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Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 11, no. 08 (January 22, 1876)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2107
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1876-01-22
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: P _._—"> :3. -~. :5: P,ROGrRESSl FREE THOUGHT!» UNTRAMMELED LIVES$i BREAKING THEPWAY Foie FUTURE GENERATIONS. ‘Vol. XI. ——No. 8. —Whole No. see. NEW YORK, JAN. 22, 1876. PRICE TEN CENTS;_ The truth shall make you free.-Jesus. In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, the mysterg,/ of God shah be ﬁm'she0l.—St. John the Divine, ‘ "Whereof I was made a r/minister to preach the un- searehable riches of Christ, and the mystery which from the begz'hm7ng of the world hath been h.id,2'7z (¥0c?.r—Pau1. ‘ THE REFERENDUM “ HUMBUG.” There are some blunders which have to be treated as crimes There are blunders at all events which in their social results are eqvivalent to crimes. Notably for instance the blunders of statesmen, and only in very little less degree/chose of any man who presumes to meddlewith public affairs. There are state crimes also. Treason is a crime; none the less a crime because one may rightfully sympathize with a Sidney and a Hampden. The cri...
Show moreP _._—"> :3. -~. :5: P,ROGrRESSl FREE THOUGHT!» UNTRAMMELED LIVES$i BREAKING THEPWAY Foie FUTURE GENERATIONS. ‘Vol. XI. ——No. 8. —Whole No. see. NEW YORK, JAN. 22, 1876. PRICE TEN CENTS;_ The truth shall make you free.-Jesus. In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, the mysterg,/ of God shah be ﬁm'she0l.—St. John the Divine, ‘ "Whereof I was made a r/minister to preach the un- searehable riches of Christ, and the mystery which from the begz'hm7ng of the world hath been h.id,2'7z (¥0c?.r—Pau1. ‘ THE REFERENDUM “ HUMBUG.” There are some blunders which have to be treated as crimes There are blunders at all events which in their social results are eqvivalent to crimes. Notably for instance the blunders of statesmen, and only in very little less degree/chose of any man who presumes to meddlewith public affairs. There are state crimes also. Treason is a crime; none the less a crime because one may rightfully sympathize with a Sidney and a Hampden. The crimes of the rulers of men are by no means always to be treated as mere blunders——although blunders they always are as well as crimes. The massacre of the Parisian working men in 1871, like the subsequent murders on the plains of Satory, was a crime that will yet be punished, as some of our New York newspaper men who chose to make themselves accessories after*t'heifact'may ﬁnd to their cost I But there are mere blunders which are scarcely less terrible in their effects than unmitigable crimes like these, and even the real statesman is liable to blunder—or was rather, for the species is extinct. The mere agitator, whose blundering might seem to be less important, inﬂicts upon us no small suffering indirectly; for his blunders are constantly the im- mediate provocation to those of the statesman, while not infrequently furnishing grave excuses even for the crimes of the rulers. The greatest blunder that either ruler or agitator can make at this day, is to persist, amidst all the light come into the world in this 19th century, in schemes or policies based upon pure imagination. The agitator is the more unpardonable of the two, however. Professing to believe in progress he has no shadow of excuse for shutting his eyes to light, because it may have only just dawned. With allusions to Galileo and the martyrs of newness generally for ever on his lips, to modern science and the wonderful progress of recent cen- turies and decades even in new and surprising discoveries, it is in him an indescribable falzuity to shut his eyes to the grandest of all dscoveries, because of its being new and some- what surprising and to turn his back upon science just when in its resistless progress it reaches its very culmination and thus to help persecute even a greater than Galileo. As if, too, the party of progress had not suffered enough already from: its a priort schemes. It is these a priort schemes that, setting at deﬁance all known facts, but absorbing none the less the energies of progressive minds, become alike in Europe and here, the one main obstacle arresting the onward movement of our race. The old retrograde parties can do nothing to hinder progress. Nothing in the shape of external resistance can at this day hinder it; as witness the futile attempt of thatuwretched crowd of usurping retrogrades, the French Assembly at Ver- sailles, composed ﬁve-sevenths at least of Monarchists, Im- perialists and other enemies of France, that is of the Repub-p lic, struggling as it has been for, four long weary years by any and every means to kill the Republic, having in its own hands all the time the whole organized power of France, and yet able ﬁnally to do nothing but to give for the first time a legal and orderly existence to the Republic which it has been movingfieaven and earth to destroy. Progres- sives alone can in this age hinder progress. Just as in France it is the a priort Republicans alone who have hin- dered the permanent establishment of the Republic—the re- public of positive facts—-on which the heart of France is ir- revocably set; so here it is our a priort “reformers” alone who, making the very name’ of “reform ” stink in the nos- trils of all men possessed of combined honesty and common sense,_conﬁrm the power of the stupid tyrants who now trample us all under their feet. — Let us examine, for instance, just for a moment, that pre- cious invention of our lunatlcs at large which they christen the “referendum” that; assumes. as undeniably true, that which everybody who has learned the very first principles of scientiﬁc jurisprudence knows to be utterly false: viz., that the practical effectfof a proposed lawjcan be easily and accur- ably judged of by everybody beforehand. It assumes in ad- dition, it is true, a whole string of other falsities; but this one is enough, and this one we have time to illustrate only by one or two out of myriads of striking facts. Facts that sum themselves up brieﬂy thus: the actual effect of any pro- posed law can be known beforehand, if at all, only by the aid of certain principles which it needs study. to master; that ‘this actual effect is rarely if over just that which one would ' suppose a prtort from reading the terms of the law proposed; while ﬁnally this actual effect is not very uncommonly the exact opposite of that which one would thus naturally expect. Congress, for example, some ten years ago enacted that every gallon of distilled spirits produced in the United States should pay a tax of two dollars. The intelligent few -gwarned Congress before it passed this law what the result of it would be; even the New York Nation‘ was for once in the right. But Congress only laughed at the intelligent few. Did not the Treasury need the two dollars? Would it not help the cause of temperance to make whiskey dear? VVho should bear the burdens of the nation if not the men who en- riched themselves by bringing ruin on their fellow citizens? And so the law was passed, to the great [joy of temperance men—and of the distillers! For it turned out, just as the din- telligent few had warned the nation, that no two dollars per gallon, nor even twenty cents per gallon, came into the_.Uni- ted States Treasury, that whiskey was drunk more than ever before, and that while the price of it remained always less than the two dollars per gallon, amount of the tax alone, the law had for its real effect to put hundreds of millions of dol- lars into the pockets of the distillers, the very betes rnotrs of the temperance men that helped so energetically to pass the law. This was the law in fact that opened the ﬂood-gates of corruption so wide’ that it did more to destroy the Ameri- can Republic than the Southern Confederacy could ever have done, even if it had gained its independence. The proper title of it should have been, “A law to destroy Republican Institutions in the United States .” ment to our New York State Constitution to the effect that no new street railroad should be made in the cities without the consent of a certain proportion of the property owners along the line of route. This amendment was rendered necessary, you “see, by the growing despotism of our New York city railroad companies which were beginning to act as though they owned the whole city, and all its population too, for the matter of that. Their insolence, indeed, was boundless. They really must be restrained. This constitu- tional amendment was to put the bit into their mouths. And being a constitutional amendment,,by the by, it was submitted to the “referendum,” which it seems, after all, is no absolutely new invention, but has long been applied to the fundamental laws of our own State and several of its sisters. And now that it is passed by this precious “refer- endum ” vote of the sovereign people themselves, what does it turn out to be practically? ~ Why, simply a new stronghold for the power of these self- same city railroad companies! V . We remember, too, all of us, no doubtff how the tax was taken oif tea and coffee by last Congress. This tax, so easily and cheaply collected, so easily and almost imper- ceptibly borne by the people, was thrown, as we all saw plainly enough, as a sop to the whale. It was a mere popu- larity bait; its repeal made so much of under the specious cry of “ a free breakfast table ” was just the thing to,ca.tch a big “ referendum ” majority! And pray what, in its turn, does this turn out to be? The tax is abolished, sure enough, relatively to the United States Treasury, that common fund in which we are all interested; and a great gap its abolition has made, too, which we shall all have to help ﬁll up some other (and much more costly) way! But does the tea and "coffee consumer gain any thing? Is the “breakfast table” one iota more “free?” Pshaw! The tax was simply voted out of the United States Treasury into the pockets of the wholesale grocers! And many ‘gt man in Congress doubtless knew well enough what he was doing-—mVaking popularity for his party ‘on one hand, and being “seen ” by the great “ operators” on the other. i ‘ ' Rausnons. Then, again, we had to vote quite recently upon an amend- . [This is a Positivist’s view of the Referendum, which in the partially applicable cases to which reference is made may be partially true; but it by no means follows that, if the people were to pass on all laws, as the ﬁnal legis- lators, the same results would obtain] THOMAS PAINE AND THE CENTENNIAL. To the Editors of the Weekly: V A secret writer in The Index, of Boston, proposes that in celebrating the heroes and heroines of the Revolution of 1776, the name of Thomas Paine should not be forgotten. I thank that writer, and the editor of The Index also, for ad- ding his approving word to the suggestion, and wrote accord- ingly. ~ My theme of discourse here on New Year’s Sunday was announced thus: “ Thomas Paine in the Revolution of 1776- A Centennial Lecture.” Judging from the close attention of the audience for more than an hour, with occasional hearty applause, I was encouraged to hope my work was well approved. . But is it not wonderful how the pulpit, even the most liberal, still either seals its lips in reference to the grandest of men, or opens them only in obloquy and scorn? Thinkof Rev. Dr, Swing, of Chicago, in a really grand an uent Centennial discourse on the _Revolution,his—tvory a3n«‘d’§iits-=%les- sons , its memories and its contrasts with old revolutions and their results, has but one short line for Thomas Paine, and that was: “ Thomas Paine was free; but he was intemperate.” And what do you think followed? This, 1isten——— “ Aaron Burr was free; but he was a Libertine and Free-= booter._” _ Of Burr, the ‘doctor may be correct. But who has told him of Thomas Paine? Author of “ Common Sense,” “The Crisis,” “The Rights of Man,” and the “Age of Reason,”—- the friend of all the heroes and sages of the Revolution! The sword of Wasliington, was, indeed, mighty. But VVash-= ington himself confessed, at the victory of Trenton, that the pen of Thomas Paine did more to win that battle than the sword. And that one success was the day-star of hope to the then despairing colonies. Have the editors, of the VVEEKLY ever considered who are to be the heroes or heroines of the v Revolution of 18'?’6, to be sung and celebrated onehundred years hence! ‘ I call this Woman’s Revolution——revolutionary war. “ These are the times that try the souls of women,” not men. Only few see or know how sublime is this hour. The ‘WEEKLY sees it. The WEEKLY feels it. Knows it. To its brave editor, now on her lecturing tour, I wish to send the greetings and good wishes of the new year—-—the cen- tennial year, and this added: Be thou faithful as now, even unto death, if it must be so. Then wait one hundred years \ and see whom the centennial of that day will crown as wor- thy its most exalted honors. PARKER PILLSBURY. BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 1, 1876. . ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN OF OUR MAR- RIAGE LAWS . BY WARREN CHASE. A young girl appeared in court in Milwaukee, Wis.*, with a child in her arms, and a man of wealth, with lager beer prc... portions, was brought in as defendant, who, she says, is its ‘father, and which he does not deny. She asks the judge to ﬁx a price which he shall pay to support the child, as she has only her health and hands to work with to support herself and aewidowed mother. The defendant objects, and says he is ready to marry her, knowing, of course, he will then have nothing to pay, will have her work and wages, and can leave, her when he pleases, to support herself and child. S115 objects, and says she does notlove him well enoughito be his wife. She refuses to marry him, and again asks the judge to ﬁx it up some other way. The beer man entreats her to marry him and settle it all on the spot, tells her he has property enough, and a home for her, but she resists entreaties, and still begs. the judge to settle the matter some other way. Thecourt watches the courtship, and ﬁnding the beer man unable to succeed in his own courting, the judge turns in and assists him, and tells her, as the man is rich and has plenty, and offers to marry her, she should accept his offer, as almost any girl in the city would think it a good chance, and take his offer at once. After offering all her farguments against it, and declaring her preference to work with her hands for waggggg :9 s i i i I indie is o o oneness ohnnLrN%‘WEEKL Y. Jan. 22, 1876. support her mother, she is atulast overcome, not by the beer. man, butby the judge, who persistently refuses to give her any other advice or relief, when she yields, is made by law the_ legal property of the man she declares she does not love, of course to become a mother of more children of lust and not of love. Hundreds and thousands of such instances occur every month in our country, where outside inﬂuences induce females to marry for a home when the aﬁections are not in- volved in the contract. No, wonder our society is reckless, dissipated, licentious, and rotten with disease and corruption ;’ andit never can be improved till our marriage laws are radi- cally changed and based on justice and equality instead of V superstition and ancient authority and ownership. It is a shame and disgrace to the bench for any judge to assist in making a slave of a poor girl in this way, who in her helpless- ness comes to him for redress and assistance from her seducer. The ‘idea is detestible that marriage could reconcile her and make a previous wrong right, and that her feelings are not to be regarded in the matter. It proves what we have often said, that our marriage system is merely alegal system of slavery for woman, and, if we are a just people, should be re- peeled. ' 7 U I A (From the N. Y Herald, Nov. 13, 1875. HOROSCOPE OF GENERAL GRANT BY ASTRLOGE LlSTER._. - — A Herald reporter spent yesterday" afternoon among the stars._ The outer gate, which separated him from things worldly and things celestial, was located at No. 329 Sixth avenue, and its key was in the hands of a man——Lister by name——who is a professor of astrology. After ascending a ﬂight of stairs the reporter pulled a door knob, and a little later was ushered into the astrologers presence. The room was quaint and peculiar. There was but one window in it, and that was veiled by curtains of lace. In the dim uncertain light which pervaded the apartment. the reporter saw only that he was in the presence of a tall. elderly but athletic man, and that upon either side of him was a ponderous globe. His cars heard only the ticking of a clock. As his eyes became more accustomed to the light the reporter observed that the room was neatly furnished. and well supplied with pictures and books. The Professor him- self was a peculiar person, hale, hearty and rugged, despite the fact that his hair was 8KG€€dlllg gray. His eyes were I keen and penetrating, and his manner courteous and digni- ﬁed. His face was cleanly shaven. save a small tuft of beard which grew underneath his chin and receded below the collar of his shirt. ' There was something in the appearance of the Professor, however, which not only excited interest but also com- manded respect, and the reporter felt that he was actually in the presence of a disciple of Tiberius, or at least face to face, with a descendant of the old Saracens of Spain. , TEE INTERVIEW. “;f§What did you call on me for ? ” was the question. the Pro- fessor asked. ' ' “ To ﬁnd out something in relation to the President of the United States,” was the answer. “To settle by astrology here, at this very moment, forever the question of a third term.” I ' “Ah, sir,” replied the Professor, shaking his head gravely, “ the power and inﬂuence of the President will begin to wane about the 4th of March, 1876. I predicted the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, September 29, 1864, seven months before it took place. Under this date I wrote a letter to the Boston Herald, in which I said: ‘A deep base plot will be formed against the person oi’ the President as shown by the planet Mars. This planet indicates death from pistol shot.’ You can refer to the ﬁles of the Boston Herald, and there ‘read what I“ predicted. I predicted the career of Vice- President Wilson twenty years ago, and if you refer to his speeches made during the last campaign you will ﬁnd he states that an astrologer seemed to know him by heart- And now as to Grant.” » I PRESIDENT GRANT’s_HOP.0sCOPE. The Professor then ransacked a huge pile of papers and produced a manuscript and diagram: “This is the President’s horoscope,” he said. “Several years ago I wrote to his father, Jesse Grant, and obtained from him thegexact hour of our Chief Executive’s birth. I learned from him that Ulysses S. was born April 27, 1822, at about six o’clock A. M, I wrote the letter and deduced my conclusions long before Grant was nominated for the Presi- dency for the ﬁrst time. I consider his to be one of the most remarkable and, at the same time, most fortunate nativitios that has ever come under my notice. ‘We ﬁnd ﬁve planets in the oriental part of the heavens——viz., the Sun, Jupiter, tion with Jupiter is the most fortunate condition under which any one can be born. The moon was in favorable position with Venus, and Mercury, the intellectual orb, formed a good aspect with Mars. The twenty—fourth degree of the sign Taurus was rising at his birth; hence Venus be- came his ruler, aided by the Sun and Jupiter. The Sun in- dicates dignity, wealth, power and honor, while the other planets just named, when in conjunction with the sun, in-'_ dicate rapid advancement in life. The position in which Venus was at the time of his birth indicates that he is kind, but dgterminedg social, but virtuous. Mercury and the. moon, both in the tropical signs at the time of his nativity, ate that he is fond of distinction and always takes care of No. 1; that he is very ingenious, acute, inquisitive. The ation of the planet Jupiter indicates that, though DETERMINED TO CARRY our HIS PURPOSES, he is kind and even magnanimous to those whom he has subdued. The location of Saturn shows that he is a man of great caution and quaint originality. -Let me now look upon the position of the sun, the life-giver. The location of the loo sun at the time ofhis birth indicates a strong constitution and long life. The most critical period of his life will be in his seventy-third and eighty-seventh years. It is more than probable that he will attain the age of_eighty—seven. Though Saturn, Venus and Mercury. The Sun in conjunc- the planets show him liable to ﬁre, ﬁrearms and explosions, it is almost safe to say that he will die a natural death» because the sun at the time of his birth did not form an evil» aspect with Saturn or Mars. ’ " NO THIRD TERM. . “ But, if you please,” said the reporter, tell me “ what is the matter ‘with the planets? You assured me a little while ago that something was wrong; that Grant’s chances for political position were rather slim; that he would begin to disappear from public notice after March 4., 1876.‘ Please inform me’ how it is that the planets, after‘ shining on him for two terms, won’t shine on him for a third, or, in fine, interpret for me, if you can, the relations between Grant, politics and celestial mechanics?” ~. I ' The Professor didn't hesitate a moment for an answer. Had.he_anticipated' the.reporter’s coming, as well as his interrogatory, he could not have responded more promptly. “—-Since the birth of President Grant nothing serious has which shone upon {his cradle. Saturn is a planet which represents honor, position and popularity. The transit of Saturn will soon occur. After it takes place the conditions under which'Grant was born suffer a marked change, and at" the moment the transit occurs, the popularity, power and inﬂuence of the man will begin to steadily decline. You cannot understand the signiﬁcance of this transit, perhaps, but every astrologer does, and it cannot come to pass without inﬂuencing in one Way or another all born 11nder it.” The reporter had already engaged the Professor for along time, and as he could learn nothing more definite from the gentleman than what is given above, he withdrew. BEAUTIFUL THINGS. BY ‘ElLLEN P. ALLERTON. Beautiful faces are those that wear— It matters little if dark or fair—7 Whole -souledj honesty printed there. A Beautiful eyeis are those that show, Like crystal panes, where hearth-ﬁres glow, Beautiful thoughts that burn below. Beautiful lips are those whose words Leap from the heart like songs of birds, Yet Whose utterances prudence girds. Beautiful hands are those that do Work that is earnest and brave and true, Moment by moment the long day through. Beautiful feet are those that go On kindly ministries to and fro-— Down lowliest ways, if God wills so. Beautiful shoulders are those that bear . Ceaseless burdens of homely care With patient grace and daily prayer. Beautiful lives are those that bless~ Silent rivers of happiness, Whose hidden fountains but few may guess. Beautiful twilight, at set of sun, Beautiful goal, with race well won, Beautiful rest, with work well done. Beautiful graves, where grasses creep, Where brown leaves fall, where drifts lie deep, _ Over worn-out hands~—Oh, beautiful sleepl ;WHlTE LILlES OF TRUTH. ERQM THE WORLD or THE UNSEEN—MATERIALIZATIONS. To have these manifestations: it is absolutely and indis- pensably necessary that there shall be among the circle pres- ent two or more persons rightly related to each other. This relation consists entirely in magnetic or sexual adaptation. The intellectual and fraternal attractions may be present, or the Dead Sea conditions of worn-out “ married” pairs; but with these alone there cannot possibly be a single materialize- tion. There must be present parties who are magnetically related, and, in consequence, sexually adapted, ‘having be- tween them the real reproductive element. With this condition, through the aid of a developed medium for this especial gift, any circle can anywhere obtain these re- markable manifestations; and without it, even with the same medium, they cannot occur. Please bear in mind that mostly, yet not entirely unlike other forms of mediumship, materializations imperatively, demand peculiar conditions outside of the medium; and without these no superiority of medial gift can command them. Viewed‘ in this light, one can see the temptation {presented when the condition mentioned is absent, and consequently nothing is produced. The company is convened; reputation is at stake; life’s wants and necessities may press for the money involved; it will not do to have this ‘occasion end in failure, and so the medium is tempted to take advantage of conﬁdence earned, andgdeceives, and is, perhaps, caught in the act. Another important fact in connection: Mediumship of this phase requires a person strongly on the physical plane of life. As this predominates, it is rare, if not impossible, to ﬁnd the medium with that peculiarjstructure of brain which denotes a high and exalted moral character. In fact, if it is the latter We are in search of, we look for it in an entirely ' different individual. ‘ i Mediumship, like any other gift, is, in its possession, no re- spector of persons. A mathematical gift is as likely to be possessed‘ by an unprincipled person as any other. So medi- al gifts may be genuinely possessed by the reckless and dissipated. This does not contradict thefact that the better the medium conforms to natural laws, the better the mani- ‘festations. Ilumanity is good andbad, or good and undeveloped good —-none all saints,_and none all sinners, old-time theology to thecontrary notwithstanding. It therefore becomes the stu- dent and philosopher to look with charity on all, and accept the good wherever found. » b H, W.*BO0ZEB. occurred to change the mutual relations of those planets . , NEW YORK, Dec. 23d, 18”/5. Editor Weekly : : _ , One of our prominent or leading public joLirnals—theHe9*aZd ——appears to be dreadfully apprehensive all at once about the liberties of this country, because so many of our people are taking measures to defend themselves against the political interferences and aggressions of the Popish priests and their myrmidons, with the old Pope at theinhead; and in its agony it wriggles and twists, and makes as many distortions in its statements as a wounded snake does contortions in its body. its -leading editorials for the last few days on the subject are sufficient examples. More ingeniously woven sophistries combined with misrepresentations if not falsehoods, I do not remember ever to have seen in print. In the course of its harangues in appeals to the indepen- dent press to come to the rescue of our liberties, which’ it says, are so jeopardized by the doings of those “ dark- lantern conspiracies.” It also tries to brand the “ Order of the American “Union,” and its present kindred societies as nothing more nor less than "" Know—Nothingism.” Now, it is well enough known that this institution (Know-Nothing ism) was opposed to foreigners becoming citizens, and enjoying all the immunities and privileges "of, such until after a residence of twenty-one years in the country. Hence it ‘was a self~protecting political movement against the unequal and unfair advantages of foreign over native~born citizens. So far from this being the declaredgobject and pur-- pose of the O. A. U. and the like: organizations of the pres- ent day, they are simply a moral and intellectual effort to preserve the educational and free religious institutions of the country. As Bishop Snow says, “The Roman Catholic religion is. the devil’s invention, and the.devil’s master- piece.” And all intelligent and well—informed Protestants, as well as the priests themselves, know full well that, if popery attains its objects and ends in this land it will not be a very wholesome time for free religion, free education, or any other kind of freedom. Like all other venemous ser- pents, or reptiles, it tries to charm whatever is beyond its reach, and is sure to devour whateveris within it. Let us be ever free from the domination of a priesthood, and we shall be free indeed. The taxvpayers of this country intend to be free from paying tribute to ‘any such institutions as the Romish Church~—to regain possession of the millions on millions of property that have been given away by political tricksters for Roman Catholic votes-—-and that their children, as well as themselves, shall be free from priestly fanatacism, superstition and ignorance. They also intend that every church, of wliat-ever creed, shall support itself and not depend on an arm of ﬂesh for its salvation. If a church is a true and righteous church it will receive the favor and protection of the One to whom it is dedicated, and for whose worship it has been established, and will not lack strength to sustain itself. If, on the other hand, it be the opposite to this, let it take care of itself, and if it cannot stand let it fall. The Romish church has always depended on the world, and it is now no longer a power in the world, and never will be again. And any church or form of religion with suchproclivitles, ambitions and aims, will ever be sure to fall, despite all fanatical prejudices and misrepresenta- tions. A FRIEND or FREEDOM. [We fail to see any more danger in Roman than in Protestant dominaiion,. so far as the suppression of free thought is concerned] STEUBEN, HUROON 00., 0., Jan. 3, 1876. To the Editors Weekly: Your correspondent, in his “Philosophy of Intelligence,” in No. 6 of the WEEKLY, presents the following propositions, in substance, as I understand him; but not being certain that I intellectually appropriate his meaning, I beg to ask if I have rightly conceived it: “Ideas are formed of a substance; termed *’ intellucine.’-= These ideas so formed are organized by the life experiences of individuals through the nervous functions, and constitute what is called intelligence. _ I - Mind is the intelligence or aggregated idea of the individual, made up of the understood and appropriated experiences of others. I __ And thought is the action of such understood and appro- priated experiences of others.” i If I have rightly conceived the doctor’s meaning I would ask for further enlightenment, as follows: A If ideas are "constituted of matter, of whatever kind or name, are they not than living material entities ? If ideas are living material entities, is. mind, in the individual, the aggregate of such entities, appropriated from the experiences, of others? ' _ ' - And do such entities act, per se, in thefformation or con- struction of thought? If these questions be answered affirmatively it will enable me, I think, to accept as material, instead of spiritual, as I "have long held, more or less of the Scripture recorded phe- nomena of ancient times~—such as the casting out devils (physical or material) by Jesus from the men thereby pos- sessed, into the herd of swine. (Mark says there were about two thousand of them.) The devilsibeing materialized ideas, (wicked, I suppose), made up of miasmatic intellucine, a newly discovered substance, so rariﬁed and etherialized or spiritualized, probably that twenty thousand devils so consti- tuted could, like Mahomet’shouris, (?) "dance upon the point of a cambric needle.” Besides, I have just now an inkling of an intellusic change that makes it seemgpossible (more so) that, spiritual seed, being materialized ideas,,according to our philosopher, Sister Woodhull’s physical seed being my spiritual seedmaterialized, the dearlady and myself are not, after all said, so wide apart as we seemed to be. . I will stop here, however, as I may not rightly understand our philosopher, and so occupy your space and my time without proﬁt to either or anyone. _I am respectfully your servant, I HENRY A. C. STURGES. _ *The term intellucine is not in my vocabulary. If substance, "what are its constituent elements ? .. ..x—: - — estate. T which they are dependent. Jan. .22,‘ less. ‘ELET HER ALONE.” SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 4, 1876. ‘When we see a woman dare to stand upon the principles of everlastingright, and challenge the masculine powers of our land to meet her in single~handed conﬂict on the arena of a demoralized world—-when we listen to her sentiments, that soar above envy, malice, and scorn, and are moved by an elo- quence that ﬂows like the breath of inspiration, we cannot but rejoice and bid her good speed. Woman is a’ mighty lever in the hand of Omnipotence to overturn and upheave society so as to expose its fearful putrifactionhand general repulsiveness, and work the needed reform. When woman closes her ear to gossip and defama- tion, and uses her God-given inﬂuence to promote innocence and virtue, then society will be redeemed and Christ will be honored. ‘ What do you think of Victoria W.? is a question we are often asked, but have never fully answered. Honestly, how- ever, we think she is taking a bold lead in one of the most needed reforms of the ages, past or present. She is grappling with principles we do not understand or comprehend. The next generation may sift her theories and appreciate ‘ her aims. Her theological and historical views are peculiarly the children of her ownbrain,-and while I prefer to abide by my own religious opinions, yet I must respect her masterly strokes in defense of ‘woman’s right to control her person and her For the present her name, with the vulgar-minded, iscovered with the stench that has arisen from her fearless probing of social ulcers. But the time will come", in a more appreciative age, when her mistakes will be overlooked, and her motives receive their value. I have a righteous indigna- . tion for “ free love ” versus “free lust,” but claim some dis- ~ crimination to detect the genuine gem in its muddy sur- roundings. The waters of free discussion will wash away the earthly cleavings, and the furnace of enlightened criticism will perfect the gold for the bank of the universe in spite of human prejudice. S. D. H. THE GROWING SENTIMENT. COBDEN, ILL., Dec., 1875. Dear Weekly—Think me not negligent or unmindful inso- much as I have failed to renew my subscription. You have very kindly sent the paper all the same, as I felt sure you would. The WEEKLY I must have. Could not do without it. It is the only paper I can pay for in the coming year. Out of the long list of desirable ones the clear WEEKLY is the one that has become a necessity to me. Kind friends can supply me with much good reading matter, but not the strong meat that you give m.e, for which I long hungered, and am now fed. I am a Spiritualist, and one who is willing to receive truth from whatsoever source it may come. Years ago I was obliged to close the Bible as given us by King James, and was led by spirit hands and spirit inﬂuence to read in,the great book of nature, where I found, written in unmistakable characters, the laws of our being, whose names are purity, growth, and immortality. But in the light in which you have brought the old Bible again to my notice, with a new rendering of the thing therein contained, my spirit bears witness within me that it is truth, and that the time for the healing of the nations is at hand. Go on, dear ‘WEEKLY! and do thy Heaven-ordained work. Millions on earth shall yet bless the day when thou—the white—winged messenger—wert born. To thee, Victoria—sister——friend———our best wishes go. May health and strength be given thee" to complete thy mission, and mayest thou live to wear the crown, for thou hast surely borne the cross. In the emancipation, elevation, and spiritualization of Woman [am with you heart and soul. Yours truly, MARY A. FELLOWS. A SHORT SERMON. BY DR. H. P. EAIRFIELD. , “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet and show my people their transgressions.” Isaiah 28 chap. 1 ver. From the days of Isaiah and the early prophets the spirit of agitation has been with reformers stirring up the dormant energy of mind and matter, and renovating the wastes of human life with the streams of love, truth and wisdom. ‘To- day the world needs some radical cryer and all——powerful revolution which shall reach down to the very depths of human depravity, and cure its aggravated and apparently in- creasing disorders——-a reform whichshall be effectual in ex- pelling the old religious leaven of ‘nvpocrisy;’and sin, and ‘ substituting the worthy re-union of Free Love righteousness and peace in society. The only course to be pursued by the , reformers of the present age is to strike deep down to the roots of prevailing evils and remove the primary causes on If there is any reliance to be placed uponthe agitations, the high excitement, high pres- sure and reform measures of this age, it is plain that the old I sinful order of things is passing away. Paul must have hada clairvoyant View when he expressed this truth in the second epistle of Corinthians 5 chap. 17 verse, “Old things are passed away, behold all things are become new;” 18 “and all things are of God, _who hath reconciled us to himself and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation." When the world becomes reconciled to the gospel of Free love as God -is love in Christ, then lust, rape and death will pass away. The good work is not progressing so rapidily as We could wish, but it goes on and on steadily, breathing new life into the sorrowing and anguish—stricken hearts of humanity.