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Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 08, no. 14 (September 5, 1874)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2035
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1874-09-05
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: l x l l PRO.(}RESS.! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED L:i:V‘Esz ._._.n. ARREAKINGA THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Vol. VIII.——No. 14.—Whole No. 196, A NEVV YORK, SEPT. 5,1874. PRICE TEN CENTS. LOANERS BANK OF THE CITY on NEW YORK, (ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CHARTER.) Continental Life Building, 22 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $500,000 Subject to increase to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,000,000 This Bank. negotiates LOANS, makes COLLEC- TIONS, advances on SECURITIES and receives DE- POSITS. ' Accounts of Bankers, Manufacturers and Merchants will receive special attention. ‘ @ FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST paid on CUR RENT BALANCES and liberal facilities offered to our CUSTOMERS. DORR RUSSELL, President. A. F. WILMARTH. Vice-President. JOHN J. CISCO & SON, , Bankers, N o. 59 Vt7all}‘,:St., New York. Gold and Currencyreceived on deposit subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rat...
Show morel x l l PRO.(}RESS.! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED L:i:V‘Esz ._._.n. ARREAKINGA THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Vol. VIII.——No. 14.—Whole No. 196, A NEVV YORK, SEPT. 5,1874. PRICE TEN CENTS. LOANERS BANK OF THE CITY on NEW YORK, (ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CHARTER.) Continental Life Building, 22 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $500,000 Subject to increase to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,000,000 This Bank. negotiates LOANS, makes COLLEC- TIONS, advances on SECURITIES and receives DE- POSITS. ' Accounts of Bankers, Manufacturers and Merchants will receive special attention. ‘ @ FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST paid on CUR RENT BALANCES and liberal facilities offered to our CUSTOMERS. DORR RUSSELL, President. A. F. WILMARTH. Vice-President. JOHN J. CISCO & SON, , Bankers, N o. 59 Vt7all}‘,:St., New York. Gold and Currencyreceived on deposit subject to check at sight. 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Chicago ought to feel proud of it.” The Largest and Handsomest Paper for Young People.” THE Young, Folks’ Rural, A RURAL AND LITERARY MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF COUNTRY AND CITY. TERMS: $1.50 per Year; $1 on Clubs of Four or More. A PAIR or BEAUTIFUL BERLIN cnnoiuos, MOUNTED AND: VARNISHED, BENT POBTPAIJ) AB A GIFT TO I EVERY YEARLY SUBSCRIBER. The Young Folks’ Rural is a novelty among publi- cations for Young Peop1e——entii-ely a “ new idea,” and diﬁerent from any other in style and character. Six- teen pages and sixty-four columns—-the largest news- paper in Chicago I ‘ WHAT “ THEY SAY.” [From the Chicago Evening Post] “H. N. F. Lewis, Esq._, the well-known publisher of that admirable weekly, the Western Rural, is publish- ing a monthly rural and literary journal, under the title of the Young Folks’ Rural. * * Mr. Lewis is just the man to make it a ‘big thing. ‘” [From the Letter of a Western Mother .] “The Young Folks’ Rwal is just what om dear children need. Altogether it is a noble enterprise, and will do an untold amount of good. It is the ‘ parents’ assistant,’ and all thinking parents will‘ join me in thanking you.” [From a School Teacher.] “ I am a teacher and take the aper for the beneﬁt and amusement o in pupils. yes are bri liter and lessons better learned when the Young F ks’ Rural makes its appearance. ‘ , spnazmvrzv NUMBERS snzvm FREE’. Address. 11. N. F. LEWIS, Publisher, ’ ‘ Chicago, Ill. Both Western Rural a:m_l,,‘Young liblks’ ,Rumz,nu-nighect for One Year for $3.00. Ladies’ Own Magazine. THE {ONLY FIRST-CLASS LITERARY, nonsu- HOLD AND FASHIONABLE MAGAZINE IN THE WEST, AND , , THE ABLEST, BEST AND MOST POPULAR IN AMERICA. CHARMING STORIES, INSTRUCTIVE ESSAYS, ~ BEAUTIFUL POEMS, Dive Editorials, Su/,oerb'Engrao'lngs. OVER TWENTY ABLE WRITERS EN- GAGED UPON IT. l,Onl/y $2.00 a Year, or Twenty Cents a’Copy,‘ AND A ' ' SUPERB ORIGINAL OIL CHROMO, WORTH $5, ' FREE SUBSCRIBE AND MAKE UP A CLUB, AND SECURE A HANDSOME PREMIUM. 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V M ‘F ' Ea ﬁﬁoygm z 2 E .. as :2 as 5- +4 T ff’ §sr'§IF~’ ‘gs IQ 3 W °'§oo”’ 5-° . w 9 63' at; -—--"‘ 3-. 0»- . E E 3 .gEsa_ 3:. Dr. H. Storer, I o. 9 Montgomery Place, Boston. TEEEE E Ni his :i_WaaEaae EHJ‘. no 12> (0 cs: El 2 r-3 I-1 I-rd I--l C2 b> Z @. rd S d% t-* l:> '26 rd E: 0 if. I-S I-=-I CD 2 ‘TE maeaciscs SEEEESEE ~9rv;: ,_,_‘..~, ‘ -2 ll x-‘-r ’[E-. A TVA\“%/ .. - -,:--._.i._-.,,.~;,...,..,.,_...,c -- - _._._-4 ._..._.-—,;_,,_ _Q,_.,w;\__ .-,~...w_,..,..,.a’_..,._ ., . V Sept. 5, 1874. c‘ we yn is _"/ 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. C. Wood- hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constitutional Equality, by Tennie C. 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I had been a friend of Mr. Tilton since my boyhood, and for Mr. Beecher I had always entertained the warmest admiration. ’ In 1870 I learned for the first time that Mr. Beecher had given Mr. Tilton so grave a cause of offense that, if the truth should be made public, a great national calamity ‘Would ensue. I believed that the scandal would tend to undermine the very foundations of social order, to lay low a beneficent power for good in our country, and blast the prospects and blight the family of one of the most brilliant and promising of the rising men of the generation. This disaster, as I deemed it and still regard it, I determined to try and avert. For nearly four years I have_ labored most assiduously to szive both of these men from the consequences of their acts, whether of unwisdom or passion-——acts which have already seriously involved them in a needless and disastrous quarrel, which is made the pretext of pouring on the community a ﬂood of impurity and scandal deeply aﬁ‘ecting,their own ‘ families, and threatening like a whirlpool, if not stilled, to draw into its vortex the peace of mind and good repute of a host of others. More than all, I saw that, because of the “ transgression of another,” innocent children would be bur- dened with a load of obloquy which would weigh most: heavily‘ and cruelly on their young lives. All these considerations determined me to take an active part in the transactions which have since become so notori- ous. This decision involved me in great anxiety and labor, for which the hope of saving those interests could be my only compensation. Even that reward has now failed me, and in- stead of it. an attempt is made to throw on me a part of the shame and disgrace which belong to the actors alone. One of them, whom I have zealously endeavored to serve, has seen ﬁt, with all the power of his vast inﬂuence and rnatchless art as a writer, to visit’ on me the penalties of his own wrong-doing, at the same time publicly appealing to me to make known the truth, as if it would justify his attack on me! » , I feel that the failure of my exertions has not been owing to any fault of mine. I worked faithfully and sincerely, under the almost daily advice and direction of Mr. Beecher, with his fullest approbation, confidence and beaming‘ gratitude, until, as I think, in an evil hour for him, he took other adv visors. I have failed; and now, strangely enough, he seems to desire to punish me for the sad. consequences of the folly, insincerity and wickedness of his present counsellors. Mr. Beecher, in his statement, testifies that he brought on this investigation without my knowledge or advice. Even while mourning what seemed to me the utter unwis- dom of this proceeding, I have done all I could honorably do to avert the catastrophe. I have kept silent, although I saw with sorrow that this silence was deeply injuring the friend of my boyhood. Prompted by a sense of duty-—not to one only but to‘ all the parties involved—l denied the united and public appeals made to me by Mr. Beecher and Mr. Tilton to produce the- evidence in my possession; partly because I felt that the in- _ jury thereby done to Mr. Tilton was far less calamitous than the destruction which. must come on all the interestsI had for years tried to conserve, and especially on Mr. Beecher himself, if I should comply with this request. I But I stated clearly that in one emergency I should speak: namely, in defense of my own integrity of action if it should be wanionly assailed. . _ I left Mr. Beecher untrammeled by the facts in my hands to defend himself, without the necessity of attacking me. By the published accusations of Mr..Beecher aﬁecting my character, my own self-respect, the advice of friends and public justice make it imperative that “ the truth, the whole- truth, and nothing‘ but the truth” should now be fully de- clared. ' ‘ ‘ , ‘I give to the public, therefore, the statement I -had’ prepared ‘GO. bring before the committee, without the alteration or ad- dition of a sentence and scarcely a word-——certainl_y without the change of a single syllable since I read Mr. Beecher-’s statement and evidenc_;e_,. or because of it. ‘ versy. - sq month. I insert here the following memorandum of the » ‘house and said that he had sentqword to Bowen that he was woonnntr. & crgnrtinis w,;n,Ex§Lr:g,_ 13 This paper I withheld from the committee, when before it, in a last despairing effort for peace, at theearnest solicitation of some of Mr. Beeeher’s friends, and with the ’approval"also of some of the most valued of my own. ' I do not now give it to the committee, but to the public, because its production-concerns myself rather than the prin- cipals in the strife. It is made for my own protection against public accusations, and not to aid either -party to the contro-- For the needless and cruel necessity that now so impera- tively compels its production, I have the most profound grief, for which there is but a single alleviation: namely, that the disclosure of the facts at this time can scarcely work .more harm to him whom I at first tried to befriend by with- holding them from the public, than they would have caused him in January, 1871, when, but for my interference, the public most assuredly would have been put in possession of the whole truth. This publication, to which Mr. Beecher forces me, renders fruitless four_ years of constant and sincere efforts to save him. It leaves him and Mrs. Tilton in almost the same posi- tion in which I found them, excepting in so far as their own late disingenuous untruthfulness in their solemn statements may lower them in the estimation of the world. ‘ I reserve to myself -the right hereafter to review the state- ments of Mr. Beecher in contrast with the facts as shown by the documents herewith subjoined and others which I have at my hand, the production of which did not seems to be necessary until some portion of the published evidence of Mr. Beecher demanded contradiction. (Signed) . FRANCIS D. MOULTON. STATEMENT OF FRANCIS D. MOULTON. Gentlemen of the Comma‘-ttee’—I need not repeat to you my great, very great,sorrow to feel obliged to answer your invita- tion, and, with the permission of the parties, to ’ put before you the exact facts which have been committed to me or come to my knowledge in the unhappy affair under investi- gation. In so doing‘ I shall use no words of characterization of any of them or of inculpation of the parties, nor shall I attempt to ascribe motives, save when necessary to exactly state the fact, -leaving the occurrences, their acts of omission -and commission, to be interpreted by themselves. In giving conversations or narrative I, of course,-';ean in‘ most cases,~ give only the substance of the first, and will attempt to give words only when they so impressed themselves upon my mind as to remain in my memory, and of the latter only so much as seems to me material. ' “ ‘ I have known Mr. Theodore Tilton since 1850 intimately, -in the kindest relations of social and personal friendship. I have known Rev. Henry Wa1'd Beecher since 1869, and then istrations up to the beginning of the occurrences of which I shall speak. Seeing Mr..Tilton’s”valedictor , as editor of the In.olepemt- em, on the 22d of. December, 1870, I inferred that there had been some differences between himself - and Mr. Henry C. Bowen, the proprietor, but learning that Tilton had been re- tained as contributor to that journal and editor of «the Brooklyn’ Umbn, of which Bowen was also proprietor, I sup- posed that the differences were not personalor unkind. Up to that time, although I had been a frequent visitor at Til- ton’s house, and had seen himself and Mrs. Tilton under all the phases of social intercourse, I had never heard or known of the slightest disagreement or unkindness existing between them, but had believed their marital relations were almost exceptionally pleasant. On the*26th day of December, 1870, being at Mr. Tilton’s house, he came home from an interview with Mr. Bowen, and told me with some excitement of-man- nor that he had just had a conference with Bowen, and that in that interview Bowen had made certain accusations against Beecher, and had challenged him (Tilton), as a mat- ter of duty to the public, to write an open letter, which Bowen was to take to Beecher, of which he showed me the original draft, which is as follows: i [FIRST r>uArr——sIAn.xEn “ A.”] December 26, 1870—Br.ooxLrN. Hem"_z/ Ward Beecltem I _ SIR—I demand that, for the reasons which you explicitly understand, you immediately cease from the ministry of Plymouth Church, and that you quit the City of Brooklyn as a residence. (Signed) Tzmononr: 'I‘1LroN. explicitly understand” were interlined at the request of was prepared to believe his charges because Beecher had? made improper advances to Mrs. Tilton. Surprised at this,% I asked him, “ VVhat?” when he replied, “Don’t ask me; I can’t tell you.” I then said, “ Is it possible you could have; been so foolish as to sign that letter on the strength of Bow"- I you say, he was to carry it to Beecher?” He answered, f‘ Mr. Bowen gave me his word that he would sustain the charges, -, and adduce the evidence to prove them whenever called up- on.”, I said, “I fear that you will ﬁnd yourself mistaken. Has the letter gone ?” He answered, “ Bowen said he would take it immediately.” I afterward learned from Beecher that Bowen had done so, because on theﬁrst of January fol-; lowing Beecher gave me the copy he received, as I‘ ﬁnd by a_ memorandum -made at the time on the envelope, and I ﬁnd by a later memorandum onthe envelope that the original draft was given to me by Tilton on the 5th of the". same facts above stated, madeat the time, giving the hour when: it was made: » » " BROOKLYN, December 26, 1870. .Theodore. Tilton informed me today that he had sent a note to Mr Beecher, of which Mr. H. 0. Bowen was the bearer, demanding that he' Beecher, should retire from his pulpitrand quit the City of Brooklyn: The letter was an open one. H. C. Bowen knew the contents of it, and said that he, Bowen, would sustain Tilton in this demand._ 3:45 I’. M. In a day or two after that Mr. Tilton called on me at my 'Mn. HENRY C. BownN,: casually as an acquaintance andan attendant upon his min- . Tilton explained that the words “for reasons which you J Bowen, and he further stated that he told Bowen that he? I en’s assertion, and not have Bowen sign it too, although, as , going to call on Beecher within half anihouii, d:4”éii’ort15¥;"£iiéif" Bowen came up intolthe office with _great-janger, ‘and toldi him if he should say to VBeecl'1er’ whatihe, Bowen, had ]‘told”" him concerning his (Beecher’s) adulteries, he would dismiss him from the Independent and the Um'o«n.' Tilton told him that he had never been inﬂuenced by threats, and he would‘ " not be in the present case, and he subsequently, ‘received ' Bowen’s letter of dismissal. W ’ ‘ ' ' ‘ , What those charges were and the account of the interview will appear in the following letter, addressed’ to Bowen by Tilton, bearing date the 1st of January, 1871’, which also gives in substance and in more detail what Tilton had said to me in the two conversations which I have mentioned :j ’ rrnrron ro BOWEN. . _ . BROOKLYN, January 1, 1871. Sir——I received last evening your sudden notices breaking my two contracts——one with the Independent theother with the Brooklyn Union- With reference to this act of yours I will make aplain statement of: facts. . '9 -. I - * It was during the early part of the rebellion (if I recollect aright) when you ﬁrst intimated to me that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher had com» mitted acts of adultery for which, if you should expose him, he would be driven from his pulpit. From that time onward your references to this subject were frequent and always accompanied with the exhibition of a deep-‘seated injury to your heart. ‘ . -‘ ‘ In a letter which you addressed to me from Woodstock, June 16, 1863, referring to this subject, you said: “I sometimes feel that Imust break. silence, that.I must no longer suffer as a dumb mom, and be ,made_. to bear. a load of grief most unjustly. One word from me would ,make .a revolu- tion throughout Christendom, I had almost said-—and you know it. * * * * You have just a little of the evidence from the great volume in my possession * * * * I am not pursuing a phantom, but solemnly brooding over an awful reality.” The underscorings in this extract are your own. Subsequently to the date of this letter, and at frequent intervals from then till now, you have repeated the statement that you could at any moment expel Henry-Ward ‘Beecher from Brooklyn. You have reiterated the same ,thing—not only to me but to others. - ~ — . I . — . Moreover, during the year just closed "your allusions to the subject were uttered with more feeling than heretofore, and were . not unfro- quently coupled with your emphatic declaration that Mr. Beecher, ought not to be allowed to occupy a public position as a Christian preacher and teacher. j ' On the 26th of December, 1870, at an interview in your house, at which Oliver Johnson and I were present, you spoke freely and indignantly against Mr. Beecher as an unsafe visitor among the families of his =con- gregation. You alluded by name to a woman, now awidow, whose hus- band’s death you had no doubt was hastened by his knowledge that Mr. Beecher had maintained with her an improper intimacy. You avowed your knowledge of several other cases of Mr. Beecher’s adulterics. .Moreover, as if to leave no doubt on the mind of either Mr. Johnson or myself, you informed us that Mr. Beecher had made to you aconfession of hisguiit, and had with tears implored your forgiveness. After—Mr. Johnson retired from this interview, you related to me the case of a woman whom you said (as nearly as I can recall your words) that ** * During your recital of the tale you were full of. anger toward Mr. Beecher. You said, with terrible emphasis, that he ought not to remain a week longer in his pulpit. You immediately suggested that a demand should be made upon him to quit his sac-red oﬂice. You .volunte,e1fed to bear to him such a demand in the form of an open letter, which you would present to him with your own hand; and you pledged yourself to sustain the demand which this letter should make-—-namely, that he should,_for reasons which he fexplicitly know, immediately cease from his ministry of Plymouth Church and retire from Brooklyn.» — V 7 The first draft of the letter did not contain the phrase “ for reasons which he explicitly knew,”.and these words_(:;r words to this effect) were ‘ incorporated in a second, at your motion. You urged furthermore’ ("and very emphatically) that the letter should demand not only Mr.,Beecher”s abclication of his pulpit, but cessation of his writing for the C’im'st2'0m Union, a point on which you were overruled. This letter you ‘presented to Mr. Beecher at Mr. Freeland‘s house. Shortly. after its presentation you sought an interview with me in the editorial ofiice of the Brooklyn Union, during which, with unaccountable emotion in your manner, your face livid with rage, you threatened with a loud voice that if .I ever should inform Mr. Beecher of the statements which you had._1_nade con,- cerning his adultery, or should compel _ you to adduce the evidence on- which you agreed to sustain the demand for Mr. Be.echer’s withdrawal from Brooklynfyou would immediately deprive me of my engagement to write for the Independent and to edit the Brooklyn Union, and that in case I should ever attempt to enter the ofﬁces of these journals ‘you would have me ejected by force." I told you that I “should ini’orm»Mr. Beecher or anybody else, according to ihe dictate‘ of my judgment, .un- influenced by‘ any threat from my employer. You then excitedly r.e~ tired from my presence. Hardly'had your violent words ceased ,ringin-g in my ears, when I received your summary notices breaking my contracts with the Independent and the Brooklyn Union. To .the.foregoing._ narra- tive of facts I have only to add my surprise and regret at the ‘sudden in- terruption, by your own act, of what has been, on my part toward you, a faithful friendship of ﬁfteen years. Truly yours, ‘ (signed) , ‘ Tnnononn TILroN. In this letter I have omitted the sentence: quoted ‘as the words of Mr. Bowen, after the words, “as nearly as 1 can re- , call your words, that ”——sim'ply,desiring to say‘ that ‘=it-*con~‘ tained a charge of a rape, or something very» nearly like ravishment, of a woman other than Mrs." Tilton, told -in words that are unﬁt to be spread upon the record, but, if desired, the original is_ for the inspection of the committee. , On Friday evening, the 30th of December, being the night of the Plymouth Church prayer—meeting, Tilton came to. me and said, in substance, that bybis .wife.’s request he had. de- termined to see Beecher, in order-vto show to Beecher acou- ; fession of his wife of the intercoiirse between tl1ien_1,which2he (Tilton) had" never ‘up to that ‘time mei1ti‘oned to— him (Beecher), and the fact of the confession, of which his wife had told him thatshe had never told Beecher, althciugli her confessionhad been made in July previous in writing, which writing he (Tilton) had afterward destroyed; but that his wife, fearing that, if the Boweniaiccrrsations 11.-gaiplillist B‘360he1‘ ‘were made public, the whole matter would,be"kno‘wn and_h'er own conduct with Beecher become exposed,‘ha'd"renew‘éd"lfer confession in her own handwriting, which he h‘_andje_d¥to ‘me I ,to read, which was thegﬁrst k_n‘owle,dg_e I h'ad"_of‘_its e“xist‘enc'e:. ,Tilton did not tell me how" his wife.came,t_o make't_hel con- fession in July, nor di_dII at that time orjever after ‘ask? In‘- deed, I may state here, oncelfor all, that Ijref1'ained from asking confessions of .the acts of all the parties’ further than 1 they chose to make them to me voluntarily for the ‘purpose , for which [was acting. , , Tilton wanted me to go down and ask Beecher to come up Land see him atzny house, which I .did..' I said to Mr. Beecher, _ 4 . -‘WOODEULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. Sept. 5, 1874. “ Mr. Tilton wants you to come and see him at my house im- mediately.” He asked: “ What for?” I replied: “ He wants to make some statement to you in reference to your relations with his family.” He then called to some one in the back room to go down and say that he should not be at the prayer-meeting, and we went out together. It was storming at the time, when he remarked: “ There is an appropriateness in this storm,” and asked me, “What _ can I do? What can I do ?” I said. . “ Mr. Beecher, I am not a Christian, but if you wish‘ I will show you how well a heathen can serve you.” We then went to my house, and I showed him into the chamber over the parlor, where Mr. Tilton was, and left them together. In about an hour Mr. Beecher came down, and asked me if I had seen the confes- sion of Elizabeth. I said I had. Said he, “This will kill me,” and asked me to walk out with him. I did so, and we walked to Mr. Tilton’s house together, and he went in. One the way he said: “This is a terrible catastrophe; it comes upon me as if struck by lightning.” . He went into Tilton’s house and I returned home. Within an hour he returned to my house, and we left my house again together and I walked with him to his house. Tilton re- mained at my house while Beecher was absent at Tilton’s house, and when he returned there was no conversation between them. When we arrived at Beecher’s house, he wanted me to stand by him in this emergency, and procure a reconciliation if possible. I told him I would, because the interests of women, children and families were involved, if for no other reason. That ended the interview that night. During this evening nothing was said by Beecher as to the truth or falsity of Mrs. Tilton’s confession, nor did he inform me that he had obtained from her any recantation of the confession, which I afterward learned he had done. Ireturned to my house and had some conversation with Tilton, in which he told me that he had recited to Beecher the details of the confession of his wife’s adulteries, and the remark which Beecher made was,_ “This is all a dream, Theodore,” and that that was all the answer that Beecher made to him. I then advised Tilton that, for the sake of his wife and family, and for the sake of Beecher’s family, the matter should be kept quiet and hushed up. : The next morn- ing as I was leaving home for business, Tilton came to my house, and, with great anger, said that Beecher had done a mean act; that he had gone from that interview of last night to his house and procured from Elizabeth a recantation and retraction of her confession. He said for that act he would smite him; that there could be no peace. He said: “You see that what I have told you of the meanness of that man is now eviden .” Tilton said that Beecher, at the interview of last night, had asked his permission to go and see Eliza- beth, and he told him he might go, which statement was conﬁrmed by Beecher himself, and Beecher left him for that purpose. I said to Tilton: “Now, don’t get angry; let us see if even this cannot be arranged. I will go down and get that retraction from him.” I was then going to my business, so that I was unable to go that morning, but went that evening, saw Beecher, and told him that I thought he had been doing a very mean and treacherous act—treacherous, ﬁrst toward me, from whom he wanted help, in that he did not tell me on our way to hig house last night what he had procured from Mrs. Tilton, and that he could not expect my friendship in this matter unless he acted truthfully and honorably toward me. I further said: “Mr. Beecher, you have had criminal inter- course with Mrs. Tilton; you have done great injury to Tilton otherwise. Now, when you are confronted with it, you ask permission of the man to again visit his house, and you get from that woman, who has confessed you have ruined her, a recantation and retraction of the truth for your more personal safety. That won’t save you.” At that interview he admitted with grief and sorrow the fact of his sexual relations with Mrs. Tilton, expressed some indignation that she had not told him that she had told her husband, and that in consequence of being in ignorance of that fact he had been walking upon a volcano——referring to what he had done in connection with Bowen and with refer- ence to Tilton’s family. He said that he had sympathized with Bowen, and had taken sides with him as against Tilton, in consequence of stories which were in circulation in regard to him, and especially of one speciﬁc case where he had been informed that Tilton had had improper relations with a woman whom he named, and to whom a letter from his wife will make a part of this statement, and had so stated to Bowen. And he told me that he would write to Bowen and withdraw those charges, and gave me the rough draft of a, letter which he wrote and sent to Bowen, which letter is here produced, marked “C :” BEECHER TO BOWEN. V I Bnooxmm, January 2,1871, My {Dear Mr. .Bowen—Since I saw you last Tuesday I have reason to think that the only cases of which I spoke to you in regard to Mr. Tilton were exaggerated in being reported to me, and I should be unwilling to have anything I said, though it was but little, weigh on your mind in a matter so important to his welfare. I am informed by one on whose judgment and integrity I greatly rely, and who has the means of forming an opinion better than any of us, that he knows the whole matter about Mrs. ‘ , and that the stories are not true, and that the same is the case with other stories. I do not wish any reply to this. I thought it only due to justice that I should say so much. Truly yours, (Signed) H. W. Bancnnm Mr. Beecher told me that Mrs. Beecher and himself, with- out knowing of the confession of Mrs. Tilton to her husband, had been expressing great sympathy toward Mrs. Tilton, and taking an active interest with her against her husband. I said: “Mr. Beecher, I want that recantation; I have come for it.”. “ Well,” said he, “ What shall I do without it?” I replied: “ I douft know; I can tell you what will happen with it.” He asked: “What will you do if I give it to you?” I answered: “I will keep it as I keep the confession. If you act honorably I will protect it/with my life, as I would protect the other with my life. Mr. Tilton asked for that confession this morning, andI said: “I will never give it to you; you shall not have it from my hands until I have exhausted every effort for peace." Mr. Beecher gave me back the paper, the original of which I now produce in Mrs. Tilton’s handwriting, marked " D,” as follows: MR-S. 'r1LroN’s nncsrmwrron. . DECEMBER, 30, 1870. Wearied with importunity and weakened by sickness, I gave a letter inculpating my friend Henry Ward Beecher, under assurances that that would remove all diﬁiculties between me and my husband. That letter I now revoke. I was persuaded to it, almost forced, when I was in a weakened state of mind. Iregret it and recall all its statements. (Signed) , E. R. TILTON. I desire to say explicitly, Mr. Beecher has never offered any im- proper solicitations, but has always treated me in a manner becoming a Christian and a gentleman. (Signed) ELIZABETH R. Tnxrcn. Afterward Mr. Tilton left with me another letter, dated the same night of the recantation, December 30, bearing on the same topic, to be kept with the papers, which was in his wife’s handwriting. It is here produced and marked “E,” as fol- lows: . ' MRS. TILTON’S RETRACTION OF HER RECANTATION. DECEMBER 30, 1870—Midnight. My Dear Husba,nd—-I desire jto leave with you before going to sleep a statement that Mr. Henry Ward Beecher called upon me this evening, asked me if I would defend him against any accusation in a council of ministers, and I replied solemnly that I would in case the accuser was any other person than my husband. He (H. W. B.) dictated a letter which I copied as my own, to be used by him as against any other accuser except my husband. This letter was designed to vindicate Mr. Beecher against all other persons save only yourself. I was ready to give him this letter because he said with pain that my letter in your hands addressed to him, dated December 29, “ had struck him dead and ended his usefulness.” You and I both are pledged to do our best to avoid publicity. God grant a speedy end to all further anxieties. Affectionately, (Signed) ELIZABETH. When I went home with the recantation I found Tilton there and showed it to him. He expressed his surprise and gratiﬁcation that I_ should have been able to get it, and I then showed to him how very foolish it would have been in the morning to have proceeded angrily against Beecher. I made another appeal for peace, saying that, notwithstanding great difficulties appeared in the way, if they were properly dealt with they could be beaten out of the way. He expressed his willingness and desire for peace. When I saw Beecher I made an agreement, at his request, to go and see him on Sunday, January 1. I went to his house in accordance with the engagement. He took me into his study, and then told me again of his great surprise that Eliz- abeth should have made the confession of his criminal com- merce with her to her husband without letting him (B.) know anything about it, making his destruction at any moment possible and without warning to him. He expressed his great grief at this wrong which he had done as a minister and friend to Theodore, and at his request I took pen and paper andhe dictated to me the following paper, all of which is in my handwriting except the words, “ I have trusted this to Moulton in conﬁdence,” and the signature,which latter are in Mr. Beecher’s. It is here produced and marked “ F”: LETTER OF CONTRITION. V . BROOKLYN, January 1, 1871, [In trust with F. D. Moulton.) My Dear Friend Mculton—I ask through you Theodore Tilton’s for- giveness, and I humble myself before him as I do before my God. He would have been a better man in my circumstances than I have been. I can ask nothing except that he will remember all the other hearts that would ache. I will not plead for myself. I even wish I were dead; but others must live and suffer: I will die before any one but myself shall be implicated. All my thoughts are running toward my friends, toward the poor child lying there and praying with her folded hands. She is guiltless~—siuned against; bearing the transgression of another. Her forgiveness I have. I hum- bly pray to God that he may put it into the heart of her husband to for. give me. ' ' I have trusted this to Moulton in conﬁdence. (Signed) H. W. Brno HER. This was intrusted to me in conﬁdence, to be shown only to Tilton, which I did. It had reference to no other fact or act than the confession of sexual intercourse between Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, which he at that interview confessed, and denied not, but confessed. He also at other interviews sub- sequently held between us in relation to this unfortunate aﬁnir, unqualiﬁedly confessed that he had been guilty of adultery with Mrs. Tilton, and always in a spirit of grief and sorrow at the enormity of the crime he had committed against Mr. Tilton’s family. At such times he would speak with much feeling of the relation he had sustained toward them as pastor, spiritual adviser and trusted friend. His self-condemnation at the ruin he had wrought under such circumstances was full and complete, and at times he was so bowed down with grief in consequence of the wrong he had done that he threatened to put an end to his life. He also gave to me the letter the ﬁrst draft of which, marked “A,” is above given, in reference to which he said that Bowen had given it to him; that he had told Bowen that Tilton must be crazy to write such a letter as that; that he did not under- stand it, and that Bowen said to him, “ 1 will be your friend in this matter." He then made a statement which Tilton had made to me at my house of the charge that Bowen had made to him (Tilton); said that Bowen had been very treacherous toward Tilton, as well as toward hlmself, because he (Beecher) had had a reconciliation with Bowen, of which he told me the terms, and that Bowen had never in his (Beecher’s) presence spoken of or referred to any allegation of crime or wrong-doing on his part with any woman what- ever. He gave me, in general terms, the reconciliation, and afterward gave me two memoranda, which I here produce, which how the terms of the reconciliation. The ﬁrst is in the handwriting of Bowen, containing ﬁve items, which Beecher assured me were the terms which Bowen claimed should be the basis of reconciliation. It is as follows, and is marked “Gr”: . i3ownN’s TERMS. FzZrst~Report and publish sermons and lecture-room talks. Se‘cond—-New edition Plymouth Collection and Freeland’s interest. Thérd~—Explanations to church. F0urth—Write me a letter. F@fth—-Refract in every quarter what has been said to my injury. The second paper is a pencil memorandum of the recon‘ ciliation with Bowen in Beecher’s handwriting, giving an ac- count of the affair. It is marked “ H,” as follows: RECONCILIATION WITH BOWEN. About February, 1870, at a long interview at Mr. Freeland’s house, for the purpose of having a full and ﬁnal reconciliation between Bowen and Beecher, Mr. Bowen stated his grievances, which were all either of a business nature or of my treatment of him personally (as per memoran- dum in his writing). - After hours of conference everything was adjusted. We shook hands. We pledged each other to work henceforth without jar or break. I said to him: “Mr. Bowen, if you hear anything of me not in accordance with this agreement of harmony, do not let it rest. Come straight to me at once, and I will do the same by you. He agreed. In the lecture-room I stated that all our differences were over, and that we were friends again. This public recognition he was present at and heard, and expressed himself as greatly pleased with. It was after all this that I asked Mr. Howard to help me carry out this reconciliation, and to call on Mr. Bowen and to remove the little differ- ences between them. Mr. Howard called, expressed his gratiﬁcation. Then it was that, without any provocation, he (Mr. Bowen) told Mr Howard that this reconciliation did not include one matter, that he (Bowen) “knew that about Mr. Beecher which, if he should speak it, would drive Mr. Beecher out of Brooklyn.” Mr. Howard protested with horror against such a statement, saying: “ Mr. Bowen, this is terrible. evidence.” To this Mr. Bowen replied that he had this evidence, and said, pointedly, that he (Howard) might go to Mr. Beecher, and that Mr, Beecher would never give his consent that he (Bowen) should tell Mr. Howard this secret.” ‘Mr. Bowen at no time had ever made known to Mr. B. what this secret was, and the hints which Mr. Beecher had had of it led him to think that it was another matter, and not the slander which helnow ﬁnds it to be. In that interview Beecher was very earnest in his expres- sion of regret at what had been done against Tilton in rela- tion to his business connection with Bowen, and besought me to do everything I could to save him from the destruction which would come upon him if the story of his (Beecher’s) intercourse with Mrs. Tilton should be divulged. In com- pliance with the directions of Beecher, January 1, 1871, I took the paper marked “ F.” which he had dictated to me, to Tilton, detailed to him Beecher’s expressions of regret and sorrow, spoke to him of his agony of mind, and again ap- pealed to him to have the whole matter kept quiet, if for no other reason, for the sake of the children. To this Tilton as- sented. I found him writing the letter to Bowen of that date, which I have before produced, marked “ B.” c He told me also of the contracts he had with Bowen with a penalty, when he left the Independent, to be editor of the Brooklyn Union and special contributor to the Independent at a salary of one hundred dollars per week, with another salary of equal amount for his editorship of the Brooklyn Union and a portion of the proﬁts. Copies of these contracts I cannot produce, because both papers were delivered to Bowen after the arbitration of the ‘controversy of which I am about to speak. These contracts provided that they could be ter- minated by mutual consent, or upon six months’ notice, or upon the death of either party, or ‘at once by the party who wished to break or annul them, paying to the other the sum of twenty-ﬁve hundred dollars. Tilton insisted that that sum, with his arrears of salary, was justly due him, and that he should bring suit against Bowen unless he settled, and he which paper I gave to Mr. Bowen when I went down to treat with him, retaining this copy, marked “ I ”; noULroN’s AUTHORIZATION. BROOKLYN, January 2, 1871. Ma. H. C. Bownn: ,5'é7«—I hereby authorize Mr. Francis D. Moulton to act in my behalf in full settlement with you of all my accounts growing out of my contracts for services to the Independent and the Brooklyn Daily Union. (signed) THEO. TILTON. Acting in the interest of Beecher, I told Tilton that this controversy with Bowen. if possible, should be peacefully settled lest it might reopen the other matters relating to Beecher’s conduct in Tilton’s family and the charges made by Bowen against Beecher. To this Tilton assented, giving me the authorization above quoted. At my earliest convenience I called upon Bowen at his of- ﬁce upon this business, telling him that I wanted him to settle with me, as I was authorized by Tilton by this letter (hand- ing him the letter) to settle for the breaking of his contract with Tilton as contributor to the Independent and as editor of the Brooklyn Union. I also handed him an article written by Tilton for the Independent, which he (Tilton) claimed was in part performance of his contract, which article was subse- quently returned to Tilton by Bowen through me. Bowen said that he did not consider that he owed Tilton any money at all for breaking the contracts—that he had terminated them, having, in his opinion, sufficient reasons for so doing. “Well,” I said, “Mr. Bowen, your contracts are speciﬁc.” He said he knew they were, but they provided for arbitration in case of any diﬂierences between the parties. I replied, in substance, that the arbitration only referred to differences between the parties as to the articles to be published as edi- tor and contributor by Tilton, and as to Bowen’s conduct as publisher, and that there was a ﬁxed sum as penalty for breach of the contracts. refusal to settle the claim I demanded, which refusal I re- ported to Tilton, advising him still not to sue Bowen. The following correspondence is with reference to my meeting Mr. Bowen on this busines. The letter marked “ J l ” is my note to Mr. Bowen, and his reply, marked 5‘ J 2 H : MOULTON T0 BOWEN. I Bnooxmrn, January 9, 1871. MR. HENRY C. BOWEN! ‘ Dear Sir——Referring to a recent interview with yon, I would state that in consequence of illness I have been detained at home, and as I deem it of great importance to the interests of all concerned in the affairs about which we talked that you andl should meet at an early moment. if you will call at my house, No. 143 Clinton street, I shall be glad to see you at any hour convenient to yourself to-morrow. Truly yours, (gignea) F. D. MOULTON. BOWEN T0 MOULTON.' 90 WILLOW srnnnr, BROOKLYN, January 10, 1871. Sf/r—I am not very well myself, but will try to call at your house Thursday evening at eight o’clock. I am engaged to-morrow evening. I can go this evening it you will inform me that it will be conve meat for No man should make such a statement unless he has the most absolute _ gave me an authorization to settle his aﬁ‘airs with Bowen, . The interview terminated with his =--—;s—r ’ . .:.»'~~..T.~.-,-n fq"<,. _.n,I,_.,...,-,.. MW. ..mW.,..~,_-..-.~:.*.:’.~;,..«+—----~»-x—**“~“““*"'"““"’*'“"""“ "‘ "” I»-’ Sept. 5, 1874. woo:DnULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. s you to see me. Unless I learn from you to the contrary I will see you on Thursday evening. Very respectfully, (Signed) HENRY C. BOWEN. Mr. F. D. Moulton. In pursuance of this correspondence we met at my house and entered into negotiations about the settlement of the contract with Tilton. At that time, during the interview, I showed Bowen the letter of January 1 of Tilton, (which he— ’Tilton——had placed in my hands to use in accordance with my -own discretion), heretofore given, marked “ B.” Bowen, ‘during the reading of the letter,»seemed to.be much excited, and at only one point of the letter questioned the accuracy of its statements, which states as follows: “ that alluding by mama to a woman, now a widow, whose husband’s death no doubt was hastened by his knowledge that Mr. Beecher had maintained with her an improper intimacy.” To that he said : "‘ I didn’t make that allusion; Mr. Tilton made it.” I went on to the close of the letter and ﬁnished it, when Bowen said to me: “ Has Tilton told Beecher the contents of this letter?” I replied: “Yes, he has.” Said he: “ What shall I do? What I said at that interview was said in conﬁdence. We struck hands there, and pledged ourselves to God that no one there present would reveal anything there spoken.” I said to him: “ It would be an easy matter to conﬁrm what you say or prove what you say is false. Mr. Oliver Johnson was there, and I have submitted this letter to Mr. Johnson, in Mr. Til- ton’s presence, and he tells me that there was no obligatory conﬁdence imposed on any of the parties concerning anything said at this interview, save a special pledge, mutually given, ;:'p;he,.t nothing should be said concerning Mr. Beecher’s demon- sstrations toward Mrs. Tilton. Mr. Johnson also says—and athis .co.~nﬁrms what you say in regard to one point, namely, zthat the allusion to the widow was made by Theodore Tilton‘, ;and that you said you had no doubt that her husband’s death wvas caused by his knowledge of her improper intimacy with Mr. Beecher. Quoting your language, he says that you said: “I have no doubt about it whatever.’ Mr. Johnson also says .:that your statements in regard to Beecher were not intima- tions of his adultcries, but plain and straightforward charges of -the same. He says that you said that you knew of four or ﬁve cases of Mr. Beecher’s adulterous intercourse with women. Mr. Johnson says also that you at that interview plainly declared that Mr. Beecher had confessed his guilt to you.” I also said to him: “ Mr. Tilton states that you said: “ I can’t stand it any longer. You and I owe a duty to society in this matter. That man ought not to stay another week in this pulpit. It isn’t safe for our families to have him in this c‘.i_ .’ ” I also said to him: “ Mr. Johnson also states that at the ,.-interview of December 26 at your house, Willow street, youxgvoluntarily pledged your word to Mr. Johnson that you would take no further measures in regard to Mr. Tilton without consultation with him (Mr. J ohnson7, and that you had said subtantially the same. thing to him previously, during private conversations between you and him.” I then said to Bowen that I thought he was a very treacherous man, and forthis reason that I knew he had had a reconciliation with Beecher—or rather I was informed of it—-which was per- fected in the house of God, and that within forty-eight hours from that time he had avoved to Mr. Howard that he could, if he chose, drive Mr. Beecher out of town. I told him further “that I was also informed that, prior to that reconciliation, he .‘had made no charge against Beecher’s character to Beecher, ‘but only behind his back; and I said: “ Mr. Bowen, I have the points of settlement between you and Beecher in your .own handwriting, and there is no reference to any charge of crime of any kind against Beecher.” Mr. Bowen made no denial of these assertions of mine, but seemed, on the con- trary, abashed and dejected, and in reply to my question, ‘“ What do you say to these sharges which you have made against Beecher?” he declined to say anything about them, but neeated the question; “ What can I do 2”’ I answered-; -“ I am not your adviser; I cannot dictate to you what course you should pursue; but you have ‘done great injustice to Mr. Tilton and to Mr. Beecher, and you ought to take the earliest means of repairingthe injury. I should think it would be but just for you to restore Tilton to the Independent, but I don’t believe he would go back if you should offer it to him.” His reply was, “ How can I do that now?” I told him I didn’t know; he must ﬁnd a way to settle his own difficulties. He again expressed his willing- ness to arbitrate the question of money between himself and Tilton, growing out of the contract. I told him that I would not arbitrate; that a plain provision of the contract pro- vided that he should pay what I demanded, and he must fulﬁll it. Mr. Bowen rose to leave, and said before leaving, whenever I wanted to see him he would be happy to come to my house and confer on this subject; and ‘he did, on several subsequent occasions, visit me at my house whenever I sent for him to consult on this matter. The means I have of giving so accurately the conversation between myself and ,Bowen as to the conversations had with Tilton and Oliver . Johnson are, that prior to my meeting with Bowen, as I told him, I had an interview with Oliver Johnson in the presence .of Tilton, where the whole matter was discussed, and a memorandum of Oliver J ohnson’s statement, in which he «gave his recollection of the interview of December 26, when Tilton and Johnson were present, was taken down by Tilton n in short-hand in my presence, and copied out at the time in .Johnson’s presence, which memorandum has been in my~pos- ssession ever since, and from which I read each statement, -one after the other, to Mr. Bowen. I here produce it, marked “K :” OLIVER J OENSON’S STATEMENT. At the interview of December 26 (Willow street. No. 90), Mr. Bowen voluntarily pledged his word to Mr. Johnson that he (H. C. B.) would take no further measures in regard to Mr. Tilton without consultation with Mr. Johnson. Mr. Bowen likewise had said substantially the same thing to Mr. Johnson previously during private conversations between those two persons. There was no obligatory conﬁdence imposed on any of the parties con- cerning anything said at this interview, save a special pledge, mutually given, that nothing should be said concerning Mr. Beecher’s demonstra- tions toward Mrs. Tilton. . M12 0- 3- says that Mr. Bowen’s statements in regard to H. W. B. were not intimations of H. W. B.’s adulteries, but plain and straightforward -charges of the same. H. C. B. stated that he knew four or five cases of Mr. B.’s adulterous intercourse with women. v 0. J. says that H. C. B., at this interview, plainly declared that H. W. B. had confessed his guilt to H. C. B. H. C. B.—I cannot stand it any longer. You and I owe a duty to society inthis matter. That man ought not to stay another week in his pulpit. It is not safe for our families to have him in this city. ' The allusion to the widow was made by T. T., and H. C. B. said he had no doubt that her husband's death was caused by his knowledge of her improper intimacy with H. W. B. “ I have no doubt about it what- ever.” ‘ V To make an end of the statement as to the controversy be- tween Tilton and Bowen, I further state, that various nego- tiations were had between Bowen and myself, which resulted ﬁnally in at; arbitration in which H. B. Claﬂin, Charles Storrs and James Freeland were referees; that there was very considerable delay arising from my own absence South in the early spring on account of sickness, Mr. Bowen’s ab- sence during the summer, and Tilton’s absence during the fall and winter on his lecturing tour; so that the arbitration did not terminate until the 2d of April, 1872. This arbitra- tion was determined upon by me, and my determination given to Mr. Claﬂin in the following note, which I sent, marked “ K 2:” ‘ MoUL'roN 'ro OLAFLIN. BROOKLYN, April 1, 1872.’ My Dear Mr. C’ld/Zin—-After full consideration of all interests other" than Theodore’s, I have advised him to arbitrate on grounds which he will explain to you, and which I hope will accord with your judgment and kind wishes toward all concerned. Cordially yours, (Signed) Fnsuors D. MOULTON. Tilton and Bowen and myself appeared before the arbitra- tors and all made statements. In Tilton’s statement was included the letter marked “ B,” before given, which he had put into type, which fact influenced me to consent to the arbitration in order to do away with the necessity for its publication. After full hearing, nothing having been sub- mitted to the arbitrators except the business differences of Tilton and Bowen, the arbitrators made an award that Mr. Bowen should pay Tilton the sum of seven thousand dollars, for which he (Mr. Bowen) drew his check upon the spot and the contracts were given up to him. After the above settlement a paper, which has since’ been called the “tripartite agreement.” was signed by Bowen and Tilton, Beecher signing it subsequently. The inducing cause to this arbitration was the fact that Tilton had commenced a suit against Bowen and prepared an article for the Golden Age, in which he embodied his letter (marked “ B”) to Mr. Bowen and a statement of the circumstances. He submitted that article to me, and I begged him to withhold it from pub-- lication. I also brought Beecher and Tilton together, and Beecher added his entreaties to mine. To prevent its pub- lication and close the suit, which might work injury to Beecher and others, I agreed to submit Mr: Tilton’s claim to arbitration, to which I had been invited before by Mr. Bowen but which I had refused, as before stated. In this interview between Beecher, Tilton and myself I said, “Perhaps we can settle the whole matter if I can see Mr. Claﬂin, for Claﬂin knows Bowen well, and understands the importance of all these interests." Beecher said he would send Claﬂin to me, and I might confer with him upon the matter. In cones- quence of this Mr. Claﬂin called on me and we conferred upon the matter, and subsequently the arbitration was agreed upon. At the conclusion of the arbitration the par- ties signed the “ tripartite covenant,” which was drawn up (as I understand) by Mr. Samuel Wilkeson‘. It was ﬁrst signed by Bowen. In the form in which it was ﬁrst drawn it bound the parties to say nothing of "any wrong done or offense committed by Beecher, and fully exonerated him therefrom. After Bowen had signed it it was handed to Tilton to sign, and he refused. He was willing to sign an agreement never to repeat again the charges of Bowen, saying that, if for no other reason, if the matter should thereafter ever come to light, it would appear that there had been something between Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, and it might be used as evidence to the injury of himself and family, as well as of Beecher, and therefore it was not for the interest of either Tilton or Beecher to sign it in the form ﬁrst proposed. No copy of that “tripartite covenant” was conﬁded to me. Appended to this covenant, and made a part of it, was a copy of the proof-sheet article for the Golden Age, so that it might be known exactly to what scandal it referred. How that “tri- partite covenant ” came to be published I know not. As a part of that settlement it was arranged that Tilton should with certain comments to be made by Bowen. The original draft of "these, in full recantation and withdrawal of all charges and matters‘ of difference between Tilton and Bowen is herewith produced and marked “ L ”: RECONCILIATION or <.rIL'roN, AND BOWEN. Theodore Tilton. We have received the following note from an old friend: “OFFICE or ran ‘Gotnnn AGE,’ (Original date blotted.) write a letter to Bowen, to be published in the Independent, ~ After the tripartite covenant was signed it came to the knowledge of Beecher, as he informed me, that Bowen was still spreading scandals about him, at which he was angered and proposed to write Bowen a letter stating the points that had been settled in their reconciliation and agreement, and the reason why Mr. Bowen’s mouth should be closed in re- gard to such slanders.’ I ﬁnd among my papers a pencil and ink memorandum of the statements intend to be embodied . in that letter, which was submitted to my judgment by Beecher. It is in his handwriting and is produced, marked “ M.” It reads as follows: . BnnonnR’s STATEMENT or ‘.fBOWEN’S SETTLEMENT. I. That he allowed himself to listen to unfounded rumors. II. That he never brought them either (1) to me (2) nor in any proper manner to the church; (3) that he only whispered them, and even that A only when he had some business end in view. III. That he did not himself believe that anything had occurred which unﬁtted me for the utmost trust shown. ‘ (1) By continuing for twelve to ﬁfteen years a conspicuous attendant at Plymouth Church. (2) By contracts with me as editor of the Independent. (3) By continued publication of my sermons, &c., making theiprivilege of doing so—-even as late as the interview at l€I‘reeland"s—one of these points of settlement. ’ (4) By a settlement of all diﬁculties at Freeland’s (and a reconcilia- tion which was to lead to work together), in which not a single hint of any personal immorality, but every item was business. ’ IV. As a result of such agreement- (i) I was to resume my old familiarity at his house. (2) To write him a letter that could give his family to show that I had restored conﬁdence. (3) To endeavor to remove from him the coldness and frowns of the parish, as one who had injured me. (4) A card to be published, andvwhich was published, giving him the right to put in Independent sermons and lecture-room talks, &c. (5) I was invited to go to Woodstock and be his guest, as I was at Grant/s reception. V. Of the settlement by a committee whose record is with Claﬂin, I have nothing to say. I did not see Mr. B. during the whole process, nor do I remember to have spoken with him since. VI. Now the force of the statement that he did not belleoe that I had done anything immoral which should affect my standing as aman, a citizen, and a minister, illustrated by the foregoing facts, is demonstrated by his conduct when he did believe that Theodore Tllton committed immoralities, his dispossession of the Independent, his ignominious ex- pulsion from B. (7.. his refusal to pay him the salary and forfeit of con. tract. As a part of this transaction, Beecher sent me the follow- ing note, marked “ N :” BEECHER T0 MOULTON. ‘ . MONDAY. My Dear Friend—-I called lat evening as agreed, but you had stepped out. On the way to church last evening I met Claﬂin. He says ‘B, denies any such treacherous whisperings, and is in a right state. I men- tioned my proposed letter. He liked the’ idea. I read him the draft of it (in lecture—room). He drew back, and said better not send it. I asked . him if B. had ever made him statement of the very bottom facts: if there were any charges I did not know. He evaded and intimated that if he had he hardly would be right in telling me. I think he would be right in telling y<m—ought to. I have not sent any note, and have destroyed that prepared. The real point to avoid is, to an appeal to the church and then a council. A It would be a conﬂagraticn, and give every possible chance for parties, for hidings and evasions, and increase an hundred-fold this scandal, without healing anything. I shall see you as soon as I return. Meantime I conﬁde everything to your wisdom, as I always have, and with such success hitherto that I have full trust for future. . Don’t fail to see 0. and have a full and conﬁdential talk. Yours, ever. From the time of the tripartite covenant nothing occurred to disturb the relations between Beecher, Tilton, and Bowen, or either of them, so far as I know, until the publication in WOODHULL AND CLAI1‘LIN’S WEEKLY of an elaborate story concerning the social relations between Beecher, Tilton, and Mrs. Tilton. After that publication appeared it again came to the knowledge of Beecher that Bowen was making declara. tions derogatory to his character. This was followed by the publication of the “tripartite covenant,” which Beecher in- formed me was done by Mr. Samuel Wilkeson. and also that Beecher was not aparty to its publication nor knew anything about it. There afterward appeared an account of an inter- view between Bowen, H. B. Claﬂin and Mrs. Woodhull, pub- lished in the Brooklyn Eagle, in which an attempt was made to obtain from her any letters which she might have showing that Beecher was guilty of criminal conduct, which attempt failed. Whereupon Beecher addressed me the following note, which I here produce, marked “ N __2 ;?’ BEECHER TO MOULTON. I need to see you this evening any time till half-past ten. Can you make appointment? Will you call at 124, or shall I? At what hour? 1 send Claﬂin’s letter. Keep it. Answer by telegraph. H, w_ B; I shall take tea at Howard’s, '74 Hicks, and should you call, let it be there. Or I will go round to your rooms. I want to show you a pro- posed card. ' I also produce a letter of Claﬂin to Beecher of June 28, '1873, which was incloed with the above, marked “N 3”; CLAFLIN TO BEECHER. NEW YORK, June 28, 1873, My Dear Mr. Beecher~—I have yours. It was distinctly understood that “ HENRY C. Bownn, Esq.: NEW YORK, April 3, 1872. “ My Dear Sir—In view of misapprehensions which I lately found existing among our mutual friends at the West, touching the severance of our relations in the Independent and the Brooklyn Union, I think it would be well, both for your sake and mine, if we should publicly say that, while our political and theological differences still exist, and will probably widen, yet that all other disagreements (so far as we ever had any) have been blotted out in reciprocal friendliness and goodwill. “ Truly yours, (Signed) “Tnnononn T1L'roN.” It is so long since Mr. Tilton’s pen has contributed to the Independent that we give to his brief note his old and familiar place at the head of these columns. While we never agreed with some of his radical opin- ions (and quite likely, as he intimates, we never shall), yet we owe to his request as above printed the hearty respose which his honest pur-. poses, his manly character and his unstained integrity elicit from all who know him well. The abuse and slanders heaped upon him by some unfriendly journals have never been countenanced by the Independent. Regretting his opposition to the present administration, we nevertheless wish abundant prosperity to the Golden Age and its editor. H. C. B. The above proposed card was subsequently and voluntarily changed by Mr. Bowen into a still stronger and more friendly notice of Mr. Tilton. the call on Woodhull was entirely private and not to be reported. I told Bowen Woodhull had no letters from you of the least consequence to him or anybody else, and I was entirely satisﬁed after the interview that I was entirely right. I went there at Bowen’s earnest solicitation, know- ing it could not harm you and might satisfy him, as I think it did. It. was inbad faith to publish the meeting. All present must have been disgusted at the utter lack of what Woodhull professed to have, but could not produce. Truly your friend, H, B_ C1-,AFLIN_ P. S.-—Wish you would call and see me if you pass the store.) I am always in at about eleven A. M. H, 3, c_ Beecher, when we met in pursuance of his note, produced to me a memorandum of a card which he proposed to publish in the Eagle, and which he submitted to my judgment, and gave me leave to alter the same as I thought ﬁt. That paper is herewith produced, marked “ N 4”: ‘ BEECEER’S PROPOSED CARD. Bnooxmm, June, 1873. I have seen in the morning papers that application has been made to Mrs. Victoria Woodhull for certain letters of mine supposed to contain information respecting certain infamous stories against me. She has two business letters, one declining an invitation to a suffrage meeting and the other declining to give her assistance solicited. , ,,.s.-—».— . the day t_h0Fz‘3 shy» ,=o.f. the. 1f€.la‘&i°n~ 0f: l e I woonnnsi. (% OVL_'AFLlN’S”WEh‘.KLY: Sept. 5, 18%. Tliese, and all letters of mine in the hands of anyotlier persons, they have my cordial consent to publish. - I will only add in this connection that the stories and rumors.wl1ich.have.fcr a time been circulated about . ‘me are grossly untrue, and I stamp them in general and in particular as » .ut_ter_ly false. _ , ._Isaw thoeditori of the Brooklyn Eagle at his ofﬁoe, and ; after consultation with him the card was published as fol- . lows: . ".'[‘_o rnn Enironor rnn_BnooiinYN EAGLE : . A Sir-—In a long and active life in Brooklyn it has rarely happened that the Eagle ‘and myself has been in accord on questions of common con- cernto our f_ellow_—ci1izens. I am for this reason compelled to acknowl- edge the unsolicited ‘confidence and regard of which the columns of the , ‘Eagle of'_lateb_ear testimony. I have just returned to the city to learn _ tha_t'applic_at'i_on,has been made to [Mrs.] ,Vict_oria,’Woodliull for letters of }mine supposed to contain information respecting certain infamous sto- , _ Z‘;-igg ggajnst me, [I have no objection to have the Eagle state, inany way it deems fit, ‘that _Mrs. Woodhull] or any other person or persons whojmay have letters of mine intheir possession, have my cordial con- sent to publish them. In this connection [and at this time] I will only add that the stories and rumors which have, for some time past, been , , circ,i_i_l'ated_ about" me areiuntrue, and I stamp them in general and in particular as utterly [iintrue]. Respectfully, ’ . (Signed) ,In; order thatthe, emendations made by myself and ‘Mr. ;Klinsella.may.b.e .observed,.at a glance, I have iiiclosed in HENRY WARD BEEQHER. brackets the words which are not in the original. It will be. thus seen how muchof this cardnwas the composition of Mr, ,Boeche_1-, rand howimuch herelied upon the judgment of oth- A : ers in itspreparation. ‘ ‘ V I would.have,si1bmitted_ this card to Beecher before publi- catioinbut‘ heiiwas absent. . For obvious reasons I held _ _1;],1ySe,lf, excepted from this call for publication, as was well understoodby Beecher. . I know nothing further of the rela- tions of.Bowen and Beecher in this connection which is of importance to this inquiry. I have traced them thus far because that controversy at each stage of it continually threatened the peaceful settlement of the trouble of Tilton nandygroieoher, an accoiint of which nowvresume. Another curious c_ornplicat__i_on of the relations of the par- ,ties,.,arose fro,m.the. publication by_Mrs. Woodhull of the . smry,i;;,her journal. y.-It-is,a.m_atter of public notoriety that . Mrs. Isabella .Beech_eI‘,.H00ker, the sister of Beecher, had espoused the ._cause.of Mrs. VVoodhull on the question of we. man suffrage, and had been accused still further of adopting her social tenets. ' Beecher’s relations to Mrs. Tilton had been communicated to her. This had been made a subject of communication ft-pm lVIrs._.H0,01,I61'.’D0 ,her brother. and. after the publication __,,yj Mrs, Woodhull, Mrs. Hooker ”aiici1~essed_t1ie following = _nO,te‘,Vﬁ0, her brother, which contains so full and clear an ex- ..position of all the facts and circumstances that I need not a,dc1.a; word of .explanation. I produce Mrs. Hooker’s letter to Beecher, under date of November 1, 1872, marked “N 5,7, I ms. HOOKER T0 BEECHER. I N i _ r _ 7 o n ' , HARTFORD, November 1, 1872, L Decvr/'B7*ot7Ler-In reply to your vyords “If you still believe in that ‘woman;/1 etc,’ 1et_ niesay, that from her personally Ihave never heard 5, ‘word on’ this "subject; and when, nearly a year ago, I heard that when . here in this city she saidshe had expected you to introduce her at Stein-‘ way’-I W1-0_t;e,,her a most indignant and rebiiking letter, to which ghe replied in amanner that astounded me by its calm assertion that she considered you as true a friend to her as I myself. A V I 1jnc_1osed this letter te,Mr. Tilton_,.asking him to show it to you if he thought best, and to write me what it all meant. He never replied nor returned the ieiter to me 85.1 1‘eq1leSted.; but I ‘We a Copy of it at your. service. In the month of February, after that, on returning from Wash- , ingtoni .1 went to Mrs. Stantonis to spend Sunday, At Jersey City I met Mrs, W ,, who had. come on in the same train with me, it seemed, and Who,m~_ge¢me,in .a hasty way to bring Mrs.’ Stanton over on Monday for _, a.suﬁmge__consultation as to spring convention. Remembering her asser- ,_tioo_ ofthe fri°endship.bet,We€:»I1 70.113 ‘ﬁnd 015 her meeting you occasionally at Mi;-,.Moi_ilton’s house (I thinkthis is the name), I thought I would put, I thigto test, and replied that if I could be sure of seeing you at the some , time I would come. She promised to secure you if possible, and I fully meant to keep my appointment; but on Sunday I remembered an ap. pointment at New Haven,;wh1ch I should miss if I stopped in New York’ and so 1 passed by, dropping a letter by the way. Curiously enough gister Catharine, who was staying at your house at this time, said to me .. here, casually, the latter of that same week; “Belle, Henry went 0,70,. to I - NeWYor,1ito. 533 you last Monday, but couldn t ﬁnd you.’-’ of course Z nlyliinﬁflerence was that Mrs. either. had power over you, o1-you were Secretly ﬂiG,,(1s_ During that Sunday Mrs. Stanton told me precisejy . what Mr. Tilton had said tolier, when in the rage of discovery he ﬂed to thehguge of Mrs. , and before them both narrated the story of his own inﬁdelities as confessed to his wife, and of hers as confessed to him_ she added that not long after she went to Mr. MOlllt0n:s’ and met you coming down the front. Stepﬁi and Oil entcrlﬂg met Tilton and Moulton, - - . who said{ “We have just had 1-’1.Vm0l1t11=Ch111'cl1 at our feet, and here is his confession?’-—showing a manuscript. She added that Mrs. Tilton ‘had made similar statemeiltﬁ '50 M1ﬁ.S A11t1101ly, and I have since received ﬁ.6m_Mi,,S A_ a,.(_‘,Q1'l‘Ob0l‘a.tl0l’1 0f..th1S, althouglr she refuses to give me p,m;icu1ars, being: bouudiu conﬁdence, she thinks. From that day to this I have carried a heavy lead, you may be sure. I could not share it Withqny.husband,.because he was ‘already over-burdened and alarmingly I 1' affected b,.am,w1se, but I resolved that if he went abroad, as he probably must, I would not go with vhim,.leav_in_g you alone, as it were, to bear whatever» might-come of revelation. I withstood the entreaties of my husband to the last, and sent Mary in my stead,,and at the last moment I conﬁdedjgo her all that.I knew and felt and .fea1'€Cl, that she might be. prepared to sustain her father should trial. overtake them. By reading the accompanying .letters.fr0m them,youwillperceive that from outside evidence alone he had come to the conclusions which I reached only ﬂ'm0u.gh the most. reliable t'estiin'o_ny.that could well be fl1I‘D.lSll€(l.,ll‘l any ‘ case and against every predisposition of my own soul. Fearing that they would hasten home to me, and thus lose all the ‘benefit of the ljourney . -\(fOr’ owing to this and other anxieties. of business, John had grown Worse‘ rather than better up to that very time, though the air of the high Ayps wag beginning to promote . sleep. and restoration), I telegraphed by. cable, “No trouble here—go to Italy,” and by recent letters I am re- joiced tohear of them in_ Milan in comfortable health and SpIl‘ll3S.. ,From letters came the matter has not been out of my thoughts an hour, it seems to me, and an unceasing prayer has ascended thatl might be guided with wisdom andptmth. But what is the truthl am farther from understandiiigthis morning than ever. The tale as pub- . llished is es,seritz'aZZy_ the same as told to nie—in fact, it is impossible but, ‘; I $5,, Tilton is tlieauthority forit, since I recognize a verisiniilitude, Nana,’ a,.g;._I understaiid, it, Mrs. T._.was the sole revelator. The only Vﬁeply .1 made -to -Mrs.,_Sta , . ' ' he sexes so, far, ahead of the times that you dared ﬂog-, announce it, though you consented to. live by it.‘ That nton wasthalz. ii’. true. yo1.i,har1...adphi1oso— , this was-in my judgment wrong, and God wouldbring all secret things to light in His own time and fashion, and I could only wait. I added that I had come to see that human laws were an impcrtincnce, but could get no further, though I could see glimpses of a possible new science of life that at present was revolting to my feelings and my judgment; that I should keep myself open to conviction, however, and should’ converse with men, and especially women, on the whole subject, and as fast as I knew the truth I should stand by it, withno attempt at concealment. I think that Dr. Channing probably agrees with you in theory, but he had the courage to announce his convictions before acting upon them. He refused intercourse with an uncongenial wife for along time, and then left her and married a Woman whom he still loves, leaving a darling- daughter with her mother, and to-day he pays photographers to keep him supplied with her pictures as often as they can be procured. I send you the article he wrote when, abandoned by all their friends, he and his wife went to the West and stayed for years. Crushed by calumiiy and abuse, today they are esteemed more highly than ever, and he is in positions of public trust in Providence. You willvperceive my situation, and by all ‘that I have suffered and am willing to suffer for your sake, I beg you to conﬁde to me the whole truth. Then I can help you as no one else in the world can. ‘ The moment that I can know this matter as God knows it He will help you and me to bring everlasting good out of this seeming evil. If I could say truthfully that I believe this story to be a fabrication of Mr. and Mrs. Tiltongimposed upon a credulous woman—mere medium, whose susceptibility to impressions from spirits in the ﬂesh and out of it is to be taken into account alwaysethe Whole thing dies. But if it is essen- tially true there isbut one honorable way to meet it, in my judgment, and the precise method occurred to me in bed this morning, and I was about writing you to suggest it when your letter came. I iwilliwrite you a sisterly letter, expressing my deep conviction that this whole subject ‘needs the most earnest and chaste discussion—that my own mind has long been occupied‘ with it, but is still in doubt on many pointséthat I have observed for years that your reading and thinking has been profound on this and kindred subjects, and now the time has come for you to give the world, through your own paper, the conclusions you have reached and the reasons therefor. If you choose I will then reply to each letter, giving the womaiils view (for there is surely a main; and a woman’s side to this beyond everywhere else), and by this means attention,wi1l be diverted from personalities and concen- trated on social philosophy-the one subject that now ought to occupy all thinking minds. It seems tome that God has been preparing me for this work, and you also, for years and years. I send you a reply I wrote to Dr. Todd long ago, and which I could never get published without my name (which for the sake of my daughters I wished to withhold), although Godkin of the Nation, Holbrook of the Herald of Health, Ward of the Imlepemlem‘, and every mother to whom I have read it all told me it was the best thing ever written on the subject, and the men said they would pub- lish it if they dared, while Mrs. —— urged me to give my name and pub. lish, and said she would rather have written it than anything else of its length in the world, and if it were hers she would print it without liesi. tation. Isend also a copy of a letter I wrote John Stuart Mill on his sending me an early copy of his “ Subjection of Women,” and his reply. I am sure that nearly all the thinkiiigineii and women are some. where near you and will rally to your support if you are bold, frank am; absolutely truthful in stating your convictions. Mrs. Burleigh tom D}-_ Charming she was ready to avow her belief in social freedom when the time came; she was weary now and glad of a reprieve, but should stand true to her convictions when she must. If y own conviction is that the one radical mistake you have made is in supposing that you are so much ahead of your time, and in daring to attempt to lead when you have anything to conceal. Do not, I pray you, deceive yourself with the hope that the love of your church, or any other love, human or» divine, can compensate the loss of absolute truthfulness to your own mental convictions. I have not told you the half I have suffered since February; but you can imagine, knowing what my husband is to me, all mankind, women as well as men, when I decided to nearly b1'ea,k his heart, already lacerated by the course I had been compelled to pur- sue, by sending him away to die, perhaps, without me at his side. I wish you would come here in the evening some tiire (to the Burton cottage), or I will meet you anywhere in New York you appoint, and at any time. Ever yours, I BELLE. Read the letters from John and Mary in the order I have placed them. I will send these now and the other documents I have men. tioned another day, waiting till I know whether you will meet me, On the 3d of the same month Mrs. Hooker addressed a letter to her brother, the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, which I produce, marked “ N 6:” V MRS. HOOKER TO REV. THOMAS K. nnncniam [Please return this letter to me when you have done with it.] < Iiiiizrrionn, Sunday, November 8, 1872, Dear Brollm" T0m-The blow has fallen, and I hope you are better prepared for it than you might have been but for our interview. I Wrote H. a single line last weektlius: “ Can 1 help you?”. and here is his reply: “If you still believe in that woman you cannot help me. If y()1]_ﬂijnk of her as I do you can, perhaps, though I do not need much help. 1 tread the falsehoods into the dirt from whence they spring, and go on my way rejoicing. My people are thus far heroic, and would give their lives for me. Their love and conﬁdence would make me willing to bear far more than I have. Meantime the Lord has a pavilion in which he hides me until the storm be overpastg I abide in peace, committing; myself to Him who gave Himself for me. I trust you give neither coun- tenance nor credence to the abominable coinage that has been put aﬂoat, The specks of truth are mere spangles upon a garment of falsehood. The truth itself is made to lie. Thank you for love and truth and silence, but think of the barbarity of dragging a poor, dear child of a Woman into this slough. Yours truly.” V f Now, Tom, so far as I can see, it is he who has dragged the dear child into the slough and left her there, and who is now sending another woman to, prison who is innocent of all crime but a fanaticism for the truth as revealed to her, and I, by my silence, ain consenting unto her death. _ , I Read the little note she sent me long ago, when, in a burst of enthusi- asm ovcra public letter of hers which seemed wonderfiil to me, I told her how it affected me, and mark its prophetic words: A “ NEW Yonn, August 8, 1871. I “ My Q/Jecw, Dear Friend—I, was never more happy in all my life than much. From you, from whom I had expected censure, I receive the ﬁrst deep,_pure words of approval and love. I know my course has often been contrary to your wishes, and it has been my greatest grief to know that it was so, since you have so nobly been my defender. But all the time Iknew itwas not I for whom you spoke but all womanhood, and I was the more proud of you that your love was general and not personal, I am often compelled to do things from which my sensitive soul shrinks, and for which I endure the censure of most of my friends. But Iobey a power which knows better than they or I‘ can know, and which hag never left. me stranded alld Without hope. I, should, be a faithless servant indeed were I to falter now when required to do what I cannot fully und,erstaii_d, yet in the issue of which I have full faith.- None of thevscencs in which I have enacted a part were ‘what I would have sel_ﬁshly.cliosen for my 0W11- h£ll3PiD.GSS_. I love my home, my children, "my hlisband, and could live a sanctified life sv:tii_tiiein and never desire «I that it was no common love I have for you and for the truth, and fol.’ I am this morning, and made so by you whom I have learned to love so V contact with the wide world. But such is not to be my mission. I know what is tocoine, though 1 cannot yet divulge it. My daily prayer is that heaven may vouchsafe me strength to meet everything which I know must be encountered and overcome. My heart is, however, too full to write you all I Wish. I see the near approach of the grandest revelation the world has yet known, and 1" or the part you ‘shall play in it thousands will rise up and call you blessed. It was not for nothing that you and I met so singularly. Let us watch and pray, that We faint not by the way- side before we reach the consummation. ' We shall then look back with - exceeding great joy to all we have been called upon to suffer for the sake of a cause more holy than has yet come upon cart‘ . Again I bless you for your letter. . i “ Aifectionately and faithfully yours, VICTORIA C. WOODHULL.” Oh, my dear brother, I fear the awful struggle to live according to law has wrought an absolute demoralization as to truthfuliicss, and so he can talk about “ spaiigles on a garment of falsehood,” when the garment is truth and the specks are the falsehood. His first letter to me was so different from this, I read it to you, but will copy it lest you have forgotten its character: ‘ 4 , “ APRIL 25, 1872. “ilfy Dam‘ BeZle—I was sorry when I met you at Bridgeport not to have had a longer talk with you about the meeting in May. I do not in- tend to make any speeches on any topic during anniversary week. Iii- deed, I shall be out o_f town. I do not want you to take any grozmd this year except upon sztfrggc. You know my sympathy with you. Proba- bly you and I are nearer together than any of our family. I cannot give reason now. I am clear; still, you will follow your own judgment. I thank you for your letter. Of some things I neit/L67“ talk, nor will I be talked with. For love and sympathy I am deeply thankful. The only help that can be grateful to me or useful is silence and a silencing inﬂu- ence on all others. A day may come for converse. It is not now. Living or dead, my dear sister Belle, love me, and do not talk about me or suffer others to in your presence. God love and keep you. God keep, us all; Your loving brother, 1.]_ W. B3- The underscoring is his own, and when I read in that horrible story that he begged a few hours’ notice, that he might kill hiinself, my mind ﬂew back to this sentence, which suggested suicide to me the momentl read it: “Living or dead, my dear sister Belle, Zone me,” and I believed even that. _ Now, Tom, can’t you go to brother Edward at once and give him these letters of mine, and tell him what I told you; and when you have coon. selled together as brothers should, counsel me also, and come to me if you can. It looks as if he hoped to buy my silence with my love, At present, of course, I shall keep silence, but truth is clearer than all things else, and if he will not speak it in some way I cannot always stand as. consenting to a lie. “God help us all.” ’ Yours in love. BELLE. If you can’t come to me, send Edward, I am utterly alone, and my heart aches for that woman even as for my own ﬂesh and blood, 1 do not understand her, but I know her to be pure and unselﬁsh and abso. liitely driven by some power for cigii to herself to these strange utter- ances, which are always in behalf of freedom, purity—lrutli, as she un ~ derstands it—always to befriend the poor and outcast, and bring low only the proud, the hypocrites in high places. ’l‘lic word about ineetiiio at Mrs. Phelps‘ house I have added to tlic_copy. If you see 110111-y teﬁ him of this. The reply to this letter by the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher to his sister is as follows, and needs but a single reinark—tho thought of a good man as to the value of testimony in this case. I refer to the last sentence of,the postscript. This is produced, marked “N 7” :. REV. rites. I-I. BEECIIER To His sisrnn. ELMIRA, November 5, 1872, Dunn BELLE: To allow the Devil. liiinself to be crushed for speaking the truth is uiispeakably cowardly and comtemptiblc. I respect, as ay present advised, Mrs. Woodhull, while I abhor her philosophy. she only carries out Ileni-y’s philosophy, against which I recorded my protest twenty years ago, and parted (lovingly and achingly) from him saying “ We cannot work together.” He has drifted, and I have liardenod mm a crystal till I am sharp-cornered and exacting. I cannot help him except by prayer. I cannot help him through Edward. In my judgnieiit Henry is followiiigliis slippery doctrines of expediency, and, in his cry of p1‘()g1*eSs and the nobleiiess of human nature, has sacrificed clear, c_.\:act, ideal iii- tegrity. Hands oﬂf, until he is down, and then my pulpit, my home, my church and my purse and heart are at his service. Of the two, Vvood- hull is my hero, and Henry my coward, as at press/at acZz‘2'.s'e£Z. But I pro test again st the whole batch and all its bcloiigiiigs. I was not anti-slavery. I am not anti-family. But as I wrote years ago, whenever I asgau']1,; slavery because of its abominations I shall assail the church, the state the family, and all other institutions of selﬁsh usage. I return the papers. You cannot help Ilciiry. You must be true to Woodhull. I am out of the circle as yet, and am glad of it. When the storm-line includes me I shall suffer as a Christain, Sayino-; “Cease ye from man.” - Don’t; Write to me. Follow the truth, and when you need me cry out. Yours, lovingly, (Signed) Tom P. S.~—I am so overworked and liurricd that I see upon review that my letter sounds hard— because of its seiitentiousncss. But believe me, dear Belle, that I see and stiffer with you. You are in a tight place, But having chosen your principles I can only counsel you to be true and take the consequences. For years, you know, I have been apart from all of you except in love. I think you all in the wrong as to antlirop01_ ogy and social science. But I honor and love them who siillfcr for con. vict-ion’s sake. My turn to suffer will come in due time. In this world all Cliristiaiis shall suffer tribulation. So‘ eat, sleep, pmy,m1;e good aim and shoot, and when the ache comes say even hereunto were we called. But I repeat—You can’t- help Henry at present, P. S.—I iiiiscal my letter to inclose print and add: You have no proof as yet of any offense on IIeni'y’s part. Your testimony would be allowed in no court. Tiltoii, wife, Moulton and Co. are Wit11(-;s,§eS_ Even Mrs. Stanton can only declare /eecmsm/. So if you move, remember that you are standing on uncertain iiiforination, and we shall not prob- ably ever get the facts, and I‘m glad of it. If Mr. and Mrs. Tilton are brought into court nothing willbe revealed. Perjury for good ,.e,,_S0n is with advanced thinkers no sin. It will be observed in the letter of Mrs. Hooker that she speaks of having refused to go to Europe with her husband, and that she remained at home in order to protect her broth- er in this einergency of his life. . A letter came into my hands with the others from Mr. Hooker to his wife, under date of Florence, Italy, November 3, 1871, which tends to show that all this matter had been dis. cussed between Mr. Hooker and his wife long before the pub- ‘lication by Mrs. ’Woodhull. I extract so much from the let- ter as refers to this subject. The remainder is a kindly com- munication of an absent husband to a loved wife, about wholly independent matters whichihave nothiiigjto do with this controversy. It is produced, marked “N 8”; - Mn. nookpn TO iris wirn. , - Fnoniincn, Sunday, November‘_3,’18’72. My Precious Wfe——I hope you were not pained by what I wrote on Friday about the H. W. B. matter. I am getting much more at I. l l Sept. 5,1874. WOODHULL & CLAFL'IN’S 'WEEKLYj_l peace about the matter, but I cannot look upon it in any other , light, and’ it is a relief to me to speak my _mind right out about it and then let it rest. I could not have been easy till I had sworn a little. proved utterly unprlncipled. ‘ I shall never again notice her stories, and I do not any the less thank you for your aﬁeetionate solicitude, and for now utterly repudiate her statements made concerning me and mine. your loyalty to my good name. I should have replied earlier, but your . _ _ . . . Beecher told me to say to Timon substantially; *5 Theo- letter came when 1~was out of town. I had to go ‘out again immediately. ., The only mitigation of the concealment of the thing that I can think of dore -may for his own purpose, 1f,h~e chopge, Say that 311 this If the papers do not meddle this slander will fall still-,born—dend as l Ifia thl:s—iandd1iti Seem? to tllfet that S0330 ef.CuSe’f0t§lath1eaS§ explallatlioilji’ misfortune has come upon him on account of is dismissal J‘‘m‘S 0933“ If “ 3“’“““”0”' 5h°“1d be 3“ “P= °f °°“"5e~‘h‘3‘.'e are ‘m°“gh . -Y 3 ‘Olin e1‘e“V17--3 3 3 001151 91'-‘i -1011 0 9 3PP111ei'>’3 O O .1 - 4 , ‘ ' ' " bitter enemies to fan the matter and create annoyance, though no ﬁnal .« .» Mrs. T. and his wife required it, or seemed to, and the very possible from the Union and the. Indepenéent’ alld 0.11 account of the damage. I am your aifectionate uncle, "Signed, H. W. B. further fact that he preferred to disclose it, but took the advice of a few oft-e.nse Whufh I cJQ~mm1ttBd agalnrst ;, he : may take the NOTE BY MOULTON IN RELATION To AB:0VE_ of his leading friends in the church, and was overruled by them, they P°S1t1°n:a'g3'~mst I99 and Bowen that h:e»d°953 791313113 fact is - "11 W Beecher a re (1 to hold this letter over"'i*oi-‘A consideration .. .. - rr . ‘- - -' . - . that his advocan ‘of Mrs Woodhiill and he ‘tli ' l h ' ' g e v - I » ’ ..gieein,., to take the responsibility ofnthe concealment. This it ould take d . 3 :25’. _ - n I, K . I V I‘ oories as but Sent it before Seeing me again‘ I at ﬁtst approved of the letter’ but on somewhat from the hypocrisy of the thing, but leaves the original one him the 1l_l]l1I'yWhlCl’1 pI'8V6l1l7SVh1S_ rising. Now, in order ﬁnally Concluded to coﬁgult with T, T,, who offered a sub's't’it’ute, the sub- ’ crime as open to condemnation as ever. But enoiigh of this. Only let to get support from me and from Plymouth Church, and in stance of whionwm be found in penoiyon copy of H,’ "W, B,-’s‘1-op1’ytoP,” me request you to keep me informed of all that occurs, and do not rely order to obtain the Sympathy of the Whole community he Fonowin is a Go of the Substitute referred to . . 7 . ; upon my getting the news from the papers. I see by an extract from must publish this card . and unless he does it he Gmlnot‘, 1.1363: An enem if minepzs I now learn oisoned the mind of Theodore ‘ the Boston Advertiser that Mrs. W. has employed two Boston lawyers H~ , . ’ ’ . ’ . . . y . . ’ . . ’ p . . . , . . l . _ . _ , e also said the same thing. to Tilton in my presence. To Tilton by telling him stories concerning me. T. '1‘. being angered against (it gives then names) to bi-inrr suit against the Republzccm and Woman .9 . . . < . . . . . . I , _ v -. “’ . this Tilbon answered in substance to Beecher: “ You know me because I had quoted similar stories against him, which I had heard Journal, so that it looks as if the exposure is near at hand. I want to Why I Sought Mrs vvoodhuws acquaintance It was to Save from the Same party, ,.eta1iate(1_ Theodore and I, through a mutual my one Word more’ however‘ can you not let we report get out after - 5 . ' '7 L‘ . ‘ ‘ friend were broucrlit together and found u on mutual ex lanatlons that ‘ the H._ma‘.ter becomes public, without being exactly responsible for it, my f3m11Y and YOUTS f1'Om the OOn3O(1l1O1_1C9S Of YOU? 30133; b 11 ’ , tl . °. "f th ’, 1 d ‘ _ p A ' - « that you have kept up friendship with Mrs. w. in the hope of inﬂucnc- the facts about which had become known '60 her- They have °t Wm 18 mum-S ° 6 “mm *5 ‘ml ‘-191’ iv» ‘ . lug her not to publish the story. you having learned its truth——and that now been‘ published, and I will not denounce that woman NO further correspoudenqe Was. received from Fed]-{ins in is Sllbslantiillly the fact aslhave understood it—and that You gave up to save you from the consequences of what You yourself this connection to my kilo-W1ed..ge’l except-ﬁhe f.°.u°W1=I-3g note goingto Europe with me so as to be at home and comfort H. when the have donegv 170 T115011, hOI'eW'i1‘:h prooducedand marked “VT :” 1 truth came out as you expected it to do in the course of the summer? T _ Af - . 7 J ’ _ t I h d r _ PERKIVS E0 ’.L‘ILTON.. _ This will give the appearance of self-sacriﬁce to your afﬁliation with her, a Oforesijvngiech ha Cf 1;, 6, 6 1: D321? 3% eteooﬁi 1;, T137011: the Paaell; Odf L Mn 20, 1371.. and will explain your not coming abroad with nie—a fact which has 8. p gy ~ S a’ u 617’ an 3‘ M7’. T-ilt,‘(m——If there ‘had not been others by I would have said to you at meeting you this noon w‘nat I say now. Our acqiialntance is at an end, and if we meet again you will please not recognize me‘. , Signed, F. B. PERKINS. Meanwhile Mrs. Morse, the inother—ln—law of Mr. Tilton, who was from " time to time an intimate of his family in Livingston street, had, as Iwas informed bothﬂby Mr. and Mrs. Tilton, learned from her daughter the criminal relation- FEBRUARY7 1871 ship heretofore_'existing between Beecher and herself, and After Beecher had seen these letters of his sister, Mrs. MY DEAR. Mu. Monnroii-—I am glad to send you a book which you who could not understand Why tha.t matter had befen settled’ Hooker, he came to me, in trouble and alarm, and handed me -will relish, or which a man on a sick bed ought to relish. Ivvish I had and who had not beef] told how “7 Pad Peen adJuSt‘,ed’ 394 all the letters, together with one under the date of Novem- more like it, and that I could send you one every day, not as a repay- Who had had 3 1110317 l>W561_‘ <1113«I‘_I‘e1 Wltoh Tllton, accusing him bar 27, Whichlherew-lth produce, with the inclosure’ out from ment of your great kindness to me, for that can never be repaid, not of not having 59 earned ms "-‘~1fM1'5 35 50 keep What fO1'tO-HO 119 ,.~ very unwife-like look. I know that you will otherwise be regarded as received assurances that an between Tim)” and Beecher ‘V holding.VMrs. W.’s views, and that we shall be regarded asliving in some Should be kept quietv I immediatelv conveyed that infO1'ma' discord,‘ and probably, by. many people, as practicing her principles. It 5011 50 B3OOhe1‘- H9 W33 P1'OfU-Se in his P1'OfO3SiODS Of th3»ﬂk- wouldbe a great relief to me to have your relations to Mrs.'W. explained fulness and gratitude to me for what he said were my exer- , in this way, so creditable to your heart. There is not half the untrutli tions in his behalf. Soon after that I was taken sick, and _ in it that there has been all along in my pretended approval of Mrs. While on my gig}; bod, on 13113 7th of Febl-um-y, I received ghe W0orlhull’s course, and yet people think me an honest man. I have following lebter from Beecher, marked M on . - lied enough about that to ruin the character of an average man, and ‘ . have_pro_bably damaged myself by it. * . * . BEECHER To MOULTOM 6 the Hartford Twnes, to which it anudeS_ It is marked even by love, which I give you freely. * _ had, and who had called upon Beecher about the relations ,, N 9 ,, _ Many, many friends has God raised up to me; but to no onepef them between" Tilton and Mrs. Tilton, and Who had, as Beecher had ._ 3 MRS HOOFER To BEFCHER has He ever given the opportunity and the wisdom so to serve me as informed me, ﬁuod the minds of Mrs, Beecher and himself you have. «My trust in you is implicit. You have also proved yourself with Stories of T-ﬂtonas inﬁdelity and impropm. conduct 1,0 Theodore’s friend and Elizabeth’s. Does God look down from heaven " ' ' on th ee lmhappy C eatmes that mo 6 e d a 1, . (1 th th 9 his wife, wrote the following letter to Beecher, under date of r. . r ~ 1- n e rien an ose. — . ' . . - v . Is it not an intimation of God’s intent of mercy to all that each one of January 27’ 1871’ Whmh he delivered to me the next? gay’ as _ _ _ these has in youatried and proved __friend? But only in you are we appears by my mem°m“‘1“m_ thereon’ together Wlth the ,3 to your pulp“ and mkmg Sole charge Ofthe Sewlce,s' I “mm leave here three united. Would to God, who orders all hearts, that by your kind draft of an answer which he 3316- he P1'OPO3‘."d 130 Send tO_MTS- " ll» 011 8 Ad.llIt. trzni$t:;_1'1‘1”i’ ‘1I1l"1‘1'”mgrt “Hg “"1653 Y2“ meet m° ft“ gorty‘ mecliation,’Theodore, Elizabeth and I could be made friends again. Morse. Her letter is herewith produced. marked “ U,” and sccon s roe s ion . s It go 0 rs. -——-’s ouse, opposi e oung ‘ . HARTFORD, Wednesday 27,1872. Dem‘ Brozf/m“—Read the iiiclosed, clipped from the Times of this city last evening. [Sec inclosiire below.] I can endure no longer. I must ‘ see you and persuade you to write apaper which I will read, going alone ‘ , h, , A _ t_ __ _ ‘ Theodore will have the hardest task in such a case; but has he not Mr. Beecher’s draft of reply, marked “V,” and are as fol- lilcn s C ristian ssocia ion, N0. —.— TWel’lt_Y-l1h1l.(l stieet, wheie I shall proved himself capable of the noblest things? . lows: , hope to See you during the my‘ Mm‘ kmdly Mud to me’ who“ Iwonder if Elizabeth knows how generously he has carried himself last ill 36? Yorrlf’ “My ((11? ghter and I am now w:1dOW.S’ living quietly toward inc? Of course I can never speak with her again except with «-4 1“ Om plmgmt 0]_ne’ an Waxnt you to come thew’ w1th°‘_1t“.“"“mg’ his permi_ssion—and I do not know that even then it would be best. Whenever you are m New You’ unless you have other friends Whom My earnest longing is to see her, in the full sympathy of her nature at you prefer to visit“, v restin him and to see him once more trusting her and lovinrr her with S01 shall go as if on ?” shopping trip’ and stay as long as it Seems even a better than the old love I am always sad in sucl: thoucrhts . ' ‘ n ' best. . ‘. . . - . . v- ., _ Is there any way out of this night? May not a day star arise? I \]':o.iltd p1ecfeeiivg<:1ncg to Mrs. 'liltoii s to anywhere else, but I hesitate to Truly yours always, with trust and love, child ,, .. What Childrpn I asked. You repued’ uE1‘1z,,bet1i_,_vs as: er ore e 1. . - ' - » _ V W B . V i .. .. . . _ I feel su-re, however, that words from her should go into that paper, ENRY ARD EEOHER NOW, I 8811, What emthly Sense W93 t.he‘t:_1: Eeithel and with hm. consent 1 could Wme as one c,,,,,,,,1SSi0,,,,d fmm on high On the same day there was conveyed to me from Beecher a nus. B., yourself, nor I can ave (IOQIG any king ‘oh ame ioia e (1% con; Do not fail me, I pray you; meet mo or noon on Friday og you hope to request to Tilton that Beecher might-write to Mrs. Tilton, d}§1011- S119 119-5 been f°‘_‘h‘3 “S17 t ref’ We? 3 Y1 _°“9 VEYY1“ 1 9189 . meet your own mother in heaven. In her name I beseech you, and I because all parties had then come to the conclusion that there 8111- T. has sent —-—— withftlie olglllzbﬁl aW?:’gte“V:;3§ my 5.15,}: .'d‘1-S‘ Will take -110 <3€I1i&1- EV€1‘y01H’S 111 IOVO unspeakable. should be no communication between Beecher and Mrs. Ti1- “acted Chm t° ‘me ff” an v m“ cfl .t“m‘ me __ ’ 3.“ t 35!’ “,1. 1e m Sigma: BELLE ton or Beecher and 'I‘ilton,' except with my knowledge and -me furnace M anything mi: °9m 01,, git n.:u:1Sm-min,ES1fC]r1,? P (C ﬁusﬁ , . . vi . . V . a s e i ourni . or ersm. BEECHIER AND MRS. TILTON. ‘ ' , ‘ - » , . ' . . _ -' - , ’ “ Eli Perkins,” of the New York Oommercial a prominent Republican would 110-: iomrﬁvcinllnciiﬁe ,::111t$Sl\§r:‘a:l1:§:, czinféhogg to atone for 8‘ hfeloliiim’ h0VveVe1then,1§uS"[slC]1; I Mﬁlow thatﬁilfy (fhangi _ _ _ ’ ' corninuni a -e W . , ca On, in his affairs wou _1'ing more rou e upon er an more _su_' cring. t‘::::yt(;):é;Z]’mss ms tcmble Wwessivencqs is “hat aha] which promise, I believe, Was, on his part, faithfully» kept, did not think for a moment when I asked Mrs. B. as to your call there, ‘ . ~‘ _ °° A ”_ ' ‘ ' - I -. ‘ " h k it if ‘ ‘ a he said ’ouwouldnot"‘there ' lenges adinlrzition and makes Ha7:per‘s Weekly a success. ‘ bl?’ as Ssmn fOund_’Vg;D‘St:O]t3:fc:t;: I;:1;?ft§ItI:bg11;b(,)]_?_'lt ::,1iIt)§:::n1%e: 8 new ’ 0 Course’ S B ' ‘ y ' ' g0 u h '[(1 111 'fh 11: 11' k- . , K _ el3lI1lSS1OI1W2tSg'1 ‘ ' '. 1 on ' . _ . _ _ _ _ mCkVS;menGr::1<ee;! lilenisxiime cl c n t t in it a great undcrtal ing to at and the following is his letter, here p,.0d,med, marked 56 P ,n I was inocent Isle] of making any l’X;lf€;:llIderbt&Il(:.1ll11.,ii:}f(1there was guy; _ _ , - ca - you say keep quiet. I have all thioug , ei marrie ‘ 1 L. one so, an we “ ‘Yes,.but I knew 11.0 was an old liumbug. I knew Iwas right, and [HO1'O..fOu0W5 the letter 9Omm9UOlUE when 33W YOU now See our emf [Sig It has brought him to dest~,.uCm5n’ made me 1 knlew 1‘lgl1;VV10l1£(l vltI1l.1l1G1Il nhe cnclil I vvasfalilnost alone, too. The lastnl did not expect to see you again, or to be alive many utterly miserable’ turned me from a~c~0mf0rmb1e home, and bmugmms %)1e0})r'f1;Vt‘:‘1é13)1e0;>u¢:'(th\(\:1l thanre(:r::r1,eas may aie 00 ed “lth Beecliei, and days.” For-.the complete letter see last week s lSSl1e.—-.—El).] Own family to beggary. I do,” believe if his honest debmwere paid he e‘“V1Veliad atall about Beecliei gull Tilton and} tt‘ tll 'th th This was a letter of commendation’ so that Mrs. Timon would have enough to buy their breackfast [sicll This she could enaum . { ‘ ’ m mg 1 SW1 ° er mi t bet een her and her hu"band “ f ll‘ ‘ bl‘.'t h h " t th' 9 i t‘ ’d _ . . _ _. _ , _ . V _, ght trus me. as W , _ s . , as ‘u y as and thrive undei, but the pu ici y e as given o _ is_ieLen;an most Convilsgtéonézvlgihf Ziogzilisﬁégn?:a(;fa‘f;1f§§W3’ a,m%,‘1V1mhI_1aVVSpap‘.ar' Beecher did. In the meanwhile Mr. Beechei"s friends were crushing of all trouble is whatstaken, the life out ofohcr. ' Iknow of Elenofe W13; has e’m_e‘d and 00,], ca 6,18 it ., A ' 6 Own 3 Smely awmts continually annoying him and writing him about Tilton and twelve persons whom he‘ has told, and they in turn have told otliers. I e . . . . i the rumors that were aﬂoat with 1.,3gm.d to both, and on the had thought we had as much aswe could live under froni his neglect and ~ . ‘ Beecher then lnformed m9 Of 1115 3PD1'9h€11E‘v10I1 that 1118 13th of February Beecher received the folmwillo letter fl-Om urigovernable temper. But this is the death-blow to us both, and I sister, in her anxiety/that he should do his duty in present- his nephew F B Perkins .Wh_mh he (Beecnhewahanded H176 doubt not Florence has here. _Do you know when I-hear_of'yourcra‘cking ing this tram as she understood it’ and in protecting Mrs‘ with a draft of a reply oil the 23d of the same Februar " your jokes from Su.nd.ay t°.Suud9y’ a.ud.thm.1.{ 0: the.—m1Se.’-3' ,3/°.‘.1. ,1.““',e _ Woodhull from the consequences of having published the . t .t’h ,2 .' _ U . I , d ’ bi-ought ‘upon 118,Ii311lﬂk\V1l31ltheI{Sfgl1I11lSl7,J There is no God.” Ad- { truth from which she was then SLlffe1‘iug,wou1d 0.0 into his which he sen wi ou I s 0W1-lg 1119 45319: 311 HPOI1 that migtiiig all he saysto, be the invention of his liali’-drunken brain-, still ‘ pulpit and insist upon declaring that the WOOdhl;:l1 publica- draft 1 made the fOu«?W1g%. no?‘ I .O¥1?1:?W1th pxpduce these the 953°‘ “Don “S is .the Same’ for an heig tom believe it’ N°_W has . . _ documents, marked Q, R and b respectively: nothing to do, he makes a target of her night and day. I am driven to tion was substantially true; and he desired me to do what ~ . . . . ' . - _ 'a . . - . , . ]_3ER1{[NS To BEECHER . . this extremity: to pray for her release from all suffering by God s taking in me lay to prevent such a disaster. I suggested to him’ ‘ ' ' _ - .. - . v 11» h =11 ‘mu ~ . _ V , BOX 44 STATION 1) NEW YORK February 13 1371 her himself, for iftheie s a heaven \D.O‘V s e go (.16. . that he should see Mrs. Hooker, speak to her kindly, and ’ ’ ’ ’ ' MRS. MORSE cro MR. BEECHER; .: . [Received January 27, 1871; receivcdfroin H. W. B. January 28, 1871.] Mr. Beeche1'—-As you have notuseen to pay any attention to the request I left at your house, now over two weeks since, I will take this method to inform you of the state of things in Livingston street. The remark you made to me atgyour own doorwas an_eiiigma_at the time, and every day adds to the mystery, ‘.‘ Mrs. Beecheij has adoptedpthe "e: _r./_, . \ . . . . . x ' ‘ his house she said: “ Here I feel I have ii 5 « , . . [1 Dr; " U cl —After some considerati)n,I decide to inform on f '1he1aSt,t“ne we was _m t ' . exhorb her not to take tms course’ and that~T11t°n Should mztger -c(:,:,c£n1.eno you_ Timon has boon jllsﬁfyino or exc,,:ym.,O»h,: home, but on the other side I know I shall be more than welcoinc.”- 011, see her and. so fair shake her c0nﬁ‘deno_e in the truth of the 1,ecenti,m.1gue5 with women by alleging that you have been detected in my precious child, how my heart bleeds over you in thinking of your story as to Induce‘ her to doubt Wﬂather she would be Safe like adulteries, the same having been hushed up out of coiisideration for sufferings! 04“ lo“ d_° anytmflg 1“ the,n_mtter? _ _ , : in making the statement public. In this course Beecher the parties. This I know. Must she live in this suﬁering c0I1<1lt1011 Of mind and b0‘1Y With 110 , : agreed. alld 511011 31'9§l1mel1tS and inducements were brought You may, of course, do what you like with this letter. I suppose such alevmmon? [Sm] 0180 who advres h I to ﬁve with him “he h _ 1 _ . _ . _ - 3 ' O ‘ ' 0- to bear upon Mrs. Hooker as were in the power of all three talk dies quickest unansweied. I have thought it bestto let you know lfgucfnatlgykgﬁeher by Slow torture is anytmna-but a M6112 9’ 15 ( Om“ of us, to prevent her from doing that which would have cer- What is being SW1 &b011'3 Y011, and by Wl10m, h_0VV6V0I‘; T01’. Whethel‘ You a 0 , k. W if m can ,,ude,.St,;,,d' ,, Spntbilce lave Wmgen but I. - h . -3 f th l 1 ~- . act in the matter 01' not, it has been displeasing to me to suppose such I do“ t no y . . * . ’ , ’ m‘ tmmy broug b on an Oxposuu) 0 3 WJ0 8 bubmess. Dub th’ l ithout your l;noV\ledore I have thought other people bas relieved Somewhat by WmmU' The children are kept from me’ and I - . . . 