent with reverie. His mind was too much engrossed by his labors or his troubles. On his journeys, which were made with the utmost rapidity, he had things concrete to occupy his thoughts; and ascents for more abstract contemplation were apt to excite‘Nannie’s jealousy. She was jealous even of the angels, and without waiting for cause given, was ever ready to utter the imperious prohibition, “ Thou shalt have no other goddess but me.” ' Hovering one day in the Ariel over his garden, Criss could see as he gazed downward, the smooth green-sward and embowering trees, and the fair dwelling, and Nannie, the embodiment of all his dreams of loveliness, and Zoe, the fruit of his love for her; the whole forming together a scene of exquisite delight. But, the joy with which he contemplated -_ it was instantly dashedby the thought of the serpent which had thrown its coils around it, and converted what should be his home of happiness into his place of torture. Then recurred to him the vision of his friend, the tall angel, and the sweet bride-angel, N annie’s prototype; and he won. dered whether their experiences had any counterpart in his own; and, if not, in what consisted the secret of their happi- ness. And as he thus pondered, by a scarcely conscious im- pulse he drove his car with rapid motion far up into his old ground, the Empyrean. “ Tell me, tell me,” his heart cried as he ascended, “ oh ye blessed ones of the skies, what is the secret of your bliss?” It was not long before his yearning evoked a reply. The old ecstatic condition in which thought became transfused into realities, came back upon him with undiminished intensity- and, presently, to his spiritual vision became revealedthe well-remembered noble form and serene countenance, and with it the sweet and sunny face of the fair bride, looking, oh, so like Nannie, but Nannie in her softest moods, that Criss could not forbear exclaiming-— “ “ Soul of my Nannie! canst thou not shed upon her while on earth someof the sweet repose and conﬁdence which thou enjoyest in heaven? Ye look on me with the same joyous aspect as of old. Surely ye cannot be aware of the sadness which darkens my life?” “ We know all,” replied the tall angel, “ and knowing all, we are glad, even though thou sorrowest. Thy struggles and thy patience are not without their reward, even though they continue to the end. harder than any that is given to us. This is thy badge of honor. It is for thee to prove thyself worthy of it. Listen to the revelation of the mystery. Thou and she are products of the same earth, but of different stages in that earth’s develop- ment, thou of/the later and highest, she of the earlier and lowest. The inherent force of attraction which pervades all matter, organic and inorganic, and constitutes love, has with you proceeded to the advanced stage, at which love means sympathy and self-devotion. She to whom you are wedded is still in that primitive stage in which attraction is mechani- cal rather than moral, is of body rather than of soul—the blind attraction of otherwise inert masses, like the orbs of heaven and the constituents of the earth—and is but the basis of love, rather than the love which later comes. Only con- tinue to have patience, and your inﬂuence will yet permeate the system which has hitherto rejected it. The love that is not self-love ultimately conquers all things. I It is the sole universal solvent. It may be in time, or it may be in eter- nity.” - “ The hope may enable me to endure to the end,” replied Criss; “ but it has no potency to charm her whom I love and would save. Can ye not give me aught that I may_bear.back to her? Sweet face! loving heart!” he exclaimed, address- ing himself to the bride-angel, who, he now observed, carried in her arms that which showed him that she too had become #2. Know that the task before thee is ‘ "‘*""'\..... ...,_ 1' 1 mi. ,. & 33 '3‘ ii 2 WOODHULL dz CLAFLII~T’S wnnxrr March 6, 1875. a mother, even a mother of angels; “hast thou no wonder- ’ working word of admonition which I may carry back with me ?” , The young matron-angel.kissed her child, and then bent her head over against that _of her spouse, and after a brief conference with him, said-— - “It is permitted me to impart to thee the secret of all hap- piness, whether in heaven or elsewhere : the secret that would convert even the dread regions of the lost to a scene of bliss, had those regions not long ago been for ever utterly abolished. Know, then, that the resolve, persistently maintained, to make the best of that which we have and are, would make of ‘hell itself a heaven; and how much more of earth! While, ever to make the worst of things would turn heaven itself into a hell. The mind is its own bliss or woe. , [To be continued.] _ .4...‘ r jw MURAT HALSTEAITS “SPOOK ” THEORY OF BEECI-IER’S INN OCENCE. . OIL RneIoNs, February, 1875. Dear Weekly—-I suppose it is pretty well known that the Cincinnati Commercial publishes the proceedings of the Beecher-Tilton trial in full. From the tone of its leaders and items, taken in conjunction with /the sanctum talk of Mr. Halstead himself, as reported from time to time, I had supposed there was little doubt in the material mind of that most material gentleman of _Beecher’s material guiltiness of the crime of material adultery. But wonders will never cease; though it would never occur to one that so matter-of-fact a mind as that of Mr. H. could grind out a theory of anything not explainable upon known, tried, tested and approved principles, subject to not the slightest stretch of imagination, poetic fancy, ideal con- struction or spookishness. ’ Ever since the decided course of the Commercial concern- ing the Katie King business, the public mind has rested in perfect faith in M. H.’s absolute reasonableness and tena- bility of base. Never any fear of M. H. mistaking a pretty, plump widow for a “spook,” especially if M. H. were so supremely favored as to get his material arm around the little creature’s waist! . N o editor in all the land has sent forth sharper, cuter, funnier, worldlier editorials on the spook business, and the “superlative nonsense” of spirit materialization and the “ credulity of weak minds” than M. H. Consequently, “ materialization stock ” has gone down a hundred per cent. in the market of popularity, for M-. H. is an inﬂuential man, and colors a great deal of worldly public sentiment. / There is no doubt M. H. is the right man in the right place when he sticks closely to his worldliness, his materiality and the independence of his excellent journal. But he puts his foot in it completely when he attempts to rein his material pegassus to aerial ﬂights of impalpability, and plume his worldly-weighted spirit in ideal regions of immaterial specu- tion; in other words, when he comes out in a double-leaded column and a half editorial, explanatory of how, in M. H’s estimation, Beecher can be innocent on the theory of spiritual adultery! Oh, M. H., what a peice of work was that leading editorial, that however much your consistent admirers tried to turn it into a burlesque, a la Katie King, to save your consistent bacon, they nevertheless couldn’t make it go. There stood that conspicuous leader in all its assumption of so phistical plausibility and editorial dignity; an attempt to shield H. W. B. from the consequences of his acts on‘ the purest of spook «principles! It will never do in future, M. H., with that sublime leader in memory, for you to set the keen and shining lance of your wit in rest in a tilt against the credulity of Robert Dale Owen or Don Piatt. “ Spiritual adultery ” and “ material- ized Katie Kings” are both chicks of one hen’s laying, and a warm and thrilling kiss and embrace is as reasonable to ex- pect from the latter as an immaculate conception from the former. , Henceforth, 0, sweet Katie King, wing thy materialized plumpnessstraight into the very sanctum sanctorum of the redoubtable M. H. himself; for whether thou art spook or arrant humbng, he will never ﬁnd out the difference now, since he is fain to believe in spiritual adultery unmaterial- ized. Let him tumble to the dull earth with his for once unrestrained fancy, and withdraw that double-leaded leader, or forever after hold his peace concerning the " far-fetched speculations” and “weak credulity” of more imaginative , and ideal souls. N, BURLINGTON, Iowa, Feb. 17, 18’2’5. One of the most refreshing condiments with .your break- fast is the so-called “respectable” morning paper. While you are sipping your coffee its ﬂavor is so much enhanced by those chaste headings to the telegraphic and other news, and the thoughtfulness of the editorials, that really breakfast would be an insipid meal without the “respectable ” morn- ing paper. The masculine and vigorous editorial columns add crispness to your butter, and their exquisite sense of truth and justice help your di'gestion._ Its local columns sparkle with a ﬁne appreciation of the demands of good society and a brilliant—almost too brilliant—-wit. Then, too, it is so comforting to have events which otherwise might puzzle you and make you swallow the coffee grounds, satis- factorily explained to-you in your “respectable” morning ‘journal. When, for instance, we notice the steady advance 0f H18 Price Of g01d, ands judging from past experience, we attribute the same to rebel victories, or to those threats from all quarters of hard money resumption and kindred causes, it isso consoling to have your eloquent newspaper explain. To be sure, our guntutored mind does not fully grasp the breadth and depth of the argument. The “ balance of trade” and the “movement of bullion ” "leave a sort of vacuum in your understanding; but there the explanation is, anyhow, and clinched, too, by such soothing words as: “The rise in -gold, therefore, is of little intrinsic value, except as it be- — «comes-a‘di’sturberVof prices.”-<si*What if our “respectable” journal does contradict itself frequently within the self- same editorial, still we are bound to breathe more freely; and down goes the last gulp of our coffee without an effort. Another beauty in your “ respectable ” paper is its strict observance of the proprieties—pour, angsy deer, as the French say. That is one of the peculiar earlnarlss of your truly “good” paper, and accounts for that unanimous indorse- ment and support which it enjoys from thelupper circles of society. It has, and on every opportunity shows, a correct and thorough contempt for that inferior being——woman; and especially so if she has brains. Vilith that manly severity and bitter sarcasm peculiar to the truly good paper,’ it scourges that villainous Woodhull woman with all the wea- pons within its reach; and it- is diﬂicult to decide which is the most pond.erous——the sweet-scented, names it throws at her head, or the jolly big whoppers it tells about her. It studies and knows the demands of “ our best people;” and therefore when a Woman’s Suffrage Association quietly holds a meeting somewhere, it heads the report, “The Shrieking Sisterhood.” On the same grounds, it was consistent with our truly good journal, when, during the late “crusade,” our Western towns looked like asylums for religious female lunatics. to report the ravings of those “ladies ” with equanimity blended with enthusiasm. But where our truly good and respectable paper shows to its greatest advantage, is when it gives us the latest telegraphic report of the Beecher trial, under those reﬁned and chaste headings in display type. N o wonder our best society loves and reveres our “ respect- able paper, and cannot eat its breakfast without it. We all read it; not all through at once, but we pick out the choice bits ﬁrst, meditate upon them, con over familiar ﬂings and lies, and pounce upon any fresh beauties or vast and won- derful thoughts that may be bubbling up in its ever-fresh columns. Yours, fervidly,"; W. B. WA,-§N'rs or SPIRITUALISM. nxrnaors FROM LAURA CUPPY SMITH’S LECTURE As RE- POBTED IN if‘ ooMMoN SENSE,” SAN FRANCISCO. What spiritualism wants to-day is love of truth, and those who do not stand up for truth, will in the end see recorded against them “ mene mene tekel upharsin.” I do not regret the division in the Spiritualists’ ranks. It is better even for a few to remain steadfast to the right than that all surrender to the demands of a time-serving, popularity-seeking class. Peiilous times are coming to us as a nation, and the people will learn that justice is not dead; God rules, and the right will ﬁnally prevail. The oppressions of the rich, the out- rages on the unprotected, the~miseries of the destitute—~a1l these cannot endure for ever. Spiritualists should unite against oppression in every form—political, religious, social— they should seek for the truth, and ask not that respect- ability may be retained, but that humanity may be lifted up. Spiritualists are in danger of becoming as narrow and creed-bound as the churches: seeking for popularity, instead of holding to principle, will kill all that is of any practical value in spiritualism. The time was when “ Spiritualist” was a term of reproach, but they held together then better than now, when so many are trying to make spiritualism conform to public sentiment, instead of endeavoring to lift public opinion up to the level of high spiritual requirements. Some scientists are becoming Spiritualists now——some of the nobility of England and a few Congressmen in this country, and Spiritualists are fearful these new converts will be driven away by our advocacy of radical ideas! We must not give the truth too freely for fear of shocking these people! Most of those who are convinced of the truths of spiritualism keep aloof from our organizations! We are not yet popular, and it is to make ready for this class that we are asked to sacriﬁce truth, to put on an appearance of conservatism, and to play the hypocrite generally! An effort must be made to bring the rich and the “ respectable ” within our ranks! True spiritualism knows no difference in men—it embraces all of humanity; it distinguishes not between the rich and the poor—it looks steadfastly to the worth of every immortal soul. We are one great brotherhood; we have no ministers ordained of . God; every one who works for the good of humanity is a “ man of God,” and is worthy to be our teacher and exemplar. If spiritualism is a truth it does not need such careful nursing and jealous guardianship. It will sur- vive all assaults, and in rising to its full strength will lift humanity with it. If it is based on principle all the adverse powers cannot overturn it; and if it has not truth and prin- ciple for its foundation we do not want it. For myself I ask nothing; for me death has lost all its terrors. I only ask your co-operation in the cause of truth and humanity. Let us stand together and do our duty. Spiritualism is being weighed in the balance, and it will either pass away, its mis- sion ended, to give place to something better, or it will bo- come the grand gospel of humanity. . ._.__....... WHAT MY THOUGHT TELLS ME. _ AUBURN, Jan 15, 1875. It tells me that there can be no such existence as an in- ﬁnite overruling power, since any power outside of and dis- tinct from being itself, and that is in no sense a part of it which did not ﬁnda resistance equal to itself, would be a crushing and not a ruling power. Nor can there be one universal inner ruling power except as it is simply cosmopo- litan, or everywhere at home in proportion to the importance that every speciﬁc existence holds in the scale ‘of relations; and in this sense each atom has its proportion of protective and distributive power. Ihear people talk of an inﬁnite God, and am as much puzzled to know what they mean as them- selves are, for my thought tells me that there can be no such existence as an inﬁnite personality. since to be inﬁnite it must embrace everything that is, without count or limit, and such a personality would leave no/roomfor any other per. sonality. Hence, the fact thatI exist as a personality is positive proof that this does not. As, there can be but one inﬁnite it must be the sum of all ﬁnites without limit. My thought tells me that all the shoreless realm of] being is bu“ j one simple equilibrium, wherein each atom, each world, and each system of worlds are as little dependent on their several surroundings for the preservation of an equipoise, as are their several surroundings on them. ‘ That these correlative bearings, or apparent dependencies, are in the ﬁtness of things the foundation support of each, for each in reciprocal uses. And my thought tells me that creation, properly understood, is not the augmentation of one particle of matter to being in the aggregate; but that it is the ever changing methods of matter. That the fruit, ﬂower, vegetable and cereal grown or developed the past season has not added an ;item to the inﬁnite sum of matter, but has simply localized properties and elements in their composition into forms that they have never before reached. That through the medium of unuttered millions of germs, centres or focaliza-I tions these have wedded together as ﬁtnesses from a pre- existence in other forms, for the unfoldment of these various products in the chemical labratory of being. And when these are consumed, or, as we term it, decayed, nothing but their several forms is lost, while their disintegrated and diversiﬁed properties part company, and again unite with new similarities to make other forms wherein a new set of crucibles tone them down for yet rarer separations, .throw- ing forward the ﬁner qualities, and casting back the less sub- limated, each in adaptation to those suitabi.lities that pre- serve with such peculiar ease the essential equipoise through- out N ature’s artless methods of creation. My thought tells me that these almost endless varieties in germs, or centres, are real collections of associate facts in matter, consorting (touse a phrase) for a speciﬁc end, with and around which other properties unite and pursue existence to its utmost limit in such form, when they again divide off, and subdivide in reaching other forms; the more refined properties and elements ascending in the scale of relations, while the less sublimated fall into other channels, and develop other varie- ties in form and quality. In Nature’s methods, in crea- tion, completeness, not haste, is the rule. My thought tells me that it is just as diﬁficult to conceive of an eternal self- existent deity as it is of an eternal self-existent atom, for self-existence must have self-sufficiency, or perfect self- balance in all respects for its basis. And so sure as there is more than one particle of matter in existence, so certain it is that these particles hold correlative relations in proportion to their values and proximity to each other. When seeking to solve what he pleases to call the mys- terious web of being, man has always adopted a greater puzzle for his rule than the one he proposed to solve; for to assume or accept the idea of an inﬁnite Creator, then go into tricks of legerdemain to get up the fathomless inﬁniiude of being, is taking a stride in assumptions uncalled for, be- sides, triﬂing most shamefully with ourselves when we ac- cept nothing as the material out of which all being is made. When the ancients placed the world upon the back of a great turtle to answer the question as upon what it stood (for it was then accepted that this world was a local ﬁxture), they seemed not to perceive that the question they supposed solved was yet more inquisitive in demanding what the turtle could stand upon. So when we go back to an inﬁnite God as the origin of all things, we seem to take it for granted that we canaccount for the God more satisfactorily than we can for an illimitable existence without such an assumption. Hence the question is an open one—viz., “ What and how is being, God and all ?” Begging a point, then predicating re- sults upon it, satisﬁes nobody. My thought tells me that there can be but one inﬁnite—that there can be nothing out- side of it or distinct from it; for so sure as there is one par- ticle not included in it, inﬁnity will eternally lack this par- ticle of being inﬁnite. Or if there has been at any one period" in the nameless past, or if there shall be in the eternal out- teeming future one particle or property added to the sum of being in the aggregate, the term inﬁnite will be “ very un- certain,” as the Indian said of the white man. And if in traveling with the "velocity of thought in any one direction, we shall, after millions of ages with this more than electric ﬂight, come to a condition where absolute nothing limits ab-» solute something as forming the boundaries of existence, inﬁnity will, at this point, make months at us; for that only is inﬁnite that can have no limit—where the centre and cir- cumference are always equal, and where at any point, how- ever distant the one from the other, we are ever at the centre. The talk of an inﬁnite God and the explanation of a variety of inﬁnite attributes, as inﬁnite power, inﬁnite love, inﬁnite" goodness, inﬁnite wisdom, etc., as if inﬁnity could be scored off into a half-dozen inﬁnities, each the equal of the whole, or in no possible sense iuﬁnite—is a folly, or Munchausenism, that will ere long part company with man, 01 he part company with his brains or their uses. To my know what they mean when they speak of an inﬁnite God". then go on plastering it over as if it were real. Then they act in reference to it as if an inﬁnite, intelligent God could be in ﬁdgets to be praised, petted, puffed, ﬂattered and gloriﬁed. Why, the very conception throws all manner of vanity and weakness into its gigantic shadow. It would be an unpardonabie slander were there any such existence to feel its jibes. I am not so dumb as to dispute the fact, that there has always been a pretention, or power, working away at man from the unseen, taxing his exertion, claiming his attention, and demanding .his homage, under the pretense of some grave necessity. My point is, that I deny the good intentions of any such power. scolding, threatening, etc., nor do they deal in enigmas, and mysticisms; but they are simple, plain, open, frank and familiar, and by no necessity misunderstood. The reputed God never treated man as if he was deserving anything, but to be damned; nor have the Theodore Parkers and other cheap blazanries of spiritualism done any better. My thought tells me, that all the pretentious to a personal Grodhood, in religion, or to elevated spirits, in spiritualism, have been played oif upon the race by a class of abandoned spirits, who, to get and keep the advantage of O a better class mind, the most sensible conclusion is. that people do not ‘ They seem to have imagined some great touch-me-not,» :‘su4i' Good intentions do not demonstrate themselves in fretting,‘ ’J ‘,5 \ .,-..,.__‘_,. fiwoni v;...‘.,._._.....» .‘.,\q__,, »~.,.x.. . , . ,9-A-_...)-/“‘ aMarch 6, 1875. of spirits, have resorted to every imaginable invention to keep man in the dirt, and in ignorance oieverything really loveable in the unseen; the sole object.being to prevent so desirable a conjunction as the human heart, and the laughing truth. To prevent this is to perpetuatejthe style of ignorance that sustains their power over man. In the early period of my investigations of spirit manifestations, I had the assu- rance of becoming a kind ofsuperﬁcial greatness——“ a bright and shining light in the world.” Such a conception had as little application to my wants as would the delicate intima- tion that I should yet be an adroit highwayman, and be able to cut throats with a kind of chef d’mum~e that would successfully avoid detection. I wanted something that should say, satisﬁed, within me; I did not court distinctions; I have no ambition in such direction; I utterly refuse to be patronized by any power; I would cut the acquaintance of my father (a. man for whom I never had to blush), if he presumed (even in the spirit world) on an advantage that prompted him to look down on me. While I assume to be the equal of the best intelligence that ever had birth on this planet, I claim no advantages in my necessary being over the most unfortunate. While none mean to be bad, few know how to be good. To the baleful conditions that curse life here, and the inﬂuences that beget them, I charge all the wrongs that abuse mistaken man. E. WHEELER. THE TESTIMONY. BY WARREN CHASE. The living witnesses can be counted by mil1ions——-and the dead far outnumber them———who can swear that they know our present marriage system is sexual slavery and destruc- tive to the ﬁnest, holiest and purest feelings of the human soul, destroying them in woman and sinking them in man below the average sexual brutality of domesticated animals; and yet, when we propose to remedy this, and remove the evil by social freedom and sexual equality, in and out of marriage, by making the institution practically a civil con- tract, to be regulated and controlled by the parties, under the individual protection of the general laws for civil contract, and the repeal of all especial laws, on the subject, which are a nuisance and the cause of the misery and suﬁering—we are met with the holy horror of the church whose sacred institu- tion is in danger and from which it derives a large revenue and especial privileges, and also, by the vulgar oaths from the ﬁlthy lips of every sensual,whiskey-bloated, tobacco—polluted supporter of the holy religion and its sacred marriage law, which enables him to hold a female slave or run at large him- self among those whom .the institution has made into out- casts, and suﬁering mendicants that subsist on the meagre pickings of these enemies of social reform. Never was there a plainer case of correspondence to the chattel code of slavery that has now become so obnoxious to the American public.‘ Both hold property in their victims; both give control to the man over the woman, by which she can be prostituted to destruction. The wife has no more power to protect her person from hateful abuse than the slave had, and no more right to resist maternity orliability to- it. Her feelings are seldom consulted and the ﬁtness of her condition for enjoyment as rarely considered as that of a nurse by his rider. Hundreds of thousands of wives in America can to-day testify that they have never enjoyed a moment’s pleasure or satisfaction, sexually, since the honey- moon ended, and many not even then, and yet their husbands hold and use them as they would a beast of burden, having destroyed all that could have made married life happy and pleasurable. Occasionally one rises from this Sodom of ashes and blighted hopes, and by some change attains a natural and healthy condition and ﬁnds a few years of enjoyment before death, but by far the larger part go drooping to the grave and to spirit life with the effects of blighted hopes stamped on every lineament and feature of the form. ‘Where are the men and women hold enough to speak against this wicked, crushing andpolluting. system as Garrison did against the equally popular, equally just and equally holy in- stitution of chattel-slavery? One feeble, delicate, sensitive and soul-inspired woman stepped to the front as Joan of Arc did in the French army, and called for help, and the sachems of the press and pulpit, whose idolswere exposed, set their shaggy tribe of reporters, drunken and licentious scribblers and bloated officials of the law on her track, with plenty of money and all the power of church and public -opinion to persecute her to the bitter end in death; but the «spirits rescued her, and she is still with us, with the bless- ings of many a heart that never saw her, but which brightens with a momentary glow of hope every time her name is seen or heard, as did the old abolitionist and the slave at the name of Garrison. If she can only live to see the triumph of her great work as he has, it shall be glory enough, if not, she shall look from a higher sphere and see it triumph, and jus- tice be done to woman. ‘ Soon or late it shall come: it must come. Not forever shall half the children be generated against the protest of the mother, to gratify the uncontrolled and un- restrained passions of man. Not forever shall every noble sexual impulse of the female soul be crushed by the slavery of the marriage-bed where reckless passion tortures its vic- time even unto death. lt is vain to cry, these are exceptions. WOODHULL 82; CLAFLIN’S WEEKLYi man to protect her sexual functions against sale or abuse for money or other favors. And this is SooIAL FREEDOM. MOTEIERLAND. Daughters of the nation listen! / Liberty to you appeals! Tearful eyes around you glistcn, While she supplicating kneels. To their homes your fathers brought her Through the ﬂood and ﬁre of war; Through the thunderstorm and slaughter Rolled her fair triumphal car. And they said, “ All men are equal, With inalienable rights;” Little dreaming of the sequel That has ﬁlled the land with blights. For a while their sons defended That great heritage with power; Sought the good that was intended, For the country’s lasting dower. But the demon, slavery, ﬂourished; Half approved and half ignored; At her founts his life was nourish’d, ~. Till he grew to be her lord. Boldly took not heavy duty On such articles as tea; His, not taxes, but rich booty; Even pearls of liberty. Then a lofty manhood crumbled, Like a soulless mass of clay; L For its spirit had been humbled, And its honor swept away. _Droop’d the ﬂag, the stars were broken As by clouds of inky hue! And the stripes disclosed in token Blood and tears that bondage drew. When, at length, its folds were lifted By the soldier‘s dying breath-, Was the nation’s harvest sifted From the bitter seeds of death? Do not intrigue, sloth and plunder Still destroy her ripening grain, While the world is struck with wonder At her turmoil, loss and pain? Is there yet no hope for nations? Must all constitutions fail, And the heart’s uplifted patience, Sink and let despair prevail? Safe between two vailing oceans, . God had kept a land to show When the Church and State commotions Blacken’d earth with crushing woe, When the hells that priests created Lit the inquisition’s flame, And the ﬂesh was satiated In the H oly Spirit’s name. From Republican Genoa To the tortured Spanish land Came a man, impress’d like Noah, With the rescue God had plan’cl. Europe had no aid to furnish: Tyrants heard no pleading tone; They had thrones and arms to burnish, Schemes for prowess, all their own. But a woman heard the story ‘ Of a land beyond the sea; And bright visions of its glory Gifted were her eyes to see; f , She the jewel treasure oifer’d That adorned her as a queen; And the gems thus freely pro1fer’d Bridged the waves to shores unseen, Where shall be a declaration That will make all women free ! Where our eyes shall see a nation That is ﬁt for liberty ! Where the rights, divine and human, Shall forever be secure In the land ﬁrst bought by woman And by her made good and pure. For a government parental Soon will bring true order forth—— Place whate’er is accidental, Build “ new heaven and new earth." Heavy is the task before us, But it takes no winding coursc; Cloudless light is shining;o’er us In this day of vital force. ‘ ——Shcker and Shdkeress, N. I’. SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 14, 1875. Dear Weehly——Within a month I have received letters from three diﬁerent women, in which was written the following in substance: “I hate men. They are all, without exception, selﬁsh, cowardly and false. I cannot see how you, with your knowledge of and experience with" men, can longer trust or place any conﬁdence in them.” Now, while there is a large measure of truth in the above accusation, as applied to men ‘generally, it is after all a very unj ustand exaggerated one. I would not distrust all of man- They have become nearer the rule, and happiness the ex- ’ ception, as divorces, untimely deaths, and living forms with cruciﬁed affections prove.‘ The terrible cruelty depicted by abolitionists was said to be the rare exception to the blessings of slavery, but it was enough. This is ten times more and as far worse as the sensitive nature of such minds is above the ‘negro slaves, or their brutal husbands. ‘Ne have traveled many years and been all the time a stu- dent of social life and the relations of the sexes, and made it and the sexual nature of man an especial study, and we « speak with knowledge on this subject when we say that atl this time our marriage system creates more misery, more i wickedness, more crime than any if not all other causes in the country; and we know there is no remedy but the legal and social equality of the sexes, with personal liberty for each to protect and control his or or her own body, and powerin wo- kind because of individual falthlessness, any more than I would lose faith in my own sex, because a few or many women prove faithless to truth and duty. But there is a deep signiﬁcance in the words, “I hate men.” when uttered by a woman whom we know to possess a large en- endowment of love and sympathy; they contain alife his- tory within themselves; they tell a tale of repeated wrongs and outrages by man against woman; they speak the fact of the betrayal of woman’s love and conﬁdence. I am familiar with the history of the different women who penned those words to me. They have indeed been wronged, deceived and defrauded by men, not only in business transac- tions, but in the deeper, more vital affairs of the affections. They have been the victims of loveless, uncongenial mar- riages; and, worse still, have been sexually enslaved, and the bitterness of their experiences still rankles in their hearts, corroding the fountain-springs of human love and joy. / 3 In this connection a leaf from my own history may not be out of place. Though my own marriage experience was not a happy one, from causes not relevant to this statement, yet » in justice to the man whose name I bear and who is the father of mylittle ones, I must give testimony to the fact that I was never a victim of sexual abuse. Right royally did he respect the sovereignty and sacredness of my sexhood; and for this reverence of my womanhood my heart ever has and ever will bless him. It is a {joy to me to know that the sexual func- tions of my being have suffered no profanation of their holi- est uses by any act of his. And when there is a proper en- lightenment upon all that is involved in this sexual problem, and man and woman live naturally, all sexual antagonisms and dissatisfactions will have an end. * .As for myself I would not for anything lose faith in man- hood, and though I ﬁnd myself deceived, my conﬁdence be- trayed once, twice or thrice, I shall still hold fast to my faith, shall still take them to my heart as a friend, brother or lover, and believe them to be good, noble and true, until their con- duct compels me to renounce such conﬁdence; but all the while would I strive to hold myself so self-sustained and free of all bonds that bind too closely, that if the trusted and loved prove false and recreant, I shall not be dragged down from life’s calm height nor be discrowned of my womanly self-poise and dignity. ,_ ‘ No, I cannot “hate Amen,” nor put out of my heart the beautiful ideal of love’s own divine creation, but ever with "extended hand I greet the touch and clasp the palm of noble manhood. And yet no woman utters stronger or more in- dignant protest against all the wrongs which woman suffers at the hands of man; against whatever there is in established laws and customs that gives man authority or dictatorship over woman, but not because I believe all men tyrants nor all women slaves. The great need of the hour is enlighten- ment regarding the laws of being, and of sexuality most of all. An intelligent understanding of the laws of sex and an open and digniﬁed discussion of these by men and women, to the end of evolving‘a true social and sexual science, will do more to advance the well-being of humanity and a true appreciation of manhood and womanhood,each for the other, than all the pious homilies that were ever written regarding the duties of husbands and wives. And then the experiences of _woman will not be of a nature to embitter all the heart- springs of her life, and cause her lips to speak with all the impassioned earnestness of an outraged soul, “ I hate men ;” but, as my own heart does to—day, woman would everywhere invoke brightest blessings and sweetest benedictions upon the heads of the noble men of this age and of all time——upon royal manhood, clothed in the strength, dignity and sweet- ness of honor, truthfulness and spirituality. In the love of ‘ justice to both men and women, I am, fraternally, ELVIRA WHEELOC K RUGGLES. KEEP OLD FRIENDs.—-Why have we cutters and grinders in our mouths? That our food may be thoroughly chewed. To keep these teeth, then, is a prime necessity, and nothing is better for this purpose than Brown’s Oamphorated Sapon- aceous Dentifrice,which cleanses the mouth, strengthens the teeth and preserves them. MRS. WOODHULL IN MICHIGAN. [From the Daily Times, Grand Rapids, Feb. 14.-, 1875.] Victoria 0. Woodhull gave a splendid lecture before a large audience at the Opera House last evening. The subject was “ The Destiny of the Republic,” and was handled with rare eloquence. [From the Democrat, Grand Rapids, 1l[z'ch., Feb. 14, 1875.] Last evening, até the Opera House, Victoria 0. Woodhull gave her famous lecture, “The Destiny of the Republic.” The audience was as large as has greeted any lecturer this season. Previous to opening her lecture she gave a reading from Macbeth in a way that showed that she might have made a good reputationas an actress. {Mrs Woodhull’s man- nor: on the stage is graceful and her enunciation clear and distinct, and her lecture abounded in striking dramatic eﬂ"ects.§ O PRESS PIE. A NATURAL INTERPRETATIoN.—Sunday schocl teacher-a “What do you understand by ‘suﬁering for righteousness sake?’ ’j Boy (promptly)—“ Practisin’ hymns in the mornin’, teacher, and Sunday school in the afternoon, and Bible class in the evenin’.”—N. Y. Sun. A MONTANA paper thinks there is an awful fuss being made over the Beecher trial. “ Why,” it says, “ right out here is Bill Casey. He went into a family, married one girl, spoiled ’nother, and has run away with the third; and yet there is with a riﬂe looking around after Bill.” ’ THERE is a. clergyman in ‘Worcester, Mass, whose name is Parry, and a committee of his church have requested the Worcester Press to stop reporting his pulpit discourses. The Press agrees to this petition. “ While the Beecher-Tilton trial continues ”—such is the judgment of the editor-—“ there is no need of publishing Mr. Parry’s sermons.”——N. Y. Sun. AUSTRIA seems to lead the world in recognirjmg the rights of women. The employment of women in the Austrian tele- graph service having given satisfactory results, the Minister of Commerce has adopted thesystem in the Post-Office, and the railway.boards have been asked to report on its extension to railways. _ ELLEN B. KINGSLEY, of Olathe, Kan., has been invited to address the Legislature of» that State on the industrial educa- tion of women.——N. Y. I/Vorld. ' ’ THE American Free Dress League will hold a convention at Worcester, -Mass., on February 25 and 26. What the League is after is a better way to dress women.~——N. Y. Sun. Mas. LYDIA BRADLEY, a wealthy widow of Peoria, Ill., and a large stockholder of the Eirst National Bank of that place, has just been elected ﬁrst director of the bank. no trial, no statements, no nothing, only" just the old man I 4 I WOODHULL a,cLArL1n's WEEKLY 5 March 6, 1875. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE IN AnvANcu. One copy for one year, . $3 00 One copy for six months, - - - - - - 1 50 Single copies, - - - - - - I 10 CLUB RATES. Five copies for one year, - - - . $12 00 '.R”en copies for one year. - - - - - 22 00 Twenty copies (or more at same rate), - - «’ - 40 00 Six months. ' ' ' ‘ - - One-half these rates. 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THE TRIAL. - The WEEKLY, in its issue of Sept. 12, 1874, asserted that in the Beecher—Tilton case not only was the Pastor of Ply- mouth on trial, but“ society and religion. Many believed, at that time, that the position taken by us was somewhat strained; but it appears we did not go far enough. The fol- lowing extract from the leading article of the New York Herald, of February 20, shows that the law itself and its operations must be added to the list of the, culprits now ar- raigned before the bar of the public press: Another discovery is that it is possible, upon a simple action involving an issue that could be decided in a day, for the law to run into an endless waste of time. Any dozen shrewd, common-sense, business men, with the machinery of. the law at their command, could take Mr. Beecher, Mr. Tilton and the two or three essential witnesses into a room, and in a day ascertain the truth or falsehood of this charge. But by the operation of our law weeks pass on. and no one can say what real progress has been made toward the truth. This is not justice. Suppose the Judge or one of the jury- men should die? Su ppose, as many observers contend, the jury should disagree? How could Mr. Tilton sustain a new trial? How could the attorneys go through with it? Any process of justice which requires weeks to examine two wit- nesses is false. Still another theory worthy of note is the averment of Mr. Tilton that a wife can be disloyal to her husband, and at the same time “ pure ” and " white—souled.” This dogma is more dangerous to the peace of society than any propounded by Mrs. Woodhull, and can never be accept- ed. It is as fantastic as Mr. Tilton’s somewhat celebrated theory that Mrs. Woodhull used to sit on the roof of a Murray Hill house and allow the spirit of Demosthenes to speak through her. ‘It is a. sad comment upon the state of morals engendered by Plymouth church. When Napoleon the First was at St. Helena, {he asked Gen- erals Bertrand and Montholon on what his fame would be likely" to rest. His friends gave differing answers, but both were based on some of his numerous military achievements. To them he replied: “ N o, gentlemen, I shall go down to posterity with my Code in my hand. I have simpliﬁed the laws of France, so that the people there can obtain sure and speedy justice.” It was known that Sir Robert Peel, the greatest by far of modern English statesmen, who remodeled the money system of Great Britain, was revolving the intro. duction of a simpliﬁcation of the legal system of his "country also, at the period of his untimely death. For ourselves, we can. only speak of the law as a merciless oppressor, which has grievously injured us beyond reparation, although we hope the justice of our legislators at Washington will be speedily .moved to a partial removal of the wrongs we have suffered. But until a woman sits on the bench as well as a man to try cases affecting woman, and until women are represented in the jury box as well as on the bench,‘ we fear that ourselves and our sisters must continue to suffer under the inﬂiction of male injustice. As the New» York Herald appears to admit the truth of this last assertion in the case Of M1'S- Tl1t0I1. We quote from two of its leaders published during the last Week. The first is on the subject of calling on Mrs. Tilton for her rebutting evidence in the case: A Western” newspaper says that the attorneys of Mr. Tilton will oppose Mrs. Tilton as a witness. This would‘ jar every sentiment of fair play. There can be no fair inquiry which does not embrace the evidence of Mrs. Tilton. For, although only a woman after all, she has some rights, a name to vindi- cute, and, we should think, a story to tell. Somehow neither plaintiﬁ nor defendant l as cared much about the woman, who has only come into the case to be trodden under foot. ‘ This is strong testimony. It is hard to be "‘ troddcn un- der foot” in a court of law, but that is the measure of man’s justice in the case of woman. The second extract is still more to the purpose, justifying, in our opinion, all the an- imadversions of the VVEEKLY upon the subject: The most striking discovery is the relation between hus- band and wife. If anything has been clear to our minds it is that the marriage condition is one of sacred conﬁdence. Blessed by God, it is the holiest of human associations. No statute can interfere with it. This is as it should be. But the Brooklyn trial makes another precedent. According to this the husband may go upon the stand and swear his wife intd infamy. Her letters and communications become a part of his attack. But the wife can say nothing. In other words, any husband can testify to his fears and his suspicions, to statements. confessions and narratives going to show that he had been wronged. The wife, who knows in her heart whether she is guilty or innocent, can say nothing. ‘We con- fess we can see no justice in this law unless we accept the theory that a. woman is a bit of property who fulﬁlls certain dependent oﬂices in the marriage relation, whose honor may be sworn away when it pleases her husband without any op- portunity of vindicating herself. Who knows better than Mrs. Tilton whether she is guilty or innocent? Who has more at stake in this issue? Who has as much? Her name, her woman’s honor, and the happiness of ‘her children are in peril. Mr. Beecher, if he is convicted, loses his place as a Christian minister, while Mr. Tilton becomes “rehabiltated,” and Mr. Moulton is “rehabilitated.” If acquitted, then we learn that Mr. Tilton has all this time been under an hallu- cination. The issue is. therefore, whether Mr. Beecher shall be degraded and Mr. Tilton “rehabilitated” and made the same Theodore that he was before Mr. Beecher drove him into biographical literature. But the woman——what is to become of her? She can say nothing. She must lie down and be trampled in the dust, that her husband or her pastor may be freed from stain. , In commenting: upon the above extract we would say that we agree withithe Herald I that when natural and not merely legal, the rrionogamic relation is worthy of all honor; but, if people whi) have entered into it are not naturally monogamic, no law, either ecclesiastical or civil, can bind them to their coiitr-act, and we question the right of either churches, societies, or legislatures to aim to compel or enforce obedience to their dictates, for nature will assert herself abovefall their rulings, and all that laws can do in such cases is to add to inconstancy—lying, knavery, and hypocrisy. Our War is not against life-long unions of affec- tion between men and women, but against the vain effort to construct such unions by man-made laws. lVhere love exists between the parties such bonds are unnecessary; where it does not, such ligaments are useless and will be as easily and as surely broken as the threads of tow were by Samson the Israelite. And when broken—-what then ? What right have churches or societies or legislatures to legislate on the sub- ject ‘E The right of all human beings to personal sovereign- ty, wc hold, can only be limited or interfered with when the abuse of that power conflicts with the same right in another or others. But we fearlessly as sert that man claims and exercises this right in the majority of instances. In the case before us, should the pastor of Plymouth be found guilty, it is very questionable whether his congrega- tion will desert him. No l the real penalty will fall upon the “bit of property”——the- woman. When we consider the penalty inflicted by society we question whether any consideration would justify a man in surrendering a woman to its merciless and barbarous tortures. The man is to be respected as things are now, who would sacriﬁce truth, justice, and honor for her protection, inasmuch as it would be a greater infamy in him to abandon his mate to the scorn and contempt of the W0lld,,_i.h8.I1 to bear, for a season, a far lesser infliction himself? But in the meantime we commend to the notice of the women of the Republic the fearful admissions of our con- temporary, viz. : Somehow neither plaintiﬁ nor defendant has cared much about the woman, who has only come into the case to be trodden under foot. Which statement is further enforced by the close of the second extract, viz. : ’ She must lie down and be trampled in the dust, in order that her husband or her pastor may be free from stain. We conclude with declaring that the mission of the WEEK- LY will not be fulﬁlled until woman shall be recognized an independent unit in all relations of life, as round and full as her mate; and furthermore, until she wrests this status from the tyranny of man, she must of necessity submit to the inﬂictions so ably treated of by the New York Herald. 1‘ 4 V 17* A VOICE FROM THE SUMMER—LAND. From a jelly dot to a mollusk, from a mollusk to a ﬁsh, from a ﬁsh to a reptile, from a repti_le toa mammal, such, it is plain, has been the order of march of the natural world. Geologists also tells us that these successive waves of for- mation have a sort of double motion, that in each separate advance the magnates of the incoming procession enter ﬁrst; then follows an age of quiescence, to be succeeded by a period of disintegration and decay, terminating with the rise of another grand entrance of a new development of animal creation. In the moral world the changes have been similar. From vegetable to animal life, from animal life to instinct, from instinct to reason, so has the march of mind kept pace with that of matter. To us there appears to have been no pause in either; the progress of both _has been steady throughout. - It is believed by many that we are now entering upon another advance, which may be termed the commingling of the spheres. All the great sacred books of the world have long foreshadowed this change, and none more so than the Bible. From ﬁrst to last that book treats of the subject of spiritual manifestations, and in it we are assured by the great Nazarene that such shall continue. “And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues ; ’ v “ They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” e . As with Christianity, so with Mohammedanism, Brah- minism and Buddhism ; they all claim to be based on what we term manifestations, but they deem miracles. Probably no change of man’s religious belief has ever occurred that has not claimed more or less of such accompaniments. As Spiritualists we are free to confess that we see no reason to disputethe truth of many of their statements, believing that human beings, in a high degree of purity, are in a ﬁt state to be able to receive them. For this reason we respect the manifestations and materialization that are now constantly occurring here and in; other countries, deeming that they herald the grandest advance that has ever been made by human beings. It is with these feelings that we respectfully call to the notice of our readers an elucidation of the social question published in the Banner of Light, and purporting to come from the good reformer, Theodore Parker: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Q.———Something like the following was said by Theodore Parker: “ The laws regulating marriage should be more stringent than they are now.” Would he tell us in what re- spect the law should be more stringent, and at the same time give an outline or the form of such a law? A.—In speaking of law, with reference to the marriage question, I did not intend to convey the idea that I had ref- erence to any civil law—to any law made by humans, but to that divine law that binds soul and soul together when they are truly wedded. Now. then, I believe that no two can be happily, permanently, or divinely married unless they have been brought under the action and continue under the action of this divine law. When once it ceases to act in their case, they are no longer wedded. But if two persons come to- gether in the marriage relation with a proper understanding of each other, there need not be, in myopinion. so many mar- riages that come to grief in so short a time. Indeed, where- as they are now but temporal. they would then be eternal. I have never yet met with any spirit, or class of spirits, who have ever pretended to know what kind of a code of laws could be gotten up by humans that would perfectly answer the demands of the marriage state; but, on the contrary, all intelligent and advanced spirits declare that as marringe is of God, it is therefore divine, and cannot be brought under the action of any civil or human law with good results. The law should go back of the marriage ceremony, and should say unto parties contemplating marriage: “ You must be ed- ucated with reference to yourselves and life, ere you can enter this solemn, this holy realm. Having done that—-hav- ing enforced the law upon the two with reference to educa- tion, it is contended by intelligent spirits that human. law can carry them no further, and has no business with the marriage relation. After that it is a mere farce, a ceremony like that of baptism, like that of shaking hands. A civil con- tract you say it is. Well, unhappily it too often proves very uncivil, and why? Because of your ign‘orance——because the law has not demanded that you should be educated with reference to this most important step ‘in life. I say again that the law governing in this respect should be far more stringent than,that under which it now ﬁnds expression, and by which it is so poorly protected; but since I ﬁnd nothing stringent enough in the human code of morals or justice, I must look to divine law, and so far as marriage is concerned as an entity, it must be bound by the law of heaven, which is the action of divine forces, and not by any civil code. By- and—by, when the planet has grown a little older——when in- telligence has risen a little higher, because the planet has been enabled to give birth to higher forms of life, higher con- ditions of being, then this thing will regulate itself, as all other conditions in life have and will. That there was a ne- cessity for human law in the past, and tnat it exists in the . present, I with others ﬁrmly believe; but I also believe that the necessity exists per virtue of your ignorance, and not because marriage calls for the exercise of human law to sanc- tion its manifestations. to this great question, and doubtless much will be said; but, after all, nature in her own quiet and divine way will settle the thing amicably for you. There is nothing in the above statement which does not agree with the teachings of the WEEKLY. If all human beings were naturally monogamic, it would be all that need to be said upon the subject. The deﬁnition of true mar- riage, its time of dissolution, the folly of human law upon the subject, the grave necessity for the full physiological education of children, all these are consistent with our de- mands. But while the rights of women on aifectional ques- tions are trampled under foot by man’s laws, we hold it to be our duty to do our best to assist mankind in coming to better conclusions than at present exist in the civilized world. 4;. 4 7 ‘yr ULTIMA SUSPIRO DEL MORO. The last sigh of the Moor I So the Spaniards still term the hill from which Boabdil el Chico took his farewell look at Spain. We have selected its name for a heading, though really what we intend it to introduce in our columns might better be termed “The last sigh of the Caucasian I ” * Some fortnight since Mayor Wickham, of New York, re- fused point-blank to marry a mulatto and a white woman who desired his services. On this the Dag/’s.Doin,r/s says: “Mr. Wickhain knew that‘ there is a high unwritten law which girds society and is the bulwark, not perhaps of our political liberties, but of those more sacred rights which belong to us from the mere fact that we are of the Cauca- sian race, the highest type of humanity. To enjoy these rights we pay in duty a fealty to that race. A negro is a free agent to vote, so is a white man. We deny that either is, in the sense in which we take it when the question touches miscegenation. The operation is an insult to civili- zation, to every White man and woman, and should be Much has been said with reference we / ‘x. r "'52 / ‘N. T March 6, 1875. frowned upon by all who love their race and desire to pre- serve it in its purity.” The WEEKLY agrees with the Days Doings, that there is a high unwritten law in aﬁectional matters far above and entirely independent of all the ecclesiastical or civil laws of humanity. As to its “ girding society,” that we dispute, although we believe it ought to do so. The mere fact that Mayor Wickham is of the Caucasian race does not em- power him to annul the personal rights of another person of that or any other race, more especially when there is no law authorizing such action on his part. A negro or a inulatto is by law a citizen of the United States, and unless citizen- ship be a farce, holds all the rights pertaining to other citizens. He is a free agent to vote and a free agent to choose his mate. The question is not a matter of taste but a matter of right. If United States’ citizens may not inter- marry, the law should so direct, but it does not, and there- fore the inference is, that the nation will not..stultify itself in the matter of annihilating the most sacred right of citizen- ship. As to whether “ the operation is an insult to civiliza- tion,” we answer, that it is not so considered outside of the Union, and that the observation would not now be sanc- tioned by any ecclesiastical body within it. In our opinion the action of Mayor Wickham was an in- sult to our national law and a dereliction of duty. “Then men and women are reduced to consult the taste of officials before they mate, they are social slaves. Whether it is wise for the races to unite is one question, whether they have the right so to do is another. We hold the latter position, and should do so if tons of man—made laws stood in the way. At present, however, there are none. And we have a right to object to any individual improvising edicts upon the mat- .ter to suit his taste or inclination, and by so doing overriding the most sacred of all the rights of his fellow—citizens. 4‘ 4 V wﬁ A cool) OMEN. The following signiﬁcant heading appeared on the ﬁf- teenth page of the New York Herald, on Sunday, Februar 14. 'We give it as printed in that paper: - RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. MINISTERIAL AND CHURCH MovEMENTs. DECLINE or EPISCOPACY. UNIVERSALISM AND SPIRITUALISM TO THE FRONT. This, in the most popular and important press in the country, proves the advance of Spiritualism and speaks volumes to the wise. man 4 f yrﬁ PRURIENT PURITY. The poet Burns dedicated one of his lyrics “ To the unco’ guid, and the rigidly righteous,”—people Who are so good themselves, So pious and so holy, They’ve nothing left to do but tell , Their neighbor’s faults and folly- and pilloried in the same the canting Christians of Scotland. We are sorry to have to state that we have many of the breed here, though they may be better deﬁned as semi- I Christians and Americans. The same animus, however, is visible in them also, proving that both parties are lineal de- scendents of the ancient Pharisees of J udea. It is a melan- choly fact that there are a few of the kind who usurp the name of Spiritualists, though such bigotry and charlatanry are certainly totally inconsistent with the freedom claimed by the majority of S piritualists. Our higlily-respected contem- porary, Common Sense, of San Francisco, Cal., presents us, in its thirty-ninth number, with the following case in point: Emma Hardinge Britten declares herself still a spiritualist and a. medium, but she is so much opposed to “ social free- dom ” that she will neither speak from a free platform nor write for a free-thought paper. She uses other words to ex- press this fact, but this is what she means. We do not care to deﬁle the columns of Common Sense with the epithets some extra pure people apply to social reformers. It is quite prob- able that if we had the same vile thing in our minds when We speak of “social freedom ” that they have, we should denounce it also, though, we trust, in gentler language; but the truth is that the very terms Which, to their minds, seem to call up so much that is detestable, suggest to our own only ideas of purity. Word~s seem to have lost their meaning of late when applied to the relations of the sexes. To the pure, all things are pure. The fable instructs us that a spider will suck poison from ﬂowers, where the bee obtains only honey. 1t is because the establishment of the doctrine of the personal sovereignty of woman would origi- nate greater purity in the sexual relations that it meets with the hatred of a debauched society, and the opposition of the lecherous therein. The _WEEKLY accepts as compliments the maledictions of a corrupt world anda still more corrupt priesthood. It will live to remodel the one and annihilate the other. In the meantime, it admits their wisdom in re- sorting to vituperation when they cannot enforce silence. They have no case against the WEEKLY, and, in consequence, are in a measure justiﬁed in refusing to argue the merits of the question; in this they follow the advice of the old law- yer, whose custom was, when he found himself in a similar situation, to waste no time in discussion, but to revile and abuse his opponent’s counsellors. ’ ' JAM‘? r TW WHOLESALE DIVORCE. The propriety of occasionally loosening the bonds of mat- rimony is pithily sketched in the following proposition of a member of the Idaho Legislature, and is a good precursor of that better order of social aifairs—that good time coming —-—when men and women will have:suﬁicient conﬁdence in one another’s aﬁections to dispense entirely with the services either of priests or magistrates. The item is taken from the New York Sun : So many applications for divorce have been made to the Idaho Legislature, that Mr. Paddock has introduced a bill divorcing all the married people in the Territory and placing them in statu qua ante matrimonium. This, he says,will save time, and those who wish can be remarried. Of course it will be to the interest of the lawyers there to prevent the above bill from becoming a law. But it would certainly, not only there but elsewhere, save time, trouble, and expense to the community. It would not injure those who are really married and desirous of remaining so, whilst it would greatly beneﬁt those of a contrary opinion. Oh, when will the time arrive when children will be begotten in liberty! Not until then can we hope to see human beings really fit for freedom. ' mag 4 7 yr COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES . Mr. N ordhoif has done the world a service in publishing his able and temperate description and view of the Com- munistic Societies of the'United States. »After this, we trust, we shall hear no more of the Podsnappian pooh! pooh! with which the subject has been treated of late by the tinselled ignoramuses of society. The conditions under which the members of such associations exists, are well summed up in the following statements of Mr. Nordhoff, for a knowledge of which we are indebted to the Oneida 03"7°cuZar.' “Nothing surprises me more, in my investigations of the communistic societies, than to discover—- 1st. The amount and variety of business and mechanical skill which is found in every Commune, no matter what is the character or intelligence of its members; and 2d. The ease and certainty with which the brains come to the top. Of course this last is a transcendent merit in any system of government. The fundamental principle of Communal life is the subordi- nation of _the individual’s will to the general interest or the general will: practically, this takes the shape of unquestion- ing obedience by the members toward the leaders, elders, or. chiefs of their society. But as the leaders take no important step without the un- animous consent of the membership; and as it is apart of the Communal policy to set each member to that work which he can do best, and so far as possible to please all; and as the Communist takes life easily, and does not toil as severely as the individualist——so, given a general assent to the principle of obedience, and practically little hardship occurs. The political system of the lcarians appears to me the worst, or most faulty, and that of the Shakers, Rappists and Amana Communists, the best and most successful, among all the societies. In a Commune no member is a servant; if any servants are kept, they are hired from among the world’s people. When the Kentucky Shakers organized, they not only liber- ated their slaves, but such of them as became Shakers were established in an independent Commune or family by their former masters. They “ ceased to be servants, and became brethren in the Lord.” Any one who has felt the oppressive burden of even the highest and best-paid kinds of service will see that indepen- dence and equality are great boons, for which many a man willingly sacrifices much else. Moreover, the security against want and misfortune, the sure provision for old age and inability, which the com- munal system offers-—is no doubt an inducement with a great many to whom the struggle for existence appears difﬁcult and beset by terrible chances. ’ Communism was instituted by the immediate followers of Jesus, absolute communism; nor is there any account in the Bible of its ever having been condemned by them. By our present system, each distributor is a sort of a legal robber on his own account, and makes his living by preying on his neighbors. There is no reason why a city like New York should not purchase - its coal, I grain, ﬂour, dry goods, &c., wholesale; collecting and distributing the necessaries of life for itself. If one dry goods dealer can save one hundred millions of dollars in a generation, it is certain that a well organized system of purchase and distribution could save four times that sum in the same space of time for the beneﬁt of the whole of the inhabitants of New York. There is no just reason’ why a man who pur- chases for cash in small quantities should be victimized as he is now, and a provident city would protect its humbler in- habitants against such injustice. We are glad to note that the Granges are rising to protect their members in such par- ticulars: they are learning to dispense with idle middlemen, and to dealen masse for such articles as they need. While on the subject of Communism, we take the liberty of making an extract from the cross-examination of Theodore Tilton, ' in which he defends the late Communists of Paris, with in- tent of making an amendment thereto: Q.