‘ I QUARTERLY REPORT or NORTHERN WISCONSIN SPIRITUAL CONFERENCE. The President and,Vice President being absent. the meet- ‘ ing was called to order (Friday evening, Dec. 17th) by Dr. Phillips. Chester Hazen was chosen to preside. Engaged speakers: ‘Lee Miller and Mrs. Dr. J. H. Severance. Lecture by Mr. Miller. Subject: The Relation of Women to the Temperance Movement. A ﬁne. effort from a different stand- point than that generally taken by temperance lecturers, and well received by an appreciative audience. Song. Saturday morning: On motion presiding oﬂicer appointed committees as follows: On Business and Arrangements-J. Woodruﬁ. of Ripon; Mrs. Richardson, of Omro; Morris Pratt, of Milton Junction. Committee on Finance—lVIrs. A. A. Jones, of Omro; S. M. Brown and Mrs. Seward, of Ripon. Conference in which Mrs. Severance set the ball in motion by saying she had attended all the Quaker meetings she wished to when young. Morris Pratt gave some fine thoughts about the relation of the sexes. Mrs. Mills thought the Conference the most interesting part of our meetings. Mrs. Richardson, through control, gave her ideas of the dif- ference in the developments ofithe sexes. Song. Mrs. Dr. Severance then gave a very ﬁne lecture. Subject: Culture, preceded by a poem entitled “ Be True ” showing the differ- ence in developing children naturally and the present prac- tice of “ cramming.” The audience listened with marked at- tention throughout. Two o’clok P. M. : Conference. Subject discussed, Bible in our Common Schools,” participated in by many present. Song. Lecture by Leo Miller, in which he showed up the dif- ference in governing by love and the present system of gov- erning by fear. ‘ Saturday evening; Conference, in which Mr. Scovel and others took part. Lecture by Mrs. Severance. Subject: “ The Cause and Treatment of Disease,” sharply criticised by many of those present. Song by choir. ' - : Sunday morning meeting opened by singing. L. Westover then gave a lecture, which was considered by some as the best of the convention. Subject: “ Evolution,” Brother Lee Miller then gave his reasons why we should have legisla- tion on the temperance question. Mrs. Severance followed, saying, so long as we raise drunkards. (72. e.), persons with per- verted appetites, so long will stimulating drink be used. Sunday P. M. session opened with song. Mr. Miller then delivered the best lecture of the convention. Subject: “ The Basis of Marriage, Law or Love,” a ‘brief synopsis of which I expected to present to the readers of the various reform papers, but Mr. Miller, on account of sickness, failed to send in time. Sunday evening session opened with singing. *Committee of arraiigements decided to hold next meeting in Beaver Dam. The time of holding will be duly noticed in‘ Spiritual and secular papers. Mr. Miller made some remarks on what Spirltualism has_done. Well received. Mrs. Dr. Severance made the closing address of the convention. subject, “Spxritualism,” which was handled in a masterly manner. The meeting, though not so large in numbers as usual, was very harmonious and ‘enthusiastic. We hope at the next to see more Interest manifested by those living at a distance. I would ask all interested in Spiritualism to begin now to make their calculations to be on hand at Beaver Dam. A vote of thanks was given the friends of Ripon for enter- tainment, to the speakers, to Brothers Hazen and Lockwood for music, and to Brother C. Hazen for so ably presiding over our deliberations. After singing, meeting was adjourned to meet at call of President and Secretary within three months. C. HAZEN, President pro tem}. DR. J. C. PHILLIPS, Secretary. . I LOVE AND MOTHER. (synonymous Terms.) BY ED. A. NANG-LE. I. How sweetly sounds her cherished name, To whom we cling with fond love‘ ever; Who in ev’ry struggle is ever the same-— From thoughts of whom we never sever. IL Our rnot‘ner——always loving——never chiding, Heaven’s guardian in care and blight; Oft to us her inmost thoughts conﬁding When round her gathered in the night. III. She ne’er reproves but by monition, And for us breathes her holiest prayers, Instilling in us that home devotion, Made purer with increase of years. IV. Her name is ever the most sublime- More fragrant than the fairest ﬂow’r, And twines ‘round loving hearts, with time, As the ivy does the vine-clad bower. V. At thought of her the purest love doth spring, Ne’er deserting us in any strife‘; ‘ « ‘ But will to us in peace and sorrow cling-— Yea, lasting ever-living with our life. VI. I "'“ And in death we ’round her mem’ry weave A garland of holy love— a child’s affection- The holiest iribute our thoughts can give A mother‘s name, made sacred by devotion. . CHAPINVILLE, Lrronrrnrn Co., Conn., Dec. 29, 1875. To the Editor of the Wraekly; Will you please give me_a short space in your excellent pa- per to convey an answer to a. number of your readers who desire to know my views on the marriage question, which are as follows: I 1. Many people marry to gratify lust (and think that it is love), which is soon surfeited and ends either in a separation or in a. life of misery. 2. Others marry for money or for a home, which- results in disappointment, by forced submission to undesired and un- . loved embrace, and ends in premature death. , 3. Some marry by compulsion of stronger minds. Such a marriage may be harmonious, provided the ruling party can secure esteem and conﬁdence by unvarying truth and love and wisdom; but if these fail to be supreme, the weaker one will become the stronger, and disgust, contention or separa- tioniis the sure result. . A _ 4. The only true marriage is by mutual attraction, which grows stronger with every advancing step and is most active when sickness and sorrow comes, and dies not when death it- . self has done it work. A It is like the union of two streams into one channel, and no matter whether its course is through desert wastes or through ﬂowery ﬁelds, it is still onward and undivided, until it reaches the ocean of boundless and eternal, B love to part no more forever. Thus, true marriages do not woonnntr. &lGLAFLlN’S WEEKLY. : o 1 is need human laws either to make or to perpetuate them, and least of all, to force their continuety where harmony is not. The general demoralized condition of every department of human affairs is an appeal to all human intelligence, whether saint or sinner, philanthropist or philosopher, to consider the cause and the cure of the prevailing wrong and misery which occasions a necessity for so many paupers and prisons, and asylums and hospitals, armies and policernyan, and such a host of lawyers, doctors and priests. Surely if the laws of genera- tion in the human were understood as well as in the animal, there would be more genial and natural conditions provided for a better humanity than what at present exists. But be- fore this can be done, thejorthodox dogma which affirms that “ all mankind are necessarily conceived in sin and shapen in iniquity” must be looked at as a libel upon God and a slan- der against every mother of a human being, and also the falsehood that salvation is attainable through faitli in the merits of another instead of personal merit. Respectfully, » J OHN BEESON. A SPECIMEN. 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If we chose to do so, we could continue sending the paper to these ‘parties, and collect the Asubscription until they should pay and order the paper dis- continued. In law a subscriber is not a subscriber merely for the length of time for which payment may be made, ex- cept it is so stipulated. To subscribe without a stated ' limitation is to remain a subscriber until an order is sent to , discontinue and full payment remitted. Q. 4 V wrw BUSINESS EDITORIALS. A CARD. Thomas Cook, editor and publisher of the Kingdom. of Heaven. Boston, Mass, who is earnestly and devotedly in sympathy with the new departure ofunfolding the gospel and prophetic truths of the Bible, has gone West to labor sin the glorious cause of love, and may be addressed or seen at No. 578_Mi1waukee av., Chicago. He does not stop to ask how much will you pay him, but will go and preach in public or private assemblies for whatever earnest seekers after truth may feel to give him. Let all who will give him a night’s lodging or a dinner to help him on, send in their calls, for it is the Lord’s,wish and he will provide. WARREN CHASE, having given up his trip to California may be addressed during January at Ottumwa, Iowa. He will visit Clyde, Cleveland, Alliance and Salem, in Ohio, soon. THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION or SPIRITUALISTS will hold their Fourteenth Quarterly meeting. at Rockford, Ills., on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 14, 15 and 16, 1876, commencing on Friday at 10 o’clock A. M, and holding over Sunday, the 16th. ‘ well, M. D., of Chicago; Dr. Stewart, of Kendallville, 1nd.; Dr. Severance, of Milwaukee; E. [V. Wilson, of Lombard, llls. Mrs. Suydam, the Fire Queen, will be present and other test mediums. ' Spiritualism. to be present and entertain us with song and music. V ’ This will be the opening mass-meeting of a series of meet- ings looking forward to a grand camp-meeting next summer The great features of the meeting will be: 1. E . V. Wilson, in his role of test-reading of character on Saturday and Sun- day; unequaled. 2. Samuel Maxwell, under control of Dr. Gordon, a spirit, will answer questions; never beaten. 3. Prof ._ Hudson will sing the best Spiritual songs of the age. The Professor is" far ahead of Sankey or Bliss, the great re- vivalists. 4. Mrs. Suydam as Fire Queen is the wonder of the world. 5. Dr. Stewart has no equal as a logician; and, 6. Dr. Severance, on How to Live, will be worth a month of hard study. Let all come up to this feast of good things. of Northern Illinois knows no gag law. DR. 0. J. Hownnn, Pres. LOMBARD, I1l., Dec. 4.,’_1875. E. V. WILSON, Sec. CLAIRVOYANCE.—-Mrs. Rebecca Messenger diagnosing dis- ' ease, or reading destiny, if present, $1 00; by letter, $2 00. Send age and sex. Address her, Aurora, Kane Co., lll. SEWARD lVII'roH.ELLT-has removed from South Exeter, Maine, to Vineland, N. J., where all letters and papers for him should hereafterbe addressed. 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That through oleozth he might clesz.‘-my him that had the power of clecozfh, and olellzfoe-7° them who through fear of death were all thez'7_' hjf’ez3z’me subject to Z)onoZo;gc.—Paul. The wisdom that from above is first pure, then peotcectble, gentle, easy to be entreatecl, full of mercy and good fruits, without ]oart~ialz'ty and without hy- poc7'2'sy.—-James, iii., 17. I NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JAN. 22, 1876. LECTURE APPOINTMENTS. Mrs. Woodliull will lecture in Frederick, Md, Jan. 13: in‘_Hage1‘stown, llId., Jan. 14; in Chambersburg, Pa., Jan. 15; in Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 17; in fAltoona, Pa, Jan. 18; and in Williarnsport, P-a., Jan. 20. g,__‘________* . WE are prepared to furnish a few hundred complete sets of the first series of Bible Articles consisting of ﬁfteen num- bers of the WEEKLY,‘ for one dollar, postage paid. Our friends should lose no opportunity to bring these articles to A careful study of auor them is necessary to a complete understand- ing of the great and all-important truth ‘that is yet ‘to be re- vealed; which must be carefully and judiciously brought be- fore the world, as the sun comes upon it, bringing ﬁrst the break-of—day, next its dawn, and afterward its full meridian splendor. , THE DOUBLE TRIANGLE ; H on, THE SIX-POINTED STAR IN‘ THE EAST. For we have seen his star in" the East, and we are_ come to worship him:-—Sr. lllarrnnw, ii., 2. . the truth,’ to the exposition of which the WEEKLY is now devoted. It has been clearly shown in our present series of leadin g articles that it repre- sents the coming blending together of the inhabitants of the earth and spirit spheres in a common brotherhood, and the establishment thereby of the universal human family. It also represents still another and more important truth which has not yet been introduced, but which, deﬁned in a few words, is, God in man reconciling the world unto Himself. V We adopt this diagram as emblematic of our future work ‘BETTER THAN THEY KNEW. VVe often wonder if the people who are engaged in any of the great enterprises of the age, especially those which look to binding the distant portions of countries together, and which also reach across the boundaries of countries and lock the interests of various peoples and races, really know what they are doing; really know for what they are proper- ing the way; really know how necessary that in which they are engaged will be for that which is soon to come; really know that they are instruments merely, in the hands of the Great Architect of the Universe, who, through ’ them, is , preparing to speedily usher in a more glorious day for the children of earth; in ﬁne, if they really know that they, while imagining that they are carrying out their own selﬁsh desires for great wealth and power, are really, Haman-like, building a gallows upon which their selﬁshness will some day die‘? Indeed, they have wrought “better than they know.” It is a. well—established fact that a “kingdom divided against itself cannot stand ” long. So also is it true that a society cannot long exist as it is, in which there are two ‘entirely distinct and opposite principles of organization exempliﬁed. That is to say, a society, a community, a state or a nation which conducts its alfairs, and the affairs of the people, upon two different principles, is in a transi- tion state, and will soon change its organization from the form which exempliﬁes the old principles to the form which is prophesied by the introduction of the new. ' There can be no better illustration of what we mean than the common school system. century ago this system was unknowrl, but step by step?, schools have grown from a thing maintained bythc efforts of individuals to be next maintained ,by districts, thenf by States, and now the Con- gress of the United States is preparing to legislate upon the subject for the whole country}. ‘ ‘ The principles of communism, of a— cornmunity of in- .te'rests, are very forcibly illustrated in the public schools. There, all children are equal. The children of the rich and by‘ taxation, so that he who has most wealth, contributes most to _maintaining them. This illustrates the principal idea of communism—that,it is the property of the country that should maintainﬁall public movements and interests, irrespective of whose bands they may be that hold it. The children of the man who owns “half the town,” in the public schools, are no better than those of the footman who waits upon his lady’s carriage. . There may be caste attempted by the children, but it does not exists in, and is not recognized by, the system. Hence the system is a complete illustration of the main doctrines of communism. The postal. service is the next nearest perfect oigauization that there is, which illustrates the idea of a community of interests. Here is a system organized which permeates every nook and corner of the whole country. In the best sense, it is a place where everybody meets to be treated equally well. As it is maintained at present, it is true that the poor man has to pay as much for his letters as does the rich man. In this regard, it may be said that it is a system founded upon the principle that the interests of the com- munity should be common, but is maintained upon the principle that each who makes use of the system shall pay an equal price, regardless of his ability or inability to pay. When the postal service shall come, as come it will, to be maintained as are the public schools, than the people will have made another long stride toward a community of inter- ests for all things of an industrial character. Why should not the postal service be maintained at the pub- lic expense ? Are there any reasons that apply to the main- tenancc of schools by the public that do not apply with equal force to the postal service ‘.9 VVe think there are none. It is equally as important to the public Welfare that rapid methods of communication shall be maintained as it is that the community should be composed of intelligent people. Indeed, the same reasons that make public schools come under the head of maintenance for the public welfare should also place the postal service there. And if the postal service were thus assigned, the other varieties of intercommunica tion, such as travel, and transportation of merchandise, would soon follow to the same place. Moreover. for the past yearthe expenses of the postal service were nearly, one- third greater than the revenue. If one—third the expenses of the postal service are paid from the public treasury, why I-may not the whole be paid from the same source? A I ' And this brings us to the special thought which we had in mind when we began this article. In the tremendous eﬁorts that have been put forth by a few individuals to absorb the entire railroad interests of the country, we recognize the h and of God paving theway for a more intimate association of His people. Indeed it would be an impossibility to inaugu- rate a community of individual interests in any country in which a common system of transportation for the people and their merchandize, had not been previously introduced. These preparations mustlprecede the ﬁnal industrial organiza- tion of the people. The people must have them ready made for their use,‘ because if an attempt were made to establish a community of [interests before the methods were at work by which it were possible to maintain those ixitcresis, the at- tempt would fail and anarchy would follow. But. now, when the peoplcshall be ready to obey Jesus and begin to establish the great human family, they will .__ﬁnd§t.he 3 schools, the postal service, the railroads and telegraphs, all prepared, and in working order, upon which to base the new organization; in a word, these are the necessary framework of any general industrial or social organization that can ever be successful on a national scale. And if, in addition to these, we call attention to the Commissary and Quarter- master—General’s departments of the army and navy of the United States, it would be easy in imagination to con- struct a system, based upon a community of interests, by which all the needs of all the people could be readily and easily supplied. Hence it is a fact, that at any time when thefpeople of the country may be ready and willing to tle’s feet,” the machinery will be in motion by which to really inaugurate the great human family. Would it be altogether strange and impossible that some such great and universal movement among the people of this country should begin to be made during this, the centennial year of our existence as a nation? Everything seems to be in readiness for the people to move, All that is wanting is some sufﬁcicnt event or motive to cause them to begin to move in the right direction, and the whole condition of things as they to—clay are, would be changed as if in a night, and a new nation be born in a day. Let these things come about as they may, and when they may, they are as certain to come as is the sun to continue to rise and set ; and he or she who studies the signs of the times, ought to “ watch and, pray,” for the event will come “like a thief in the night.’ In any event, if, "on the fourth day of March, 1877, there shall be a President of these United States inaugurated, that President will be Ulysses S. Grant, for it is decreed that he shall be the last President of the nation under its present organic system. But it is also decreed that he shall leave the White House in disgrace probably to be an alien from his country, or to die a death of violence. Long before he be— came President, he was seen by prophetic eyes to occupyglhe Presidential chair, and then, befoielcaving it by reason of the expiration of his term of oﬁice, to fall from it with his face in the dust. Be assured, 0 ye people of this republic, that some event more astounding than any that has ever yet occurred is soon to shake this country; aye, this world from centre to circumference, and be prepared to meet it, like the wise virgin’s having your lamps trimmed and burning, ready to welcome the new order of things that will be ushered in. _.___m,_..,_..______ A CRITICISM CRITICISED. [CONCLUDED .] Then “(he who holds the purse” does not necessarily “ hold the power,” but she who has the prize that is sought, and a moral courage strong enough to guard it by the laws that she discovers in her own being —; she it is who “holds the power” by which the world is moved more potently than by any other means. It is true that woman does not make use of this power that God has placed in her possession. It is true that, like Esau, she sells it for a few messes of soup; or the means of support for a few years, and is oftener cheated than otherwise even at this bad bar- gain. But all this does not alter the fact. llan holds the power to-day, and has held it since time immemorial, be- cause woman has not had the moral courage to keep the power she has; because to conform to man and priest-made laws, to be thereby respectable, she has surrendered that power legally into the keeping of a master. There has got to be another declaration of independence made, and this time by woman. Women have got to come together in solemn conclave and, before God, set forth the rights with which He has endowed them; have got to declare that, from this time henceforth, they will never surrender the right of personal control into the keeping" of any man, but that at all times, they will maintain the sovereignty en- trusted to their care, so that they may be able to render an account of their stewardship whenever called upon to do so; have got to solemnly vow that they will never again be- come pregnant of an unwished child, and that their mater- nal functions shall never be debauched again by any man. These are the things that woman has got to do to set her- self free; to regain possession of her long—lost estate; to repossess herself of her person, which, through marriage laws, she has ‘so long transferred into the keeping of man. But men'content themselves, and write long dissertations on the impossibility of woman maintaining herself in free- dom, save by the “foul freedom of the harlot,” under the impression that this.rebellion cannot be made. VVhy,‘,bless them, the rebellion has already begun; it is upon them, and they pretend to know nothing about it. On every hand, there are glorious women springing up and shaking off the shackles of legal slavery, or else refusing to take them on at all. Not begun! Why the noise of the strife is sounding in every quarter of the country, and is making itself known and felt in every conceivable way.’ To be sure, there is no considerable concert of action; to be sure, the rebellion is still by individuals; but there had to be a John Brown to set the torch of emancipation burning brightly in the South, before the real business of putting the “institution” aside began in earnest. But the doom of negro slavery was no more Epotently and certainly proclaimed when John Brown was hanged at Harper’s Ferry, than is that of legal slavery for women, proclaimed to-day. The war and the final the methods by which its decayed carcass was removed out of the way. So will itbe with the still laterand greater slavery “bring all their possessions and lay them down at the apoS- ‘ emancipation proclamation did not kill slavery. They were - -"*3 .‘-l 1 fr‘ -'5 .‘~v 1 ft" * Jan. 22, 1876.. WOGDHULL a-ser..airr..1n*s wE§EK.r.r. . O5 to which all womanhood is now subjected by the law of legal marriage and by her voluntary surrender of her per- son into another’s keeping. The ﬁnal doing away of the law, and the customs that have grown up under it, will be the removing of the oﬁensive thing out of the sight of woman and its relegation into the limbo of the dead past. But there are several things involved in the criticism of The Winsted Press that ought to be handled without gloves. We are sorry it fell to that paper to bear the blows that must be dealt; to bear the responsibility of the lack of sense, common to man everywhere, when he attempts to argue against freedom for women. We would much rather have exposed the inconsequent line of reasoning which he has thoughtlessly adopted from the general magazine from which men are wont to borrow amniunitions to combat this question, had it come from some other quarter. The Op- portunity is, however, to good to be lost on account of any squeamishness orlsentiment. The great general strikes his blows when and where they will have the best eﬁect and hurt the most, regardless of whom they may hit. So, beg- ging the personal pardon of our critic, we shall deal with his arguments as they derserve. Ounpersonal critic says that “Mrs. Woodhull” suggests a very easy way for men to escape from faded wives no longer , blooming sweethearts. ‘ Now “Mrs. Woodhull ” has sug- gested no escape at all for such unmanly men; and if our critic will stop to think what he has said in those words, he will see that he has made himself simply ridiculous. If “Mrs. Woodhull ” had the power, she assures her critic that she would repeal the law of legal marriage without so much as an hour’s delay, but don’t he know that the repeal of the existing law would work neither beneﬁt nor harm to those already married; does he not know that there can be no law passed that will annul a contract made under the law which may be repealed or amended‘? If he don’t, he had better study law somewhat before again attempting to be a judge of legal things. No! The repeal of the law of legal marriage would simply leave those who are not married free to con- tract any alliance which they might see ﬁt to make, under the common law that governs all other forms of contracts. It would not prevent people from contracting just such kind of bargains as the law now compels them to contract, if they contract at all; but we would have men and women free to make their own contracts with all the variations which individual idiosnycrasies might suggest, which would all come under the common law, instead of, as now, under the statute law. So what becomes of this bug-a-boo that men have conjured up to frighten the wits out of ignorant women whom they can control so long as they can keep them ignorant ? Is it not clear that it is all a myth ? But we wish to impress the point so ﬁrmly that there can be no mistaking the real facts of the case. Therefore we repeat that a repeal of all existing laws regarding marriage would leave those who are married just where they are. They would have to obtain divorces just as they do now if they should desire to separate legally. No law can be made retroactive ; no law can be made to undo contracts made under another and a pre-existing law. Hence we repeat that the effect of annulling the statute law of marriage would be simply to leave the unmarried, at the - time it should be repealed, free to enter into such marriage contracts as they might wish to make between themselves. Nowllet us ask our critic; let us ask every man, aye, every woman, if they do not think that women have got sense enough to know what they want to contract to do, and what they want their husbands—if it still please them to call them so——to contract to do, just a little better than the men whom other men send to our States’ capitals, can pos_ sibly know ? ’Tis true that “young ladies” do not yet know so very much about what they ought to guard against in making marriage contracts, but we should be willing to let them try their hands at making them, even with their present limited knowledge. We think there are some who would know enough to contract that they should retain con- trol of their persons, and that their private chambers should be respected as the Mussleman respects the privacy of his harem,_ never intruding upon them save when invited ; we think that some of them would have sense enough to con- tract that they should never be forced to bear children, or to submit to be debauched; we think, moreover, that some of them would have sense enough to contract that one half of all the pro.p,erty‘that should be accumulated by their joint ‘efforts should be their own in fee simple, as well as to make ample provision for children, and to retain the right to go and come when they should please without having to ask and gain consent from any one. Think of these things, women of America, and then see whether you do not feel that you can arrange these things, and suit yourselves better than you are suited by the way thatvthey are now arranged for you by men. The law of legal marriage, as made and administered by men, reminds us more forcibly than any thing else of which we can think, of the snare which the hunter sets to catch his game, into which the game walks unsuspectingly, and never knows that it is caught until the noose begins to tighten round its neck, when, the harder the struggles are to get away the more unmercifully the noose holds fast its victim. But,.for the sake of the argumenhladmitting that woman is dependent upon man, man himself aught to be ashamed to take .advantage of that dependence to compel woman to “sacriﬁce the best years of her life” to his “will and .. - desires, 3) and to become “ prematurely old with hard labor and excessive child-bearing.” For shame, 0, man! for using this dependence of woman to minister to your lusts, for surely you would not dishonor the sacred name of love by calling the thing love that works such destruction among its victims as our critic has set forth. Love make women prematurely old, and to bear children excessively! Let the tongue be palsied that can utter, and the heart cease its beating that can conceive such blasphemy! God is love—love is God—-and does He so degrade women? It is him who has the power of death which is the devil, as Paul tells us, that does these horrid things, and the name of the speciﬁc devil to whom we now refer, is lust, the very opposite of love. Love exists to blest, and not to curse, its object. Grod blesses always. Love blesses always; but the devil curses always——lust curses always——lust exists to curse, and its existence is a curse. ‘ But we ‘take it that our critic deplores the eonditions that exist, and fain would have better things {come in to take their places. We do not for a moment imagine that his convictions about the rightfulness of the conditions which he presents were the inspiration of his criticism or the basis of his arguments. We are pleased rather to allow that he was not aware of the real character of the arguments that he advanced, and that he was betrayed into their use by their being the common stock from which men draw ad lzhimm when they desire to criticise the movement for woman’s social emancipation. Vfe have already shown how woman could be emancipated at once, but, if she will not do the needed thing to accomplish it, why will not men be gallant enough to come to her assistance and help her out of her bondage? Financial independence is what woman wants, so that she will not have to barter her sex to gain support. Now, how shall she get this ‘R It is useless to attempt to hold as some have attempted, that woman can perform her part, in the economy of the universe as the mother of humanity, and while so doing compete with man for pecuniary independence. During the period of gestation and lacation, woman cannot compete with man in the industries. If we admit that she would be his equal were the industries properly allotted to each sex, we could only do so by ignoring the special work that woman does for the race by hearing children. So, if she were equal at all other times, at these special times it is clear that there would have to be some provisions made to offset her special labors. Of course so long as a competitive system of industry is continued, there is little" hope for woman’s industrial equality, because competition is the very cause of her dependence. Put competitive in- dustry out of the way, and in its place inaugurate a system based upon a community of interests, and the whole prob- lem of woman’s emancipation would be solved. Society is a unit and its interestsshould be unitized. If the members of a community are in strife with each other for the pos- session of unequal wealth, the social body becomes diseased just as the individual body becomes diseased when some of its organs refuse to co-operate with all the other organs of the body for the general interests and well-being of the whole. Jesus and his disciples and the Apostles taught this doctrine most clearly and emphatically, and no one can be a follower of Jesus who opposes a community of interests; who opposes having “ all things common,” and the equality of all n1embers——the weak with the strong, the women with the men——in all material things. There is no possible way to establish natural equality save the communistic way. The great human family, of which Jesus is the corner stone, must be set up before there can be equality. But our critic says: “Mrs. Woodhull does not point out the way for woman’s ﬁnancial indepen- dence.” L Nobody can point out a way for something in the direction in which it does not exist. We assert, without fear of successful contradiction, that ﬁnancial independence is impossible for woman; indeed, that it is impossible for all men so long as a competitive system of industry prevails, so long as the strong in any way are permitted to take ad- vantage of the weak in every sense. All these things have been argued exhaustively in the WEEKLY time and again, and as often by its Editor-in-Chief upon the rostrum. If our critic has not read the WEEKLY, nor heard the spoken words, how can he say that “ Mrs. Woodhull does not point out the way to woman’s ﬁnancial emancipation.” We assert that we have pointed out the way, and as proof that we have, go to Oneida and there see woman. living as man’s" ﬁnancial equal, and living in freedom too. Remember we are not endorsing Oneida Communism save in the one point to which we refer. We say that Oneida has solved the industrial problem, and that the world has got to organize under principles similar to those exempli- ﬁed there, before there can be ﬁnancial equality for either men or women. Our critic says he does “ not see how there can be sexual freedom for woman.” We can tell him how he can see it. Let him begin at homeif he have one, and if not, by advocating in his paper that every man who has a sexual slave ought to" emancipate her at once. If he be the ﬁrst man to do it, then there would be a beginning made. There would be one woman freed from sexual servitude. This ‘is a practical matter; a thing in which there is something to be done. The inference from his argument is, that women remain in slavery because they are obliged to do so to obtain support. Then, ifthislbe so, it is men. who hold them so, and give them support bec_ause'they acquiesce in being held. Now, let men begin to be just and generous; let them grant the 4' same support to women that they give them now, but let them give them their freedom ﬁrst. According to our critic, men are confessedly holding women in the servitude in which they become “prematurely old by hard labor and excessive childbearing.” This is so. It is something to have a man admit so much. Now let this man join with us in advocating a better treatment of -woman by man; let _ him join with us in demanding that woman shall be made independent of man for support, so that she may never, even seemingly, have to submit her body to hislustful will, , to gain the necessities or the luxuries of life, either in or out of marriage, and there will be so much advancement made toward a common freedom for all womanhood. , Herber t Spencer said, in the Popular Science lilfontlzly, edited by Prof. J. L. Youmans, and published by Appleton & Co. of this city; and since published in book form, in his “ Studies of Sociology,” that “It is a lamentable ‘truth, that the troubles which respectable hard-working married women undergo, are more trying to the health and detri- mental to the looks than any of the irregularities of the harlot’s career.” Our critic does not agreewith the pro- found social philosopher, since he speaks of the harlot’s career as about the worst thing that can fall to the lot” of woman. But has our critic studied into the reasons for so much misery among that class of women? If he has not, he is not competent to compare their physical status with that of unhappily married women. It is not the “harlot” only who “earns her living by crucifying every womanly instinct of love and attachment.” There are, perhaps, a quarter of a million of so-called prostitutes in the United States, but there are ten times that _number of married women, who, as much as the former, earn “ their living by _ the same kind of cruciﬁxion. It is needless for men, to try to evade the force-of these facts. They cannot do it. Our critic has admitted them. The facts are too potent, their eifects too evident, their victims too numerous, and becom- ing more so every day. It is the penalty of emancipation that the evils of slavery shall become more grievous to be borne by women until deliverance or rebellion come. Woman must expect to suffer even more than she ha.s suf- fered before her day of salvation shall dawn fully, and man must suﬁer with her. Here is where man makes a serious mistake. He cannot make himself happy at the expense of woman’s happiness. If he would be happy he must ﬁrst make her happy, then his own will come naturally. No happiness can ever flow from holding woman in servitude. Give her her freedom and make her independence secure, and she will enhance man’s happiness a thousand fold. But man is too foolish to reach the goal of all his wishes by so short a road as this would prove to be. He prefers to exercise his power, to vent his selﬁsh passions at the expense of her who, were she free, would bless him “ 0’er and o’er again.” But all this inhumanity of man to woman is only forcing woman into respecting l-herself; only making her ﬁt to be free ; only making her realize that she is now a servant merely to wait upon the “ will and desires ” of man ; only preparing her to set up the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, which when it shall be set up, it may be known that the end is nigh, and that unless “ those days be shortened ”——unless woman relent and resume her duties of maternity—-“ there shall be no ﬂesh saved ”—there shall be no children born to ﬁll the places of thosewho shall die, and the world be left desolate. . ' We are not here to defend prostitution. As our critic says: .“ We understand Mrs". Woodhull holds it in abhor- ence,” and he is right ; but we also hold in equal abhorence the worse prostitution of wives by their legal masters—that ' prostitution which makes woman “ prematurely old by exces- sive submission to the “ will and desire of their husbands ;” . that prostitution in which woman is ‘.‘ more or less man’s property, to be bought and sold for a money consideration, A for it generally amounts to that in the plain English deﬁni- tion of marriage ;” that prostitutionwhich results, as our critic has admitted, in making “ faded wives no longer sweethearts ;” in making those “unfortunate women,’ ’ from whom their husbands, after sacriﬁcing all their youth and beauty on the altar of their lusts, desire “escape.” We would say to our critic: These are the women who need your pity ; these are the women whom we ask you to join with us to aid in emancipating ; these are the women whose lives are greater curses to the world, and to themselves as well, than are the -lives of all the prostitutes (illegal) who ever lived, because they leave their maledictions, for the ills they suffer, behind them in the form of children who ﬁll the world with the howlings of misery, vice, and crime, which fill our ears from every quarter, and make human nature cry -out against itself to prove itself a libel on itself by the hideous fruits it bears. - Therefore, look at legal marriage from whatever point we may, it is nothing but a curse upon the race. All the good that exists within its realm would continue wereit to- cease, while all the bad that has developed under it, would graduallydie out, asltime should evolve the latent goodness that resides within the constitutions of male and female man, now compulsorily dormant under the restrictions and constraints to which the individual is subjected. Put away the ‘law and admit; that it has been our school-master, if it please our opponents to call. it so, and do not remain children at school under it forever. l/Vhen peoplebegin Francis Train. 