'gs(oneW :3‘ 5. ' e’ ,, .°. . _ 3' ing the consulbfttmu bebwesn B660-hel an-d myself as to the bultl Theodore Tilton has in this action dived into the very sub-cellar of ha“ not 566“ my mung [Sm] child but Once Fmce her return from “H5 ' “is. ‘ means of meebmg Mrs’ Hooker‘ 1ubent1OnS’ no Suggestion the very back-house of infamy. In case you should choose to let him h°uSe' ‘ ‘ ' ‘ was ever made on the part of Beecher that his sister was know of this, I am liespons-lble and donut Seek any c0nCe,,1me,,t_ ‘ Ithought the least you could do was to put your name to a paper to then or had been at any other time insane. Very truly yours, ’ (Signed) F_ B, PERKINS help reinstate my b1’0U1€1' (111. the Cllﬁtom E01136). Elizabeth was as dis- . ' - . ' . t‘ll "th t 1 ‘ - - . . _ , x a _ 1 - . - £6 . .' M 3 . - - ' ‘ ‘. those to which he alludes in his communication of the 4th 19- 5-‘I can t 5°11-yMF1“""‘1 5‘“dd ;‘"1:h‘”°;1"~‘~ 111“ W39 liferrlgg 150 hls ﬁnd Ve ’ ’ n - . - - . - _ - 1 t i tri_ ues wi‘ i ' rs. an o ers, iowever ie may ave escrib d ° _ . . . . . lnbtanb’ as tine ]ebt.erS of his. slstel and brother dehvel ed.tO V$7l'iat I ham informed of is the excuse by implicating you in If your wife has ad’0pt8<1 Llb [S10]; 91' V011 SYIIIPEMIIZE With her, I pray 131.9: and j’Vh1Oh I dld not b9l1OV9 that” I 0Ol11d h01101'a=b1Y give _. similar :7 ,,ﬁah.~S_ (Signed) ‘ E B_ Po . you do something for her relief before it is too late. He swears so soon him up, because I thought——and I submit to the committee I BEECHER To PERKINS » . as her breath leaves‘ her body, he will make this whole thing public, and was right in thinking—that they form a. part of this contro- ' ' FEBRUARY 23 1371 this prospect. I think, 18. 0116 thing which keeps her living. ‘I know versy, and were not, as he therein alleged, simply given to My Dam. ],w.,.ed_Wh,,teVe,. Mn Timon formel-1y Sam against m'e’__,mé I of no other. She’s without nourisinent [sic] for one in her state, and my keeping 35 Part Of his Other P3PO1‘3a Which he 00L11d 1101? know the substanceof it~he has wizihdrawn, and frankly confessed that ‘in wam_actua1Wa'nt' They would both deny 1t’ _no doubt’ but W8 Mug‘ V‘, C ‘ keep safely on account of his own "carelessness in preserving he had been misled by the statements of one who when confronted V BEEQHER To MRS’ MORSE‘ documents. _ ‘ backed down from his charges. MR? JUDG‘ﬁZ_Ml"RSE'I h M b , _ H t 1 h. 1 Beecher Was exceedingly anxious that Tilton should repii— In some sense I am in part to blame for his indignation. For I lent a _ ltyj 1:63: 1-0o1(rc€:1g:1—b1:S ouM Ceovloisy iovniggd g-Ol1;‘1;’7l(;ﬁ)l:)1l:0Es111U.x1<I1hﬂ:J1. nfo diam the Statemant; published by Vvoodhuu and dehounce credulous ear to reports about Mm, which I have reason to believe were 1“ “es 3' '. y _ " _ , _ 1 0” 59' 13 Y . . . ‘ exa aerated or wholly false After a full conference and ex lanation you that I have Sympathlzed Wm‘ you‘ ‘listless’ But M15‘ Beecher and , her for its publication. and he drew up upon my noernora.n— ‘gb ‘ .. _ ' _ _ , 9 ~ - A - . - . . -*d_t1 . . . ,- . i ' ' , ’.— - “ - there remains between us no Iiiisiiiicleistanding, but mutual goodwill I: after mu consldelamenr ‘me Of ‘"13 mm . mt’ ‘mam p‘e°'3‘1t"1"““m‘ '9?‘ dE1m'.bOOk’ the form of 3' °“.‘“rd to be pub.hS.ned by.Tl1tOn Oval: and reconciliation have taken the place of exasperation. "Of course, I ’3W1C95;_t119 g1'e3»t@5t 11i11d11055_tO Y0“ and _tO 31} W111 be, in S0 far aswe hm slgnaturel and asked m‘? to Submlb 1b to hum for thm’ shall not cliase after rumors that will soon run themselves out of breath are concerned’ to leave to tune the recuﬁcatlon Of an the ‘vmngsa Pl-11'PO59a Whlch I heare P1'Odi10Os mﬂlked “: 10” 5 if left alone. If my friends will put their foot silently on any coal or‘ Whethe1:theY P1"0V9.1'e&1 01‘ imaginary. . _ IBEECHER 5 PROPOSED CARD FOR TILTON-o - hot embers, and crush them out, wttlioztt tall;-ingy, the miserable lies will It W111 be ObSeI‘V8d that 111 the letter of Mrs. Morse she says D. an iuiguarded enthuslasni I hoped well and niuchof one who he be as dead in New York in a little time as the are in Brookl 11. But I . Contmued on a e 10. ’ _ _ _ Y Y _ P 9 I l 9 . , WOODHULL & CL.AFLIN’S_WEEKLY, -it Sept. 5, 1374. TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. 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FROM THE SPEECH “ TRIED AS BY Finn.” Sexual freedom, then, means the abolition of prostitution both in and out of marriage; means the emancipation of woman from sexual slavery and her coming into ownership and control of her own body ; means the end of her pecuni. ary dependence upon man, so that she may never even seem- ingly have to procure whatever she may desire or need by sexual favors; means the abrogation of forced pregnancy, of antenatal murder, of undesired children ; means the birth of love children only; endowed by every inherited virtue that the highest exaltation can confer at conception, by every inﬂuence for good to be obtained during gestation and by the wisest guidance and ll1StI'l1Cl’.iOl1 on to manhood, in dustrially, intellectually, and sexually. ..._:.......-+.,.4—...___._. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL CONVENTION. In accordance with Article II., chapter 5, and Article 1., chapter 7, of the Constitution of the Universal Association of Spiritualists, the Provisional National Council issue this call for aNat1onal Convention, to be convened in Parker Memorial Hall, Boston, on Tuesday, September _15, and to extend during three days. . ‘ This Convention is expressly for the purposes of discus- sion and propaganda; and all Spiritualists, Socialists, In- ﬁdels, Materialists, Free Religionists andFree Thinkers are cordially invited to attend and join in the effort to advance the cause of truth and human welfare. All subjects in which _ the good of the race is involved will be legitimate themes for discussion and for set speeches. Those who propose to speak upon speciﬁc subjects are requested to prepare their A speeches, so that they may be published in the regular pro-' ceedings of the Convention. By order of the Provisional National Council. - VICTORIA C. WOODHULL, President. . 0 SPARKS FROM SOCIAL HELLS. Startling reports of the social condition of the people, taken from the New York Sun and New York Hcrald, are - given in another part of this paper. The returns of four days give fourteen cases, among which three may be found impli- cating clergymen, of different denominations, viz. : The Rev. Mr. Glendenning, of Jersey City, Presbyterian, charged by Mary E. Pomeroy, since deceased, with fornication and bastardy-, the Rev. W. H. Buttner, Lutheran, charged by his young housekeeper with breach of promise; and the Rev. , Austin Hutchinson, Methodist, charged by his daughter Ida » Hutchinson with incest. Two of the above-mentioned cases are reported in full and commented on by us in our editorial columns. When it is considered how carefully all married people are apt to hide all such items of home misery, we can form some idea of the widespread horrors which the samples selected from two New York papers, in the short space of four consecutive days exhibit, and these are simply out-croppings that could THE JERSEY CITY HORROR. Before the people have recovered from the shock of the Beecher Scandal, the public car is again stunned with a social horror that appears, from present accounts, to be still more atrocious. As in the former instance the accused party is a clergyman, not of the Congregational but of the Presbyterian persuasion. We allude to the case of . Miss Mary E. Pomeroy, an account of whose death we extract from the ‘N. Y. James of Aug. 19: “ The inhabitants of Jersey City Heights were thrown into - a state of great excitement by the report that Miss Mary E. Pomeroy was dead. On inquiry, the report was found to be correct. , On Monday night her condition seemed to be slight- ly improved and her attending physician thought that she might recover. Toward morning, however, she commenced to sink gradually, and it became evident she could not live. About 11 o’clock word was sent to Justice Aldridge that she was dying, and he was requested to come to the house to take her dying deposition. On being assured that it was the lady’s own request, the Judge proceeded immediately to her residence. He found her very weak, but her mental faculties were unimpaired, and approaching her bedside the Judge asked her if she knew him and she replied that she did. He then asked her if she desired to make any statement to him, and she replied in the affirmative. Having neither pen nor ink at hand, the Judge took out a lead pencil and noted down the following statement as it fell from the dying girl’s lips. “ I feel as though I have not long to live. There have been a great many things said against me, but I now tell the truth in the sight of God, that John S. Glendenning is the father of my child. He has denied it, and still denies it, but he and no one else is the father of that child. He has said things against me. I was afraid of him but now Lam not. He may have papers, but that does not clear him.” The statement was inade in a weak but clear voice, and during the pauses the girl’s lips seemed to be moving as if in prayer. The Judge took the paper, and started for his oﬁice to make a copy of it in ink for the purpose of bringing it back for the girls signature. When he had completed the work and re- turned to the house. in less than half an hour, Miss Pomeroy was dead. She breathed her last at precisely 11:25 o’clocJe. The immediate cause of her death was congestion of the lungs, superinduced-by general debility, arising principally from mental depression. It is uncertain what legal aspect the death of the victim put upon the case with reference to Rev. Mr. Grlendenning. Of course the charges of breach of promise and seduction will fall through, but it is probable that the Poormaster of the citywill continue the suitagainst him for the support of the child. The usual course in such cases is for the complainant to make affidavit that she ex- .pects to have a child born, which is liable to become a charge course was pursued by Miss Pomero y some weeks ago, and then the Poormaster entered suit against the supposed father to compel him to give bonds for the support of the expected offspring. Thus the Poormaster becomes the plaintiff. A number of reporters and others called at Rev. Mr. Glendon- ning’s residence yesterday and last night, but to the major- ityof them he was not at home, while to others he refused to say anything about the case. Thepapers referred to in Miss Pomei-oy’s deposition are supposed to be the letters which Glendenning declared he had, implicating six prominent members of the congregation. There was to have been a meeting of the vestry of Grlendenning’s church last night, but although it was only intended for the transaction of reg- ular business no meeting was held. The death of Miss Pom- eroy was the all-absorbing topic of conversation throughout the city yesterday and last night, and the utmost indignation was expressed against Glendenning.” ‘ If the statement be correct that the “immediate cause of her death was congestion of t e lungs, superinduced by general dcbility, arising principally from mental depression,” we feel that we have a right to arraign society as her mur- derer. We pass over the Rev. Mr. Glendenning, let him exist, if he can exist, after reading the dying statement of the mother of the child. If we know anything of the public, however, we would warn him to sink “the papers ” the dying woman spoke of, a thousand fathoms ‘deep, for, should he present them in court, they would assuredly not work to his advantage. Since writing the above we have further accounts of the funeral of Miss Mary E. Pomercy, and a sketch of the ser- mon preached on the occasion, deeming it highly important and desirous to use parts of it as texts on which to com- ment, we present it to our readers. It is from the N. Y. Herald of Aug. 21: ' The scenes witnessed yesterday at the residence of Mr. James Smith Miller, where lay all that was mortal of Mary E. Pomeroy, will not be forgotten within the lifetime of those whose unpleasant lot it was to witness them. If a generous and lavish outpouring of sympathy can afford consolation to the living, or vindicate the memory of the dead, than the spirit of Mary E. Pomeroy may rest ,quietly in the country beyond the grave, and the gloom that now overshadows the home of an unoifending family may soon be dissipated. The funeral was such as has not been witnessed in Jersey Cityfor many years. Men of high standing in the community, who were not acquainted with the deceased or with the family with whom she resided were there, not from curiosity, but to record a protest against the diabolical villainy that sent her into an early grave. The hour for the services was ﬁxed at two o’clock, but from noon the house was crowded. When the appointed time arrived fully three hundred persons, all members of respectable families, were packed in the house or scattered through the lawn. Among those present were ex- Mayor Sawyer and lady. Mr. Sawyer remarked, expres- sively: “ 1 determined I should come here at all hazards. As a man of family I want to show my appreciation of the ster- ling character of that young woman. She visited some of our best families, and from what I knew of her I say posi- tively that if ever there was a pure, virtuous girl till she came across Glendenning she was one. If G‘r1endenning’s insinua- tions as to her character have any foundation, why did he al- low her to occupy the sanctuary of God as organist up to the very Sunday before his arrest? Why, the. very supposition is astounding. Whichever position he assumes he is guilty. The rush was so great to view the remains that even the staircases and apartments of the house were ﬁlled, and the heat was excessive. At twenty minutes to three o’clock Rev. Mr. Tunison, of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church, ar- rived. It was desired to have a clergyman of the Presby- terian denomination. but none could‘ be found. He pro- ceeded up stairs, and his first office was to baptise the little one whose mother lay cold in death. The‘ child was named. Ellen Stuart Grlendenning, and Mr. and Mrs. Miller were the sponsors. It was at trying spectacle when the minister in- voked a. blessing on the guardians of the child, and called on them to love, cherish and protect it. The poor little one is three weeks and two days old, but of such small proportions and sickly appearance that it is hardly probable it will long survive its mother. no longer be hidden from the sight of the public. The minister, taking a position in the hallway. at the foot upon the city unless the father is made to support it. This" of the staircase, read the service, commencing with “ Man that is_. born of woman,” etc., and then proceeded to ‘de- liver his address, as follows: “ Something more than a quar- ter of a century I have mingled as a minister with Christian people. I have buried fathers and mothers, sons and daugh- ters. I have been called upon to consign to the silence of the tomb those who had been called away in a moment. But the most painful duty I have been called upon as a Christian pas- tor to perform I realize this hour. It is not only painful, but delicate. I am not willing to say a word that would reflect unjustly on any human being, yet I speak boldly those‘ senti- ments which will promote your morals and secure your wel- fare. How is it that some of those who are the purest and best suffer the most, while those who are the vilest and the worst suffer the least? The sad event that called us here to-day teaches the importance of guarding against evil in all its forms. A little matter kindles a great ﬁre. A little drop of poison quenches out a life. Bear with me if I speak of the experience of our departed friend. One single mistake broke a heart that was full of joy and destroyed a life. One single mistake on the part of her seducer made him a murderer. I stand here to repeat it, and am ready to answer for it at the bar of man. I am a. father, and I speak to fathers and mothers. I would rather see the mangled and lifeless re- mains of my daughter, stricken down by the hand of the mid- night assassin, brought to my door than to see her robbed of her honor and her virtue. If a man that robs another of life deserves death on the scaffold, a man that robs a. woman of what is dearer to her than life deserves a thousand deaths on the scaffold. Oh! young men and young women who hear me, pause before you make one step toward the narrow way. A great shadow has been cast upon this household. Poor Mary Pomeroy, when she fell, realized that all the beauties had departed out of this life. Wliat a fearful mass of human beings. who have made a similar false step, have rob ‘ced themselves and sometimes their innocent ones of life? Poor Mary Pomeroyl She raised her soul to God and prepared herself to pass to a world where she hoped there would be no suffering. ‘ I have made up my mind.’ she said, ‘ that I must make a great effort if I will be saved. VV hen I had fallen I felt that I was estranged from God and that I must make 9. great effort to be restored to His friendship. I would like to live longer, but I must go. I am content.’ Oh! it is well for poor Mary Pomeroy that God has taken her from a world of woe to a world of gladness.” It may seem incredible to many, but such is the fact, that Glendenning appeared on the streets and passed through the city yesterday morning, regardless of the gaze of all observers. I-Ie woils accompanied by Mr. Howell, one of the elders of his churc . . Immediately after the funeral a meeting was held, and the following call was issued: “ A meeting of the -citizens of Jersey City Heights will be held at McPherson’s Hall, on Saturday evening, August 22, at eight o’clock, to give expres- sion to their feelings in regard to the outrage perpetrated on the community by the Rev. John S. Glendenning. The first remark we have to make on this melancholy occasion is in praise of the people of Jersey City, who have done their duty in the matter.- The poet says: “ One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” and it may be seen that it has done so in regard to Mary E. Poineroy’s ‘funeral. Overleaping all barriers to honor the dishonored of the world, the people, the grand jury of the nation, have thus examined into her case and _pronounced her innocent by their presence. We honor them for so do- ing. But what shall we say of Presbyterianism? “It was desired to have a clergyman of the Presbyterian denomina- tion, but none could be found.” Alas! is there no little church round the corner belonging to that rigid sect? Are there no priests in it willing to speak lovingly and kindly of one they, in their superior sanctity, mayldeem to have been a sinner? We know not, and for the sweet sake of Mary E. Pomeroy, we hope that such is not the case; we deem that it was merely an accidental occurrence, and shall maintain such to be the fact until we hear differently, for we would not willingly believe that even the disciples of John Calvin are more ferocious than savages. Now, a word on the sermon, spoken, as it was, by a minister of the Methodist Church, who evidently had his heart in the work in which he was engaged; it reads like the words of a loving father~one who believes himself to be a follower of "the great Nazarene. Let us take him kindly by the hand, if he will permit us, and ask him where he ﬁnds warrant for the following statement and how he justiﬁes it, measuring it by the rules of the founder of his creed: “ I am a father, and I speak to fathers and mothers. I would rather see the mangled and lifeless remains of my daughter stricken down by the hand of the midnight assassin brought to my door, than to see her robbed of her honor and her virtue.” While we condemn such a statement we honor the feeling_ that prompted its utterance, but it is hardly Christian. The unchastity of a daughter is no greater crime than the un- chastity of a son. Indeed, the great Nazarene condemned the latter, but refused to condemn the former. “Whoso looketh upon awoman to lust after her, hath committed 1 adultery with her already in his heart.” That is his judg- ment, and in our belief it applies to all men. But in the case of woman he was more merciful. When the Pharisees brought before him a woman taken in the act of adultery, we are told that he not only refused to punish her, but that he refused even to condemn her". “ Go, and sin no more,” was his verdict, and it should be that also of those who profess to follow his counsels. Let the Rev. Mr. Tunison review his judgment in his next homily, for, if he will look the present social condition of the world full in the face, he will ﬁnd that free copulation, either in female or male, daughter or son, if it be a crime under such circumstances, which is disputed, is at least in accordance with nature, and is the smallest of sexual aberrations. We rest assured that the time has gone by for making special distinctions between the sexes in punishing un- chastity. The civil law recognizes no crime in‘ natural copulation freely entered into,.a.nd it should not. Eccles- iastical law, though it may deem such to be reprehensible, knows that the word adultery, used in the seventh com- mand, cannot justly_be applied to the free, but only to the 1,. Ll .c.,,;-. Sept. 5, 1874. WOODHULL J5 CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. O ' . 9 cases of those who are bound in marriage. We demand from all priests of all denominations that they set society 'right as regards the above distinction; and there is absolutely no reason, either civil or ecclesiastical, why,,wo- men should be specially the sufferers on such occasions. For ourselves we repudiate-the monstrous injustice, and spit upon it with contempt; referring such unions to the domain of personal sovereignty, which is above law, and into which, in all cases, as no person can properly hold any other human being as a slave, it is an impertinence to in- quire. ’ One word more. If we could believe that the people of Jersey City would have extended the same kind sympathy to Mary E. Pomeroy living that they have extended to her dead, that she had not puriihased their love by her demise, this addendum would be needless. But we cannot. We know and feel that what killed her was the fear of the curse with which society visits all women who step over the bounds it has arbitrarily marked out. We wish it Were not so; that we could believe otherwise, but we can- not. Poor Mary E. Pomeroy, deserted by her betrayer, looked up from her couch of sickness and read her fate. Like the words over Dante’s “ Inferno” it blazed before her: “Who enter here leave hope behind.” She shrank from the fatal doom and perished. It does not seem to us to be ﬁtting for that which has killed her to appear as chief mourner at her funeral. We feel that we, as advocates of justice to woman, have a better right to claim such posi- tion, and as reputed sinners, we demand to take her hand and look upon her face with love and sympathy, and to hang our garland upon her grave: MARY E. POMEROY. IN MEMORIAM. Gone to the Spirit Land! Where all is beauty, harmony and peace; Where toil and trouble, pain and sorrow cease. To join the happy band Who wander in the viewless ﬁelds of air, To meet the good, the loving and the fair, Who know not pain or care. We would not call thee back To face Society’s stern doom; for thee Life had been one long day of agony; And on her cruel rack She would have wrenched thy heart-strings in her spite, And clouded o’er thy sunny morning bright With densest, darkest night! We will not mourn for thee, Nor, like the Levite, coldly pass thee by; Nor, like the Pharisee, with shrug and sigh Lament thy destiny. This would beﬁt the pious and the great, In sad review to ’tend thy corse in state And of thy sorrows prate. Too gentle for the time! ~ Too trustful, loving, for the bitter ﬁght That all must share who battle for_the right; Such duty was not thine! Thou could’st not meet the world’s cold, scornful eye, Thine to believe, to suffer, and to sigh! To droop—to sink—to die! But this is not our part; We laugh to scorn man’s judgment on thy case; N 0 sin was thine, save that to do him. grace Thou perilled thus thine heart. Alas! ’tis lost; but not to thee the shame, Thy Worth and honor will we still proclaim, And hold thee free from blame; Cursing the unjust law Beneath whose murderous ﬁat thou wert slain; But well we know that thou wilt rise again Without a stain or ﬂaw, Where thou shalt never more in sorrow pine, For holy, trustful love is not a crime In that celestial climel That realm of peace and joy! Where all is open, truthful, fair and free: Where cruel falsehood and hypocrisy N o more shall thee annoy. Then, let us lay this lily on thy breast, Nor longer.mar the quiet of thy rest, For thou art with the blest. Alas! that the young and the innocent should thus be sacriﬁced. It is said that love laughs at locksmiths, but it would be truer to say love laughs at laws. The woman of tact derides the mandates of society; she sits on the high places of the synagogues and applies her edicts to those who are not unfrequently far better than herself. The proud woman, knowing what a painted sham and hollow mockery it is, scorns the decrees of the world on aifectional questions, and calmly deﬁes all its wretched rulings, But, on the gentle, the timid and the trustful, they fall with accumulated weight, and the poor, patient, lovingsuiferers, who have not cunning enough to evade them, nor force enough to,defy them, sink down under the fearful burden of their reproach, and seek and ﬁnd refuge only in death. —-———--———>-40+-~4—%——?'.. R. W. H. TO INQUIRING FRIENDS. In spite of our respectful warning, many presses insist upon it that the proprietors of the WEEKLY have received money in order to secure their absence in this crisis. Our friends forget to state that before Mrs. Woodhull and Miss Tennie C. Claﬂin left this country for Europe, their evi- dence was oﬁered and rejected by the "Plymouth Church Committee. Pomeroy’s Denwr/rat, which is noted for the general accuracy or inaccuracy of its intelligence, asserts thatthe exact sum paid to Mrs. Woodhull for her Parisian trip was $15,000. There is nothing like being correct in money matters, and the editor of the Democrat deserves credit for his boldness, and the power of invention he ex- hibits in that statement. Since then the New York Sunday News and the’ G7°ap7tz'c have joined in the cry, but they have not yet intimated the amount paid to secure the absence of the proprietors of the WEEKLY. Should they do so, let us inform them that we shall feel oﬁfended unless they add at least a couple of ciphers to the right of Mark Pomeroy’s estimate, and, if they desire to obtain our real respect, they will add three. As to the question put by the Graphic, viz. : “ Did any body connected with. the Brooklyn Scandal furnish the funds?” also, “ and if so, who?” all we can reply is, that if the Graphic will send a reporter round to our oﬁice, No. 111 Nassau st., Room 9, we will post him in regard to that matter; and that our knowledge, reduced to print, will not occupy more than four pages of the Graphic, and is heartily at its service. 0 A POETICAL HALLUCINATION. The letter of Theodore Tilton, given by Mr. Moulton and marked F F F, must be taken by our readers “ cum grcmo salts.” They must remember that Mr. Tilton is a poet, and that he is blessed with a very vivid power of imagination. Nothing else would excuse his wild flight of fancy in say- ing that “he indignantly repudiated Mrs. Woodhull’s ac- quaintance.” The birds in our oﬁice sing a very diﬁerent ‘tune to that, but then our little Warblers are accustomed to tell the truth, and are not troubled with wild and ecstatic ﬂights of romantic genius. - - ~——— ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH. Our readers will remember that on the 13th of last J anu- ary the people of New York city, pursuant to notice, met in Tompkins square, and were clubbed by the police for so doing. They were taken at advantage, and did not go armed, as they had a constitutional right to do, on that occasion. Many were overpowered in consequence, bru_ tally clubbed, and made prisoners by the police. As it oc- curred on Tuesday the WEEKLY took cognizance of it the next clay, and condemned the action of the police authori- ties. Although the police commissioners, two of whom have since been ejected from office for their crimes, were the real criminals, some innocent men who were then ar- rested have been imprisoned for defending themselves againstthe assaults of the police. Among them is one of the name of Christian Meyer, a quiet man and a good citi- zen, who still remains under sentence in prison. We are glad to perceive that another public meeting is called for in the same locality for-the purpose of protesting against the action of Mayor Havemeyer and the police authorities at the time above speciﬁed, and to demand the release of Christian Meyer at the hands of Governor Dix of the State of New York. We are glad to commend the action of Mr. Oliver, Mr. Frey and P. J. MacGruire, who have the work in hand, and who appear to know well how to go about it. Having been treated so uncourteouslyi on the former occasion, the people have not thought proper to ask their public servants’, the police commissioners, permission (but have simply notiﬁed them of their intention), to meet on Monday, Aug. 31, at 7 P. M. Our city authorities are not empowered to overthrow at their pleasure the constitutional rights of American citizens; and, if there be no other law that will compel public oﬁicers to respect our guaranteed liberties, the people will be justiﬁed in defending them themselves, and derelict in their duty to their posterity if they donot do so. . , . , A WHITE LIE. Weather-wise prophets foretell that, notwithstanding this is the month of August, there will be on Friday, August 26, a very heavy snow-storm in Brooklyn, L. I. It is expected that the deepest drifts may be looked for in and around Plymouth Church. Of course the public must expect plenty of mud and slush after it has fallen. Some think it will be a beneﬁcent snow-storm, and will operate to cover up dirt rather than manufacture it. But they are in error. Snow vvill—must—-soon melt in this hot weather, and then the streets of Brooklyn will be in a ﬁlthier condition than they were before it fell, and, heaven knows, that was de- plorable. -————————>-—¢Q+—-4—-—————————- THAT BAsKE'r. There is a devilish, cold, calculating piety about Protest- antism that prevents any exhibit of charity (Sn affectional questions. It is a sort of dot-and-carry-one religion, based on barter and subject to the laws of trade. It has been likened to a beautiful marble statue, perfect in every- thing but one——it lacks life. Nothing exhibits this more than the way in which foundlings are doomed where it prevails. The Catholic Church takes a pride in looking after these little forlorn waifs, and the Greek Church has established, the noblest charities in the world in Moscow and St. Petersburg for their service and protection; while in the two great Protestant countries, England and the United States, there is hardly charity enough to sustain a cradle for the reception of these forlorn little ones." , But though “ pater at mater families” are mighty slow coaches in moving to the rescue of babies who are not of the legitimate order, we are glad to notice that the little ones themselves are moving in the matter, as witness the following letter, taken from the N. Y. Sum of Aug. 19: “ To the Editor of the Sun: « “ S1R—-Please give the inclosed 50 cents to the little babies in the Roman Catholic Foundling Asylum, and please tell them to put the basket back. MAMIE AND ANNIE.” We commend Mamie and Annie for thus teaching charity to their elders. Sir Robert Peel, who was probably the ablest English statesman of this century, estimated the civilization of a people by their consumption of soap; but, to our minds, the enlightenment of a nation in these times is best exhibited in its collective care of its progeny. We have, as apeople, admitted half this proposition, in decree- ing communism in education; let us go further, and assert it to be the duty of the nation to stand fully “in loco pa,/in em‘z's” over all little ones needing its protection. Till then, let us reduce the number of baby murders by re-establishing the basket. . . , PROPERTY IN WOMAN. ~ 1 Marriage, as it now exists, whether ecclesiastical or civil, conveys the idea of property in woman and the annihilation of her individuality. The reason that it does so is be- cause all the laws in relation to it, or bearing upon it, have been made by man, and consequently in them thepersonal rights of woman as man’s equal are ignored. Commencing with the demand for the surrender. of her... name, the law, with the exception of a very few modern ameliorations of the same, may be lookd upon as a bill of pains and penalties attached to women who are daring enough to enter into the state of matrimony. Of course it aﬂ"ects single women also, but in a minor degree. It is based upon the idea of the superior power and intelligence of man, and the total un- ﬁtness of woman to govern herself in any position in life. The only equality woman has with man under the law, is when she stands convicted of crime in the prisoners’ dock, and then she does not obtain an equality of justice (for she is never tried by her peers) but only an equality, and, on special occasions, a superiority of punishment. It is true, that, as human beings advance in enlightenment, in spite of all edicts, the condition of woman becomes ameliorated. But in the best informed and higher circles the idea of property in the wife, being based on law from time immemorial, always remains. This may be seen in the case of Tilton tarsus Beecher. The former sues the latter for damages to himself-—not to Mrs. Tilton. Now, it is certain that, if any party has been injured it is Mrs. Tilton. But thelaw does not see her, it only recognizes Mr. Tilton in the matter. Shakespeare in the mouth of Petruchio puts the case correctly. That worthy says, speaking of his wife Kate, that should any one molest her “ 1’ll bring my action ’gainst the proudest he That stops my way in Mantua; ” and he justiﬁes his -action by stating ‘correctly the legal position of his-wife: , "She is my goods, my house; my wares my household stuff; My horse, myox, my ass, my anything.” . The status of a wife in law is, as the great dramatist de- scribed it, simply the status of a slave, or (the case of the wife might be reversed. Suppose that some /other married woman had captivated Mr. Tilton and robbed Mrs. Tilton of his affection, were woman and man equal ‘under the law, Mrs. Tilton would be empowered to bring her action for damages against the woman who had so injured her. But, as things are, the law would take no notice of her wailings, all she could do would be to sue for divorce from Mr. Tilton. As for compensation or damages for her loss of his affections, that idea man’s law has never contemplated. So much for the operations of our masculine code of social law among the enlightened; with the unenlightened, the idea of property in woman, generated by the same law, often produces the most frightful eﬁfects. Two cases‘ are given in the New York Herald of Aug. 30, which we quote: “Two. VERY REMARKABLE STORIES on CRIME. . “DAVENPORT, Iowa, August 17, 1874. “Criminal history probablydoes not record two more ex- traordinary tragedies——extraordinary, whether we regard the brutal. completeness characterizing their execution or the , frightful moral and social laxity in which they had their origin-—than those that have occurred within a couple-of days of eachother at Creston, and near Council Bluffs, brief but complete histories of which are here transmitted. “ At Creston were in the marble business two men named J. L. Bri.ster and J. T. Burnett, the latter considerably the elder. His wife had quitted him on account, it is said, of ill treatment and threats. "Brister had a wife and three children, havin been married to the woman about 1869, at Barnes- ville, elmont county, Ohio. A few months ago Brister told his wife—_.they were then at Bedford, Iowa—that he had sold ahalf interest in her to Burnett, whom thereafter she . was to consider as equally her husband. He-gave Burnett a contract to that effect, and Burnett shared her room and bed at Bedford. Next day, however, her husband, apparently dissatisﬁed with his bargain, abused her for submitting to Burnett, and went away. Burnett, however, consoled his remarkable, property by assuring her he should defend her and kill Brister if he ever came back. Meanwhile, Brister went to Charlton and wrote threatening letters, which so ‘ frightened his wife that she begged to be sent back to Ohio. Burnett, instead of so doing, moved with her to Creston. He soon tired of his property. Brister came back to Creston. and had an interview with Burnett, which resulted in an, _ pressed no regret for ;his crime. 7 tween his wife and Clarke. ‘ -Illinois with a hope of being able to break off the attachment — by -absence, but discovered that the two still maintained cor- , his contract. » with him, and drop all proceedings, but she refused to do so, _ called attention to the fact. 10 L‘ I , woonnnni. & CLAFLIIWS WEEKLY... agreement between them, for a certain sum loaned by Bur- nettto Brister, that the latter should again take possession of his wife. Brister refused to sign the papers, because they drew interest, and Burnett put his threat into executi.on. “‘ On Tuesday morning, at three o’clock, he stole into ‘Brister’s room, armed with a razor. All the parties slept above the marble works. Brister and his wife were sound asleep, and the murderer drew the blade of his weapon across the throat of the sleeping man at one terrible gash, severing his windpipe and the arteries. Ere he died, Brister staggered from the bed to the window to shout for help, but no sound could issue from the severed windpipe. Mrs. Bris- ter, whose life Burnett also intended to take, leaped from 7 the bed shrieking “ Murder !” and the assassin had to aban- -. don his purpose and ﬂy ere he could dress himself. The people of Creston, terribly excited because of the perpetra- tion of this second crime in their ordinarily quiet city, _turned out en masse to track the murderer, whom they would certainly have hanged had they caught him. He, liow- ever, escaped to to a thicket on the farm of a Mr. Barnes, _ near the ‘city, where he lay without food and with no cloth- ing but a night-shirt for twenty—nine hours, when, being nearly starved and frozen, he surrendered himself to the farmer. At the examination he pleaded guilty, but ex- His statement as to the cause of the murder is corroborated by the ailidavit of Mrs. Brister. “The other murder was committed at Silver Creek, a small settlement some ten miles frcm—Council Bluffs. There for several years Jacob Staves and -John J. Clarke have been living peacefully as neighbors till, about ﬁfteen months ago, Staves discovered the existence ofa criminal intimacy be- He took the guilty woman to respondence. Accordingly he entered into negotiations with Clarke, who agreed to give him $1,000 and marry the woman (obtaining for that purpose a divorce from his own ‘ -wife, a woman of irreproachable character) so soon as Staves , should securea divorce. Clark obtained his wife’s consent to instituting proceedings for a divorce by threats. On , Wednesday they all met at Council Bluffs to discuss inattei's, when Clarke, reluctant evidently to paying so much money when he could get the woman without it, declined to fulﬁll Staves then tried to get his wife to remain avowing her intention of remaining away with her paramour. Thereupon Staves departed, saying to Clarke as he went : ‘ N ow it is either you or me.’ . ‘t The two men met again on Friday, Staves being armed , with a shot gun, one barrel of which he immediately dis- . charged at Clarke, wounding him in the head and bringing him to the ground. 'While his victim was writhing on the earth Stavesapproached him, and, placing the muzzle of the gun against his body, almost blew his heart out. The mur- derer was promptly arrested, and is now in custody at Coun- cil Bluffs; He refuses to make any statement, but it is not at all likely that any facts not herein related willbe disclosed at the formal examination. It will be seen that, in both the above eases, the wives of the parties were treated as merchantable articles; and it is certain that, both under Catholic and Protestant rule, some of the wives of the poorer classes of ‘England have occasionally been sold in the market. Mrs. Dall, in her admirable work "‘ The College, Market and Court,” relates an inst-ance which occurred in an English law court, in which a man was arraigned for brutally, beating the woman with whom he, lived. Fortunately for her she was not married to him; and, in delivering his judgment, the magistrate “ almost” He said to the prisoner XVIGII, ‘condemning him: “It has been proved against you that you have cruelly maltreated the complainant, a woman over whom you had no legal right, as she is not your -—-.” Atitter from some women in the court here stopped the oratory of the learned judge, who began to perceive that it would not be to the advantage of morality to speak the truth and 1111 up the hiatus with the word “wife.” . This idea of property, which certainly pertains to woman in marriage both under ecclesiastical and civil law, is highly objectionable to us. If the civil law treated a contract be- tween John and Mary in the same way it would treat a con- tract between.John and James, we should have nothing to say against it, but might have much to say in its favor. But when the tie of what is called “marriage” wholly alters the status of a woman, depriving her here of her individuality, there of her name, and places her under the charge of an- other human being simply because he is of a different sex, we think we do well to exelaim against its injustice. We are unwilling that a wife shall be assessed at a money value -any more than a husband, as she always has been, and al- ways will be, so long as the law recognizes her simply as 11 article of property. Yet, under our present marriage ystems, ecclesiastical and civil, both of which forbid or place penalties upon a wife changing her social, position, his must always be the case. It is for the above reasons , that‘we object to marriage as now constituted,‘overburdened as it. is, by a ton of laws. We atlirin that love cannot en- dure such terrestrial chains; that the application of them - ' often leads to evil consequences; that the state of matrimony s, in most instances, a state of servitude, and that the mar- iage certiﬁcate itself is merely the “bill of sale” of the emale partner in the contract. . -—?-——>——¢%+—<—-—-——————.- ,ARTLESS BESSIE. The discrimination of the pastor of Plymouth is well shown in his employment, of counsel -to sustain. himself in the Plymouth Church investigation. A close examination of the evidence of the girl above named will prove to all candid and inquiring minds the truth of the above state- ment. It is a pity, though, that previous to having given 11 her testimony, she should, in her letters. have twice ad- niitted herself to be a liar. As to the propriety and decency I of the Plymouth Church. Committee publishing her balder- dash aspersing the characters of two -of the worthiest women n the nation, we trust that will be subjected to "the exam- nation of a. higher tribunal than ours. I MOULTON’S STATEMENT. (Continued from page 7.) Tilton has sent**‘1"?*‘*1‘* with the others away. I purposely omit the name of this young girl. There was a reason why it ‘was desirable that she should, be away from Brooklyn. That reason, as given me by Mr. and Mrs. Tilton, was this: She had overheard conversations by themgconeerning Mrs. Tilton’s criminal intimacy with Beecher, and she had re- ported these conversationsto several friendsof the family. Being young, and not: knowing. the consequences of her prattling, it seemed proper, forthe safety of the two families, that she should be sent ‘a distance to school, which was ac- cordingly done. She was put at a boarding school at the West, and the expenses of her stay there were privately paid through me by Beecher, to whom I had stated the difficulty of having the girl remain in Brooklyn; and he agreed with us that it was best that she should be removed and offered to be at the cost of her schooling. The bills were sent to me from timeto time as they became due, a part of them through Mrs. Tilton. Previous to her goingaway she wrote the fol- lowing letters to Mrs. Tilton-marked “ W ” — and “ X ”—and they were sent to me by Mrs. T. as part of these transactions :. *'”—=>‘»‘*** TO MRS. TILTON. BROOI{I.YN, January 10, 1871. Afy Dear Mrs. TiZzf0n—I want to tell you something. Your mother, Mrs. Morse, has repeatedly attempted to hire me, byoifering me dresses and presents, to go to certain persons and tell them stories injurious to the character of your husband. I have been persuaded that the kind at- tentions shown me‘ by Mr. Tilton for years were dishonorable demon- strations. I never at the time thought that Mr. Tilton’s caresses were for such a purpose. I do not want to be made use of by Mrs. Morse or any one else to bring trouble on my two best friends, you and your husband. Eye by. . These notes are in Mrs. Tilton’s handwriting, and on the same paper used by her in correspondence with me. ’ FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME. JANUARY 12. " My Dear Mrs. Tz‘Ztcn——"I‘he story that Mr. Tilton once lifted me from my bed and carried me screaming to his own and attempted to violate my person is a wicked lie. Yours truly, . VVhile this young lady was at school she did inform a frien of Mi s. Tilton, Mrs. P., of the stories of the family relations. These stories were written to Brooklyn and came to the knowledge of my friends, creating an impression upon their minds unfavorable to Mr. Tilton, and might possibly lead to the re-opening of the scandal. I, therefore, took pains to trace them back, and found that they came from Mrs. P., to whom the school girl had told them. I therefore called upon Tilton and asked if these stories could not be stopped. Soon afterward he produced to me a letter dated the 8th of November, 1872, written by Mrs. Tilton, with a note to me on the back thereof, to disabuse Mrs. P.’s mind as to this girl’s disclosures. The letter is here produced, marked “ Y :” MRS. '_rrL'roN T0 MRs.»I*. BROOKLYN, November 8, 1872. My Dearﬂrs. P.-—I come to you in thisfearful extremity, burdened by my misfortunes, to claim your promised sympathy and love. * * * I have mistakenly felt obliged to deceive ******’these twc years, that my husband had made false accusations against me which he nova?‘ has to her or any one. In order that he may not appear on his defense, thus adding the terri- ble exposure of a lawsuit, will you implore silence on her part against any indignation which she may feel against him; for the one only ray of light and hope in this midnight gloom is his entire sympathy and co- operation in my behalf. Aword from you to Mr. D will change any unfriendly spirit which dear mother may have given him against my husband. You know I have no mother’s heart, that will look charitably upon all, save you. Affectionately your child (Signed), ELIZABETH. Of course you will destroy this letter. ~ Also, I produce—-out of the order of time—a letter of Mrs. Tilton marked “Y 2,” sent to me a year. afterwards for money for the purpose of paying this young person’s school expenses, and also a statement of accounts and letter of transmission, and note acknowledging receipt for quarter ending June, 1871, from the principal of that school, marked “Z1” and “Z 2.” All these sums were paid by Beecher, and I forwarded‘ the money to settle them through Mrs. Tilton, or sent the money directly to the principal of the school at her request: . MRS. TILTON TO MOULTON. TUEs1)l\Y, January 10, 1872. Dear F7'(mcz'3—Be kind enough to send me $50’ for ' I'want to inclose it in to-worrow’s mail. Yours gratefully, (Signed) Statement of Account. ELIZABETYH. FEMALE SEMINARY. Miss To —--— ——-- ‘ D7". For boarding . . . . . . . . . . . . .. For tuition, primary class For washing . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . For ﬁre (two months) . . . . . . .. . . . . For music (double lessons), $36; use piano, $4.50 . . . . . . For advanced items— ' Books and stationery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314 14 Music”; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 10 Physician and medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 00 Seat in church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 00--16 24 Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $155 27 June, 1871. - -- ~ , June 8, 1871. Mrs. Tilton-—I send you with this a statement of Miss the past half school year. is doing very well in her studies, and is quite a favorite with us. Sometimes ,she is not very well, but I think, on the whole, her health is improving. Could you not come and make us a visit, and bring Mr. Tilton with you? A little rest would do you both good. 8 Very respectfully yours, - ——--. -—— is making very good progress in music, and in some of her common branches, as arithmetic, geography and spelling. ' —— SEMINARY, December 18, 1873. ’s bill for F. D. Monixrori, Esq.: Dear Sir-Yours containing check for $200 in full for Miss ——-—’s school bill is received. ' This pays all her indebtedness to this date. Very truly yours, —-_ —— Beecher was very anxious to ascertain through me the exact condition of 'I"ilton’s feelings toward him, and how far the reconciliation was real, and to get a statement in writing that would seem to free him (Beecher) from imputation thereafter. I more than once appliedto Tilton to get a state- ment of his feelings toward Beecher, and received from him, Sept. 5, 1874. on the 7th of February, 1871, the following letter, which I produce, marked “AA :” ' TILTON T0 MOULTON. - “ BROOKLYN, February 7, 1871. “ llfy Very Dear F'r2'end—In several conversations with me you have asked aboutmy feelings toward Mr. Beecher, and yesterday you said the time had come when you would like to receive from me an expression of them in writing. I say, therefore, very chperfully, that, notwithstanding the great suffering which he has caused to Elizabeth and myself, I hear him no malice, shall do him no wrong, shall discounte- nance every project (by whomsoever proposed) for any ex- posure of his secret to the public, and (if I know myself at all) shall endeavor to act toward Mr. Beecher as I would have him in similar circumstances act toward me. “I ought to add that your own good oiﬁces in this case have led me to a. higher moral feeling than I might other- wise have reached. Ever yours aﬁbctioiiatelv, (Signed) "‘ THEODORE TILTON. “ To Frank Moulton.” From that time everything was quiet. Nothing occurred to mar the harmony existing between Tilton and Beecher, or the kindly relations between Tilton and Mrs. Tilton, during the summer of 1871, except the idle gossip which ﬂoated about the city of Brooklyn, and sometimes was hinted at in the newspapers, but which received no support in any facts known to the gossiper or the writer, or through any communication of Mr. or Mrs. Tilton" or Mr. Beecher. And [received no letters from Beecher alluding to this subiect upon any topic until his return, on the 30th September, from his vacation, showing that in fact the settlement was enabling him to regain his health and spirits. I produce this note, marked “BB ”: v Bnpcnnn TO MOULTON. “ SATURDAY, September‘_30, 1871. “My Dear Fir-icnd—I feel bad not to meet you.- My heart warms to you, and you might have known that I should be here, if you loved me as much as I do you. 'Well, it’s an in- constant world! Soberly, I should be glad to have you see how hearty I am, ready for work, and hoping for a bright year. \ “I have literally done nothvlng for three months, but have “gone to grass." Things seem almost strange to come back among men and see business going on in earnest‘. “I will be here on Monday, at ten .11. M. I am, my dear Frank, truly and gratefully yours, ‘ (Signed) “HENRY XVARD Bnnonnn.” Taking advantage of this lull in the controversy it may be as convenient here as anywhere to state the relations ‘of Mrs. Tilton to the matter and her acts toward the several parties. I shall be pardoned if I do it with care, becauselmy statement,- unhappily for us both, must be diametrically opposite to one published as hers. _I had been on terms very familiar, visiting at Mr. Tilton’s house. I had seen and known Mrs. Tilton well and kindly on my part, and I believed wholly so on hers, and, as I have before stated, I had never known or suspected or seen any exhibition of inharmony between her and her hus- bandduring those many familiar visits, and of course I had no suspicion of inﬁdelity upon the part of either toward the other. The first intimation of it which came to me was in the exhibition of her original confession, of which I have be- fore spoken. The first time I saw that confession was on the 30th of December, 1870. The first communication I had from Mrs. Tilton after I had, jread her confession on the Friday evening, as before stated, was on the next morning, the 31st of December, 1870, the date being ﬁxed by the fact cited in her letter showing that she gave her retraction to Beecher on the evening previous. The letter from her is as follows, marked “ CC ”: MRS. TILTON TO MOULTON. “SATURDAY IVIORNING. “ My Dear Friend Fr0mk—I want you to do me the greatest possible favor. My letter which you have, and the one I gave Mr. Beecher at his dictation last evening,‘ought both to be destroyed. “ Please bring both to me and I will burn them. Show this note to Theodore and Mr. Beecher. They will see the pro- priety of this request. Yours truly, , “ (Signed) E. R. TILTON.” I could not of course accede to this request of Mrs. Tilton, because I had pledged myself to Beecher that her, retraction on the one side, and her confession to Tilton on the other- which are the papers she referrs to as “ my letter which you have, and the one I gave Mr. Beecher ”—should not be gi ven up, but should be held for the protection of either as against the other. ‘ I learned in my interview with Beecher bu the 1st day of January, 1871, that he had been told by his wife and others that Mrs. Tilton desired a separation from her husband on account of his supposed inﬁdelities to her, and that Mrs. Til- ton had applied to Mrs. Beecher for advice upon that subject. This being the first I had heard of any asserted inﬁdelity of Tilton to his marriage vows, either the next day or second day after I asked Mrs. Tilton if it were so, and if she had ever desired a separation from her husband on that or any other account, wishing to assure myself of the facts upon which I was to act as mediator and arbitrator between the parties. * She stated to me that she had not desired a. separa- tion from her husband, but that application had been made to Mr. and Mrs. Beecher-through her mother, upon her own responsibility, to bring it about, and on the 4th day of J an-' uary she sent me the following letter. which, although dated ‘January 4, 1870, was actually written January 4, 1871, and dated 1870, as is a common enough mistake by most persons at the beginning of a new year. But it bears internal evi- dence of the time of its date, and also I know that I received it at that time, it being impossible that it should have been a year previous. I produce it, marked “DD ” : , MRS, TILTON TO MOULTON. . “ 174 LIVINGSTON Srnnnr, BROOKLYN, Jan. 14, 1870 .( 3’). ‘‘ MR. FRANCIS D. MouL'roN: “ My Dear Fm'end——In regard to your question whether I have ever sought 9. separation from my husband, I indig- ». - .., 4., ..-.... ,- l.4 -..,...-. m...m..-.. l J l t 1 l l I 1 . l l l 5 5 , E ' Sept. 5, l8”?4.. weonnctt a orarr.is~s ~ii’hlItKI.'f’. s r I ‘ I n nantly deny that such was cocr thcfccct, as-I have denied it a hundred times before. The story that I wanted a separation was a deliberate falsehood, coined by my poor mother, who said she would bear the responsibility of this and other state- ments she might make, and communicated to my husbands enemy, Mrs. II. IV. Beecher, and by her communicated to Mr. Bowen. I feel outmgcd by the whole proceeding, and am now suil"ering in consequence more than I am able to bear. I am yours, very truly, , “ (Signed) ELIE. R. TIL'fOl\I.” As bearing upon this topic of her husbaud"s inﬁdelity and her desire for separation, I produce another letter dated‘ January 13, 1871, written by Mrs. Til ton and addressed to the person whose name I have heretofore and still suppress, as the one with whom Bowen had alleged an improper connec- tion with Tilton, and because of which improper connection Beecher had been informed Mrs. Tilton was unhappy and de- sired the scparation. It is marked “EE ”: ' ‘ nus. TILTON TO . “I74 Ilrvmosror-I Srnnnr, % “BROOKLYN, .Ia11uary 13,- I871. “llfy Dear Fm'cnd and S’£si'e'r——I was made very glad by your letter, for your love to me is most grateful, and for which I actually hunger. You, like me, have loved and been loved, I and can say with Mrs. Browning: ‘Well enough I think wc’vc fared, My heart and I.’ “But I find in you an element to which I respond; when or how I am not philosopher enough of the human mind to understand. I cannot reason—only feel. “I wrote to you a reply on the morning of my sickness, and tinged. with fears of approaching disaster, so that when mail day arrived I was safely over my sufferings, ‘with a fair prospect of returning health. I destroyed it lost its morbid tone might shadow your spirit. I am new around my house again, doing very poorly what I want to do well. All these ambitions and failures you know, darling, and when, in your last letter to Theodore——those good, true letters——you toll in- directly of your life with your parents, I caught and felt the » ‘self-sacriﬁce, admired and sincerely appreciated your rare qualities of heart and mind. I am a more demonstrative and enthusiastic lover of God manifested in his children than you will believe, and my memories of you ﬁll me with admira- tion and delight. I have caught up your card-picture, which we have, in such moments, and kissed it again and again, praying with tears for God7s blessing to follow you; and to perfect in us three the beautiful promise of our nature. But, my sweet and dear ‘ , I realize in those months of our acquaintance how almost impossible it is to b'r't'ug out these blossoms of our heart’s growth——God’s gift to us——to human eyes. Our pearls and ﬂowers are caught up literally by vul- gar and base minds that surround us on every side, and. so destroyed or abused that We know them no longer as our own, and thus God is made ourionly hope. ' “My dear, dear sister, do not let us disappoint each other. I expect much from you——you do of me. Not in the sense of draining or woariness to body or spirit——but trust and faith in humanhearts. Does it not exist between us? I believe it! My husband has suffered much with me in a cruel con- spiracy made by my poor suffering mother, with an energy worthy of a better causc—to divorce us by saying that I was seeking it because of Theodorcis inﬁdelity, making her feel- ing mine. “These slanders have been sown broadcast. I am quoted everywhere as the author of them. Coming in this form and way to Mr. Bowen, they caused his immediate dismission from both the I-n,depcn(lc~nt an d Union. Suffering thus both of us so unjustly——(I knew nothing of these plans)——anXiety night and day broughi:- on my miscarriage; a disappointment I have never before known-a lord babe it promised, you know. I have had sorrow almost beyond human capacity, dear It is my mother! That will explain volumes to your filial heart. Theodore has many secret enemies, I ﬁnd, besides my mother; but with a faithfulness renewed and strengthened by experience we will, by silence, time and ' patience, be victorious over them all. My faith and hope are very bright, new that I am off the sick-bed, and dear Frank Moulton is a friend indeed. (Ile is managing the case with Mr. Bowen.) \Ve have weathered the storm, and, I believe, without harm to our Best. ‘ Let not your heart be troubled,’ dear sweet. I love "you. Be assured of it. I wish I could come to you. I would help you in the care of your loved ones, for that I can do. ‘ My heart bounds toward all.’ Then your spirit would be free to write and think. ,“ But hereuntgo I am not called. My spirit is willing. My dear children are all well. Floy, on her return at the heli- day vacation found me sick, and we concluded to keep her with us,»aud she has entered the Packer‘. Our household has indeed been sadly tossed about and the children suffer with the parents ; but the end has come, and I write that you may have joy and not grief, for that is past. I am glad you love Alice. I have kissed her for you many times. I will teach all my darlings to love you and welcome ycur home- coming. Ralph a fine, beautiful boy, and to be our only . baby——vcry precious, therefore. Carroll is visiting Theo- dore’s parents at Isicyport. I hope your mother is now better and that you have reached the sunshine. Our spirits cannot thrive in Natures gloom. Grive much love to your parents. I am yours, faithfully and fondly. _ “Signed, Srsrnn ELIZABETH.” I This letter requires a word of explanation. It will be ob-= served that in the course of the correspondence between Bowen and Beecher there had been claimed inﬁdelities on the part of Tilton with a certain lady whose name is not dis- closed, although well known to all the parties, and much of , the accusations against Tilton connected him with that lady, and it was averred that they came from his wife. The above letter was written to that lady long after the accusations had been made against Tilton, and after they had been commu- nicated to his wife, and I bring it in here as bearing on the question whether Mrs. Tilton desired a separation from her husband, as had been alleged, on account of his inﬁdelities with this lady. ‘ I have already stated. that I had, as a necessary preoa.ution.— I to the peace of the family and the parties interested, inter- dicted all the parties from having communication with each other—-except the liusbaiidfaiid wifc—unless that communi- cation was known to me, and the letters sent through me or shown to me. Mr. Tilton and Mr. Beecher, as I have before stated, both faithfully complied with their promise in that regard, so far as I know. I was away sick in the spring of 18’:/l, as before stated, and went to Florida. Soon after my return Beecher placed in my hands an 'unsigned letter from Mrs. Tilton, in her handwriting, undated, but marked in his handwriting, “Received ;Mareh 8, 1871.” ‘I here produce it, mar-k~d “FF”: - . ’ MRS. TILTON romnnnonnn. “ ,Wn;oNns:>A_v. I “In/Iy Dear Friend-—Docs your heart boundjtolvcwd all as it used? So does mine !' I am myself again. I did not dare to tell you till I was sure; but the bird has sung in my heart these four weeks, and he has covenanted with me never again to leave. “Spring has come.”* Because I thought it would gladden you to know this, and not to trouble or embarrass you in any way, I now write. Of course I should like to share with you my joy; but can wait for the Beyond! “ When dear Frank says I may once again go to old Ply- mouth, I will thank the dear Father.” ‘ Such a communication from Mrs. Tilton to her pastor, under the circumstances and herprom-ise, seemed to me to be a breach of good faith. But desirous to have the peace kept, and hoping if unanswered it might not be repeated, I did. not show it to Tilton, or inform him of its existence. , On Friday, April 21, 1871, Mr. Beecher received another letter, of that date, unsigned, from Mrs. Tilton, which he gave to me. It is here produced, marked “ GG,” as follows: MRS. TILTON TO Bnnontnn. : “ FRIDAY, April 21, 1871. V‘ ’ “Mr. Beec7tc7'—~As Mr. Moulton has returned, will you use your inﬂuence to have the papers in his possessiondestroyed ? My heart bleeds night and day at the injustice of their ex? istence.” 1, As I could not comply with this request, for reasons before stated, 1 did not show this letter to Tilton, nor did Icall Mrs. Tilten’s attention to it. . On the 3d of May Mr. Beecher handed me still another letter, unsigned, but in Mrs. Tilton’s handwriting, of that date, which is here produced, marked “ IIII ’.’ : MRS. TILTON T0 “ BROOKLYN, May 3, 1871. “ Mr. Bee.chcr——"\dy future either for life or death would be happier could I but feel that you forgave while you forget me. In all the sad complications of the past year my en- deavor was to entirely keep from you all suffering; to bear myself alone, leaving you forever igzuorant of it. My weapons were love, a large untiring generosity, and nest-h2'd~z2m}J' That I failed utterly we both know.” But now I ask forgiveness.” The contents of this letter were so remarkable that I queried within my own mind whether I ought not to show it to Tilton; but as I was assured by Beecher, and verily be- lieved, and now believe, that (they were unanswered by him, I thought it best to retain it in my own possession, as Ihave done until now. But from the hour of its reception what remained of faith in Mrs. Tiltou’s character for truth or pro- priety of conduct was wholly lost, and from that time forth I had no thought or care for her reputation only so far as it affected that of her children. ' After this I do not know that anything occurred between myself and Mrs. Tilton of pertinence to this inquiry, or more than the ordinary courtesies or civillties when I called at her house, and I received no other communication from her until shortly before the question of the arbitration of the business between Bowen and Tilton was determined upon. I had learned that Mrs. Tilton had been making declarations which were sullying the reputatio1'1 of her husband, and giving it to be understood that her home was not ahappy one, because of the want of religious sympathy between her- selfand her husband, and because he did not accompany her to church as regularly and as often as she thought he ought to do, and she thought it would be well for the children to do, and sometimes speaking of her unhappiness, without de- ﬁning specially the cause, thus leaving for the busybodies and intormeddlers to infer causes of unhappiness which she did not state. I thought it my duty to’ the parties to caution he-hr inthat regard, and I said to her that I thought she ought not, in the presence of others, to upbraid her husband with their differences -in religious feeling or opinions, and that it was not well for her to make any statement which should show her home unhappy, or that she was unhappy in it, be- cause it might lead to such inquiries as might break it up, as well as the settlement, which she was so desirous to main- tain for the sake of both families—Mrs. Beechex-’s and her own. . - This conversation drew from her the following letter, marked “II:” -Mus. TILTON TO MOULTON. “SUNDAY Mounrno, February 11, 1872. “ My Dear Friend Fa-Imca's—All the week I have sought op- portunity to write you, but as I cannot work in the cars as Theodore does, and the time at our stopping-places must be necessarily given to rest, eating and sight—seeing, say nothing of lecture-going, I have failed to come to you before. “ It was given to you to reveal to me last Sabbath evening two things (for which God bless you.abu_ndantly_with his peace) : First, the truth that until then I had never seen nor felt, namely, whenever I remembered myself in conversing with others to the shadowing of Theodore I became his one-ray! And the second truth was that I hindered c the reconstruct-ion more than any one else. “ Whenever I become convinced I know I am immovable. Ilenceforth silence has ‘locked my lips and the key is cast into the depths! Theo. need fear me no longer, for 1 would be the enemy of no one. ’ - “.1 have not been equal to the great work of the past year. All I have done is to cause the utter misery of those I love bcst——my mother, husband, Mr. B., and my dear children! will never know. You do not at all terrify me; onlycon— Vince, and I bless you. “l°ardon this hasty line, which I’m sure ;7ou’l1>do,-"since you forgive so much else. Good night. “ Aflectionately (Signed), ELIZABETH.” After the signing of the “ tripartite covenant,” April 2, 1872, Tilton desired that I shouldreturn him the paper containing his wife’s confession, in order, as he said, to relieve her anxiety as to its possibly falling into wrong hands, and she was very desirous that this paper shouldbe destroyed. a As ‘I held it solely for her protection, and under pledge to him, I gave it to him, and he told me afterward that he gave itinto statement. V Some time after that—-it is impossible for me to ﬁx the date precisely——I learned from Beecher that Mrs. Tilton had told him that when she made-her confession to her husband of her infidelity with him (Beecher), her husband had made a like confession to her of his own inﬁdelities with several other women. This being an entirely new statement of fact to me, and never having heard Mrs. Tilton in all my convey... sations with her, although she had admitted freely her own sexual intercourse with Beecher, make any claims that her husband had confessed his inﬁdelity or that he had been un- faithful to her, I was considerably surprised at this intimal tion made at so late a period, and I brought it to the atten- tion of Tilton, in the form of a very strong criticism of his course toward me, that he had kept back so important a fact, which might have made a great difference as to the course that ought. to be taken. Tilton promptly and with much feeling denied that he had ever made any such confession, or that his wife ever claimed that he had, and desired me to see Mrs. Tilton and satisfy myself upon that point; and he went immediately with me to his house, that I might see Mrs. Tilton before he should have the opportunity to see her, afterhe had learned the alleged fact. We went to the house together and found her in the back parlor. On our way to the house, Tilton said to me: “Frank, what is the useof my trying to keep the family together when this sort of thing is being all the time said against me? You are all the time telling me that I must keep the peace and forget and forgive, while these stories are being circulated to my prejudice.” On arriving at the house I asked Mrs. Tilton to step into the rout parlor, where we two were alone. I then put the ques- tion to her: “Elizabeth, did you tell Mr. Beecher that when you made your confession to your husband of your inﬁdelity with Beeclier, your husband at the same time made a con- fession to you of his own inﬁdelity with other women?” said, “I want to know if this is true for my own satisfac- tion.” She answered: “Yes.” I then stopped with her into the back parlor, where her husband was waiting, and I said to him; “Your wife says that she did tell Beecher that you confessed your inﬁdelity with other women, at the time she made her confession to you.” Elizabeth immediately said: “Why, no, I didn’t tell you so. I could not have under- stood your question, because it lsn’t true that Theodore ever made any such confession, and I didn’t state it to Mr. Beecher, because it is not true.’-’ I was very much shocked and surprised at the denial, but of course could say nothing more, and did say nothing more upon that subject, andleft and went home." The next morn- ing I received the following letter from Mrs. Tilton, without date, so that I am unable to give the exact date of this trans- action; but I know it was after the tripartite covenant. The letter is here produced, and marked “ JJ ” : A ‘MRS. rrrxron T0 MOULTON. “ Dear F/rancizTs—I did tell you two falsehoods at your last visit. At first I entirely misunderstood your question, think- ing you had reference to the interview at "your house, the day before. But when I intelligently replied to you, I replied false Zy. I will now put myself on record truthfully. M “I told Mr. B. that at the time of my confession T.- had made similar confessions to me of himself, but ‘no develop- ments’ as to persons. Vlfhen you then asked, for your own satisfaction, ‘ ‘Was it so ?’ I told my second lie. After you had left I said to T. ‘You know I {wasj obliged to lie to‘ Frank, and I now say, rather than make others suffer as I now do, I must lie; for it is a physical impossibility for me to tell the truth.’ - ' “Yet I do think, Francis, had not T.’s angry, troubled face been before me, I would have told you the truth. “I am a perfect coward in his presence, not from any fault of his, perhaps, but from long years of timidity. “I implore you, as this is a side issue, to be careful not to lead me into further temptation. “You may show this to T., or Mr. B., or anyone. An effort made for truth. Wretchedly,- A , “ (Signed) Enrzanurn.” This letter was wholly unsatisfactory to me, because noth- ing had occurred the day previous to which she could possibly have referred. After the publication, on the 26. day of November, 1872, in WOODEULL AND CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY, of the story of Tilton and Beecher’s conduct in relation to Mrs. Tilton, and as my name was mentioned in the article as one - possessing peculiar knowledge upon the whole subject, I was continually ;asked by my acquaintances, and even by publication was true; and I found great difficulty in making an answer. A refusal on my part to answer would have been taken to be a confession of the truth of the charges. Therefore, when people inquired who had no right to my conﬁdence, I answered them in such phrase‘ as, without making a direct statement, would lead them to infer that the charges couldnot be sustained. _ ' _ In some cases I doubt not that the lnquirers supposed that studious not directly to commit myself. Finding that my very silence was ‘working injury to the cause of the suppres- sion of the scandal, ‘I told Tllton that: I wished to be author- ized by his wife to deny it. , ~ I thought it certainly could not possibly be true to the ex: tent, and in the circumstances. with the breadth, in which it “ But how greatly I prize your counsel and criticisms you , was stated in thatinewspaper. Soon after I receivedfthe-fol... her hands and that she destroyed it. She also conﬁrmed this I strangers, upon their ascertaining who I _was, whether that _ I, in fact, denied their truth ; but upon that point I was very . >,_,.__;——-— 12 WOODHULL & CI.«AI|‘LIN’S7‘W°EEKL‘Y.' Sept. 5, 1874. lowing paper, without date, from Mrs. Tilton, which is pro- duced and marked “ KK ” : MRS. TILTON To MOULTON. “ MR. MoULToN: “My Dear Friend--—For my husband’s sake and my chil- dren’s, I hereby testify. with all my woman’s soul, that I am innocent of the crime of impure conduct alleged againt me. I have been to my husband a true wife; in his love I wish to live and die. My early affection for him still burns with its maiden ﬂame: all the more for what hephas borne for my sake, both private and public wrongs. His plan to -keep back scandals long ago threatened against me I never approved, and the result shows it unavailing; but few would have risked so much as he has sacriﬁced for others ever since the conspiracy began against him, two years ago. “ Having had power to strike others,he has forborne to use it, and allowed himself to be injured instead. No wound is so great to me as the imputation that he is among my ac- cusers. I bless him every day for his faith in me, which swerves not, and for standing my champion against all my accusers. (Signed) ELIZABETH R. TILTON.” Upon the strength of that I thereafterward said that Mrs. Tilton denied the story. About the 16th December, 1872, Mr. Carpenter and Dr. Storrs undertook to look up the reports, with the intention, as I understood, of advising some public statement, or as being concerned in some investigation of the matter, and Mrs. Tilton wrote for them the following paper bearing that date, which I produce, marked “ LL :” MRS. TILToN’s STATEMENT. ' “ DECEMBER 16, 1872. “ In July, 1870, prompted by my duty, I informed my hus- band that Mr. H. W. Beecher, my friend and pastor, had solicited me to be a wife to him, together with all that this implied. Six months afterward my husband felt impelled by the circumstances of a conspiracy against him, in which Mrs. Beecher had taken part, to have an interview with Mr. Beecher. ‘ “ In order that Mr. B. might know exactly what I had said to. my husband, I wrote a brief statement§(I have forgotten in what form), which my husband showed to Mr. Beecher. Late the same evening Mr. B. came to me (lying very sick at the time), and ﬁlled me with distress, saying I had ruined him, and wanting to know if I meant to appear against him. This I certainly did not mean to do, and the thought was agonizing to me. I then signed a paper which he wrote, to clear him in case of a trial. In this instance, as in most others, when absorbed by one great interest or feeling, the harmony of my mind is entirely disturbed, and I found on reflection that this paper was so drawn as to place me most unjustly against my husband, and on the side of Mr. Beecher. So in order to repair so cruel a blow to my long suffering husband, I wrote an explanation of the ﬁrst paper, and my signature. Mr. Moulton procured from Mr. B. the statement which I gave to him in my agitation and excitement, and now holds it. “This ends my connection with the case. “ (Signed) ELIZABETH R. T1LTo_N. “P. S.-This statement is made at the request of Mr. Car- penter, that it may be shown conﬁdentially to Dr. Storrs and other friends, with whom my husband and I are consulting.” This paper was delivered to me, and the theory of the con- fession then was that Mr. and Mrs. Tilton should admit no more than the solicitation; but that endeavor to makean ex- planation of the business fell through, and after it was shown to those interested, as I was told, the paper remained with me. I received no further communication from Mrs. Tilton un- til the 25th of June of this year (1874), and that communica- tion came to me in this wise. When Tilton showed me his Dr. Bacon letter, I most strongly and earnestly advised against its publication, and said to him in substance, that, while I admitted the wrong and injustice of Dr. Bacon’s charges, that he (Mr. T.) had lived by the magnanimity of Beecher, and that he was a dog and a knave, when I believed he had acted a proper and manly part in endeavoring to shield his family, yet that its publication would so stir the public mind that an investigation would be forced upon him and Beecher in some manner which I could not then foresee, and the truth would in all probability have to come out, or so much of it that Mrs. Tilton and Beecher would be dishonored and destroyed, and he himself be subjected to the severest . criticism. Notwithstanding my advice, he was so wrought up with the continued assaults upon him by the friends of Beecher that he determined on the publication of the letter. He said to me, in substance, that as the courselhad advised in the matter in regard to the church investigation had been so completely set aside by Beecher’s friends, and they had so far ignored all propositions coming from me as to the best mode of disposing of the matter, they evidently did not any longer intend to be guided by my counsel or wishes; and if Beecher and his friends set me aside in the matter, he (Mr. T.) could see no reason why he should any longer yield to my entreaties orfollow my lead. The only modiﬁcation that I was able to get of the Bacon letter wasthis: It originally read Beecher had committed against him and his family “ are- volting crime.” ‘ I insisted that that should be changed into “an oifense committed against me,” which was done, and the letter was published in that form. The reasons which actuated me to require this change by Tilton in his letter were in the hope that reconciliation and peace might still be possible. As the letter as amended would tate an offense only, and also that an apology suffi- cient in the mind of Tilton had been made for that offense, if Beecher, in reply to the Bacon letter, should come out and state that it was true he had committed an offense against Tilton for which he had made the most ample apology, which had been accepted by Tilton as satisfactory, and as the mat- ter’ was nobody’s bnsiness but that of the parties interested, he would never become a partyto any investigation of the subject, and that Tiiton had acted not unjustly or unfairly toward him in what he had done; that in such case the affair might possibly have been quieted and peace main- tained. "But if the words “revolting crime” remained in’ the letter, all hope of reconciliation or escaping the fullest investigation would be impossible. After the publication of that letter I so advised Mr. Beecher, his friends and counsel, but that advice was unheeded ; and I also gave Mr. Beecher _the same advice at a consultation with him for which he asked in a letter, which will hereafter, in its proper place, be produced. Some days subsequent to this advice of mine to Tilton, I received the following" letter, of date June 25, 1874, from Mrs. Tilton, which is the last communication I have had with or from her ongthe subject. It is herewith pro- duced, and marked “MM”: MRS. TILTON T0 MOULTON. “ JUNE 25, 1874. “ Mr. Moulton—It is ﬁtting I should make quick endeavor to undo my injustice toward you. “ I learned from Theodore last night that you greatly op- posed the publication of his statement to Dr. Bacon. I had coupled you with Mr. Carpenter as advising it. “Forgive me, and accept my gratitude. ‘ “ (Signed) ELIZ. R. TILTON.” Having now placed before the committee my statement of the facts concerning Mrs. Tilton, and the documentary evi- dence that I have to support them, and as they are diametri- cally opposed to nearly all that Mrs. Tilton appears to declare in her published statement, I deem it my duty to myself and my position in this terrible business, to say that during this affair Mrs. Tilton has more than once admitted to me and to another person to my knowledge—-whom I do not care to bring into this controversy——the fact of her sexual relations with Beecher, and she never has once denied them, other than in the written papers prepared for a purpose which I have already exhibited ; but, on the contrary, the fact of such criminal intercourse being well understood by Beecher, Til- ton and Mrs. Tilton to have taken place, my whole action in the matter was based upon the existence of that fact, and was an endeavor, faathfully carried out by me in every Way possible, to protect the families of both parties from the con- sequences of a public disclosure of Mrs. Tilton’s admitted in- ﬁdelities to her hnsband. ’ - I now return to the documentary evidence, and the neces- sary explanations thereof, which I have of the condition of the affair as regards Beecher himself, after the fall of 1871, as disconnected with the affairs of Bowen which I have already explained. At about this time I received the following letter, marked “ MM 2”: MRS. WOODHULL To BEECHER. “ 15 EAST THIRTY-EIGHTH STREET, 19th, 11th, 1871. “REV. H. W. BEECHER: “Dea/r S72r—For reasons in which you are deeply interested as well as myself, and the cause of truth, I desire to have an interview with you, without fail, at some hour to-morrow. Two of ' your sisters have gone out of their way to assail my character and purposes, both by the means of the public press and by numerous private letters written to various persons with whom they seek to injure me, and thus to de- feat the political ends at which I aim. _ I “ You doubtless know that it is in my power to strike back, and in ways more disastrous than anything that can come to me; but I do not desire to do this. I simply desire justice from those from whom I have a right to expect it; and a reasonable course on your part will assist me to it. I speak guardedly, but I think you will understand me. I repeat that I must have an interview to-morrow, sinceI am to speak to-morrow evening at Steinway Hall, and what I shall or shall not say will depend largely upon the result of the in- terview. “ Yours very truly, “ (Signed) . VICTORIA C. WOODHULL. “ P. S.—Please return answer by bearer.” _ The foregoing letter occasioned Mr. Tilton much anxiety, lest Mrs. Woodhull, in proceeding against Mr. Beecher and his sisters, would thereby involve Mrs. Tilton. ' Accordingly, knowing that Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Wood- hull were to have an interview at my house on the next day, he came to it, uninvited, and urged Mr. Beecher to preside on that evening at Steinway Hall. After Mrs. W. left Tilton repeated this urgency to Be echer. On that evening I went to Steinway Hall with Tilton; and ﬁndingno one there to preside, Tilton volunteered to pre- side himself, which, I believe, had the effect of preventing Mrs. Woodhull’s proposed attack on the Beecher family at that time. On the 30th of December, 1871, Mrs. Woodhull also sent a letter to Beecher, desiring that he would speak at a woman’s suffrage convention in Washington, to be held on ‘the'10th, 11th and 12th of January following. That letter Beecher forwarded to me, with the following note of the date of 2d of January, 1872, herewith produced and marked Ls NNH :: I BEEOHER To MOULTON. “ BROOKLYN, Tuesday Evening, 2d January, 1872. “My Dear Moulton——1. I send you V.W’s. letter to me, aud a reply which‘I submit to your judgment. Tell me what you think. Is it too long? Will she use it for publishing? I do not wish to have it so used. I do not mean to speak on the platform of either of the two suffrage societies. What influ- ence I exert Iprefer to do on my own hook; and I do not mean to train with either party, and it will not be fair to press me in where 1 do. not wish to go. But I leave it for you. Judge for me. I have leaned on you hitherto and never been sorry for it. “2. I was mistaken about the Oh. Union coming out so early that I could not get a notice of G. Age in it. It was just the other way, to be delayed, and I send you a rough proof of the ﬁrst page and the Star article.. “ In the paper to-morrow a. line_ or so will be inserted to soften a little the touch about the Lib. Christian. “3. Do you think I ought to keep a copy of any letters to V. W.? Do you think it would be better to write it again, and not say so much? Will you keep the letter to me, and send the other if you judge it wise? ' A , “ 4. Will you send a line to my house in the morning say- ing what you conclude? “ I ‘am full of "company. ~ “ Yours truly and affectionately. _ ’ , “ Signed. H. W. B.” There is a paragraph in this note which needs aword of explanation. I had advised Beecher, in order that he might show that there was no unkindly feeling between him and Tilton, to publish in the Christian Union a reference to the Golden Age. He agreed to do so, but instead of that he had a notice which I thought was worse than if he had said noth- ing, and the allusion in the second paragraph of this letter is to a letter which I had written to Beecher upon the two top- ics—this and Mrs. Woodhull. ’ A retained copy of my letter I herewith submit, marked u 00:: : j ‘ MOULTON To BEFCHER. “My Dear Sir-First with reference to Mrs. Woodhull’s letter and your answer: I think that you would have done better to accept the invitation to sneak in Washin.gton, but if lecture interferes your letter in reply is good enough, and will bear publication. “ With relation to your notice of the Golden Age, I tell you frankly, as your friend, that I am ashamed of it, and would rather you had written nothing. Your early associa- tions with and your present knowledge of the man who edits ‘ that paper are grounds upon which you might to have so written that no reader would have doubted that in your opin- ion Theodore Tilton’s public and private integrity was un- questionable. If the article had been written to compliment, the Independent it would receive my unqualiﬁed approval.” On the 5th of February, 1872, I received from Mr. Beecher the letter which I here produce of that date, and marked 6‘ PPM : [This is the letter in which Mr. Beecher says: “ But to live on the sharp and ragged edge of remorse, fear, despair,” etc., see our last week’s issue, page 6, for complete copy.—ED.] This letter was to let me know that Elizabeth had written him, contrary to her promise, without my permission. and also to inform me of his fears as to the change in Tilton’s mind, and its clear statement 6f the case as it then stood can not be further elucidated by me. On the 25th of March I re- ceived a portrait of Titian as a present from Mr. Beecher, with the following note, as a token of his conﬁdence and re- spect. It is produced, and marked “QQ”: BEECHER zro MOULTON. “ My Dear Friend——I sent on Friday or Saturday a por- trait of Titian to the store for you. I hope it may suit you. “I have been doing ten men’s work this winter—partly to make up lost time, partly because I live under a cloud, feel- mg every month that I may be doing my last work, and anx- ious to make the most of it. When Esau sold his birthright he found “no place for repentance, though he sought it care- fully with tears.” But I have one abiding comfort. 1 have known you, and found in you one who has given a new mean- ing to friendship. As soon as warm days_ come I want you no go to Peekskill with me. e “ I am off‘ in an hour for Massachusetts, to be gone all the week. “ I am urging forward my second volume of ‘ Life of Christ,’ for ‘the night cometh when no man can work.’ “ With much affection and admiration, yours truly. “ H. W. B. “ March 25, 1872. Monday morning.” After Tilton had written a campaign document against Grant’s Administration, and in favor of Mr. Greeley’s elec- tion, Beecher discussed with me the position taken by Til- ton. Beecher also gave me a’ copy of his (Beecher’s) speech opening the Grant campaign in Brooklyn. After the speech was delivered he sent me the following note of May 17, 1872, which I here produce, marked “ RR”: BEECHER To MOULTON. “ May 17, 1872. “My Dear Fra.nh——I send you the only copyl have of my speech at the Academy of Music on Grant, and have marked the passage that we spoke about last night, and you will see just what I said, and that I argued then just as I do now. “ Pray send it back, or I shall be left without a speech! “ I read Theodore’s on Grant. I do not think it just. It is ably written; it is a case of grape—shot. Yet, I think it will. overact; it is too strong-—will be likely to produce a. feeling‘ among those not already intense, that it is excessive. Yours. sincerely and ever. “H. W. B. “ Don’t forget to send back my speech!" . . About the time of this occurrence Beecher and Tilton met‘» at my house on friendly terms. In fact I cannot exhibit bet-- ter thetone of Tilton’s mind in the winter and spring of 1871-» 72 than to produce here a letter, written to me at that time without date, but I can ﬁx the date as early as that. It is; here produced, and marked “ SS” : , TILTON To MOULTON. “ HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD, Monday Morning. “ MY DEAR FRANK: I am writing while the train is in mo» tion——which accounts for the apparent drunkenness of this shaken chirography. Mrs Beecher sits in the next seat. We are almost elbow to elbow in the palace car. She is white- haired and looks a dozen years older than when I last had a near view of her. My heart has been full of pity for her, notwithstanding the cruel way in which she has treated my good name._ Her face is written over with many volumes of human suffering. I do not think she has been aware of my presence, for she has been absorbed in thought—her eyes rooted to one spot. “ A suggestion has occured to me, which I hasten to com- municate. She is going to Florida, and may never return alive. If I am ever to be vindicated from the slanders which she has circulated, or which Mr. Bowen pretends to have de— rived from her and Mrs. Morse, why would it not be well to get from her and Mrs. Morse a statement under oath (by such a process as last evening’s documents make easy and harmless) of the exact narrations which they made to him and to others. “ It would be well to have them say what they said before“ ,g_,_. ..-..........,,—......_-«..-.x. »- ~ <l|v rs i‘ _ . ~.A,ﬂ_;,”_-_,_,£a\,, /, ,—.,;_-_.__; ».-my 3. ,,-,..«___,_;.~.;,_ ,_,:_..-~«~»‘».—,_,,_;,_,;g,,,....,..,.»-,._V: , , .v__ Sept. 5, 1874. wooDHUI.L‘i‘& CLAF'LIN’S WEEKLY. V I V 13 he gets a"chance to say what they said to him. Speak to Mr. Ward about it. Of course I leave the matter wholly to you and him. “ I am unusually heavy-hearted this morning. My sullen neighbor keeps the dark and lurid past vividly before my mind. If she actually knew the conduct which her priestly husband has been guilty of, I believe she would shed his blood——or, perhaps, saving him, she would wreak her wrath on his victims. There is a look of desperation in her eye to- day as if she were competent to anything bitter or revenge- ful. But perhaps I misjudge her mind. I hope I do. “ I shall not be home till Thursday afternoon instead of morning, as I said, leaving for Washington at nine P. M. that evening. Ever yours, TREoDoRE.” On the 3d of June, 1872, Beecher received from Mrs. Wood- hull the following letter of that date,, which I here produce, marked “ TT ” : MRS. wooDH_ULL To BEECHER. “ 48 BROAD STREET, June 3, 1872. “REv. HENRY WARD BEECHER: “ My Dear Sir—The social ﬁght against me being new waged in this city is becoming rather hotter than I can well endure longer, standing unsupported and alone, as I have until now. Within the past two weeks I have been shut out of hotel after hotel, and am now, after having obtained a place in one, hunted down by a set of males and females, who are determined that I shall not he permitted to live even, if they can prevent it. " N ow, I want your assistance. I want to be sustained in my position in the Gilsey House, from which I am ordered out and from which I do not wish to go-—and all this simply because I am Victoria 0. Woodhull, the advocate of social freedom. I have submitted to this persecution just so long as I can endure to; my business, my projects, in fact every- thing for which I live suffers from it, and it must cease. Will you lend me your aid in this. Yours very truly, “VICTORIA C. WooDHUI.L.” The above letter was sent to me inclosed in a note from Beecher of the . same date, which is here produced and marked “ UU” i BEECHER T0 MOULTON. “ MONDAY EVENING, June 3, 1872. “My Dear Mr. Moulton——Will you answer this? Or will you see that she is to understand that I can do nothing? I certainly shall not at any and all hazards, take a. single step in that direction, and if it brings trouble-—it must come. “ Please drop me a line to say all is right——if in your judg- ment all is right. Truly yours, H. W. B.” This letter of Mrs. Woodhull, together with those before produced asking Beecher to speak at a suffrage convention, are all the letters I have from her to Beecher. To this letter no reply was made. _ After the publication of the tripartite covenant by Mr. Wilkeson, which I believe was on the 29th of May, 1873, the story of the troubles between Beecher and Tilton was re- vived, with many rumors, and those claiming to be friends of Beecher were enileavoring, as Tilton thought, to explain the terms of that covenant in a manner prejudicial to him. Some enemies of Beecher were endeavoring to get some clue to the proofs of the facts lying at the bottom of these scandals. After the publication of this “tripartite covenant” was made, Tilton deemed, from the comments of the press, that the statement reﬂected upon him, and he desired that in some way Beecher should relieve him from the imputation of having circulated slanderous- stories about ’ him with- out justiﬁcation, for which he had apologized, and by ad- vice of friends he prepared a card for me_ to submit to Beecher to have him sign and publish in his vindication. The original card I herewith produce, marked “ UU 1 ”: A CARD FROM HENRY WARD BEECHER. “ A letter written by Theodore Tilton to Henry C. Bowen, dated Brooklyn, January 1, 1871, narrating charges made by Mr. Bowen against my character. has been made public in a community in which I am a citizen and clergyman, and thrusts upon me, by no agency of my own, what I could not with propriety invite for myself, namely, an opportunity to make the following statements: “I. By the courtesy of Mr. Tilton, that‘_letter was shown to me at the time it was written, and before it was conveyed to Mr. Bowen, two and ahalf years ago. By legal and other advisers, Mr. Tilton was urged to publish it then, without delay, or a similar statement explaining his sudden collision with Mr. Bowen, and his unexpected retirement as editor of the Union, and contributor to the Independent. But al- though Mr. Tilton’s public standing needed such an explana- tion to be made, and although he had my free consent to make it, yet he magnanimously refrained from doing so, through an unwillingness to disclose to the public Mr. Bowen’s aspersions concerning myself. Mr. Tilton’s con- sideration for my feelings and reputation, thus evinced at the beginning, has continued to the end, and I have never ceased to be grateful to him for an uncommon manliness in accepting wounds to his own reputation for the sake of pre- venting aspersions on mine. “ II. The surreptitious and unauthorized publication last Sunday of Mr. Tilton’s letter—a publication made without the knowledge either of Mr. Tilton or myself_—-gives me the right to say that Mr. Bowen long ago retracted his mistaken charges in the following words, under his own hand and seal, dated —— ——, namely: A . “ III. In addition to Mr. Bowen’s voluntary statement, above given, I solemnly pronounce the charges‘ to be false, one and all, and to be without any color of reason or founda- tion in fact. , “IV; All my diﬂerences with Mr. Bowen, and all temporary misunderstandings between Mr. Tilton and myself growing out of these, were long ago settled justly, amicably, and in the spirit of mutual good will. . - I “ (Signed) . HENRY WARD BEECHER.” Beechenfelt much aggrieved at this claim upon him by justed, and he answered Tilton’s application in this regard by the letter herewith produced under date June 1, 1873, marked “UU 2”: [The letter is that in which Mr. Beecher alludes to the feel- ing that he is spending his last Sunday and preaching his last sermon. See last week’s issue, page 7, for full copy.- ED.] Meanwhile charges were preferred against Tilton for the purpose of having him dismissed from Plymouth church. This action, which seemed to threaten the discovery of the facts in regard to the troubles between Beecher and Tilton, annoyed both very much, and I myself feared that serious diiﬁculty would arise therefrom. Upon consultation with Beecher and Tilton I suggested a plan by which that investi- gation would be rendered unnecessary, which was, in sub- stance, that a. resolution should be passed by the church amending its roll, alleging that Tilton having voluntarily withdrawn from the church some four years before, there- fore the roll should be amended by striking off his name. This course had been suggested to me by Mr. Tilton about a year and a half before in answer to a letter by Beecher, dated December 3, 1871. marked “ UU 3 ” : BEECHER TO MOULTON. “My Dear Friend—There are two or three who feel anx- ious to press’ action on the case. It will only serve to raise proﬁtless excitement when we need to have quieting. “ There are already complexlties enough. ' V “ We do not want to run the risk of the complications which, in such a body, no man can foresee and no one con- trol. Once free from a sense of responsibility for him, and there would be a strong tendency for kindly feeling to set in, which now is checked by the membership, without attend- ance, sympathy or doctrinal agreement. “Since the connection is really formal, and not vital. or sympathetic, why should it, continue, with all the risk of provoking ‘irritating measures? Every day’s reflection sat- isﬁes me that this is the course of wisdom, and that T. will be the stronger and B. the weaker for it. “You said that ‘you meant to eifect it. Can’t it be done promptly? If a letter is written it had better be very short, simply announcing withdrawal, and perhaps with an expres- sion of kind wishes, etc. “ You will know. I shall’ be in town Monday and part of Tuesday. Shall I hear from you? “ DECEMBER, 3, 1871.” But when the meeting of the church was held for that pur- pose ‘it was charged that Tilton had slandered the pastor. Tilton therefore took the stand and said; in substance, that if he had uttered any slanders against Beecher he was ready to answer them, as God was his witness. Beecher thereupon stated that he had no charges to make, and the matter drop- ped. But, when the resolution was passed, instead of being put so as to exonerate Tilton, it was declared in substance that, whereas certain charges had been made against him, and as he pleaded to those charges non—membership, his name be dropped from the roll. _ This action of the church very much exasperated Tilton, who thought that Beecher should have prevented such a re- sult, and that he might have done so if he had stood by him fully and fairly as agreed. In that, however, I believe Til. ton was mistaken, because Mr. William F. West, who pre- ferred the charges against Tilton, did it against the wish of Beecher and without any consultation with him, as appears by the following letter of June 25, produced here, and marked H 77! . VV ' MR. wEsT To BEECHER. “NEW YORK, J une 25, 1873. “REV. H. W. BEECHER: “Dear Sir» Moved by a sense of duty as a member of Ply- mouth Church, I have decided to prefer charges against Henry C. Bowen and Theodore Tilton, and have requested Brother Halliday to call a meeting of the Examining Com- mittee in order that I may make the charges before them. “ Thinking that you would perhaps like to be made ac- quainted with these facts, I called last evening at Mr. Beachs’ house, where I was informed that you had returned to Peek- skill. “ I therefore write you by early mail to-day. Yours very truly, WM. F. WEST.” Meanwhile, through the intervention of Dr. Storrs and others, as I understood, an ecclesiastical council had been called. The acts of this council in attempting to disfellow~ ship Plymouth Church were very displeasing to Beecher, and caused him much trouble, especially the action of Dr. Storrs, which he expressed to me in the following letter, dated March 25, 1874, which is here produced, and marked “ WW” BEECHER To MOULTON. [Conﬁdential.] “ My Dear Frank—-I am indigent beyond expression. Storrs’ course has been an unspeakable outrage. After his pretended sympathy and friendship for Theodore he has turned against him in the most venomous manner, and it is not sincere. His professions of faith and aifection for me ‘are hollow and faithless. They are merely tactical. His ob- ject is plain. He is determined to force a conﬂict, and to use one of us to destroy the other if possible. That is his game. By stinging Theodore he believes that he will be driven into a course which he hopes will ruin me. If everaman be- trayed another he has. I am in hopes that Theodore, who has borne so much, will be unwilling to be a ﬂail in Storrs’ hand to strike at a friend. There are one or two reasons, emphatic, for waiting until the end of the council before taking any action: A “ 1, That the attack on Plymouth Church and the threats against Congregationalism were so violent that the public mind is likely to be absorbed in the ecclesiastical elements and not in the personal. * “2. If Plymouth Church is disfellowshipped, it will con- stitute a blow at me and the church far severer than that at him. . “3. That if council does not disfellowshigp Plymouth Tilton, feeling that the matter had been all settled and ad- Church, then, undoubtedly, Stcrrs will go oﬂ into Presby- terianism, as he almost,,without disguise. threatened in his speech, and, in that case, the emphasis will be there. “ 4. At any rate, while the fury rages in council, it is not wise to make any move that would be one among so many, as to lose effect in a degree, and after the battle is ‘over one can more exactly see what ought to be done. Meantime I am patient as I know how to be, but pretty nearly used up with inward excitement, and must run away for a day or two and hide and sleep or there will be a funeral. “ Cordially and trustingly yours, ‘ H. W. B.” “ March 25, 1874.” ' “ No one can tell under ﬁrst impressions what the eﬂect of such a speech will be. It ought to damn Siorrs.” While these proceedings were pending, Rev. Mr. Halliday, the assistant of Beecher, called upon him and upon me to endeavor to. learn the facts about the diﬁiculties between Beecher and Tilton. I stated to Halliday that I did not think that either he or the church were well employed in en- settled by the parties to it, and that it was better, in my judgment, for everybody that the whole matter should be allowed to repose in quiet. The result of the interview be- tween Halliday and Beecher was communicated to me in the following letter, undated and unsigned, so that I cannot ﬁx the date, but it is in Beecher’s handwriting and is here pro- duced and marked “ XX :” BEECHER T0 Mo'ULToN. ' “SUNDAY, A. M. “ My Dear Friend———Halliday called last night. T.’s inter- view with him did not satisfy but disturbed. It was the same with Bell,- who was present. It tended directly to up- settling. , “ Your interview last. night was very beneﬁcial and gave conﬁdence. This must be looked after. “It is vain to build if the foundation sinks under every effort. . “ I shall see you at 10 :30 to-morrow—if you return by way of 49 Remsen.” The anxiety which Beecher felt about these stories, and the steps he took to ‘ quiet them, together with the trust he reposed in me and my endeavors to aid him in that behalf, may perhaps be as well seen from a letter headed “25, 73.” which I believe to be June 25, 1873, and directed, “ My dear Von Moltke,” meaning myself, and kindly complimenting me with the name of a general having command of a battle. It is here produced and marked “ YY :” . BEECHER To MOULTON. , » “ 25, '73. “My Dear Von Moltke-I have seen Howard again. He says that it was not from Theodore that Gilkison got the statement, but from Carpenter. _ . “ Is he reporting that view‘! I have told Olaﬂin that you would come with Carpenter if he could be found, and at any about Storrs. _ - . “I sent Cleveland with my horse and buggy over to hunt Carpenter. ' “ Will you put Carpenter on his guard about making such statements ? “From him these bear the force of coming from head- quarters. Yours truly and ever, H. W. BEECHER.” Meanwhile Halliday had had an interview with Tilton, the result of which, as unsettling the matter between Tilton and Beecher, was veryanxiously awaited by Beecher, whovcom- Tilton should take no steps by which the matter between them should get into the newspapers or be made in any manner a matter of controversy. With this view he stated and Tilton in the following letter, which is without date and was written in pencil in great haste, and is here produced marked “ ZZ :” BEECHER To MOULTON. . SUNDAY NIGHT. “ My Dear Friend——1. The Eagle ought to have nothing to- night. It is that meddling which stirs up our folks. Neither you nor Theodore ought to be troubled by the side which you served so faithfully in public. V “ 2. The deacon’s meeting I thinkis adjourned. I saw Bell. It was a friendly movement. “ 2. The only near, next danger is the women——Morrill, Bradshaw and the poor, dear child. “ If papers will hold off a month we can ride out the gale and make safe anchorage, and then when once we are in deep, tranquil waters we will all join hands in a profound and Divine Providence could have led us undevoured by the open-mouthed beasts that lay in wait for our lives. 