——What do you understand by the Commune of France? A.—-After the fall of the empire, France was agitated with the question: What should be the new government? Those of her citizens who love America and American liberty said, “ Let us have a government such as they have in the United States—a government of representation.” And the .Com- munists, so—called, are those people in France who believe in governing Paris by precisely the same system of government under which we live in Brooklyn. For instance, what would be thought if the Mayor of this city should insist upon ap- pointing all the aldermen of all the wards, and denying to the people of the wards the right to elect their aldermen? It would be a revolutionary proceeding. We hold to the op- posite view. Every ward in this city elects its aldermen, and the Mayor has no right to interfere. Now the Com- _, munists in Paris insisted that in the formation of the new government every ward of the city——in other Words, every commune—should elect its representative, and the Mayor‘ should not appoint their representatives. In other words, communism in Paris is local self—government, as we practise it in every American city- On the other hand. that which is called republicanism in France is that which if it was brought to this country would be denominated despotism, and we would not permit it for an hour. Every democratic citizen of Brooklyn, if he lived in Paris, would, by virtue of his American antecedents and the principles of Thomas Jef- ferson. be a. communist, and nothing else. There was a deeper grievance of which the people of Paris WOODHULL 8; CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. 5 had just cause to complain; it was this: The Assembly at Versailles passed a bill authorizing the people of the cities. to elect their own Mayors. President Thiers refused to sign it; he declared that he would surrender the presidency sooner than do so. He was willing that towns and cities. having twenty thousand inhabitants and under should elect. such officers; but claimed that in all the larger cities the mayors should be appointed by the government. We sub.- mit that this is an important addition to the above. __i_. 4 r wvs ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. S. W. B., Broolclyn.-—Your EPlymouth Church motto is. good. Luther,writing to Melancthon, says: “ Sin boldly, but let your faith be greater than your sin. Sin will not destroy in us the name of the Lamb, though we were to commit murder or fornication a thousand times a day,”- Labor, Detroit, Jlfrlch.-—There is as much domineering in the workshop as outside of it. When workers cease to desire to rule over each other, none will be able to tyrannize over them. lows: True love’s the gift that God hath given To man alone beneath the heaven; It is not fantasy’s hot ﬂame, Whose wishes, soon as granted; ﬂy; It liveth not in ﬁerce desire, With dead desire it cloth not die. It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which, heart to heart, and mind to mind, In body and in soul can bind. S. S. Lcunbertcz'lle, Pct.-—When Cleopatras or Katharines rule, promiseuity is the order of the day. Such women occupy their full share in the history of the wdrld. Modern so- ciety rarely considers “rich incontinence ” a crime, but always treats “poor continence” as an unmitigated atrocity. As Evelyn says, in the play of “ Money”: “ The crime does not lie in the gambling, but in the losing ”—-in the poverty, not in the incontinence. John Williams, Cincinnati, 0.-There is no law in‘ the United States Constitution or elsewhere forbidding women to 7 vote; and Congress is ashamed to institute legally what; it is not ashamed to permit underhandedly—viz., the refusal of the electoral franchise to women. Music, Detroit, M£c7t.—Song has conquered armies. Fer. dinand, of Spain, forbade any Spanish soldier to sing the “Moorish Wail for the Loss of A1hama” under pain of death; and “We Wait beneath the Furnace Blast” the Hutchinson family were forbidden to sing within the lines of the Army of the Potomac, at the commencement of the War of the Rebellion. Dr. Syntax, Troy. N. Y.—Rich people generally send their children away frornhome to be educated, and they act; wisely in so doing. Mothers are poor educators for girls, and far worse for boys—-at least, that is our opinion. X., Zconescille, .0.——All history proves that successful soldiers play the devil with republics. It is easy to get a mili- tary officer into a President’s chair, but it is not so easy to get him out of it. Contraband, N. Y.—-As you say, Mayor Wickham refused to marry a couple who presented themselves before hing. the one being a spruce, well-dressed colored man; the other, a pretty white woman--for-which he merits the compliments of the WEEKLY. We do not think the. parties left‘ singing paeans to the liberty vouchsafed them in this Republic. The Bible says: “ God made of one blood all the dwellers upon earth,” but probably the Mayor is a Darwinian. He, says: “ It can’t be done.” Plcnndealer, Newctrlc, N. J.——To use the words of Wendell Phillips: “All that the laborer asks is justice, not charity; all woman asks is justice, not pity; all the negro asks is justice, not humanity.” Our motto isathat of the ancient Roman: “Feet jestitia, ruat ccelmn.” S. M, Quebec, O'co.—-Doctors differ respecting vaccination. We hold that people are right who refuse to submit to the operation, but cannot here give space for the reasons .which warrant such conclusion. In England lately some persons were imprisoned for refusing to be vaccinated, but were honored by a torchlight procession when they regained their liberty. Amerzeus, Pltiladclphze, Pct.—-We hold that only the lan- guage of the country should be taught in the public schools. The best bend a nation can have is unity of lan- guage. To introduce another or others is a misuse of the public money for the evil purpose of weakening the nation by instituting Babel. L- Skeptic, Alteona, Pa.-—Thomas Paine said that “to do good” was his religion. The New York Herald, of Feb, 14, indorses that statement in the following item: “ What is the useof going to church to-day unless you do some good to your unfortunate neighbor? Do you suppose your solicitude for your own soul will compensate for . your neglect of somebody else’s body?” These questions have the hang of good spiritualism, for Spiritualists know that the best means of developing their own souls is by doing their duty toward the physical, intellectual and moral development of those of their neighbors. M. W., Peorze, Ill.-——Love is deﬁned by Walter Scott as fol- \-;’_.~.._.x;'.;s'.-J..;. .- ‘L- . 35» _ went into the dining room for a glass of water. Bessie Turner. WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. March 6, 1875. . INCIDENTS OF THE TlLTON—BEECHER TRIAL. - "MONDAY, FEB. 15TH. : — I * ‘ After a recess of three days, Mr. Evarts again continued liislcross-examination of Theodore Tilton, which, when con- cluded, was followed by a re-direct examination by Mr. Ful- lerton. In the course of the latter, Mr. Tilton thus stated his present position in regard to free love: ‘ Q. Have, you ever advocated this doctrine of free love? A. I have never; and all my writings contain repeated evi- dence of condemnation, long before I had occasion to ﬁnd ' that there had been free love in my own house, and that my . family had been destroyed thereby. Q. Your doctrine is that the civil law should regulate marriage? A. Yes, sir; I regarded marriage as a contract, and I wanted the civil law to regard that contract liberally. —-N. Y. Sun. i ' COMMENTS. The last remark is well put. Liberally, very liberally, most liberally, and marriage looked upon by law as any other partnership, that is the true doctrine. ’If nature does not bind men and women, the law cannot. I Q. When. you wrote the letter to Dr. Bacon, what had oc- curred in reference to the scandal" so-called, that induced you to write that letter? A. There had occurred a series of measures in Plymouth Church detrimental to me. There had occurred a council growing out of those measures, wherein Plymouth Church was arraigned. and there had occurred a defense on the part of Plymouth Church to that council which represented me as having brought dishonor on the Christian name, whereas it was another man who had brought such dishonor. And there had occurred a public lecture by Dr. Bacon, the moderator of that council, who went home after the council was adjourned, and said publicly in New Haven, summing up the results of the council, that Iwas a knave and a dog, and Mr. Beecher the most magnanimous man. And there had occurred also after that a series of articles in the lndependciiit, by Dr. Bacon, ﬁve or six in number, em- phasizing that idea. There had occurred also a public insult to Mrs. Tilton and me by Mr. Thomas G. Shearman, clerk of Plymouth Church. ‘ _ TUESDAY, FEB. 13TH. On this day, a new witness, Mrs. Kate Carey, who had been employed as a wet-nurse by Mrs. Tilton, gave the fol- lowing highly important evidence: A Q. Where did you seehim? A. I saw him going into Mrs. Tilton’s room several times before we went to the country, shutting the door after him, but I didn’t notice or hear any talk. . ' Q. What room was it that he went in? A. In her own bedroom, right over the hall as you come in; there are four rooms on one floor; it is a small frame cottage house; I was in the next room when he went in her bedroom; there are folding doors between; I could see him go in. _ Q. Did you say the doors were locked? A. No; the doors were open, and Mrs. Tilton got up and shut the folding doors. Q. Where was your room with reference to theirs? A. My room, when I went there, was next to ,Mrs. Tilton’s; I had a lounge to sleep on. Q. Was this before she went to Monticello or after her re- turn? A. Before. ‘ Q. Did you see anything else before the family went to Monticello? A. No, sir; I did not. Q.'Did you see anything after their return? A. I did; I saw her in the back parlor sitting on Mr. Beecher’s knee. 1 I came from my nursery up-stairs. Q. What part of the parlor were they sitting in? A. In the corner off the dining room. What time of day was this? A. It was getting on to dusk; in the evening. _ Q. Where were you when you saw them thus sitting? A. I was going around to the dining-room table to. get a glass of water. Q. Did you see them distinctly? A. I did. Q. What kind of doors were there between you and them? A. Folding doors. ‘ Q. Were they open? A. Yes, sir; they were very little apart, but you could see. Did you see anything else after their return? A. I saw her hand on his shoulder, and he says, “How do you feel, Elizabeth?” “ Dear father,” she said, “ I feel so, so.” [Laugh- ter.] She was then sitting on his lap. ‘ I Q21 Did you hear distinctly the words, “dear father?” A. di sir. “ Did you see anything else? A. N o, sir, I did not. I went with my glass of water to the nursery and I said nothing to nobody. Q. How long was this after the return from Monticello? A. To my recollection, I think it was about three weeks. Q. How often, if at all, beyond the time that you speak of, did Mr. Beecher call at the house while you were there ? A. Well, he called several times: he called, I think, four or ﬁve ‘ times before she got out of her bed to go to Monticello. After her return I don’t know how frequently he called. The notes and letters would come, up to the waiter-girl _to. bring the message down, but she would always go down in the parlor and entertain him. I never carried any notes for Mrs. Til- ton. I left her employ in the fall. I can’t recollect what time I left, but the difficulty I had for leaving her was through We had a few words. This closed Mrs. Cary’s testimony on the direct examina- tion. Neither Mr. Moulton nor Mr. Tilton‘ had as witnesses at any time held their, auditors to such ﬁxed advertence. The Plymouth lawyers and attendants had not missed a word of the unexpected recital, and at its close they had nothing to say to” each other. Even Brother Halliday had forgotten to appear indifferent. Mr. Shearman had made his memoranda as fast as he could scribble and handed them to Mr. Evarts _ Ancient Pistol modiﬁes the word “ thieve ” by saying “Convey, the wise it call.’’ In the opinion of the‘ WEEKLY the word “impropriety,” as used in the above quotation, is an improvement upon the same in the matter of delicacy. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17. This day was occupied by the re-direct examination of Mr. Tilton by Mr. Fullerton. From it, in the absence of the pro- prietor and Chief Editor of the WEEKLY, the Associate Editor deems it ﬁtting to make the following extract, rather for the information of the general public than the instruction of our readers: ' Q. You have spoken of several visits which you made to Mrs. Woodhull at her residence in the city of New York. I wish to ask you whether, at the time these visits were respec- tively made, her husband was at home? A. Yes, sir, I think he was in‘ every instance. I don’t think I was ever at the house when he was not there. ~ Q. What was Mrs. Woodhu11’s demeanor in your presence while you were at the house? A. She always acted like a perfect lady. ' I never saw anything amiss in her, and her husband always acted like a perfect gentleman.—N_. Y. Sun. THURSDAY, FEB. 18. « The N. Y. Herald terms this “ A Day of Surprises.” Four new witnesses were called, Mr. Bell, Mr. Richards, Mr. Robinson and Mr. Brasher. Mr. Bell's testimony appears to be unimportant; but In the afternoon Mrs. Tilton’s own bijother (Mr. Richards) testiﬁecl to descending suddenly one foreiioon into his sister’s parlor and disturbing there Mrs. Tilton and Mr. Beecher sitting on a sofa. and his sister, with a gesture of haste and fright and ﬂushed face, motioned Mr. Beecher in such a way as to make a painful and lasting impression upon the witness, Joseph Richards. He told his wife that night, and would have explained himself further to the jury, but Mr. Evarts cut him up harshly. This was a painful and powerful piece of testimony from such a source, and it thrilled the court- room. Mrs. Tilton heard it sitting‘; back in her chair, with her eye on her brother. They looked very much alike. He was cool and impassive; so was she. It is not a family to droop in public. . Then came Mr. Robinson, the uncle of Mrs. Moulton, who testiﬁed that Mr. Beecher said to him about the time of the church investigation last‘ July, “ Frank is as good a friend as’ God ever raised up to a man. But for him I don’t believe I would now be alive.” '_' Finally came a Mr. Brasher, Mr. Tilton’s neighbor, who had seen Mr. Beecher at all kinds of hours on Mr. Tilton’s steps and near his door, and once so early in the fall of the year, that it made an “indelible impression ” upon Mr. Brasher.- N. Y. Herald. COMMENT. i If the words, “early in the fall of the year” had been “ early in the morning of the day,” the statement would be more pertinent. Here is an extract from the evidence of Mr. Brasher: Q. State the number of times you have seen him (Mr. Beecher) entering and coming out of Mr. Tilton’s house? A. I cannot recollect the number of times. ' Q. About how early an hour in the morning was it that you saw Mr. Beecher standing on the stoop_? A. I never recol- lected but once that it made an impression on my mind, and that was early in the morning; it struck me on that occasion as being a very early hour for a gentleman to visit.—N. Y. Herald. FRIDAY, FEB. 19. Mrs. Frank Moulton’s testimony was given to-day. All of it is very important, but we have room only for the follow- ing extracts: I said :i “ Mr. Beecher, there is something better for you to do than that; I think that would be a very cowardly thing for you to do. Go down to your church and confess your crime: they will forgive you.” He said: “No, I can’t do that for the sake of the woman who has given me her love; for my children, for my family, for the church, for my inﬂu- ence throughout the whole world. That I can never do; I will die before I will confess it.” And I said: “ Mr. Beecher, sooner or laterthe truth in this case will come out; it is much better that you should take your cause in your own hands and state it to your church; give to them a confession such as you could make to them. I am sure they would for- give you.” He said: “No, that I cannot do; my children would despise me; I couldn’t go back to my home, and my church would not forgive me; they would not _deal with me as you have done; there would be nothing left for me to do; my work would be ﬁnished; it would be better that I should go out of life than to remain any longer in it.” And I said: “You could write for your paper; you could go up to your farm and write.” He said: “ No, if they would not listen to hear me preach they certainly would not read anything I should write; besides, my position in life is that of a spiritual and moral teacher. If I can no longer hold that position, then there is nothing left for me, and I have resolved to take my life. I have a powder at home on my library table which I shall take and sink quietly off as if going to sleep, without a struggle. Ihaven’t any desire to live. I have nothing to live for; in fact, I pray for death as a happy release from all my trials and troubles, and I feel that if I publish any card in the Eagle it will only be temporary relief; that Mr. Til ton is likely to break out again at any other time, and I feel that physically and mentally I am unable any longer to bear this strain, and I probably shall never come to see you again.” I felt very much grieved at it. I begged him to go down to the church. 1 said to him : “Mr. Moulton will still stand by you, and no matter what comes to you I will always be your for use in the cross—examination.———N. Y. Sun. In the cross-examination of Mrs. Kate Cary by Mr. Evarts, we learn how the woman became a witness. ‘Q. When did you first mention to anybody that you had observed anything of the matters that you have now testiﬁed to? A. Last Friday, sir, for the ﬁrstltime, to Mrs. Lyons,who visits Bellevue Hospital t_o see the sick. Q. A.charitable lady, who visits there for that purpose? A. Yes, sir. _ Q. . Did you of your own accord mention this to the lady? A. No, sir; she told me if Iwas ﬁt she could get me an ele- gant place in Brooklyn. I told her I had lived in Brooklyn before,-and I told her all the parties I had lived with, and that I had lived with Mrs. Theodore Tilton and wet-nursed a baby for her; and she asked me questions, and she asked me what did I think of such a thing. I said I didn’t know. She asked me what I had seen and heard, and of course I told her, Q. And that’s the way you came to be a witness? A. Yes, sir.-—N. Y. Sun. . COMMENTC Feeling inadequate to the task of doing justice to Mrs. Kate Cary’s testimony,we called to our aid the New York Herald, ' merely remarking that “blessed are the merciful.” THE BEECHER CAsE.—-A new feature was introduced into ' the Beecher trial yesterday—the production of a witness who testified to having seen what may be considered impropriety between the defendant and Mrs. Tilton. The rest of the day was occupied in the Icross-examination of the paintiff.-N. Y. Herald. , . . trouble for you is by telling the truth.” friend; but I am convinced that the only way out of this He said that he would come to see me on the day following, that he had some gifts which he wished to dispose of, some little mementoes for different people, and that there was something that he wanted me to bear to Elizabeth, and something for different friends, with messages which he wanted me to bear to them, and he would come on the day following to see me. It was a long interview; Mr. Beecher was very much excited; he told Mrs. Tilton. She said that she felt very sorry for me, even more sympathy for me than for herself, because that I had’ lost faith in Mr. Beecher. because I was unable any longer to attend the church. She begged me to go back to the church, to believe in Mr. Beecher, and I said, “ Elizabeth, how can you ask me to go back to the church, how can you ask me t_o take the communion from his hands, knowing what I do of his life?” And she said, “ I want you to believe in him. He is a good man; it was not his fault. He is not responsible for the crime. I am the one that is to blame. I invited it.” And I said, “ I think that I might hear Mr. Beecher preach, , and perhaps derive some beneﬁt from his sermons, but I can never go back to the church with the same faith that I had ' in him years ago.” 5%. dyou report this conversation to Mr. Beecher? . 1 . Q. How soon after the conversation occurred? A. Perhaps a day or two after. I don’t exactly remember how soon. Q. Had you any further conversation with Elizabeth that you reported to Mr. Beecher? A. I had. Ithink it was at the time that Mr. Tilton appeared down at the church that I called to see Elizabeth, and I said: “ If you are called before the church, what are you going to do? to save Mr. Beecher?” She said : “I shall sacriﬁce my husband and deny everything.” I said: “ Will you allow your husband to go down with the truth?” She said: ‘_‘ I think I should? be justified in stating falsely under the circumstances. I think, for the sake of Mr. Beecher, for the sake of the inﬂuence on the world, for my own position, for my children, I think it is my duty to deny it. ’ Q. Did you report this to Mr. Beecher? A. I did. Q. What reply, if any, did he make? A. He said: “Poor child, she is trying to repair the wrong she has done in con- feising it, in confessing her sin ; but it is too late.”——N.Y.Sun. From the above extracts our readers will perceive that the new testimony elicited during the past week has been of the highest importance. .4; 4 *wr—* BUSINESS EDITORIALS. PROF. LISTER, the astrologist, can be consulted at his rooms No. 329, Sixth avenue. Address by letter, P. 0. Box 4829. CHAS. H. FOSTER, the renowned Test Medium, can be found at No. 12 West Twenty-fourth street, New York City, the care of Children’s teeth. 145 West 441.11 st. DR. R. P. FELLOWS, the distinguished Magnetic Physician, stands to-day one of the most successful spiritual physicians of the age. He is now treating the sick in almost every State in the Union by his Magnetized Powder with a success which is truly remarkable: Mrs. M. Heasley, of Wheeling, West Va., writing, to the doctor, says: “The powder that you sent me is all taken, and I am happv to say to you I now can hear the clock strike and tick distinctly. I have not heard» it strike before for almost three years.” VVhat better evidence is needed to demonstrate its wonderful power. $1 per box. Address Vineland, N. J. SOCIAL FREEDOM CONVENTION.—The friends of social freedom, and all interested in any side of the various issues covered by the words, “social reform,” “social freedom,” “free love,” etc., are invited to meet in Boston, Mass.,at Paine Memorial Hall at 10 o’clock A. M., on Sunday, Feb. 28, and, if thought best, continue two days, to investigate and agitate social reform, and probably to organize a plan for more ef- fectual work. All shades of opinion are invited to represent_ themselves in this convention. The platform shall be abso- lutely free, the speakers being limited only as to time. Come one, come all; come prepared to give in the most concise manner your best thoughts. This call is signed by Moses Hull, George L. Barker, Mattie Sawyer, D. W. Hull, Prescott Robinson, Charlotte Barber, Rachel Campbell, Etta Bullock, John Hardy, Mary Stearns, Boston ; J. M. Sterling, Kiantone, New York ; L. K. Joslyn, Providence; E. H. Heywood, and Angela T. Heywood, Princeton; J. H. W. Toohey and Isabel Smith, Chelsea; Anthony Higgins, J r., Salem; M. S. Townsend, Bridgewater, Conn.; J. J. Gurney, Littleton, Mass.; Joseph Buxton and Maria Buxton, Milford, Mass. ; B. B. Hill, Mrs. Nellie Hill, F. R. Ladd, and C. P. Leonard, Springﬁeld. A CONVENTION of the “ American Free Dress League ” will be held in Horticultural Hall, Worcester, Mass., Thurs- day and Friday, February 25 and 26, 1875, holding three ses- sions daily, at 10 A. M., and 2 and 7 P. M. Believing friendly discussion on subjects of human improvement productive of practical goodness, this meeting invites friends of physical and spiritual liberty, of hygienic usages and general wel- fare to unite in its deliberations. That woman’s prevailing costume, in debilitating the body, disqualiﬁes mental facul- ties—in unduly consuming time, strength, thought, toil and means, abridges‘ the elevation and independence of both sexes, and is basic among causes of poverty, inequality, and all the vexed evils afﬁicting the world-is acknowledged by the ablest reasoners and scientists of the age. Let us counsel together on the present phase of the case and its reformation. Good speakers are invited and expected. Those from a dis- tance wishing most reasonable board and attention while in Worcester are commended to the Holly Tree Inn, Pleasant street. The public are cordially invited to attend. Papers me with tears streaming down his face of what he had suf- fered; that he had suffered the tortures of the damned; that he was obliged to go home and wear a cheerful smile; that when he appeared in his church he must appear at his best: that the slightest indication of weakness was a confession on his part, so that really I was the only person to whom he could come and act his natural self; to whom he could un- burden his whole heart’s troubles.—N. Y. Sun. . Here is also Mrs. Moulton’s report of Mrs. Tilton’s confes- sion and determination: Q. Did he ever speak to you in regard to Mrs. Tilton? A. Yes, sir. \ _ _ Q. State what he said in regard to her at any time? A. He nearly always spoke to me of Elizabeth, of his great love for her. I-1e wanted me to respect her and to have re- gard for her, go and see her, try and comfort her, console her, see if there was anything that I could do for her, if she was in need of anything; that I, a woman, knew what women needed and wanted most. Q. Did you ever take a messages from him to her, and from her to him? If so, state what those messages were? A. Yes, sir; I repeated to Mr. Beechera conversation that I had with friendly tosthe cause please copy. I REMEMBER that it is by the Erie, Great Western of Canada and the Michigan Central Railroads that the‘ most elegant, commodious and comfortable Pullman Palace Cars are run through between New York and Chicago——the broad gauge trucks of the Erie being changed at Suspension Bridge for narrow ones, and/vice cersa, both carrying the wide’ coaches of the Erie road. These coaches leave New York from de- pots foot of Chambers and 23d streets at 7 o’clock, P. M., daily; and Chicago from the Michigan Central depot at 5 o’clock, P. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1875-03-06_09_14
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1875-03-06_09_14
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 09, no. 15 (March 13, 1875)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2062
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1875-03-13
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: WE PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED LIVES2 BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. CV01. IX.—No. 15.~—-Wl‘-gole No. 223, NEW YORK, MARCH 18, 1875. FORGIVENESS NOT A MASCULINE VIRTUE. OIL CITY, PA., Feb. 20, 1875. Dear Weehly—Very littie attention is paid by the papers to the judicial desire of that “ high court of justice” now being held in the tortured city of Brooklyn; for the “respectable” press of the country teems daily with leaders, in all the ex- travagance of double-leaded lines, expressing decided opin- ions concerning the great trial of reputations. Last week I was much amused over one from the Pitts- burgh Daily Dispatch. Its general view of the case, as it now stands, or rather as it thenstood, I thought quite logical. But the amusing part of it was its merciless condemnation of, and contempt for, Theodore Tilton because he had condoned his wife’s fault. There is where the “ galled jade” is sure to wince. Not a worldly-minded masculine in all our sanctified social sy...
Show moreWE PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED LIVES2 BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. CV01. IX.—No. 15.~—-Wl‘-gole No. 223, NEW YORK, MARCH 18, 1875. FORGIVENESS NOT A MASCULINE VIRTUE. OIL CITY, PA., Feb. 20, 1875. Dear Weehly—Very littie attention is paid by the papers to the judicial desire of that “ high court of justice” now being held in the tortured city of Brooklyn; for the “respectable” press of the country teems daily with leaders, in all the ex- travagance of double-leaded lines, expressing decided opin- ions concerning the great trial of reputations. Last week I was much amused over one from the Pitts- burgh Daily Dispatch. Its general view of the case, as it now stands, or rather as it thenstood, I thought quite logical. But the amusing part of it was its merciless condemnation of, and contempt for, Theodore Tilton because he had condoned his wife’s fault. There is where the “ galled jade” is sure to wince. Not a worldly-minded masculine in all our sanctified social system but comes down with a crushing heel of utter and uncompromising condemnation on a brother masculine who takes such a leap across the dismal gulf of worldliness, and approaches so near the footsteps of the Master he pro- fesses to follow, as to forgive the wife of his bosom for inﬁ- delity to his own carnal rights under social law. Men who are the least bound by stringent rules themselves, who make the most of their immunities, and take all the large license society winks at in the case of a man, are the most exacting of the law in the case of a woman found in- fringing it. Those men who have no shadow of a right to cast the ﬁrst stone because of sinlessness, are the very men who "cry out the loudest when one man in ten thousand has the magnanimity to condone the social sin in the woman he has loved. Men who are in the habit of visiting brothels when absent from their legal minister to lust, are the ﬁrst to pistol another man for trespassing on their “ sacred rights.” I’m not re- ﬂecting upon the writer of the above editorial, but if the coat ﬁts, as in ninety-nine cases in a hundred it will, I bid him wear it. N of. long since I overheard aconversation of some gentlemen who had been Grand Worthy Patriarchs or Resplendent Chief Cardinals of the ancient order of Sons ‘of Malta. They were living o’er again those days so rich in fun and friskiness; and, among other things, they recalled how the wretched candi- dates were wheedled out of the secrets of their lives, and it was decided that not a man of them had stood ﬁrm in denial of having “ departed” from strict cirtuousness! There is a record for you! No matter how I heard it. 1‘ did hear it, and I did not§employ any base means to hear it, either. But in regard to the inviolable sanctity of our sacred social system, I will keep eyes and ears open, and make a note of all that transpires. Doubtless there is not a living relict of that “ Ancient Order of Sons of Malta” to-day but, if unmarried, holds like grim death to his social right of de- manding a pure and innocent girl in wedlock ; and, if mar- ried already, he doubtless thinks Theodore Tilton a milk-sop, if not worse, for having lived with Elizabeth as his wife after he found out she had “ departed.” What if Tilton himself had “ departed,” which I haven’t a doubt in my mind he had, before he suspected his wife! 0, that’s another thing! Me- thinks that “were to question too curiously—unless the worthy Sons of Malta desired to derive some “ sport” from the ad- mission of the distressed candidate. But a lodge-room of the defunct Sons of Malta is not the committee room of Plymouth Church, neither is it a high court of justice in’ the great moral city of Brooklyn; neither is it the columns of an immaculate daily paper. According to the showing of members, who had been there, a lodge-room of that ghostly and midnight—prowling order was a place where all the men were together in the same old boat, and “ a - fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.” There is no doubt of the existence of considerable “ fellow- feeling ” in Plymouth Church, and in that court-room in Brooklyn, as also in editorial sanctums all over the country. But “how we apples do swim!” when it is a‘ neighbor’s ox that has been gored, and a learned judge sits in solemn state . “ruling out ” all evidence that might tend to convict third parties. What an amount of pent-up virtuousness and social sanctity is seething and boiling, not only in Brooklyn, ac- cording to the high tone of “ learned counsel” on both sides, but all over the country, by the showing of innocent editors! Evidently men take carte blanche to think themselves pure till they are found out. And as long as they can keep one woman exclusive to their individual use on their return from fresh ﬁelds and pastures new. so long they are bound. to manufacture whole streams of ‘legal eloquence about the “ sanctity of our marriage laws,” and the “ inviolability of home,” at least on the feminine side. It suits a man to a nicety to maintain the social order for his wife, while he is not bound at all by its rules, if he will only be sharp enough to keep from getting found out. That’s the point! But even if they do get found out, does Mrs. Grundy ostracise them? Do immaculate editors abuse their wives for living with them afterward? Not at all! ’Tis_ the province of womanhood to condone that sin in husbands——if'it were not, whata howling wilderness of “ desolated homes” and “ shat- tered household idols ” this social scene would present. Why, I once picked up a copy of the New York Ledger, not to edify my understanding, but to pass away the time, and I saw in the “Answers to Correspondents” some advice to an abused and neglected wife to “rest her soul in patience, keepithe hearth bright, and do all in her power'to win her recreant lord back to his allegiance, and, if in time she did not succeed, she would have the consolation of knowing she had done her wifely and womanly duty.” That’s the kind of sop men in “respectable ” positions dish up for women, and the average feminine stomach doesn’t object to it, so used are women to the inequalities of male and female social status. But only let a man condone a lapse from virtue, as virtue is commonly understood, in a woman, and lo! the whole pack of licentious hounds are on his track. If there is no hope here for the man who, in the face of social dragons, has the sublime moral courage to for- give his wife’s inﬁdelity, what hope is there at the judgment for those men who accept a worldly immunity to freely com- mit that which in a woman is social destruction? I wonder if, in the Judgment Day, the “initiated will have to beat drums and crash cymbals to drown the noise of levity in the ranks when the worthy candidate for immortal bliss is brought to confess that he has “ departed.” “ Let it be recorded!” “The worthy candidate has departed!” “No levity, brethren!” Sound the drums and the cymbals!” 0! what a farce we play in the name of virtue! What high tragedy in the name of sanctity! What a miserable carnival of social blue lights, and sheet—iron thunder, masks and faces; whited sepulchres full of all manner of uncleanness and dead men’s bones; debauched women in the name of the law, licentious men, disease and death stalking like grim shades in the midst of hypocrisy, deceit and double-dealing, and not one viftuous; no, not one. For fair Virtue is Na.- tures ﬁrst~born daughter, and broken laW——not social but natural——has debauched her sex and image till Nature hides her face in sight of her oﬁspring.‘ Knowledge of law, not ignorance, is innocence, and the “fulfilment of the law is virtue. Then who shall boast? Know thou thyself, then dare to live in thine own light, and let the foul tongues wag. A long life and a pure life to those ,who wisely study the needs of their nature, and permit no stupid law of man to either defraud or debauch ‘them. We will trust that soul alone with the inﬁnite that rules its earth-life by its own highest convictions, and eats the fruit of knowledge as it is gathered ripe from the tree. Only, in God’s name, stand to the truth when it is out, and not insult the higher law by going back on _it for a mess of Mrs. Grrundy’s foul pottage. Who has feasted upon apples of gold in pictures of silver-is v-iler than the dog that returns to his vomit, if he go back to wallow in the mud of so-called social sanctity for the sake of the applause of/unredeemed men. HELEN NASH. A NATURAL WOIVIAN. I wish you could have seen her as she stood before me, in the majesty of her mother nature, with her pretty, healthful, little daughter, and gave utterance to the following: “ My husband and I were truly and spiritually attracted, and how happy _1 am to be the mother of these darling chil- dren under harmonious conditions. My neighbors think 1 talk so strangely when I say I love to give birth to children, and that my husband and I take much more pains in pre- paring proper conditions to conceive, gestate andjgive birth to our children than we do in raising a crop of whea .” Now, this woman is a good Methodist. and frightened at the idea of being classiﬁed with come-outers and radical re- formers, so I felt moved to thus interrogate her: “ Your love ﬂows freely to ward your husband?” (5 Yemiv \ . hi“ Otherwise you could not hold conjugal relations with in . 7. “ No.” . . “ Then you are afree lover ?” “ What!" “As the love of your womanhood is sacred, do you not consider it the right of every woman to seek loving rela- tions ?” “ Yes.” “ If you found a sister woman in a false, unhappy‘ union, would you not say to her break the yoke?” “Yes!” “ Loving your husband as you do, you would not leave him if all the marriage laws were repealed?” “What! No.” “Then you and Victoria C. Woodhull exactly agree!” . “ What "I" She donned her hat and left for home, there to reflect upon her intention to embrace the ﬁrst opportunity of hear- wing Victoria. ‘ V I am here reminded of an expression of another lady mem- ber of an orthodox church: “ Well, Mrs. Livermore is coming to talk to us ‘About Husbands.’ She can’t tell us anything about husbands but what we know already. If she was going to talk on the live issues of the day, I would go and hear her.” Itliis thus plain that some of our church—going sisters do not consider husbands, according to the popular idea, live issues. I send you these little items, dear WEEKLY, because they are encouraging. The age is moving onward toward a ripen- ing we manhood, even amid orthodoxy. Conservative Spiritu-alists must arouse or be left in the lurch. Victoria is every day ﬁnding humanity coming forth to her in apprecia- tion and gratitude. SADA. BAILEY. SALEM, Ohio, Feb. '2’, 1875. [From the New York Sun.] _ BILL KING’S PIOTIS GAME. RUNNING A NEWSPAPER ON A RELIGIOUS BAsIs. To the Editor of the Sun: ' SIR—In the Sun of February 6 you quote our Bill on the Beecher , scandal as follows: “Ah, I’m afraid it is a very bad business. Now, I some- times swear, and oacasionally drink whisky, and I may even now and then do other things that are not quite right; but I tell you that I am very sorry for this Brooklyn scandal, -es- pecially on account of the harm it will do to the cause of re- ligion.” A‘ Now, sir, there’s just where you. struck pay gravel. We know Bill out here,_ and we know that morality and religion is Bill_’s~strong‘est suit. That is why we elected him to Con- gress. You see, Bill has got a good face, and them that ain’t used to it can’t tell what he holds. And Bill is always ready to ante and pass the buck—-that’s the subscription paper-- and whenever religion turns up, why Bill just bets his——I was going to say bottom dollar, but on reﬂection I won’t—-he just gives his note at ninety days for any amount. You see no common kind of a player can aﬁord to put up greenbacks against that. _And so Bill goes downto Washington and just rakes down the pool, and then he brings home the spoons, and we alljhave a ﬁnger in the divide. Well, this went on for a good many years, and Bill continued to render it sultry for the Phillstines, and never had to show his hand till Irwin went back on him. Now, to show you how strong a religious game Bill plays, I just call your attention to a neat little thing he did here last year. Bill owned the Tribune of our town, and Croifut (that’s Peleg Wales) slung ink for him. Peleg is a little shaky on his theology, and Bill hasn’t preached a great deal since he left the Methodist ministry for the wildcat insurance biz, and so we orthodox fellows thought the thing didn’t look just right, considering that Bill was going to be a candidate. Be- sides that, there was some danger that another paper-— square orthodox——would start up and give the Tribune a-‘hard rub. So we just told Bill we were afraid his religion was get- ting a little down at the heel. The upshot of the matter was that Bill had a talk with Peleg, and said to him, said he, “ Croffut, I’ll be damned if this sheet isn’t hereafter run on a religious basis.” ~ ' But even‘ that didn’t quite satisfy some of the religious folks——a precious hard lot to‘ manage, some of our preachers are. So Bill watched his chance. It wasn’t long before Vic Woodhull came around lecturing, and all the Legislature at St. Paul went to hear her, and-e PRICE TEN CENTS. W p \ x.. 2 woonnom. & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY March 13, 1875. well, you know, there is a good deal of human nature in a Senator after all. The Tribune (Bill’s paper) printed her ad- vertisenizent and called her a bad egg and all that. So of course everybody wanted to know how it was himself, and went to the lecture. Bill was all ready, and as soon as Vic paid her advertising, down he pounced on Peleg with this letter, and Peleg had to print it: “WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 1874. “ To the Editor of the Minneapolis Tribune: " I “Nothing can be more unpleasant to the writer than to publicly dissent from the editorial expressions and manage- ment of the Tribune. But a sense of personal as well as public duty impels him to say that the recent admission of the notorious and disreputable ‘ Woodhull ’ into the edi- torial and advertising columns of the Tribune is most morti- fying and humiliating to him. That these parties, so no- toriously indecent and blasphemous in their publicly pro- claimed sentiments, should have been allowed to throw their vile poison out upon the community through the columns of the Tribune is to him a source of deep regret. “ In advertising for and noticing editorially the advent and doings of the parties referred to. the editor and business manager of the Tribune followed, asthe writer is well aware, journalistic custom and usage, and violated no law of gener- ally accepted newspaper practice and etiquette. But what- ever common usage may establish in such matters, or how- ever much money may be brought to the coffers of the Tribune by that class of advertising, the pndersigned prefers that the paper shall on all such questions pursue the more exceptional policy of excluding this class of matter both from its business and editorial columns, a policy which he trusts may be rigidly adhered to in the future. W. S. K.” That fetched ’e_m. It was just Bill’s regular little old game, and after that there wasn’t a P. R. (P. R. stands for Pine Ring out here) deacon in our church who had divided spoons -with Bill for the last ten years, but just came right out ﬂat- footed for him, because we all knew now that Bill was sound on the great moral goose. And all our boys who hold some of the eight million North Paciﬁc that Bill got in the big divide, and all the rest that expected individually that big contract in the next big divide——and that included pretty nearly all of us, as we have since found out-and every fellow that Bill was going to help into the United States Senate this winter in place of Ramsay——and that made a clean sweep of the ﬁeld—went in for Bill hot and heavy, and among us all we scooped Averill and boosted Bill in. But it was a tough old job and cost us a pile; and now for that Irwin to goback on Bill and us in that way, is rough——mighty rough! It’s what I calla regular hog game, after Bill’s coming out square as he did on the high moral. And now, sir, won’t you publish Bill’s letter, so as to show ’Mister Dawes and them other fellows that Bill is on the square? and if we can work this thing through, and Bill gets his seat in Congress and gets the subsidy for us, why, it will all be right. Bill will give his ‘note for ninety days rather than not have every good man chip in with us. . ‘ Yours, etc., P. R. Srnxxnn. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 10, 1875. HARD TIMES. Bonamy Price’s conundrum: “ What is a bank and what do they do there?” is one of those standing riddles that ‘never , result in a satisfactory answer. And to-day the muddle is even worse than in the good old times of Awild-cat banks, based on hard money, to which delightful Egyptian ﬂesh pots we are now trying so hard to return. Then it was under- stood, plain and above board, that a bank issued its own notes to ever so many times the amount of its capital, and,oof course, whenever called upon to redeem, the thing collapsed. That is what is called gold basis. Our national-banks are on adifferent basis. They borrow of the government (i. e. of the people) something over 350 millions of dollars without in- terest, but get paid interest on the securities they deposit for the loan out of the taxes paid into the Public Treasury. That is probably the reason they are called “national” banks. , ' , There has not been -any special failure of any of our staple crops, yet there’ is one universal complaint of hard times and scarcity of money. Money is not scarce. It is plenty with stock-brokers, bankers, and non-producing money manipulators, and it is only scarce with such people as mechanics, manufacturers, farmers and working people . generally. But since these “ hard times” are not brought about by natural, or what some people are pleased to call “ providential ” causes, they must be traceable to forced or artiﬁcial causes. The most tangible of these is right at hand, nd yet but a small minorityof the people appear to be aware of it. Under the present pan-handle national bank arrange- ment the people must continually become poorer, and to clinch the nail into the national coiﬁn we cling to the theory that gold is the only real money that can be. In the mean- time, while we are waiting for the return of the ‘golden calf, we go on paying interest to our national banks on the money we lend to them, and go on whining about “hard times” which we ourselves create.——The Critic, Burlington, Iowa. A LETTER FROM AUSTIN KENT TO A MAGDALENE. S'rooKHoLM, New York, March 1, 1875. My dear Mrs. : Thanks for your good, able and frank letter. Your faint hope shall be more than realized in my response. The old Puritan here extends to the “ Magdalene” the open heart and hand of a brother. I gladly write your name on my book as a corresp.ondent—-I think the ﬁrst who has confessed herself to me an unpopular prostitute. I am, no doubt, in correspondence with many popular prostitutes of both sexes. -I never could see any diﬁerence in principle between the Protestant Preacher who asks and gets one or two thousand a year, or for a longer time, for doing all manner of priestly labor, and the Catholic Priest, who gets perhaps less money, bygdemanding pay for each separate job——such as the baptism of an infant, or making a prayer over its grave. One of the best women I know, in view of the poverty of her parents, married, at the age Of 5eV911l3e6I1. =1 man who is now 4 a rich tyrant. Of late marriages from such motives are the rule, not the exception. This I deeply regret. But I am not at all sure that all are to be blamed in such cases. I ‘believe you have, as you say, meant to choose, and possibly you did choose, the least of the evils in your path, and I am glad to know that you are in good health, and have found life so far no worse: thatit had” been less load than many in married life. I have suffered for my free thought and free speech. You for a more or less free conjugal life. We are both un- popular because in the minority. Some hundred years ago my free speech would have been considered worse than your free life. Now, I think it is not. Then I would have been burned alive. Both of us had a natural.» right to take the freedom we have. Both of us may have been unwise. If so, I do not yet see my folly, and you do not see yours. N ow you ought to be the best judge as to the wisdom of your past course,__a_nd I as to the wisdom or folly of mine. I have no more right to stone you than you have to stone me. I am glad to know that, though your life has been hard, you do not desire to change places with the popular pros- titute. Igwish all on your side of the house could say as much; but they cannot. I am still more rejoiced to know that the light you have gained through Mrs. Woodhull has given you hope, and even assurance of securing a far better future. May the Gods guide you in wisdom to that end. I send you my photo. I will gladly accept yours to place by the side of one of the most respectable legal prostitutes in my album. I ’ Fraternally, Ausrm KENT. TWO PICTURES. BEFORE MARRIAGE. My Maggie, my beautiful darling, Creep into my; arms, my sweet, Let me fold you "again to my bosom, So close I can hear your heart beat. What! these little ﬁngers been sewing? One’s pricked by the needle, I see; These hands shall be kept from such labor When once they are given to me. All mine, little pet, I will shield you ‘From trouble and labor and care, I will robe you like some fairy princess, And jewels shall gleam in your hair. Those slippers you gave me are perfect; That dressing-gown ﬁts to a T- My darling, I wonder that Heaven Should give such a treasure to me. Eight—nine—ten—clevenI my precious, Time ﬂies so when I am with you; It seems but a moment l’ve been here, And now, must I say it ?-——Adieul AFTER MARRIAGE. , Oh, Magi you are heavy-—I’m tired; Go sit in the rocker, I pray; Your weight seems a hundred and ninety When you plump down in that sort of way. You had better be mending my coat sleeve; I’ve; spoken about it before, And I want to ﬁnish this novel And look atothosei bills from the store. This dressing-gown ﬁts liketthe dickens; These slippers run down at the heel; Strange, anything never looks decent; I wish you could know how they feel. What’s this bill from Morgan‘s? Why,'surely It’s not for another new dress? Look herei I’ll be bankrupt ere New Year, Or your store bills will have to grow less. Eight o’clock! Mag, sew on this button As soon as you ﬁnish that sleeve. Heigh 110! I’m so dcucedly sleepy, I’ll pile off to bed, I believe. a —The Plaindealer, Galesburg, Ills. 3 WHAT AN ENEMY HAS DONE FOR YOU. JAENESVILLE, Feb. 4, 1875. ‘One year ago a person who was in the habit of doing so, represented the editor of your paper to me as a terrible fal- siﬁer for her publication of the Beecher scandal of Novem- ber, 1872.l I had never read it and had never seen one of your papers, soil at once sent, or got a friend to send, some 20 miles and get that copy. After reading it I showed it to your enemy, and he, after reading it, acknowledged that he believed the story to be true. This misrepresentation of you has resulted in more than ﬁfty persons reading your publications—-the WEEKLY, The Elixir of Life, Scare Crows, Principles of Social Freedom and Tried as by Fire. Your friend, H. [From the Earloille Transcript] THE MONEY QUESTION. SHIPMENT or SPECIE. We have been taught to believe that when our gold and silver coin goes in unusual quantities to Europe that we are inoa dangerous position. Let us look at thii matter. We are producers of gold and silver; why should we not export these as well as our other productions? We are sending to Europe many of our products that are higher in price there‘ than here, and are getting in return articles, generally of Euro- pean production, for which there is demand in this country. We import wool, and sometimes get so much that the price here falls below the price there, and then the identical W001 goes back, though this is not often the case. ' The only production of ours that goes back and forth fre- quently is gold. When it goes to "Europe in unusual quanti- ties, as now, it is because some of the articles we have sold in Europe are lower in price there than here, their shipment is stopped and gold goes in their place. Now if we want to stop gold from going, reduce the price of oil or cotton, or some other exportable commodity, and gold will not as a general thing go. But then comes the question, Why stop it? Better send gold than wheat or cotton, for these we can use to eat or make us warm, neither of which gold willdo. But there is another question. As the articles we usually export are not up in price, why does gold go? Those who observe the drift of money matters can easily see the reason. G-old goes because our bonds are coming back, and they come back because our large moneyed institutions are investing a larger proportion than usual of their funds in Government bonds, and this fact grows out of a want of confidence in other securities. So far it is alarming to see our gold leaving .us; it is the evidence of an unhealthy state of the money question. ~. Money men say “ we do not only want to put our money , where the principal is safe and the interest sure, but where we can get the principal any day.” This is equal to loaning ondemand, and when this comes to be the rule in loaning money, credit is gone. Without credit no new enterprise can be started, and many now in existence must wither. There is one great good arising from bonds coming home- the interest does not go out of the country. For notice, that in 1874 our exports exceeded our imports, and yet gold did not go down. It was solely because our bonds came back to balance the account. But there is another reason for a re- turn of bonds than the one we have given. England cannot afford to let us have gold, nor will she as long as shercan send our bonds to us. There are many millions held in Europe. This generation will not see “resumption,” and for one I am glad of it. E. M. DAVIS. COMMUNITIES AND SETTLEMENTS. Every true reformer must see that the present antagonistic system will never remove the evils which aﬂlict society; therefore the sooner we commence to lay the foundation for a true social system, which shall be mutuallybeneﬁcial to all, so that love, wisdom, justice and harmony may reign, the better. In the limited space of the WEEKLY I shall be obliged to condense my views; therefore I will only suggest a few thoughts on a plan in which I think all reformers may unite and work in harmony together, allowing every one - their individual liberty to live up to their highest concep- tion of what a true life should be; at the same time, never infringing upon the rights or liberty of others. The highest conception of happiness to any individual should be the realization and knowledge that all around were happy. A progressive settlement should exclude all antagonism by establishing co-operative mills, stores, etc., for the‘ mutual beneﬁt of all, and the exchange of their products with each other without proﬁts. Land should be set apart fora park for cultivation of a taste for ideality and beauty. In the parks buildings should be erected, containing apart} ments for educational purposes, library, reading-rooms, lec- ture and chemical rooms, hall for amusements, etc. Around the park could be arranged dwellings-—one part for the im- proved isolated dwellings; the second part for co-operative dwellings for any number of families that choose to unite for economy, having their workshops and farms in the rear. . The third for those who wish to avail themselves of all the advantages of associated labor, by having unitary homes, workshops, farms, etc., conducted. for the beneﬁt of all the members. The amount of property each one puts in to be represented by shares of stock; each member being charged with what he obtains and credited for every hour’s labor he performs. And fourth, for those of the community who are fully sat- isﬁed that as soon as their arrangements are completed that six hours labor per day will not only provide all the neces-= . saries of life, but also the elegancies and reﬁnements that will elevate and beneﬁt humanity. As this has been fully demon- strated by the Shakers, Oneida and other communities that have grown wealthy, where is the necessity of cultivating selﬁshness any longer, which has produced all the poverty and crime with which society is now cursed? The only way “to love our neighbors as ourselves” is to put our property in one common fund, and all receive accord- ing to their needs, all working for the good of each, and each one working for the good of all. I In view of the great Centennial celebration to be held in Philadelphia, now is a favorable time to commence near that city, as there will be an unusual demand for fruits and vege- tables, and also for various kinds of manufactured articles, which will give employment to all the members. Another reason why this would be a good location is that the Centennial will attract the socialists and lovers of liberty from all parts of the world to help on the grand movement. All who desire to aid in this glorious work of the elevation and happiness of humanity will please state what branch of the settlement they prefer to commence in. If not suited, they can change to one they can harmonize with. Also, their age and occupation of themselves and families,’and what amountof funds they are willing to invest, and induce their friends to do the same. Address with stamps. ' GEO. D. HENcK. 1,204 CALLOWHILL S'r., Phila.., Pa. WRITING of Talmage, a correspondent of the Washington Herald says: “ This eminent divine and follower of the meek and lowly Galilean, having demolished the theatres, is now in full cry after the novel readers. When De Foe, Scott, Dickens and Thackeray have been publicly burned before a repentant generation the Reverend Doctor will probably go on to Washington to suppress the Botanical Garden and .Lafayette square. Strange what a farce such clowns as Tal- mage, Fulton, and others of that stripe make of religion, and then wonder that people are irreligious. There are dark spots on the stage, as on all professions and vocations; but, mother of ‘Moses! won’t it bear a clean comparison with the clergy this year of our Lord 1875? Beecher, the Sacred Bull of these holy Brahmins, on trial for adultery, lying, and treachery; a Catholic priest arrested for embezzlement; a clergyman cuts his throat on being caught book stealing: Glendenning dismissed by his own Presbytery for seduction and bastardy; another driven out of a_ Pennsylvania town for an assault on a little grl; the ‘ Methodist party’ in, the Senate up for public sale. N. Y. Graphic. These be your gods, 0 Israe1l”__,. ,..,s:;.: jig . W I; '3‘. , ,. March 1?, 11875. WOODHULL & ¢;3I..é‘;«.FLlN’S ‘Wl~jEi§." 11 Y 3 , WEST BROOKFIELD, Vt., Feb. 10, 1875. Dear Edz'tor—-Allow me the privilege of replying to Helen Nash’s letter in the WEEKLY of Feb. 13th. I do greatly ad- mire the skill and courage which she usually displays in the use of that sharp weapon of hers. There is danger, however, of cutting down buds of truth while clipping weeds of error, if one becomes reckless in the use of edged tools, as I think Helen did inher reply to Dr. Burns. She seemed to think that Dr. Burns and others like her, who had passed through the ﬁery furnace of experience, were necessarily disgusted 7 with sexuality because they expressed disgust at what seemed to them to be misapplied sexuality. I saw nothing in Dr. Burns’ letter that indicated disgust for the ‘sexual. She ex- pressed disgust for the fact that men loved woman more for her power to impart physical sexual pleasure than for any- thing else in her nature, and what woman of sentiment has not been disgusted at the thought, until her soul cried out in agony, “ Give me manhood; more of spiritual manhood and less of animal desire.” And it is not sexual death in her either, but dearth: in him who fails to respond to the aspira- tions of her pure and spiritual love nature. 