3} ‘ o ‘woonniurt a cnarmiuvs WEEKLY. to see that they do not need the law, when they begin to see that they can do themselves, what the law pretends to do for them, better than the law can do it, then to such the law is fulﬁlled. Vfoman does begin to see that she can make more satisfactory arrangements for herself than the law provides; she begins to realize that she knows what her nature and wants require. better than the men know who make the laws; she begins to see that the law is made for her enslavement, and to reduce her to vassalage to the “ will and desires ”, of man, when she should be his equal, that is, should be so much his superior in the domain of sex,ias he is her superior in that of the productive in- dustries, and thus, between the two, preserve a balance. Let -our critic be assured that woman’s nature will not lead her downward the leashes of the law shall be removed; and let him further be assured that, if man will. put woman in a ﬁnancial position, in which she will be independent, there will be no more “bargain and sale” marriages, or unions without marriage upon a similar basis; and still fur- ther, let him begin to realize that, with woman free and in- dependent,’ four-ﬁfths, at least, of all the commerce that now makes women “ prematurely old,” and to bear children excessively, would cease at once, and in the ceasing prove a panacea for the morbid lusts that are begotten of the selﬁsh excesses that now run their course unchecked, under the pro- tection of the law, and that this, in turn, reacting upon the children that should be born, would cause them to develop naturally into men and women without the ﬁre of passion to drive them to early vice, or its only substitute. JOHN A. LANT. We stated some weeks ago that Mr. Lant had been tried in the United States Circuit Court, Judge Benedict on the bench, and had been convicted of sending obscene litera- ture through the United States mails, that literature being The Toledoﬁuu, and the specific article, one written by Geo. He has since been sentenced to eighteen months in the States Prison at Albany, N. Y., and to pay a fine of ﬁve hundred dollars, and is the first editor of a paper to be convicted under the amended Act of Congress of 1873 into which Act those who were the ﬁgure-heads in our persecution obtained the introduction of the word “paper,” thus seemingly making its provisions applicable to a newspaper publication. It is not for us now to attempt any review of this case. We should have done so some weeks ago, but it was feared by some of Mr. Lant’s friends that the review that we should make might prejudice his case, it‘ it should appear in the interim between his conviction and sentence;- therefore we refrained from making any mention of the merits of the case,or of the defense that was made. It may not be generally known that there is no appeal from the verdict of the Dis- trict and Circuit Courts of the United States to the Supreme Court, but suchis the fact. The only cases in which ap- peals are possible are when two or more judges occupy the bench, and there is a difference of opinion between them. We should have been glad to have seen this case taken to the Supreme Court of the United States to test the constitu- tionality of the Act, which, by this case, is held to make an editor of a paper liable to prosecution, when it is explicitly set forth in the Constitution, that Congress ‘shall ‘ pass no law. abridging the freedom of speech or the press. This law" if it really apply to the press, certainly does abridge the freedom,‘ of the press. -Had the Constitution provided that Congress shall pass no law abridging the free- dom of the press save in respect to obscene language, it seem to us and not without, that Congress might pass such anact as this one is, under which Mr. Lant - was convicted. But obscenity is deﬁned in the Act, if we mistake not, to be any language calculated to excite the tamative passion. Now, the language of the Train article, upon which Lant was convicted, could not possibly have been further from doing this than it ‘was. It was calculated only to excite disgust and to drive any one far away from any such pas- sion. It might possibly be called blasphemous, but the Act of Congressdoes not contemplate blasphemy. It is useless now, however, to say anything about the law, so far as Mr. Lant is concerned. He has been con- victed by a jury and sentenced bya court, and is in the State prison. What is needed now are steps to procure his pardon by the President; and this can be done only on pc- tition. The case is a very sad one outside of Mr. Lant personally. ' His wife, with three small children——the eldest only ﬁve—»-is utterly destitute. We have received several anathemas against this conviction, and including calls for relief for Mrs. Lant, bu/tthey are all of a character unﬁt for publication, and, if published, would do Mr. Lant and his family more harm than good. In one of these it is sug- gested that liberals, especially that class who wrote for the Sun, shall subscribe some weekly amount for -the support of Mrs. Lant and her three babes, and that such subscrip- tion be sent to Dr. E. P. Miller, 41 VVest 26th street, New York City, for Mrs. _Lant’s use. ‘William Winslow Bennett, of Jersey City, proposes to give one dollar per week during Mr. Lant-’s conﬁnement. As soon as those who are moving in the -matter decide upon the form of a petition that they will adopt for presen- -tation to the President,we will publish it in the WEEKLY. In the meantime, those who desire to do so can be collect- ing signatures on their own petitions, whichthey may send to us, and we will turn. them over to those who have the . and opened her discourse. matter in hand. - ”We wish to impress it upon the friends of a free press and free spueech, that if Congress can pass a law abridging the freedom of the press, so can they pass a law for the abridgment of the freedom of speech. Remember this and be on the guard, for sectarianism is watchful and diligent. g A POSTAL CARI) NOTICES. VVe feel constrained to say that we must insist upon some attention being given to the postal card notices that have been addressed to delinquent subscribers. Most of these have been twice notiﬁed of the expiration of their sub- scriptions by the sending in the WEEKLY of bills for the coming year; and now they have been notiﬁed by a per- sonal card sent to their several addresses separate from the paper. We repeat that we must insist upon some acknowl- edgement as set forth in the appeal printed upon the postals, or we shall be obliged to resort to more extreme measures to purge our lists of the names of those who continue to receive the WEEKLY with no intention of payment. We also call the attention of subscribers to the bills for renewal of subscription, now being sent out weekly, wrapped in the paper, and request prompt attention for them. A; w.-V LIFE-SIZE LITHOGRAPH. ‘We have just received the first edition of life-size litho- graphs of Victoria C. VVoodhull, from the lithographic establishment of Armstrong & Co., of Boston, Mass. They are splendid pictures, both as awork of: art and as like- nesses. They are printed on heavy paper 20 X24 inches, and specially adaptedifor framing. They will be sent post- paid, securely wrapped to guard. against damage, to any address for 50 cents.‘ The common price of lithographs of this size is $2 ; but we have arranged with the publisher to furnish them in large quantities, at such rates that they can be resold at the price named without loss to us. They are thus put within the means and reach of everybody who desires to have a splendid life-size portrait of the Editor-in- Chief of the VVEEKLY, who has devoted her life wholly to the inauguration of a new dispensation on earth, inwhich misery, vice and crime shall have no place.-[MANAGING EDITOR]. 4‘; 4 w We accept the criticisms of Brother Mitchel in a late num- ber of the WEEKLY, on marriage, and feel all that he meant his short article should convey. The brother says, “ D——n the law and the behests of the law.” Were it not for the advantages that the law gave us we might say asthe brother does, but there were two sides to the ques- tion, and we preferred to take the sunny side. We yet fail to see that we did not take the best course to help to keep before the public the questions of individual sovereignty and social freedom. Yours for the right, A. A. ANGEL. MRS. woonnuif IN THE FIELD. COMMENTS OF 'I‘HFl PRESS. . (From the Courier, N ewatrk, N. J‘. J an. 4.) “ Mrs. Woodhull was greeted at the Opera House last even- ing by an audience that was much larger than many that have attended some of the best theatrical performances there this winter. The ladies and gentlemen present were highly intelligent and paid earnest attention‘ to the lecturer. *‘ When Mrs. Woodhull ﬁrst appeared upon the platform she was rather pale, and her voice was rather weak. But she gradually warmed up, her face flushed, and she became truly eloquent and seemed to glow with genuine.inspiration.” (From the Advertz's_er, Newark, N. J ., J an. 4.) p _ “ Victoria Woodhull, spiritualisubanker. editor. lecturer. held forth at the Opera House last evening on those social problems of life ofwhich she is apromlnent exponent and ad-. vocate. She is a Woman of medium height. of a frank, open and intellectual‘ and striking countenance : she speaks rapidly and earnestly without special .eﬂF'ort-{at rhetorical effect, and in a tone of voice which is at all times clear and distinct". Her audience was respectable in numbers, and those present were orderly, attentive and frequently enthu- siastic.” (From the J ournal, Newarlt, N. T;, J an. 4.) “A good—sized audience greeted Mrs. Vvoodhulf in the Opera House last evening at her lecture. on .‘.'I.‘he True and the False, Socially.” Many who had not beforeseen Mrs. Woodhull, and had only judged of her personal appearance from the caricatures on the bil1—boards and in. shop win- dows, Wern agreeably surprised to ﬁnd her a very handsome woman,/with a pleasing and not at all stazy manner, which immediately won the favor of the audience.” (From the Register. Newark, N. J ., Jan. 4.) “Victoria C. Woodhull lectured at the Opera House last evening, and was welcomed by a large, certainly respect- able and highly intelligent audience, composed of ladies and gentlemen. who paid deep attention to her argument. When she appeared on the stage she made a favorable impression, for she is truly a splendid looking woman, and one of the most eloquent we have ever heard lecture. Her sister, Tennie C. Claﬁiu, was with her. Victoria spoke for over an hour, and her effort was certainly a ﬁne one.” From. the Evening Journal Jersey City, N. J.._ Jan. 6, 1876. VICTORIA c. wooDHULL’s LECTURE. ' v The advent of Victoria 0. Woodhull occurred l3.Bt'1]lg'-Illirlll Kepler Hall in presence of a respectable audience. , one- third of whom were ladies, and all of whom were ﬁne people, so far as could be judged from exterior appearance. cisely at 8 o’clock Mrs. Woodhull walked-upon the platform What-ever light she is to be held in generally. the lecture she deliveredlast night was one_wl1ich every man and woman inthe land should hear. for it was fruitful of good and comprised a well—cbosen discussion upon the social relations between parents" and children and be- tween men and women. At ﬁrst ‘she was dispassionatee to coldness; but when she warmed upshe hurled lightnings of ‘cogent truths and eloquent appeals for humanity. Her lecture began with a learned dgissertatione upon-the ad‘- vance of civilization,’ during which she said that without eon- Pre— ' in any way coarse or vulgar. / W , ’ \ . 7 ‘ ‘ II “Jan.22,18”i6./ A L stant renewals by immigration the people of this land would become extinct, because the systems which have so long . , obtained here have produced a social condition inimical to the advancement of the race and conducive to its ﬁ_ua.1ex— tinction. In concluding Mrs. Woodhull said : No one who has not passed through the. ﬁery furnace of afﬂiction and ad- I versity and become emancipated from public opinion could _ _ stand the load of opprobium that I have been forced to carry. I A J _ i, sometimes grow weary under its weight and sigh for rest. but _ 1 my duty to my sex spurs me on. Therefore I want your sympathy, your sustaining love. to go with me and bless me :; and when I leave you for other ﬁelds of labor and stand upon other rostrums. fearing that I may not be able to my duty. I Want to feel the yearuings of your hearts followingme with prayers that my efforts may be blessed. I want the blessing; 1 of these fathers. the affection of these sons, the benediction ’., of these mothers and the prayers of these daughters to follow * ' fr. me everywhere to give me strength to endure the labor, courage to speak the truth and acontinued faith that right. - , will ﬁnally-triumph. - ., l . From the Eoemhg Argos, Jersey City, N. J ., -Jan. 6, 1876. VICTORIA wooDHULL’s LECTURE. Victoria Woodhull delivered her long expected lecture at , ’ Kepler Hall last night before an intelligent audience, among Whom could be discerned a number of prominent officials and citizens with their wives. About eight o’clock Mrs. Woodhull appeared upon the stage attired in a plain black , close-ﬁtting dress. She looked like an earnest, sincere .5 woman and evidently believed in the somewhat startling ’ " views she set forth. The subject of the lecture was “The True, and the False, Socially,” and was an exposition of Mrs. Woodhull’s favorite views on the marriage relation and the duties of parents to their children. It was listened to with , marked attention throughout, and the frequent hits she ' made brought loud applause or hearty laughter. Mrs. Woodhull began by reading from the Bible, and their launched into What she called the theory of social evolution. by which human races are to be harmoniously blended and man and woman made perfect. M_rs. VVoodhull said she meant to go on advocating these reforms until they should; bear fruit. From the Jersey Times, J ersey City, N. J ., J an. 8. 1876. _ VICTORIA C. WOODHULL Was at‘Kepler Hall on Wednesday evening, and was listened to by an intelligent, appreciative audience. At the conclusion of the lecture it was amusing to listen to the remarks of the retiring throng: “ Splendid.” “ VVonderful.” “ I would not have missed it for any money.” “I hope these truths will do us all good.” (From the Bluﬁalo (N. Y.) Sunday N ewe, Dec. 12, 1875.) ‘Z ,1, MRS. wooDHULL’_s LECTURE. On Sunday evening last Victoria 0. Woodhull delivered in . St. James Hall her celebrated lecture “ The True and the False ,> Socially.” In spite of the unpropitious state of theﬁweather ’ the hall was well ﬁlled, quite a large proportion of the audience being ladies. — At precisely eight o’olock she stepped , upon the stage, holding in her hand a mall bible from which * — she, on reaching the footlights, read the text upon which her lecture is founded. She was attired in a suit of broadcloth. severe in its simplicity, and relieved only by a laced scarf thrown loosely about her shoulders, the ends hanging pen- dant on either side, She wore no ornaments. Upon her - appearance there was an attempt at a greeting, but the I applause was restrained, hesitating, as though each was fear- ful- lest he or she would be the only one to acknowledge a ' , sympathy with her. She began her lecture in a voice scarcely 4 audible to those sitting in the front seats. indlcatlng that she . ~ ’ I was in doubt as to the safety of her position. and was care- fully progressed her manner became animated, and her voice rang ;,- out clear and determed, she sending her Words with telling » force to the extremes of the hall. When she touched upon “ her doctrine,” and used strong saxon Words to convey her‘ meaning, there was at ﬁrst laughter from the vulgar. mingled ’ g , with the applause of the pure minded. then a. generous recog— _ v _ 3 nition and increased attention. For two hours or more she held the wrapt attention of the large audience, and when she closed and retired from the stage she did so amid general and continued applause. The sentiments expressed by Mrs. Woodhull on Sunday evening are wholly at variance with the generally conceived opinion of that lady’s views. There is nothing gross or immoral in “her doctrine,” though her language is perhaps more plain than that prescribed by the . rules of couventionalism. Her arguments are sound, and the adoption of them would undoubtedly be productive of much general good. That public feeling is rapidly changing in her favor is evidenced by the fact that she is now express- ing to large and intelligent audiences the very sentiments for the publication of which she was, a number of years ago , arrested and thrown into prison. She seems to -be thoroughly . , ‘ in earnest. -and ﬁrmly believes that “her doctrine” is the 1 /. true‘ solution of the social problem. For that earnestness . and ﬁrm belief she is entitled to respect, and she should receive, at the hands -of the public, an impartial hearing before judgment is passed upon her. (From the Elizabeth (N. J.) Herald J an. 4., I876.) MRS. wooDHULL’s LECTURE. I 3 The damp, rainy, and in every way disagreeable weather , accompanying the fog which enshrouded the fair city of Elizabeth, and its scarcely less fair suburbs, on Friday eve- ning, was not reassuring to the hundreds who had anticipated a rare treat at the lecture to be given at Library Hall by Mrs. Victoria Woodhull, and a premonition of probable wet feet and possible colds in the head deterred ma my from attend- ing. But no considerations of hygiene are supposed to afford any excuse for the non-attendance of the lecturer, and ac- cordingly, Mrs. Woodhull, having traveled in deﬁance of the Weather authorities, appeared promptly at the hour of eight upon the platform at Library Hall, where her eyes met those of an audience composed of people of high intellectual culture and reﬁnement, and of the best possible standing in society, The audience consisted largely of ladies.. Many who had not before seen Mrs. Woodhull, and had only judged of her personal appearance from the caricatures upon the bill-boards and in shop windows,were agreeably surprised to ﬁnd her a very handsome woman, with a. pleasing and not at all a stagy manner, which immediately won the favor of the audience. Launching at once into her lecture she was soon found to be a brilliant and eloquent speaker, with a real, genuine earnestness rare among lecturers. It is quite evident. however much others may differ with her, that Mrs. Woodhull believes what she says, and is in earnest in her efforts to bring about results which she conceives to be for the world’s good. Whether right or wrong she is certainly . honest. Both her manner and her language were reﬁned and ladylike, and in the discussion of subjects generally looked - upon as too delicate for ordinary conversation, she struck that I . - I j ‘ happy mean where her language was forcible without being Her views as to what children should and should not learn from their parents were excel- lent, and she corrected.” many gross misapprehenslons as to the doctrine fshe teaches. Her lecture was listened to most attentively, and should she, at some future time, consent to appear ’-again« before an audience in this city, greeted by a full house. 3 feeling her way to the hearts of her hearers. As she I I an , ,,..,. . . ~ ..,/ she will be S I - ..::::: , . ii 1; ’ '-3’ K1"? Jan.i22, 1876. woonunnn are CIiAh‘LiN’S wuuxnr gfﬂm 7 J=_ _ -.-. . . :3 Have you seen the Wonderful Type- I I Writing‘ Machine? No more pen paralysis! No more spinal curvature because of the drudgery of the pen. 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But the book is by no means a mere collation of views or statistics: throughout its entire course the author——as will be seen by his title-page and chaptcr—heads—folIows a deﬁnite line of research and argument to the close, and his conclusions go, like sure arrows, to the mark. C 0 N T E N T S . Preface; Explanation; Cllntroduction; Address to the er gy. Chap. 1.—-Rival Claims of the Saviors. Chap. 2.——Messianic Prophecies. Chap. 3.——Prophecies by the ﬁgure of a Serpent. Chap. 4.—Miraculous and Immaculate Conception of the Gods. _ _ Chap. 5.—-Virgin Mothers and Virgin-born Gods.‘ Chap. 6.——Stars point out the Time and the Savior-’s Birthplace. Chap. 7.—Angels, Shepherds and Magi visit the Infant Savior. Chap. 8.—-The Twenty-ﬁfth of December the Birthday of the Gods. Chap. 9.—Titles of the Saviors. Cl§.p.h10.—~The Saviors of Royal Descent but Humble irt . Chap. 11.——Christ’s Genealogy. Chap. 12.—The World’s Saviors saved from Destruc- tigln in Infancy. Chap. 13.~—The Saviors exhibit Early Prooisof Di- vinity. - Chap. 14.—The Saviors’ Kingdoms not of this World. Chap. 15.—-The Saviors are real Personages. " Chap. 16.—Sixteen Saviors Cruciﬁed. Cli1iap_. i7.—~The Aphanasia, or Darkness, at the Cruci~ xion. Chap. 18.——Descent of the Saviors into Hell. Chap. 19.——Resurrection of the Saviors. Chap 20.——Reappearance and Ascension of the Sav- iors. CI13i.}Z_l. 21.—The Atonement: its Oriental or Heathe ri n. Chap.g]é2.-—The Holy Ghost of Oriental Origin. Chap. 23.—-The Divine “Word” of Oriental Origin.‘ Chap. 24.—-The Trinity very anciently a current Hea- then Doctrine. _ _ Chap. 25.~—Abso_lution, or the Confession of Sins, of Heathen Origin. Chap. 26.—0rigin of Baptism by Water, Fire, Blood, and the Holy Ghost. Chap. 27.——The Sacrament or Eucharist of Heathen Origin. Chap. 28.~——Anointing with Oil of Oriental Origin. Chap. 29.—How Men, including J ssus Christ, came to be worshiped as Gods. Chap. 30.—Sacred Cycles explaining the Advent of the Gods, the Master-key to the Divinity of Jesus Christ. Chap. 31.—Christianity derived from Heathen and Oriental Systeinsl _ _ Chap. 32.——Three Hundred and Forty-six striking Analogies between Christ and Crishna. ‘ Chap. 33.~—Apollonius, Osiris and Magus as Gods. Chap. 34.—-The Three Pillars of the Christian Faith—- Miracles, Prophecies and Precepts. Chap. 35.—~Logical or Common-sense View of the Doc- triee of Divine Incarnation. Chap. 36.—Pl_iilosophical Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation. Chap. 37.—-PhysiologicalAbsurdities of the Doctrine of the Divineilncarnation, ‘ _ _ Chap. 38.——A Historical View of the Divinity of Jesus Christ. Chap. 39.——The Scriptural View of Christls Divinity. Chap. 42.——A Metonymic View of the Divinity of Jesus Chris . — Cl(i3ap. 4t1.—-The Precepts and Practical Life of Jesus hris . 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The hours’ time consumi-r! by travelers by whoa‘ routes to Chicago from the East or West in transferring from depot to depot, is saw»: by passengers bv this route to get their mea_1s—an advantage over all other routes which deservedly lIlt1i~:L.‘.- it the most populariand the best patronized line of travel across the Continent. — THROUGH TICKETS toall important towns, ani general information may be obtained at the Company’ oﬁcc, 349 Broadway (corner of Leonard street), New York. Condensed Time Table. , WESTWAHD FROM HEW YRK, Via Erie & Mich. Central & Great Western R, . ‘ 1 STATIONS. I Empress. %;'le88 1 srxrrons. I Express. ; . ' I 5 l I { Lv 23:1 Street, N. Y . . . . . . . . . .. 8.30 A2‘ M.-10.45 A‘.‘ 11. By 236. Street, N. Y . . . . . . ..' 6.45 -2.‘ BI ‘ T” " Chambers street . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.40 10.45 Chambens street . . . . . . . . . 7.00 “ Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9.15 “ 11.15 “ “ Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.20 “ ’ “ Ilornellsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.30 “ 1.50 “ “ Hornellsville . . . . . . .. .. 7.40 “ Express ‘ “ Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12.05 A. M. 8.10 “ ,1 “ Buifalo . . . . . . . . . . .. . 11.45 “ Lv Suspension Bridge . . . . . . . .. 1.10 A;‘M. 1.35 1:.‘ DLHLV Susp_ension Bridge .. . 1.35 :‘ 9.50 p‘.‘n~ Al Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.45 “ 2.55 “ IA: Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.55 J 11.53:) '‘ London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.35 i 5.55 London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.55 0.85 a in *‘ Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..} 9.40 " 10.00 “ | “ Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10.00 “ 7.00 ‘ "‘ Jackson.... 112.15 P. M. 1.00 A. M.) “ Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.00 A 31.. I.7.°;5l ‘- “ Chicago ................. ..l 8.00 “ I3 00 :~ 3 .“ Chicago ................ .. 8.00 “ sis p__Ii1._ ‘Ar 1\,’ﬁ]-g.',r3u};g(3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ , , _ _ _ _ f~_._3Q A; 11,111.50 A, ;g;_‘ Ar Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.50 A. M. 5 30 2.1- I’r;iirie du Uhein . . . . . . . . . .. 8.55 1’. ml ll iAr Prairie du Chein . . . . . . . . 1:12: Ar La Crossc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . (11.50 P. M.[7.05 A. M yIAr La Crosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7 05 A. M. 7.05 a T“ A.» 1 Ar St. i’:~._:il . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 6.15 P. in} ,J,Ar St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.00 A. r«_i._ ;i£"";siT.'L'£mis . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.15 A. in,‘ "Ar St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.15 P M. .. Ar Sedalia............. .......l5.40 3.2.1.; Arsedalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6.50 A. M. .. “ Dcnison . . . . . . . . . . 8. " I . “ Denlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.00 “ “ Galveston: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “£10.45 “ E “ Galveston........ 10.00 “ ..____ A1-’i_3ism:ii'cl{ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 311.00 1-. ELI Ar Bismarck. , ,, . . . . . . . . . ..[12.01 P. 2:. , “ Columbus....., . . . . . . . . . . ..l 5.00 A. M.‘ “ Columbus . . . . . . 6.30 “ s ' “ Little Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l 7.30 P. :vi.l “ Little Rock ............ .. g *._. Ar Buriington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.50 A. in Ar Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.00 RT . - *‘ Oniaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..'11.00 P. M. .. “ Omaha ....... .. 7.45 A. M. "‘ Cheyenne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I “ Cheyenne... . . . . . .. 12.50 P. 1:. l " Ogden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. “ Ogden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.30 “ I “ San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . .. I “ San Francisco ....... .. 8.30 “_ﬂ Ar (.+alesbu.i‘g‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.40 A. l1[- Ar Galesburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4.45 P. M. . “ Quincy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..*11.15 “ “ Quincey . . . . . . . .. 9.45 “ “ St. Joseph . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 “ “ St. Joseph..... . . . . . . . .. 8.10 A. it. “ Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10.40 P. M. “ Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9.25 “ E Atchison...... ............ .. 11.00 “ “-Atchison .............. .411-17 “ .. I " Leavenworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12.10 - “ - 3, I " Leavenworth . . . . . . . . . . ..l1:?;.40 noon. if Denver. ..... .... .. 7.09 .1. ml 1 “ Denver ............... ..l ’°i"lii=<:>iigl‘1I Sleeping Car Arrangements 0.15 A. :a:.——D-ay Express from Jersey City (daily exce 1; Sunday), with Pullman’s Drawing-Room Cars and connecting at Suspension Eriilge with Pulltman’sfPa Sleeping Cars, arriving at Chicago 8.00 p. m the following day in time to ta e he morning rains rom ere. 7.2017. ii.-_—Night Express fi-cm'Jei:sey City (daily), with Pullmaii’s Palace Sleeping Cars, runs through to Chicago without change, arriving thereﬁit 81.100 at; ma, §1V1g1gp&:SBIJgB1‘S ample time for breakfast and take the morning trains to ail points West, ort wes an ‘on hwes . CONNECTIONS OF ERIE RAILWAY WITH MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES OF liiichigan. tlentrai & Great ‘Western: .iT%aiiways. At St. Catharines, with Welland Railway, for Port Colborne. A1 iiimilton, with branch for Toronto and intermediate stations; also with branch to Port Dover. At Harrisburg, with bi'ai:cli for Gait, Guelph, Southampton and intermediate stations. At Paris, with G. W. R. branch for Brantford and with Goderich branch Grand Trunk Railway. At London, with branch for Petrolia and Sarnia. Also with Port Stanley Branch for Port Stanley, en «daily line of steamers from there to Cleveland‘. _ At Iietroit, with Detroit & Milwaulzie Railway for Port Huron, Branch Grand Trunk Railway. ‘Also De i.2<:;i:, Lansing ét Lal;c_Michigan R. R. to I-loward and intermediate stations. Also Detroit ci; Bay City 1:. it iicli nalie :5. .5‘: Ivl. It. It. to Toledo. At Wayne, with Flint at Pere M. R. R. to Plymouth, Holy, etc. At Ypsilanti, with Detroit, Ilillsdale & Eel _River__R. Rs, for Manchester, Hillsdale, Banker’s, Waterloo CUIZll1‘.blélCli}’, N. Maucliester, Denver and Indianapolis. Al Jzicl~:soz_i, with Q,-arid River Valley Branch, for Eaton Rapids, Charlotte, Grand Rapids, Nuncia, Pent miter, and all liltel‘.-'11" lnite stations. Also, with Air Line for Homer, Ixottowa, 'lhree Rivers and Caﬁopolis .-‘.1.-so witli :Iil.C'i~Z,L£"Ll1-'-l1l.g Saginaw Branch, for Lansing, Owosso, Saginaw, We_noua,_Standish, Crawforc an liitei*iiierl' ‘to stations. Also with Fort Wayne, J acl: or Saginaw R. for Jonesville, Waterloo, F'\I'i Wu-,'iie, -lllii ix oi-t Wayne, liiuncie dz. Cin. R. R. to Cincinnati. — At Battic Creelit, with Peninsular R. R. ' A lialziziiazoo, with South Haven Branch, to G. J unction, South Haven, etc. Also with G. Rapids& 1111. 3 it. for '.,‘i;x11I Lake and intermediate stations. Also with Branch of L. S. & M. R. B. it i.swtoii, with Paw Paw R. R. for Paw Paw. it Niles, with South Bend Branch. ' At New Buifalo, with Chicago .9; Mich. Lake S. R. R. for St. Joseph, Holland, Muskegon, Pentwater 3110 ~n:ermediate stations. . At Michigan City, with Indianapolis, Peixi & ﬁlhieﬂg B. 3. Also with Louisville, New Albany .12 Chi- cii '-i ii. 3. At Lake, with J oliet Branchto J oliet. « iii . At Cl1.ic:ig'.3, with all railroads diverging. , VALUABLE DISCOVERY.-Dr. J. P. Miller, a practicing physician at 327 Spruce street, Phila- @ ﬂ E ’ delphia, has discovered that the extract of cranberries Cured \7i,f§g,h0u1; the Knife’ Q12 pain. and hemp combined cures headache, either bilious, dyspeptic, nervous or sick headache, neuralgia and 2 . nervousness. This is a triumph in medical chemistry, 3 ismsw SI F emdieg W1-..i:i%.;:i:‘.' ‘.’:—t.°°:::*'y 7 max. e re H n 1 a cen s a ox. ie A SPECI-AIATIL‘ 1‘ QR TVVENTY YEARS- Doctor is largely known and highly respected.——P/LiZa- _.,__,__.__. dglpkia Biuileéiri. , ' For seven years Professor of Obstetrirs and ‘ Diseases of \:V"0!1le1l111 a New York Medical College. PROF. 5:. M. COMINS, M. D, 3425 I48.1¥)'€'.9'I.vg7?302L Azrcnrte, I .» B E‘ ” ,,e .o . , , ggigm e our 0wn_Piinting NE W 3. OR}: Egoﬁable Pressforcards, labels, envelopes 3* —-=£%a=~— f—“’”‘—" etc. Larger sizes forlarge work. Psvononnrnv- " Business ltlen do theirprin advertising, save money and increase trade. Amateur Printing, delight Power has been given me to delineate cliaracter, t 1 , - iilpastime for spare hours. BOYS describe the mental and s iriuial capacities of per- " - ha.ve_greatfun and make money fast sons, and sometimes to indicate their future and their Prmtu;-*‘ -atprinting. Send two stamps for full ':-est. locations for health, harmony and business. ' 5 Person-s desiring aid of this sort will please send me their liandwriting, state a e and sex, and inclose catalogue presses type etc, to the Mfrs JOHN M. SPEAJ}. 2.210 Mt. Vernon street, Pbua. ,,--~1“" ing and I°35393E~E§;§EY&G0._MmMm scam. / V , {mm .--2:. SPIRIT COLLE I MEDIUMS DEVELOPED, I-IEALERS INSTRUCTED, AND LEGAL. DIPLOMAS GRANTED THEM. Address Prof. J. B. CAMPBELL, M. D., 136 Longworth street, Cincinnati, Ohio. What Young Peaple Should Know. THE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION IN MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS. By PROF. BURT G. WILDER, of Cornell University. ‘With twenty-six Illustratibns, $1 50. Address CHAS. P. SOMERBY, Freethought Publisher, 139 E. EIGHTH STREET, New York. IMPROVED aIenW__i1e Signs. 0. MONKS, PBOPRIETOR AND MANUFACTTIRERE OF THE ' Improved Metallic Lettered SIGN pX'INTiNG AND ENGRAVIN cs, ,_.riv ALI. ITS B££A.NCI:?ES- No. 4.13 ]§§O.s.DvvA.Y, New York. N. B.—The injunction against the manu- facture of the Improved Metallic Lettered Wl1‘G Signs and Banners having been raised, I am now making them at greatl, reduced mvices. ‘ I am painting Gold Sign Boards, 2ft.fwide, at the low rate of $1 per running foot, board thrown in. All Otllei Painting at equally low prices.:§I inviteyou to call and examine £3. N K3, .413 BROA D147 A.l?Z ;j;NE‘W/ YORK. ‘ niv Samples. ._.1_....\ __...... - Tlie l§eei'iest- Satire oi’ hirirlerxi Tinies. he Stdihéafwsi deceit A Satire in ‘Verse on the Rev. II:i:i~m‘i’ VVAi:i;) Bisziioiinn, arni ti-he Aigiiraieiizs or his Apologistn I in the ‘II;-ll1‘€=3t iicriridalx ‘$39 D.Rrilil[i/.l’1".S PERSONAE. Rev. II. W. Beecher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theodore Tilton. -)e.m:oi=s oi‘ l’lyii1outh Church . . . . . . . . ..F. D. Moult-on. ,.,.. _.,, ,. Tm . _ 5V. 0. ‘Noodliull. « .il(.1S oi the gic.1.tJouinals.. . . . . .. I G. F‘ Than. . ' 1' “Jonatlian ” one of . .. . _ . 4: 91 , _ -1 g sianycr Sam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. , me people’ Om. ‘vii-s. E. R. Tilton. Tiiic iziiinrniinnirr TR.1.C’I‘ S<;‘CIE'i‘Y have now ready ~. ilnc covers, the above S'l‘AR'i"1.IN(2 A.uPuLi:'i‘, show- zig in vivid colors RE aL LIFE _ “ I‘ii?.iil‘é'l) ’l‘llE t‘$C‘ENES ” :1 the greatest Sczllldill oi’ any :igel ’i‘2ic " wax s (‘riot \.~/ci-e d irli, and the tricks that ‘>i'o‘.'c(l vain,” are lwre exposed to the glaring light 01 ..he day. ' _ . ’l'lie iiziniitable arxgumcnts of “Jonatlinng” his _pri- V:-zzc opinions publicly cxprcsscil, are IIi{8 nothing .~.-incc the “ l-iigclow l';ipes:.-'.” Tlie i-csiclers of Woonnunn .A.:-in C,i..iFL::~."s Wsnizrut will iind in this brochure the gr:-eatp1'ii‘;oiplcs of_Social 1"‘:-ccdo’m pungvnily set Iorili without rho slightest ‘iuniinery. In sliort, it will be read everywhere and by every- body, in cars, on stcainboat, in. the woods of Is-iziixie and on the Western plains, in cabin and in_castle. — Pnicn: prepoid by mail, 15 cents per single copy; per 100. $.10. _ ‘ WAN’l‘EH.—First class Cauvassers, to whom splen- -zlid coniniission will be paid. . SELLS AT SIGHT! Address all orclersto, . *0‘) INDEPENDENT TRACT SOCIETY, 8”’ Box 37, Woncnsrnn, Mass. *1 A. BRIGGS DAVIS, Sec. ai1d’I‘rcas. _ Owhat is - - Jan. *‘22, 1870. Sroperty ‘.7 . on, ‘ . AN INQUIRY INTO THE PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT AND OF GOVERNIVIEN T. ‘BY P. J. PROUDHON. Translateil from the French by B TUCKER. Prcfaced by :1 Sketch of Pi'oudl1on’s Life and Works, by J. A. I_4Al\’-GLOIS, and contain- ing as a. Frontispiece a ﬁne steel Engraving of the Author. A systematic, thorough and radical dis- cussion of the institution of Property-éits basis, its history, its present status and its destiny, together with a detailed and start- ling ercpose of the crimes which it commits and the evils which it engenders. Of this, the ﬁrst volume of Proudlion’s Complete Works, the I7Zd62.7} says: “Together with Mr. Holyoake’s incom- parable book, this new volume will greatly enrich the literature of the labor reform.” A large octavo of 500 pages, handsomely prined in large new type, on heavy toned paper, sent, post-paid, on receipt of price. Price in cloth, bevelled edges. . . . . . . . $3 50 “ full calf, blue, gilt edge... . .. 6 50 All orders should be addressed __ to the .Publisher, ';§EF‘:v§J. 55?. "TUCKER, i_"PRii\*oE'roN, MASS, TRIANGLE lriirsiciius. All diseases growing‘ outof false conjugal relations will receive especial attention. Our combined medium hip, shut from the outer world in our cabinet, will generate a compound element, Magnetizcd and Spirit-» 1' alized, that will prove an elixir 01' life that we can impart to our patients. MAGNETIZED BELTS for all parts of the__ system. BATTERIES for the head, hands and feet. Paper, Powders and Liquid Medicines prepared, Electricized, Magnetized and Spiritualized in a single or double Guardian Spirits of every patient will be requested to accompany the Medicine and aid by their inﬂuence. Three strong Healing Mediums will sit in the cabinet with an electric apparatus when the medicines are pre- pared. We shall observe all inspirational conditions that will insure a full ﬂow from our Spiritual Battery, and require the same of our patients. The age, sex, married or single, with some of’ the prominent symp-. toms and conditions of the system, will be required. One Dollar for 2:. single prescription. Sent by inai or express. A Stamp must accompany all letters. Address, ‘ DR. GRAHAM 6’; 00., P. O. Box 75, Iroquois, Iroquois 00., Illinois. IJENNS ‘E LVANIA RAILROAD. ‘A. THE GREAT TRUNK LINE ~=' AND UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE. , Trains leave New York, from foot of Desbrosse and Cortlandt streets, as follows: Express for Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, the West and South, with Pullman Palace Cars attached, 9:30 A. M., 5 and 8:30 P. M. Sunday, 5 and 8:30 P. M. For Baltimore, ‘Washington and the South, Limited Washinvton Express of Pullman Parlor cars, daily, except Sunday, at 9:30 A. M.; arrive at Washington 4:10 P. M. Regular at 8:40 A. M., 3 and 9 P. M. Sun- day, 9 P. M. Express for Philadelphia, 8:40, 9:30 A. M., 12:30, 3, 4, 4:10, 5, 7, 8:30, 0 P. M., ‘and 12 night. Sunday, 5, 7, 8:30 and 9 P. M. Emigrant and second class, 7 P. M. For Newark at 6:30, 7 :20,7 :40, 8, 9, 10, 11 A. M., 12 M., 1, 2, 2:30, 3:10, 3:40, 4: , 4:30, 5,5220, 5:40, 8, 6:10, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8:10, 10, 11:30 . M., and 12 night. Sun- day, 5:20, 7 and 8:10 P. M. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1876-01-22_11_08
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1876-01-22_11_08
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 11, no. 09 (January 29, 1876)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2108
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1876-01-29
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: , m..v—- ‘W PROAGRESASIN FREE THoUGH'r: ‘,UNT,RAMMEL.EDe LIVES i_ BREAKING THE WAY FORAFUTURE GENERATIONS. V01. XI. —No. 9.-—VVl-Lole No. 269 NEW YORK, JAN. 29, 1876;. PRICE TEN CENTS. The truth shall make you free.—Jesus. In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God shall be flnishe0l.——St. John the Divine. Whereof I was made a minister to preach the un- searchable richesof Christ, and the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in Cv'0cl.——Paul. ‘ Or-4 WHEN WILL OUR ILEGISLATORS LEARN WISDOM? BY WARREN CHASE. Every day brings new evidences of the evil effects of our marriage laws, and yet our legislators dare not touch the holy institution which derives all its sacredness from the oldest and most rotten and corrupt christian church—the one that has now found our public school system dangerous to its sa- cred authority, and is attacking it with bitter denunciation. Intelligence, science, knowledge are its enemies, and ever have bee...