1 “ I go on 12 train after sleepless night. I am anxious about Theodore-’s interview with Halliday. Will you send me a line Monday night or Tuesday morning, care of M. P. Ken- nard, Boston, Mass. . “ I shall get mails there till Friday.” I have now produced to the committee all the letters and documents bearing upon the subject-matter of this inquiry which I have in my possession, either from Beecher, Tilton, or Mrs. Tilton, previous to the Bacon letter, and there is but one collateral matter of which I desire to speak. published in the Brooklyn Eagle, and also published in the newspaper—with how much of truth I know not—that Mr. Samuel Wilkeson had charged that Tilton’s case in centre- versy with Bowen was for the purpose of blackmailing him and Beecher, and that he (Wilkeson) knew that there had been‘no crime committed against Tilton or his household by Beecher. Beecher never intimated to me that he thought there was any desire on 'Tilton’s part to blackmail him; and as I had the sole management of the money controversy be- tween Tilton and Bowen, which I have already fully ex. plained, I know there was no attempt on Ti1ton’s part to blackmail or get anything more than whatl believed his just due from Bowen. So that I am certain that Mr. Wilkeson is wholly mistaken in that regard. deavoring to reopen a trouble which had been adjusted and ' rate by 9 to-night (to see Storrs), but I did not say anything municated to me, and who was also quite as anxious that the situation on the same night of the interview of Halliday '' genuine sans Dec, for through such a wilderness only a ' I saw questions put in the cross-examination of Tilton, as’ 14 I I I I '1 W‘%@0:sD.lI»UI.L is CLAFLIN.’S ‘wanisnr. isept The question whether ‘.Vilkeso'n knew or believed that any oﬁense had been committed will depend upon the fact whether he knew of anything that had been done by Beecher or Tilton’s wife -which called for apology at the time he wrote th.e tripartite covenant. It will be remembered that the tri- partite covenant was made solely in reference to the dis- closures which ‘Bowen had made to Tilton and Tilton had made to Bowen; and Tilton’s letter sets forth that the only disclosure he made to Bowen of Beecher’s acts toward him- self were of improper advances made to his -wife, and that he so limited his charge in order to save the honor of his wife. These questions will be answered by the production of the letter of‘April 2, 1872, written by Samuel VVills:eson, which is marked “ AAA” : I vvlpknson TO MOULTON. “ NORTHERN PACIFIC RALROAD COMPANY, 1 SECRnrARY’s OFFICE, 120 BROADWAY, New YORK, April 2,18%. 5 "Jlfy Dear llfoultovn——N0w for the closing act ofjustice and duty. _ “ Let Theodore pass into your hand the written apology which he holds for the improper advances, and do you pass it into the flames of the friendly fire in your room of recon- ciliation. Then let Theodore talk to Oliver Johnson. “I hear that he and Carpenter, the artist, have made this whole affair the subject of conversation in the clubs. Sin- cerely yours. _ ' _ “ SAMUEL VVrLKnsoN.” This letter, it will be observed, contains no protest against blackmailing, either upon Tilton’s part or my own,.upon Beecher or Bowen, and is of the date of the tripartite cove- nant. VVilkeson, also, hearing of Tilton’s troubles, kindly offered to procure him a very lucrative employment in a large enterprise with which he was connected, as appears from a letter dated January 11, 1871, which I herewith pro- duce, marked “BBB 1”: ' WILKEsoN TO TILTON. “Nonrnnnn PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, } d January 11, 1871. “Dear Ttlton—You are in trouble. I come to you with a letter just mailed to Jay Cooke, advising him to secure your services as a platform speaker to turn New England, Old England or the great West upside down about our Northern Paciﬁc. “Pluck up heart! You shan’t be trampled down. Keep quiet. Don’t_ talk. DON’T PUBLISH. Abide your time and it will be a very good time. Take my word for it. , “SAMUEL WiLi{Eson.” It will be observed that this letter was dated‘ after the letter of apology, and after the letter of Tilt-on to Bowen, and VVilkeson. could hardly have desired to employ in so grave an enterprise one Whoin he then knew or believed to be attempting to blackmail his employer. And besides, his kindly expressions and advice to Tllton ‘seem to me wholly inconsistent with such an allegation. - Ithink it just, in this coiiiieoiion, to state a fact which bears, in my mind, upon this subject. On the 3d of May, 1873, Iknew that Tilton was in want of money, and I took leave, without consulting him, to send him my check for a. thousand dollars, and a due-bill for that amount to be signed by him, inclosed in a letter which I here produce, marked “BBB 2,” all of which he returned to me with an indorse- ment thereon. The following is the document: MOULTON TO TILTON. ‘ ' “NEW Yonk, May 3, 1873. “Dear Theodore.--I inclose you a check for one thousand dollars, for which please sign the inclosed. “Yours, F. D. l\:loUL'ro:»I.” V[I'l’lvCI,O7"S6lﬂ/€.’Ilt on above by TL'lton.j “Decor I’mn7c—I can’t borrow any money-for I see no way of returning it. “Ha-stily, , “T- T-” _ After the above paper was returned to me, on the same dayl sent him the thousand dollars, leaving it to be a matter as between ourselves, and not a money transaction. Iknow, to the contrary of this so far as Beecher is ‘con- cerned, that Tilton never made any demand on him for money, or pecuniary aid in any way or form. He asked only that Beecher should interpose his inﬂuence and power to protect him from the slandcrs of those who claimed to be Beecher‘s friends; while Beecher himself, with generosity and kindness toward Tilton, which had always cliaracterized his acts during the whole of this unhappy controversy, of his own‘motion, insisted, through me, in aiding Tilton in estab- ishing his enterprise of the Golden Age, for which purpose he gave me the sum‘ of ﬁve thousand doll.ars,.which I was to expend in such manner as I deemed judicious to keep the enterprise along, and if Tilton was at any time in need per- sonally, to aid him. It was understood between myself and Beecher that this money should go to Tilton as if it came rom my own voluntary contributionsfor his benefit, and hat he should not know-—and he does not know until he reads this statement, for I do not believe he has derived it rom any other source——that this money came from Beecher, or thinks that he is in any way indebted. to him for it, -nnex an account of the receipt and expenditure of that um, so far as it has been expended, in a paper nmrked ‘ CCC ” : ' , ~ STATEMENT OF ACCGUNT. 187°. , May 5, received .... ..-. .............. . .- ....... .. V .............. . .s5,ooc May 3, paid ....................... . . ............................. . $1,993’ July 11. paid...‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. August 15, paid. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Septcinlier 12, paid . . . . . .. . . . , . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .r I eeptember 30, paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 16, pa1d.....- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..uU Fel)ri1a1*y 24-, paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ll.-larch 30, paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. May 2, pair! _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. go.) May 213, paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. UOJ Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J3-'4 I also annex two letters of March 30, 1874., from the pub- lisher of the G0ldcnAgc, which will tend to vouch the ox- penditure of apart of the above amount. They are marked. 9‘ DDD ” and “ EEE Trespectively; RULAND T0 MOULTON. “ TIIE GOLDEN AGE, New York, March 80, I874. [Private.] _ “ Dear Zlfr. 5'VIoulton—’We are in a tight spot.. Mr. —— is away, and we have no money and no paper. Can’t get the latter without the former. We owe about $400 for paper, and the ﬁrmwe have been ordering from refuse to let us have any more without money. II_avcn’t any paper for this week’s issue. ' L“ “Truly yours. 0. w. Roman. “ If you can do anything for us I trust you will, to help us tide over the chasm.” \ FROMISAME T0 SAME. “THE GOLDEN AGE, New York, March 30, 1874:. “ Dear 1}-.fr. Moi/.lton——I am more grateful than I can tell you for the noble and generous way you came to the rescue of the Golden Age this afternoon. . “ Truly your friend, 0. W. ItUI.AND.” I think proper to add further that Tilton more than once said to me that he could and would receive nothing from Beecher in thevway of pecuniary assistance. I remember one special instance in which the subject was discussed be- tween us. Beecher had told me that he was willing to fur- nish money to pay the expenses of Tilton and his family in traveling abroad, in order that Tilton might be saved from the constant state of irritation which arose from the rumors he was daily hearing. I rather hinted at than informed Til- ton of this fact, and he repelled even the intimation of such a thing with the utmost indignation and anger. Therefore, I only undertookgthe disbursement of this sum at the most earnest and voluntary request of Beecher. as I have brought before the committee the somewhat col- lateral matter of the letters of Mrs. Woodhull to Beecher to inﬂuence him into the support of her doctrines and herself socially,which I thouglit but just to him, it seems but equally just that I should make as part of my statement a letter, that came into my possession at the time it was 'written,from Tilton to a friend in the Wcst—and not for the purpose of publication——explaining hislposition in regard to Mrs. ‘Wood- hull and the injurious publication made against him and his family and Mr. Beecher. The letter I here produce, marked “ FFF 1” : TILTON TO A. FRIEND IN THE WEST. “ I'll LIVINGSTON srnnnr, B1100 KLYN, % * . “December 31, 1872. E/Iy Dear Fréendml owe you a long letter. I am unwell and a prisoner in the house, leaning back in leatl1er—cush- ioned idleness, and writing on my chair-board before. the ﬁre. Perhaps you wonder that I have a ﬁre, or anything but :1. hearthstone broken and crumbled, since the world has been told that my household is in ruins. And yet it is more like your last letter-briinful of love and wit, and sparkling like a fountain in mid-winter. I . “lilevert eless you‘ are right. I am in trouble; and I hardly see a path out of it. “It is just two years ago to-day——this very day-—the last of the year~—that Mr. Bowen lifted his hammer, and with an unjust blow smote asunder my two contracts, one with the Inclepemlciit and the other with the Brooklyn Umlon. The public little, suspects that this act of his turned on his fear to meet the consequences of horrible charges which he made against Iienry ‘Ward Beecher. I have kept quiet on the sub- ject for two years, through an unwillingness to harm others, even for the sake of righting myself before the public.. But having trusted to time for my vindication, I ﬁnd that time has onl‘ thickened in difficulties until these new buffet me 3’ like a storm. “You know that Bowen long ago paid to me the assessed pecuniary damages which grew out of his breaking of the contracts, and gave me a written vindication of my course, and something like an apology for his. This settlement, so far as I am concerned, is final. “ But Bowen’s assassinating clagger drawn against Beecher has proved as unable as Macbeth’s to ‘ trammel up the con- seqzgience.’ And the consequence is that the air of Brooklyn is rife with stories against its chief clergyman, not growing out of the Vvoodhull scandal merely, but exhaled with ever- fresh foulness, like mephitic vapors, from Bowen’s own charge against Beecher. A “ Verily the tongue is a wild beast that no man can tame, and like a vmlf ii» is now seeking to devour the chief shep- herd of the flock, together also with my own pretty lambs. “I<"or the last four or five weeks, or ever since I saw the Wooclhnll libel, I have hardly had a restful day; and I fre_ quently dream the whole thing over at night, waking the next morning unﬁt for work. , 91-p,;,Vg y.~,,:;, any conception of what it is to suffer the keen- est possible injustice? If not, come and learn of me. “ To say nothing of the wrong and insult to my wife, in whose sorrow I have greater sorrow, I have to bear the ad- ditional indignity bf. being misconstrued by half the public and by my many friends. . ~ “For instance, it is supposed that I had a conspirator’s hand in this unholy business, whereas I am as innocent of it as of the Nathan rnurdcr. ' . “It is hinted that the libcllous article was actually written by me; whereas (being in the north of New Ilampshire) I did not know of its existence till a week after it had con- vulsed my own city and family. My wife never named it in her letters to me lost it should spoil my mood for public speaking. (You know I was then toiling day and night for Mr. Greeley’s sake.) _ “ Then, too, it is the sneer of the clubs that I have degener- ated into an apostle of free-love; whereas the whole body of my writings stands like a monument against this cxecrable theory. ’ , . “Moreover, it is charged that I am in ﬁnancial and other relations with Mrs. ‘Woodhull; whercasl have not spoken to, nor met nor seen her for nearly a year. “The history of my acque_.i.nta1ice with her is this: In the spring of 1871, a few”mon.ths after Bowen charged Beecher with the most liideous crime known to human nature, and had slammed the door of the Independent in my face, and when 1 was toiling like Hercules to keep the scandal from the public, then it was that Mrs. ‘Woodhull, hitherto a total, stranger to me, suddenly sent for me and poured into my cars, not the Bowen scandal, but a newone of her own, namely, almost the same identical talc which she printed a few weeks ago. Thiiik of it! Vfhen I was doing my best to suppress one eartlxqiiakc, Mrs. "Ii/'oodl1iil_l suddenly stood -be--- fore me portentious with another. Win t was I to do? I re- solved all hazards to keep back the new avalanche until I could securely tie up the original storm. My fear was that she would pu.7;li's.7z what she told to me, and, to prevent this catastrophe, I resolved (and, as the result proves, like fool, and yet with a foo-l’s innocent and pure motive) to make her such a friend of mine that she would never think of doing me such a harm. So I rendered her some important services (including especially some labors of pen and ink), all with a view to put and hold her under an obligation to me and mine. I “In so acting toward her I found to my glad surprise and astonishment that she rose almost as high in my estimation as she had done with Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Isabella Beecher Hooker‘, and other excellent women. No- body who has not met hairs. "Woodhull -can have an adequate idea of the admirable impression which she is capable of pro- ducing on serious persons, Moreover, I felt that the current denunciations against her were outrageously unjust, and that, like myself, she had been put in a false position before the public, and I sympathizcd keenly with the aggrava- tion of spirit which this produces. This fact lent a zeal to all I said in her defense. “ Nor was it until after I had known her for a number of months, and when I discovered her purpose to libel a dozen representative women of the suffrage movement, that I sud- denly opened my eyes to her real tendencies to mischief; and then it was that I indignantly repudiated her acquziin't.-ancc, and have never seen her since. “ :Ience her late tirade. . “ ‘Well, it is over, and I am left to be the chief sufferer in the public estimation. , “ ‘What to do in the emergency (which is not clearing but clouding itself (laily) I have not yet decided. “ ‘What I could do would be to take from my writing--desk and publish to-morrow morning the prepared narrative and vindication, which, with facts and documents, my legal aid- visers pronounce complete. , “This would explain and clarify everytliing, both great and small (including the ‘f.7oodl1ull episode, which is but a minor part of the whole case), but if I publish. it I must not only violate a kind of lionorabie ‘obligation to be silent, which I had voluntarily imposed upon myself, but I must put my old friend Bowen to serious being smitten (lead by Bcecher’s hand. .' “ Ilow far Boweii woulcl rleserve his fate I cziniiot say; but I lrnow that all I’lyinoutli Church would hunt him as a rat. ‘ “ "vVcll, perhaps the future will uni‘:-ivel my sl-rein for me without my own baiiélg but whatever happens to my weather-beaten son’, I wish to you, O prosperous comrade, a happy Ne‘-.v Year. Ii‘ratei‘1ially yours, - _ “ ’I‘i:ils:oi)oI:1s TILTON. “P. S.——Before sending this long letter (which pays my debt to you), I have read it to my wife, who dosirestosupp1e- ment it by sending her love and good will to the little White cottage and its little red cheo s.” , The first intin‘iation of the insanity of Tilton arose in this wise: I’rio1‘ to Sunday, March 18”/ei, a publication was made of a statement by a reporter of the Broolrlyn Uqaioio purporting to be the result of an intcrvio W with Mi‘. ’].‘liomzis Gr. Shearman, clerk of Plynioiith Church, to the ei‘l’ect—I quote from 1nemory——that Tilton was insane, and that he stated that Mrs. Tilton had mediumistic fits—whatever (lis- that may be——in W hich she had stated matters affectiviig the character of Beecher, and to the statement of neither of them, for that reason, was any credit to be given. This pub- lication, as it tended not only to excite Tilton to adefense of ‘his sanit T, but also as coming from the clerk of P1 mouth I Church, might be supposed to be an auilioritative expression of its pastor, annoyed Beecher very much, and he wrote the following letter, marked “ l_<‘FI1“.3,” which I herewith pro- duce: - BEECIIER TO l\IOUL’.l‘ON. “SUNDAY NIGI11‘, March 23, 1874 “ My Dear Ii"’i"CLll'/5-IS there to be no end of trouble? Is Wave to follow Wave in endless succession? I was cut to the lieart when 0. showed me that shameful paragraph from the Umon. Its cruelty is beyond description. I felt like lying down and saying: ‘I am 'tirec"i——tii*ed—ti'i'ed of living, or of trying to resist the devil of mischief.’ I would rather have had ajaVe- lin launched against me a liu.udred times than against those tlizit have suffered so much. The sl1a.mcful_ indelicacy of bringing the most sacred rcliitions into such publicity ﬁlls me with horror‘. “But there are seine slight alleviations. The paragraph came when the public mind was engaged with the council and with 'I‘heodore’s letters. I hope it will pass without fur- ther notice. If it not take-it up by other paper" it will sink out of soot and be forgotten; Whereas, if it be assailed, it may give a (‘/(>'il.‘.~‘.}jl.(_7l;‘i'.i'iJy that it never would have had. But I shall write E‘-liearm.ari a letter and give him my full feeling about it. I must again [be], as I liave heretofore been, in- debtecil to you fora judicious counsel on this new and ﬂa- grant element. l‘»lyinnc1‘niost soul loiigs for peace; and if that cannot be, for death, that ~w/Ell bring peace. My fervent hope is that {his drop of gall may sink through out .of sight and not prove a mortal poison. Yours ever, , “ H. W. Bnnonnn.” “ I have written. stro'ngl,y to Sliearrnaii, ‘and hope that he will send a letter to T. unsolicited. I am sick,_head, heart and body, but must move on! I feel this morning like letting things go by the run I” ' The letter of -retraction, as proposed by Tilton, not being i’(‘i'i'é7i’lC()l'nlll§_Z‘, I felt it ruy duty, in his interest, to take such measi;ii'es as should result in an apology from tlhearman to '.l‘ilto,n. I accordingly carried to him a copy of the paper having the article, and laid it upon his desk in his oirice, and -.:.-:2.-\, '5. ,. ' an error. Yours obediently, Sept. 5, 137.4. ' WOODHULL a CL.AFLIN’S WEEKLY. ‘ 1 ' * J 15‘ said to him that ifﬂthe statements in this article were not actually made by him he ought to retract them. Although it lay on his desk he said to me that he had not seen the article and did not mean to see it. I told him that he must see it,.and if it was not true that he must “ say so. He said he didn’t want to read it and wouldn’t read it. I then left him. Afterward I saw Tilton and told him what I had done, and he said,,“ We will go up together,” which we did, and ‘ met Mr. Shearman. Mr. Tilton called his‘ attention to the statement in the Brooklyn Union as having come from him (Shearman), concerning himself‘ and his wife,’ that one was crazy and the other subject to mediumistic ﬁts. Said he: “Mr. Shearman, this is untrue, and if you are not correctly reported your simple duty is tolsay so; and if you have made such a statement I demand that you retract and apologize. If you do not, I shall hold you responsible in any way I can for such injurious statement.” Shearman then read the para- graph. in the Union and made an explanation in this wise: that he might probably have repeated to somebody a story which Tilton had told him of the mediumistic states of Mrs. Woodhull, and perhaps have made the mistake of using Mrs. Tilton’s name instead of Mrs. Woodhull’s. Tilton said to him, “Mr. Shearman, you know that you are deliberately uttering falsehood, and I won’t allow you to think even that you can deceive me by such a. statement as you are making now. You must make such an explanation of this statement in the Union as shall be satisfactory to me, or, as I said be- fore, I shall hold you responsible.” During the ﬁrst part of this conversation Mr. Shearman called in a Witness from his outer ofﬁce, but when the conversation became earnest and Tilton began charging him with an untruth, Shearman bid the witness retire. which he did. Tilton and I then left the ofﬁce. Within a few days of this interview Tllton procured the affidavit of the reporter of the Union that the statement that Shearman had been reported as making he did in fact make. On March 30 Shearman sent to me for delivery to Tilton a note, of which I produce a copy under that date, marked " GGG.” The original was delivered up to Shearman after- ward: SHEARMAN T0 TILTON. V“ BROOKLYN, Marcli 30, 1874. “Dear S'L'r——My attention has been called to a newspaper paragraph which I have not seen, but which I am told is to the effect that I stated to a reporter that you had described Mrs. Tilton as having, in a. mediumistic or clairvoyant state, made some extraordinary statements of a painful nature. “ I have for some years past made it a. rule never to send corrections to newspapers of anything relating to myself, no matter how erroneous such statements may be. “ But I have no objection to saying to you personally that this story, if correctly quoted here, appears to be ‘an erroneous version of the ‘one and only statement which I had from you over a year ago, viz.: that Mrs. Woodhull did ex- actly the thing here attributed to Mrs. Tllton‘. “ I do not know that I ever repeated that story in the presence of any reporter for the paper in question, but I have done so in the presence of others, and I may, of dourse, by an unconscious mistake, have used your wife’s name in the place of another and wholly different person. If so, I beg that you will assure Mrs. Tilton of my great regret for such T. G. S1IEnMAN.” When I took this note to Tilton he refused to receive it, saying: “I will not receive any such note from Shearman. He knows it contains a falsehood and I cannot take it from him. You may carry it back to him.” I did so, and stated to him Tilton’s answer. Afterward he substituted for that note another, under date of April 2, 1874, which is here pro- duced, marked “HHH”: SHEARMAN TO TILTo'.x*. “ BROOKLYN, April 2. 1874. “ Dear St'r——Having seen a paragraph ‘in the Brooklyn Union of Saturday last, containing a report of a statement alleged to_have been made by me concerning your family and yourself, I desire to assure you that this report is seri- ously incorrect, and that I have never authorized such a statement; ' ‘ “ It is unnecessary to repeat here what I have actually said upon these subjects, because I am now satisﬁed that what I did say was erroneous, and that the rumors to which I gave some credit were without foundation._ I deeply regret having been misled into an act of unintentional injustice, and am glad to take the earliest occasion to rectify it. “I beg, therefore, to withdraw all that I said upon the occasion referred to as incorrect (although then believed by me), and to repudiate entirely the statement imputed to me as untrue and unjust to all parties concerned. “ Yours obediently, T. G. SHEARMAN.” “THEODORE TILTON, ESQ.” In no part of that negotiation did Mr. Shearman suggest to me that there were any doubts as to Tilton’s sanity, and denied both to me and to him that he had ever said anything to the contrary, or that Mrs. Tilton was in any way inca- pacitated from telling‘ the truth by reason of mediumistic ﬁts or other physical disability. Shearma.n’s'action was com- municated to.Beecher; but meanwhile it had come to be spread about that Beecher had made a similar accusation as to the sanity of Mr. and Mrs. Tllton to that of Shearman. A member of your committee, Mr. Cleveland, communi- cated the fact to Beecher, to which Beecher made an indig- nant denial, as appears bybhis note to Mr. Cleveland, who communicated a copy of it to me in a note under data of April 2, which I here produce, marked “ III ”: BEECHER TO CLEVELAND. ~ [Copy-l , ‘‘ My Dear Cleveland-—You say that I am supposed to have reported to some members of the council substantially the same story that is attributed to Shearman. “How can any human being that knows me believe any such impossibility? I never opened my lips to any human being on the subject. I- will defy any man to face me and say that by word, look, or intimation I ever alluded to it. I, have been as dumb as the dead. They that dare to say I have spoken of it are liars, if they mean to themselves, and the bearers of lies if they received it from others. “ I have. a feeling too profoundly sacred to make such sacrilege possible. . ' “April 2, 1874. H. W. BEEo1~IEr..” I‘ CLEVELAND TO MOULTON. » “FRANK MoULToN, ESQ.: _ ' “Dear S1'»r-Herewith you have copy of a note received from Mr.‘ Beecher respecting the matter of which it speaks. “ Not seeing you when I called this A. M., and leaving the city, I send by Mr. Halliday. Mr. Beecher wants to see you before or after the meeting this evening. - “ Truly yours, H. M. CLEVELAND.” Having retained the friendshipof the principal parties to this controversy down to to-day, I have not thought it proper to produce herewith any letters-that I have received from either of them, excepting the single" one exonerating me from blame and showing Mrs. Tilton’s conﬁdence in me, which I thought was due to myself to do because of the pecu- liar statement’ attributed to her; nor have I produced any papers or proposals for a settlement of this controversy since it has broken out afresh, and since the publication of Tilton’s letter to Dr. Bacon and the call of Beecher for a committee; nor have I since then furnished to either party, although called upon by both, any documents in my possession that one might use the same against the other. I have endeavored to hold myself strictly as a mediator between them, and my endeavor has been, even down to the very latest hour, to have all the scandals arising out of the publication of _the facts of their controversies and wrongs buried out of sight, deeming it best that it should be so done, not only for the good of the parties concerned and their families, but that of the community at large. If any evidence were needed that, in the interest of the parties, and especially of Beecher, I was endeavoring to the latest hour to prevent the publication of all these documents and this testimony, and that I retained the conﬁdence of at least one of the parties in that endeavor, I produce a letter of July 13,1874, being a note arranging a meeting between myself and Beecher in regard to this controversy. It is marked “JJJ ”: BIGECHER To MOULTON. J ULY 13, 1874. “My Dear Frcmk—I will be with you at seven or a little be- fore. I am ashamed to put a straw more upon you, and have but a single consolation——that the matter cannot distress you long, as it must soon end; that is, there will be no more anxiety about the future, whatever regrets there may be for the past. Truly yours and ever, H. W. BEECHER.” If there is any paper or fact supposed by either of the par- throw any further light upon the subject of your inquiry, I shall be most willing to produce it if I have it, although I do not believe that there is any such; and I am ready to answer any proper question which shall be put to me in the way of cross-examination by any of the parties concerned or their counsel, as fully as my memory or any data I have will serve, so that all the facts may be known. For if any part of them -be known, I . deem it but just to truth and right that all should be known. As, however, controversy has already arisen as to the correctness of the reports of evidence taken before the jcommittee, I must ask leave, if any cross—exami- nation is to be had orally, to be accompanied by myown ste- nographer, who shall take down the evidence I may give as a necessary measure for my own protection. Leaving to your committee, Without comment, the facts and documents herewith presented, I have the honor to remain, yours truly, FRANCIS l). _MoULToN-. >-<®>—< SPARKS FROM SOCIAL HELLS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. Miss Mary E. Pomeroy, the reputed victim of the Rev. John S. Grlendenning, a Presbyterian parson of Jersey City reported as dying.——N. Y. Sun. > I Bessie, the girl mentioned in the Beecher scandal case, is said to have been a wait‘, left at Mr. Tilton’s door. She was repudiated by her father, a prominent Tammany politician, and by her mother, who lived in Fifth avenue in opulence, but refused to see her or own her.—.-N. Y. Sun. ‘ "Death of Richter, a German, by trade a piano-tuner, who had trouble with his wife, separated from her and afterward shot himself.—N. Y. Sun. , Henry Boettger and his son John, arrested on suspicion of murdering the wife of the former at Brownsville Turnpike Road, Pittsburg.——N. Y. Sun. Arrest of Colby, of Boston, reported. Accused of an as- sault on M ary Tynan, whom he had previously wronged,_. ,,N. Y. Sun. VVEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19. The Rev. VV.H. Buttner, of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, N. Y. City, sued by his young housekeeper for breach of promise. He resigns his pastorage.——N. Y. San. Robert Castlebury, arrested in N. Y. City, charged with running away with an actress and $2,000 worth of diamonds. ——N. Y. Sun. Henry Yore and Sarah Wood, his mother-law, arrested at the Virginia House. Heis about 32, she 39 years of age. Yore says his father-in-‘laaw treated his moth/er-in-law in the most- shameful manne1‘,;and' he determined to rescue her from further Wrong. Parties locked u p.—-N . Y. Sun. A THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. Austin Hutchinson, . a prominent Methodist minister, of _ Vermont, accused by his daughter, Ida Hutchinson, of incest and of being the father of her five months old babe.—— N. Y. Sun. 1 B. H. Johnson and wife, of North Lexington, Mo., mur- dered. Report that they had not lived happily together.- N . Y. Sun. Report of two ghastly murders in Iowa. The idea of prep..- ties or by the committee to be in my possession which will. erty in wives the basis of both. Names of the slain parties J. L. Brister and John J. Clarke. For full particulars see “ Property in Woman.”——N. Y. Herald. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. Thomas Murphy, of New York, arrested for brutally beat- ing his wife Margaret, while under the inﬂuence of liquor. She is not expected to recover from her injuries.——N. Y. Herald. » . ' ' George G. Harding, editor of the Ind-ianopolis Iferald, re- ported as having shot Solomon Moritz, a Hebrew merchant about 18 years of age.-N. Y. I-Ierald. I The above are the gleanings from two of our New York dailies on evils connected with our present social system. The clergy, it will be seen, maintain a sad pre-eminence in such delinquencies. They are only the outcroppings of an immense mass of similar sorrows, forit is not too much to assert that every other house contains a skeleton of a Smilax: ghastly character. ‘ >49 BUSINESS EDITORIALS. LAURA, - CUPPY SMITHS engagements are as follows: August, Manchester, New Hampshire and vicinity; Septem- ber, January and March, Boston; October, New Bedford, Mass. ; Dec., New Haven, Conn. ; February, Salem,‘Mass. Societies desiring to engage her ‘for the intervening months would do well to apply at once. ' Address, till further notice, 27 Milford street, Boston, Mass. PERSONAL. VV. F. Jamieson is now speakingin McLean and Lansing, N. Y. In September he will hold another debate with Elder Miles Grant. Is engaged to return to Boston for the Sun- days of October. 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It is expected that the Associa- tion will join in an excursion to Atlantic City on Aug. 31. Good Speakers will be in attendance. Subject: Spiritualism; Its Relation to Science and Reform. All are invited. Those going by way of New York will take the boat at Pier 8 North River to Sandy Hook, thence by cars to Winslow Junction of N. J. S.& Camden 8; Atlantic R. R., thence three miles to place of meeting. Thosewho propose attend. ingi the Convention and wish further particulars, please address D. J. STANSBERY, Secy. Cr L. K, COONLEY, Pres, Newark, N. J. Du. L.K. CooNLEY has removed from Vineland to Newark he will treat the sick daily and receive applicationslto lec- ture" Sundays in New Jersey, New York or elsewhere in the Vi0iDitY- L. K. CooNLEv, TI-IE Universal Association of Spiritualists, Primary'Coun- cil No. 1 of Illinois, meets every Sunday at 3 :30 P. M., at hall 204 Van Bnren street, corner of Franklin, Chicago. Free conference and free seats. AUGUSTA WHITE, Cor. 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The Steel Plate Engraving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1 50 Proof Impressions from ﬁrst thousand . . . . . . . . . .. 2 00 Photographs, Large Cabinet Size, for Framing, 10x12iiiches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 50 Photographs, Card Size, for Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0 25 A Large Circular containing a map of Hydesville, and diagram of that humble temple is furnished free with each Engraving and Photograph. Cash in amounts of two dollars and under can be mailed in the ordinary way, and over that in Regis- tered Letter, Pnst Oﬁice Order, Draft or Express—all at our risk. All pictures at retail sent postage free, and warranted safely through. Our l-Bngravirigs are not “cheap” in quality, honce not “low ” in price. None of our other works of art will be Photo- graphed. R. H. CURRAN 55 C0., Publishers, 28 Scnoor. STREET, BOSTON, MASS. AGENTS WANTED. Copyright forbids others from copying our works. DR. J. C. PHILLIPS, Clairvoyant and Magnetic Healer, OMRO, Wis. Disease diagnosed at a glance by Lock of Hair, by lettcr stating age, sex and residence. GUARANTEES SATISFACTION. Eacammation. and Prescription, $2.00. Dr. Phillips is faithful, trustworthy and successful. ——0. Barrett. \ Dr. Phillips, Ma 11 good success.—E. etic Physician, is meeting with Wilson. BUST OF THEODORE PARKER, SIDNEY H. MORSE. Dignity, reverence, sweetness, vigor, equipoise‘ breathe through the clay; the artist as so ﬁlled his own heart with appreciation of that noble life, that he has been able cunniugly to mould it into those deli- cate lines which the character had wrought on the living ﬁbre. We are tempted to cxclaim, as we rtand beside it, as the old artist did to his perfected work, “Speak, then!”-Hannah E. Stevenson. All the characteristics of my husband are in the bust—his greatness, his goodness, his tenderness, his love. You cannot give life to clay or marble; but you can represent ir, and this Mr. Morse has don‘e.—Ly- dia D. Parker to Hannah E. Stevenson. The eyes, though but of clay, arc gleaming with pos- sible indignation, with possible tears; the lips are set ﬁrm with the resolution of him who, like Paul, could “ ﬁght a good ﬁght” as well as “ give a reason.”—- Samuel Longfellow. , . The ﬁrst time I have seen Theodore Parker since he died.——Wm. Sparrell. The best representation of Mr. Parker ever executed in clay.—Boston Daily Globe. The face is strong and noble as it should be. The likeness is good.—Boslon Daily Advertiser. Nothing appears for beauty alone, or ﬁnish. or to show the vanity of the artist. All is forgotten in the man~~the true, real, Yankee man, Theodore Parker.—- L. S. H. in the Golden Age. Copies of this Bust, ﬁnely ﬁnished in plaster, $10 each. Boxing for transportation, $1 extra. Freight or expressage paid by arty sending order. Weight of box abou ﬁfty poun s. Orders maybe sent to S. H. MORSE. Room 13, 25 Bloomﬁeld St., Boston, Mass, THE ,7“ LAmEs’ _ GARMENT _SUs- I’}_!lNI:)ER is a simple, ingenious, admirable co/ntrivance for supporting women’s garments over their shoul- ders. I hope thousands of our Ameri- can women who are being dragged ‘ />_ ,, into the grave by their heavy skirts - //4 ' maybe induced to lift, with this de- ILG-_S., V109. E1116: égilling (wiveiglit frtpm their wear 0 ice an carry i on t e P“t'A“g'19'13?3- shou ders, the only point of the human body on which a load can be cemfortablly and safely carried. IO LEWIS. Sample, by mail, 50 Cents and Stamp. Best of Terms to Oanoassers. JOHN D. HASKELL, 60 STATE STREET‘, Cmoaeo, ILL. EARTH CLO SETS. I The Great Blessing of the Age. Comfort to the Sick arid Feeieie. THE WAEEFIELD Is one of the latest inventions, and has many advan- tages over all others. The simple act of closing the lid brings the earth forward and drops it directly in the centre of the pail, thus insuidng the absolute cer- tainty of covering all the excrements. This is of vital importance. It also has a dust or odor slide, a child’s seat, and an extra large reservoir for dry earth or ashes. ‘ 4 CLOSED. OPEN. Is simple in construction, automatic in action, and being entirely inodorous, may be used in any room in the house without offense. When not in use it is a handsome piece of furniture with nothing about it to indicate its purpose. THE WATROUS. (With Arms.) CLOSED. , OPEN. A CHILD CAN MANA GE 11. IT WILL LAST A LIFETIME. LATEST AND -SIMPLEST IMPROVEMENTS. DRY EARTH FURNISHED FREE ON REASONABLE CON- ’ DITIONS. .c WAKEFIELD, from $25 to $40. MAGIC, from $16 to $330. WATROUS, $18 to $33. DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS FREE. The Wakeﬁeld Earth Closet Co., 36 DEY ST.. NEW YORK. HULIJS ORUOIBLE. A WIDE AWAKE SPIRITUALISTIC & SOCIAL REFORM JOURNAL. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1874-09-05_08_14
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1874-09-05_08_14
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 08, no. 15 (September 12, 1874)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2036
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1874-09-12
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: PROGRESS X FREE THOUGHT i UNTRAMMELED LIVES? BREAKING THE WAYS FOE-..,FU:rURE eENER.A.TIONS.t «I n ,,,i._;;-;,Vo1. VIII.——No. 15.—VVhole No. 197. ‘NEW YORK, SEPT. 12, 1874. PRICE TEN CENTS. LOANERS’ BANK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, (ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CHARTER.) Continental Life Building, 22 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..' . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $500,000 Subject to increase to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,000,000 This Bank negotiates LOANS, makes COLLEC- TIONS, advances on SECURITIES and receives DE- POSITS. Accounts of Bankers, Manuiacturers and Merchants will receive special attention. @‘ FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST paid on CUR RENT BALANCES and liberal facilities offered to our CUSTOMERS. DORR RUSSELL, President. A. F. WILMARTH. Vice-President. JOHN J. CISCO & SON, Bankers, N 0. 59 Wall§St., New York. Gold and Currency received on deposit subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rate of Fo...
Show morePROGRESS X FREE THOUGHT i UNTRAMMELED LIVES? BREAKING THE WAYS FOE-..,FU:rURE eENER.A.TIONS.t «I n ,,,i._;;-;,Vo1. VIII.——No. 15.—VVhole No. 197. ‘NEW YORK, SEPT. 12, 1874. PRICE TEN CENTS. LOANERS’ BANK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, (ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CHARTER.) Continental Life Building, 22 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..' . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $500,000 Subject to increase to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,000,000 This Bank negotiates LOANS, makes COLLEC- TIONS, advances on SECURITIES and receives DE- POSITS. Accounts of Bankers, Manuiacturers and Merchants will receive special attention. @‘ FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST paid on CUR RENT BALANCES and liberal facilities offered to our CUSTOMERS. DORR RUSSELL, President. A. F. WILMARTH. Vice-President. JOHN J. CISCO & SON, Bankers, N 0. 59 Wall§St., New York. Gold and Currency received on deposit subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rate of Four per Cent. per annum, credited at the end of each month. I ALL CHECKS DRAWN ON US PASS THROUGH THE CLEARING-HOUSE, AND ARE RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT BY ALL THE CITY BANKS. Certificates of Deposit issued, payable on demand, bearing Four per Cent interest. ‘ Loans negotiated. ‘ Orders promptly executed for the Purchase and Sale of Governments, Gold, Stocks and Bonds on commission. . Collections made on all parts of the United States and Canadas. THE ‘ "Silver Tongue” ORGANS, MANUFACTURED BY E. P. Needham & Son, 143, 145 St 147 EAST 23d ST., N. Y. \ ESTABLISHED IN 1846. Responsible parties applying for agencies in sec- tions still unsupplied will receive prompt attention andliberal inducements. Parties residing at a dis- ance from our authorised agents may order from our actory. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATEDIPRICE ' LIST. . PSYCHOM ETRY. Psychometric Readings for persons who send me their handwriting,_or who will call on me in person. Fee, $2. Address, 1,114 Callowhill street, Phila- delphia. Pa.. by ’ . J. MURRAY SPEAR. DR. WOJDRUFF, Physician. OFFICE AT HIS ROOT, BARK AND HERB STORE, as CANAL ST., UP STAIRS. GRAND RAPIDS, ll['L'ch., Where for thirteen years every description of Acute, rc-me and 1-'2-ivate Diseases have been successfully - ared strictly on Botanic principles. N0 POISON USED‘ .9 1>,eW:er.?391,- :.i;é‘§..0021I;s91;atouce Free la THE Western Ru ral, AGRICULTURAL & FAMILY WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE WEST. H. N. F. LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor, WITH AN - Able and Practical Editorial Stajf, ANDAN EFFICIENT CORPS OF SPECIAL AND VOLUN- TARY CONTRIBUTORS. TERMS: $2.50 per Year; $2 in Clubs of Four or More. . SPLENDID INDUCEMENTS TO AGENTS. A PLUCKY PUBLISHER. [From the Chicago Daily Sun, Nov. 30, 1871.] “ One of the most remarkable examples of Chicago pluck and energy is given by Mr. H. N. F. Lewis, pro- prietor of the Western Rural, one of the ablest and most widely circulated agricultural journals in the country. Mr. Lewis lost by the ﬁre one of the most complete and valuable printing and publishing estab- lishments in the West, and also his residence and household goods. Yet he comes to the surface again with unabated ardor, re-establishes himself at No. 407 West Madison street, where he has gathered new ma- terial for his business, and from which point he has already issued the first number (since the ﬁre) of the Western Rural, the same size and in the same form as previous to the ﬁery storm. Nobody would imagine, on glancing at the neat, artistic head and well-ﬁlled pages of the Rural that anything uncomfortably warm or specially disastrous had'ever happened to it. Suc- cess to Lewis and his excellent Rural. Chicago ought to feel proud of it.” The Largest and Handsomest Paper for Young People.” ‘ THE Young Folks’ Rural, A RURAL AND LITERARY MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF COUNTRY AND CITY. TERMS: A $1.50 per Year; $1 an Clubs of Fowr or More. A ram. or BEAUTIFUL nnnmn cnnomos, MOUNTED AND VARNISHED, snnr rosrram AS A GIFT 'ro EVERY YEARLY sunscnnznn. The Young Folks’ Rural is a novelty among publi- cations for Young People—entirely a “ new idea," and ditferent from any other in style and character. Six- teen pages and sixty-four’, columns--the largest news- paper in Chicago ! WHAT. “ THEY SAY. ” [From the Chicago Ebening Post] “H. N. F. Lewis, Esq., the well-known publisher of that admirable weekly, the Western Rural, is publish- ing a monthly rural and literary journal, under the title of the Young Folks‘ Rural. * "' * Vlr. Lewis is just the man to make it a ‘big thing. ’” C [From the Letter ofa Western Mother .1 I “The Young Folks‘ Rural is just what our dear children need. Altogether it is a noble enterprise, and will do an untold amount of good. It is the ‘ parents‘ assistant,’ and all thinking parents will join me in thanking you.” . [From a School Teacher] ‘_‘ I am a teacher, and take the paper for the beneﬁt and amusement of 111 pupils. Eyes are brighter and lessons better learned when the Young Folks’ Rural makes its appearance. SPECIMEN Nvzunmzs SENT FREE. ’ Address. H. N- F- LEWIS, Publisher, , Chicago, 111. Both Western Rural and Young Folks’ Ruralfurnished tor One Year to; $3.00. Ladies’ Own Magazine. THE ONLY FIRST-CLASS LITERARY, HOUSE- HOLD AND FASHIONABLE MAGAZINE IN THE WEST, THE ABLEST, BEST AND MOST POPULAR IN ‘ A1l[E1t'IOA. 'CHARMING STORIES, INSTRUCTIVE ‘ESSAYS, BEAUTIFUL POEMS, I/we Editorials, Superb Engramngs. OVER TWENTY ABLE WRITERS EN- GAGED UPON IT. Only $2.00 a Year, or Twenty Cents a Copy, AND A / SUPERB ORIGINAL OIL CHROM0, WORTH $5, FREE. ' SUBSCRIBE AND MAKE UP A. CLUB, AND SECURE A HANDSOME PREMIUM. We will send the LADIES’ Own three months on trial for 50 cents, and allow that to count as the sub- scription if you renew for the balance of the year. A new volume begins July 1. _ LADIES’ OWN MAGAZINE, 33 Park row. N. Y. ua Bailing; Showing how Interest on Money can be abolished by Free Competition. By WM. B. GREENE. ‘ Sixth thousand. Price 25 cents. Yours or Mine: and The Causes of its Unequal Distribution. By E. H. Hnrwoon. Twentieth thousand. Price 15 cents. ALSO, BY THE SAME, Hard. Cash: Showing that Financial Monopolies hinder Enterprise and defraud both Labor and Capital; that Panics and Business Revulsions will be effectively prevented only through ' FREE MONEY. Fifth thousand.‘ Price 15 cents. All the above sold wholesale and retail by the ' Co-.Onera.tive Publishing C0,, PEIECETOE, MASS. An Essay to show the TRUE BASIS OF PROPERTY - RAILROAD IRON, ‘ FOR SALE BY S. W. HOPKINS & .00., 71 BROADWAY. WARSAW RAILWAY, SECOND MORTGAGE CON- VERTIIBLE 7 PER. CENT. CURRENCY BONDS. 2 INTEREST WARRANTS PAYABLE OCTOBER AND APRIL, PRINCIPAL (1886. We otter for sale $106,000 of the above bondsrin block. By act of reorganization of the Company these bonds am convertible into the First Preferred Shares of the Company, which amounts to only 17,000 shares and into the Consolidated Bonds (recently negotiated at Amsterdam) of six millions of dollars, which cover the entire line of 230 miles of completed road, to gether with all the rolling stock and real property, to the value of more than millionsof dollars. The road crosses the entire State of Illinois and connect s with the mammoth iron bridges spanmng the Miss)‘ s - sippi at Keokuk and. Burlington. The income of the road for the year will net sufiicient to pay interegy, an all the bonded indebtedness and ‘dividend on the pr I ferrcd. shares. I For terms Lpply to V Q QL.A.E,K, DODGE a CO, Wm?! Wan ant} seem ‘DOLED 0, PE on IA} 2 Eloonriioni. & oLArfi;iN's WEEKLY, Sept. 12,» 3874- THE WONDERFUL HEALER C AND CLAIRVOYANT, Mrs. C. M. Morrison... Diagnosing Disease by Book of Hair, $1. (Give Age and Sex._) _ Address OSWEGO, Oswego 00., N. Y., P. 0. Box 1,322. . DENTAL NO,T1CE~. inn. AMMTBROVYN, _ ._ HAS REMOVEDOTO I25 West Forty-second en,‘ Between Broadway and Sixth Avenue, NEW S.’ORK. _ BUST OF ' _THEoDoRE PARKER, BY . SIDNEY H. MORSE. ____.. . Dignity, reverence, sweetness, vi or, equipoise‘ breathe through the clay; the artist gas so ﬁlled his own heart with appreciation of that noble life, that he‘ has been able cunningly to mould it into those,deli- c_at_e lines which the character had wrought on the living ﬁore. We are tempted to exclaim, as we stand beside it, as the old artist did to his perfected work, "Speak, thenl”—-H0.'nnalz.E’. Stevenson. All the characteristics of my husband are in the bust——his greatness, his goodness, his tenderness, his love. You cannot give life to clay or marble; but you can represent it, and this Mr. Mor e has done.—L1 - the B. Parker to Hannah E. Stevenson. _ The eyes, though but of clay, are gleaming with pos- sible indignation, with possible tears; the lips are set ﬁrm with the resolution of him who, like Paul, could ‘ﬁght a good fight” as well as “ give a reason.”- .-Stzmusé Longfellow. aigfélﬂ ﬁW1‘Bnl;.f%’?;1):eMIrle1lz:i.ve seen Theodore Parker since he in'1;11J§yhE5% 2:}tZg:Bf3DI1al'.5.;l%}I;0%:.l[r. Parker ever executed L. S. H. 7717. the Golden Age. ’ ' Copies of this Bust, ﬁnely ﬁnished in plaster, $10 each. Boxi f t‘ t ' . » - ... p§%"at§-“i.*Z.?§y“‘é2£ad.§ an c::§3;: of box about ﬁfty pounds. Orders may be sent to S. H. MORSE. Room 13, 25 Bloomﬁeld St., Boston, Mass, “‘_"""“'“‘****-—*---—--—-——~— nn. J. o. Pninnirs, clairvoyant and Magnetic Healer, D 03130, 7VViS. ' i.£§S2iZi.:ﬁ§§,3§f§§x”$u% ?é§ti°e‘i£$’. "°°" °’ Ht”: by eusnanrnns SATISFACTION. Emmittation and Prescm'ptz'0n., $2.00. Dr. Phillips is faithful, trustvvorthy and successful. arrett. __ a Dr. Phillips, Ma etic Physician, is meeting with Address (inclosing stamp) a call. For particulars call at or address by mail good success.—E. . Wilson. . J. G. TRUMAN, Secretary. 417 Milwaukee street, Milwaukee, Wis. E is rear‘ “:93 25 sec 5 E as ==i’s43'5»s3'5»a I . -= - u._. gj , ‘i3g.g,mt3j,,4w‘ mg 3 g 5 ..; gagrgm ‘OI; - N . ~ - .... s%* '2 o $5: g3‘-’».§3:$§~§§2:1 $5§§ ‘” “'4 ’” :3’=’*O*df?-”’§:§->ir=13a§*U9 ‘grafts? mm .= 5°. 0;.-7 1’-’-;’:"‘:§‘°3~O°’r~'*=‘s>>5-%.E‘-" 5° T5305. . :-v~ - H: D‘ [j,»..U9:°b‘C‘p)f9;3,'_.".* ‘~03, lkiidgps V. ' 55' g 8' Qgg °°°s3*-Was.-=:“°-2%’ ads-Ed (9 r-4 , ._..p... O ‘W, '- H, a’ Isis %: 3:3 as ?—E&i8§H"Z”"“ .29» §*5s::1a’S.,,5’* o’ O T '9. e ,--1: *= In - 9: , r; ;,§5"**% 3 E85: ‘"29 ii” ‘$.33? ‘E? sséiéaw-s.:.: w ‘DE-'9‘ U C-1W‘< 53%? 5:’ “Iago 8,0 §D,g‘9<l>5-.’-I-D! ,,, .. D. 54- I _.,, _. 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My father had married his cousin, and after his death, which occurred in my childhood, my mother, under theinﬂuence of my grand- mother, abandoned herself utterly to, the sway of their dominant sentiments. _They withdrew altogether from their old associations, and buried themselves and me in the dwind- ling but tenacious sect of religionists, who, as representing the church prior to the Emancipation, assume to themselves the title of- The Remnant. This, however, came after the time with which we are now concerned. One day the conversation about Oriss was commenced by Bertie referring to the boy’s talk with his sch oolfellows about the things he was in the habit of seeing and hearing when aloft in his car. Bertie confessed himself unable to de- termine whether his utterances respecting another world of intelligent beings proceeded from any ﬁxed or deﬁnite convic- tion, but many of his schoolfellows thought that he believed in something akin to the doctrine of the transmigration of souls, and held the upper air to be inhabited by angels, who met and conversed with him. . , “ Does he think that he ﬁnds albumen and life-plasm up Lthere ?” asked the younger Avenil, with a laugh. "‘ I understand that he calls them angels, but does not pro—’ tfess to know what they are made of,” said Bertie, drily. “He has sufﬁcient scientiﬁc comprehension to avoid assum- ing a distinction in kind between the entities of matter and spirit. It was to a conversation he had witl1- some of his schoolfellows on this pointthat I was about to refer in dis- proof of Mr. Avenil’s notion of his unpractical character.” ‘-‘Surely the other boys ridicule him when he speaks to them of such things?” "‘ Far from it,” replied Bertie. “They have too much reverence for the earnestness and simplicity of his character to let any irony appear. The only time he ever manifested impatience was at ﬁrst, when they assumed, as a matter of course, that heltook for realities the products of his own imagination. On this occasion he told them that the beings of whom he spoke were as real to him as his, own schoolfel. lows. They ‘had been tending some pet animals, which Crisg allowed some of his schoolfellows to keep in the cottage gar- den. One of the boys had said that it would be a very dull and stupid world if all the living creatures had developed into human beings. And another said it would be duller still if all the human beings were grown up men and women, without any boys or girls. And a third said that people used to fancy one yet more dull than that, for they imagined heaven as peopled with beings who were all alike, and had no differlence even of sex. Then the first speaker turned sud. denly to Criss, and exclaimed,-" “ ‘ Carol can tell us all/about it. Carol, are there any ani- mals in heaven ?’ “ ‘You know our bargain,’ was his reply. ‘ If you want; me to tell you about the Above-, you must ﬁrst sing my favorite song for me.’ “‘Yes! yes! the balloon song! the balloon song!’ cried a number of little, ones, hastening to range themselves before him, as he seated himself on a grass—covered mound. And then the little voices burst with tremendous energy into the old nursery rhyme. which dates from the days when men could mount into the air only by tying themselves to a, hugo bag of gas. It may not be worth preserving for its own sake~—wl'_,mg m1I'S6I‘Y rhyme it? But time is only too ready to drop tr,mgs into oblivion; so here it is: Balloon ! Balloon !_ Balloon 1 Go up and huntthc sky, woonnnrr. s oLA:s'L1n’s 7 So many things we want to know, We cannot see down here : Where hides the sun when day is done, Where goes the dried-up tear,“ And when our laughter dies away, Who stores it up for future day ? Balloon ! Balloon ! Balloon ! Tell us of what the stars are made, What are their children like ‘? We’re always told they‘re good as gold, And never sulk or strike. But aren’t they often giddy found, With always rolling round and round ? Balloon! Balloon? Balloon! ' What makes the thunder peal ? ' Where are the old gods gone ? We like to think ’tis they who drink Constitutional Equality, by Tennie C. Claﬂin. . . . . . . . 2 00 \ The clouds when rain is done. 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Three of any of the Speeches 500., or seven for. . 1 00 Banach 1" Bauoong Banoong Go up and hunt the sky; Then come and tell us soon What youghave found on high. “ ‘Now what is it you want to know?’ he asked, when they had ﬁnished. _ “ ‘ If there are any animals in heaven.’ “ ‘ Certainly there are,’ he replied, with the utmost serious- ' ness. ‘ One of the principal delights of the angels is in ten- derly tending them. They regard them as incipient intelli- gences of higher natures, and only a few steps below their own children.’ “ ‘ And are there any baby angels?’ inquired a little girl. She was sister of the lad who had spoken ﬁrst, and listened with awe to his account of the Above. “" Certainly,’ he said; ‘ why not? Would not this be a very poor world were there nothing but grown men and women in it, no handsome children, no beautiful birds, no noble horses, no sleek cats, no dear, affectionate dogs? Ah, they are not worse off up there than we are down here, you may be sure.’ “ One of the older boys here asked him whether the beings he spoke of possess any speciﬁc gravity, or are altogether in- dependent of gravitation. “ He replied that doubtless they vary from us in density and weight, as they live at so diﬁerent an elevation in the atmosphere; and that in some respects they hold the same position towards us as ﬁshes of the sea, inasmuch as they do not require a solid element to rest upon, and can sustain themselves at different elevations. They inhabit mainly, he said, the junction of the atmosphere with space, and breathe the pure ether of the latter; but are endowed with an appa- ratus whereby they can secrete the ﬂuid necessary for breathing when they wish to descend into the atmosphere. He delighted, he said, to note the resemblance between things there and here. “ One of the lads said he supposed that every one was much more perfect up ‘there than in this world. To this Criss said: ‘ “ ‘ I do not understand. What do you mean by more per- fect? All God’s worlds must be perfect.’ “ ‘ But not the people in them?’ suggested one. “ ‘ I-Iush, hush,’ exclaimed Criss, ‘ we cannot call anything imperfect unless we know the end it was designed to fulﬁll, and that it falls short of fulﬁlling that end.’ , “ ‘ He talks as if they were all real for him,’ said another. ‘Come, Carol, tell us, do you ever use the clouds as abed, and go to sleep and dream when you are lying on them?’ “ ‘ Oh, yes, often and often,’ he returned; ‘ but these things are as real for me as you all are. Call them what you will, they are forces external to myself, and which make me conscious of their existence byoperating upon my senses just as you yourselves do. Please do not call their existence into question. Fancy my having to try hard to persuade them of the existence of you my schoolfellowsl It would seem" just as absurd to me; and they have too much sense to require it. Surely it is but a. barren, superﬂuous sort of talk that consists in our questioning each other’s existence—we, ‘too, who have the microscope, telescope, spectroscope, and such things, to make perpetual revelations to us of worlds otherwise invisible! If it seems odd to°'you that I should have experiences which you have not, you should remember that you have experiences which I have not. The difference between us in this matter is only such as exists between a man who has an ear for music and one who has none, or one who has a keen eye for colors and one Who is color-blind.‘ It is all a question of sensitiveness.’ ” Here old Mrs.V\’.ilmer interrupted Bertie’s narration to re- mark that in saying this the boy did not do himself justice. He Should have adduced the case of his own Israelitish an- cestors as a proof that some races are endowed with a vivid- ness of spiritual perception which others are incapable of 00D3P1'e1‘.e'nding. - “I Xoyself heard him,” said my father, joining in the con- Verﬁation, “ soon after the trip he made with us to the sea- Slile, describing to a group‘ of little children som.e of the ‘games and recreations with which, he said, the angels amuse their leisure hours. You would have thought he was actually gazing upon the scenery. of the ideal world, as he desgribed the particulars, so well did he make hisaudience realize it E too. Had I been apainter I could have drawn a picture from his description, so vivid and graphic was it. There were rows above rows of angelic beings,oattired in colors .vvE5E.KlI.v..; -o A expanse of other which lay at their feet, and stretched out and melted away in the distance like an illimitable sea-. I thought at ﬁrst he was going to describe something like the scene at Lord’s at one of the cricket-contests between our ancient national schools of Harrow and Eton, where the rows upon rows of exquisitely—dressed women ranged round the ground, resemble a circular embankment of beautiful ﬂowers. But he went on to describe this expanse as being of various hues, streaked in some parts with tints of tender blue, and rulﬁed as if with a light breeze, and in others white and glassy, or of a delicate green, and the whole scene won drously beautiful even to theeyes of the angelic multitude. But it was not to gaze on a scene of_still life that the celestial hosts were thus assembled. Some of the youngerangels had been busying themselves in fabricating a number of vessels of various characters and forms, and they and their friends had met to witness a contest of speed between them. Some , of those vessels contained ingeniously-devised machinery concealed within them. Others were provided with wide- expanding wings to catch the pulsations of the surrounding ether. And others" were impelled by the young angels them- selves ranged in ranks upon them, and impelled them by their own physical strength. And now and then during the race would be seen some little craft without visible means of propulsion, making such rapid way as to outstrip all competi- tors; and then a shout wouldarise, as the spectators surmised that something unfair was being dorfe ;'i’ and then from beneath the keel which was hidden in the element, the owner would emerge, shaking the etherial particles from his wings, and making the welkin ripple to his merry laughter, for such method of propulsion was not within the conditions of the contest. 1 could have gazed long upon the enchanting scene, as he raised it before, me; but the bright and happy crowds of the celestial population, and the fairy forms dart- ing over the luminous expanse, were in a moment all dis- pelled; for one of the youngsters suddenly broke the rapt silence with which he had been listening, by clapping his hands and exclaiming, ‘I know! Yachts!’ And after this Criss_would not utter a syllable further.” ' It was with considerable impatience that the Avenilsi had listened to these recitals of Bertie and Wilmer. When they were concluded, Mr. Avenil said to my fathere- “We must turn him over to you, Wilmer, to make a poet’ of him. He will grow up a dreamy and impractical man, and utterly unable to turn his fortune to good account.” “I think,” pleaded Bertie, the skill he has acquired as an purposes.” , - » “You aeronauts,” returned Mr. Avenil, “are too apt to judge the affairs of earth by those of the air. You know little of anything more substantial than the currents of wind and differences of atmospheric density and temperatures. Yours is a pursuit that generates a disposition to drift rather than to act.” - . Bertie laughed heartily at the idea of depreciating his vocation upon moral grounds; and remarked that those who know what it is to drive an aeromotive at the rate of a l1un- ‘ dred and ﬁfty miles or more an hour, through mist and dark- ness and tempest, cleaving the ice-cloud, and dodging the lightning, would hardly recognize the criticism as founded in justice. He added, that he, too,-should be glad to see the boy in training for some deﬁnite career. “Arich man,” remarked Mr. Avenil, “ought to ﬁnd his occupation in the employment of his wealth. An income derived from investments, which require no care on the part of the owner, tends to make a man a mere desultory vaga- bond, unless he have some strong bias of his own to direct him. I should like to see young Carol, as the proprietor of a large landed estate, devoting his money to the improvement of agriculture, by the application of science in all its available branches.” V “You read Poet in his every word and expression,” said Wilmer, “ and would turn. the Poet into a Farmer!” “ He certainly is an enthusiast,” said the younger Avenil, , “but his enthusiasm takes anything but an analytic turn. His marvelous aptitude for languages, coupled with/his loco- ymotive propensities convinces me that he will ﬁnd his chief‘ engrossments among men rather than among things.” There was good ground for Charles’s remark. Criss had availed himself of the advantages affordedin the National Schools, to attain a facility of expression in many languages, which enabledihim to converse freely with the nations of the various countries hehad visited with Bertie; particularly the Arabic, which, for his origin's sake, Bertie had urged upon him. Bertie said that the boy seemed to acquire them ‘almost by sheer force of sympathy. It was a heart-—not a head—~faculty. The possession of it would be sure to en- courage his love of travel. ' faculty of expression. The boy possessed language and in- sight. Travel would give him information and ideas. He ought then to turn his leisure to account as an author, The elder Avenil demurred to this. ’ “The world and science,” he said, "are the same every-, where; so that time spent in travel is for the most part time wasted. Accustom him to regard a piece, of land as his own, —no matter whether he cultivates it or builds a town upon ’it—and he will soon learn to love it, and devote himself to its improvement.” “ The boy is a bird——a bird of passage; and you would chain him to a clod!” exclaimed Bertie. _ “The boy is an Israelite and apoet, and may be a prophet,” said my grandmother, of hieropathic tendencies. “ You are all thinking of the material, and forgetting the spiritual. Put him, with all his endowments of soul and body, into the land of his forefathers, and who knows but that he may suc- cessfully devote himself to reviving the ancient glories of his race, so long overshadowed by its lust for gold. Though restored to the Holy Land, Israel has yet to be restored to the Divine favor. You may deem me superstitious, but there. is something in his connection with those jewels, as aerialist, indicates a sufficiently practical turn for all useful , ‘My father suggested that it wasiionly part of the larger Then come and tell us soon What you have found on high. 1; undreamt of by our rainbows, ranged along the sides of tall cliffs which, in the form of a vast amphitheatre. overhung on well as in himself, that to me bespeaks him of royal destiny. You were quite right-to make him‘lea1'n Arabic, Bertie.” , -:-., -...{.-F. ,« , . 41:» ’ _y;’OOcDHQLL a G,LAFLIN’SiWEEK'LY.- Sept. 12, 1374. They were all struck by this remark, coming as it did from one who dwelt apart from the world of the present, in a region of exalted sentiment, absorbed in theological studies, and making her chief companions the Sacred books,of the ancient religions. Unobservant, however, and indifferent, as she was in regard to things around her, there was one por- tion of the earth that was ever present to her mind, with an overwhelming interest. It was J udaea, the ever memorable Holy Land. In much the same way as the religious system once known as Romanism was long kept alive by its oﬁspring and supplanter P»rotesta.ntL'sm. so was Judaism kept alive by Christianity long after it would otherwise have perished by natural decay. ' ' The prophecies of the ancient Jewish patriot poets respect- ing the future resuscitation of their country’s greatness had taken deep hold of old Mrs. Wilmer’s mind, and she had ‘viewed with exultation the return of the Jews to Palestine, and the vast inﬂux of wealth and power with them into that country, under the commercial inﬂuences of the Suez Canal, the Euphrates railroads, and the constitution of the Empire of Soudan or Central Africa. [To nu ooN'rn~IUED.l —-————>——+G SOCIALISTIC. THE GRAND DUKES DIAMOND GIRL. PARIS, July 6, 1874. One night in the winter of 1871 there was a masked ball at the Opera House of St. Petersburg, and seldom before, even in the brilliant capital of the Northern Caesars, had festival lights shone over so much beauty and renown. It was carni- val time, when pleasure is half -privileged to take wider license than usual, in order to prepare for the terrible rigors of the orthodox Russian Lent, during which folks must dine and sup upon lentils and salted cucumber. All the golden youth of Russia was there, an.d all those elder men who can wear their years without becoming morose and crabbed. Under the pretty dominoes and graceful masks, which were fluttering about like the ﬁreﬂies of a Southern summer night, were many of the great Court ladies, with, perhaps, here and there a princess of the Imperial House of Romanolf; for be-' tween the present state of manners and society in Russia, and that which existed in England during the reign of Charles II., there are several points of resemblance. The conversation of the rich and high born is astonishingly free; and they openly profess laiitudinarian principles on the sub- ject of marriage, divorce and kindred topics. Some of the women present, enjoying good positions and desirable repu- tations, had more than one husband living on amicable terms in the same street, and a lady, with a turn for practical joking, has been known to join a whist party, sitting calmly down with no less than three gentlemen with Whom she had been united in the bonds of wedlock. - Among the company present on this occasion was an American girl of extraordinary beauty. She had not ac- quired so much experience in matrimony or chosen such a variety of partners‘ in life as numberless respectable people at St. Petersburg, Moscow and Odessa; but, although she was scarcely out of her teens, she was a widow, and the iribald said she was a courtezan. That is to say, it was alleged that she belonged to a profession which is everyday growing larger, and which has numbered women as gifted and lovely as Lady Hamilton, whom Lord Nelson, with his dying breath, bequeathed to his country’s gratitude; as Mrs. Jordan, who was a faithful wife in all but name to William IV. of England; as Adrienne Lecoureur, who gave glory to Marshal Saxe at the price of her life; and as Rachel, who refused a crown. This courtezan, if courtezan she were, looked as fresh as a new blown ﬂower, and was full to over- ﬂowing of youth and high spirits. So exquisitely perfect a piece of womanhood is seldom seen. She had dark hair in great profusion and an imperial sort of forehead, broad, open and whiteas ivory. Her dark eyes ﬂashed under her long lashes like black diamonds, and were all aglow with wit and kindness. The nose was of that ﬁrm yet delicate aquiline which denotes courage and resolution; the mouth was won- drously full and soft; the upper lip small and formed like a bow; her teeth were as living pearls, and her complexion dazzlirgly fair. Little feet, small hands and taper ﬁngers; a ﬁgure which a fairy might envy. Sprightly Words and laughter, which fell on the, car like music, complete an honest description of this American beauty on the night she went to the masked ball at St Petersburg. Now the great fun of these assemblies is that ladies are allowed by custom to make all sorts of advances to gentle- men, for they are masked and concealed by their dominoes, while men go in simple evening dress. The orthodox thing for a lady to do, therefore,'is to ﬁx upon some gentleman whom she wishes to tease or to mystify and to tell him some incident of his life which he fancies a profound secret, then to leave him puzzled and bewildered. The American widow was looking out for somebody whom she knew in order to torment him in this way, when she saw a group of her friends talking with a stranger, and, after listening to s)me frag- ments of their conversation, as women will, she suddenly pounced upon the stranger and led him away. What she said to him is only known to themselves, but, when he quitted her that night he was spellbound and fascinated. 'Well he might be. There is no wit in this lower world equal to American wit; no humor so racy and original. When this Russian heard it for the ﬁrst time from lips so sweet, no wonder that he was enchanted. She spoke freely to _him and without reserve, thinking that he was merely some young count or petty prince; and as ‘she spoke she seemed drawn toward him by a subtle sympathy in their characters. She was quite abashed when she found out that she had been gossiping unceremoniously with the Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinowich, nephew of the Emperor of all the Russias. ' They never parted afterward for two years and a half. The young Grand Duke had good abilities and good nature, but his education had been woefully neglected. The Ameri. can woman taught him, formed him into a gentleman, and raised him up to her own intellectual standard, which was high. She was the daughter of Dr. Ely, a‘ Protestant clergy- man of Connecticut, a man of°°s‘oh1e distinctionin sc.ience and letters. He was, unfortunately for his belongings, also a great traveler; and if she, who was now the companion of a Russian Grand Duke, had gone wrong in early life, it was because she had been left too much to a hot-tempered,bigoted and narrow- minded mother, who had taught the doctrines of passive obedience with a thick stick. Her daughter, however, had been well schooled, and had learned Latin, French and music, so that she was an excellent instructress to a young man who knew nothing. The Grand Duke loved her so intensely that he made her sign a formal contract in which she bound herself by a solemn oath never to leave him or to speak one word, save in friendship, to any other mortal man. .- Upon her part, her vanity had ﬁrst been ﬂattered; her woman’s heart had been won by a handsome youngman of congenial tastes and temper, but gradually he had taken possession of her whole soul. The~love which she bore him, kindled by his knightly deeds in distant lands, his valor, his danger and his fame, had passed into worship and become idolatry. - He had been ﬁrst her lover, then her hero, then her god. She watched over his honor as only devoted Women can do, and she kept his new glories bright. He was the only one of the Russian princes who never seemed to get into scrapes or to incur unpopularity. But it may have been that he received some ugly blow in the Khivan expedition, or that he contract-ed some illness; for when he returned to her house, which he called his “' home,” she now and then observed that he was under the inﬂuence of uncontrollable excitement. At eleven o’clock one night he was arrested on her doorstep, and she has never seen him since. ‘ i The ostensible charge against him was alleged to be that he had, stolen the jewels of a star belonging to an image of the Virgin Mary, which was in his mother’s bedroom, and which had been given to her by his father, in accordance with a Russian custom, on the day he was baptized. The truth appears, however, to be that these jewels were taken by his aide-de-camp, and that he generously bore the blame to save that young officer from disgrace. It was not likely that the Grand Duke would have committed the robbery himself; for he had no need. to do so. He has a large fortune, and, as the eldest son and heir to his father, will be some day entitled to a property of such immense value that any usurer in the world would have taken his bond for whatever sum he might have required. Moreover, the Grand Duke is not a spend- thrift; he lived very moderately and allowed only $800 a month for his domestic expenses. Besides, he had received $50,000 from his bankers on the same day that the robbery was said to have been committed, and the stolen jewels were valued at about $1,200. The Grand Duke, nevertheless, took the robbery on himself, and after having been kept some time under arrest,he has been banished to theCaucasus. Meantime, the American lady's house was searched, and when nothing was found which could in any way connect her with the theft, she was sent out of the country, accompanied by two good-natured policemen, who seemed to be somewhat ashamed of the dirty work they were doing. None of her property was taken from her or injured. Her expulsion from Russia, however, is an exercise of arbitrary power which makes one glad enough that it does not ﬂourish everywhere. The probable reason why the Grand Duke Nicholas has been banished to the Caucasus and why the American lady has been expelled from Russia is that there was good ground for believing they were about to be married. What then? Rank and wealth can win no fairer prize than beauty. She was very charming, and had a good deal of that downright American common sense which a Russian Prince, in sight of possible revolutions, might have found of considerable value. It is that harmless sort of smartness which consists in saying nothings pleasantly. She would have made him one of the most popular princes in Europe had he married her, and hushed up a few bygones, as such things are easily hushed up in despotic countries. She was a conciliatory, agreeable woman, who would have guided him to high des- tinies, and herself have been capable of any sacriﬁces; she would have done wonders of heroism in time of public trouble. She would have adopted her new country gladly, proudly, and may be have brought forth a race of warrior statesmen, brave, strong and wise. ‘ u It is not a just sentence to pronounce that a young woman’s antecedents shall stand forever in her way. If rakes are supposed to reform and to become shining lights and elders, why should not the same presumption prevail with regard "to women who have once erred. VVe do not know with any cer- tainty what hasreally happened to her, or how desperately, though perhaps vainly, she has struggled against evil. Her fault may have arisen from anything rather than from vice, and often the very excellence of virtue is the heart‘s guide into ill. Some of the best; and highest qualities in human nature may have led her the first step downward. Even when we suppose the worst of her, large allowance must be made, not only for tempiation, but for the cowardly and base advantage which may be always taken of youth and innocence. A fallen woman is a wretched thing! Perhaps so. Let him who is guiltless cast the ﬁrst stone at her. Other women will strike at her whether they are guiltless or not. But men and gentlemen may remember with respectful com- passion for the weakness which has been overcome that the lures to which a friendless woman succumbs are often irre- sistible.“ All that experience, cunning and treachery can do to ruin her is sure to be done. Wise men, even, are not ashamed to try all they know against a child, merely because she is a girl. ' Let us for once look at this question fairly. A girl who has strayed from the path of virtue is in much the same position as a man who has committed a theft; both of them are dis- honored. But suppose a clever rogue were to persuade a boy to steal, our indignation would be aroused, not against the ’ . 0 boy, but against the rogue. We should merely scold and-.i rogue would be lynched. VVe may go even farther than this,. and imagine a nobleman of illustrious rank, great fomuneg. and high in the respect of tie countrymen, using all his in- ﬂuence and eloquence to induce a lad of seventeen to com-w mit a robbery. W'e may fancy that he promised the favor, affection, pleasure, secresy and wealth if he complied :‘ swore eternal friendship to him; coaxed, cajoied, watched and haunted him for years till he sinned. VVhom should we blame—the tempted or the tempter? If this is a true parallel, as assuredly it is, let us keep our virtuous wrath for the seducers of Women rather than for those whom they betray. If we adopt the common opinion of the world, and admit that awoman should be cruciﬁed because she has been de- ceived, yet her deceiver has no right to execute judgment against her. There is a sort of righteousness in unrighteous- ness, and to examine the case merely according to the code of commercial honesty a man who has degraded a woman is clearly bound to keep faith with her, otherwise he will un- questionably be obtaining goods upon- false pretences; andl he has no more right to take the bloom of a woman’s life from her without equitable requital than he has to run off“ with. ashopkeepers stock in trade, or purchase his wares on a; promissory note, and then refuse to honor it. A Grand Duke must not play false with a woman because» she is of doubtful character any more than he might cheat a. a blackleg. He may refuse to have anything to do with such persons; but if he chooses to hoid intercourse with them his dealings should be conducted upon the same principles which; regulate the conduct of a high-minded gentleman incall‘ the relations of life, and he must treat them in the same upright? manner in which he behaves to other people. It is an amazar ing argument in the mouth of a prince and a soldier to say that he keeps worthless company in order to behave without integrity toward his companions; and if he wishes to act honorably—as, no doubt, the Grand Duke Nicholas did—it is a disgrace to agreat nation that he should have been pre- vented from doing so. It would not have harmed him had he been allowed to keep his troth. The Duke of Cambridge, in England, has done so under precisely similar circum- stances, and so did the Archduke John of Austria. It did not deprive them of their place in the esteem of their fellow- countrymen, but rather raised them to greater heights. The Duke of Cambridge is Commander-in-Chief of the British army; and when all the house of I-Iapsburg-Lorraine were hurled down from power the Archduke John was elected by universal suffrage as Administrator of the Austrian Empire, not because he was an Imperial Prince, but because he had: married an innkeeper’s daughter and dealt honorably with; her. “ It is said that some Americans are mixed -up with this Russian story; if so, We need 11ot blush for them. It is no» shame to admire a beautiful woman in distress and to show something of chivalry——somcthing of goodness in her de- fense. I should not be so proud as I am of my connection with the Americans if I saw them all turn their backs on a lady because a political policeman had been instructed to tease her. The whole affair seems rather to have amused the: Americans who were concerned in it, and they poked fun at: the policeman. _ All is well that ends well, and let no one be surprised if the future Grand Duchess Nicholas of Russia» hails from Connecticut-N. Y. Herald. MOUL'l‘ON’S STATEMENT. [From the Louisville C’ou2ie7'-Jom‘nal.] Thus aﬂairs progressed smoothly, till one Miss Anthony, An old gal with a pair of jaws lcathern and lanthomy, Found it out, and of course she didn't descent any; Oh, no! she don’t talk worth a cent. But in less than a week every gossip was able To detail the facts at each Brooklyn tea-table‘, While special dispatches went oil’ by the cable-,. And the Plymouth pews doubled in rent. After this Mr. Beecher, imbued with contrilion, That one occupying his pious p0Slll0l1 Should have carried it so far as to make his condition‘ New very precarious, indeed, Came to me to confess, and to ask that I‘d write’ Aneat little piece, which I did, and ‘was quite Satisfactory to Theodore-who never bears spite- And they all to keep quiet agreed. But just then Mr. Bacon, a gifted galoot, , [Whose clerical month's always ready to shoot,] Poked into the bus’ness his troublesome snoot, Styling Tilton a scoundrel and liar. Then Theodore, getting as wild as a loon, Appeared in the role of a “ howling raccoon,” (He’s a Hoe press to print, he is, when he‘s in tune,) And the fat was all thrown in the fire. For this terrible Tilton got madcler and madder, And made Mr. Beecher seem baddet and badder, And the church shook its head, growing sadder and. sadder ‘ At the damage about to be done. I And out popped the tale that to me was confessed, In grandiloquent, Tiltonian sentences dressed, And dark‘ hints were thrown about ankles and vest; And the public, peculiarly pleased and impressed, Una voce proclaimed a desire for the rest Of this very nice dish of criin. con. So I’ve come for to tell what I know of the case; But 17m ready to swear till l’m black in the face That the prisoner Beecher’s entitled to grace- T0 acquittal, indeed, I would say. For I’ve known for some time that he’s often attacked With “ erotic insanity,” when he will act Like “ one of the wicked," altho’, for a fact, He’s a saint when the fit goes away._ INVERTED I-IONOR. “Then,” said I, “_the grossest offense you have committed, in the estimation of your own sex, was continuing relations with your wife after you knew her to have been impure to y0u."—(¥e0. Alfred Town-. send’s letter to the Uhécago Tribune. , S In these three lines is concentrated a larger amount of foul and poisonous falsehood than in any Qbher three mat I hagV6 forgive the boy; but in any primitive state of society thei- ~u! .-In Sept. 12, 1874. woonntrtft .2 CLAFLIIWS wEnKtY.— I « is ever seen. The only wrong Mr. Tiiton endured was the vio- _ ..:1\\latioi1 of a despotic authority over his wife’s person. Ac- cording to Mr. Townsend it was so imperative a. duty for Mr. Tilton to take vengeance for this imaginary wrgng upon the woman who had never ceased to love him, that forbearance ‘from such vengeance was a gross and disgraceful. offense. ‘This is the bloodiest code of savage life——“ scalp your enemy «or he dishonored.” A lordly baron claims a beautiful island; «a neighboring lord has once encampcd upon it in the. owner‘s absence and inhaled the fragrance of its ﬂowers. The in- truder was an old and devoted friend; he had harmed, noth- ing. taken nothing, but he had landed on the shore without \ the baron’s express invitation. Is it not clear that the baron is bound to assassinate the lord to vindicate the awful Ina- jesiy of his territorial soevereignty, and that he is dishonored so long as he is passive? Seriously, can thereibe a. greater outrage on every princi- ple of manhood, friendship and justice, than to assert that when a man and wife have each exercised some degree of sexual liberty, it is the duty of the woman to submit or approve in silence With undiminished love, but the duty of the man to turn upon his wife who has given to him the ﬂower of her life and love, and blast her with Satanic ven- geance? ‘V The wanton desertion of a faithful, loving wife and mother is one of the greatest crimes in society; but when it is accompanied. by the attempt to blast her life and sink her beneath a load of obloquy, it differs very little from murder in its moral turpitude. It one respect it is worse than the ordinary murder oi, passion, for it is the cruelest blow against the most devoted friend. It is this cold, cruel, un- manly crime which Mr. Townsend says is generally consid- ered a virtue, and for the failure to perpetuate which Mr. Til- ton is to be dishonored. If Mr. Tilton has the magnanimity which he claims, he can show it only by undoing the mis- chief already done, wiping out the past and renewing his de- votion to a. woman who, if his own words are not entirely false, is eminently worthy of his love VIATOR. MUI{E C1411; CRIMES. Last week we noted the a.nr::1 of three c1ergymen—of the Presbyterian, Lutheran and Methodist persunsions—charged with fornication in the first, breach of promise in the second and incest in the third case. This week we add to them from .the New York I-Ierald of Friday, August 28, the arrest of the Rev. G. A. Irwin, of St. Louis, Episcopalian, for wife-beat- ing, and the Rev. N. Flamming, Catholic, who appears to be «charged, if the report we present be correct, with similar follies to those of which Midshipman Peter Simple was ac-' cused soon after he joined his ship, viz: “getting drunk and running after the Dolly Mops.” In the case of the Rev. G. A. Irwin we give the,intervieW ‘between the Globe reporter and the Rev. gent inthe jail ﬁrst, which is thus reported in the Globe of St. Louis, Mo.: “The Rev. Mr. G. A. Irwin is in durance vile at the present ‘writing, and the Rev. Mr. G. A. Irwin feels badly hurt about ‘it, because he is afraid that if the story gets out it will be damaging to his reputation. The Rev. G. A. Irwin is well known in this city; his clarioh voice has been heard night after night resounding from the Court House steps, to the " inﬁnite delight of the “ Christiaii Brotherhood” and the in- ﬁnite dis.ust of the hackmen. He is also well known on the levee, where he holds forth day after day, scattering the truth, as he calls it, in the most indiscriminate and miscella- neous manner. He has cast bread upon the muddy waters of the Mississippi day after day. but, as far as heard from, it has not yet returned, and there are doubts in the minds of a few that it ever will. He‘ has pleaded with the sinners—— prayed with them and wept with them. He has been poor in spirit; and otherwise. He has stood under an August sun and sung praises till his linen duster became discolored and his paper collar disappeared, and he has talked to his admir- ers till his breath became short and his vgice weak; and now he is in the ’boose. Wherefore is he in the ’boose? About nine o’clock last evening a couple of policemen entered the Chestnut street station leading a sanctimonious looking in- dividual, and followed by a pale—faced woman respectably dressed, who looked to be about forty years of age. and two gentlemen. lady was his wife, and the gentlemen were Mr. E. H. Darvot and Mr. \Villiam Reynolds. It was claimed by the lady that her husband had maltreated her, and that he had threatened to bill her. The police officers put a charge of disturbing the peace opposite his name, and he was placed in the ’boose aforesaid. « _ It was plain that the whole story had not been told by the parties at the station, as they refrained from stating why the Rev. Mr. G. A. Irwin had so abused his wife, and a Globe reporter,.feeling that there was something at the bottom of it terviewed the Rev. Mr. G. A. Irwin in his cell. The reporter informed Mr. Irwin that he had been in- structed to find out the whyfore and wherefore of this un- ’ ppleasantness. and Mr. Irwin stated that there was no trouble at all; that th: whole thing was a mistake. Reporter—l understand that you struck your wife. Is that the truth? I Mr. Irwin—VVhy, my dear friend, I strike a woman! I lay my hands on a woman, save in way of kindness! You are wronglyinformed. I am aminister of the ‘Lord, sir. I am a disciple of the Lord, sir. I preach the Gospel day after day, and teach the truth to all. I bear no malice. I wouldn’t touch a woman, sir. Report-er—Haven’t you been drinking this evening, Mr- Irwin? Mr. Irwin—kI never touched 5 drop of liquor in my life. I am a Christian gentleman, and I h-ope to sink through the floor if I ever touched ‘either spirituous or malt liquor in my life. I have preached three times on the levee to-day. Sir, I am a servant of the Lord. "Who told you I had been drink- ing? Reporter-'—Nobody; I only thought so. Mr. Irwin—I tell you, my friend,_you heard it from her and 1.9! pa.ra.mour—-they have placed me here. The prisoner was the Rev. Mr. G. A. Irwin, the Report-er——Am I to understand you to mean your wife when you say her? - Mr. Irwin——Yes: she is a bad woman. My friend, after I have been out all day, sometimes from daylight till daik, serving the Lord and trying to save the souls of His chil- dren, I do not like to see my wife sitting in the lap of another man when I come home. _ — Reporter———Oi course not. Well? Mr. lr wiu——And it greatly displeases me to see a man "got- ting out of a back window as I enter by the door. But I am speaking to you confidentially and you cannot fpublish whatl say. 0 Reporter—How long isit since you married her? Mr. Irwin——Not long; about six weeks. She was a pro- curess before I married her, and she is one now; that is why I pleaded with her so much this evening. for my Maker's sake. ,I love my Maker. ' . Reporter——I-Iaven’t you been drinking this evening, Mr. Irwin? (He had, for his breath was pregnant with the odor of ten-cent whisky.) Mr. Irwin-——My friend, my dear friend, I have told you be- fore that I,never touched a drop in my life. They can say My,Bible is my revolver and my Testament is my knife. Shall I show them to you? Here they are, the blessed books. (He kissed them and his eyes rolled hcavenward.) My wife and one of those fellows who came with her have invented this story that they may get me out of the way. But I am the Lord’s servant, and the right is on my side. Reporter-—Is this woman your first wife? Mr. 1rwin—Np; I have been married three times. Oh! it will be all right in the morning. Mr. Wells and my brothers in Jesus will get me out of this. VVhen I am out I will give you a history of the whole thing. I will be with my beloved ﬂock on the levee to-moi-row, scattering the truth broadcast. Don’t mention this affair. My reputation, you know, is at stake. I am innocent of the charge against me. I never did a wrong to my fellow-man. I am a servant of the Lord. That woman is avery bad woman, and I havetried to reform her, but 1 could not. I have read to her from the book of books; I have prayed with her, but she would not reform. But don't say anything about it in the Globe, for it would hurt the true cause, the great cause of Christianity, to pub- lish what she will tell about it.” As the Rev. G. A. Irwin’s statement is somewhat invali- dated by the remark of the reporter respecting the whisky, we append that of Mrs. Irwin: ‘ “I married Major Irwin about six months ago; he had been a major in the army, and I married him because he had pleaded with me for months, saying that he could not live without me, and that I had saved him; he had been married twice before and so had I; my former husbands were killed in the war; last April his wife attempted to kill him while Bible saved hislife, the knife going almost through it; I have the Bible now; I. was Mrs. Cole when I married him; he has never given me a centsince he married me, and I have pawned my watch, jewelry and even my false hair to help him get along. He told me the other day that he was going procuress. I tried to reason with him, but he wouldn’t listen to me, and he swore and used obscene language in the most frightful manner. He says he doesn’t drink, but he does; and friends of mine have seen him in the lowest (lens of this city since our marriage. One night last week he at- tempted to killme while I was asleep, but my little daughter here gave the alarm, and if she hadn’t done so I know he would have stabbed me with a stiletto which he held in his hand when I awoke. He has ‘called me all kinds of names and accused me of everything one day, and the next day he would be as loving and kind as he could be. This evening he came in and swore such awful oaths—I never heard a man swear so before. He caught me by the shoulder (it pains me terribly now) and said I had :1 man in the room. He made such a noise, and I was so much afraid that he would kill me, that I called for help, and these gentlemen and two police- l men came into the room. He says he has killed men. He is the wickedest man I ever saw in my life. I have always lived a virtuous life, and everybody in the house knows that I am as illnocent as my little daughter. He is well known here and in Cincinnati as a street preacher. He is an Episco- palian, but belongs to the “ Christian Brotherhood,” and is a kind of Evangelical pre,a_ch:>.r. He professes. to be good when he is on the street, but I never saw a man as depraved and low as he is. Mrs. Crisp stated that Mrs. Irwin was a good woman; Other ladies in the house corroborated this statement. The gentlemen present said they never had the slightest cause to think that Mrs. Irwin was anything else than a good woman. She is very ladylike in appearance and seems to have hada great deal of trouble. - Irwin is a tall, heavy man, with a bloated countenance, black hair and dark eyes. He has a smile constantly on his face, and when speaking he rolls his eyes upward and heaves tremendous sighs at regular intervals. The case will come up in the Police Court this morning-, when some new facts will probably come to the surface. The second case is that of the Rev. N. Flamming, a Catho- lic priest of Cleveland, Ohio; it is taken from the Cleveland Herald: ' While Patrolman Gilchrist was passing along Champlain street about one o’clock, Monday morning, his attention was attracted by loud screams proceeding from the interior of the brick building No. 124'. well known to the police as a house of evil resort. On proceeding hurriedly in.that direc- tion he saw the front door suddenly thrown open and two male ﬁgures rush out. One ofthem escaped around a neigh- boring, corner before he could capture him, but the other stumbled and nearly fell at the foot of the stone steps, being ﬁnally grasped in the oIﬁcer’s stout arms. A female inmate of the establishment came to the entrance immediately after what they please now. They told the sergeant that I had a ‘ - pistol and a knife with me. he was asleep by stabbing him in the breast, but apocket . to leavevme; that I was unfaithful to him. and that I was a I the retreating forms, and told the policemen that the pris oner and his companion had come to the house early in the evening, both under the inﬂuence of liquor. After. some time spent in conversation with the inmates, the former called for a bottle of wine. A dispute arose concerning the price to be paid, during which the man who had escaped struck one of the women a severe blow in the face. The _ couple were preparing to do further injury when the screams which brought the oﬂicer to the spot caused them to take ﬂight. ' . On bringing his prisoner under the rays of the gaslight Gilchrist perceived that he was attired in‘, dark clerical gar- ments and wore spectacles. His hands were smooth and his face was rosy and of a rotund shape. The officers carried him to the Central Station, when the man gave his name as Rev. N. Flamming, and said that he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. The sergeant in charge was at first inclined to discredit his assertion, but an examination of his clothing revealed documents that proved it to be true. The charge of drunkenness was recorded opposite his name, and, the would-be gay and festive shepherd was compelled to recline behind the irpns of a gloomy prison cell. A member of the Roman Catholic Church, who was present at the time that he was brought into the Central, gave him a severe scolding for the sins of which he, the father, had been guilty. ‘ ' _ « The occupants of No. 124 appeared very much astonished on learning that the man was a priest, and said that he had been a frequent visitor at that place. The police were unable to learn the name of his companion who escaped. It must be confessed that the press of the country has latterly done" its duty to the people by giving reports of clerical delinquencies without fear or favor. Only fancy, in one fortnight, Presbyterianism, Lutheranism, Methodism, Episcopalianismand Catholicism are all represented in the criminal courts. Congregationalism also has been on trial, if it may be termed such, before the Plymouth Church Com- mittee, in which the accused appointed his own judges and was well represented by counsel. Of course he has been trirrnphantly acquitted; under such circumstances it could hardly be otherwise. It would probably have saved consid- erable scandal if the other parties, above-mentioned, had been tried privately, with closed doors, as hasbeen the case with the pastor of Plymouth. - THE PAUSE IN THE BATTLE. The tug of strife to'_ﬂag begins, Though neither loses yet nor wins. Frank Carpenter lies on the heath, Near Wilkeson, who sleeps in death. The Jersey matron holds her hill, The Roman spinster‘s voice is stilf; Moulton leans on his war~swoz‘d now. And lonely Tilton wipes his brow. Nor less has toiled each Beecher knight From June to August in ihe ﬁght. Stout Henry Ward for air must gasp, Bowen shuts tight his vizor clasp; Brave Horace B. the spear must quit, And Bessie fails for lack of wit; The blows of Winslow fall less fast, And simple Shearman’s bugle blast Hath lost its lively toncl Sinks rattling Raymond’s battle word, And Sage’s voice is fainter heard, “ Thank Heav’n the job is done!