1 also confess that I feel disgust at the prevalent Waste of the sexual, vital, life-giving elements of the soul. I believe their design was for growth in youth, for reproduction in manhood, and in later years for the upbuilding of the spiritual. Therefore any waste of these ﬂuids for the sake of physical pleasure merely, without regard to the growth or unfoldment of the soul, is a destruction of the best gifts of life. These ﬂuids need to be kept alive and active in the human system by con- tact with the opposite sex, so that magnetic currents can pass from one to the other, inspiring and invigorating them, but any contact which results in a waste of the vital ﬂuids must be destructive to growth and life. , God forbid that we sepa- rate the sexes, but angels help us to seek for the truth until we ﬁnd it. ‘ Inspiration, unless tested by reason and experience, is of little worth to us. I profess to be inspired, but stern realities, which grow every day more earnest and more emphatic, are my inspiration. N o physiologist would ever think of apply- ing to an epicure to learn what food was good for health and growth; but the delicate, sensitive stomach of the dyspeptic will quickly reject all improper food. Likewise the woman of experience and suffering (for suﬁering reﬁnes and puriﬁes) in sexual matters, would be more likely to understand the . truth in relation to the sexual than one in whom the physical prevailed. , - Helen claims to have an ideal which she cannot obtain in this 1ife—one that even Jesus of Nazareth could not, or did not, develop whi.le here. I didn’t know that he gave us his ideal of sexual life. He condemned the adultery of the people, even to that heart adultery which looked on a woman to lust after her. I think he didn’.t deﬁne what he meant by lust, but history tells us that the sexual instinct was pre- dominant in that age of the world, and doubtless he meant to condemn the extravagant or undue use of that element. I should presume the reason he did not develop his sexual nature was for the same reason that many a lone,’sensitive, starved, misunderstood woman of to-day (Whom Helen and others call dead) does not, simply because he could not. There was no one pure enough in spirit for him to blend witl:. He said, “Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.” Figuratively speaking, no soul broad enough and pure enough to rest in; for the broad, green earth could have re- ceived his physical head. Yours for more light, EMILY BRYANT. 0 NEW YORK, March 2,1875. Dear ll/Irs. Woodhull—-Inclosed is $5, to help in educating’ the people, that the old idea that woman must have a guar- dian to be respected in life, should be replaced with indi- vidual woman equal with man. We-—Fred., Lizzie, Adella, Harriet and I--feel ever grate- ful for your kind visit yesterday, and are well paid for our trip to this city. Truly yours, WM. DENSMORE. BUSIN ESS—L1KE. Booker, of Plymouth county, Iowa, was a widower of forty, and is a plodding, independent farmer. Booker is a man of business. But his wife died, and left him‘ in a bad ﬁx. Y He must have a housekeeper, and he had no time to fool away. He wanted a cheap article, too, so he resolved to marry one, and have her for good or bad, as she might turn out. He went to Sioux City, and called on an old friend, to whom he stated his desperate case. The friend told him where there was a large room full of sewing-girls, and thought he might take his pick of the lot. The idea pleased Booker. He went straight to the millineryfestablishment and told the conductress his pressing business. She was amused, and said: “There they are—take your pick.” among the beauties with a palpitating heart. He casually dropped, in answer to their inquiring glances, that he was looking for a housekeeper. One or two signiﬁed their wil- lingness to do housework, and asked, “ What wages ?” Booker then explained that he was looking for a wife. That altered the case, and the girls reddened and warmed up to their work. Booker picked out the reddest one, and asked her if she would give him a moment's conversation in pri- vate. She blushingly consented, and the two retired into a little back room. Only a few moments elapsed when the couple came -out with a confused sort of air, for they knew the whole shop was looking at them. The young girl started off in a hurry and ﬂurry. Booker said she had consented to become his wife, provided she could get the consent of her parents, and she had gone after it. He had also referred her to several of the leading business merchants of the city re- specting his points of character and ability to entertain a wife and rear a family. Booker went to his hotel to await further developmeuis. The next day a physician of Sioux City re- ceived a letter, of which the following is a true copy: “DooToR : IAddress you A few lines to Aske the caracter and standing of one Harthaway J .- Booker of lamars ‘after night, under the same bedclothes, than by almost any Booker went round V who has give me you for A refance as he says you are well Acquainted with him pleas tell me his prinancial afaes as well as his privet oharacte is he Abel to support a familey in comfort would he make a good husbon pleas answer thoes few lines Amadilently for I expect to leavetown I will look for A answer A Monday. A Dres ' _“ MARY, Sioux Citty, bx 432.” The responses were all favorable to Booker as a suitor‘. The next day he married Mary with the full consent of her pa- rents, and to his own great joy and her happiness. And Booker took her to his farm in Plymouth county, and lost only two days’ time in securing a life of wedded bliss. Happiness is -cheap if men only knew that it generally lies right before them, ready to be seized. But many look over the heads of the nearest and dearest objects, and trampling them under foot, stand alone in misery at the end of life’s journey. So does not Booker.—E:vcha.nge. Don’t talk about Turkey! Americans. Here is a case in point-—-“ There they are; take yourpick.” But while ﬁnan- cial pressure prevents our young men from uniting them- selves with women, what else can be the consequence? IN CIDEN TS OF THE BEECHER—TILTON TRIAL. But little has been added worthy of note to the statements of witnesses in the above case during the past week. Mrs. Moulton’s cross—examinat‘ion was continued on Tuesday, when that lady admitted that, in order to comfort Mr. Beecher who was in great mental agony, she kissed him on the forehead. This noble and womanly sympathy was made the most of by Mr. Evarts, and has been made the theme of some very discreditable and unworthy comments. Like Mrs. Hooker and the proprietor of the WEEKLY, Mrs. Moul- ton testiﬁed to having given Mr. Beecher sound advice, viz.: to speak the truth in the matter and confess. This does not look much like conspiracy on the part of Mrs. Moulton. The, event of theday, however, was that the counsel for the plain- tiff rested their case at its close. The sessions of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were 00- cupied by General Tracy in delivering the opening speech for the defense, which was not concluded until Monday. The plan of the defense is to meet the attack on Mr. Beecher with a counter charge of conspiracy on the parts of Messrs. Tilton, Moulton, Carpenter and Bowen, and the following note has been published by the latter of these parties in con- sequence: The statements made by Mr. B. F. Tracy in his opening address to the Court and jury in the Brooklyn "scandal case, ‘ so far as said statements refer to me as having been engaged in any “conspiracy” whatever, are malignant fabrications from beginning to end——destitute of even one particle of ‘ truth, as said Tracy can learn if he will call me to the witness stand: in which event he will ﬁnd out thht I do not believe in the doctrine, said to be taught by him, that “lying is justiﬁ- able under certain circumstances.” NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 1875. HENRY C. BowEN. We wait anxiously to hear Mr. Bowen’s experience on the subject. We are glad to read “that he is tired of ‘the age of lying,” and respond with a hearty “amen!” "to that sentiment. SLEEPING TOGETHER. More quarrels occur between brothers, between sisters, between hired girls, between clerks in stores, between ap- prentices in mechanics’ shops, between hired men, between husbands and wives, owing to electrical, changes through which their nervous systems go, by lodging together night other disturbing cause. There is nothing that will so dis-' turb the nervous system of a person who is eliminative in nervous force as to lie all night in bed with another person who is absorbant in nervous force. The absorber will go to sleep and rest all night, while the eliminator will be tumbling and tossing, restless and nervous, and wake up in the morn- ing fretful, peevish, fault-ﬁnding and discouraged. N 0 two persons, no matter who they are, should habitually sleep together. One will thrive and the other will lose. This is the law, and in married life it is defined almost universally [From the Banner of Light] pj1‘,()EASE OF MR. SAMUEL GUPPY. We learn from the columns of the London Medium and Daybreak for January 29th,.that this gentleman, who has for many years been most intimately associated with the spirit- ual movement in England, has passed from the scenes of time. His decease occurred at Cork, Ireland, January 18, and he had reached ere his transit the ripe age of eighty-four years. The Medium bears high testimony to the worth of this gentleman, “whose hospitable manner” and “liberali- ty,” it says, “ﬁnd but few-parallels in this cause.” The transportation of his wife [nee Nicholls] “ by spirit-power ” from her home in Highbury to Mr. Williams’ seance has ren- dered the name of Guppy famous throughout the civilized world. Once convinced of the true nature of the spiritual Shenomena, Mr. Guppy applied himself to the work of pro- moting a knowledge of Spiritualism by every means in his power, * * * Of his clear-headedness and diligence at an advanced ago our columnsvfurnish abundant testimony. Mrs. Guppy is left with two children, the youngest being about two years old.” (From the Detroit Post, Sunday, Feb. 20.) IN Brooklyn there lives a peculiar people. One of them sues another for damaging him to the amount of $100,000 by invading his household as a libertine. He then swears that there has been no damage, because the wife thus led away from the paths of virtue is “ a pure Woman,”--“ pure as an angel,” “pure as gold.” She is a woman apparently inca- pable of being injured by the embraces of a libertine. Another of them declares that his sister, whom he sincerely esgeems, was once seen by him in an equivocal situation, which made so little impression upon him that he thought of it only when he heard afterward some disagreeable things about her. iNo. 329, Sixth avenue. Another of them—a woman——declares that for several years the heinous sin of a clergyman was a common topic of con- versation in her family and with him; that whenever she told of his crime he was very grateful to her, and was glad that she exposed him to "her friends and relatives, although he was so anxious to conceal it himself that he declared he would take poison if it should ever be disclosed. She also said that she was so shocked with this man’s sin, but so pleased with himself, that although she refused to take the communion at his hands, she had thrown her arms about the libertine’s neck, kissed him, and besought her husband “ to save the good man.” She had also invited him to come and see her often. The principal witnesses in the Brooklyn trial, who have thus far exhibited their ideas of “purity” and “ goodness,” ought to have a dictionary or a moral philosophy exclusively their own. THE political Christians held a meeting lately at Leaven- worth, Kansas, to consider the propriety of amending (or defacing?) the U. S. Constitution by inserting their god therein. The Daily Appeal of that city reports that, during the Convention, the Rev. Mr. Milligan stated “ that the Rev. A. J. Stine’s ministerial papers had been cancelled on ac- count of the latter’s immorality; whereupon the Rev. A. J. Stine so far overstepped the limits of propriety as to call the Rev. Mr. Milligan a liar.” We are glad to add, on the au- thority of the above-mentioned paper, that the Catholics, Episcopalians, Communists, Cougregationalists, Swedenbor- gians and Baptists were not represented in the above conven- tion. The Presbyterians and Methodists, we are told, had it all their own way, which probably accounts for the rencontre above related. TRUE WIsDoM.—-Many people bolt their food, much to their injury. People bolt their food because their teeth are tender Eat slowly, chew well and use Brown's Camphorated Sapon- acceus Deantifr-ice after each meal, and the teeth will become healthy, and can perform their important work indigestion. QUITE A DIFFERENT TaING..—-Charles Lam‘o’s sister poor, mad Mary, once wrote these lines to a friend: “ I have known many single men I should have liked in my life (if I had suited them) for a husband, but very few hus- bands have I ever wished were mine.” There was method in Mary’s madness, after all. . "FATHER, what does a printer live on?” “Live on l-——the same as other folks, of course. Why do you ask, Johnnie ‘E3 “ Because you said you hadn’t paid anything for your paper, and_ the printers still send it to you 1” COMMITTEES have been formed in Germany to coratdee the graves of French soldiers who died in that country while prisoners of war.—-N. Y. 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In my condition it is not possible for me to do either my subjects or mysefl justice. Though my soul is wrought up to the highest degree by the needs to be seen on every hand for better in- formation upon the vital questions of life; notwithstanding my heart throbs with a mother’s love for her children for the suffering and misery that I see everywhere written upon the cheeks and in the eyes of my sisters; though my spirit is wrung with anguish to see as I have seen the traces of sensualismland debauchery growing deeper and more gen- eral on the faces of my brothers; though I feel more than ever the need to sound the alarm and send the shafts of con- viction home to every heart; and though. the spirit is will- ing, indeed anxions so to do, still the ﬂesh is too weak to sustain the work. Therefore while I wait as patiently as I can for the body to regain its usual strength, I shall devote myself "more carefully to the WEEKLY than I have done for the last eighteen months. I ask all of its friends and all h me to help do the work through of my friends to join wit its pages,that I otherwise hoped to do better on the rostrum. - V. C. W. is gagements. In —-———-————->—<Q+——-4 EARNESTNESS AND DEVOTION. No paper or cause in the world can boast of the same proportion of its whole number of constituents who will come forward with pecuniary aid to sustaintheir organ that the WEEKLY can. When its existence was threatened by the illness of its editor, they sprang to its assistance, and aided it over the crisis; Having done this so promptly they must not now forget to Work with usto enable a return to the original size. Some one in each place "should take it upon himself or herself to see that all subscribers renew their subscriptions. Delays in doing this often embarrass us. If all our subscribers would renew promptly, we should have ‘no difficulty in sustaining the WEEKLY; DONATIONS. N,_Y. city, $1; “B.,” Harvard, Ills., $1; M. McG., Troy, N. Y., $5; S. P. Fowler, Ancora, N. J., $1; J. H., Milwaukee, W18-. $13 AF1‘ie11d. $1 95; R M‘: .(3a1_, $1; R. H. 0., Painesville, 0., $5; L. A. as. B. s., do., $4-, J. R. H.,do., $2; M. S. St. do., $1; 8- A.'D., Monteith, Mich., $1; L G». Norristownj Pa-, $10; F.R. L., Springﬁeld, Mass, $2; Wm'7D°v -E119: Pa"; $55 Mrs. A. E. B., ,Mrs. Cox, Oberlin, 0., $1, D. H. P., 510-, $1. CLAIi‘LIN’S WEEKLY March '13, 1875. THE BROOKLYN BUSINESS. That there has been almost a transformation in the public sentiment in relation to the deplorable spectacle now being enacted in Brooklyn, since Theodore Tilton began his testi- mony, cannot be denied; but it is also not to be denied that this change relates principally to the parties to the defense. Mr. Moulton’s testimony and manner upon the witness- stand won for him a name all over the country, of which he may well be proud. The very worst that is thought or said ‘of him is, that he jeopardized himself to save two families, in which, taking their own words for it, there was little to save. But with Mr. Moulton’s testimony the ﬁrst and only suc- cessful act of the drama for the prosecution ended. Mr. Tilton’s testimony and manner were ._patent evidences that he is not a damaged husband in the sum of one hundred thousand or any other number of dollars. If Mrs. Tilton is “ a pure woman ”—“ pure as an angel’’——‘‘ pure as gold ”——- what more can he ask in a wife. According to this tosti- mony, neither he nor she has been damaged at all; -indeed, if she be all that he says she is, she cannot be damaged, although she has received the embraces of a “libertine.” These evidences of M13. Tilton’s beliefs place him where Mr. Beecher stood when he is said to have justiﬁed his relations with Mrs. Tilton, and where Mrs. Tilton stood when she said that the sin shehad committed was in concealing her acts from Mr.Tilton and thereby deceiving him, and beingaliving lie. We do not remember‘ ever to have seen stronger evi- dence of a belief in the purity and freedom of love than is offered by each (‘at the principals to this case, or to have heard its justiﬁcation more emphatically and clearly laid down. A ? But just here the question arises, If Mrs. Tilton, after re- ceiving the embraces of “a libertine,” is still a pure woman, as Mr. Tilton swears that he believes her to be, might she not remain equally pure were she to receive the embraces of another, or two, or three, or any greater number of “liber- tines?” If a departure in a single instance from the legal servitude, enjoined by marriage is not a desecration of a woman’s purity, how many such departures doesit require to constitute a desecration? Perhaps it would be a little more satisfactory to thepublic if Mr; Tilton would deﬁne himself upon this point. He has endeavored to his utmost to satisfy himself, at least, that he holds no opinions in com- mon with those whom he denominates Free Lovers; but these beliefs of his about Mrs. Tilton’s purity are so strangely in harmony with their views that it is barely possible that Mr. Tilton’s asseverations will be received with some hesi- tancy by the public. Before the trial ends it would be well for him to clear up this muddle, so that it will be possible for him to be understood. Moreover, if Mrs. Tilton is a pure woman, after receiving the embraces of a “libertine,” and Mr. Tilton believes her to be so, why should he not also admit that there may be other women equally as pure after having received such embraces as he complains of? Mr. Tilton will scarcely say to the public that Mrs. Tilton is the only woman in the world who can violate the marriage contract by receiving the embraces of other men, and maintain her purity. This would. be sacrilege to most of the religious denomina- tions, since it would be assuming on his part, for Mrs. Til- ton that which, according to them, belongs only to the vir- gin mother of Christ. No! no! This will not be received even upon Mr. Tilton’s oath. He may have, and no doubt has, judged Mrs. Tilton justly; but how dare he to judge other women adversely, of whom he has no knowledge upon which to base his judgment ‘.9 If Mrs. Tilton, after re- ceiving the embraces of another man beside her legal owner, is pure, why cannot Mr. Tilton extend his charitable opinion over all other women who have done, or who may hereafter do, the same thing, and say, for aught he knows, they may be as pure as Mrs. Tilton? Surely, for a person who as- sumes so Christ-like a character as he has done, such leniency ought to be possible. Indeed, ought it not to go a great way further than this even? If a wife may receive the embraces of a man not her husband, and remains pure, may not any woman receive the same embraces and not fall from her high estate? Of course, according to his theory, as stated for Mrs. Tilton, the only prerequisite is that there should be the divine sentiment existing that Mrs. Tilton felt for Mr. Beecher, which elevates the act from lust to love; and so say we. Then where is the impassable gulf ’twiXt Mr. Tilton and those whose theqries he professes to abominate? Rather than to leave it open for the public to infer that he is a little weak in the head on this point, had he not better take ad- vantage of the present opportunity to make himself clear upon this delicate question? Again, if Mr. ‘Tilton believes that he was more to Mrs. Tilton than Mr. Beecher was, after she had been so much to him, and she was still a pure woman, how is it that he can hold the theories in abomination upon which alone such opinions and beliefs can be based? Are; there any acts to be accounted noble and pure, while the theories out of which they spring are vile and false?.. Such aview, it seems to us, would savor strongly of the inconsistent. I It may be held by Mr. Tilton to be “poetical license” merely; or, better still, madefor “ rhetorical effect ”-—a shadow without a’ substance-—but to the great common-sense public, which cannot indulge in such heavenward ﬂights of fa1i’cy, it is liableto appear to be the consistency of an ass, that imagines its brayings the only harmony in the universe. “ Mrs, Tilton is a good and pure woman, although she has received the embraces of a ‘ libertine;’ but Mrs. Woodhull is ‘ a bad woman, because she says that a woman may be pure and good, and love another beside the man to whom the law has bound her.” This is splendid logic, isn’t it? It ought to render its propounder famous to the end of time, and we have no doubt but that it will——after a sort. But this inconsistency on the part of the principal to the prosecution is not more palpable than that of one of his wit- nesses—-one whom we have held in “ uncommon respect ” for -her strength of character and womanly nobility, of both of which we had the most ample opportunity to judge while a welcome visitor at her house. From her testimony, she evidently desires to have itunderstood that she received us in her home and came to" our own under protest, giving as the reason that she was aware we held “loose ideas about marriage and divorce ;” but how does she testify that she treated a man who, she says, confessed to the practice of loose ideas aboutlmarriage‘? Why, she declares that for several years he was a constant and welcome visitor at her house, made so by these very practices; that at one time par- ticularly he said to her husband that “ he had come there to see her and not him,” that she had made him lie down on her sofa, and for four hours beguiled and comforted him by talking about these loose marital practices of his; the hus- band in the meantime having taken his departure, leaving her alone to administer this comfort ; that he was always grateful to her for these conversations about “ his sin,” and was glad when she communicated it to her friends. This lady was, so her testimony asserts, shocked at this man’s sin, but was so well pleased with himself, outside of his “ sin,” that she had placed her hand upon the sinner’s shoulder and implored her husband to save “this good man ;” that she said to him that under any and all circumstances, “Frank Y and I will stand by you.” She could no longer consent to go to church to receive communion at his hands; but she always welcomed him to her table, and in her sacred home broke bread and drank wine with him; and there is but lit- tle, if any,"doubt that in all this she told the truth. But what is the inference, not to be escaped, that is to be drawn from all this evidence of the parties to this suit? Why, clearly that all of their acts to Mr. Beecher were based upon a conviction that there was a right in the case some- where that justiﬁed Mr. Beecher. This conviction might not have been reached through the intellect; it might have been entirely of the heart. The sorrow that was expressed by them is not shown to have been for anything else than that what had occurred would ruin the families before the public, not because there had been an abstract wrong com- mitted. It was not the acts that were deplored, but it was their being made known that was dreaded; this was what erected the “ragged edge of despair” upon which Mr. Beecher sat, and on which he required the comforting assurances of his friends to make it endurable. Out of their own months they have been convicted before the public that they practically admitted and lived upon the principle that love is free, and that, wherever it carries its subjects, they are to be respected in the position. to any other conclusion than this, it will not be on account of lack of evidence. Now, in view of the character of the testimony given for the plaintiff, Mr. Beecher would have been wise had he sub- mited the case without attempting any defense himself. All that it is claimed he has done, all that is alleged against him, is more than justiﬁed by the evidence of those who have made the allegations and who have testiﬁed about them; they at least have.not been damaged if their words are to be believed. If the jury do not believe them, and still think that. Mr. Tilton has been damaged, notwithstanding his own testi- mony to the contrary, they may ﬁnd a verdict against Mr. Beecher; but in this aspect of the case it would, we believe, have been better to have made no defense. Consulting our own wishes, we should desire an opposite course,since what~ ever the:defense might be we believe it could only result in ﬁx- ing the doctrine of free love more emphatically upon himself and his supporters, as well as upon the prosecution, who, in attempting to refute the charge that they accept the theory that love is free, have demonstrated to all impartial, com- petent critics that their lives are governed by this theory; and though, Peter-like, they deny their master with an oath, that in their hearts they still acknowledge him to be their guide . SUPPORT VTHBI WEEKLY. The WEEKLY being deprived of its editor-in-chief’s sup- port on the rostrum, by her inability to lecture on account of her recent severe illness, it becomes our duty to call upon all of our subscribers to be prompt in renewing their sub- scriptions; and upon all who are interested in the principles advocated in ,its columns, to spend some of their time in obtaining new subscribers. A little personal effort on the part of our friends would double the size of our lists and relieve us of all anxiety and care on account of support. Will they give it? That is the question. mag. 4 vuvr V As we are about going to press, we learn that Mr. Tracy has closed the “opening ” for the defense in the Tilton- Beecher trial, and Mr. Ovington, to whose house Mrs. Til- ton went when she left her home in Livingston street, has been put upon the stand to testify in Mr-. Beecher’s behalf. It is understood that Mr. Beecher is to be the very last wit- » ness to testify. If the public can come’ t; .3?“ March 13, 1875. WOUDHULL & CLAFL,IN’S WEEKLY. I 5 I3‘: TRACY ON THE RAMPAGE. One of the most remarkable -attempts to assume a high- handed position, and to ride rough-shod over everybody and everything, that we ever observed is Mr. Tracy’s opening for the defense in the battle now waging in Brooklyn. Mr. Beecher is the personiﬁcation of simplicity and innocence; while everybody else, even those with whom he was upon the most intimate terms of friendship, are devils altogether, or worse. If such a course wins for Mr. Beecher, it will be the ﬁrst one on record that ever resulted in that way. Tracy is brutal, illogical, contradictory and, worst of all, and to the disgust of all, horribly verbose. His theory is fallacious, and his argument disjointed;and inapplicable to the vital point of the case. One would imagine by reading his open- ing that almost anybody else beside Mr. Beecher is on trial; or, at least, that his guilt or innocence depends upon some- thing altogether outside of his relations with Mrs. Tilton, let them have been what they may. T1=.ACY’s LOGIC. ‘ Gen. Tracy tells the jury in the most emphatic and self- conscious manner, that if it shall be found that Mr. Tilton’s relations with Mrs. Woodhull were for any other motive than the suppression of the scandal; if these relations were not entirely proper; if she was never-guilty of any impro- priety when in his presence——“ now, gentlemen of the jury, if it should transpire that all these things are not exactly as Mr. Tilton has represented them to be, you will at once per- ceive how fatal it is to his case.” It must at once satisfy you that Mr. Beecher never was sexuallyintimate with Mrs. Tilton, because we shall have contradicted him on a vital point. As if not quite satisﬁed with his own logic, and fearful, perhaps, that the dull jury might not see “the point,” he went over the ground again and again, rehearsing and put- ting it in every conceivable form. This part of his opening occupies two columns in the Tanibune, devoted to showing that the innocence of Mr. Beecher depends upon the character of Mr. Tilton’s relations with Mrs. Woodhull. Let the evidence on other points and from other sources be _ whatever it may, if it shall be found that Mr. Tilton did not attempt to suppress the publication of the scandal, but rather urged Mrs. Woodhull to publish it; if the acquaint- ance with her did not begin when he says it did; if it went to a -further degree than he says it did; if he did bathe with her at Coney Island when he says he did not; if he rode with her in a carriage oftener than he says he did; if he re- mained at her house later at night than he has sworn that he did; if he went there oftener than he has testiﬁed that he went; if he consulted with her about publishing the scandal —why, then, of course Mr. Beecher never was sexually in- timate with Mrs. Tilton. BEEoHER’s MORBID IMAGINATION. Gen. Tracy says that, upon the celebrated interview be- tween Mr. Moulton and Mr. Beecher, in which the former obtained from the latter the letter of contrition, “Henry Ward Beecher stood convicted in his ownmorbid imagina- tion.” Not very complimentary to,Mr. Beecher, we should say. A WEAK THEORY. ‘ If Mr. Beecher’s sole fault were that of bad advice given to Mrs. Tilton and of retailing bad stories about Mr. Tilton which he believed to be true, but ‘afterward concluded were false, why could he not have said so to the church and ended the matter? Why sit on the “ragged ‘edge, of despair” so long about so trivial a matter as that? We fear, Mr. Tracy, that that theory won’t stand. Or if this theory is the true one, how will they account for forbidding the meetingof Mr. Beecher and _Mrs. Tilton, and of making Mr. Moulton the channel and depository of all their communications? Was there danger that he would repeat his bad advice and prevail upon Mrs. T. to leave her husband? or was it feared that she would “thrust her affection upon him unsought,” and thereby make him the unhappy possessor of something that he neither coveted or wanted? Of what part of the bad advice did the “nest-hiding” consist, and where are the letters referring to it that they are not produced to the court; and of what the blight that was to fall upon Mr. Til- ton’s children from this bad advice that was not acted upon and the worse stories that turned out to be untrue? If this is not conjuring a mountain out of a mole-hill, then we cannot con ceive what would be. ' SEXUAL RELATIONS AND NASTINESS SYNONYMOUS TERMS— WITH TRACY. In his “ opening” Mr. Tracy unwittingly portrays his own character when treating of Mr. Moulton’s testimony regard- ing the language used by Mr. Beecher when speaking of his relations with Mrs. Tilton. He says Moulton never has heard Mr. Beecher refer to “their relations,” but always pre- cedes it with the word “sexual,” repeating it over and over, again and again. “Do you believe that, gentlemen of the jury?” “ Was it necessary for him to repeat always the words sexual relations’ to have Mr. Moulton know what he meant? It is impossible. If Mr. Beecher had been confessing, he could never have displayed such love of nasty expressions as to be continually rolling them under his lips.” Sexual relations a nasty. expression, indeed! It is just such morality as this that -has led the world to the brink of ruin in these relations. How can it be possible for a high order of humanity to spring from a source that is held to be - nasty? The"’nastiness is not where this class of people put t. The sexual relations under natural conditions of mutual love and desire ought to be and are the purest in the universe, because it is by them that immortal souls are created. The nastiness is in the minds of the people who indulge in this relation when the natural conditions under which itought to occur are absent——and then it is nasty. A just judgment by which to judge of people in regard to this relation is one based upon their own conceptions of the relation. If it be nasty, then it may be safely concluded that the relations that they maintain are nasty; but if it be high and pure and noble, exalting the act to the divine stand- ard, it may then be safely concluded that the sexual re- lations of the people who thus hold the act,‘are pure and true, are ennobling to the nature, exalting to the soul and exhilirating to the intellect. Gen. Tracy is welcome to his nastiness; we will take the purity side of the question, and hold, as we always have held, that sexual commerce should never occur when the idea of nastiness can possibly arise.-in the mind regarding it. It should always be an expression of a divine love, and never the gratiﬁcation of inordinate passion, in utter disregard of reciprocal conditions. These are the views of free love that Judge Neilson denominated as “infamous.” We hope to live to see them the religion of the world; and when they are, we feel sure there will be no more unwilling mothers bearing children to ﬁll peniten- tiaries and asylums and housesof refuge and ill-fame. CONTRADICTING HIMSELF, AND THEREBY DEMOLISHING THE VERY THEORY HE IS ATTEETING TO ESTABLISH. The only chance to sustain the theory advanced to ex- plain away the charges against Mr. Beecher with Mrs. Tilton is to prove that there was a conspiracy against Mr. Beecher beginning as far back as the removal of Mr. Tilton from the Independent, and that all of Moulton’s and Tilton’s acts were a part of this conspiracy. But Mr. Tracy admits away the whole probability of the truth of this theory in his “personal explanation,” where he shows most emphatically and convincingly that Mr. Moulton was, as late as the publication of the Bacon letter by Mr. Tilton, act- ing undeniably in the interests of Mr. Beecher. He declares emphatically that he came into the case after having once gone out of it, “ as the friend of Henry Ward Beecher at the instance of Mr. Moulton, on the theory that I could aid him as the friend of Mr. Beecher, and one whom Mr. Beecher would trust in bringing about an adjustment of this difficulty.” If ,Mr. Moulton were engaged with Mr. Tilton in a conspiracy to‘ ruin the reputation of Mr. Beecher, how could such a scene as the one he states have occurred? If it were Mr. Moulton’s desire to ruin, instead of save, Mr. Beecher, why did he want the difﬁculty adjusted at this late date. No, no, Mr. Tracy, Mr. Moulton was Mr. Beecher’s ﬁrm friend until Mr. Beecher himself, perhaps at your in- stance, charged him with blackmail. Nothing can be more evident than this, and Mr. Tracy did not see a conspiracy until some time afterward. I SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE, ETC. Mr. Tracy makes a great ado because Mr. Tilton changed his charge from “improper proposals ’-’ before the church investigation to one of adultery at the investigation, but he forgets that he has enlarged the theory of Mr. Beecher’s defence from one of blackmail to levy money at that inves- tigation, by adding the one of conspiracy to ruin the repu- tation of Mr. Beecher, at the trial now in progress. But why may it not be admitted consistently that Mr. Tilton did make a charge of improper advances only, not wanting to state the full character of those advances? If they were adultery, were they not upon their theory, im- proper advances? May a person not be charged with a part of an offense and still be held accountable for, the whole offense afterward? Mr. Tracy says no I that ‘Mr. Tilton having charged that Mr. Beecher had been guilty of improper proposals to Mrs. Tilton, he cannot now enlarge the scope of the charge and make it adultery. It seems to us that it may have been entirely consistent for Mr. Tilton to have conﬁned his speciﬁcations to improper proposals so long as he had any hope to avoid a public disruption, and it was certainly in the interests of Mr. Beecher to have had such a charge made rather than that of. adultery. But the very steps that were taken by Mr. Tilton and Mr. Moulton in the interests of Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton are now turned against them by Mr. Tracy. It is, however, vulgarly speaking, too thin. The public sees through the pretence too easily to be duped by any such plea that Tracy can make. ‘ TRACY MUDDLED. ‘ Tracy says he intends to show that there were slips of the Woodhull publication circulated among the diﬁerentoﬁices of newspapers before it appeared in the WEEKLY. We know that this is an utter impossibility. There was never a slip of the article shown to any person save those concerned with its production. Every precaution possible was taken against its publication being known by any outside party. The pre- tention that there was an attempt to blackmail Beecher over this publication by anybody is a pure fabrication, and like many other things connected with this case is made to streng- then it without the slighest prospect of offering proof. If Mr. Tracy wants to ﬁnd out about the proofs set up in the oﬁices of other papers, let him summon the editors of those papers,‘ and he will probably be able to learn something. But he must not pretend that these proofs were of the “Woodhull publication,” since they were in existence. months before our article was prepared or in type. Mr. Traev’ attempt to make it appear that he knows of but one )- article about this scandal ever having been prepared, and that the one which was in the offices of several papers, and afterwards published by us in the WEEKLY, is too lame. Let him ask Mr. Beecher what it was for which he was begging.Kinsella “to remember his gray hairs and his twenty-ﬁve years labor in Brooklyn.” VVhy not call Kinsella to learn if it was “bad advice,” “repeating false stories,” or “ improper proposals,” or if it were adultery. ’1‘RACY’S EXLANATION A FAILURE. Mr. Tracy’s attempt to explain away his position as‘ coun- sel for Mr. Beecher, after having given his word of honor to Tilton that he would not be such counsel, is a failure so evi- dent that the poorest critic must see it. He says, because Mr. Tilton changed his charge from one of “ improper pro- posals” to that of adultery, that he was released from all obligation to not join Mr. Beecher. The fallacy of this ex- planation becomes evident when it is remembered that at the time this promise was made to Mr. Tilton Mr. Tracy did not know what the charge was that Mr. Tilton brought against Mr. Beecher. What excuse is there, then, in the fact that the charge was enlarged from the former to the lat- ter? None whatever, and M1‘. Tracy knows this as well as anybody can know it. WAS IT A TRACY TRICK? The papers of Friday last contained conflicting reports of what Gen. Tracy said in his address about Mrs. Woodhull. The Herald, Sun and World reported that he denominated her as “the most notorious prostitute the world had ever known,” and described her kisses as coming from “ﬁlthy lips.” The Tribune report, which is taken as the oﬁicial record of the trial, was widely different from other papers, simply denominating her as an “ advocate and practicer of free love.” The Times, differing from both, gave the latter version of the speech in its report of the trial, while in its introduction to the report it contained the former. It is said that the explanation of this discrepancy is as follows: Gen. Tracy furnishes to the Brooklyn Eagle his manuscript in advance of its delivery, and the Eagle fur- nishes “slips” to other papers, excepting the Tribune, and they use them in place of absolutely reporting the trial. If this is the explanation, was it a trick of Tracy to insert the oﬁensive ‘language in his manuscript copy, and furnish V it to the papers, and thus obtain publicity for the libel, while he, in his address, shirked the responsibility of the outrageous language, and substituted for it the milder words of the Tr2'bune’s report? This is the question that is to be settled. Was it a Tracy trick? Or did these papers mali- ciously interpolate the libel purposely to defame? BEECHEPJS CHRIST-LIKE CHARACTER. In Mr. Tracy’s peroration he has painted Mr. Beecher as the sublimest Christian character that stands on record. That all through the progress of the scandal down to the present he has exhibited none but the most forgiving and trusting _ traits. Mr. Tracy, probably, forgot in the enthusiasm of his speech that Mr. West testiﬁed on the trial that Mr. Beecher informed him, when asked the authority for the scandal, that it rested altogether on the words of “two whores,” as well as that soon after the publication of the scandal Mr. Beecher said publicly to his friends : “My dear friends, I don’t see why, because I have been unfortunate enough to be assailed by a nameless animal; in its own peculiar way, that you should seek to protect me from future attacks by covering me with bank notes;” and, also, what Mr. Augustug Walters wrote to the Newark Evening Oourierz “The majeg. tic preacher could not bend so low as to notice Mrs. Wo6d- hull until I remarked that the woman was undoubtedly in- sane, and then he replied, “Ibelieve so too.” The ﬁrst; thing I said on approaching him was, ‘Of course, Mr. Beecher, this thing is a fraud from beginning to end,” to which he replied, with an indescribable motion of the head, ‘En- tirely.’ ” At another time he described the publisher of the scandal as “ a chambermaid’s slop-pail.” All these expres- sions are still further evidences of the sublime character of “the great defendant.” N .g A 7 wgr w CATHOLICISM. There are reasons why Spiritualists should respect this oldest and ﬁrmest of Christian faiths. Although we do not believe it to be a true exponent of the doctrines of the Nazarene, we deem it to have some regard for the authority of~the book in which they are contained. This is saying much more than we can say for Protestantism. The latter, in our view, merely comprises a money-making,‘ discordant; rabble, rent and divided into a thousand fragments, whose true deity is Mammon. These miserable fractions,» it is true, have different degrees of consistency; but pretty much the whole of them have striven to eliminate all that is spiritual from their faiths, thus negativing the assertion of their God in the sixteenth chapter of Mark, 17, 18 verse, Very different is the case with Catholicism. That is a com- pact body, rigidly governed by laws, so united at the present period that the defection of the “Old Catholics” scarcely made a dent in it; While with regard to spiritual manifesta- tions, it admits the same, and has ever done so, only claim- ing that such as are not authorized by itself are deleterious, to humanity. W3 are far from admitting, however, that the‘ Roman Church is, what it claims to be, unchangeable. Coup} We resurrect our Catholic brethren and sisters of the past genera- tion, we think that by a perusal of such modern expositions of their faith as may be found in the Irish Warld and the ° power they have not now. Then, in 1208, Pope Innocent , exponent, admits that in the Bible there is absolutely no , vious to the Council of Trent, when“marriage was made a ' on being informed that a certain man and a certain ‘woman ’ in presence of their-respective friends, while thefpriest stood 6 WOODHULL & §oLAr‘LrN*s. wnnsnr. March, 13,, .~__-18575. Sunday Democrat, they would ﬁnd that the position of their church on temporal affairs had considerably altered since theirtime. With it now potentates have-gone down and peoples are getting ‘to be above par. The fact“is, it is changing its base and returning to the position it held pre- vious to the ﬁfteenth century. Based, as it was then, on the faith of the peoples, it fearlessly then often bade deﬁance to nobles and kings. Then its terrible anathemas had a the-Third, by laying England under an interdict, made the people scream with anguish, and four years after pro- nounced sentence of deposition against King John, and of excommunication against all who should obey him or have any connection with him. Such powers to curse are still claimed by the Supreme Pontiﬁ", and they are unlimited in their extension, for they can be launched at unbelievers and schismatics as well as at disobedient professors of the ancient faith. If they have not been resorted to against the Ger- man Kaiser, Catholics must attribute it to the forbearance and mercy of Pio Nono, though the outside world would be likely to deem that the arrows have not been ﬁred because-— there was not. strength enough in the bow. ‘ And verily - these anathemas mean something hereafter as well as here. During the last ﬁfty years the doctrine of eternal punishment has gradually receded from the grasp of the protestant churches. In them “ Hell” is getting to be a tabooed subject. From Tophet to Gehenna, from Gehenna to Hades, the climate there has gradually‘ been changed by them for the better. Indeed the Free Religionists have of late carried their sympathy to so_ high an extent that they have described Hades asa place of rest, a sort of sinner’s ely- sium, where unbelievers repose on roses without having their ears deafened with the everlasting singings and trumpet- ings that are going on elsewhere. Not so with the hell of‘ the Catholic Church. Its ﬂames are as rampant now as ever,_ and fuel there is just as abundant. It is a place of extreme torment and hO1'l or; a positive withering, roaring, blasting furnace of ﬁre. The Major said of himself in Bleak House- “ Joey B. is sly, sir, sly; devilish sly ;——” and we say of the Catholic hell—“ It is hot, sir, hot; devilish hot;—and, save in the matter of duration, their purgatory is but little better. The anathemas of the Catholic church are also terriﬁc. The curse of St. Ernulphus begins with the hair of the head of the offender, works through him, every part of his anat- omy being specially anathematized, and terminates with his toe-nails. _ It is so warm in character that, if framed, and hung up in a room, it might answer for a stove. As with that of St. Ernulphus so with thousands of other curses it holds in store for heretics and skeptics. But there is a merit in this plainness; with the Catholic church salvation means sal- vation, and damnation is its antithesis. With but few ex- ceptions, its trumpet utters no uncertain sound, and it claims to rule over the minds of all. its votaries, by denying them the right of private judgment on sacred matters. It has, like the Greek Church, seven sacraments. We propose, however, only to look at two of them: confession and marriage. The former we hold to be plainly consistent with the teachings of the Nazarene, who gave to Peter the right to_ remit and also to retain sins. Unless his followers ﬁrst confessed their sins to him, how could he remit or re- tain them. As Spiritualists we reject the authority of the Scriptures in this particular. Did we believe them to be infallible, we could not deny the position taken by the Catholic Church. With the Sacrament of Marriage the case, however, it is different. Calmet, their ablest biblical case mentioned in which the services of a priest were called on to solemnize marriage, either in the Old or New Testa- ment. Moses gives no law whatever on the subject. Pre- sacrament, one of the Popes, we think Alexander the First, had pledged their words to each other, declared them to be, in consequence, married. In England, previous to the time of William the Conqueror, marriages were performed by the bride and bridegroom plighting their faith at the altar, in the vestibule of the Church and blessed them as they came out. Now, however, things are different. In the eyes of the devout Catholic, all parties who have not been united by an authorized priest are living in sin, and any parties who undertake to perform the ceremony of marriage, with- out the sanction of the ancient Church, commit acts of sacrilege. ' y We have been_thus particular in pointing out the position. of Catholicism, because in it we recognize the true foe of Spiritualism. We feel assured that the shams which range themselves in sections betweenns under a thousand ﬂags, are destined soon to disintegrate and choose a position either under the banner of the absolute authority of the Catholic, or the absolute liberty claimed by the Spiritualist. »—4Q+—-4 ~m. THE VVEAKNESS OF THE PROSECUTION. Almost all great cases in courts are really decided by minor or immaterial points. The great and vital issue to be deter- mined in each case is made obscure or clear by a variety of small, and, by themselves, considered separately, immate- rial circumstances. The Beecher-Tilt’ n case does not differ from general cases. Everybody who follows the develop- ment of the trial must conclude that the hope of the defense rests entirely upon their ability to break down and destroy: the testimony of the. prosecution; especially that of Mr. Tilton. The prosecution should have wisely guarded all the minor approaches as outposts of the main issue, which, carried by the enemy, would render the main position un- tenable. But their position is just the reverse of this. They‘have felt so strong in the central fact that they have been utterly careless about the seemingly unimportant points, and have laid themselves opento contradiction in a variety of ways about a variety of facts by a variety of persons, which will be suﬂflcient, if properly handled, to materially weaken, if not to destroy, their stronghold. Had Messrs. Tilton and Moulton been outspoken in their testimony about their relations with us; had they said that, becoming acquainted with us as they did, trough our knowledge of the scandal, they found us earnestly interested in many reforms in which they were also interested, and that, instead. of being what we had been represented to be, were what they had found us to be, in the place of affect- ing the idea that we were wolves ready to devour anybody and everybody, or as persons with whom it were dishonora- ble to associate, as they have done, they would have utterly disarmed the defense of one of the strongest points that will be made against them. They will be contradicted upon several important immaterial points, which may ruin them with the jury, as witnesses whose testimony is unworthy of beliefion account of this unfortunate course. Mr. Tracy dwelt upon this view of the case, and told the jury if they found that the prosecution have testiﬁed falsely about their relations with us that it is a vital point against them; because, if they, from fear of, public opinion, have falsiﬁed those relations, they may notjhave hesitated on other accounts to falsify upon points more nearly related to the principal issue. Had the prosecution been only a little less anxious to cast obloquy upon us, and had had just a little more regard for the truth, Mr. Tracy would not have found‘ material enough in their testimony to have consumed two hours in reviewing; For instance, why was it necessary for Mr. Tilton to have denied ever having bathed at Coney Island with us, when thousands of men and women bathe together there daily during the summer months? Why should he have denied being at our house more than twelve times during curin- timacy, when dozens of men as good as himself were there as frequently? Why should he have said that our intimacy ended over the “Tit for tat” article, when it is so well known that he abandoned the cause to which he had pledged his support to go into the Greeley movement? Why should he have denied having met Judge Cowley, of Lowell, Mass., at our house, and of having there talked over the scandal with him, when he ought to have known that that gentle- man’s evidence to the contrary would be_ certainly pre- sented? Why should he have said that he never talked about the scandal with us in the presence of any third parties, when he ought to have remembered that the evi- dence of a journalist, formerly of this city, would confront him upon this point? Such disregard of things that -he should have known the defense would seize npon and use to strangle him, warrants the idea that he is one of those whom the gods have made mad. .‘_4A A V TW‘ THE BLESSINGS OF ROYALTY. Under the above heading the New York Herald, of Feb. 24.-, ‘publishes a timely and well-written leading article, which we have taken the liberty to extract for the beneﬁt of our readers. The toadyism .of our bastard aristocracy to Euro- pean celcbrities and European institutions, is proverbial, but we hope the heart of the people is ﬁxed in favor of our republican institutions. Still it is good to present to all of us, occasionally, pictures like the following, which prove that the little ﬁnger‘ of a despot is thicker and heavier on the people than the loinsw of a simple president. All the evils we suffer, or have suffered are not derivable from our political institutions, but are, from slavery to our present debauched money system, bitter legacies left to injure us by monarchical Great Britain. For these reasons we rejoice to meet with a wholesome article like the following, which enumerates the shortcomings of monarchs,-and warns us against the results of despotisms: It is interesting to learn that the Sultan of Turkey is in the enjoyment of an income of ten millions of dollars a. year; that his entertainments are fabulous for their splendor, variety and quantity, and correspondents are constantly in- structing us about the progress of his new palace. These an- nouncements coming to us immediately after the graphic description of the return of King Alfonso to Madrid, and his increasing the donation to the clergy by several millions a. year, although Spain cannot pay the interest on its debt, and is borrowing money from every pawnbroker’s shop in Europe, are gratifying evidences of the extension of the royal system. But it is painful to observe in Turkey that the liberality of a sultan does not produce more happiness to his people. A subscription is now under way in England to relieve the distresses of the inhabitants of Asia Minor. “ Over an area of forty thousand square miles, there were more than ten thousand persons,” says an English journal, “who died for want of food. The distress is increasing rapidly, and the larger .portion of the population that survive only survive upon herbs, grass and the skins of animals.” The efforts of the Turkish government has not been able to check this famine, nor is there any reason why it should exist. Asia Minor is a country, according to the Saturday Review, “rich in all natural resources, once alive with the most buoyant activity, favored above other countries, facing on the sea, which has been withering away under the deadly grasp of the Turks.” The evidence shows that misgovern- ment, corruption and diverting the resources of the country from their true sources of beneﬁt to the people, underlie this famine. We saw something of the same in Persia, whose monarch. left a starving people, to scatter diamonds «it over Europe. Even in the best governed countries there will be famines or periods of want, great natural disasters. In our own country we have had misfortunes arising from ﬂoods and prolonged drought and grasshopper plagues. But our system of government always arrests the evil before it becomes a national‘ calamity. England, by the exercise of the wisest and highest statesmanship, arrested the stu- ' pendous Indian famine before it gained headway, and saved that rich and interesting Empire from a terrible calamity. But famines from misgovernment, as is the case in Asia Minor, are crimes on the part of a monarch, which have no parallel in the calendar of crime. In looking into this Asian famine, this Carlist war, the famine in Persia and many other events in our own genera- blOD, arising from the misgovernment and ambition of monarchs and aspirants to monarchical power, the question arises whether all the crimes attributed to mad republicans in their moments of passion and vengeance would be a drop in the bucket compared to the crimes that can be attributed to the royal system since the beginning of civilization. The famine in Asia Minor will pass away and be forgotten in a short time, but no one ceases to remember the excesses of the French Revolution. Yet which is the greater crime against humanity ?—N. Y. H erald. There is a rich vein of irony in the above article, shown in contrasting the splendors of monarchs with the miseries of their peoples. We are cursed with some money-kings, but under a‘j ust system of political economy such monstrosities could not be developed. Inordinate wealth and Jagged pov- erty are the light and shade of civilized life; the one is the counterpart of the other; when the one is overthrown the other will soon cease to exist. Still the WEEKLY does not war with millionaires, but with the systems which produce them, and only introduces them here because they may be p to_ us as ferocious _potentates as any that ever cursed Europe or Asia. But the people have the remedy in their own hands, and can bring their money rulers to terms whenever they please-to unite for that purpose. Remembering the Irish famine, we are sorry, however, we cannot unite with the Herald in complimenting the ten- der mercies of Great Britain. With us it goes with other monarchies. All the quarters of the globe assisted on that melancholy occasion, and the London Times, like a sturdy and dissatisﬁed beggar, after acknowledging their gifts, abused them for not giving more. We are pleased, how- ever, to note the comparison the Herald makes at its close between the excesses of the French Revolution and the famine in India. A few years previous, speaking of the same, Archbishop Manning declared “that the Catholic Church had never condemned its underlying principles.” _ In the mean time, as republicans, it will be well for us to reﬂect that its history has been written by its enemies. There are many circumstances that warn us that there is a disposition among the wealthy to disparage our political institutions. It was but of late that a weekly termed the Jmpemalist was published in New York. The New York Herald of February 28, in its London correspondence, under the head of “London Gossip,” contains the following extract from the Scotsman, which it terms the Times of Edinburgh, and one of the most important papers in Great B1'itain:” The number of Americans permanently residing in London has largely increased during the past year, and is still increas- ing. It is probable that there are more Americans here than in Paris. They do not seem to court each other’s society, but prefer that of their English friends; and, most strange of all, they no longer boast of the superiority of American institu- tions. I am told that these voluntary exiles entertain gloomy views concerning the future of their country. They cherish dark suspicions of President Grant. and gravely hint that he will proclaim himself dictator ere long. If one reproaches them for deserting their country as on the approach of a rev- olution, they reply, in choice American, that “ patriotism is played out,” and that in this age every one must ﬁrst take care of himself. The fathers and mothers speak with sadness of the diﬁiculties which they encounter at home in the education of their children, and in preserving them from the contamina- tion of the social atmosphere there. It is unsafe, they say, to send a girl to a boarding-school in Boston or New York; and there is more vice than virtue taught to the boys in American colleges. Many of these people have come hither simply that they might educate their children soberly and decently, and preserve them from the contamination of American life. It is curiously interesting to hear them speak of these things and of the future of the great republic. The most of them look upon the republic as doomed. say, “ is determined to rule as long as he lives. row mind, but an indomitable will. He is wonderfully self- reliant, tenacious and obstinate. He is resolved to be re- elected in 1876, If necessary, he will put the whole Suuth under martial law, and count himself in upon returns manu- factured to order. He has risen to his present position from the lowest obscurity; he has faith in his invincible success; he cherishes ambitions like those of Napoleon.” These are the things which one hears in American circles in London. I don’t know how correct these representations are; but it is certain one no longer hears from Americans that bombastic He has a nar- ‘bragging which in former times marked their conversation. They have swung round to the other extreme, and are now as despondent as they used to be exultant. Whatever be the views Americans may entertain with re- gard to the aspirations of the present incumbent of the Pres- idency, it is not ﬁtting that they should disparage their coun- try and its institutions ; and although patriotism may be “ played out” in some of our demoralized large cities, they may rest assured that it is not played out in the country and the great" West, which latter will soon make its weight felt in the national legislature. Furthermore, we know that in any part of Europe in which it may please our countrymen to locate, they will be able to institute comparisons in it which will be largely_in favor of our Republic. With re- gard even to the private schools, bad as we acknowledge ours to be, in consequence of the unnatural separation of the sexes therein, we doubt whether they will better themselves by educating their families in England, France or Ger- many. Without desiring our countrymen or countrywomen to be either too exultant or despondent, we fearlessly assert that far more can be found to admire in the United States than in any other country on the globe. The only hope we have for the reviviﬁcation of our nation rests upon the full development of the civil and religious liberties purchased for us by the blood of our forefathers, and, therefore, we think .it well that occasionally the grievous shortcomings of despotism as a form of government should be exhibited to, our people. “President Grant,” they - . at , ,. ,,:; , A. _- _..-5...-,_.. March 13, 1875. W0OD;'H_j,'ULL & CL AFLIN’S WEEEKLY’. ‘I BUREAU OF CORRESPONDENCE OF THE PANTARCHY. -* The increasing number of letters in respect to the nature, purposes and prospects of the Pantarchy, suggests the propriety of organiz- ing a bureau for the purpose of answering such and similar inquiries. There are two other kinds of letters: the first touching social difﬁculties, and asking for advice or consolation; the others asking information on matters of reform, spiritualism, unitary life, the new language, and the like. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1875-03-13_09_15
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1875-03-13_09_15
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 09, no. 16 (March 20, 1875)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2063
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1875-03-20
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: t I I BEE_s,KINe THE! wax Eon FUTURE e—ENERA*r1oNs, PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED LIVEES ‘‘'‘''''t g: V01. Ix.-——No. 16.—Whole No. 224.- NEVV YORK, MARCH 20, 1875. . r7E1cE TEN cENTs. THE TOBACCO NUISANCE. NEWCASTLE, Pa., March 1, 1875. ._,N ear Weekly——I protest I have been absolutely and uncom- ’ _pr9njisingly disgusted a good many times in the course of my travels, but never in the whole course of my existence have I been more disgusted than I was yesterday; never did a crying, disgraceful evil present itself more glaringly to my notice; never was I more deeply impressed with a sense of the need of some sort of general eruption of decency to up- heave and overturn a stagnant, seething mass of common corruption. No man or woman of reﬁned instincts and sensitive nerves, whose aspirations have elevated them above slavishness to sensualism, can travel in our country and not have those instincts outraged, those nerves tortured, and those aspira- tions hu...