Show more, m..v—- ‘W PROAGRESASIN FREE THoUGH'r: ‘,UNT,RAMMEL.EDe LIVES i_ BREAKING THE WAY FORAFUTURE GENERATIONS. V01. XI. —No. 9.-—VVl-Lole No. 269 NEW YORK, JAN. 29, 1876;. PRICE TEN CENTS. The truth shall make you free.—Jesus. In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God shall be flnishe0l.——St. John the Divine. Whereof I was made a minister to preach the un- searchable richesof Christ, and the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in Cv'0cl.——Paul. ‘ Or-4 WHEN WILL OUR ILEGISLATORS LEARN WISDOM? BY WARREN CHASE. Every day brings new evidences of the evil effects of our marriage laws, and yet our legislators dare not touch the holy institution which derives all its sacredness from the oldest and most rotten and corrupt christian church—the one that has now found our public school system dangerous to its sa- cred authority, and is attacking it with bitter denunciation. Intelligence, science, knowledge are its enemies, and ever have been and ever will be to the whole scheme of christian salvation, to the tree and all its branches, of which marriage is a principal one—a trap set by the church where the clergy make money by getting the rich into it, and the lawyers by getting them out, while the poor are caught without proﬁt to anybody, ..and only get ,out;fby,_dea_tl1.,or.dollars,.--or by running away so far that no one will follow them. The system is al- most a fac simile of the slave4code,varying in diiferent States as that did, but having a general ‘uniformity. Both systems establish and enforce a right of property in human beings- slavery held it in both sexes, but marriage only in women. Both systems have ameliorative laws that determine how far this property may be pounded, clubbed and whipped, as some States have -‘for the protection of horses. Both systems allow prostitution and abuse without limit, and allow -rape without penalty or criminality. Both systems have good men in them. who do not abuse their slaves; and both have bad men who are a disgrace to the race, and such do most cruelly abuse their wives as others did their slaves, and there are more of the wives abused in our country than there ever were of slaves, and abused, many of them, as badly, yet where is the Garrison who dares demand abolition? Both systems take the labor of the victims without compensation, except so far as necessity or fancy induces it, as a gift, for support or for special favors. Both systems make the chil- dren of the slaves the property of the owner of the mother, for a time, except as some recent ameliorating statute have modiﬁed the system, but even in these the churches step in to control the education of them, so as to keep the control of the rising generation, and keep the old marriage institution sacred and safe from harm. We did not violate the slave laws when in force,_ and we do not advocate the violation of this, to us, equally wicked system, but we shall raise our voice and drive our pen against it as we did against the former, till, like it, there is no vestige of its cruelty left. When the slave laws were put aside other laws were necessary for the protection of the victims who had been robbed of their labor, and had no edu- cation, nor property to guard against the vicisitudes of life; .and equal civil _rights before ‘,the law, with suffrage and education, became necessary, and with these they soon began to be self-supporting, and to steadily rise in the scale of being, but in the competition of races‘ only to be outrun, beaten, and disappear in the end by being swallowed up in miscegenation. The women have alittle property, about one- tenth of what belongs by right equally to both sexes, and many of themhave a tolerable good education, though largely from novel-reading which greatly misleads the mind with false ideas of life that are rarely real or to be realized. Now. what is needed is the unconditional repeal of all marriage laws, divorce laws, and laws regulating {married parties, to place women in perfect equality with man in every respect before the law, and authorize all parties, whether now in marriage or not, to make their own contracts of partnership, and put them on record for their own security and the protection of children; declare all ‘children the legitimate heirs of both parents, and hold both for their support and education, and hold both partners under the law of civil contracts as part- ners individually responsible for their conduct and treatment of each other, as of other persons, and let rape and any other crime be punished the same when committed on a partner as if on any other person. Let black audwhite, male and fe- male human beings have equalliberty and responsibility, . and provide education for ‘all children alike, and let both sexes have equal chance to rise into public power and promin- ence before the law as the royal families of Europe do in selecting a person to wear the crown. We may as well have a woman for President as England a woman_ for Queen. Some silly and superﬁcial minds think all that is needed is to secure the ballot’ to woman, but it will be of little value if obtained unless our marriage laws are thoroughly revolution- ized, and so far as these points of I slaveryjare in them, "abolished. , ‘ i It is a shame that so many good men and women who need no change and no laws for themselves should havefno mercy on the poor victims that are suffering as the slaves did from cruel masters, and therefore give us‘ no aid and support in this great work of justice and human sympathy. We know there are thousands of good parties who need no ‘change for themselves, but there is not a neighborhood in our country that has not one or more cases of cruelty and hardship arising under our laws, and these people are certainly aware of them and of thecause; but it is holy, and must not be touched,‘ even though its victims number milliions in our country. UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD. ARTICLE 1. Dear lVeekl4y:——Many encouraging letters have been re- ceived -by me, from all parts of the states——from Maine to California-——in response to the article that appeared in your columns November 6th, 1875, on Universal Brotherhood, which will be known as my introductory. The character of these letters is such as to ,convince me that the masses of the people are ready for work—systematic work, co-opera- tion-—had they but a rallying standard, which should, I think, be in the form of a declaration of human rights. It should be more complete than the Declaration of Independence, that is, it should include the rights of women and children as well as men, and set forth deﬁnitely the rights of all. It would seem appropriate for the persons who are favorable to this idea of a universal brotherhood, to meet July 1st, 1876, at Philadelphia, in a world's convention, and on July 4th make their declaration of human rights to the world. If such a declaration were made byten persons—-—even one person—I believe the people would rally around it . The key-note to the heart of humanity was struck by our forefathers, when they declared, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- ness.” Do we enjoy these rights to-day in the broadest and highest acceptation of these terms? Nay. Think ofthe right to life and all it implies. Do governments secure us in the complete enjoyment of this right? When they secure to us the right to be begotten, born and reared under the most favorable auspices known in the science of life, we can then say they secure to us life, and that our liberty, freedom and pursuit of happiness are complete. The right to be begotten, under natural conditions (favorable auspices), involves the liberty" and right of a mother to choose not only when she shall become a motheribut by whom, and all the other conditions that inﬂuence maternity. What, also, of her right to the pursuit of ‘happiness? Is every woman in this country happy; or, is every woman free to pursue happiness? Do they enjoy perfect 1iberty——freedom? Does every man, woman and child enjoy these lnestimable blessings? No! Until men, womenﬁiand children are secure, beyond perad— venture, in the blessings of a good home, plenty of food and clothing and all the concomitants of life to make them happy, they are not secure in their rights to life, liberty and happiness (equal rights to all and exclusive privileges to none!) A government that is instituted for thesegobjects, is a failure whenever it falls short of them: this being the case, it’ behooves the people——the governed——to ‘take steps toward the complete attainment of their rights. The govern. ment of these United States, for a century, has been run in the interest of capital and demagogism. It is high’ time a change for the better was made, and it is proposed for the‘ universal brotherhood to make it in a peaceable way, but forcibly if it must. I _ My former article called attention to the idea of a universal brotherhood (sisters, of course, included.) I presume every person desires such a condition of life——the uniting of all hu- manity in fraternal relation--and that they will work for it. This cannot be accomplished by one or two individuals writ- 9*,’ ing, talking, lecturing, or theorizing alone, but an organization working in combination with these agents can, I believe, do it. Systematic‘ work accomplished the overthrow of slavery. Had not the abolition party organized, and worked system- atically, asva body, slavery would exist to-day among the blacks. Wendell Phillips has said that, ﬁfty thousand per- sons well organized, can overcome every obstacle in the way of their object, and carry everything before them, and I be- lieve it. The people are ready for organization of some kind, I then why notthose who favor a universal brotherhood unite under that name, and take as their rallying point “ Human Rights,” and pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their sa- cred honor for the attainment and maintenance of them; and undertake also the “amelioration of the condition of humanity in every possible manner?” For twenty-ﬁve or thirty years past we have had theory upon theory; we want them put to practice now. ‘ Who are ready to dose, and willing to go to work systems atically? Those who are, will please write to me. Ever since the ﬁnancial panic, the working—classes have been waiting (Micawber-like) for something to turn up, but it seems to me they must turn it up themselves. The poor are grqwing poorer. and the rich, richer; and the signs of the times per- tend a bloody conflict between labor and capital. This con~ ﬂict can be averted on the principle of co-operation, by giving every person em_ployment,and making it the duty of; every one who can work, to do so, as is proposed by the [mi-mrsai brotherhood. Within a third of a century the problem of co-operation has been solved by the working- classes of England. Thirty—three years ago, t‘V{a[1ty;;-. eight men in the city of Rochdale, England, ' com. bined for mutual interest an co-operation, at first, for the purchase of the necessaries of life. They started on a capital of one hundred and forty dollars. During this time they have gradually extended their co-operation until they-‘em: brace every branch of industx-y—-productive and distributive. To-day there exist societies in nearly every important 1:0,”, in England, allworking on the Rochdale plan; the combined membership of these societies exceeds 500,000; their prop- erty and capital, exclusive of mills and factories, ls valuediat $80,000,000; they own mills and factories of an ),;in,3B, am, have even been calculating how long it will take them to own all the property in England, and every acre of 1g,n(1.._..e,-,e,,,- the crown jewels, basing their calculation on the present rate of increase of their accumulated wealth . Just twenty years hence is the answer to this problem. Cannot the WOI‘kil]0'- classes of America do better than. this, in the next tweniy years, by becoming, on the co-operative plan, owners of an the property in America, thereby becoming the possessors of capital (the product of their labor) and averting the conﬂict of capital and labor, as both will then beunited? The works men of England are in earnest; they have taken the ﬁrs: step toward educating the people for a universal brothers hood. Thus far they have done a grand work, but the work- men of the States have a grander one before them——to achieve the perpetuation of human freedom. The working—classeg of England are now trying to unite this class in America in co-operative bodies. They have sent their agents here to explain their system of co-operation, and co-operative stores are now being organized. As soon as the Bocietieg here are strong enough they will form a union with the English societies and co—operate on a grand scale. I would like to hear from the people whether they are for or again“, the ideas advanced in this article. Those writing and ex- pecting a reply will please co-operate a little with me, by enclosing stamps for return postage. Address N o. 270 West Jefferson st., Louisville, Ky. Thanking you, dear WEEKLY for the publication of my former article,.Iam', as ever, 0 ’ Yours for humanity, G, _H_ KRIEDER November 28, 1875. " .a...1.____.. DEMOCRACY A EAILURE. What can "be more absurd in this age, after our hundred years’ experience in democratic government, than as aremedy for evils that democracy could not him into existence, some further development of the principle? It is immaterial that the extension of to women is the particular development now 3 posed ;- there could ‘not be any (other. There 170 Propose der coming democratic the suﬂirage ctually pro- remains no other class which does not already enjoy this precious bless- ing, and our actual state proves wellhow precious the 1,1938, ingis. True, indeechthere are children, babies in arms‘ for ODHULL a oI.ArLIN*s WEEKLY. Jan. 29, 1876. example, whose “ rights” are assuredly shamefully trampled upon,.and certain sorts of criminals and lunatics shut out still. The worst criminals. however, already have the suf- frage; the politicians and the Wall street men are not dis- franchised, and a large proportion of lunatics are similarly favored, for have not our “reformers” votes? ' The arguments advanced to prove the necessity for femi- nine inﬂuence in our political life have no real bearing upon the question. Feminine inﬂuence is, indeed. beyond all possible doubt, the one source of puriﬁcation to which at this day we must, perforce, look. iWithout this we are lost; for eszgry other social force is engulfed in the universal corrup- tion.‘ Ngot for woman’s sake alone, although the atrocious injustice done to her were ground ample enough in all con- science, but for man’s own sake, we need and must have in , women take part, and a most inﬂuential part, indeed a ﬁnally ‘dominant part, in public affairs; and the right ort of A women, too—the enlightened, the emancipated, the free. But what has that to do with female suﬁrage? It is a pure begging of the question, natural enough in the present state of public opinion-—-for it is the prevailing public opinion that is supremely false, ﬂying in the face of the most patent facts around us, but still none the less a pure begging of the ques- tion—to suppose that woman’s inﬂuence upon our social and political condition would be enhanced by the adoption of fe- male suffrage. The very opposite would be the real result. If anything could positively annul feminine inﬂuence it would be giving the ballot to women, or rather the fatal condescen- sion of women in acceptingiit. Democracy has‘, had, in fact, a full and fair trial, and the verdict of a century’s experience is'overwhelmingly against it. The two main objects for the accomplishment of which it was so long looked to, and for the sake of which it was so long cherished by the party then truly progressive, were ‘individual freedom and honest government. Of honest government it is needless to say one word: every one will feel spontaneously the bitter irony involved in the mere juxtaposition of the two words democracy and honesty in government. But democracy is, in fact, although thepublic does not yet see this so clearly, just as unfriendly to liberty also. Illustrations of this abound, but just here we will stop to cite only the one damning fact that it was the American democracy, and in the proper sense of the word, too, that was for so many long years the stronghold of industrial slavery. Aye, and it is so still. Watch it a while longer; you will soon see. What we really want is good government. But still govern- .ment-—a government that can govern. Good government nevertheless—really good, or what is the same thing, the genuine Republic. But how can democracy, ‘by any possi- bility, give us this? Who cares for good government? Who cares for the public weal? Who seriously and in earnest interests himself in the general well-being? Assureduly there are some who do so. Assuredly there are some whose eyesare open wide enough to see that each one would be best off by everybody’s devoting himself to the service of the whole. Nay, there are those, and many of them, too, who are so well constituted that the welfare of the whole naturally presents itself to them as the supreme end for which it is clearly everbody’s duty to live; who ﬁnd it difficult to conceive of any reasonable mind doubting such a principle for one moment. But these are, after all, an in- finitely small minority relatively. It is only a small minority. indeed, who ever form forhthemselves any distinct concep- tion of the public welfare, much less imagine it to be an aﬁair with which they have to trouble themselves. For 'the vast majority, politics are merely a sphere in which certain personal advantages may be won for themselves in- divividually. They prize their votes as they do any other item of their stock in trade; a vote is simply a thing by which, directly or indirectly, they hope “to turn an honest penny.” Even those who would hesitate to directly sell their votes for so much currency, look upon them none the -.less, as in the. main an instrument for their own personal and individual advancement- From all which, it does not by any means follow, that the remedy for our actual ills consists in any wise in falling back upon some bastard imitation of the govermnental sys- tems, which are tottering to their fall in Europe, sustained even there by vast and ever vaster armaments, the mainte- nance of which becomes from year to year more and more diiﬁcult. Soinsane aretrogression, will, no doubt, be proposed among us openly in due time, as it is already freely enough talked about at Manhattan Clubs, and so-forth. It has been the aim for a long, long time of certain party leaders. Can any man be idiot enough to suppose a Belmont honestly and bona fide a democrat? It is partly in order to prepare for such a 1-etrogression that the present “panic” was organized and is so long kept up. “ Panics ” always are the product of de- liberate intention on the part of the ﬂesh and blood mortals upon whom one would lay one’s ﬁnger (or a halter either for the matter of that), not at allfas is pretented, the result of some occult and mysterious, operation of some occult and mysterious force. And it is to aid in this same preparation that the actual corruption in our political system is winked at, nay, directly encouraged by party leaders who are beyond the reach of any temptationltp ﬁnger “the spoils ” them- selves. . , Our real remedy is in no sort of backward movement. but on the contrary, in going forward; we must press on from ounpresent sham republic to the real republic—-the social as well as the merelypolitical republic. But this we can do only when we shall have a progressive party that ceases to make the enormous, the fatal mistake of imagining republi- oanism and democracy to be one and the ame thing. RAMSHORN. _.._:__ 9§R?i‘:‘.!x?F: / , ’ NOTHING BEING DONE. . NEW YORK, Nov. 25, 1375. , “ The world has been aware of this so far as animals are concerned, and for ‘some two centuries has studiously sought . so improve horses, cows, swine, etc., and even vegetables. Grand results have been accomplished, the character and quality of our domestic animals "having been essentially bettered. During all this tzkrne nothing has been done to im- prove the human Irace.” , It seemsas if writers ought to be more particular and speak more truthfully than in the above underscored. Men have improved ,quite as much in two hundredyears as animals. Only few even new breed ﬁne stock. Any quantity of poor breeds of sheep, horses, cattle, etc. in the country. More than two thousand years ago Plutarch wrote an essay on the breeding of children, quite up to modern times. There are plenty of books on that subject sold now, and more will be, and a good many people practice it. Cowan’s New Life has sold forty thousand, and it is on this subject. Sexual Physi- ology sells as well, and so of other books . Is nothing being done ? Yes, much. Yours, .1. G. BROWN. THE UNDERTONE. BY MRS.:_D. H. CLARK. I Watched the violet spaces of the sky So_ft—shaken into stars——and, wondering, sought To ‘know the AWful_Power that had wrought, Andset them circling to their destiny, In mons long gone by. I heard a mother crying in the night, Pleading with Fate that she might look once more , On~her dead darling’s face, long months before Sea-cradled, wave-enwrapped from her sad sight ‘Neath ﬂowers ofjencrinite. I saw two lovers kiss, and kiss again . Through streaming tears, with clasped, clinging handsﬁ or one must journey intolfar-off lands,- Gray, countlessleagues of distance would remain, Through ,years of loss and pain! I met a crippled beggar tn the way, One who had never harmed his brother man, Or sister woman;;y_et the Almighty Plan Forced him to stretch his feeble palm each day, Till hcadjand‘ heart grew gray,} Seeking the wo1'1d’sj(cold aims. The sun went down; And once again I watched the purple skies, . Weary in soul, heavy with memories Of wrong and grief that were that day made known, In Life"s drear undertone. The Index. THE MONEY PROBLEM. Editors Weekly :—-Please let me ask the coin advocates a few questions: 1. What was the average price that the United States re- ceived in coin by the sale of its bonds? 2. What is the amount, with interest, that would be due on each bond if paid at/maturity? 3. How much more is this amount than the sum in coin originally purchased; or, if that cost be more or greater than it is worth, how much will that cost exceed the present value ? A ' ‘ l 4. If the United States bond was sold for coin at forty cents or less) would make Qeach coin dollar cost ﬁve, but being of the value of one dollar only, the United States loses four dollars by the operation, giving ﬁve dollars for every dollar that it got originally; how many dollars must the United States buy at that rate to make the people rich? 5. If each paper dollar cost the United States one cent, and stood in the market, compared with the coin dollar, at eighty- ﬁve cents, then, by subtracting the cost of making it, there would be Eighty -four cents net proﬁt for the paper dollar. 6. Now, how many dollars, with eighty-four per cent. net proﬁt, would be required to bankrupt the nation? Hon. Carl Schurz, one of the coin advocates, at Cincinnati, ‘Ohio, about the close of the late election in that State, made the bold declaration that “ the advocates of paper money are dishonest, and that said. money is dishonest money.” This language would apply better to those who betray their constituents and country, in just the way and manner these coin advocates have done by enacting the famous or infamous “ contraction ” laws, wherein the American people were told that, if they would destroy their legal tenders by burning them up. coin would ﬂ,ow in in sufficient quantity to do the whole business of the country and make better times. As well have said to all laboring people “ That a good beaver suit of clothes for each one who should burn his old one out of the way would be sure to come.” But the main mischief done by this betrayal is that the bill of cost for coin was the average price that the United States obtained for bonds, with theiinterest added until the bond is paid some time in the future. So that ﬁve dollars of cost for every gold dollar purchased will certainly be the least average cost for coin, and which, after it has been paid for, is only one dollar,and worth but about ten or ﬁfteen cents more than the legal tender which cost the nation to manufacture it but one penny, and is worth within ten or ﬁf- teen cents on the dollar as much as the boasted gold dollar. Now, it is an axiom that the practical results coming from a party’s acts; or from a policy which has been adopted by him, must be regarded as the object for which that policy had been adopted. -Therefore,“ these advocates insist that their constituents shall be made to pay the “ bill ” which is or may be presented for purchasing coin at a rate that cost four dollars more for each dollar than said dollar was actually worth, rather than that said constituents should make a net proﬁt of eighty odd cents on each dollar. Now this is “honesty,” and the “ ooin” dollar is called “ honest money ” by coin advocates, because of this fact of its cost being saddled on their constituents, purposely to swindle them out'of their ‘annual earnings, which is an act they could ‘not do. if this people should demand that their money-—the money of these United States——should/be made by stampingthe nation’s insignia upon paper, and that the same law under which it should be. made should, declare it on the dollar, then, $2 50 at interest for twenty years (more to be the lawful money of the nation, and a legal tender for all debts, public and private. ., , These coin men know, that ifgthe civilized nations had suf‘' ficient» bullion out ofwhich. each‘ government could make as many dollars, each one a [cube of one solid foot of gold; as they now could of paper, the much dreaded ‘‘inflation’ of coin instead of paper would reach a lower depth so far as value is concerned, than could be reached new by paper, on account of the cost of the manufacture of the two "kinds of money, a-nd by reason of the great inconvenience of coin over paper. But these advocates say “ the bullion cannot be had in such quantities.” But we say further, that this fact, that bullion is scarce is the reason coin is chosen for money rather than paper. Because in this case the world’s actual demand for money would exceed the supply, to the extent that those who held coin for sale would be enabled to charge the gov- ernments needing it a'price equal to their ability to pay. And again, the people have been taught that “ coin obtains its value from the laborjof the miner;” '13. e. that coin pos- sesses greater value than paper because it costs more; 1‘, e. that cost is the true measure of value, and hence, if the paper because that is too cheap. . . . But they can have a money of great value by purchasing coin and paying therefor all theyhave with which to pay, and also all they can annually earn thereafter, and allitheir And this great cost gives both “ value ” and “ honesty ’-’ to this kind of money, 1'. e. so say “ contractionists, who hold that, “if we will only burn up our old clothes, a good new beaver suit will surely come to us.” Now, it appears that to attempt a disproval of this theory, that cost gives value, and that, therefore, coin has a greater value than paper, because it costs more, would be} but a loss of time and effort. V 3 But, for the especial beneﬁt of these “ honest” fellows who have exhausted their stock of adjectives upon those who hold to furnishing the nation money—a money that is most convenient for use in measuring values~—at the least possible cost, so that the nation may have an abundance of money and no debt, instead of the same kind of a debt that has bankrupted every nation that has ever purchased its money at the rates that coin costs over paper-—we will give them an example to disprove this absurd theory, to wit, that cost gives value. The example is this: If it be true that cost gives value to any article, then the most worthless article may be made the most valuable by paying the greatest possible sum for it. And hence, if the Government should make legal ten- ders cost more than coin, then paper would supersede coin in all the monetary transactions of the world by reason of its value. O But those among the advocatesfof coin who fully compre- hend the situation, know that cost does not add value, but actually makes many articles valueless, because of their great cost preventing their use. If a well-to-do farmer should take it into his head that he would burn half of his estate to ‘enhance the value of the other half, there is no court in the country which would not appoint a guardian over him on petition, etc. And yet this is regarded at this time by the American people as the grandest plank in ﬁnance! W. HOPKINS. FREMONT, INI»., Nov. 27, 1875. THE FOUR REVOLUTIONS. To the Editors of the Weekly: A very unjust complaint is made against the WEEKLY by ' many who ought to be better informed, similar to that made against the Apostles in time past, viz: “ that it is a stirrer up of strife among the peoples,” also that in exposing the errors and shortcomings of modern civilization it is creating the conditions of which it complains, and that therefore it ought to be condemned and repudiated as mischievous, and as op-A posed to the peace and welfare of society. There are many unthinking persons who hold the above positions to be cor- rect, the fallacie of which, with your permission, I propose ,to discuss and expose in this letter. It may well be asserted, that, on the four grand subjects now agitating, not only this country, but the fairest portions of the civilized world, viz: our industrial, ﬁnancial, religious and social systems, there is grievous need of reforms in each of the same, although, as yet, the masses are not agreed as to the means by which such‘ reforms can be obtained, or how far they ought to extend. It is claimed, therefore, that the characteristic of the WEEKLY, is now in order. as it is only by such discussion that suﬂicient unity among us can be ob- tained for their ﬁtting accomplishment. In the columns of your paper I notice there is an opening for the expression of the conﬂicting elements that compose what is called society, and in it the voice of the conservative as well as the radical It is not unfrequently heard. Many‘ also object to the fearless manner in which the WEEKLY exposes the evils which at present afflict us, appar- ently believing that your paper takes delight is such fearful expositions of the conditions of the masses of our country. This is condemning the surgeon for using the probe before he applies the remedy. Such. condemners of the WEE}!/LY, how- ever, rarely put forward any ideas of their own, though they may be opposed to those suggested by the WEEKLY, and their hatred to it is generally the only bond of union to be found among them. . ' 1 Efforts for the suppression of the truth may be considered politic by some, but ‘it } is . easy ‘to prove that they are repre- hensible, and will prove unavailable. Reprehensible, because no just man or well-wisher of our race could desire that things should remain in the‘ chaos in which they are now, were it possible that such could be the case; unavailable, be- cause the above-named revolutions are natural growths that it is not in the power either of statesmen or oldlers to at- rest. or even temporarily hinder. The systems ofthe past social, religious, financial aadlindustria1.‘,have had their day nation desires a money of great value, they cannot -make it of posterity can also earn and produce through all coming time. 4 free discussion of such subjects, which is the distinguishing » WOODBHULL & CLA_FLIN’S WEEKLY. 3 ‘ ...a— .. .x. _ .. ._ —-. ‘Jan. 29, l8’l6. ‘ '‘.e. . . . -- vi/i u. .and. done their work. They are now worse than useless in- Unitgd Sltateg that no d(%iﬁ.0l.f1l§)%g, may be ‘thrown nin theg shirt bosems, and rub theﬂbuttons oifhmy ‘(3011la1".-,81:1yn2l(-)1'(:, ag cumbrances. They must and will be speedily removed from W33’ 5.’ ° 9 9. 9 Pres?“ °° .0 9 PM ~ an Wguis E 1”?) you did the last time, w lgo SOIDGW. ere_e se, s e crie a - the path of human progress, and new ones invented and ap- EC;(;$,§,‘:}f,(:.t21:,%e1:,1,3?gglggzgggdaéggl. honorable 6 O 3' or the evening, and declares that she will never speak to him plied more in consonance with the welfare of the masses of theipeople of the present age. * For the above reason.s the WEEKLY and all true reformers are amply justified in pointing at the evils existing among us, and demanding radical reformations. None other will an- swer. In social reform it is necessary to stand up to the line demanding the admission of the sovereignty of woman in the domain of the affections, and respect for the personal rights and liberties of all human beings. In religious reform, stand- ing on the Constitution, let us assert ‘the full and entire liberty of conscience in matters of religion decreed by that . instrument. In ﬁnancial reform let us seek to curb the pres- ent insolent power of money by demanding the withdrawal ofﬁall laws securing interest, or recognizing it many form, V save that of ‘a medium of exchange for labor, and in industrial reform let us assert the rights of the millions of producers against the claims" of distributors, and the domination of capitalists by reducing the latter- to their proper positions, viz: that of paid agents to the former andfar more necessary and numerous part of the great family of man . That the above reformations are daily advancing throughout S the civilized world all statesmen know. ’ Bismarck frightens the well-to-do classes in Germany with the “red spectre” of Communism. The unsuccesful soldier that holds power in France re—echoes the warning of his comrade, the Ger- man; for, in spite of the four years of fusillade of Satory, there are Frenchmen yet whom he desires “to disarm ” left in France. In England, Gladstone ﬁnds it necessary to raise the Protestant war~cry against the Pope, while in the United States, the crusade. against “ the rag baby” divides the honors V with that against the unconstitutional claims of the-churches. Verily, the mills of the Deityare at work, and for us to shut our eyes to the daily ﬂashes of moral lightnings, and our ears to the hourly thunder peals that reverberate aroundus would not only be useless, but reprehensible. Verily, either on or over the present governments of the nations these . revolutions will make (and are making) their way, and the WEEKLY deserves, and will, in the near future, receive the world’s thanks for its truthfulness in pointing out the evils that afflict us, and also for the fearless manner in which it has exhibited the means by which they can be obliteratedv and also what better systems ought to be instituted after their removal. R. W. HUME. CHARLES BRADLAUGH. ’ ‘A‘ Mr. Bradlaugh at once came forward from the rear of the hall. where he had been sitting, and mounting. the platform ., said: I only come forward in obedience to a call which it would be impertinence to refuse here to-night. I came to be a litener, and with no sort’ of intention of making any speech at all, and the right I should have on this platform is, that for the last twenty-five years of my short life I have pleaded for those rights which are now pleaded for. . (Applause.) The woman question is no American question, no national question; it is a question for the whole world, and the best men of every country and of every age have held one view upon it, while the Worst men have naturally held the other view. It is not a question of mere taxation; it is a question of thorough humanity; a question not of mere geographical limitation, not of ‘America, not of England, not of France, not of Italy, not of Spain; but were it a question in any of these countries, in each a woman’s record would stand out to show you that woman can do and has done woman’s,_work of making man truer and purer—(applause) —and there is no age of the world, however conﬁned the page of its history, that you cannot ﬂnd some woman who has shown out through the darkness of night to show you that, though such stars were obscured by foolish societarian regulations, she could still shine; and whenever woman suf- frage is debated my voice -is at. their service, and this in no sense of doing favor, but becausethe grander woman is made the purer man will be.