“ ————-——————>—<Q SPIRITUALISTIC. [From the San Iilrancisco Chronicle, fan. 22, 1874.] A WINDFALL. WHAT FOSTER, THE MEDIUM, lS,DOING OVER AT SAN FRANCISCO. When Foster, the Spiritualist medium, first came to this city and hung out his shingle at the Grand Hotel, he was an object of much curiosity. Among those who went to wit- ness the marvelous manifestations, which, it was claimed, were daily made, was a well-known gentleman, wliose name we are not authorized to give. The gentleman had heard of the slip—of-paper trick, and believing that he knew a thing or two more than Foster did, he resolved to play a sharp game with him. Before going to the Inedium's room he wrote a. name on a. slip of paper, which be wrapped and folded tightly in a piece of tin-foil. When he got there, in company with several other friends, he handed the little roll of tin-foillto Foster, and awaited events. ’ A The little paper inside the tin~foi1 contained merely the full name of the gentlen:1an’s mother—-her maiden name and married name. Foster took it, pressed it to his forehead in that dreamy, listless way he has, and then laid it on the table. Presently he said: “Yes, sir, I have a message for you. There is the spirit of a lady here who wishes me to write you this message”. Here Foster took up a pencil, and with many jerks and quirks, wrote : , . “Do not remove the remains of your father and myself. Let us rest where we are. Your-heart is right, but your judgment is wrong. “——- ~——.” ’ This message was signed by both the maiden name and married name of the gentleman‘s mother. turned as White as a sheet, for he at once recognized the message as having been written in the name of his deceased mother. He had long been intending to remove her remains and those of his father from an eastern cemetery to his vault at Lone Mountain. He had not thought ofvthe matter at all that day. ‘Foster had never seen him before. Neither Fos- ter nor any one else-—not even the gentleman’s wife———knew what the mother’s maiden name had been, hence the clear- ness, the strange outline of the message. and, above all, the aptness with which it referred to his project with regard to the remains of his parents, gave the astonished gentleman something to think aboutfor days to come. He did not wait for an answer to histin-foil puzzle, but started away very much in the condition of the young man The gentleman ' _3 , , woonnnti. so oLArLin?s wnsktr; ',Sept. 12,1874. who went to church to scoff, but ﬁnally concluded to remain and pray. , ,Next day the gentleman met his friend, the Hon. Chas. E. De’ Long, who had just then returned from Japan. To him he told his remarkable experience of the day before.. De Long laughed at him for his apparent credulity, and scouted the idea that spirits had anything to do with the message. Nettled at this, the gentleman invited Mr. De Long to go with him and see Foster and judge for himself. That night they both, in company with Howard Colt, called at the Grand Hotel and were shown into Foster’s rooms. Mr. De Long was wholl.y unknown to Foster. They all sat down to the table. and after Foster had smoked awhile at his cigar, he said: “ Iican only get one message to-night, and that is for a _ person named Ida. Do either of you know who Ida is ?” ’ Mr. De Long looked at Fosterlwith rather a startled look and "said: “Weil, yes, I rather think I do. My wife’s name is Ida.” ‘ “ Well,” said Foster, “then this message is for her, and it is important. But she will have to come here and receive it.” This was just enough to excite De Long’s curiosity, and after endeavoring in vain to get Foster to reveal the message to him,'he consented to bring his wife the next night to re- ceive the important communication in person. Accordingly, the next evening the same two, accompanied by Mrs. De Long, were ushered into Foster’s parlor. They were soon seated around the table, waiting eagerly for the spirits to arrive. After Foster had smoked for several minutes in silence, he suddenly said: “ The same message comes to me. It is for Ida. This is the lady is it?” he asked, as of the spirit. “Oh, you will write the message will you? Well, all 'right;” and with this he took up a pen and dashed off the following: “ To MY DAUGHTER IDA: “ Ten years ago I entrusted a large sum of money to Thomas Madden to invest for me in certain lands. After my death he failed to account for the investment to our credi- tors. The money was invested, and 1,250 acres of land were bought, and one-half of this land now belongs to you. I paid Madden, on account of my share of the purchase, $650. He must be made to make a settlement. Your father, " “ —— VINEYARD.” Both Mr. and Mrs. De Long sat and heard this communi- cation read with astonished. faces. Mrs. De Long knew that in life her father had had business dealings with Mr. Madden, but to what extent or even the nature of them, she did not know. She was terribly frightened at the denouement, for she knew that Foster did not know who she was or who her father might have been; and when the communication came in so remarkable a way, the effect upon the whole party may be better imagined than described. Mr. De Long had just enough faith in the correctness of Mrs. De Long’s communication to want to see what was in it anyway. So the next day he called on Mr. Madden at the Occidental Hotel. Without saying what especial reason he had for asking the question, he asked Mr. Madden if there was not yet some unsettled business between himself and the estate of the late Mr. Vineyard. Mr. Madden thought for a moment, and then he said there was. He said several years ago he and Mr. Vineyard had purchased a tract of land together, and their interest was yet undivided. The land had increased and was still increasing in value, and he sup- posed Mr. Vineyard’s daughter desired to let her interest ﬁe untouched, which was the reason why the matter had never been settled up. Besides, she had been absent a long time from the country, and was not here to have the matter settled. When informed that Mrs. De Long had onlyjugt learned of this investment of her father’s, Mr. Madden ex- pressed much surprise. He said he supposed she and her husband and the executors knew all about it, but were simply letting the matter rest for the property to increase in value, Mr. Madden then said that he was ready to make a settle- ment at any time. This was readily assented to by Mr. De Long, and accordingly on Saturday last Mr. Madden trans- ferred a deed for 325 acres of the land to Mrs. De Long, her heirs and assigns forever. Having done this, Mr. Madden offered the lady $18,000 for the property; b_ut having been informed that i". was worth at least $25,000, she declined to sell. , THE WORK IN CONNECTICUT. EDITORS on THE WEEKLY: I grasp my pen amid the hurry of multiplied engagements to give you a brief account of; our recent grove meeting at Madison, Conn. Both you and your readers will remember the shameful opposition I endured here a little more than a year ago, which closed the only available hall in the place (which, by the way, happened to be in the basement of the Congregational Church), and which is still so closed, not 'withstanding negro minstrels,_ gambling grab-‘fairs,’ and ~ fourth-rate shows are readily admitted into its sanctiﬁed ediﬁce. At a-recent visit there I found that a grove could be leased, if not a hall, and I determined to hold a grove meet- ing, under the auspices of our State Association, and accord- ingly summoned to any .aid three brave and outspoken werkers—-viz., Laura Cuppy Smith, Anna Middlebrook and N. Frank White, all of whom responded readily to my call and came full of zeal and energy, and, like the war-horse before the battle, appeared eager for the fray. The audience - was good. the weather ﬁne, with the exception of a slight sprinkle in the afternoon, which only served to temporarily clisorganize us. The strictest attention was paid while the speakers separately discoursed upon ‘their chosen themes with characteristic. energy and enthusiasm. The audience was purely skeptical, and many of thexrr heard for the first time ihis new gospel of angel ministration, and not only heard, but accepted it, and begged of me to come again and bring with me the same preachers, who found the way ‘straight to‘ their souls as never did preachers before. All in all, our meeting was a grand success, and I think will result in some active steps being taken toward the erection of, another hall, which will not be held under ecclesiastical do- minion‘. There are many indications in other directions that prejudice is giving way, and the people are beginning to see that it takes something besides mere denouncement to prove a thing false and impractical. And the same that is said of Madison can be said of certain other places I have recently visited, and found much opposition. It is lamentable tosee the positions some of our old and staunch Spiritualists are taking just at the moment of our greatest‘ emergency.) The spirits have all along told us that their work was a humanitarian one, but, to accomplish it, old institutions and customs must be torn down and that hy- pocrisy and deception must be unmasked, and the idols we had set up to worship must be broken in pieces; Are these idle words, and have the spirits spoken only in jest? The people will some time learn to tremble when these revelations threaten. The clergy have themselves, with closed eyes and devotional attitude, prayed that secreted vices might be ex- posed to view, and that the evil deeds that are done in dark- ness might be brought to the light of day, and now that they are taken at their word, and an attempt is being made to reveal some of the hiden rottenness and evil in society, we hear the mad dog cry of _“ These things are obscene,” and no stone is left unturned to screen established characters and prevent disclosures “ the fates” have determined must be made. Let the work go on until all hypocrites shall be un- masked, and obliged to take their true standing, that injus- tice’”‘and inequality may beibanished, and all appreciated for whatever merit they may possess. E. ANNIE HINMANN. e MISCELLANEOUS. SALEM, Ohio, July 9, 1874.. DEAR VICTORIA: V Oh, my sister, thou who canst look into a mother’s heart K and appreciate its depths of tenderness and aﬁ'ection—~thou whose great soul of love gathers into thy fold of sweet sym- pathies all womankind——come, gently come in spirit, to my stricken soul to-day. _ When on last May-day thy loving arms folded me closely ‘ to thy warm, generous bosom, and from thy lips fell words of blessing for my babes, little, ah! little, did I think that so soon two of their precious forms would lie neath the cold earthsod. My daughter Luna and my baby Charles-—bright, beautiful buds of ’promise———are both transplanted to the heavenly gardens of the summer-land. In my anguish I cry——VVhy is this? So often I have proudly said: “ I guide my children in the paths of health. and they are well and happy.” But, alas! how hastily those lovely and beautiful forms were de- stroyed by the malignant form of the scarlet fever. Little Harry, my only surviving child, nearly eleven years of age, has also been a severe sufferer with a milder form of the same disease, but now is regaining, I trust, his former strength and health. [We are now at the’home of my faith- ful father in Salem, Ohio, where friends will please address me. Numerous correspondents, whose kind epistles have been thankfully received, but lie unanswered, will herein ﬁnd the cause of delay.] But think not my deep aﬂliction has lessened my interest in the cause I love. The light and glory of Spiritualism has sustained me in this trying ordea1, My darlings talked cheerfully of their happy spirit-home, and joyfully met the angels who came to guide their new- born spirits to the ‘higher life. Even now, as I write, I feel the cheering sweetness of their loving presence, and the blinding tears and stifling sobs which overcame me as I took my pen to write few minutes ago have vanished, and a holy calm——a peaceful resignation—bathes my being in a, soothing influence of spiritual light. In this condition of mind I feel to say: Oh, my brother and sister Spiritualists, more dear than ever to me is the glorious cause; and as we are mutually blessed, especially in hours of afﬁiction, by the benign inﬂuences of our beautiful religion, why should dif. ferences of opinion divide us? Let us pray to dwell in peace and love, our souls baptized in the refreshing waters of this our heaven~born philosophy of Spiritualism so divinely sweet, so sacredly precious to us all. Dear Victoria, in this true hour of devotion my gratitude goes forth to the angels that thou hast been raised up to hasten the day when the grand laws of mateship and parent- age will be understood and obeyed. and then that children may be so organized as to withstand the rava es of disease, and healthfully,rejoicingly, live out their natural lives in the earth-form, with the necessary advantages for the proper growth and unfoldment of the immortal being. That the futpre mothers and fathers may not suffer what we in our ignorance have suffered, let us work on in the majesty and grandeur of truth. SADA BAILEY. CHURCH AND STATE DIGNITY. BY WARREN CHASE. Is it not a digniﬁed business that Plymouth Church and other churches are engaged in—inquiring whether their pas- tors or members have been kissing improperly, or whether the men have put their hands on the ankles of the females- trying to ascertain how, where, or with whom they have used certain parts of their bodies, as if the church owned parts, but not all the body of its members? They do not inquire whether the mouth has been deﬁled with tobacco, as that does not endanger the soul, which the church is instructed to save; but the improper use, or proper use, of the sexual func- tions without permission of the church, or confession or for- giveness will endanger the soul. and must be looked after. There is, however, not considered to be much danger if the fact does not get out and become known to the public; but if it does, the ‘church must at once inquire into the matter and find out just what each pastor and member has been doing Without its permission. The State, too, enters into the work, as if it was alegiti_ mate business to decide, not what, when, or how its citizens shall eat, but what sexuat relations ' they may form, and what use each may_ make of certain organs of the sexes, but trying to make merchandise of the sexual functions and regulate them by laws. As well might a church or State attempt to control any other organs or functions of the human body as these. If each human body does not belong to the soul in it, or if it is not free so long as it does not in- fringe upon the rights of another, then we are slaves. If the Church or State can sell or seal one body to the use of another without its voluntary act and consent given at the time, then we are slaves. If Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton have no right to the use or control of their bodies, ex- cept by permission of Church or State, or of other per- sons or parties, then they do not own their bodies, and are slaves. If they injure each other or any one else we hold them accountable, and if they act hypocritically and deceive other persons with a false representation of their feelings or actions we hold them accountable for hypocrisy; but if no person has been injured by them, and only the control and authority of the Church and State ignored, and they have not done violence to their own consciences, then we shall not condemn them. They must account to their own God and conscience and not to any standard we set up, nor should they be accountable to Church or State. To us it seems a most contemptible intermeddling for the Church to be en- gaged in. If Mrs. Tilton loved Beecher better than she did Tilton she should have told Tilton so and let him get a divorce and try to ﬁnd somebody that loved him better or live alone; and Beecher need confess his love to nobody but his wife, and give her a chance to leave him and get half the property. What is the reason we cannot stop this intermeddling of both Church and State, and let parties settle these matters them- selves and have the control of theirownbodies. They could not make society worse. If the Church in saving souls and the State in saving ‘bodies ﬁnd it necessary to take control of the sexual func- tions and regulate them in both sexes, it is time we had some legislation to stop the married prostitution and undesired maternity. Where the evils really exist, they do not inter- fere, except to legalize the crimes; but where no evils are proved to arise, they come in to inquire and regulate. When love goes out of the marriage bonds, the parties should be left free to go out also, and be no longer bound by legal or religious ties. If it is not prostitution for a woman to submit her body to the use and abuse of a man she loaths, abhors, or even does not love, then we do not know what prostitution is, and if it is prostitution for two persons who love and desire each other to associate sexually then we have mistaken its meaning. It the Church would take its unholy hands off‘ this subject entirely, and let the State regulate marriage, and the'State would enact only such laws as would fully protect every individual and secure to woman her right of property, as well as person and make marriage a civil contract of partnership only, and leave the sexual mat- ters to themselves, always defending the personal rights of the woman against all abuse or control, we should soon have peace and good—will among men and women. Why are the most licentions men the bitterest enemies to this reform? BEECHER’S LIMPING DEFENSE. BY W. F. JAMIESON. Now that Beecher has made his statement it is interesting to note how a portion of the press (plainly committed to up- hold Christianity and its prophet, right or wrong) comes to the rescue of Beecher. One paper unctuously commences its editorial “Thank God! Beecher is innocent.” Assuredly,‘ Mr. Beecher is a man of large sympathies. He is a man of tender, warm heart, which is to be set down in his favor. He has made a strong appeal to the sympathies of the American people. But the Beecher—Tilton scandal is a question of fact, not of sympathy. When he refers to the Beecher family, the unsullied name which he hoped to be able to hand down to posterity; his own trials and struggles; his hourly antici- pation of death; all are calculated to awaken tender feeling in his behalf. He seems to .be the self—conscious idol of the Christian public. When he speaks of Tilton, Victoria and other reformers, what a change! It is a sweep from the pathetic to the malig- nant. VVhen referring to his own trials and clouded life, he is in the pathetic mood; but when alluding to his enemies the demoniac is visible. In this respect he resembles the “ bloody—mouthed” God, to whom he referred a short time ago. Does this language appear too strong? I will corrobo- rate it by Beecher’s statement: “I found that the circle, of which Mrs. Woodhull formed a part, was the centre of loathsome scandals, organized, classiﬁed and perpetuated with a greedy and unclean appe- tite for everything that was foul and vile.” “ I was by no means the only clergyman who was made the butt of their private gossip, while it seemed as if no woman of any distinction in the land was left out of their pool of scandal. All the history of their past lives, and even the graves of their friends, were raked o 7er to furnish material and pretexts for their loathsome falsehoods.” [This charac- teristic is peculiar to the Beecher family. ‘Vida Harriet Beecher_Stowe’s Byron scandal.] “ It was inexpressibly dis- gusting to me, and I would not associate with these people.” The last statement is superﬂuous. When he found that the principal scandal was about himself, it was unnecessary for him to volunteer the declaration, “I would not associate with these people.” The Christian world knows he.is purer than Jesus. He is like Jesus, though, in the matter of de- nunciation of those he deems his enemies. Jesus called his enemies “ vipers.” Beecher calls his supposed enemies “ human hyenas.” The example of his Jesus furnishes him a warrant for such foul and unjustiﬁable language. It’ is not to the point to quote, “Love one another.” Beecher has frequently repeated the same phrase. Christ, Christianity and Beecher are full of contradictions. When Christ on the cross said “Father, forgive them,” it is not essentially dif- ferent from the parting expression of the forgiveness of murderers on the scaffold, thousands of years before Jesus Christ was born. So Beecher, when he denounces reformers and liberals, in such language, is pre-eminently Christ—like. There is one clause in Beecher’s defense which is divergent from the sentiment of free—and-easy Jesus Christ. Beecher body, leaving the most naturally criminal use free to both says, “Almighty God Himself” could not lift Tiltoninto Sept. 12, 1,s_74.’ woonHULL & 'cL.irLIiWs WEEKLY! ,.,..~>-. -...; s., , .. .-..,..__....i......... favor “if these women must be lifted with him.” Jesus was more friendly to the women; the vilest and lowest he was in favor of lifting into favor. Score one for Jesus. Beecher in his defense, plainly shows he was willing to crush “these women” if thereby either Tilton, himself, or any other Christian could be “lifted into favor.” Into whose favor ? Christian favor, of course. Mr. Beecher boldly charges Theodore Tilton with black- mail. He expects the public to believe him, and discredit every one who testiﬁes against him ; ‘even the Christian oath. I thy heart, and soul and mind and thou dost right. But don’t of Tilton, Beecher would set aside as of less account than his own mere ipse draft. The Christians have shown great eagernerness -to believe whatever Beecher might say. Til- ton,‘Victoria Woodhull, Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony are all liars according to the; Christians. The Christian craft is in danger. . Supposing Theodore Ti1ton’s sworn statement had been made against any eminent Spiritualist (Robert Dale Owen or Andrew Jackson Davis), would we have witnessed the press ‘defending him on the ground that the charges were not proved? No. What is the difference? One is apet preacher; ‘the other a reformer. One is of that class that is more dan- ggerous to American liberty than slave-holders ever were. Henry Ward Beecher is a living illustration of the danger- -ous and powerful influence of the clergy over the people. If Andrew Jackson Davis had been charged thus, and in a lengthy defense confessed he could not prove his innocence; that “money hasbeen obtained from me-in the course of " of these affairs, in considerable sums,” amounting to $7,000, his guilt would be voted undeniable. But because it is one of Christ’s ministers who is arraigned, oh, he cannot be guilty, he must not be! . 7 Neither ministers nor other people are inthe habit of pay- ing $7,000 for the purpose of concealing from/ the public, sound advice about divorce, and “unstudied aﬁection” be- tween pastor and fair parishioner, especially when the aﬁ‘ec- tion is purely platonic. He says in his defense that he supposed his “ presence and inﬁuence”.gave Mrs. Tilton “ strength.” That we need not question. But to pay $7,000 for the privilege of giving a wo- man strength, is paying too dearfor the whistle. It does seem as if the doctor’s bill ought to have been paid the other way. But Beecher is a spiritual physician. It may be customary for preachers to do the doctoring and pay the bills. I cannot help thinking what an endless amount of fun the papers and preachers would have had if Beecher had been an Itinerant lecturer on Spiritualism. There would have been an endless chain of jokes about the Spiritual strength- ening plasters. For Beecher, as an individual, who is in deep sorrow, I did feel sympathy. But when I perceive how rcmorselessly he crushes Tilton and others who differ from him, so far as his words can crush, the sympathy is displaced by justice. 1 am inclined to think the end is not yet, notwithstanding Beecher's partisans cry out “Let there be silence! we have heard enough.” The law court is the place for a ﬁnal adjust- ment of the whole matter. ' OUR CHURCHES. Now, when the attention of all society is concentrated upon the great scandal, what a wonder it is that people who do not think, except upon such occasions, cannot see the utter shallowness, per se, of all this superstition, professed by the different religious sects of this and of all times. One would suppose it easy for all now to see that from the earli- est stage of ignorance the human mind is singularly prone to idolatry, and that our present “enlightened" forms of religion are in a degree nothing more than an embodiment of a mysticism like that of the so-called heathen. We are all heathen, every one of us, when we accept a certain belief in anything supernatural, and it is something to be grateful for that there are so many in this nineteenth century who ask for and will have plain -and established facts to rest upon and then know, not believe. Take the masses which com- pose our various religious denominations. How many indi- viduals among them really care to inspect their respective systems of belief, or could converse logically upon them if questioned in regard thereto. A very, very few. And in the legitimate Christian Church—the Roman—all are taught not to dare to inspect——that would be “sinful” and showing alack of “faith.” But I do not intend to censure the un- thinking masses. It is plainly the result of circumstances that they are “hereditary bondmen.” I In the Plymouth Church of Brooklyn there are members of that congregation who have hung upon the expositions of the gospel according to Beecher with very little less implicit- ness of faith than that with which they might have listened to the utterances of a Jesus Christ, if there ever was such ‘a being. Now what must be the shock to their minds when they discover that this person, like most public speakers, liked only to hear himself talk; knew he possessed a peculiar eloquence of tongue, and felt that he was “ called” to preach the gospel; and that themselves, though gratifying their sense of hearing surely, were also encouraging the supreme conceit of the talker. ‘ So long as people prefer to gratify their senses instead of their reason, so long shall we have emotional or religious talking, and plenty to band together in mutual admiration societies. Why not realize and confess at once that the herd of men and women being gregarious, do band together in these societies principally for social intercourse. In a word, such congregations constitute a social exchange. I will not characterize them as a sexual exchange for fear of speaking too plainly—-just as we have a cor11 exchangeor a‘ hide and leather exchange among business men fortheir mutual in- terests. In the social exchange, what parents having grow- ing sons and daughters, can, in the present state of affairs, omit joining one religious denomination or another (it does not much matter which), if it is nominally “Christian”- _ that word being a sort of passport through society. Has a mother a few daughters to dispose of to advantage, they may in this way form good alliances with someof the prom-‘ ising, well-rated male members of the ﬂock, and vice versa withrregard to the sons. - ' - ‘ 0, yes, dissemble as we may, the one fact prominently re- veals itself, and entirely undisguised by nature herself, that self is at the bottom of it all. Self is the only real obj ect of our worship. Abnegate self as Christ is supposed to have done and in a century we should have a full realization of Byron’s “ dream of darkness.” N ow, the love of self is the only true, practical worship we have‘. It is right. Love self with all pretend to love an imaginary deity, whom it is only a blind idolatry to worship, for you will ﬁnd if you stop to reason, that you worship your supposed God through the medium of inanimate matter or through some human being whom you suppose to be superior to yourself. But nature, who guides us aright, teaches us to love ourselves ﬁrst and best, and to improve ourselves in all the appliances of wisdom she so abundantly provides. Now, this being a proper plan to build upon—no mysticism here, no superstition———.-why not stand forth and insist that human nature is good instead of evil. Why attempt to compress the heart and lungs of our nature W with superstitious corsetage, when nature so evidently in- tended everything to‘ be free and honest. Cannot we see that all the good in this world springs from wisdom and that what is bad comes from ignorance only? , Away then with this'hypocrisy, these shams! Teach youth wisdom, natural wisdom——worldly wisdom if you choose to call it so, but a ﬁne wisdom to be guided by nevertheless- close up these churches, except for social meetings, scientiﬁc lectures, concerts and tableaux, and let us give up this stupid system of superstition altogether. We will maintain that our natures are as good natures as this epoch affords, something to be not at all suppressed or ashamed of; that there is no punishment except in the result of ignorant deeds, no im- mortality except in living again in our posterity, and no death save when one draws his last breath. Why should there be allthis unhealthy self-condemnation we are so early taught to inﬂict upon ourselves ? This animal life we live, for it is principally animal, is delightful, superb; each one of us knows it to be so; anda well trained, wise life, how sublime! ’ We will rejoice, then, in our natures, and fear nothing but ignorance; for we may depend, it is all we have to fear. 0, how glorious to live a purely human life! Let us exult that we are human, and above all, let us permit the young, to the utmost of their capability, to feel and acknowledge, as is so natural to them, that it is glorious also. This Plymouth Church expose does not come too soon. Perhaps the best lesson of modern times may be taught by it, for it fully shows the fallacy of wasting our lives in hypocrisy. We are all human, we own it, we glory in it, and we are conscious, that with wise training, each man and woman might be made a law to self. It is only in the con- ﬂict of nature with aﬁectation that all the confusion and self- condemnation, so unnecessary, lies. 0, it is sincerely to be hoped that this great and true ‘doc- trine of self, upon which all stellar, solar, mundane and social systems rest, shall, at some time in the -future be ac- knowledged as the one great fact upon which alone devolves the grand perfection of the human race, to ‘which we all, yet so blindly, look forward as certain to be developed in the far, awaiting centuries. _ J. 8. THE INDEX UPON BEECHER. _ RADICAL EONESTY vs. RADICAL DISHONESTY. Most persons incline to opinions on this most important case before the public, regarding “ the greatest American preacher,” of a wholly crude nature, and as superﬁcial and “yeasty” as we might expect from “many men of many minds.” The “ arrest,” to some, was the precursor of further disgrace to Mr. Tilton ; to others, the testimony of Mrs. Tilton was enough to scandalize the very name of justice, should such a thing happen to be supposable for a man so un- worthy such a wife! A great “ standing army,” who fed on slices of the white loaf passed around freely with the “ holy water” from Plymouth, is very sensibly decreasing in num- bers, and very insensibly going over to the truth and weigh- ing evidences and calling for the “ whitewashing committee” to open their closed doors and put an end to secret sessions; and are actually falling back upon a jury of twelve men to stand in the place of said committee. It is a ﬁght to the ‘death. ' Those who begin to pass judgment on the ﬁnal rendering of the courts will ﬁnd there is a deal of rubbish to clear up, and many a upas tree with poisoned branches to out and clear away before the word “ ﬁnis” is written on the scroll which heaven is unrolling. Already the gilt of would be suﬁerance is tarnished, and the breeziest top-knots and gayest of the banners which the “ army” carried are drooping and disappearing one by one. No sane man or woman will attempt a prediction even now as to the ﬁnal denouemcnt. There can be no such thing as a verdict at this unripe stage. 1 will let you'read the Index for yourselves on -“ The Great Preachei-’s Trial,” and see what one very sane man and cool logician prescribes for “ the preacher.” ‘ There is no exultation anywhere over Beecher’s “trials,” in more sense than one ; on the contrary, he has had as fair play as ever was vouchsafed man or minister! But the grain of human nature, possiblyno larger than a mustard-seed, was there, fed by a thousandrills of sensuous delights, and grew to such a large size, 10! the very birds of the air lodged in its branches, and the “ nest-hiding,” though skillfully done. resulted in a countless number of croaking ravens, who ﬂew away at last with the secret! Victoria, as with the ﬁugerof God has written in words of ﬁre “menc, mene, tekel,” has shown that not alone for him, but for all ‘ men who “prey upon unsuspecting communities,” the evil hour has come to stop their mouths, and the-avenging angel brandishes a ﬂamingsword, whichwill not be put up in its scabbard while a single smooth-faced hypocrite talks loudly of the sins of his neighbor and covers up his own. This same “ digniﬁed silence ” with which the world is sated once was ,mighty‘enoug‘h to seal the door of Victoria‘s prison i_ but the scene has so far c,h_angedv,that those ironvhingesg could as easily rust and drop off at the ailo=r’s" as hide again the W0- man who has a dozen Plymouth Churches of her own at her ' back to-day. , ‘ T The truest and ﬁnest feeling that rises and grows into recognition more and more, is the Love of truth severed from any person or persons. God’s voice, not any womanfs or any manfs, or -voice of any jury, Athun ders amid the toppling pul- pits and the mutterings and tempests of this social earth- quake. ' CHARLOTTE BARBER. MOEDERN HEROES. BY I). J. BROWNE. ' Is there no budding Byron who would write The wonders of this age in verse immmortal ? Orwill no modern bard take venturous ﬂight, And singwithin the 1nuse’s sacred portal ? Just see the chances now I A poet might Eclipse old Shakespeare. Byron, Moore, and all The horde of bards fi'om'Chahcer to Mark Twain, With heroes such as Beecher, Tilton, Train. ‘ I And thousands more with names of classic" sound, And in the world of love and war as famous: Statesman and lawyers, too, alike renowned‘ In the delicious plains of lovely Venus. ' In other callings numbers could be found Who might with safety join the epic genus ,' But love intrigues required a youth, of yore ; ’Tis now a doting preacher of three score. Oh, happy land_! Oh, favored climc ! Columbia ! - What virtuous models are thy Christian teachers l The halcyon days-of -Greece‘ or Rome neler saw‘ Such grace-inspirin g and heart-winning preachers ! Sacred, indeed, and free from any ﬂaw, Must be the earthly croziers of the Beechers; To kiss and preach; what Christian can do more 1’ None, e’en heartless, hapless, soulless Theodore. Besides, I think ’tis wholesome, meet, and just That Christian fathers fondle and caress A wealthy merchant’s pretty wife, with bust Both soft and plump. This is the way -to bless A loving lady’s life. It can’t be lust That prompts a priest a gentle hand to press; ’Tis Heaven inspires this Henry Beecher Ward To shrive the wife of every absent lord. Oh, Christ! what virtuous spouse could ever spurn The sable beard and name of, '1‘. ‘T. K.,. Whose heavenly grace, hearts most impure would turn From wicked ways, and never lead astray A pious wife, nor give her cause to mourn . The moment sweet, the blissful hour or day When she received 1‘ rom him the heavenly chrism Which purged and cleansed her for a new baptism. Even prosaic J ersey’s swampy mire Rejoices in its pure divine-Glendenning. He, too, in youth can spread a holy ﬁre, But in a way which J erseymen call sinning. Ah, Jersey! foul, profane! you’ll n'e’erV get higher In heaven’s road unless you cease this “ chinning.” Why should a Jersey squire get cross because I-lis spouse adopts her Christi-an pastor’s laws? Some men are brutes, and some are monsters vile, While more are cold, unfeeling, ‘heartless, rude; Some are affected with 9. nasty bile, And some are base, adulterous and lewd, Not one of all the race is free from guile— None—e’en the most unletter’d, raw and crude. They are tyrannical and selﬁsh, too, ' And won’t let timid fair ones have their due. Curse on the race; why was I born a man? I loathe, abhor, detest the swinish beast; Pd rather much-—dejected, pale and Wan— To suffer with the weaker side than feast With tyrants base, exulting in their wrong, And not at all compunctious in the least. Yes, man—the scoundre1——I must not get vexed. Woman-—celestial angel! is my text. Go ask the youthful. gay, adulterous rake What time a maid it costs him to seduce; Or even v_irtue’s strong entrenchments shake Of her whom ’tis his fashion to traduce. Yes, he must say, in truth, ’t.were easier take Gold from the mine, from quinine tree the juice, Than take her virtue from afceble woman; Yet man at virtue rails, and this is human. I think l’l1 cease this gloomy, mournful theme‘; “ I’m almost sorry that I e’er begun.” ' These Down-East parsons are not what they seem; ‘ I never could, nor would, nor will be one. ~ And yet the scoundrels all possess the cream Of pleasure, carnal, culinary and so on. Away with all the canting, moping creed; I’ll take Sir Brigham, Butler, or Boss Tweed. - , SPICES. The three following items. on the late orgie at Plymout Church are taken from the New York Herald: ' ‘ THE enemies of Beecher are far less dangerous to him than his friends. If the Tilton expose knocked “ the ‘ Life of Christ’ higher than a kite,” the riot at Plymouth Church has knocked the report of the committee higher than the ‘.‘ Life’ of Christ.” _ C PLYMOUTH Church appears to have a new doxology. An old gentleman proposed it ‘should be sung, when the prayer meeting immediately began the chorus of “ Give him hell!” This is surely not the way in which it is usual to praise God; but Plymouth seems to have a. new hymn book. THE profanity at the Plymouth prayer meeting is explained by the fact that the report of the committee had just been’ read. That puerile document it seems was enough to make any one swear-=-—even the elect of Brooklyn. ’ To these we would add, that the refusal of the members of Plymouth Church to hear Mr. Moulton in his defense, after’ challenging speech from opponents, was as uncourteous and unjust as their conduct at the close of the meeting was cowardly, revolting and barbaric. - * . . 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THE ULTIMATUM. mom run SPEECH “ TRIED AS BY Finn.” Sexual freedom, then, means the abolition of prostitution both in and out of marriage; means the emancipation of woman from sexual slavery and her coming into 0Wne1'ship and control of her own body ; means the end of her pecuni- ary dependence upon man, so that she may never even seem- ingly have to procure whatever she may desire or need by sexual favors; means the abrogation of forced pregnancy, of antenatal murder, of undesired children ; means the birth of love children only; endowed by every inherited virtue that the highest exaltation can confer at conception, by every inﬂuence for good to be obtained during gestation and by the wisest guidance and instruction on to manhood, in- dustrially, intcllectually, and sexually. Q»--4T___ NATIONAL SPIRITUAL CONVENTION. In accordance with Article II., chapter 5, and Article I., chapter 7, of the Constitution of the Universal Association of Spiritualists, the Provisional National Council issue this call for aNa!ional Convention, to be convened in Parker Memorial Hall,‘Boston, on Tuesday, September 15, and to extend during three days. This Convention is expressly for the purposes of discus- sion and propaganda; and all Spiritualists, Socialists, In- ﬁdels, lllaterialists, Free Religionists and Free Thinkers are cordially invited to attend and join in the effort to advance the cause of truth and human welfare. All subjects in which the good of the race is involved will be legitimate themes for discussion and for set speeches. Those who propose to speak" upon speciﬁc subjects are requested to prepare their speeches, so that they may be published in the regular pro- ceedings of the Convention. By order of the Provisional National Council. , VICTORIA C. WOODHULL, President. -——-—-—-—~>—<Q+—<——-——-—-. GOOD ADVICE. An editorial on “ Mr. Beecher’s case ” in the Ohristian In- telligmcer gives the pastor of Plymouth the following ex. cellent counsel under his present circumstances. As there has been a rumor of a rising in Rutland, Maine, already on his account, he would probably do well to accede to it. If he does not, hemay ﬁnd that Plymouth Church is not a correct representative of the opinions held by the masses concerning his present position: We are of the opinion that while the question of Mr. Beecher‘s guilt or innocence is undetermined, and until a ﬁnal decision shall have been reached by a competent and authoritative tribunal, it is at least in bad taste for him to continue publicly to perform the functions of areligious teacher or minister, as we learn that he has done bylpreach- ing before a large audience which a. morbid curiosity as- . sembled at the VVhite Mountains on Sunday last. - In these times, proliric as they are of clerical, social and sexual crimes, clergymen oughtto be, like Caesar's wife, above suspicion. Henry Ward Beecher must be aware, notwithstanding the award of. his friends the Whitewash- ing Committee, that there are very grave. points in his case not yet by any means satisfactorily cleared up. This being so, it is certain that a decent respect for the large army of doubters ought to incline him to give heed to the excellent advice given him by the Christian Intelligemer. . SOCIETY ON TRIAL. I The second act of the Beecher drama has just closed. The Pastor of Plymouth has been tried in a closed court, by judges nominated by himself, and has been acquitted. The faithful have _celebrated the same by converting Plymouth Church into pandemoniiim. Well may the foremost press of the Union say, in describing the scene of Friday evening : “ Was there ever such mockery of sacred things ? Was there ever such shocking profanity as this in the wildest diabolisms of Tammany Hall ? Call you this a triumphant vindication of Mr. Beecher? Is it anything better than a senseless mockery, :1 wild and roaring extravaganza, which would be exceedingly laughable if it wer.e_,not so seriously deplorable ? In short, the vindication of Mr. Beecher from his church committee and by his church goes not beyond the boundaries of his church. To stand approved, clear and spotless before the outside world, he needs a broader and stronger vindication.” ‘ We agree withthc New York Herald, from which the above extract is taken, and go further. In the Beecher- Tilton case, not only is Henry Ward Beecher on trial, but his judges, his church, and the “ Society ” of which it forms a part. All of these, in every state, city, town, and hamlet are now arraigned and stand for judgment before the “ micklei;not” of the nation. a In this great trial, it is certain, that the secular press, the mouth of the people, has latterly done its duty. In spite of intense opposition, and the amithemas of many of the religious bodies in the community, it has exposed the moral condition of what is termed “ society ” without fear or favor. Although it had to wade through pools, of slime and ﬁlth, and cross deserts in which there was no green spot, its motto has been forward and onward. As a whole, it must be con- fessed it has been a faithful witness and laid before the peo- ple the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In our opinion, this is highly creditable to the great minds that guide it. They knew what they were doing, and have estimated the results of their actions. These are daily and hourly becoming more and more visible. The middle classes are beginning to stand aghast as they look upon the pictures of pious frauds, cowardice, treachery, lying, sensuality and hypocrisy, which have been, for the past six weeks, daily placed before them for examination. The champions of truth have lifted the yail from the false “Mokanna” of modern Society, and exposed it to the pitiless gaze of the people in all its horrors. From Dan to Beersheba the cry has gone forth against it.- Society may yet have some hold, ﬁnancially or otherwise, in the large centres, but in the country it is nowhere. “ Tekcl” is written over it as broad and bright as ever it blazed on the wall of the hall of Bel- shazzar. ' Neither is there less commotion among the religious than among the social magnates. The clerical envy and jealousy to which we are indebted for the last expose is marked by all the thinking part of our community. The vast number of crimes committed by clergyman, of a character similar to that charged against the Pastor of Plymouth, is astounding. The laity begin to perceive the necessity of legislating themselves on the subject, for the purpose of protecting their wives and daughters from too intimate relations with their spiritual advisers, and propositions to that effect have lately appeared in some of the most important secular presses in ‘the Union. At the same time a large section of the community are beginning to see the folly of remaining in churches which have no ﬁxed rules for their guidance, whose priests believe in this part of the Bible but not in that, who are more changeful than cliameleons and more dogmatic than popes, and are speculating on the propriety of changing their folds. They can do so readily. There are only two religious formations in the nation worthy the cism, which rests on absolute authority, and keeps a strict surveillance over its priesthood as well as over its laity. The other is Spiritualism, which needs no special priest- hood, rejects government, and asserts the right of all human beings to absolute spiritual freedom. And nothing is more certain than that, in the near future, one of these principles must triumph. With the exposi- tions of the Beecher-Tilton case before us, we rest assured that the days of the “age of shams ” are being rapidly con. cluded; that. the track is being cleared for the advance of principle of the personal sovereignty of all human beings is at hand; and that the annihilation of all laws, civil and ecclesiastic, which conﬂict with this cardinal principle of true liberty, will soon be decreed. After which a new society, embracing all the people, will be constituted on a very different basis from that which exists at present; which now not only bestially degrades, but also bitterly op- presses mankind. _._.____,,_.,,_g GIVE HIM HELL. Milton tells us that Satan took the form of a toad in order to debaucli Eve; but, when the angel Itliuriel, who was on guard, touched that reptile with his celestial spear, it dis- appeared and the arch-fiend stood before him in all his horrid proportions. So, at the Beecher ratiﬁcation meet- ing, when Mr.'Frank Moulton touched the seeming piety of Plymouth Church with the sword of his truth, its rc- attention of the community. The one is Roman Catlioli-’ social reform; that the advent of the admittance of the revealed in all its barbarous tyranny and roared in reply to his appeal, “ Put him out——give him hell.” -—?—a—+Qo-<——-j_. LEGISLATING MORALITY. When governments know their duties and perform them the above will be the grand feature of all legislation. All the material conditions under which people exist, and on wliiclntheir physical and moral well-being are based, are now legitimately under governmental control. In admit- ting this, we do not propose to surrender any personal or individual rights whatever, as will be perceived when we point out the sphere of action in which our collective force can be rightly applied to forward the general wel- fare. ‘ The folly of the age is exhibited in the vain endeavors to establish morality by laws aiming to restrict the exercise of individual sovereignty. The efforts to improve humanibe— ings and make men and women virtuous by arbitrary edicts interfering with natural rights, such as are proposed by many intemperatc temperance reformers, or aimed at vainly by a much larger host of evangelical or civil or social socie- ties, by the institution of marriage, only serve to increase and intensify the evils they “propose to remedy. It is only ﬁtting that such should be the case. Individual sovereignty is the creator of collective sovereignty, and any attempt by the latter against the integrity of the former cannot and ought not to be tolerated by afreu people. Human beings have a right to use all the members of their bodies without asking legal permission so to do. A man has the right to drink liquor to his own detriment; if he chooses to injure himself that is an affair in which com- munal law has nojust right to interfere. A woman owns her body and has a right to use or misuse it as she pleases, and neither Church nor State has a right to arbitrarily arrest her power so to do. Mark, the VVEEKLY does not justify either woman or man in any misuse of their bodies, it only asserts that the despotic intrusion of the law in such cases is unjustifiable. When, however, either of the above parties injures another the case is diﬁcrent. Then the rights of the community ought to be vindicated, with this proviso, that all laws or customs based upon the idea of property in woman or in man, are wholly inadmissible as excuses for such interference. Having pointed out instances in which collective power ought not to be resorted to, we now propose to show where it has been and can be legitimately exercised for the general good. Probably the ﬁrst thing in order would be the in- stitution by government of public holidays and the estab- lishment of public out-door amusements for the people. In England, in the old feudal times, saints’ days and feast days occupied about one-tliird of the year. The parlia- ment in Henry the-Eighth’s reign limited those occurring in harvest time to three. About two days per week the youth of that country devoted to healthy games and to shooting with the long bow and other sports of the ﬁeld. At ‘the earlier part of this century almost every village in England had its spacious common, on which the youth of the village assembled nightly in the summer season to play quoits, skittles, four corners or cricket, as they pleased, and it was in order for the girls to watch them at their sports and en- courage them by their presence. Probably tliesc lads and lasses made just as good people, physically and morally, as if they had all been kept, ten or twelve hours per day, at mono- tonous labor in noisy factories, or passed their whole time away in cheating their neighbors over counters in retailing establishments. ’ ‘ But we need other legislation in order to improve the morality of our cities. Every doctor, clergyman and magistrate knows what they need generally. Space, air and lightare necessary to the development of human virtue, and the rights of property ought not to be permitted to debar the people from the necessities of a healthy human exist- ence. .To the ancient Pagan “the health or safety of the people was the highest law,” and it ought to be so to the modern Christian. .If legislation cannot remove evil pas- sions from the human heart, it can remove bricks and mortar when they are injurious to the moral health of communities. We cannot expect George Washingtons to grow up in New York tenement houses. If we do, the results we shall ob- tain from them will grievously disappoint us. ' , But in order to legislate morality rightly we must not only demand good homes for the people, but we must attend to their out-door instruction. In NeW- York city the people have only one school—the Park. They need ﬁfty, well- stocked with all the implements of knowledge. The people of ancient Athens had a white marble theatre, that would hold thirty - thousand human beings ; the people of New York have not a hall they can call their own. VVhen they want one, they go to Peter Cooper and borrow. Fifth Avenues swallow up the labors of the community, and the latter is in consequence ever the city for the service of the people. The means ‘for their erection ‘could easily be found. Vast fortunes‘ must not be hereditary (unless we desire to overturn our,Republic by ‘building up an. aristocracy), but ought to fall in to the people. start in life intellectually equal; led it add to the blessing of our public schools, by lcgislating that the State shall hence- forth be the divider, and that all her children shall start in ligion and its charityvanished into thin air, and it stood life materially equal also, for the beneﬁt of the sons and starved, otherwise we should have had free lecture halls all ' The State has decreed that all her cliildrcu shall - .3’ .:.-s- Q; ‘ lg: ' -Q =- K >. ..;.«~ , Sept. 52, 1874. WOODHULL &: oLAEL1i<vs WEEKLY. _ I 9 daughters of the wealthy quite as much as for the children of the poor In these and numberless other instances morality can righteously be advanced by proper legislation. At present legislators sacriﬁce human beings to property, and as long as they do so, no good can be expected from them by the people. The Declaration of Independence declares that governments are formed to protect the rights of A the people “to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness-,” in that in- strument “the rights of property” are not mentioned. ‘V0 claim that when property militates against the rights of the people, as is not unfrequently the case in our larger centres, it ought to go to the wall. lVe are averse to paying any longer a tribute to mammon of over a hundred children a Week, and to manufacturing criminals wholesale in tene- ment houses, Every one knows that _a better system of liv- ing than at present obtains among us in New York can be instituted, and if individuals are too short-sighted or too avaricious to establish such an one, the city government would be justiﬁed in so doing; and furthermore it is its duty to take the work in hand, and by its action to decree for the incoming children of the citya chance for them to attain among us a healthy physical, intellectual and moral exist- ence, which is their right, and which the city government ought to secure for them. 9 REMORSE. How will Henry ‘Ward Beecher receive the reports of the doings of the religious rabble of Plymouth Church on Aug. 28? “That will he think of their unfair and brutal treat- ment of the man he so long has asserted to be his best friend? But alas! he himself annihilated that friendship, . and, by so doing, has broken the shield by which he had so long been protected from the assaults of his adversaries. Now he stands naked before the storm, and all the riotous demonstrations of his followers will avzil him nothing ‘against the simple deﬁance of the man he has made his foe. Like Haman, he will cxclaim in his agony, “ all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.” ..__...:.,_.4.,_..j—:. THE TURNING OF THE TIDE. There are many symptoms continually appearing which prove that the masses of women are getting restive under the old position to which they have" been conﬁned during the past four thousand years, for the laws both of Church and State, in the case of woman, are more or less based upon the legislation of Moses. The bitter and brutal cruelty which consigns a girl to moral death for an act which a lad may commit with impunity, is so monstrous an injustice that society itself is becoming -ashamed of its own ruling. As a proof that this is so, we republish an article which ap- peared in the New York Herald of the 24th July, and we desire our readers not to pass it over cursorily, as the argu- ments in it will merit the attention of the free lovers in our community. “ The Grand Duke’s Diamond Girl,” which it is entitled, would be exceedingly interesting were it a ﬁction, it is much more so being a fact. We commend it to the earnest attention of our readers. ' As another i:avo1'able symptom that the tide is turning we extract from the same paper the following notice; we -ﬁnd .-it under the heading of personal intelligence: They are going to have a “ ladies’ and gentlemerfs club ” in London. It has been decided that ladies who are given to cigarettes must take their whiff in the gentlemen’s smoking TOOIIJ. - Our readers will remember that an effort was made to estab- lisli a club in New York of a similar character last winter, but it falied for want of support; let ushope that the above will be more successful. Experience has proved that clubs based on the one-sex principle are far from being conducive to morality; things cannot in them be much worse than, in most instances, they now are; any change must be for the better. All that male clubs have done in Great Britain has been to foster division between the sexes and consequently to introduce vice. Woman has been criticised in the Fort- niglttly Review as a girl, a wife and a mother, and mercilessly condemned under eaclr of those headings. In all prob- ability the writers of the above essays were young men about town, who patronized their clubs and were too dc‘ bauched and debased to respect their ,sisters and their mothers, otherwise they would not have abused them as they did in the columns of that periodical. I But by far the most promising symptom of an incoming change is to be looked for in the expositions that are daily occurring in what is called “ The Brooklyn Sorrow.”" The shameless double-dealing on both sides, the certain false testimony, the twisting, trickery and manoeuvering that has been practiced by all parties in order to prevent the facts of the case from coming to the notice of the public, are dis‘ - gusting all reasonable human beings in and out of the churches. Only one good thing has come out of the ex parte council that Nebuchadnezzar the King has set up. It is this: that the Tilton ervpose has proved to all thinking. people that the proprietor of the WEEKLY has been called “fancy names” by certain presses a little too often, and the general public are now beginning to believe that there was some foundation for the assertions of the VVEEKLY. If things go on as they-are going on at, present, we trust many will soon be inclined to aid us in demanding a change; for, it is certain, in spite of the anathemas of our clerical friends. any change that may be made in social matters must better the condition of the American. public. —————-——¢-<0r—4 THE DEFIANCE. The famous “ No ” of Mr. Frank Moulton, in opposition to the two thousand “ Beecherites ” in the Plymouth Church meeting, recalls the ancient days of chivalry. It brings vividly to our remembrance the famous ﬁeld of Ashby de la Zouche, and merits to be likened to the solitary trumpet of the Knight Ivanhoe (who was destined to be the victor on that occasion) in answer to the barbaric music of ‘his challengers. Such a “ No ” never came out of the lips of a liar. --:?--D-—+-Q+—4—::—: MATERIALISM. Materialism is the modern Juggernaut of civilization. With steady advance its car rolls over the fairest portions of the earth’s surface, and men by thousands hasten to throw themselves under its wheels; this is a correct statement, notwithstanding that the powers of destruction are com- puted, ﬁres and ﬂoods discounted, and even the value anl cl arability of life itself weighed and assessed to the minutest fraction. Millions of men proffer their bosoms to stop the balls of the death—dealing cannon for ‘a miserable pittance per diem, cheerfully running the risk of a trial for murder in futuro. No great undertaking is prostrated by ﬁnding that considerable loss of human life will be one of its con- sequents. The Panama Railroad is said to have cost a life for every timber tie in it. No matter, sacriﬁce man for goods is the order of the day; according to our false system of political economy, he is the least valuable of the two. Of course under the rule of materialism money has be! come a god. It rules supreme. It claims and receives from human beings almost universal homage. Howrnany trades are there which demand a surrender of a part of the lives of those who follow them? Let the workers in white lead, the saw grinders, the emory grinders, manu- facturers of- powder, and men in other dangerous occupa- tions, noted by life insurance companies, answer! But these are not all its usurpations. Of late it has decreed the surrender of progeny, and millions have acceded to its claim, by limiting or destroying their increase. Over half a century ago it said to the people of Great Britain by the mouth of Dr. Malthus, “ It is good for man to be alone, for the poor have no right to copulate and increase the surplus population.” It is master of everything from the honor of a. judge to the liberty of a criminal. It is absolute lord of the stage, the press and the pulpit; and whoever dares to question its authority is marked for ruin. At all times and in all ages it has been a potent instrument of evil to man- kind, but never so -much as now, when, absolutely unlimited in its volume, which is its strength, and armed with the legal power to increase, thus depreciating the value of human labor, it goes forth, hewing its way among the masses of mankind, like death on the pale.liorse, “con- quering-and ”——but let us hope not for long—“ to conquer.” There is only. one power that can ever hope to chain this destroying dragon materialism, which is now riding down the masses of humanityin all countries into the dust of the earth. What the world needs is a vital faith to oppose and limit its aggressions upon the peoples. It laughs to scorn the efforts of the dead faiths at present existing. They have been its tools, and in serving it they have sacriﬁed their right to a continued existence among us. If radical Spirit- ualism can write the word MAN over money it will do the work. Property has ruled long enough; it has become a hideous demon to which the rights of humanity have too long been sacr_iﬁced. Let us hope that it has had its day, and that the time is at hand when the dark night of a base materialism will pass away, and a. brighter and happier day bless the races of mankind. @y—.4:é_.'._ THE N. Y. NATION ON THE PLYMOUTH CHURCH ACTORS. “The case has evidently reached a stage at which the further discussion of it will do no good, and serve no pur. pose but to gratify the cravings of the actors in it for notoriety. It has come to be a conflict‘ of veracity between people whose moral standing is evidently not that of respectable men, and the best thing the public can do is to let it drop.” 1 COMMENT. ‘Not respectable men, eh! VVhat a compliment? But we are far from believing that it is not merited. Well, it ad- mitsthe rotten condition of society as charged by the WEEKLY. ' ‘ >—~4Q THE TABLES TURNED. In old times the shepherds looked after the sheep, but in our days the sheep propose to look after the shepherds. We will not aﬁirm that the latter proposition is not the wiser one. In these days, as our records of the past fort- night prove, those who ought to be the guardians of the fold are sadly given to wandering. As a proof of the truth of our assertion we respectfully present the following item to our readers, which’ is taken from the N. Y. Herald of Sunday, Aug. 30. It proposes a remedy for the evil com- plained of: ' ' ' “Among the Protestant denominations‘ it should be an easy matter to establish a code of pastoral intercourse. \ Protestant clergymen arepermitted to marry, and nearly all of them avail themselves of the privilege. When they call at the houses of their parishionezrs at hours when hus- bands and fathers are necessarily absent there would be perfect safety and protection to all parties if they made it an invariable rule to be accompanied by their wives. There would be an eminent ﬁtness in this rule, aside from its precautionary advantages. Virtuous clergymen would be freed from the coldness and constraint which a sense of propriety imposes on them when making their visits alone, and their wives are ﬁtter and more sympathetic advisers than any man can be in the religious and domestic trials of their sex. If Mr. Beecher had never called on Mrs. ilton .in the absence of her husband without being accompanied - _ by Mrs. Beecher he would have escaped this crushing weight of remorse and misery, and the public would have been spared the painful shock and loosening of confidence which cause so many hearts to bleed. If this rule were adopted as the etiquetteiof the profession as respects married clerg - men, the unmarried would be constrained to a near ap- proach to it by either making their calls when the male members of the family were at home or taking with them some favorite Sunday school scholar or other person of their own sex in their pastoral visits.” - This seems to us to behexcellent advice. By all means, when the shepherds go after the wandering sheep of the ' ﬂockthey ought to hunt in couples. It would make it easier for them, and he certainly much less dangerous for the lambs. But things appear to us at present to be like Brigham Young’s af‘fections———very much mixed. -It is a. total reversal of the old order of affairs. The wolves must have changed their tactics as well as the sheep; they now -attack the shepherds, and the sheep are called upon to de- fend their former protectors. Verily, as Galileo said, “the world moves,” though there is good reason to fear that, in ashort time the sun will travel and the earth will stand still, as Joshua commanded it to do, in days of yore. 0+-4-—---—-—__.. RELIGIUM TREMENS.‘ “Why, neighbor,” said a Brooklynite to his friend, “what made you Plymouth Church folks kick up such a rumpus last Friday night? they say you sung the doxology with a damnation chorus. Were you all crazy?” “on .no, certainly not,” was the answer, “ we were only spiritu- ally tighti ” O1-—4*%--———. PISTOL PIETY. ___—«..... Ancient”_Puritanism never rested on the bible half so re- liably as it did on gunpowder- “Pray to God, boys-and keep your powder dry ”——was Oliver Cromwell’s charge to mg soldiers previous to the battle of Dunbar, and our modem Puritans of Plymouth Church proved lately that their creed was somewhat similar to that of the roundheads of Eng]aﬁd_ The New York Sun says, speaking of the prayer-meeting (as they call it), of Friday evening, Aug. 28, that—- “ Several gentlemen(?) who stood in the forward part of the house, put their hands on their pistols.’ and one man standing near Moulton took his pistol out of his inside pocket and rested it beneath his vest, the handle peeping out beneath the lappels.” The impious daring of the members of that church in bringing such instruments into their prayer-meeting, when they knew their pastor’s antipathy to a pistol, it is not for us to defend; but we shall expect to see, "when Henry Ward Beecher comes home from his country trip, a large placard placed on the front of the platform to the effect that- “Members desirous to confer with the pastor, are expected to leave all their carnal weapons in their pews before com. municating with him,” for, by all accounts, he has had already more pistol practice than is good for his constitu... tron. ‘ Or-=4——=—_._..... THAT REVERED CITIZEN. When the WEEKLY issued the ﬁrst published statement of the Beecher-Tilton aﬁair in November, 1872, the grand crime laid to the charge of its proprietors was, that they had assailed the character of Henry Ward Beecher, one of our most revered citizens. If to make public a charge that was then in'the mouths of hundreds was a crime, it is so now. Why do not the authorities proceed against other presses as they did against the WEEKLY on that occasion ? Why does not . the Inspector of the United States Mail do his duty? Anthony Comstock was then only a simple——very simple... citizen; now he is an official, we believe promotedlto be one for his services to the Y. M. C. A. and treachery to us on, that occasion. - Why does not the Grand Jury hurry up, charges with unseemly haste against the proprietors of other presses now, as it did against the proprietors of the WEEKLY then? Why do not commissioners and petty justices override the rights of American citizens now in their courts as they did then ? The reason simply is"-—they dare not do "so. Imprisonment on such false pretences is a thing of the past. cruel experiment to us we can cheerfully add on the part of the Proprietors and Chief Editor of the WEEKLY, that they do not regret their sufferings, either ﬁnancial or personal, if’ they have secured for American Citizens, as it is believed; they have, the Freedom of the Press. Excessive bail will never more be de- » manded in such cases. And though it has been a costly and. 10 , WOODHULL at cLArLIN*s wn,sKII,r. Too MUCH vmrun We are indebted, to the Jewish Tintes of New York for the above heading. It denotes. a kind of epidemic that sometimes aﬂilicts the American people at this season of the year. We are a nation that cannot be reasonably good or ordinarily bad. We run to extremes both ways. The words of Shakespeare apply well to us: “ Of our virtues we might be proud, if our faults whipped them not; and of our vices we might despair, ifthey Were not cherished by our .virtues.” ‘We therefore agree with our contemporary, and have good solid reasons for indorsing, its statement: ' If anything is more oppressive than another in this hot weather, it is a display of excessivcwirtuetz the strain caused thereby to the moral chords is apt to snap them and produce confusion and chaos. Too much ‘virtue and religion are often as injurious in their effects as the prevalence of vice and ix-religion. They are both symptoms of an unhealthy condition of the mind, and rather retard the progress of sound mora.1ity.——Jew'£sh Times, N. Y. Reasonably good people we like, but your super-excellent pious article is an abomination we believe to both God and men. Very religious men may have charity for their fellow- churchmen but they have little for other sinners, and they not unfrequently are so very just that they make very hard bargains with the poor. , . Thackeray in “ Our Street” gives a description of two such over—pious worthies in tl1e"‘ranks of the British clergy. The one is the Puseyite, Dr. Dove, an interesting young high church clergyman, and the other a Methodist, or,_ as he would 4 be termed in that country, a dissenter, J abez Brown, of Little I Bethel. In contrast to them he depicts a third, the Rev. Old- ham Slocum, the old rector of the parish church. He further says, that if you happened to drop in at the squire’s house in “ Our Street ” of an evening, you would probably see Dr. Dove instructing the young ladies in the oratorio I (which was formerly the sitting room): but if you opened the din- ' ing-room door you would ﬁnd the old rector enjoying him- self in a game at whist with the old folks, and, with a glass of good port wine before him, you would probably hear him exclaim, “Madam, I take your heart with my small trump,” etc. Or course the Rev. J abez Brown never refers to him without turning up the whites of his eyes and mutter- ing something about “wailing and gnashing of teeth,” even Dr. Dove hints occasionally that, considering his position, it would be well if he gave a little less room for scandal to the enemies of the church. The Rev. Oldham Slocum, when he speaks of them is apt to term them both a couple of humbugs who are wholly unacquainted with the nature and wants of mankind. Probably the old gentleman is not so far out, for, after reading Theodore Tilton’s description of (and his charges against) Mrs. Tilton, the public are justified in deeming that “ extraordinary piety” and “ hum- bug” are synonymous terms; and that, as our Jewish con- temporary intimates, there is such a thing in the world as "‘ too muchvirtue.” ’ - ‘ --—-=——--9-—-+6»--4-——-----=-—-— ‘ AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. ‘ “Take heed what thou doest, for this man is a Roman! ” was the remark made by the centurion to the chief captain in the case of Paul. His ‘being a Roman citizen then saved him from the scourge, and afterward protected him from the malice of his own countrymen. It was something to be a “Roman citizen” in those days. There is no reason why the words American citizen should not now be equally potent. Nations, like men, are respected wh_en they respect themselves. It is useless to expect our ofﬁcers to protect us, oreven our administrators, when occurrences like the fol- lowing are paraded ‘before European aristocrats, showing how little store our people set on their national birthright: Rainey, the negro Congressman. from South Carolina, tried to force himself into the dining room of Barrat’s Hotel, Suffolk,'Va., on Wednesday last. The clerk stopped him at the door, and told him that negroes could not eat with white _-people, and he_wou1d. send his breakfast out to him- Rainey became’ so violent in his expressions that the clerk took him by the collar and showed him out. This isnot with us a question of race or color, but of citizenship. If the civil rights of any well-behaved citizen can be trampled upon by any ‘brakemen on railroads, and scorned by waiters in hotels, American citizenship is not worth having. If it is not ﬁtting that any negroes or colored .men should eat, ride, or lodge in company with whites, let us have a law to that effect. As things are such an action as the above is not simply an insult to a, negro, but an insult to the people of the United States. —-—--———-—>—4Q»-4 EDITORIAL COURTESY. We are glad to note that the advocates of special reforms are beginning to perceive the value of the services ren- dered to their several causes‘ by those radical spiritualistic papers which are in duty bound to forward all efforts tend- ing to enlarge the liberties and promote the welfare of the peoples. Every advance made now in any ﬁeld of labor‘ may belooked on as a general gain; for the industrial, ﬁnan- cial, social and religious movements are becoming so inter- locked and bolted together, that a victory in any one of" these departments may be estimated, and ought to be welcomed, as a triumph by all. I ' This being the case, nothing is more desirable and more necessary at the present time, than the establishment of a feeling of mutual good-will among the various presses ad- vocating the needed reforms above mentioned. -It is I10 matter whether a paper lixnitsitselfto a specialt.y;or occu- pies the whole ﬁeld of labor, each is necessary to and is aiding and abetting the other. For this reason we are glad to note any courtesies that pass between"eXponents of A liberal ideas, and take pleasure in reprinting the following extract which appeared lately in the Boston Investigator .- _ HULL’s “ CRUCIBLE ” improves, in appearance and quality, as it grows older. We are pleased to note the fact, as it is a_ free, radical, and independent paper, and to all such we wish long life and prosperity. The following paragraph, which we copy from it, is rather suggestive, especially the idea ex- pressed in the last sentence: Messrs. Brooks andvBaxter, who both claimed to be Gover- nors of Arkansas, and who have so recently raised armies to enforce by bloodshed their respective claims. are members and pew-holders in the same Methodist church in Little Rock, and the former is said to be an ex-preacher. T They are truly bogus representatives of the lowly Nazarene, who taught love and peace toward all men. Already have several lives been taken in the bloody carnage they have inaugurated. One is led to exclaim: “ How these Christians love each other!” “ Verily, by their fruits ye shall know them.” Had a couple of ‘Free Thinkers been guilty of such conduct, the world would never have heard the last of it. » It is needless to add that the WEEKLY fully endorses the above statements of the Boston Ivzieestigator with regard to the pre-eminent ability with which Hull’s 0'7'ucz’bZe is con- ducted, ‘and also, with the Im>estz'gato7=, earnestly desires tha it may attain sure and speedy success. ' ’ G WHY NOT. =.__—....,,_=. In these days when men are numbered in our factories, and in very many civic employments, as hack drivers, letter ' carriers, policemen, etc., when car conductors are placed under surveillance of small iron tools or punches for the beneﬁt of corporations, when liveries are invented for rail- road oﬂicials wholesale, and no credit for honesty is given by employers to employees generally, the following item, which is taken from the N. Y. Sun, would seem to be in- teresting. For, if theabove systems be correct, and will advance human welfare and morality, we cannot have to manyof them, that is certain: I A petition has been sent to the French National Assembly asking for the passage of a law providing that every child shall have its name and the place of its birth tattooed on its arm: The’ object is to facilitate identiﬁcation. _ Parents neg-- lecting to have their children thus tattooed are to be pun- ished by a heavy ﬁne. _ Of course all this tends to make human beings things, and to destroy all individuality among us. We think the powers that be are manufacturing a Frankenstein in so do- ing, which will certainly eventually destroy them. Every workingman knows what such arbitrary distinctions mean, and why they are imposed -upon him. Liveries in the public service may not be objectionable, but to permit private corporations to impose them is a monstrosity in a republic. If they are right, tattooing would be cheaper and more to the purpose. If we must suffer under such dis- tinctions, let them be applied generally or not at all. Anti- quaries tell us that, in the feudal times, the serfs wore iron or brass collars with their owners’ names engraved on them. There are those who believe that men would stand a better chance and be less oppressed when owned by individuals than by corporations. ‘ e MISCELLANEOUS: _ A SING SING VIEW. To THE EDITOR or THE DAILY GRAPHIC: Your criticisms of the course of procedure in the trial of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher deserve the severest reprobation. There is no man living who is not ‘liable to be the victim of a conspiracy. Great genius and high standing always tempt attack by those jealous of success, and Mr. Beecher has been selected as a victim whose downfall promised glory to men whose prospects had been obscured by hisbrilliant career. I, too, have suff'ered—even worse than he——by the machina- tions of conspirators. Over a quarter of a century ago, while in the full tide of usefulness -as an accountant, I was charged with forgery, arrested, tried, convicted and sen- tenced to the walls of this inhospitable bastile. After my re- lease I was again and again and again made a victim, and four times in all I have been imprisoned here. In each case I was as innocent as Mr. Beecher of the charges preferred against him; but such were the toils woven around me by the ingenuity of my persecutors that I could- not disentangle myself to the satisfaction of the juries who tried me, and here I am yet. \ A Now the course of procedure in Plymouth Church in this trial of Mr. Beecher is just what is needed to vindicate aman, thus at the mercy of specious villains who, by sinister de- vices, seek to effect his ruin. I am glad that Mr. Beccher’s creative geniusihas been equal to confounding the wicked designs of Tilton and Moulton and their co-conspirators. He has taken the initiative in a grand legal reform. He it was who selected the jury who was tomake the inquisition; and they in their turn selected counsel to examine the witnesses, and, in a truly catholic spirit, thatthe unity of the proceed- ings might not be marred, they did not allow the prosecu- cution to be represented by counsel at all. This innovation is a grand step in legal -reform—-the most humane since the day when men charged with offenses were ﬁrst accorded the right to have counsel at all. The change is in conformity with the spirit of the age, and under such a course of pro- cedure Mr. Beecher must be vindicated. But W117: I ask, should the principle be conﬁned to pro- ceedings ecclesiastical? Why should not the victim of a conspiracy in things secular be accorded the right of select- ingajury of his peers been for so many yearsa dweller in marble halls if this great reform had been inaugurated and incorporated in our statute Do you suppose that 1 would have Sept. 12, 1,374.- books thirty years ago? . The Tiltons and Moultons who planned my ruin would have been circumvented, and in the name of injured innocence incarcerated in these walls. I never thought of, and I protest against the animadversions of the Daily Gvraphtc against it. Respectfully, J. C. P. S.——Bristol Bill, to whom I have read this, says: “ Themls my sentiments,” and further he adds that there is not a cracksman in the country that will not go the doctrine. SING SING, August 28, 1874. - Sourrr NEWBURY, 0., Aug. 13, 1874. Dear lVeekly.———The avalanche has fallen, and the most popular divine of the nation is buried in the ruins. Yet who_eould have looked or even hoped for a different result ? Whoever expected H. W. Beecher, the popular, the potted, the idolized Beecher, to come forward and own the truth and stand by it, has_ read history to little purpose. In all the ages of the past, whoever knew one of the great lights of any time leave the beaten paths whereby his prestige was won and strike out in a new course, however much it prom- ised for the good of =his kind? In looking at the tragedy of Plymouth Church, how forcibly is brought to mind the words of the immortal Lowell— ' “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God’s new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, _ ' ‘ Parts the goats upon the left hand, the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by fo1;ever ’twixt that darkness and that light.” I : Alas! that one who has won not merely a national, but a world-wide reputation should so stultify his manhood and damn his fame forever in the minds of the just and the true. But, to my apprehension, this catastrophe is the legitimate, conscientious convictions, which Beecher has been pursuing. Multitudes will now mourn over what they consider the downfall of a great man. I mourned for him twenty years ago, when I saw. him with- holding his best inspirations from his hearers, and preaching dogmas which, in his soul, he knew to be false. No man can stiﬂe his highest convictions, and teach the doctrines of dead creeds as the basis of a true life, without debauching his own moral sense and making shipwreck of his spiritual nature. earthquake,” but this is not the time to moralize. When the excitement subsides, the smoke of the conﬁict clears up, the dead have been buried and the wounded provided for, society will perceive that it is not Mr. Beecher who is on trial, but our social institutions, and that this convulsion is but the ﬁrst wave of that incoming tide which shall bury in everlasting oblivion our present system of wholesale con- cubinage and legalized adultery, called "‘ holy marriage.” When this nine-days’ wonder shall have ceased to be a wonder, we shall drop the personalities connected therewith and set about discussing the vital principles that underlie all our social life. Hence, While the masses mourn that this great scandal should ever have comevto light, I rejoice daily, knowing that all these things must needs be, and that they hasten on the grandest, as well as the most fearful, revolu- tion of the ages. . - D. M. ALLEN. To EDITORS WOODHULL 8t CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY: Your correspondent, D. Wilder, seems to think that sin- cere reformers fall into error when they advocate that money should bear no interest, but he and I differ. I think, with the sincere reformers, that money should be a legal tender for all debts, public :and private, and bear no interest. He says interest is rent; I say interest is robbery legalized, and rent on any property over and above the wear and tear, in- surance and taxes, is robbery also. He makes nothing by calling it rent. VVhat Va ﬁne illustration he gives to prove interest right: “Why, you would not drive men from their houses, would you, without paying them rent?” N 0, we would not; but we do protest against paying for their houses every four or five years, and they own it. The wear and tear, taxes and insurance should be paid by the tenant, and when said tenant has paid the full value in wear and tear, or What the property cost, it should be his. Mr. Wilder might ask: What incentive would there be to men to build houses or create wealth, if they got no interest? Well, the same that a man that works for his daily bread feels when he goes to work. I am doing something that will make the world better and richer for my having lived in it. That is the incentive which we should have; and when we JACKSON, Mich. W. D. TAYLOR. MRS. TILTON. But what shall I say of the unfortunate woman whose name has beco'me a by-word for the vilest and most cor- rupt,_to bandy about the streets? No one who reads her touching statement, whether they may believe it false in some particulars or not, but must feel a thrill of pity for the woman who from he_r very weakness should have had the tenderest care and protection from both of the strong, mag- netic men, both of whom she has loved. That her story may be true in every particular many women can well be- lieve. Coarse natures, it is true, cannot understand a love of one sex for the other that may bring the parties into the most intimate relations which yet can exist with absolute purity of life and thought. That thousands of instances of "such pure love has been, and will be again, the memories and history of many noted men any women testify. Whether her tale be true or‘ false, it does not alter one fact, that individually she is the great sufferer under the present state of society; and though Beecher may be rei_n- stated in the hearts of. his church and the world, and Tilton’s laoeratecl feelings may be healed by the poultice of time or changeof scene, yet Mrs. Tilton has -suffered and will suﬁer the bitterness of death itself so long as she breathes the woman.--Homestead, Oakland, Cal. thank Mr. Beecher for an innovation which lawyers had‘ inevitable result of a life-long course of tampering with his , There are many lessons to be learned from this “moral ' try to get something for nothing; rob and plunder (legally) ‘and call it business, we are not civilized people. « breath of this unjust and exacting world. Because—she is 0) S‘-"":=V‘ N.-._.....,,._....__.___-.___.__, ._.__._ .,__,,..,,,l_,___ A,_ ‘A,_ __,___‘_,__, ,}v\<¢ ,, A _ A_r_____..,._A.._._.__..-~__..._. ......_... :.—_-. _.--A». -.- «-- -------.4"‘_-.:~ - 5"-1"-: Sept. 12, 1874. C woonnntt a CLAF_LIN5Si wssntr. i ii REPORT or THE WHITEWASHING COMMITTEE ON THE BEECHER-TILTON SCANDAL. . The Investigating Committee presented their report to Plymouth Church on Friday evening, August 28, acquitting Mr. Beecher of the charges of adultery and improper ‘solici- tations. g ' After reporting such parts of the testimony as could be used to conﬁrm their theory of the cause and nature of the difficulty between the parties, they conclude with the fol- lowing, which we take from the N. Y. Tribune, of Aug. 29: VV7 e have now reviewed, as brieﬂy as we could, the evidence before us. There are many facts and details we‘ have not discussed; We have cited the most important of these and discussed the salient points. We have carefully examined the evidence relied on by the accuser to sustain the charges we are asked to believe. V Finally, who is this accuser, that he makes so bold a face? We may learn from the testimony, as well as by common re- port, without descending to unpleasant particulars or per- sonalities, that Theodore Tilton has in recent years become a very different man from what he was formerly reputed to be. He will hardly deny that. Both before and after his espousal of the new marital philosophy, signs of degeneracy were setting in which have made him a discredited man in this community. In the new role his culmination and down- fall are well stated in recent words by an able writer who, in sketching his career, says that, “In process of time ‘he comes before the world as the indorser of Victoria C. Wood- hull, and lends his name to a biography of her which would have sunk any man’s reputation anywhere" for common sense. Such abook is a tomb from which no author rises again.” Such is the accuser. Who is the accused? It is Henry Ward Beecher. The pastor of Plymouth Church has been a cler- gy man with harness on forty years. Twenty-seven of these years he has been here in;this church, which, as all the world knows, has so often been stirred to.good_ deeds and to a bet- ter life‘ by his eloquent ministrations. This man has been living in the clear light of noonday, before his people and before all men, a life of great Christian usefulness and inces- sant work. None have known him but to admire and love him. They who have been most intimate with him at home and abroad report nothing of his life or conversation but what comes of purity of soul. We are askedby Theodore Tilton and his coadjutor, Mr. Moulton, to believe that this man, with his-long and useful life and high character to sus- tain him, is unworthy of our conﬁdence, regard or respect‘. Christian character and great services, which are usually considered a tower of strength and defense when one is assailed, are to go for naught, according to Mr. Tilton. We are invited to give up this beloved and eminent man and send him and his good name and fame into the vortex of moral destruction. We are to do this upon what? Upon some wild, absurd and contradictory assertions of Mr. Tilton, who inall this work does not succeed in disguising his mali- cious and revengeful designs. N 0 tribunal administering justice ever held a charge of adultery proved by mere alleged words, written or spoken, that are denied and not connected with circumstances and appearances pointing unmistakably to the guilt of the ac- cused. Upon a review of all the evidence, made with an earnest desire to ﬁnd. the truth, and to advise what truth and justice shall require, we feel bound to state that, in our judg- ment, the evidence relied on by the accuser utterly fails to sustain the charges made. We herewith submit a complete stenographic copy of all the evidence before the committeegwith some unimportant or irrelevant exceptions. STATEMENT or CONCLUSIONS. Fz'rst-W'e ﬁnd from the evidence that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher did not commit adultery with Mrs. Elizabeth R. Tilton, either at the time or times place or places set forth in the third and ‘fourth subdivisions of Mr. Tilton’s state- ment, nor at any other time or place whatever. Second.———We ﬁnd from the evidence that Mr. Beecher has never committed any unchaste or improper act with Mrs. Tilton, nor made any unchaste or improper remark, proﬁer or solicitation to her of any kind or description" whatever. TIm~d——If this were a question of errors of judgment on the part of Mr. Beecher, it would be easy to criticise-, espe- cially in the light of recent events. In such criticism, even to the extent of regrets and censure, we are sure no man would join more sincerely than Mr. Beecher himself. Fowrth-We ﬁnd nothing whatever in the evidence that should impair the perfect conﬁdence of Plymouth Church or the world in the Christian characterand integrity of Henry Ward Beecher. _ And now let the peace of God which passeth all under- standing rest and abide with Plymouth Church and her be- loved and eminent pastor, so much and so long afflicted. HENRY W..SAGE, l AUGUSTUS STORES, I HENRY M. CLEVELAND, . Committee of HORACE B. CLAFLIN, (Investigation. JOHN WINSLOW, S. V. WHITE, Dated Brooklyn, Aug. 27, 18%. REPORT or THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE. The Examining Committee of Plymouth Church beg leave to report that, in consequence of the publication of certain statements by Theodore Tilton, the Committee were request- ed by the pastor of thechurch to authorize an investigation by a sub-committee into the imputations made against his character. On the 6th of July, 1874, the Committee according- ly appointed Brother H. ‘N. Sage and H. M. Cleveland such committee, requesting them to associate with themselves Messrs. Claﬁin, Winslow, Storrs and White, who are not members of the Examining Committee. N o charges having been proved to the church nor to the Examining Committee against our pastor, it was the duty of the sub-committee sim- ply to ascertain whether there was any foundation in fact for the charges, and a trial before the body of the_church. The sub committee has, in our judgment, faithfully and impar- rtially discharged its duties, and has presented to us a report. The evidence taken has also been transmitted to us. Most of it has been already made public. The publication of the remainder will be considered by us at a future meeting—one point, however, being settled, that nothing shall be withheld from publication which can afford a pretext for censure-of the pastor of this church. The expediency of publishing evi- dence injurious to other parties is a question which cannot be hastily determined. While we should have unhesitatingly done our duty in case a different conclusion had been reached, we rejoice to say that, without one dissenting voice, this Committee ﬁnd nothing in the evidence to justify the least suspicion of our‘ pastor’s integrity and purity, and everything to justify and commend, on the part of Plymouth Church and the Society, a degree of conﬁdence and aﬂection toward its pastor greater, if possible, than it has ever yet felt to him. 8: ‘ It is not the office of this Committee to review his errors of judgment in managing a complex trouble, and struggling against the most infamous conspiracy known to the present age. [Applause.] It is for us, simply, to consider what mor- al culpability, if any, is developed on his part, and of this we ﬁnd no proof, although under a delusion, artfully brought about by his enemies, our pastor was for a long time made to believe himself in fault. In conclusion we recommend to the Church the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That the‘ evidence laid before the Examining Committee not only does not afford any foundation for put- ting the pastor of this church, the Rev. Henry Ward Beech- er, on trial, but, on the contrary,’ establishes "to the perfect satisfaction of his church his entire innocence and absolute personal purity with respect to all the charges now or here- tofore made against him by Theodore- Tilton. [Much Ap- plause.] ' I Resolved,‘ That our conﬁdence in and love for our pastor, so far from being diminished, is hightened and deepened by the unmerited sufferings which he has so long borne, and that we welcome him with a sympathy more tender and a trust more unbounded than we ever felt before——to his public la- bors among us, to our church, our families, our homes, and our hearts. D. W. TALLMADGE, Clerk of Examining Committee. After speeches by Mr. Blair and R. W. Raymond, Mr. S. V. White came forward in response to loud calls, and said: “ Gentlemen, you will excuse me from further labors in this matter. On behalf of my fellow-laborers, beside me, I think that I can say, for all of us, that we have said all that we have been called upon to say. This hour is yours; we have had about seven weeks of steady hours. Now take this case and treat it as conscientiously as you believe, and the Committee will rejoice in the truth of the verdict at which you will ar- - rive.” Mr.Shearman then read the “ Conclusions” a second put the question. The entire audience, save _Mr. Moulton, arose to the “ aye,” and, when all who dissented were told-to stand up, Mr. Moulton againwas solitary in his opposition. When he stood up and faced the immense crowd he was hissed by some, while others laughed and facetiously called for a speech from him; but there were some who gesticulated wildly. ' ' . Mr. Shearman earnestly requested the meeting to hear Mr. Moulton, but he did not manifest any disposition to address them. . . E. D. Gilbert said: Mr. Chairman, I do not rise to make a speech, but to offer the following resolution: Resolved, That the hearty thanks of this Church are hereby tendered to Messrs. Sage, Cleveland, Storrs, ‘Winslow and White for their untiring labors as a committee of investiga- tion, and for the ﬁdelity and impartiality with which they have performed their duties, and also to Messrs. B. F. Tracy and John L. Hill for their faithful and gratuitous services as counsel to the Committee. The motion was carried, only Moulton ‘rising in dissent, with his pale, angry face working nervously the while. The audience then rose and sang the old Doxology, which closed the exercises. SCENES DURING THE PROCEEDINGS. [From the Gmphz'c.] - During the reading there were interruptions from the audi- ence whenever any allusion was made eulogistic of Mr. there was a spontaneous outburst of applause. The excite- ment ran high. Mr. Moulton entered the church from a side door during the progress of the reading. It so chanced that as he came in Professor Raymond was reading the allusion of the committee to what is known as “ the pistol scene.” He placed particular stress upon the words: “It is an amazing pity at this juncture that Moulton was not handed over to the police.” Mr. Moulton’s face was perfectly composed and his the audience was at the highest pitch of excitement Mr.‘ Moulton stood up in his place. As the tumult died away Brother Blair, who sat next him,-jumped to his feet and the men were shoulder to shoulder. Mr. Blair began his speech and Mr. Moulton sat down. The crowd called for a vote on the resolutions and there were cries of “Raymond.” Mr. Moulton again essayed to . speak but was interrupted by Brother Raymond. He congratulated the church on the course of their pastor and said: ' ' ' “It would not do for Mr. Beecher to have replied at once to thecharges of Tilton, and then to have called upon Moulton to back up his (Beecher’s) statement. Moulton had poisoned the mind of the public with his infernal lies.” . ’ i As he spoke the words he glanced at Mr. Moulton. The latter, with a wave of the hand, looked him full in the eyes and said, “ You are a liar, sir.” The words were uttered ina low, full tone, and only those in the vicinity heard them. Three seconds later they were repeated, firm and clear, “ You are a liar, sirl” The crowd shouted “ Put him out!” and a demonstration was made as if the threat would be carried in-‘ to effect. Mr. Moulton didnot even wince. He turned to a time, and in obedience to imperative calls from the audience," Beecher or derogatory to his accusers. At the conclusion. manner was quiet. When at last the reader had ceased and man who stood near and said. Wit_h.an,stter 9«b9°11°° 915 ‘ix’, citement, “ You can't do it sir.” Mr. Halliday stepped to the ‘ front and asked the audience to be still. “Let him remain, sit down and let him hear,” said he. Police Captain Byrne ' pressed through and stood at Mr. Moulton’s side, and quiet was restored. Mr. Raymond continued his speech, and at the close the resolutions were put to a vote. Everybody rose when the yeas were called. ‘Frank Moulton alone came to his feet when the nays were. requested. He was hissed and threatened, but made no reply to the taunts. . Then a vote of thanks was called for for the committee. Frank Moulton in clear tones said “ No.” The excitement increased to fever heat, and as he took his hat to go, the church congregation became a violent mob. Men dropped down into the aisles from the galleries, and from every point came cries of “Rush him I” “ Kill him!” “ Give him hell!” The man was a sphinx. He moved as quietly and composedly as if in his own parlor. A bevy of policemen at last were compelled to use their clubs to beat the mob back at the door. Mr. Moulton entered his carriage and was driven rapidly to his residence in Remse street. A - C[Fr0m the Tribune] MR. MOULTON’S EXIT FROM THE CHURCH. NEARLY A :eIoT. - At the close of the exercises when the audience rose to re- tire, Mr. Moulton made his way toward the left-hand rear entrance to the audience room. Before he reached the door a small crowd had settled close about him, some of whom hooted at him and applied insulting epithets. As he was passing through the inner door, the most boisterous demon- strations were made. One old man sprang forward with a great show of rage, trying to strike and seize hold of Mr. Moulton. Several police oflicers now interfered, planting themselves between Mr. Moulton and the crowd, and threat- ening with their clubs. For a moment a general ﬁght was imminent in the hallway.’ It was a respectable-looking crowd, else it might be termed a. mob; but for the time being there was respectability run mad. He was hurried through the alley, the darkness serving to hide him, and his friends protecting him from attack as well as they could, until, when he reached the iron gate opening upon the Orange-street sidewalk, another crowd met him and a general rush was made. An additional police force here threw themselves into the midst, their clubs and threats cut the air with equal force, and by a rapid and direct movement he was hustled into his carriage. During all this time the crowd was noisy ‘ with excitement. The street resounded with the mob-like shouts of “ Club him I" “ Knock him down!” “Shoot him!” The policemen were thick, and were able to prevent any per- sonal injury to Mr. Moulton, but while he entered his car- riage it was entirely surrounded, and an attempt was made to hold it back. A few rash ones caught the bridles of the horses; others, less reckless, but equally excited and un- reasonable, seized hold of the wheels and steps and doors. The horses were facing‘ down Orange street, and when Mr. Moulton and one or two friends were safely inside, Capt, Byrne, of the Second Precinct, sprang upon the driver’s seat, the whip was quickly laid upon the horses, the driver turned them sharply around, scattering those who were try- ing to detain the carriage. Whirling along Orange street, the horses upon a. fast run, many followed with equal rapidity and still sounding forth reproaches, until the carriage had turned up Henry street and had passed a block or two. The carriage was driven to the residence of Mr.VMoulto_n. The ' gentleman immediately alighted, and with the two or three friends and Capt. Byrne, walked up the steps just as a trio of reporters reached the door. The outer and inner doors were closed behind them, but hardly a moment later the bell was sharply pulled, and Mr. Moulton himself followed the servant to the door. ' He presented the appearance of a man who had just emerged from a rough-and-tumble ﬁght; his hair disturbed, his face ﬂushed, his coat ruffled and his white pantaloons soiled. Although he had preserved his self-possession on his way out of the church, in spite of the danger so near at hand, as he stood in the door he exhibited much excitement and no little indignation. Shaking the reporter’s hand, he laughingly said that he did not wish to be “interviewed ’, after such a scene as had just passed, but, said he, “I will say one thing; if Plymouth Church refuses to hear a min- ority of one, Plymouth Church must be very weak.” “I don’t wonder,” he added, “ for Plymouth Church has ‘vin- dicated an adulterer.’ .” Mr. Moulton then stepped out upon the stoop and inquired of several at thefoot of .the steps what he could do for them. They withdrew without reply- ing, and he turned to the reporters and said: “There was only one brave man among that congregation of cowards.” The I-Iemld editorially comments on the scene in the church as follows: _ ‘ Plymouth Church last evening was again in its glory; for had not the committee acquitted'Mr. Beecher of all the charges against him, and only expressed its inclinationto severely censure him for not sooner communicating to his pious brethren the persecutionshe had so long endured? The enthusiasm, congratulations, thanksgivings and em- bracings which followed the reading of the report of the In- vestigating Committee were wonderful, and if they are only repeated by the public outside of the church all will be well. But this peace, which was invoked upon the church ‘by the committee, did not long continue. The appearance of Mr. Frank Moulton at the meeting was an unfortunate event, which led to unpleasant and unexpected scenes. -We must be pardoned by the church if we are reminded by it of Emanuel chapel, which is so graphically described by Dickens in the “ Pickwick Papers.” Professor Raymond will please excuse us if we compare him to‘Mr. Stiggins, the shepherd, and it is impossible not to look upon Mr. Moulton as‘ the Tony Weller of Brooklyn. N 0 one whovhas read the chapter in which old Mr. Weller appears at the temperance tea- drinking can fail to see the -resemblance to the Plymouth, meeting. “Where is the sinner? where‘ is the mis’rable sinner?” said Mr. Séiggixisg “ upon which,” says Mr. Weller, ' —_ in/' ‘V c j . 