Show moret I I BEE_s,KINe THE! wax Eon FUTURE e—ENERA*r1oNs, PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED LIVEES ‘‘'‘''''t g: V01. Ix.-——No. 16.—Whole No. 224.- NEVV YORK, MARCH 20, 1875. . r7E1cE TEN cENTs. THE TOBACCO NUISANCE. NEWCASTLE, Pa., March 1, 1875. ._,N ear Weekly——I protest I have been absolutely and uncom- ’ _pr9njisingly disgusted a good many times in the course of my travels, but never in the whole course of my existence have I been more disgusted than I was yesterday; never did a crying, disgraceful evil present itself more glaringly to my notice; never was I more deeply impressed with a sense of the need of some sort of general eruption of decency to up- heave and overturn a stagnant, seething mass of common corruption. No man or woman of reﬁned instincts and sensitive nerves, whose aspirations have elevated them above slavishness to sensualism, can travel in our country and not have those instincts outraged, those nerves tortured, and those aspira- tions humiliated by the grossness and insensibility to the ﬁtness of things to which the use of tobacco has brought a large majority of men. How often is a delicate woman’s stomach turned upside down, as she is compelled to traverse the whole length of a “ ladies’ car ” to ﬁnd a seat free from the loathsomeness and‘ sliminess of the salivations of some noble lord of creation, who sits, bolstered in his social immunities, to make a dis- gusting general nuisance of himself by squirting tobacco juice on all sides of the aisle. Yesterday I got into 2:, car on the Newcastle and Franklin branch of the A. St Gr. W. R. R. The car was ‘originally quite nice, though intended to serve. as both baggage and pas- senger car, being divided for that purpose. But human beings had turned the place into a condition that even a hog might be justiﬁed in turning up his snout to occupy; for it was more disgusting than a pig—sty. The ﬂoor along the aisle and in every seat was a mass of" sloppy, slimy, slippery, reeking, bad-smelling tobacco spits from the impure mouths of men who have become so obli- vious of decency and cleanliness, so completely enslaved to a groveling habit of lust, that they can sit hour after hour and almost spit ﬁlth in a woman’s face: ejecting from the charnel house of their saturated mouths a kind of excrement every bit as obnoxious to a sensitive stomach as the offal of a dung-heap. _ I put it strong. for I have been so often outraged in the most sensitive part of being by the nuisance, not to say criminal indecency, that the“ sanctity ” of society winks at, that I think language inadequate to characterize it. The stove in this car that I mention, which is but one of many, was located in the centre, surrounded by seats form- ing a hollow square, which seats were ﬁlled with “representa- tive men of this free and enlightened Republic,” who sat there cross-legged in all stages of I don’t-care-a-damn-a-tive- ness, streaming from their sweet (I) mouths the dirty mix- ture of a foul drug and saliva straight on to that smoking hot stove, and creating miniature ponds of stagnant ﬁlthiness, ﬁlling the air with a stifling poison and sickening odor, to which asafetida is spice of Arabia. . First one, and "then another, and another of those noble rulers of women, incapable of ruling themselves, would send out a tribute to sensualism, which would hiss and sizzle on that stove, and rise as insense to the devil of misrule. I said to myself, “ Are these men, made in the image of God, to whom an intuitively pure woman is commended to sub- mit herself as unto the Lord ?” God forbid! I studied the faces of those men, and, with scarce an exception, they were brutal, and when they opened their mouths to send forth the surplusnast-iveness I could but commiserate the miser- able lot of any woman whom the law has hitched to their licensed manhood (?) and compelled to endure the foulness of their tobacco-impregnated breath and presence. I’ve had occasion to enters close room where an inveterate chewer and smoker was sleeping, and the stench that assailed me drove me back, and made my stomach heave from nau- sea. How, in heaven’s name, does a woman endure sleeping in the same bed with such a man! It seems to me that all the crowns of all the saints could not compensate for a single year of such contact. And to think of the thousands of women that have to submit to the embrace of such foul men, and no law to free a sensitive woman from her bondage to a man so wrapped up inhis selﬁsh lust as to make himself an object of loathing to his wife, and risk entailing upon his‘ helpless children the curse of abnormal nervous organiza- tion that wills end them into all sorts of excesses to render foul and stagnant the sweet springs of existence, and cast over the fair face of nature a clouded vail of tobacco smoke. As well foul the system, and render one’s self oﬁensive by the habitual use of onions, garlic, or Limberger cheese, and expect to be tolerated in decent company. No doubt the other side will say that unrestrained tirade is no argument. I know that as well as they. But where centuries of argu- ment has failed to imbue men with a sense of the gross im- propriety, not to say evil, of ahabit, ’tis time women, ‘who are the victims of the‘ curse, attempt to manifest a tithe of the disgust they feel. I admit I can’t ﬁnd language to ex- press mine. There will have to be a new string of cussin in- vented before I can convey_my detestation of that weed of tophet; tobacco. Why railroad ofﬁcials will permit the nuisance to such an extent in waiting-rooms and on cars all over the country, is a mystery. I would like to make an appeal in behalf of my sex to conductors and depofagents, if there is a sparkﬁof the - sense of decency left in them, if there is a vestige of respect for womanhood remaining in their souls, to see to it that any man found spitting about a waiting-room. or railroad car is summarily ejected from the place he has desecrated. A public hall in this country, where a mixed audience has been assembled, is a disgrace to civilization, and enough to make a dog sick. I once saw a prominent member of the Y. M. C. A. in a general waiting-room, reading the Chm'stz'om Union, and actually squirting tobacco juice on the stove, and one volleylfell directly at my feet. I deliberately expressed the wish, loud enough for the sanctiﬁed sinner to hear it, that he had to get on his knees and lick it up! The pious free-lusterof tobacco, and God only knows what else, looked at me over his holy eye-glasses with an air of superior virtuousness, and immediately spit another pint on the stove. After he got into the car he made a point to get a seat directly opposite to .me, spread out that Christian sheet to its amplest and spit directly into the aisle! as much as to say, “ Thou ungodly and itinerant Vagabond! thou cursed specimen of a ‘ peripatetic Jezebel and strong-minded hag’ !” —I am quoting the Rev. (!) Stewart Robinson, of Louisville, Ky., in his elegant reference to such women as Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Livermore, Anna Dickinson and Miss Anthony——“ thou unredeemed spawn of total depravity and miserable outcast of grace! know thou that this saliva, cast up from the bowels of a member of the Y. ‘M. C. A., is sanctiﬁed, for ‘ to him who is in Christ Jesus there is no sin,’ and when I am being borne triumphant in Abraham’s bosom, the smoke of thine agonies will be ascending as sweet savor to my nostrils, and thou wilt cry in vain for even a drop of my tobacco juice Wherewith to cool thy burning tongue!” I verily believe it would be as easy for women to maintain their right to a control of their bodies in marriage as to turn an uncompromising front to this rampant demon of tobacco indulgence. Yet I know of more than one marriage bed tobacco has planted with thorns—more than one couple estranged by the selﬁsh, hateful indulgence of the weed. And I blame no reﬁned woman because she gets a disgust of a tobacco-using husband. I could not endure the ﬁlthy con- tact of some men, whose open mouths are a charnel-house of uncleanness, and whose every hair of their heads a protrud- ing pestilence of bad odors; and I don’t wonder so many of my sex come to loathe the presence of their husbands and brood in silence over life’s blighted hopes and rosy morning turned to a gray gloom through 1:_nating with a fool who thinks more of gross self—indulgence than of continuing attractive to its love. ' One passion indulged to excess, permitted to run riot in the soul and enslave the nature, is just as lacking in virtue and chastity and purity as another. The inveterate user of tobacco, who cannot exist from day to day without the stim- ulant, is just as far gone, just as much deserves reprobation, as the man or woman who has become a slave to sexual de- bauchery——the two vlces are of the same parent stock—and the tobacco victim has no business to point the ﬁnger of scorn to the victim of self-abuse and prostitution, for they are both in the same boat, given over to an indulgence of a ruling passion that debases the soul, one no more than the other though false and ephemeral public opinion pronounces dam- nation to the one and winks at the other. Yet it seems we might as well attempt to dip the ocean dry with a teaspoon as seek to dethrone the tyrant, tobacco. If women would but come to their senses and refuse to become mothers for men who use the vile stuff, then we might hope to achieve some- thing. Oh, if the unborn could but assert their right’ to come /" into life untainted with the sins of selﬁsh, ignorant, enslaved parents! God speed the truth! HELEN NASH. PSYCHOMETRICAL DELINEATION OF WOODIIUYLL AND CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. BY MARY M. D. SHERMAN. Born into the world u_nder peculiar circumstances, and for a grand purpose, the WEEKLY comes before my inner vision . like a. mighty iron-clad vessel plowing its way through the turbid waters of ignorance, conservatism and dark malignity. It combines within itself decision, enterprise, determination, and an inspiration which has been felt as an anchor to the soul of many a weary and way—worn daughter of earth. It is concentrative in purpose for equality, purity, and the ele- vation of the human. race. It fears not the frowns of the Grundies, but works on, hewing to the line which destinyv has marked out for it. The iron-clad feared not to bombard the Plymouth citadel of Church and State; the terrible shock vibrated from centre to circumference of society, sending condemnation.to souls trembling at their own bar of justice, fearing that at any moment shells might be hurled at their so-called respectability and sacred (?) marital relations. The WEEKLY is an agitator, teaching that the constant transition of thought is the quintessence of progression. For woman it is an earnest worker seeking to elevate her, and assist in bringing out her individuality and powers_of self- reliance.‘ It would loosen the servilc chains from humanity, which ignorance has so long bound ‘them in, and show them ‘ that they have a right to all truth in heaven or earth, and that truth is the house of many mansions to which every child has an indisputed right, if they earn it, to occupy. The WEEKLY, knowing the cause it has espoused to be true, dares maintain it against fearful odds, conforming to no prescribed rules, but striking boldly out for freedom,well knowing that it must ,be bought at a great price. J It ﬁrmly declares that peace cannot rest on a rotten foundation, and with its iconoclastic blows it is tearing down the old and paving the way for the new. The WEEKLY caters not in food to the sleepy “ stand-still,” enclosed in living mauso- leums of ignorance, but to thinking minds it beautifully teaches the laws governing life and being, and which justice to self is demanding as well as commanding. It unfurls its ﬂag before all nations and peoples, knowing that the cause for which it is ﬁghting is a glorious one not only for the pres- ent but for future generations; and that the sledge-hammer blows, though heavy, willwork a mighty purpose and prove an at—one-ment to thousands in the earth and spirit spheres. The WEEKLY is argumentative as well as convincing; it is not inﬂated with bombast, but proves lbS every position and challenges refutation. It is not cursed with mawkish senti- mentality, but speaks bravelyand to the point upon all sub- jects pertaining to the interests of suffering humanity. The WEEKLY ignores the scare-crows and shams indulged in by the timid and ignorant, but plants its foot ﬁrmly upon law and justice. Shall any one declare “ thus far and no further shalt thou go?” Nay, for the iron-clad is backed by a host which no man can number. It must fulﬁll its mission; its tidal waves of thought beat against no shore, for the waters are boundless; rolling eternities shall catch the refrain and echothem onward, till souls shall stand owning their birth- right free from bondage, and intelligently educated concern- ing the divinity of wifehood and motherhood. ' Finally, the WEEKLY shall go marching on, sending its bright, far-seeing thoughts decades in the van. It shall grap- ple with error and gladden famishing souls with its sunny, strengthening presence. It teaches that sacredness is in the souls of things and can only be realized by earnest interroga- tion; that devotion or worship is noble activity; that beliefs are valueless; that knowledge is the “pearl of great price,” bought only through experience, which is true salvation ; therefore each man and woman must become a savior unto themselves, and to become a savior is to know ourselves. ADRIAN, Mich., March 1, 1875. LETTER FROM PARKER PILLSBURY. Next “ Lord’s Day” closes my winter engagement in this place, and then I go more west, to Chicago, for a month’s en- gagement. Meantime, Ican give Earlville two or three even- ing lectures. My topics are pertinent and practical; my treat-- lment of them the best I can do. Some intelligent grangers, hearing one of them, asked me whether it might not be heard by some of those associations.‘ Everything of min 6 . 2; and can more fully understand. The consequent agitation F2, WOODHULL a CLAFLIIWS WEEKLY March 20, 1875. may be heard by anybody I can reach. I write to be read; speak to be heard. I never spoke at a granger’s meeting; never saw such a meeting. My ﬁeld is the world; so is my country. My countrymen are all man and woman-kind. I am to be in Chicago four Sundays—-the last two of February, ﬁrst two of March——and can gi.ve Wednesday and Thursday evenings of each week to other places not far away. If you know of any in your town or vicinity who would like to hear me, please report to care Western Rural, Chicago. What a winter! Fearful for the poor, is it not? and there must be many poor, east and west, without drought or grass- hopper devastations to augment the calamity. And Congress proposing to increase taxation, and Grant determined to ﬁnd use for the people’s hard-earned, slow-earned money. What, with Grant and grasshoppers. Congress and tax-gatherers, Evangelical Alliances and Young Men’s Christian Associa- tions; God in the Constitution, man and woman out, especially woman; the “Holy Bible” in the schools, and the black, unholy negro children kicked out; the Civil Rights bill -emasculated to meet that diabolical decision and de- mand,—with all this and plenty more, while the people sleep that drugged, fatal stupor that scarcely knows any waking, your vision'"is unlike mine, if you see aught but danger, dis- aster in the outlook, which may make our last state far worse than the ﬁrst, worse than any through which we have ever passed. We shall see. We may begin to see ere long.- N ow, baby, dear, ere you put on that best embroidered white frock of yours, that your grandpa labored so hard and took such pride in obtaining for you, and go to be christened like a. good, heathen child, grandmamma will inform you that the very best man God had on the planet in the way of a priest of ceremonies, has been proved, by a crowd of wit- nesses, to be no better than other men, after all. “They all do it.” ’ There’s a tribe of creatures,_baby, belonging to the race on this planet that get a miserable living. Some of them live in garrets, and scribble all day with-a little stick between their thumb and ﬁngers with a sharp-pointed steel on the end of it. Sometimes they are called Bohemians. I infer from some little experience with them that this ugly term is ap- plied on. account of their tippling or drinking of wine while they take notes, or it may be because some of the men wear wide-brimmed hats,’making them look like newly emigrated savages, believing themselves, however, that it is a mark of intellectuality. O _ New, Harry, dear, although your worthy grandma scribbles in a garret, she does none of the other kind of sin———she does none of the bacchanalian. They say your papa keeps wine of most excellent quality; but grandma has not had any of it as yet. ‘ N ow, my darling, soon as you’re able to go out to the photog- raphers, grandma would like one of your pictures to see if Earl'vz'Zle Transcript, Ill. LINES WRITTEN BY A YOUNG GIRL ON HER SEDUCER. God bless him! God bless him! Where’er he may be, Is’-the prayer of my heart, Once so happy and free. God bless him, and guard him, And guide him aright, To think of me mourning So lonely to-night. God bless him! God bless him! Though strange it appear, My heart beats as proudly As when to him dear! Forgive him! forgive him For what he’hath done; God bless him! God bless him! My child is his son! J. A. S. MILFORD, Mien. ..__._...—. GRAN DMA’S LETTER. My DEAR GRANDsoN: . You are now nearly three weeks "old, and they tell me your name is Harry; that’s a nice name, but ‘why not represent your mamma’s name and call yo_urself Harry.Hall Bennett? You see, my dear, your grand-mamma is a terrible woman’s— rights advocate, so it is not surprising that she should sug- gest all kinds of outlandish things, as;the popular or fashion- able world goes. Besides, darling baby, you must know some- thing about your antecedents in your early life; so it is your grand-mamm-a’s privilege to be alive and able to tell you all about herself, at least, before, she gets to be a ghost. She is a dreadful creature, to begin with, and is well known even in intelligent circles of this big city as a reformer. Now baby, to be a reformer in right-good earnest, and dare to live the truth, act the truth and speak the truth, is only to be an out- cast and a martyr, so baby, don’t, for God’s sake, ever be a re- former, unless you can’t help it, and then you must, and all your loving friends will have to submit; but they are not as apt to love you as well. . This is a funny world you have come to, little Harry, but We can’t do otherwise than welcome you to it, notwithstand- ing you are likely to grow up to be a cannibal like all the rest of us. We are a funny people too, baby, that live in this world, and although for aught we know you may be the incarnation of some bright creature from some other world or sphere, yet now you are here, it is very probable you will act just about as bad as the rest of the boys and girls, and go through lots of experiences all your own; but don’t feel bad, baby, they will only make a man of you after all, and not a bit of devil will ever get you, only the little tiny pieceyou have got all mixed up with your own little body, ﬂesh and blood. N ow, Harry, that we bid you welcome to this world of ours, it is your grandma’s duty to tell you before you get any older, that this is the most important of all periods of the known history of the world to be born in. It is the meridian growth of the planet on which you have come to live, and, in consequence, there is great agitation everywhere. Other worlds are holding a congress to question the propriety of keeping us any longer in the family of the solar system, which point I will elaborate when you are a few weeks older produced upon ourselves runs into all channels——the religious, political, the commercial as well as social. So, baby, darling, your advent here is at a time of most thrilling interest——to be bornin the midst of the afternoon of the ninteenth century, and so very near the anniversary of our one hundred-year- old Republic. But, baby, don’t take any pride to yourself from the word Republic; for you must be taught, even now in your infancy, the painful truth that the glorious Republic which the poor fools have been canting about is only a sham. There is nothing but corruption and serfdom in it; a poor, rotten thing that grandmamma hopes will be in oblivion longgbefore you are big enough to be a soldier or a preacher. N ow, you must know more about this dreadful grandma of yours. She is a conspirator against this sham government, and holds secret meetings with other traitors for the purpose of tearing the whole cursed system into rags, and building a new one in its place that shall be a democracy, where equal rights and opportunities ferall shall be the reality, and not the pretension _merely. And now, baby, one more dreadful quality; and that is, your grandmamma is a prophet; and While she is talking to you about the country of which you are a legitimate, born native, she will reveal to you pri- vately that it’s all going to smash. The Babylon of America you are handsome; for it would be a calamity, indeed, if you should be ugly, for all the family are good-looking. Your. own mamma is very pretty, as you will learn when you get the gold-rimmed spectacles on; and your Aunt Lilly is quite noted for beauty. And although your grandmamma’s name sounds old, it’s just like so many other things in this world, where you have come_to live—;—so far from the truth that it is superﬂuous. And there’s no: telling what opinion you will form until you see for yourself. There’s an oil painting, baby, that a great Italian artist painted for grandma: that’s quite exquisite; some say beautiful (and it’s just like her). If the industries of the country had been ﬂourishing (but they ain’t), I should have bought a frame very likely, and sent you the picture for a New Year’s present.__ Ah! you were not in this world then, were you? I forgot. But grandmamma’s grand, great crime, baby, is being poor; this world won’t forgive me that, and so there’s a grudge against the ‘world. And now some of us are in for another comspiracy. The ghosts tell lots of secrets from the other side—where you came from I expect. Yes, in these wonderful times, baby, the ghosts talk, and they whisper in grandma’s ears What we can do by agreeing to work together —-the ghosts and we who live here-so, if it all be true, we will turn the whole thing over anyway. This is no joke, baby; but long before you are big enough to get hurt by the operation, lots of people will be standing on their heads. And it is true, dear, grandma is bad enough to help do it; but don’t be scared, for it won’t hurt babies-to stand on their heads; and, besides, grandma will be around, and she can tell you how to get right side up again with care. Its snow- ing, little Harry, and every ﬂakebrings a chill to my heart, though it dances merrily, and looks as white and pure as if it was not as cold as death. Just as likely as not no one told you before you came here to live, that this world lets lots of its people starve for food, and freeze for want of heat in the cold. Yes, dear, after two thousand years of Christian progress, in the midst of prayers and hymns, where hundreds of steeples gleam and glist-en, pointing toward the mute heavens, and millions of money-are invested in property for the service of Christ, children go barefoot and in rags, while death by slow starvation is only one of the little episodes peculiarly adapted to illustrate the system of government we call republican, and the religion we call Christian. It is all wrong, baby, some one ought to have told you these things, and then let you have taken your choice about coming, for, indeed, you do run a serious risk. It is reﬂecting upon these woeful conditions, baby, that makes me sad and feel a chill when the snow comes; each ﬂake is a reminder of another grain of misery for many poor wretches; for it is true, dear, there are many persons who label themselves with, “a fol- lower of Christ,” and feel no responsibility to cherish or save their common fellow-creatures. Verily, I predict unto you, my ﬁrst-born grandson, that these are they who shall stand on their heads, for such is the law of compensation. Now, doubtless, baby, you will guess -by this time your grandma is a preacher as well as a witch. Yes, 1 plead guilty, my boy;'1 preached last Sunday to a house " full of fools, most of them; but of such is the kingdom of heaven. New, baby, try and grow up good and kind to all humanity, and particularly to reformers, for they are out in the cold, unless for business purposes, like charity venders, they get inside the ring. But whatever you neglect or learn to despise, never prove ungrateful to your dear mamma whojhas given you life. God bless you, baby. GR.f~NDMA. _._.._...l..: PUBLIC SUPPORT OF CHILDREN. It is said that a prophet is not much before his time, and the saying is being veriﬁed from the inﬂuence and position of persons who are now advocating the public support of friend- less and poor children. Mrs. Woodhull, through her paper and upon the rostrum, has advocated with great force and eloquence the rights of children; now others are coming to the rescue. The Rt. Hon. W. E. Forster, who is talked of as the leader of the liberal party in the English Parliament, says to the Shefﬁeld School Board: “ The time has come in which it is only fair to them that Parliament should step for- yvard and support their efforts by declaring by act of Paﬂia- ment that it is the duty of every parent to see that his child is taught, and for the State to say, We can’t allow the parent to exercise what is called parental neglect by leaving his child without food for the mind any more than without food for the body. It is too dangerous for us; it is too sad and dis- tressing, too fearful in its results for the child.” He expresses the hope that the present Parliament would speedily pass, the act. 1 A Jennie June, in Demoresfs Magazine, writes these brave, is fallen, is fallen! good Words for women and girls: “Women therefore owe nothing to arepublic. It ought to take care of the women and girls not otherwise provided for. It ought to furnish homes to the disabled, and guarantee position and employ- ment to those capable of work who _desire it and have the proper qualiﬁcations for it.” Again, the woman appointed by the State of Rhode Island to visit such institutions as hold Women in imprisonment makes to our Legislature the fol- lowing brave declaration in regard to an industrial school: “The class for which such a provision is required-commonly called street children——are not orphans, but have parents, who both by precept and example educate them for a life of crime. The great evil to be met is not the want of school in- struction, but the home training in everything that is bad. As long as the present tenderness exists among legislators for the rights of parents—the right oftentimes to bring up their children for reform schools and prisons—there can be but lit- tle use in founding an industrial school. Charitable asylums provide for orphan children. They have attempted to reach this other class, but have failed, for the reasons given. When the time comes that legislators are bold enough to assert the rights of children—the children of vicious parents—and to protect them with the aegis of the State, then, instead of the hordes of little ones in our streets growing up to lives of in- famy, there may be bright, sunny faces and active hands in a worthy industrial school.” So may it be, and so will it “be in the good time coming.” L. K. J OSLIN. THEY ARE ALL ALIKE. A young man, son of a well-to-do merchant of Topeka, Kansas, had the misfortune to become deeply enamored of a lady, and, after a short courtship, proposed and was accept- ed. But What was his surprise one evening when about entering the parlor with all the unceremonious freedom of a lover, at discovering. his inamorata upon a sofa, her arms around the neck of a youth, and her face in such close prox- imity to his as to convince our here that matters were fear- fully in earnest. In rage and mortiﬁcation he rushed home- ward, just in time to surprise his oldest sister squeezing to kill a young disciple of Blackstone. Nearly frantic at such disclosures among people whom he believed to be honest, he made a bold dash for the barn, running directly upon his mother kissing the family physi- cian, who had stolen upon her as she was looking after the poultry. This was too much. With a groan the young man turned undiscovered away, resolved to pass the night with his grief beneath the shelter of another roof. ' The morning encouraged him, however, and dew-drenched and sorrowful he returned home, when his mother, with true maternal solicitude, questioned him as to his sad looks, whereupon he related the inconstancy of his fair betrothed. He received in ‘reply the gratifying intelligence that she was a good-for-nothing, miserable huzzy, and he must not speak to or notice her again. “But, mother, that was 11ot all,” he faltered. “ Not all? What can there be more ?’_’ was_the next ques- tion. " “Why, when I hastened home, what should I ﬁnd but my sister——-my godly sister—in the arms of a rascally young lawyer?” “ Your sister!” shrieked the outraged mother. “ My child ! The ungrateful creature! Is it for this I have given her a home? I will do it no longer. Such conduct is infamous. She shall leave to day, and never enter my presence again.” “ When, sick and discouraged by these exhibitions of sin, I left the house and determined to pass the night in the barn, I found there my mother kissing Doctor T .” “ You did?” “I did.” “ Well, never mind, my son, they will all do so.’ ’—-Eaachange. ELDORA, Iowa, Feb. 25, 1875. » Dear Frt'encl—[nclosed ﬁnd P. 0. order for another year’s subscription. We cannot afford to do without the WEEKLY, and the friends who speak such glowing words of praise con- cerning it and all the parties connected therewith, should . O donate and assist freely to support it, if they have the means, for as a reformatory journal it has, I think, no equal in this world. Sometimes a single number is worth more than a year’s subscription costs, yes, a single article; for in- stance, such as the one on the Family Idea in the number of December 1:3, 1874, is worth a year’s subscription, and that number is, taken altogether, worth many times the yearly subscription price of the paper. Go on, friends, the harvest time will come by and by, and then all the lossesand sacri- ﬁces you have made will be surely rewarded. Yours, in sincere love and friendship, POLLY RICIKEL. PROVIDENCE, March 2, 1875. T/'z'ctom'a--I am awfully sorry you should scold in the Trib- une about Tracy, Tilton, Judas Iscariot, and what the Herald calls the “ central ﬁgure of that group in the picture at Milan.” Everybody‘ knows the true state of affairs over there mouth, his opponent, Truth, builds in the heart of millions a. boundless temple in memory of you who have so heroically, alone and unsustained, fought this great ﬁght against these shams, not the least of which is the Herald’s “ petite Jesus,” H. W. B. Poor Tracy has to pull stroke oar up stream-— sense and reason cannot clear the “great preacher;” bosh and lying is after all the only salvation. ~ Aifectionately yours, ANNIE’ JONES. ' WHAT IS J USTICE ?—It is but another name for Goodness. Justice is right, and what is right is good per se. Those who talk of God as a God of justice as well as a God of mercy —as if mercy or goodness were different attributes-—-are simply confounding terms, and do not understand them- selves nor what they say. Certainly an unjust being cannot bea good one; neither can a good being be unjust. This is as logical and sureas that two and two make four, and can- not be confuted; it is self-evident. GRAFTON, Jan. 24,’1875. T. LEONA1R1)_. in Bl_‘OOklyl1. As his satanic majesty undermines Old Ply-— ‘.'«Li3¢-‘_ »~ " L" '3 K»?-iv??? ‘ . t i a March 20, 1875. woonscti. as (ii.AFi.‘I*i~i‘s wssxiyy KINSELLA vs. DICKINSON. Among all the papers (daily) that are published in “these two cities ” one only has held to the rule, of blackguarding a woman who dares to go before the public, as Anna Dickin- son did at Steinway Hall, to demand attention for a social evil, and that paper is the Brooklyn Eagle. Of course a paper edited by a “Joseph,” like Thomas Kinsella, should be expected to profess to be horriﬁed by the public discus- sion of any such subject. Such things are only to be dis- cussed in private between single pairs of men and women as they call at hotels on their way to and from Coney Island; in the way in which it is generally understood, in- deed as it has been proven in court, that Thomas Kinsella . discusses them. We had supposed that we were about the only woman against whom these-«immaculate editors would write their ﬁlthy criticisms; but this teaches us differently. “It is after all,” as Shakespeare says, “ a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” We feel at liberty to offer our congratulations to Miss Dickinson for having been able to call forth these remarks from this source. We have long since considered the abuse of the Eagle the highest compliment that could be paid us. In this instance, unlike any to which we were ever a party, the Eagle has the supreme honor of standing alone in its glory upon its own “ dunghill,” from whence it croaks as follows: _ STIRRTNG THE DUNGHILL. The most disgusting spectacle that humanity in its utter- most degradation affords in civilized life is -a woman wholly devoid of shame. We hold that woman to be such who, throwing aside the instinctive modesty of her sex, seeks, by stirring the stink-pots of the lower strate of vice, to attract attention to her own personality, who strives to raise herself into public sight by standing on the roof of the Black Maria, or the steps of the brothel, and shouting about the rotten- ness within; and who claims that the existence of the rotten- ness is a justification of her act. _ _ - _ At Steinway Hall, Miss Anna E. Dickinson last evening discoursed to a miscellaneous audience of men, women and maiden: on what for decency’s sake is called the social evil, and what in plain English men call harlotry. By her side, in most ﬁtting place, sat Mr. Theodore Tilton, who proclaims to the world that the most white-souled woman he ever know is a harlot, and the mother of, at least, some of his children. He is not satisﬁed with having sent abroad, for nauseating effect, the real or pretended secrets of his own house, where the theoretical prostitute of the age was welcomed; but he must aid by the notoriety of his presence to attract a pruient crowd to listen to Miss Dickinson’s trite review and triter descriptions of the evils of sexual degradation. Nothing new had the woman to tell, nothing new had she to propose, a rehash of Sanger’s book and of Dumas “ L’Homme Fem- me,” with accompaniment from Bowery dramas _of Nancy Sykes jumping into the dark river below. But it was all v about the commerce of the sexes, and so Tilton was there. It is understandable enough that pity for fallen sisters may move a woman to do aught she can to lessen the chances of fall in‘ the future. It is true that the vice should not go on unchecked if society can check it. But a mere ﬂaunting of it in the face of women and children, a public discussion of its nastiness, tend no more to its cure than would an analysis of the pustules of smallpox on such a platform, and is not un- likely to be attended with equal danger of» contagion. The mere spectacle of a woman openly discussing such a subject in such a way, amid a miscellaneous crowd, while she would be ostracized from any decent home for intruding it before the young people of the family, is in itself fraught with de- moralization. _ _ - Our people are sick of the subject, sick unto death. What law can do is being done in accordance with the united wis- dom of all. The philosopherin his closet is pondering now, as he was in the days of Diocletian, over means to lessen the evil. Good womengare dropping relief and exhorting by_ex- ample as silently and as freely as the heavens give the cherish- ing ﬂakes of the white snow that is now falling. In proper time and by proper instruments guided _by thought, and pro- tectedin the contact by a. deﬁnite religion, men and women are doing their best to lessen what never can be wholly cured, even as the chemist silently works out his deoderizers for the puriﬁcations of physical putrefactions. What should we say of him if he chose the stage of the Academy for his stench- creating experiments because of his ultimate end of preserv- ing the public health? _ . , If Miss Dickinson has anything new to say, which does not at all appear, anything new to propose, the printing press is where, in proper, well protected form, she may say it without exhaling a miasmu, and making herself an evidence of how easy it is for woman to become reckless of all restraining modesty.—Broolclyn Eagle. gnnﬁi 4 ‘wr * A RESULT. The movement originated by the WEEKLY in its famous November number, has at last produced one result. The whole press is horriﬁed at the cruel impalement of Mrs. Til- ton in the Tilton-Beecher case. The Herald has already given three leading articles exposing the inhuman barbarity of her position, the last being headed——“ Give the Woman a Chance.” We are glad to add that the attitude taken by many of our most inﬂuential presses is making itself felt in the Legislature of New York, as the following extract from the N. Y. Sun, of March 4, testiﬁes: 7 ALBANY, March 4.—-Mr. Petty of Suffolk, after a patient reading of all the statements and testimony thus far given in the Tilton-Beecher suit, says that he is satisﬁed that the whole truth cannot be known until Mrs. Tilton is allowed to testify. Inasmuch as the Legislature has already passed a law allowing the court to extend its term, he thinks it is but right that it should go further, and remove all the bars against husband and wife testifying where either party is under in- dictment, examination, or trial, He introduced, to-day, a bill which he hopes will accomplish this result. Mr. Burtis of Kings, is also preparing a bill to accomplish the same pur- pose. We accept this as an effort in the right direction, but shall not falter in our course until there are as many women as men in our halls of legislature to protect their own interests. Nay more, women will ever be sacriﬁced, as she has been during the past ages, until she is represented in the jury-box, ‘I in the bar and on tlfe bench in all trials in which she is an interested party. But we must walk before we can dance, and as the above law strikes at the real source of the evil-- 5 “the legal ruling of woman as property”—we accept it with grateful hearts, trusting that there is suﬁicient decency, we will not say gallantry, among our legislators at Albany, to speedily crystallize it into the form of a law. AAA ﬁugr V COMMON SEN SE—ON LY ! The Earlville T7'a77,serz'pl, whose editorial contributors are Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Edward M. Davis, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Horace H. Day, contains an elaborate article on “ The Signiﬁcance of the Tilton-Beecher Trial,” from which we excerpt the following, touching the two dominant insti- tutions of the country-—Christianity and Marriage: These questions will be asked and profoundly considered by the Christian world, and by everybody who has not al- ready settled them adversely to the “ only name under heav- en” by»--which it is claimed it is possible to be saved. We entirely agree with Mr. Tracy, attorney for Beecher, that the validity of the Christian scheme is at stake in the Beecher trial. There is another equally important institu- tion at stake in this trial, and that is the marriage institution, at least from the church standpoint. If such a man as Beecher cannot and does not keep his (marriage vows, who can and who does? If the result of two generations of Christian sanctiﬁcation, salvation and ministerial exaltation, does not prepare a man to live virtuously inside marriage, there must be something wrong in marriage or something wrong in the salvation. >—<a SPIRITUALISTIC IN TOLERANCE. Dear Mrs. ll7oodhull—-Doubtless you will remember receiv- ing from the undersigned, in company with Mr. J. J. Morse, the English Spiritual lecturer, a visit in the early part of this year, upon which occasion we enjoyed a brief but interesting conversation with yourself. Imagining that the results of such interview would be interesting to the Spiritualists of England, I embodied an account of it -in a letter addressed to the London Medium and Daybreak, edited by James Burns; but I regret to say that the liberality of the editor was not equal to its insertion, and consequently the paragraph allud- ing to yourself was ruthlessly cut out. ‘ In a recent number of your paper I observe a. letter from England, signed by several persons who are all readers of the Medium, and as there are doubtless many others who sympa- thize with the views you so ably advocate, it was a manifest injustice to them and to yourself, to say nothing of its being an attempt to stiﬂe matters that do not happen to accord with the said editor’s views. Being desirous of giving a fair and impartial account, “nothing extenuate,” etc., of all matters that come under..,our notice, both Mr. Morse and myself were considerably an- noyed to ﬁnd the paragraph in question expunged. Of course, an editor has perfect right to exercise control over the columns of his paper, but it seems to me that the action complained of in Mr. Burns is but an exhibition on his part of what he would bitterly denounce if the views he ad- vocates were treated in the same manner. This effort to stiﬂe freedom of opinion has been the curse of the World, and is as rife now as ever. It is what Spiritual- ists are complaining ef in their opponents. The suppressio vert unfortunately exists within our ranks as well as outside them. Believing that the unpopularity of a theory is not argument of its untenability, I remain, yours faithfully, ' ROBERT Coornn. [This is a fair sample of the extreme illiberality and intol- erance that exists among a certain class of Spiritualists. They are equally as bigoted as the Christians were when Spiritualists began to break away from their creeds.i The same injustice about which Spiritualists complain in others they are only too ready to measure to others. This James Burns, this exemplary editor of the Meclletm and Dag/breale, CANCER.-—-Can cancer be cured? is a question that has long been agitated. Our best medical writers have said there is no cure for it, and most physicians being mere imitators, settle down satisﬁed with this tpse draft of the authorities, and let the patient die because of their ignorance. It is folly to say a disease is incurable, simply because physicians have failed to discover a remedy. Science is progressive, and every scientiﬁc physician should aim to perfect his knowledge. An imitative practice is like cows going to water——they fol- low the beaten path instead of going the direct Way across. To come to the object of this article: the writer having been afflicted for 13 years with a cancer, and having applied to a multitude of physicians who pronounced him incurable, ﬁnally resorted to Dr. J. M. Comins, 143 East 26th street, New York, who applied his remedies, and in seven days the cancer dropped out without the aid of the knife or pain, leaving only acommon sore which healed readily. The rem- edy is the Doctor’s own discovery, which I am informed, is the only one that effects a radical cure without pain. I give these facts to the p.ublic in answer to the many ques- tions I have been called upon to answer, and to correct er- roneous statements which have been made. My advice to those who are afflicted with cancer, is to resort to same rem- edies before letting it run too long, or experimenting with physicians unskilled in the disease. DUNKIRK. A. H. GALE. . IA. .4 r wwra BUSINESS EDITORIALS. READ the advertisement on our 7th page of D. Double- day;,’s great curiesity, “ The Pendulum Oracle.” PROF. Lisrnn, the astrologist, can be consulted at his rooms No. 329, Sixth avenue. Address by letter, P. O. Box 4899. CHAS. H. Fosrnn, the renowned Test Medium, can be found at No. 12 West Twenty-fourth street, New York City, AMMI BROWN, D. D. S.—Specialty, operative dentistry and the care of Children’s teeth. 14.5 West 44th st. Dr. Slade, the eminent Test Medium, may be found at his oﬁce, No. 25 East Twenty-ﬁrst street near Broadway MRs. N ELLIE L. DAVIS may be addressed at 235 Washing- ton St., Salem, Mass. . VVARREN CHASE permanent address is Colfax, Iowa. He will spend the summer mostly in New England, and next winter in California, “if the Lord is willing.” THOSE who desire admirable dental work can be sure of obtaining it from Dr. C. S. Weeks, 107 East Twenty-sixth street, three doors east of Fourth ave. Dr. W. is a careful, skillful and honest dentist.-—ED. COMMON SENsE.—Gums often become spongy, or detached from the necks oi} the teeth. Use Brown’s Camphorated Sa- ponaceous Dentifrice; it will invigorate the gums, neutral- ize the acids which corrode the teeth. Every lady, desirous of white teeth and a sweet breath, should buy a bottle of this dentifrice at once. DON PIATT, in the Capital, sums up “the case”: “Some one might assert that the Plymouth Church has a rightto be interested. But Plymouth Church has no stock in Henry’s chastity whatever. He is employed because he draws——not by his good deeds and saintly ways, but on account of his brilliant utterances. Moulton called the church a club; It is a club, where the intellect is stimulated by a sort of pulpit drama. It is religion in the scarlet fever—a sensational could notdafford to publish the result of an interview with Mrs. Woodhull had by one whom he knows to be an honest man, and who he knows would only state the truth. Why? ‘Very clearly, because he has time and again printed in his paper the most perverted ideas of Mrs. Woodhull’s views, written by her enemies. Of course, he could not afford to print Mrs. Woodhull’s own statements about her views, be- cause they would show that he had previously falsiﬁed them. We hope our friends will note this fact, and when they hear the liberality and honorableconduct of the Me- dium spoken about, they will inquire about its treatment of Mrs. Woodhull’s views] Dear Colonel——Perhaps the readers of your paper, not knowing who a Brooklynite is, will fail to see any fun or any point in the letter which I inclose. So much the better——there is truth in it, through and through. Perhaps you won’t print it. N o harm, and of “ no conse- quence,” as Tootsksaid whenever he had occasion to feel a pang of disappointment. ‘ The devil take the snow-storm and all bad weather; give us only the beautifu1—in lilies of the valley, orange-blossoms and “ stated preaching.” Yours truly, J ONES. BROOKLYN AND TAXES. Shall there be a ta.x levy to defray legal expenses in the scandal ease? It is a luxury enjoyed by everybody, and so long as the interest does not ﬂag we are sure to derive proﬁt from it, as we always have done by the preaching of the “great defendant,” who is even now giving us an example of how a Christian man can stand up under cruel circumstantial evidence. It is desirable that some man of the inﬂuence of Talmage should launch this tax idea into immediate and practical effect. Your Woodhull paper is selected to publish this, as you-are, par excellence, the one journal that dare speak truth. ~ “Fellow—citizens, you have danced a good while to Beecher music;” now step up and relieve old Ply- mouth of part of her load. A BROOKLYNITE WHO Is Nor A. VOTER. gospel. Then who of the congregation cares whether Henry is unchaste so long as he is entertaining? Now, as Tilton is indiﬁerent, Mrs. Tilton rather likes it; Mrs. Beecher can’t be made to believe it, and the Plymouth Church don’t care a cuss. What is the world so excited about? Letfs drop it. 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The trial in Brooklyn will probably have then ended, and the country will be ready to consider fully all thatis involved in the reconstruction of the social relations to meet the new demands of Ethe a.ge———to inquire into really what is necessary to insure’the .produc- tion of a better race of people. Will all who think with us in this matter please so to inform us, and if the desire seems to be sufficiently general to warrant the convention we will make the needed preliminary arrangements. Anniversary Week begins Monday, May 10. THE BROOKLYN BUSINESS. Business in Brooklyn for the past week has not made Very rapid progress. The defense have -had several witnesses upon the stand, but we have failed to discover any evidence elicited to aid Mr. Beecher. On the contrary, it is evident that it has conﬁrmed Mr. Tilton’s evidence in many rather important immaterial points. . ’Moreover, testimony has been incautiously admitted that will permit the prosecution to come in with proof of things that would have been im- possible for them to offer, had not the defense opened the way. For instance, one of these witnesses testiﬁed to , Stephen Pearl Andrews having been at Mr. Tilton’s years ago, instructing the company assembled in the science of - freedom. It is quite likely that neither Mr. Beecher’s wit- ness or his lawyers knew that he had also been at Mr. Beech- er’s before that occasion, instructing not less than eighty people in the same way, and that this visit of his to Mr. Til- ton’s resulted from Mr. T.’s having first seen and heard him at Mr. Beecher’s.' It is also pretty clearly established by the evidence oﬁ‘ered'_ by the defense that Mrs. Tilton was in reality inveigled away from Mr. Tilton: If she were so it will go a long way to show/that if there has been any conspiracy that it was,‘ upon the part of Mr. Beecher or his friends against Mr. ,,Tilton, to prepare the Way for an ultimate exoneration of Mr. B. through Mrs Tilton. It also seems to us that in the efforts made by the defence to show how Mrs.~Tilton could be, and was, domi- nated over by one whom she loved, they are preparing a double-edged sword that will be used by the prosecution most mercilessly, when applied to the fact which is not con- . tradicted, that is indeed proven, that she loved Mr. Beecher more than she did Mr. Tilton. Quite an episode occurred on Thursday. A Mrs. Putnam testified that it was the custom of Mr. Tilton to kiss all his female friends who visited at the house, and of Mrs. Tilton to kiss all male friends. At this point Mr. J effreys, one of the jurors, fainted, whether from the condition of the atmosphere or the character of the ,testimony does not appear. ANNA DICKINSON’S LECTURE. After an absence of, we think, nearly two years, this able and earnest woman reappeared in this city last Friday even- ing, on the rostrum at Steinway Hall, to discuss “ The Social Evil.”_ She has evidently been swept onward from all her former subjects for lectures by the irrepressible tide of progress to one of the side issues to the main social question. She sees the great evil of society in prostitution, and in what she terms ungoverned passion in man,‘ condoned as they are by society when it says to him, “ It hurts-nobody but himself, and himself. but slightly.” She called attention to the ostracism which this same society hurls against “a woman,” who, seeing that this is a grave question, goes be- fore the world to demand its consideration. By the almost omnipotent ﬁat of society it is declared to be a subject which unsexes the woman who dares to talk about it upon the public rostrum, and one to be ignored by all respectable public gatherings. Still, she said, the matters involved in this question are known by everybody, though everybody would like to have it understood that they are not known by anybody——indeed, that they do not exist. But, said she, “ Since man will talk but will not tell the truth; since woman will listen and yet be silent, I stand here, as I shall stand elsewhere, and tell this savage civilization and this inﬁdel Christianity, that the sin and the shame come from the acceptance for man and woman of two moral codes; under the one of which the man is acquitted, under the other of which the woman is condemned.” She drew a sad picture of the steps by which a woman is usually led from innocence on the downward road to per- dition. Seduced undergthe specious promise of marriage, cast out by her, parents,:turned from the doors of Christian houses, and stoned from Christian churches, she is ﬁnally compelled to the street; to sell herself for support; brought by an act which, on her part, is nearest to heaven of any a woman can perform—an act of the most complete self- abnegation, love and trust——from heaven to earth, and then thrust down to hell. She depicted in vivid colors the in- famous claim that a class of women must be provided through the seductive wiles of the villain professing love and set apart to be ever afterward the vicarious outlet for an ungovernable passion that would otherwise vent itself to the destruction of thousands of other women, who, by this means, remain “ good and pure.” She pointed out the de- pravity that follows to man by habitual intercourse with this class of women, and the diseases transmitted to chil- dren from the morbid conditions engendered thereby, and altogether wrought up a most graphic picture of the de- plorable results of bargain and sale between the sexes. Of course, after having called attention to such grievous ills as these,‘it was necessary to oﬁer some ‘remedy, and she said it was in the proper instruction of young men about the ills, and in inducing in them a moral strength that shall conquer physical desire _and compel it into obedience; but her conclusion that if even a few were saved in this way, a great work would be accomplished, was evidently a confes- sion on her part that her remedy is not commensurate to the disease. Nor did she point out that if prostitution were cured there would still remain the inﬁnitely greater cause of misery, vice and crime-—unwilling motherhood in marriage. Nor did she deplore the ignorance in which girls are permit- ted to develope into womanhood, and show how thousands of unsuspecting ones are led blindfolded into pregnancy without a knowledge of how this yielding may result. It is a duty to point out _to boys the necessity of controlling their passions, but she mentioned no safety for the girls pro- vided these boys should fail to follow this teaching. She left it to be surmised that the two moral codes should be changed, without indicating which one she would have in force; she did not inform her audience whether she would have society ostracise the man as it now ostracises the we- man; or whether she would have it treat her as it now treats man. Shelclearly pointed out the wrong but did not indi- cate what she conceived to be the way to right it. She showed how effectually a woman isdamned by society if shebecome a mother not being a wife; but she did not .ex- plain whether such maternity ought to be a woman’s curse; or, in case the child is a noble specimen of humanity, her blessing. She declared plainly that there is a false morality and a sham modesty, but she did not advance what she would have to take its place. She failed to say what, in her judg- ment, constitutes true morality or real purity. She left it to be inferred that the amative impulse is a base one—— one that ought to be put under foot—-one that had better be ex- punged from the constitution of the race. She did not even hint that she ‘conceived it to be a divine impulse, from the expression of which immortal souls are created; to be neces- sarily the foundation—stone upon which the structure of character should be builded; to be a subject for careful and scientiﬁc training, development and care, rather thanto be left to follow blindlv its own uncultured impulses in boy- hood and in manhood to be consigned to the regulations of law. She left it to be infe rred, we say, thatjthe sexual pas- sions ought not to have positive existence until marriage; and if a man fails to_marry until late in life because he ﬁnds no one whom he loves suﬁiciently to marry, that this im- pulsef must remain in abeyance. She probably fails to see * Miss Dickinson’s attention is respectfully called to the scientiﬁc and physiologic aspects of repression contained in Prof. Van De W-arker’s able and exhaustive article in the February number of the Popular Sci- ence Monthly, from which she will be able to glean facts by which to re- vise her theory for the cure of social evils. - ‘ » that this view of the impulse and of marriage as its only vicarious, (when unnatural,) outlet, drives men into marriage under those conditions where love and mutual attraction are absent, and is an argument that any commerce in marriage is right, thus really abetting an inﬁnitely greater evil than that is which she calls the social evil——that evil which comes from the commerce that is forced upon woman under cover of law, where, were she free even as the prostitute is free. she could save her body from this debauchery and pollution and her soul from this degradation and crime. Are they the children of seduced girls or “prostitutes” who ﬁll the various institutions of charity, hospitals for disease, dungeons for crime, and the “gilded palaces” of iniquity, as she declared they were? No! Anna Dickinson knows that they are not. She knows that all of these blotches onthe otherwise fair face of civilization are ﬁlled almost altogether from that class of children who were born of unwilling motherhood—of those children of whom mothers were forced to become pregnant against their wills; and who were born into the world because they could not murder them while yet in the process of gestation. In com- parison to the curses entailed upon society through the en- forced lust for which marriage and not prostitution-—so- ca1led——is the vicarious outlet, .those of which she speaks S’ are as nothing. While she descants in a timely way upon the deleterious inﬂuence which man communicates to pos- terity by having sowed “his wild oats”_in the garden of prostitution, she utterly ignores the inﬁnitely more damning inﬂuence through woman upon posterity, of the enforced commerce carried on under the respectable, because legal, garb of marriage. Far be it from us to disparage Anna Dickinson in her work. She is uttering a part of the truth about a question, upon the solution of which the salvation of the race de- pends. But she should remember that there is a wider and more important truth, to whose advocacy she extends the same treatment which she justly complains that society meets out to her. She holds that a “woman unscxes her- self” who goes on the platform to lift her voice against that I pollution of woman’s body, and that degradation of her soul that is sanctioned by law.——who goes before the world to plead for real, instead of legal, virtue; who feels strong enough in her soul to denounce publicly as prostitution all intercourse of the sexes that is not wholly the result of mu- tual love and desire, whether in marriageor out of it, and to say to her critics that the only purity and the only virtue of the sexes is that which is innate in the soul, ﬁnding expres- sion in free love——as opposed‘ to enforced lust. In conclu- sion, we beg to submit for consideration the following prop- ositions: ' 1. That a child who is the. result of commerce that is enforced upon a wife by a husband; or that is purchased or obtained from‘ any woman by any man for any considera- tion, or on any conditions, other than a mutual love as a basis, giving rise to a mutual desire for the commerce, to- gether with a willingness to accept the possible pregnancy on the partgof the woman,-—and who is born into the world unwillingly by the mother, is not a child of promise, and is liable to be diseased either physically, mentally or morally, or else diseased throughout; and that it is from children thus conceived and born that the unfortunate, the vicious, and the criminal classes are recruited. 2. That commerce is a natural act, and to be proper must be preceded by the indications that make it natural; and that these indications are mutual love and mutual desire, and that all other commerce, whether legal or otherwise, is prostitution. >—<9v-<1 BOVVEN ON BEECHER. Among all the incidents that have been developed by the Brooklyn scandal there is none more inexplicable than the position of Henry 0. Bowen. An impenetrable mystery surrounds this man, which neither party to the trial now going on, dare to unravel by putting him upon the stand. That both parties are afraid of him as they are of other per- sons whom we know, whose evidence they have good reason to fear, is evident ; but it is also evident that, knowing all the persons who might be examined, there is not one who could such a tale unfold as Mr. Bowen. Were he to tell all he knows about both parties there would be skeletons ex- humed, compared to which the one now on {exhibition at the trial would be tame. Dr. Syntax, the special reporter of the trial for the Chicago Tribune, has got possession of a most horrible piece of evidence, said to have come origi- nally at least, from Mr. Bowen There isn’t any doubt but that Mr. Bowen has made use of the expression at- tributed to him of being able to drive Mr. Beecher from Brooklyn, and if the story told in the Tribune, and repeated in the New York Merczwy of Sunday last, were to be the whip, it wouldn’t have to be laid on many times. This charge, ’ if true, reduces Mr. Beecher to the level of the most degraded brute of a man of whom it is; possible to imagine. What is strange is that the Tribune could ﬁnd authority uponvwhich it would dare to publish such a terrible charge. Even if made some years ago by Mr. Bowen, if he should now deny it, the au- thority, unless it be Mr. B. himself,,would be good for noth- ing. So it would seem that Mr. Bowen stands ready, if called upon, to reiterate before a court of justice the charge against Mr. Beecher that he has so long carried almost wholly con- cealed within his own breast. At all events, Mr. Beeche r J». . _,,__. it l. ‘gig .. . _ .. ._. ._ March 20, 1875. woonuunna cnarnrnrs wnnxnr. 5 cannot permit this charge to go unnoticed. It is too ter- rible, too revolting, and bears too strongly the evidence of having been uttered by Mr. Bowen. 33 ill PU-1‘l301‘tS to haw been, to be allowed to stand uncontradicted. Neither pastor nor people can permit such charges to be made with impunity in the inﬂuential journals named. To do so is tantamount to pleading guilty to this public arraignment. VIRTUE SHOCKED! MORALITY INDIGNANT ! 1 The public thought, led on by its assumed representative -—-the public press-—-has fallen‘ into the habit of classing everything as low, vulgar and vile that savors of interference with the present social system. Free love and freelovers are denounced as utterly beyond the pale of decency; and the woman who dares to utter “sexual intercourse” upon the public rostrum is at once set down as a courtezan, and an effort is made to raise every hand against her. We have a right, however, to demand somewhat different treatment from this. So long as accepted authorities render the words “free love ” to mean just what we accept them to mean-—just what we mean to assume when we do accept them——so long, also, have we the right to protest against the putting, by the public press, upon this phrase the inter- pretation given it by the vulgar mob. Free love means a love that is not forced, or bought, or gained by any trick. It means all that is love; for that which is called love that is not free, is not love but lust. Nothing can be clearer than this; and those who treat it in the opposite sense know that they are dishonest, and that they resort to this trick‘ to im- pose upon the credulity of the people, and to perpetuate the present reign of a thing that is called love which is not free. The self-assumed conservators of public morality and sticklers for legal marriage may call the intercourse, that is maintained between the sexes, under the garb and support and approval of law, proper and right. We do not care what they call it. They can never make the intercourse that is held to be respectable by law, which would not occur were the .women partners to it free to refuse, anything else than ' an enforcement of love, and enforced manifestations of love are prostitution. Se-called respectable society may squeal when this truth is brought home to its doors; but it cannot squirm out of its paternity. It is the logical, the only com- mon-sense conclusion, and any other that is sought to be maintained is a pretense; is a play upon words and upon the gullibility of the public. But we warn this class of critics and the sham respecta- bility that blush at the mention of the sexual relations, that the duration of their reign is already marked. It cannot long be held to be impure and improper to discuss the prob- lems of life upon the public rostrum, after the most popular scientiﬁc prints and [prominent literary periodicals have taken up the subject. I The advocacy of all great reforms al- ways has,’ and always will, ultimately come upon the ros- trum for consideration. Generally broached by individuals, they gradually spread into the prints of the country, and then before the people in every public way. So it will be with the social question. Hitherto we have stood almost alone before the world, demanding attention to the proper relations of the sexes, to the end that there may be an im- provement in the generation of the race. Of course, this involves a discussion of, and investigation into, the sexual .instincts and practices of men and women, and all the vul- garity that can possibly exist about this must be in the hearts and lives of those who so denominate it, under the . pretense that it is in the subject instead of in themselves. But we shall show this vulgar class that they cannot much longer indulge in calling us after what they have in their own hearts, since their denunciations will begin to fall where they will not be endured. We propose nowto quote from some of the best authors in the world to show that the epithets that have hitherto been leveled at us, and supposed by their ignorant readers to apply only to us, have equal application in quarters where they least would care to interfere. When scientists and physiologists and physicians take up the cause in which we labor, we can well afford to treat with the dis- dain they merit the vile denunciations taht are commonly be- stowed upon us by the vulgar journalists of this city and country, because we declare before the people that their sexual relations are almost altogether wrong and impure, and that a bad race of people is the result. To begin with, we will take up the Popular Science Montltly, edited, by] Professor J. L. Youmans——-one of the most advanced minds of the country—and published by D. Appleton & Oo.——one of the most honorable and respectable publishing houses in the world,-in which thegthoughts and discoveries of all of the greatest scientists of all coun- tries are to be found, and by quotations therefrom prove that it has put language before the public compared with which the baldest things that we have ever uttered or written are almost meaningless. In the April numberlfor 1874, if we remember correct1y——at any rate, in some number contain- ing one of a series of articles entitled “The Study of Soci- ology,” by Herbert Spencer——there is the following language: - “It is a lamentable truth that the troubles which respect- able, hard-working married women undergo are more trying to the health and detrimental to the looks than any of the irregularities of the harlot’s career.” I Had we have uttered this language upon the rostrum, the vulgar-minded editors and the lecherously-inclined par- sons would at once have said thatwe advocate harlotry as a substitute for marriage. But it happens to be used in the Popular Science Monthly, by Herbert Spencer, and the vul- garity of the editors was overcome so well that we never saw or heard of a single obscene comment upon what we know to be a truth. If the eminently respectable persons who call us prostitutes, because we claim that there should be no exhibitions of love save those that are freely made— made without compulsion—were honest, they would have heaped upon D. Appleton 85 Co. their vile scurrility as they have heaped it upon us for using language that was not one- half so condemnatory of the “ divine ” system of legal mar- riage as is this from Herbert Spencer. We challenge them to call Herbert Spencer 9. debauched libertine for writing, Pre- fessor Youmans an obscene catererjto the morbid desires of the people for admitting, and D. Appleton do Go. guilty of circulating obscene literature in the mails for publishing this language in the Popular Science Monthly.’ They simply dare not do it. Their courage and respectability extends only so far as woman is involved. But if they say this is a single instance, used to illustrate some necessary point, we deny it, by the proof of further and still more general, as well as direct, discussion of the sexualpassion. We quote from the February number of the present year, from an able article by Prof. Van de Warker, on. “The Relations of Woinen t0.the Professions and Skilled Labor,” as follows: “ The moral subjection of woman to the other sex is funda- mentally a sexual peculiarity.” . “These laws—heredity and .'..’sexual——-touch -the human family with as much force as the lower forms of animal life.” . “In his sexual relations, man approximates too nearly the level of the lower animals.” ‘ “ The position of woman is as clearly a sexual trait as in lower animals.” “ Through generations her character has been formed by marriage, and made feeble by long habits of dependence, and her sexual life developed at the expense of the intel- lectual.” “To offer a reasonable explanation of this, I apply the law of sexual selection.” “ Her mental difference is a sexual diﬁerence, just as her bodily differences are sexual.” - “As there are organs which characterize sex, so also is there sexual cerebration. We know from experience that the unconscious dominance of sexual cerebration in no way interferes with‘ high culture or the exercise of the best qualities of the human mind.” ’ [Henry Ward Beecher is an apt illustration of this fact] “There is an impulse impelling every healthy woman to marry. It is a law of her sexual being, as we know by the positive evidence of medical men and others.” “The sexual instinct is a healthy impulse, claiming satis- faction as a natural right.” “It is upon the mind of woman that defeated sexuality acts, reﬂexly in a morbid manner.” [Defeated sexuality is where the consummation of the sex- ual act is not mutual. Yet this plain talk about impro er P sexual commerce has not been punished by the pure men of the Y. M. O. A., nor commented upon adversely by the moral editors of the daily papers.] “ The sexual passion is one of the strongest in nature, and as soon as it comes into activity it declares its inﬂuence on every pulse of organic life, revolutionizing the entire nature, conscious and unconscious; when, therefore, the means of its gratiﬁcation entirely fail, and there is no vicarious out- let for its energy, the whole system feels the eﬁects, and ex- hibits them in restlessness and irritability and in morbid self- feeding.” [This is the passion that Anna Dickinson would have sup- pressed. Anna had better study sexual physiology before talking ignorantly about this dominating power. What would the eminent writer of the article from which this language is quoted have said had he listened, as we did, to her lec- ture last Friday evening ? But the author goes on thus to show the futility of Miss Dickinson’s remedy for the social evil :] ' . “ While it is true that the engrossing cares of professional life, or of skilled labor, will serve as a partial, vicarious outlet for its energy in contrast to an idle life, yet this will in no ' manner act as a substitute for the natural expression of this physiological want,” etc. But we turn from the Popular Science Monthly, so rich in material to justify our advocacy of the social question, from the popular record! of the scientist, to the scientiﬁc record of- the physician. In a recent work by Professor J. M. Sond- der, Dean of the Faculty of the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, 0., we ﬁnd multitudinous passages that de- pict the horrors of improper sexual commerce—-the one thing against which we raise our voice and pen——in the most vivid colors: - “Many female diseases have their origin in unconsum- mated sexuality. The female organs are slow to respond, and the act is complete on the part of the male before the sexual nerves of the female have been sufficiently aroused to call forth reﬂex action. Thus the woman is left in a state of turgescence, without natural relief, which in time produces various lesions and diﬁieulties not easy to overcome, and therefore the sexual act should never be performed for self, but for mutual satisfaction, an opposite course inevitably tends to disease.” ‘ - “ When intercourse is followed by a joyous feeling as well as fresh vigor; when the head feels more free and easy, the body more elastic and lighter; when a greater disposition to exercise, either mental or physical, arises, and the organs themselves evince an increased vigor. and activity——we may, indeed must, conclude that an imperious want has been met and naturally and healthfully satisﬁed. There is no doubt that the proper exercise of the sexual function is con- ducive to health and longevity, and we may also conclude that its abuse leads to‘ disease and shortens life.” “ In other newly-married wives, the bloom slowly leaves her cheeks; she experiences aches and pains to which she was a stranger before marriage. ' Her functions are impaired, and she loses health and strength, and in a year or two is prematurely aged.” . [And this is a common result of the divine <1’) institution ‘of a marriage, in which woman is compelled to love, hopor and obey the legal master of her body, whether she will or no.] “ It may be said that sexual intercourse, even when fre- quent, if the act be complete in each, is not injurious to either party, and the ill-effects of excess, under these condi- tions, are slight when compared to those that follow from unconsurnmated commerce. This is well illustrated in the case of women, who enjoy excellent health when they have free intercourse with stout and virile men, but who suﬁer from disease when they are. conﬁned to one who lacks virility. There are numerous instances ‘of this in mar- ried life, where women enjoy the best of health, with « one husband, and the poorest with another, or vice corset. There can be no question that many forms of indigestion, dyspepsia and general ill health, especially all kinds of nor- vous diseases, depend upon improper sexuality. The wife should never lose or surrender control of her person. It is hers to elect when intercourse shall occur. This is a law of animal life and in no species is it violated save in man.” And yet this subject of sex, upon which as we have shown by these extracts from. scientiﬁc men, that not only physio- logical but intellectual and moral health depend, is said to be one that should not be publicly discussed—a thing in which every interest of society is involved, and still an unﬁt subject to receive public attention! We say away with such sham morality, such mock modesty and such dyspeptic-cup sod virtue as this! We say that the man or woman who puts even so much as a straw in the way of him or her who is encleavoring to attract the attention of the people to the im- portance of proper sexual relations, and is depicting the evils that result from improper sexual commerce, is an ene- my to humanity and helps to bind upon the people the chains which now hold them as a sin-bestridden and a disease- cursed race. - __:m1. 4 r ‘Iirr « DEIL STICK THE MINISTER. Have we a Bourbon among us? was a question that once slightly agitated our community. Have we a Pope among us? is somewhat more important, and we think must be answered in the afﬁrmative. .True., Talmage bears about the same relation to Pio None that the black-muzzled pug dog in Hogarth’s portrait bears to the great artist in the same picture; but he makes the most of himself notwith- standing. He is able to disturb the neighborhood occasion- ally by his growling and barking, though there -is not much “bite” about him. The following attack on Spiritualism appeared in the report of his sermon of Sunday, Feb. 28, as published by the N. Y. I indictlspiritualism as a social and marital curse, as an unclean, adulterous, darnnable religion, and the sooner it drops into hell, where it came from, the better. I wish I could gather all the raps that were ever heard from the blest or damned and bring them together into one thunderous rap on its head. I would try to crush it out forever. I hate the doctrine and believe that its long-haired disciples, whose geadﬂare soft marshes yielding rank grass, are doomed to eat . ' A The above is not quoted for the purpose of refuting it, for assertions without proof are follies; neither is it reprint- ed in the expectation that our readers will proﬁt by its male- dictions, which are as insolent as they are impotent; but to expose the sad condition to which theological madness sometimes reduces its votaries. The Spartan exposed a drunken slave to his children in order to warn them against intemperance,and this exhibition of spiritual delirium tremens may be useful to warn others against over doses of fanati- cism. All we think it worth while to say in regard to it is, that if the minister spoken of by Walter Scott in “ The Heart of Mid-Lothian” was one of the Talmage breed, we think that the old Laird of Dumbiedikes made a happy end- ing when he “ soughed awa’ and departed this life,” as old Jenny the house-keeper expressed it, trying to sing the tune, “ Deil stick the minister!” ..-_...4.A .4 r wwyvﬁ THE OUTLOOK. Our readers must not imagine because we are prevented by physical weakness from continuing our labors on the rostrum that we are at all dispirited about the situation ; or that we have any fear that'the cause is going to be left to drift into an “eddy.” On the contrary, we are free to as- sert, which we wish to in the most positive and comprehen. sive manner, that we were never more conﬁdent about the complete and early success of the mission to which we have been called. In our recent trips we saw evidences, not to be mistaken, that the most wonderful changes have been wrought in the last year in the public mind and thought. Where twelve months ago the social question was considered an improper subject to be talked about even in the family, to say nothing of it as a subject for general consideration at social gatherings, it_ is now the one and all-absorbing topic ; while individuals who then attended our lectures and barely tolerated what we then said, are now deeply interested in ' the much broader and deeper matter of which our lectures now consist. But, above all these evidences of acknowl- edgment already given, there stands that offered by the press. The press is by/far the best thermometer that we have of the rise or fall of certain questions ;in the public thought,- and this now indicates that the public is inquiring about instead of resisting -the discussion of this question. Last year they almost altogether omitted to express opinions about what we said, although they freely mentioned the manner in which it was said. It is quite different now. Those journals that are not quite strong enough as yette. commend the subject matter discussed,s-tate that it is a matter- that ought to command] the earnest consideration of 9.11 the people; but many so a great {deal further than this, and speak plainly and boldly to the real question. We cannot illustrate what we mean by these statements better than by quoting a casein point, which, while it speaks clearly for itself, also represents the condition of a large portion of the press. The Bay City (Mich) Ultra-niclc, of Saturday morn- ‘ing, Feb. 20, contained the following, which we reproduce entire,s'o‘_ that it may be seen how the case stands: Mrs. Woodhull delivered her lecture on “The Destiny of the Nation,” at the Opera House last evening. It has become so much the habit to associate the name of the speaker with all that is v_ile and impure, that the task of giving to her lec- ture anything like a free and candid criticism becomes at the outset one of antagonism to public sentiment if views favor- able to the peaker are advanced, and yetit is the recognized duty of a journalist to fairly and honestly represent what is said upon the public rostrum. Mrs. Woodhull was arrayed in a most lady-like costume of black, without the display of jewelry or other orpament, and an observer unacquainted with her name or reputation would have assignedto her a character in keeping with her costume. Of easy, graceful manner and address, with a prepossessing " tone of voice, she delivered a lecture which, in its main fea- tures, would defy the criticism of the most prejudiced. While wishing, for the sake of humanity and the recognized religious convictions of the age, that certain passages and expressions, which to the religious mind could not but be regarded as blasphemous or closely bordering upon blasphemy, had been omitted, we cannot but express the opinion that the subject matter of the lecture was such as ought to commend itself to the good judgment of all who heard her, and would meet with the approval of the better class of our community. Listening to her lecture of a year or more ago, we were impressed with the conviction that it contained one grain of good wheat to many bushels of chaff‘. Of the lecture last night we should reverse our Judgment and say that the wheat predominated, and but for the chaﬁ‘ intermingled, would lead to the wish that it might be listened to by every mother in the land. Without going into details, we may say that the burden of her thought was that the impress of the parent is left upon -the child, and that a proper knowledge of and regard for the laws of generation, would speedily develop atype of manhood which, in its elevated character, would far surpass any race hitherto known upon the earth, abolish crime and disease, and elevate society to a position in which prisons, insane re- treats, and asylums for idiots, would be no more known. To accomplish these results, the speaker would have the indi- viduality of_woman recognized, by placing her upon a higher plane of society, yielding to her a greater freedom of thought, and a higher standard of education, especially in the matter of physiology,_ so that knowing herself she could so far pro- tect her organism as to be rendered comparatively free from p the curse of disease, and rendered physically as well as mor- ally strong, for the reproduction of her species, in ever advanc- ing degrees of physiological and moral health. Following the history of the world from ancient to modern times, the speaker deduced the conclusion from the rise and fall of em- pires, that in the natural order of things, the present age had attained its highest ‘degrees of advancement and was on the brink of commencing that downward career, which in the past had proved to be the inevitable experience of all nations. But westward the star of empire in her wending way had combined upon this continent such a diversity of blood and character, that in its blending there was hope for a develop- ment of a higher type of manhood than had yet existed. Left to the uneducated chances of the past, there was but little hope that its development could produce other results than had been heretoforerealized. Education of the sexes in those; commonsense matters inseparable from the reproduction of the species, the elevation of woman to a plane of equality with man, socially and politically, could not fail to work the needed revolution. The intelligent reproduction of the species was in other words the great panacea for all the ills which ﬂesh inherits. To this extent no doubt the sober common sense of the people of the land would sympathize with the lecturer. But Mrs. Woodhull’s conclusion that in order to reach this position “Priests, deacons and Christianity as at present taught, must lay down their principles, and study evolution, the processes of nature and of reproduction, to the end that the coming man may be conceived in enlightenment and wisdom, that so the perfect man may be brought forth,” will not so readily be received by those whose belief it is that by the teachings of Christianity and its defenders, the world has advanced to the degree of civilization it now‘ enjoys. We agree with Mrs. Woodhull that the present age and system has produced a vast number of idiots and lunatics, the number of which might bepvastly decreased by a proper education of the people in the laws of nature; but that vice and immorality would decline by the overthrow of the principles upon which the Christian religion is founded, we den . , . The sgeakeradvanced the idea that “ Woman is the com- ing man. A mother’s love and intellect and her devotion to principle alone can prevail, and will, within the next twenty- five years, overcome the tendency to crime.” Which makes us wish we had been born a little later, so that we might enjoy the fullness of the blessing of the good time coming. To sum up: If from Mr}. Woodhull’s _lecture _could be elimi- nated the blasphemy (as it struck us)i contained in a few sentences, the balance of it would be well calculated to awaken a wise spirit of inquiry among the women of the land which could not fail to result in blessing to the race. Al- thoughaprofessed advocate of free love, the speaker said nothing upon that subject other than to assert its distinction from " free lust,” and to maintain that properly understood it could not fail toelevate the tone of morality and the type of manhood. Mrs. Woodhull is one of that type of reformers who impress upon the mind the conviction that the cause they advocate would, in its result, accomplish much good, /which, by the exercise of noblcr principles could be attained . wlthfar less injury to the cause of mommy and much greater benefit to society at large. The causes for rejoicing that we have for such a radical change of treatment as is exempliﬁed in this article, are all the more potent when it is remembered that the change in- dicated in the article has been in the writer, and not in the speaker. What to him a year ago was chaff is now wheat. When people move forward to occupy new positions, especially in reform, they do so almost unconsciously, often, if not generally, thinking that the reforms have come back to them; and such is the casein the present instance. We were not a little surprised to. ﬁnd so fair a criticism and such honest expression in a paper that had,',only a year ago, spoken most bitterly about a lecture that, as compared to the one given recently, was tame. We consider it one of the best omens of the times. When the press can treat this I subject honorably, the people will no longer fear to go out to hear it discussed; and especially will it give women the courage to do what, until now, they have scarcely dared to .do—go out to hear Victoria Woodhull. MORE EVIDENCE. But gratifying as are these signs of changes, which we have seen on every hand--indeed, that have been extended‘ to us wherever we have been this season——-a circumstance that occurred at East Saginaw is still more pleasing. We WUODHULL & CLAFLIBPS WEEKLY. were to have lectured there the evening following that upon which we were at Bay City, but were prevented by illness. Nevertheless, in the next mornings O'ourz'er of that city there was a tWOTC01l1II1I1 report -of what we should have said had we spoken there. This is an entirely new de- parture. We do nct remember ever to have seen a similar case—a lecture reported that was not given. But there was a demand on the part of the people to know what we should have said, and the C’ourz'er, catching the spirit of the desire, gathered from various sources the best information it could get, and gave it to its readers. Here is its introduction, which ‘will explain this better: The managers of the Academyof Music received a dispatch yesterday afternoon, dated Laingsburg, from Col. Blood, stating that Mrs. Woodhull could not ﬁll her engagement in this city, consequently she did not speak last evening. The reason of the ‘non-fulﬁllment of the engagement was not ex- plained, but incidentally we learn that all was not agreeable between the lady and those who had charge of her lecture ‘course. In view of Mrs. Woodhull’s position in the social world, the fact that her peculiar doctrines have been misrep- resented and misconstrued, and the further fact that many were doubtless much disappointed in not hearing her, over 200 people being turned away from the hall last evening, notwithstanding notice was given in the evening paper that she would not be here, we have deemed it _our duty to our readers to give them the beneﬁt of what they would have heard had Mrs. W. favored us with her presence. With this object in view we give an outline of her lecture, which we obtained from various sources, and a brief description of this lady’s appearance. STILL ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION. The evidences offered above are pre-eminently Western, but the East is not wanting in equally emphatic testimony. While we were recently in Washington to present before Congress our claims for damages against the United States, the following appeared in the Nattonal Republican, the organ of the administration at the capitalof the nation: Few women have acquired a wider reputation than Victo- ria C. Woodhull, and few have made an impression upon the times so deep as hers. To talent of a high order she unites an ambition that‘ is remorseless; a conviction which is im- mutable that she is in the path of duty, a most persuasive power of speech, and a magnetism which melts opposition when in her presence. So much for the simple truth. To the greater portion of the community Mrs. Woodhull’s “articles of faith” and laws of action are by no means popular. By many she is regarded as a woman whose moral inﬂuences are bad. It ‘;cannot be denied, however, that toleration in her case is more extended than it once was, and that suffering, sickness, loss of property, imprisonment and the constant exhibition of an unﬂinching courage have done much toward winning respect from classes not at all identiﬁed with social or political reform. It is also undeniably true that she has suffered immensely in popular estimation from false reports of her sayings and doings, and from isolated extracts from speeches and lectures, and this matter is now in a degree be- ing rectiﬁed, but it will probably be a long, long time before her theories assume the form of social and legal laws, or be- fore she can be welcomed to the bosom of society as an evan- gel of her sex. Saturday afternoon a representative of the National Re- publican found Mrs. Woodhull in her parlors at Willard’s and had with her the following conversation. It embraces some of the clearest deﬁnitions of her peculiar theories which. have been given to the public. During the visit Mrs. Wood- hull and her sister, Tennie C. Claﬂin, were visited by Sena- tors and Representatives in Congress, by the Wives of mem- bers, by ministers of the gospel and their wives, and by dis- tinguished strangers in town. She was a good deal elated by the presentation in the Senate and House of her petition for compensation for imprisonment by the United States, -and by the hope extended from members that her case will be fairly considered. For each‘ and all her visitors she had a pleasant word, but in no instance did she fail in the advo- cacy of some one of her numerous arguments for her side of the case. With the N attonal Republican her conversation was this: , SOCIAL ETHICS. The Republt'can——In your system of reform what is the par- amount object? Mrs. Woodhull~—It is the proper generation of children. I would not have a woman, under any circumstances, compell- ed to bear an unwished-for child, and would have them made pecuniarily independent of men. I demand for women their complete emancipation from sexual servitude, and would have that relation regulated and controlled‘ by love alone. Do you regard the marriage relation as divine? Yes; as the divinest of all relations. Not a legal marriage, simply as such, but that marriage which no man can put asunder. Such a marriage is based upon love, and love alone warrants the union of a man and woman. Now, Mrs. Woodhull, do you believe there is wisdom in advocating promiscuous relations? - No, indeed! While striving for freedom for all classes, and while Ihope for the elevation of the baser through conditions and surroundings of pure love, it is utterly foolish and absurd to charge me with advocating promiscuousness. All I can do is to admit the right of a person to determine a course of action in that matter. I advocate the freedom for religion, to be enjoyed equally by the Christian, the Inﬁdel, the Pa- gan and the Jew; but I am neither the oe nor the other of any of these, but a Spiritualist. N ow, why is it not charged, because I advocate this freedom, that I advocate Paganism? Simply because I do not; and people are so well versed in religious affairs as not to make so ridiculous an assertion. And what is your deﬁnition of the word prostitution? It is this: conﬁned to this subject, any relation or act that is based on any consideration other than that of love,whether in or out of wedlock. I cannot make this plainer by enlarge- ment. . You said a moment ago that you are a Spiritualist. What is it to be one? ‘ Spiritualism, from my standpoint, includes a profound and sustaining belief in immortality—in our personal identity in the life hereafter, and in the power of spirits to commu- nicate with and control their friends here. To my mind, it is a beautifulreligion, and sublime as it is beautiful; and in no sense does this religion countenance any practice tending to degrade the human soul. And what is your opinion in regard to punishments in the hereafter? _ _ _ I believe that every act has its legitimate effect, whether experienced immediately or at some future time, in this sphere or in the one to which we shall be removed._ As you regard women, what is their highest mission? It is that of becoming mothers of healthy and wel1-devel- oped offspring, physically sound and mentally perfect._ In becoming mothers of such children, women execute ‘the high- est and holiest mission conﬁded to them. Such mothers should be respected, even though their children are born out of lawful wedlock. _ In passing you have spoken of the physical degeneracy of the American people. To what do you ascribe that? In my judgment, human redemption can alone be attained through physical health. Now, the decadence in the health of the American people is the offspring of sexual debauchery.- March 20, 1875. In sexuality the race has life. It is its fountain, but when ex- hausted the stream of life ceases to ﬂow. Excess is not always debauchery. . The latter is not based on mutual desire... It is the unwilling sexuality that is so debasing, and whether in or out of marriage, women should never be compelled. That they are is the bane of manhood and womanhood, and there is no redemption for the race except through the restoration of woman to the sovereignty in the domain of sex, and I believe that if this is not done the human-race must go down into utter darkness and be blotted out. What do you mean by redemption? I mean rejuvenation and perpetuated life. To attain this condition there must be a perfect sexual b1ending——a divine marriage. In such a marriage disease -is impossible. These conditions have not yet been perfectly gained in this world. Every sexual act which is not the legitimate expression of sexual _unity has a deleterious effect upon health. ]1§)s_thtiJs? the reason, then, why you dwell so much upon this su jec . Yes; it is the key of success. And as I have said in public, individual personal freedom, culminating in perfect sexual liberty, is indeed a pearl of great price, whose value is beyond computation. It cannot be too dearly purchased, for in it is hidden the world’s regeneration; and, whatever may be said of those who battle for it, the future is certain to do justice to their memories, and crown them with garlands of honor. Nor will their recompense be alone the applause of humanity in after times, but they will receive a more immediate re- ward for their exertions in the cause of virtue and of justice, in that glorious Summer Land to which we are all rapidly hasteni‘ng—-that happy place: where peace and delight are the prizes awarded to all who have developed their own souls here, by performing their duties freely toward their fellow- mortals. ' It is a queer question tolask, but did you ever break up a. family? . , Truth is stranger than fiction. Now, let me. tell "you a story of a lady acquaintance of mine. She had a good hus- band and an elegant home. Hefell inlove with a literary lady, and became so much infatuated that he resolved to close uzp his business in New Yorkoand ﬂy with his new ‘ friend to Europe. The wife, by my inﬂuence, was made ac- quainted with these facts, and acting under advice she went direct to._the hotel where her husband and friend were stopping, and, confronting them with the truth, begged them to go together to her house. She did not wish her home broken up and an exposure made. The husband saw what a noble wife he had, and soon after that his mistress was wholly discarded and he was happier than ever in his home. It is the old story of King Solomon, the child and the two contesting mothers. The same in principle and it always wins. True love conquers. This is most respectful treatment; not only in a personal sense, but also for the cause which we advocate. It shows that the seed that has been sown is rapidly taking root, and in some instances is bearing fruit. We say, therefore, that the outlook is most encouraging; is very full of hope and promise, and notwithstapding the general apathy that seems to have settled upon some who have been ardent co-workers as well as supporters of the cause," we have never, since entering upon the struggle, been more perfectly at rest about the future. VVe realize that the ebbing tide has turned, and that from this time forward the waves will be incoming instead of outgoing; that our labors will hereafter be pro- ductive instead of depletive; and we’ not only take renewed hope ourselves from all the favorable signs that are beginning to appear, but we bid diir friends to gird on their armor anew and press forward with redoubled vigor to win the full fruits of the coming glorious victory. I -4; 4 7' vrV VVHOLLY DEVOID OF SHAME. The Brooklyn Eagle of March 6, whose editor is the no- torious Kinsella, who has lately been mulcted in ﬁfteen thousand dollars for his lionson with Mrs. Field, appears to be shocked at the idea of a woman discussing publicly the subject of prostitution. In it Anna E. Dickinson, for so doing, is virtually termed “ a woman wholly devoid of shame,” and spoken of in connection with stink-pots—Black Maria—-and rottenness. In connection with Anna E. Dick- inson, Theodore Tilton and Roger E. Pryor, who attended her lecture, receive also what may be termed “dishonorable mention.” Of course while such favors were going around, the proprietor of the WEEKLY was not forgotten. The article says, speaking of Mr. Tilton: “He is not satisﬁed with having sent abroad, for nauseat- ing eﬂect, the real 'or pretended secrets of his own.house, where the theoretical prostitute of the age was welcomed,” etc. If the old adage be correct—viz., ‘,‘ Practice makes per- fect,” the editor of the Eagle may be an authority upon the subject of “theoretical prostitution.” Not contented with foisting upon the public a false report of General Tracy’s speech, that paper seems inclined to follow up its scurrility; but, in our opinion, he who talks of theoretical prostitution is a very ordinary fool. Prostitution, either male or female, consists, as Mr. Kinsella ought to be aware of, in actions, not in theories. But we are glad to have the evil report of the American clemi-mondc. Free love will annihilate prosti- sting of social aberrations lies not in the simple fact of copu- lation, but in the evasions and lies that poor woman is com- pelled to resort to, in order to hide what, in many instances, is really no crime at all. Real prostitutes, both male and female, see the eﬂect of the teachings of the WEEKLY, and consequently we suffer under the animadversions of the Brooklg/n Eagle. I ' _41Qn 4 7 vgy V THE CONVENTION IN BOSTON. Agreeable to call a free love convention assembled in the Paine Memorial Hall, Boston, on Saturday of last week, and continued, ending Sunday evening. From the Boston daily papers we gather that the convention was a remarkable suc- cess, and was the means of creating an immense amount of agitation. We congratulate the persons who inaugurated and conducted the movement upon having been the means of securing a very wide propaganda for the new social theories, upon which freedom for the affections is based, only regretting that we could not have been there to have taken part in the convention. tution in all its branches; with it Zia-isons cannot exist. The ' ,_,,;l‘,_-ii‘ 1‘-\:",r‘y_,<K1I§l€‘3‘>'Tay$ug:~;:\:~§‘-‘.z}<tr:f. . ,,.-.,(,,—m,«-.\. _., ,_.. . ¢_ .. \ _-.7_v,-.«...- ;,-—r.~r;~y:zy : are.-m-; -:5;-r_:x2 . _..~: gt _ j/Al. ..«.-.-.4. ‘by .. . v§'-—,~*e¥»'.,-r7r.- "V ' . - . . _ , ..-.-..,:...‘...;.-.....I.....r., ' ‘ ‘March 20, 1375. Q WOOD;Hj_UL"L a or. AFLIN’S-W:EEKLY. '7 BUREAU or CORRESPONDENCE OE THE PANTARCRY. The increasing number of letters in respect to the nature, purposes and prospects of the Pantarchy, suggests the propriety of organiz- ing a bureau for the purpose of answering such and similar inquiries. 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P., 75 W. 54th St., New York. PROSPECTUS. WOODHULL St CLAEL1N’s WEEKLY. V It advocates a new government in which the people will be their own legislators, and the oﬁicials the executors of their will. It advocates, as parts of the new govern- ment— I 1. A new political system in which all per- sons of adult age will participate. 2. A new.land system in which every in- dividual will be entitled to the free use of a proper proportion of the land. 3. A new industrial system, in which each individual will remain possessed of all his or her productions. 4. A new commercial system in which “cost,” instead of “demand and supply,” will determine the price of everything and abolish the system of proﬁt-making. 5. A new ﬁnancial system, in which the government will be the source, custodian and transmitter of money, and in which usury will have no place. 6. A new sexual system, in which mutual consent, entirely free from money or any in- ducement other than love, shall be the govern- ing law, individuals being left to make their own regulations; and in which society, when the individual shall fail, shall be responsible for the proper rearing of children. 7’. A new educational system, in which all children born shall have the same advantages of physical, industrial, mental and moral cul- ture, and thus be equally prepared at ma- turity to enter upon active, responsible and useful lives. . All of which will constitute the various parts of a new social order, in which all the human rights of the individual will be as- sociated to form the harmonious organization of the peoples into the grand human family, of ‘which every person in the world will be a member. . Criticism and obj ections specially invited. The WEEKLY is issued every Saturday. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1875-03-20_09_16
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1875-03-20_09_16
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 09, no. 17 (March 27, 1875)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2064
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1875-03-27
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: . I 4 FROG-BESS 2 FREE TI-IOUGHT2 ‘UNTRAMMELED I. .I"V"ESvl .BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTUREiGENERATIQ1\TS. Vol. IX.——No. 1i'.—W};ole No. 225. NEW YORK, MARCH 27, 1875. PRICE TEN‘ onnrs. BIOGRAPHICAL SKhl’I‘(lH Z WARREEE‘ CHASE. CHAPTER I. It is not for the purpose of “ making awhistle out of a pig’s 1.7311,” nor ’of making a great man out of small material, that this sketch is prepared and published, but rather to step boldly to the front, and shame those weak-kneedbiographers W110. in trying to cover up the legally illegitimate origin of some of our ablest and noblest public men (three of whom at least acted conspicuous parts in our late trying struggles for national existence), have scratched backward (like a dog throwing dirt) with the stereotyped phrase, “ born of poor but respectable parents,” usually located in some obscure and unhistorical ‘place, patched with falsehood to satisfy an ego- tistical, bigoted and unjustifiable prejudice against the legiti- mate resul...
Show more. I 4 FROG-BESS 2 FREE TI-IOUGHT2 ‘UNTRAMMELED I. .I"V"ESvl .BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTUREiGENERATIQ1\TS. Vol. IX.——No. 1i'.—W};ole No. 225. NEW YORK, MARCH 27, 1875. PRICE TEN‘ onnrs. BIOGRAPHICAL SKhl’I‘(lH Z WARREEE‘ CHASE. CHAPTER I. It is not for the purpose of “ making awhistle out of a pig’s 1.7311,” nor ’of making a great man out of small material, that this sketch is prepared and published, but rather to step boldly to the front, and shame those weak-kneedbiographers W110. in trying to cover up the legally illegitimate origin of some of our ablest and noblest public men (three of whom at least acted conspicuous parts in our late trying struggles for national existence), have scratched backward (like a dog throwing dirt) with the stereotyped phrase, “ born of poor but respectable parents,” usually located in some obscure and unhistorical ‘place, patched with falsehood to satisfy an ego- tistical, bigoted and unjustifiable prejudice against the legiti- mate results of nature, which are often legally and religiously illegitimate. Since the newly sanctiﬁed (by the Pope) King of Spain is said to have been illegally begotten, like Jesus and his mother, and hundreds of other more or less distin- guished‘ men and women, and since “ Honor and fame from no condition rise; Act well your part: there all the honor lies,” has become a truism, is it not about time that biographers tell the truth of the‘a‘ncestry’of'.their subjects‘, and shame the truckling press and its vulgar ‘scribblers? ‘ Although the autobiography of Mr. Chase was published in 1858, and has gone through ﬁve editions, and is still in print, with a constant sale by Colby & Rich, publishers, in Boston, under the attractive title of “ Life Line of the Lone One, and Autobiography of the W'orld’s Child,” yet few of our read- ers are awarethat it is the real history of the author, and lit- erally true. Vf hen they have read this sketch they will ﬁnd the book still more attractive and desirable. On the rocky northern slope of Catamount Mountain, in New Hampshire, lies the little town of Pittsﬁeld. Through it runs the Suncook River, and on its banks a little huddle of buildings and factories, making an active little village, recently connected by a branch railroad with Boston, the great metropolis of New England. Among the early settlers of this town were one Eliphalet Durgin and one Nathaniel Chase. Both married and reared large families, which have hardly left a historical record, unless this should prove such. In the selection of a location", Nathaniel was rather fortunate, and got land, poor indeed, but sufﬁciently productive, with abundant labor and strict economy, to rear his large family, the earlier part of which had no advantages of schools, of which the younger portion had a slight and meager advan- tage. The eldest of these children was named Simon, born of poverty, hard work ‘and privations, with a remarkable constitution, ardent, impulsive and full of life and energy, with no education, and only hard work as a moral restraint. Of course he occasionally tasted the luxury of New England rum when it came inuse, and ex- pended his energies in mastering his fellow-boys and men, by wrestling and ﬁghting,-although it is said of him that he Only Whipped the ugly, brutish rascals who abused their weaker fellows, and always took the side of the weak and abused. Simon married, and also had quite a family, of which the writer knew very little, except that the wife’s name was for many years on the pension rolls as the widow of a soldier mortally wounded at the battle of Plattsburg in 1814, at which place he died. He was drafted for the service from the militia of the town, and being too poor to get a sub- stitute, or perhaps other reasons connected with this narra- tive, may have been the cause ofihis personal answer to the draft. This is all that it is necessary to say of him, except that through his line of descent out of the legal bonds of wedlock (not in them) was renewed the peculiar character- ‘istic of the original Aquilla stock of the New England Ohases—Aquilla being one of the celebrated three brothers who are said to inherit the immense fortune still lying in the bank of England, where it is likely to lie for centuries to come, as even the Aquilla stock is “too numerous to men- tion.’¥ Few New England families had more valuable or more peculiar characteristics than the Chases—largely.anti-Puri- tanic, if not anti-Christian, and they may still be found largely concentrated in this western off-shoot of the stock. Eliphalet was less fortunate in selecting a location, and the land he got was of that character of which it is said the more _ a man has of it the poorer he is if he has to pay taxes on it. His family was smaller and less useful in farming, logging and fencing. He, however, managed with the help of the sugar maples to grubb out a subsistence by raising potatoes, oats, and poor, small, yellow corn, picking out hay from among the rocks for cows and oxen, and making the girls help where they could. Their neighborhood was too poor to have a school for many years after it was settled, and even the church was too far distant, and their clothes too poor to often hear preaching. The ﬁrst born of this house was 'named Susan, and on her of course fell a full share of physi- cal hardships. Born in poverty and privations, and with no education, yet crowded with passions, impulsive, ardent, affectionate; yearning for love, and to give it, and with no cultivation, which wouldhave furnished her a partial outlet, how could she be blamed for expressing it through the sexual passion, which was all the channel nature or society had furnished her. Marriage did not come to her relief, but a child did, and her parents did not turn her out to die, but kept her in her home with them. This child was a daughter, and bore the family name of the mother; never married, and left no child, so society made only one long black mark against her——that of being illegally and unchristianly born. She lived and served out her days without education, work- ing out as a servant till old age threw her on the relatives. Strange as it may seem, Susanfs nature was not crushed as badly as many married women’s are by the first birth, nor was she broken down by the persecutions of those who called themselves pure, because a priest had licensed them to do what she had done without such license, and who, by virtue of the license (like the liquor-seller), called their acts righteous and hers horrible crimes, and thus placing the virtue or criminality in the license or its absence, and not in the act,‘ as was the case at ﬁrst in Adam and Eve, who were, after the ﬁrst act, which was a crime, permitted and commanded to increase and multiply by the same act, which was such a horrible crime when executed without God’s permission. Susan had a second daughter (not having the fear of God before her eyes), who also bore the family name of T the mother, and being _handsomer than the ﬁrst, she, in due time, got married to a poor but good~hearted man, who raised with her a family of good children, and, by marriage, lifted them with themselves into respectability. It was with these children that the old aunt found a home in her years of age and feebleness. This family line ran into the beaten paths of society, and outgrew the stigma of its origin on the mother's side, for she was a good woman and mother, as her perhaps we shall tire the patience and stagger Christian credulity before we run this thread out, for, some years later (horror of horrors i), still another daughter was born of Susan, and still bore the mother's family name, and yet she was helped all their poverty would allow in the support of this extended line of female offspring. The writer knows nothing of the paternal origin of these girls, but believes it to have been all from one person, who did something to help support them. This last daughter obtained a good education for-the times; was’ respected and pitied, and taught schools ,for many years; was an excellent teacher, and, at a ripe age, married a preacher, but had no children; so this line, like the first, .ran out with the subject; but she raised herself to re- spectability in the eyes of the public. It was some years after the birth of this daughter, and un- der what portentious circumstances is now unknown, that Simon and Susan met; but the result is well known, for it brought forth on the 5th day of January, 1813, the subject of this memoir. Not at the paternal house but in a “warmly timbered hamlet” by the forest side, far from neighbors, where the loving mother, almost alone, crouched beside the old ﬁreplace scantily supplied by her own pick- ings, with the aid of two of her girls,'from the forest.) Not in the “pleasant days of summer,” with running brooks lined with buttercups ‘and daisies, but amid the drifting snows and freezing winds of a New England winter‘ high, up in New Hampshire.- Scantily fed on poor food and more scantily clad in the coarsest of garments were all parties to the scene of this morning that gave birth and breath tothe poor boy that has for more than aquarter of a century disturbed the moral, social and religious elements of this country and brought down on his head and heart the coldest _blasts of scorn, contempt, falsehood, scandal and lies, that a corrupt mother would have been under similar circumstances. But" not turned out of doors by the indulgent parents, who still _ J‘ pulpit and servile press could invent or put in language. The heart-stricken‘ mother kept her boy——-did not kill him, but loved him with her whole heart, and under other circum- stances would have been pfoudof him———but now he had no father, not even God, for shewas God-‘forsaken, as tlie,Uhris- tians said, and she struggled against fearful odds for life, with death often reaching his bony ﬁngers after both through the ragged door of hunger or more open and ready apperture of cold. At length winter lied, and the mother andchild stil lived and moved nearer the paternal home, where she still kept house and struggled with want and despair, striving by the labor of her hands with its scanty pay to keep starva- tion from stealing herself and child. The compensation. for this terrible struggle did not come till many years after her entry into spirit life, but it was ample when it did come, as she has often testiﬁed through media. She bore the burdens and struggled on fecbly, conquering starvation till her boy-child was four years old and she had hired a. Quaker family to keep him that she might the better work and earn support, when one night she retired well as usual, and ne tmorning her dead body was taken from the bed. Death" y apoplexy or some sudden instrument that made no ripple in life nor disturbed the placid countenance. had called the soul away from her body but not from her boy, for she was still for‘ many years a guardian angel with little power to aid or relieve him from the sufferings that follow. As we before intimated, he bore the paternal name and character of the ancestral line for at least seven genera- tions. [To be continued] (From the E'uern/ting Bulletin, Providence, R. I., Feb. 11, 1875.) AN EVENING WITH MRS. HARDY. ‘ Hoza.-:r1o—" 0 day and night, but this is wondrous strange!" Baum/rr—“ And therefore, as a stranger, give it welcome.” The Scientiﬁc .Ame'r'ican, in a recent article on the marvel‘ ous stories of spirit-materialization recorded by men of intel- ligence and veracity, says: “ If the alleged facts are true, no words can adequately express our sense of their importanee —no moreurgent work be offered to men of science than their veriﬁcation. They demand a reconstruction of our chemistry and physics, and even of our mathematics,.,pro- fessing to create matter and force out of nothing, and t‘_’ annihilate them when created.” Having last summer heard from Mr. Wm. Lloyd Garrison a. very interesting account of “spirit hands,” visible and » tangible, seen by him in _presence of Mrs. Hardy, of Boston, We gladly accepted an invitation to meet that lady at a private sceance held "recently at the house of any ex-member of Con-n gress, in the vicinity of our city. The invited guests, with the members of the household, composed a party of twelve-. six gentlemen and six ladies. , Two small tables, selected from the customary furniture of the apartment, placed side by side with an inter—space of ten or twelve inches between them, were covered by two large‘ shawls, leaving only a loop-hole over the inter-space. The invited guests having themselves assisted in the arrangements under the supervision of Mrs. Hardy, seated themselves in a circle aroiunrd the tables. They had not long to wait. In less than ﬁfteen minutes a wave-like motion agitated the table covering on which our clasped hands were resting (the room meanwhile being light enough to distinguish the minutest object), and presently a hand, large, delicate and ﬂexible, appeared through the opening, perfectly formed even to the nails and articulations of the ﬁngers, palpable to the touch and distinctly visible to all present. This wassoon withdrawn, and after a brief interval other bands were suc- cessively presented, varying in size, contour and tempera-_ . ture. One of the most noteworthy features of their presentan tion was that they occasionally grew visibly smaller and , . larger beneath our gaze. One little rosy hand of infantine. .; . :‘ size and contour placed itself lovingly in the palmof a lady’s hand, and patted it as if in delighted responsewhen she whispered the name of an infant whom she had loved with A more than a mother’s love. These hands were for the most part small and feminine. "One of them was encircled at the wrist as with a frill of delicate lace. Another astonished us by presenting itself in aglove, or glove-like integument, of gray astrachan cloth, precisely resembling in color and texture oneof our ho_stess’s shawls then covering the table. One shapely and nervous hand having signalled to a. gene tleman. in the circle, and been answered by the question; P ”Y?9‘W7/’>2-(/;/2=y/ /. «//‘ L/' 2 “ Is it you, W———- ?” responded apparently ‘with joyful alacrity, remaining in sight of all present during the singing of a popular air‘ and beating time to the music; whenever some of the voices fell a little behind the ‘correct time, its movements were as expressive as those of a chorister seeking to bring the voices of a choir into harmony. A gentleman who had received for the first time this inti- mation of a lost friend’s presence, informed -us, after the ter- mination of the sceance, that his young friend, W., who died a. few years ago, was passionately fond of music, and played on many instruments with exquisite taste and feeling. Men and women of culture, sagacity and large experience were present on that occasion, yet not an individual of the circle was so credulous as to ascribe these marvelous appear- ances to trickery or fraud. A SONG OF SOLACE’. anon run GERMAN. Thou sweet hand of God that woundest my heart, Thou makest me smile while thou makest me smart; It seems as if God were at ball-play,--and I, The harder he strikes me, the higher I ﬂy. I own it: he bruises, he pierces me sore; The hammer and chisel affect me no more. Shall I tell you the reason? It is that I see The sculptor will carve out an angel forms. I shrink from no suﬁering, how painful soe’er, When once I can feel that my God’s hand is there; For soft upon the anvil the iron shall glow, When the smith wi h his hammer deals blow upon blow. God presses me hard, but he gives patience too, And I say to myself, “ ‘Tie no more than my due.” And no tone from the organ can swell on the breeze Till the organist’s ﬁngers press down on the keys. So come then, and welcome, the blow and the pain: Without them no mortal, heaven can attain; For what can the sheaves on the barn ﬂoor avail Till the thresher shall beat out the chaff with his ﬂail? 2 "Tie only a moment God chastens with pain: J oy follows on sorrow like sunshine on rain; Then bear thou what God on thy spirit shall lay; Be dumb, but when tempted to murmur, then pray. ' YANKTON, Dakota, March 6, 1875. Dear ‘Weekly-—-I arrived last night at this place from a long, étiresome trip direct from Cleveland, Ohio, on the ﬁrst train that has got through the snow-banks in several days. In- stead of writing my letter for the WEEKLY, as I intended to do to-day, having leisure, I have ylelded to a temptation to amuse myself, though I trust not without some proﬁt to your readers. I found a book in the parlor of this hotel from which I have selected some of its wisdom, and strung the pearls of thought together for your columns. The work is called, “A True Friend,” and consists of a hotch-potch of matter," inconsistently piled together to ﬁt all shades and tones of faith and opinion on love, marriage, divorce. duty, deportment, propriety, men, women and children. Yet it is glittering all through its pages with rare gems of thought, ‘gleaming from the midst of a. ﬂood of “ swash.” Some of the best concerning women I have selected. I noticed yesterday that the Sioux City Daily Journal, I believe it was, had copied an article from WooDrIULL AND CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY--Victoria’s letter to her friends, bidding them be patient, and bide her time to speak. ’Tis refreshing to ﬁnd a hardy little pioneer paper out here in the “land of the Dacotah’s ” taking an extract from the WEEKLY. One feels in a healthier social atmosphere here as well as a purer physical air. The sturdy pioneers of this section who have braved the dangers of frontier life-buffalo,“ bulls and bears,” wild. cats and savages—-are not afraid of Victoria Woodhull. They are fearless and come close to her, and, as a consequence, all her Eastern engendered monstrosity dis- . appears, and though not perhaps quite ready to accept her prophetic views, they give her respectful hearing. ’ There are many of Victoria’s friends anxious to have -her “speak” at this stage of the Beecher business, but they should trust to her unswerving purpose, which, in the midst of all the vile hatchments of Plymouth Church, all the wrig- glings of a “respectable” crowd of crawling hypocrites to shake her from their dirty skirts, shines clear and still more clear as the evidence comes in from day to day that there was a. goodsolid foundation for her story of N ov. 2, 1872. The faith of the people in Victoria Woodhullcan but in- crease as this disgusting serpent of social corruption crawls its slow length along, for they cannot fail to see in Tilton’s course toward her a parallel to the scheming, the lies and double-dealing gone through to keep the miserable scandal hidden from sight. ' _ Reasoning from eﬁect to cause, no candid mind, no judi- cial brain can fail to see that Theodore Tilton has lied to the world and to his conscience ‘under his oath, with his Judas kiss still burning on the Bible. I do not need a word from Victor-ia’s mouth to set her right. I study the evidence, and the Buzfuz chops and tomato-sauce style of the “learned counsel” on both sides, and will bet on Victoria against the ﬁeld. There was the ring of truth to her publication, and there is nothing but the jangling of bungling falsehood to the entire proceedings in Plymouth Church and that “solemn court of justice ” of the " Christian” city of Brooklyn.’ Sargeant Buzfuz got a'verdict for-the plaintiff’ by the sheer force of “heartless chops and tomato-sauce,” " warming-_ pans,” ‘f slow coaches,” a skillful management of the fact that the defendant once asked the plaintiﬁ"_s little boy how he would like another father, and a grand peroration to an intelligent. an enlightened, a high-minded and discriminat- ing jury of per civilized countrymen!” Verdict of damages for the plaintiff, in the midst of tears and sobs of Elizabeth Uluppins, yells of Master B-ardell and the plaintiffin a dead faint, with the bewildered defendant staring in dumb won- der over his spectacles at the triumphant “learnecl ” counsel- WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY Dickens has not lived in vain, since he furnished G-en. Tracy so admirable an example of legal clap-trap and empty bombast. Let him call Victoria Woodhull “the moist no- . torious prostitute of modern times,” and then correct his in- judicious assertion for fear of consequences; let him distort Mrs. Moulton’s Christian ministrations, and the pure kiss of sympathy she ﬁxed on Beecher’s forehead; and, in the in- terest of his client, picture Tilton a—blazing all over with forked lightning, and spitting burning brimstone from his mouth-—such special pleadingicannot break the crust of popu- lar opinion as to this case, and is only calculated to unsettle an “intelligent and enlightened” jury just like that which settled honest Mr. Pickwick’s hash. A verdict in full accord with Tracy’s “heartless chops and tomato sauce” need not disappoint the public. On the sides of both plaintiff and de- fendant, the whole thing has been a sickening fares, and the only thing proved is the position of Victoria Woodhull in the ajfafi-; and that she has proved by the clear light of her in- spirations, spurred by zeal for her cause, with ample combus- tible and explosive material for bomb-shells, with which to completely riddle the social camp. ‘ As she says, the end is not yet, and the enclno man count- eth, for this dire business is a fountain sprung in the moun- tain of truth. ‘whose end from whose beginning only the phrophetic soul can divine. HELEN NASH- ” BIRD-FANCIERS. To THE EDITOR or run WEEKLY: Of late you introduced into one of your leaders "a famous London bird-fancier of the name of Poll Sweedlepipes, from Diokens"MarLin Chuzzlewit. I do not believe the race. is conﬁned to that city, for if Theodore Tilton’s charge be proved to the satisfaction of :our American public, we must have long had a clerical “Poll Sweedlepipes ” of our own in Brooklyn. But it isnot my intent to trouble you respecting any bird in his aviary, if there be any there, but to call attention to a stray “ eagle” of your own, that was hatched on the 15th of Augustlast in [oﬁlce of the WEEKLY. By re- ferring to your paper of that date you will ﬁnd, under the head of “Beecheriana,” the following lines, accredited to Shakespeare : ‘ "Aneagle; towering in his pride of place, V Was, by the mousing owls, hawked at and killed.” But, Mr. Editor, you were mistaken; for it appears “that eagle” was reserved to be afterward immortalized in ‘the opening address of General Tracy, who is reported to have said on that occasion-— “An eagle, towering in his pride of place, Hawked at and killed by mousing owls !” Now, sir, permit me to inform you that I have examined several editions of Shakespeare’s plays and ﬁnd the bird of the bard of Avon was not an eagle but a falcon. See Mac- beth, Act 2d, Scene 4th, and you will ﬁnd this to be the cor- rect version: _ “A falcon, towering in her pride of place, ‘Was by a mousing owl liawked at, and killed.” Should your readers desire to know more of the ancient sport of falconry, they will ﬁnd a ﬁne description of the same in the “Betrothed,” by Walter Scott. Ican also tell them that the Duke of St. Athens is the Hereditary Grand Fal- ter Mrs. Bardell. - o coner of the Queen of Great Britain, and I believe receives £10,000‘ per annum for his onerous services in that capacity. I can also inform them that “pride of place” was a term used in falconry signifying “the highest pitch of ﬂight ;” but I cannot instruct them how “ that eagle ” got into the learned General Tracy’s opening speech, unless it was captured from your “ Woodhull Edition of Shakespeare.” AUDACIA DANG-YER-Evns. P. S. Please do not credit my invention with the nom de plume I have taken; it is one of the delicate offerings of mod- ern literature, presented to the world by the traducer of the dead poet Byron, -the well-known authoress, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. At a recent meeting of the Scientiﬁc Council N o. 1 of N ew- ark, N. J., the following preamble and resolutions were adopted, viz. : 2 Whereas, The Governmentof the United States was intend- ed and is supposedjto be founded upon principles of justice and equality. the elected rulers and law-makers receiving and holding office by consent of the governed; therefore, when in the course of human events, justice and equality are ignored, the right of the people neglected and the wealth of labor ap- propriated through fraud and corruption by the few, it be- comes the sacred duty of a great people to make such amend- ments and alterations in the organization and laws of the body politic as shall insure to the toiling millions the just beneﬁt of their labor: Therefore Resolved, That power conferred upon elected law-makers is dangerous to the prosperity of a great nation. Opening wide the tempting door for fraud, deception and corruption; whereby the few may obtain self-agrandisement at the ex- pense of the many. ’ Resolved, That elected law-makers should be servants in- stead of masters refering all laws by them recommended back to the people-for ratiﬁcation. ,' Resolved, That all the laws should be founded upon justice and humanity; be few, and of such simplicity that the masses may comprehend them. Resolved, That labor is the only source of Wealth. Money being but the representative of the same, hence usury (mean- ing all moneys paid for the use of money) is but a scheme used by capitalists to appropriate to themselves the accum- mulations of labor. A 7 Resolved, That monopoly is antagonistic to justice and equality. That all great industries should be managed by, and for the beneﬁt of all the people. .Resolve1, That while we deeply sympathize with all eﬁorts to ameliorate the present necessities of the unemployed. We would have the conditions of society so amended, as to make A V the same forever after unnecessary. _ 2 March 27, 1875. ‘ BUSINESS EDITORIALS. READ the advertisement on our 7th page’ of Double- day’s great curiesity, “ The Pendulum Oracle.” PROF. LISTER, the astrologist, can be consulted at his rooms N o. 329, Sixth avenue. Address by letter, P. O. Box 4829. CHAS. H. Fosrnn, the renowned Test Medium,.can be found at N 0. 12 West Twenty-fourth street, New York City, AMMI Bnoiwn, D. D. S.—-—Specia1ty, operative dentistry and the care of Children’s teeth. 145 West 44th st. Dr. Slade, the eminent Test Medium, may be found at his ojﬁce, No. 25 East Twenty-ﬁrst street near Broadway Mas. NELLIE L. DAVIS may be addressed at 235 Washing- ton St., Salem, Mass. WARRI-lN CHASE permanent address is Colfax, Iowa. He will spend the summer mostly in New England, and next winter in California, “if the Lord is willing.” Tnzosn who desire admirable dental work can be sure of obtaining it from Dr. C. 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ARRANGEMENTS are being made to celebrate the 27th anni- versary of Modern Spiritualism at Terra Haute. Ind,in Pen ce’s Hall, to commence on Monday evening, March 29, by a dis- cussion of the pros and cons of Spiritualisrn conducted by the Rev. A. Wright, a minister of the M. E. Church from Vienna, Jackson _County, Illinois, and Charles W. Stewart, of Mc- Henry, Illinois, Spiritualist. The debate will continue Monday and Tuesday evenings; Wednesday evening, the 31st, will be devoted to festivities. The discussion will be continued on Thursday and Friday evenings. A good time is expected. All are invited to the feast. Address James I-look, Secretary of Fsrst Society of. Spiritualists. I M. A. FLETCHER, Washington. D.C., is respectfully notiﬁed that we have received two remittances for the WEEKLY or- dered, and asubsequent letter complaining of the non-receipt of same; and also that the papers have been sent regularly since receipt of ﬁrstorder. No street or box number was given us with the address, and the WEEKLY has been sent to M. A. Fletcher, Washington, D. 0., simply. The P. M. of that city notiﬁes us that the papers are in his office un- called for. Will any of our readers in Washington who know this M. A. Fletcher please call his (or her) attention to this notice. If we are furnished with full address—street and number of house——there will be no further cause of com- plaint. BOARD AND TREATMENT non INVVALIDS.--NIO. 53 Academy , street, Newark, N. J .——Dr. L. K. Coonley, clairvoyant, with long experience in all kinds of diseases, warrants satisfaction. Uses medicines, plain and homo-electricity, and magnetism. Solicits correspondence. Sends medicines by express. Has good accommodation for boarding patients on liberal terms. DR. R. P. FELLOWS, magnetic physician, is successfully treating the sick in various parts of the co'untr‘y——as appears from his letters--—as well as at his office, by his original sys- tem of practice, using no drugs or mineral medicines of either the old or the new schools. The doctor is constantly in receipt of letters from persons that have been cured by his magnetized powder. Theodocia. Blair, of Woodstock, 111., says: “ I have taken the powder; am ever so much bet- ter; can eat well and sleep better than I have for years, and ave been up on my crutches for the last two days, for the rst time in six months.” Mrs. M. Heasley, of Wheeling, ' W. Va., says: “The powder that you sent me is all taken and I can now hear the clock tick and strike distinctly, for the first time in three years.” M. A. Charlton, of Allegheny City, Pa., says: “My bronchial and catarrhal diﬂiculty is perfectly relieved, and my health continues to improve, so much so that I never felt better in all my life.” $1 per box Address: Vineland, N. J. The doctor employs no agents. The Books and Speeches of Victoria 0. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claﬂin will hereafter be furnished, postage paid, at the following liberal prices : _ The Principles of Government, by Victoria 0. Wood- hull $3 00 Constitutional Equality, by Tennie C. Claﬂin. . . . . . . . 2 00 The Principles of Social Freedom. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Reformation or Revolution, Which ?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 The Elixir of Life ; or, Why do we Die ‘B. . . .. . . . . 25 The Scare-Crows of Sexual Slavery. . - - . - - . - - . - - . . . Tried as by Fire; or the True and the False Socially, 2 Ethics of Sexual Equality. . . . . . .. . . .. . 3 .. . . . 25 Photographs of V. C. VVoodhull, Tennie C. Claﬂm and Col. Blood, 500. each, or three for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 Three of any of the Speeches 50c., or seven, for. . . . 1 00 One copy each, of Books, Speeches and Photographs for 6 00 A liberal discount to those who buy to sell again. i A ";:\?<r»~.‘\V . W Marsh,27, 1875. J- PROSTITUTION. There is nothing more needed in discussing sexual ques- tions than a correct deﬁnition of the words used in the same. Many people confound the meaning of the terms prostitu- tion and promiscuity; yet they are widely different. We believe that there are promiscuous women as well as promis- cuous men, neither of whom are prostitutes. We do not assert that promiscuity is the highest sexual condition, but that it is a condition natural to many human beings, we be- lieve. ' Promiscuity implies changeful love; copulation, without love, is prostitution. More than this, we do not hesitate to declare that the majority of men are natural pros- titutes, and that prostitution is not natural to women. It is for the latter reason we battle for the sovereignty of woman in the domain of the affections, for we maintain that when she is in a position to give the law, she will rule out what is called the social evil in a naturally legitimate manner. The present social and sexual irregularities of the world ﬂow from the usurpation by man of arbitrary power (civil or ecclesiastical) in the sphere of the affections. Being gen- erally promiscuous and often naturally a prostitute, he has established, covertly and openly, both promiscuity and pros- titution. At the present age and under our present civiliza- tion heicould not, however, accomplish his end without the assistance of woman. In savage life he maintained his au- thority over her by arbitrary force; now he . rules her in another way. His present motto is, “divide and conquer.” By ad_roitly appealing to her superior sexual purity he sows . divisions in the camp of the women, and through those di- visions continues to maintain his ancient savage individual rule over them all. We hope, however, _that his little game is coming to a speedy end in this country, for it is certain that the majority of women are beginningto perceive that female prostitution is simply a result of male prostitution; and to demand, if not equality in rights, at least an equality in punishments. The condition of Wsome women at present and the cruel and inhuman wrongs they sufl“er‘under the ruling of man’s law, are well established in the following article from the New York Herald, of Friday, March 12, 1875: Some of the most marked wrongs committed by the police upon a part of the community, are the so-called raids upon disorderly houses; If these raids were intended to subserve 3113’ m01'a1 PUTPOSG. 