——(App1ause.)” The little speech by Mr.'Bradlaugh, was made at the Con- vention of the Boston Wing of VVomau Suffragists, but wasn’tit,a little too broad for their contracted ideas of woman’s capacity for freedom, for him to say on that plat- form, that the woman question “is a question of thorough , humanity”? thorough humanity, 0! ye Boston women, is a. broad phrase, and yet you applauded it! REFERENCE to CHRIST by TACITUS. , To the Editor of the Sun—SIR,: Your “inﬁdel” cor- respondent, D.‘M. B., is wide; of the mark in asserting that ,“ no profane historian corroborates the fact of his (Christ’s) existence.” As this assertion lies: at the basis of most of his. elaborate argument, I am rather surprised that you did not see ﬁt to refute it in your editorial comments on the latter. In the works of the Roman historian,_.T’acitus, speaking of certain obscure fanatics, who were accused of causing the great ﬁre at Rome in the reign of Nero, says that the founder of their detestable superstition was one Christus, executed as a malefactor in Judea. unde_1{- the procurator, Pontius Pilate. I regret that my memory does not enable me to give either his precise words or a more particular reference to them. The passage is a very striking andpzuggestive one,and its authenticity is unquestioned. I would recommend D. M. B. to look it up, in Murphy’s translationg which is easily ac-A cessible. N. Y. Sun. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY {THE-RADICAL CLUB V OF PHILADELPHIA.‘ ‘ _ Resolved. That the practice in ;the~courts of Philadelphia and elsewhere of proposing questions to Women of a domestic. P and personal character. with a’ view to weaken their testi- money, the like of which are not proposed to men, is griev- ously unjust, ungentlemanly and indecent, of which we have recently, in the Brown trial, had a most mortifying ex- hibition, and. forms apart of that publ.ic*sentiment which demands one moral standard’ for men . and another for women, and we submit that it should be reprimanded by the bench and discountenanced by all other oﬂicials, thus raising the tone of the general public. Resolved. That the Radical Club of Philadelphia view with approbation the efforts of the women journalists of Philadelphia to obtain proper recognition during the coming Centennial Exposition for themselves and the literary women of the whole country: and they recommend so full and strong an appeal on this subject to the citizens of the Resolved. That although the general illumination called again- for by the press at the advent of the newpyear is in some r_e- spects symphathized with by women as well as men, yet in view of the fact that women, in this hundreth year of our nation’s existence, are held amenable to laws they have had no voice in making, are in complete political subjection to a government entirely administered by men, are still the slaves. which the men of 1776 declared all in this condition to be, in the ascertion that “ taxation without representation is ty- ranical,” and that “ a just government rests upon the consent of the governed,” it is more in accordance with their con- dition and feelings to call upon women and men imbued with the spirit of 17.76 to darken their dwellings on the .oc_casion referred to as a truer symbol of the oppression and injustice of which they still remain the victims. L. i LINES TO MRS. WOODHULL. BY MISS M. W. W————. V 4‘ ‘ But half the weary work was don Long centuries ago; ~ = When that great Soul. whom God calls So Walked in this vale of woe. The other half was handed down Well nigh two thousand, years, To sharply set thy thorny crown, And ﬁll thine eyes with tears. » For though, undauntecl, meeting tasks Would sternest. hearts appall, A woman thou; and we mau—like, Thy bitter tears must fall. But that immortal Son of Man Who bore their sins and cares, The range could never, never scan, ' Of Woman’s liopcs and fears. The gentle lamb, on allars slain, J , To man"s perception dim, An emblem of the Saviour’s pain, For years preceded Him. What was the typic sacriﬁce Thy mission to unfold? Millions of woman’s broken hearts, And smothered sighs untold. Through the long line of mothers, chained In stern captivity, ‘ Thy life was given to the world, Thy sex had need of thee. Not for thyself, in slothful ease: Thy earnest hands can fold, . Oompelled through discord’s raging seas, The cruel helm to hold. Not yet the ages, blind with pain, Can understand thy worth; .But daughtei-’s daughters yet shall sing yiiosannas’ for thybirth. ; “I\G0 THROUGH my work,” as the needle said to the idle boy. “ But not till you are hard pushed,” as the idle boy said to the needle. _ A YOUNG man who went into the Black Hillslast May, with an outﬁt costing $582, has just returned home with a nugget of gold that is valued at $1.67. A AT Vinalhaven, Me., during a cold snap, the residents cut with axes over a hundred bushles of herrings out of the ice in the harbor where they had been frozen in. A CYNICAL man insists that the fewer relatives or friends the happier we are. “In your poverty they never help you, in your prosperity they always help themselves.” A DOCTOR and a military officer became enamored- of the same lady. A friend asked her which of the two suitors she intended to favor. She replied that “it was diﬂicult for her to determine, as they were both such killing creatures.” PROFANITY is never admired. What is gross is never humorous, and what is violent is never witty. It is the loving heart and the friendly countenance that are ﬂowers along the road of human existence. IN the line of “ How to bring up Parents,” is the speech of the littleiboy who said,“ Father, I think you should give up swearing, or family prayers.” That boy recognizes the ﬁtness ofthings. ‘ pp AN old Scotch lady gave a pointed reply to a minister who knew he had offended her, and expressed surprise that she should come so regularly to here him preach. Said she “My quarrel’s wi’ you, men; it’s no wi’. the Gospel.” --THE mewl, wrote a school-boy, is a larger bird then the guse or turkey. It has two legs to walk with, and two more to kick with; and it wears its wings on the side of its head. It is stubbornly backward about going forward. “Is TBIS THE WAY to Aberdeen?” asked a gentleman of a man who was breaking stones. “ Noo, whaur did ye come frae? ” was the thoroughly Scotch answer. “ What business is it of yours where I came from f? ” returned the gentleman, angrily. “ Cu, jist as muckle as it is whaur ye’re gaun,” replied the lapidary, quietly resuming his occupation. THE LONDON Court Journal says: “ A ,little story is going the rounds concerning one of our London Broad Church clergyman, who, being recently on an excursion in ‘Scotland, was vehemently rebuked by his landlady for taking a walk on Sunday afternoon. The clergyman said he could not see the harm, and replied, ‘ You know that our Lord himself walked with his disciples in the ﬁelds on the Sabbath day” ‘Aye,’ said the old lady, ‘aye, I ken it, an’ I ne’er thocht 1 any the better 0’ him for it, neither!’ ” A YOUNG man in Olathe, Kansas, who isparticular about his washing, the other day wrote a note, to his washwoman and one to his girl, and. by a strange fatality, put the wrong address on each envelope and sent them off. The wash- woman was well pleased at an invitation to take a ride the BACKWARD, "PIN BACKWARD. Backward, pin backward my skirts in their ‘ﬂight; Make me look small again just for to-night, I am so weary-—my skirts are so long, Sweeping the pavements as Lwalk along; Gathering the dirt from out of the street, ‘{ Looked at by every one whom I may mecgti, Mother, dear mother, I know I’m a fright! Pin back my skirts, mother, pin ’em back tight. Mother, dear mother, the days are_so warm, And I am tired of this dress I have on, It is so clumsy, and don’t fit me right; Pin it backlmother, pin it back tight. Now I am.ready—-don’t I look sweet, Smiling on all I may happen to meet? I’m in the fashion, so that is all right, Pin back my skirts, mother, pin ‘em back tight. Mother, dear mother, I know it’s a. sin To have dresses show the shape of one’s lirnb; But what is a poor girl going to do? If all the world wears them, she must wear «too. It’s only the thin ones that are afraid To show oﬁ a form that’s not neatly made.’ You may laugh, if you will, but you know I’m‘right.; Pin back my skirts, mother, pin Bein back tight. ::<‘Q>%4 BUSINESS En1ToRLii.s.l A I THE ANNUAL MEETING OFTHE SEXUAL SciENcE ASSOCIA- TLoN.—The members and friends of this reforming body will meet in Rochester Hall, Boston, Sunday and Monday, J anu- ary 30th[and 31st, 1876 . _ There will be three sessions each day. commencing at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and closing at 9.30 Monday night. Morning sessionldevoted to general conference, speakers to conﬁne themselves to such experiences and criticisms as be- long to sexual history. ‘ . ~ Afternoon and evening sessions to be opened by regular speakers, the subject matter of each address to be. followed ' by brief, analytic, and corroborative speeches. The persons having historic digests of progress, statistics, and other useful information are hereby invited to attend and take part in the deliberations of the meeting. Mattie Strickland, Prof. Vaughan, Stephen Pearl Andrews, Prof. R. W. Hume, Anna M. Middlebrook, Mrs. M. S. Towns- end, Levi K. J oslin, William Foster, J r.,. E. H. Heywood, Angela T. Heywood, Joseph 'Buxton, Anthony Higgins, Mr. Wilson, Warren Chase, and others. t On behalf of the Committee. 15 Pembroke street, Chelsea, Mass. J. H. W. Toonnr. ‘WE still mail our book, phamphlets and tracts——“Free Love,” “ Mrs . Woodhull and ner Social Freedom,” “ True‘ and False Love,” “Open Letter to A. J. Davis,” “Letter to a Magdalen,” “God or no God,” “To_Mv Atheistical Brothers,” including my Photo, f.or One Dollar. Can you favor me? Address Austin Kent, Stockholm St., Lawrence Co., New York. Box 44. _ ‘ POSTCRIPT TO A PRIVATE LETTER FROM AUSTIN KENT. “ It now looks as though I could never write more for the press. I am extremely feeble. I deeply rejoice in Mrs. Woodhull’s success, and no one but P. Pillsbury has 3 better right to rejoice, and in some respects, even he has not as good.” In love, A. KENT. SEANCES will be given at the Co-operative Home, 308 Third avenue, as follows, until further notice: Public Circles on Monday and Thursday evenings at 8 o’clock precisely. Admission 25 cents. Developing Circles for those having mediumistic powers, will be given’ on Saturday evenings at 8 o’clock. Admission 50 cents . Developing Circles for ladies exclusively will be given on _Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Admission .25 cents. THOMAS (3001:, editor and publisher of the Iftngdom. of Heaven, Boston, Mass., who is earnestly and devotedly in sympathy with the new departure of unfolding the gospel and prophetic truths of the Bible, has gone West to labor in the glorious cause of love, and may be addressed or seen a No. 578 Milwaukee av., Chicago. He does not stop to ask how much will you pay him, but will go and preach in public or private assemblies for whatever earnest seekers after truth may feel to give him. Let all who will give him a night’s lodging or a dinner to help him on, send in their calls, for it is the Lord’s wish and he will provide. WARREN CHASE, having given up his trip to California may be addressed during January at Ottumwa, Iowa. He will visit Clyde, Cleveland, Alliance and Salem, in Ohio, soon. CLAIRVOYANCE.——MrS. Rebecca Messenger diagnosing dis- ease, or reading destiny, if present, $1 00; by letter, $2 00. Send age and sex. Address her, Aurora, Kane 00., Ill. SEWART) MITCHELL has removed from South Exeter, Maine, to Vineland, N. J ., where all letters and papersfor him should hereafter be addressed. ALL families and invalids should have Prof. Paine’s short- hand treatment of disease—a small book of forty pages Sent free on application to him at N o. 232 North Ninth street, Phila, Pa. ‘ The address of Nellie L. Davis, is 235 Washington street, next day, but when the young lady read “If youmuss up my Salem, Mass. Among the speakers invited to be present are Lee Miller, V‘ Damon, Susie Willis Fletcher, J. William Fletcher, D. W. ' Hull, Moses Hull, Mattie Sawyer, Benjamin Todd,,Marion « Todd, W. F. J amieson, Dr. J . A. Clark, Maggie Clark, E. V. 4 , o‘ woonnunr. 4!: oL.ArL1'N*s wnnxnr Jan. 29, i876. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE IN "ADVANCE. (me copy for one year, - $3 00 . one copy for six months, - - - - - - _ 1 50 Single copies, - - -i - -v - l 10 CLUB R-ATES. Five copies for one year, - - 1 - $12 00 Ten copies for one year. - . - - - -- 22 00 Twenty copies (or more same rate), i.‘ - - - 40 00 Six: months, -* " - - - - - One-half these rates. - ,jroRn1eN SUBSCRIPTION CAN BE MADE TO THE AGENCY OF THE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, LON . DON, ENGLAND. . one copy for one year, _ ” - . $4 00 One copy for six months, - e - - 2 00 A _ RATES or ADVERTISING. Per line (according to location), - t From $1 00 to $12 50 . Time, column and page advertisements by special contract. Special place in advertising columns cannot be permanently given. \.dvertiser’s. bills will be collected from the oﬁice of this journal, and must in all cases, bear the signature of Woonuum. & CLAFLIN. gpeclmen copies sent free. Newsdealers supplied by the American News Company. No. 121 Nassau street, New York. All communications, business or editorial, must be addressed . Woodhull J5‘ Glaft'in’s Weekly, P. O. Box, 3791, N. Y. Oﬂice,111 Nassau Street, Room 9. , w r If a man heejoeth my saying he shall never see ' death.——Jesus. To him that overcometh, I will give to eat of the hidden manna.——St. John the Divine. That through death he might destroy that had the power of death, and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject _ to bondage.-——I’aul. The wisdom that is from above is ﬂrst pure, then . gpeaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy . and good fruits, without partiality and without hy- goocrisy.——James, iii., 1 7. And these signs shall follow them .° In my name shall they cast out devils,’ they shall take up serpents ,' and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt ‘them ,“ they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recooer.——Jesus. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JAN. 29, 1876. _ ' WE are prepared to furnish a few hundred complete sets of the ﬁrst series of Bible Articles consisting of ﬁfteen num- bers of the WEEKLY, for one dollar, postage paid. Qur friends should lose no opportunity to bring these articles to the attention of‘ those whom they can interest, A careful study of all. of them is necessary to a complete understand- ing of the great and all-important truth that is yet to be re- vealed; which must be carefully and judiciously brought be- fore the world, as the sun comes upon it, bringing ﬁrst the break-of-day, next its dawn, and afterward its full meridian splendor. ' I 9 THE DOUBLE TRIANGLE ; OR, THE SIX—POIN'l‘ED STAR IN THE EAST. For we have seen his star in the East, and we are come to worship him.—S'r. MATTHEW, ii., 2. E This ﬁgure is allegorical of the truth,', to the exposition of which the WEEKLY is now devoted. It has been clearly shown in our present series of leading articles that it repre- sents the coming blending together of the inhabitants of the earth and spirit spheres ‘in a common brotherhood, and the establishment thereby of the universal human family. It also represents still another and more important truth which has not yet been introduced, but which, deﬁned in a few words, is, God in manreconciling the world unto Himself. Weadopt this diagram as emblematic of our future work -(From the Washington, D, 0. Chronicle, Jan. 13, 1876.) WOODHULL & CLAFLIN. The Social Réformers appear before the Sena-te Committee on Olaims.—Their Petition for Damages submitted to the con- sideratioa of the Senators.--2 he Test of their Argument for the Recovery of Damages from the United States. Victoria C. Woodhull appeared yesterday before the Son- ate Committee on Claims, to present the petition of herself and sister, Tennie C. Claﬂin, for damages suffered by them through the suppression of their paper, known as WooD~ HULL & CLArL1N’s WEEKLY, by the United States authorities in the city of New York. The following petition was read by Mrs. Woodhull, and received a patient and respectful hearing at the hands of the Senators composing the com- mittee. She will appear to-day before the House Committee on Claims, to advocate the same claim: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: It is with, extreme diflidence and with great reluctance that I appear before you to urge a favorable consideration of a certain petition, which was introduced into both Houses of Congress during its last session, and referred to the Committee on Claims, to which petition I am a party. If it were merely to obtain the redress named in the peti- tion, it is doubtful whether I would have appegred here at all. There are other motives than those of personal wrong, that move ‘me to lay the facts and merits of this case before you in a more explicit form than they-are set forth in the petition itself.‘ It is not merely that my sister and I were illegally deprived of our liberty, and ignominiously conﬁned in a loathsome prison, charged with having committed the most disgusting of crimes; nor is it still merely that we have suffered great pecuniary losses by reason of this illegal pro- cedureon the part of the United States, that I have petition- ed Congress for redress. No! gentlemen; it is not these per- sonal considerations, -alone, that bring me here to-day to plead with you for justice. The illegal arrest and continu- ed imprisonment of citizens of the Uuited States, for reasons outside of the persons involved, ought not to be overlooked, especially when as in this case, the movers were backed up by a powerful body of sectarian Christians, to save the then most powerful Christian minister in the world. The acts of which.I am here to complain, were not only most atrocious outragcslagainst the individuals upon whom they were per- petrated, but they were the most unwarrantable infringe- ments of the rights of the people as a nation, and as such, are a dangerous precedent to be established by their being let go by without redress. Two’ citizens, engaged in the publication, of a newspaper, having certain facts in their pos- session, which they believed the public welfare required should be made known, and for which they were willing to be, and were desirous _of being, held responsible to the party involved‘ for their truth, as Well as for the motive for their publication, were imprisoned on a trumped up charge, made for the purpose of protecting the person against whom the article was directed, and to make it un- necessary for him to proceedagainst them for libel—the only legitimate charge that could have been made. That this was the inspiration and the animus of the proceedings that were instituted, was made manifest in the remarks of the As- sistant District Attorney, General Davies, made before the United States Commissioner who issued the warrant for our arrest, when_ he said “ that they, the prisoners, had been guilty of uttering an atrocious libel against a revered citizen whose reputation it was well wor-th the while of the United States to vindicate.” Had he continued and said: and we propose to vindicate this revered citizen, not by holding these prisoners responsible for the truth of the charges made, but by instituting this suit against them for obscenity, so that the odium which will fall upon. them by their conviction, made against the reputation of this revered citizen; and to discredit them in the minds of those who have considered the charges as at allunfavorable to him, it would have been scarcely more damaging against the United States. It is, therefore, not "for personal reasons only that I am I here; but besides these, also, to call your attention, and the attention of’ Congress, and of the people of the country through you and Congress, to the dangerous practices against the inalienable rights of the people, than can be procured in the Courts of the~United States, when some person of power and influence, like Henry Ward Beecher, needs their co-op- ‘erationlfor personal protection. For, do you suppose, can Congresssuppose, will the people of the country suppose, that, had the person whom we had attacked, been some ob- scure individual, some one unknown to fame, even 3. Con- gressmenvof the United States, we should have been arrest- ed and imprisoned as we were? No! gentlemen, you know, and Congress knows, and the people know as well as I know, lhat "we were arrested upon thef false and malicious charge of obscenity, because the person whom we had at- tacked was-la‘ more potent personage than any of those to whom have referred; in a word, because that person was Henry Ward Beecher, and that a court and officials of the United States lent their aid to carry out the infamous out- rage, because they were asked to do so to vindicate the rep- ntationhof this same Henry Ward Beecher, as Assistant District Attorney Davies confessed before Commissioner Osborn, in the terms already stated. Though this attempt at vindication did not “succeed as well as its promoters hoped it Would, asomewhat simila1- preceding in Brooklyn will attract the attention of the public away from the charges’ of a more recentdate, I think you will agree with me’, has completed the vindication; or if there is any doubts about that, they will probably be -cleared up by the time the «pro- ceedings are ended, which are now brewing in Brooklyn.’ I call your attention to these things that you may; be the more deeply impressed with the magnitude and the difficulty of the job which the United States Court and olﬁcials, in New York, undertook in behalf of the revered citizen whom I have mentioned, as well as with the pressing character of the situation that could have made a resort to such a job necessary. ‘ But the inspiration and animus of the proceedings against which I am here to protest, and for which to ask redress, were not the only things about which I have acause of com- plaint. If the initiatory steps to these proceedings were outrageous and illegal, those by which they were succeeded were suﬂiiciently more infamous to leave a brand of disgrace forever ﬁxed upon the parties to them. We were arrested at 2 o’clock on Saturday, November 2, 1872, and taken, into the private office of the District Attorney, where the en- deavor was made to persuade us to waive an examination before the Commissioner who had caused our arrest. The policy was to “rush us ‘through ” with as little noise as possible.‘ But we positively refused to promote this policy; we desired that the people should know all about the crime with which we were charged. We demanded to be taken be- ' fore the Commissioner then andthere, to make our defense which we were advised by our counsel was complete, as it afterwards turned out to be. But this did not suit the prosecution. The examination was postponed till Monday, November 4, upon which day, when we appeared, prepared to make our defense, we were confronted by an indictment which had been found in the interval between 3 o’clock Saturday, P. M., and_l0 o’clock Monday, A. M., which, so the Commissioner said, took the case out of his jurisdiction. So that which they failed to ac- complish by our refusal to waivean examination, they suc- ceeded in doing by this indictment, which, like a toad-stool, was grown in almost a single night, and we were held to bail in the sum of $8,000 each, double the sum, as we were credibly informed, that was ever exacted in a similar case before, which being unable to furnish, we were locked up in Ludlow street jail, were we remained 31 days, being released ﬁnally on bonds that had been offered previously and refused. But, permit me now to call your attention’ more fully to the initial steps to all this. On Friday afternoon, November 1, one A. Comstock went to our oflicc, 48 Broad st., after all the principals had gone away, and purchased from a young man who was in the ofliee but who was not in our em. ploy, ﬁfteen numbers or‘ the paper, containing the Beecher scandal article, paying him for the papers, and also to have them delivered immediately at the post—ofﬁce. The clerk called in a negro boy, and paid him to deliver the package into the post-oﬂice, which he did, and was arrested in the act, and held as a witness. Now, it must be remembered that it was not for publishing or selling the papers for which we were arrested and indicted, but for circulating them in the United States mails; not even for depositing them in the post-office. It does not require me to tell you that the per- son who deposited that package of papers in the post-oﬂice, was the paid agent of Anthony Comstock, and in no sense whatever our agent, nor that, admitting the case to have been actionable under the -Congressional act, the, instead of us, should have been the party arrested. It was for these rea- sons that it would not do for them to permit us to have a hearing before the Commissioners, because they knew that all these facts would come out and ruin their little game; and it was for these reasons that we were never brought to trial upon this indictment, as will appear hereafter. There- fore it is evident that the proceedings under which we were held in prison thirty-one days, ‘and under bonds for six months, where not only illegal,‘being without any founda tion in law, but also that they were fraudently procured. The next indictment, to which I have referred, was ob- tained in this wise: Early in 1878, I was advertised to lec- ture at Cooper Institute on “ The Naked Truth.” From this title it was surmised that I intended to further ventilate the Beecher scandal. So to stop this, as well as to remedy the fraudulent character of the ﬁrst arrest and indictment, this Comstock went to Greenwich, C13,, and, in an assumed name, mailed a letter requesting that there should be sent him, to that placefl a package of the (to him‘, objectionable papers. They were sent, and on them another arrest was based, the papers for which were completed on the very day upon the evening of which I was to deliver the lecture. Rumors came to my ears of what was going on, and I evaded the oﬁicers all that day, and in the evening, in dis- guise, passed the line of marshals who surrounded the Cooper Institute, appeared upon the platform, and began mylecture before the oﬁicers were aware of my presence. Seeing the temper of the vast audience there assembled, they thought it best to permit me to ﬁnish my speech, which I did, and then surrendered myself and was taken again to Ludlow street jail, where, my sister had preceded me some hours. i This time they could not prevent our having an examina- tion. After an inquiry of four days, in which elaborate ar- guments were made by counsel on both sides. Commis- sioner Davenport delivered himself of the following unique and remarkable decision: "‘ I have carefully examined the various grounds of do -;.;.~g-.-,V;,.««>\ Jan. -29, 1876. fence urged on behalf of theprisoners, together with all th.e authorities cited on both sides, and but ,for'_the ruling in a recent English case (Regina agt. Shore,) not cited, should have considerable doubt as to the Challis articles being, as is claimed by_the prosecution, obscene in law. “ The case of Shore is so nearly parallel, however, to that of these defendants, and the grounds of defense and argu- ments of counsel so much the same as to compel me to , adopt the ruling therein, and hold the article in question to be obscene. “Upon the further question as to the intention of Con- gress in the framing and passage of the statute under which these proceedings were instituted, I am quite clear that a case of this character was never contemplated, and under ordinary circumstances, I should at once release the accused. “In view, however, to the importance as well as to the subtlety of the questions involved, the anxiety of the prison- ers, as well as the community, for deﬁnite settlement of the whole matter, I am disposed to and shall hold the prisoners to await the action of the Grand Jury, to the end that a judicial determination by the Circuit Court of the United States may be had, and the rights both of the prisoners and the public be ﬁnally assertained.” It would be an insult to your common sense for me to even think that I could offer any comments upon this re- markable decision, that could,‘ any more clearly than the de- cision itself, set forth the indignity to which we were sub- jected in the name of, or rather under the pretense of law. VVednesday, June 4, 1873, our case came up in the United States District Court, Judge Blatchford presiding, upon our motion to quash the indictment. During the arguments of counsel, the District Attorney discovered that the indict- . ment based on the arrest of January 7, had been mislaid, and that he had only that one of which I have already spoken at length. In this dilemma he was compelled to say to the Court: “We do not intend to go to trial upon the indictment which I hold in my hand.” As there was nothing before the Court, the motion to quash went over. When it was renewed, however, the Judge denied the motion, when the following colloquy ensued: Mr. JORDAN (of our counsel)—“ May it please your Honor, how are we to know to what we have to make answer? This indictment leaves us entirely in the dark. ‘It sets out no language contained in the paper that is to be relied on to sustain the charge of obscenity, and we cannot be ex- pected to be able to make a defense unless We know with what_we are:charged .” Mn. PURDY (Assistant District Attorney)—“ We hold that the whole paper is obscene.” JUDGE BLA'rcHFonD——“ That cannot be. For instance, the indictment sets forth that a certain paper called WOOD- HULL & CLAFL1N’s WEEKLY is obscene. Now, the title of this paper certainly is not obscene, neither can you say that its date is obscene. You must, therefore, specify what parts of the paper you are going to depend upon to main- tain this charge. You must furnish counsel for the defense with a bill of particulars, that they may know the nature of the charge, of which the indictment furnishes no clue, so that they may prepare a defense.” The case did not come ﬁnally to issue till June 23, when, after consuming three days in impanneling a jury, the prosecution “opened,” and the examination of their ﬁrst and only witness, Comstock, began. At the time when the District Attorney oﬂered the Greenwich package of papers in evidence, our counsel raised this point of law: “That the act of Congress under which the indictment was found did not include newspapers, and therefore that the indict- ment must fall.” After exhaustive arguments from both sides, Judge Blatchford rendered the following decision: “ The ﬁrst act on this subject was not the act of 1872, but was passed in March, 1865, and it provided that no book, pamphlet, print or other publication of an indecent char- acter should be forwarded through the mails. In that re- spect the same words were found in the 148th section of the act of.1872. The act of 1865 went on to provide that no book, pamphlet, print or other publication of an indecent character shall be deposited in the mail. That remained in the statute book down to 1872, when the 148th section of ‘ the act of that year pursued the same language, but it added some new things not found in the act of 1865: it referred to anyletter or envelope on which scurrilous epithets were written or disloyal devices or statements were printed or engraved, and it prohibited these things from being carried in the mail. This added to the previous list of things in the act of 1865, and there were provisions referring to a letter, envelope or postal card on which scurrilous epithets were written or printed, or disloyal devices were engraved. Then this act of 1873 was passed, and it was evidently in- tended, on the face of it, to enlarge very much the scope of the 148th section of the act of 1872, for it includes, in addi- tion to the words previously referred to, the word ‘ paper» Then it went on to specify certain articles or things which were not publications or writings, or lithographs, but were physical objects to be employed and handled for an indecent purpose. It then went back to printed matter, and it re- gards the sending of a circular, or information stating where these things were manufactured or sold as an oﬁ‘ense———that is, the sending of such information through the mails. All that was inserted in the new act of 1873. They formed a series of legislation on this subject from 1865. In the act - of 1865, book, pamphlet, print or other publications were referred to; but so far as pamphlet was concerned that need woonnonr. & CLA.FLIN’8 wnnxnv. not be enumerated, because a pamphlet was a publication, as was also a book. This showed _that very little import- ance was to be attached to this enumeration, so far as its tautology was concerned. Then came the act including the word ‘paper.’ That.certainly'was- intended to convey the idea that there could have been no intent to include a paper —-they did not say newspaper, but Congress said paper, and they seem to have included that in the expression ‘other publications ’—and, therefore, he thought it would be a proper construction to hold that, with other publications of the same character, books, pamphlets and prints were in- cluded. But when they found that the act in which the word ‘ paper ’ was inserted was a penal statute, the Court was bound to hold that that word was not intended to be included in the act of 1872 as a paper within the meaning of ‘other publications of a similar character.’ On the face of this paper it purported to be something which a person could subscribe for——one copy for one year for $3. It said, in addition to that, that it would receive advertisements. It called itself a paper. The Court shougld say that, on the face of this paper, it was not a book or pamphlet, and the Court must take a judicial notice of what a paper was, where it appeared every week and called itself a-weekly. It could not infer, on seeing this paper, that it was a book, a pam- phlet, a picture or print. This prosecution cannot therefore be maintained.” . - I It appears, therefore, that we were not onlyindicted on the 4th of November, 1872, by such means and in such a way that the United States did not wish to proceed to trial upon its own acts, but also that the indictment of January 7, 1873, was an act entirely outside of theauthority and pale of law, a fact which the District Attorney knew, or ought to have known; or else the United States is respon- sible for his ignorance. Every lawyer of common respect- ability knows that statutory law must be explicit, and must include, in terms, the things that are actionable, which this act, under which we were arrested and indicted, did not do in such a way as to cover our case. And the prosecution knew it"did not, for immediately after our second arrest, this Comstock came to Congress purposely to procurean amended act, into which among other new things he ob- tained the incorporation of the term “paper,” showing con- clusively that the prosecution was well aware of the deﬁ- ciency of the act under which the indictments againstus were pretendedly found. This view of the case adds to the enormity of the outrage that was perpetrated in the name of the United States against its peaceable and law-abiding citizens, and degrades the action of the United States ofﬁcials who lent themselves to the outrage, into a malicious persecution in the name of the United States, which Con- gress ought not. to pass by without the most searching in- quiry. . ‘ I The culmination of these proceedings infour favor, how- ever, by no means corrected the eﬁects that their institution had produced uponlthe public. We had been branded by the United States with the charge of obscenity; and this obnoxious, disgusting and degrading charge had been re- peated by every journal published in the country, if not in the world, a few only of whlch, ever either saw or noticed our vindication from the foul blotch; and, to this day, thou- sands of people think that we were guilty of publishing and circulating an obscene paper. Engaged as we were in the advocacy of new and unpopular, because misunderstood,_ principles, and as we were, in breaking the way for women into the common occupations of life, then and still mono- polized almost wholly by men, this? brand, put upon us by the United States to vindicate the reputation of that “ rever- ed citizen,” Henry Ward Beecher, proved utterly ruinous to everything in which we attempted to engage, and added immeasurably to the hardships of our hard tasks-‘ Our’ business in Wall street was prostrated; our newspaper was thrown out by the American News Company, with orders for 40,000 copies per week upon its hands; my own.per- sonal business as a professional lecturer was almost de- stroyed, many of the best public halls being closed against me, and many lecture committees declining to engage me in cities and towns in which I had before been received with special favor. If this feeling is largely done away now, it is because I havepersistently asserted my right to be heard, often under circumstances that have required all my courage to face and overcome, and not by reason of any acts on the part of those through whom I originally sustained the dam- age. . It is impossible to compute accurately either the actual or the constructive damage that we have suffered by reason of the illegal acts of which I have complained, to say nothing about the personal sufferings and contumely which we have endured, or the actual expenses to which we were put to defend ourselves against the persistently maintained attempt of Anthony Comstock and the United States officials to se- cure our conviction upon their unlawfully obtained indict» ments, thus proved to be, by the decision of the non~parti- san, non-sectarian and honorable Judge Blatchford, already quoted, who, standing above the reach of motives that actuated and controlled the lesser parties to this infamous persecution, without fear or favor, administered the law as he found it written and practised. I wish to call your attention to one other fact connected with the early history of this case, to illustrate the utterly lawless and hi gh-handed manner in which this persecution was conducted. Not only were our office, books and pri- vate papers ransacked, and many of the latter carried off,» 5 but our private -residence was invaded, and our trunks and drawers broken open, and their contents strewn in wild confusion over theﬁoor. Nothing was too-vandal-like to stay the vindictiveness with which we were pursued. In- ‘ deed, the oﬁicials, through "whom all these acts were coin- mitted, seemed to delight in adding personal insult to the injuries that they were perpetrating, whenever opportunities offered» In a word, there was no possible indignity from. which we did not suffer, in this attempt of the United ‘States to vindicate the reputation of the “revered citizen ” whom District Attorney Davies asserted was ]“ well worth the while of the United States to vindicate” in tliisway and by these means to which I have called your attention. I can, however, cite you to two items of actual damage. The expenses of our defense against all these acts of the. United States, to prevent an ignominous conviction and sentence, exceeded the sum of $50,000, to meet which we were obliged to sacriﬁce everything of value that we had, even down to the very clothes‘ we wore, so that when we left the Court after the Judge had declared the illegal char- acter of the proceedings, we were utterly destitute, without the means to procure either a night’s lodging or a meal of victuals. Not only was all that we had, consumed, but six months of_valuable time were also wasted in battling against these acts of the ,United States and in preparing our de- fense. I The other item is equally palpable. As you must re- member, the publicationof this Beecher scandal article cre- ated the most intense excitement all over the world, and the demand for the paper containing it was utterly unprece- dented in the history of journalism. Onlthe ‘afternoon of our arrest,_ﬁve dollars was the common price_for the paper, while even ten, ﬁfteen and twenty were frequently asked and I given, and in one instance that came to our knowledge, ﬁfty dollars was paid for a copy to send to Paris, ‘France. I mention-these facts to show the demand for the paper. We had already sent out one hundred and ﬁfty thousand ‘copies, .and'had unﬁlled orders for two hundred thousand more’;- when we were arrested. During the following week, 500,000 more were ordered from us, to say nothing of the hundreds of thousands additional ordered through the news companies that never came into our hands. So here were orders for 700,000 copies of that paper actually received be- fore the excitement caused by the universal attention that was called to it by the press notices in all parts of the world, had nearly reached its height. In view of all these facts, I think it a moderate ,estimate to say that if the sale of that number of WOODHULL &- CLA1<‘LIN’S VVEEKLY had not been interfered with by the United States, it would haved reached, at the lowest calculation, two million copies .’ The publication of that number,” costing $15 per thousand, would have amounted to $30,000, and sold’ at the wholesale price, $7,00 per hundred, would have realized to us $140,000, or a net proﬁt of $110,000. This, it must be remembered, would have been for the single issue that was _suppressed by the United States, and does not consider the subsequent editions of, the paper that would have been assured, and the large number of per- manent additional subscriptions that would have been added to our lists_if the paper had beenjleft free to ﬂoatinto a gen- eral public notice upon the wave of popular excitement that prevailed at that time. ’ Of all of these beneﬁts we” were wholly deprived in addition to the actual ‘dam ages’ men- tioned by these acts of the United States, for w hich we seek redress ig the sum named in the petition. ' _..A A V ‘ REMITTANCES. .We return our special thanks for the prompt manner in which so goodly a proportion of our subscribers have been renewing recently, and trust that that portion who are still in arrears will consider how great a thing it is for us to be remembered promptly, and how small a thing it is for each individual subscriber, save such as are in unusually reduced circumstances, to be prepared with his or her three dollars against the expiration of subscriptions. Remittances should in all cases, _when it is possible, be made in Postal Money Orders; or, when subscribers do not reside near a ,Money Order oﬁilce, by registered letters. So few of these letters are lost or stolen,that these methodsof transfering. money may be said to be as safe as any thing that can be invented. We would caution our subscribers against renewing to agents, some of whom we know make it their business to go about the country, and learningwho take such and such papers, become agents for them, and by collecting renewals, defraud publishers of the commissions. An agents business is to ob- tain newsubscribers, not to collect the bills of those_who are subscribers; and we take this opportunity to say, that all such collections for us are unauthorized, and that hereafter we shall accept no payment, at reduced rates, of that kind made through agents who did not originally obtain the sub- scription, or organize the club of which the subscriber paying may be a member. We are obliged to do this to protect ourselves against a genteel method of plundering that has come rapidly into vogue in the country, during the past few years. One agent of this kind recently obtained “terms to agents” from us, and almost immediately thereafter sent in half a dozen subscriptions, less commissions, every one of which was from a person who was a subscriber ' before. Evidently, he had learned that the subscriptions were about to"e,xpire, and took this way to make money, without doing ~ prevent cruelty against them. 6 any service, save what could have been done equally well without him. We hope that our subscribers have interest-enough in the WEEKLY to ﬁle away their receipts, which tell them when V their subscriptions expire by the “ whole number” of the paper mentioned in the hills, which in every case corres- ponds with the number on our lists. In conclusion, let us I ask of each person who receives a bill for the coming year, folded with the pa.per, the earliest attention" possible; and in cases, which will always occur,_where it is not possible to remit at once, a postal, requesting that the paper be con- tinued. ‘ D—4. CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. .—......_._ The WEEKLY claims that it has shamed the people of the _ city of New York into the formation of a “ Society for the Protection of Children.” Well, we are thankful for the ad- vance. Public care over the welfare of horses and dogs is good, but public care for the welfare of children ought to have preceded it, and is far better. We hail it as astep to- ward the admission of the right of all children needing it, 1 to State protection in the matters of shelter, food, and cloth- ing, as well as in that of education. A The communistic ele- , ment of our Public School System is gradually working its way into the hearts of the people, and will in a short time _ effect the further reformatioiis we demand. Indeed, we hold that Christianity requires such extension of the family circle, for its founder was ever the iconoclast of the smaller ar- ' rangement which prevented the development of that com- munal love established afterwards by Peter and the Apostles. True, the formation of such a Society as we have alluded _ to, is only a plaster applied to a social wound which requires internal as well as external treatment. Our contemporary, “ The Jewish Times,” expresses in its leading article of the A 14th,J,an., the underlying cause of the evil. It says: “,-Cruelty to children? Forsooth! What condition of so- cietymust it be where necessity calls for an organization to Only where the family rests upon the foundation of passi0n'a.nd.b_rutish2 lust, we can im- agine the possibility of such a condition.” Neither can we, neighbor, and that is one justification for our agitation of the grand question of Social Reform, as the mostiniportant necessity of the present age. C ORA A. SYME j FUND. Amount -Previously Acknowledged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $315 95 Previously reported 143 Six Months’ Subscription . . . . . . . , . . . . . .. 214 50 » Subject to Appropriation Last Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......$101 45 RECEIVED SINCE. Rob’t Hannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351 00 Dr. Reynolds....,..»......... ............................... .. 5 00- 6 00 ‘ $107 45 Appropriated Since, 40_Six Months’ Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ~ 60 00 Subject to Appropriation Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .» . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $47 45 VVe trust that the friends of this fund will not let it be exhausted. Let it be remembered that there are thousands in the country who want the strong food that is found only in the WEEKLY, but who are unable to get it, save through the liberality of their better-to-do brothers and sisters of the human family‘. - We desire to say to the recipients of the WEEKLY‘ under this fund, that we hope that each one of them will take it C upon himself or herself to obtain at least one subscriber to the WEEKLY, as a recognition of the generosity of those who have contributed to the fund. We will also say that to ’ L each one who sends us two yearly subscribers before the expiration of the six months’ time, we will send the WEEKLY an additional six months; and to each one of these subscribers who sends three yearly subscriptions, we will send a fourth copy of the WEEKLY free. Perhaps there ' may be some who can obtain a considerable number of sub- scribers, and by- so doing not only swell our lists but also make every fourth subscription for their own use. Let us see __how much the generosity of those who created this fund is appreciated by those who are the recipients of its favors, HELEN NASH. No doubt many of our readers have for the past few weeks missed the piquant, unique and suggestive articles which ' this very able and talented ladyhas for so long a time contributed to the WEEKLY, and they, with us, will no doubt be sorry to learn that she has been very ill of pneumonia, and is in the far So’,uthwest——Texas-slowly re- covering. Our informant says, “I think she will be able to ' resume her writing for the WEEKLY in a few weeks.” We feel|,quite sure that every reader of her articles will join with us in the hope that “the few weeks ” may be very few indeed. _ LIFE-SIZE LITHOGBAPH. We have just received the ﬁrst edition of life-size litho- graphs of Victoria 0. Woodhull, from the lithographic establishment of Armstrong & Co., of Boston, Mass. They are splendid pictures, both as a work oizart and as like- nesses. Theyare printed on heavy paper 20x24 inches, and specially adapted for framing. They will be sent post- paid, securely wrapped to guard against damage, to any address for 50 cents. The‘ common price of lithographs WOODHULL & CLAF'LIN’S WEEKLY. L ~\-... of this size is’$2; but we have arranged with the publisher to furnish them in large quantities at such rates thatthey can be resold at the price named. without loss to us. They are thus put within the means and reach of everybody who desires to have a splendidlife-size portrait of the Editor-in- Chief of the WEEKLY, who has devoted her life wholly to the inauguration of a new dispensation on earth, in which misery, vice and crime shall have no plaCe.——[MANAGING EDITOR]. ‘ ’ c A ’ __4¢ A * Cf SAMPLE NOTICE. Send to P. O. Box 3,791, New York City, for specimen copy of‘ a weekly paper replete with teachings for the wel- fare of humanity. Everybody should read it. If friends of the WEEKLY in all parts of the country will insert the above notice from one to ﬁve times in their local papers, it will create a demand for a great many sample copies of the WEEKLY. A friend in Louisville, Ky., has procured its insertion in the weekly 0oum'e7' Journal, and we numbers as a consequence. LECTURE APPOINTMENTS. Mrs. I/Voodhull will lecture in Johnstown, Pa., Jan. 21; Chardon, 0., Jan. 22; Ashtabula, 0., Jan. 24; Greenvillc, 0., Jan. 25; Winchester, Ind., Jan. 26; Muncie, Ind., J an. 27; Kokomo, Ind., Jan. 28; Greencastle, Ind., Jan. 29; Mattoon, Ill., Jan. _: 30; Cairo, Ill., Jan. 31; and Memphis, ,Tenn., Feb. 1. , THE "».DAVID EDGAR FUND. We have to infprm those who are interested that there are now, nine subscribers to this fund—almost one half the required number-——and to request those who have given the proposition a favor able consideration to come to a conclu- sion as soon as possible. This proposition by Henry Edgar, of Greenville, Pa., was for twenty persons to subscribe one hundred dollars each to form areserve fund of two thousand "dollars as a support for the WEEKLY for the coming year in case its receipts, for any reason, should fall below its current expenses, but otherwise not to be used. Of course it would be a great relief to Mrs- Woodhull to know that the WEEKLY was secured beyond doubt, and for this reason we again present the matter for the consideration of such as are able and willing to join with the nine who have already subscribed to make up the twenty originally pro- posed by Mr. Edgar. 4.4.; V7 POSTAL CARD NOTICES. We feel constrained to say that we must insist upon some attention being given to the postal card notices that have been addressed to delinquent subscribers. Most of these have been twice notiﬁed of the expiration of their sub- scriptions by the sending ‘in the VVEEKLY of bills for the coming year; and now they have been notiﬁed by a per- sonal card sent to their several addresses separate from the paper. We repeattliat we must insist upon some acknowl- edgement as set forth in the appeal printed upon the postals, or we shall be obliged to resort to more extreme measures to purge our lists of the names of those who continue to receive the WEEKLY with no intention of payment. We also call the attention of subscribers to the bills for renewal of subscription, now being sent out weekly, wrapped in the paper, and request prompt attention for them. “.Was it Southey who said that ‘ society is an ass that kicks those who would relieve it of its burdens?’ ”——Indea;. It might have been——probably was Southey-——who said this ;but the Indem needn’t to go far to ﬁnd a representative of that ass, although it labors under the apprehension that one of the“ long-cared ” tribe has been behind itself. . —————-———-ooo-——— . At a recent meeting of the Radical Club of Philadelphia the (Jharman Mr. E. M. Davis said: that one of the cars at- tached to the train containing the body of the late Vice Presi- dent, was set apart for drinking purposes. Mr? Purvis re- marked that he had been invited by the Massachusetts dele- gation to accompany the remains, and while approaching Philadelphia he was invited into the car with the members of City Councils to take a glass of wine. He declined the invitation. 'He understood subsequently. that one of the Massachusetts delegation expressed himself that ' he had never witnessed such a state of carousing before. . 1 NEW BOOKS. Washington: A Heroic Drama of the Revolution. By Inger- soll Lockwood. ‘ This gentlemen unexpectedly comes to thefront as the author of a centennial drama. Although not so striking a production :_as his celebrated poems, “Arnours Divines,” which created such a. stir in the literary world a. few years ago, yet “Washington” seems to us to be a very successful attempt to write an American revolutionary drama. He has sacriﬁced the laws of dramatic structure, and aimed rather in giving a panorama of Washington’s life; his de- L parture from Mt. Vernon; his experiencein the dreary camps of Valley Forge; the treason of his friends; his incor- ruptible patriotism in refusing to be swayed from duty in signing Andre’s death warrant; his hatred of slavery; his refusal of the crown; his farewell to his brother officers, and his setting out for Annapolis to resign his commission, make up the main incidents of this original drama. Possibly, some might object to the _negro scenes, but we think that they constitute a proper element in a drama '-of the revolution. We all know that Wahington often called his favorite slaves about him to listen to their songs and watch their dancing. It is, we believe, likewise a matter of are receiving a goodly number of applicationsyfor sample 2 Jan. 29, 1876. history, that Steuben used to drill the raw recruits andswear‘ at their-stupidity. Arnold's character is drawn with a bold hand, we think it the. best in the play. Cauldwell, the “ ﬁghting parso_n,” in good hands, will relieve , the sober business of the play. In fact, we deem it an utter impossi- bility to givefa revolutionary drama drawing qualities unless lightened‘ up by these very means Mr. L. makes use of. Our earlystruggles were in F‘ times, that tried men’s souls,” and altogether too sombre and gloomy to hold an audience. Some fof the blank verse is vigorous; let the following serve for an example. It is the offer of the crown and Washington’s refusal: c - . “ Our freedom is achieved, but not secured, ’Twas common danger held these colonies So ﬁrmly bound together; that is past! To you, illustrious sir, the people turn. You are the idol of the army, speak, And you shall be obeyed! A sceptre lies Within your grasp—a crown awaits your brow; Reach out and seize the royal diademl The nation will consent, the world applaud! Build up a. broad and mighty empire ’neath These western skies and wear its crown! Fear naught, The hour has come. Be quick, be strong, be King! =i= # * alt . is =l= >l¢ * 98 I hear the message, but I hecdit not! ‘ Will royal mantle still mytroubled heart When dark’ remorse has robbed it of its rest? Can jeweled crown give peace to anxious mind That holds remembrance of its wrongful deeds? Be King? a.yc, true, my countrymen, I would Be King, and reign in your affections with Unrivaled sway; your hearts my throne, your love My crown, and your respect the sceptrc I Would wield! ” * * * * * We have just received from "the publishers, Colby 8t Rich, 9 Montgomery Place, Boston, Mass., “Soul and Body; or, The Spiritual Science of Health and Disease.” By W. F. Evans, author of “Mental Cure,” and “ Mental Med.icine.”_ TITLE PAGE TEXT. ence with the spiritual world. for whatever in the whole of nature has not correspondence with the spiritual world has no existence, having no cause from which to exist.”-——(Arca.na. Celestia, 5711.) A neat volume of 150 pages. Review it hereafter _ 44. 4 V w'—* MRS. WOODHULL IN THE FIELD. COMMENTS OF THE. PRESS. (From the National Republican.) Washington, D. 0., Jan. 11,1876.) VICTORIA C. WOODHULL.—— Her Lecture at Ford’s Opera House.-—The Human Body, the Temple of God.——Large and Intelligent Audience.—-Social Vievs of the Great Re- former.——RevieW of the Past, and Sad Condition of the Present. —— Alarming Statistics.—— Plain Presentation of Facts.——The Ignorance of Mothers.——Reformation must begin in the Family Circle. Victoria 0. Woodhull should, and does probably, feel proud of the audience which greeted her last night at Ford’s Opera House. to listen to her lecture, “The Human Body, the Tem- ple of God.” The spacious ediﬁce was crowded with both ladies and gentlemen, many of the latter representing ofﬁcial and prominent business circles, and by all was the most respectful attention given to the utterances of the great reformer. The portion of her lecture in which she referred to herself was in perfect good taste, for after enduring all the obloquy cast upon her, and suffering in prison for opinion’s sake, she certainly had a right to congratulate both herself and her audience on the fact that she had lived down her persecutors, and had drawn together as respectful auditors so large and intelligent an assemblage in the National Capital. ‘ During the evening she was complimented by the presenta- tion of a basket of beautiful ﬂowers, and at the conclusion of the lecture she was so enthusiastically applauded as to reap- pear and bow her acknowledgements. Prior to the lecture Miss Tennis 0. Claﬂin read with good effect an appropriate poem by Chas. Mackey, “The Death of Tom Paine.” ' (From The Chronicle, Washington, D. C. J an. 11, 1876.) VICTORIA. C. wooDHULL’s LECTURE. As large an audience as was ever assembled to listen to a lecture in this city, gathered ;in Ford’s Opera House last night to listen to Mrs. Woodhull. The audience was also an ‘eminently intelligent one, comprising a large number of most’ respectable ladies, old and young. Previous to the lecture, Miss Tennie C. Claﬂin read an “Apostrophe to Truth,” in a pleasing style, which was deservedly applauded. The lecture was frequently interrupted by applause, which was specially hearty at the close, and at one point a large and handsome bouquet was presented to her. - (From The Telegram, Washington, Jan. 11, 1876.) Ford’s Opera House was packed full last evening, with an appreciative audience, the preponderance of which were in- telligent and reﬁned ladies, to hear the celebrated lecturer. Victoria C. Woodhull, discourse plainly upon the startling and ugly facts of which our social fabric is composed. The lecturer received an ovation worthy of the cause she has espoused, and for which she has been so bitterly persecuted. She was repeatedly applauded by the vast audience,’ and prought before the curtain upon the termination of her ecture. ‘ ’ (From The Morning News, Washington, D. 0., J an. 11, 1876. Victoria Woodhull delivered her popular lecture at Ford’s Opera House last night to a large audience. Mrs. Woodhull’s appearance on the stage was greeted with applause. (From the Daily C’m'tz'c, W ashvington, D. 0., Jan. 11, 1876.) VICTORIA 0. w0oi)HULL’s LECTURE. Last evening Mrs. Victoria 0. Woodhull lectured at Ford’s Opera House, to a large and appreciative audience; and were she to repeat her lecture here one week hence, Ford’s Opera House would not furnish seats for those who would then de- sire to gain admission. . Tennie C. Claﬂin favored the audience with a recitation prior to the introduction of her sister, Mrs. Woodhull. The desire of nearly every one present that he or she should have the privilege, at an early day, of again sitting under the pleas- .iugt*£oice of Mrs. Woodhull to hear some of her wholesome tru s. “ All diseases appertaining to man have their correspond— ' lecture was listened to with rapt attention, and it was the i 4 Jan. 29, I876.’ ' WOODHU-LL & C~LAFLIN’S VVEEKLY‘ 7 W—__ Q» ﬁ ~ ta.-'9' Have you seen the Wonderful Type- Wr'ting* Machine? ‘ :"..;:' . ' {A r No more pen paralysis! No more spinal curvature because of the drudgery of the pen. The Type- Writer has found rapid acceptance, wherever intro-' duced, and has fully sustained the claim that its work is twice as fast, three times as easy and live times legible as that of the pen. Itparagraphs, punctuates, underscores and does ﬁgure work—iii a word, all things necessary to the production of a perfect manu- script. 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I Genllemen—The Type-Writers we purchased of you last June for our New York, Albany and Buffalo offices have given such satisfaction that we desire you to shi machines immediately to other of our oﬁlces at Ba timore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Hartford, Louisville, Philadel hia, Pittsburgh, and no more to our New York 0 ce, 335 Broadway. We think very highly of the machine, and hope you will meet with good success. Respectfully yours, ‘ DUN, BARLOW & CO. OFFICE on WESTERN UNION’ TELEGRAPH Co., CHICAGO, July 8, 1874. I DENSMORE, Yosr & Co.: Gentlemen—Having had the Type-Writer in use in my oﬁice during the past two years, I do not hesitate to express my conviction of its great value. Its best recommendation is simply to say that it is a complete writing machine. The work of writing can be done with it faster, easier and with a better result than is possible with the pen. The time required to learn its use is not .worth mentioning in comparison with the advantages afforded by the machine. Yours truly. ANSON STAGER. What Governor Howard of Rhode Island says: PHENIX, R. I., March 27, 1875. DENSMORE, Yosr & Co.: Centlemen—We have now had the Type-Writer about a month, and are entirely satisﬁed with it. There can be no doubt in regard to its usefulness. When I saw the advertisement of the machine originally Ihad little faithin it. An examination surprised me, but not so much as the practical working has. We have no trouble whatever with it. and it is almost constantly in operation. I think that it must rank with the great beneﬁcial inventions of the century. Very truly yours, HENRY HOWARD. MORBISTOWN, June 29, 1875. DENSMORE, Yosr & Co.: , 2 Gentlemen—-The Type-Writer which I bought of you last March I have used ever since, and I wish to ex- press my seiise of its very great practical value. In the ﬁrst place, it keeps in the most perfect order, never falling in doing its work. I ﬁnd also, after having used it for four months, that I am able to write twice as fast as with the pen, and with far greater ease. The mechanical execution has become so far instinctive that it takes far less of the attention of the mind than was the case with the pen, leaving the whole power of the thought to _be concentrated on the composition, the result of which is increased vigor and strength of e ression. The result is also so far better than the ol crabbed chirography that it is a great relief both to myself and to my correspondents. The sermons written in this way are read with perfect ease by in- valids and those who for any cause are Kept from church on Sunday. which ﬁl s a want often felt by ministers. And altogether. if I could not procure another, I would ‘not part with this machine for a thousand dollars; in fact, I think money is not to be weighed against the relief of nerve and brain that it . brings. Yours, very truly, JOHN ABBOTT FRENCH, Pastor First Pres. 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Anx- ious to s read the truth, we have reduced the price of this wor (whcih is elegantly printed in clear type, on fine white paper)-, to twenty cents, postage 2 cents. 32 13289 P3895- INDEPENDENT TRACT SOCIETY. . Publishers Worcester, Mass. 1876. NEW l3gDKS.i I876. ‘.‘ SEXUAL FREEDOM;” Free Love and Free Lovers. NINE ESSAYS,_ BY CHAS. W. BENNETT. A ﬁrst rate little work to go out among the masses. The arguments used are forcible. . ‘ The S. S. Jones School of Spiritualists have here the tables turned on them with tact and coolness. Read it by all means. Only 100 by Mail, IND. TRACT SOCIETY, Publishers, ‘ Worcester, Mass. , Victoria C. Woodhull. “£o.oLo:N SENTENCES," FROM HER OWN WRITINGS; COMPILED RY SEWARD MITCHELL? This is printed on fine solid book. paper, with bor- der, (8x12 inches) for framing. A Splendid Ornament,«for the parlors of Radical Spiritualists. Sent, rolled, for 10c. Also What Constitutes A True Reformer? BY SEVVARD MITCHELL. A series of Golden Rules, which should be found on every man’s door-post. A few hundred only left. Sent for 3 cent stamp. IND. TRACT SOCIETY, Publishers. 1 ’ Worcester, Mass Catalogues free. THE WORLD’S Sixteen Cruciﬁed Saviors; on, CHRIS] /A NITY BEFORE CHRIST. I CONTAINING New, Startling and Extraordinary Revelations in Religious History, which disclose the Oriental Origin of all the Doctrines, Principles, Precepts and Miracles - of the CHRISTIAN NEW TESTAMENT, and furnishing it Key for unlocking many of its Sacred Mysteries, besides comprising the History of Siacteen Oriental Cruciﬁed Gods. BY KERSEY GRAVES, Author Qf “The Biographg/_of Satan ”_and “The Bible of Bibles ” (comprising a description of twenty Bibles.) This wonderful and exhaustive volume by Mr. Graves will, we are certain, take high rank as a book of refer- ence in the ﬁeld which he has chosen for it. The amount of mental labor necessary to collate and com- pile the varied information contained in it must have been severe and arduoiisindeed, and now that it is in such convenient shape the student of free thought will not willingly allow it to go out of print. But the book is by no means a mere collation of views or statistics: throughout its entire course the author'——as will be seen by his title-page and chapter-heads’—follows a deﬁnite line of research and argument to the close, and his conclusions go, like sure arrows, to the mark. , C O N T E N '1‘ S . Preface; Explanation; Cllntroduction; Address to the e rgy. Chap. 1.——Rival Claims of the Saviors. Chap. 2.——Messianic Prophecies. Chap. 3.——Prophecies by the ﬁgure of a Serpent. Chap. 4.—Miraculous and Immaculate Conception of the Gods. ~ « ._ _ Chap. 5.—Virgin Mothers and V_1I‘g1l1-I)OI‘l1 Gods.I Chap. 6.——Stars point out the Time and the Savior’s, Birthplace. Cl§ap._7.——Angels, Shepherds and Magi visit the Infant avior. . , Chap. 8.—-The Twenty-ﬁfth of December the Birthday of the Gods. Chap. 9.-—Titles of the Saviors. Cl§i._pﬂ10.—The Saviors of Royal Descent but Humble 11‘ . Chap. 11.——.Christ’s Genealogy. Chap. 12.—-The Wor1d’s Saviors saved from Destruc- tigm in Infanc . _ _ Cha_p,t13.—The aviors exhibit Early Prool'§ "of Di- vini y. Chap. 14.—The Saviors’ Kingdoms not of this World. Chap. 15.——The Saviors are real Personages. Chap. 16.—Sixteen Saviors Cruciﬁed. Chiap. 17..—The Aphanasia, or Darkness, at the Cruci- xion. Chap. 18.——~Descent of the Saviors into Hell. Chap. 19.——Resurrection of the Saviors. Chap 20.—Reappearance and Ascension of the Sav-‘ 1015. Chap. 21.—-The Atonement: its Oriental or Heathe Origin. Chap. 22.~The Holy Ghost of Oriental Ori ‘ii. Chap. 23.—The Divine “Word ” of Orienta Origin. Chap. 24.——The Trinity very anciently a current Hea- then Doctrine. Chap. 25.—Absolution, or the Confession of Sins, of Heathen Origin. Chap. 26.—Origin of Baptism by Water, Fire, Blood, and the Holy Ghost. Ctgip. 27.——'1‘he Sacrament or Eucharist of Heathen rigin. Chap. 28.——Anointing with Oil of Oriental Origin. ~. Chap. 29.—-How Men, including J ssus Christ, came to be worshiped as Gods. ' Chap. 30.——Sacred’ Cycles explaining the Advent of this Gtods, the Master-key to the Divinity of Jesus C ris . Chap. 31.——Christianity derived from Heathen and Oriental S stemsl ‘Chap. 32.— hree Hundred and Forty-six striking Analogies between Christ and Crishna. Chap. 33.—Apollonius, Osiris and Magus as Gods. Chap. 34.—The Three Pillars of the Christian Faith- Miracles, Prophecies and Precepts. Chap. 35.—Logical or Common-sense View of the Doc- triee of Divine Incarnation. . Chap. 36.——Philosophical Absurdities,’ of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation. Chap. 3’i.——Physiological Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation, Chap. 3t8.—A Historical View of the Divinity of Jesus Chris . Chap. 39.-——The Scriptural View of Christ’s Divinity. Chap-._ 40.——A Metonymic View of the Divinity of Jesus Christ. C133i}1}._4%.-The Precepts and Practical Life of Jesus ris . Chap. 42.—Christ as a Spiritual Medium. Chap. 43.—Conversion,Repentance and “ Getting Re- gion” of Heathen Origin. 7 Chap. 44.——The Moral Lessons of Religious History. Chap. 45.—-Conclusion and Review. Note of Explanation. ' Printed on ﬁne White paper, lair e 12mo, 380 pages, $2.00; postage 20 c s. Send orders to WOQDHULL &_ CLAFLIN, P. O. Box 3,791, New York City. v ’ Street, N. Y. ABIISH THE THOUSAND-YEIIII nu IPRIIIY Aiummiiuum From leading Merchants, Publishers, Editors, Physician ' and Scientiﬁc Men. ' READ TH E TEST MONY. From the former publisher of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin}? New York, Sept. 1st, 1875. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1876-01-29_11_09
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1876-01-29_11_09
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 11, no. 10 (February 5, 1876)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2109
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1876-02-05
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: .9 i—:>R0Gr:REssz. FREE Tli-IOUG»T+IT UNTRAMA/IELED LI,VEe.i .4 ‘S I . "I -4 BREAKING THE wAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Vol. XI.-No. 10.——VV];ole No. 270 l\lEVV_ YORK, FEB. 5,1876. PRICE TEN CENTS. The truth shall make 3/ou‘free.—-Jesus. In the days of the voice of the seventh angel,’ the 91154/stery of God shall be ﬁnisheel.——--St. John the wine. Whereof I was made a minister to preach the un- searchable riches of Christ, and the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in G-ocl.——Paul. 4.44 A 7» THE WELLS’ REIPROOATING BALANCE ENGINE—- A NEW ERA IN THE MECHANICAL APPLICATION or STEAM. In this age of progress and improvement we always feel a pride and pleasure in noting the rapid advances toward perfection, which are constantly made in science, and in the art of manufacture. Perfection itself is unattainable; there- fore, whilst our utmost efforts may be made to approach it, the way will always remain open for further progress. This is seemingly a beneﬁcent...