12- ‘I I " woonnuim. as cLArI.1n*si WEEKLY. Sept. 12, 1874. “all the women began to look at me and groan, as if they was dyln’ ”. “ Where is the sinner? where is the mis‘rable sinner?” again inqu.ired the red-nosed shepherd, “and all the women groans again ten times louder than afore." “I got rather wild at this,” observed old Mr. Weller. “sol ays, ‘My friend, did you apply thatihere obserwation to me ‘I’ ’Stead of beggin’ my pardon. as any gen’l’m’n would ha’ done, he got more abusi.e than ever, called me a wessel, Sammy—a wessel of wrath—and all sorts of names. So, my blood being regularly up, I first gave [him two or three for himself, and then two or three to hand over to the man with the red nose, and walked on‘. I wished you could ha’ heard how the women screamed, Sammy, ven they picked up the shepherd from under the table.” The parallel does not go quite so far as this, though Mr. Moulton called Professor Raymond a liar, and the Professor called him a dog- But the general resemblance is remarkable, and we even have an old lady in the gallery, who cried out in a shrill voice, “Iago!” The “Doxology” was sung, and thenthe trouble began. The boys went for Moulton to the tune of “Old Hundred ” in waltz time, and there was a lively row between the Christians and the police, while the organ played the hymn of praise. Then Mr. Weller went home in a carriage, with groans and execrations from the mob. It was unwise in Mr. Moulton to attend this meeting, for if he expected his personal character to be attacked by the committee he had better opportunities of defending it. The speakers, how- ever, were equally foolish in exciting the passions of. the crowd (we presume it hardly claims now to have been a prayer-meeting) and precipitating the row. The scene was disgraceful to Plymouth Church, and revives in a new form the scandal which the report was expected to suppress. [From the Ten; York Iferald, Aug. 30.] THE GLORY OF OLD TAMMANY IN PLYMOUTH CHURCH. In the good old times before the war a ratiﬁcation meeting in Tammany Hall was :: spectacle which excited the admira- tion of “the big Indians ” and the utmost terror and con- sternation to the straggling Puritan within the walls of the Wigwam. It was a scene of indescribable enthusiasm and confusion, of strong patriotic outcries, ﬁerce imprecations and of terribleprofanities, grim jokes, “ cracked crowns and bloody noses.” For many years we have had nothing in these parts to compare with those glorious jubilees of the Empire Club; but now let the alumni of the Pewter Mug re- joice, for has not the lofty inspiration of Old Tammany, and to-the soul-stirring music of “Old Hundred,” been revived in a grand ratiﬁcation meeting of Plymouth Church? At this ratiﬁcation of the lofty, enthusiastic and incom- prehensible report of Mr. Bsecher’s committee, exalting their immaculate pastor to Mohammed’s seventh heaven,there were all the elements of a‘ regular old time Tammany “ jamboree.” But there was something more, and something better calcu- lated to warm up the whirling dervishes at this Plymouth ratiﬁcation than anything in the proud record of Old Tam- many. There Was the religious element, all alive with the holy ﬁre and fervor of a high revival, and -this inspiring element Old Tammany never possessed or piofessed, and seldom respected. Nevertheless, at this Plymouth love-feast there were outbreaks, of rufﬁanism and manifestations of ruﬂianly intolerance worthy the best days of the Wigwam. There-was one man in an assemblage of two thousand who had the hardihood to object to the committee’s report and the temerity to’ stand up against it,,as in the midst of an ex- cited mob, and unmoved by the hostile clamor around him, and, perhaps, the only perfectly cool and self-possessed man in the house. But his opinions were not wanted, for he had come, perhaps, “to bury Caesar, not to praise him ;” and the presence of this daring intruder, like an unwelcome and un- expected guest at a wedding. was offensive, and “ Put him out!” and “Give him hell!” were the cries which warned. him of the danger of personal violence from the latter-day congregational saints around him. They had assembled for thanksgiving and praise for the triumphant vindication of their exalted pastor, by a committee of his own church and of his own choosing. and they were not in the mood for lis- tening to disagreeable objections. And so, to the dying echoes of “ Old Hundred,” and in the midst of a hostile up- roar like that of a nest of contraband whiskey distillers in- vaded by a revenue official, and under the protection of the police, this obnoxious intruder retired. And this was called by the-isaints "the peace of God which passeth all under- standing.” . - Was there ever such mockery of sacred things? Was there over such shocking profanity as this in the wildest diabolisms of Tammany Hall? C-all you this a triumphant vindication of Mr. Beecher? Is it anything better than a senseless mockery, a wild and roaring extravaganza, which would be exceedingly laugha'3le if it were not so seriously deplorable? In short, the vindication of Mr. Beecher from his church committee and by his church goes not beyond the boundaries of his church. To stand approved, clear and spotless before the outside .world, he needs a broader and stronger vin- dication. r ' A CARD FROM MR. MOULTON. To THE PUBLIC: I will explain the reason of my attendance at Plymouth Church last evening. ' ' Immediately after the publication of my extended state- ment in the Daily Graph1'c.of August, 21, Ijeft the city to attend to some business affairs in New England, not return- ing until yesterday morning. Duringmy absence I learned, to my surprise, from the public prints, that I had refused to submit to cross-examination by the committee, and that the committee's forthcoming report would state this for a fact. I immediately sent by tclegraphathe following message to the committee: ‘ ‘ . LOWELL. Mass., August 27. “To Jeremiah P. Robinson or Franklin Woodruff, 44 Front street, N. Y.: , "1 ﬁnd in the Boston‘ Globe the following: ‘ They (the committee) have asked him (Moulton) three times to submit to cross-examination and he has as often ignored the re- quest.’ I have neither received such request nor made such declination, but have held and hold myself ready to appear on notice. Inform Henry W. Sage, the chairman, of this at once. FRANCIS D. MoUI:roN.” Having sent the above message, and not wishing, to delay the committee, I took the first train home in order to meet the committee before the time appointed for the presentation of their report to the church. On reaching Brooklyn yester- day morning I learned that my telegram had been promptly communicated on the previous day to Mr. Sage by Mr. VVood- ruﬁ’ in person. I waited for a message from the committee, but none came. ‘ At length the hour having arrived for the public reading of the committee’s report, I went to the church to hear it. My right to speak was the same as that possessed by any other person there present, for I have been a member of the con grcgation for many years, and my wife a member of the church. During the reading of the report I was pained to hear its misrepresentations of me, and I felt it my duty, as it cer- tainly was my right, to ask for the correction of these before the report was put to vote. In order that I might treat the meeting with entire courtesy, I wrote to the chairman a brief note, as follows: “Mr. Moderato—r——I am here and want to say a word. , ‘° FRANCIS D. MOULTON.” Notwithstanding this request, and notwithstanding Mr. Blair’s speech adjuring any member of the church or congre- gation. who had aught to say against the report to speak then and there, or ever after hold his peace, and notwithstanding my equal right with Mr. Blair himself, I was not permitted to be heard. J 5 During the proceedings 2. young man, Mr. Raymond, whom Mr. Beecher had once brought to me saying that I could con- fer with him in his (Mr. B‘s) absence‘, chose to ﬂing down upon me some false and offensive Words to my dishonor, in reply to which I felt it incumbent on me to characterize him in language appropriate to the provocation, and for which I know no English equivalent. Mr. Raymond vaunted himself as the only member of the ‘congregation who, with the exception of Mr. Beecher’s law- yers, knew all the facts of the case. Mr. Raymond will be chagrined to learn that I have a letter from Mr. Beecher in which the Writer says that he (Mr. R.) knows nothing what- ever of the facts of the case. , I will add that the hearing which was last night denied to me in the place where I had the most right to demand and expect it, I shall ask for from the public at large in afew days. The only delay in the publication will arise from the preparation of facsimile copies of letters and papers, in- cluding Mr. Beecher’s written certiﬁcate of Mr. Raymond’s safe and trustworthy ignorance of the case. I have sought for four years, for the sake of the innocent children of two families, to shield Mr. Beecher from the ex- posure of his crime of adultery. But Mr. Beecher, his Com- mittee and his Church, have united to compel me, for my own self-protection, to reveal him to the World, as I shall shortly do, in a still worse light than that wherein he now stands. ‘ (Signed) BROOKLYN, August 29, 1874. FRANCIS D. MOULTON. THE PRESS ON THE REPORT. [The World.] The conclusion of the committee is that the charges of Til- ton are not sustained by evidence, and at this conclusion the better judgments of intelligent people had already arrived. —— [The Herald.] We recognize the difficulty of the case the Plymouth Church committee had to deal with. It had to retain Mr. Beecher in the Plymouth pulpit because the congregation was ready to condone any offense rather than lose the most eloquent and most popular preacher in America; and it wished to make this course consistent with the defense of the high moral standards of Christianity in the face of grave charges that it was only possible to deny. It has retained the pastor, but on the other point it was less successful. . [The Times] To render their report of any value outside the circle of Mr. Beecher’s immediate friends, it should have been as free from any appearance of bias as a carefully written judicial decision. In point of fact it bears in many parts a close re- semblance to the pleading of an advocate for the defense. [The Tribune] The committee brings in its verdict precisely two months after it was summoned by the letter of Mr. Beecher to under- take the inquiry. We have made no secret of our opinion that the investigation was begun too late, was protracted too long, and yet, perhaps, has been closed too early. The most injurious rumors touching Mr.Beecher’s character have been current for more than ten years, and. though it is not the business of a. church to take notice of every scandalous re- port that ﬂies upon the-wings of malicious and idle gossip, ten years is a longtime to‘ allow such stories to go uncontra- dicted. Six weeks ago the report of this committee would have been accepted as conclusive; to-day, while it will rejoice the friends of Mr. Beecher, it will not disconcert the friends of Mr.'Tilton. The committee has closed its labors without putting an end to the‘ scandal, or really getting at the heart of the mystery. ' The Sun, which has of late been loud in Mr. Beecher’s de- fense, says of the whitewashing report: V» I * >1‘ * A large part of the public are not his friends; but thanks to the introduction into his defense of the charge of blackmail, the opinion even of those not vsholly favorable is divided, and so Plymouth Church heartily sustains him, and he can continue to preach. But will he ever be able to regain his former great position? That question must, we fear, be answered in the negative. I [The Sunday ll/Iercury.] Plymouth Church closed its investigating farce with a regular attitudinizing and’ professional stage performance last Friday evening, when a professor of elocution was en- gaged to read the report of the committee with all the emphasis of studied oratory and the showy splashes of decla- mation. The whole document, read by the experienced pro- fessor of elocution, was an exquisite ‘piece of poetic fiction, equalled only, but not surpassed, by the speeches of counsel in the celebrated caseof Bardell against Pickwick, so truth- fully sketched by Charles Dickens. Perhaps only My Lord Dundreary could have improved upon it, and it is a pity he was not invited to‘ aid in the performance; his searching logical powers, capable of unraveling the momentous ques- tion, why the tail did not wag the dog, could also have clearly proven the angelic innocence of Plymouth’s beloved pastor. But the two thousand two hundred members of Plymouth Church are satisﬁed. They have had their cvening’s dramatic entertainment, and in their joy they acquitted Beecher with every vote but one. The elaborate report of the committee is in itself the best proof that it was impossible for Beecher and his friends to explain satisfactorily the convicting evi- dence adduced against him. They resort to the trick of heaping defamation upon his accusers, and denounce Tilton and Moulton as consummate scoundrels and unworthy of belief; they insinuate that Beecher himself was half insane’ when he ‘wrote his self-condemnatory letters and wished that he were dead; and then they attempt to get around. Mrs. ’I‘ilton’s confession by citing the old doctrine of the English Common Law, long obsolete in this country. These‘ are the ﬂimsy pretexts employed to weaken the force of the testimony. Moulton’s solemn statement that both Beecher and Mrs. Tilton had,the_mselves, repeatedly confessed to him their guilt. is entirely ignored, except that it is broadly in- sinuated that everybody in this business has lied, and only Beecher and those who shield him are telling the truth. In spite of all the efforts of the committee, the case is not closed. but the Whole scandalous affair will now assume far greater proportions. Already has Moulton hinted at other confessions of Beecher, and if the reports which have for years been whispered about on “ the Heights ” can be be- lieved, these confessions, now to be revealed by Moulton, are based on truth;. and, notwithstanding the herculean labors of the whitewashing committee of his church and of his array of counsel, Beecher ere long may again most earnestly wish he were dead. ‘ Barrrn CREEK, August 26, 1874. Dear Weekly: VVill you please publish the following letter from Austin Kent. I cannot issue Cur Age again till some of the most solemn pledges that have been made to .me, both by the visible and the invisible are fullﬁlled. I have three times in the last two months hovered on the border of dissolution for hours, and one of the best physicians in the State stated to a. friend the other day that I was liable to die at any time. That to me would be gain, and if those who call themselves radical reformers think it will be no loss to them, all right. LOIS WAISBROOKER. STOCKHOLM, N. Y., August 20, 1874. My Dear Mrs. Waisbrooker: VVith what I have learned in a long life of the cost of sus- taining such a paper as Our Age, I have been surprised that you could print it until this time. It seems to me one of three things must come: lst. Your subscribers must pay more for it, or- 2d. It must die, or- 3d. You must die. The last will not save the paper. If it would, it is not right or best for you to go yet, or in this way. You have shown pluck and courage. Now ask your patrons wheth or it shall live or die, and abide by their practical decision. You alone cannot carry it. Save your life. By all means save your life. There are many poor people, no doubt, who would gladly aid: you a. few hundred. But good wishes and good desires can- never sustain a paper. Mr. Jones must have sunk a large sum in starting the R. P. J. He had it to sink. I am sure‘ Mrs. VVoodhull must have used up $100,000 in the past four‘ years more than she has received on subscription. Mr. Men- dum is obliged to make the pl ice of the Investigator $3.50 to keep it a-going. Save your life. ‘ Your friend, AUSTIN KENT. N ARRAGANSETI‘ PIER, R. I., Aug. 23, 1874. To run EDITORS on THE WEEKLY: So it has been telegraphed to Henry that Frank’s gun was ﬁred with blank cartridge, a devil of a noise, smoke and smell, but“ nobody hurt. ” Old Plymouth has shown pluck worthy of a better cause. She cries out lustily, “It aint much of a shower after all l” Poor old thing!!! it brings a sad sort of feeling on even my crusty heart to see her sinking-—with her band of praying and ﬁghting deacons-—-clerks, lawyers and editors, who have, as itwere, rollicked in her embraccs——- only one poor old lady, Mrs. Morse, “seemed to feel there was no God when Beecher was cracking his jokes every Sunday, without apparent thought cf the misery he hadcaused to her family.” ‘ This unreasonable, but doubtless worthy woman, somewhat weakened her heavenly thought, by asking in the same letter Henry for a place in the Custom House. The vanity of Frank has over-balanced his better qualities.~ He is young, popped his nose into the trap to oblige that old rat who is fond of cheese, but prefers somebody’s ﬁnger be- sides his shall take the risk of getting pinched. Though Moul-I ton has been a party to this scandal and been the means of‘ keeping it aﬂoat for several years, he is still to some extent- excusable, and in the end his exposition has so much of a. metallic ring that one can not feel very greatly outraged by his . mistaken advocacy of continued hypocrisy. _,-.-,; Sept. 12, 1874. WOODHULL"¥“& CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. _ P . r 13 The only salvation I see for Beecher is through his sister, Mrs. Hooker. She is good enough to secure places in heaven for Beecher, Bowen and Tilton, and that will cover the whole venality of the concern. ’ Yours, PABDON WRIGHT. STEUBEN, O., Aug., 1874. Editors of the WeekIy~»-It occurs to me that some notice should be taken of the arrogant pretensions ofthe Beecher family as they are submitted to the public through the New, Ylork Twibtme, by the lady elder of the “seven Lriinisters of Christ.” It would seem that she thinks that some special rules should be enacted or adopted by society to protect a ‘ certain class of citizens, and especially, of course, the august family of “ministers of Christ” from charges or even such criticisms as all other members of the community are open and subject to; and it should then be noted, too, that she claims for the seven the title of “ministers of Christ” (to this your correspon lent takes specialand emphatic excep- tion), 1'. e., of his gospel (according to the orthodox interpre- tation of which the whole ‘human family are “ conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity and are totally depraved in their entire human nature”), as also exemption from even the suspicion of frailties common to all alike, basing her claim upon the assumption involved and assertion that “from their early childhood she never knew of an impure Word or act by any one of them,” thus claiming for each and ‘every one of them an immaculacy heretofore only ascribed to “the loved Saviour or revealed God.” How innocent of wisdom or even common-sense ideas this seems. Does the immaculate lady, the close observer and intelli- gant critic, not know that these are the days of predicted revealments, judgment and vengeance, in which it is being made manifest to all who are not blinded by arrogance and bigotry grounded in self—conceit, that “established charac- ters ” are not longer to be trusted, and that their principals are falling everywhere like autumn leaves before the search- ing inﬂuences and power of truth and right, to which the public mind is awakening, and that authoritative utterances C are the prerogatives of all who conceive truth and are no longer to be conﬁned ahd conceded alone to a deceitful, de- bauched and hireling priesthood and ministry? Sister Catherine thinks it an insult to her brother, 717's (the Beecher?) family and the church (the importance she attaches to each of these will be understood by the order in which she states them), to even demand that the charges against him should be investigated, or that a “suspension of judg- ment ” should be suggested. Now I would be glad to know who is to decide the ques- tion of admissions ‘into this ring of supercillious exempts from public scrutiny, criticism or arraignment? and why one class of criminals, or any particular one of the class, for any offense against any law, human or divine, moral or civil, should be entitled to public forbearance and sympathy and protection more than any other? ' V Of what value to the public at large are the lady’s assump- tions of self-purity, or in behalf of the assailed distinguished ladies to whom she refers, manifest as she makes her incom- petency of sound judgment, even while seeking to impose it upon others far more capable than herself in every other than in a perhaps literary point of view? Latter day reﬁnement of manners, literary culture and the observance of religious (?) forms. ceremonies and ordi- nances, besides the affected superiority over others on ac- count of these. that the clergy and laity assume, are coming to be viewed from the standpoint of intrinsic values, and, estimated according to these, are found wanting in every- thing but the vanity that inspires the hollow pretensions to high consideration and exclusive virtue of the class refer- red to. In concluding, the lady avers that she does not write in aid of her brother, because “he is sure to be loved and respected more than ever,” but to “appeal for protection in behalf of her sex.” What part or proportion of her sex she does not state, but a fair inference would be that she ignores the rights of all outside of the circle of her own appointment, or of which elder C. E. B. is not the acknowledged head. That her brother may be loved more than ever, and that he will ever ﬁnd ample gratiﬁcation of what may be as properly termed lust in himself as well as in any other need not be questioned. There are those who esteem convicted liber- tines always above any other, and this must be the class to which she refers. K In conclusion, I would remark further, that the ministers of Christ are the ministers of truth, and that in due time it will appear that not one of the seven has any claim to the title in any true or appreciable sense, but that a grave and fearful responsibility, which no enlightened being will covet, even with accompanying honors and emoluments, rests upon these claimants to really more than divine honors, to what- ever extent thcy may disavow it. If there is a class of peo- ple on earth who truly and fully answer the scriptural de- scription of anti—Christ, it is the church of our day, clergy and laity, Protestant and Catholic, and none more so cer- tainly than the lady elder and her seven satellites endorsed “ ministers of Christ,” whose halo, being of human creation,- and therefore evanescent, will soon pass away in spite of the vast combination of effort to sustain it, including her own characteristic protest and appeal. The lady will ere long find that the estimate she puts upon herself, satellites and associates is already departing from public recognition, never to be revived. ’ Such are your cotrespondent’s ﬁrm, mature and full con- victions. Let the people, then, take notice _of and appreciate the warning intended by the enunciation of these senti- ments. With continued sincerity yours, , S. OLYMPIA, VVyoming Territory, Aug. 14, 1874. Dear WeeIcly—Instead of writing you from this extreme northwesterly boundary of the territories, I had expected by this day to have set my face to the eastward with a prospect of soon meeting the many dear familiar faces that abide in the various places of my customary circuit of rostrum labors in the States. But the providence of circumstances, wise or otherwise, has determined against my personal preference, for a. hoped-for good. . ’ Tiring and growing often disheartened with the continual battle of life, with the odds always against one-—as it must ever be, and more especially in this great West—who is laboring in the reform ﬁelds of to-day, my worn body, ex- hausted brain and hungry [heart have, combinedly, many times remonstrated against the burdens of unequal taxation put upon the shoulders of the worker, till I have some- times felt there wasgno alternative but to succumb. ' “Wearing out !” is what might be written on the faces, as it is on the hearts of all our Workers to-day, and yet the World will not be satisﬁed until it has completed the wreck, and on our premature head-stones is written “ worn out ” and “ who cares.” , , ‘ During all the years of my intineracyl have never canvassed as extensive a ﬁeld of prejudice and indifference, with re- sults so satisfactory, as in Oregon. But my especial cause of detention here is one that I trust will leave a lasting beneﬁt among the people long after they have forgotten me. ‘ There is in Marion county jail (Oregon), a boy convict under sentence of death, and who was to have been executed to-day. The case is a remarkable one from the facts pre- sented. The first being the extreme youth (17 years) of the prisoner, the next the provocation which led to the crime committed, in the refusalof his employer to pay him for ser- vice rendered, but gave him abuse instead. This case of Thomas Gerrand has called out more comment than any that has yet come under the jurisdiction of the law authorities of the State, and of course the entire public is in- terested. Several petitions have been circulated and very extensively signed, asking the Governor to commute the death sentence to that of life imprisonment, myself present- ing one petition. The Governor refused to commute the sentence, but granted an extension of timeifor -a term of nearly two months to give the case opportunity for a new trial. The Legislature of Oregon meets the second weekof Sep- tember, and it is hoped by thefriends of the movement that a repeal of the capital punishment law may be effected if the right force is brought to bear upon that assembly. In view of so important a measure, I have consented to remain in Oregon through the session of the Legislature, and am promised most valuable aid and co—operation. G-errand is lying in jail at the capital city, where the excitement on his behalf has been greatest.‘ The Legislatureis about equally divided among the three political parties, and public senti- ment ls growing more tolerant toward the justice of the re- peal of a law so monstrous as that which provides for a public exhibition of murder by hanging for a private crime com- mitted in passion. So I am to be two months longer detained, to aid if possi- ble in this work of statutory mercy, and I hope for the best. Meantime I trust I shall not be forgottenonmy old stamp- lug grounds, and hope that the winter will ﬁnd me something to do, both in the old haunts that know me, and in new ones not afraid to give me a trial. _ Still, along the route eastward, even frolmthe Paciﬁc slope to the Atlantic, am I answera- ble to calls for such service as is mine to give. . Address, till middle of October, to care of Box 666, San Francisco, Cal. In every good word and work, thine, . Annxn L. BALLOU. P. S.—-Why don't Comstock and the virtuous Y. M. C. A. arrest the dailies for circulating obscene literature through the mails,and for the gorgeous dissemination of virtuous nas- tiness, and cast every male man editor into Ludlow or some other clean place of conﬁnement? A. L. B. AUGUST 19, 1874. Dear W'eekly——Allow me to say that,‘ with the statement of Beecher before me and in view of its utterances, the man who can so pervert the words of Jesus in his “Sermon on the Mount” “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,” etc., “for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also,” and “ Ye cannot serve God and mannon ”— as to make these appear to harmonize in any way, sense or degree with his own teaching (through precept and example) that men have the right to accumulate wealth, and rich men to be proud of their wealth, as Beecher appears to have done, to the great and entire satisfaction of his Plymouth congre- gation, as well as of all other wealth-hunting and loving people——is surely capable of pervertiug the meaning of any words and facts so as to make “ the worse appear the better cause” to the same class of people also. Now, such pepver- sidns of sentiment are far more reprehensible and damaging in their effects upon the human mind and heart of the public than the commission of a thousand such acts as he stands charged with can possibly be. His teaching is at once a fraud and a lie, and no honest reader can fail to see it, and his vast popularity and inﬂuence make him the mostldan- ous man in the country. I hope the people will yet see it, and leave him alone in his shame with his ill—gotten glory. S. POSTPONEMENT OF DEBATE. ' BY w. r. JAMIESON. Elder Miles Grant writes me as follows :I “ Cannot attend to the debate for some months to" come, as my time is clpsely occupied. “ (signed) Yours truly, J “ MILES GRANT.” I have had misgivings about Elder Grant ever meeting me again in the arena of discussion on his favorite “Demon” question, which we debated before full houses in Salem, Mass, last June. I trust those misgivings are without foun- dation, for I am exceedingly fond of the Elder—-—as an opponent. I have always adhered strictly to a. rule, uh.ch’I made years ago, to never boast over an opponent. It is for Truth and not mere victory that I debate. The Elder published an editorial ‘in his paper, the ‘World’s Cr°.’sL's. which I intend to republiish with suitable comments. I cheerfully grant that it is no violation of either modesty or good taste for a debate; 0,1‘ lecturer to print What may be said about him or her in the newspapers and to I make out‘a_ faithful report of what was said, and attendant circumstances, such as expression of opinion by the audiences in general, etc., etc. As the Lord’s shepherds should not have a. monopoly of "‘ Dispatches from the Seat of War,” we will improve the opportunity soon, to say something about debating in general, and Elder Grant in particular. Oh! that the theological world—could furnish us a few men who would stand up squarely to the debating rack, fodder or_ no fodder. Must Moses Hull, myself anda few other advo- cates of the Spiritual Philosophy, play the part of weeping Alexanders? Remember, Adventists of Salem and Lynn, that your champion has never, since the intellectual ﬁght at Salem, been ready to discuss his own question. It was said by some of you that you thought you had a debater who could do better than Elder Grant did. VVhile I doubt it, for Miles Grant is an able advocate of his theory, I have not the slightest objection to meeting your abler man. » It is with a feeling akin to sorrow that I read Elder Grant’s message, “ Cannot attend to the debate for some months to come.” A train of sadness followed the perusal of that ominous sentence. My head dropped heavily upon my breast as I reflected, “Months to come.” Cunning Elder; he knows the time is set for the world to burnup. It is only , a few months ahead. The Lord is comin’, comin‘. I see what he is after. He wants to “ twit ” me in the presence of the “only begotten” and all the holy angels about my de- lusion of Spiritualism! Then I will remember how the dear Elder importuned me in the Salem debate to be more serious. “My friends,” said the elder, “this is a. solemn question with me, and ought to be with you all. I hope my friend opposite will not pursue the course of levity he has. There is a. judgment day coming. Do be serious.” The panic- stricken countenance of the Elder looms up before me, as on several occasions I was inspired, by some of his demons probably, to pour out torrents of horrid blasphemy, and which caused him to print in his ‘paper, for the “elect” to read, over against my humble name, the sobriquet, "Bold blasphemer.” That is a cruel charge. It is a point upon which I am/so sensitive. It has wounded afresh my already lacerated and bleeding feelings. Such are the sorrows of my over-burdened life. CUPID VERSUS CHRIST. S. H. Platt, A. M., in the Bible Banner objects to parts of the well-known hymn commencing: “ Come thou fount of every blessing—" and parodies one of the verses thus: “ O my wife, how true a lover Glladly I’m constrained to be! Let thy graces ‘round me hover-- Bind my truant heart to thee. Prone to others, wife, I feel it—- Prom-. to quit the wife I lovc;' Here’s my heart, dear, take and keep it, Lest it ﬁnd some o.hcr dove.” It is not known whether the reverend gentleman had Plymouth Church in his mind when he made the above altera- tion, but it strikes us that it would sound well uttered from the lips of the venerated and truth-loving pastor of that con- venticle. MISS SMILEY AT OCEAN GROVE. The description given below of the eloquent Quakefess is taken from the NewYork flerald of Sunday, July 19, 1874: “And then from the group of a score or more of ministers, seated in a double row at the back of the great stand or pulpit, came forward the eloquent Quakeress, Miss Sarah Smiley; and a charming little body she is, of a round and well-proportioned ﬁgure, and with a face as bright and pleasant asa May morning looking down from the Blue Ridge into the Valley of the Shenandoah. She was in a plain suit of grayish-black or blackish-gray, with a pretty" lace collar crossed upon her neck, and the tidiest little lace cap upon her ﬁne. head that ever a pretty Quackeress wore; - and she came forward with such an air of modest self-posses- sion, with such an irresistible smile upon her pleasant coun- tenance, with such a look of faith in her hearers that before she uttered a word she had her vast audience completeiy at her command. With a small gilt-edged Bible in her hand, there she stood, the eloquent Quakeress, fresh, though a full blown rose, modest as aviolet, with all the grace of a lovable woman, with all the conﬁdence of an inspired teacher, evidently knowing nothing but the ways of gentleness and peace, and yet bold as a lion and brave as a Julius Caesar. There is nothing of the typical woman’s rights woman about this gentle Quakeress; nothing of the vinegar visage or the leathery hands, or the broad plantation foot, or the project ing elbows of the regular petticoat stump orator for female suﬁrage; nothing of her hardness, ﬂatness or angularities. There is nothing in the person, form, voice or manner of this gentle, modest woman to remind one of a foolish hen attempting to crow and making a goose of herself in the vain experiment; but there is much to recall the feminine graces and fascinations of those Scriptural divinitics, Rachel, Rebecca. and Ruth. In a word, we have before us not only an eloquent, but a charming Quakeress, in her person and in her ways, and her voice is clear and musical and ‘soft and low, an excellent thing in woman.’_” ‘ . COMMENTS. . [The above may be termed a "' moosioal ” account of Miss Smiley. but why could not the writer, who probably is a. pious young man, give it without insulting other people. Does he think that Miss Smil: y, or any true woman, desires to be complimented at the expense of her sisters? All ought to be aware‘ by this time that if that lady stood upon the platform to advocate reforms on earth and not in the moon,- her nose would become sharp, her feet broad, her voice harsh and grating, her form angular and her dainty cap a helmet instanter. As to exhorting (or crowing, as it is termed in the extract), there cannot be much difference as i 0 whether women perform that operation on a platform or in a. pulpit. — With regard to the goose’ manufacturing business, we would reply on the partof the ﬂat-footed, vinegar-visaged and leather-handed women, that they decline to compete for it, seeing that it has been rnonopoiizeti by the writer of the above §1§ei»9ll-] , . ’ 151‘ I I I woonnuti. & GLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. The whole subject of which Spiritualism «must as yet be looked upon as a phase is involved in deepest darkness. . Medical psychology, the action of the mind on the bodyand the body on the mind, the philosophy of dreams, prophecies, cerebration, and all the unexplored realms of phantasy, is as yet in its infancy, and it will be long before it attains adult strength and wisdom. Pinet said long ago: “There are no states more closely related than dreams, passionate poetry, prophecy and hystericism;” yet dreams often ﬁnd their fulﬁllment, and of genuine prophecy none can doubt, as no reasonable person can doubt the phenomena of Spirit- ualism. It is a just explanation of them all that is needed, but for whose iappearance at an early date few dare hope.——- The Graphic, N. Y. ‘ ' _ BEECHER-TlLTON NOTES. BESSIE TURNER appears to have been an apt scholar under the tutorage of her who found it “ a physical" impossibility ” to tell the truth.’ ' , ON two points Beecher and Tilton exactly agree. First, that Mrs. Tilton is a pure-minded Christian woman,’ and second, that she will lie occasionally. - BEECHER ought to thank Moulton for his statement regard- ing the money paid over for Tilton’s use, as it is far more creditable to him than his own statement about the matter. BEECHER’S Committee must have borrowed some of Tilton’s lunacy when they prompted “ Bessie” to “ talk and talk and talk.” We think‘, with the New York Herald, that their case must be in a very bad way when they try to help it by peddling out such silly and ridiculous twaddle. “ ALL fair-minded and unprejudiced persons,” has become a stereotyped phrase with those who write or talk on the Beecher scandal, no odds how widely they diﬂer. We are conscious of our own candor in the matter, and have no right to question that of others. Mankind will see things ; differently. ’MR. BEECHER charges Mrs. Woodhull with trying to extort money from him, but fails 00 give the evidence, and none of the developed facts go to sustain his assertions in this regard. -—-=Rep-ublz'can, Hacre de Grace, Md. Q5--4-==—-—-==—.=. BUSINESS EDITORIALS. QMRO, Wisconsin, Aug. 14, 1874. To THE SPIRITUALISTS or WISCONSIN, GREETING. The Northern Wisconsin Spiritual'Conference will hold their next quarterly meeting in the Spiritual Hall in Omro, on the 25th, 26th and 27th of September, 1874. The regular speakers engagedhfor the occasion are C. W’. Stewart and Mattie H. Parry. We also extend a cordial invitation to all speakers and mediums to meet with us. Let there be a grand rally of Spiritualists from all parts of Wisconsin.’ The plat- form will be free for the discussion of all subj ects that will beneﬁt the human race. The society of Omro will make every effort to entertain (free) all who may attend the meet- ing. Arrangements will be made with the hotels of the place (at reduced rates) for those who prefer stopping with them. Let all come to the love feast. . DR. J. C. PHILLIPS, for Society. Eﬁbrts are being made to have Mrs. E. A. Blair (spirit artist) of which due notice will be given. LAURA CUPPY SMITH’S engagements are as follows: Sept., January and March, Boston; October, New Bedford, Mass; Dec., New Haven, Conn.; February, Salem, Mass. Societies desiring to engage her for the intervening months would do well to apply at once. Address, till further notice, 27 Milford street, Boston, Mass. PERSONAL. W. F. J amieson is engaged to return to Boston for the Sundays of Oct. Will receive applications for-week-evening lectures in vicinity of Boston. Address No. 9 Montgomery place, Boston, Mass. ' I 6 DR. H. P. FAIRFIELD' I Is engaged to speak for the First Spiritual Society in Spring- ﬁeld, Mass., at Liberty Hall, during themonth of Septem-‘ ber, and in Putnam, Conn., during October. Would make other engagements. Address Greenwich Village, Mass. DR. L.K. COONLEY has removed from Vineland to Newark N. J. Office and residence No. 51 Academy street, where he will treat the sick daily and receive applications to lec- ture Sundays in New Jersey, New York or elsewhere in the vicinity. 11- K- C00NLEV- I THE Universal Association of Spiritualists, Primary Coun- cil No. 1 of Illinois, meets every Sunday at 3:30 P. M., at [hall 2)4 Van Buren street, corner of Franklin, Chicago. Free c mference and free seats. I . ‘ ‘ H. AUGUSTA WHITE, Cor. Sec. D3‘. Slade, the eminent Test Medium, may be found at his ofﬁce, No‘. 25 East Twenty-ﬁrst street near Broadway The First Primary Council of Boston. of the U. A. of Spiritualists, have leased the new “Parker Fraternity (lower) Hall,” corner of Berkly and Appleton streets, where they give‘ lectures every Sunday afternoon and evening. A JOHN HARDY, Cor. Secretary. _ MAN IN EMBRYO. We have published in pamphlet form, with the above title, the oration in verse of John A. J ost, which was printed in our No. 187, of July 4. It makes a pamphlet of twenty pages, and it can be obtained from us here, or from John A. J ost, Ogden, ‘Utah. Price 10lcents per copy. CHAS. H. FOSTER, the renowned Test Medium, can be -found at his old quarters at 19 West Twenty-second street, New York City, E. M. Flagg, dentist, 79 West Eleventh street, New York city. Specialty, artiﬁcial dentures. ‘ DAWN VALCOUR COMMUNITY. Our decision is perfected. We are now ready to act. We count it a pleasure to announce to all persons of the radical stamp, who favor a community of harmony and fraternity, ~- based on the principles of social science——in accordance with my previous article on Dawn—-we invite your attention to the important fact that we have made an extensive, complete and reliable examination of the superb and magniﬁcent gratuity of one thousand and ten acres of land for our com- munity enterprise. Much of the area is under cultivation. To perfect the magnitude of this majestic enterprise, We wish it extensively and fully known. This locality truly com- bines the best attractions of other lands concentrated. We feel assured its intrinsic excellence could not be found in the Northern or Middle States. N Our. circular is issued. Order or write and we will send. We aim to give any and all particulars as to] locality, our plans for immediate action, the noble objects, hopes and aims we love'so well, and to which we pledge our lives - the illustration of the principles of social science. Let every‘ radical and reformer, far and near, immediately send for our circular. Address John Willcox, Vfinooski, Vermont. ADDIE L. BALLOU Having had quite an extended tour through California, where she has been greeted by large and enthusiastic audi- ences, has gone to Oregon for a term ofsome weeks, after which she will return to the States, about the 1st of Novem- ber. Parties along the_route wishing to make engagements with her to stop off for one or more lectures on her return will please make as early application as possible, to secure time; till ‘middle of ._Oct., care Box 666, San Francisco; later and for winter engagements, to Terre Haute, Ind. @"Send Austin Kent one dollar for his book and pam- phlets on Free Love and Marriage. He has been sixteen years physically helpless, conﬁned to his bed and chair, is poor and needs the money. You maybe even more bene- ﬁted by reading one of the boldest, deepest, strongest, clear- est and most logical writers. You are hardly well posted on this subject till you have read Mr. Kent. You who are able add another dollar or more as charity. His address, ‘ AUSTIN KENT, Stockholm, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Box 44. P. S.——I will now mail “Free Love,” in paper cover, “Mrs. Wo(:dnull and Social Freedom,” and “ True and False Love” -.01'75cts. I will add two more of the “ Woodhull” and “ So- cial Freedom” Pamphlets for $1.00, or I will mail ten of the pamphlets for $1,00. In buying these you greatly aid a phy- sically helpless man. AUSTIN KENT. The legal rate of postage on the WEEKLY, addressed to regular subscribers, is twenty cents per annum, or ﬁve cents per quarter, payable in advance. Subscribers who receive their copies by letter-carriers will please hand the annual or quarterly postage to carriers, taking their receipts. If any higher rates are uemanded, report the facts to the local Postmaster. The postage on copies directed to subscribers in New York city has been prepaid by the publishers. ' [CIRCULAR] BUREAU or CURRESPONDENCE _ or THE PANTARCHY. The increasing number of letters of inquiry, addressed to MR. ANDREWS personally, and to others known to be asso- ciated with him, in respect to the nature, purposes, progress and prospects of the Pantarchy, suggest the propriety of organizing a branch orbureau of its operations for the ox- press purpose of answering such and similar inquiries, as well as for the relief of theparties so addressed, whose time has, heretofore, been gratuitously given to the writing of replies. There are two other kinds of letters sent in a steady,cur- rent for many years to the same quarter. The ﬁrst are letters of. inquiry touching social difficulties, and asking for advice ‘or consolation, in the thousand trying conditions in which . married and unmarried persons, ' men and women, ﬁnd themselves involved. The others are letters asking speciﬁc information, on matters of reform. spiritualism, unitary life, the new language, and the like; and even on avariety of topics, concerning science, business, and miscellaneous sub- jects. ‘ . To serve this great want; to organize and economize labo'r; and to extend this method of giving information into a sys- tematized irstitution for the use of the whole community this Bureau formed. The aggregate of small fees, will, it is hoped, urnish a means of support to one or several of the wisest and best of the men or women most versed in the social reform, and in universological science, and prove of great use to many an aching heart and to many an inquiring mind. THE BUREAU OF CORRESPONDENCE will wndertahe to answer ANY QUESTION (admitting of an answer) wpon ANY SUBJECT, and in case its efforts are appreciated will take the necessary steps to enlarge its connections, and means of in- formation to that end. . In the meantime, if the question is ‘ ‘of a kind which the Bureau is unable to answer, the fee will be returned. The fees charged are as follows: For a reply on postal card to a single inquiry, 10 cents; for a letter of advice, informa- tion (more at large), or sympathy and consolation, 25 cents. In the latter case, the letter of inquiry must contain a stamp, for the answer. No increase of charge on account of the diﬁi- culty of obtaining the information, except .in special in- stances, which will be arranged by correspondence. News-I papers inserting this circular, can avail themselves of the aid of the Bureau without charge. ‘ _ STEPHEN PEARL ANDREWS. §HEOD§R% FREEMAN1\%P]]ll)NCER, 1| . ORINSON. . . 'AOs1;*I.TI-\IIATH C. MCDONALD , L BOARD OF MANAGERS‘ I 'D'AVID 'HoYLE, - - Address Mrs. A. C. McDonald, Soc. B. C. P., 75 W. 541311 St., New York. [Sept 12, 1874. THE NEVV HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF SPIRITU — ALISTS. The New Hampshire State Association of Spiritualists wi .1 hold their fourth annual convention in Lempster, N. H., September 4, 5 and 6. Mrs. Emma E. Weston, of East Boston, MasS., test, physical and clairvoyant medium, will be present during all the sessions of the convention and demonstrate through her wonderful mediumistic powers the truth of Spiritualism. George A. Fuller, agent for the New Hampshire ‘State Association, is the speak'or engaged for the convention. Other speakers will be in attendance. This will be an important convention. Let every town in the State be represented. Let all the Spiritualists come to- gether harmoniously for the advancement of the cause of Spiritualism. , Per order Business Committee. ERASTUS NICHOLS, Lempster, N. H. , MRS. ELECTA SHEPARDSON, Marlow, N. H. DR. SYLVESTER WOOD, Washington, N. H. GEO. S. MORGAN, Pres., Bradford, N. H. . C. W. STEWART, the uncompromising young Radical, is re- engaged at Terre Haute, Indiana, for the next three months and will answer calls to lecture on week evenings during that time to allparties who uphold free speech, and have the welfare of humanity at heart here and now. No others need . apply Religion superseded by the Kingdom of Heaven; oﬁicial organ of the Spirit World. Amonthly journal, established in 1864, to explain and to prove that Spiritualism has pre- pared the way for the second coming of Christ. Thomas Cook, publisher, No. 50 Bromﬁeld street, Boston, Mass. GOOD NEWS FOR THE SICK. Dr. R. P. Fellows, the renowned healer, is winning laurels by healing the sick through the agency of his Magnetized Powder. Persons of late have been cured by him who were considered hopeless, and, in fact, pronounced so by the most skillful physicians of the day. It is seldom such an un- broken tide of success attends any devotee of the healing art. It is an augury of proﬁciency in the Science which Dr. Fellows may Well be proud of. We would say to those who are in a low state of disease to consult him without further delay. His advice is invaluable, and is well worth the price of the powder, which is $1 per box. Address Vineland, NJ. I). W. HULL is now in the East, and will answer calls to lecture at any place. Address 871, ‘Washington st., Boston. R. W. HUME, Associate. Editor of WOODHULL 85 CLAEI.IN’S VVEEKLY, is prepared to deliver lectures on Radical Spiritu- alism, and on all the reforms of which it is the base. For further particulars, list of lectures, etc., address box 8,791 New York City. NELLIE L. DAVIS will lecture in Bay City during Sept; in San Jose, Cal. during Nov. ; in San Francisco during December. Permanent‘ address, 235 ‘Washington street, Salem, Mass. ' IMPORTANT To PERSONS WANTING To SPEND THE WINTER , SOUTH.—A‘1a.dy and gentleman can be accommodated in the house of a physician, on moderate terms, in one of the most beautiful cities of the.South. For particulars inquire at this oiiice. SARAH E. SOMERRY, Trance Medium and Magnetic Healer, 23 Irving Place, N. Y. ' PROSPECTUS. WOODHULL & CI.AELIN’S WEEKLY. [The only paper in the Wbrld conducted, absolutely, upon the V Principles of aFre.e Press] It advocates a new government in which the people will be their own legislators, and the officials the executors of their will. — It advocates, as parts of the new government- 1. A new political system in which all persons of adult age will participate. . 2. A new land system in which every individual will be en- titled 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. 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All of which will constitute the various parts of a new so‘- cial order, in which all the human rights of the individual will be associated 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 objections specially invited. The WEEKLY is issued every Saturday. . Subscription price, $53 per year; $131.50 Six months; or 1.00. single copy, to be had of any N ewsdealer in the world, who can order it from the fbllowing General Agents : The American News Co., New York City; The New York News Co., New York City; - The National News Co., New York City; The New England News Co., Boston, Mass; The Central News 00., Philadelphia, Pa. ; The ‘Western News Co., Chicago, 111. Sample copies, mailed on application, free. ' . VICTORIA C. WOODHULL AND TENNIE C. CLAELIN, Ed- itors and Proprietors. M _ V _ COL. J. H. BLOOD, Managing Editor. , All communications Should be addressed WOODHULL 81; CLArLIN’s WEEKLY Box 3,791, New York City. . Is also conquered by a very simple, but_recently-discovered remedy, ing parts and to slough off, leaving behind only a healing sore. _ V .. ’ I e peculiar advantage which the practice at this Institution possesses over all others is, that in addition to all the scientiﬁc knowledge of Medical Sept. 12,1872.‘ I WOOIDNHIULCLI & e‘LA,r’LIIN's WEEKLY.’ , I 15 ’ . as Hers __.. —=-_ -_ 1.-. .__,. 5 .~. :j r a 314 EAST Name ,sm EsT, NEW YORK CITY.’ This Institute, organized upon the combined principles of I , QLAIRVIQYANCE, MAGNE'rrsM and MEDICINE, Makes a specialty of all those diseases, which, by the Medical Faculty, are usually considered incurable. Among these may be mentioneé PARALYSIS, SQROFULA, , I RHEUMATISM, . Diseases ofﬁthe Liver, Spleen and Kidneys, and especially BRIGrHT’S DYSPEPSIA, , EPILEPSY, CHOREA, NEURALGIA, CHRONIC nrnnnnmn, DISEASE, All Diseases Peculiiar-in to _Wome11. In this last class of complaints some of the most extraordinar stood in the way of their cure. That terrible foe to human life, Th y discoveries have recently been made, which surmount the difficulties that have heretofore r . :17 a which by chemical action upon the diseased fungus causes it to separate from the surround- "lherapeutics andﬂeinedial Agents, which the Faculty have, it alsohas the unerring means of diagnosing diseases through *oL.A.IRvoY.a.NoE, 3 As well asthe scientiﬁc administration of ANIMAL AND SPIRITUAL MAGNETISM in all their various forms. The Best Clairvoyants and Magnetic Operators are Always Employed. This combination of remedial means can safely be relied upon to cure every disease that has ter how often the patient affected in chronic form may have failed in obtaining relief, he should not all the various methods of cure can be combined. In addition to the cure of disease, Clairvoyant consultations upon all kinds of business an The very best of reference given to all who desire it, both as to disease and consultations Reception hours from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. ' - not already destroyed some vital internal organ. No mate d upon all forms of social affairs can also be obtained. Invalids who cannot visit the Institute in person can apply by letter. Medicine sent to all parts of the world. I All letters should be addressed, Inﬂammation of the Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels Cured. ’ . YORK, July 20, 1870. For several years I have been suffering from an acute d-isease (inﬂam- mation of the kidneys. and upper part of the stomach and bowels), for which -I had been treated by several of the most eminent and successful ‘ physicians in the vicinity of New York, but without success. 'My disease seemed to have assumed a chronic form, and I had almost despaired of ever being cured. Hearing of their success 1n the treatment of all chronic diseases, I determined to try the1r'sk11l,_and I am now thankful that I did, as after the very ﬁrst operation I commenced to improve, and now, A after a few weeks, I am well, or nearly so.‘ Hoping that this may induce others .who need their services to test their skill, I cheerfully give this ‘testimony-in their favor, and hope that they may be the means of restoring hundreds of those suffering as I did to health and strength. JOHN A. VANZANT. Spring Valley, N. Y. ’ . Brighﬁs Disease of the Kidneys Cured. _ NEW -YORK CITY, Nov. 3', 1869. Eight years ago. I was taken with bleeding from the kidneys, which hascontinued at intervals ever since. All the best physicians did me no good, and ﬁnally gave me up as an incurable case of Bright"s Disease of the Kidneys. My friends had all lost hope, and I had also given up, as gssi I mmiaﬁs. MAGNETIC HEALING INsrrrU'rE, 53:94 EASTéNlNTH§ST., uswrivoas I had become so weak that I could scarcely walk a block. A friend ad- vised me to go to the Magnetic Healing Institute, and see what could be done for me there. I went, and after being examined was told I could be cured only by the strictest Magnetic treatment. The ﬁrst operation aﬁected me strangely, sending piercing pains through my back and kid- neys; but I began to improve at once, and now, after one month’s treat- ment, I have returned to my employment and can walk several miles without fatigue. I can be seen at 101 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, or at 23 South street, New York. T. ‘P. -RICHARDSON, § ilnﬂammation or the Face and Eyes Cured. « NEW YORK CITY, June 21, 1869.. ‘ I had been aﬂiicted for several years by a serious inﬂammation ci:‘~ the face, involving the eyes, which were so bad that at timesI could not see at all. One eye I thought entirely destroyed. I tried various remedies. and the most eminent physicians, but could not even get relief, for the most excruciating pain accompanied it. As a last resort I applied at the Mag- netie Healing Institute. They explained my disease and said it could be removed. Though thoroughly skeptical, I placed myself under treat- ment, and, strange as it may seem, am now, after‘ six weeks’ treatment, entirely cured; the eye I thought destroyed, is also restored. I consider my case demonstrates that the mode of treating diseasespr-acticed at the Institute is superior to all others, as I had tried them all without benefit. ‘ ’ Jena FOX. _ No, 3 Clinton avenue, near Fletcher street, Irireelglyri. ’ despair, but seek it from this, the only Institution where ’ ’,,ﬁ§gme m~=»~«. : ,,;.. ’_-rp 4 16 WOOODHULL & cLAFLIN’s WEEKLY. Sept. 12, 1874. The recent test of Fire-Proof Safes by the English Government proved the superiority of Alum‘Filling. No other Safes filled with Alum and Plaster-of-Paris. MARVIN & £36., 7 265 Broadway, N. Y., is 72 lﬁchestnut _ St., Phila. $72o The Becltwith 32o Portable Family Sewing Machine, ON TIIIRTY DAYS’ TRIAL. Wrrn, STRENGTH AND CAPACITY EQUAL TO ANY, RE- eAm)Lnss or cosr. The Cloth-plate is the size used by a $100 Machine is of Polished Plated Steel. Attachments of propor- tionate size and quality, while the entire machine has corresponding, ﬁnish throughout. 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Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1874-09-12_08_15
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 08, no. 16 (September 19, 1874)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2037
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1874-09-19
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Show moreWE PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED LI“V'”ES~l BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE G-ENERATIONS. “$01. VIII.—No. 1_6.———VVho1e No. 198. NEW YORK, SEPT. 19,1874. ~ PRICE TEN CENTS. LOANERS’ BANK or THE CITY on NEW YORK, (ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CHARTER) Continental Life Building, 22 NAssAU STREET, NEW YORK. CAPITAL ................................. .. $500,000 Subject to increase to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,000,000 This Bank negotiates LOANS, makes COLLEC- TION-S, advances on SECURITIES and receives DE- POSITS. . ' Accounts of Bankers, Manufacturers and Merchants will receive special attention. @ FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST paid on CUR RENT BALANCES and liberal facilities offered to our CUSTOMERS. DORR RUSSELL, President. A. F. WILMARTII, Vice-President. 'JOHN J. 0Is00 & SON, Bankers, No. 59 Wall§St., New York. Gold and Currency received on deposit subject to check at sight. 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The purchasers had little diﬂiculty in acting upon the patriotism and commercial eagerness of their people, and inducing large numbers of wealthy houses to mi- grate thither, or at least to establish branch houses in the capital. The barren places in the surrounding districts were replenished with rich earth brought by sea from the Egyp- tian Delta, or the Tufa beds of Vesuvius and Etna. and lib- erally spread on the terraced hills of the new Jerusalem; and the whole desert tract of the lower Jordan and Dead Sea was ﬁlled with water up to the level of the Mediterranean, and made navigable, by a canal out through the sandy wilderness from El Arish. . The Ancient Court of the Sanhedrim was re-estirbliqéhed,‘ but on a purely secular basis, as the nature of the times dic- tated. By this were the home affairs of the country regula- ted; its foreign relations being controlled by a committee of the J erusalem Stock-Exchange, a puissant institution in these days of the almost universal supremacy of wealth. Powerful and prosperous as the Jewish community in pal- estine had become, it wanted yet one thing to complete its ambition. The adjoining countries of Arabia and Syria were willing to withdraw altogether from their allegiance to the Sultan, and unite as one people with the Jews, but they could not abandon their allegiance to the principle of’person- al government. The expulsion of the Sublime Porte from Constantinople, and its withdrawal from the Golden Gate of the Holy City, had utterly destroyed its prestige with these populations. But these events were themselves the result of cau.ses which are easily traceable to a period so far back as the twentieth or even the nineteenth century. It was then, that the vivacious; brilliant, and long dominant Celtic race had ﬁnally succumbed to the patient, thorough and conscien- tious Teuton. It was then that the silent, studious German, backed by the moral force of our own Anglo-Saxons at home and in North Ame"rica, laid the ﬁrst round of the political ed- iﬁce of that modern civilization, whose subsequent stages have included the absorption by Germany of Austria prop- er; the fedonstitution of the Slavonic confederacy, and con- sequent reduction of Russia within moderate dimensions by the withdrawal of"h.er southern populations; the re-establish- .ment of the “ Holy Roman Empire,” with Hungary as a roy- al appanage, in its own ancient capital on the Bosphorus; and the waning of the Turkish dominion, through its ina- bility to retain its_hold upon its border provinces. My elder readers, who have all history, ancient and modern, at their ﬁnger-ends‘, must forgive the recapitulation of these details as not irrelevant to our story. ‘ There wasno king in Israel; and a king of Israel was the “roc’s egg” of my grandmother’s imagination. In such a potentate she saw the sole possible supplanter of the Grand Turk, whom she regarded as the Anti—Ohrist, the sole sym- bol of empire powerful enough to draw -the peoples surround- ing her beloved Jerusalem under the shelter of its wings. And it is nota little remarkable, that what with her was _ purely areligious sentiment, had become, for astute politi- cians, a master-key to the solution of the principal remain- ing Eastern Question. As I have already stated, the popula- tions of those countries retain all their ancient immemorial attachment to the personal printiple both in religion and politics. They have not followed the northern racesin their recognition of abstract right and wrong apart from the will of an individual. With us, wherever an individual is invest- ed with power, it is for the sake of concentrating vigor and responsibility in a single executive; ourselves, the people, being the beneﬁciaries and judges. With the semi-Semitic races, on the contrary, the ruler is the master, not the ser- vant, of the people. We have long passed the stage in which people held strong convictions . respecting more forms of government. Together with other dogmas we have got rid of the dogma. of monarchy and the dogma. of republicanism. 1 00' Whatever form of government best combines the liberty of the individual with the general security forany people, is approved of by us. As the genius of "races and peoples va- ries, so will these forms vary. The detail must be a matter 0 experience for ail,'not of dogma for any. ‘ We have thus learned to recognize the sanctity of indi- viduality in races, as well as in persons. And there was no inconsistency in the statesmen of the great and highly—civil- ized republics of Europe, America and Australia desiring to see a monarchy established in the East, having itslthrone in Jerusalem. Thefact that such a result was desired by'the leading Jews themselves, who were on the spot, was deemed a very strong argument in its favor; for, trained as they had mostly been in our free communities and institutions, they were naturally favorable to the continuance of the state of things under which they had ﬂourished, and grown rich enough to re-acquire the land of their forefathers, and raise it to such an ‘eminence among the nations of the earth as it had never before attained or imagined——an eminence based on material wealth. "Without a king, however, they were unable to avail themselves of the readiness of the populations inhabiting the regions extending southward from the Cas- pian Sea and the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea,'Ato make one nation with them; for those populations were essentially and intensely anti-democratic. Vlith a king, this object so desir- able to us as well as to them, would at once have been ac- complished; and we should have had a strong and friendly power to guard our main connections with our allies in India and Japan, and our dependencies in China, on the one side; and on theother, to keep in order the restless and still semi- barbarous empireof Central Africa. So they were all struck by Mrs. Wilmer’s remark. But it was not in the same way that they were struck by it. To Bertie it was simply preposterous. “ My little Criss a king!” he exclaimed. “ 1 am sure that it is no kingdom of this world that he would care to have, any more than a farm. His heart is above the clouds.” “ He cannot spend his money there,” said lVlr.‘Avenil. “ By the way, have you ever, Mr. Greathead, taken him to the Holy Land‘ in any of your voyages ?” Asked Mrs. Wil- mer. ‘ “ Once only,” returned Bertie, and then Twas so alarmed at the attention his looks attracted, and also at meeting the diamond merchant, that I hurried away without completing the inquiries I was making about his family. I hardly know why, but I have a suspicion that that merchant knew more about the real history of those jewels than he was willing to tell us, and I thought it best to leave well alone. Did I ever tell you that I have seen them- since we parted with them?” ‘* Indeed!” “It was on the occasion of my going to Borncu, the capital of Central Africa, on a commission connected with the cot- ton trade, that I was invited to witness a religious ceremoni- al at the court of His Majesty the Emperor of Soudan. You must know that though the country professes Christianity, the royal family have never abandoned the rite of circum- cision. This is inﬂicted on its members in infancy, the rite of baptism being deferred until the seventh year. The ordi- nary and orthodox usage on the formeroccasion, is to bind the principal crown diamonds on the pit of the royal infa.nt”S stomach, there to be worn for nine days. The jewels in ques- tion are regarded with a peculiar and superstitious rever- ence, as coming directly from King Solomon, and they-are combined in an oval form as a tiara, and called the Talisman of Solomon. But the crown jewels had for several years been missing, and were not forthcoming on the occasion of the first rite being performed on the heir-apparent. It was said that they had recently been discovered, and there was great public rejoicings in consequence; for the people are still excessively superstitious, in spite of their having Chris- tianity and the Bible. And it was determined to rectify the omission at the ﬁrst cermemony, by using them at the bap- tism in the same way that they ought to have been used at the circumcision. , ‘ “Well, Ifound that this famous and sacred Talisman of Solomon consisted of -no other than the ‘jewels belonging to Criss, and which we had sold for him.” ’ “Curious,” observed Mr. Avenil; “I wonder whether it was a." lie of the Empercr’s, or whether they were really the crown jewels which he bad. If so, they must have been stolen.” , \ . . “At any rate,” said Bertie, “the Emperor’s readness to give a large sum of money for their recovery, without asking any questions, shows that he had strong misgivings respect- ing the validity of his own title to them.” I _ “ I don’t like one remark which you made, Mr. Greathead,” said my grandmother. -“ Instead of saying these people are superstitious in spite of their having Christianity and the Bible, say they are religious owing to their having them.” “ I was anticipating a somewhat different remark from you, my dear Mrs. Wilmer,” said Mr Avenil. “ I thought you were about to claim the throne of Central Africa, at least, for the lad. At any rate, I hope you all agree with me that this story must be kept from him. It would foster his propensity for dreaming, which to me is really alarming, and one that requires correction~by vigorous treatment.” “ He must know all when he comes of age,” said_Mrs. Wil- mer, with energy. “His duty and” mission in life may de- pend upon it.” - 1 ~ “ Well, well,” said Mr. Avenil, “ whatever the future may contain for him, it is clearly our business to make a man of him ﬁrst, and not a visionary. CHAPTER X. _ It was no small gratiﬁcation to Bertie to be able to relate to the Avenils anything concerning his beloved foster-child that might tend to disabuse them of the notion that he was a mere visionary. One possessing Criss’s acute sympathy with humanity could not, he thought, be liable to the charge no matter how he might love to cultivate solitude and medi- ‘W tation in the intervals of his activity. During» a holiday ab- sence of the boys, one of the Avenil girls was telling her sis- ters, how that he had lamented to her the fullness of the world, and wished that he had lived before the modern sys- tem of emigration had done so much" toward spreading pop- ulation everywhere. And. another said he actedjas, if he ' possessed an extra sense, and one that required for its exer- cise a total withdrawal from human intercourse. Bertie happened to call while they were talking, and they at once turned to him, asking- “ Wherelis he now, Mr. Greathead 7?” “Meaning Cries? I scarcely know. I had a message from him a few days ago from the top of Teneriﬁe, which is one of his favorite perches. He has a friend in the observatory there. There is a wire on the summits, as on most other sum-1 mits, for the convenience of aerialists, and he generally sends me a message when he alights anywhere.” ’ “ Oh, I know,” exclaimed one of the girls, “ he delights to rest awhile on some high peak, and thence take ﬂight into the air, and return again to it, as a lark to its nest, after be- ing. poised aloft, It was a happy inspiration of Mr. Wilmer’s I which gave him his name, for neverdid’ name and nature more closely correspond. _However dreamy he may be, he must see many things by moving about so much, which other people miss. He ought to meet with adventures, too. Did he say whither he was going next?” ‘ “Yes, to Algiers to visit a school friend who is son of the British minister there. I have not heard from him since, but I have broughtyou an Italian paper with an account of an extraordinary rescue of people from destruction by theeﬂrup- tion of Etna, which I, as an aerialist, ﬁnd exceedingly inter- esting, and which I thought you might like to see.” A “ Anything about Criss in it ?” “ It is only as 1 have said.” “ Do tell us all about it.” “ Well, you must know» that for a very long time Etna. had been so quiet that a large population had come gradually to settle upon its slopes, thinking the days of its activity were over. Last week, however, a. tremendous eruption rent the mountain in various places, and there poured out torrents of lava, which,,meeting below one of the most thickly peopled slopes, completely out off the escape of the inhabitants. The Italian Government sent its best aerialists to try and extri- cate them, but these, after many and disastrous attempts to pass the barrier of intense heat, and alight exactly upon the very limited area available, were compelled to desist; and then from within the ﬂaming circle, from the wretches doomed to be burnt or starved to death, and from their sympathizing but helpless comrades without, went up a cry of agony,- which, as you know, has rung through all the wires . ofthe world, appealing for aid. I and others of my craft were on the point of starting to see what wecould do, when a telegram came to say that the rescue had been affected. I have now got the details, and as I consider them a whole bunch of feathers in the cap of aerialism, I have come to glorify my calling and its professorsvamong my friends. “It appears that at the moment when despair was at its height, an aerialist whose approach had been unperceived, alighted in the terror—stricken crowd, and signiﬁed his readi- ness and abilityto save them, one at a time. The peasants, who are still as much a paroelof children as they were ﬁve or ten thousand years ago, rushed upon him, determined to be saved all at once. Seeing that their violence would be the destruction of himself. and his machine,,as well as of them- ' selves also, he dexterously disengaged himself, and leaping ' aloft out of their reach, was lost to their-view in the. smoke of the burning mountain. On hearing their renewed wail of despair, he presently returned toward them, and hailing them, said he hoped now that they would do as theyiwere told, and not attempt to get in the car again. He then stop- ped a few yards over their heads, and bade them depute one of their ‘number to hold parley with him, the rest keeping at a distance. Luckily their padre was with them,—it is he who ‘ has given the account,——and it was under his inﬂuence that the stipulations of the aerialist were observed. The import- ant question who should go ﬁrst, was settled in favor’ ofjthe children. ' The aerialist said he could carry two of these at at once; so the padre brought two children himself, and placed them in the car, for he could not trust the mothers to obey the orders given. _ He describes it as a moment of agonizing anxiety when the car arose with its ﬁrst load, and disappeared in the smoke. But not a voice ventured to ut- ter a sound. Presently, however, there arose from the mul- titudes who were assembled on the outside of the ring of ﬁre,‘ a cry and shout of joy which told those within of the safe and unexpected arrival of the car and its contents. All , was delirious delight for a moment, and then came an inter- val of suspense. But soon the car returned and carried off more children; and then the aged and inﬁrm, and then the able bodied, the ‘good padre himself being reserved for the last, the lava having by this time approached so near that a little delay would have rendered his escape impossible. The I rescue had ‘ occupied all the ‘day and a part of the night, though much tirrfe had been saved by the plan of suspending a large basket beneath the car in which the passengers were carried. But it was not, and could not be intermitted until ' completed, though it must have tasked the endurance of the aerialist and the powers of his machine to the utmost.” [mo BE coNrn>IUED.] :-—<9>—-:---—-m -We are glad to see in the London papers that Alf. Burnett, the quaint, quizzical carioaturist and delineator of all ‘man- ner of manhood, has made a great hit _in England. He is pronounced the best-mimic ever seen in that country, while Miss Helen Nash, who assists him, is in for an unusual share of compliments. Wherever they appear crowded houses greet and delighted audiences applaud them. They had bet- ter come home and amuse Americans,>not be gadding about in the old country, making people laugh and ﬁlling their pockets with gold.-.Pomeeuoy’,s Democrat. " —-._.»., . wk w_~‘“g \-* _ 7;‘: <‘..>.-‘ '.--+,»..::-:;..._.._.. .—\-.—-»..-,.;..< _.,,,,{_ __\ ‘ _ '4 V i. C "V WOODHU“LiL&CL.AFL_IN’S WEEKLY. A Sept. 19, 1874. A SOCIALISTIC. MODERN GIRLS. Under the above heading the Boston Investigator publishes the following tirade against some of the eﬁects of our present social system. We admit its truthfulness, and trust, as it has exhibited some of the evils, it will now turn its attention to pointing out the cure for them. Here is the article: “» We boast of our system of education; we have female high schools, female colleges, femalemedical schools and femaleheavens. Our girls are reﬁned, learned and wise; they can sing, dance, play pianos, paint, talk French and , Italian and all the soft languages, write poetry and love like Venuses. “They are ready to be courted at ten years, and can be taken from school and married at ﬁfteen, and divorced at twenty. They make splendid shows on bridal tours, can ldequette and ﬂirt at the watering-places, and shine" like angels at winter parties. But heaven be kind to the poor wretch that marries in the fashionable circles. What are they at washing ﬂoors? Oh! we forgot——nobody has bare ﬂoors now; how vulgar that would be! What are they at making bread and boiling beef? Why, how thoughtless we are, to be sure~—they will board or have servants. What are they at mending old clothes? But there we are again-the fashions change so often that nobody has old clothes but the rag men and paper—makers now. What are they at Washing babies’ faces and pinning up their trousers? And here is our ‘intolerable stupidity once more——he.ming children is left to the Irish!‘ What lady thinks of having children about her now? or, if she is so unfortunate, don’t she put them to wetnurses to begin with, and boarding-schools afterward? Werepeat, we have come to a point where young men hesitate and grow old before they can decide whether they can marry and afterward keep clear of bankruptcy and crime. What is the consequence? . “ There are more persons living a single life. Are there more leading a virtuous life? It is time for mothers to know that the extravagance they encourage is destructive of the virtue of their children; that all the foolish expenditures are, instead of answering that end, tending to destroy the institution of marriage altogether.” Think of it, neighbor—“havingchildren is left to the Irish.” What a comment on the morality of the American people you have made in those few words! Well, we have proposed a remedy for the disease; it is the best we have to offer; if you do not approve of it, let us have yours. You must admit, after the charges you have made, that silence on the subject is more than an omission; it is a grave crime. JUSTIFIED LOVE. BY w. r. JAMIESON. , One feature has been prominent in the Beecher-Tilton im- broglio. It is admitted by Mrs. Tilton herself that she loved Mr. Beecher, and the distinguishing feature adverted to is that this "free love is justiﬁed by press, pulpit and people. Some of us have known for years that the church contained thousands of free lovers and tens of thousands of “ enforced lusters.” The church is the great enemy to all unpopular reforms and reformers. While decrying them she has boasted of her own virgin purity. It is now widely known that she is “ no better than she ought to be.” And now what do the press and pulpit seek to do? Nothing else than to vindicate their free loveism. It is seen staring the multitudes in the face; it shines out on bulletin-boards, “Beecher’s love for Mrs. Tilton justiﬁed." Who would have thought it! and they so bitter against free lovers—-Mrs. Tilton going so far in her Christly wrath as to call the police to eject free lovers from her house. She probably knew better than any one else that free loveism was catching in her family.- But, as the French say, there is one grand distinction. Christians can bill and coo for Christ’s sake, for their loving is done ‘on high religious grounds!‘ Don’t you see? Mrs. Tilton’s religious belief on the love question is as follows: “ The peculiar phase of Christ’s character as a lover is so pre- cious to me because of my consecration and devotion to you [her husband]; I learn to love you from my love to Him. I have .learned to love Him from loving you. I couple you with him. Nbr do I-feel it one whit irreverent.” That hus- band of hers, became too liberal, especially in his theologi- cal views, to suit her. She could not brook an honest differ- ence of opinion on church ‘dogmas. Poor woman, she is not to blame for it. _ It is the soul-cramping, body-fettering, per- secuting system of Christianity under ‘which she had been trained, that is responsible. Tilton says, under oath, that Beecher, by the “ artful use of his priestly authority ” with Mrs. Tilton, “ she being his pupil in religion,” seduced her, Beecher claiming that their relations were “sanctioned by love and religion.” For years we iconoclastic reformers have been in posses- sion of facts and published them, showing that the ﬂesh and blood of the clergy were not one whit different from the ﬂesh and blood of other people. For many years I have declared that it was a sham to assert that -religion had a restraining inﬂuence on the amative desires of the clergy or the people. Statistics prove that religion has, on the contrary, been an- unhealthful stimulus to sexual passion. There is no class of men on earth who are more intimate with women than the clergy. One reason why there are so many more women than men who are church members and church goers, is be- cause the preachers are men. It is a question of sex. A natural law is at the basis of the question, and when inter- preted in the light of nature it is a beautiful law, and when fully comprehended will go very far toward securing equality between man and woman. ‘ If church people had spent less time in preaching‘ and listening to sermons on “Jesus Christ and Him cruciﬁed,” and more upon knowing men and women happiﬁed, a large measure of ignorance would have been dispelled. The very ministers who now ﬁnd it possible to say “ sexual inter- course ” in the pulpit are indebted to Victoria C. Woodhull, whom they curse for clearing their way for plain utterance. Their plain quotations from the Bible bear no resemblance. The Bible attempts at plainness are nothing but shocking vulgarisms. , When the clergy will rely on God—a myth—less, and reason more, they will subject the passions to reason’s sway and be- held womanhood more glorious than they ever imagined angel or seraph. L The'th,,eory of the Christian Church is that amarried woman has no right to love any other man than her husband, except a Lord by the name of Jesus Christ. To whom could Mrs. Tilton turn after Christ oozed out of Mr. Tilton? Where, oh, where, if not to her beloved shepherd? To him she turned. The so-called Saviour is too ghostly to fully satisfy most of womankind. Something more akin to ﬂesh and blood is desirable. The demand is met. The Christian sys- tem—ah, how complete in every part—has provided numer- ous shepherds in place of the one. They are scattered all over Christendom, so-called. Beecher is one of them——a rouser. To him did Mrs. Tilton go. She found him a better shepherd than Tilton, her husband. The cravings of her woman-heart were met—her fond desires satisﬁed. At ﬁrst she thought Theodore would answer for her Saviour. _ She was disappointed, andlwas so sorry he was not a minister. Then she sought a balm for her woes in one of the regularly ordained shepherds, who “ has been so much to her soul,” so she says. She acknowledged to the Investigating Com- mittee: “I never felt a bit of embarrassment with Mr. Beecher.” Are the sheep embarrassed in the presence of their shepherds? Not if the‘ shepherds understand their business, and they generally do! . Mrs. Tilton told the committee that she found in Mr. Beecher what she did not ﬁnd in her husband. “ There was always a damper,” said Elizabeth, “ between me and Theo- dore, but there never was between me and Mr. Beecher.” It is no stretch of the imagination to say that she could have substantially addressed Beecher as she formerly did her husband. “While sitting with her beloved pastor, who “ap- preciated” her as “Theodore did not,” she could whisper into his willing ear, “ The peculiar phase of Christ’s char- acter as a lover is so precious to me.” “ I learn to love you from my love to Him.” “ I have learned to love Him from loving you.” “ I couple you with Him; nor do I feel it one whit irreverent.” Oh! thank Heaven and the Bible and Christianity for justiﬁed love! And all the churches respond, “Amen!” Editors exclaim, “Glory!” Ministers solemnly say, “Let us pray.” “Have mercy on us, poor, miserable sinners. Oh, Lord! thou knowest we are hell-deserving creatures; but as thou art a merciful and unjust God, we are promised a means of escape from our just deserts. Thou has promised to wink at our wanderings into by and forbidden paths, into pastures fresh and green; and thou hast promised, O, Lord, to wink us at last into heaven, to dwell with thee forever. As thou hast in sundry ways in times past had dealings with the fair daughters of men, so thy holy servants have tasted of forbidden fruit, reserved for the gods, to make them wise unto salvation. Oh, heavenly parent! thou knowest we, thine appointed servants, needed wisdom to combat the enemies of thy kingdom, especially that arch enemy, Victoria C. Woodhull, who impiously grasped thy secret purposes, foreordained before the world was; yea, Lord, even the ‘Elixir of Life,’ to taste which is to eat and live forever. Behold, Lord! ‘ it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,’ and we, thine unworthy servants, did pluck of the fruit thereof and did eat, and passed it around and fed thy sheep. And it came to pass that six men of a goodly people in Brooklyn did sew ﬁg-leaves together to make unto themselves aprons. Wilt thou come down and be our refuge, and make for thy shepherds ‘coats of skins,’ and clothe them as thou didst thy people in days of old? Confound our enemies, Lord, who know not the ecstatic love begotten of religious fervor, and who sacri- legiously preach and practice that which, in thy divine economy, is set apart for thy holy priests in the temple, for Jesus’ sake. ‘The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.’ Pardon then our iniquities; and, ﬁnally, in the language of Sister Tilton, we ‘ will do the same thing again ’ for Christ’s sake. Amen.” The congregation will please arise and singthe dogs-ology. BENEDICTION. Now may the God of Abraham and David—-a free luster after God’s own heart—~and the God of Solomon, the Wise, be and abide with you, world without end. A'PRAO’l‘IOAL VIEW OF THE SOCIAL QUESTION. BY w. WALLACE COWLES. In the WEEKLY of July 12, “73, Mrs. Mattie Mitchell pre- sented with her views for consideration the following propo- sitions: “ That from gathered opinions there may be sifted the pure grains of truth.” “ Sexual intercourse should never be exercised but for the purpose for which the function was established—the procreation of the species.” Second—“ Sex- ual intercourse should never be held except between persons who are mutually attached to each other by the purest ties of love.” Third-—“ That coition for any other purpose is a degradation of the highest and holiest “function of our being. It is self-evident that the natural result of sexual intercourse is children.” M With delight we hail the dawn of this new era. Agitation has become the great demand of the age, with strong desire seeking for more knowledge on subjects ignored or sup- pressed in the past. As all phases of the social question have ‘believers, pro or con, as questions arise thoughts are ma- tured; and on this question of vital importance, While main- taining views at variance with those controverted, we desire that light may be evolved as truth and error‘ grapple. The investigation of that mysterious law through which all organized’ beings are perpetuated, reveals I the fact that throughout the realms of animated nature the vivifying in- ﬂuence which results in gestation comes through the union and blending" of a male and female element. In those species of the viviparous order (below the gems homo), with one known exception, N ature’s manifestations point to sexual intercourse as means intended solely for the propagation of the species, for only at the auspicious time will the female permit of advances from the male, andnever when gestation has taken place: and connection, with rare exceptions, never fails being followed by conception. Exceptional to this rule is the nature of the goat, in which are found manifestations like unto the human, regarding neither time or condition, with desire ever present, both before and after gestation. Now if, as alleged, this function was established solely for the procreation of the species here as elsewhere, to that ob- ject alone should Nature direct her efforts, and during the foetal development“ of the embryo, with the female at least, it should be a season of copulative rest. If from these pre- mises truth can be deduced, the plain inference is that this function" was not established with one law controlling all species alike; for the goat thus instinctively acts strictly in accordance with nature, because they were thus sexually created. Advancing to the plane of sentient beings, governed by reason in place of instinct, are not the majority, in their sexual inclinations, allied to the goat? Now, the simple fact that this inclination thus exists, is analogous proof that nature so intended; for whatever is in harmony with, can- not be contrary to nature. This, some may answer, is “ the result of human depravity.” With such the perfection of human nature is the annihilation of genial feelings, and they believe that the passions which kind nature has implanted should, if possible, be suppressed, if not destroyed, forgetting that man exists a microcosm, or epitome, of all created below through that mysterious blending and union of spirit with matter. Thus each individual is endowed, in greater or less degree, with the capacity for emanating those mysterious forces which, as positive and negative magnetism, nature has designed with a thrill of delight should sexually blend in a harmonious, concurrent union. The sexual organs in their office are dual as a means of promoting health and hap- piness, satisfying a demand of our nature——spiritua1 as well as physical, for the spirit at the supreme moment often be- comes oblivious to everything else; and when harmoniously the twain become as one, if there is also a similarity in their physical and mental organization, love will complete the union. But should these forces be out of balance, repulsion may take the place of attraction, or, by absorption, the weaker be robbed to exhaustion of its vitality, with lassitude and disease given in exchange. Here is found a proliﬁc source from which springs much of the social misery in the 1and—from the impossibility of thus blending incongru- ous elements. Now, unless it can be shown that the logic is fallacious, these views must be conceded as correct, or be unavoidably driven to the conclusion that polygamy, rather than monogamy, is the true relation of the sexes; for if, as alleged, coition was intended solely for the propagation of the species, nature, through the brute creation, points out the way best adapted to produce thatresult, for excessive venery has ever proved inimical to conception. But were this mode adbpted, one woman would constitute but a small fraction in making up that sexual unit, of which one healthy, vigorous man would be half, in meeting this requirement of nature. Man is thus but half a circle, but half a perfect being; but one harmonious woman is the other half of that circle, necessary and suﬂicient to complete the periphery which makes the perfect man. Again, if Mrs. M.’s views were a correct expression of nature, when conception had taken place and during the whole gestative period, with the woman all sexual desire should cease. But is it not a fact that pregnancy does not cause a suspension of sexual desire, but on the contrary with many, desire is stronger or more intense when this condition exists ? Coming to “ the turn of life,” with woman, should there not be a complete cessation of all sexual desire? for when this takes place, nature gives a full release to the organs from further maternal labors. If such is the case a great libel was perpetrated both on nature and woman in the story that a hale old lady who, as a wife, was verging on three score and ten, at a tea party was asked, at what age woman ceased having sexual desire ;—her reply being, “ For an answer to that question you will have to ask some one older than I am.” A Mrs. Michell’s self-evident proposition in assuming that sexual intercourse is the cause of which children are the natural result, is not sustained when investigating that mis- terious law through which conception comes. Children are products; coition but means which may or may not produce that result, as conditions prove favorable or otherwise. When viewing sexual intercourse in its pro-creative aspect, in tracing from cause to effect, coition is nature’s method for the transfer of the male principle t6 the female organs. Yet the act ever proves futile in the absence of that equally important female product, matured ovum. These elements together even are not sufﬁcient, there must be a union formed by an entering into the ovum at its germinal spot by a spermatazoon to commence the vivifying process. And yet this does not complete all of natures primary require- ments. Following the union theremust be a lodgment with adhesion to the adjacent membrane that proper" nourishment may be obtained for foetal growth. These are nature’s conditions and not until all have been perfected can it be said conception has taken place. . 7 Mrs. M. says, “ It is a mistake to consider the amative principle as being love. Love is a principle or sentiment of man’s spiritual nature, while the amative principle is a natu- ral function for the propagation of the species. When these two principles ‘are united, as they are when children are de- sired, then it is one of the grandest powers with which the human race is endowed. When it is indulged When children are not desired,‘ simply for the gratiﬁcation of passion, then does it degenerate into lust and licentiousness. One is ;the use the other the abuse. Under the present mode of life children are conceived in passion with no desire of their parents, and born in direct opposition to their wishes. Mothers hating them and using every means in their power to prevent their development and birth. Can we wonder at the vicious, degraded state of the mass of mankind? Think . £3 , ..,':$__,_‘ Sept. 19, 1874. WOODHULL J5 CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY; '_ I I s. also of the body and soul-destroying means used to prevent conception and then ask your own soul if it is right and natural.” Now if the amative principle was a function created solely for the propagation of the species, this state of aﬁairs would not exist, for nature would assert her supremacy here as else- where. The science of phrenology teaches we have distinct -organs of thought and ‘feeling, strong and intense only as a corresponding volume of brain is there located, by which characteristics are formed. Thus amativeness is laid down as “the foundation of connubial love and sexual desire,” with philoprogenitiveness as the source from whence- springs love for offspring, from these sources springs all love, whether the manifestations be sensual or sentimental. Says one writer; “ There is this prime distinction between human and brute love—in the ability of the human being to indulge in sexual passion and emotion under certain conditions with- out reference to oifsprin g. Coition has both its social and its procreative character; it is a source of human happiness and personal gratiﬁcation, as well as an agency for continuing the race.” In the sentence last quoted from Mrs. M., she evidently made a misapplication in the term she used. Means to produce an abortion may, with truth, be called “ body and soul-destroying,” and the number of children thus ruthlessly sent to spirit life is fearful to contemplate; but preventing conception is of an entirely diﬁerent charac- ter, and less’ injurious to body, mind or soul, when effected by use of appropriate means than the suppression of our natural desire because children are not wanted.’ Is not one of nature’s demands just as sacred as another? Now if by withholding connection conception is prevented (the result being the same), ’tis equally true whether accomplished by your method or mine; for, as shown, conception depends upon the union of a sperm and ovum, and any means which prevents this union prevents conception. That conception and gestation were designed to hold but 'a subordinate place in the economy of nature, with sentient beings might readily be inferred, when contrasting those de- sires sexual with those parental. But this question remains no longer problematical; for, by investigations made, the truth has been clearly veriﬁed that, through normal condi- tions, with most females there is interposition made by nature of means to prevent conception from being an oft- recurrent event. To explain: In most communities there are married women who have never conceived, likewise many who have had but one or two children, with long. in- tervals of time between them. Has this been owing to their dislike for children, and have they, by adopting Mrs. M.’s plan, refrained from giving nature any further orders? On the contrary, childless wives are great lovers of children; with many their paramount desire being to have children of their own. Thus investigations were instituted to discover and, if possible, correct the producing cause, revealing the fact that this sterile condition might exist with health on a par or even better than the average of “this nation of in- valids,” with nature performing all other functional duty with due regularity. Microscopic examinations of the secre- tions revealed" the existence of a natural counteracting cause, deleterious to the continued existence of the spermatozoa, brought in contact with the same,destroying them before they could form the union necessary to produce conception; thus ever thwarting the hopes of those interested,the desired bless- ing of motherhood. Extending these examinations and tests to those who were mothers and proliﬁc and at times the same condition was found to exist with intervals of longer or shorter duration. This variable condition is a common in- heritance to woman, each extreme’ the exception, and this truth may be readily seen by observing those who marry, of which probably not one in a thousand from her ﬁrst child’s birth can honestly date the time of its conception back to the ratiﬁcation of her nuptial vows. With the majority this time extends into months; with many running into years. This is a wise provision in nature. Maternity should never be unwillingly assumed. N o woman should ﬁnd herself a prospective mother before the desire for motherhood shall ﬁrst have udded for the blossom in her heart; maternal instincts should ﬁrst call for the condition, then she will joyfully enter upon its duties and with gladness fulﬁll this divine mission of her being. Great is the contrast between what should be and what is, with thousands of wives in the land who have become sexually demoralized. Through fear of conception the act has become exceedingly disgusting and repulsive, without a natural consummation, yet in a highly receptive condition, with this fear of ma- ternity to them an ever-pursuing demon. For reason, when controlled by the generative impulse, fails to guide or direct the appetite of man aright when seeking for self-indulgence, and a wail of woe from suffering women in all parts of the land bears testimony to this truth, that they are bound in fetters forged from religion and the Bible, and are thus held in sexual bondage. Deplorable as must be this condition to either of the participants on the shady side of matrimony, suppression is impracticable as a means to bring the needed relief, by being incompatible with the fealty imposed by . love, or that ﬁdelity which is enjoined through marriage vows; for the best of_ men. however complacent in other re- spects, while maintaining marital relations, do not relish the idea of personally practicing even for brief periods of time that negative virtue—continence. But is there no balm for all this sorrow—nothing to assuage and relieve those thus‘ maternally bound down and enslaved? Is there no means of rescuing these victims of Hymen from a living death by being thus immolated on the altar of Moloch? To these interrogations happily an afﬁrmative an- swer can be given, and heartfelt thanks are due to those of the summer land whose attainments in the realms of nature, chemistry and physiological science ﬁtted them to co-operate as leaders in aiding those progressive and reformatory minds who are striving to alleviate and ameliorate woman’s condi- tion socially, sexually and materially, by perfecting a more elevated and harmonious system of social ethics, adapted to their variable relations, both present and perspective. In this emergency, as e practicable means of relief was needed to meet the exigency of the case, theyfperfected and have imparted that knowledge which unlocks nature’s fet- ters, proclaiming liberty to those in bondage, placing woman upon an equality as far as possible with her more fortunate brother while sailing o’er life’s tumultuous sea, made up of joy and sorrow. _ Protection from harm. with freedom to act, is the liberty thus vouchsafed, which will prove one of the greatest of earthly boons ever bestowed on suﬁeringwoman, in bridging over those recurring intervals, by producing a condition analagous to nature in results, while granting perfect im- munity with natural consummation. No longer held in subjection. striving against adverse con- ditions, the control of woman’s maternal functions can re- main where vested by‘ nature———in self alone. Thus soul germs need not to put on material forms under adverse conditions, as too often has been the case where another claimed the right to disregard or determine whether omens were aus- picious for nature to make that great change from the passive to the active. A glorious future awaits humanity when women for their Shibboleth shall have adopted as their rallying cry, “ No more children except under harmonious and desirable con- ditions.” For its veriﬁcation no woman, through lack of means need long to remain passive and powerless. For when truth shall have burst the fetters of ignorance and supersti- tion, woman will arise disenthralled and assert her preroga- tive, permitting nature to go only thus far and no farther than to her seemeth best, thus ever held obedient to her sway. Who will say this method is not better than “ sup- pression,” when this condition can be thus reached and re- tained, without sin or sacriﬁce or any abrogation of marital rights? A NEW BRITAIN, Oonn., June 5, 1874. QUESTION'AND ANSWER. “ If Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton loved each other,and they chose to express that love, no matter in what manner, who was injured thereby except themselves? Why does not society set up its dictum in regard to what food they and others shall partake of, and at what times and by whom it shall be supplied?” . ‘ , Mrs. Severence; your letter in the WEEKLY, August 22. contains the above paragraph. Will you be kind enough to show me how truth and honor can be maintained under such circumstances. Here are two persons, each of their own free will and earnest desire, seek a partnership and contract to live together as man and wife, keeping themselves to each other—in plain English, cohabiting with each other, and no one else beside, so long as the partnership may continue, let this contract be made for love, for children, or to prevent the contraction of disease, or all three. You assume they have a right to regulate their own affairs. If so, they have the right to make such contract as they please. Having made it and pledged their sacred word, are they not,bound to keep it? If I do not choose to live with a woman who will not keep her- self to me I can see no reason why you should object to my living with one who will accept me as a partner, being as desirous as myself to live as we agree. Now, such one having pledged their truth and honor, how can they be free (?) to contract with another party secretly? And if either contract such partnership with another ﬁrm, living under a similar agreement, it appears to me it is some- body’s business besides the two perjured individuals. Society_ says buy, cook and eat what food you choose, but if you take food I have honestly earned, because it suits you better than your own, have I not a right to object? and if you persist in stealing it, and I am not strong enough to prevent it, society will help me to defend myself. I am not talking of persons who have made no contract to live with each other, and as you mention Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, whom you know were living under such an agreement, I cannot see how I misrepresent you. If I have, will you correct me? If Mr. B. or Mrs. T. had said to their partner: The contract I made with you has become unbearable and I wish it dis- solved, hereafter I shall not be bound by it ;——then, and not till then, would they have been free to seek other partners without violating their own own truth and honor, or the conﬁdence reposed in them by the ﬁrm of which they were a member. In other words, having entered into a special partnership, they had no business to take in a third party . without consultation and agreement with each other. If you can show me how it can be done consistently with truth and honor I shall have learned something I cannot understand now. If I contract with my partner for a white baby and I am presented with .a black one, -I shall earnestly maintain I have a right to object to such presentation. If I understand the advocates of this question, the one great ob- ject of the reform is theiimprovement of the race—a better class of children being born, physically and morally. How can such views be carried out, unless you can depend on the truth and veracity of each other? Will you answer me? O. A. MIDDLEBROOK, Bridgeport, Conn. MR. MIDDLEBROOK: . Dem‘ St'r—Your letter of inquiry and criticism received and carefully read. Your questions are based upon the old idea that the legal contract is what constitutes marriage, while I hold that there is a higher marriage which is above and be~ yond that which is legal merely, and when the higher and the lower forms conﬂict, the higher will always gain the vic- tory, as every advanced condition is certain of a conquest over a lower. . Let us look for a moment at our present marriage system. In the ﬁrst place I think all physicians and physiologists know and people generally admit, that the blending of the , sexes after reaching maturity is a natural, useful and sacred relation—that living isolated one from the other is unnatural and injurious. Our laws and public opinion declare that this natural, useful and sacred act is a sin, unless you ﬁrst take upon yourself the vow to “ love, honor and obey until parted by death ”-.