01‘ 130 Prevent vice and crime, they might be excused, even if they could not be justiﬁed. Unhappily, they have no such aim, but are only intended to rivet the chains of the police upon the criminal classes, so as to make the ‘inmates of infamous houses the more ready to become the victims of oﬁicial blackmailers. It is only necessary to look at _the methods by which these raids are conducted to see their purpose. They are invariably made in the night time. The poor girls, often as many as twenty in number, are huddled together in a damp, loathsome cell, and kept till the courts open in the morning. Then they are discharged generally with a reprimand from the judge. It is a scene to make the pulses of true manhood beat with indignation. The police Justice knows very well why the poor girls were brought into court—knows that they have=been made to suﬁer the tortures of a night in the station house that some venal policemen may be able to levy and collect a tax upon crime, yet/he countenances the wrong“ by rebuking the un- fortunate women before sending them away. These out- rages are more frequent than most people suspect. They seldom get into the newspapers, for they are the more com- monplace of the police courts._ A raid on a disorderly house is only a theme for a ribald jest, as the victims are put through the tortures which are intended to extort from them the wages of shame. N o protest is ever heard against these wrongs. Christian men and women have no word for un- fortunate wretches who sell their bodies for bread, and the police treat" them worse than the animals who have no kin- ship to humanity. Still, nothing better is to be expected so long‘ as the police and the police courts are above the law, and our asylums and hospitals the nurseries of inhumanity. Whilst we condemn prostitution utterly, both male and female, we do not hesitate to assert that the female prosti- tute is the true negro of the woman’s movement. Around " her roars the battle now, and her condition, which to her is unnatural, must be ameliorated before any hope -can ‘be en- tertained of the world’s social and sexual improvement. Women should never forget that she is only theresult of male prostitution, and that in man lies the cause of the evil complained of. Forit there is no remedy save in the depo- sition of the usurper man, and the establishment of the sovereignty of woman in the sphere of the affections. HISTORY BEPEATS ITSELF. There is no doubt that the statement at the head of this article is a philosophic fact. The same or similar circum- stances attend the evolution of all things at different ages of the world; and characters that are preserved by history ﬁnd their illustrations in each succeeding era. Perhaps our readers will be able to make the application, which is evi- dent in this regard, of the story of David, Bathsheba and Uriah, related in the “Good Book,” in chapter xi." of 2d ‘ Samuel, to what is occurring in a sister city not a thousand miles from this: 2. And it came to pass, in an eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and . walked upon the roof of the king’s house; and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself: and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. . 3. And David sent and inquired after the Woman. And one said: Is it not Bathsheba, thedaughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? . 4.. And David sent messengers and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was puriﬁed of her « uncleanness; and she returned unto her house. 5. And the woman conceived, and sent and told David and said, I am with child. 6. And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. ‘ . l _ 7'.._A.nd when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joah did, and how the people did. and how the was prospered. _ _. _. s. and lltsrtdj sets sins ';i3’ri.s,,, gs sewn thy hoses and / -r 9 wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of,the king’s house, 9. But Uriah slept at the door of the king s house, with all the servants of his lord,_and went _not down to his own house. 10 And when they had told David, saying‘. Urlah W61"? 110‘ down to his own house, David said unto Uriah, Camesb not thou from thy journey? Why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? . '_ “ ~, 11. And Uriah said unto David, Shall then go into mine house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As thou livest and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12. And David said, Tarry here to-day also, and to—morrow I will let thee depart. - ._ . , 13 And when David called him, he did eat and drink before him, and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed. with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. I _ _ . 14. And it came to pass in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. _ 15. And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the fore—front of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that -he may be smitten and die. 26. And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah was dead, she mourned for her husband. _ » 27. And when the mourning was past,_ David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare -him a son. CHAPTER XII. 7. And Nathan said to David, Thou_ art the maxi. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel. I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand» of Saul. — , 8. And I gave thee thy master’s house. and thy master s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of J udah, and if that had been too little I would moreover have given thee such and such things. 9. Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord? Thou hast slain Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife: _ _ _ 11. Thus saith the Lord. Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. . _ 13. And David said unto Nathan. I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. _ _ 14. Howbeit, because of this deed, the child that is born unto thee shall surely die. _ _ 15. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore unto David, and it was very sick. [And died] 24.. And David comforted Bathsheba his wife; and Went in unto her and lay with her; and she bare a son and 116 called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him. To be sure, the circumstances under which “the man after God’s own heart” obtained the wife of Uriah are ‘some- what changed in their repetition in modern times, but the analogy is still so clear, and the facts so nearly related, that it may properly be set down as a repetition of the Biblical fact. And considered as such, for what has not the modern David, the modern man “after God’s own heart,” to be thankful, since, although the Lord did strike the child so that it died, did not.Nathan say unto David, “The Lord hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.” And did not Bathsheba afterward become mother of a child who grew to be the “wisest man” who ever lived? ._._.iA ..4_ V wr—'*' OPENING THE BALL. In the New York Herald of N ov. 28, 1869, about the time the General Catholic Council at Rome commenced its ses- sion, the writer of thisasserted that if that Council indorsed the doctrine of the “ Infallibility of the Pope,” it would have to base itself on the good-will of the peoples and stand in opposition to their present governments. From that day to this gradual advances to this position have been found necessary by the Vatican. The last, which is thus ex- hibited by the Liverpool Post, of Feb. 25, we now lay before our readers. We have already noted that many working- iiien’s societies in Germany, instituted and sustained by the German priesthood, have been closed by order of the gov- crnment of that country. This item throws more light upon that subject: The Pope has of late vigorously denounced “the Revolu- tion ” as the great enemy of the church; and it is, therefore, somewhat odd to ﬁnd the recent encyclical letter to the Ger- man Catholic bishops officially denounced at Berlin, on the ground that “it appeals to and encouragesrevolutlonary pas- sions.” The action taken by the Pope himself, it is added,» “ conﬁrms the saying of Mgr. Meglia that the Catholic Church must look for support to the Revolution;’’ and the signiﬁ- cant sentence follows that recent Vatican deliverances throw fresh. light on the path which the government of Prussia “ must further enter upon in its conﬂict with revolutionary pretensions.” - ‘ But our readers must not suppose that the great Catholic Church is infallible any more than the Pope, as witness the following cable dispatch, which is taken from the New York Evening Eropress of March 8: LONDON, March 8.———A special dispatch from. Berlin states I that the Pope has permitted the Austrian bishops tocomply with the law requiring them to notify the authorities of the names of the priests appointed to livings. This is considered in Berlin as evidence that the Pope is actuated by political motives, as the resistance which he en- courages of the Prussian bishops to a similar law is the prin- cipal cause of the present troubles with the Roman Church. The vigilant Prussian, Bismarck, will have something to say on this manoeuvre. He well understands the tactics of the foe. In the meantime, the European world has every- thing to hope from this antagonism between Church and State. The consequences of this great quarrel may be easily foretold. Already the peoples of England and Prussia (if not Germany) are aroused. The battle is imminent; if the Papacy has the greater poll, its enemies are organized. As Macbeth says: ’ I Night thickens, And the crow makes wing to the rocky wood; Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, I And night’ s black agents to their prey do rouse. And of all the “black agents” that have oppressed the WOODHULL & lcL.irLinés wJEnKLri 3 3': soldier. Pic Nono is a good representative of the one, and Kaiser Wilhelm of the other. ‘ .,,,9,..,, CATCHING THE SPIRIT OF IT. From the following extract taken from the Springﬁeld Mass.) Republican, we are obliged to conclude that its regard for the holy institution is sinking in the direction of zero: The character these allegations picture needs no com- ment; it is an extreme instance, but one that has many fellows. As for the puzzle, it is not merely that money can vail evil an buy so easily beauty, youth and innocence; it is more: it is that so excessive _a value can be set upon a formality that has no moral meaning; and that, for the mere utterance of “ Iwill ” and “ I do” before a mimsteror magis- trate, a mother will give her ‘daughter, a_woinan W111 glVB herself, to alternate with a mistress in satisfying the lust of a man. The subject of the article, from which the above is taken, was a suit for damages for breach of promise--the plaintiff being.a beautiful girl of sixteen, and the defendant an old reprobate of sixty. It was shown that the defendant in- formed the girl that he was, at the time of the promise, living with a woman to whom he was not married, and that he wanted to marry the girl by simply acknowledging before witnesses that they were man and wife. ‘T1118 however didn’t suit the girl’s mother, who was, notwithstanding the known antecedents of the man, anxious to marry-sell-—her beautiful daughter from the legal auction block of marriage to the embraces of this lustful brute. Really, virtue in its essence in woman has been forced to a low standard by the legal value that has been set upon it, which stands for all the virtue there is left in woman. If she have it in her heart, it is as nothing against the law. hp-_—IAA 1 wr—“ SHORT WORK WITH THE SHAMS. Of all the particles of Protestantism the largest is the Episcopal Church. It is not very monstrous. It obtains in England, which is its home. But even there it has not been able to maintain itself, although there it has held for the past three centuries the purse and the sword. Eveiy one knows that“ in its very birtli-place the non-conformists, as they are called, far outnumber its adherents. Notwithstand- ing all its toadyism to the state such is the fact. Although it has bent its head to the storm in the “ Civil Marriage Bill,’-’ and been instructed on a‘ doctrinal point by a lay ﬁcouit, the House of Lords, in the case of Gorham versus the Bishop of Exeter, and has accepted with awry face both rulings, such is itsmelancholy position. Nor is its case here much improved. Two gentlemen of widely diverging doctrinal views, Dr. De Koven, of Illinois, and Dr. Southern Ohio, have been lately elected as bishops. The ﬁrst _is said to be a High Churchman, and, consequently, believes that when his God said in Mark xiv., verse 22., “This is my body,” and in verse 24, “This is my blood,” the great Nazarene was not lying; the second is a leader on the Low Church side, doubting the power of the priesthood in the matter of regeneration in baptism. It {is surmised. that the latter of these gentlemen will be elected, while the former may be rejected by the dioceses, and the bench of bishops. This reminds us of the narrow escape of the ‘Gospel of St. Luke, which passed, it is said, by a majority of only one vote. But, of course, Christians have all been expected to believe it in its entirety since. A great states- man is reported as having said to his son, “ See, my boy, with how little trouble the world is governed.” Surely we may add, that, in the matter of religious or credal faiths,_ “ See, my children, with how little consistency the world is bamboozled.” .V_ 4.. gﬁa ANSWERS TO, CORRESPONDENTS. B. B., Richmond, Va.--All letters addressed to the WEEKLY requiring answers must have the full name as well as the address of the writers of the same. .When B. B. complies with our terms, we will attend to thevcommnnication to which this notice refers. S’wa7‘7'3/, Tendﬂy, N J.——Our correspondent instructs us that “ Swarry” is a Pickwickian expression,‘ a perversion of the French word “ soz'7=ée, an evening party.” According to Sam Weller “ a cold swarry” means a feast on.“ cold biled mutton .”_ The writer also inquires whether, after the grand demand made by the WEEKLY for the “personal sovereignty of woman,” the call issued by Miss Anthony for a woman-suffrage meeting in -New York, may not be looked upon in the light of a “cold swarry ” invitation. Anti-Pope, Peoria, IZl.,' inquires whether the red hat, which we are told is to be presented to Archbishop McCloskey, is a hat or a crown ? According to our instruction, the Cardiualate is the key-stone of the arch of the Papacy, uniting in itself temporal and spiritual powers.. The title of a cardinal is a temporal title, viz., “ His Eminence;” and he must also, we believe, be a temporal prince, having a mundane location for his princedom. There are those Jagger, of ‘ who doubt as to whether .the acceptance of such a rank is ' consistent with the simplicity of American citizenship. As to whether other potentates have the right to confer titles upon our citizens for use in the Unitﬂd States» We respect“ fully refer the writer to Mr. Eugene Lawrence in Harpcws European world for the last decade of centuries, none have been more fatal. in their attests than the priest the Weekly, who seems, ill‘; instants. ‘.959 lists. $1??? l?t>§i’”-id: his post. — WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S VVEEKLY March 2-7, 1875;. ' 4. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. . 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Newsdealers supplied by the American News Company, No. 121 Nassau street, New York. ‘ A All communications, business or editorial, must be addressed Woodhull cﬁ Claﬂin/s Weekly, Box 3791, New York City. Oﬁice,111 Nassau Street, Room 9. is r -is “ The diseases of society can, no more than cor poreal maladies, be prevented or cured without being spolcen about in plain Zanguage.”——-JOHN STUART MILL. [NEW Yoax, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1875. A WORLD’S SOCIAL CONVENTION. t In accordance with a general desire, which is expressed in the replies to the suggestions contained in last week’s issue, a world’s social convention is announced to convene in New York City in May next, the date and place of gathering to be named hereafter. The purposes of the convention will be: 1. To ascertain the natural relations of men and women socially. . 2. To inquire if there may not be a-better system for propagation than marriage. _ V 3. To discuss the methods for securing to woman her right to control herown body, of which she is deprived by marriage. V V V 4. To discover the law of sexual health, virtue and purity, and that which ought to govern intercourse; in a word, 6. To determine, if possible, how a better race of people than the present may be generated‘ and born, with aview to hastening the time about which seers have prophesied" and poets sung in all ages-of. the world. ' _ Everybody who has anything to say about these import- antsubjects is cordially invited to the convention, hav- ingiliis ideas, theories or facts ‘carefully and terscly pre- pared, so that the best thought about them may be properly presented, digested and appropriated. [All communications should be addressed to this office] -—-----«--+--4-9+--4-——».% THE VALCOUR COMMUNITY. We have several communications making inquiries about, and containing statements of, the causcstthat have led to the disruption, as we understand it is, ‘of the community. We have statements from both sides—from the people of the com- munitysevercly criticising Mr. Shipman, and also from Mr. Shipman’s friends as severely criticising the conduct of the community. Both ofthese we decline to publish, as they are probably all more or less exaggerated, -and partake of the personal animus of their writers. This effort, like many others, was an evidence of a growing discontent with the present orders of society, and as such we hailed it. with pleasure. We are sorry that it has proved a failure, and we sympathize deeply with those who have been disappointed in its ‘success, audwith those who have broken up homes to join it. ‘We arenotj of those, however, who considerlvthat and '— individual failure is a detrirnent to- any general cau_se,'but rather of those who believe that every trial and failure is an example by which future efforts may be beneﬁted. . When everything shall be made clearthat has led to the unfortdnate result at Dawn, we shall not hesitate to publish it; but until then we do not wish to put ourselves in the position of doing either side to the controversy any injustice. 'We may, how- ever, ‘suggest tliat it appears to us to hat/'6 been rather an un- fortunate step for Mr, Shipman to have caused the impris- . A QUEER svsrnm or MORALS. V One of the iqucerest, not to say the most lamentable, developments made by the introduction of the social. ques- tion before the public for consideration and discussion, is the fact that the so-called conservators of morals are endea- vorin g to make it appear that one who deals in these questions must perforce be “ no better than she should be;”« that she, who desires to call attention to the evils of our social system, has “an, innate love for ﬁlthy things,” ‘-‘a natural inclination to wallow in carrion,” and that the only women who lead pure and virtuous lives are they who utterly ignore all the vices and crimes that have theirroot in the amative passions of the race. To attempt to treat of these things is held to be primafaeia evidence, that they who so treat, live altogether in the passional department of their natures; that they are people of one idea, whose thoughts can take no higher ﬂight than sensuality. . The utter absurdity and falsity of this claim must be evi- dent to every honest mind, if it will but consider the facts of history, not to include the dictates of reason and common sense. A In looking over the history of all the reformers the world has ever had, it is found that the same logic that is applied to those who are now calling attention to social evils has been applied to all the movers in all of them. A reform movement means a movement by which something that exists in society is to be made better, or to be abolished; and the people who engage in it are they who, living outside of the evil, but yet understanding it fully, desire to advance those who are involved in: it to a higher plane of develop- ment. No better illustration of this can be formed than is offered by “The Great Master,” whom the people who criti- cise sooial reformers to-day profess so loudly. He came to the lowly of the earth, to the outcast, the forsaken, the dis- consolate; and‘ his associates, friends and disciples, were from these classes. According to the logic of these latter- day moralists, Jesus’ constant practice and his yearning desire for these classes arose from the fact that he had but one idea; that he had an innate love for the conditions that he sought to improve; that he loved to wallow in the ﬁlth in which he found those whom he “ came to save.” But what is the truth about Jesus and all other reformers who have sought to elevate the low, to assauge the distress of the humble and to lessen the sorrows of the oppressed? It is directly the reverse of that put forth by sticklers for purity of to-day. The heart that looks into and appreciates and deplores t-he vices and miseries of its day, and devotes its life and strength to their relief, is the one that has grown above the common plane of life, and whose sympathies are called forth by a love for its kind which is as broad as humanity and as deep as universal brotherhood; indeed, it is the heart that recognizes that there is a universal brother- hood that is alone capable of a sympathy that can reach so low do_wn into the under strata of human life and feel that no matter where or how an immortal soul exists, that soul is brother or sister to the highest in the universe. N 0 heart bound about by a personal selﬁshness, or even by ties which limit its vision and love to those of its own household or to its immediate circle of friends, can love universally, can feel for the misfortunes of the lowly and for the degradation of the despised; and these would—be followers of the gentle Nam- rcne only announce their own hypocrisy when they taunt- ingly pursue those who ﬁnd a brother in the lowliest of the race, or a sister in the most despised among women. “ Touch pitch and be deﬁled” is the motto of this class of professing bigots. Even these words are their own con- demnation. He or she who can be defiled by any contact whatever, thereby reveals the natural weakness of their own purity and virtue. She is the pure woman, the virtuous woman, who can go into the lowest sinks of vice or crime and come forth unscathed; who can go into the vilest haunts of degradation and shed a ray of sunshine there with- out‘; fear of becoming deﬁlcd—indecd, who can say to the world, “Iam the sister and friend, the daily associate of those whom you despise, and I shall never cease my efforts in their behalf until they are raised above where your cant- ing hypocrisy can longer blast their lives.” In’ applying this line of reasoning to the advocates of the social question, it will be found that they are those who, -having realized the evils that they deplore,know that there are better conditionsto be attained for all humanity than those in which it now exists. Instead of desiring worse clebaucl1_ cry. than now obtains——of asking for general degradation where now it is maintained to be exceptional only-——they de- mand an.opportunity— for a higher order ofvpurity, a better morality, amore‘ holy virtue——a purity, a morality, a vir- tue of the soul which needs no legal restraints or supports to make it stand alone. They are asking for a position for woman thVat"will allow her to have andexercise her‘ natural purity, her innate morality,Vher realvirtue, making them no longer dependent upon the mere observance of a legal form which often outrages the interior sense of these divine attri- butes of the soul. They assert without fear of contradiction -=-without the fear that any honest worn_an—any humanitar- ian man will say them false—that for a. woman possessing these traits inherently, it is an outrage upon; them all to com- pel her by legal restraints to be a {party to g;o,n1rne1'ce with the man—l-the legal husb.and——-whom she no ionger loves. Here they rest their case, and here they defy: their critics; cnment of John Willcox; unforttinate for Mr. Shiplnan, we here they challenge the denial of every virtuoga woman. who mean, if-it were improper it will i°es§toi.rrnd tits ‘lfgenggiit W._, and is the Mr. S. '3 has any sense of honor srof puritylia. her are more: illiE3,i7;Gi1%lll§3il§_tf?§ the snu.itir:aa-tins: those -Whfiii has . _ cast out, those who are the vicarious atonement for much of the misery that legal wives wquld otherwise have to endure. They challenge the conﬁrmation of the most’ despised of all classes of women who, let them be ever so degraded, still have that spark of womanhood left in their souls that abhors the mission to which society has consighed them; abhors the contact sold for a price, revolts at the yielding of the body upon the demand of anything save love. There is an inex- tinguishable spark of purity in every woman’s soul that is forever in arms against all commerce save that which flows from ‘love for the partner to the act. Nor do they stop with this declaration; but they follow it on to its logical conclusion, from which there is as little chance for escape as there is from the first assertion. If every woman’s soul protests against the commerce gained by others means" than love, as vile, as prostitution of the powers of love, so also every woman’s soul accepts as pure and good, as virtuous and divine, the act to which her soul invites parti- cipation. Take issue with this natural judge, ye canting priests and sycophantic listeners if ye will! Ye are as power- less to reverse the verdict given as ye are impotent to change‘ the route marked out by God, in which the sun doth hold his daily course. every woman’s heart; given to her to guide and guard, to save her matohless form from the polluter’s touch. No human law can ever ﬁll the place for which this higher law was formed; no woman can be truly pure and virtuous in the sight of heaven who substitutes the outer for the inner law, or for the sake of gain in any form—for gold, ,for houses,‘ lands, or other 'wealtl1—for fame, for honor, for position’s sake; for comfort, home, support; for aught save love alone her body gives. This greater word than any other that the language yields, this talismanio guard that watc‘.1'es the approach to every woman’s inner life; this the more than golden key that in the loving hand unlocks the path to the divinest consummation known to earth or heaven—-such con- summation as Jehovah wrought when He, with procreating grasp, His abstract life with pulseless matter blended, and forth from chaos sprang a living world——call ye ,this love-— this impulse vilgl Say ye that those who move by its divine, command are base and low-—are votaries at the shrine of Lust, and seek forbidden joys where none but those em- powered bylaw should tread! How dare ye thus traduce the law which in the soul of woman has been traced by her Creator, and by your own enactments trample in the dust this gift of God ; this gift, the guide, the guard to woman’s chiefest treasure, by which alone its holy instincts can from degradation be preserved. When man can say that he can set himself in place of God, and better rule the things that -He hath made, can best control the instincts which from out His heart He breathed into the life of man, then he may safe- ly set aside this law, but not before. in. 4_ r gr-% THE BROOKLYN BUSINESS. It is now three weeks since Mr. Tracy made his “ opening,” and the papers and the public are beginning to clamor to know when the defense is to begin. The opinion that was derived from the “opening” has, by reason of the testimony for the defense, rapidly gained, that Mr. Tilton and not Mr. Beecher is now on trial. It is true that two witnesses who have testiﬁed have contradicted Mr. Tilton on some imma- terial points, but where is the evidence to contradict Mr‘. Tilton, Mr. Moulton and Mrs. Moulton "upon the one and‘ "only point at issue. ' IVhat matters it if Mr. Tilton had forgotten the name of the gentleman, Judge Cowley, of Lowell, whom he met and conversed with at “ Mrs. VVoodhull’s;” what if he were detained late one night with a woman because their watches r an ‘down and a younger sister was kept waiting until her patience oozed away; what if Mr. Tilton had forgotten that it was Mr. Wilkeson and not himself, who saved Mr. Beccher’s son from threatened disgrace -by getting him a commission in the regular army when he was likely to lose one in the volunteer service; what if Mr. Tilton was over-attentive before company to a special favorite or any other woman; and what if the bushy-headed Christian minister who “ lays around loose,” did observe all this; what if Miss Lovejoy was in Mr. Tilton’s room at Winsted, Ct. ,. early in the morning en desliabiile; what if Mr. Tilton did confess to having been in bed in his own house with the “A favorite ” to whom he was too attentive before company, according to the minister; what if Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony and Mr. Andrews and other “objectionable cl1aracters,” were visitors at Mr. Til- ton_’s to" Mrs. T.’s disgust; what if Mr. Tilton neglected to purchase the coals, and went home from the lectures with other women than ‘Mrs. T; what if he did not refuse to give Thomas Cookthe evidence of Mr. Beeche-r’s adultery when prompted to do so by Mrs. Woodhull; what if h_e_w_ere at Mrs. VVoodhull’s house a thousand instead, of a dozen times; what if h.e did write the “true story” of all this muss; what if Mr. Tilton did say that Mr. Beecherhad ‘made improper proposals or advances to Mrs. Tilton; what if Mr. Tilton did refuse to sign “the tripartite,” and settle with Mr. Beecher until Mr, Bowen had ﬁrst settled with him; what if the documents were not destroyed as promised ;--what if all these things were so,'a__rid a thousand more of similar: importance, ‘What have they ali to $10 With the question as to whether Mr, — lieeclier had sexual intcispourse with Mrs. Til- ton? ‘ an Eoutslder ahssrving the condnct at the defense mast Cﬁiitfiitlflh‘ tli_at titty t—.?-ttsitiri azirait t_2i’2.s. tiff , ._ It is the law immutable, engravcn into ' an .M,,.cnn7,1375_ wo0DHULr. a 0-LAi«*Lin*stwii.EKLv. I o 5 . ' .. _ 5 . """ ” ; .. . s , " ‘ I I ‘ ‘ ‘ I ’ . g are going throughall this twaddle with a view to a mitiga- As a social bigot we may searchthis land over and fail to ought not to have lived until now, so that he could have had _ tion of damages; that is, if all these things that they desire ﬁnd another like unto him in whose defense this article is in- you for one of his diSCip1eg_ Here was eyoung men to whom to prove against Mr. Tilton are true, they go to show that if dicted. He certainly needs to be defended, even, if, like yon were H best friend,” andvhe had written the biography Mr. Beecher did break up his family and did entice his wife Theodore Tilton, he refuse to be; and who can do this with and presided at a meeting of enoh 3, bed women_ He had , to leave him, it was not very damaging to Mr. ’I‘ilton after a better grace than those whose names have been extensively known this bed women very intimately; or, as he Said in his all. The tone of the press almost universally, is proof that bedaubed by his self-righteous and self—confessed denun- biography, <4 for I knew her wenpv but you knew her a great this View of the case is rapidly gaining ground. Some pa- ciations ? We see a great many good traits of character in dea1 better, for you had never Seen or Spoken to her_ He was perstliat have been ver_v,bitteron Mr. Tilton, now join in the Oliver Johnson, the man who edits a paper in thejdoctrines wen, wen eeqneinred with her views an expressed on the cry to know. when the defense is going to begin; which is‘ and theories of which he has no faith. For such unsectarian roetrnrn and as written by her pen; but you who “ didn’t as much as to say that there has been none made as yet. labors, for such a great, and withal such a good man as “the want to know her," who H wonjdnit read anything She wrote,» Mr. Tilton, Mr. Moulton and Mrs. Moulton committed a great defendant” has been shown to be--such a Christ-like knew her so rnneh better, and your knowing eonvinoed you grievous error when they opened their testimony to c0nti‘a~ man—he deserves the approbation of all the earth. More- that she were 5, Very bad woman Of eonree it was your duty dictions regarding their relations with us. Had they kept over, this bigot, strange to say, is a very progressive person. to your friend to “speak sharply” and to “remonstrate scri- strictly within ‘the limits of truth, the defense would not During his life he has come all the way up from orthodoxy onely ” with him about one whom you knew so much better e have called Judge Cowley, of Lowell, nor Thomas Cook, to spiritualism, making as many as twenty halts on the way, than he could know, Of course it was; and then it was so nor indeed a half-dozen other witnesses yet to testify——all to besides some side issues. He has never been anything a great just to the woman. It was so Christian for you to speak so the same effect, about the relations with us. There was while atatime;that would have been incompatible with pro- wellof one of whom you knew nothing. A great many nothing in thdse relations of which , they had any need grcss. Buthe isa “Spiritualist now, but notadamned fool”——— Christiane like you have done the some thing for hen But 7’ to be ashamed. The shame, if anywhere, ought to be on of a Spiritualist, we suppose he would have said. Tliat’s kind Johnson is an honorable man, These are all honorable men_ / 2 '__,o,, ., the other side, for which the testimony already given indi- cates ample cause. If we were to be aﬂbcted by slight affairs, we should certainly be ashamed of having been mixed up with such people; but we will bear the shame as well as we can,_ in the hope that the experience had, will result in ridding the world somewhat, at least, of hypocrisy in high places and of opportunities for conspiracies against the reputations of great men by such people as Tracy has rep- resented and promised to prove Mr. Tilton, Mr. Moulton and Mr. Bowen to be. _ If the defense have got any evidence to show that there never was any so-called criminal intimacy between their client and Mrs. Tilton, why don’t they advance it and have done with the trial? Here are nearly three months con‘- ' sumed, and more people believe Mr. Beecher guilty now than there did when the trial began. The longer the de- fense continues offering such testimony as they have oﬁered so far, so long will the number of believers in Mr. Bcecher’s innocence decrease. If the defense succeed in proving everybody connected with the prosecution, of “immoral” character, as they seem inclined to try to do, we cannot see how that is to help Mr. Bee_chcr’s case. Indeed, may it not ruin his case, by opening the door for the prosecution to rebut by inquiring into other scandals with which it is broadly hinted that Mr. Bcecher’s name is connected? All this sort of proceeding may be very proper for prin- cipals to a case; but when this kind of investigation is di- rected against the witnesses, it is an entirely different thing. For our part, We think it an outrage to go into the trial of every witness who is putrupon the stand. All testimony 'should be conﬁned to the ‘facts at issue; and it would soon be so conﬁned if all witnesses would do as the following from the New York Sun of the 16th inst. says. that Mr. Moulton intended to do under certain contingencies: HOW FRANK MOULTON THREATENED TO snoorr IN COURT. Correspondence of the Phi‘-ladelphta T/imés. Here let me add what the intimidation had been which’ Mrs. Moulton had to risk by appearing. Aware of what she knew, and that she would not be scared off by anything true, such as her slight association with Mrs. Woodhull, the defend- ant, through his and Jim Fisk’s old counsel, prepared to indict Mrs. Moulton and her husband jointly, on the imputa- tion that her ﬁrst child was born inside of the full period of gestation. From this they designed to draw the inference that the husband had been admitted to the great business house of Woodruff & Robinson by compromising their neice. This infamous plot was found out and carried from the Beecher camp to Mr. Beach’s partner, who returned with it to Brooklyn. Frank Moulton made short work of it. He announced that whoever should ask his wife such a question would be shot dead in the court room. They knew his red- headed nature, and went no further than to begin the cross- examination by inquiring the age of the boy at the period when his mother took him to Mrs. Woodhull’s. ' And had Mr. Tracy proceeded with this infamous busi- ness, and had Mr. Moulton carried out his threat, as we are certain he would have dbnc had the gross insult been oﬁ'ered to Mrs. Moulton, the world would have acquitted’ him; it would have gloried in the man who would protect his wife and punish the coward who should~insult her upon the wit- ness-stand,'when the law and the Court should neglect‘ or * were powerless or incompetent to do so. , The present practice admits so much that is practically’ . irrelevant that it is utterly impossible for any ordinary jury to separate the . evidence that is pertinent from that which has no bearing upon the case. The effect of the . practice in this case, so far as is yet evident, is to endeavor to force from the jury a tverdict in favor of Mr. Beecher by proving that Mr. Tilton is a very bad inan,'and not be- cause. Mr. Beecher isinnocent of the offense charged. >49 ~‘ A" SPECIMEN Bieor-—cHuisriA.N. I When tlieword bigot -is used it is generally supposed to refer to a person who is of that character religiously; but it does not byany means follow that there are no bigots in other things, because the word has a more general use in the sense mentioned. There are bigots in science, bigots in ' medicine, bigots, indeed, in all the various affairs of life, and especially are there social bigots——bigots who think that their paramount virtues entitle them to judge all the rest of the world, or rather to condemn it unheard even. VVe have more pity for a bigot than for any ogier class of individuals. ‘ It is sucha responsibility to occupy and maintain such a position, because one is inisuch danger all the time of doing some not utterly incompatible’ with its professions! We may despise a liar, hold a braggart in contempt; but we can only pity s; bigot, who, its-fl-{ls the and the feel, st-sits‘ has rasigaifisssas. ’ ‘ I ‘whom he had made a bargain in writing, at Tlieodore’s sug- to whom you were “dearest friend,” and put forth your and, above all, for writing such a biography of her as he had a V r o , ‘W1,itten_ He Said to me: (Oliver, that is one of the best connected with the rights of woman are now shaking the toward Spiritualists. Oliver Johnson can be _'a Spiritualist without being a damned fool of a one. Indeed, he testified at the trial that he was not a damned fool. It-’s a good thing to have at hand the decided opinion of one person that an individual is not a “damned fool,” even if that person be himself. Vite congratulate Oliver Johnson upon his re- commendations. It isn’t everybody who dare testify of his own knowledge that he is not himself a “damned fool,” although he might be certain that he is a Spiritualist. But, above all other things, Oliver Johnson is the editor of the 07m'stz'cm Union, and it must be that a person who is capable of managing a paper successfully that has occupied and that still occupies the peculiar position of this paper at this time, not forgetting its relationship \l§:_Y_'):E~'.l3llG Life of Christ in its aerial ﬂight, may pretty securely aiﬁrm that he is not a “damned fool.” This individual used to be Theodore Tilton’s frlend—yes,, Theodore said his “ best‘ friend,” and he continued so until after he became editor, partlythrougli Theodore’s inﬂuence, of this peculiarly situated paper. Theodore knew what the paper wanted, what it needed to carry it. safely through the tempest that he knew was about to burst upon it, and he saw Oliver Johnson was just the man for the place. Tlieodore’s judgment, this time, at least, was good. It showed that he appreciated the peculiar qualities of the man for just what t11ey‘we1‘e wor-t_h; and if there were no other evidence, that he wished Mr. Beecher well at that time, this of proposing Oli- ver Johnson for editor, it seems to us ought to be conclusive. But alas for friendsliip!‘ His duty to his employers, with gestion, to prevent being cheated out of his wage-s, caused him to cast away the love he had cherished so many years for the “ talented boy.” You shouldn’t have done that, Oli- ver. You should have stood by him to the last moment, and have"cndeavoi'ed to have saved him__ from that “ bad woman” with whom he " unfortunately” got entangled. You shouldn’t have given up after two fruitless ‘efforts, Oliver! That warn’t Christian; you should have clung to him, even if he had attemptedto cast you off. rYou knew that woman to be a very bad woman. Of course you did, Oliver, and it was manly and Christian in you to go to him efforts to save him from one of whom you know so much that was so bad. Your acquaintance, personal and other- wise, with this woman was such that of, course you felt per- fectly right in depicting her as you were in the habit of doing,_ and a_s you attempted to do to Theodore. You knew, of your own personal knowledge, that she was just what you said she was, and of course you had read all of her '- writings and knew whereof you spake when you called them infamous. You and Judge Neilson agree perfectly. It would have been a “happy thought” had you two, who have come to such similar and definite conclusions in the same way, been together upon the bench to try the case at which unfortunately you were witness only. But things will fall so inappropriately sometimes even with you. They didn’t fall that way when they made you editor of “ the great defendant’s” paper. Did they, Oliver? But what was your evidence about your efforts to save Theodore? ' “ I_ talked very sharply to him, with something of a tone of rebuke (a fatherly tenderness for the young boy), for being acquainted with such a woman (heaven save her) - 3 pieces of literary work that Iever did, and I am proud of it; and I shall not permit you in my presence to say anything against that woman‘; I regard her as one of the best and purest women that I ever kncw—a great woman; a woman bound to be a leader in a great reform.’ ” - So much for the biography, but not enough‘ for the Stein- way Hall presiding. One more effort was ‘ kind of you, Oliver. Your ﬁrst , warning was not heeded. But your friendship wouldn’t permit you to let him drift to destruc- tion without another. Oh, no! ‘ ’ “I remonstrated very seriously with Mr. Tilton for pre- siding at the meeting of such a woman, whom I regarded as a very bad one, but he said to me that he belonged in reality with her; that she represented a cause in which he had the deepest interest; that to pirastcle at her meeting was simply is have the sewage of agitators.” ’ - iiiaar ©lai.sti.sialiTss i:i.tis saiis,.iiai tfiitwrli desist, Of course it was honorable to the woman to call her such a bad woman, since you all knew her so much better than did those who were her intimate associates and friends, who, strange to say, all differ so vastly from you in their esti- mation of her. But this very bad woman ventures to express an opinion. It may not however be in order after having been the recipi- ent of so many Christian favors from so many Christian men, and after having had her opinions pronounced upon by the Christian judiciary; but she will say it, even at the s. ‘ risk of being in contempt of these people and their courts: If these godly people had minded their own business a little better and had spent a little less time in retailing things about her of which they neither knew nor would take any method to know, anything, she possibly would not . _ have been quite so bad a woman as she is,in the public esti- — mation. But she has been conjured up to be the worst of women in the minds of those who have invented ‘opinions of her. based upon nothing except their own bigoted notions of what a person must certainly be who has the audacity to differ from them regarding the holy (?) institution of mar- riage. It is the people, who like you, Oliver Johnson, have peddled the conjuring of their intolerant spirits broadcast over the country, to which this “bad woman” owes her “bad reputation.” They and you have denounced her f r and wide to your acquaintances, and they, on your authority, have spread it still further and still wider until there is scarcely aperson in the world, who has not seen her, but has caught up the estimate that your bigoted spirit con- jured up; and she is your “bad. woman” to all, -with their own interpretation of badness added to your original picture. It would be mercy on the part of God if there were a burning hell in which non-Cliristians might live eternally, rather than to condemn them to a heaven and compel them to the associa- tion of such’ Christians as those of whom Oliver Johnson is a type. It is bad enough to have to ;live with them here a few short years; but to think of an eternity and without hope . o of change, -Oh, God, deliver us I But even in hell we should still pity and prayrfor their deliverance, and on earth prefer to remain even the “‘ bad woman” rather than to be obliged to live and, like Oliver Johnson, spend our time in mixing mud-balls from the slime in our own hearts and ﬂinging them at women who by honestly and earnestly endeavoring to bet. ter the condition of their sex, should call down our spleen upon them after the fashion that we have called down the spleen of "such Christian bigots as Oliver Johnson. mnna. 4 V ‘rm V VVOMAN SUFFRAGE CONVENTION .. Miss Susan B. Anthony has again sent forth hersuminons to call the friends of woman suffrage to meet at Union League Hall, New York, on the 11th of May, 1875. Among” the speakers are mentioned Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda, Joslyn Gage, Carrie S. Burnham and Phebe W. Cozzjne, There is also one minister mentioned, the Rev. 0. B. Froth- ington, who stands, we believe, somewhat north of the or. thodox Christian churches. Remembering the very inferior position allotted to women in both the Old and New Testa- ments, we do not wonder at the absence of the regular clergy. Of course the WEEKLY wishes success to the movement, though at the same time it perceives that it will be more diﬂicult to obtain the crumb of bread called “political lib- erty,” than it would be to secure the whole loaf of ,“pei-— sonal sovereignty.” In our opinion much grander issues nation from centre to circumference. Indeed, we” make hold to say that these are shadowed forth in the call: The danger in sight to our‘ country, to ourselves and to those we hold most dear, leads us to cry aloud and sparenot. Therefore. as women basely insulted, as citizens whose’equa,1.' ity of rights is ignored, as lovers of,our country, to whom -its welfare is most dear, as human beings possessing a birthright of freedom, let us in convention assein ole in that great com- mercial. centre, from whence’ our Words will go broadcast over the land, and again demand our recognition a.svse1f-gov- ernlng citizens, and again press upon our-country's attention those great principles of justice upon whose foundations alone a true and permanent republic can be built. - , Oh! when will woman rise to the occasion. Mere politi«. cal equality will not mend the evils complained of. What good can come out of the votes of a Community largely composed of personal slaves? No woman must be free before i191’ vote can advance her interests, those of the as- tienmiad those of her helpmatcm-nias. The present civil anti ecclesiastical ea.slave:aaiit at wetaaa liliiti.-ﬁg the derel- st its assist. warliig sesssl aunt that 6.; .° -WOODHULL & CIi.A.FL_iIN.’S WEEKLY. March 27, 1875.; is gathering around us must be attributed to it; and though the laws, the churches and society stand in the way, through them or over them we feel that the good cause advocated by the VVEEKLY is progressing and will progress until it ulti- mates in assured and triumphant success. ---=----—-—-+'-—<9+--4-au-=----—- VV OMEN IN MARRIAGE. Under the above heading, Earpers’ Baear, of March 6, gives us a temperate and able review of the condition of wo- men under the “legal and ecclesiastical marriage systems,” to which systems the ‘WEEKLY takes exceptions, not denying that they may have been of service to mankind in the past ages, but asserting that they are now no longer necessary for the protection of women, and that‘ in our present advanced state of civilization they are hindrances to the improvement of our race. We propose to review the whole article, and will italicise those passages to which we desire to call special at-_ tention: “ One of the most singular facts of the present day is that so many of the mutterings against the existing conditions of marriage should proceed from women. Not that, looking from some points of view, there is not much reason for the rnutterings, nor that women are not those who chieﬂy feel the yoke of the system; but the situation of women would be so inﬁnitelv worse without it that it is impossible to justify their short-sightediiess and wrong-headedness in crying out against the Whole system, when it is their sole protection, in- stead of against the folly or the barbarity of certain features of it that might be modiﬁed or abrogated.” Our readers will please mark the admission with which the paragraph commences, and also the admission with which it terminates. Speaking historically and accurately, the original condition of woman was that of a. slave. If she is aslave still—for mar- riage, says John Stuart Mill, is the only actual‘ bondage known to our laws; there remain no legal slaves except the mistress of every house——and if she will always be a slave until she is made was much an integer of society as man, and his equal before jus- tice and equity, yet her chains have been gilded into such pretty jewelry that she is not always aware of them. In the beginning, when life was a state of much the same daily warfare and prey as it is now with the beasts of the jungle, her compara- tive beauty, her Weakness and tenderness, caused her always to be either the thing in dispute or one of the rewards of the struggle. _ At first never safe, she subsequently may have been made prize of more regularly as a mark of prowess, but later as an acquisition of booty, with implements of strife, with cattle, and with, treasure. Astonishing as it sounds, nevertheless a great progress was made when she became an object of sale, inasmuch as sale is nobler than rapiiie. But even then her condition was only less deplorable than her previous one had been. She was the property of an owner, liable to barter, to blows, with no rights in herself or in her children—with nothing in the world but the poor breath she drew, nor even that should she offend her lord! What nobility in her at last became apparent, and induced her master to legalize her as a ﬁxed and single wife with certain small rights of her own, it would take time to consider. One might say, indeed, that it was some nobility in him, with iii- creasing reﬁnements grafted on his nature, the sons nobler for the sorrows of the mothers, that had made it possible for him to experience a lasting affection for one woman ;_but it is more likely that aﬁeclion for his offspring, and civil con- siderations" of heirship widely recognized, rather impelled him to this action. Certain it is that it was the slow work of ages,and that it came out of the loftier and less luxurious races, while that it is not yet an altogether perfect relation is due to the fact that it is a thing of growth under gift and sufferance rather than of absolute and complete creation. We agree with John Stuart Mill that the legal"-and ecclesi- astical marriage of the present day is by law rendered a “state of slavery for woman.” Furthermore, that for the masses of women the chains are not “ gilded into such pretty jewelry”—as may be readily seen by a visit to the lunatic asyluins of the States, which are now, we are told, mainly ﬁlled with over-worked farmers’ wives. We admit the his- torical accuracy of the condition of ‘woman in the past as narrated. Nobody claims that woman should be supernally happy in the present state of marriage. All that is claimed is that it is the best thing she has yet enjoyed; and it 13 hard to see houiit can be very greatly improved to her advantage at this pe- riod, or-until both man and woman have themselves improved. Forour own part—though, if it be the case, it does not mili- tate against her right to happiness that we know of—we leave I it for others to assert that women, on the average, are alto- gether the intellectual equals of men. But we do assert that ‘ they are capable of developing into equals, and we hold that - it is the fault of men that they are not already so. Still, that is perhaps in the line of necessity, for the physicallystronger, beingthe first to get the upper hand, will naturally secure the greater advantages to themselves, and they have conceded too much for us to grumble that they have not given the Whole. When women have had the intellectual training and education for generations that men have en,]oyed,.so that 11 education itself does not become instinct, the habits of edu- cation do—When they have had for such tiine_the same free- dom, the friction and the scope, such an idea will no longer be a matter of question ; there will then be undoubted equality, but it will be the equality in which one_ star differs from_an- other, each after its kind correspondingly near perfection. From the marriages of_ that era a race must doubtless succeed to which, in powers of mind, the present race will be scarcely more than pigmie-s; and in those marriages it is not to be sup- posed that the wife will have any jurtrter cause for unhappi- ness, than the husband has. But that is something in the ex- ceedingly remote future, and we_ca.n only hope slowly to lead up to it by fighting‘within the union, so to say, not by putting ourselves outside of the present convention and compact, but keeping one hand closely grasped over what we have at- tained, and stretching up the other hand for more. We claim" that the state of woman and man also will im- prove when they are both wise enough to depend on affec- tion and not on law, which latter now operates to loose rather than. to bind or secure union between the sexes. Vlfhen woman is not a lségal ﬁxture her lover will remain a lover, which is not often now the case, and the woman will not merge the merry sweatheart into the weary wife quite so often as she does now. This, we claim, will improve both their‘ conditions. Then, indeed, may we hope that “ from the (free) marriages of that era a race must doubtless succeed to which, in powers of mind, the present race would he scarcely more than pigraiesg and in these (ﬁre) marriages its set is he ssspssm; that sits v-s_-‘il.l have any isit-list’ i cause for unhappiness thanvher husband has.” Should such occur, however, both parties will have a ready remedy——l viz., separation. But, we believe, under these better con- ditions, such would far more rarely occur than it does at present. But if husbands do not feel the galling of the yoke as wives do,‘ we may, notwithstanding, assume that they are sensible of its burdens and restraints; yet it is not from the hus- bands that complaint regarding marriage comes, but from those who owe to it all the safety and honor that they possess. Let women bethink themselves. ‘Suppose for a moment that legal marriage had ceased in society, what would be the ulti- mate result? Human nature would remain the same, what- ever laws it was under. Passions and appetites would be the same. the great drama of love would still go on, the race would -still continue, and children would be born. What would become of the children? In some cases, of course, pa- ternal feeling would appear and maintain itself; but in others it is possible that the indifference to oﬁspring common to the male animal in a state of nature, witha few excep- tions, would supervene ; in still others the father. being free to choose, and ﬁnding one inclination stronger than another, would tire of the sick or fading or uncongenial mother, and at sight of a rosy face or a pretty way be off" to fresh ﬁelds and pastures new. All this would happen, whether it received any complication or not from the mother’s variety of choice, if of ﬁckle or capacrious nature; and we should soon, then, have a generation of children depending chieﬂy upon their mothers for support, and women would ﬁnd themselves with burdens far heavier than they ever dreamed of bearing now; for the mother’s instinct is something that in all nature is not known to fail except where bitter poverty and bitter shame produce instant infanticide. But it is seldom that mothers can rear children and support them too. The natural consequence of their being obliged to do so would be either a depopulation of the earth, through infanticide. if the mother instinct did fail, or else the succession of a tribe of mothers bowed to the earth with hard labor and want and care, for- getting their own graces, and having no time to impart any thing of the sort to those who would’ be growing up paupers, . predatory, unlearned, and in scarcely more than a second generation relapsing towaid barbarism. We cannot see, in all reason and fairness, that if. marriage were seriously in- terfered with there could be any» other consummation of events than this. The necessary end for woman would be a return to the state of savage nature; and the thing would work like atwo-edged blade, for what woman is, her children, more or less, must be also; and where she goes, in this view, sooner or later, but inevitably, man himself must follow. We deny that men have invested women with “all the safety and honor they possess,” by instituting legal or eccle- siastical marriage. Their titles to safety and honor are, like those of men, vested in themselves, and We simply demand’ of the law to acknowledge this fact, and annihilate all its ridiculous sexual classiﬁcations. I/Voman has no reason to honor the law which treats her, as in the case of Mrs. Tilton, as a_bale of goods, whose value is now open to be assessed by a jury, before which she cannot appear to defend her rights, and from whose award she can expect no compensa- tion. As to the question, “ What is to become of the chil- dren ?” We might answer: What becomes of the larger part of them now? But we do know what will become of them if we are a civilized or even a decently Christian people. It would be an insult to both to suppose that they can long continueto be uncared for, as they are now. The suppo- sition is surely sufficient to make even a clergyman blush. As to the picture that follows of the man leaving his “sick, or fading, or uncongenial wife,” we answer that husbands are more likely so to desert their mates than lovers, and such separations are often the natural eﬁect of laws which have superseded and destroyed affection. With regard to the results which would follow the annihilation of legal or ecclesiastical marriage, ending with the return of woman “to the state of savage nature,” we reply that we do not anticipate any such melancholy effects, nor are such war- ranted by the general course of the argument, which com- menced with a vision of her in that state, and exhibited the steady advance she has made up to the present period, which, we believe, she will continue to make until she stands, le- gally, politically and socially, equal to her mate, man, under all conditions and in all the relations of life. We cannot close the review of this portion of the subject without calling special attention to the position in the above, expressed in this language: “The natural consequence of their being obliged to do so (support their own children) would be a depopulation of the earth through infanticide, or else the succession of a tribe of mothers bowed to the earth with hard labor, want and care.” _ This we deny, ‘and instead of it assert that it would be the means of compelling a reorganization of society to meet the demands that grow out of the fact that the bearing of chil- drcn is the most important factor in society, which would inaugurate proper andgcommensurate measures to insure, not only the education of children, but their entire care and support. It is an easy way to put off a demand by dismiss- ing it upon such irrelevant conclusions; but this one of putting off the emancipation of woman because it is assumed that theytwill cease to bear children, is too palpably inap- plicable, not to say absurd. It is similar-to the objection that was used against the abolition of slavery-—“that the negroes wouldn’t take care of themselves if they were set . free.” Now the same class of objectors say that it will not do to set the women free, because the children couldn’t take care of themselves; but such begging of the subject will not much longer be accepted as argument to shut off discussion upon the most vital of all questions in which the welfare of society is involved. Meanwhile we congratulate Harper’s Bazaar for the courage that enabled it to say that there are evils in marriage which ought to be remedied. None, then, can be more blind than those women who lift their voices in rebellion against marriage, when this is the only possible result of the rebellion; and few can be more biamewcrthy than those who listen to them without censure. lf the institution, as it stands today, is anywhere totgud not to meet just and equitable iiemsuds, reasonable one sent-ls ,egs-is cannot sail to mess it do sswisii uses see set tyrants, “is a simple civil contract, and no more. but friends and lovers——a.nd it can only be by quiet and pleas- ant persistency that it has attained its present status. Let women, then, beware how, joining in the clamor against it, they walk in such a suicidal path as we have pointed out. Let them beware of all the enticing and insidious ways that conduct them toward that path; and let them hold marriage, with what faults it has and what reforms it need s, as some- thing too holy to be meddled with irreverently, and the only shield between them and a. horror of great darkness. If Harpers’ Baear believes in the “ holiness” of the mar- riage institution, it differs in so deeming from the conclusion to which all Protestant nations have arrived at, viz.: that it Our opinions on the “ holiness of marriage” are given elsewhere, under the heading of Catholicism, where they properly belong; '.We conclude by reiterating our position on the subject: ’ 1. We agree with the Baear that, in savage life, woman was the prey of man individually. A 2. That, at the present time, she is the prey of civil and ecclesiastical laws, which are based on and remand her back to the same old savage, individual male tyranny. 3. That in order now to keep her in a state of subiection, she is defrauded of her industrial,po1itic‘al, religious and legal rights also. . 4. That, in consequence of depriving her by law of her personal sovereignty, we are flooded with sexual crimes, which are decimating the race. ' ‘ 5. That no stable improvement can be effected until the old savage idea of man’s property in woman is annihilated; and hence the ﬁrst step necessary to that end is the aboli- tion of all systems, whether civil or religious, by which, at present, that barbarism is maintained i_ In general review of the foregoing article, it may be said_ that the great error made by almost every writer in treat- ing of the possible consequences of freedom for the affec- tions is, that they look at it entirely from the present male standpoint, and argue as if women, in that condition, would still remain as they are now, subject to the will of man. ’ T.liey ignore the fact that women would then be individuals, holding the control of their own bodies, and yielding them- selves sexually to men only when love should dictate. In our estimation, there can be no I greater insult offered woman than to say that every sweet-faced girl will be a ready vic- tim toiany seeking man, when every woman is freed from the grasp of the law, and permitted to resume the control of her maternal functions, of which she is now deprived by marriage. Again, this class of critics utterly ignores the co-ordinate demand that must necessarily accompany the demand for freedom. They proceed as if all that the advocates of free- dom, ask is that the law be repealed, and woman left to take care of herself and children,’ as best she may under our present system of industry. This is dishonest, and is evidence, to a certain degree, that those who so argue do not themselves believe what they write. We not only ask torgfreedom for women; that they be all free from being held by law to consort with men for whom they have no love or desire, but we further ask that they be supported in that freedom. We ask that society which depends upon woman to replenish its continually depleting stock, shall have suf- ﬁcient regard for her to see that she is maintained. Will the person who wrote the article in -the Bazar look his (for we perceive it to be the emanation of "a masculine mind} wife, mother or sister in the face, and tell her if she were free, and in the enjoyment of all the comforts of life which any woman now enjoys, that she would be the prey of any man? To say so would be an insult to all womanhood. It would be to say to every woman: “ You are by nature a prostitute, ready to receive the embrace of any man who. offers himself to you.” How can women be so blind to the real meaning of this class of critics? How is it that they can remain silent under such degrading imputations upon their innate purity and virtue? ’ , ~ But these critics, when they talk about sickly and pale- faced wives forget that there will be no such women when the control of their own bodies is given‘ to women. It is the forced submission to undesired commerce that furnishes the pinched cheek [and sunken eye by which so many are now telling the story of their improper sexual rela- tions. We ‘say: Set woman free, and society may be sure she will not burden herself with children until that same society insures her- that they shall be properly cared for. ____4Q 4 V -V V JUDGE NEILSONO ON THE_WEEKLY. The position held by the editor of the WEEKLY was some- what curtly and coarsely referred to by Judge N eilson dur- ing the examination of Mr. Oliver Johnson in the Tilton- Beecher case. We give the extract as published by the Brooklyn Eagle: . 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1875-03-27_09_17
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1875-03-27_09_17
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 09, no. 18 (April 3, 1875)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2065
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1875-04-03
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: "I \ PROGRESS! FREETHOUGHTI UNTRAMMELED LIVES): BREAKING THE WAY), FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Vol.‘ 0. 18.—Wl:ole No. 226. NEW YORK, APRIL 8, 1875. PRICE TEN CENTS. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF WARREN CHASE. « CHAPTER II. Thus at four years of age, orphaned and ostracised, out- lawedin the land of his nativity, and out off from that poorest kind of aid, Christian sympathy, because they said his mother had sinned, and, like Adam and Eve in their disobedience, left the curse on her innocent posterity, was our subject left to “paddle his own canoe.” The paternal relative did not feel bound by any legal, moral or religious law to aid him, even if he should starve or freeze; and the maternal, who had the will, perhaps, had not means to do it. The aged couple were tottering toward the grave and near it, and the younger were extremely poor and struggling for life "them- selves. The Quaker family did not feel able to keep the boy without pay; and as there was no Catholic asylum in that sec...