Show more.9 i—:>R0Gr:REssz. FREE Tli-IOUG»T+IT UNTRAMA/IELED LI,VEe.i .4 ‘S I . "I -4 BREAKING THE wAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. Vol. XI.-No. 10.——VV];ole No. 270 l\lEVV_ YORK, FEB. 5,1876. PRICE TEN CENTS. The truth shall make 3/ou‘free.—-Jesus. In the days of the voice of the seventh angel,’ the 91154/stery of God shall be ﬁnisheel.——--St. John the wine. Whereof I was made a minister to preach the un- searchable riches of Christ, and the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in G-ocl.——Paul. 4.44 A 7» THE WELLS’ REIPROOATING BALANCE ENGINE—- A NEW ERA IN THE MECHANICAL APPLICATION or STEAM. In this age of progress and improvement we always feel a pride and pleasure in noting the rapid advances toward perfection, which are constantly made in science, and in the art of manufacture. Perfection itself is unattainable; there- fore, whilst our utmost efforts may be made to approach it, the way will always remain open for further progress. This is seemingly a beneﬁcent provision of the Creator, securing to us endless novelties and affording continued inducements and opportunities for improving ourselves and our condition. The sciences of chemistry, philosophy, astronomy, are all unlimited and boundless in their resources for knowledge and information, and can never be fully comprehended. So with tbe mechanic arts: the steam engine, with all the vast" and varied improvements which have been wrought upon it, is not yet perfect and will not be. How dull and uninter- esting, indeed, would everything seem, if, with all our needs and ambitions there should be no possibility of adding to our little stock of knowledge by increasing facilities and developing resources. Perhaps, by far the most important single improvement which has yet been effected in mechanical appliances by steam power is the subject of this article--the “ Wells’ Patent Double Piston Reciprocating Engine,” which is now being manufactured and in operation, and proving to have a ca.- pacity above what has been obtained, viz: one-half the space, one-quarter the weight, and three times the power and speed of any other kind of engine, with equal, if not greater dura- bility. Though equally well adapted to all uses, our principal object, in this instance, is to explain more particularly its exceeding ﬁtness for the highly important purpose of steam navigation. There are, perhaps few, if any, mechanical appliances which have a more varied capacity or require a more acute perception with judgment and discrimination in their proper construction than does the steam propeller wheel; though of itself apparently simple and without complica- tion of parts. Its particular diameter, with form, size, and set of the blades, all depend more or less on the size and model ofythe vessel to which the wheel is applied, and the power and velocity of the engine by which it is driven. While, the pitch may vary with effect anywhere between forty or forty-ﬁve and seventy and seventy-ﬁve degrees, the blades may and do have a‘ greatvariety ofform-some long i and narrow, oth_ers the reverse, the working surface ﬂat, or more or less concave, and the periphery either straight, curved, conical, spheroidal or helecoidal. What is known as the “ Naval True Screw,” has, of course, a diagonal pitch, or at an angle of forty-ﬁve degrees. As this is best suited to one kind of vessel and one par- ticular rate of speed, it will be conceded that the size, form and pitch would not be equally suited to two vessels of equal tonnage, but of different model, and use or service’. In other words. the same kind of wheel would not be alike serviceable - and effective on a tug, and on a yacht or passenger ship. The action of the ordinary ponderous single crank engine being necessarily slow, wheels of large dimensions have a longer or coarser pitch, with a greater number of proportionally larger blades, while the blades on smaller wheels may be fewer and their set or inclination ﬁner, according to the light and quick working of the engine. Now, the more directly abaft a propeller wheel the water resistance can be brought with 9. given pitch of blade, the more directly forward the propel- ling force will be applied. ‘ A certain pitch or inclination of blades, however, is in- dispensible. With “the blades set either fore and aft, or athwartship, there would be no propulsion. And although in the former‘ case there would be direct tangental or side resistance, in the latter there would be neither propulsion or resistance. Consequently, a wheel with a ﬁner pitch I will admit of an increased velocity in a ratio to the diminu- tion of the pitch, and with a much easier and more eﬁective action. Therefore, it may readily be perceived what ad- vantages for this particular purpose may belong to an engine having threeor four times the power of those now in use, and with a capacity for speed only governed by‘ the force and velocity of steam. The eﬁcct of a ﬁne pitch and high velocity was fully de- Vmonstrated some time ago on the River Thames by a. Mr. Thornicroft, who constructed apropeller launch or yacht 48 feet long, with a steel engine and boiler making_496, turns per minute, and running at the rate of 22 miles per hour. An engine capable of driving the same wheel eight or ten hun- dred revolutions per minute would inevitably produce a still more favorable result, notwithstanding the increased water and atmospheric resistance-,» while with a perfectly uniform and concentrated motion there would be no jarring or strain on the frame of the vessel. This unequal strain from the irregular action of the single crank engine may beboth seen, and felt on any of our present propeller vessels in the sudden. rising and dropping of the stern, and forward and aft motion of the entire craft at every up and down stroke of the engine. The Wells’ balance engine has not the slightest tendency to any such unpleasant and unproﬁtable .results._ While all these advantages are claimed for it in connection with propellers it is not less effective and desirable for side- wheels. For, as with the present engine two parts of the wheels do nearly or quite all the work, with this engine every bucket or paddle would be equally effective with the rest, while at the same time the disagreeable vibrating and jarring of machinery and heaving and surging of the vessel with each and every stroke would be entirely dispensed with and greater speed attained. Scientists and mechanicalexperts have for many years past been trying to calculate the amount of steam power lost by the existing means of application—the present recipro- cating engine. Condensation, ordinary friction, etc., have been pretty fairly estimated, but what amount is expended in producing vibration and excessive friction by reason of the immense and unequal lateral and vertical straining of the parts could never yet be calculated with any kind of ac- curacy. They are only perceptible phenomena, which can not be reached by ﬁgures. And yet in these respects there are diiferent eifects in diiferent situations. The most. im- proved stationary engines, from the balancing effect of their enormous ﬁy-wheels, have perhaps the steadiest motion of any hitherto in use. _Yet these, on account -of disturbing forces occasioned by their irregular motions have been known to cause with every stroke a perceptible transmission of power through the solid earth to a distance of several hun- dred feet. When it is considered that this effect is probably the same in all directions, the per-centage of loss in such way is not only incalculable but cannot even be imagined. Per-_ haps no greater disadvantage of this kind can be found in any situation than what prevails on board a side—wheel ves- sel. Here it is plainly perceptible to‘ the senses of sight, sound and touch by the rattling. and shaking of every particle of matter connected with the boat, and by permeating the nerves of all living beings on board, from the soles of their feet to the crowns of their heads. Of course the buckets contribute, though but slightly, to this vibration. Their effect in such way, however, is so slight that an engine with an equal and uniform action would almost if not entirely obviate it. There being but two points on the face of the wheel where full force is applied, and two points where there is no force at all, on all the other parts there is a constant alternate increase and decrease of force from nil to maximum and vice eersa, in every half revolution. Consequently, the vessel partakes of what, in ‘nautical parlance, is known as a heaving and surging motion. Or, otherwise expressed, dur- ing each revolution of the wheel she is twice receiving a momentum and twice losing the same. It is not to be ques- tioned, or even doubted, that by this motion and in the breakage of arms and buckets or blades, by such irregular revolving of the wheels, fully one mile in ten is lost in run- ning speed. With ihese existing and known facts it should not be diiﬁcult to estimate quite correctly the great advant- ages derivable from an engine having a perfectly balanced principle with steady rotating motion, retaining the power within itself. and applying or transmitting it directlyto the shaft where it is required, withoutlifting and plunging of 1 F. . \ ‘/ enormous and unequal weights, and consequent jarring and straining of everything within and about it. . That two alternating pistons in one cylinder have double the power and velocity of a single piston in a cylinder of the same dimensions is not less self-evident than that twice two A is four. It follows, then, that with no other advantages in combination, the amount of, work done by the single piston in a given length of time would, with the same force on the double pistons, be performed in just half the time; or twice the amount of work in the same or an equal length of time. ‘It is equally plain and incontrovertible that with double the expansive force and half the condensation of steam which ensues from following half the distance, and with the ease and regularity of motion secured by the perfect balancing of weights, and the consequent absence of undue friction from« disturbing forces, fully. 25 per cent. still greater velocity would inure under an equal or less pressure of the steam. ,The power and velocity of the engine are in this way en- hanced to more than three-fold the power and velocity of; the common engine- Add to all this an unlimited capacity for speed, which cannot be claimed for any single piston engine, and it would be diﬁicult to estimate with correctness the comparative degree of excellence attained by this prin- ciple over that in common use. The difference shown would, . in fact, be not unlike that which would be seen from a com- parison of main strength and stupidness on the one hand,’ and mechanical art and scientiﬁc exactnes on the other. The principle of its construction and operation being in per- fect accord with that of the universe—system of form and equilibrium of motion—renders it susceptive of an almost incalculable velocity within that of steam. . ,All the above enumeratediadvantages have been amply demonstrated as belonging to this engine on a small scale; and if it is thus effective on a small scale. it is still more so on a large on. For, with all its parts evenly balanced, thus dispensing with unequal strain from immense weights, and with a uniform motion devoid of oscillation and vibration, and with no undue friction and abrasion,it is still more at home and better_ adapted to a 5,000 H; P. steamship than it would be toacoifee mill or pea-nut roaster. For silk factories or other establishments requiring steady operations of ma- chinery, and for saw-mills, rolling—mil1s and the like, where direct action and high velocity are most desired, it is just the one thing needful. , , .':‘:f*.: Locomotives can be driven, with a constant adhesion to the track as directly as if hauled bya line, and with greater safety at 100 miles per hour than at 50 mileswith the present means of propulsion. « A small model of this engine, may be seen in operation at, the office of Mr. J. R. Wells, 95 and 97 Liberty street. We understand that this gentleman proﬁbrs to run the mail train between this city and Philadelphia in an hour and a half, and between here and Chicago in sixteen hours, with- out the slightest danger from any source, except obstacles or broken rails. The presence of obstacles or obstructions can- not, however, be hindered by any particular construction or operation of an engine, they being apart from and inde- pendent of the rolling-stock; but abroken rail would un- questionably be a rare phenomenon with engines of this description. For, without running in an oscillating or curvilinear direction, as do those at present in use, which impinge alternately one on each rail in every revolution with almost the entire weight of the machine, there would be no further liability to break the rail, even in" frosty weather, or to crowd it out of line. V Economy of time, space and weight is the grand desidera- tum in mechanics and mechanical inventions. Hence the great improvements that have been wrought in the use of steam power over the comparative clumsy mode first intro- duced on the Hudson River by Robert.Fulton, at the rate of ﬁve miles per hour, and that of our respected Peter Cooper when, with his “baby locomotive” (the ﬁrst one on this continent) he ran from Baltimore to Washington with about an equally marvelous velocity. And even these perform- ances were then verynaturally hailed as great achieve- ments. Yet there are many at the present time, much like a certain prominent member of the “ Paciﬁc Mail Company,” who recently declared that the rubicon had been passed and no further improvement need be expected in steam ma- chinery. But both he and they will soon acquire more knowledge with their days by learning thatas much economy in the above respects has been elfectedby the development ..... .»<—v~—.~.. _ \ l --—-..__._..___._.____ Of FMS Dew Principle as is shown to have been gained by the 4*-‘.1333’ and various improvements which have been made 811106 1311056 former days of Fulton and of Cooper. NOTES FROM LOIS WAISBROOKER. SAN J osn, CAL. DEC. 15 Dear Weekly/—I gave my ﬁrst lecture, last night upon “ The Bread and Butter Question,” eliciting the following notice from the San Jose Murowy: “‘,Mrs Lois Wa1sbrooker’s lecture_on the ‘Bread and But- ter question, at Central Hall last night, was an able and in- struotiveelfort, and was replete with valuable suggestions. She predicts the ruin of the country or the absolute enslave- ment of tne laboring men, unless a national movement is or- ganized to put down the centralization of wealth, stiﬂe cor~ ruption, and lift up the natural industries of the land.” Itake the principles laid down in Mr. Densmore’s “ Econ- omic Science” as the basis of argument, for to me, those principles are axiomatic, and they cover the ground alsoxlaid down in one of your “Seven Principles” that pertain to a “New System of Government” to wit: that which shall leave men possessed of the results of their own labor. I The “ Bread and Butter Question” or how shall the com- forts of life be secured topall, is the question of questions. It is of more importance, ‘has a greater bearing upon the Welfare of the people, both here, and in the future life, than has any system of theology or religion that has ever been propagated upon the face of the earth. . Our competitive systems of industry, of trade, the struggle consequent upon them in every department pertaining to the sphere of wealth, makes Ishmaelites instead of Israelites us. They stand across the path of woman’s freedom, and of every other department of progressas well, and I know of no more important ﬁeld of labor than that. of showing up the causes of the evils from which we suffer, by the unbalanced condition in the sphere of wealth. Everywhere, in all departments of business, one man, or one class of‘ men thrives at the expense of some other man, or class of men. Monopolies themselves are beseiged by greater monopolies, and must bear down on those beneath them, with all the relentlessness born of necessity, or sink. We may talk of moral suasion, and heroic self denial, but the suasion that takes our bread and butter from us is stron- ger. We may bewail the power of wealth, and mourn that the honest poor has less inﬂuence than the dishonest rich‘ man. but this state of things will continue till such a limit is set to man’s aggressive power in the sphere of wealth, that dishonesty and wealth will be forever divorced. This aggressive tendency, I ﬁnd no fault with, but only with its misdirection. Without it, we should be of but little account, but it was given us to subdue the earth, not one another. As the woman who sells herself legally, who accepts the form of marriage without love, is more respected than is the woman who gives herself for love without the legal tie, even so is the rich man who is a smooth—faced, oily-tongued knave who gets his wealth dishonestly, but manages to keep within the con- ﬁnes of the law, more honored than the strictly honest man who is poor. And it will continue to be thus so long as the system of competition in the sphere of wealth continues. It is the natural, the legitimate, fruit of the system itself, and we might as well expect grapes of thorns as to expect anything else from it. We must change the system; and till this is done, preaching and praying, Sabbath schools, Bible classes and missionary _ associations, temperance societies and magdalen homes, col- leges and schools of learning, police force and jails, houses of correction, prisons and gallows -trees will be impotent to roll back the tide of vice, with which earnest souls have so -long been holding a hand-to-hand ﬁght. ‘ Strikes are of no use; stirring strife among diﬂerent classes of laborers can do no good. The various co-operative associa- tions only divide the people into competitive classes and ar- ray them against each other, and class competition can be- come as tyrannical, as unjust, as individual competition. iNothing short of a national movement can do the work, and our Constitution furnishes the channel through which we can act. We need not interfere with the “rights of prop- erty.” We can organize a party for the express purpose desired, can persist in our efforts till the_ peop1e—not the aristocracy, but the people—-understand and approve; and A then if the giant monopolies that rule our land will not sur- render what they control at a fair compensation, we can build new railroads, organize new express companies, such as will act for us instead of themselves—for their own private inter- ests at the expense of the public—-we can put up new tele. graph lines, and let those that are private property die on the hands of the holders. Should said monopolies rebel or insti- tute War; then let them remember that conﬁscation is a war measure-—one that may be justiﬁed by military necessity. But I must close, as your space will not permit of long letters. Let those who_ desire to understand more fully the principles upon which the centralization of wealth is based, and also that upon which decentralization can be made to bal- ance and neutralize this centralizing tendency, get and study economic science. Send to the author, J. Densmore, Concord avenue, Summer- Vmeo M383-; 01‘, if desired, “I presume the WEEKLY would keep and furnish them.’ I ANOTHER WAY. LOUISVILLE. Kn, Nov. 22,1875. Editors Weekly :—The WEEKLY should be placed in the hands of the working classes and thinkers of America. I think there are many persons who do not know that there is such a paper as WOODHULL AND CLArLm’s WEEKLY, who would subscribe for it if they could but for once see a copy. In order to reach this class of minds, I propose to insert a short adver- tisement in some of the large daily papers, to wit: Send your address to P. O. Box 3791, New York City, and receive by return mail the most liberal paper published in _/1 o:oHUI.L as otarrxnis WEEKLY. America or the world. Its columns are ﬁlled with’ thoughts of vital importance to the human race, which every woman, man and child should read. It leads‘ the van of all reform movements. Send for a copy and see for yourself. If this idea meets your approval let me know and I will carry it out to the extent of my ability. There are others who might go and do likewise, if they but knew my proposi- tion. Yours for humanity, G. H. KREIDER. Address 270 West J efferson st., Louisville, Ky. [Our correspondents proposition is an excellent one, and we should be glad to see it copied by many friends] A VOICE FROM MASSACHUSETTS. Woodhull and Claﬂin/3 Weekly: I have given the thought of twenty years to the subject of social life and stirpiculture. In early life I learned that I was the result of unscientiﬁc propagation, and saw the neces- sity of a better understanding of the principles and laws that govern in these matters. I watch with much, interest the effects of Victoria’s glowing appeals as she moves steadily onward, leaving a bright, shining path in her wake for those to follow who dare and will. That was a grand article from the pen of Allen Putnam, published in the Banner of Light. Let us hope that there is still vitality enough left in its mana- gers to do many more bold and brave things. When you come to Boston again you will realize a great and improved change in public sentiment since you were here‘last. So the world moves and with it, slide and float along those mental and moral fossils who have not the ambition or courage to make any effort to help move it, but are ever ready to ride upon the best seat. I It is almost marvelous to see the change that is being ‘wrought in public sentiment wherever I go, not only among those who are called free—thinkers, but among conservatives and those who call themselves Christians. I would again call the attention of your readers to two pamphlets by John H. Noyes: “ Scientiﬁc Propagation” and “ Male Continence.” Let those who have not read them do so at the ﬁrst opportunity. Also his “ History of American Socialism ” is a work that all who are interested in any at- tempt at associative effort should study. J OSEI-‘H J. GURNEY. HARVARD, MASS., Dec. 21, 1875. A CALL. I wish to mention again that I desire to become acquainted with those who accept your theories. Although I still retain my own individuality in my investigations, I wish to be re- cognized by you, if not as a disciple, yet as an ardent sym- pathizer, and by your friends as one of the brotherhood. I fully believe in the life you propose, and so far as I now com- prehend it, I have faith to believe I can live it; and I will say that,‘ though I have heretofore believed in the complex relation of the sexes, I am now willing to suspend judgement on that point and wait for further light. In fact, I begin to see that monogamy may be the highest development after all. I hope to visit the Centennial. Will there, may there not, be arrangements whereby we may all clasp hands during that time? Could there not be some general plan to facilitate private correspondence, by which the social current could ciroulate—a. list of names with P. 0. address or something of the kind as an introduction? I am sure many would like to communicate if only parties were known who would respond. Let me suggest that you publish in the WEEKLY an invita- tion to all who wish to correspond on the subjects you are discussing, to send their address to you, and that you print alist of the names and forward to each upon payment of whatever sum will compensate you. Ever yours for the whole truth, without reference to consequences. . A. WARREN. VAN BUREN, HANCOCK Co., 0., Nov. 21, 1875. [The list of names that has been furnished us under the call for those who “want the whole truth,” and are willing to take the consequences of its reception, was in part in- tended for such a purpose as our correspondent suggests, and will probably be used in that way, as well as for the speciﬁc purpose for which it was sought]. THUS ENDS THE DREAM. Thus ends the d.eam—the ﬁtful slumber past; I feared so bright a. picture would not last. There was too much of happiness for such Whose hopes have ever crumbled ’neath a touch. One ﬂeeting hour of bliss, and then alas! The picture gone—all but the shiver-ed glass! And in its place the world’s old ruined mass! Thus ends the dream! But it was fair, if brief; And my sad heart forgot its olden grief While basking in the rays of transient bliss, Nor dreaming that such grief might lurk in this! A shadow darker than the one around The olden paths, ere yet this light was found? Thus ends the dream! And I shall never sleep Again where such false dreams their vigils keep. The waking from such slumber but to ﬁnd The shadow of bright visions left behind, Is sadder fat than in some ruined wall To live, and die, and never dream at all! ~ SELECTED. SOCIETY AND STATE. One of the mistakes which stands fatally in the way of the development of a party of real progress is the confusion be- tween society and the state. These are two separate organ- isms, not one. And the real nature both of one and the other must be comprehended by the progressive party. before it will be able to march straight to triumphant and irresistible suc- cess. ‘ But at this day, everybody, progressive and retrograde alike supposes that it is only necessary to prove that society needs rat; 5, 1876. to take charge collectively of a given thing for it to follow, a as a matter of course, that that thing must be undertaken by the state. Or, on the other hand, that a thing has only to be shown to lie beyond the province of the state; or, to be un- suited to the management of the civil government, for it to follow necessarily that it is a merely “private ” affair, with which society, collectively, has nothing to do. Both ideas are false. Both stand fatally in the Way of genuine progress, bringing to an absolute dead-lock various questions of most transcendant :importance——questions that imperiously de- mand a real solution——a solution that will hold water and‘ and stay. ' The error is immeasurably more excusable, certainly, than many that now look the wheel.s of progress, and make “re— form 1” a 1aughing—stock and a derision. The universality of its prevalence, although no presumption against its falseness, is an excuse for it, if only as showing the difficulty of the question involved. And the mistake is all the more excusable from the fact that the real solution of the question depends upon a comparatively recent discovery in sociological science. but very little disseminated. But it none the less fatally bars our progress, because there are, in fact, many functions of supreme importance devolving upon society collectively, which are not only entirely unﬁt to be entrusted to any such corrupt, inefficient, and generally detestable government as we now have, but are entirely foreign to the province within which alone the means and instrumentalities, proper even to the most ideally perfect civil government that can possibly be imagined, can ever be effectual. . The question involved is still not an absolutely new one. It crops out almost everywhere in European politics in the form of the growingly popular dogma of the separation of Church and State. It is lost sight of here for two reasons: First, be» cause we imagine popularly that the separation is already fully accomplished in the United States, secured permanently beyond risk of violation by its incorporation into our Federal Constitution, and secondly, because our progressive party in- sanely imagines the church a thing of the past, about to be swallowed up entirely in the waves. _ But in fact, society has normally, (13. e.) in its adult stage of development, a double organic action: one of compulsion, more or less; the other of pure willli.nghood. The half-edu- cated mind, however, cannot as yet conceive of any action properly social into which the element of compulsion does not enter. To him, therefore, the state and society seem to be one. And we have all been but half educated hitherto. We have to learn, however, in order to go to work intelligently and energetically in the ranks of the real progress, that there are many functions as fully and entirely social as any we can conceive of, and which must, nevertheless, by their very nature, be fulfilled by agents perfectly voluntary. In a full- grown,really adult society, this purely voluntary action will be as fully organized as the more or less compulsory action. In proportion as it is so organized, the compulsory action tends to diminish, being replaced by the voluntary; and it is this re- placement of compulsory organic actionby voluntary organic action that is the solution of the grand secular problem of liberty, the actually prevailing insane, immoral and im- possible individualism, tending only, like every other form of anarchy, to destroy all liberty of the genuinely human sort. Those who want the liberty of the gorilla must go back to the forest for it. It is the absence of the voluntary side of the social organism, which is the thing intended in social science by the designa- tion “ the church,” or its presence only under retrograde forms which doom it to practical effacement, that makes many" urgently important social problems essentially insolu- ble at this moment. There can be no question, for example, that the education, the integral education, 13. e. the entire bringing up of children, from the very ﬁrst incipience of the new life in the mother’s womb up to adult manhood, nay up - to and even beyond the grave itself, is a matter of supremely social interest, not in any sense whatever a merely private matter. Yet what a mad sort of progress, forsooth, would it be to have the infant snatched from its own mother's breast by the rude hand of the policeman, in order to its bringing up in such a manner as to suit the state, let the state be ever so ideally perfected. One. can well enough imagine a Russian Nihilist. with his so perfectly natural and naturally intense reaction against familism and religion in every form, persuad- ing himself that he favored even so mad a project as this. ‘But it is one that will never be tolerated for a single moment by any free citizen of an occidental republic. The Russian Nihilist himself would be cured of his craze as rioon as ever his general gallantry towards the sex began to transform it- self intoa really sincere love for any one actual ﬂesh-and- blood Woman. RAMSH0RN- LONGVIEW, TEXAS, Jan. 16, 1876. Dear Weekly—I feel condemned that l have not long ero this sent through your columns an “All hail l”to Mattie Strick- land, that devoted gir1—woman who has cast her all into the balance that Weighs eternal truth against popular sham and cant. But if I have been dilatory in publishing my admiration of her grand action, I trust she has by this time received the outpouring of my enthusiastic sympathy by private letter. However, I hold it the duty of all who appreciate the noble example of Mattie Strickland, and who are capable of wield- ing a pen, to put their sympathy in words for publication in the WEEKLY. The_brave girl has called down enough persecution upon her head to well nigh counteract the beneﬁcent inﬂuence of her heart and soul union. One must marvel at her girlish strength to resist the temptation to eat her bread of life in secret and drink the water of salvation, stealing to the jea- lously guarded fountain under cover of the darkness. Had be upon whom her fair soul poured out its womanly largess been less a man he might 113% persuaded 1161‘ that “stolen waters are sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleas- ant ;” for devoted women are easily persuaded by the sophistry that drops from the silver-smoothed tongue of the “ baser matter? 2 nication calling atte-n+‘- Feb. 5, i876. man they love, who has nothing much to lose in the gratify- ing of his desires . But Mattie Strickland, whose name should be wrought in letters of gold and hung in pictures of silver, together with that of the honorable man who scorned to compromise either her or his own integrity of purpose by any middle course of worldly wisdom; Mattie Strickland has been saved the com- mon lot of woman—that of falling into the snare, legal or otherwise, of a selﬁsh man devoted to hislusts. Mattie Strickland and Leo Miller stand to—day in the clear, unimpeachable light of Truth, upon the everlasting rock of principle, presenting an uncompromising front to the legions of sham and hypocrisy; two grand souls against the world of detraction, the father of lies and the dark insidious devil of slander. Though they themselves are overwhelmed in the boiling waters of prejudice and hate, the spirit of their action hath eternal life, and will shine a Bethlehem star to future ages . - ‘ I have_ read the article that has been copied into the WEEKLY and some other “more respectable” journals, from the obscure paper published in the small town that was the home of Mattie Strickland. Its peurility is in direct contrast to the brave utterance of Mattie copied into the same column. Her vindication of her course is unanswerable, so the noble editor had no resource but in disgusting cant and cowardly slurs upon Victoria‘ Woodhull. When argument cannot be met by argument, and logic answered by logic, there is nothing under the sun so all-suﬂicient in the use of cowardly and malicious blackguardism as a country editor of an ob- scure paper. As for the course of the “Hon.” Randolph Strickland and his wife it richly merits contempt, instead of by it establish- ing their claim to “respectability.” Evidently they do not comprehend the value of the gem they possessed in Mattie, their child inspired of Truth. What perverse inﬂuence was it that evolved her rare essence from the composition of Who dare estimate the selﬁsh grief of Mr. and Mrs. Strick- landin the same measure with the martyrdom of their noble daughter! ’Tis time the stupid rabble were taught the dif- ference between a sacriﬁce of principle and self-immolation for principle. To save her father and mother worldly humﬂ- iation. Mattie Strickland could have sacriﬁced_her1ife’s best inspiration. But she chose rather to leave father and mother ‘and cast herself into a den of lions—no! it is a libel on that kingly beast-—a den of human j ackals better expresses it. Verily she shall have her reward, for the highest heroism is comprised in our being true to ourselves, and until we‘ learn to be that we must play on at the world’s miserable game of cross—purposes, sacriﬁcing ourselves to other’s sel- ﬁshness and breeding sinners. “To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day thou canst not then be false to any man.” How little that great truth is com- prehended! The Hon. (1) Randolph Strickland and his wife have soli- cited public sympathy in a manner most shocking to a cul.. tured and delicate sense——so shocking that one is perforce led to the conclusion that only malice could have prompted it—~a. base desire to put as much odium as possible upon the daughter who has so desperately wounded their self—love in the maintenance of her own self-hood. Real sorrow makes no public parade of itself; it shuns alike the pretentious intrusion of a curiosity that passes for sympathy. and the absurd “trapping and the suits of woe.” One cannot feel deeply for a grief so cheap in its nature as to advertise its need of a spurious public sympathy; vastly in keeping with the modus operands‘ of sham. I beg pardon of the ﬁner soul of Mattie Strickland for these strictures on her parents; justice to her demands that the course of her father and mother be estimated at its worth. She is beset from all points of the legitimate garrison, while tbey can sit in solemn and ridiculous state at home, holding receptions for the fantastic ﬂourish of that sneeriug sympathy for which they advertised. There will be enough to say “I told you so ?”i should Mattie Strickland and Leo Miller ever be less lovers than now. But the croakers may not have_the grim satisfaction of seeing her doomed to her bondage like the more “respectable of her sex when the exaltation of the passion of love has been legal- ized out of their lives. We can none of us vouch for the endurance of a union of the male and female principle in the individuals, though its eternal status in the abstract is as ﬁxed as unerring wisdom. But for one thing I think we can vouch, the dissolution of all demoralizing bonds in Mattie Strickiand’s and Leo Mil1er’s case, should the spirit of the divine principle ever demand their divorce one from the other. That dismal “I told you so ” can have no power over souls that have once braved social ostracism to be free. But a union consummated as their’s has been starts out with fairer wind and stronger ballast than a thoughtless mar- riage under circumstances of greater “propriety” (?) But should ever their union be annulled by nature after the man. ner of the vast majority of solemnized marriages, which God forbid! let us hope that no consideration of “appearances” or “pI'0l3I‘i9'0V.” based upon the world’s false conception, will serve to hold them in a sickening semblance of a relation that only loving impulse saves from prostitution. May the inspiration of Truth ever be their North Star, leading out of the Dismal Swamp of social bondage! May they never trail the pure banner of individual sovereignty in the ﬁlth of legal debauchery! May they hold possession of them- 3 00l1I'S6 lselvesgthough all their kindred advertise in all the news- papers for sympathy from all the cohortsof “good” society!” I J HELEN NASH. ..=_....__..._=. could not go to hear your lecture; b_ut HISTORICAL REFERENCE TO CHRIST. _ To the Editors of the Weekly :-~ Since you havecopied from the A -.. N. Y. Suna brief commu- Q Ch:-i-L - . T -.‘....lon to a supposed historical reference “"“ by TWINS» Will you permit as brief a reply which woonnnti. s cts:m.lsés‘wsEsi.r. was sent to the Sun, but thrown into the basket, to appear in your paper? The passage, if genuine, was written as late as A. D. 117; but the fact that it was never discovered till 1468, is suf- ﬁcientto impeach its integrity. Tertullian appeals to Tacitus is proof that Nero was the ﬁrst persecutor of Christians, but does not stumble on the reference to Christ in the same connectlon. The all-searching Eusebius would have saved himself the necessiqy of forging historical proofs of the existence of Jesus, if such a passage was then in Tacitus; . and I have read the authoritative statement somewhere, that prior to Eusebius one of the emperors of Rome caused thirty copies of the “Annals.” which now contain the pas- sage, to be made. I believe there is but one MS containing it, except such as are copied from that one. LOGOS. A GIRLS’ LETTER. Dear Mrs. W'oodhull—-I don’t know as you will care to have a little girl write to you, but I guess I will try to. as I think you take a great deal of interest in children. I heard mamma telling what you said in your lecture at Youngstown, about children at school. Although I am a girl only fourteen years of age, I know that what you say about these things 13 true, and you do not tell one-half the evils that are going on there. I have often told mamma of the naughty things that I have seen the girls do. I hope you will tell everybody about these things so that they may be stopped. I felt very sorry that I I had to stay at home with my little sister. But mamma says if you ever lecture near here again, that she will take all her children to hear you, if it costs every dollar she has. Your young friend, CLEOPATRA BALDWIN. N ILES, 0. Jan. 10. ‘ REMARKS. Thisvery nice letter from our young friend was accom- panied by one from her mother, which recited some of the practices that her daughter had told her were -common with the girls at the school she attended. They are of such a character as to make one cry out in despair for the rising generation, and this special school is no exception to schools generally. Still mothers know or pretend to know, nothing about the horrible things that are being practised almost under their very eyes. What can be expected of the mother- hood of the future, when such things as we know are true, are ruining those who must be the mothers of the future ' race, if we are to have any? Will not mothers wake up to the condition, and have the courage to go to their children of both sexes, and gain their conﬁdence, and then learn what habits the young have acquired through their failure to properly instruct their children in the most vital things of life; not only failure, but refusal to do so when some question of the young mind opened the way to the whole subject. We hope every mother who reads this tell- tale letter of this little girl will never=feel at ease again about her daughters, or her sons either, until she is satisﬁed that her children have escaped; but let us warn mothers that few escape wholly unscathed. We have received the following letter from our old and well—tried friend, Seward Mitchell, late of Cornville and South Exeter, Maine,-but now of Vineland, N. J ., with a special request that it should be published. The writer is a daugh- ter of his : WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. - My Dear Father~—It is verylate, yet I cannot sleep without writing to you. I know you are anxious to hear, not “ Watch- man, What of the Night,” but what of Victoria? I must ﬁrst tell you that I have called on her twice at the hotel-— once with Louise and again with a lady friend. We intro- duced ourselves telling her that we were your daughters. She took us in her arms, and blessed, and kissed us, as she said, for "your father’s sake, because we were noble women.” She said, “ God will give your father a rich blessing for his ﬁdelity to the cause of truth in its darkest hours. When 1 was slanelered and magligned on every hand; when every pen was dipped in gall to sting me, Seward Mitehelyg was always driven in my defense .” ‘ I left her very reluctantly, for to see her is to love her.;:. I shall call with Emma to-morrow' I went on the gtage I with Emma after the lecture. She said she could not go home satisﬁed without kissing Victoria. . She looked into Emma’s face a moment, and said, “I know you are proud of such a, daughter; please bring her to see me.” ‘ She told me that “ she had been down to the 1 of sorrow and despair, hated and despised; but now, ghankg be to God, there are rifts in the clouds.” she Saw she is prospering in all respects, as well as she could ask, She has had. a call to lecture in the South, and I can’t tell you exactly how many nights, but I think sixty. she had just signed an engagement when an agent came from the West and offered her a much larger sum than the one for which she had contracted to lecture the same number of nights, but as she had never been in the South, and had al-, ways been very desirous to go there, she didn’t care yoga, ,';171"e_ pecuniary diﬁerence. ‘ ' “" “ Oh, that every mother in the land could have listened 1,0 OWGSIE depths lVV«.i.1.1} visit Clyde, Glevveland, Alliance that lecture. Victoria lucked like an inspi,1;-eﬁ agggl We gggm, as she stood all aglow with truth before -phgs ~W,g»;,’,«,mu- Every one seemed H1055 dl39P1Y law I -: ...Ience. the most enthusiastic applause ' .erested, and all joined in I was very, very thaw‘ “' that I Was so rt‘ ,.uKf111, as I sat there listening to her and W privileged, and wished so many times (that you :0 many others of our friends could have heard her. Epc- cially did I think of Mrs. Woodman, of Cornville, Me., how she would have appreciated being there. Victoria don’t agree with you at all about dressing. She says that she consider that every woman ought to dress in such a way to make hers self as lovely and attractive as possible. 3 She and Tennie were dressed very handsomely, and were really very attractive. Louise was very much pleased with the lecture, and equally so with the lecturer. She says tell you she always agreed with Victoria and all her teachings. But I must bid you good-night, and close. All send love. Ever your daughter, MAY J . MORRILL. BUSINESS EDITORIALS. VOICE OF ANGELS. A monthly journal edited and managed by spirits, under the above title, has made its appearance among our ex- changes. It is published at N o. 5 Dwight street, Boston, by D. C. Densmore, with the spirit of L. Judd Pardee as editor. Price $1 per year. This is a bold bid for the patronage that has been given to the Banner on account of its “ Mes- sage Department.” The present numbcr purports to be made up, save the publisher’s introductory, of contributions from spirits, with several articles from the spirit editor, and future numbers will be wholly the work of spirits. So says Mr. Densmore, the amanuensis of the contributors. CO—0PERATIVE HOMES IN THECITY.