~a. vow which, no one but an ignorant person, would ever think of taking, but which all of us in our igno- rance have taken upon ourselves——-a vow that we soon found, perhaps, it was impossible to keep, for no one can love that which is repulsive, and no one can honor what is dishonora- ble, although the failing to do so may brand us as perjurers. Our old standard, yet recognized by the masses, says‘ no matter if the repulsion amounts to hatred, you have entered the partnership for life and you must remain to the bitter end, no matter how many unwelcome children are born as a result of the gratiﬁcation of unhallowed passion on the one hand and disgust on the other, organized from theseelements for the commission of all manner of crimes“ and subject to all kinds of diseases. I take the position that the sexual relation should never be into from mutual desires, and that anything other than this is prostitution and impurity, and children begotten, except ._in a love relation, are not such as the world needs to-dayto make it better. Now,. if two persons have lived together’ for years without love toward each other, as many do——-not from any fault of love of their companion, each one suffering as they must from the lack of love to feed the demands of their souls—and one of theseﬁmeets with one who arouses in them affection they had long since supposed forever buried, and gives them new hopes, new life, new aspirations, transforming their weary, monotonous life into one of perpetual spring and beauty,—— can this new revelation‘, this inspiration. of love. be other than a blessing? And. can the husband, who is unable te call out the best and noblest part of her woman’s soul, be wronged because some one else can bless her where he cannot, or pro- duce music in her soul upon chords long since silent, because untouched? Does the blending of these two loving souls in- jure any one? I say no, but the selﬁshness of society says yes. You are my property, I own your body instead of your owning yourself. You have sworn to love and keep yourself to me. I reply, You have failed in the ﬁrst place to keep your vow to love, upon which all the rest depended; for no two persons who fully love and feed cach other ever desire outside relations. Every man and woman has the inalienable right to all the love their nature has the power to call out from others, and no more; and what you cannot attract is not yours, and you have no right to demand it. If you do not wish longer to remain in any relation you have the right to change. I do not believe in deceit and hypocrisy, but in honesty in every department of life, and claim that the meddlesome interference of society is what makes people such. hyocrites. Every person should have the right accorded to them to live according to their own ideas of right, each alone being the judge, so long as there is no infringement upon the rights of any one else-giving every one"the same right they have. ‘ A person believing in the old-fashioned way of buying a wife for a certain sum of money has the right to so purchase if the merchandise herself does not object, or the more modern purchase by a home and bank stock, or for any other reason, or to marry in any other manner they may choose, and as long as both believe that to be the highest life they ought to live accordingly. But if one of the parties in the contract should grow beyond this condition before the other does, there is no justice in laws or in public opinion that to compel a man, because he once joined the Catholic Church, to forever adhere to that Church after his views are more in accord with some other form of religion. Now, in the case I alluded to in the article you have ques- tioned, that Beecher, Tilton and Mrs. Tilton believe in the doctrines of individual sovereignty and self-ownership, I most ﬁrmly believe, as do all independent thinkers, but they had not the strength and courage to face public opinion; ‘in other words, they loved public favor more than they loved the truth, and this has led them into this terrible vortex of dishonesty, intrigue and perﬁdy. Had public opinion been grown to the condition to allow everybody to attend to their own private affairs, Beecher would not have lived in con- stant fear that Tilton would tell the truth about him and resorted to such unmanly methods to render Tilton’s name unpopular in order that his testimony would not be received; and they would now stand before the world honest people instead of being dyed in hypocrisy. ' Then all hail the day when society will allow every indi- vidual to attend to their own private affairs, and thrice hail the man or woman who will hold in utter contempt all attempts of society to interfere, eitherfin their own or other people’s personal matters. Yours, for truth and freedom, JULIET H. SEVERANCE, M.D., ' Milwaukee, Wis. . RAPE AND MURDER. “ RUTLAND, Vt., July 27, 187<I.—The body of Miss Marietta N. Ball, a school teacher, was found in the woods near this place yesterdaymorning. The condition of the body showed that a gross outrage had been committed before the mur- der.”—-Chicago Inter Ocean, July 28, 1874. And this in a Sltate showing a ‘large percentage of females over males. Man, the natural friend, the natural lover and admirer of everything truly feminine, becomes at once her enemy and destroyer! Is this the result of natural growth, of a normal state of society? Never; it can only result from a partial, a one-sided development. While schoolboys we are reared beside our fellow-workers, the schoolgirls; our development for the ﬁrst ten or twelve years is muclithe same; we are taught to use our tongues, our hands, feet and limbs-—ln short, our muscular development, especially in the country, is untrammeled. But there is a portion ' of our bodies concerning which we are taught to keep silence and are kept in ignorance. This silence breeds a morbid curiosity, a. constant desire to know the uses of that which is hidden. This constant desire and thought ripen the sexual functions had, except it be founded on reciprocal love and entered — theirs, but because they have not the power to call out the A would hold them to the vow, any more than there is in a law ' thus blast him in the eyes of the world, and would not have. 35 ' . .- WOODHULI. & CI.aAFIlIN’S WEEKLE’. . ,- produoes an undue development of that portion of the brain which controls these organs. Early in life the glands secret- ing the seminal ﬂuid begin their work. This creates a desire, a longing for a. union with the opposite sex, and this desire is just as natural, just as God-given, as a desire for knowledge, food and drink. Yet society, according to its present pro- cesses of development, strives toignore entirely this demand for five or six years. , If marriage is not natural or practical until the twentieth and twenty—ﬁfth years, why are the sexual organs developed at fourteen and sixteen. Do ‘we have the same delay in other things, in other functions of the body? Never. _ Every person at the age of puberty should be allowed to contract alliances with the opposite sex at will, for shorter or longer periods to suitgthe parties. Well, but what will be- come of the children? In every school district and city ward there should be a suitable building for the rearing and sym- metrical development of children from infancy to puberty, and all children not suitably cared for at home’ should be placed here. This building, farm or institution should be supported by a direct tax upon the taxable property of the A district. " The person who has made so constant a drain upon his sexual nature that the best part of his being is already burned out—who can see no beauty in a ﬂower, in the sum- mer landscape or the wonderful works of nature and art—is abnormally developed, and has squandered life’s energies in the lowestsphere to little purpose. So also persons of Shaker uproclivities must take but a narrow, cold and partial view ' of life. To know the uses of every organ, and then to use without abusing, is the only way to make a symmetrical, noble life. J. IRVING FERRON. .PLIGHTED. A. D.‘ 1874. “ Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one.” NELLIE, Zoquitur. Bless my heart! You’re come at last. ' Awful glad to see you, dear! ‘Thought you’d died, or something, Belle- Such an ago since you’ve been here! My engagement? Gracious! Yes. Rumor’s hit the mark this time. And the victim? Charley Gray, , _ Know him, don’t you? Well, he’s prime. Such mustachios! Splendid style! Then he’s not so horrid fast- Waltzes like a seraph, too, Has some fortunc—best and last. Love him? Nonsense. Don’t be “ soft.” Pretty much as love now goes; He’s devoted, and in time I’ll get used to him, I s’pose. First love? Humbug. Don’t talk stuﬁ l Bella Brown, don’t be a fool! Next you’ll rave of ﬂames and darts, I - Like a chit at boarding-school. Don’t be “miffed,” I talked just so Some two years back. Fact, my dear! ‘But two seasons kill romance, L eaves cnefs views of life quite clear. Why, if Will Latrobe had asked When he left, two years ago, I’d have thrown up all and gone ’ Out to Kansas, do you know! Fancy me a settlers wife! _ Blestescape, dear, was it not? Yes, it’s hardly in my line , To ‘enact “ Love in 2). Got." ‘Well, you see, I’d'had my swing, "Been engaged to eight or ten, ‘Got to’ stop‘ some time, of course, ‘ So it don’t much matter when. Auntie hates old maids, and thinks Every girl should marry young—— — On that theme my whole life long I have heard the changes rung! So ma belle, what could I do? Charley wants a stylish wife, We’ll suit well enough, no fear, When we settle down for life. But for love—stuﬂ“l See’ my ring! Lovely, isn’t it? Solitaire. Nearly made Maud Hinton turn’ Green with envy and despair. Her’s aint half sonice, you see,-— ‘ Did I write you, Belle, about How she tried for Charley, till I sailed in and cut her out? Now she‘s taken J ack McBride. I believe it’s all from pique- Threw him over once you know—-- Hates me so she’1l scarcely speak. ’ 0 yesl Grace Church, Brown, and that, . Pa won’t mind expense at last, I’ll be oﬂf his hands for good; Cost a fortune two years past. My trous seau shall out-do Maude’s, . I’ve carte blcmche from Pa, you know, "Mean to have my dress from Worth! Won’t she just be rowing though? —-=;S’cm'.bne'r’fa Magazine. A FREE WORLD. _ I I am thinking this morning of you, dear Victoria, pacing I’ the decks of the steamer Lafayette and breathing great heal- ing draughts of the salt sea’s tonic to weak lungs and tired brain.‘ The words of Edward H. G. Clarke, in March, 1873, came up before me as I pondered on the love that Iknow follows you like a benediction wherever you go. Not much over one year since those words were spoken! Yet how is it to-day? Where is the woman who was “clear down under everbody’s heel?” Not “ down,” thank God, but up so‘ high that the would-be inqusition over in Brooklyn cannot so much as grasp’ at the shadow of a hope of dragging her down ,' ‘again into the slimeof their foul aspersions and calumnies. That day has passed forever, and they have gone out with the tide, with the debris of all that past “ obscenity” out- rage, which the wholc machinery of Church and State, with the might of the powerful prestige of the Church of Christ on earth, represented by Beecher in the United States and the world in general, and the free (?), ah 1 the very respectable "press, subsidized, once hurled against her with vituperations and cries of “ free love.” Now, all these come roaring, rush- -ing, seet ingat white heat, together, back upon the polished, ‘slippery, “ secret ” committee over in Brooklyn, whose days are numbered. I could wish that I held for the moment both the “ pen and gun” of Mr. E. H. G. Clarke, with which he _avers——remember, it is back in those perilous times when he calls attcntiun to the fact of Mrs. Woodhull being “ en- tirely down ”~——“ He will ﬁght till the last breath, rather than have such an outrage become a precedent in the history of his country.” Those were brave words, then, when all the power was against Mrs. Woodhull and on the side of Mr. Beecher. Now. the very sneaks dare come forward, and we see and hear everywhere their faint cries of laudation of those brave lovers of truth who made the welkin ring with iinspirations from their right-thinking, freedom-loving souls. These have not waited for the waves to swallow up Victoria, nor for the shining garments to actually fall in pieces and uncover the “skeleton,” be it one or more, in Henry ‘Ward Beecher’s clerical life. No; they have not so much business with that as with their faith in the unseen power that wakes ‘up irresistibly the consciences of all mankind to contest for freedom. Beecher, of all free ( ?) men, has dragged the heaviest chains. If ever a man has groaned and bled, inwardly, Mr. Beecher is "that man. Is it presumption, merely to predict that he must, per force of the power which underlies the whole movement, come out openly and give a weighty blow to the narrow-souled bigotry which has invaded his hearth- stone as well as his pulpit, and denounce slavery to auto- cratic customs, both in the pulpit and in social life, where the holy of holies, in hispwn soul, has been invaded, not by Mrs. Woodhull, but by his own Church and the whole world outside? ‘ It is the theory of society that is crushing Mr. Beecher, and whether he makes this hell hotter by a compromise, or ‘deals sledge-hammer blows from that same pulpit against the ene- mies of freedom—socially, morally, politically, universally- matters but little as to the ﬁnal issue; but his own soul de- pends for its salvation on the social order and harmony which can alone rise from the ruins of the present systems of slavery, and build itself up fair and pure under the rule of liberty. Mr. Beecher knows it, and he also knows that he may preach the Gospel for the next hundred years as he has preached it, and it will never accomplish his freedom or any ~ other’s while the sweetest and profoundest sentiments of his, _r soul are hidden away under the cover of “imrnoralities.” Neither he nor any other man or woman condemn (in them- selves) the loves they "have irrisistibly reciprocated or be- stowed. Neither will they ever suifer a death—bed repent- ance for the sin of lbving. The only curse that falls upon us is the curse of Mrs. Grundy and the social hell which rages hot and ﬁerce around us for doing what our God-in-the-Cone stitution side of the question calls obeying the truth. “Where _ do we get truth? Who is responsible for our mode of getting it, or the use we put it to, so long as it is the truth to us and the life is made holier and better therefor? It istime we made a beginning to grow ourselves into the period when no man’s creed of morals must bind every other man to follow in the same way or be damned. It is time to walkiby the inner light, and not by the outward, soul-degrading prescrip- tions of society, so grossly imperfect that a pure mind shud- ders at the horrid phantoms which mock at truth and gild slavery with vestures of purple and ﬁne linen, and forever keep freedom on the rack. CHARLOTTE BARBER. MRS. GRUNDY ours WEARY! Mrs. Grundy says she “ would be content now if we could never hear another word of the Brooklyn scandal.” But she don’t mean it. The old lady says a great many things she don’t mean. In fact, she says nothing that she does mean except when she gets mad at the ‘world outside her clique for daring to think or speak contrary to the old lady’s ukase. But the “ world ”-75. e., that narrow -ring which forms Mrs. Grundy’s world-——obeys her behests and hypocritical whims all the same as long as she can make them believe her the leader of fashion. Even a disease can be made ‘fashionable, or almost any absurdity. Sham and hypocrisy always were the fashion under her sway. Now that Beecher has gone into his dotagc, the disease is, spreading with great rapidity, and all the votaries at Mrs. Grundy’s shrine begin to show alarming symptoms of the contagion. It is now the thing to say: “ Vife are weary of the whole affair.” Of course we are. If the Grundy clique hate anything it is logic; and importi- nent mankind to-day has a habit’, after the battle is over, to study the course of the war. ' ‘ ' So Mrs. G-r‘undy’s policy is to cry out, “Hold, enough; let’s talk about something else.” We are told that this aﬁair “has demoralized the pressl” That’s a good one. Which press, the moral or the wicked? ‘We are also scared by the informa- tion that “it carried its noxious inﬂuence into the home circle.” This is another of Mrs. Grundy’s scarecrows; all knowledge, particularly knowledge of the world and its numerous humbugs, always brings danger to the “home circle.” “It has worked harm wherever it has gone,” be- cause it has let in a ﬂood of light on Mrs. Grrundy’s society. Seeing that they cannot save Beecher, they heroically sac- riﬁce him, just as people are beginning to lose sight of him as an individual and to look at the whole thing as a link in social ethics worth studying. Mrs. Grundy says that “it is probable that this scandal will rapidly sink into the obscurity in which it should be buried.” That is to say, she hopes so, to keep people from thinking. She even insults the world outside of her clique by telling us that “ there is no lesson to be learned from it that any one will profit by.” The fact is, the lesson is of such depth and such breadth that it frightens Mrs. Grundy, and now she is trying and going to try all she can, to hide its import from the general public.V The time Sept. 19, 1874. has been when her approbation or her anathemas were ﬁnal, but that time is past, and, we believe, will never return. That sheis not aware of it only goes to prove that along with Plymouth Church, she and all her clique are victims of one and the same disease, senility. That part of mankind who do their own thinking is much larger than it used to be, and this very “ scandal” will greatly increase the number. But Mrs. Grundy is in her dotage, and her cant phrases and ante- diluvian arguments will have no more inﬂuence on reasoning minds, in or out of the home circle, than Mrs. Partington’s broom had on the rising ocean.—Bm‘lin.gton Dailz . VVHAT’S THE MATTER? Victoria C. ‘Noodhull is sounding her clarion notes, causing agitation upon the social question far and near. She has rebuked the capitalists for their ‘high-handed theft; gov‘ crnment for its laxity in governmental aﬁairs; clergymen for their hypocrisy, and society for its shams. She has spoken words of cheer to the fallen, and would “put her womanly arms around the necks of society’s outcasts, bidding them look within and live", for they are links in the grand chain of humanity.” What’s the matter? W'hy, Victoria has a mission to perform, which the ignorant, babbling respectables cannot understand; and becaiise she advocates freedom from all kinds of oppression, she is ranked asmad, crazy, and a hot-headed enthusiast, instead of the ‘bright evangel which she is. W. F. J amieson, the fearless and brave champion of reli- gious freedom, dares to attack the clergy and show to a be~ nighted world the errors of church creeds, ministerial short- comingsand conservative respectability. He is considered unﬁt to be seen, read or heard of by men, yet he can’t be let ~ alone; and that’s what’s the matter. He will do his work in spite of time-serving, fearing dupes of Christian (?) ignorance: Lois ‘Waisbrooker, alone and unaided, gave_ to the world Our Age, and dared to advocate freedom from sexual slavery; dared to give her views upon the question of the money’ power, and call things by their right names, because she, like Victoria, is a friend of "the Magdalene’s. She is called prostitute, free-lover, etc. ; the ignorant pretenders of Christianity do not see that she is imitating the Nazarene; and that’s what’s the matter with them. Moses Hull and Mattie Sawyer dare to please themselves instead of the Grundies; they understand the law of their being, and have carried it out by proclaiming their marriage to the world, not as much as saying by your leave, Mr. Min- ister, Mr. Justice or Misses Propriety and Custom! VVhat’s the matter? Why, they are pursuing the even tenor of their way, issuing a paper dedicated to free thought, and “ hewing right to the line, regardless where the chips may fall;” and the sleepy stand—stills can’t endure so much independence. Not long ago I handed the WEEKLY, Our Age and the Crucible to a friend for perusal, saying, “read these papers and see what their brave editors are doing to gain freedom for humanity. Taking them, she said: “It will not do for my husband to know that I have them in my possession. I’ll read them slyly, for I am hungering for mental’ food.” I said: “Has your husband a right to dictate ‘concerning the kind of food your mind shall feed upon? Which is greater, a cultivated mind upon all subjects now agitating humanity, or ignorance of them because a legalized husband, in his brief authority, says you shall read only such matter as I, your master, see ﬁt? Out upon such tyranny, whether it be in husband, father or brother! Be the independent woman you were before marriage; realize that your individuality is yours, and you have a right to assert it upon all matterp per- taining to your interests. Read what you please and be your own judge.” ' A few days after the above conversation, the indignant husband called, returning the vile papers, as he termed them, saying: “ I found my wife reading that miserable Woodhull paper, and she toldme that you loaned them to her. Now, madam,,I will not allow my wife or family to read such papers, and you will understand that I consider Spiritualist-s, Woodhullites and such too mean to live and ”—- “ Sir,”‘sa.id I, “have you ever read eithefof these pa pers which you con- demn so freely and loudly?” “ No, indeed,” said the irate man. “ Then,” I said, “ you cannot judge of their merits or demerits. Their editors are working to ‘show just such men as you that women are to be freed from such oppressors, and I say roll on great wheels of time and bring the welcome day when such men as you shall be ruled even as you have ruled. The law of retribution will surely ﬁnd you, and woe will be yours for hugging ignorance to your bosom, and com- pelling your family, against their wishes. to stultify their soul’s growth also.” What’s the matter? Because I would do good andexplain our glorious philosophy, and help usher in the day of emancipation, the fossilized dupes of ignorance cry, “ Woodhull, free-love, evil ;” and that’s what the matter —just that and nothing more. ,MARY M. D. SHERMAN. QUID PRO QUO. Vife are indebted to the New York Imlepe-ndent for the fol- lowing beautiful poem. It appears to us to favor promis- cuity, but we do not reject it on that account, as the Davids and Solomonsought to be represented as well as those who are monogamic. In such matters the WEEKLY does not die- tate, but simply demands freedom for all: AN ANSWER. You ask me if I love you still With such a fervor and good will As clung to you in years before. My little saint! I love you more. You light your candle at the ﬂame That warms your hearth--’tis still the same, A thousand tapers share its light, But leave the radiance just as bright. For love with loving is not spent, Not such is love’s divine intent; What year on year the sun shall dim. What worship tire the seraphim? Like some sweet bloomless plant that grows Beside the red and lavish rose, That sees those blossoms blaze and die, -‘Brief darlings of ‘the summer sky, 7,. I 1.‘:-* 4; _ .-l___ W *« .5-». _ ,.,, - crowned with success. Sept. 19, 187.4. WOODIIULL & CL.AFLIN’S ‘WEEKL,aYi§' But holds its own most odorous leaves To every hand that plucks their sheaves, And where one branch for guerdon goes Another and another grows. ' So, darling, though my heart be ﬁlled With newer love, it is not stilled, But daily prays for daily bread, Forever hungering, ever fed. As in the dew-drop stars may shine, So Love itself, august, divine, Kindles our ﬁnite lives with ﬁre That cannot smoulder nor expire; Elates our souls with boundless strength Till loves are lost in Love at length, Our mortal lights grow far and dim And love and loving merge in Him. :———-—-—>——4Q THE'GREAT SOCIAL EARTHQUAKE. There have been no severe shocks felt during the past week, but the .light tremblings that have occurred, and the manifest apprehensions of Mr. Beecher’s: friends, show that its force is not entirely spent or all danger past, though strenuous efforts are hinted at as being made in behalf of the imperilled parties, to allay the commotion and avert ‘further disaster. A Boston correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, in its ‘issue of the 7th inst., shows the direction in which the efforts are being put forth in the following: - “BOSTON, Sept. 6, 1874. “ Everything seems to indicate that most determined efforts are being made to pour oil on the turbulent waters of the Beecher-Tilton scandal. The end which is sought by _ Mr. Beecher and his friends is to prevail upon Mr. Moulton to forbear publishing any further statements about the offensive affair; but it has not yet transpired that the “ Mu- tual Friend ” will consent to remain silent. He feels keenly the position in which he has been placed before the com- munity, and it will probably require considerable coaxing to bring about a promise of silence. His statement is under- stood to be already prepared, and is only held ba.ck to await such overtures as may be made by Mr. Beecher or his friends. For several days, until last evening, Mr. Moulton has been stopping at the Tremont House, and he is only absent now to spend Sunday at Lowell with General Butler, his friend and counsel. During his sojourn at the Tremont he has been much of the time engaged with James Redpath and other prominent friends of Mr. Beecher. Mr. Cleveland, one of the Plymouth Church Committee of Investigation, has also arrived at the Tremont, fresh from Mr. Beecher and the White Mountains, and it is surmised that he comes as the specially authorized friend of this distinguished pastor.” MR. BEECHER IN THE MOUNTAINS. The Herald of the 5th thus describes his outward serenity: “Mr. Beecher, as is well known, is spending his days of vaca- tion up at the Twin Mountain House in New Hampshire, far away from the hurly-burly of city strifes and metropolitan excitement, but still within convenient communication with that outside world which has of late taken such a lively in- terest in his moral welfare. He gets the daily papers regu-’ larly, and of course is not oblivious to current events or the drift of public opinion. So far as outward appearances are concerned, he is one of the most happy and serene of all the gay guests among the mountain resorts. He mixes in all the social games of the season, and none are apparently more jovial and entertaining than the‘ distinguished Plymouth pastor. Whether all this jollity is real or otherwise is a ques- tion which has been much debated during the last few days inaquiet way._ A gentleman who has been a guest there ever since Mr. Beecher came and who is familiar with many of the secrets of the matter, arrived here this evening. He says that Mr. Beecher is not the gay and festive pleasure- seeker which his outward conduct indicates, but that, on the contrary, he is greatly worried about the issue of events which have so recently added to his_notoriety. This same gentleman also asserts that for several days efforts have been madeto smother any further disclosures from Moulton and Tilton, and that he has no doubt but these efforts will be The friends of Beecher, he says. are the ones who are taking the initial steps in the matter, and from the fact that Mr. Cleveland has been with him apgood deal during the last few days he infers that he is the man who has been selected as the mediator between Mr. Beecher, Mr. Moulton and Mr. Tilton. Mr. Beecher, he says,‘ while he is extremely anxious about the result, is nevertheless -very reticent and cautious in every move he makes, and, in "fact, it‘ is ‘said that he has been so radically cautious that the friends who have been laboring in his behalf are disgusted and possibly may become discouraged.” MOULTON. There seems to be no reason to believe the reported eﬁorts ‘to compromise with Mr. Moulton will be successful. He may 5 refrain from ‘introducing evidence of other irregularities of /Mr. Beecher in ‘connection with persons not heretofore im- plicated, but it is not probable that he will consent to with- draw anything. The most that reporters can get from him is A that he isnot at liberty to express the conclusion he has arrivedvat in regard to his supplemental statement. M _No_ COMPROMISE WITH TILTON. In: reply toquestions of a Herald reporter on Sunday even- in'g'Mr. Tilton is reported as follows: ‘ “I was never in better health, though (smiling) you gentle- men‘ of the press will‘make me out haggard,,pale and seedy. I have been in good health all through. I am not the wor- ried man. _- If there is to be a. compromise at all, or any arrangement "to which such a termwould apply, it could not be honorably made, it can only be honorably accepted by Mr. Moulton on condition of Mr. ,Beecher’s total, absolute withdrawal of "every implication which Mr. Beecher and his attorneys have made against Mr. Moulton. I refer not only to the base charge of blackmail, but to the equally base, groundless and dastardly charge that Mr. Moul- - ton entered into a conspiracy to injure Mr. Beecher, or -that 1 Mr. Moulton acted toward him forzthe last four years in any other capacity than as the supreme friend whom Mr. Beecher eulogizes in a dozen letters, asking for golden words to por- tray his shining and illustrious services to his imperilled pastor. I have heard nothingﬂof any arrangement for settle- ment between Mr. Beecher and Mr. Moulton. But I can easily see that Mr. Beecher, who has niade a false accusation, against Mr. Moulton, should, on second thought, hasten to beg Mr. Moulton’s pardon. If he has done so, he will ﬁnd Mr.'M.oulton a generous man, quick and ready to do what- ever a true gentleman could ﬁnd warrant for doing. But there is no compromise for me. I have made charges against Mr. Beecher which are true. He has made adenial of them which is false. There is none. I am right and Mr. Beecher wrong. If he should come to me offering all the wealth and honors in the world, I would not move an inch—not a hair’s breadth. I am not surprised that Mr. Beecher wants to compromise, whether with Mr. Moulton or myself. Mr. Beecher might, perhaps, compromise honorably with Mr. Moulton by offer- ing him a suitable apology for accusing him falsely. As for me, my case is in court, and Mr. Beecher must settle it there. You will hear of the Chinese wall falling down before you will hear of me accepting a compromise from,,Henry Ward Beecher. What other people do is their business——not mine. My own plain and simple duty is to ﬁght my battle to the end; and you might as well ask Mr. Bennett to‘ stop the Herald as to ask me to compromise. I am sure that a man who is in the right, having the truth on his side, and having enemies enough to make his friends warm and steadfast, will win the verdict of the popular opinion in the end. This controversy has assumed such stately proportions that I have long since ceased to regard either Mr. Beecher or myself as of much importance in it. The simple question is, What is the truth? So sharp and facts of the case, that there can be but one issue to this controversy. The man who lied must come to destruction," and I am not that man.” ' ‘ [From the T'rt'bwnc.] An incident which gave slight support in Brooklyn to the rumors of attempted compromise which were telegraphed from New England on Saturday, was the effort of Mrs. Ovington on both Friday and Saturday to see Mr. Tilton. She called ﬁrst at Mr. Tilton’s residencein Livingston street on Friday afternoon, but not ﬁnding him at home she -then called at Mr. Moulton’s, then at a restaurant on Montague street, and last of all at the office of ex-Judge‘ S. D. Morris, Mr. Tilton’s counsel. Not meeting Mr. Tilton at any of these places, Mrs. Ovington gave up the search, but on Saturday afternoon addressed Mr. Tilton the following note: “ No. 14.8 HICKS STREET, September 5, 18%. “ Mr. T2'lton—Can you call upon me this afternoon? I would very much like to say a few words to you. Elizabeth has left ourhouse for a day or two. Be kind enough to return an- swer_ by bearer, and greatly oblige - - “ Mus. E. J. OVINGTON.” Mr. Tilton responded without delay in a letter of which a copy is attached: “N o. 174 LIVINGSTON STR_nr:T, BROOKLYN, Sept. 5, 1874. “ .Mrs. E. J. Om1ngton—Madam, I was surprised to learn that you had called at my house last evening, and still more surprised to receive from you to-day a letter requesting me to call at yours. Allow me to remind you that shortly after Mrs. Tilton, by your connivance, deserted her home and went to reside with your family, I called upon you in order to say, that if she wished any articles from our house she had only to name them and they would be sent to her, or if she wished to revisit the house in order to select and pack the articles under her own supervision, I would retire for aday to enable her to do so without embarrassment. You and your husband chose to misstate the facts, spirit and motive of this inter- view, and communicated to the public press the base insinua- tion that I had taken advantage of your husband’s absence in order to invade your house and to force my wayinto Mrs. Tilton’s presence. Since that time various reports originating in your family have appeared in the public prints to the effect that you had sequestered Mrs. Tilton in this place or that in city or country, keeping her-whereabouts a profound secret, lest I should be tempted to pursue her with. violence. More- over, my daughter Florence, though desired by her mother to visit her (it being the mother’s right to see her child), was for a long time refused access to Mrs. Tilton throughyour agency, and was subjected thereby to great pain and mortiﬁca- tion. In View of these and other similar facts, not a few in number, and in view also of the still more serious fact that you were the willing agent of Mr. Beecher’s advisers in tempting Mrs. Tilton to desert her home to join her hus- band’s enemies, to conspire with them in demanding her own exposure, and ﬁnally to'be practicailyﬁung away by them and publicly insulted by Mr. Beecher’s Committee and the Chm'stt'mt Uwio/rt, I feel it my duty to inform you that I can- not accept an invitation to visit your house either ‘now or hereafter. Yours truly, THEODORE TILTON.” - Upon the receipt of this letter Mrs. Ovington called again at Mr. Tilton’s house, where she informed him that she had been seeking to consult with him regarding a matter of im- portance.‘ Mr. Tilton inquired if his repiyto hernote had been received by her.‘ She had read it, she said,,but it was not satisfactory, and she wished to talk with him. Mr. Tilton repeated to her the substance of his letter, that he could not consult with either herself or her husband upon any matter in any way bearing upon the present controversy; that they‘ had chosen to misrepresent him on every possible occasion to the public press, and that at the present stage it would be no more appropriate for him to confer with her or her husband than with Mrs. or Mr. Beecher. Mrs. Ovington remained at Mr. Tilton’s perhaps a half hour, and repeatedly endeavored to introduce the subject of her call, but he assured her that her mission could not be fulﬁlled. WHAT THE HERALD SAYS OF A COMPROMISE. What compromise is possible in such a case? ‘ ﬁerce is the inquisition which the people are making into the" Tilton? Mr. Tilton has been the master of this controversy from the beginning and he is the master now. He has had a direct purpose from the outset, has never abandoned it, nor swerved from it, nor been inﬂuenced byany one, except so far as it pleased him. Whatever his motive, he has certainly submitted his gifted and venerable antagonist to four years of exquisite torture. Mr. Beecher cannot buy Tilton, he has not yet frightened him, and any termination of this aﬁ‘-air short of the whole truth will be a misfortune to society and religion and a prolongation of the four years of misery he has undergone. _ . Better let the truth come, even if Mr. Beecher walks into the East River to hide his shame. For there can be no com- promise that will not leave him in a position compared with which suicide would be a blessing. Mr. Beecher has been assailed as no man of this country has been assailed; he has been menaced with the worst form of destruction; he has placed himself in a position that would have terminated in. ignominy the career of any other clergyman,‘ but he has been sustained by his church with singular, extraordinary and beautiful affection. His church has only clung closer and closer to him, and it will love him even as David was "loved after his sins against Uriah, no matter what. the ﬁnale may be. Mr. B-eecher owes to Plymouth Church the utmost truth, the same conﬁdence it has given him, and, above all, no compromise with his antagonists. There would be’ no harm in praying for Tilton and Moulton when the proper time comes~—and Mr. Beecher has charity enough for the office. But before these prayers for “ peace,” let us have the truth. and crime. grace, ‘mercy and Compromise is cowardice ‘We are persuaded that Mr. Beecher does not fear the truth, and he must not allow the ltedpaths and Moultons who cling around him to make it appear otherwise. A CONTRIBUTION To THE BEECHER. LITERATURE. Awell-known public character, whose name iswithheld for the reason that he does not desire to be mixed up in any public manner with the Beecher nastiness, has addressed the following remarkable letter to Frank Moulton, with whom he is intimately acquainted. It is a curious addition to the Plymouth Rock literature: a LONG BRANCH, LnLANn’s OCEAN HOUSE. Aug..30, 1874. FRANCIS D. MOULTON, Remsen street, Brooklyn: THE NEW THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES. “Bravo! Three cheers for Mouiton! three thousand!” Out of self-respect for manhood I sent that telegram yes- terday. Your action was grand. Nothing like it in this cen- tury.‘ The reaction will be a whirlwind. Beecher’s new doxology is, " Give him hell!” His new creed, “ Rush him!” Shoot him!” for Christ’s sake. His new prayer, “Put him out! God damn him!” His new amen, “Kill the black- mailer!” ' ' The fates are with you. thing. It was God Almighty’s primary. Christ calling the Christian’s roll! The dervishes in Turkey, the fanatics of the Juggernaut, cannot eclipse that sublime frenzy. Tammany under Ryn-= ders never surpassed that religious mcbnamed the Plymouth Church rat pit! , A _, “ You’re a liar!” to Raymond,was immense! Your “No!” was a million voices. Tilton, for awhile, must take-a, back seat. Your bull was ﬂrst in the ring. ‘When that “sister” yelled out “ Iago,” she called Beecher the Moor; a nice char- acter, that! When Raymond told the dog story, his point was when paying the pound that the boy was the thief. Ap- ply this. Beecher paid thousands to Moulton! Why? Be- cause he was guilty! When Beecher tumbled into the Tilton vault you and Til- ton plunged in to save him for a consideration. You both got ashore with soiled clothes without your man. The In- vestigating Committee attempted a rescue and came out with a" fearful stench! Now the Church are plunging through the ﬂlth of ages while the whole world holds its nose! . A . . I When rats commence gnawing the rotten timber of Christ's ‘Seraglio in Brooklyn they little suspect that they will be buried in the ruins of the falling fabric. Your have no control over the forcesthat are pushing you to the front. You are knocking “ The life of Christ” higher than a thousand kites. The cry is going out from “the Church of theholy Roger.” Down with hypocrisy and up with the ‘religion of health. Beecher’s religion was to save people after they were dead. ‘Vi7e want a religion to save them while"they‘are living. Plymouth Church strove to keep‘ people out of hell instead of keeping hell out of the people. ' The f act is, those powders of the Church and pills of poli- tics have produced chronic dyspepsia in societv, while the previous compounds of tradition, education and custom have corrupted the whole people. The.augmentationVof wealth has accumulated almost. universal poverty. How much longer will ignorance and hunger allow the gods to sit on the shore of Beecher luxury? The wail of starving workmen ere long may startle the pompous churchmen with the wild cry of civil war. Man and monopoly have subdued land and water through steam and ‘electricity; but man and mind are still enslaved. .Art displaces nature. Colleges, schools, churches every- where for the rich, but no money, no. knowledge, no food for the poor. Wait till the lava torrents of an enraged people pour through the panic-stricken cities with the fever frenzy of despair. Talk not of abundant crops where ~ com 1S cheaper than fuel. Can this restorelparalyzed industry? When bulls and bears can corner food and legislatione can pauperize the masses in favor of the few-——Why boast of abundant harvests? ‘Where 2,00%} professional abortionists commit their hourly murders under the shadow of Plymouth Church; where poiitics signify 1=obbin,2~; the Treasury: where religion means Beecherism; where pastoral visits are called .“nest hiding,” who can be surprised that falsehood over- comes ti‘uth and everywhere vice is mistaken for virtue ?_ How can man be happy with dreams of perpetual paradise? If forty women should consent to "cram can with the hay “fever pastor his congregationwould not believe It. We have One man against UPOII What 1‘e3-3011311916 703315 0311 there be “g1‘a»06» mercy not yet seen the endof the beginning, much more the begin- and peace?” And in any negotiation who can control Mr- mug’ of the end.»-,N. Y, _He'ra.£ol. . i The destinies are running this A S ~ WO‘UDHULL J5 CIIAFLIN’S WEEKLY‘; Sept. 19, 1874. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 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Specimen copies sent free. - Newsdealers supplied by the American News Company, No. 121 Nassau street, New York. Woodhull dfc Clolfle'n’s Weekly, ~ Box 3791, New York City. 0ihce,111 Nassau Street, Room 9. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPT. 19,1874. V THE ULTIMATUM. FROM THE SPEECH, “ TRIED AS BY FIRE.” Sexual freedom, then, means the abolition of prostitution - THE BOSTON CONVENTION. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, all Spiritualists, Scientists, Social- ists, Free Religionists, Free Thinkers, Materialists and In- ﬁdels are requested, ‘to, meet in Convention at Parker Memorial Hall, Boston. This is a grand call, but not broader than the times demand. There are hundreds of thousands in the orthodox churches—in_ them, but not of them—that ought to be there also. If atithe of those would assemble there, who believe in Spiritual/ism, Boston Common would not be large enough to contain it. But enough latitude is given in the call to exhibit the good—wil1 of the Spiritualists toward all their neighbors. Another thing the public will also do well to remember——viz., that those who desire to address their brethren and sisters will not need to bring credentials, either from Rome or Chicago. Although iso- lated efforts have been made by petty societies to establish a different principle, we feel assured that the true Spiritual- ; ists of this or any other country will never tamely submit to, or in any way sanction, the denial of‘the right of any sane human being to the freedom of speech and of the platform. , » And wide as the call is, it is not so vast as the work to be accomplished. Radical Spiritualism is now the under- lying element of four grand revolutions. Its duty is to renovate mankind, and it can only do that by remodeling the conditions by which they are surrounded. That being I its work, it must assimilate with, sanction and direct every honest effort that is now being made for the elevation of humanity and the improvement of our race. Its animus ought therefore to be acknowledged and felt in all the reforms of the age——industrial, ﬁnancial, social and religious. By and through it these must be united‘; for, indeed, they are all parts of one grand whole, and each-is en rapport with the others. Without success in the industrial and ﬁnancial movements, the social and spiritual movements cannot be consummated. The former may be looked upon as the body, and the latter as the soul of the grand series of re- formations that are now shaking the civilized earth. But these mighty changes will not be eﬁected without social‘ (if indeed they are without physical) war. Tyranny, greed and monopoly are Wholly antagonistic to the liberty, equality and fraternity that must be established for the both in and out of marriage; means the emancipation of woman from sexual slavery and her coming into ownership and control of her own body; means the end of her pecuni- ary dependence upon man, so that she may never even seem- ingly have to procure whatever she may desire or need by sexual favors; means the abrogation of forced pregnancy, of ante-natal murder, of undesired children: means the birth of love children only; endowed by every inherited virtue that the highest exaltation can confer at conception, by every inﬂuence for good to be obtained during gestation and by the wisest guidance and instruction on to manhood, in- dustrially, intellectually and sexually. ’ . ,, NATIONAL SPIRITUAL CONVENTION. In accordance with Article II., chapter 5, and Article I., chapter 7, of the Constitution of the Universal Association of Spiritualists, the Provisional National Council issue this call for a National Convention, to be convened in Parker Memorial Hall, Boston, on Tuesday, September 15, and to extend during three days. This Convention is expressly for the purposes of discus- sion and propaganda; and all Spiritualists, Socialists, In- ﬁdels, Materialists, Free Religionists and Free Thinkers are cordially invitedto attend and join in the effort to advance the cause of truth and human welfare. All subjects in which the good of the race is involved will be legitimate themes for discussion and for set‘ speeches. Those who propose to speak upon speciﬁc subjects are requested to prepare their speeches, so that they may be published in the regular pro- ceedings of the Convention. ‘ By order of the Provisional National Council. ‘ VICTORIA C. WooDi—iULL, President. -—-—-——————»-+0 PIOUS BUT MEAN. We are glad to note that the success of our contemporaries, the Banner of Light and the Investigator, is admitted by the N. Y. Independent, though we could have wished to have seen the above news in a more reliable paper than that semi-Christian periodical. We say “ more reliable,” because the sentence in which it appears also contains two incorrect statements respecting the WEEKLY and its proprietor: We may mention, too, as an offset to the success of these two papers (the Investigator and Banner of Light) that the New York journal edited by the late president of the Na- tional Spiritualistic Association has apparently suspended publication in consequence of the recent departure of that functionary for Europe. As there is only one New York paper, viz.: WOODHULL AND OLAELiN’s WEEKLY, that is (or ever has been) edited by a president of a Spiritualistic Association, and as that has not suspended publication in consequence of the departure of its proprietors and chief editor for Europe, we respect- fully notify our neighbor, the N. Y. Independent, of the errors it has made in its statements in the above paragraph. ‘We do not ask it to correct its mistakes, that would be ex- pecting too much: for, by so- doing, it would place itself on a par with moresecular papers, who pick up mere accurate, if not more honest, intelligence outside the churches. ‘ general good. Imbecile creeds, which may have been ser- viceable, but are now rotten with age and leprous with crimes, block all the avenues to social improvements, so necessary to the development of a superior race of human beings, and mightily hinder, if they do not stop, the progress of scientiﬁc knowledge. The Chicago Convention of the past year has testiﬁed to the truth of these‘ charges, and the duty of all Spiritualists is plainly exhibited in its rulings. The advancement of the best interests of humanity is cer- tainly no side issue, and those are derelict in their duty to themselves, as well as to their sisters and brethren, who fail to aid and assist it. fairer omens heralded an army on its path to victory. The past year has witnessed two grand triumphs. In the Beecher-Tilton case, a rotten, false and hypocritical society has been unmasked and brought to bay. It stands for judg- ment before the bar of the people. It is no longer a tyrant, but a criminal. Immediately following its exposition, Science, by the mouth of John Tyndall, throws the gauntlet to all revealed religions. Their Gods are not the Gods of matter; they cannot reign in this mundane sphere. Such is his dictum, and he charges Christi,-anity with having been a hindrance to the progress of human knowledge. In addi- tion to these, Spiritualism may be said to have stormed and carried the press here and in other countries; while the un- exampled material manifestations of the spirits are going forth in both Europe and America to convert and to conquer. ' , I Under these grand auspices there is no room for despond- ency, there is no inlet for deprecation. Let those Spirit- ualists who have put their hands to the plow, not turn back from the labor; let those who have not—commence the work of self-development by so doing; let both remember that the harvest before them will be plentiful, though at present the laborers are few. Let the sons and daughters of science recognize and aid a development which interferes not with, buthonors their efforts, and which ﬁnds its Penta- teuch in those stone books of the past their perseverance and genius have opened lately to the peoples of the world. Let the Socialists do their duty in exposing the present sad moral condition of humanity, in demanding the admission of the right of personal sovereignty and in aﬂirming the necessity for the establishment of social and sexual freedom. Let the Free Religionists rejoice in atheory which ﬁnds ex- cellenceoin all the religious advances of mankind, and lo- cates not the mercies of the Mother and Father of the uni- verse. Let the Freethinkers respect those who demand for all absolute freedom of conscience, and who condemn and ﬁght against all laws conflicting with the full and free ex- pression of that most sacred right. Let the Materialists con- sistently espouse the cause of those who maintain the in- ﬁnity and eternity of matter, and whose labors have added knowledge of the same in boundless ﬁelds as yet but partially examined and explored. Let even Inﬁdels come and join in the efforts now being made for human freedom with those who judge not their brethren and sisters, and learn by their senses that there may be something “ Not yet dreamed of in their philosophy.” Finally, let all good willing men and Women, whether in or E are craters to former volcanoes. conﬁrmed as the surroundings are taken in view——lava in The times are PT0Piti011S f~01‘ this gm11dm99ti11g- NBVGN hard rough blocks, lava decomposed and powdered and 7 out of the churches, unite together in a grand Pentecostal gathering to establish the brotherhood and the sisterhood of the whole human race, now so cruelly divided by out-worn credal religions that, whatever they may have been once, now only serve to corrupt, divide, deharmonize and destroy mankind. _ _._..___,_._,, TRANS-CONTINENTAL TRAVEL. NO. VI. The regular passenger trains over the Central Paciﬁc Railroad leave Ogden about 7 o'clock P. M. in summer, giving their passengers a ﬁne view of the northern end of Salt Lake, close to the northern boundaries of which the road runs as far as Corinne. Having “ seen” Salt Lake City to our heart’s content, and having‘ performed our mis- sion to the Prophet-President, we left the City of the Saints reluctantly, and taking our places in one of the luxurious silver palace sleepers of the C. P., were soon being rapidly hurled westward. ‘ Corinne, at the head of Salt Lake, was, until the ﬁnal location of the “junction ” of the N. P. and the C. P. , at the south. of the town-—a thrifty and promising place; but that action of Congress sealed its doom. There is no reason, however, to doubt that this action of Congress was judicious. The location of the junction elsewhere would have made it very inconvenient for the large travel and traffic of the Utah Southern Road over which Salt Lake City is reached, forty miles to the south of Ogden. Passing westward from Corinne the road runs through a part of the country almost devoid of interest, and, happily, the passage is made during the night. Whether‘ it has oc- curred with or without contrivance, it is a singular fact that the trip westward over both the U. P. and the C. P. is so arranged that the unattractive portions of the roads are traversed during the night; or what is perhaps more strictly ‘ true, the most interesting parts of them are passed over during the day. u The ﬁrst thing of interest that is reached are the Hum- boldt Wells, which in the times when these arid plains were crossed by teams only, were so welcome to the weary and worn emigrants and their jaded animals. These wells are situated in the midst of a beautiful valley which, from this point, slopes away until it merges into the main valley of the Humboldt River. Standing on the brink of one of these curious wells, it presents a smooth, clear surface of six or seven feet diameter. It looks more like an artiﬁcial well than a natural spring; but one looks in vain for the evidences of its excavation. Though these wells have been sounded to a great depth, no bottom has ever been found, which suggests to the observer the idea that they This thought is strongly huge blocks of granite and sandstone cover the whole face of the country in wild confusion just outside the verdant valley, and mark an era when desolation reigned su- preme. A few miles beyond, the road debouches into the fruitful valley of the Humboldt. So sudden a transition from all that is desolate, dreary and lifeless to this beauti- ful valley seems to be a work of magic. The next point of interest is Twelve-mile Canyon, which begins a few miles beyond Carlin, from which place the valley begins gradually to narrow until the huge piles of rocks close in upon the road, as if to bar its progress. This range of mountains presents the appearance of at one time having actually extended across the valley and to have been rudely torn asunder by a mighty convulsion, forming an outlet for the vast body of water that must have been conﬁned in the immense basin. The waters of the river wash the base of the cliﬂfs on either side, so narrow is the deﬁle into which it enters, and they rise perpendicularly to the height of athousand feet or more. Some may think that the Palisades can stand comparison withthe Echo and Weber Canyons;but suchmust ﬁnd its attractions in the sim- ple ruggedness and barrenness of the bold bluﬂs which lack entirely the beauty and variety of the deﬁles of the U. P. in its passage through the Wahsatch Mountains. We have now entered the treasure-bearing country bor- dering on the railroad. At every station, of even a few huts, is seen -a large or small pile of bullion pigs “cob. housed” in the depot for shipment. The celebrated White Pine Mining country lies to the south of this part of the road and is reached by stage from Palisade Station, which is situated in the midst of “The Palisades,” nine miles from Carlin. The distance to the White Pine Mines is something more than a hundred miles. The country on both sides of the railroad, for hundreds of miles from this point onward to the western foot of the Sierras, is ﬁlled with sources. of wealth and interesting objects to the tra- veler; but as we are not visiting this side of the continent for pleasure we have not the time to leave the line of the railroad; and, not being in very strong health, are not able really to observe or learn of all the prominent and interest- ing things which lie within our range of vision. Besides the rich yields of the precious metals in this sec- tion of country, stock-raising is also carried on to a large extent. On every hand immense herds of cattle and horses are seen, for which a ready market is found to the West as far as the coast and over the barren country to the east of or rather near Ogden—the junction being a mile or more to ' Q/V - ‘-‘ii. .‘l‘\:T2"3‘ fa‘ 3" ‘I,-'4. ‘“»‘~‘.r-ti K237 s—' «wan Sept. 19, 1374. WOODHULL dz c‘LAFL1N*s WEEKLY. . 9 the Humboldt Valley. There are also "many legends and _ tales about various points in this section of Indian ﬁghts and cruelties and thieving; of daring adventures by early emigrants and hair-breadth escapes with life; of maidens captured by the red men and their escape after long cap- tivity; of caves and underground passages and various other things of a superstitious and marvelous character These will some day, undoubtedly, be gathered into book form and properly christened, and will be poured over by wondering children a hundred years hence, as those of to- day pour over the exciting reminiscenes of I the Indian and revolutionary times of our forefathers. - The lakes in the great basin of the Nevada Desert are great natural curiosities. Like Salt Lake, although receiv- ing the waters sometimes of large rivers, none of them have any external outlet. Constant streams of water pour into each, but none lead away from any. "Whether there are passages beneath the surface for the escape of these waters, or whether their disappearance may be accounted for by evaporation, which must be very considerable. in this dry climate, are questions which do not seem to have been satisfactorily solved. Some have thought that all these lakes have underground connections, and that while some are at high, others are at low, water; but the fact that Salt Lake for the last twenty years has been gradually rising, while the others usually rise and fall simultaneously, dis- proves this theory. Salt Lake is said to be twenty feet higher than it was twenty years ago. We now being to ‘climb the last continuous range of mountains lying between us and the Paciﬁc Ocean——the Sierra Nevada; and soon afterward the train begins to pass through the snow—sheds of the C. P. As the summit is ap- proached these sheds become continuous, their line east and west of the summit being not less than forty miles in length. These sheds are made necessary by the heavy snows that fall on this range of mountains, which usually are from twenty to thirty feet in depth. Railroading in such a country without protection to the track would be impos- sible. Even the heat of summer fails to. melt these vast piles away entirely, the ravines and breaks in the moun- tains remaining ﬁlled the year round. The train going westward leaves the summit, where it breakfasts, early in the morning, thus giving the passengers the best possible view of the magniﬁcent scenery of the west slope of this grand chain of mountains. Having emerged from the snow sheds the most entrancing views are developed. Hitherto all of the majestic sights have been observed from the deﬁles and canyons of the moun- tains, looking upward. Now it is exactly reversed. Each new scene which ﬁxes the eye, is looked down upon—vast abysses at the bottom of which a torrent rushes headlong over a rocky bed, or avquiet river peacefully wends its way ocean- ward. All of this is so opposite from everything that has been passed, that the observer is seemingly at a loss to de- termine which is the more to be admired. In one respect at least he is not long in forming a conclusion. Before, it had been a safe passage for the train through tremendous gorges in between the rocks at the base of the mountains. Now it is the train passing swiftly along the very summits of these tremendous hcights looking down into the awful depths beneath, into which a single rnistakewould pre- cipitate the train. Well may the timid shrink from a scene so terrible in its possibilities, and choose_ to meet whatever ‘may come in blindness rather than in sight of them. Onthe very verge of these frightful heights the train as carefully as possible moves gradually down from the summit, now rounding a sharp point almost overhanging the abyss below and anon dashing through a tunnel to escape a too fearful precipice, and _then fora time, perhaps, withdraw- ing from the dangerous verge and from the sight of the yawning depth only to return to them again in still more terrible view. The great American Canyon is ﬁnally reached, which is "the climax of all that has preceded it, butblending its .terriﬁc grandeur with the most entrancing shades and colors of which the.mind can conceive. zerland of America.» Here is the Swit- No such scenery can be seen from -any other railroad in the world. It alone is worth all the hardships of a trip from any part of the world; and every- body gazes with mized awe and admiration upon thewon- drous sights that are here presented. , _ But as if reserving the grandest of all the sights for the ' last, or as if preparing the mind for a really terriﬁc view, " accustoming the observer by gradual approaches from the less to the more terribly grand, Cape Horn is at last ap- proached. This, known the world over, is about the last of the seeming obstacles in the path of the railroad. Here ‘ the‘ train halts to permit its human freight to take a fare- well view of this wonderful culmination of a series of most "wonderful things and the grandest scenes on the American “ » or‘ any other continent. ‘ Having debarked from the cars the passengers stand on the verge of the tremendous gulf, yawning before them, transﬁxed, some with fear and others with delight. Im- mediately beneath, which can be reached by a stone thrown with ordinary strength, lies a pretty cottage in the midst of ag cultivated ﬁeld that, from the immense distance- twenty-ﬁve hundred feet——seems to be but a mere minature.’ ' Having taken in the objects beneath and nearest, the eye gradually rises to the more distant scenes across the gulf. Just opposite from where we stand the American River comes into the depths beneath. Following the river as it threads its way in the immense chasm, it resembles a line of silver drawn between the black, frowning and precipitous sides. Half way up this line a black one is observed span- ning the river. This is the turnpike bridge leading to Iowa Hill; but it seems from our position to be nothing more than a foot plank. Turning to the rear, the towering mass of rocks rise a thousand feet, also almost perpendicularly. The space for the road bed has been blasted into the side of the mountain where before there was not "space enough for an Indian trail, and over this narrow path the traﬁiic of the Occident and the Orient ﬁnds its way. It is scarcely to be wondered at that Mr. Judah and his friends were con- sidered as crazy when such a barrier as Cape Horn had to be surmounted before a railway across the plains could be insured; but science in engineering surmounted a seeming impossibility, and this greatest mechanical effort of the world stands an everlasting monument of fame for those who ﬁrst saw that it was possible. After leaving Cape Horn and passing over the trestle bridge, one thousand feet in length and one hundred feet in height, which carries the train across the head of the valley to the opposite side, .the remainder of the journey to San Francisco is almost devoid of interest. After such grandeur lesser sights fail to attract the attention, and for the most part the passengers bestow themselves comfortably and think of the Omnipotent Power that ﬁrst created such ob- stacles to be overcome; and then of the almost as Omnipo- tent Power that has surmounted them. At noon we arrive at Sacramento, the State Capital, and at eight o’olock at our present destination, San Francisco, the real metropolis and capital of the Empire of the West, since, in reality,the Paciﬁc Coast civilization is sufﬁciently distinct from that of the East to warrant this designation, as we shall attempt to show at a future time. ———-——-—-—>—-+Q+——4——-———-— BIBLE BUILDING. That venerable old institution “ The Bible” is undergoing what the sailors call a thorough overhauling. There is an American Bible Revision Committee that holds its sessions in the Bible House, New York, and a British Committee whose head-quarters are located at the U Deanery of Westminster, who are at work upon it. We are further informed that the two ﬁrst books of the “ Old” and the two ﬁrst books of the “New Testament ” are already suiﬁciently “ doctored ” to suit both parties. The method of procedure appears to be as follows: The British‘Committee tackles the job ﬁrst, and when their revised translation is sent to the American Com- mittee, who re-tinker the same, and we understand that al- most all the alterations made by the latter have been adopted. While we pity the sad condition of our forbears who may have been damned for believing the mis-translations of the King James version of the Bible, we cannot but admire the pluck of the D. D.s who have undertaken to_ set matters right in spite of the anathema contained in the last chapter of the Revelations. »—+O THE DUTIES OF THE REFORMER. The occupation of a doctor of medicine is not a life which is generally desired. Submit the question of the choice of a profession to a class in our public schools, and you would certainly ﬁnd in it more aspirants for the bar than for the surgery, and possibly more for the pulpit than the bar. The reason for this is obvious. It is a sad thing to behold hu man suffering, and sadder when, in order to relieve it, the impassive operator is compelled to add to its poignancy before he can apply those remedies which will give ease to the. patient. It is the same with the moral and plumb the depths of crime is not a pleasant but a very necessary duty. It is far from agreeable to be com- pelled to stun the public ear with long lists of human de- linquencies, and, with their natural concomitants, startling records of human guilt. Doubtless there are many who deprecate the policy of publishing such statistics, and some who consider the press itself as an aider and abetter of the very evils it searches out and exposes, while not a few tender-hearted people shudder at the recital of them, like wounded men shrinking from the sharp but necessary prob- ing of the skillful surgeon. . But there is a difference’ to be noted between the duties of the moral and the physical practitioner. The latter has only to arbitrate between a man and a disease, the former, not unfrequently, between two bodies of men. The doctor is a bystander interfering with potent weapons at his com- mand, and operating for or against the disease or the patient. He may in most instances be considered an unquestionable authority over both. The moral reformer, on the contrary, is often controlled and his designs thwarted by those he is striving to beneﬁt, at the same time being compelled to face the enemy, and often to receive unmerited puriishment from both sides in the encounter.‘ The peculiar difficulty at- between parties, in which both, not unfrequently, have to abate somewhat of their pretensions, and both also to ac- knowledge some errors. This is the diﬂiculty of the in- dustrial question. The real difference between the em- ployer and the employee is frequently ml. The one is and the other would be successful in accumulating wealth. Or, in other words, the one is‘ and theother would be a tyrant. But there are good people on both sides of whom it may be said that the one has no desire tg doinineer, and the other as with the physical reformer. .To gauge human misery" tending most reforms lies in the adjustment of interests, has no element of servility. They are content with being two men. More will not be demanded by the one, and less will not suﬂice for the other. They are brethren. It is to inducethese men to labor together for their mutual beneﬁt, or rather for the good of the community at large, that is the problem of the, present time. In order that they may do so, it is necessary to expose the existing evils of society, and thus prove the necessity for this close communion of , right-thinking, and what is more to our purpose, of right- acting human beings. . . It will be seen from the foregoing that the projector of public reforms walks in a path beset with difficulties. It is now, as the great Nazarene said it was in Jerusalem in the year 30, “ a straight and narrow way.” On the one side he is often torn by the thorns planted by the unreasoning ig_ norance of the poor, and on the other, lacerated by the brambles which spring from the mercenary prejudices of the rich. The only hope that he can have here must rest on his belief in the clear intelligence which unquestionably exists in the masses of both-these classes to appreciate and explain, and in their virtue to perform, whatever of good may be found in his conceptions. It is a hard task to strive to combine what, to the superﬁcial thinker, may appear like the diverging interests of wealth and poverty. But Spiritualists, and even Christians, ought to admit that, though it may be useless to endeavor to cultivate a friend- ship between Dives and the impenitent thief, there is noth- ing which ought to forbid the community of interest that ought to exist between Joseph of Arimathea and Lazarus. o>—<————— now MUCH? The public are on the anxious seat. They see the olive branch in the beak of the dove, Redpath! They are not satisﬁed. Although we are conﬁdent that nothing Plymouth Church can offer will affect Mr. Frank Moulton, many folks are asking the important question: How much ?, But that is a vain inquiry. Who could plumb the depths of the piety of Plymouth Church. Put it into dollars, who would dare to say it could be meted by ﬁfty thousand, one hundred thou- , sand, or even one million in greenbacks ‘.9 The grand ratiﬁ- cation prayer-meeting proves to the world that it would go any length for the defense of its pastor and the annihilation of his enemies. There is a vigor of piety in its prayers that reaches to heaven and extends to the very bottom of the I bottomless pit, as was proved on that occasion; and a shrewdness and worldly wisdom in the way that it is con- ducted that can hardly be computed in money, and conse- quently deﬁes all the ingenuity of ﬁnanciers to ﬁx the price it would pay for the conservation of its pastor and its religion. —>—-+0 A STEP FORWARD. The Workingmen’s Unions of this and other States have succeeded in legally limiting the time of the labor day to eight hours. The justice and expediency of such limitation has been admitted by our_National Government also. Al- though public ofﬁcers may neglect their duties, and the stat- ute in too many instances may remain a dead—letter, still, the public acknowledgment of the right ofthe workers to ﬁx the time of the labor day is, in itself, a great victory, a vantage ground which ought to be used to good purpose by the daughters and sons of toil. ‘ Though many of our unions estimate the daily services of their members at different, in some cases very different prices, it would be diiﬁcult for them. to give satisfactory reasons for so doing. The needs of human beings are similar, so should their: rewards be. Does not this inequality of pay prevent unity of action on the part of the unions? Can a just reason be given why the mason should obtain for a day’s work twice as much as the miner, or three times the . sum paid to the agriculturist? But in the equalization of the price of the labor day, there -is no reason why the high- priced and well—paid worker should hang back. There are staticians who assert that toilers at present do not receive more than one—ﬁfth of the real value of their labors. If so, when laborers adjust the value of labor they also will be gainers. That, in spite of their unions, they do not do so now was painfully proved by the great strike of the Phila— A delphia miners. One thing was established by it, viz.: that the miner does not, but that the capitalist does ﬁx the money value of daily labor in theimines. In other words, idlers ﬁx the daily wages of toilers. Are the intelligent Unionists of this country satisﬁed with this arrangement? No, a thou-U sand times no! But how can it be _overturned? The Miners’ Benevolent Association was then, and it is believed is now, the largest union in the country. A tithe; of the money force applied against that would conquer any other union. How was it defeated? A union of railroad mag- nates, operators and mine-owners was formed, representing two hundred millions of dollars in one hundred hands, and the forty thousands of miners had to surrender. The only way to meet such combinations is to form greater. The devil must be fought with ﬁre. A union must be formed of the Unions, the Granges and the Patrons of Industry. All workers, male and female, must look hands if they wish to win. They must oppose two hundred millions of dollars in one hundred hands with the same amount in ﬁve millions of L h-ands. Then Mammon will be met on his own ground, with the balance of human beings on the side of the workers; But it ismanifest that, in order to succeed, all must be mustered. into the ranks who ‘can pronounce the shibhqle tit, 10 .WO0i.DlHULL‘ -ta oL"'AFLiin*s. WEEKLY. Sept. 19, .1874. “ Labor!” ‘The equal value of all kinds of human labor- ag1'icultu1'al, mining, mechanical,intellectual and artistic—— must be decreed. Thetime has come for workers to ﬁx the price as well as the time of the labor day. When workers have agreed so to do, no man among them will be a loser, though the harder toilers may be the greater gainers, as they ought to be. If the mason thinks himself a worthierf member of the community than the equallyiindustrious baker; or the watchmaker, on account of his superior skill, desires to oppress the more necessary agriculturist, it would be as well for the less paid toilers to let things remain as _they are. But, if the skilled workmen of our cities are willing to use their knowledge to elevate the condition of all toilers and institute a ‘,‘-Democracy of Laborers,” they couldeasily form aunion strong enough to overthrow the money changers, land grabbers and; speculators, now ruin- ing the republic by their peculations and robberies. >« TRUE CHARITY. a For nearly six thousand years, according to the Mosaic chronology, we maintain the human world has been gam- moned with a spurious article under that name. Never, till now, have we met with a genuine specimen of it. James’ Redpath is the discoverer who has prospected the mine or mines where it may be found, and exposed their‘ brilliant productions. He has interviewed Beecher and Moulton. He says, according to the New York Hiarald, that Mr. Frank Moulton loves Beecher ! ' He says Beecher loves Moulton I l They both weep ! ! ! There’s magnanimity 1 there’s virtue ! I there’s true charity ! ! 1 None of your bogus imitations, but the real, genuine article. The WEEKLY has not had a high I ' opinion of modern Society, but if, after the compliments that have passed between these gentlemen,_ Society can heal their wounded honors and reunite them in the bonds of _ Christian love, it deserves to be deiﬁed, for it bangs Banagher 1 There is an excruciating depth of abandon in it that totally reverses all ancient ideas of honor, manliness and virtue. We con- template a friendship between the above parties as Dick ‘ Swiveller contemplated the beer—drinking of the Marchioness in Dickens’ “ Old Curiosity Shop,” and feel with him “that some unknown individual has been running a machine con- Y trary to the decrees of fate, and that (such a reunion) is, in- . deed, a most inscrutable and unmitigated staggerer !” --————->-+e+——<——————— PROTESTANTISM ON TRIAL. In the full ‘sense of the term “Protestants” all are included who protest against the authority of the Pope. We do not, however, useit in that light, but conﬁne it to those bodies of Christians only who have accepted it for the past three cen- turies as a proper definition of their position. We have no fault to ﬁnd with the reformers of the sixteenth century for asserting for all the right of private judgment in religious matters, or to those earlier and purer reformers, Jerome of Prague, Huss of Bohemia and Wickliife of England. They did their work well and were the foremost men of their time. But the Protestantism of to-day is a very different thing to what it was, even when Luther, Melancthon, Knox, Zwinglius and Calvin existed. The means it was under the necessity of using to obtain power, viz.': by the sword in the case of Germany, and by subserviency to the money power by the legalization of usury in England, have naturally‘ borne fruit, and that fruit is objectionable; and detrimental to the interests of the people. ,i_Leaning on the sword and the purse for its strength, it has long ceased to be the servant, and now aims to be the master of the people even here in the United States. Were it not for its internal dissensions it would annihilate religious liberty. here by placing its God in the Constitution, and the Y, M. C. A. that it has established among us well merits the ‘title of the American Inquisition. Therefore, in using the words “Protestantism on Trial,” we must request our readers to accept the word “ Protestantism ” in. the limited but popular sense we have above indicated. . _Protestantism in this country is.tl1e parent of S.0C_i6tY- We do not confound it with Catholicism nor consider it to have any relation to Christianity. _It_is amodern abortion, a fungus (or rather a mass of fungi) growingout of the de- caying treeplanted by the great Nazarene. V Its_f,-ather was, the ambition of the Elector Charles, and its mother the lust of Henry the Eighth. It has no robust life, noh.real__exist-V ence, anddoes not merit to be classed as a genus in the ‘ iworld of religions, because it cannot reproclilce _il3S€1f,V5bl1t takes a different formation (or rather_.di1°fer.:e'nt, f9i;fﬁf§’9iODS) ~ vineverycountry into, which it_en_ters. .. Of course it is very accommodating, and it has to be so" in order to gain per- mission to live. In its most important section, ,EpirScopa1- ianism, and in its strongest centre,:England,li_ts bishops are constantly compelled to eat humble pie, and to permit the State to annul and manufacture doctrines for them as it pleases. It may be likened to a destroying dragon with . Episcopalianism, Presbyterianism, Methodism, etc., for its head and shoulders,‘ and Quakerism, Mormonism, Dunker- ism aud Oneidaism for its tail. To sum up, it is a hodge- podge of absurdities, conspicuous. for the feebleness of its hope, the diversities of its faiths, and, as has -been well proven by the ‘Tilton-Beecher case, its total lack of charity. We use the word charity in its highest sense and do not . “restrict it to almsgiving. -Protestantism has a knowledge of .. the value_of.;money, and to it the rich varezinpdebted for the .;:i1*€«<&$t34le‘ll33i?l16nt:;9fw§tl1°-J ff.1asa.1iz.ati9n .!>.f!1?=“W‘Y . W933 men. The fact is, as a religion, under its ﬁve hundred aspects, it may be looked upon as of the ea_rth——earthy. Its , priests are salesmen and its churches are shops, though in some countrieslike,England,‘the State claims a monopoly of the article or articles they sell. Here, as the competition is open and consequently greater, the bids are lgwer; but a really clever man who can" make things smooth for a rich congregation, can obtain almost any price in the parson- market. Such a man as Henry Ward Beecher, ready-witted, talentedand unscrupulous as regards the inspiration of the Bible, is ‘dirt cheap at $20,000 per annum. t This being the case we do not wonder at the "animus the religious papers have exhibited latterly against the WEEKLY. . Two-years ago we assaulted their idol Mammon in attack- ing Beecher, and they have not forgiven us. Although the testimony of its Proprietor was of late ref—.1sed by the In- vestigating Committee, that was of no ‘consequence. Our pious contemporaries who were bold enough to handle the . subject, for there are a few of them who are scrupulously silent upon it, have done little save to anathematize us for this second exposition, in which we had no lot or part. They have foolishly deemed that it" was not Beecher who was on trial, or Tilton, but ourselves, and have sprinkled their stupid arguments against us with epithets that they could only have picked up in Water street or the Five Points. If they did not obtain their Billingsgate there where did they get it? Surely not out of the memorable conversation of Jesus with the woman of Samaria, or out of the language he used in the conversion of Mary Mag- dalene. Measure their vituperation and uncharitableness toward us by the conduct of the great Nazarene, and you will perceive that, in this’ case the religious Weeklies have been on trial and have been found wanting. But there are two dailies in the city of New York which commenced business on Protestant foundations. They are the N. Y. Worlcl “and the N. Y. Wii'7Z6§8. Although the former found it proﬁtable to dispense with its theological peculiarity some time ago, no one who has read its articles on the Tilton-Beecher case, but can perceive the odium tlteologzbum they exhibit. They prove its origin. As‘ the poet says: V “ You may break—you may ruin the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.” and it would seem to be the case with our very erudite neighbor the N. Y. World. No mere laic could have thimble- rigged Tilton’s word “ scandal” into .“ slander,” asit did in the commencement of the ﬁght. Since then it has run through thervocabulary of slang until at last it has been compelled to press a Greek word into its service in order to expose its uncharitableness. Well, we feel assured that, in so doing, it has only injured itself, for no sane person who has read its diatribes but must have been shocked by the imbecile ravings of such an unscrupulous paper Virago. The other, however, the N. Y. "Wmtess, is the periodical that furnishes the “ daily gospel bread” for the people of New York city. From it we shall be able to obtain the position of the orthodox Christian community who sustain the pastor of Plymouth, together with the grounds for the faith that is in them on the important question now agitat- ing the public. We propose to give its last leader on the subject, commenting on it as we_go: It is alleged, in the evidence published concerning-;_ the Brooklyn scandal, that Theodore Tilton encouraged the inti- macy between Mr. Beecher and his wife, invited him to do his literary labor in his (Tilton’s) house, to visit his wife often when he was on his lecturing tours, and generally to main- tainsuych relations as are dangerous to virtue for any who are at all tainted with the free-love theories which seem to have been familiar to the Tilton circle. Besides this, it is stated by his wife that he avowed his inﬁdelities to her and justified them, and that he brought into his house a parcel of free-love strumpets to keep her company, whom she was obliged to threaten with the police before she could get them out. Such conduct on his part must have been eminently calculated to relax her morals and provoke her to conjugal inﬁdelity. I If we understand our Christian contemporary it com- mences with censuring Mr. Tilton for encouraging the in- timacy between his wife and her minister, because “such relations are dangerous to virtue;” we omit the rest, for “free love theories” are not charged against the aforesaid minister. The public will do well to heed this accusation against Theodore Tilton, and remember how they give credit to clergyrnen for chastity in the future. As to what Mrs. Tilton said of Mr. Tilton’s_ avowal of inﬁdelity, after the testimony of both parties in the suit as to -her untruth- fulness, that would hardly be credited by a jury. ‘Ne think the zeal’ of our Christian neighbor rather outruns its charity in terming the ladies visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tilton ‘f a parcel of free’ love strumpets,” and recommend the withdrawal of of the same andthe insertion of “ unconverted Magdalenes ” instead.’ How our godlyneighbor has learned that such were the characterswith which Mr. and Mrs. Tilton asso- ciated, for we suppose it would not make such a violent charge upon hearsay evidence alone, we know not, but per- -haps in its next “ daily bread ” article it will enlighten the public on the subject. I-lad all these ladies thus slandered wholesale by our pious contemporary been guilty of what is called fornication with the editor and proprietor of the Witness it would surely, in the opinion of all men who merit that name, -be an act of gross meanness for it to publicly accuse them of the fact. How much greater’, then, is the uncharitableness, the un- rnanliness of making such‘ an unlimited assertion without having any personal knowledge of the truth of such charges _7gv,hate;ver?" we do not, however, accuse Christianity of having anything to do with. such a-barbarism——it has not. It is the old Mosaic form of proceeding against woman, as may be read of in the 5th chapter of ' Numbers, distilled through a Protestant alembic. We proceed: Moreover, Mr. Tilton says he saw with his own eyes Mr. Beecher use an indecent freedom with Mrs. Tilton, and found them once locked in her bedroom together, without in either case remonstrating with Mr. Beecher or putting an ‘end to his visits. Nay, more, he (Tilton) obtained a confes- sion from his wife of criminal intercourse with Mr. Beecher, and said nothin' about it to him for six months, during‘ which time the intimacy went on. - Had Mr. Tilton’s object been to draw Mr. Beecher into a fatal snare, so asto have him in his power to squeeze and blackmail at wi .l, could he have ‘used means better calcu- lated to attain his end? His ideas of the sanctity of the mar- riage vow appear to have been below zero, and his ideas of manhood to have x een still lower——a state of mind which would just ﬁt him 10 act such a part as he appears tohave done in this case. We exonerate Mr. Tilton from using the expression, “ he saw with his own eyes,” and set it down as improvement upon his evidence by the Wztness. But one would deem that paper in defense of a clergyman would put his case upon higher grounds than the admission of damaging state. ments. Ithas thought proper to do otherwise, and tacitly admits the guilt of Henry W'ard Beecher for the pleasure of vituperating Mr. Tilton. What isthe meaning hidden in the words: “His (Theodore Tilton’s) ideas of the sanctity of the marriage vow appear to "have been below zero, and his idea of manhood still lower?” Does it hint at “go and sin no more,” or the pistol, as recommended by another Christian professor? In such cases, in a creed which sub- jects woman as property, manhood and murder go to- gether. The next sentence, however, throws a light upon the subject: ' One of Shakespeare’s characters says Cuckold is a worse addition to a.-mau’s name than Beelzebub, but Mr. Tilton seems resolved to affix this addition to his. And he rages against Mr. Beecher for defending him from it. . To this we might reply that another of Shakespearc’s characters tells us that “ there is no staff more reverend than one tipped with horn,” though we dispute the statement that Mr. Tilton desired to lose his wife’s affections; but there is an animus in the above statement that justiﬁes‘ the review we made of the preceding paragraph. After. the " above admissions, the Witness proceeds naturally to expati- ate upon the compensation: It is to be observed, however. that there appears‘ to be an eye to a “ consideration ” in all these otherwise unaccount- able proceedings. That consideration appears in the ﬁrst place to have been expected in the continuation of a high salary from Mr. Bowen through Mr. Beecher’s inﬂuence, and, failing that, it appears to have been obtained from Mr. Beecher himself, through the singularly convenient agency of Mr. Moulton. - This theory of the case——for we cannot, without the power of reading hearts, call it more than a theory——appears to ex- plain its phenomena. The artful concealments, the theatrical disclosures, the set speeches. the menaces, the revelation of the story by somebody to VVoodhull and Claﬂin, the occa- sional paragraphs to keep the matter alive, in order, doubt- less; to frighten Mr. Beecher; the convenient mutual friend, with his pistol; the secret agreements made from time to time to keep the whole matter quiet; the publication of those agreements, the extraction from Mr. Beecher of $7,000 as hush money; and the demand for $355,000 more, after the re- fusal of which the whole’ story was published as widely as possible—al1 these things point to a depth of degradation that may well astound those who knew Theodore Tilton, in his better days. But as if all this was not enough, after having, as it were, drawn Mr. Beecher into his alleged olfenses, and by his own showing condoned those offenses by friendly intercourse, after he was aware of them; and after having settled them all by the agreement, “ We three men ;” and after having got paid for his dishonor, if indeed he regarded himself as dishonored, he now demands a hundred thousand dollars ad- ditional from Mr. Beecher! Other dailies friendly to the case of the pastor of Ply- mouth have been ' content with endeavoring to defend him, but it will be perceived that the only religious daily‘ of New York in the above article takes the boldcrground of admission and justiﬁcation. It is true it does not assert the guilt of Mr. Beecher, but it bases all its arguments upon it; it does not call him a seducer, but it appears to have done its best to endeavor to prove him to have been one. ‘Take the words Theodore Tilton out of the paragraph prev,ious“to the last, and insert Henry Ward Beecher in. their place",-. and the Witness’ theory works like a charm. But the last sentence crowns the whole. --Does tl1e::Wt't?Mss know what “ condonation ” implies? “Condonation, forgiveness, expressed or implied, by a , husband of his wife, or by "a wife of her husba breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an impli tion that the oifense will not be repeated.” ‘ I ' ' - So says Webster, and, by the 'Wz'tness’ own jstatement, Mr." ‘Tilton had “vchonrdohnedh those oﬁensies by friendly’-int ter_cour‘se after he’ was aware of them.” Furthermore, ‘fhe got paid, forhis dishonor; ”_ such is the wayl the:-.l’rotestant daily of ew York.dis_misses the case of Beecher.w',i_th- oug ai111y;:odnd_emi}11ation fog a]i:y one but,Mr., and Mrs". Tilton, an t e a iesiw ovisite t em. But,.as we said before,‘Protestantism is on trial in this case. The Witness has done its best in its defense. It is plain it will never, like Catholicism, lose a kingdom in the defense of a woman. Indeed, under ittwomenhaveno rights whatever, as the above quotation from tl1e;Wz'tness painfullyproves. If they had it had not dared.to have ‘ ' penned a wholesale and undeﬁned slander of the sex, ashas been commented. on above. There is no- Virgin Mary .,to protect woman in the Protestant churches. The meanest . man can be asaint in them, but woman can only purchase exaltation at the expense of her sister’s degradation. , The loving code of the Nazarene is forgotten, and there is .. no room: in it now for repentant Magda1enes.; It is.man-eman- E > t . l I l 1 l . 1 a- T \_,._ i 4 i 3 1' .1 r l ' i 1 .7 . ii i 1 I ﬁ\ Sept. 19, 1374. woonnum. a cLArLiN9s wnnxnr. , -l 11 man all over, and, if women are wise, its new order of “ deaconesses ” wont save it. But everything shows that Protestantism is early destined to make way for a better formation. It is, indeed, all to pieces now, and all the Dodges and Colfaxes in the country i can’t save it. It has not been without its use. It has estab- lished the right of private judgment in the religious world, and that right is destined to be its own destruction, for those who have denied the authority of the Catholic Church could not‘ long be expected to submit to the inferior tribunals it has set up; The anti—slavery war, in which, as a body,v;it proved false to the best interests of humanity, may be looked upon as its first defeat. The exposure of the‘ Beecher a_fi'aii' will complete its discomﬁture. Those wvho are conservative in it will take refuge under Catholicism, where they properly belong; those, on the contrary, who desire freedom will join the progressive faith of Spiritual- isni, which is already well established in many of its more liberal sections. Absolute freedom and absolute authority are the Ahrirnanes and Orosinades of religious faith;-and after the intermediate shams are annihilated one of them must conquer. e»-—————-— SCIENCE vs. Rsvininiin RELIGIONS. The great scientist, Professor John Tyndall, on being in- stalled President of the British Association for the year 1874, made to that body at Belfast, Ireland, and to the world at large, a speech that merits the above designation, for in it he throws down the gage of battle against revealed religions, and utterly refuses to permit them longer to hinder and ob- struct scientiﬁc investigations, and to ‘place the ipse of their various Gods against scientiﬁc deductions. Every part of the discourse,’whicli occupied two hours in the delivery, is replete with condensed knowledge. As we have not space to give the whole, we make extracts therefrom, com- mencing with the following description of matter and its powers: Abandoning all disguise (said Professor Tyndall), the con- fession I feel bound to make before you is that I prolong the vision backward across the boundary of the experimental evidence, and discern in that matter which we in our igno- rance and notwithstanding our professed reverence for its creator, have hitherto covered with opprobrium, the promise and potency of energy, form and equality of life. In other words, to the scientist, matter—-liitlierto despised matter—~is God; because that and that only is open to the comprehension of mankind. As in the scientiﬁc so in the social world. The most important parts of the hum an body are most scorned and least understood. For ages p ast soci- ety has covered all questions pertaining to their use with ﬁg leaves, not to prevent but to conceal crime. Yet on a better knowledge ‘ of them now depends the regeneration of our race. Believing and knowing such to be the fact, we can well agree with the following reniark of the learned Pro- fessor: ' The lifting of the life is the essential point; and as long as dogmatism, faiiati'cism and intolerance are kept out, various ‘modes of leverage may be employed to raise life to a higher level. But, in our own view, the gist of his lecture is to be found in his condemnation of revealed religion, whenever it pre- sumes to interfere in the domain of science. In doing this he gives a short history of the wcrld, and, looking at it from a scientiﬁc standpoint, he does not compliment Christianity for the part it has ﬁplayed therein. After noting “the men- tal activity and learniﬂg of the Greeks,” he says: But thereafter came a period of prolonged stagnation. What stopped the hitherto victorious advance? Why ‘was the scientiﬁc intellect compelled, like an exhausted soil, to lie fallow for nearly two rnillenniums before it could regather the elements necessary to its fertility and strength? Many causes have been suggested; but practically Dr. Tyndall attributes the check to the passionate interestswhich came to be felt in purely spiritual longings. Christianity appeared, oﬁering the gospel to the poor, and practically protesting against the proﬁigacy of the age. "Its votaries scorned the earth, and the Scriptures, which ministered to their spiritual wants, were also the measure of their science. The rein was thus put upon science. which was not likely to make much progress under such circumstances. We believe the above to be a true statement. Christi- anity is essentially etlierial. For the past ﬁfteen hundred years Europe has paid so much attention to. God’s family matters that it has necessarily neglected its own progeny. The fact is it is too mythical for a working religion, and is of little use to mankind. Spiritualism deals with matter like Science," and ,is not absurd enough to assume to "deal with God. .Like science, it recognizes that all its present duties are mundane, and it denies the existence of immate- rial spirits, for it asserts that all the phenomena attending its grand manifestations are material, but are formed of mat- _ .tcr,so etiierial that at present they defy all the tests of the scientiﬁc. But even Professor Tyndall admits the necessity of a propelling .power, and demands the same in the inter- ests of science. , There is a. strong and resolute enthusiasm in which science ﬁnds an ally; and it is to the lowering of thisﬁre rather than to a diminution of intellectual insight that the lessen- ing producti veness of men of science in their mature years is to be ascribed. . . Where can this ‘.‘ strong and resolute enthusiasm ” needed by science be found? Why, in‘ faith. What faith? All I -faiths. The savage who worships atoad is higher in the scale of nature than the savage who worships nothing. I From the toad to the Virgin of Murillo-—through countless numbers of deiﬁed animals up to the Jupiter of Phidias or _ the Jehovah of Michael Angelo, who is his successor-the vspirit of man has plodded its weary Way. Like a. ‘baby, =‘ through past ages, he has spiritually walked with go~carts of I his own manufacture. Science, latterly, has deemed it to be its duty to knock all these go—carts to pieces. What shall poor man do with his Lares and Penates all shattered around him? Do! answer both Science and Spiritualism, why, ad- vance where you can advance, learn where you can learn, improve where you can improve. Leave all your old idols and admit the fact that you cannot look above nature for its cause. :;;Believe nothing but what you can verify with the evidence of your senses. Do nothing but what will tend to forward. the general interests of humanity, remembering that in improving the condition of your neighbors you de- velop yourself, and so find in it your only certain chance of future advancement. ’ A There is an arrangement and order in the works of nature that all of us can appreciate. There is a growth in a plant, a growth in a man, a nation, a race and a world. They all come under the deﬁnition-—“ first the blade, then the ear, and then the.full corn in the car.” As with gross material substances, so with those mor_e subtle with which we are less acquainted. Science has its growth, so has what the world calls religion. Is it too much to surmise that the ad- vance of the one necessitated the advance of the other; that the developments of modern science were needed for the estab- lishment of the advance of Spiritualism. It is not the fault of Spiritualists that Scientists who enter their ranks must, for a time, sit on a low form. It is not their crime that Scientists cannot distil Katie King in an alembic or bray her in a mortar! Scientists can do, have done, ‘great things; they have made steam the world’s carrier, and the lightning its postman, but their powers are limited. Though Professor Tyndall can compute the quantities of the metals used in the sun’s composition, he cannot convert charcoal into dia- monds, tell us whether ourselves or the lost Pleiad are near- est the centre of the universe, if it has a centre, or fathom the mystery of an atom. Seeing, then, that the powers of both are limited, and that before both of them there is probably an inﬁnity and an eternity in which to progress, and knowing that to both the watchword is “progression,” why cannot they unite here to forward the work of the human world? The books of the Scientistiare the bible of the Spiritualist, and there is abso- lutely no reason why they should not, _.but every reason why they should, be brethren. Nothing save a false materialism prevents this auspicious combination. There is a beauty and a harmony existing in nature that may be seen and heard by the seer which is not dreamed of by the philosopher. The latter is of the earth, earthy; but the former is of the heavens, heavenly. We need both. The computer of the courses of. the stars is as necessary to the world as the man who has heard their music. “ Look Jessica! See how the ﬂoor of heaven So thick inlaid with patines of bright gold; Thei-s’s not the smallest orb that thou beho1d’st, But, in its motion, like an angel sings, Still quirin g to the young—eyed cherubim! "’ Let not the ‘scientist turn from this with disdain as un- worthy of his credence. The time may come when he will hear it, when the world will produce a more perfect speci- men of humanity, who unites in one person the powers of a. Tyndall and a Shakespeare, a graduate of both universities, that of Science and also that of Spiritualism. . c»—<-—-——-——- BOOKS. IMMORTELLES or Lovn. _ By J. O. Barrett. As I close the book I feel to exclaim: “ Oh, how beautiful! how beautiful! so full of poetry, of truth, and of inspiration-— so brave and outspoken, and yet such exquisite delivery of expression We ﬁnd nowhere else upon love and its holy com- munions, its sweetest trusts and intiniacies. The author shows himself not only a borrrpoet but a true lover. He gives proof of an exalted appreciation of woman and her divinest needs, is gifted with rare insight or spiritual perception of the'sonl’s true loves, hopes, and aspirations——-in, short, of the whole interior life of manhood and womanhood as related to each other. He possesses a subtle power of analysis of all the innermost emotions and springs of human life. The few pages on Elective Amnities are worth the price of the book, so rich in thought, so fruitful in ideas, and so pre- emincntly spiritual, poetic, and philosophical. While the author believes that love can only live and thrive in the sun- light of perfect freedom, heso spiritualizes human passion- so idealizes the heart-loves of humanity-—that there can be no desecration of love’s holy shrine, by even a thought, that would dim the pure whiteness of the love of souls. I The most grateful expression of my woman’s heart to the the author of this little volume of sweetest .love—blooms is a dear word-blessing of thankfulness that he has so truly and so beautifully spoken, and I know that all true,’1oving women will echo a like response. The book is dedicated to Olive, the faithful, who, as her husband says, taught him “the law of love ;” and we feel to bless the love that beget so healthful and beautiful a. brain- child as this little volume, “ Irnmortelles of Love.” Send for it to the author, Glen Beulah, Wis. Price, tinted in bevel board, $1.50; plain, $1. Postage 12 cents. _——_.. r ALLAN KARDEC’S Boox ON MnDIUMs.——~Mrs. Emma A. ‘Wood, a. womanof great literary attainments, has translated from the Frenchof Allan Kardec his exhaustive “Book on Mediums, containing the special instruction of the spirits on the theory of all kinds of manifestations; the means of communicating with the invisible world; the development of mediumship; the difficulties and the dangers that are to be encountered in the practice of Spiritism.” This book will soon be issued from the press of Colby & Rich, Boston, Mass, in their best style, and cannot but prove an acquisition to the library of every Spiritualist and all in- its philosophy will ﬁndit a sine qua non. Price $1.50. Those who have read the extracts from this work, which have appeared from time to time in the VVEEKLY, are aware that Mrs. Wood renders the original into the purest English, preserving at the same time all the grace and ﬂuency of the author to an extent unsurpassed by any translator of the ‘French language. Certainly the reputation of the author has not suﬁered at the hands of his translator. A. K. BUTTS Co. have in press and will issue in about two weeks, a new work by Henry C. Pedder, entitled the “Issues of the Age; or, Consequences Involved in Modern Thought.” Those who have read the author’s former work, “Mair and W'oman,” will doubtless agree with us that he has the requisite ability to make this book instructive as well as interesting. His subject is a very suggestive one. This enterprising house has also in press and will issue in a few days Prof. Tynclall’s Inaugural Address, delivered re- cently before the British Assoeiatioii for the Advancement of Science, at Belfast. I - , ' This address is -.'Ji?’EitCll’l;Z' a profound sensation in scientiﬁc and religious circles, and the full text of it is waited for anx- iously by thousands of readers. _ ~ MISCELLANEOUS. LoUIsvILLn. Ky., Aug. 27’, 1874. To VVOODHULL AND ,CLAr*LrN’s WEEKLY: " Our city has just sustained a serious loss by the death of an old and honored resident. There has been much regret expressed by the newspapers, and full particulars of the funeral, which did not differ from ordinary funerals, were furnished to the public in their columns. This honorable gentleman had a wife who has been the occupant of a. lunatic asylum in New E.ngla.nd, perhaps ﬁfteen years. (I know the ;cause of her derangement,‘ and so does everybody else; it is not essential to the object of this letter, however, that I re- peat it.) He at last gives up hope as to his wife’s restoration, and craves a. youthful bride to solace him in his advanced years. The article is found; a lovely girl of eighteen summers, who, at “her mother’s urgent request,” consents. At this point the honorable Legislature of Kentucky came to our noble friend’s relief by passing a law which should per- mit it man to marry agcmi whose wife had been a. given number of years in cm lnsanie Asylum. The marriage takes place; we have May and December over again. Mrs. Grundy is charmed and goes to the wedding (as she also did to the funeral). After these matters had been made comfortable and regular,a.nd we,0f the people, were preparing to send our obnoxious wives to the mad- house, behold, a change! Our legislative solons repealed the law, which, it seems to us poor folks, was what is called special legislation. Yours, Manomnr. - THREE WORDS OB‘ STRENGTH. BY sonrrmnn. » There are three lessons I would write- Three words as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light, Upon the heart of men. ‘ Havelﬁopei Though clouds environ round, And gladncss hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow- No night but hath its morn. Have Faith! ‘Wherc’er thy bark is driven-— The calm’s disport, the teinpest’s mirth—- Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven, The inhabitants of earth. Have Lcve.! not love alonefor one, But man as man thy brother call, And scatter, like the circling sun, Thy charities on all. ‘ - Thus grave these lessons on thy soul—- Hope, Faith and Love—and thou shalt ﬁnd Strength when life‘s surges rudest roll, ’ Light when thou else wert blind. — ~ —-Burlilngton Daily.