Show more"I \ PROGRESS! FREETHOUGHTI UNTRAMMELED LIVES): BREAKING THE WAY), FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Vol.‘ 0. 18.—Wl:ole No. 226. NEW YORK, APRIL 8, 1875. PRICE TEN CENTS. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF WARREN CHASE. « CHAPTER II. Thus at four years of age, orphaned and ostracised, out- lawedin the land of his nativity, and out off from that poorest kind of aid, Christian sympathy, because they said his mother had sinned, and, like Adam and Eve in their disobedience, left the curse on her innocent posterity, was our subject left to “paddle his own canoe.” The paternal relative did not feel bound by any legal, moral or religious law to aid him, even if he should starve or freeze; and the maternal, who had the will, perhaps, had not means to do it. The aged couple were tottering toward the grave and near it, and the younger were extremely poor and struggling for life "them- selves. The Quaker family did not feel able to keep the boy without pay; and as there was no Catholic asylum in that section and the Protestant prejudice would deem it better to let him die and go to hell with his mother than to have him trained into that false religion and do mischief to others on earth, he was turned over to the town, whose three Select- men were overseers of the poor, to whom the “scanty pit- tance of unsocial bread ” was doled out by the lowest bidder at public and annual sale. But as the boy had a good pa- ternal line of long—lived ancestors and a good physical form and constitution, he promised to be of value for hard work after a few years, and one of the shrewdest, hardest and most heartless speculators of the town, a farmer and dealer in live stock, offered to take him till twenty-one years of age, and the Selectmen thought they drove a good bargain when they made him agree to send the boy to school three - * give him $100 and two suits of clothes; and so the contract was signed and the boy turned into, or rather onto (for he was ‘ ,. never into), this family; and then commenced at once the evidence of his slavery, and the evidence that he had no rights that respectably—born people were bound to regard. Savage abuse with tongue, hands, feet and whip he met at almost every turn and return of day; scanty food, and only such as was left after meals by the family; still more scanty clothing, and of schooling little or none, as he could be spared in winter, when, with toes and ﬁngers often frozen, he crept over snow-drifts to a mile-distant school-house, where he barely learned the letters and a few short words, even up to the age of fourteen, when he escaped from slavery. . Born ﬁlled with the warm, affectionate and lovingnature of his mother, his earliest and latest ideal of perfection was woman; never as an object of sexual gratiﬁcation, but as an object of love and admiration that could and would return fourfold to the pure and harmless love of the opposite sex —an ideal and a principle that has never left him. He was thus early and rudely cut off entirely from all female society, mother, sister or friend, and even from all sympathy that could reach him. True, the daughters of his mother pitied him and often heard how he was abused,.. but what could they do? They had neither meansnor inﬂuence " to rescue him nor even to visit him, and never did anything ‘ in the ten long years of this bondage in_which occasionally, but rarely, a kind and sympathizing word would fall on his ear from some poor day-laborer that was employed by this David; (ﬁt name for the man, although not a church-member, which he ought to have been to complete his character). The aifeetional nature of the child was now wholly crushed; and why he did not die, is for others to decide who can guess as well as the writer. The cruel treatment might have been known to the Select-men of the town,!but there ’,was the bond, and the law had done its duty in the binding the man to fulﬁll it. What more could they do? He had not promised not to whip or abuse the boy, and did not the owners of slaves beat them I .=~' . , even though they expected them to work all their lives for nothing? But where were the churches with all their boasted Christian charity? Had they no souls? did not their Master _ and Idol come into the world outside the bonds of wedlock? ' Did theyknow Peter’s and J ohn’s mothers were married? Had they read of the woman who came to Jesus and was not condemned? Oh, but that was in Bible-times and not in our times; besides, God was not bound by moral laws but would . do as He pleased, and what He did was right, however wrong in us. Yet there were always plenty of Christians in Pitts- months in each year, and at the close of the term (16 years)- ﬁeld, but what had they to do with social outcasts? Their souls were not worth saving, and as God had killed the mother without giving her warning and time to repent (for she had never been a Christian) and sent her straight to°hell, He might as well send her boy after her, as he was full of her sin, and it was not likely Christ died for such sinners: But roads turn, winds shift, storms cease, bonds are broken and changes occur, so there is “ an end to every pain.” David» like his ancient namesake, “ fell in love” with the wife of another man, although he had his legal share of the sex and a good supply of children; but" he did not succeed as wellas his namesake, although it was said he often had access to the willing woman, and it created many a row in the family in which the boy had no share but as a spectator. But the busi- ness of David was no longer prosperous, and he soon failed; lost farm and all his property, and moved out of town to a man- ufacturing village (Lampry river) and opened a boarding-house and took the boy along to chop wood. keep ﬁres and do chores, but not to go to school. Opportunity for abuse was not as good here, and he escaped some of the blows and fared better for food at the boarders’ table. Here he ﬁrst witnessed some of the ruder and simpler forms of courtship and the social relations of the sexes for which his soul yearned, but none of the vulgar and licentious conduct of which he knew nothing, and toward which he had no tendency in his nature. It was for the maternal, sisterly and childish love of women and girls that his whole nature yearned. During all these years, till long after manhood, the gentle touch of a female hand with a look of sympathy would choke the voice from utter- ance, and bring tears to the eyes, and whatever changes may have taken place since in the struggle of life that may have hardened the heart, it “ still has kept its gentle 1ove,” al- though it may sometimes have been clouded in the struggles of domestic life, with the temporary shadows of the conﬂict with grim want. Since it passed the middle line of a century, it rapidly unfolded its petals to the sunlight of the spirit-world, and the inspiration of that life has called out its purest fra- grance, that the soul may be ﬁtted foreits home in that life, and where he hopes he shall escape the perils and sufferings he met in this. v ‘ . For more particulars of his early life, its hardships and the escape, the reader is referred to the Life Line. It is not the object to narrate the story here. nor would it be pro- per to do so since the author has published it himself. It is more particularly the social, politicaland religious character of the person and the causes that we design for this sketch, for however much the pulpit and the press may have ignored and abused him for his origin or his bold defense of his mother and his right to be here, and his ready defense of unpopular subjects and persecuted parties, it will be some day acknowl- edged that the inﬂuence of his tongue and pen have been felt on the institutions and the age in which he has lived. In the spring of 1827, when in his ﬁfteenth year, under a strange and then mysterious inﬂuence that controlled and guided him, and without reﬂection or even the premeditation necessary for preparation, he left the family in the absence of David, whom he encountered and mysteriously hid from, without being known, and made his way to his native town. This journey, and its termination, was severe, but ended the physical sufferings and mental abuse of his childhood by the interference of the Select-men who took his part in answer to his complaint, and released him-from the broken bond and its obligations, as David was now unable to pay and likely to remain so, and had already forfeited all claim to further ser- vice. Thus rescued, the boy was now able to support himself and get some share of his time for the school-house, which to him, even at this age, seemed to lead to the goal of his ambi- tion in life. _ One of the Select-men, who had released him,took the boy home (Nathaniel Bacheldor),treating him with the kindness of a true man. His shrinking,timid and crouching form and man- ners began at once to revive, although he was too timid, ignor- ant and awkward to eat what his stomach craved, when seat?- ed for the ﬁrsttime in life at table with a family. The kind- hearted wife of Nathaniel took pity on him at once, and with the kindness of a woman brought up a Universalist, she ap- plied at once for a place for him on the farm of her two bachelor brothers, who were Universalists,_and usually kept a boy to do chores. work summers, and go to school winters, and she got the place; that excluded the boy already in the place, but he had a home and parents to go to. Removed to this pleasant _1iome of the Jexmesses, every _kindness was shown _,)u him by the brothers, and their housekeeper, who soon after married a neighbor on the next farm, which, after two years, became also the home of the boy till he became a man by age“ “ at twenty-one years of life. There were no children in either of these two families, so he had no such companionship except at school, but ‘always from both families had_the kindest treatment, and was cared for as well as most children by their parents in that neighborhood? The boy, who remained at the home {of _’_ the J enuesses several _weeks after our subject went there to live, attempted to teach him the destructive 'practice of onanism, which he practiced t V such extent as to result in death soon after by an attack of cramp, and drown- ing while in a pond bathing; but our boy was too ignorant, artless, innocent and undeveloped at that time to take the pernicious habitthat still destroys the life of thousands and makes so many lives wretched and miserable in women that .ma.rry such men, and destroys the sexual pleasure of both parties. Even drunkenness is not as bad, and hardly the use of tobacco, except that this ﬁlthy weed, in its use, leads di- rectly to the terrible practice in thousands of young boys, and is the most proliﬁc cause now among us of the spread of this vice. Kind treatment and the school-house now began to produce a marked and rapid eﬁect on this sprout of the two old fami- lies of early settlers in the town, and people who knew him and his origin began to look for the wild oats of a totally de- praved, chubby and damned little rascal, who had no right to be born and no business among respectable people, espe- cially among Christians. I [To be continued] 4414 7 yr‘ LAW VS. LOVE. forming. ‘Thou makest a vow twice or thrice, as if the argu- ment were a clincher; thou makest a vow of eternal con- stancy under a rock which is even then crumbling away.” ‘ DIDEROT. The right to slay in protection of property has long been a legal concession. A jury of husbands, wife—owners in essc or posse, have acquitted Muybridge, the jealous husband, who shot his wife’s lover at Napa, California. The technical verdict was, “ not [guilty;” therein. inferring, as a legal for- mulary, that assassination is a justiﬁable assertion of exclu- sive ownership of a wife’s person. . » To~previse the result of this trial needed no other clairvoy- ance than that derived from a knowledge of the ignorance and prejudice of our present society. This and several simi- lar late judicial decisions are the reiterated expression of the enlightened notions of a savage peoplein regard to the status of woman. It is thus judicially established that the sexual appetites of‘ a married woman belong not to herself but to inanities, that should a feme—covert satiate of the sexual em- brace of her liege lord, and ﬁnd her delicate tenderness abused in the salacious contact; though she disrelish and abhor his dalliance, nay heave and gorge at his leehery; though the supreme goddess, Nature, absolutely compel her to some other choice, and opportunity throw it in her way, yet the yielding to her longings is at the risk of death to her- self and to her paramour at the hands of her husband, society justifying him in any madness jealousy may prompt him to commit. ‘ V But barbarism does not justify barbarity; and therefore am I well pleased that the inquisitorial inﬂiction of capita1 punishment was not brought into shocking requisition in the case of Muybridge. N 0 matter what the guilt, I always gym- pathize with the outlaw who escapes the gallows, the brma}, implement of a vengeful and blind justice. “ Sin itself is not so evil as the remembrance and punishment of sin ;” nor can there be greater expiation than such spiritual blindness as that of °M_uybridg6; 3 physical cecity that precludes him. all his gratitude for the loving consolation and exquisite pleasure he had aﬁorded to Mrs. Muybridge. These tragic comedies of married life while they make Ide- rachitus weep, tickle the jestful Democritus. The absurdi- ties of the Quixotic Tiltonover his wife’s inﬁdelity; the lath- rymose innocence of that unfortunate lady, and the sustained and artistic Talftuﬂishness of the petted Henry Ward; with all the tintinnabulous legalisrn daily rung about it, constitute ahfarce that must make the spheres shake with laughter; the happiness of hundreds of thousands annually, and also ‘ “ Marriage is a suicidal covenant; annuls itself in the very i her legal possessor. It is proclaimed, among other forensic ‘ from the sublime apprehension that Larkyns was entitled to. Evy” M-i«e .6/>/’ // s , owoonnum. a Ci.AE'Liii’,.S WEEKLY April 3, 1875.‘ Truly do we -—“ Play the fools_with the time, And the spirits of the wise sit in the Clouds and mock at us.” One of the most thoughtful and discriminative of free-love philosophers, Francis Barry, declares with characteristic acumen that if either sex enthrall themselves in matrimony, they should not be surpised at the cruel result. The compul- . sive conditions and unnatural laws of this boorish institution arepdeﬁnitely asserted, and cannot be evaded by those who enter it. It is hardly fair totexpect to enjoy the blessings of freedom, unless by determining to be free men and women, we have/made ourselves worthy of its consolations. In this iron age, in this dark cycle of time, the selﬁsh passion of jealousy insidiously contaminates the love relations of the sexes. I have known professed free lovers, earnestin their "worship of the ideal principle of love, to be shocked,and mar- tyrized when their own sexual partners put in practice the liberty they recognize in theory. The most enlarged toleration and determined self-command is necessary to each one of us would we avoid trespassing upon that immunity in love, which is a prerogative as natural as the right to breathe. The lover who would, upon the pedestal of his own selﬁsh love of possession, insulate the woman whom he pretends to idolize from such other electrical attractions as may be 5; necessity of her nature, might as well stiﬂe her to death at once in a vacuum. . During my acquaintance with Harry Larkyns, he was in a state of heart vacuity and its consequent unrest. In August, 1873, he wrote to me as follows: “ Oh, that I could ﬁnd some one to love, and some one that loved me! I have been for nearly six months without a serious passion. Love and sen- timent are as necessary to me as the sun to the ﬂowers.” Goethe’s Bettina says": “They are presentiments of higher truths which make us ask for love.” Life seemed to Larkyns ‘ too commonplace, too arid a gift, not worth possessing, unless his pulse and heart throbbed fast under the inﬂuence of some female bewitchment. His tenderness for women was not of the exalted Pythagorean type, but was special or particular, and self-involved; yet though thus bounded, it expressed itself in exuberant, graceful and romantic forms, like the impassioned fervor of Romeo. “ Why should we quarrel with the high because it is not the highest ?” since all love, includ-. ingthe most incspaoious, is of a. supernal nature. A grand lover is as rare as a Homer or. a Shakespeare. Even the amoroso of contracted type is among the artistic ipecialties of creation. Harry was as fervent in his religion of love as a poet, a knight or a Troubadour, as passionate as the Chevalier de Grieux, the hero of that love poem, Manon Lescant. The men of to-day are lukewarm lovers, and their intensest manifests-' tions of passion but a convulsive inanition. Harry lost him- self in the object of his adoration. He would, as did Leander, have dared the waves of the Hellespont to meet his Hero; or paralleled the gallantry of the secretary of Charlemagne, who crept through the snow by night, at his life's risk, to the bow- er of his mistress. The wise Aristotle, fascinated by a nymph, went at her request upon his hands and knees, and permitted her to bestride his back, conveying her whither she would. No less compla.isant- than the Stagyrite would Harry “have been to any caprice of his Cynthia. He was as venturesome and forgetful of self, in his amorous intrigues, as the mettle- some Philesictoeros, whose story is told in the “ Golden Ass” of Apuleius. He followed one of his beautiful married ina- moratas several thousand miles. To nightly climb through the window of her chamber was his only means of enjoying her society. There the lovers were obliged to gust with bated breath the exaltatten of each other’s presence, since a door of the lady’s room opened into an adjoining apartment, where the husband lay in stertorous slumber. Harry was a valiant soldier. The military honors won by his bravery in battle he valued for the meed of approving glances from fair eyes. He was more ambitions of the re- wards of Venus than those of Mars. A destiny as untoward as that of Philesietoeros or Harry Larkyns ﬁnally awaits the aggressive gallantry of intense love-temperaments; so that there was worldly wisdom in that act of a brave philosopher of antiquity, the spontaneity’ of whose amoreusness harassed him at the sight of Women, That he might love less and think more, he put out his eyes. In this Hadean sphere, dear Harry, your soul could cherish at a time but one contracted love. Tell me, good friend! have you yet learned, in the transcendent regions of space, to whelm your partial self in the Infinite Existence; or app;-e- bended the subiimity of that universal love of which the most exquisite of earthly sensations are but the faintest ad- urobrations? FRANCES Rosn MACKINLEY. ‘ , APERA BEHN Rnrnnxr, March 7, 18’?5. ---—--—-———>———¢ﬁ~+--<--—-———~—— THOUGHTS OF LEADING MEN CONCERNING . WOMEN. [SELECTED BY HELEN NAsH.] THE relation between man and woman is the most beauti- ful expressiop of the great law of nature. Vlfoman is simply the equal of man—nothing more, nothing less. We have no right to determine what is her sphere by any «arbitrary pred- judices. I cannot recognize any such fact as man’s rights or 'woman‘s rights; I only recognize human rights. Woman’s orbit is the orbit of her humanity, and hencelshe ought to be man's equal-——equal before the world, before the law, as before‘ God. And let no one be disturbed by visions of strong-minded women. The qoestionis, what is truth, and not what are im- aginable conse quences. 3‘ * * * The true idea of civiliza- tion will never be unfolded till woman has been placedaupon _ an equaliiy with man.--E. Ii. Chopin. I THINK that superior women are rare. I think thatwomen feel when they are in the press. as men of genius are said to ‘ . doamong energetic worke’rs-thatAthe»y see through all these eii-oi Ls with ﬁner eyes than their noisy masters. I think that ~ all men in the presence of the best women feel overlooked and judged, and sometimes sentenced.-— Emerson. , in a woman could be beautiful without, when the mindhas individualized within, when she can talk from her own ex. Rerience not from her mamtnafs, and is qualiﬁed to hold an un. reﬂectedopinion, because she has had her own suffering, her, ownwgenuine loves and aversions; ay, and her chastening dis- appointments—those gray tints in the landscape. without which all is glare and vulgarity—what can enchantress We should have! Nothing could withstand her.-—Anon. A GOOD woman never grows old. * * * * When V we look upon a good woman we never think of her age; she looks as charming as when the rose of youth first bloomed on her cheek. That rose has not faded yet; it will never fade.—Anon. MEN are as much stimulated to mental effort by the sym- pathy of the gentler sex as by the desire pf power and fame. Women are more disposed‘ to appreciate worth and intel- fectual superiority than men, or, at least, they are as often captivated by the noble manifestations of genius as by the fascinations of manners and the charms of persons.—Disrael75. AMONG men of sense and liberal politeness, a woman who has successfully cultivated her mind without diminishing the meet with a respect and attention bordering on enthusiasm. ——Sydncy Smith. ‘ [In the above, the clause about “diminishing the gentleness and propriety of her manners” had better be stricken out, for no man nor woman has successfully cultivated the mind at such cost, though there is wide difference of opinion as to what constitutes propriety of manners .in women.-—-Helen N ash,] , ' THE divine right of beauty is the only divine right a man can acknowledge, and a pretty woman the only tyrant he is not authorized to resist.-—.J'um’us. QUINCY being asked why there were more women than men, replied, “ It is in ‘conformity with the arrangement of nature; we always see more of heaven than of earth. ' THAT womanéwho is able to systematize and carry on smoothly the work of an ordinary family illustrates higher sagacity than is called for by seven-tenths of the tasks done by men.-—Thomus K. Beecher. AN overworked woman is always a sad sightwsadder a great deal than an overworked man, beause she is so much more fertile in her capacities of suffering than a man.—Anon. ALL women past seventy are divided into three classes—- ﬁrst, “ that dear old soul ;” second, “that old woman ;” third, “that old witch.”--Anon. _ GOD made woman to be better than man.--Henry Ward Beecher. truth.——.Hele~n N ash.] VVHAT makes those. men,‘ who associate habitually with women. superior to others? VVhat makes that woman, who is accustomed and at ease in the society of men, superior to her sex in general? Solely because they are in the habit of free, graceful, continued conversation with the other sex.-— Anon. -———-—-————v-——+ﬁ+-<——————-—-— - REPORT OF DRESS REFORM CONVENTION. According to notice, a meeting was held un_der the auspices of the American Free Dress League in Horticultural Hall, Worcester, Mass, on the 25th and 26th of Feb. At the meeting of the ﬁrst day there were present from abroad Mrs. H. M. Dresser, Josephine Chase. Mary E. Tillot- son, Seward Mitchell, J. J. Gurney; D. D. Flint and Mrs. Burk of the ‘Boston Dress Reform Committee. Among the Worcester people were two reporters, and A. B. Davis, who was an efficient helper and speaker throughout. The afternoon session was well attended considering the weather. It was called to order" by M. E. Tillotson, who opened with a brief address inviting all who felt disposed to participate in the discussion. _A. B. Davis gave a poem and an able speech. Seward Mitchell spoke hopefully for the cause, as he does for all progress, and expressed his pleasure in living with those who practicalized it. D. D. Flint gave in brief his hearty approval of the cause, and his ihome ad- vocacy of the principles. An able article from D. M. Allen Walker, both good, the latter lengthy, to which was appended a resolution. ‘ At the evening session the meeting was called to order by Mrs. Tillotson, and as Drs. Martha VVilliams and S. Alice Vibert had arrived, Dr. Vibert was elected secretary of the meeting,_ afterwhich she gave an appropriate and efﬁcient discourse. Speeches were made by Messrs. Davis, Mitchell and Mrs. Tillotson. Mr. Davisread a letter from the_ Shaker "Commune, near Worcester, and presented resolutions to be considered, not adopted. The morning of the second day dawned clear, and the audience presented fair numbers. Mrs. Tillotson continuing to preside, made occasional remarks. Mrs. Vibert made a good plea for healthful dress, arguing from a physiological basis, in which all were approvingly interested except the reporter, who was too morbid to endure the application of ‘natural law, though delicately expressed. Brief speeches were made by others, and letters read from Olivia F. Shepard and J. M. Spear, whichgwere warmly received. On adjourn- ing, many strangers came from the audience to greet us with thanks and gladness. , - The afternoon session was larger and enthusiastic. A cheeringletter was read from D. M. Allen. A. B. Davis gave a ﬁne original poem, and, as usual, his remarks were interest- ing. Seward Mitchell spoke well and at some length, mani- festing his zeal in a reform promising so much for the restora- tion of health and promotion of happiness. Dr. Vibert and Mrs. Tiliotson spoke in their usual conﬁdent and encourag- ing moods. After the session adjourned, a half hour was spent in lively and happy converse with new—found friends. The evening (the concluding) session was well attended, and included many interested men and women. More than a usual number of boyswere present. manifesting some merriment, but being kindly addressed by Mrs. Dresser and Mrs. Tillotson were hushed. and they made but little dis- lations of the various reforms, and their need of dress reform toaccomplish their object; she also gave a. lengthy, original gentleness and propriety of her manners, is alwayssure to; [And God made Henry Ward,Beecher to illustrate the above was read. and letters from Rev. S. C. Beach and Dr. Mary , turbance. ~Mrs. T.‘ read a methodical discourse on the re-.. poem. Mr. Davis, Mitchell, and Mrs. Spaulding made re- marks. Mr. Gurney handed in a resolution, which the audience adopted most readily. Mrs. Tillotson announced that the convention was closed, and with kindly greetings and adieus, mingled with expressions of faith that the success of the meeting would be more and more visible as time ad- vances, the hall was vacated. Mr. Gurney’s resolution»: _ « Resolved, That women on muddy walks in pants and short skirts appear more modest thanthose in trails, or those hold- ing skirts so high as to expose what women in pants purposelys A conceal. = Dr. Mary Walker’s resolution: Resolved, That the Congress of the United States be re- quested to deﬁne the length of woman's dress, the material she shall use in covering her limbs, or that it shall pass an act, making it a. penal offense for any government ofiicial to deprive woman of any position because she refuses to dress according to his dictation. Mrs. Tillotson’s resolution: WHEREAS, Theories and principles are-of small moment without practicalizationwhence, Resolved, That it is the duty of lovers of Progress to aban- don the follies of present usage, and do the good things that must be done before justice can prevail or liberty exist. A. B. Davis’ resolution: WHEREAS, Present fashions in woman’s dress are the sum of what is destructive in health, as a costume, obstructive of necessary freedom, outrageous in point of taste and ruinous ﬁnancial1y— I Resolved, That as dress reformers we accept the pioneer work of agitation for the abolition of depraving costume, which is at once the badge of degrading servitudein the in- dustrial, civil and social realms. .ResolvcJl, That anti-fashion devotees are following in the Wake of the brave men who fought for the negro’s freedom under “the cold world’s ban,” thirty years ago, and whose names are immortalized. "C Resolved, That the failure of most of these heroes to stand with us to-day and strike for Womau’s emancipation from a bondage more cruel and blighting in its effects on humanity than any slavery not self-imposed, must be attributed to the purblindness, timidity and conceit of human dotage. Resolved, That the present conservative attitude of certain so-called dress reformers can only be accounted for on the theory of a prescription inseparable from selﬁshness and pride. Resolved, That the animusgand methods of these people have our hearty disapproval, and that we believe their hope of conciliating the enemies of reform, or of prejudicing the public against us will be in vain. . All the resolutions were too generally approved to elicit discussion. - MARY E. TILLOTSON, VINELAND, N. J ., March 3, 1875. Cor. Sec. ADDENDUM. A convention of the American Free Dress League was held at Rochester Hall, Boston, Mass., March 2, 1875. The Convention was called to order by Mrs. Tillotson, of Vineland, N. J. Mrs. Briggs, of New York, was chosen Sec- retary. Mrs. T. opened with opportune remarks, proposed memberships and a local committee. Twenty-two names were enrolled, from which the following committee were chosen: C. H. Robinson, 72 Church street, Boston; E. J. Bennct and Janes Crawford. Brief speeches were made by Mrs. Tillotson, Mrs. Vibert, Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Knight, Mrs. Boyce, and Messrs. Davis, Heywood, Thayer and Flint. . , All were earnest; a deep and general interest was manifest- ed; reporters were present, and they expressed manly regard. The representative of the Boston Herald was honorable enough to give us a fair report. Considering the brief notice of the meeting, the attendance was large. It continued four hours, and adjourned to meet the next Sunday at Harmony Hall. M. E. TILLOTSON, Corresponding Secretary of League. vxniznmn, N. J., March 5, 1875. RESOLUTIONS OF THE LAST CONVENTION OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE ASSOCIATION OF SPIRITU- ALISTS- ‘ ' Resolved, That the Jewish and Christian Scriptures con- tain many facts, narratives, prophecies and precepts, that corroborate and conﬁrm our faith in modern Spiritualism, . and while we deem it just and proper to point out the errors , and defects of Hebrewism and Christianism, we regard it also as a privilege and duty to set forth their truths and beauties. A Resolved, That we approve of calling an International Con- gress. proposed to be held in the city of Philadelphia, to begin its sessions on the fourth day of July, 1876, to continue from day to day, to consider the following and kindred, subjects: The free functions of government; the position of woman in government, war and‘ peace--how to abolish the former and how to permanently establish the latter; the treatment of the criminal and perishing classes; the American revolution of 1776, its causes,'its promoters; defects of the present gov- ernment of the United Sates——-suggestions for a new and a better; suggestions for a union of all nations; thorough, equal and universal education; relations of capitalists to the working classes: the wisdom of holding a second Congress——- when and where it should be held; religion, science‘, art, an- cient and modern revelation and revelators. Resolved, That we sympathize with Victoria C. Woodhull in her persecutions, trial, imprisonments and her late severe illness, and trust she may soon be restored to her usual health and strength, and be enabled to yet further pursue her agi- tative work. believing as we do that in the future she will be classed with the most eminent reformers and benefactors of mankind. A BOSTON man has died and left two hundred dollars to a Universalist church. It would do an old-fashioned Methodist preacher good to tell a revival congregation just what has be- come of this man. - : ..'';i'l.3.‘.,.;‘s.&.‘;e.=a.‘x.t=~x'-x1‘.s~';._ firre ’ home! April 3, I875. WHO‘MEN MARRY. . Who do they marry? A wife? business, pleasure, ambition, almost everything but a wife. By and by they fall passionately in love with some pretty face or voluptuous form, and straightway they possess them- selves of the ideal. Thpy own——-they may think they marry——~ the minister may tell them that they are lawfully one. But he is mistaken, for the true married life must be liyed, not merely spoken. There are so many more spoken marriages. In the block where I live there is only one man really mar- ried to his wife! They all have estab1ishments—-—only one a One man is married to a lot of dogs; they are ﬁne looking fellows, as sleek as good living can make them. When he goes away in the morning they go to the car with him, a dog- gish good-by, and then dutifully go home to await their mas- ter’s return. VVhen he returns at night, they run to meet him and to kiss his hands. and roll at his feet, and he stoops and caresses them. I often wished I could follow them home, ' and see what ‘fun and frolic they have in-doors. “Love me, love my dog.” What does the woman think of this? Another is married to his books. He is a stranger in his own house. Another is married to his whisky jug; and when he comes at night to his lodgings, hisrnose is very red, and he is apt to hit his toes against his heels. What does the woman think here ? p , Another is married to anybody else but his wife. His at- tentions go the rounds among all the good-looking ladies, while one poor woman stays at‘ home, and keeps the house and the children. The neighbors say she is dying of consump- tion, but I say it is heart disease. Another has married the lodge. He has invested all his capital in taking degrees. And now, instead of the returns coming in, he is obliged to pay interest on his investment in monthly dues, which take all his spare cash. This is the al- ternative, payment or ignominious expulsion from the craft. His house is going to ruin, and the woman looks shabby. But the man who has married a wife. I see her go to the door every morning when her husband goes away; I see him kiss his wife as he leaves, and then she goes in to sing and tidy their house. At night she meets him at the gate, and he always has some petful words for her. When they walk out she lovingly leans on hisarm. He is the only happy man in the block.——Beth. VWORDS AND SAYINGS ORIGINAL AND SELECTED FOR THE WEEKLY. “BY OLD SLABSIDES.” You need not tell all the truth unless to those who have a right to know it all. But let all you tell be truth.——Horace Mann. 0 THE WORLD’S MARTYRS. They never fail who die 1 In a great cause; the block may soak their gore; Their heads may sodden in thesun; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls; But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark 23. doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts" Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.—-[Byron. Any one who. is much talked. of must be much maligned; this is a hasty conclusion, but when you consider how much more ‘men. are given to depreciate than appreciate, you will acknowledge the truth of the saying. Slander is a poison which extinguisheth charity, both in the slanderer and in the person who listens to it; so that a single calumny may prove fatal to an inﬁnite number of souls. —-St. Bernard. How frequently is the honesty and integrity of a man dis. posed of by a smile or shrug! How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped with theimputation of proceeding from bad motives by a mysterious and seasonable whisper.——Sterne. If I was going to paint a picktur of Faith, Affection and Honesty, I would paint mi dog looking up in mi face Waggon hiz tai1.———Josh Billtnvgs. ‘ Vasquez, the noted bandit of California, has been convicted of twenty-seven distinct murders. We always said when a man goes into any kind of business, he ought to do his best to make a success of it.-——.Marquete Journal. When you lie, lie sublimely.-—Moulton on Beecher. I The N. 17. Sun reiterates the statement that Anna Dicken- son is preparing for the stage; that may be—but when a wo- man commences to practice with clubs and dumb bells, it looks as if she intended to get married. . Love is a disease of the heart, the only cure is toget mar- ried.—ScorchetI3. The surest method against scandal is to live it down by well-doing. ’ '1 Quills are things that are sometimes taken from the pin- ions of onegoose to spread the opinions of another. The wave on which many a poor fellow has been carried away is the wave of a lace-edgedwcambric handkerchief. Men ‘judge us‘ by the success of our efforts. God looks at the eﬁorts themselves.—-Charlotte Elizabeth. I It is an old saying, and one of fearful and fathomless im- port, that we are forming characters for eternity. Forming characters! Whose? Our own, or others? Both; and in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence. Elihu Bwrritt. ‘ — A VOICE’ FROM OHIO. We are in receipt of a letter from an old friend, Rebecca Jones, formerly of Orangeville, Ohio, but now of Waller, Ross county, same State. She is deeply interested in getting asides of necple to locate at this place vibe are snﬁgsientiy sesisiiv. to s est the N 0; they really marry woonrIULL is CLAFl.LIN’S WEEKLY! describes the country as splendidly adapted to all kinds of fruit and grain raising, and states that improved farms can be had for $30 per acre; unimproved land for from $5 to $10 per acre. Letters of inquiry sent to her at this address will be promptly answered. She has already purchased for several families. ‘ 5 , -——_—: A PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNITY. “ A number of freedom-loving souls have purchased a large tract of land in Pike county, Pennsylvania, to which they invite the attention of such as are seeking a better condition of life than is to be found in isolated homes. The country about Bushkill is said to be the most delightful that it is possible to imagine—-of itself suﬁiciently attractive to com- mand the admiration of any soul born into freedom. Any dommunications that may be sent to the address of H. L. Marsh, Secretary, willbe promptly and fully answered. MARION TODD. Resolved, That we, the First Society of Spiritualists, of the- City of Port Huron, Mich., do hereby certify that Mrs. Marion Todd has for the past four months deliveredﬂa series very able, instructive and interesting lectures in this place, and, as she leaves Port Huron for other ﬁelds of labor, we bid her take courage, believing that good angels will ever in- spire her with truth and strength to {perform the arduous duties that lie before her. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented by the president of this society, to Mrs. Marion Todd, and also copies be transmitted to. the Banner of Light, and to V7001)- HULL St CLArLIN.’s WEEKLY, requesting those journals to publish the same. -V S. S. NOBLE, President. First Society of Spiritualists, Port Hur0n.iMich. A‘ V FROM oua CORRESPONDENCE.‘- A BRAVE LETTER. ﬂfu Dear Mrs. Woodhull—-Please ﬁnd inclosed $6.00 for two subscriptions of the WEEKLY; one copy 1‘ or myself next year and the other I wish to leave with you to be distributed as specimen numbers to any one whom you may select, the object being circulation of ideas and keeping up the conflict between the “old and the new” order of things. I should have sent long ago, but was waiting for an opportunity to send by hand, as the post-oﬂice is no longer reliable for safety in the conveyance of money. ‘ _ I am still conﬁned to my room with sickness, as I have been for three years, or I should have had the pleasure long ago of calling on you myself. I cannot express to you in words how much - I have sympathized with you in your late severe and dangerous illness, nor how much I now regret your invalid condition which withholds you from the lecture ﬁeld, where you are more needed at the presenttime than all our other lecturers put together. Still I hope you can reach as many through the press as through the rostrum. Oh! how much it are to be deplored that public sentiment and intelli- gence is so low that your brave, grand pioneer sheet should languish for proper appreciation and support. But it is to- day as it has been always, “those must gﬁrst bear the cross who would wear the crown.” For we all know that after the night ‘_'comes the dawn, and so do we equally know that after the storm of present persecution is over our cause, so maligned and traduced just now, will ride triumphant into public favor. You have uncovered the “ whited sepulchres ” here in Brooklyn sure enough, and “unveiled hypocricy in high places.” It reminds me of the splendid painting of Mrs. Lillian Fairchild.(I think) of “ Truth unveiling Falsehood.” Ah, well! the explosion had to come some time, and both parties, men and women, must be treated alike, whether to condemnation or j ustiﬁcation ultimately. After all, it is not dox church and the old Catholic marriage institution. And if we succeed in dislodging these from their ancient thrones and old supremacy ever the creed-bound slaves of supersti- tion, the beneﬁts and blessing will repay all the blood and pain and treasure the battle has cost to us all. Yours most sincerely for the right. CORA A. SYME. BROOKLYN, March 9, 1875. GOOD ADVICE. Until we have equal rights as guaranteed by the Federal Constitution, and social liberty as advocated by the WEEKLY, we can have but little national prosperity. I only wish every mother. in _ the land, especially every young woman, if not man, who can read or think, could have your ideas of social liberty plainly laid before her mind. Of course all would not act upon them immediately, but many would. The best way I know to do this is to sustain the WEEKLY. There are a good many radicals in California. Why could not they have a local association for the further- ance of the ideas and principles of human liberty? Hoping to hear from some of the friends on this subject through the WEEKLY, we are very truly, J. C. 85 M. J. WEYBRIGHT. C Los Gyros, Cal., March, 1875. " THE LEAVEN “ WORKING. . To WOODHULL AND CLAFLIN: Dear Ones—Inc1osed please find one dollar ($1), donated by an old maid seventy years old. ‘ She only regrets she cannot do more; I found her here when I came, a good “radical Spiritualist,” but she had never dared read “Woodhull’s paper,” as she thought Mrs. Woodhull a very bad woman. I immediately put the paper in her hand, and told her to read it, and then she would know better how to judge. She has read every paper I have received since I came here, and she told me last evening (as she asked me if I would send the dollar for her) that she had become thoroughly converted to Mrs. i7‘Jeedhu1§;’“s dcstrinesg 1 think she would give more '.:V hiss? lids’ 8“ -I v. "-as 5*? A *“ =» ~“‘ Esta = 2 1953- ~ . f 331:»? 53:, r Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton that are on trial, but the ortho-' {Ems And thus the ball moves on. If people would only read they would believe the truth, and the truth would make them free. _,Ever your loving sister, New York, Jan. 1875. PRINCIPLES SURVIVE AGE. Monrnrrzr, Alleg-an Co., Mich., Feb. 2, 1875. I love the WEEKLY as a free-born child of light, and cannot well do without it. I love its editress, although I never saw her but once in Chicago, where the great battle was fought and victory won, but hope to see and hear her again. I sup- pose the Ereason why I love her is because I am a free lover and can’t help it. I love her for bravely standing ﬁrm to the cause of humanity. I love her for boldly facing a frawning world, -and declaring the great and grand truths of her prin- ciples, which are to redeem our race from the hereditary Jane A. Snursou. blighting curse that is eating, cancer-like, the very Vitals of ' our nation. It has cut the throats of two of my brothers and worked the internal destruction of two“ot' my sisters, saying nothing of my mother who suffered her lifetime, and at last was brought to a premature grave. I stand before the world to-day a suﬁerer and a living witness of the cruel results of this legalized and unnatural blending of the sexes. I love her for taking a step so far in advance of I all other reforms, one that no other man or woman has dared to take. I love her for fearlessly exposing hypocrisy in all its hideous forms, in or out the Church. I love her for trying if possible to free her sisters from the slavery and‘ prostitution that the mar- riage bond has placed upon her. Also for introducing and establishing a basis by which better children may be born and alike better educated. _We love her for advocating free ‘speech, free press, personal sovereignty, equal taxation, equal rights to all high and low, for exposing the rottenness of our government and proposing a better one,rfor asking redress‘ for the wrongs she has sulfered—-and_‘I hope she will obtain al for which she has asked. Yours for truth, * S. A. DUNWELL, aged 71 years. HOME TO A Mornnirs HEART. IOWA, March 8, 1875. -Victoria Woodhull-—I have just read your speech, “ Tried as by Fire.” While on the 27th page tears blinded my eyes. Every part of my woman’s sympathy was excited. I, too, know d feel what it is to have a boy whose reasoning facul- ties were impaired before hisbirth. It was not drunkenness? that caused his awful condition; but it was marital trouble I will exert all the inﬂuence of which I am master to set those wives (in servitude) thinking and acting. It must come by degrees but ; is fast hastening, womanly, self-sacriﬁcing eﬂort of Victoria Woodhull. Know- ing what I do from experience and observation, I condemn marriage laws as they now are. Woman is fettered and chained by them. Her rights of sexual liberty wrested from her, and sexual servituderxacted. G-od speed the day of deliverance. K. [From the N. Y. Sum] IF MR. BEECHER IS GUILTY OF ADULTERY OUGHT HE TO PERJURE HIMSELF? The subj oined letter appears to be written.in perfect good faith, and we deal with its proposition accordingly: “ To THE Emron on THE SUN: “ St‘r—Some time ago you pommented on the case of alleged gentlemanly false swearing on the part of the Prince of Wales, as justiﬁable because it was done to shield a guilty lady; and you then added that the case of the Rev. H. W. Beecher was not a parallel one, but thatga Christian minister should speak the truth at all cost. “ I agree that the cases are not parallel, but as all diverging lines looked at from the other side are converging, so from my point of view, and I trust from that of all good Christians, in the case of the Rev. H. W. Beecher swearing to alittle truth-hiding would be justiﬁed in a much higher degree than in the case of the Prince of Wales. “ Might he not by this means wrest from society a new lease of life-dispensing blessings? Would it not be better and nobler to do this, even at his soul’s hazard, rather than step down and out to ignominy and uselessness? Would it not be better that such a doom, aye, better for the whole Chris- tian world, that he should commit one bold wrong, and by that wrong purchase the power of doing immortal good ‘i “Yours; respectfully, RICHARD HAUSEMAN. “ Knnnnsnono’, March 16.” ,_ We dissent most positively and utterly from Mr. Hause man’s view. It is wrong. dangerous, infernal. His advice is to set lies and hypocrisy in the place of truth and virtue, and to promote religion and morality by giving an adulterer and perjurer an unlimited opportunity to preach and teach. Mr. Hauseman’s idea is not merely bad, it is impracticable. A If Mr. Beecher is innocent the truth will appear, and the whole world will see it. If he is guilty, that fact will also appear, and no false swearing will be able to hide it. If Mr. Beecher himself should undertake to escape by means of perj ury, he will break down in the effort, and his false swear- ing will only serve to make his ruin more complete. In this case the truth must prevail at last, and nothing else can stand. ’ ' [Richard favorsa “little truth~hiding” by Henry, when called to “kiss the book.” We bow to the simplicity of poor Richard, who seems honestly to believe Beecher needs prompting on a matter of calculation and self-protection. The Sun swallows the hook with the bait, and becomes rampagious, threatening Beecheriwith damnation here and hereafter, if he presumes to do a little lying on his own ac- count. We think it is the least he can do, after taxing his friends to such an extent in the same clirec tion.-:=; $133.] This is the latest form of wedding iuvi.tati_cn; ' and J? ’ G- - 0 ,, ﬁg ,,= ‘I .‘ z.~ev- ‘F “:4. at , 3--seen, ,.. . through the powerful, 4 . . WOODHTULL J5 CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY April 3, 1875. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE iN ADVANCE. One copy for one year, - . $3 00 One copy for six months, - - - - - - 1 50 Single copies, - - - - - - 10 CLUB RATES. Blive copies for one year, - - . - - $12 90 {Eon copies for one year. - - - ° ' " 32 00 Twenty copies (or more at same rate), - - - 40 00 One-half these rates. Six months, - - - - - - - ‘ FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTION UAR’ an mum TO THE AGENCY on THE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, LON noN, ENGLAND. 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The purposes of the convention will be: 1. To ascertain the natural relations of men and women socially. 2. To inquire if there may not bea better system for propagation than marriage. 3. To discuss the methods for securing to ;woman her right to control her own body, of which she is deprived by marriage. . 4. To discover the law of sexualhealth, virtue and purity, and that which ought to governintcrcoursc; in a word, 5. To determine, if possible, how a,bcttcr race of people than the present may be generated and born, with a View to hastening the time about which scers have prophesied and poets sung in all ages of the world. ' Everybody who has anything to say about these import- ant subjects is cordially invited to the convention, hav- ing his ideas, theories or facts carefully and terscly pre- pared, so that tlre best thought about them may be properly presented, digested and appropriated. c [All communications should be addressed to this oﬂice.] REMOVAL. V The office of the WEEI{LY has been removed «to No. 50 Broad street, next door to its former office, where friends visiting the city will hereafter ﬁnd us. All letters should still be addressed to Box 3,791. - .A. 4 7 w. SPECIAL NOTICE. Those of our subscribers who have received bills for re- newal must not infer, because we spoke hopefully of the outlook two weeks ago, that they are thereby justiﬁcd in any delay 1n.-sending in their subscriptions. A bill of three dollars is a small one to pay and ought not to be delayed, because when it is repeated by thousands and not paid, it becomes a serious matter with us. “We trust that our friends will see the propriety of renewing at once after receiving bills, without being continually urged to do so. We prefer to. use our limited space for other purpose. ANGELO TORRIAN1. This talented young artist, who for several years has been studying for the stage under the most competent teachers of the country—for the past two years under Matilda Heron-- has attained to a wonderful proﬁciency. His native talent, which is of the ﬁrst order, has received the culture and polish which will enable him to take position in the front rank of actors. . Some of hisshakespeareilan as well as other readings cannot be excelled. The private entertainments, which he is now giving in this city, are rare traatg to those who are invited. to attend them. We hespeak a magniﬁcent reception for him when, shall appear pliiglicly, . hand, or else your prescient knowledge of what was-to « come, that led you on to do all this for them, and through ‘ people. As compared with Luther, Napoleon Bonaparte lives , ‘worshiped. It is those who dwell in the hearts of the peo- an OPEN LETTER. 50 BROAD STREET, New York City, l Sunday, March 14, 1875. 5 CORNELIUS VANDERBILT: - Dear 0om_modore——It was you, Commodore, who ﬁrst ex- tended your hand to aid two strugglingwomen to battle with the world; it was you who encouraged them to break away from the fetters that held them captive to public opinion, and to go out into the world to claim a recognition. as in- dividuals upon the talent that they possessed; it was you who gave them wise counsel, and showed them the shoals and rocks upon which so many men are wrecked; it was you who stood by them when they ventured into the ﬁnan- cial heart of the country, which had so long been monopow lized by men; it was your check, withyour name written by your own hand, that was the open sesame to its charmed precincts, which otherwise had been closed against them; it was your name, heralded all over the world with theirs, makingthem your ﬁnancial protégés, that gave prominence and importance to their venture; and again, it was your assist- ance that enabled them to begin the publication of their paper, which, in several ways, has caused the world to think as it had never _before been made to think, and which has inaugurated one revolution, at least, that will last until the shams and hypocrites shall be dethroned; until innate virtue take the place of the kind tl1at’s legal only. It was the goodness of your heart, directed by some kind spirit them, as we shall ever trust, for the great world for whom the gentle Nazarene was sacriﬁced. To you they owe their all, and all {that they have done; and they will always bless your ‘fatherly care and kindness, and wear you in their hearts in deepest gratitude and reverence. v - Wherever the English language is spoken, and wherever railroads are built and operated, there the name of Com- modore Variderbilt is known and honored; and in our own country, among all the prominent names connected with our system of internal improvements, it stands pre-eminent —stands at the head of the list of railroad kings, the king of all the rest. In consideration of thepart that railroads have played in the development a.nd prosperity of the country, the position that you occupy is a proud one to hold, ranking as high as, if not above, that of President of the country; because the father and head of the railroad system is more intimately connected with the prosperity of the country, and the prosperity depends more upon this system than upon the political head. Besides, your position is a more honorable one to attain than his, since his may be a result of circumstances, which, perhaps, may not at all depend upon his personal talent; while yours could have been gained only by the capacity and administrative ability that were required to raise railroading from chaos into a vast system, upon which, more than upon any other, the welfare of the people is dependent; and with this you have also amassed a vast fortune, equaling, if not rivaling, all others in this regard. : f I In view, then, of position and fortune, your career has been all or more than you could ever have wished for or dreamed about, while the work that you have accomplished will live after you to bless the country, in a material sense, as scarcely any other man’s will live to bless it in a similar way. But there are other senses in which .men’s names de- sdend to the future with more power and a_ deeper hold upon the people than more material greatness. Men of im- mense wealth have lived and died and been forgotten, except by the few to whom their wealth adhered. Men have lived and accomplished great purposes whose names survive in history only, not having been enthroned in the hearts of the in history only. He dazzled the world by his brilliant mili- tary achievements and by his deeds of glory, and by them every page of Europe’s modern history is highly colored; but still it was his own opinion that he would go down to the future with the Code Napoleon in his hand, and not with a list of the great battles he had won. But Luther’s name is engraVeI1 1113011 ¢V3TYb0d.Y’S heart, because he broke the bonds of religious superstition, and gave the world the right to worship God /as it saw ﬁt. "Wherever the name of Wash- ington is known, it is revered because it and political liberty are synonymous; indeed, it stands for individual sovereignty, politically; as those of Garrison and Douglas stand for the liberation. of the slaves. So long as there are negroes in the world, so long will theyuncover theirheads when the name of their emancipator, Lincoln’, is pronounced. ‘It is those who bless the future in things that involve personal happiness, rather than worldly prosperity, who are ple, although ,others may. ﬁgure more prominently on the pages of history. It is those who do something to extend the boundaries of liberty and independence who are en. throned in the hearts of the masses, if their names are notf1~e_ quently written by the historian. Their traditions do not require preservation by the pen. They pass down from age to age by mothers teaching their prattling children to honor and revere them, and to remember them in their daily pray- ers. It is the saviours of the world who do not need a writ- ten history; for their works live in the lives of pos- terity, and are transmitted as if by heretlity to future gong. rations. ' a rest, every man, at least in this country, has come to rule himself. From this one-man power the sovereignty has been spreading until every man is a sovereign in his own right. Theoretically, this is true politically; and it must come tobe true practically as civilization becomes more and more enlightened. But in all these vast changes that have been wrought, to what part has woman been assigned? Alas! her name is absent. Every man is an individual, but not so is any woman. Nowhere in the wide, wide world is she recog- nized as a part of the body politic. She is still the subject over whom universal man reigns supreme; for whom he everywhere makes and administers the law, and thus deter- mines her destiny. It may be said that woman does exert an inﬂuence, now, in many things. So also may it be re- plied that friends and courtiers of the monarch absolute, have at times advised him, and their advice has been heed- ed; but it was the monarchs rule at last, and so it is with man who rules supreme to-day. Let woman have whatever inﬂuence she may, and let that inﬂuence change man’s plans as it sometimes does; it is he at last who holds and moves the destinies of the people. So, as compared with all the revolutions that have come and gone, and left their impress on the world, giving to man his individual freedom, there still remains another one to be accomplished, in which as many more human souls are to be freed, and which will be as momentous in its effects upon the welfare “of the world as have all the others that have preceded it. The external bonds have all been broken, and the people placed where it is possible for them to begin to think of self-improvement; where ways and means may be devised by which a better race of people may be born; where, instead of ﬁghting for individual rights, they may be engaged investigating the laws of life, so that present imper- fections may be replaced by better things in those to come; and thus the race be freed from misery, vice and crime that come from having badly made up men and women to be the propagators of the race. ‘ It is here that woman’s mission must begin. Man has hewn down the obstacles that were in the way of her con- structive work, and now she must come forward to perform her mission. She is the architect of the race. She it is who builds the human form and moulds.the human character. It_is upon her that human good and ill depends. As woman, is, so will her children be. Great men are the offspring of great women; but they are seldom the sires of great men unless their mothers are also grand. ' So the future of a race always depends upon the motheﬁs for its character more than upon the fathers. Hence it is that the era of womanhood must now be ushered in, so that in the construction of the future human race, woman may assume the position to which she is assigned by nature and by God, and exercise her natural skill, enlightened by all the aids that science can bestow, and trammelcd by no restrictive power to cripple or abort her own designs. .In the past it has been the part of woman to be a help- mate to man. It has been his to clear the world of physical tyranny and usurpation‘, and to give to every man his indi- vidual freedom. Now he must in turn become a help to woman, so that she may bear a beautiful and perfected race of people. It is evident that this change in the relations of the sexes must come. Being the architect of the race, wo- man cannot perform her best work while in any sense the slave. A race of gods cannot descend from a race of women held in any bonds. Now, woman is in every sense enslaved to man as much as ever he was enslaved by man; the differ- ence being in the administration of the power, not in the actual subjugation. In our feeble and almost unaided way we have for several years been endeavoring to impress these truths upon the world. To this work we have devoted all our means, our talent and our strength. Many individuals have been con- vinced and universal discussion been provoked. But there needs to be some great Patron Saint to endow the work to give it vitality and material strength, so that it can stand and go alone and be enabled to move forward to a happy consummation. This is all that is required to accomplish -the revolution to which we have referred, and which is already so far progressed. Saint; to once more put forth your hand to aid the cause of womanhood; to you to perform the work for woman that shall for all eternity endear your name to every woman’s heart, and cause it to be remembered in the prayers of all the people. Let not the work that has been done with your assistance now go backward for want of more. You have the position, wealth, the ppwer, everything needful ‘ that woman’s era now requires to place it where its mission may begin. Nothing else that you could do would so add to the lustre of your future fame; would so endear you to the world as this. Some man is going to do this deed for woman; some man is going to be this saviour to womanhood, since to place her where by right she should be placed would be to make her queen in her own proper sphere, and give her po_wer to “ bruise the serpent’s head,” as prophesied in Scrip- ture that she must. Commodore! can you perceive the great importance of what we suggest? Can you see whatyou can do for human- ity? Can you see how you can add to the glory that already surrounds your name, an imper=lsh.al;sle of h.on:.cr, that Revolution after revolution has been soooinplislistl in the ' time: instead of hlsinishlng will render i2iri§l.:=.tei* and world, until from the absolute. rule of one man over all the ‘ Commodore, we appeal to you to become this great Patron - r at w “'rr—-":9 ‘ 1 _.»