‘ ‘Iowa. A SOCIETY OF ENFORCED LUSTERS. The secretary-of an organization in Richmond, Pa., calling themselves “Progressive Spiritualists,” doubtless fearing that the doctrines of social freedom and individual “sovereign-ty may obtain in their midst, and thus render precarious the sexual relations of those who now obtain the favors of the opposite sex only through the strong arm of the law, and compel them to rely upon love alone for the same or to resort to illegal prostitutionjor celibacy, has sent us the following resolutions that they might be placed upon record. We would commend to the ‘attention of the members of this society the article on page 9 of our issue of August 8, en- titled “Free Love vs. Free Iiust.” As we have not a sub- scriber in that place we will send a few copies to the score- tary, that the society may be more reliably informed in re- gard to the “ doctrine taught by the Woodhull faction I’ than we fear they have hitherto been. The resolutions are as follows :« that this society indorses the Woodhull doctrine, therefore “Resolved,——1. That we, as a. Society of Progressive Spirit- ualists, do discard, disown and utterly repudiate the doctrine taught by the Woodhiill faction, as debasing and demoraliz- ing in its tendencies, and its practice destructive to, the human race. , _ ' “ 2. That it~is our moral duty to guard and protect the in- terest of our sacred cause. “3. That we senda copy of these resolutions, with the ac- “;J. A. AKIN, Secretary.” terested in the phenomena of Spiritism; and the student of ‘ ‘‘ Whereas, It having been falsely represented to the public . tions taken thereon, to all the Spiritualist papers in the land. I _,,..‘...._,.€=.._. g_...- \ _.. _ _.. 4* u ‘ ’ ii C3 5 12 _ ' WOODHULL '& CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. Sept. 19, 1874. . STICK A_ PIN THERE. Some thousands of the workers of New York have done their duty. W'e wish we could say some tens of thousands; but indeed our mechanics and artisans willnever obtain their rights fully until we can say some hundreds of thou- sands, limiting the ﬁeld to the city of New York. We allude to the mass meeting held at Tompkins Square, on August 31, to protest against the unconstitutional action of the Police Commissioners injbreaking up a previous meeting held there on January 13, and to demand the removal of the remaining police authorities who sanctioned that tyrannical proceed- ing, which, our readers will remember, was properly and promptly condemned by the WEEKLY the , day after it occurred. - The meeting was called» to order by Mr. Leander Thomp- son, of New York, who made an able speech on the occasion. :1 The resolutions passed are as follows: “ Whereas, The Constitution, by the fact that it secures to the people the right to assemble, denies the authorities the power to interfere with the free exercise of that right by assuming either to grant or to refusethe people permission to assemble; and “ Whereas, In this same Tompkins Square, on the 13th of January, 1874, an armed band of rioters were directed by ' treacherous and cowardly authorities to forcibly disperse, in contempt of the Constitution, a peaceable assemblage of starving workingmen, citizens of this country, who were enticed to meet by a permission that the said authorities had assumed publicly to grant and then secretly to with- draw; and - “ Whereas, The said dispersion was effected in the most ‘unexpected, unlawful and brutal manner, without any of those rules which govern civilized nations, and without any resistance on the part of the people; and «.- “ Whereas, The people so dispersed have not been able to obtain any redress, either from the authorities or from the courts, or from the Legislature or from the Governor of the State of New York; and . “ Whereas, On the contrary, the courts, instead of prose- cuting the guilty parties, have persecuted the victims; the . Legislature did not even so much as order an investiga- tion, and it was only under the pressure of public indignation, disquieting to the electoral prospects of cunning and corrupt politicians, that the Governor, after several months of in- action, was at last compelled to release Christian Meyer; while the city authorities and their riotous hirelings, em- boldened by the impunity of that outrage, have since then shown an ever-increasing contempt for the will and freedom of the people ; and » “ Whereas, The rottenness of our ﬁnancial system, the cor- ruption and neglect of our governing classes threaten to renew this coming winter the heart-rending scenes of misery and starvation still fresh in the memory of the toilers, per- sonal vigilance has become the duty of the people; there- fore be it “ Resolved, That we hold Mayor Havemeyer personally re- sponsible for the outrage perpetrated on the 13th of January; and on the eve of his consignment to political death and oblivion, we do hereby brand him forever as a traitor and a coward. “ That we demand the immediate dismissal from the Pollce Board of Matsell and Dury_ee.” “ That the prosecuting officers of our courts of justice are hereby summoned to do their duty by procuring the arraign- ment and punishment of the said Duryee and Matsell, and all such as Gardner, Charlick and others, against whom charges of violation of the Constitution and conspiracy against the people can be justly preferred. “That we recommend the formation of a committee of citizens that shall exercise their vigilance for the discovery and revelation of all cases of rascality, fraud, corruption and migery, and exposing them publicly through the Toiler, the organ of the workingmen, and all other newspapers devoted to the cause of the laboring classes—the people to meet here, in Tompkins Square, from time to time, upon the call of the aforesaid committee, for the purpose of taking such measures of protection as may be necessary. “ That all laws such as chap. 13?, Laws of 1870, sec. 94; chap. 335, Laws of 1873, see.” 83, which are in conﬂict withthe constitutional right of the people, shall be repealed. “And that Tompkins Square shall at all times be open on demand to the people for their free assembly; that it shall, in fact, be reserved as the forum of the people of this city.” After the passage of the above, Mr. John Swinton made an _ able address. He was followed by Mr. John McMakin, Mr. Craft and Mr. Edward King, when the meeting, estimated at three thousand people, dispersed. Of course, as the police were not there, there was no sign of a disturbance. A FLITCH OF BACON. Dr. Leonard Bacon‘ comes to the front once more. Having stung Tilton into publishing the letter which led to the in- ‘vestigation and all the uncleanness it has brought to light, he now tries his pen ‘on Mr. Moulton, whom he evidently wants to provoke into saying or-doing something that shall and petroleum to the ﬁre. He confesses that he was told pretty much all about the affair some three years ago, and has had profound conﬁdence in Beecher ever since. But his conﬁdence is queer. It showed itself in queer ways. He did not attack Beecher openly; he had not courage enough to do that; but under pretence of friendship for Beecher he goaded Tilton, whom he hated, up to the striking point, evi- dently hoping that the two would ﬁnish each other, and thus that two birds would be killed by one stone. His confession of knowledge and his subsequent course only show the more conclusively that Beecher_’s brother ministers have been the real movers of this investigation. _ Bacon and Buddington, Patton and Dexter and Storrs, in spite of all their ﬁnely- phrased disclaimers, have kept the waters stirring and made peace impossible. . I Some of the papers accuse Tilton of peddling out!) he scan- dal to gratify his love of gossip and relieve his needs; but Dr. Bacon tells us that the “ entire budget” was aid before him “ by a man of high standing.” There was no “ped- dling ” in that. and his greedy ears drank in the tale without revulsion; and it does not seem to have occurred to him that he should have gone at once to Beecher and asked for an explanation, or have laid the matter before a council of ministersfor investigation. According to his own confession, he has done what he could to hush the matter up and keep a clergyman accused of adultery in the pulpit. And yet he now condemns Mr. Moulton with the vilest epithets for try- ing to save two families from ruin and innocent children from disgrace and the church from an irretrievable calamity. He urged Tilton to forgive Beecher instead of shooting him, and told Beecher “ to go and sin no more.” And for thus trying to carry out the precepts of the religion Dr. Bacon has spent his life in teaching, Dr. Bacon holds him up to public censure and ridicule. But in the face of all this the real animus of _the man crops out in spite of himself. ‘He knows that the evidence against Beecher is overwhelming. And this is the sort of oil he pours into the gaping and bleeding wounds of his “friend”: ’ ‘ “ Better were it for society, better for Christianity, better for the Plymouth Church and all its families, better for Mr. Beecher himself that, being guilty, he be cast down into shame and silence than that, being guilty, he be permitted by any connivance or forbearance on the ‘part of his friends to retain his high position. ‘ Thou shalt not get found out ’ is not one of God’s commandments, and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.” People who want friendship or need comfort now know where to apply.—G4"aphi'c. CCELESTIBUS IRE. ’Tis a. marvelous time in Brooklyn town; In a whirl of excitement are Sage and clown: For tonight the committee is going to drown The voice of malignant scandal With the thundering roar of a loud report From moral canons of such a sort That to them the cannon of fortress or fort Are not worthy to hold a candle. ’Tis a sight to see, that purpose high, That shines from the faces so meek and sly, That, come what may, every man will stand by .. The virtuous Plymouth preacher. For the heavens may fall if the truth be told, _ _ The sheep may be scattered and lost from the fold, And where will be Plymouth and where its gold, If the truth be told of the teacher? They sing and they pray—there is concordthere, And a holygpeace ﬁlls all the air; ‘Tie sweet to meet in a cause so fair— Place your palm to mine dear brother. And _oh! that discord should ever be Where brothers should dwell in unity. How goodly a sight it is to see How Christians love each other! But who is this in an olive coat (In the midst of the sheep an uproarious goat) Who calmly puts in a dissenting vote When all are asked their opinion ? What right has he when all say yes Another opinion to express? Arise, good Christians, this wrong redress On 'I‘ilton’s blackmailing minioni Ross Raymond he storms from the pulpit high, And Moultonhc calmly winks one eye, And Ross gets so mad that he “ wants to ﬂy,” And ups and calls him a liar, Which, as most good people will surely admit, In a worldly man were quite a hit; But--for a Christian it’s not one whit Like burning with holy ﬁre. Moulton then in a digniﬁed way remarks That “You are another,” and so the sparks Of war are kindled, and oh! what larks The Christian brothers engage in! Put him out! Give him h—1 ! and call the police! Let him speak! No he sh21n’t for he’ll sure break the peace! So punch his young head till his sorrows shall cease I- So the brothers all act when a rage in. 0! men of peace, if it’s thus you act When prayerfully striving to ﬁnd a fact Concerning which some evidence lacked Makes sane men spurn your conclusion, ’Twere better your troublesto carry to court, Where decisions are reached and not a report, The which nothing proving, but makes you the sport Of a world that enjoys your confusion. -N. Y . Graphic. MATERIALISM VS. SPIRITUALISM. By what right does the editor of the WEEKLY denounce that class of persons denominated materialists as entirely gross in their natures, and upholders of every conceivable wrong committed under the sun? An article in the paper of this date (September 12) virtually makesthis charge, and it should not be permitted to pass without refutation. 1 Unless the editor wishes to be understood in a Pickwick- ian sense, the charge is not true. History disproves it. ’ Not one true principle which the WEEKLY advocates but has found its champions among materialists years and years be- fore modern spiritualism or the WEEKLY were born. The names of Wm.Godwin, Mary Wolstencroft, Shelley (the poet), Robert Owen, Robert Dale Owen and‘Frances Wright must at once occur to every reader. Social freedom, commercial equity and industrial justice have ever found until recently their only advocates among materialistic inﬁdels. If it were not true that, under similar circumstances, in all ages, the honest mind may reach the same conclusions, modern spir- itualists might be justly charged with stealing the inﬁdel’s thunder, under pretence of receiving it direct from the spir- itual world. There must in these latter days be a great many materialists residing in that world. Its whole super- structure (true or false) rests on a material basis. It appeals directly to the senses of the inquirer and does not ask for faith. The religions of the last twenty centuries rested on faith, and they‘ have worked more legalized robbery and murder and arson, with every other crime in the vocabulary, than pure materialism, even of the grossest kind, could work through the eternities. Materialists care for the body and provide for its wants; religionists only for the soul, and sac- riﬁce the body. Knowledge is a better and surer guide than faith. The child walks by faith, but it ought to be a faith which it can verify when it gets older. The reception of an alleged truth on authority requires submissiveness on the one hand and despotism on the other. With the advance of knowledge tyranny and senility alike disappear. The prin- ciple of individual sovereignty is recognized in perfect har- mony with unity of action and social progress. , But if faith were the only guide of mortals, the denizens of this planet might well despair of any approximation toward their eman- cipation. Lies of priests, the oppression andcorruption of governments, the extortion of traders, wars, inﬁdelities, adulteries, child murders, and every manner of social wretchedness, originate in the faith of peoples. Take that away and substitute knowledge and sure deliverance speed- ily follows. I The editor of the WEEKLY should revise his criticism. Surely no man need be ashamed of the body, even if it be material, nor of its wants or necessities; nor need any man ‘be ashamed of the universe, even if it be all matter. The all existence must be called by some name, and whether it be called matter or spirit makes no difference. All that is needful for mankind is to learn the methods or laws of ex- istence and to conform to them. Nor is that man worse off‘ who can ascertain those laws for himself. instead of taking them on trust from another man, who perhaps doesn't know any more about them than anybody else. Doubtless the basis of materialistic philosophy is sensation, conﬁrmed by the reason (which is only continued sensation). But why be ashamed of the senses or of reason? Certainly the senses sometimes deceive, but the errors thus occasioned are subsequently corrected by the senses themselves or by the reason. Among errors of this kind are some which Spiritualists have recently fallen into, relating to the mate- rialization of spirits (so-called). ;.,, Reason would refuse to ac- cept these stories, though they were conﬁrmed by myriads of witnesses. It is mathemathically and chemically impossi- ble that they can be true. This is applicable, also, to stories relating to the bearing of living, breathing bodies out of windows,»across streets, over ﬁelds and back again, by in- visible, intangible hands. But liability to be mistaken con- stitutes no good reason for utterly discarding the evidence of the senses. Doubtless, too, the materialistic philosophy rejects the no- tion of continued consciousness after the dissolution of the body. But this does not necessarily imply the impossibility of the renewal of life in another sphere. Material metam- psychosis is a fact. All forms that perish other forms supply, ‘ until ﬁnally the old form is reproduced, without, perhaps, any consciousness of prior existence, but equally without consciousness of any prior death. Ever present life is the main fact of consciousness, and there is no death. This, then, this possible belief of the materialist, that what is called death is but a change from one form of life to another, all forms being produced, dissolved and reproduced in the transit—the interval between dissolution and repro- duction being one of entire oblivion or of rest, in which time is no more-—and each form passing through all the stages of infancy, childhood, maturity and alccay. This is, at least, as consoling as the theory of an eternity of disease and decrepi- tude, implied by Spiritualism. The materialist need not be a worse man than the Spiritualist on that account. . Doubtless, also, materialists occupy themselves exclusively with the affairs of this life in this world. But why they and all other people should not thus oﬂcupy themselves it is diﬂlcult to assign a reason for. One’s belief or unbelief in another life in another world can’t alter the fact. 11’, then, it is all well here, it will be all well there, and vice versa. If, also, local self-government be a good thing here, it should be just as good there; and “mind your own business” would seem to be the wisest as well as the safest rule for the in- habitants of each world to strictly observe. SCRUTATOR. ‘ COMMENTS. [I “ Scrutator ” will re-read the article headed “ Mate- rialism,” which he condemns in the above communication, it is believed that he will ﬁnd no just reason to obj cot to it. The WEEKLY did not attack “ Materialists” in it. It cer- tainly condemned the gross “Materialism” of the age, Which is brutalizing and sacriﬁcing human beings by hecatombs in Great Britain and in all other countries where the British in- dustrial system prevails; and it gave its reasons for so doing. Spiritualists are"Materialists, and claim to be justiﬁed by the evidence of their senses in admitting the existence of matter in forms so l‘£tl‘lﬁ6d that, at present, they defy all the expli- cations of the Scientists. That this is the case is not the fault of Spiritualists; they have a better right to term them- selves Matcrialists than those who deny absolute facts, oc- curringin many countries, corroborated as‘ they are by the testimony of millions of witnesses of all degrees of intelli- gence and of all conditions in life. Under such circum- stances, it would be profound folly for a Spiritualist organ to attack Materialists, and with all respect to Scrutator, it is only just to assert that the WEEKLY has not so oﬁ‘ended.] ENDLESS PROGRESSION—WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? When man adopts a theory of any kind he is in the worst possible condition ever to know anything. Whatever ap- proaches him in nature, art or philosophy must come in livery or be rejected. A Presbyterian must have everything costumed after his manner of wearing a suit, just as all other sects have each a uniform of their own. Whatever theory is adopted its badge of distinction has something peculiar to it- self. And this peculiarity forces ‘everything that it ever allows to approach it into its own mould, so that although i 2 if. i ;“‘ ‘V; -.,- \-‘-1»--'—‘i’—-.:..=:<-‘z . » W; _..»......:~... ‘»“'»,.:«,.-“sew .—,e.:-,,..* ~.-..»..o«-.u—~;:,:;‘,,-L,--,,,._._‘ Sept. 19, 1874. "‘ 1. -“ *«ec:v;<;:,-_.v..-.-t WOODHULL & CLAiFLIN’S WEEKLY. I ' 13 it may grow in the way of augmenting its size, it may never change in its characteristics. Hence nothing can approach a Presbyterian, but must be Presbyterian all the way through or be of no account. This has forced the race to get knowl- edge (as it is termed) by acquirement; that is, by preaching, teaching, books, etc. ; and these books, teachers and preach- ers must ring with the part.cular “ Shibboleth” of each clique. This is just the reason why the world, if it has ever gained anything, has done so by hitches, that is, it has al- ways had to be upset in notions to get anything in fact. The loved and glorious soulof things could never be familiar with me if I had a theory. My particular theory would serve in the character of a picket to challenge all approachers for a countersign, and nothing could get to me without conforming to the requirement my notions ﬁxed upon it. This is the sole reason why man gets nothing by intuition; and by this I mean,why the soul of things can’t talk with him. He forces it to speak for his theory, instead of speaking with, and to himself, and for itself, which is the only method by which man can ever ﬁnd a truth. Unprepossessed and unwarped by anything, all that is truthful and beautifulin being comes to man with the freedom and ease with which a soul mingles with its fellow-soul. There is not only a subtlety in believ- ing, but a crime in it—a subtlety that claims that man must be the devotee of a notion orbe a nobody, and a crime since it forces him to stand in the shadow of a something that he must always confess to be his superior. Some years since a gentleman wrote, asking for my belief. I took up my pen and replied much as follows: “ I don’t believe anything; I know everything, so far as myself is concerned; but I don’t' know anything for you.” This, of course, closed our corres- pondence, except a kind, jerked-out rejoinder, something in these words: “ I do not care to correspond with one who knows everything and believes nothing.” I suppose he would have set me down as a ﬁne fellow if I had conceded that I be- lieved everything and knew nothing. For this is just the foundation of all imposition on the race. People very little. imagine that those who have told us how the world was made had no better facilities for knowing than we have, yet we are expected to believe and be dumb. Man does not seem to see that he is sadly misused in what he is called upon to believe. Any theory, whatever it be, has the same signiﬁcance, and that is, to put the man into its shadow. The last, and not the least impudent of all, is the theory of “ endless progression,” as it is employed to designate man’s personal being, and the conditions under which it exists now and will continue to exist forever. That the term progression has been used in all time, more or less like a here-and-there falling snow-ﬂake,with little importance attached to it,farther than the lessons the child gets at school, I grant, and in this sense is just about as important as the lessons acquired. Within the last score of years, however, it has been most particularly applied to the characteristic unfoldment of the human soul, as depicting its growth and interior expansion, and with the claims with which it comes before us it denotes a strain or tax upon the man as the rubbing and chaf- ing of grain to get rid of all but the kernel. In this sense man "is presumed to accept it, and submit to its disci- pline with a good grace, as the only measure for acquiring wisjlom. The conception of this as an eternal performance to insure spiritual growth and health was ﬁrst heralded to the world by A. J. Davis at a convention of Spiritualists in Utica, N. Y., in 1858. As he was then looked upon as the chief mogul among them, this conception took like magic. Although this was not the topic of his discourse it held the ﬁrst place of importance in it. In the lengthy dissertation there given on “the cause and cure of evil,” this concep- tion walked upon the platform ﬂat-footed, and to-day it seems to have become the theme of the pulpit and forum all over the civilized world. That the fatal bearings of this theory on man have ever been analyzed 1 very much doubt: for'when it is we may be conscious of encountering a worse serpent than that which ﬁgured in the mythical tale of the fall of man. It will be seen, as Mr. Davis gave it out, that there was nothing very inviting in the conception, yet the ﬂourish that attended it screened its fangs from observation. That the march of progress may be seen in what we de- nominate science, art, mechanics, philosophy and almost everything else that distinguishes the man of genius from the savage, is conceded; but its application to the personal soul, as deriving any advantage from it in the way of happi- ness, is anything but true. Even an existence freighted with its curses, as Mr. Davis sets them forth, would be chilling. When he, of Nazareth, said “one thing is need- ful,” he did not say that it was progression or salvation nor any other one thing that would not quiet every want of the human soul. If he spoke wisely and not arbitrarily, what he meant was an adaptation to what the soul wanted. “Martha . was cumbered with much serving”—I presume making preparation for happiness—while Mary, without going into .'the ﬂourish of making preparation, quietly settled into its enjoyment. Here is just where the swindle of all theories lies, viz. : worry to-day, and put off enjoyment until to-morrow. It is the gist of every theory yet inculcated. Progression says, “Look to the morrow for happiness,” and when that to-morrow comes to be to-day, why, it is that morrow that never ceases being to-morrow wherein happiness may be ex- pected. This is progression; a something that will eternally keep the soul in a condition of unrest. I tell you, man, there is a swindle in this ﬂourish. It has always beaten man and it always will. When it ﬁrst thrust itself before the race, claiming the oﬁce of guiding man all the way through eternity, it showed an ugliness that demonstrated its capa- bility for mischief, exceeding anything that had before angled to beat man. A In Mr. Davis’ bewildering network, claiming to elucidate “the cause and cure of evil,” this hated spawn of pande- /monium comes forward with this remarkable claim: “Man is designed for a career of endless progression, to which pro- cess all evils and sufferings are incidental, conditional, tem- poral and educational, working out, when not abused, a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” I speak for myself when I say I do not want “a career of endless pro- gression ” that is to be attended with “ all evils and suffer- ings,” and I won’t have any such career; I will sooner dis- solvapartnership with existence itself. It is a never-to-be- forgiven mockery in the use of language, that can set forth _ “ all evils and sufferings ” as being incidental, that belong to the processes of a designed career. Why not talk of fuel as being incidental to the keeping up of a good ﬁre? And then the beauty of their being temporal, while actually belonging to the processes in a career of “ endless progression!” “And educational ”——Oh, Master Squeers, thy hallowed shadow may be embalmed_ in the memories of treacle, straps, and other little tortures that combine to burn an education into the human soul. Yet according to the exempliﬁcation given here of the processes in an eternal progression, you were right. I want it distinctly understood that I shall cheerfully consent to be a know-nothing if “all evils and suf- ferings ” belong to the educational processes in a career of endless progression. Ignorance is both bliss and discretion, where wisdom must be held at such a price, ground into the human soul by “ all evils and sufferings,” and this not for a common school term, nor for any number of scores of them; but for the entire “ career of an endless progression.” Why, I would sit upon the door-sill and carve with a jack- knife the teacher’s face upon the casing (for I know he must be ugly), sooner than hold common interest in such a process for becoming wise. I stamp this whole gibberish as a false- hood. That Mr.‘ Davis wrote and uttered it, is true; but he never invented" it, for he is positively a better man, and in the same sense that Moses was better than the god that used him. “ Working out when not abused, afar more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” I shall abuse any such process. I do not want glory by the avordupois. I would prefer it (if I must have it) by the yard, so that I could roll it upjand keep it out of sight, for I have no great weakness‘ for show. Ac- quired knowledge will one of these days be shaken from the reflective, soul, as a plague would be shunned, and that which reaches the man by intuition will get a credit with the soul as worth preserving, just as beauty appeals to us through the eye, melody through the medium of the ear, and witch- ing odors through the sense of smell. To repeat these simple facts in every volume, herald them from every pulpit and canvass them around every hearthstone, and in the absence of their reaching the soul by the way of their proper avenues, man would neither comprehend beauty, melody or fragrance. Mark it; the evils and sufferings that are to ﬂail me into knowledge will be few; for I am not to be ﬂattered into a grinding mill by any promise of glory, either by weight or measure. It is folly for man to chase these gilded butter- ﬂies under the ﬂourish of great promises; for all that will ever be of value or interest to the individual soul will hold its divinest levees within the soul itself. Abstractions in the way of theories have always had man by the nose. For near a score of centuries the religious world has been lookin g and working for a millennium. In the Apostles’ days it was imagined to beat hand; and I fancy that it was then nearer than it has ever been since, for there were then a few who could live together socially without property advan- tages over each other. To live as we want to, is to possess all the sweets of being that any world can ever have for us. Preaching, praying, talking and writing for a good to be ac- quired thereby, is much like an old blind our barking at the moon for a piece of cheese. Progression thus far seems to have made no remarkable hit in the way of giving the world happiness. It is much like an eternal treadmill; no {nearer fruition in a million of ages than when we ﬁrst set foot on it. When to-day comes it is for work, unrest, strife, anxiety; for enjoyment the thought must fasten on_to-morrow, and that to-morrow that never gets to be to-day. Why, “ the career of an endless progression ” is the business of existence, not enjoyment. Happiness belongs to a lower plane. Am- bition is the stuff to make pious prodigiesout of; and marvel seeking spiritualists also—each as useless to the world as to themselves. The recent demonstrations in England by Katie Kingwere only to keep the soul on a strain for something it did not pos- sess, and the corresponding display by her reputed father in Philadelphia, in giving a narative (true or not) of his brigand life, was but part and parcel of the same work, to fasten on man the conviction of this progressive, unresting work._ Katie, at her ﬁnal seance in England, said that she should 'never be able to speak or show her face again, that she had had a weary and sad three years of life working off her sins in producing these physical manifestations, and that she was about to rise higher in spirit life. Yet this veritable Katie performs since that in Philadelphia. “ working off‘ her sins.” Not gone up higher in spirit life just yet. Does any reﬂec-*- tive soul see anything but a performance in this? The inferences that grow out of these displays are that none but bad spirits can get very near the earth. Just as soon as they would make safe or desirable company for man, they must “rise higher in spirit life.” Dark and wicked spirits are, according to this, the allotted teachers of this world. What an economy, what a comfort to those whose souls yearn for better company! Just at this opportune moment master Johnny King (Sir Henry Morgan), sets forth the virtues of this “ sinner” Katie in her life here. and of her being the ﬁrst to meet him in spirit life. As much as to say, “if one so good must grind out penances in this severe way to work off her sins, what must become of common sin-. ners ?” And then the classiﬁcation of ordeals through which himself must pass in moving upward on the ladder of pro- gression, is another clincher to the fatal poison that is to stupefy man and make him the unresisting tool of folly. All this teaching and performance is to fasten on man, by impli- cation, the idea that he is in the hands of some righteous fatality that it is useless to struggle against. The being who undertakes to give me knowledge in regard to the personal unfoldment of my being, either in this world \ or any other, does not know what he is about or he designs me a mischief. Am I to know that sugar is sweet by some one’s telling me, or that ﬂowers are beautiful without seeing them, or that music is electrifying without hearing it? Just as well all these, as to know anythingworth knowing of ex- istence without realizing it for myself. In this there is neither high nor low. Each will live for the soul of delight within him or herself,without any condescending performers to divert them from the worth of being to the individual pos- sessing it.\ A story about a shirt and the performance of putting it on, would go very little ways toward furnishing me with one. This is as far as any one’s talk of an unseen mode of being can tell me about my own. The story of a freebooter andcold-bloodezl assassin does not have the least tendency to beneﬁt me. If he is no longer such, let him speak of something better, and if he is one still, he is not to be trusted. Mr. E. D. Babbitt, in an aijticle headed “VVho shall Tri- umph, Mortals or Spirits?” has given currency to one of the most obnoxious sentiments ever uttered; and that is_ in pro- claiming an advantage that spirits have over mortals in vir- tue of their progressed conditions. Some people may like this; I do not. It is just the game always played on man from the unseen; and it is a belief in this that gives it all the advantage it has. Cease this belief to-day and the ad- vantage is done with; for no good spirit ever claimed it. In the advent of spirit manifestation it was not intimated; it belongs to the fustian Spiritualism that plays on the credu- lity of man. The creatures who played God to Moses, played to ﬁx this very conviction on the mind of man. Mr. Babbitt not only concedes that ‘the knowledge and progress gained by death gives this advantage, but he seems to exult in their right to use it. I neither concede the propriety or justice of such a claim, and I denounce the use of it as a base, cowardly tyranny. I do not deny that it has always been used, but this is no more a proof of its justice than the fact of a mur. dcr would be proof of its propriety. But in the case cited by Mr. Babbitt there was no proof of any advantage against the man, but his wife was overpowered simply to get at hig purse in the interest ‘of a healing medium. Now if a prior. ity in existence has given, by any necessity, one single soul an advantage over another, the latter can never regret be. ginning to live at so late a period nor cease to envy the soul with such an advantage. It is not a virtue to attempt to overcome such feelings. They are in the nature and ﬁtness of things if there are inevi- table conditions that produce them. Besides, if this career of an “ endless progression” be true, no soul is ever to be satisﬁed; for an earnest, truth-loving soul is never to stop where the solaces are incomplete; and if my dearest, fond- est, loving_ heart has aptness and capacity superior to my own, each recurring moment in the revolving cycles of the eternal onward will only widen the distance between us. Grood-bye, Katie; annihilation is slightly different, in the fact that it teaches obliviousness to any such “ evils and suf- ferings.” Now, “I will shew» mine opinion:” I have seen a spirit who gave me his time of life to be 2,340 years before the Christian era. He not‘ only did not claim any advantage over me, but he would not allow me to feel that he had any; which I was quite ready to do from the force of my eduoa- tion and momentary impressions which spoil everybody. He looked like a young man of nineteen, almost, if not quite beardless, and were I to select company of my own sex, whose genial, loving spirit would just suit me, and whose smile would always be as welcome as the breath of ﬂowers, I should say this sample was perfect. Progression had not only not thrown him beyond my reach, but had made him most welcome company. I have never met with any being in whose presence I could feel more at ease, and whose every act could be more like a brother soul. When I asked his name, as if he must be a marvel, he said, with a smile, “ You may call me the spirit of the Himaleh mountains if you like ;” with the impression left on me—-“ Don’t you know how quick you would be tempted to think me a wonder if you had a name to attach to the thing?” My happiness was complete, for it was just the nature of his own—not in him, but in myself. _No amount of progression could have im- proved my then condition, and it is much so now. I have associated .and mingled with spirits who have been in the spirit world for many centuries, and down to those who have been in it but ten minutes, and never found one of them who claimed any advantage over me in the way of goodness, knowledge or happiness, or in whose company I felt less than themselves, nor who by any implication ever blamed me. I said “ no advantage in knowledge ;” I will mention this : that they see how I am imposed upon when I do not always recognize it at the time. But I was not alluding to abstract knowledge, but to intuitive. I said to one, in whose com- pany it was my pleasure to be when she was in, the form: of being before you realized such perfectbliss.” The answer was——“ instantly.” And I am conscious of feeling as un- utterably happy with one who has been there but a few brief months, as with one who has been there for two thousand years. Heaven is not to consist in knowledge, compliments or approval, but in what we realize. These displays by spirits are only ﬂyers to catch the attention and mislead man. If a spirit approaches me, who claims that he has an advan- tage of me, my instinctive self-respect would hold him at a distance, just as my safety would demand of me, and I fear none of them. I have for sixteen years been‘ as intimate with associates here, and have never noticed one display as that of holding an advantage, or for any reason being my supe- rior. And if any soul ever gains any thing at‘_any point in the eternity of its existence, that would not make them more ‘ easy, gentle, loving, artless and unpretendingly dear, they have improved the wrong way, and the farther they get from me the more gratifying to my honest nature. AUBURN, N. Y., July 21,1874. E. wE§‘ELER, THE Henry County (Ill.) Association of “spiritualists will hold its regular quarterly meeting in Cambridge, on the 26th .and 27th September, 1874. T. B. Taylor willbe the speaker. A good medium is expected.——.loI1N M. FOLLETT, Secretary. “ How long after you came to consciousness in another mode~ spirits--yes, more so—than I have with my most endeared‘ wing men and women upon the laws of life. 14 WOOIADEULI. & oI.AE‘III‘N’s WEEKLY. —Sept.19,1874. JUSTIFICATION. BY FAITH 1 I’ve been with dad to Washington, To see the Nation’s brain; But ﬁnd more common sense among The reapers of our grain. ' The teacher turned me out of school Because I wouldn’t larn; But When I see such Congressmen, I don’t keer a darn. — The town boys call me “rusty cuss,” And say my fruit’s too dear; They _must forget my dad pays their’n , Fifteen per cent. a year. _ They say Tm sharp at bargaining, And don’t their rights dissarn; ‘ But when I think of usury, ' I don’t keer a darn. Folks say I should be moral, And go to Sunday school; But I would rather rest a_t home, And chat with Till and Jule. The neighbors talk because I chase The girls around the barn; But I’m good as Henry Ward, And I don’t keer a darn. AN APPEAL To sPIRITUALIsTs AND LIBERALISTS ‘ EVERYWHERE. — 0 UNION LAKES, Minn., August 25, 1874. I have just learned that the editor of Our Age, Lois Wais- broker, who has labored with indefatigable zeal in the cause offreedom for the oppressed of every grade for many years, needs your immediate assistance in maintaining that fearless sheet. With the greatest energy and ambition she has suc- ceeded during the past year far beyond the expectations of her warmest friends. Her intense feeling, and anxiety for means to continue her work endanger her life.‘ One of the best physicians in the country says she is liable to go at any time. As humanitarians we cannot aﬁord to let her and Our Age die. ‘All the liberal papers are needed, and more beside, to agitate thought and meet the wants of progressive minds; and it devolves upon the most advanced, who see and feel the Wants of humanity, to supply them, since the most needy and oppressed lack the power,and sometimes even the desire, to liberate themselves. We know there can be no essential improvement effected in society without enlighten- Our liberal papers are our batteries by which we defend our advanced position. Stand, then, by your guns, and let not one be silenced. A little ammunition in the shape of money from your well-stored arsenals will keep Our Age ﬁring away into the strongholds of the enemy, and th e,light of its ﬁre ﬂash- ing upon the darkness. Let every soldier who loves freedom raﬂy andsustain Our Age. Yours truly, L. A. F. SWAIN. ............_._..._.g BUSINESS‘ EDITORIALS. OMRO, Wisconsin, Aug. 14, 1874. To THE SPIRITUALrsTs or WIsooNsIN, GREETING. The Northern Wisconsin Spiritual, Conference will hold O their next quarterly meeting in the Spiritual Hall in Omro, on the 25th, 26th and 27th of September, 1874. The regular speakers engaged for the occasion are C. W. Stewart and Mattie H. Parry. We also extend a cordial invitation to all speakers and mediums to meet with us. Let there be a grand rally of Spiritualists from all parts of Wisconsin. The plat- - form will be free for the discussion of all subjects that will beneﬁt thehuman race. The society of Omro will make every effort to entertain (free) all who may attend the meet- ing. Arrangements will be made with the hotels of the place (at reduced rates) for thosewho prefer stopping with them. Let all come to the love feast. . DR. J. C. PHILLIPS, for Society. Efforts are being made to have Mrs. E. A. Blair (spirit artist) of which due notice will be given. LAURA CUPPY SMITH’s engagements are as follows: Sept., January and March, Boston"; October, New Bedford, .MaSs,_; Dec., New Haven, Conn.; February, Salem, Mass. Societies desiring to engage her for the intervening months would do well to apply at once. Address, till further notice, 27 Milford street, Boston, Mass. ‘ W. F. JAMIESON is engaged to return to Boston for the Sundays of Oct. Will receive applicatibns for week-=evening lectures in vicinity of Boston. Address N o. 9 Montgomery place, Boston, Mass. DR. H. P. FAIRFIELD is engaged to speak for the First Spiritual Society in Springﬁeld, Mass, at Liberty Hall, dur- ing the month of September, and in Putnam, Conn., during October. Would,make otherengagements. Address, Green- wich Village, Mass. ' DR. R. P. FELLOWS, the distinguished magnetic physician heals the sick with surprising success by his Magnetized Powder. Those who are suﬁering from Nervous and Chronic Diseases should not be without it. $1 per box.- Address Vineland, N. J. THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION‘ or SPIRITUALISTS will hold their Ninth Quarterly Meeting in Grow’s Opera House, No. 517 West Madison street, Chicago, Ill., com- mencing 'on Friday, Oct. _2, 1874, at 10 ; 30, A. M., and continue over sunday. the 4th- I ' The platform will be free, and all subjects germain to hu- mamty are debatable on our platform. Grood speakers and mediums will be on hand’ to entertain the people. Come, Spiritualists of Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan, to our Convention. See and hear for yourselves. The First Societyof Spiritualists of Chicago will do all they can to make your’ stay pleasant during the Convention. 0. J. HOWARD, M. D., E. ‘V. ‘Watson, Secretary. President. E. M. Flagg, dentist, 79 West Eleventh street, New York city. Specialty, artiﬁcial dentures. DAWN vALOOII_R—ooMMUNITY. Our decision is perfected. We are now ready to act. We count it a pleasure to announce to all persons of the radical stamp, who favor a community of harmony and fraternity, [ based on the principles of social science—in accordance with my previous article’ on Dawn—We invite your attention to the important fact thatwe have made an extensive, complete and reliable examination of the superb and magniﬁcent gratuity of one thousand and ten acres of land for our com- munity enterprise. Much of the area is under cultivation. To perfect the magnitude of this majestic enterprise, We wish it extensively and fully known. This locality‘ truly com- bines the best attractions of other lands concentrated. We feel assured its intrinsic excellence could not be found in th Northern or Middle States. ' Our circular is issued. Order or write and we will send. We aim to give any and all particulars as to locality, our plans for immediate action, the noble objects, hopes and aims we love so well, and to which we pledge our lives - the illustration of the principles of social science. Let every radical and reformer, far and near, immediately send for our circular. Address John Willcox, Winooski, Vermont. [CIRCULAR] _ _ - BUREAU OF CORRESPONDENCE on THE PANTARCHY. . - The increasing-‘number of letters of inquiry, addressed to MR. ANDREWS personally, and to others known to be asso- ciated with him, in respect to the nature, purposes, progress and prospects of the Pantarchy, suggest the propriety of organizing a branch or bureau of its operations for the ex- press purpose of answering such and similar inquiries, as well as for the relief of the parties so addressed, whose time has, heretofore, been gratuitously given to the writing of replies. I There are two other kinds of letters sent in a steady cur- rent for many years to the same quarter. The ﬁrst are letters of inquiry touching social diiﬁculties, and asking for advice‘ or consolation, in the thousand trying conditions in which married and unmarried persons, men and Women, ﬁnd themselves involved. The others are letters asking speciﬁc information, on matters of reform. spiritualism, unitary life, the new language, and the like; and even on avariety of topics, concerning science, business, and miscellaneous sub- jects. - . To serve this great want; to organize and economize labor; and to extend this method of giving information into a sys- tematized institution for the use of the whole community this Bureau formed. The aggregate of small fees, will, it is hoped, urnish a. means of support to one or seve al of the wisest and best of the men or women most versed in the social reform, and in universological science, and prove of great use to many an aching heart and to many an inquiring mind. THE BUREAU or CORRESPONDENCE will undertake- to answer ANY QUESTION (admitting of an answer) upon ANY SUBJECT, and in case its eiforts are appreciated will take the necessary steps to enlarge its connections and means of in- formation to that end. In the meantime, if the question is of a kind which the Bureau is unable to answer, the fee Will be returned. ‘ The fees charged are as follows: For a reply on postal card to a single inquiry, 10 cents; for a letter of advice, informa- tion (more at large), or sympathy and consolation, 25 cents. In the latter case, the letter of inquiry must contain a stamp, for the answer. N 0 increase of charge on account of the diﬁii-‘ oulty of obtaining the information, except in special in- stances, which will be arranged by correspondence. News- papers inserting this circular, can avail themselves of the aid of the Bureau without charge. I STEPHEN PEARL ANDREws. THEODORA FREEMAN SPENCER, JOHN G-. ROBINSON, M. D., . ASENATH C. 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BALLOU ‘Having had quite an extended tour through California, where. she has been greeted by large and enthusiastic audi- ences, has gone to Oregon for a term of some weeks, after which she will return to the States, about the 1st of Novem- ber. Parties along the route Wishing to make engagements with her to stop oﬁ‘ for one or more lectures on her return will please make as early application as possible, to secure time; till middle of Oct.,.care Box 666, San Francisco; later and for winter engagements, to Terre Haute, Ind. § Send Austin Kent one dollar for his book and pam- phlets on Free Love and Marriage. He has been sixteen years physically helpless, conﬁned to his bed and chair, is poor and needs the money. You may be even more bene- ﬁted by reading one of the boldest, deepest, strongest, clear- est and most logical writers. You are hardly Well posted on this subject tillyou have read Mr. Kent. You who are able add another dollar or more as charity. 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In addition to the cure of disease, Clairvoyant consultations u The very best of reference given to all Reception‘ hours from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M Invalids who cannot visit the Institute in person can apply by letter. . =*~""$ ’ ‘V {-.,n “D . ‘,1, Inﬂammation of the Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels ,3 . Cured. ' 7 NEW YORK, July 20, 1870'. For several years I have been suiferingfrom an acute disease (inﬂam-: mation of the kidneys and upper part of the stomach and bowels), for which I had been treated by several of the most eminent and successful physicians in the vicinity of New York, but without success. My disease seemed tohave assumed a chronic form, and I had almost despaired of ever. being cured. Hearing of their success in the treatment of all chronic diseases, determined to try their skill, and I am now thankful that I did, as after the very ﬁrst operation I commenced to improve, and now, after a few weeks, Iiam well, or nearly so. Hoping that this may induce others who need their services to test their skill, I cheerfully give this testimony in their favo ‘dneyl may be the means of restoring hundreds of those suffering as I did to éiealth st1‘e§gf§;. J cm»: A. Vanzmr. , prmg a ey, . . ‘ _....——.._.... Brights ‘Disease of the Kidneys Cured. _ NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 3,1869. Eight years ago I was taken with bleeding fromgthe kidneys, which has continuedat intervals ever since. All the best physicians did me no good,»a-ndﬁnally gave me up as an incurable case of Bright’s Disease of the Kidneys. My friends had all lost hope, and I had also given up, as All letters‘ should be addressed, . mgials. . I had become so weak that'I could scarcely walk a block. A friend ad- a e 23 South street, New York. . r, and hope that upon to cure every disease that has not already destroyed some vital internal organ. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1874-09-19_08_16
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1874-09-19_08_16
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 08, no. 17 (September 26, 1874)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2038
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1874-09-26
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: 4_..;... PROGRESS! FREE TEEOIIGI-IT! UNTRAMMELEDLIVEEI BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 3701. VIII.——No. 17.—-Whole N o. 199. LOANERS’ BANK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, (ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CHARTER,) Continental Life Building, 22 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $500,000 Subject to increase to. ................ .. 1,000,000 This Bank negotiates LOANS, makes COLLEC- TIONS, advances on SECURITIES and receives DE- POSITS. Accounts of Bankers, Manufacturers and Merchants will receive special attention. @“ FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST paid on CUR RENT BALANCES and liberal facilities olfered to our CUSTOMERS. DORR RUSSELL, President. A. F. WILMARTH. Vice-President. JOHN J. CISCO & SON, Bankers, N0. 59 Wall§St., New York. Gold and Currency received on deposit subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rate of Four per Cent. per annum, credited at the end of ' each month. ALL CHECKS D...
Show more4_..;... PROGRESS! FREE TEEOIIGI-IT! UNTRAMMELEDLIVEEI BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 3701. VIII.——No. 17.—-Whole N o. 199. LOANERS’ BANK OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, (ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CHARTER,) Continental Life Building, 22 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $500,000 Subject to increase to. ................ .. 1,000,000 This Bank negotiates LOANS, makes COLLEC- TIONS, advances on SECURITIES and receives DE- POSITS. Accounts of Bankers, Manufacturers and Merchants will receive special attention. @“ FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST paid on CUR RENT BALANCES and liberal facilities olfered to our CUSTOMERS. DORR RUSSELL, President. A. F. WILMARTH. Vice-President. JOHN J. CISCO & SON, Bankers, N0. 59 Wall§St., New York. Gold and Currency received on deposit subject to check at sight. Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rate of Four per Cent. per annum, credited at the end of ' each month. 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[Continued] “ You haven’t told us who he was,” said Avenil, who had entered during the relation. “ Was he an Italian? ” “ Ah, that is one of the strangest parts of the story,” said Bertie. “When the people had done congratulating them- selves and each other, they bethought themselves of their deliverer; but on searching for him, he was nowhere to be A found. The government has advertised the thanks of the nation to’ the unknown aerialist, and offered to make any acknowledgment of his services in its power.” - “Do you know any professional likely to have done it?” “ I know none who has an aeromotive corresponding with the description of this one; and it is not like a professional to think of conceali_ng himself after doing a piece of business. I suspect it was some accomplished amateur, though I know of but one in the world capable of the feat.” “ Could it have been Criss '3” “ Here he comes to speak for himself,” exclaimed one of the girls, who was looking out of the window. And pres- ‘ ently the Ariel alighted on the broad veranda, and Criss entered. But to all the questions with which they assailed him, he said only that he had hoped to escape being found out, and that the reason of his delay in returning was that he was so exhausted with the job that he had hurried off the moment he had let go the padre and the basket, and slept for twenty- four hours in a secluded nook on the opposite side of the mountain. “ Well, there is an Italian oountship waiting for you when- ever you choose to come out of your shell and claim it,” said Bertie. - “Count Carol sounds charmingly,” exclaimed the girls. “ You may ﬁnd itvof immense use when you fall in love. A woman likes to be called Countess.” “Not a woman of much account, though, I suspect,” re- turned Criss, making his ﬁrst and last joke, as he disappeared and went to his own room. “ There, girls,” said Avenil to his younger sisters after Criss was gone. “ You see, a woman who wants to catch him will have to be on her best behavior. By the way, has he ever shown any signs of falling in love, any preferences for any of your swept sex?” “N ever,” said the youngest, Bessy Avenil, a blooming, practically-disposed damsel of nearly Criss’s own ago, now about seventeen. “ And I believe he would need a good shaking to bring him to the point; or, rather, that a. woman ‘would have to do the p1:,g:p&sing herself. But I don’t believe ’ it is ‘goodness’ that will win him; at least, not if opposites have the most attraction for each other.” “At any rate, he won’t ﬁnd his duplicate,” said another, who was a little older. “My belief is that he will be better single, for he is just one to expect so much that he will _ always be disappointed with what he ﬁnds to be really the case. He seems to me like one of those -men who in old ‘times women would have thought it a sacrilege to love." “ At any rate,” added Avenil, “he has now proved himself to be something more than a visionary; so let us hope that this adventure will develop his practical side.” _‘_‘ Meaning his matrimonial?” asked Bessie. “ Do you know,” said Bertie to Avenil, “ that Iithink you carry your aversion to the contemplativb to the extreme.” “ Call it rather the unpractical speculative,” replied Avenil. “ The world’s whole history down nearly to our own time has been little else than one long martyrdom, in which man has sacriﬁced himself at the altar "of his own unveriﬁable phantasies. Ours is the ﬁrst millennium of the Emancipa- tion. It is the product of that scientiﬁc spirit, which refuses to divorce belief from knowledge. It is not that I ﬁnd dear f.}riss’s disposition aught but of the noblest, but that I fear the indulgence of that style of thought may lead to his sym- Dathizing rather with the wcrld’s ancient worst than with its modern best.” “ You know a good deal about his education,” said Bertie; ‘ him? you found. him defective in his views pf history?” “No, far from it. The professor of history at his school told me the boy’s sympathies, as shown in his essays, were invariably of the widest and most radically catholic kind.” “ And in chemistry, which you yourself undertook to teach him?” - “ Ah, there is an illustration of what I mean. He applied himself to that with wonderful assiduity and success, making himself in a shorttime a complete master of chemical analy- sis. Then he suddenly dropped it, and on my inquiring the reason, said that it would not take him where he wanted to go, inasmuch as it failed to discover the universal entity that underlies all phenomena. It was not processes or stages that he cared for, but the ultimate analysis of things, whereby he could resolve the various material substances into their prime element. ‘Is "it past ﬁnding out, Avenil dear ?’ he cried, his eyes glistening with eagerness, as if his whole heart lay in discovering for himself what men call God. Of course I told him that it is past ﬁnding out by chemistry. » “ ‘ But it must be there», and must be homogeneous I’ he cried, with the same I eager manner. ‘ If it is not homo- geneous, it is not God. I cannot think of God as made up of substances eternally and essentially different.’ And he went on to declare that if the crucible failed to carry analysis back to the stage where all things meet, and to reveal tovhim the universal Substance or essential spirit of 'things,'he should exchange the crucible of the chemist for the crucible of his own mind, andjcontinue the search there. “Considering it a perilous temperament that prompts the longing to merge one’s individuality in the inscrutable uni- versal—for what else isthe Nirvana of the Buddhist?—I endeavored to check his indulgence of it by saying that as our faculties, being themselves phenomenal, cannot transcend phenomena, it is clearly our duty to rest content with phenomena, and not seek to trespass upon forbiddenground. He asked what the penalty is for making the attempt. ‘I told him a. wasted life, fatuity and oftimes madness, as the history of the world amply showed. And I spoke seriously, as I wished to impress him with a sense of the danger he runs through indulging his theistic tendencies. But he laughed, and said, with that winning way he has: “ ‘Dear Master Avenil, if I were made so, no doubt I should be able to remain gontcnt with mere phenomena, without seeking to know ‘what it is that appears in and through them. But I feel that I am not made so. Suppose me, then, to be a bit of the universe, a conscious particle of the great whole, would you have me balk my longing to recognize, and be recognized of, the whole of which I am a part? Nay, supposing the theory which you favor to be correct, and that it "is only in our consciousness that the Universe attains self—consciousness, would you forbid Nature such crowning satisfaction as it may attain through my con- sciousness ?’ “ What could I say? Bertie, what would you have said ?” “ If the longing be genuine, fulﬁll your nature, only do not cultivate fancy to the neglect of experience.” “ Well, that is very much what I contrived to say, and the boy cried, ‘Ah, that is just as my own dear, wise Bertie would have spoken.’ . “He added, too, that even if madness be the penalty for presuming to endeavor to penetrate the unfathomable, it was a penalty that was quite as likely to overtake him if he re- fused his nature full liberty of exploration. I suspect that his habits of physical discursiveness have something to do with this mental characteristic.” “You know his favorite’ motto, which he inscribes in his most private entries?” asked Bertie. “No,what is it?” K “ A text from Scripture, ‘ One with.God.’ ” Avenil sighed, for he really loved the lad. CH APTER XI. The women of the Avenil family, both for their connection with Criss and as types of a dominant class, deserve a special chapter to themselves. _ Although by describing‘ our recent social developments, and the steps whereby our national church was brought into accord with them, I" may delay my story, my readers must not think that I am digressing from the main purpose of my book. The connection may not be at once obvious, but neither in these fortunate days is the special connection obvious between the church and the female part of the community. It was‘not so in the times to which I shall have to recur in order to make my story, as a story of the day should be, an index to the manners of the age. A I wish that it came within my scope fully to delineate the characters of old Mr. and Mrs. Avenil, who disappear from the scene about the time at which we have arrived. It is only permitted to me to say that they died as they had lived, contentedly resigned to the operation of the laws of that Nature which had ever been the subject of their deepest study. United, in harmony with the dictates of their con- sciences, in a marriage of the third class, and therefore trusting solely to their own sense of mutual ﬁtness and sym- pathy for the continuance of their association, no cloudhad ever intervened between them and the full sunshine of their happiness. Hand in hand they lived and loved and worked, trusting to their respectfor the physical laws of life to ﬁnd its due issue in the development of their moral natures. So they passed through life cheerful, reliant and self-sustaining, emulating in their own method the consummate ease and enchanting rhythm of the order of_ the universe, keenly en- joying in their heyday the rewards reaped of knowledge and obedience, and, in their decline, still ﬁnding pleasure in tracing and recognizing the inevitable sequence of the steps which marked their decay. To the very last, their delight in studying the phenomena of the present made them _in- different to those of the past or future. Neither regret nor hope found a place in their minds. Vifherever is existence, pation serves only to spoilthe actual. Anxiety about the future implies dissatisfaction with the present. ‘Such was they said, we shall ﬁnd something worthy to be studied. ’ Whatever lasts as long as we do is sucient for us. Antici-‘ theirareligion, a term surely not misapplied, though devoid of that yearning toward a personiﬁed ideal which constitutes spirituality. They left a large and distinguished family to inherit a ‘ temperament in which the intellectual faculties dominated to the exclusion of the spiritual. For they held it as an axiom that the spiritual faculty which has not the intel- lectual and moral for its basisethat is, which ignores evi- dence and utility-—is apt to be as pernicious as the imagina- tion which ignores experience and fact. Of this family, Mistress Susanna Avenil (to give the usual designation of women living in such wedlock as she insisted on)‘ was the eldest, ‘Charles himself coming next, and the younger ones, whom I have termed the Avenil girls, bringing up the rear. There was thus a very considerable interval between the eldest and the youngest of the brothers and sisters. Bright, intelligent, cheerful and active, the sisters were a model of self-helpfulness and prudence. Though not devoid of sentiment in regard to the delicate matters of thevaﬂeo— tions, they were too practical in their management to let their affections minister to their discomfort. They had one and all asserted the privilege accorded to girls nowadays, of quitting the parental shelter at the same age that their brothers quit it, in order, like them, to follow the vocations they have chosen. - » No sickly exoticswere they, such as their foremothers of ages long past. For them was no herding together under the perpetual parental eye, like silly sheep sure to be lost if once they strayed; no sacriﬁcing the individuality of their genius or their characters, and passing their lives in worthless frivolity or listless indolence, envious of the active’ careers of their brothers, powerless to earn or to spend, and ‘absolute slaves to the exigencies or caprices of their parents, until marriage should come to deliver them to a new bondage. The days happily are long past, in which, while to men all careers were open, to women there was but one, and it de- pended upon the will of individual men _to accord them that. It is little wonder that, thus ‘placed, the women of those times should have devoted themselves to the pursuit of mar- riage, with an eagerness commensurate with the uncertainty of success, and reckless whether the issue promised ill or well. Nor is it strange that, caring nothing for the characters of the men, but only for their wealth, the women should have so deteriorated in their own characters that the men ceased to care for them, except as companions of the. mo- ment, and declined to ally themselves with them in any but the most temporary manner. The literature of the Victorian era, just preceding the Emancipation, abounds in evidences of the hapless condition of the British female of that period, particularly in themiddle and upper classes. It was the very intensity of the despair of any amelioration of her condition by conventional remedies that precipitated the radical change of which we are now so richly reaping the beneﬁts. That this change was not effected long before, was owing, it must be confessed, to the timidity of the men, and their want of faith in the inherent goodness of the female heart. The men had suffered the women to retain their belief in ecclesiastical infallibility long after they themselves had abandoned such belief. The irrevocability of marriage, dictated as it was by priests, had at least the appearance of being a revenge taken by them for their own exclusion from it. It was the dis- astrous result of ecclesiastical restriction -upon the relations of the sexes, far more than a process of rational investiga- tion, that opened the female mind to the baselessness of ecclesiastical pretensions. The men ‘fought their own way to freedom by dint of hard brain-work. It was for them a battle royal between truth and falsehood, or rather between the right to obey the dictates of their own minds and con- sciences, and the claims of antiquated tradition. But they did not take their women with them. Either through dif- ference of nature or difference of training, these were not amenable to the considerations which had inﬂuenced the men. Woman cared nothing for the abstract truth or false- hood of her religion. Her heart was the sole instrument whereby she judged such matters. The ordinance of the church which rigidly forbade all intercourse with the other sex, save on condition of an indissoluble life-long contract, ’ " had come to have the effect of abolishing even those very contracts. While those who were already involved in them, ﬁnding themselves unable to part, were driven more and more to desert. Woman had so far subordinated her intel- lect and moral sense to the authority of her priests, so’ far forgotten her heart, as to accept at their hands a deity and a faith whichwere independent of any considerations recog- nizable by those faculties. Her new-born infant might be consigned to everlasting torture for the omission by its parents of a prescribed ecclesiastical ceremony; but the system that kept her from getting a husband in this world was intolerable. -And by insisting’ on the absolute per- manence of the tie, the church hal virtually, abolished marriage. ’ it A r ’ That a great change was necessary and inevitable, was seen by both men and women long before the particular nature of the change could be forecast. The patience of the British people never received a more signal illustration. Desiring gradual amelioration, and not sharp revolution, generationafter generation went on hoping against hope. ‘But the evil continued to increase. _ The women ﬂocked to their temples and performed ardent devotions; but they did not obtain husbands, neither did they lose the desire for" them. In those few generations, when the evil was at its worst, millions of fair, well—grown, noble-minded women lived and died in hapless longing to fulﬁll their nature and ﬁnd a scope for their affections. The causes were numerous, but they were all traceable to one general cause—the violap tion of natural law. Destructive wars, huge standing armies, colonization by males alone-—thes'e had served to destroy the proper numerical proportion between the sexes. Added to this was the artiﬁcial tone of society, whereby women had come to be “regarded as weakllngs unﬁt to bear the storms of ‘life, or to help men to ﬁght and win their way in the world’; equal, however, to sharing the spoils after the vic- tory had been won. Even parents preferred to see theip -4 woonnuLt.s,cLArL1uvs wssxnr. Sept. 26, 1374. daughters pinge and wither in singlehood, to their wedding on other terms. I It was’ not to destroy, but to restore marriage that the country at length consented to extend the principle of limited liability to the relations between the sexes. The evil was at its height when the Legislature passed an enact- ment recognizing as valid other contracts than those on which it had hitherto insisted in marriage. As is well known, the relief was instantaneous, the morals of the coun- try were saved, marriage was restored, the family was pre- served. Many, remembering the ancient feuds, declared -that this only was wanting to complete the triumph of Protestantism. Our institutions were now free from the reproach of immorality attaching to all vows involving irre- vocability. While many took this view of the indissoluble contract, unions without any contract were held in universal reprobatiou. People were free to make their own terms of partnership, but a contract coguizable by the State was re- garded as indispensable for all persons possessing self-respect, and to marry without a formal contract was, as is still the case, regarded as highly improper. But it is for breaches of contract, whether formal or implied, that society reserves its strongest condemnation. . ’ The ingenuity of the lawyers proved equal to the require- ments of the new regime. Forms of contract suitable to all tastes and circumstances were duly invented. Practically, the marriages were (and are) of three kinds: those which were dissoluble only through the intervention of a court of law; those which required the mutual consent of the parties, and those which were voidable at the will of one of the parties. But in all of them room is generally found for legal assistance. They are called, respectively, marriages of the ﬁrst, second and third class. Thus the sequel showed how huge is the mistake made by man when he seeks to regulate existing society by ideas be- longing to a remote past. The feelings of the living will not betignored. Admitted to their due share in the council, they are an indispensable ally. The “ Maids’ Revolt,” as the woman’s movement, which had its origin on the other side of the Atlantic. was called, was an important contribution toward the achievement of “the glorious -Emancipation,” which involved the utter fall of the old church system. It was a comparatively small spark that ﬁred so great a train. Had the ecclesiastical mind been of a more practical cast, it would have consented to concessions that might have saved the ediﬁce for a long time to come. [TO BE‘ CONTINUED.] 9 THE GREAT SOCIAL EARTHQUAKE. ’ [From the N. Y. G'mphz'c.] MOULTON VINDICATING HIMSELF AGAINST HIS ACCUSER. ~ To the Public : o I have waited patiently, perhaps too long, after giving to the public the exact facts and documents as they were given to me, in the statement prepared for the Committee of In- vestigation, of which they have made no use; nor did they call upon me for any explanation, or try to test the coherence of the facts by cross-examination, which, of course. I held myself ready to undergo after I felt myself compelled to make an expose of the facts in full. I had hoped that Mr. Beecher himself would, ere this, have made a denial of anyintimation, insinuation or averment in his statement that I had acted in any way dishonorable to- ward him, or had endeavored, in the interests of Mr. Tilton, to extort or obtain by cajolery or promise any money from him; and as such a withdrawal, in accordance with truth as Mr. Beecher knows it, would have rendered it unnecessary for me to take any further part in the controversy between the principals in this terrible affair, I trusted that I never would have felt myself called upon to make further state- ments which, if made, must be in the nature of accusations against him. Failing in this hope, it seems to my friends and to myself that as a question of veracity is so sharply raised between Mr. Beecher and me, and as there are a large number of well- meaning, conﬁding men and women who desire, if possible, to believe him, and, although if the case between us were to be determined only by the thinking, scrutinizing people of the country, it would not be necessary to add another word ; yet, to prevent these good‘, religious persons from being led astray in their convictions, not only as regards Mr. Beecher, but that I may maintain the station in their minds which I feel I ought to hold as a man of honor and purity of motive and action in this disgraceful business, I propose, by the aid of documents which I hold, and the necessary narrative, to make them intelligible, and by a comparison of Mr. Beecher’s statements with the documents heretofore published, to show that it is impossible for hislstatement to the committee to be true in many very important particulars, and that the issue oftruthfulness is not between his personal averments and mine, but between him and the facts themselves. From his irisinuations and inferences, if not the direct statements, feeling that my character as a man as well as my truthfulness as a witness has been impugned, I will endeavor, in the ﬁrst place, to reinstate myself so far as I may by show- ing at how late a day he held other and entirely different opinions of me. It will be observed that in my statement prepared for the committee I said that I refrained from producing any docu- ments or “ any papers or proposals for the settlement of this controversy since it has broken out afresh, and since the publication . of Tilton’s letter to Dr. Bacon and the call of Beecher for a committee; ” and the reason was that in mak- ing the statement before the committee, I thought it unjust to the parties to parade before the committee the mutual con- cessions and arrangements made by the parties whom I had hoped, even at that late hour, might be saved from them- - selvesby anadjustment of the strife. I extract the following from Mr. Beecher’s statement to (the committee: Until the reply of Mr. Tilton to Bacon’s letters, I never had a suspi- cion of his (Moulton’s) good faith and of the sincerity with which he was dealing with me; and when that letter was published, and Mr. Moulton, on my visiting him in reference to it, proposed no counter-operation-no documents, no help—I was staggered. If this averment were true, he was rightly “staggered.” and he rightly lost faith in me; for if I failed, in his then hour of peril, to do everythingthat in me lay to his satisfac- tion to rescue him, I was not the friend that I had professed to be, or that he acknowledged me to be, and was nnworth of his conﬁdence or the conﬁdence of any other. ~ It will be observed that the letter of appointment of the Investigating Committee, of which Mr. Sage is chairman, bears date Brooklyn, June 27, 1874, which was drawn out by the publication of the letter from Tilton in the Golden Age on the 21st (?) of the same month. ’ Mr. Beecher’s statement was made before the committee on the 13th of August, wherein the accusation that I had desert- ed him first appears. Now, I aver that from the time of the preparation of the Bacon letter, before the 21st of June, down to the 24th day of July, I was in almost daily consul- tation with Beecher and his counsel, at their request, as to the best method of meeting that publication and averting the storm that was imminent; and until the 4th of August I en- joyed his entire ‘conﬁdence and regard as much as I ever had, so far as any expression came from him; and, instead of man- ifestations of distrust, he gave me, both verbally and in writ- ing the highest praise for my friendly intervention. After we had been in consultation at my house, on the 5th of July» upon this subject, I walked with him, still continuing. the conference, up past Montague Terrace, where we found Mr. Jeremiah P. Robinson, my business partner, standing at his door. We stopped and spoke to him, when Beecher, putting his arm around my neck and his hand upon my shoulder, said to Mr. Robinson: “ God never raised up a truer friend to a man than Frank has been to me.” Mr. Robinson re- plied: “ That is true,” and we passed on. On the 24th of July I received a letter from Mr. Beecher, asking me to return to him certain letters and papers in or- der to aid’ him in making his statement to the committee. As previous to the 10th, when Tilton made his sworn state- ment, I had refused the same request from him, I did not think it right to grant that of Beecher, because it seemed to me to be taking sides in the controversy as between them, which I ought not to do; and especially, as he was about to make a statement of facts which were within his own knowl- edge, I did not see why he should need documents to aid him if the statement was to be a truthful one. I gave a ver- bal refusal to his counsel, who brought me the letter, and desired him to take the letter back to Beecher, which he de- clined to do. On that day Ileft town on imperative business and was gone until the 4th day of August, when I wrote Beecher a letter-giving an answer to his request. in form, stating substantially these reasons, which letter he has pub- lished, together with a reply. which was the ﬁrst manifesta- tion of unkindness of feeling I received from him. A’ It must be borne in mind that the point of veracity which is thus raised between us is not whether my efforts for the adjustment of this controversy were wise or well directed, but whether it is true that I made any efforts to aid him, or deserted him, as he asserts. Upon that point let the facts answer, which are, fortunately for me, so substantiated by documentary evidence, that as to them there can be no doubt. This is exactly what I did do: When I was ﬁrst informed by Tilton that he was preparing a reply to Dr. Bacon for publication, I said to him that I hoped he would do no such thing, as it would lead to an ex- posure of all the facts. He said, in substance, that Dr. Bacon being a leading Congregationalist of New England, his state- ment would seriously damage him there, if not refuted, in his character as a public man, and that he must reply or be deemed the “ dog and knave ” that the Doctor had charac- terized him, and be forever held to be simply a “ creature of Beecher’s magnanimity ;” that he had given to Beecher, as I knew myself from being present at the time, an Opportunity to repair the mischief which Bacon had done him, asking Beecher merely to write a letter to Bacon makingit clear that he (Tilton) was not the creature of Beecher’s magnanim— ity. I said to him: “ Do you remember that Beecher plead- ed the embarrassments of his situation, which hindered him from doing such a thing as that without in reality making a. confession?” Tilton replied: “ Beecher has acted in this matter simply with reference to saving himself, and thus leaves nothing for me but my own vindication by myself.” While the Bacon letter was being prepared I did not see it, but after it was written I thought it was but just to all the interests for which I was caring that I should see its con- tents, and therefore accepted an invitation from Tilton to hear it read. I again objected with great vehemence and warmth to its publication, in the presence of witnesses. After considerable discussion, ﬁnding it impossible to control its publication, I then sought to alter the phraseolcgy of the inculpating portion of it in such a manner as would still leave opportunity for such a reply from Beecher as might satisfy Tilton and would prevent the disclosure of Mr. vBeecher’s acts. After much persuasion I induced him to strike out the words in the letteras originally written——“ Mr. Beecher has committed, against me and my family, a re- volting crime”.-—and instead thereof to insert the words: “has committed against me an offense which I forbear to namegor characterize ;” thus omitting the word “family,” and substituting a softer word, “ offense,” susceptible of various interpretations, instead of “ revolting crime ” against the family, which might have been regarded as capable of only one. When thus modiﬁed even. I told Tilton that I would rather give him, from my own pocket, ﬁve thousand dollars in gold than to have him publish it. During the time of the composition of the paper, while my importunities with Tilton were going on, I had frequent‘ con- sultations with Beccher in regard to the letter, in which I told him that I should do everything in my power to prevent its publication, which I most assuredly did, as more than one person can testify. He understood as fully from me as I had from Tilton that he (Tilton) might be goaded in self-de- fense to expose Beecher for misbehavior toward his family. Afterward, on the day that it went to press, and before I knew that it had gone, at the oﬁice of the Golden Age I again urged Tilton, with every power of persuasion that I had, not to publish it, and suggested certain other changes which would render Beecher’s course in regard to it less difficult. Immediately after the publicationl sent for General ’l_‘rac_v, Mr.’ Beecher’s counsel, to come to my house in the evening, where I read him the letter. I called his attention to the change in the phraseology that I had procured from Tilton, and tried to show him that this letter, bad as it was, would, if properly met, be the means of arriving at a ﬁnal settlement and peace between the parties, and safety for the families, for which purpose I had made a written analysis of the letter in order to show how I thought the parties might be recon- ciled. I showed him that it did not charge a crime but an offense, for which it quoted an apology, and that Tilton, in the letter itself, stated that a settlement had once been brought about between him and Beecher upon the basis of _that apology, which he deemed an honorable one, and which would have been observed but for the attacks upon him of Beecher and his friends, and the speech of Bacon to the stu- dents of Yale, and the articles in the Independent, which speech and . articles Tilton had already given Beecher an op- portunity to qualify so far as they related to him (Tilton). At ﬁrst Mr. Tracy did not accept this view of the case, but came to me a short time afterward and said that, after think- (irng over my remarks and plans, he “ had become converted to my view of the case.” The question, then, was as to the best course for Beecher to take in relation to the letter; and upon this matter I consulted with Tracy, and he agreed with me that we should undertake to settle the controversy upon the basis of an “ offense.” A few days after the publication of the letter I met Tilton in company with three of his friends, when I again strongly represented the mistake which, in my judgment, he had made, especially toward himself, by the publication; and told him that he owed it to himself, his family and his friends, and to me in an especial degree, as well as all other interests involved, to help me to ﬁnd a way still to suppress all further publication, and to bring peace and reconciliation between himself and Beecher. He said, in the presence of a witness, that he would say nothing more, and be satisﬁed if Beecher made no reply to the letter, and that he would not, publicly or privately, insist upon a reply; and, after discussing the policy of silence, or a. reply by Mr. Beecher, I dictated to the party then present the following, which I said 1 would advise that Beecher should say in-substance, in his lecture-room, to his church as a reply to the letter, or, if not, that he should be silent, with either of which courses Tilton had already ex- pressed himself satisﬁed. The paper is marked “ A.” MOUL'l‘ON’S PROPOSED STATEMENT FOR BEECHER. “ This church and community are unquestionably and justly interest- ed through the recent publication, by Theodore Tilton, in answer to Dr. Leonard Bacon, of New Haven. “ It is true that I have committed an offense against Theodore Tilton, and, giving to that offense the force of his construction, I made an apol- ogy and reparation such as both he and I at the time declared full and necessary. I am convinced that Mr. Tilton has been goaded to his cle- fense by misrepresentations or misunderstanding of my position toward him. I shall never be a party to the reopening of this question, which has been honorably settled as between Theodore Tilton and myself. I have committed no crime; and, if this society believes that it is due to it that I should reopen this already too painful subject or resign, I will resign. I know, as God gives me the power to judge of myself, thatl am better ﬁtted to-day, through trials and chastening, to do good than I have ever been.” This paper I now have, in the handwriting of the gentle- man who took it down at the time, and who can testify to the accuracy of this statement. Upon hearing it read Tilton pledged himself to peace and ﬁnal settlement if Beecher would either speak or write the substance of the words above quoted or keep silent. A . Within ‘a day or two—-1 think, the next day—I saw Beecher at my own house, and in the presence of a. witness had a consultation in reference to the Bacon letter, and discussed the best way of meeting that letter. We first considered the policy of entire silence; next, what was best to say in case anything was said; and, at his request, I gave him a copy of the paper above set forth. He said he would like to submit it to a few of his friends, saying at the same time : "‘ I will copy it in my own handwriting, and not give it as yours.” It was fully agreed there that he would make no reply or take any steps in relation to the Bacon letter without con- sulting me, and that he would either keep silence or make a statement substantially like that which I had given him, as committed to peace if Beecheréslibuld take either of those courses. I saw Tracy, and asked him if Beecher had submitted to him any paper with reference to the Bacon letter. He said that Beecher had shown him a memorandum which looked like my handiwork. I asked him what he thought of it. He answered that he approved of it in the main, but made ob- jection to the words “ I have committed no crime,” saying that as adultery was no crime at common law, there would be an opportunity for criticism on that word as not being a sufﬁcient denial. He suggested another doubt as to t? pro- priety of the proposed action, because he did not know whether Tilton would keep faith or not. I replied that I thought he had already made a mistake in assuming every- thing against Tilton, and that if he should treat him with trust and conﬁdence. he would get trust and conﬁdence in return. “ But,” I said, “Mr. Tracy, the trouble with you and the parties you represent is, that you expect everything from Tilton, and are willing to do nothing yourselves that requires courage and conﬁdence.” He said he had had a talk a‘ short time previous with Tilton, who had spoken, in his opinion, like an insane man, because he had replied to his remark that the world would never forgive him for having condoned his wife's offense by saying: “ I take a. higher view than you or the world do on this question, a e I don’t be- lieve that I am to be blamed for having condoned my wife’s oﬂense, or that it will help the man‘ who has com mitted th Tilton had told me in the presence of witnesses that he was I g munity would have made such words acceptable.” “ Well,” > esced in the appointment of a committee of investigation, at - counsel to advise me in this matter. As you know, he was I Tracy and Tilton to meet at my house that - evening on this Sept. ism .....:5L..:..- - - «v» --- -- crime against my family to plead that I have.” I said to Tracy that I thought he was acting more foolishly than Til- ton in assuming, from such a remark as that, 'I‘ilton’s in- sanity. I said: “ You will get yourself and the people you represent into trouble, by just such statements, which only tend to incense; they do not tend to peace.” Tracy said that he did not believe that Tilton ever intended peace. I replied: “There you make a mistake again, for I_ never yet have failed in any emergency, so far as I know, to get Tilton to acquiesce in what was fair to save all parties, except in the matter of the Bacon letter, and if you now go upon the as- sumption that he is a r.easonable being, and as magnanimous as any of the other parties involved, you can have peace, and if you do not the responsibiltty must be upon yourselves.” He spoke in this conversaiion of Tilton’s great ability, and remarked that Tilton impressed him more and more strongly as a man actuated by high purposes. “ But,” aid he, “he lacks balance.” We parted, agreeing to confer further upon this topic. On Sunday afternoon, July 5, after church services, I met Mr. Beecher walking with his wife in the street. He left her at Mr. Howard’s and went with me to my house. I expected. if he said anything, that he would have taken the opportunity of Sunday to make the statement to his people of his course, which I had prepared with reference to the Bacon letter, but had learned that hé had not so done. After we reached my house I said to him : “ Well, Mr. Beecher, you did not speak from your pulpit the words we talked over. I wish you had, because the great sympathy manifested for you in this com- said he, “ you know we agreed upon silence, and you are re- sponsible if I have made any mistake in not speaking.” “ Very well,” said I. " I adhere still to the policy of silence- as best; but if you say anything through the pressure that is brought to bear upon you, in my judgment what I wrote out is best, as Tilton has committed himself to a settlement if that is said; and if it is said, and he demands anything further, so far as I am concerned I shall destroy every paper and everything I have bearing upon the subject; and if he wants to open the ﬁght he will have to open it without any aid or conﬁrmation from me.” Mrs. Moulton was present, and Mr. Beecher asked her opinion of what I had written for him to say, and she told him that it was the only hope she had ever seen for a settlement, aside from a frank and manly confession on his part of his sin, and asking man’s forgiveness for it as he expected God’s. He said to her that he would consider it, but that I was responsible for his having kept silence. We "then went together toward Mr. Howard’s house, and while going there we met Mr. Robinson, when the conversa- tion took place that I have before related. Perhaps I should have added that the reason why he made the remark he did to Mr. Robinson was because I had almost at the beginning of the affair told Mr. Robinson of all the facts concerning Beecher as I knew them and have now made them public, and had received from him valuable advice as to my conduct in regard to them, all of which I had communicated before that time to Mr. Beecher. As we walked on together, in the course of further conver- sation, Beecher for the ﬁrst time told me that he had acqui- which I expressed considerable surprise, and told him I thought it was a mistake, but we would try to get along even with that. He said he had had the naming of the committee himself, and gave me the names of most of them. I said: “1 hope Shearman will not have anything to do with this committee.” He replied : “ We have purposely left him out because we do not want any element in it that will cause trouble.” I said: “If this matter is to go before a committee of investigation I think I shall employ General Butler as my my counsel in another case, and I think well of his efforts in my behalf.” Beecher‘ appeared pleased at my suggestion. I may as well re-mark here, once for all, that I did not send for General Butler as counsel until after Tilton’s sworn state- ment was prepared, and he arrived on the day it was delivered to the committee by Tilton,_ as will appear hereafter. As General Butler*s name has been connected more or less with the progress of this case, I may as well state that from the time he came into the case he has labored unceasingly to pre- vent any disclosure or publication of the fact. He has done everything he possibly could. both in advising me and acting with the other parties to the controversy, to avert the conse- quences of the exposure which ha been made. In every phase that the affair has taken his counsel to me has always been that I should try and have the difficulty reconciled, and that I should hold myself entirely impartial between the parties, acting as a friend to each, which advice I have en- deavored to follow, and have only been driven from that position by circumstances which are too well known. I will further say that I never sent for him or counselled with him, except at the solicitation of the counsel for Mr. Beecher, un- til after Mr. Beecher’s letter of August 4. when he demanded of me his papers and letters. It seemed to me necessary to have able counsel, as many of the documents and papers were of a nature to implicate Others. and it became important to know how far I might be liable for the use of their contents. . Mrs. Tilton made her ﬁrst statement before the committee on the evening of July 8, without the knowledge of her hus- band, as both he and she say, and because of which she says: “He asked who the gentlemen were; aid no more, rose, dressed himself,_and bade her good-bye forever.” The next day, July 9, I saw General Tracy, and we consulted-as to how Tilton should act, and as to what he ought to say with refer- ence to the denial of his wife, before the committee, of adultery on Beecher’s part. 1 made an appointment with subject. Mr. Tracy told me that Mrs. Tilton had made a very ﬁne impression upon the committee. I told him that he must convey, with great impressiveness, to Tilton, this fact, and of the kindness with which she had spoken of her in his characterization of his conduct, because he had allowed Mrs. Ti1ton’s statement to be taken by the committee with- out his (Ti1ton’s) knowledge, and called to his mind some- thing that had happened in November, 1872, in res ard to revelations that Tilton had made to him in conﬁdence as to the Woodhull story, when Mr. Woodruff and myself were present. Tilton prefacing them with the statement: “You are to receive certain conﬁdences; but if you do, will you feel yourself at liberty to act as the counsel of Beecher if we" ever come into collision?” to which you replied, "' Certainly not.” I said: “ Mr. Tracy, Tilton thinks now your being counsel for Beecher is a violation of that promise, and will undoubtedly use severe language in regard to it. But since the interests you have at heart and we are now in charge of are so grave, you had better endeavor to conciliate him and not return his denunciations if he indulges in them. Appeal as strongly as you can to the great love I know he still re- tains for his wife, and try to rouse the pride which he has in her and his family.” Mr. Tracy came to the interview, as I had arranged," and met as I had expected the denunciations of Mr. Tilton, but received them with great forbearance,_ and then, with strength and pathos of language, with tears ﬂowing down his cheeks, he made so eloquent and manly an appeal to Tilton, picturing with great force his wife’s tenderness and gentle- ness and apparent truthfulness before the committee, and her high eulogy of her husband, that Tilton was greatly moved and paciﬁed therewith, and seemed desirous for recon- ciliation and renewed peace for his wife’s sake.’ Tracy said to him also that as the committee, to his knowledge, felt that there was an offense committed by Beecher against him, they would undoubtedly make any report-that he (Tilton) could suggest upon the basis of almost any offense this side of adultery—indeed, that he could quite guarantee they would. ’ In consequence of the assurances in this conversation, Tilton, who, as he informed us, had left his home never in- tending to go back to it, did go back, as he afterward told me, and there had a reconciliation with his wife, which is thus described in the statement of Mrs. Tilton to the com- mittee: I The midnight following I was awakened by my husband standing by my bed. In a very tender, kind voice he said hewished to see me. I arose instantly, followed’ him into his room, and sitting on the bedside he drew me into his lap, said he was proud of me, loved me; that nothing ever gave him such real peace and satisfaction as to hear me well spoken of; that, meeting a member of the committee, he had learned that he had been mistaken as to my motive in seeing the com- mittee, and had hastened to assure me that he had been thoroughly wretched since his rash treatment of me the night before, etc. When Tilton left my house that night he said that he would go home, and, with Elizabeth, agree upon a report to be made to the committee that would be satisfactory to them. This fact is conﬁrmed by Mrs. Tilton in her state- ment, as follows: Theodore wrote a statement to present to the committee when they should call upon him, to all of which I heartily acceded. Mrs. Tilton evidently did not understand that the report was one to be made by the committee. but to the committee by Tilton. He returned the next day with such a report, which he had copied out as follows, and which is marked B: The undersigned, constituting the committee of Plymouth Church, to whom were referred certain recent publications of Dr. Leonard Bacon and Theodore Tilton, hereby present their unanimous report: The committee sought and obtained a personal interview with each of the three following-named persons, to wit: Mr. Tilton. Mrs. Tilton, and the pastor, all of whom responded to the searching questions of the committee with freedom and candor. Documents, letters, and papers pertaining to the case were carefully considered. A multiplicity of de- tails, needing to be duly weighed, occasioned a somewhat protracted investigation. The committee hope that the apparent tardiness of their report will be compensated to the parties by rectifying an erroneous public sentiment, under which they have all suffered misrepresentation. I. The committee’s ﬂrst interview was with Mrs. Elizabeth R. Tilton, whose testimony was given with a modesty and touching sincerity that deeply moved those who listened to it. Her straightforward narrative was an unconscious vindication of her innocence and purity of charac- ter, and confirmed by evidences in the documents. She repelled with warm feeling the idea that her husband was the author of culumnious statements against her, or had ever treated her with other than chival- rous consideration and protection. She paid a high tribute to his char- acter and also to the fortitude with which he had borne prolonged injustice. II. The committee further find that Mr. Tilton, in his relations with the pastor, had a just cause of offense, ‘and had received avoluntary apology. Mr. Tilton declined to characterize the offense for the follow- ing reasons: First, because the necessary evidence which should accom- pany any statement would include the names of persons who had hap- pily escaped thus far the tongue of public gossip; next, that the apology was designed to cover a complicated transaction, its details diﬂicult of exact or just statement; and last, that no possible good could arise from satisfying the public curiosity on this point. Mr. Tilton, after conclud- ing his testimony, respectfully called the attention of the committee to the fact that the clerk of the church had spoken calumniously of Mrs. Tilton during the late council, and had since unqualiﬁedly contradicted and retracted his statements as untrue and unjust, and he (Mr. 'I‘,.) re- quested the committee to ratify and confirm that apology, making hon- orable record of the same in their report, which is hereby cheerfully done. ~ ' -- III. The committee further find that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher’s evidence corroborated the statements of Mr. and Mrs. Tilton. He also said the church action, of which Mr. Tilton had complained, had not been inspired by the pastor, but had been taken independently by the church; that the popular impression that Mr. Tiltonlhad been in the habit of speaking against him was unjust to Mr. T., and was owing mainly to the unwelcome introduction into the church of charges against Mr. T. by a mere handful of persons, who, in so doing, had re- ceived no countenance from the great mass of the congregation or from the pastor. He said that the apology had been invested by the public press with an undue mystery; that after-‘having been led by his own precipitancy and folly into wrong he saw no singularity of behavior in a Christian man (particularly a clergyman) acknowledging his offense He had always preached this doctrine to others, and would not shrink from applying it to himself. ' The committee, after hearing the three witnesses already referred to felt unanimously that any regrets previously entertained concerningthe ‘publication of Mr. Tilton’: letter to Dr. Bacon should give way to grate ful acknowledgments of the providential opportunity which this publi- husband. I warned. Tracy that Tilton. might be quite severe, cation has unexpectedly afforded to drawforth the testimony which the Omuiittee have thus reported in brief, but in suﬁigciept fullness, as they ;s%eesssi.i. s e%2:.lsiis%s~s;sss:.sg s believe, to explain and" put at rest forever if vexatious scandal. The committee are likewise of opinion, based on the testimony submitted to them, that no unprejudiced court of inquiry could have reviewed this case as thus presented in person by its principal ﬁgures without being strikingly impressed with the moral integrity and elevation of character of the parties; and accordingly the committee cannot forbear to state that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Mr. Theodore Tilton and Mrs. Til- ton (and in an especial manner the latter) must and should receive the increased sympathy and respect of Plymouth Church and congregation. (Signed) ' Meantime, Beecher had been engaged in preparing his own statement for the committee, and had the night before come down from Peekskill for that purpose, and also to attend the Friday evening prayer-meeting the next day, and I suppose had not learned what’ had been done. Very early Friday morning I received the following note, marked “ C ”.: ' BEECHER TO MOULTON. FRIDAY MORNING, July 10, 1874. My Dear F7"cm7c—-Can you be seen this morning? and, if so, when and where? Any time after ten would suit me best, but any other hourl will make do. I came into town last night. Yours ever, ' H. W. BEECHER. I replied to him in substance——for I have not a copy, hav- ing been up very late the night before; indeed, Ibelievel was still in bed when I received it-—that I was quite tired, and would have to be busy, expecting to meet Tracy and Til- ton again that day before Tilton should go before the com- mittee in the evening. In response to my reply Ireceived from Beecher the following reply, marked “D,” : ‘ BEECHER TO MOULTON. My Dear Frcm7c—l\Iy papers are all here, and it would be far more con- venient to have you here if you are not too tired. Yours, H.-W. Bnnonnn. In reply to this I informed Mr. Beecher that I was to meet Tilton at my house, that I would be in consultation with him, and advised him to come there and meet him also, as I hoped matters were in process of adjustment, and received from’ him on the same day the following note, marked “ E " : BEECHER T0 MOULTON. My Dear .F7'd-?’Lk—-I do not know as it is necessary to trouble you I only wanted to read you the heads and outline of a statement. When I do speak I intend to be believed. Of course, I shall not publish until I have seen you. But lime is short. The crisis is at hand. I will not go forward long as heretofore. ‘When I say, will not, I mean can not. Events are masters, just now. There is no earthly reason for conference with Mr. T. It makes noth- ing better; everything worse. The matter is 111 a nut shell. No light is needed, only choice. Yours gratefully. H. W. Bnncnnn. July 10, ”74. . I frankly confess that I felt hurt at this note, because I be-, lieved that I had been-acting for the best in his behalf, and that matters were in process of adjustment. It seemed to me to be another cry of despair on his part, whereas I believed instead that he should have conferred with Tilton as his counsel had done. During the day of the 10th Tilton’s report drafted for the committee above quoted was submitted to Mr. Tracy, who said that with a few alterations that were not material, he thought he could have it adopted by the committee. ponse to the invitation of the committee, and in pursuance of the policy that had been marked out in our conferences with General Tracy, Tilton appeared before the committee and made a brief statement. Neither Tilton nor myself knew at that time what were the terms of the commission of the committee, or what were to be the extent and purpose of their inquiry, but both supposed that its purpose was to ten- deavor to settle the trouble between Beecher and Tilton, and not for the purpose of a full investigation of all the facts. This idea had got from Mr. Beecher in the conversa- tion which I have before related; and I had therefore sup- posed, as I stated to him, that I thought we could get along with the commiti ee. The first statement of Tilton before the committee not having been made public, I cannot know its terms, but he re- ported to me the substance of it as I ﬁnd it made by him in his preface to his sworn statement of July 20 to the game committee; and as he was addressing the same individuals as to the facts which had taken place before them, I assume it; to be a true statement. It is as follows; committeelbegged and implored you not to inquire into the facts of this case, but rather to seek to bury them beyond all possible revela- tion. On the morning of the next day, the 11th, a new and double complication arose. It consisted ﬁrst of the sudden and unexpected announcement by Mrs. Tilton to her bus- and family, and in , a. few moments afterward she carried this intention into effect by going to make her abode with Mr. and Mrs. Ovington; next, by the simultaneous publica- tion, in that morning’s newspapers, of the letter of appoint- ment of the committee by Beecher, dated the 27th of J une previous, but which letter had been kept back and not sent to the church until Tuesday,‘ July 7. That letter called to have “ some proper investigation made of the rumors, insinu- ations, or charges made ‘respecting my conduct as compro_ mised by the late publication made by Mr. !.l‘ilton. * * %'= «k On the same day Tilton came to see me, and, announcing to me his wife’s desertion and calling my attention to the above publication, was excited by these simultaneous events, which seemed to him to be part of a pre-arranged plan of ac- tion, and also excited him to great indignation. He said that-, Beecher was again playing him a trick, as he had done before when he attempted to settle the matter, by now appointing a committee to make examination of the facts, then getting his wife surreptitiously to go before the committee and ex- Ollerate him fully from the charges of adultery, then tempt- ing her openly to desert her husband, so as to show that he (Tilton) had always been in the wrong, and was simply the creature of his magnanimity; and that now Beecher should have a full statement of all the facts and documents if it de- stroyed him, his wife, or his,_family; that justice should be done at length and the truth be known; that if Plymouth On the evening of the same day, the 10th of July, in res- ‘ I call you to witness that on my ﬂrst brief examination before your 7 band at six o’clock A. M. that = she meant to desert her home - Church chose to accept an adulterer for its pastor they should marked “ Hz” 3 B I . fwccsscis s etxstisvsi wssxts. ‘Sept. 26, 1874. have the opportunity to do it; and that he was going home to prepare his full_ statement, and wanted me to give him the documents and evidence with which to do it. Upon my re- fusing to do so, he said that I was a traitor to him, becausel had gone into this controversy in the beginning as his friend. I tried to pacify him; said everything I could to quiet him, assuring him that although we had been mistaken as to the purpose of the committee, yet, as Beecher had named them all, he had done so in his own interest, and would be surely able to control them. He said that Beecher, by the terms of his letter of appointment, had challenged him before the world, and he accepted the challenge. I told him that I saw nothing in the letter which prevented him from standing upon the terms of the Bacon letter that an offense only had been committed. But he said that this was simply folly on my part——indeed, called me a fool for so believing, and said: “ If you choose to desert me in this emergency of my life, I will stand by myself and ‘fight it alone.” I appealed again to him for his children’s sake, saying; “ I cannot be in sympathy with any course of yours that will simply blast them and ruin your household and yourself.” But he was obdurate and left me, reiterating his determination to make a full statement of the facts. Indeed, I had never seen a man so much’ changed as he had been in a few hours. In reference to this change in Tilton, I quote the following from Mrs. Tilton’s statement: ‘ I rose quietly, and, having dressed, roused him only to say, “ Theo- dore, I will never take another step by your side. The end has, indeed, comel” He followed me to Mr. Ovington’s to breakfast, saying I was unduly excited, and that he had been misrepresented, perhaps, but leav- ing me determined as before. How to account for the change which twenty-four hours had been capable of working in his mind than many years past, I leave'for the eternities with their mysteries to reveal. The causes of the change had, indeed, been revealed to me in a much shorter time. I did not call upon Mr. Beecher upon this matter because I believed he was in sufﬁcient trouble already, and I was de- voting all my energies to keeping Tilton within the bounds of ' reason as to his own ‘course. On the same day——the 11th——I received. an invitation. from the committee to appear before them on the 13th, which is as follows, marked “ F” : SAGE TO MOULTON. ' BROOKLYN, July 11, 1874. FRANCIS D. MOULTON, Esq; Dear Sir: The Examining Committee of Plymouth Church, at the re_ quest of Mr. Beecher, have appointed the following gentlemen, viz. : From the church—Henry W. Sage, Augustus Storrs, Henry M. Cleve- land. From the Society—Horace B. Claﬂin, John Winslow, S. V. White —a committee to investigate, in the interest of truth and justice, certain charges made by Theodore Tilton in his recent ‘letter to Rev. Leonard Bacon, which compromise the character of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. The committee are informed that you have some knowledge of matters involved in the case, and instruct me respectfully to invite you to appear before them on Monday evening next, July 13, at 8 o’clock, at the resi- dence of Augustus Storrs, Esq., 34 Monroe place, and furnish them with such facts as are wlthin your own knowledge in the matters under inves- tigation. Very truly yours, H. W. SAGE, Chairman. It will be observed that the committee only desired that 1 should “furnish them such facts.-as were within my own knowledge in the matter under investigation.” The curious phraseology of this requirement would be quite patent to any one as the committee could hardly suppose that I had been called in to be a personal witness of any intimacies, guilty or innocent, between Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, and my statement, if so conﬁned, would have been necessarily very short; and I might well suppose that the invitation was so worded in order that I might niakecno disclosure. Onmy return to my house on Monday afternoon, at ten minutes to six o’clock, I received the following note from Mr. Beecher, marked “ G :” ‘ BEECHER TO MOULTON. -. MONDAY, 5 P. M. My Dear Moulton—~Will it be convenient for you to call around here any time this evening after half—pa=t six? I shall be in and can be secure from interruption. I need to see you. Truly yours and ever, 11- W. BEECHEIL . To which I immediately replied. in a note as follows, MOULTON TO BEECHER. IVIONDAY, 5:50 P. M. My Dem" Si7'——I shall be at home until 7:15 P. 191.; I am almost tired or would go to you. There will be no interruption here. Tmjy you;-g, FRANCIS D. MOULTON. Your last note grieved me. I have an invitation to appear before your committee this evening. In reply to which I received the note heretofore published in my former statement, marked “ JJJ,” which is as follows: _ JULY 13, 1874. My Dear Frcmk—I will be with you at seven or a little before. I am ashamed to put a straw more upon you, and have but a single consola- tion—that the matter cannot distress you long, as it must soon end: that is, there will be no more anxiety about the future, whatever regrets there may be for the past. Truly yours, and ever, _ H- W-_ BEECHEE In pursuance of this note Mr. Beecher called on me and I read him the statement which I was to make to the com- 'mittee that same evening, and he approved of its tone and character, and declared it, as I therein stated, honorable to both parties so far as I was concerned. _ I had also read the same to Tilton, and he agreed in the same opinion as to the propriety of its tone. What I did say has a1I‘€adV been pub‘ lished, and contains, in the closing part, the advice to the committee which I had before given to Beecher. The interview was somewhat hurried, as I left him to go to the committee. Seeing in some newspaper a supposed interviewof a com- mitteeman, who claimed to speak for Beech er, in which was reported Bcechcr’s opinion of what I had said before the committee, I called upon him (Beecher) in reference to’ that and other business, and, after the usual kindly salutations, I told him that I thought his committeemen were acting very foolishly in attempting to throw slurs or im-putations upon me, and recited the facts, as I felt certain‘ that he did not authorize or countenance the report. He told’ me that he had not seen the paper at all and knew nothing about it. , we_ then commenced a discussion of the situation, and I spoke of the fact that Tilton was preparing a statement, at which he expressed regret and sorrow. I told him Tilton had deemed the publication of the correspondence as to the appointment of the committee a challenge to him to come forward and make a full statement of all the facts; and that he regarded the_act of his wife leaving his house a hostile one, prompted by the committee under the inspiration of Beecher. He said——-as had already been published by an in- tervieWer—that he had not authorized the publication of the letter of appointment at all; that he had intended to keep things quiet in accordance with my suggestion; but that now he thought he was compelled to make a statement, which statement he read to me, and which, while it took very much blame upon himself as-to his course toward Tilton and his ‘family, of course denied all guilt, but which thoroughly ex- onerated Tilton from any dishonorable act toward him. I expressed myself to Beecher, as I was, very much pleased with this statement, and said that if it was made to« the com- mittee before Tilton should make his, as Beecher informed me heintended to do, I had no doubt that I could prevail upon Tilton to agree to the statement proposed and to allow the whole matter to drop; and as evidence of his disposition to do so, I showed Beecher a report which Tilton had once consented might be made by the committee, provided Beecher’s statement exonerated‘ him (Tilton) from any dis- . honorable act. This report was in Tilton’s handwriting, a copy of which I showed Beecher, and is marked “ I :” PROPOSED REPORT OF COMMITTEE BY TILTON. The committee appointed to inquire into the offense and apology by a Mr. Beecher alluded to in Mr. Tilton’s letter to Dr. Bacon, respectfully report that upon examination they find that an Offense of grave character was committed by Mr. Beecher against Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Tilton, for which he made a suitable apology to both parties, receiving in return their forgiveness and good-will. The committee further report that this seems to them a most eminently Christian way for the settlement of differences and reﬂects honor on all the parties concerned. Said Beecher: “Will Tilton agree to that?” I answered: “He would have agreed to that, and I hope he will continue in that mind; for although he is writing his statement, yet I am dealing with him as I have dealt herefore, allowing him to exhaust himself in writing out the statement, and then using my inﬂuence to suppress the publication, and I have no doubt I can do it again.” The conversation then turned as to what reply Tilton ought to make to Beecher’s statement, which he had first read to me, if it were accepted by the committee. Thereupon Beecher stepped to his desk and wrote out the following for me to take to Tilton as the substance of what he should say in reply to Beecher’s statement, and I was to use my very best exertions and all the inﬂuence I could over Tilton to have him agree to it. That paper, every word of which was written by Mr. Beecher, so that there is no opportunity for mistaking its language, I have in my possession. It is marked “J”: BEEoHER’S PROPOSED STATEMENT FOR TILTON TO MAKE. Thelstatcment of Mr. Beecher being read, and if striking favorably, thena Word sent, substantially thus, to committee: I have been three years acting under conviction that I had been wronged, but was under the imputation of being the injurer. Ilearn from a friend that Mr. B. in his statement to you has reversed this and has done me justice. I am willing, should he consent, to appear before you with him, and dropping the further statements, which I felt it to be my duty to make for my own clearance, to settle this painful domestic diﬁ‘lculty——which never ought to have been made public——fu1ally and amicably. I left Mr. Beecher with this proposed statement for Tilton in my hand, went to Tilton, tried to persuade him not to publish—not to make his statement to the committee on the evening of the 20th, at which time they had summoned him—— but found him exceedingly obdurate. He again asked me for documents and papers, which I refused, and I then left him. Several publications were made about this time as to what was to be the nature of Tilton’s statement, which caused great anxiety to Mr. Tracy and myself, who had consultations on this matter. Accordingly, on Sunday, the 19th, I received the following note from Mr. Tracy to meet me, evidently written in consultation with Beecher, because the note-paper bears precisely the same water-mark and is of the same texture as that of the notes which I had just previously received from Mr. Beecher from his house. It is here inserted, marked “I ”: TRACY To MOULTON. . BROOKLYN, July 19, 1874. F. D. MOULTON: - My Dem‘ Sir--Will you name a time and place today where I can see you‘? I think it important. ' Yours truly, B. F. TRACY. We met, and it was there determined between us, upon my suggestion, that I should make one more attempt to prevent Tilton making his statement to the committee. Previous to the reception of this note, at Tracy’s suggestion, I had sum- moned my counsel by telegraph to meet me in New York on Monday, the 20th. At the meeting on Sunday I found Tracy impressed with the idea that the documents relating to this affair had been destroyed, and that Tilton could not verify by the originals any statements from them. I answered him that that was not the case; that all the documents were in my hands with the single exception of Mrs. Tilton’s con- fession, which had been returned to Tilton and destroyed, as Beecher knew; and that I should feel myself obliged to produce them before any tribunal which would compel testimony. A On the morning of the 20th, by arrangement with Tracy, I went with my counsel to Tilton’s house, and there we both strenuously and urgently argued with him against the making of his statement to the committee that evening. We repre- sented to him that such a statement would‘ be ruin to him- self, his family, and to Beecher, and that it was not for the interest of either or of the community that so great a calamizy should happen as the exposure of all these facts. Tilton reiterated that he had been challenged by Beecher: that he had given his word to the committee that he would appear, and that if they were there he would do so, and that if he should refuse to appear_'Beecher’s advisers would insist that he had no facts and was afraid to appear. It was then suggested to him that if the committee did not meet that evening and he held himself in readiness to appear before them, that would be a suﬂicient answer to any such charge, and he was again persistently urged to take that course if a meeting of the committee could be prevented. Tilton ex- hibited great reluctance even to that, whereupon I felt ob- liged to tell him that I should consider this course in thus presenting the matter against Beecher a personal aifront to myself, and that in such case I should take all the means in my power to prevent his statement being effectual. To this appeal, put to him in the strongest language I could com- mand, Tilton ﬁnally consented, ﬁrst, that if the committee were not present, so that he might be excused from appear- ing before them that evening, he would not publish his state- ment or let its contents be known until a future meeting of the committee, when I suggested to him the course that had been agreed upon by Beecher and the statement which had been prepared by Beecher might be submitted to the com- mittee and an amicable report made. After getting Tilton’s consent I drove around to Mr. Tracy’s house, took him into the carriage, and we drove to my house together, with my counsel. When we arrived there we narrated to Mr. Tracy what had taken place at Tilton’s, and he (Tracy), agreeing that this course was best, undertook to get an adjournment of the committee till \Ved- nesday evening, and suggested that it might be difficult to ﬁnd them before the meeting, in which case it was under- ’ stood that he himself would not be present on that evening. ‘ I undertook to see Tilton and have him agree that if Tracy should not be present he would refuse to go on until a sub- sequent meeting, on the ground that he desired Tracy to be there to cross-examine him after he had made his statement. Mr. Tracy left my house for that purpose, and soon after returned and reported that he had called upon the chairman and left him a formal note, saying that he could not be present at the meeting of the committee and requesting the adjourn- ment; that he had been to see another member of the com- mittee, Mr. Cleveland, but failed to ﬁnd him._ He then left, saying that even if the committee held a meeting he would not be present. . I then saw Tilton, stated the difﬁculties about getting an adjournment of the committee, and asked his acquiescence in the arrangement not to deliver his statement to the com- mittee if Tracy was not there. I made efforts to detain him at dinner until after eight o’clock, in order that the commit- tee might adjourn before he came. He left my house after eight o’clock, and, not soon returning, in about an hour after I sent a messenger to the committee to learn what was being done, who returned with the word, to the unspeakable grief and surprise of myself and my counsel—who had co-operated with me in the interest of Mr. Beecher, as I had requested ‘ him-——that Tilton was reading his statement to the commit- tee! Almost in despair, but with a last lingering hope of preventing the public exposure of this unspeakably perni- cicus scandal, and to make one last effort, I went down to the house of the committee, and waited the coming out of Tilton, and‘ conjured him not to give any copy of his state- ment for publication, hoping that the committee would see, as I did, that the necessities of the welfare of the whole com- munity required that it should not be made public; and I got him to consent so to do; and on the next day I was pres- ent when he refused the request of a personal friend to allow it to be published in the Herald. The manner of its publica- tion has been explained in the card of Mr. Maverick, a pub- lication made without Mr. Tilton’s consentor knowledge, and to the indescribable grief of both of us. After the publication I saw nothing but strife and wretch- edness, and nothing was left for me to do but to hold myself sternly aloof and allow the parties to ﬁght it out without the aid of any documents or knowledge in my possession. On the 24th of July I received a note from Beecher by the hand of Tracy. written on the same cross-lined water-marked paper as the note of Mr. Beecher of the 19th of July, request- ing that I would send him the papers and documents in my possession, which note is inserted, marked “' L ” : BEEOHER To MOULTON. ‘ J ULY 24, 1874. 1l[_2/ Dear M7". M0uZt0n—I am making out a statement, and need the let- ters and papers in your hands. Will you send by Tracy all the originals of my papers. Let them be numbered and an inventory taken, and I will return them to you as soon as I can see and compare, get dates, make extracts or copies, as the case may be. Will you also send me Bowen’s heads of difficulty and all letters of my sister, if any are with y'ou. Iheard you were sick. Are you about again? God grant you to see peaceful times. Yours faithfully, F. D. MOULTON. » I said to Mr. Tracy that he had better take back that ‘note, as I could not, in honor and conscience, give up the docu- ments to either party to aid them in the preparation of state- ments against each other. Mr. Tracy suggested that per- haps I might send copies, to which I answered that that II. W. BEECHER. would seem to me the same breach of honorable obligation ’ as to send the originals, and that. it was impossible for me to have them copied, as I was about to leave town. On the day of my arrival home, August 4, I received an in- vitationfrem the committee to come before it the next day, asking me only to bring the documents referred to in Tilton’s statement.’ Having seen in the public prints that it was said that Beecher had received no answer from me to his request of July 24, I sent him the letter which has been published, of ' the date of August 4, explaining in form what I had said in substance through Mr. Tracy. ’ At ten minutes to eleven of that evening a letter was brought to me purporting to be signed by H. W. Beecher, but not in his hand-writing, asking for the production of all the documents before the committee, but which afterward, Mr. Sage, chairman of the committee, certiﬁed to be a correct- copy of the original, which is here inserted, marked “M ”: BEECHER T0 MOULTON. BROOKLYN, July 28, 1874. My; Dear F7'éend——Thc Committee of Investigation are Waiting mainly for you before closing their labors. I, too,_ earnestly wish that you would come and clear your mind and memory of everything that can Sept. 26, 1874. bear on my case. I pray you also to bring all letters and papers relating to it which will throw any light upon it, and bring to a result this pro- tracted case. - _ I trust that Mrs. M. has been reinvigorated, and that her need of your care will not be so great as to detain you. ' Truly yours, F. D. MOULTON. Correct copy of original. H. W. Brzncnnn. ll, W. SAGE, Chairman. The letter of Beecher’s of August 4, heretofore published, was the ﬁrst indication that I had ever had from Henry Ward Beecher of unfriendliness, and I have the very best reason for knowing that the harsh portions of it were the suggestions of others and not of his own mind. After receiving these notes of Beecher’s, I came to the con- clusion that if Tilton also consented I would make the full statement before the committee, which I have since pub- lished. VVhen I began the preparation of my statement I did not design to include the letters of Mrs. Hooker and her brother, or Mr. Hooker, because, as they had only a collat- eral bearing upon the controversy, I was very unwilling to drag the name of Mrs. Hooker, for whom I entertain the highest respect,‘ into this matter. But having seen in the newspapers an attack in advance upon Mrs. Hooker’s sanity, inspired by the friends of Mr. Be acher, and Beecher, through the advice of his counsel, as I believe, having asserted that I retained letters of his brother and sister that were not given into my keeping as part of the documents in this controversy, I felt it at once due to the lady’s position and myself that "they should appear, and hence they were inserted. After Tracy had learned by my published letter that I would go before the committee and make afull statement, he desired most earnestly that I should do no such thing, bring- ing to bear every argument that occurred to him to dissuade me therefrom, and among others, that if I made the state- ment it would have to come out in the cross-examination -that I had received money from Beecher for the use of Til- ton, and that Beecher’s friends would thereupon make a charge of blackmail against me. I told him in the presence of my counsel——for whom I had again sent at his (Tracy’s) re- quest—that that would not come’ out on cross-examination, for the facts in regard to the money were already fully dis- closed in my statement, and that in that transaction there was nothing dishonorable on Beecher’s part, or my own that I should fear seeing the light of day. Tracy strongly assured me that I ought not, under any circumstances, to disclose the letters and documents in my possession; that I was bound, by every principle of honor and sacred obligation, to keep them private; and that it Vt ould be better, both for Tilton and Beecher, that I should do so. At his suggestion I called a meeting on Monday morning of some of Mr. Beecher’s friends, and some of my most valued friends who could be got together, to lay before them this proposition. At that meeting my counsel advised that there were two honorable courses before me. One was to seal my lips as to the personal statements, and produce no documents ‘but those of which extracts had been made and already been put before the committee, as it would be but just to both par- ties that, a part of a paper being seen, the whole should be known; or to make a full and complete statement of all the facts and documents, both parties having consented. These alternatives were discussed in the meeting of my friends, and by a majority of them it was determined that less harm would come to the community, to the families of the parties, and to the parties themselves if I took the former course. Yielding to the advice of those I so much respected, I con- cluded to go before the committee and make the simple state- ment of an intention not to take part in the controversy, and producing only the letters which had in part been before them in Tilton’s statement, reserving the right to protect my own honor and purity of action in this matter if attacked, as I have since done. * In order that the exact credit due to Mr. Beecher’s state ment may be seen and its value as testimony may be fully appreciated as compared with the facts and documents that I shall hereafter bring forward in my own vindication, I am compelled to notice some other patent misstatements in this special plea of counsel made in behalf of Mr. Beecher, if not by himself; and one of the ﬁrst in order which claims atten- tion is the averment in his statement that “ the only copy of Mrs. Tllton’s confession was torn in pieces in his own pres- ence ” on the night of the 30th of December, 1870, an act about which he could hardly be mistaken. On the contrary, I have stated that that paper of “confession” was delivered into my hands the night of the meeting of Beecher and Til- ton at my house, when Beecher was ﬁrst charged with his adulteries with Mrs. Tilton; and afterward, when I de- manded the retraction of him, he asked me: “ What will you do with it if I give it up?” I answered: “ I will keep it as I keep the confession. If you act honorably I will protect it with my life, as I would protect the other with my life.” I may bcallowed to say here that at this remark I made refer- ence to the pistol in my overcoat pocket, which I always car- ried in the night, as emphasizing the extremity of my defense of the papers. Yet Mr. Beecher says “he made no verbal threats, but opened his overcoat, and with some emphatic remark he showed a pistol.” Why misrepresent? Is it pos- sible that he gave his conﬁdence at once to a man who ex- torted a paper from him with a pistol? Yet Beecher’-s com- mittee make a point of this prevarlcation in their argument» for the accused. ‘ After the tripartite covenant I handed back that same paper to Tilton at the request of his wife, in order that she might be satisﬁed, and herself destroy it. ' Now, which of these statements is true? Let contempo- raneous facts and acts answer. It will be remembered that that meeting was on Friday night, the 30th of December, 1870. Mrs. Tilton sent me a * note, heretofore published, dated the next Saturday morn- ing, in the following words: . , SATURDAY Llonnins. My .D€a7”F"7“5e7Zd Fram7c—I want you to do me the greatest possible favor. My letter which you have, and the one which I gave Mr. Beecher’ 4 his dictation last evening, ought both to be destroyed. Please bring W§OO7Diiijﬁﬁ a oi.ai+*ii.inis_ wanker: both to me and I will burn them. "how this note to Theodore and Mr. Beecher. They will see the propriety of this request. Yours truly. E. R. TILTON. The “letter ” referred to, of course, it will be seen, is the “ confession,” the only letter I then had of hers referring to this matter. ‘ _ And again, to show that I cannot be either mistaken or untrue, I- refer to Mrs. Ti1ton’snote to Beecher’ of April 21, following, heretofore published: , FRIDAY, April 21, 1871. M7’. Beau/’Le7"——As Mr. Moultcn has returned, will you use your inﬂu- ence to have the papers in. his ‘possession destroyed? My heart bleeds night and day at the injustice of their existence. Would not Tilton have caused such a paper to be preserved after he had founded an accusation upon it? This falsehood was put in by Beecher’s lawyers, lest Tilton might produce a copy, as my statement had not then been published with its documentary evidence. _ Still another variation from the truth occurs in Beecher’s statement in regard to the destruction of the “ letter of con- trition.” In pis explanation of it he speaks as follows: I did not trouble myself about it till more [sic] than a year afterward when Tilton began to write up his case [of which hereafter] and was looking up documents. I wondered what was in this old memorandum, and desired to see it for greaier certainty, so one day I suddenly asked Moulton for that memorandum, and said, “You promised to return it to me.” He seemed confused for a moment and said, “Did I?” “ Certainly,” I answered. He replied that the paper had been destroyed. On my putting the question again, he said, “That paper was burned up long ago;” and during the next two years, in various conversations; of his own accord, he spoke of it as destroyed. I had never asked for nor authorized the destruction of this paper. , Upon this point I have said in my statement that I retained that “letter of contrition ” as one of the papers necessary to keep peace between the parties, and I now add that this was well known to Beecher, and I shall prove it at last from his own mouth. It will be remembered, so far from Beecher believing, within more than a year afterward, that it had been destroyed and burned up, that in April, 1872, Mr. Samuel Wilkeson, Beecher’s friend, who acted in the capacity of counsel in his behalf in drawing up the tripartite covenant, wrote me the following letter, heretofore published in my statement, dated the same day with that remarkable cove- nant: SncRE'rARY’s OFFICE, 120 BROADVVAY, ‘ New York, April 2, 1872. My Dear ILfouZz’072——Ncw for the closing act of justice and duty. Let Theodore pass into your hand the written apology which he holds for the improper advances, and do you pass it into the ﬂames of the friendly ﬁre in your room of reconciliat.ion.'- Then let Theodore talk to Oliver Johnson. I hear that he and Carpenter, the artist, have made this whole affair the subject of conversation in the clubs. Sincerely yours, ‘NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD OOMPANY, } SAMUEL WILKESON. Did Beecher or his friend want me to burn a “letter of con- trition ” in April, 1872, which Beecher avers I had told him and he believed had been burned long previous? But again, in Beecher’s letter of June 1, 1873, he says: “The agreement [tri- partite covenant] was made after my letter through you was written. He [Tilton] had had it a year.” Yes, from January 1, 1871, to April 2, 1872. Does Beecher really believe himself when he says that I told him that letter was long before burned up? He had not seen his letter of June 1 when this falsehood was told for him. In view of such false statements is the anxiety of his counsel to get his letters and papers out of my hands, so they could square their statements by them, at all wonderful ? As bearing upon the want of veracity in the matter that we have just considered -as to the destruction of the “letter of contrition,” I take leave to call attention to a like misstate- ment as to the original preparaton of this same " letter.” I have stated that it was written out according to the dicta- tion of Mr. Beecher. As an honorable man, looking only to a settlement between the parties, and at that moment cer- tainly without any other possible motive which could be im- puted to me, I could have only desired to reproduce exactly the words of Beecher, which I did do with exactness: and the most cursory examination of the phrases will show them to have been his words and not mine. I am not in the habit of using such language. Indeed, I hardly believe myself capable of composing it. I should not myself have used the phrase: “ Humble myself before him as I do before my God.” I was not used tothat kind of expression, nor the phrase: “ Toward the poor child lying there praying with folded hands.” I never called a woman of nearly forty years old a “poor child ” in my life. I did not know that she “ was lying” anywhere with folded hands. Beecher did, because he says in his statement to the committee that she “lay there white as marble,” like a statue of the old world, palm to palm, like one praying, thus reproducing four years after- ward, almost the identical phrase and picture which he con- veyed to me, and which I put in the “ letter of contrition.” I could not have used the phrase: “Ihave her forgiveness,” because I did not know whether he had it or not, except as he told me, and if I had acted upon my belief in the matter I should suppose that he had not. This letter, after being pre- pared by me, was read by him before he put his signature to it. The explanation put by Beecher in his statement—tl1at “this paper was a mere memorandum of points to be used by him [me] in setting forth mylhis] feelings. * * * But they were put into sentences by him [me] expressed as he [I] understood them, not as my [his] words, but as hints of my [his] ﬁgures and letters to be used by him in conversing with Tilton. * * * It is a mere string of hints, hastily made by an unpracticed writer, as helps to his memory in represent- ing to Mr. Tilton how I felt toward his family ”—all this ex- planation is a mere afterthought made up for the purpose_ of explanation merely. Beecher always treated this letter as his own in all the after conversations we had upon the subject. ' - ’ Mr. Samuel VVilkeson, Mr. Beecher’s friend and acting counsel, could have known nothing of that paper except from Beecher, as I had never told him or anybody else, save Til- ton, anything of its contents‘, and both Beecher and Wilke- son supposed it was delivered by me to Tiltop, as itwas in- tended to be. And in his letter heretofore published, speak- . \¥,_J L believing, outside the intrinsic evidence ..yr ~~ I ‘die written ing in the interest of Beecher, Wilkeson calls it “ t... ' Iii, apology which he holds for the improper advances.” _ Beecher’s letter of June 1, 1873, just before quoted, he speaks of it as “ my letter that he [Tilton] had over ayear,” not “ a memorandum for the purposes of conversation,” written by an unpracticed writer, which did not represent his thought. I have said this was an afterthought. The reason for so - from the documents, t being renewed be- is that when this controversy was abou cause of the publication and speeches of Dr. Leonard Bacon, which brought it on again, I was in consultation with Beecher upon what might be the effect of them, and predicting that if Bacon went on he would surely reopen the whole matter. In that conversation Beecher said to me—and I remember his words exactly, because it was quite a startling proposition —-" Can’t We hit upon some plan to break the force of my lot- ter to Tilton ? 0an’t we hit upon some form of note from you to me in which you shall sate that that letter was not, in fact, a letter at all, but simply a memorandum of points of my conversation made by you for the purpose of expressing more accurately my thought and feeling toward Tilton and his family.” I said, “I will think of that, but we must Wait, 1 think, until the necessity arises before determining what I ought to do in that regard.” He said, “ I will prepare such a. note, and you read it over carefully and see whether or not it is possible for you to sign it." I said, “ Very well, prepare the note and I will consider it; but as you put the proposition now, of course it wouldn’t be true.” He never showed me such a note if he prepared it. ‘ Another instance, to show how this lawyerfs statement of Beecher cannot be trusted, I find stated in these words: “I never resumed my intimacy with the family; but once or twice I went there soon after my reconciliation with Mr. Til- ton, and atyhis request.” Is this averment true? I confess that I believed it substan- tially true at the time I prepared my published statement. supposing that Beecher was acting according to his distinct instruction to Mrs. Tilton in his letter of February 7, 1871, and in accordance with his promise to me to have no further communication with Mrs. Tilton, except through myself. I extract as follows, the whole letter having been published: In him (Moulton) we have a common ground. You and I may meet in him. The past is ended. But is there no future—no wiser, higher, holler future? May not this friend stand as a priest in the new sanctuary of reconciliation and mediate and bless you, Theodore, and my most un- happy self ? Do not let my ‘earnestness fail of its end. You believe in my judgment. I have put myself wholly and gladly in Moulton’s hands, and there I must meet you. This is sent with Theod0re’s consent, but he has not read it. Will you return it to me by his hands. I am very earnest in this wish for all our sakes, as such a letter ought not to be subjected, to even a chance of miscarriage. Your unhappy friend, H. W. Bnncnnn. Could Beecher have written that sentence of me if, as his committee reports, forty days before I had extorted a paper from him with threats by a pistol, for which they say I ought to have been handed over to the police? And therefore I put forth in my statement what, when I prepared it, I believed to be true. I said: On the same day there was conyeycd to me from Beecher arequest to Tilton that Beecher might write to Mrs. Tilton, because all parties had then come to the conclusion that there should be no communication be- tween Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, or Beecher and Tilton, except with my knowledge and consent, and I had ex-acted a promise from Beecher that he would not communicate with Mrs. Tilton or allow her to communi- cate with him unless I saw the communication, which promise, I believe, was, on his part, faithfully kept, but, as I soon found, was not on the part of Mrs. Tilton. Permission was given Q Beecher to write to Mrs. Tilton, and the following is his letter—- ——which is the letter of February 7, 18".” 1, from which the above extract is made. I had no intimation that he received any correspondence from Mrs. Tilton that did not go through my hands, and certainly that he made none to her, or visited her. But since the preparation of that statement there have come into my hands certain letters from him to Mrs. Tilton that now show me he was unfaithful to his promise to me, and that he kept up his intercourse clandestinely with her,in violation of his solemn promises, his plighted faith to the wronged husband, to his own imminent and deadly peril, without the knowledge of_ his (Beecher’s) wife——for doing all which things there could have been but one incentive. It becomes necessary, therefore, on the question of veracity of his statement as to the renewal of his intimacy with Mrs. Tilton, that some of these letters should be compared. In her letter, dated January 13, 1871, written to a female friend:-which certainly will not be claimed to have been dic- tated by Tilton—Mrs. Tiltonsaysz ~ , ' My faith and hope are very bright, now that I am oﬁ the sick bed, ‘and dear Frank Moulton is a friend indeed. (He is managing the case he ith Mr. Bowen). We have weathered the storm, and I believe without harm to our best * * * * These slnnders have been sown broadcast. I am quoted everywhere as the author of them. Coming in this way and form to Mr. Bowen, they caused his [Tilton’s] immediate dismission from both the Independent and the Z/Mon. Suffering thus both of us, so Im- justly—(I knew nothing of these plans)-anxiety night and day brought on my miscarriage; a dissappoinunent I have never before konwn——0t love-babe it promised, you know. I have had sorrow almost beyond hu- man capacity, dear——-. It is my 922011267"! I do not quote the whole letter, as it has been already pub- ’ lished and may be referred to. -The peculiarity of the lan- guage of this extract should be noted. We ﬁnd Mrs. Tilton- on the 30th of I ecember sick in bed with what she states to have been a. miscarriage a few days before of what promised to be a “ love-babe, ' you know”—a very curious expression from a woman nearly forty years old and the mother of six children, to describe a child begotten in lawful wedlock; es- pecially when, as Mrs. Tilton now asserts, she and her hus- band had been ﬁercely quarclling for many months,‘and,_Bes- sie Turner testifies, even to blows. Within six weeks of her getting off hersick bed; arising from that conﬁnment, where Beecher says she lay white as marble, with eyes closed as in a trance, with her hands on her bosom, Palm to palm, lik-‘e one in_prayer_, she writes the following invitation to Beecher, which I received from his hand: * _ ,WEnursnA’r.’ I Jlfg/»Dear Friend: Does your--heart bound towards alias it used? So (Oontiuuedon page 10.) V s Q srccnnntaa t“.3i.AFi.ii%1i§ waasntsié TERlYl.S or SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. 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Woodhull cﬁ Claﬂiws Weekly, Box 37391, New York City. 0ﬂice,ll1 Nassau Street, Room 9. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 1874. THE ULTIMATUM. FROM THE SPEECH “TRIED AS BY FIRE.” Sexual freedom, then, means the abolition of prostitution both in and out of marriage; means the emancipation of woman from sexual slavery and her coming into ownership and control of her own body; means the end of her pecuni- ary dependence upon man, so that she may never even segm- ingly have to procure whatever she may desire or need by sexual favors; means the abrogation of forced pregnancy, of ante-natal murder, of undesired children: means the birth of love children only; endowed by every inherited virtue that the highest exaltation can confer at conception, by every inﬂuence for good to be obtained during gestation and by the wisest guidance and instruction on to manhood, In dustrially, intellectually and sexually. p-.——..__.__.p—+Q,_4__:_..._ NATIONAL SPIRITUAL CONVENTION. In accordance with Article II., chapter 5, and Article I., chapter 7, of the Constitution of the Universal Association of Spiritualists, the Provisional National Council issue this call for a National Convention, to be convened in Parker Memorial Hall, Boston, on Tuesday, September 15, and to extend during three days. ' This Convention is expresslyfor the purposes of discus- sion and propaganda; and all Spiritualists, Socialists, In- ﬁdels, Materialists, Free Religionists and Free Thinkers are cordially invited to attend and join in the effort to advance the cause of truth and human welfare. All subjects in which the good of the race is involved will be legitimate themes for discussion and for set speeches. Those who propose to speakupon speciﬁc subjects are requested to prepare their speeches, so that they may be published in the regular pro- ceedings of the Convention. By order of the Provisional National Council. A VICTORIA C. WOODHULL, President. ———-———>--4-Q»—<——:.—... AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. Mr. James Redpath says, in the Boston Herald, tha “ a Spiritualist told me that the ‘ World of Spirits ’ was bound that the whole story (the Tilton-Beecher case) and all the stories should come out.” It is believed that there are few Spiritualists in the country, either radicals or conservatives, who do not indorse that statement. Now comes the im- portant question, to which we desire a candid answer from all friends of the cause-—Was the President of the Associa- tion of American Spiritualists to blame for her share in the exposition of the falsehood, hypocrisy and crime that dis- graces our age? We ask this, more especially, because all her charges have been sustained, with additions, by_emincnt parties but not of the ranks of Spiritualists. Our conserva- tive friends may not know the fact, but it is easier to be a _ Spiritualist outside than inside the walls of a prison; it is easier to be a Spiritualist backed by the world’s good-will, than one in which it recognizes an enemy to its evil doings; and also that it is far easier for a Spiritualist to be discreetly silent, than to be legally robbed, maltreated, scorned and hated for speaking the truth. As to whether what Vic- toria C. Woodhull stated in the Beecher-Tilton affair in the famous November number of the WEEKLY was the truth, that question is now prominently before the people of the country, and we are cheerfully willing to abide by their de-J cisiong THE NEW RELIGION-—UNIVERSAL JUSTICE. No. I. The progress of social evolution is going forward so rapidly that it will soon arrive where certain questions, which it involves, will have to be answered. The freedom of woman, which will be the ﬁrst grand result gained, will bring with it-the necessity of methods for her support when performing her divine mission of maternity; and also of that a of her progeny. As the mother of humanity, woman looks to humanity for the recognition and respect to which this re- lation entitles herjand,when mankind awakens really to know what immense responsibilities devolve upon, and how much it owes to her, it will not be slow to concede her rights ; it will hasten to provide as its divinest offering, such con- ditions as will guarantee to her the possibility of perfecting her mission, by the production of a perfect physical race, upon which, only, can high moral and intellectual culture be reared. The mission of maternity, of the motherhood bf humanity, has never been duly appreciated or honored. True, its fruits have never been such as to entitle it to any consider- able degreeof excellence ; but this is more to be attributed to the low order of enlightenment that has surrounded and really conducted the mission, than to woman as its subject. All the energies of the male portion of the race are bent in the direction of securing the means of individual happiness; and so intently do men strive after these, that they seem to forget, or at least to ignore, the fact, that if woman did not perform her part of the human economy, there would soon be no people for whom to strive for anything. The labor of woman, then, is antecedent and superior to that of man, and instead of being left to itself as a mere incident of life, as it now is, so universally, it should be considered of, and treated in, the manner which its precedence and importance demand. Especially in a property sense have the natural rights of woman been ignored. While the intimate companion of man, the mother of his children, the minister to his physical com- . forts and demands, she has never been deemed worthy to be the equal partner in the results of their mutual toil. These results coming, as they have, and do, directly from man’s physical or mental exertion, woman’s part in the matter is neglected, and she left dependent upon man’s bounty where she should, of right, have been his equal in ownership. ' This feeling of dependence, which seems to be, in a sense, innate in Woman, and which in another sense, is accepted as a natural duty by man, has, perhaps, a very natural origin. Like all other customs that have prevailed so gener- ally as this dependence has, it has its source in a great and fundamental truth ; the errors that :have arisen in applying this truth being rather of the head than of the heart. The chief error, and the one from which woman suffers most, is, that her dependence has been placed upon the individual man with whom, for the time, she consorts. It is useless to attempt to ignore the fact that the mission of maternity brings with it the dependence of woman for sup- port. While she is performing this mission, she is inca- pacitated 'to maintain her equality with man in the produc- tion of physical necessities and comforts ; therefore, there must be a certain dependence, a certain natural and rightful dependence, to make good this inequality. This means that it is a part of man’s life to labor for woman, physically, to support life, while she is laboring, maternally, for the pro- duction of life itself. It is really then no dependence, and it ought not to be called by that name ; but it is a mutual arrangement, contracted by nature herself, ﬁﬁrst to insure the perpetuityof man ; and, second, to insure his happiness and comfort. ’ The question will now naturally arise: How shall this mutual business of life and its maintenance be carried out, if women are to be set free from dependence upon the indi- vidual man, and still not be compelled to provide for herself as an individual? This is the question of all questions to which the present progress of social evolution is leading up. It not only lies at the foundation of human justice, as he- tween men and women as different sexes; but also points the way to the solution of the same question between men as individuals. The great problem to be solved is: What is human justice ? And humanity will never begin its ﬁnal progressive development until it shall have solved it, and based its institutions upon the solution. It is an easy matter to give the direct answer to all the phases of this question, and to indicate a realization of its application; but this will not satisfy the mind that has not wrought out the problem for itself ; or, at least, so far pro- gressed in its solution as to have caught glimpses of the ﬁnal point to be reached, realized -and seized upon, as the law for the organization of society. Hence we must take up phase after phase of social life, as it "now is, and show wherein each is unjust either to itself or in its relation to other’ phases, and carry it forward into the new order, and still show how it must be situated there, so_that it shall both give and receive justice. , _ . We do not hesitate to afﬁrm that humanity is rapidly ap- proaching that period of its development in which it is to enter upon its true organization ; where the songs of poets and the hopes of prophets are to be realized ; where there shall be really a human family, at least begun, upon the earth. Heretofore the world has been peopled by various human families with interests all at war with each other, but never yet byeven, one real human family Whose tnterestd, Sept. 25, 15%. were the world’s and whose love was as broad as the earth and as deep as humanity. There never ltas been a time when men and women, universally, could be called brothers and‘ sisters. The orders of society that have prevailed, have made every man to war in _some way with every other man. There has been no such thing possible as mutual interests in anything. It has been individual competition in everything. The gain of wealth has been raised to the chief end and aim of life, and each individual has been com- pelled in carrying out this theory, to use every possible en- deavor of which he was possessed, either by virtue of physi- cal strength or mental capacity and culture, to gain an ad- vantage over every other individual with whom he has_ had contact of any kind. So, instead of there having been peace, there has been nothing but warfare between nations, ‘communities and individuals. But all this has nearly culminated, and it will culminate when woman shall have risen in the divine right of her ma- ternity and demanded sexual freedom and human justice for herself. This will be the point which will compel the consideration of the ' question as to what human justice really is, and necessitate speedy action regarding its de- mands. When woman shall step forth in the majesty of her power as the mother of humanity, and shall declare that she will bear no more children until her just and proper position shall have been assigned to her, then will the key-note of human redemption be struck, indeed. When she shall rise ' in the dignity of her unsullied womanhood and declare that until justice shall be done her in regard to her rightful share and enjoyment of the physical comforts of life she will not minister to the demands of the procreative instinct, she will compel man to consider his own past injustice and hasten him in the doing of his natural duty, and bring him nally to recognize that what he has heretofore demanded and re- ceived as a rightful recompense for the maintenance which has been so niggardly bestowed, can hereafter be received only as he shall merit it, and woman confer it. H To what more exalted "position could woman attain than this‘? The old and proverbial, because old, answer to the demands for woman, has been, that she will forfeit her claims upon the gallantry of men if she attempt to become inde- pendent. Let those who have been accustomed to use this argument consider for once with how much more reverence they will have to regard woman when she shall be elevated to her rightful position as queen in the domain of sex. Let them ask themselves what they may expect from woman then, if they do not render her the homage, the allegiance, the love and respect to which it is so easy now to refer as the natural results of her dependent and enslaved condition. Man respect woman and at the same time hold her in sexual bondage! Impossible. He only despises her because she is weak enough to remain there. Man respects the inde- pendent woman; his peer, his equal; respects her who will not bow to gain his favors; who will not barter her favors for his gold; who will not be bought or sold; and it is high time that women awaken to a realization of this fact. Society has never been organized; it has merely existed- Its condition is properly analagous to that of an unorganized army. It is amob and nothing else. The efﬁciency of a mass of men to be operated in warfare, depends wholly upon the perfection of its organization; but not more so than does that of society, to gain its ends and chiefest aims, upon the perfectness of its organization. Nor is the family as now constituted, or as it can ever be constituted, the unit of society. Society is not a mass of families, but a mass of individuals. It requires only the simplest analysis to show this. If the family is the unit of society the in- dividual is not and cannot be a unit in society, and con- sequently those individuals who have no families are not units of society and do not constitute any part of it. This is an absurdity so apparent that none can entertain it who do not hold to the family organization so strongly as to abjure reason. The organization of society must then begin with the in- dividual, and every individual—man, woman and child- must be a unit of and occupy his or her proper position in the organization. In considering how human justice is to be secured to each individual in an organized society, it should ﬁrst be determined what relations the individuals sustain to each other, since without this as a guide nothing could be constructed that would secure it. We have hinted merely as to what are the rights of women as a seX,’and have said that to the collective man belongs the right no less than the duty of provision for her periods of maternal labor. But we would not _have it inferred from this that woman is to be assigned no productive industrial position in the new order of society. H The needs of society as a whole demand certain"amounts of certain orders of labor; and when these needs are really understood and the labor of society adjusted to provide for them, it will be found that so much as woman’s nature ﬁts her for, and no more, willfall to her to perform; and those labors that man is ﬁtted by his nature to accomplish will fall to him to perform. Exercise is a necessity of health; and when the duties of industry are properly distributed; when each and every individual shall perform his or her appropriate portion, that portion will be performed , as a pleasure instead of as a task. In a properly organized society all labor will be for pleasure and recrea- tion, and will be performed by attraction and not by com- pulsion as it is mostly at present. frnis result may be easilyjnfexred when it is remembered a .. 1!‘ Sept. as, 15%. woonnutta c:r.Asi.in‘§s wagers. at _ that, if every living individual should labor two hours per day, there would be the same aggregate production that there is now, when those who perform the work labor from eight to eighteen hours per day. And still more pointedly, when it is realized how diﬁerently the labors of a society will be conducted when a.ll are engaged to attain the same end, which each individual now desires for himself. Vast combinations will be formed and labor—saviiig machinery will be used to its utmost capacity, and in various directions, which have not yet entered into human conception. At the same time, there will be vast economies of consumption instituted. The cxtravagances and waste of isolated house- holds will be replaced by immense associations, where all the comforts and luxuries of life which are now known to the few will be - provided for all; and where the amuse- ments and intellectual enjoyments which are now only to be obtained by a small minority of the people will be at the command of everybody. By such an order wealth will be held to mean something more vital and necessary than mere material production. In- deed, wealth per 86 will be only a means to a much greater and more Worthy end. Never as yet has society permitted the development of its intellectual, social and moral genius. In their evolution and training will the future society ﬁnd its greatest happiness, and the strife for pecuniary gain which now separates society into warring individuals, will be converted into a happy emulation for moral and in- tellectual position; not for the sake of the position but for the good which the position will permit of being done. In such a social order it will be possible for men and women to be brothers and sisters, and to love each other as such, where now the very picture is a lie and its practice an im- possibility. That humanity may enter upon such a glorious career it is only necessary to answer for itself the oft re- peated question : What is human justice ? And when answered to have the courage, nay, the manhood, to reduce its teachings to a practical movement in which selfinterest ‘ will be best conserved, where the interests of the whole are promoted by the efforts of each individual. -:::——>4 STIRPICULTURE. There is no grander subject that can come before the Convention of American Spiritiialists now in session at Boston, than that which treats of the physical improvement of mankind. It is the basal requirement that must be at- tended to before human beings can be expected to assume higher intellectual or moral positions than those they now occupy. It is also a subject over which we are in power, and on which we can readily legislate if we ordain so to do, and that it is our highest duty, as well wishers of our race, so to ordain and legislate, no true Spiritualist can either deny or doubt. It is impossible to overestimate the value of the changes that may be effected for the good of our race by our operat- ing to such end in concert with the known laws of nature. This assertion is really not stronger than is warranted. Look at the improvements man has made and is making in the vegetable world; in that of ﬂowers; of fruits; and also in that of the lower orders of the animal creation. Note the changes——the advances that are constantly being made by careful breeding——in dogs, sheep, cattle and horses. There is only one step further that can be made in that direction, but it is the most important of all. It is the improvement of the human stock, the physical advancement of mankind. Can it be effected by ourselves? That is the grand ques- tion, and we answer it fearlessly in the aﬁ‘irmative. How? By carefully examining the laws _of nature and working with them as we have done in regard to the instances above given. The only diﬁerence being that, while in the latter case we can act arbitrarily, in the former we _cannot. We are in power over brutes, but we are not in power over human beings. Individual or personal sovereignty in man . or woman ought never to be infringed upon, it should never be surrendered, and we oppose marriage, as now con- stituted, because it overrides this grand cardinal right. But, if we cannot control the will, how can our purposes be effected? We answer, by education. We can perform, by means of the individual, and by operating through the ~ instructed will of the individual, male or female, that which could not and ought not to be otherwiseperformed. For these reasons we demand that the subject of “unemasculated physiology ” shall have its proper attention in our schools. Although we are but on the primary form ourselves, we have learned enough of what may be termed “ sexology,” to assert that over alfectional matters woman is naturally in power, and in spite of a false theology which says, “ wives submit yourselves to your husbands,” We claim that, as a fundamental necessity, before we can hope for an improved race of human beings, her rightful power must be ad- mitted. Were our people really monogamic it would be readily recognized. But they are not. All must admit that the feminine half of the human unit is certainly more monogamic than the masculine, But the male is in power, and he is naturally promiscuous. The best hope of revers- ing the present sexual disorders that aﬂlict mankind, con- sists in the annihilation of all man-made laws upon the subject of sexual unions, whether ecclesiastical or civil. I Then, if the monogamic system is thebest for our race, it will naturally be established by woman. Judaism and Christianity have touched upon the subject of prenatal conditions, in the third commandment, in order to “curse,” but Spiritualism has examined the same sub- ject in order to “bless” mankind. To that end it demands the collective care of the State or nation, cheerfully ren- dered, for all child-bearing and nursing women who may need its services. Under present circumstances in our cities, we can hardly hope for a progeny either morally or physically healthy. The surroundings of women in in- numerable instances forbid it. Every surgeon knows that the biblical doctrine we have already quoted is a bad in- struction in such cases. We must, as a’ civilized people, recognize the fact that a childbearing woman is doing a higher duty to the State than any man can perform, and well merits all the collective care that can be bestowed on her. Man attends to inferior ‘animals in such conditions; their young are valuable; it is monstrous to suppose that woman alone and her progeny may be neglected, and that an addition to the human stock of the nation is not worthy of the highest attention and care of the public. 'What we have demanded for women in the foregoing paragraph we demand also for children. Were we even a Christian nation we should have no need to do so. The great Nazarene did not say “suﬂer” my own “little chil- dren to come unto me; ” he had none; he therefore gave an unlimited command. The smug Pharisees of our churches can look upon the misery of children in our cities, and mentally contrasting their condition with those in their own homes, comfort themselves with the idea of their own pa- ternalexcellencics; but, to the true Spiritualist, all these little forlorn waifs arehis family, their joys are his joys, and their misery his disgrace. This ought to be the case with the Christian also, but it is not. He does not say “ suﬁer little children to come unto me,” or he would at least keep one basket open for the reception of forlorn infants in the great city of New York. The proper method of rearing children is also a subject that will bear examination. Those who have seen the pouponnat or nursery, at M. Godin’s palace at Guise, are loud in its praises. There is no more forlorn object than an isolated child, and it is questionable whether children (privately instructed) in an isolated family are much better off. We hold that the Nazarene was the iconoclast of the “family arrangement,” so much lauded by his self-inte- rested followers. But we claim also, that hisffollowers, who are pecuniarily able, usually break it up where they can by sending their children I to boarding school ten months in the year, and that they are right in so doing. Here we come upon another evil. The old moiikish system of the division of the sexes in private schools, which is con- trary both to Christianity and nature. If “it is not good for man to be alone” it is not good for boys to be alone either. Sexual isolation is always reprehensible, whether in a school or in a club-house; it is the proliﬁc parent of crime. In childhood and early youth the commingling of the sexes does not stimulate but represses precocity; it does not en- courage but prevents sexual aberrations. Up to a certain age there is a natural repulsion between boys and girls that is highly beneﬁcial for both.; they act as natural checks upon each other’s evils and stimulants of each other’s eX~ cellencies. If at present many of our private boys’ schools, like our legislative halls, are hot-beds of vice and lewdness, it is because, in both cases, but one-half of the unit is in them represented . But, after all, the foundation of all improvemen't'Iin our race must be looked for in the establishment of social and sexual freedom. That alone can purge the world of the evils that are now decimating it. Man has tried his hand at enforcing sexual purity by law long ‘enough, and the consequences of his eﬁorts are fraud, hypocrisy, lying, fetus, child and mother murders. When all edicts are ab- rogated which interfere with the personal rights of woman, and when she is acknowledged as the rightful queen in the domain of the affections, things will be different. Whether, under her ruling, monogamy, polygamy, polyandry or promiscuity will prevail, it is not for us to say, but we have faith that woman will favor the ﬁrst of these systems. Anyway, we are bold to believe that, whichever she ordains will be natural and not artiﬁcial, and will be best for man- kind. ——«-—.-—-»-+9»-<—-—-——— OUTWORN SYSTEMS. All the labor movements now convulsing the civilized world have but one object; it is to secure to all producers their just share in (or rightful exchange for) the proceeds of their toils. It is manifest that they do not now obtain it, if they did the workers would ride and the ‘speculators and money—manipu_lators would go on foot. But this simple and honest reform cannot be effected without a great revolution. No amelioration of the condition of the laborers (that is of the masses) of mankind can be looked for under our present law, land and money systems. Our very complicated law system to which justice is a stranger, has grown (chieﬂy during the past three centuries),'out of our money system. That this is correct may be seen in the deﬁnition of the word “ Interest” in the Encyclopedia Britannica. We are told there that it was ﬁrst permitted by Christians in Italy, about the year 1500. When the Jews, of Lombardy, publicly loaned money, such was the moral condition of society that “ they loaned it on the written word of the borrower,” but, the article further states—-“as there is in the loaning and borrowing of money a tendency to demoralize and derange society--mortgages were soon demanded, and litigation and extortion followed in their train.” Hence the law became complicated, and with every complication less beneﬁcial‘ and much more burdensome to the people. Our money system is based on the impious wrong, which has been pro- tested against by the workers both of Europe and the United States, which permitsa money value to be placed on the tillable land, and thus locks up the treasures of the earth from honest competition. If to these we add the system of dis- tribution, which authorizes men to prey on their neighbors, and of which John Ruskin says, “ All rates of interest or modes of proﬁt on capital which render possible the rapid accumulation of fortunes, are simply forms of taxation, by individuals, on labor, purchase, or transport; and are highly detrimental to the ‘national interests, being, indeed, no means of national gain, but only the abstraction of small gains from many to prove the large gain of one,” ‘ I ——we shall behold the true causes of the sad condition of the working classes here and elsewhere. John Bright and the late lamented Richard Cobden, ﬁnd- ing all hope of further reform stopped by the land systemof Great Britain, were forced to face the proudest aristocracy on the globe, and, in spite of laws of entail, to declare to it that-——“the land must be divided and sold in small quanti- ties.” As to the money system, do not the gambling dens of the money changers, and their howling orgies, stink to the nostrils of the people ? V In law have we not arrived at that pass when the wit of an advocate is more potent than right ? And is not the motto of the distributor—“ buy in the cheap- est market and sell in the dearest ”—a plain proof that our method for the exchange of commodities is based on fraud and oppression ? 1f these systems are great evils in despotisms, they are far greater evils in a republic. Our democratic form of gov- ernment cannot endure long the classiﬁcations they gene- rate. The height of an aristocracy of wealth or birth bears an exact proportion to the depth of human misery out of which it grows, and on which it exists. Riches are not now gained by superior labor, but extracted by superior craft. The community never obtains an equivalent for large accumulations. Probably the richest draper in New ‘ York has not added the value of a quarter of a yard of cloth to the wealth of the nation. He is merely a distribu- tor of that article. But to distribute wealth is to do some- thing comparatively useful. Many obtain vast fortunes whose lives are positively pernicious. Speculators in ﬂesh and grain who amass money by creating artiﬁcial famines, and money and stock gamblers, who live by robbing their neighbors—legally. These latter are the Dick Turpins of modern society. Yet we do not attack individuals. Men of great wealth are not the enemies of the workers, it is the artiﬁcial systems, by which such are created, that are the deadly foes of the toilers. No laborer, however ill-rewarded be his toil, has a right to denounce a man as an Oppressor or a moneyed aristocrat, unless he himself would refuse ti) accept a fortune. He has, however, a right to condemn the systems that rob him to generate wastefulness -and crime. It is well for us to carefully attend to the above dis- tinctions, in ﬁghting the great labor battle, and to remem- ber that we are working for the general good of all human beings, whether they be rich, or whether they be poor. ——-3:; FRIGHTENING CHILDREN. This may seem to be a very simple subject to deseant upon. It is so; but while nine out of ten parents resort at times to establish their authority on the principleof fear; while our children themselves retail such evil instructions among one another; while a similar error is propagated in the government of many of our schools; and while terror is the base of many of our laws themselves, it is one surely needing discussion in the columns of the WEEKLY, and we therefore do not think it necessary to apologize to our readers for introducing the following article to their notice from the Home Wsilor of Burlington, Vermont; A Nothing can be worse for a. child than to frighten it. The effect of the scare it is slow _to recover from; it remains sometimes until maturity, as is shown by many instances of morbid sensitiveness and excessive nervousness. . ‘ Not unfreqnently fear is employed as a means of discipline. Children are controlled by being made to believe that some- thing terrible will happen to them; are punished by being shut up in dark rooms, or by being put in places they stand in dread of. No one,without vivid memory of his own child- hood, can comprehend how entirely cruel such things are. We have often heard grown persons _tel1of_ the suifering they have endured, as children, under like circumstances, and recount the irreparable injury which they are sure they then received. No parent, no nurse, capable of alarming the young, is ﬁtted for her position. Children, as near as pos- sible, should be trained not to know the sense of fear, which, above everything else, is to be feared, in their education both early and late. V The above is one phase of thesubject, but there is an- other which is and ought to be even more important to all who call themselves Spiritualists; Bad as bodilyfear is, and deplorable as are its effects, they are hardly compar- able either in the one case or the other to that mental slavery which is being instilled into the minds of the young by the various priestho_ods of the day. True, the latter is part and parcel of the same system as the former, but it is far more pernicious. We all know that the “fear of the ferule and the gallows” are the legitimate progeny of the “fear of death and of hell,” and until such damnable stimuli are abrogated from among us, we can hardlyhope for a race of human beings ﬁt for true liberty, " 10 . wocgnnuizi. as o:;Asi.rnvs wssxtr. . 1 MOUL'I‘O_N’S VINDICATION. (Continued from page 7.) does mine. I am myself again [sic] I did not dare to tell you till I was sure, but the bird has sung in my heart these four weeks, and he has covenanted with me- never again to leave. “Spring has come.” Be- cause I thought it would gladden you to know this, and not to trouble or embarrass you in any way, I now write. Of course I should like to share with you my joy, butgcan wait for the beyond! When dear Flank says I may once again go to old Plymouth I will thank the dear Father. There can be but one meaning in these phrases under such circumstances. “I am myself agam. I did not dare to tell you till I was sure, but the bird has sung in my heart these four weeks, and he has covenanted with me never again to leave. ‘ Spring has come,’ ” etc. “ Of course, I should like to share with you my joy.” _ I assume it will not be claimed that Tilton ex/torted from his wife this letter. Was this so signiﬁcant hint to come “ when she was all right” answered? The reply to that ques- tion‘ will be found in two notes to Elizabeth from Beecher, the shorter one inclosed within -the other. The first is as follows, marked “N” : BEECHER T0 MRS. TILTON. The blessing of God rest upon you. Every spark of light and warmth in your own house will be a star and a sun in my dwelling. Your note broke like spring [sic.] upon winter, and gave me an inward rebound, toward life. ' No one can ever know——ncne but God--through what a dreary wilderness I have wandered! There was Mt. Sinai, there was the barren sand, there was the alternation of hope and despair that mark- ed the pilgrimage of old. If .only it might lead to the Promised Land! ’ —-or, like Moses, shall I die on the border! Your hope and courage are like medicine. Should God inspire you to restore and rebuild at home, and while doing it to cheer and sustain outside of it another who sorely needs help in heart and spirit, it will prove a life so noble as few are able to live! and, in another world, the emancipated soul may utter thanks. If it would be of comfort to you, now and then, to send me a letter of true imoardness [sic]-the outcome of your inner life—it would be safe, forI am now at home here with my sister; and it is pewnitted to you [sic] and will be an exceeding refreshment to me, for your "heart experiences ' are often like bread from heaven to the hungry. God has enriched your moral nature. May not others partake? This is in Beecher’s handwriting, but without direction or signature, but the note inclosed in pencil tells us the direc- tion of it, as the words, “ Your note broke like spring upon -winter,” tells also to what note it was in reply to, because that quotes the words of Mrs. Tilton, “Spring has come,” asking him to “ share her joy,” she being “all right” now. The inclosure is on a slip of paper, marked, 0 (but which I do not produce here, reserving it for presentation before an- other tribunal). , Was there ever a plainer case of renewal of intimacy, to say the least, than this? Mark, also, amid the prayers to God contained in the longer note Beecher’s suggestion that Elizabeth can write him now “with safety,” because he is limmg alone with his s'iste'r—-t’. e., his wife-is away I If this stood alone it would be all-suﬁicient to prove that he speaks falsely who says that Beecher never visited Mrs. Tilton except at her husband’s request after the settlement, and ﬁll my purpose, but I do not choose to leave it in its soli- tude as a single act, and therefore I reproduce from my state- ment the letter from Mrs. Tilton to Beecher, which bears date May 3, 1&7’1: . Mr. Beecher-—My future, either for life of death, would be happier cou1d.I but feel that you forgave me while you forget me. In all the sad complications of the past year my endeavor was to entirely keep from you all suﬁering; to bear myself alone, leaving you forever ignorant of it. My weapons were love, a large, untiring generosity, and ne.st-/Lé(l2'n{// That I failed utterly we both know. But now I ask forgiveness. Perhaps Tilton extorted this letter, too, from his wife. The italics are those of the writer. Will Beecher, in his ﬁrst sermon after his vacation, please explain what sort of a spiritua “weapon ” “_nest-hiding ” is, with which “ a, poor dear child of awoman” “keeps all suﬁering from her pas- tor,” so as to leave him “forever ignorant of it,” unless, in- deed, “ nest-hiding” is a carnal weapon, for in that case no explanation is needed. There are indicationsin this note that perhaps Beecher did not keep his appointment, and may have been the reason for its writing. Whether this note was answered I do not now produce documentary evidence to show, nor is it necessary upon the questionwhether Beecher renewed his intimacy with her after the settlement, because I produce another note of J an- uary 20, 1872, undirected, but inclosed in an envelope ad- dressed “Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, Livingston street, Brook- lyn,” bearing the postmark of the same date. It_is marked H P J? : _ BEECHER TO Mhs. TILTON. , ' 20 January, 1872. Now may the God of Peace that brought again from the dead our ' Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ.‘ . This is my prayer day and night. This world ceases to hold me as it did. I live in the thought and hope of the coming immortality, and seem to myself most of the time to be standing-on the edge of the other life, wondering whether I may not at any hour hear the call, “ Come up hither.” ‘ , I shall be in New Haven next week to begin my course of lectures to the theological classes, or preaching. My wife takes boat for Havana and Florida on Thursday. v » I called on Monday, but you were out. I hope you are growing stronger and happier. May the dear Lord and. Saviour abide with you. Very truly yours, ‘V H. W. Bananas. A I again call attention to the mixture of prayer and business in this note by the following words: “My wife takes boat for Hacana and Florida on Thursday. I calledon Monday, but found you were out.” ~ V But this is not the only note which establishes renewed‘ intimacy. I produce another note, undirected and unsigned, but inclosed in an envelope postmarked the same day, di- 1 .-rected “Elizabeth Tilton, care of Theodore Tilton, Esq., Brooklyn.” This is the, only one addressed to his care, and _ its contents are such thatahusband might read as coming from a pastor to his parishioner, except that the husband was using the intimacy of the pastor with his wife for the pur- pose of blackmailing him. But why leave it unsigned? It is here inserted, marked “ Q " : BEECHER TO MRS. TILTON. 1 _ MAY 6, "72. My DearFrzemZ—I was glad to see you at church yesterday. It is always a great comfort to me when you are, and a token of God’s favor. I go to-night to Norwich, N. Y., where my grand-daughter, six years old, is dying, and her mother, my Hattie, awaiting her own conﬁnement. I seem to live amidst funerals. The air is heavy much of the time with the odor of the grave. I am again at work on the “ Life,” making haste while the day lasts— “the night cometh when no man can work.” I pray for you, that God would dwell in you by that spirit of divine love by which we are cleansed from anger, impatience and all self- asseriion, and kept in the sweetness of that peace which passes all un- derstanding. That it may please God to lift you up out of all trouble, and to keep you under the shadow ‘of His wings, is my prayer for you. By His spirit animosity may be utterly slain and your better self may be clothed with the invincible spirit of a love which, springing from God and abiding in Him, will carry with it Ifés victory. And these letters, written, too, by a Christian minister to a woman whom he now characterizes in his statement thus: “I am in that kind of divided consciousness that I was in respect to Elizabeth, that she was a saint and ‘chief of sin- ners.” He knew all of her then that he does now, unless indeed he does know more now, and yet he.wants “ refresh- ment ” from her “true inwarclness.” I need not prolong this statement by the production of documents to show that the intimacy between Beecher and Mrs. Tilton did not cease after January 1, 1871, when he -had solemnly settled the past injury with the husband and prom- ised me that it should cease, and when he now states it did cease, ior all these letters are subsequent to his settlement with Tilton, and some of them more than a year after. I call attention to the fact that I have drawn no inferences as to the effect of these letters. I have only compared them, shown the relations of their several parts to their surround- ings, except that I do insist that they show a renewal of in- timacy with his family not under the supervision of either Tilton or myself, which is the point at issue between Beecher and me in this regard. I have avoided stating in terms the effect upon my mind, because in my former statement, hav- ing given only the results of conversations, I have been criticised; and disbelief of -the facts I stated has been at- tempted because I did not state the precise words and man- ner of the_ admissions of the fact of sexual intercourse with Mrs. Tilton by Beecher. It has been said that, being a “ man of the world,” I drew inferences from his pure and un- guarded expressions which they did not authorize, and there- fore as to these letters I have left the inferences to be drawn by those who read them in the light which dates and facts now throw upon them. But to answer this criticism in another direction, and to show the impossibility that I could be mistaken, not seeking to shelter myself under any supposed misunderstanding; but taking all the burden of veracity between Beecher, Tilton and myself, I now proceed to give such portions as are neces- sary of some few of the conversations in which Beecher made confession of adultery: I ' I have before stated that the first confession was made on the night I went for the “retraction ” of Mrs. Tilton; that I there told him: “ Mr. Beecher, you have had criminal inter- course with Mrs. Tilton, and you have done great injury to Tilton otherwise ;” and I say further in my published state- ment: “that he confessed and denied not, but confessed.” As he did not deny this charge, so explicitly madeiby me, whatever inferences I may have made from his words at other times, he certainly could not have mistaken mine at this time. When speaking of the relations of a man and a woman,’. “criminal intercourse” has but one “legal or liter- ary meaning,”'even to a clergyman. It, however, seems necessary that I should go still further, which I do, and I say that on that evening he confessed to me his relations with Mrs. Tilton in language so vivid that I could not possibly forget or mistake it. He said, “ My acts of intercourse with that woman were as natural and sincere an expression of my love for her as the words of endearment which I addressed to her. There seemed to be nothing in what we did together that I could not justify to myself on the ground of our love for each other, and I think God will not blame me for my acts with her. I know that at present it would be utterly impossible for me to justify myself before man.” This is impressed upon my mind because it was the first enunciation of a justiﬁcation of the doctrines of free love that I had ever heard. Not only on the occasion of handing back Mrs. Tilton’s “ retraction,” and when giving me the letter of contrition of January 1, 1871, did heparticularize with regard to the feel- ings that inﬂuenced him to do as he did with Mrs. Tilton, but in many of the conversations I held with him he strongly ad- verted to the absorbing love which he felt for the Woman, and to the joys of his intercourse with her, which he always jus- tiﬁed because of that love. Indeed, on one occasion when speaking of it he said so pure did the intercourse seem to him that the little red lounge on which they had been to- gether seemed to him “ almost a sacred thing.” If my testimony is to avail anything in this matter, I here commit it now fully to the statement heretofore made by me, which I then softened by omitting details, the language of which I thought it best for public morality should be sup- pressed. And I call attention to the fact madein my previous statement that, in the presence of myself and another wit- ness, whom I still feel reluctant to bring forward—of course not Mr. Tilton-both Mrs. Tilton and Mr. Beecher’ admitted in language not to be mistaken that a continued sexual in- timacy had existed between them, and asked advice as to the course to be taken because of it. I trust I shall be pardoned for giving an instance or two out of the many that I might cite of the inconsistency of Mr. Beecher with himself. -The theory of his statement is that ,Mrs. Tilton had confessed to her husband in the ﬂrst place only his (Beecher’s) “ excessive love for her,” and he main- tains stoutly thatin that confession there was nothing more confessed than that he had made “improper advances” to her. But again, he says the document was one “iI.1criminat’ ‘Sept. 26, 1874. ing ” him. Lastly, he gives an account of his interview with- Mrs. Tilton when he got the retraction. This he describes in the following words: I added that he (Tilton) said that I had made improper suggestions to her, and that she admitted this fact to him last July. I said: “ Eliza- beth, have you made such statements to him? ” She made no answer. I repeated the question. Tears ran down her cheeks, and she very slightly bowed her head in acquiescence. I said: “ You cannot mean that you have stated all that he has charged? ” She opened her eyes and began in a slow and feeble way to explain how sick she had been, how wearied out with importunity; that he had confessed his own alien loves, and said that he could not bear to think that she was better than he; that she might win him to reformation if she would confess that she had loved me more than him, and that they would repent and go on with future concord. The point between us is this: I averred in my statement that the document which Beecher saw as well as myself, was her confession that he had committed adultery with the wife- Which was it? A confession only of excessive love and im- proper advances on his part, or, as he describes it, an “in- criminating ” confession? Without stopping to advert to the fact that Mrs. Tilton in her confession, which went to Dr. Storrs, says that he asked her to be a wife to him, with all that that implies, and the singular fact appears that she does not therein say she said no to him, need I advert upon the likelihood of her making a negative with her great love for him if he took the initiative ?. Let us now judge Mr. Beecher by his own statement. He went to Mrs. Tilton and asked her if she had confessed all that her husband had charged, which he said were “improper advances.” She bowed her head in aquiescence. He said: “ How could you do that?” She now gives the reason and says Tilton had confessed his own alien loves, and said that he could not bear to think that she was better than he, and that “ she might win him if she confessed she loved me more than him, and. they would repent andtgo on in future concord.” Assuming this report of the conversation to be true, and the reason given by Mrs. Tilton for her confession, I am led to ask how would it tend to show that the husband, who had confessed his adultery to his wife, had a. wife as bad as he was because she confessed to him that she had been tempted by her pastor and friend, and refused his solicitations, under circumstances of the greatest possible temptation? It can only be reconciled upon the theory that Tilton’s confession of “ alien loves ” also included a declaration that he had not sinned in act with them. This supposition, however, both Bcecher and Elizabeth reject with scorn. Both declare the same equivocal words as hers as to Tilton mean adultery only. May not, then, her “love” with Beecher, so “ exces- sive,” mean the" same thing? If that theory as to themselves is true, would not such a confession to Tilton by his wife, in- stead of convincing him that she was as bad as he was as an adulterer, tend to show to him that she was the best of all women, and withstood temptation better than her grand- mother Eve? Why confess her own entire worthiness i11 order to convince her husband of her unworthiness? On the contrary, does not this language plainly show that her con- fession was precisely what I have declared it was in the writ- ten confession, and what it was in fact? Let me give a single other instance. When called upon in his cross—examination to explain his phrases in the letter of June 3, 1872: “I have determined to make no more resist- ance. Theodore’s temperament is such that the future, even if temporarily earned, would be absolutely worthless, ﬁlled with abrupt changes and rendering me liable at any hour or day to be obliged to stultify all the devices by which we saved ourselves ”.—he says: Devices did not refer to me, but to him (Moulton)—his whole style of acting. . Q. Theodore said he was born for war, and M0111t0n probably born for diplomacy? A. Yes. By Mr. Cleveland——Were the plan and method by which from time to time these things were managed by your suggestions or by Mr. Moulton? A. I made suggestions from time to time, generally without any effect , and the essential course of affairs, so far as it has not been forced upon us from outside inﬂuences, has been of his (Moultonfs) procuring. Again he answers to another question as follows: Q. The “ devices ”—did that refer to all the places and arrangements and steps that had been taken? A. It referred to this: If I had been left to manage this matter simply myself, I should have said “ yes ” or “ no." That would have been the whole of it, but instead of that the matter wcnt'into Moulton’s hands, and Moulton is a man that loves in- trigue in such a way that, as Lady Montague said of somebody, “he would not carve a cabbage unless he could steal on it from behind and do it by a device.” I Let us see if this is true. I certainly did not manage the “ device” of getting the retraction from Mrs. Tilton of De- cember 30, 1870. I did not manage the “ device ” of the “device” of the tripartite covenant. 1 did not suggest his proposed letter to Claﬂin, and of his sending me to him to ascertain whether he had learned the “very bottom facts.” I did not suggest the “device” of putting the card in the Brooklyn Eagle denying the facts———I only made it more in- telligible. I did not suggest the “ device” of attempting to stop the mouth of Mrs. Hooker, for I could know nothing about it until Beecher came to me with it. I did not suggest the “device” of his proposed card to Tilton by which he should repudiate the Woodhull statement. I did not manage or suggest the “ devices ” of the two letters of February 7,1871, that I should be made a priest at the altar of reconciliation, because it appears from the letters themselves I was then on a sick-bed. ' I did not suggest the “device” as to his letters to Mrs. Woodhull, for he wrote them and then sent them to me for my approval. I did not suggest the “devices ” of silence, or of writing -to Shearman to send letters of explanation to Mr. Tilton, nor the letter to Mr. Cleveland, of which he sent me a copy; nor of sending -Cleveland with his horse and buggy to hunt Carpenter, in “ to have come from headquarters,” as Beecher wrote me he had done it. Neither did I manage the “ device,” since the publication of the Bacon letter, of the proposed statement for Tilton to make to the committee in reply to the“ one which he (Beecher) was to make. reconciliation with Bowen in 1870. 1 did not manage the. order to shut up his mouth, lest his statement should appear‘ Sept.20,1874{ woonnutt a (iLAi‘i.iN*s wsnntr. _ ii These all, as appear from the letters and documents them- selves, are the emanations of Mr. Beecher’s own diplomacy to cover up the fact that he had given bad advice to the wife of his friend upon a misstatement of the truth as to a do- mestic difference. Is Mr. Beecher to be believed when he states all these were my “ devices;” or rather, was not his state of mind better described by himself inhis cross-exami- nation where he is asked to explain—what indeed is unex- plainable on any other theory than the truth of his guilt—his letter of February '7, 1871. I quote: Q. In your letter of the same date to Mr. Moulton this occurs: “ Would to God, who orders all hearts, and by his kind mediation, Theodore, Elizabeth and I could be made friends again. Theodore will havethe hardest task in such a case.” Preciselywhat did you mean? Whythat last sentence? A. It is all a muddle to me, as I don’t recall the precise working of my mind. . ‘ It is, indeed, true that his mind is all “a muddle” in un- dertaking to carry through the explanation made by his lawyers. Yet even this poor excuse, that “ he cannot recall the workings of his mind,” he does not leave to himself, be- cause in his written statement he says: “ I laborunder great disadvantages in making a statement. My memory of states of mind is clear and tenacious, better than memory of dates and details ;” and yet, in his cross—examination he utterly breaks down upon “the state of his mind” and declares it “all a muddle.” But it is not my purpose, nor will it be proﬁtable, to push the analysis of this statement of Mr. Beecher’s lawyers fur- ther. From these specimens of its inconsistencies, and from these contradictions of the facts, I shall leave the truth of our respective statements to be judged of by all good men who take an interest in them. I have here at ﬁrst given what I am sorry to say is a prolix but faithful narrative of every event and act in which I took part, with the documents and papers, occurring since the in- ception of the Bacon letter. And I ask the judgment of every candid mind upon the question of veracity ﬁrst herein stated, whether the statement of Henry Ward Beecher before the cornmittee—that “ when that Bacon letter was published, and Mr. Moulton, on my visiting him in reference to it, pro- posed no counter-operation—no documents, no help-—I was staggered, and when Tilton subsequently published his state- ment, after he came to this committee, when that came out I never heard a Word from Moulton; he never sent for me, nor visited me, nor did a thing,‘ I waited for him to say or do something”-—can be true in general or in either particular. His averment covers the whole period from before the 21st of June to the hour he made his statement. Does he not know that he himself placed in my hands his proposition in his own handwriting as to what Tilton should say in reply to his statement before the committee, written more than three weeks after the publication of the Bacon letter? Does he not know he visited my house in reference to my own state- ment, to be made before his committee, when he came ac- cording to his letter of appointment of July 13. Does he not know that I wrote out for him my view of the words by which he could shield himself from the consequences of that Bacon letter, to be used in his pulpit, which he copied out to show to his friends? Does he not remember when he put his arms around my neck, during that consultation of the 5th of July, fourteen days after the Bacon letter, and in the pres- ence of my business partner spoke of me as the “best friend that God ever raised up to a man?” In view of these facts thus vouched, how can he stand before the community other- wise than as a convicted falsiﬁer and slanderer of “ his only and best friend.” who was loyally doing all he could to save him day by day? From this bitter issue there is in my own mind for Beecher but one escape, to which I gladly turn—that these statements are put into his month by his lawyers and advisers, and are not his own ; and while that may well protect him from the charge of ungrateful, wicked lying, at the same’ moment it disposes of his statement to the committee as evidence in this controversy not being the truth told by himself or an- other, but the special plea of his counsel. ‘ Whatever may have been my own mistakes inacting for _him; whatever may have been the faults and foolishness of my advice in his behalf, to save him in theyears of his deadly peril, thank God they brought him into no such terrible dilemma as this, by which his character as aman of truth and Christian piety is forever gone or his pretended state-' ment ceases to be evidencein his own behalf! I have gone through all these facts with another purpose also, and that is that I may in some degree reinstate myself ‘with the public from the charge of treachery and broken faith to Mr. Beecher, which, if true, ought to render any . word I might say in my own behalf as to any other charge useless. If I have not thereby succeeded in substantiating my truthfulness as a witness, my purity of motive and the loyalty of my conduct toward Beecher—always acknowledging every- thing of unwisdom or want of judgment in my actions that may justly be alleged against me——all that I may say further in regard to the charges of blackmail so liberally visited upon me by Mr. Beecher may as well remain unsaid. As to the charge of blackmailing upon Rev. Mr. Beecher, I premise by saying that whatever money transactions were had with him in this regard were bad through myself alone; and therefore if blackmail was levied upon Mr. Beecher,,as he avers, it was done by my procurement and consent, and for which I am alone blamable, as I conﬁrm his own state- ment that Tilton never spoke to him on the subject of money. Beecher’s account of the blackmailing is substantially as follows, being abbreviated from various parts of his state- ment and cross-examination: Money has been obtained from me in the course of these affairs in considerablesums, but I did not at ﬁrst look upon the suggestions that I should contribute. to Mr. Tilton’s pecuniary wants as savoring of blackmail. This did not occur to me until I had paid perhaps $2,000. Afterward I contributed at one time $5,000. After the money had been paid over in ﬁve $1,000 bills—-to raise which I mortgaged the house I live in—I felt very much dissatisﬁed with myself about it. Again he gives this account of the $7,000 in his cross-exam- ination-—al1 the money that he says he ever paid: Q. By Mr. Cle veland-Inyour statement you have alluded to one pay- ment of $5,000. Have you furnished any other money to those parties 1’ A. I have furnished at least $2,000 besides the $5,000. Q. To whom did you pay that money? A. To Mr. Moulton. Q. In Various sums? A. In various sums, partly in cash and partly in checks. ' Q. Have you any of those checks? A. I have several; I don’t remem- ber how many. . I Q. Where are they? A. I have some of them here: one of June 23, 1871, drawn on the Mechanics’ Bank to the order of Frank Moulton, and indorscd in his handwriting; and one of November 10, 1871, payable to the order of Frank Moulton.» a11d indorsed in his handwriting; and of May 29, 1872, to the order of Frank D. Moulton, and also indorsed in his -handwritin g. Each of these that are marked for deposit across the face have been paid. Q. As nearly as you can recollect, how much money went into the hands of Mr. Moulton? A. I should say I have paid $7,000. Q. To what use did you suppose that money was to be appropriated ? A. I supposed that it was to be appropriated to extricate Mr. Tilton from his difficulties in some way. Q. You did not stop to inquire how or why? A.vMoulton sometimes sent me anote saying, “I wish you would send me your check for so much.” . Q. Did you usually respond to the demands of Mr. Moulton for money . during thosemonths? A. I always did. Q. Under what circumstances did you come to pay the $5,000 in one sum? A. Because it was represented to me that the whole diﬂiculty could be now settled by that amount of money, which would put the affairs of the Golden Age on a secure footing; that they would be able .to go right on, and that with the going on of them the safety of Tilton would be assured, and that would be the settlement of the whole thing. It was to save Tilton pecuniarily. It will be observed that in this account of the $7.000—all that he claims he ever paid--Mr. Beecher does not allege that the thought of blackmailing was in his mind until after he had paid the $2,000, or that Tilton had ever asked him for any money. It will also be observed that he produces cer- tain ohecks to the committee in his cross-examination, but does not give the several amounts of those checks but does the dates. But. being in the position of being required to tell the whole truth, he entirely conceals the fact that a large portion of the $2,000 was paid for the education and support of the girl Bessie Turner, now_his swift witness before the committee, contradicting two written statements which have been published, made by her relative to the same facts, wherein she designates what she tells bef

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