> , 1 at v I 3, I woonnutr. as cr.AEL1n€s WEEKLY. . ' t-5; -:”u.u« and each succeeding age will love and reverence more and more? We know we do not overestimate the importance of the work, which by your aid we have already begun, and which we now ask your further aid to carry forward. It is the personal sovereignty of woman. It is to make her queen in the domain of the affections, where too long she has been subject only. Let us beseech you to consider well. . You have known us now these seven years as honest, earnest wo- men, as we feel sure, laboring for the welfare of our sex.- And now we want your further aid, not for personal use, but to enable us to go forward with the work begun. We want our hands supported; we want our Paper en- dowed beyond the fear of disaster; we want a publishing- house dedicated to literature, for which no publisher can . be found—-literature to teach woman how she may best per- form her 1IllSSlO_l1 of maternity; we want the cause of her emancipation so assisted that it may become an active mov- ing power. To—do all this, would require a paltry sum only when compared with your many millions—a sum whose ab- sence neither you nor your heirs would scarcely feel; but which for what we ask it, would be salvation indeed: In your old age, standing as you do near theiverge of the river over which you soon- must cross, and across which, even now your eyes sometimes seek to penetrate, and some- glimpses catch of the beyond, let us again beseech you to become the Patron Saintof this great cause in which the interests and destiny of the future are more deeply involved than in any that ever dawned upon the world before; and by so doing, build for yourself a monument of fame before which all future ages will bow with blessings on their lips and with gratitude and reverence in their hearts. Aifectionately yours, VICTORIA C. WOODHULL, TENNIE C. CLAFLIN. f.,#: THE BROOKLYN BUSINESS. The greatest social convulsion of this or any ofher age- of this or any other country—continues to shake the world from Brooklyn Heights. As days roll into weeks and weeks into months, the sensation it produces becomes more and more horribly profound, and the old social dispensation, becoming weaker and weaker, rocks on its- foundation with a threatening movement. The morbid social pool, which society has always‘ endeavored to conceal from the public gaze, had everywhere become so ﬁlthy and rotten that a deadly miasm was constantly exhaled into the social atmos- phere poisoning everybody who had contributed noth- ing to increase the volumeof ﬁlth. Nobody pretended to know that there was anything the matter with anybody or with anything; yet everybody was fully aware of the fact that there was an undercurrent beneath society, surging and rolling, and threatening at any time, to burst the bar- riers that conﬁned it, and to pour itself over the people. In November, ’72, the WEEKLY punctured this social pool with the point of a cambric needle merely, but the rent was large enough to defy the most herculean efforts that were put forth to repair the damage by those whose garments were touched and soiled. Every one declared that there was no one hurt; that there was no sore spot; that the needle’s thrust had not touched a vital spotfj But in spite of all these asseverations, the wound proved to have been made so deep, and in such a diseased portion of the social structure, that instead ‘of healing, it grew from almost nothing——inﬂammation ﬁrst setting in, which was aftera while followed by -suppuration——until' it burst of its own rottenness. The slight prick of “'72” has become a run- ning seaton in “ 75,” and it bids fair to continue, in spite of all efforts to staunch its flow, until all .the ﬁlth and disease by which the social body is affected shall have been cast off‘. Social diseases are not different in their inception, prog- ress and cure, from physical diseases. If the physical body becomes innoculated with a poison,it will remain in it until it culminatesin some locality, and there developes a disease of some kind. The disease will have its natural course, and either cause the body to succumb to its power, if it be not strong enough to withstand the attack, or be ulti- mately overcome and removed, when the body will regain its former healthful condition. Social diseases operate in the same way. In the case in point, it must have been made clear to everybody that there was a social disease on Brooklyn Heights. Some may have concluded that it was innoculated at one point, and others at other points; but that the disease was there, working in the social body, no- body doubts. Nor does it matter much where or by whom the disease was ﬁrst contracted. It was contracted and it has spread, and it has culminated and burst. . Of this there issufﬁcient olfactory evidence to convince the world. How far the diseasemay have spread; in how many fam- ilies it may develop itself, or how many more may become infected; whether it will reach across the ocean into Eu- rope not even the wisest can yet tell. Every day’s prog- ress shows that it has further and wider permeated the ramiﬁcations of society. The efforts of the old-school physicians have developed so much that the query now is, if there will be anything sound left after the eclectic prac- titioners shall have exhausted their system of treatment; or whether, under the conﬂict of the two, the body—-the so- cial system—will not die and have to be buried? Let this be as it may, one thing is certain: there can be no social health until the body has discharged all its ecrruptinns, or until it dies and is batted, and the social sires;-:g::ha1‘e is again net-iﬁetl.’ JUSTIFICATION, It must be a matter of surprise, if it be considered at all, how a great many of the parties engaged in uncovering and removing this pool of social ﬁlth can possibly engage in such business. It will be remembered that when we pointed merely at the pool, that they all, as if with one accord, joined to denounce us for what we had done. Some persons de- clared that there was no such thing in godly Brooklyn, and have since been before the Board of Health swearing that what they had before denied was true. Other parties to the cleansing process declared that anybody who could even imagine that everything was not perfectly nice about “those parts” must be a “whore” or a chambermaid carrying out her own slops, and pouring them over the saints in Brooklyn; or at any rate, if not these, then insanity was the only alternative. It is really wonderful how these same people can show such a remarkable ability in prov- ing so many other people to be “ whores,” and how eagerly they carry “ slop pails,” with the contents of which they saturate so many. -Why, what we did once,was, when compared with what they are doing daily, as a single grain of sand to the sands of the ocean. But then we weredevils, while those who follow us are saints, and belong, or have belonged, mostly to. Plymouth Church. How shall we account for things that are unac- countable? We confess our inability, and turn the job over to Hon. M. T. J ugg, who is an expert at the trade, and who can draw the most consolation from the smallest thing of any body in the world. We pit him against the World. And then the newspapers-—,the Weather-Cock, for instance, which stands looking up Broadway, by which the great public is daily made acquainted with the way that the wind blows in all quarters,—this had a most remarkable ﬁt of virtue when the WEEKLY, in ’72, spoke of the condition in Brooklyn. There was no language that was strong enough to express its detestation for us, because we dared to call public attention to this matter; and yet it now complacently publishes a thousand worse things without a single spasm. Verily, hypocrisy has received a fatal blow when everybody is obliged to come out in his or her true colors. The “Dunghill Fowl,” of doubtful gender, which thrives in its own yard “over the way,” was also horriﬁed at the terrible obscenity of the WEEKLY. ‘ Its editors were “ﬁt sub- jects for Sing Sing” for daring to attempt to meddle with matters which it had repressed on account of “ gray hairs and twenty-four years service.” Of course those who would do what we did, after it had decided not to do it, were ob- scene, were professional“ prostitutes, but afterward theoreti- cal prostitutes merely, when something akin to the other kind had been brought home to its gate, and it had been adjudged to contribute a fund for charitable purposes. Isn’t it remarkable how everything eventually has to seek or be forced to its own level ? Let the “ Dunghill Fowl,” which has aspired to the position of “Eagle,” be an example to the “ World ” to all “Times,” whether in the lightof the “ Sun” or in that of the reconstructed luminary which looks down from its lofty “ Tribune”al with evident contempt upon the insigniﬁcant lights and shadows that the former casts—these, all these have experienced a change of heart, if not of pocket, and they greedily seek for the most dainty tid-bits of scandal which do not or cannot ﬁnd their way into the common sewer on Brooklyn Heights. From their own standpoint, the WEEKLY has become eminently respectable, and it sits quietly by and sees the work it‘ had the honor to lay out, taken up and carried to completion so earnestly by those who pretended to despise it when they were invited to the task. We knew there was an immense job to be done. We con- gratulate our contemporaries upon the zeal and adaptation which they bring to its accomplishment. We would, how- ever, suggest that they ought to be careful in the future ' about calling “pet names” until they are quite sure that they are bestowed in the proper place, and until they are also quite sure that they will not, like chickens, no matter where they roam. come home to roost at last. . ’ Coming back to the persomzel of the case, we have already pointed out the weakness of the prosecution. Our predic- tion in this regard has been veriﬁed. The only witnesses who have been called by the defense who have at all dam- aged the prosecution, unless Bessie Turner, who is now upon the stand, shall do so, were Judge Cowley, of Lowell, and Thomas Cook, who ﬂatly contradicted Mr. Tilton and over- threw one part of his theory, so that it is manifestly untena- ble, and will have to be deserted and a new one made to take its place. But the weakness of the defense is much more vital than this, because it depends wholly, not upon the establishment of Mr. BJe_eg-her’s innocence by proof, but upon tearing down the testimony that, when the prosecution “rested,” had made out their case. Unfortunately for the defense their witnesses are nearly all personal friends, who, in their zeal for Mr. Beecher, stretch rather than contract the truth, and who, when they fall under the scalpel of Mr. Fullerton, be- tray this fact. The two to whom we have referred as having damaged the prosecution were not personal friends of Mr. Beecher, and stood the test of the most rigid cross-examina- tion. _ But it seems to us that while the evidence was very dam- aging to Mr. Tilton, it was not without its effect in the same way upon Mr. Beecher, or at least upon the, theory of the defense. The theory of Mr. Tlltca that has been clestreyed is not necessarily fatal to his case, because it was not - a part let the that matter; at if the thesrysi eessisirssy, which the defense has set up to account for the action of Mr. Til- ton and'Moulton be demolished, it is fatal to them, because there can be no substitution. ___ ., If we are any judges of legal questions, then the testimony offered by the defense ruins their own case, because it makes the theory of conspiracy impossible. For, have they not, in endeavoring to destroy Mr. Tilton’s theory of his relations with_us and with Bessie Turner, really established facts that are utterly incompatible with the existence of a conspiracy? It seems so to us. How could there be a conspiracy when the very thingsfupon which its success depended, were “giv- en away” by the pretended conspirators, as the V defense-are proving that they were. So, let Bessie Turner’s evidence fall as it may upon Mr. Tilton, it must fall with equal force upon Mr. Beecher. But in this way only, can the Scripture be fulﬁlled. The great social battle that is now really inaugurated, is the one that is to spread into every family, setting its members, as Jesus said it should, against each other; but ﬁnally, bring- ing all to remember that there is but one‘ Father—-God, and one brother—-man. Therefore, God will speed the right, and however we may deprecate some of the means employed, at last we shall be compelled to acknowledge the victory gained. A ' _ A W New AND THEN. REMINISCENCES OF THE SCANDAL. Doubtless it has been an unsolved problem to our readers generally, as it has been to the public specially, how. it was that we were deserted, left alone to stand the odiuin of giv- ing publicity to the tremendous scandal now undergoing a judicial investigation in the Brooklyn City Court; nor is it probable that the developments already reached have served at all to solve this problem. - At the time the scandal was published, we were thrown into jail as a result of the publi- cation. No one was to be found foolish enough to imagine that we should have been arrested and our paper suppressed upon the so-called Challis article, if the Beecher article had not been published in the same paper. It is true that the pretense was set up that the former article was in some way the basis of the arrest, but the proceedings were too evi- dently against this pretense to give it any weight whatever. The friends of Mr. Beecher, acting, if not under his inspira- tion, at least in his behalf, procured our arrest upon the false and preposterous charge of obscenity, to be able, in this indirect way, to suppress the immense circulation to which that number of the paper promised to attain. Of this there can be no doubt. Indeed, Judge Wood, the conﬁden- tial adviser of Henry C. Bowen, has since virtually confessed - that the suit was instituted and could have been stopped at any_time, by the inﬂuence that that gentleman had with the United States ofﬁcials. - It will be remembered that in the original statement cer- tain sources were mentioned as those from which we ob- tained the facts of the case.’ We said that we ﬁrst heard of it in Washington, where a gentleman remarked, in the room where the suffrage women held their sessions, that “ it illy became aBeecher to snub Mrs. Woodhull, since Henry Ward preached to twenty of his mistresses every,Sunday;” that we next heard it from Paulina Wright Davis, who came straight from Mrs. Tilton’s to us with the confession on her lips; that the whole story was next communicated to us by Elizabeth Cady Stanton; and ﬁnally that Mr. and Mrs. Til- ton and Mr. and Mrs. Moulton and Mr. Beecher had fully conﬁrmed the principal facts received from other sources, knew nothing. B THE POSITION on REFORMERS NOW. With this variety of authority, embracing so many emi- nent and prominent persons, we do not wonder that it seemed strange to everybody that not a single one pro. nounced a single word to relieve us from the weight of odium that fell upon us for ‘publishing what they all had talked about so freely, not only to us but to numerous other people, as the developments show plainly enough that they had. Nor was their silence about this matter specially the only cause of wonder, but their ignoring of us generally was also ample cause for comment. Had it not been for the prima, facie evidence of truthfulness which the publication itself contained, there is little doubt but what we should have been crushed when we were left to be crushed. RESULTS ALREADY GAINED. . L We are not now going to attempt to justify that publica. tion, since that were useless labor. Circumstances over which we have had no control and in which we have scarcely taken any part, have paved and are paving the way to the most perfect justification possible to have. They will show ultimately that the agitation an.d discussion that have grown and will grow out of that publication, will develop a good in the world that nothing else could have done so well. Al- ready Anna Diekinson has been given the courage to go on the rostrum and speak to the public upon prostitution—the social evil—as it is generally called; and Susan B. Anthony has also begun to discuss “ social purity” in the same way, both of which were impossible subjects for public treatment, espe. eially by women, three years ago. - Nor are these public manifestations the only or the chief results; for they have spread into every family and every social gathering, consti- tuting the cesarean topic at ceaversstica everywhere. Pee- ple are as leager »efra-id. er ashamed at state talk about the vital facts at harass s.si.stsasa “Elie by which irsiaertai besides givmg many additional details of which the others ' 6 .- - woopnunn as cLArL1N*s' WEEKLY. April 3, 1875. A souls are created is no longer considered too obscene to be mentioned, even at the family table. The fact disclosed by Bessie Turner that, at the age of seventeen, she did not know what sexual intercourse ' meant, is sufficient to condemn the old order of things; old enough and liable to be married and know nothing about the principal thing for which marriage. is contracted! And expect "happy results from such igno- rance? Isn’t it about time that such sham morality. and such mock modesty were superseded by an enlightened scientiﬁc knowledge of everything relating to sex? The Beecher scandal has come to be the Messiah of just this advancement of human good‘; to break the way for a complete investiga- tion and understanding of the "whole ' subject of sexual science. ’ OUR SIN. . Previous to the publication of the scandal there had been numerous letters received from various persons besides those whom we mentioned in connection with it, expressing their appreciation of the work we were performing,and many strong assurances of personal respect and esteem. We are unaware of having done anything since publishing the scandal which could have changed this estimation. Nevertheless, the idea that we are remarkably bad women has gained a pretty wide circulation, probably from the fact that the people who had known us, and had spoken or written publicly about us, either refrained from doing so after the scandal was pub- lished, or else that they permitted it to be understood that they had had cause to change their opinions regarding us. All this was very natural, but let it be borne in mind that none of them have cited any facts upon which to base such charges. Our advocacy of social freedom was not a cause, since their open friendship survived the delivery of the Steinway Hall speech, and our modes of life were not dif- ferent, and are not diﬁerent, from what they were when we were heartily indorsed. It must, then, be concluded that the publication by us in a paper of what had been freely circulated privately——and not so privately, after all-—was the cause of the change of treatment which we underwent at the hands of many of the reformers with whom we had previously been connected. It seems to us, however, that this was not a sufficient cause. And from the public standpoint, was it so much more wicked to publish a fact which was freely spoken about privately than it was to circulate it all through the country by conversation? We scarcely think that such a proposi- tion is tenable. At least we did publish the scandal, and we think it was right to do so, and we can afford to Wait for the world to say that it was right, after it has observed and been beneﬁted by its results. THE POSITION OF‘ REFOBMERS THEN. In the meantime, we will content ourselves by presenting to our readers some reminiscences of the past, which many may not have seen at all and others may have forgotten. These will serve to show that before the publication of the ' scandal we were not held to be extremely bad by those who had a -right to and did speak from personal knowledge. I We submit these without further comment, with the hope that, as time progresses and the scare about the scandal passes away, we shall be found worthy, in part at least, of the very generous and grateful mention made: ’ LETTER FROM ?AULINA VVR-IGHT DAVIS. Dear Victoria-I thought of you half of last night, dreamed of you and prayed for you. I believe you are raised up of God to do a wonderful work, and I believe that you will un- mask the hypocrisy of a class that none others dare touch. God help you and save you. The more I think of that mass of Beecher corruption, the more I desire its-opening. . Ever yours. lovingly, ‘ Pnnnruavwnreuri DAVIS. Pnovrnnuon, R. 1., May, 1871. EXTRACT rnorr AN mrnnvrnw IN run N. Y. sun or AUGUST 18, 1871. Reporter—And am I to understand you to say that the lead- ing women’s rights women of the country are with you in this MOVEMENT? - _ Mrs. W.——Most decidedly so. The Woman’s Suffrage Asso- ciation of Washington, on motion of Mrs. Stea-rns, wife of Senator Stearns. of Minnesota, last winter, unanimously adopted the following resolution: ‘ A “ Be it resolved, That we honor Victoria 0. Woodhull for her ﬁne intellectual ability, her courage and independence of character, her liberality and high moral worth; and since her every word and look and act impresses us with the conviction that she is profoundly earnest, we feel that for this earnest- ness and fearlessness we, as women, owe her a debt of grati- tude which we can only repay by workins: with and for her with our whole hearts.” Mrs. W.—-Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, President of the Association, who was not present when the resolution was adopted, subsequently wrote Mrs.Stearns as follows: "‘ Let me assure you that I would to-day subscribe to every word of the resolution, and should be ready to say more of the purity and goodness of the woman than I should have then. I think I know that -she is striving to put down lust and to exalt love; that her motives are exalted and her life pure, and her whole nature spiritual in an uncommon degree. =‘r' * * * I believe you will one day be more proud of that act (offering the resolution) than of any other public act of your life, and I believe the Lord guided you into it of His own wisdom and out of regard for your welfare as well. as for the cause.” I -‘ “E; here this moment reed yeasts-tier of sessptanse, my s ..g.;, ﬁtted for political strife and for a. pure leadership, I ﬁrmly believe. I give you my blessing and deepest sympathy and warmest prayers.” [The last paragraph was written and received on the occa- sion of Mrs. Woodhull’s nomination for the Presidency by the Vié toria League.] KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 4., 1871. Bravo .’ My Dear Woodhull-.—Your letter is here, and the telegram of the ‘.‘ Majority and Minority Reports.” Glorious “old Ben 1”" He is surely going to pronounce the word that will settle the woman question, just as he did “ Contraband,” that so settled the negro question. 1 Everybody here chimes in with the new conclusion that we are already free. But how absolutely dead, dead, dead, are the Woman’s J owmal and Revolution; one would think them in,a Rip Van Winkle sleep. It is beyond my comprehension how anybody can be so dull, so behind the times. Mrs. Livermore, in her speech here, said: “ Some able law- yers have said (not Victoria C. Woodhull had petitioned, and Congress and the National Woman’s Suffrage Committee had chimed -in,) that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend- ments enfranchised women.” She could afford to wait; but all of them are as “ dead as door nails” to the new and living gospel. , e I have never in the whole twenty years felt so full of life and hope. ‘Go ahead! bright, glorious, young and strong spirit, and believe inthe best love, hope and faith of - S. B. ANTHONY. PAULINA WRIGHT DAVIS. I The following letter was called forth by the attempt of a prominent member of the Boston Wing of Suffragists and of Sorosis to charge Mrs. Davis’iEuropean trip to the account of her desire to ';_escape from the odium of her connection with us. She is justly rebuked: _ ' “ 351 WEST THIRTY-FOURTH STREET, CITY. “ My Dear T/"z'cto'r'£a—I have just learned that the amiable Mrs. Grundy has? been busy conjuring up reasons for my going abroad, stating that I am driven away by the present position of our movement. Will you permit me to say, through your columns, that I go abroad for my own personal reasons, and may be absent three months, or may stay one or two years. In‘ the meanwhile, believe me, I shall not relax my efforts for the enfranchisement of woman, or for her social and spiritual emancipation from bondage far worse than her political slavery. I n'eed not urge you to increased eﬁort. I am sure of your unflagging zeal-—of your noble, generous, disinterested spirit. I want to feel that my heart is throbbing beside yours in full sympathy, love and hope, for you and our great work. Let me not feel or fear that be- cause the ocean rolls between us that I lose my place in the. ranks of the real workers. ' “Yours for truth, PAULINA WRIGHT DAVIS.” E. H. G. CLARK IN THE TROY, N. Y., ware, sn1='r., 1871. ' * I refused an introduction, thinking at first that in Mrs. VVcodhull’s case it would answer to simply stare at her. * * * Doubless no person in America has been so mis- judged as this young woman. Everybody has written harshly about her; I have done so with the rest. * * In con- versation she never seems to think of herself, and scarcely of her listener. She is entirely lost, absorbed, heart and soul, in the ideas she advocates. Her face is not sensuously attractive, but its intellectual beauty is much more than re- markable. I know of no public character with such a. trans- parent expression of impassioned thought. ’-" * Ameri- can editors should hcal the wounds they have caused by their ignorant slanders. If the press of this country has not settled into a. hopeless oligarchy of gossip, a “ coward’s castle” ﬁlled with blackguards, it will make the atonement that common decency demands. SUSAN B. ANTHONY. In her speech before the Washington Convention, in Janu- ary, 1872, she said: “Some one says I am mad. Victoria Woodhull was mad last night; but she did not begin to be as mad as I am now. She has been abused, but not half so much as I have been. I want you to understand you can’t scare me, if you do others. VVhen I heard of a. woman on Wall street I went to see her. VVomen have the same right there that men have. I have ~ been asked by many: Why did you drag Victoria C. Wood- hull to the front? Now, bless your souls, she was_ not "dragged to the front. She came to Washington with a power- ful argument. She presented her memorial to Congress, and it was a power. I should have been glad to call it the Dickin- son Memorial. or the Beecher Memorial, orcven the Anthony Memorial, since it was a mighty effort of which any woman might be proud. She had an interview with the Judiciary Committee; we could never secure that privilege. ‘She was young, handsome and rich. Now if it take youth,.beauty and money to capture Congress, Victoria is the woman we are after. I A “ Women have too much false modesty. I was asked by an editor of a New York paper if I knew of Mrs. ‘Woodhull’s antecedents. I‘ said I didn’t, and that I did not care any more for them than I do about those of the members of Con- ‘ gross.’ Her antecedents will compare favorably with any .member of Congress. “ I have been asked, along the line of the Paciﬁc Coast: What about Woodhull; you make her your leader? Now we don’t make leaders; they make themselves. If any can ac- complish a. more brilliant effort than Victoria ’Woodhull, let him or her go ahead and they shall be our leaders." THEODORE rIL'roN’s INTRODUCTION, STEINWAY HALL, NOVEMBER 20, I871. Ladies and Gentlemen.’ A A _ , hZappeniag-to'have an unoccupied night. which is an un- usual for use is tZss.3ssssre season. sense the reset :9 6"” to say inregard to the great ‘question which has occupied her’ so many years of her life. I was met at the door by a mem- ber of the committee who informed me that several gentle- men had been applied to, particularly within the circuit of these two or three neighboring cities, to know whether they would occupy the platform and preside on this occasion. Every one had declined, one after another, for various rea- sons, the chief among them being, first, objections to the lady’s character; and, second, objections to the lady’s views. I was told that shewas coming upon the stand unattended and alone. Now, as to her character. I know it, and believe in it, and vouch for it. As to her views, she will give them to you herself in a few moments, and you may judge for your- selves. It may be that she is a fanatic; it may be that I am 5; fool; but, before high heaven, I would rather be both fanatic and fool in one than to be such a._ coward as would deny to a woman the sacred right of free speech. I desire to say that five minutes ago, I did not expect to appear here. Allow me the privilege of saying that, with as much pride as ever prompted me to the performance of any act in ﬁfteen or twenty years, I have the honor of introducing to you Victoria C. Woodhull, who will address you upon the subject of Social Freedom. ' In December, 1871, in a letter published in the Golden Age Mrs. Stanton wrote thus: . "“ Some people ‘carp at the national organization, because it indorses Mrs. Woodhull. When our representatives granted to Victoria C. VVoodhull a. hearing before the Judiciary Com-‘ mittee——an honor conferred on no other woman in the nation before——they recognized Mrs. Woodhull as the leader of the woman suffrage movement in this country. And those of us who were convinced by her unanswerable arguments that ' her positions were sound, had no choice but to follow. 1’ “Mrs. W'oodhull’s speeches and writings, on all the great ‘questions of national life, are beyond anything yet produced by man or woman on one platform. What if foul-mouthed scandal, with its many tongues, seeks to deﬁle her? Shall we ignore a champion like this? Admit, for the sake of argument, that what all men say of her is true (though it is false) thatphe has been or is a courtesan in sentiment and practice. When a woman of this class shall suddenly devote herself to the study of the grave problem of life, brought there by profound thought or sad experience, and with new hope and faith struggles to redeem the errors of the past by a, grand life in the future, shall we not welcome her to the better place she desires to hold? There is to me a sacredness, in individual experience that it seems to me like profanation to search into and expose. _ “Victoria 0. Woodhull stands before us to-day a grand, brave woman, radical alike in political, religious and social" principles. Her face and form indicate the complete triumph in her nature of the spiritual over the sensuous. The pro- cesses of her education are little to us; the grand result everything. Are our brilliant ﬂowers less fragrant, our luscious fruit less patable, because thedebris of sewers and barn-yards have enriched them? The nature that can pass through all phases of social degradation, vice, crime, poverty and dignity of character through all, gives unmistakable proof of its high origin, its divinity. “ The Lilium Candidum, that magniﬁcent lily, so white and pure that it looks as if it ne’er couldibattlc with the wind and storm, that queen of ﬂowers ﬂourishes in all soils, braves all winds and weathers, sunshine and rain, heat and cold, and with its feet in frozen elods still lifts its pure white face forever toward the stars. ‘_‘ When I think of the merciless and continued persecu- tlon of that little woman by the entire press of this nation, I blush for humanity. In the name of woman, let me thank you (Mr. Tilton) for so generously defending her.” FROM MRS. DAVIS. PROVIDENCE, August 26, 1871. . My Dear T/”'z'ctorz'a.: * * * * * I believe people begin to see that suffrage will not give woman social equality ‘any more than it gives it to the negro now; it is but a step- ping-stone toward the greater. The black man votes, but ask him if he does not still feel the ban of public sentiment against his tinted skin, and he will answer yes; and sex will still be the word to stifle woman’s aspirations for a larger life, even though she may vote for years‘. greater importance, I am none the less ready to accept your nomination; and though I may be on the other side of the globe, I shall come home to vote for you in 1872; and every woman will be recreant to duty who fails in standing ﬁrmly in this crisis by your side, strengthening. encouraging and aiding in all and every possible way. Yours ever truly, PAULINA W. DAVIS. ’ FROM ME. TIL'.roN's BIOGRAPHY on MRS. WOODHULL. “ He that uttereth a slander is a fool.” . - , ~-—SOLOMON: Prov. x. 18. I shall swiftly sketch the life of Victoria Claflin Woodhull. a young woman whose career-has been as singular as any heroine’s in a romance; whose ability is of a rare and whose career of the rarest type; whose personal suﬁerings are of themselves a whole dramavof pathos; whose name (through the malice of some and the ignorance of others) has caught a. shadow in strange contrast with the whiteness of her life; whose position as a representative of her sex in the greatest reform of modern times, renders her an object of peculiar interest to her feliow—citizens; and whose character (inas- much as I know her well) I can portray without color or tinge from any partiality save that I hold her in uncommon respect. As showing that her early clairvoyant power still abides, I will mention a fresh instance. An eminent judge in Penn- .sylvania,»in whose court-house I had once lectured, called lately to see me at the office of The Golden. Age. Qn, my in. rguiring after his family. he told me that a strange event had: gust is it. ‘ﬂares racist:-hs_ss—ﬂs” it I y . . and temptation in all its forms, and yet maintain a purity " Though as a scientist I regard the social question as of the -1 . w .‘.\..'-./._>.—u...:.i_.r,'; ; Ax; A , «warn,-». ‘\'L .—_. «r ._»- .- -5.:-.-_.._....-..;-a..a.-.v .. ..._. .-_- - ,. . .r_‘ .:-.-< Api-11 3, I875. “Q J WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S_.:WEEKL‘Y. - I '7 feeling‘. ‘Judge, I foresee that you will lose two of your children within six weeks.’ ” This announcement, he said. wounded him as a tragic sort of .triﬂing with life and death. “But,” I asked, “did anything follow the prophecy?” “ Yes,” he replied, “fulﬁllment; I lost two children within six weeks.” The Judge, who is a Methodist, thinks that Victoria the clairvoyant’ is like “Anna the prophetess.” Let me say that I know of no person against whom there are more prejudices, nor any one who more quickly disarms them. This strange faculty is the most powerful of her powers. She shoots a word like a sudden sunbeam through the thickest mist of people’s doubts and-accusations, and clears the sky in a moment. Questioned by some committee ordelegation who have come to her with idle tales against her busy life, I have seen her swiftly gather together all the stones which they have cast, put them like the miner’s quartz into the furnace, melt them with ﬁerce and fervent heat. bring out of them the purest gold, stamp thereon her image and superscription as she were sovereign of the realm, and then’ (as the marvel of it all) receive the sworn allegiance of ' the whole company on the spot. At one of her public. meet- ‘ ings when the chair (as she hoped) would be occupied by A Lucretia Mott, this venerable woman had been persuaded to decline this responsibility, but afterward stepped forward on the platform and lovingly kissed the young speaker in pres- ence of the multitude. Her enemies (save those of her own household) are strangers. To see her is to respect her-—to know her is to vindicate her. She has some impetuous and headlong faults, but were she without the same traits which produce these she would not possess the mad and magniﬁ- cent. energies which (if she lives) will make her a heroine of history. In conclusion, amid all the rush of her active life, she be- lieves with Wordsworth that A “The gods approve the depth and not 4' The tumult of the soul.” So, whether b'iiﬁ’eted by criticism or defamed by slander, she carries herself in that religious peace which, through all tur- bulence, is “ a measureless content.” VVhen apparently about to be struck down, she gathers unseen strength and goes forward conquering and to conquer. Known only as a rash iconoclast, and ranked even with the most uncouth of those noise-makers who are waking a sleepy world before its time, she beats her daily gong of business and reform with notes not musical but strong, yet mellows the outward rude- ness of-t e rhythm by the inward and devout song of one of the sincerest, most reverent, and divinely-gifted of human souls. , NEW Yonx, June 22, 1871. My Dear .Mr,Sanbomn-1 take for granted that the remarks in the Republican concerning Mrs. Woodhull are yours. But you err in the estimate of the woman. She is a purist in morals—-just the opposite of what you imagine her to be. I know her well——-very well. Her character I believe (and 1_ cheerfully testify) is spotless. Her social views are those of John Stuart Mill. Except for her mistaken use of the term “ Free Love”-—a term which she employs in awholly different sense from that which it bears when you read it in the writ- ings of Mr. Andrews———l‘believe her social theories would not differ at all from your own. I take pains to write you this line because Mrs. Woodhull is a woman of singular moral excellence--2. model of truthful- ness, sincerity and uprightness. Her unfortunate reputation is due wholly to an infelicitous use of words. Persons who know her well hold her in uncommon respect. Never have I__.met, whether among women or men, a character of greater simplicity or goodness than hers. Excuse my boldness, and believe me, fraternally yours, THEO. TILTON. «ﬁr--4 MODERN PIETY. The good effects that must rise and are rising out of the Tilfon-Beecher trial may be guessed at, but cannot‘ yet be computed. If it is not annihilating the shams of the age it is exposing them. In the testimony of Oliver Johnson the character of the more popular creedal religionists is mer- cilessly excoriated. According to his own testimony, that gentleman commenced active life as editor of an anti-masonic paper. We ﬁnd him landed during the past ten years as managing editor, first of the orthodox Independent, and after- ward of the orthodox 0lm'stz'an Union. As there are many D. D.’s connected with the editorial departments of these papers, we propose to examine the doctrinal standing of their associate editor, Mr. Oliver Johnson, who admitted that he wrote rcligiousarticles for the latter paper. < Mr. Fullerto‘n.—-—Q. What are your religious views? Objected to. ’ Judge Neilson—~You can take that. .A. I call myself a Christian. _ _ _ _ Q. As distinguished from a Jew? is that it? A. No, sir. I call myself a Christian according to the New Testament. _ Q. Yes, sir; you advocate the doctrines of Universalism? A. I do perhaps in some respect. Q. Don’t you in all respect? A. I am not well enough acquainted with the Universalist denomination'to know precisely about them. I believe that all human beings will be eventually saved. ' This is not quite consistent with the creed written by H. W. Beecher, the chief editor of the Ohristian Union, which asserts the doctrine of everlasting punishment; but what of that--here is sornethin g more important: Q. Well, are you a believer_in the divinity of Christ? IA. Yes, in my own sense of the divinity of Christ, Q. What is that sense? A._ I,_ don’t believe_1n the deity of C%§"5ia§‘”a.I-i’i3éi{Z.‘1.2.‘i.3“.?i.‘.§‘.‘ii.E‘%,€’§’ “X” at g u n _ ‘ § 0 Q. In what. respect do you consider Him as divine? A. In that He was specially commissioned of God to do a great work for the world, a divine messenger from God. Q. In the sense, then, only that He performed a divine _mission? A. That is all, yes. Q. You regard Him as no more divine than you do the Apostles, do you? A. Oh, yes, sir. _ _ _ Q. Well, they performed a divine commission, didn.’t they? A. Well, I don’t know that they did, sir, in the same sense. That’s my opinion. Q. How then about the early prophets, do you regard Christ any more inspired than them? A. I know so little about the prophets that I do not undertake to say. _ _ Q. Then 1 will -not ask you. Do you believe in the inspira- tion of the Old Testament? A. That depends. sir, upon what you mean by the word “inspiration.” I want your deﬁnition of that ﬁrst. . ‘ ’ _ «E» Q. Do you believe in the Old Testament according to your own deﬁnition of it? A. Yes, sir. _ Q. What is your deﬁnition of the word inspiration? A. My deﬁnition of the word inspiration means, writing honestly ' their serious thoughts with the earnestbonviction that what they are saying is true. . . Q. But not infallible? A. Not infallible. . AQNAnd not under divine guidance so as to prevent error? . 0. Q. In that respect only you regard it as inspired; is that so? A. I regard some parts of it as inspired in the highest sense. and the others I have doubts about whether they were so or not. ' . . Q. In the highest sense of the inspiration according to your information of it? A. Yes, sir. _ Q. Others parts you have doubts about? A. Yes, sir. There go one of the gods of Plymouth Church, and such parts of the Bible as Mr. Oliver Johnson, managing editor and religious expounder of the Okrfstian Union, chooses to cancel; but that is not all, here follows his opinion of spiritualism, classically expressed: Q. Now, Mr. Johnson, have you‘. been a Spiritualist? A. Well. sir, I could not answer that question, honestly, by either yes, or no. Q. Then answer -it in your own way? A. Well, I will answer in the way that a friend of mine answered it once. A friend of his once asked him if he was a Spiritualist. He said, “ Yes, I am not a d— fool ;” I am in that sense a. Spirit- ualist. I believe there are such inﬂuences. [;Laughter.] This is honest at all events, and we excuse the profanity, treating it as Cromwell treated the profanity of Corporal Pearson, who, on being pressed for a second answer, re-V asserted his statement with an oath; to which the General replied: “Thy ‘zounds,’ friend, savers little of grace, but much of sincerity.” Admiring that virtue whenever we meet with it, which is not often, we can readily pardon the “godly zeal” which drove home the word “fool” with a ‘‘d—‘---’’ in the above quotation. The real difficulty with us, however, is how to square the above statements with the orthodoxy of the 0/m'st2'an Union. The following quotation from the N. Y. Sun may illustrate our dilemma: Two girls attending a seminary in Illinois set two chickens ﬁghting in their room last Sunday. Bets on the result ran high, and at the conclusion of the contest the winning maiden was “ better” by a gold watch, a pair of silk stockings, a French corset, two rolls of false hair, a patent bustle, and a beautiful book mark with “ Christ our Guide,” worked on it in colored silk. The religious status of the Ohristian Union must be some- what similar to that of the two girls mentioned in the above extract, which commences with cock-ﬁghting and terminates with “ Christ our Guide.” ._.Aa.. r-gyw ‘MISS ANTHONY ON THE SOCIAL QUESTION. We welcome the advent on the rostrum of this able woman to discuss the social question. She knows how to do it as well as anybody, but if she cannot yet see her way to tell the whole truth, we must be thankful for the advance that she has made, and wait patiently until she willingly covers the whole ground. We glean the following from the Chicago T7=z'bnne’s report of her lecture in the Grand Opera House in that city: 4 Miss Anthony lectured at the Opera House last night on social purity, and the place was so crowded that hundreds had to be turned away. Miss Anthony referred boldly to some of the evils inseparable from the marriage relation. She thought it was time that pure women refused to enter into marriage relations with impure men, and if they had done so, and found these. men to be impure after they had married them, they should refuse to continue in that relation. There had been enough of the sickly sentimentalism of a Woman promising herself to a man under such circumstances-—-a pro- position, of course, that some of Miss Anthony’s friends will regret and warmly oppose; but she supported it at‘ consider- able length. The Tribune concludes its report of the lecture with this paragraph: “ Miss Anthony's lecture was a powerful appeal for morality, and for women to be raised to the level of men. It ‘was a plea for the good, the strong, the faithful, the educated women against the ignorant, vile and debased among men. Probably no woman present but felt its power, and not many men who did not applaud the‘ sentiments this woman, true to her ideas of right, uiihesitatingly utters and acts upon. ‘ Few men and women could have dealt with the subjects she undertook in the same strong, direct manner. To ‘use her own words to a friend, if she must choose between starvation and telling the truth. and luxury with a smoothing over of matters, she would starve and speak out.” Thus one after another of- the noble women known to the ranks of reform steps forward to ﬁght the battle against social impurity. We shall expect soon to ﬁnd Mrs. Stanton doing the same thing. well do we remember, after the Steinway Hall speech, how this grand woman bid us God-speed on the mis- sion that we had undertaken. She warned us of the oppo- sitioyi, the abuse and misrepresentation that we should have to encounter, which she felt she was too far advanced in life to invoke upon herself by taking the ﬁeld in behalf of the social enfranchisementof woman. Miss Anthony, we think, has got the question turned about somewhat. Political enfran— chisement does not necessarily mean any better conditions, socially, for women—~ any purer social life; but social enfran- chise_ment—making woman at all times and all cirumstances the sole arbiter of her person——will insure social purity, But we wait patiently, trusting that they will all soon see this truth, and knowing that when Miss Anthony does see it she will not hesitate to utter it. V. , We believe that they do begin to see that the real question +-the great andvital question—is the social problem. Miss «Anthony confesses this when she makes “ social purity” -an -.....s:._...,_.,_- .. u:-4 ~ .—.z».<\.ué‘sv»'a~-x-' ;»_- ~- «_ma~‘ *‘ ".\-1-v-~23,‘ **';-,.--;- argument for suﬁrage, which is saying virtually that suffrage] is a means merely, and not an end——tl1e end being better social relations. Now if she would go a step further only, and say that social purity is needed so that purer conditions may be had in which to generate our children, then she would reach the real issue. If we have nothing else for which to be thankful, the fact that we have been able to open the way by our sacriﬁces and sufferings for a band of brave women to attack the monstrous evils that exist in marriage, is ample cause. God bless, and the good angels speed them in their work, and make -them equal to the tremendous emergency. . - _ 1- 4 71'?‘ LABOR REFORM. The sole. end and aim of all the labor movements which have convulsed or are convulsing the civilized world origin- ally were, and now are, to secure to the creators of wealth their fair share of the produce of their toils. Surely, if any man has a right to the means of existence, that man is the agricultural laborer, yet we know that he generally retains less of the fruit of his labors than even the better paid mechanic manages to secure; in turn, the mechanic who builds our cities is often unable to obtain, by a life of toil, a shelter for his family that he can call his own. It is the same with other trades, the weaver’s wife can rarely secure for herself a decent dress out of the cloth for which the world is indebted to the toll of her husband. In spite of the platitudes of political economists, it is patent to the common-sense of mankind that the present distribution of wealth is manifestly unjust, and it is to re zn- ‘ edy such injustice that labor organizations have latterly’ been so numerously formed. Social science philosophers who admire the present system are generally neither pro- ducers of food, shelter nor clothing. They live on the other side of the line, and have no objection to their neighbors working for them gratis. It is plain, however, and getting every day more plain, that working men and working women are of a different opinion. Holding such opinion, it is only natural that they should make, and are making, strenuous efforts to exhibit and remedy their wrongs. It was at ﬁrst believed by them that the task of obtaining justice would not be very diiiicult. Were their opponents unbiased we deem that it would not. But the workers are beginning to ﬁnd "that it is useless to appeal to rulers in- terested in keeping things as they are. It has become evi- dent to them that “the Old Man of the Sea” has no desire to cease riding on the back of the “ Sindbad ” of‘ labor. In ' this battle, however, the distributors do not complain. It is not the sellers but the producers who are aggrieved. The sad economy which awards millions to Stuarts, and robs the weavers who produce the ﬁnest articles they sell of the neces- sities of a decent existence is not distasteful to the former. Politicians and _speculators also much prefer their present methods of obtaining liberal rewards for their services, to grubbing out scanty livelihoods by working at benches, tun- neling mountains, or burrowing like rats underground pas. sages for railways through cities. Q A Such being the case, it is no wonder that labor’s ﬁrst ap- peals for justice have already been answered by the above» mentioned interested parties with derision and disdain. They have, however, lately condescendcd to inform the wealth producers that “they should study the laws of ‘political economy, in the knowledge of which they are now lament- ably deﬁcient: that a slight examination of the same would show that workers are dependent on capitalists, and had. better not quarrel with their bread.” This kind of balder. dash prevailed for a short time with some workers, and has been quoted over and over again in both Granges and Unions. But this advice has not been without its effect. .It has in-. duced many mechanics and agriculturists to look into the present system of political economy. Tlieysoon found that their present condition is a legitimate consequence of the carrying out of a system we have inherited from Great Britain, where it had been devised in order to keep wealth producers in a state of servitude. They soon found that, in order to obtain simple justice, and secure for themselves the fulltale of the results of their labors, it would be necessary to re- model the same by basing it, not as it is at present on the interests of etraiﬁckers and ﬁnanciers, but on the broader foundation of the welfare of the masses of producei's. It is to this end that most of the workers of this and other . countries have latterly resolved to form themselves into a separate political party, in order that they themselves may oversee and secure their own interests. They begin to per- ceive that before agriculturists and mechanics can obtain. their rights, mechanics and agriculturists must control the the governments of countries. power, they are certainly numerically sufficient to perform this duty, if they heartily unite and cheerfully join in the work to be performed. To hope that the forty lawyers in the U. S. Senate will ever deem the labor of aﬁrst-class agri— ' culturist, miner or mechanic worthy of a reward -equal to that of a tralilcker, a ﬁnancier or a politician is in vain, Nothing is more certain than this-—that before the workers can ever obtain their rights, workers must rule the nation, -as EMILY FAITHFULL states that among the novel forms of social and industrial life which vividly strike a strangerbn —' his arrival in Paris is the perfect equality in business matters - which seems to exist between the sexes. Women keep books, govern hotels, large shops, and even factories, and are often. the business partners of their husbands, and most -eﬂicient ones too. Here, armed with political . u " V‘ ziséﬁiéii -._ 4 -~/ _-.. -"~;r.,=v’=~ ::<..:-.:.v...w-.~».2:1='r WOODHULL & OLAFLIN’S WEEKLY; April 3, 1375. GREAT CENTRAL ROUTE. HORT AND FAST LINE ACROSS THE CON TINEN1; BY THE OLD ESTAB- llshed and Popular Route via ' I The ERIE RAILWAY to SUSPENSION BRIDGE; The GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA to Detroit; The MICHIGAN CENTRAL to Chica o; The CHICAGO, BURLINGTON and ILUINOY to Kansas City, St. Joseph, Lincoln, Omaha and to all points in the great North and Southwest. ‘ Through without change of cars, from_ New York to Chicago. One change to Omaha, and that in the Depot of the Michigan Central in Chicago, from which the 0., B. and Q. departs. 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A “ Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10.40 P M K3118?-S Cit)’ - - - - - - - . . - . .. - “ Atchison .................. .. 11.00 “ “ Atchison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.17 . .. '- Leavenworth .............. .. 12.10 “ " Leavenworth .......... .. 12.40 noon, 7.00 A M “ Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ‘.‘ Denver. ................. . . Through Sleeping 0Car Arrangements 9.15 A. M.—Day Express from Jersey ‘City (daily except Sunday), with Pullii_ian’s Drawing-Room Cars and connectin at Suspension Bridge with_Pullman’s Palace Sleeping Cars, arriving at Chicago 8.00 p. in the following ay in time to take the morning trains from there. 7.20 P. M.—~Night Express from Jersey City (daily), with Pu11man’s Palace Sleeping Cars, runs through to Chicago without change arriving there at 8.00 a. m., ving passengers ample time for breakfast and take the morning trains to all points West, Northwest and outhwest. - CONNECTIONS OF ERIE RAILWAY WITH MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES 033‘ Michigan Central & Great Western Railways. At St. Catharines, with Welland Railway, for Port Colborne. ‘ At Hamilton, with branch for Toronto and intermediate stations; also with branch to Port Dover. At Harrisburg, with branch for Gait, Guelph, Southampton and intermediate stations. At Paris, with G.'W. R. branch for Brantford and with Goderich branch Grand Trunk Railway. At London, with branch for Petrolia and Sarnia. Also with Port Stanley Branch for Port Stanley, an daily line- of steamers from there to Cleveland. ' . At Detroit, with Detroit & Milwaukie Railway for Port Huron, Branch Grand Trunk _I_tailway. Also De trait, Lansing & Lake Michigan R. R. to Howard and intermediate stations. Also Detroit &: Bay Clty’R. R. Branch Lake S. & M. S. R. R. to Toledo. . At; Wayne, with Flint & Pere M. R. R. to Plymouth, Holy, etc. , At Ypsilanti, with Deti-oit,,Hillsdale & Eel _River R. Rs, for Manchester, Hillsdale, Banker's, Waterloo Columbia City,-N. Manchester, Denver and Indianapolis. ' At Jackson, with Grand River Vallev Branch, for Eaton Rapids, Charlotte, Grand Rapids, Nnncia, Pent- watei, and all intermediate stations. Also, with Air Line for Homer, Nottowa, Three Rivers-and Cassopolis. Also with Jack, Lansing & Saginaw Branch, for Lansing, Owosso, Saginaw, Wenoria,_Stand!sh, Crawford and intermediate stations. Also with_Fort Wayne, Jack dc Saginaw R. R. for Jonesville, Waterloo, Fort Wayne, and Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cm. R. R. to Cincinnati. ' V At Battle Creek, with Peninsular R. R. A Kalamazoo, with South Haven Branch, to G. Junction, South Haven, etc. Also with G. Rapids & Ind. R R. for Clam Lake and intermediate stations. Also with Branch of L. S. & M. R. R. At Lawton, with Paw Paw R. R. for Paw Paw. At Niles, with South Bend Branch. , >- . At New Buifalo,_with Chicago & Mich. Lake S. R. R. for St. Joseph, Holland, Mnskegon, Pentwater and all intermediate stations. . . _ . , At Michigan City, with Indianapolis, Peru 55 Ghicii R 3. Also with Louisville, New Albany & Chi- cago R. B. At Lake, with Joliet Branch to Joliet. At Chicago, with all railroads diverging. CANCER Cured Without the Knife or Pain. Diseases of Females A SPECIALTY FOR TWENTY YEARS. VALUABLE DISCOVERY.——Dr. J. P. Miller, a practicing physician at 327 Spruce street, Phila- delphia, has discovered that the extract of cranberries and hemp combined cures headache, either bilious, dyspeptic, nervous or sick headache, neuralgia and nervousness. This is a triumph in medical chemistry, and sufferers all over the country are ordering by mail. He prepares it in pills at 50 cents a box. The Doctor is largely known and highly respected.——Phila- delphia Bulletin. ' - For seven years Professor of "Obstetrics and Diseases of Women in a New York Medical College. PROF. _J. M. COMINS, M. D., 143 East Twenty—Sc'a2th Street, NEW YORK. PSYCHOMETRY. Power has been given me to_ delineate character, to describe the mental and s iritual capacities of.‘ er- sons, and sometimes to indicate their future and t eir best. locations for health, harmony and business. Persons desiring aid of this sort will please send me their handwi-itin , state a e and sex, and inclosiﬁg. ' JOHN M. 81‘ . . 2,21 Mt. Vernon street, I’ . ‘ I Q 3 .0 O xce]sm,.l)0 1;Y0lfll 0§l’I1lbI:l inting 5 ress or car s, a e s, enve opes - P°Tfae etc. Larger sizes forlarge work. ‘ Ya’ Business Men do their printing and advertising, save money and increase .- trade. Amateur Printing, delight -_. " A inlpastime for spare hours. BOYS is _- , havegreatfun and make money fast P]-m:I;1r,'*«‘ at rinting. 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BRIGGS DAVIS, Sec. and Treas. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. THE GREA'l‘ TRUNK BIZNE AND UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE. Trains leave New York, from foot of Desbrosse and Cortlandt streets, as follows: Express for Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, the West and South, with Pullman Palace Cars attached, 9:30 A. M., 5 and 8:30 P. M. Sunday, 5 and 8:30 P. M. . For Baltimore, Washington and the Soutli;"°3Liinited Washin ton Express of Pullman Parlor cars, daily, except unday, at 9:30 A. M.; arrive at Washington 4:10 P. M. Regular at 8:40 A. M., 3 and 9 P. M. Sun- daﬁ, 9 P. M. ‘xpress for Philadelphia, 8:40, 9:30 A. M., 12:30, 3, 4. 4:10, 5, 7, 8:30, 9 P. M., and 12 night. Sunday, 5, 7, 8:30 and 9 P. M. Emigrant and second class, 7 P. M. For Newark at 6:30, 7:20, 7:40, 8, 9, 10, 11 A. M., 12 M., 1, 2, 2:30, 3:10 3:40, z-31:10, 4:30, 5, 5:20, 5:40, 6, 6:10, _ 1 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8:10, 10, 11: 0 P. M., and 12 night. Sun- day, 5:20, 7 and 8:10 P. M. For Elizabeth, 6, 6:30, 7:20, 7:40, 8, 9, 10 A. M., 12 M., 1, 2, 2:30, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:30, 4:50, 5:20, 5:40. 6, 6:10, 6:3 7, 7:30, 8:10, 10, 11:30 P. M., and 12 night. Sunday, 5:20, 7 and 8:10 P. M. For Rahway, 6. 6:30, -7:20, 8, 10 A. M , 12 M., 1, 2, 2:30, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:30, 4:50, 5:20, 5:40, 6, 6:10, 6:30, 7, 8:10, 10 P. M. and 12 night. Sunday, 5é20 aild 7 P out For Woodridge, Perth Amboy, an Amboy, 6 and 10 A. M., 2:30, 4:50 and 6 P. M. ’ For New Brunswick, 7:20 and 8 A. M., 12 M., 2, 3:10, t. Sunday, 7 4:30, 5:20, 6:10, 7 P. M., and 12 nig P M ‘ “F0”. East Millstone, 12 noon, 3:10 and 4:30 P. M. For Lam bertville and Flemington, 9:30 A. M., and 4 P. M. P Flgr Phillipsburg and Belvidere, 9:30 A. M., 2 and 4 ,_ For Bordentown, Burlington and Camden, 7:20 and 9:30 A. M., 12:30, 2, 4, 4:10 and 7 P. M. ’ For Freehold, 7:20 A. M., 2 and 4:10 P. M. For Farmingdale and Squad, 7:20 A. M. and 2 P. M. For Hightstown, Pemberton and Camden, via Perth Ambloiy, 2:30 P. M. For Hightstown and Pemberton, A. . Ticket oﬂices 526 and 944 Broadway, 1 Astor House, and foot of Desbrosses and Cortlandt streets; 4 Court street, Brooklyn; and 114, 110 and 118 Hudson street, Hoboken. Emigrant ticket oﬂioe, 8 Battery Place. FRANK THOMPSON, D. M. BOYD, Jr., General Manager. General Passenger Ag’t. HULL’S CRUCIBLE. A WIDE AWAKE SPIRITUALISTIC & SOCIAL REFORM JOURNAL. Prominent among the Reforms advocated in HULL’S CRUCIBLE are the following: 1. Reformin Religion, such as shall do away with many of the outward forms and restore the power of godliness. ’ 2. Reforms in the Government, such as shall do away with the rings, cliques and monopolies, and put - all matters concerning the government of the people into the hands of the people.‘ 3. Reforms regulating the relation of capital and labor,.such as shall secure to labor, the producer of capital, the control of capital. 4. Reforms regul-'atii*ig the relations ofsrthe sexes to each other, such as shall secure to every member of each sex the entire control of their own person, and place prostitution, in or out of marriage, for money or any other cause, out of the question. Any thought calculated to beneﬁt humanity, whether coming under any of the above or any other propositions,

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