--All persons inter- ested in practical reform are invited to send their names and addresses to G. W. Madox, 29 Broadway, New York city, for the" purpose of securing sufﬁcient number of responsible persons who will unite together to rent a suitable house or I hotel upon a co—operative plan, and thus lessen the expense of living. If ananswer is required, please enclose postage stamps. , : THE ANNUAL MEETING or THE SEXUAL SCIENCE ASSOCIA- ’lJION.——-The members and friends of this reforming body will meet in Rochester Hall, Boston, Sunday and Monday, J anu-— ary 30th and 31st, 1876 . There will be three sessions each day. commencing at 10 o’clock Sunday morning and closing at 9.30 Monday night, Morning session devoted to general conference, speakers to conﬁne themselves to such experiences and criticisms as be... long to sexual history. Afternoon and evening sessions to be opened by regain- speakers. the subject matter of each address to be ﬁonowed by brief, analytic, and corroborative speeches. The persons having historic digests of progress, statistics) and other useful information are hereby invited to attend and: take part in the deliberations of the meeting. Among the speakers invited to be present are Leo Miller, Mattie Strickland, Prof. Vaughan, Steph.en‘Pearl Andpawg Prof. R. VV. Hume, Anna M. Middlebreok. Mrs. M. S. Towns: end, Levi K. J oslin, William Foster, Jr., E. H. Heywood, Angela T. Heywood, Joseph Buxton, Anthonyllfliggins, Mm, Damon, Susie Willis Fletcher, J. ‘William, Fletcher, D. W, Hull, Moses Hull, Mattie Sawyer, Benjamin ‘Todd, Marion Todd, W. F. J amieson, Dr. J . A. Clark, Maggie Clark, E. V;.' Wilson, Warren Chase, and others. On behalf of the Committee. J. H. W. TOOHEY. 15 Pembroke street, Chelsea, Mass, WE still mail our book, phamphlets and tracts-4 Love,” “ Mrs. Woodhull and her Social F and False Love,” “Open Letter to A. J. Davis,” “Letter to 3* Magdalen," “God 0? 110 G05-s” “TO MY Atheistical Brothers,” including my Photo,‘ for One Donal.‘ can you favor me? Address Austin Kent, Stockholm St., Lawpensgsqg Co., New York. Box 44. ' , POSTCRIPT TO A. PRIVATE LETTER FROM AUSTIN KENT “ It now looks as though I could never write f press. I ‘am extremely feeble. deeply rejdI1cOereinO1lsI1}‘1ee Woodhull s success, and no one but P. Pillsbury has a bathe; r1ght,to rejoice, and In some respects, even he has not as good. In love, A_ KENT. SEANCES will be given at the Co-operative Home, 3053 Thira avenue, as follows, until further notice: Public Circles on Monday and Thursd o’c1ock precisely. Admission 25 cents. Developing Circles for those havin will be given on Saturday evenin 50 cents . . Developing Circles for ladies exe Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock_ “ Free reedom,” “ True g mediumistic powers, 83 at 8 olclock. Admission In-3iV;6lY Will be given on, Admission 25 cents. 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' ‘ The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy. to be entreated, full of mercy arid good fruits, without partiality and without hy- g0ocrt'sy.———James, iii., 17. ’ Artd these signs shall follow them .° In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall take up serpents ,' and if they d7"l7’L7t‘ any deadly thing it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.»-Jesus. . » NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEB. 5, 1876. WE are prepared to furnish a few hundred complete sets of the first series of Bible Articles consisting of ﬁfteen num- bers of the WEEKLY, for one dollar, postage paid. Our friends should lose no opportunity to bring these articles to the attention of those whom they caninterest. A careful study of all of them is necessary to a complete understand- ing of the great and all-important truth that is yet to be re- vealed; which must be carefully and judiciously brought be- fore the world, as the sun comes upon it, bringing ﬁrst the break-of—day, next its dawn, and afterward its full meridian splenrloi°. r +O>—~z - THE DOUBLE TRIANGLE ; OR, THE SIX-POINTED STAR IN THE EAST. For we have seen his star in the East, and we are, come to worship him.—Sr. MATTHEW, ii., 2. ' 1: This ﬁgure is allegorical of the truth, to the GXPOSWOH 9f which the WEEKLY is now devoted. Ithas been. clearly- shown in our present series of leading articles that it repre- sents the coming blending together of the inhabitants of the earth and spirit spheres in a common brotherhood, and the establishment thereby of the universal human. family. _ It also represents still another and more important truth vrlpch has not yet been introduced, but which» deﬁned 3”? WW words, is, God in man reconciling the world unto Himself. We adopt this diagram as emblematic of 01.11‘ future Work / DEVELOPMENT IN FREEDOM; OR THE RELATIONS OF THE ACTUAL TO THE IDEAL. Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection.——Hebrews vi., 1. A I count not myself to have apprehended; but this one thing I do: For- getting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of Godin Christ J esus.-—Philipians iii, 13 and 14. Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage; For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the ﬂesh,;but by love serve one another.-—Galatians v, 1 and 13. ‘ For so it is the will of God, that with well~doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men; as free, and not using liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.—1 Peter ii——15 and 16. But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest that by ; any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be cast away.—1 Corinthians ix—27 . One of the greatest puzzles of life, to us‘, has been to un- derstand the reasons for which, when a class of people de- velops from one standard of truth unto another, they fos- silize upon that standard, and become, if possible, more in- imical to the next step beyond them, than any of those who occupy ground still further to the rear. Because this has been a puzzle to us, we_ do not say that there is not a law in the constitution of nature by which it may be explained and understood. Indeed, we know that there is such a law; that every movement in nature, from that made in the original rocks the elements of which have been developed into man, up to and_ including him, is the result of the operations of an immutable law; and, going still beyond this, that all the phcnomeiia of life, in the several departments of human naturc,are absolutely the results of a development that is common to the universe. In other words there is a law of causation; of? cause producing effect, and this effect becoming inﬂitself a cause of other and furtlier-on effects, reaching from the ﬁrst cause of which we can take cognizance, up to and including the last effect that stands now, on the apex of development. No single thing ever occurred that did not have a competent productive force behind it, which force was also a product of some an- terior productive movement. Looking at the world in this light, there is nothing in it that can be thrown aside asun- worthy to be taken into consideration, when the wise person presumes to formulate the various stages of progression so that the several parts, as parts, as well as their relations to the whole may be better understood. Considered in. this view, it may be easy to comprehend the reasons that cause those who are in the advance to-day, to fossilize to—morroW. They bear the same relations to the growth of human society as a whole, that the blocks of stone of which the building is being constructed, bear to the structure when it is completed; they serve as stepping- stones over which others climb, and upon which others stand to become in turn, the same to others who shall go beyond them still, and higher. Thus, to go no furtherback than our own day and times, when Spiritualists came out of the churches, the church was more intolerant to them than it has been since to any further-on development, while to this development theSpiritualists themselves, or alarge part of them—those who have fossilized in Spiritualism—have been more intolerant of the next stone in this structure above, than any of the sects behind them; that is to say, their out-spoken opposition has been more evident, and their denunciation more bitter than that of those who once were so severe on them. » And what is true of Spiritualists who are the ﬁxed. stones over which others have climbed to reach beyond their possibilities, is also true of those who have thus reached beyond. Spiritualisni is the last phase of exclu- sive religious development. To go beyond Spiritualism is to go into freedom; is to begin the next story of the ediﬁce of which Spiritualism completed the next lower. Out of Spiritualism means into Socialism; means into a develop- ment which shall include the perfecting and the unification of the several divisions of which the human constitution, both individual and collective, is composed. But out of Spiritualism does not mean iiito inertia. Beyond it there must still be progress in some direction. In a religious sense, out of Spiritualism means out of all religious law or constraint, or restraint; means into individual freedom; means into becoming a law unto one’s self. All develop- ment up to and including Spiritualism has been the growth of the individual for the individual; in other words, it has been disintegrating so far as organic social movements are concerned; but when the individual ’ has attained to the altitude of freedom, individually, then he is ﬁtted to become an integer in the constructive development of the future social fabric. That is to say, until an individual is free, he ‘or she is not ﬁtted to be of use in the foundation of a new order" of society. Real growth, growth that comes and re- mains, upon which future growth is to be founded, begins when the subject has attained to freedom. All previous "development is rather a casting off of shackles and means and methods; at getting rid of helps after their day of use is over; a casting aside‘ of supports as a cripple does his crutch when he regains his strength, indeed, is at getting ready to begin to stand alone as an individual entity. For, so long as one requires this law to prevent him from falling this way, or that caution to guard him against some other » 51a.1ag,er, so long has that one not come to an individualized existence; so long has he not been entirely born of the flesh; so long is he a part and parcel of, and dependent for sup- port upon, that from which he sprung. , It should be remembered, however, that all these things, both for the individual and for the community, are deter- mined bylaws as immutable as the universe itself; and that there is neither credit in the absolute sense for those who occupy the higher, nor is there discredit for those who ﬁll. the lower stages of development. Indeed, that there may be higher growth, some who have grown to theffpresent standard must remain here, ﬁxed, to become the foundation for the future to stand upon. So, in the general sense, those who remain behind are as necessary to the common plan of evolution as are they who go before. It is all one structure that is being built-—the structure of the human family organized, to which there must be_’thc solid, deep- down laid foundation-stone, as well as the cap-stone and embellishments. But heretofore we have been only hewing the timber in the woods; shaping the stones dug in the quarries; smelting the metal in the furnaces, and getting ready the material generally, with which to begin the rearing of the future structure of human society. Wlien the time for this process to begin shall have come, then, like Solomon’s temple, the materials for the respective parts will come to- gether, and the building will go up without so much as the click of a hammer. Indeed, the description of the building of King Solomon’s temple is the allegorical picture of this very thing of which we speak. Up to this time at least, it has been the part of the individual to stand in contrast tolall other individuals; to rub his sharp corners against the sharper ones of others; to separate from all; to be diﬁerent from and antagonistic to everybody; to. make war upon everything—in a word, to become distinctly individualized; but we do not understand that, having be- come thus separated and distinct from everybody and every- thing, that he or she is to so remain; is to forever keep porcupine quills erect to prick every one who may be unfortunate enough to come within the circle of his or her domain. But on the contrary, we conceive that, having be- come shaped to ﬁll a niche in King Solomon’s social temple; having had the sharp angles of temper and the ugly curves of despotism fashioned properly, we shall come into new and perhaps undreamed of relations with our brothers and sisters of the great human family, which, instead of having any existence, has yet got to have even its foundations laid. There are evidences abroad in the world, however, which point to the early laying of the corner-stone of this great temple of the future, into which all the material that the Great Arcliitect of the Universe has been shaping for so many ages, will be compiled. He makes no waste of sub- stance; He cuts no sticks of timber; hews no blocks of stone; casts no images of metal; makes no adornments that He does not intend to use sometime in the process of con“ struction. Neither does He employ any unnecessary hands to oversee His work; neither any useless workers. I-Iis. scheme is the essence of economy. To begin with, He had no more material than would be needed; and He cannot afford to let any of what He had, be lost. All will be re- quired and will be brought into its use before the temple of God will be completed on the earth. Therefore, having developed into freedom, we must not say that, here the growth must stop. If individuals feel that they have done their work; if they feel that they have risen to the place which they are to ﬁll, they should remember that there are other parts yet tobe prepared, and so remem- boring, also remember to put no stumbling-blocks in the way of those who from behind them, perhaps, may be pressing on to gain a position in advance of them, to arrive at which they must needs pass those who are to stand still for a while, or permanently. Freedom for today means the right to use the powers and faculties with which theindividual may ﬁnd himself endowed, according to the dictates of his or her own judgment; and it means the same for each and every body. Therefore, the person who claims to be free, has no right to set up a standard of observance for his neighbor or his brethren, and demand that they shall live by it. But freedom means a great deal more than this. It means be- sides that the latent talent within the individual, having the clogs of law and weights of custom set aside, has the right to burst the shell of its inclosure and reach out for itself. It means the gaining of a higher altitude with each circle of ascent it makes, rather than to go round and round in a ﬁxed orbit eternally. Thus, it matters not how high or how low a plane an individual may ﬁnd himself upon,when he comes to his freedom it is his right and duty to advance be- yond it, unless forsootli he be one of the foundation stones which shall forever set itself ﬁxed in the mud for all the rest to stand upon, to be elevated only by future associations as part of the common structure. Freedom means this right, of course; but it also means the right to go on and up until the dome is reached; and it means the right of those in whom the elements that must comprise the dome exist, to have a way prepared in which they can advance to take their places. Perhaps some ;who shall occupy the loftiest places in the ﬁnal structure, may still be lying unnoticed in the mud, not even having been moved from the place in which the Master Workman has prepared them for the height that they shall occupy, and of which they even may be still in utter ignorance. The work to which we refer is the great one of the Uni- verse, and there are engaged upon it all varieties and kinds of workmen, from the Great:Arch,itectj to the most insigniﬁ- cant servant. Without being, aware of it, all mankind is, . -2: . ,—.4l ,’ ,2 \\ . 3 .. ta- .9» 5,‘ . ,,—J Feb. 5, 1876. and ever has§been,divided into working masses, each hav- ing its God-appointed overseers and conductors. It is as much the divinely appointed task of some to lay out the work which must be done; _tc press the wor kers on; to point out the pits and obstacles that lie in their way; indeed, to hold up to the gaze of all mankind the ideal of the com- pleted structure. as it is for others to work wholly in separate departments. Those who belong to distinct departments may be known by their conﬁning themselves to some speciﬁc work, which, for the time being, seemingly perhaps, has no _ connection with the common constructive plan, but which will be ﬁtted ultimately into its own speciﬁc place. But it must be borne in mind, that the entrance into free- dom by the individual is the point at which he turns from being worked upon, to be a worker upon others. Previous to that point, he is the stone that is being hewn; the stick that is being shaped; the metal that is being molded; the anything that is being fashioned to be something in the future ediﬁces. When freedom, when individuality is attained,‘ then he or she becomes somebody; becomes a separate and distinct individuality, to be known thereafter byeverybody as an individual. The previous process is that of putting oﬁ, of going through, of, as it were, tearing down the obstacles which exist in the material part of the entity, to permit the spirit which dwells within to reach the central seat of power from which to exercise dominion over all. But the process afterward, is one of building up, of taking on; of aggregating around the individual center, that which goes to beautify the if character, and to make it more complete in every sense. If, after attaining to individuality, some shall beable to only appreciate the things that belong to the condition in which they ﬁnd themselves, such will gravitate to their proper places, While others, having the elements of higher life, will reach out to ﬁnd it; while ' others still, whose business it is to oversee the processes, will hold the mirror up to all, _that each may ﬁnd and know his place, and gravitate to ﬁll it. Hence it is that, now that some of the race have grown into freedom, they cannot understand that there is anything beyond the mere fact of right to do the things that as ind- ividuals they are inclined to do ; that they cannot understand that there is an ideal life beyond the present, to which free- dom is the vestibule, and hence it is that these same some cannot see that freedom means the right to urge an ideal life, as well as the right to live the present one. The higher life is not the one that tends to selﬁsh indulgences regardless of the means by which they are acquired, but it is that life which ﬁnds the greatest amount of enjoyment, when it confers most blessings upon others. That person who lives for self alone lives not at all, -in the better sense of life, for such a life is isolation; it is the effort of an entity, to make whatever comes within its reach, subservient to its selﬁsh ends, and reducing it to such use, turns it to ashes upon the lips of its enjoyment. C Thus it is that a large part of that which binds the sepa- rate parts of creation together—the positive and the nega- tive poles of the races—produces misery rather than that for which it was designed. Love is the attractive power between these separate poles; is the force _by which they are united; and when any other power than this is used to force them to unite, the union is seeming only. Hence this attractive power must be set free to do its work, or else the -individuals of the sexes can never gravitate to where they naturally belong; and until they do thus gravitate, the beginning of the construction of the human family cannot be made, for that family cannot include any save such as »“ stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,” and no one can enter upon such liberty until he or she has conquered self; until the passions and the ap- petites of the material body become subservient to the higher uses of the spirit, and are made to minister unto it rather than to exist to enslave it by compelling it tojcontribute to their demands. All higher life is action for some purpose beyond the mere satisfaction that may belong to the act itself, and if no such purpose is attained by any given act, that act is one of selﬁshness, in gaining the product of which,§the greater good that would have ﬂowed to the actor, could he have entered upon it with the higher thought than self predominant, is lost. I While therefore advocating freedom for all. and the right of each to freedom in which to exercise all the capacities with which he may have been endowed by causes prior to himself, there is still an ideal life to which we would have every one reach forward; which We would have every one keep before his mental vision as the objective point to- ward which his hfe ought to be directed; and thus con- demning none, but justifying all, do what we can to help each one to rise into that realm where “the windows of heaven shall be opened,” and “ blessings which there shall not be room enough to receive,” enjoyed. _..4.Q 4 V Vwr V AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. ‘ WE feel sure that our friends, everywhere, will rejoice with us for the brilliant victory which has at last crowned our persistent eiforts to make the subject of social reform‘ a proper one for consideration on the public platform and in the public press. That there has been a very marked, not to say wonderful, change going on in the public mind relative to this and cognate subjects, must have been apparent to our readers from the treatment which the press, generally-—we can say almost universa.l1y--has extended us since the be- woonnum. & cLAFL1N's WEEKLY. ginning of our lecture season, August 20th, at Albany, N. Y. ; but it lacked some special and crowning occasion, to which no answer could be made, before it was proper to claim a general victory along the whole line of battle. That occasion was furnished at Washington. At the National Capital, one of the largest and most brilliant‘ audi- ences that had ever gathered in Ford’s Opera House, as- sembled on the 20th of January, to listen to a lecture upon “The Human Body the Temple of God,” from one whom the Government,scarcely three years ago, had endeavored to crush. We have never been at a loss to secure the approval of our audiences for the ideas and theories advanced, but the ovation bestowed upon them by this assemblage of prominent men and women representing, as they did, not only the various parts of the world, but also its breadth of intellect, has never been equalled anywhere. From this time forth it may safely be affirmed that social reform is an acknowledged fact. This is something more than a matter for personal grat_ula- tion. It is proof that it is only necessary to be able to get these new truths before representative people to have them quickly become subjects for popular public consideration, and soon thereafter to become also subjects for public action. It is not necessary that truth shall ever drag itself along the by-ways of life, fearing, or else unable to reach the ears and hearts of those who, at least for the‘ moment, control the public interests. On the contrary,’ we believe that the time is rapidly approaching in which the truth will be a welcome guest in the places that are, and that should be the highest and the most to be. respected in the land. Suppose that when Jesus was on the earth, He had been received by the people who held and exercised the power, and that they had adopted his teachings and enacted them into law ? Is it not easy to conceive that we should now have been enjoying millennial life ? Now these same teachings are not always to be cradled in a manger; are not always to be rejected by all save the most humble and lowly. But they are to be accept- ed and lived by those who stand in the advanced positions of society, and become the recognized rules of life and action, both individual and collective. And when this shall come to be, then, and not till then, will Christ's real kingdom have been established on the earth; will the reign of love and good will have been begun. We consider it a most propitious sign of theitimes that the truths which lie at the base of social redemption should have received such an endorsement as was given them by that Washington audience, and that this endorsement should be so boldly proclaimed by. the press reports. But we do not wish it to be thought that we refer to these things in any spirit of self-exaltation. We are only too thankful that it has pleased the Good Father to appoint us to be servants in this vineyard of truth, and that He has blessed us with the courage and the strength to perform the duties required of us, even so poorly as we have. That we have succeeded as well as we have is not on account of ‘any merit of our own. Had we not had the mighty armament of truth, with which to do battle, all the efforts we have put forth, though they had been backed by the earnestness of a Peter and the eloquence of a Paul, would have come to naught. Therefore, more than all who may have been blessed by the light of truth which has been shed partly, perhaps, by our efforts, have we cause to be humbly thankful for 11:-wing been deemed worthy to do this work; worthy to help to lift the cause of social regeneration from the mud into which it had been relegated, and to place it on the heights, where the world shall come to worship at its shrine. . ~ Nor could we have been so successful in doingjthis had not our good friends of the WEEKLY rallied round its stand- ard and helped us to keep its banners unfurled before the people. Every one who has kindly given aid to the cause, either by words or material assistance, has been a co-laborer with us in this heaven-ordained work ; and verily such shall have their reward, and their names be enshrined in the hearts of emancipated millions, who, through the aid given by them in faith, when aid was needed, shall come to inherit the blessings of pure and holy bodies; for it is to develop bodies that may be the resident Temples of Grod,that the work which has been donegis destined to accomplish. Therefore, let every one who sees that a substantial victory has been gained; who has been instrumental, at all, in helping to gain it; join with us in thanksgiving to the Power Omnipotent and Omnipresent that the fruits of our labors-have begun so soon to return to us; that the bread that we have cast upon the waters is coming back after so few days only. Nor must we neglect, as further evidence, to refer to the re- ception with which we met 1n Congress. It will be remember- ed that we were the ﬁrst of our sex to be granted a hearing ﬁve years ago by the Judiciary Committee of the House of Rep- resentatives on the question of woman’s citizenship. So again have we been the ﬁrst of our sex to, be permitted to plead our cause of complaint against the Government, before the Committees, (this time) of both Houses of Congress, on Claims. Nor were we accorded this hearing in any patron- izing way, as if it were “by our favor," but It was given as if it were (as indeed it was).our right, and we feel assured that every member of those committees is convinced not only that we suﬂfered a most grievous personal wrong, but that the power of the United States was foully prostituted in the attempt to vindicate the reputation of a “revered citizen.” Occurring, as all these things have occurred, on the very threshold of the Centennial birthday of our count1‘y‘s.politi- cal emancipation, may we not congratulate friends as well A’ as ourselves that it is an auspicious omen which augers well for the accomplishment of the further emancipation which is required socially; and that the real dawn of woman’s era has come at last; that dawn which shall rise into the mid-day splendor of womanhood redeemed from all the blights that have rested like a mildew on her special mission, and enfranchised by the God-ordained right to become the mother of a race of beings “ a little lower than the angels.” A Y* THE GROWTH OF THE HUMAN RACE. On Sunday, Jan. 16, R. W. Hume, by request, delivered at the Harvard Rooms, an‘ impromptu address on the ma- terial, intellectual and spiritual advances of mankind. H'e commenced by stating than man alone, of all animals on the earth plane, had the power to originate improvements in his condition, and to transmit such improvements to posterity. That, in the human family there were two movements to be recognized; one particular and individual, the other common and general. In regard to the latter movement, which was under discussion, the lecturer said that all the proﬁtable parts of history might be claimed as, records of man’s victories over matter. The labors of the childhood of our race were similar to those of children- The making of dirt pies, the subjection of matter in its most plastic form, clay, was the ﬁrst operation, as in Babylon and Nineveh. Having conquered clay he next turned his at- tention to stone, and piled up six and a.quarter millions of tons of it in the construction of the great pyramid of Egypt. To these triumphs of rude power the Greeks added grace, . proportion and beauty, though probably theirworks did not equal those of their predecessors in grandeur. From: man’s mastery of the ruder materials of which the earth is composed, have sprung the various ramiﬁcations of the exhibitions of his power over the same, at ﬁrst for the use: and pleasure of- the few, now for the use and pleasure of the many. The present age has witnessed his victories over the more subtile forms of matter, terminating with the dis- section of light and heat, and now he is engaged in the ex- amination of those invisible motors that produce the grand- est eﬂects, which cannot be measured by the line and rule; of the mathematician, or brayed in the mortar of the al- chemist. The lecturer then traced the intellectual progress of our race, in the formation of languages ﬁrst spoken; then. writ- ten, and claimed that the children in our primary schools were recipients of knowledge that had been painfully ac- quired by the labors of ancient philosophers, such. as Thales of Miletus, the inventor of the multiplicationtable, in thou- sands of years. Intellectual progress, the speaker said, was also exhibited ‘in improvements in forms of government, and forms of law. The former originated in the simple despotism of the patriarchal form of government, and, as far as man has yet advanced, may be said to terminate with what President Lincoln described as “ a government of the people, for the people, and.by the people.” With regard to law, the lecturer stated it to be hisopinion that the three most ancient empires recorded in the Bible were governed by im- pcrial edicts—notby laws. Setting aside the laws of Moses, which suited the only theocratic democracy the world ever saw, he commenced with those of the Spartans, which. he said were servile laws. These developed into the mili- tary laws of the Romans, and were still further ameliorated by the present civil laws of Gt. Britain. But, to introduce the the latter, England had to classify mankind, which was objectionable; true, at present they obtain here also, but the time will soon arrive when we shall develop others. more consistent with the genius of our republic. The growth of the spiritual element in humanity, the lecturer said, could only be recognized in the advances made by man in the ﬁeld of religion. It undoubtedly com- menced in gross superstition, but, when invented, gross superstition was probably of, beneﬁt to man. The world then was under despotic rule, and the only curb that. could be put upon a tyrant was a priest. According to» history (save in that of a minute fraction of our race, the Jews). man elevated. the inferior animals into gods. The Greeks modiﬁed the same as Satyrs, Nerieds, Harpies, etc., until at last they represented their superior deities in the forms of perfect human beings. The speaker then glanced at the Mosaic theology, and admitted that the ﬁrst, and the.- first part of the second command were three thousand years in advance of the time in which they were promulgateﬁ, and had secured to Judaism its victory over the paganism of ancient Greece and Rome. “For,” said the jleéturer, “Mohommedanlsm and Christianity are both daughtel-S of Judaism, though the lattei has departed from the most impolttant ruling of the ancient faith of Judea, Vim; the unity of the godhead. The Christian tree planted in ancient Rome was there grafted with paganism, and the result is, Christians have three gods; indeed, latterly, the male reli-. gion “f M0393 has; by the _most powerful sect of Christians,, been humanized and adorned by the introduction of anotlaer~- 1“ the “rm 0f the Virgin Mary. The address terminated: Wilh 9- §101‘iﬁC9«ti0I1 Of modern Spiritualism, which WZS: Claimed t0 be 1116 latest and highest development of the- Splritlla-1 idea. of the human family, and was now needed in: f>rf1e!.‘ to lfeep it in line with the great advance-made on the inlellectlla-1-919-D9 by modern scientists. All the closeof the.- lecture a unanimous vote of thankswas passed bythe Con‘-— ference to the lecturer. for thevdissourse he had deliveredl. .- price less the postage. In explanation of the delay that has ‘second edition has been delayed, but will be received within ‘ also call the attention of subscrib-.01‘S .730 the bi11Sf9r «renewal- aper and request prompt attention for .th-.e.1;n,. . 2" ) 6 , WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. \ Feb.‘ ,5, 1876. SUNDAY MUSINGS. WE are glad to record an advance in the ranks of con- servative Spiritualists, which seems to have taken place all along the line. The reforms so long advocated (almost solus) by the WEEKLY, are pressing forward their claims for notice, and are receiving the attention they merit in the most staid centres. The taboo so long placed upon the advocates of such momentous changes is being rapidly removed, and the single phase of the phenomenal aspect of Spiritualism no longer monopolizes public attention. — . _ In this city, last Sunday, there were many excellent dis- courses delivered, two of which we think well worthy of notice. The ﬁrst of these at the Harvard Rooms, by R. W. Hume, is reported elsewhere in this paper, and the second, by Prof. S. B. Brittian also merits attention. It was an oaation on the Lunatics of Speculation, and in it the learned professor alluded forcibly to the wrongs done the laboring classes in the following words. We quote from the New York Heralds report of the lecture: ‘ “ The most stupendous ﬁctions originate in the business of the world. They are created by the lunatics of speculation, who watch for lawful opportunities to do wrong. They set snares for the simple-minded; they qualify the truth in many ways, until ordinary lying seems, by contrast, quite re- spectable; they seize the staff‘ of life, and hold on to it, and thus starve the poor. There is no disguising the fact that the laboring classes, even in this country, are suffering under great wrongs that demand instant redress.” A Let us hope that (Professor Brittian, having thus exposed the evils, will, in his next lecture, point out the remedies. Outside of the readers of the WEEKLY, our fellow-citizens sadly need instruction on the subject. mg 4 r VwfV WE return our hearty thanks to those of our friends, who, for the past few weeks, have been exerting themselves suc cessfully in obtaining subscribers. There are no reasons, save want of effort, that prevent the doubling of our sub- gcription lists. Why will not every one make it a point to obtain one new subscriber to send in when he or she renews? ‘Try it, and see how easy a matter it is. . LIFE-SIZE LITHOGRAPH. We have just received the ﬁrst edition of life-size litho- graphs of Victoria 0. Woodhull, from the lithographic establishment of Armstrong &: Co., of Boston, Mass. They are splendid pictures, both as a work 01": art and as like- nesses. They are printed on heavy paper 20 X24 inches, and specially adapted for framing. They will be sent post- paid, securely wrapped to guardagainst damage, to any address for 50 cents. _ The commcn pricevof lithographs of this size is $2 ; but we have arranged with the publisher to furnish them in large quantities at such rates that they can be resold at the price named without loss to us. They are thus put within the means and reach of everybody who desires to have a splendid life-size portrait of the Editor-in- Chief of the WEEKLY, who has devoted her life wholly to the inauguration of a flew dispensation on earth, in which misery vice and crime shall have no place. In reply to many letters asking for " dealer’s terms ” we would say that the lithographs may be ordered by express by the half dosen, dozen, or more at 40 cents, the usual «occurred in sending lithographs we would say that the 3, day or two, when all orders will.be ﬁlle(l.—[MANAGING Enrron]. - .__._...—_.¢.>———--—-——- ’ A BILL has been introduced into the New York Legisla- ture to enable married women to conduct business as individuals, separate and apart from their husbands, and giving them the supreme control of their own property. Now let a bill be introduced placing the persons of wives equally under the protection of the law with their property, and another step to the ﬁnal legal emancipation of women will be made. 4.; Vﬁf POSTAL CARD NOTICES. we feel constr ainedqto say that we must insist upon some attention being given to the postal card notices that have been addressed to delinquent subscribers. Most of these have been twice notiﬁed of the expiration of their sub- Scriptions by the sending in the WEEKLY of bills for the coming year; and now they have been notiﬁed by a per- 1 card sent to their several addresses separate from the Sena ‘Ve repeat that we must insist upon some acknowl- Eggiglen; as S05 forth in the appeagi printed upon the postals, or we shall be obliged to resort to more extreme measures to purge our lists of the names of t.h0.Se W110 rcvolllinue to receive the WEEKLY with no intention Of PfW.me11.l3- W6 ,0; _subSc1-jptinn, now being sent out weekly, Wrapped in 13119 ‘ LECTURE ENGAGEMENTS. 3 _ , expires, when ffshe will make appointments in all Western places where she is engaged. All applications for lectures should hereafter be addressed to the United States Lecture Bureau, care box 3,791, New York City. Our advices are so incomplete that we can make no further announcements, save that the lecture at Memphis is put over until Feb. 6. 9 4;. V7 MRS. wooDHULL IN THE FIELD. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. (From the Valley Sen tinel, Oarlisle, Pa. J im. 21 1876.) Victora C. Woodhull, whose name has become familiar to the reading portion of the people of the United States, made her debut in Rheem’s Hall, on last Monday evening. Mrs. Woodhull appeared on the stage, and for an hour and-a-half commanded the entire attention of the audience. She ad- vanced many new and radical ideas, and told some startling truths. Mrs. Woodhull is a very pleasant and ﬂuent speaker, commands a ready ﬂow of choice language aénd isl the most gifted female orator who has yet visited arlis c. (From the Ocwltsle, Pa., Herald, J an. 20 1876.) MRS. WOODHULL’S LECTURE. This lady lectured in Rheem’s Hall, on Monday evening The evening was wet and disagreeable. A fair audience was present, however. When Miss Tennie, who has a very pleasing addiress, had concluded the reading of a poem, Mrs. Woodhull, appeared on the stage, and commenced her lec- ture, which continued for an hour and a half. In justice to this lady, we are constrained./to say that we went to the hall prej udiced against her, but we freely acknowledge that we have never listened to a lecture that abonndod with so many solid, substantial truths, and so replete with instruction. We wished, as we heard this lady, gifted with much more than ordinary discriptive powers, that every husband and wife, as well as "every parent in the place, had been present, for we feel assured they would have been beneﬁted by the lecture. Her ideas, many of them new, contained startling truths, worth the consideration of every well—wisher of his race.‘ Mrs. is a graceful and gifted orator; clothing her subject in chaste and beautiful language. Should she visit Carlisle again, she would have a crowded house. [From the Mirror. Oarltsle (Pa.) Jan. 18, 1876.] A good audience assembled in Rheem"s Hall last night to hear Victora C. W oodhull discuss the “ Theory of life, so- cially. Promptly at 8 o’ciock, Mrs. Woodhull stepped upon the stage and opened her lecture by reciting from the sacred writ the passage upon which her theory is based, and at once entered upon the consideration of her subject with a spirit and earnestness, which won the closest attention of her audience. Many of her passages were peculiary forcible, and thoughout, the lecture was deeply interesting, thoroughly chaste, logical and eloquent. Our space is too limited to per- mit even a brief report of the line of argument, or a conpre- hensive idea of the lecturess’ faith, assertion, proofs or theories, but this we must say: throughout, the lecture was such as any pure, intelligent mind could safely listen to and highly appreciate, if not for faith in its teachings, at least for its eloquence, earnestness and manner of delivery. Mrs. Woodhull will have no trouble in obtaining a full house should she lecture here again. .—._......_.. From The Sunday Gazette, Washington, D. C’. J an. 16, 1876.) MRS, VICTORIA C. WOODHULL. Not the least remarkable of the revolutions wrought in the sentiments, feelings, and conduct of the people of this coun- try. and in the tone of the public press, is that which has taken place in respect of Mrs. Victoria Woodhull, and the peculiar social theories of which she is the especial and distinguished exponent. A few years since, this lady was the object at which the 4 poisoned arrows of slander, contumely and scorn from a thousand quivers were directed. Every vile and disgraceful epithet within the vocabulary of_our language was buried at her devoted head. All that the ingenuity and malignity of the most unscrupulous could devise was done, not only to blacken and make infamous her private character, and drive her from the public rostrum, but to make her the one social outcast in whose behalf neither justice should be invoked nor respectful consideration be awarded, With a few honorable exceptions, the entire press of the country lent itself to the ignoble work of abusing and ma- ligning this lady: attributing to her sentiments she never expressed or avowed, theories she was never in affiliation with,";and charging her with utterances which were a foul libel on every feeling of her heart. Trampling under foot every generous and manly feeling, losing sight of her claims upon them as a women and mother, to courteous and respectful treatment, the press everywhere, in its zeal to pander to a morbidly diseased public sentiment, left nothing undone to heap odium on her personal character and make infamous her public teachings. Nor was this all. The power and author- ity of the federal Government must needs be invoked to aid in the nefarious work of crushing this weak and defenceless woman, whose only oﬁ"ense was that she had stripped away the mask and revealed in all its hideousness the sorrow and suffering, the mental and moral abasement that permeated the social life of our people. She had_p_r_obed the outward seeming and discovered the leprosy within; she ‘had torn from certain’ pampered social pets the hypocritical cloak that concealed the deformity of their actual lives, and lo! the Government and press must rush to the rescue, and_by abusing the prerogatives of each, seek through defamation and abuse to break the force of the truths uttered. Had the evils so boldly declared by Mrs. Woodhull to exist been but the ﬁgment of a diseased brain; had it not been seen and known of all men that her statements. were true; had not both men and women in the privacy of their own homes admitted the absolute necessity for some radical change in our present social system, there can be no doubt but that this lady, under force of all_the appliances used for her destruction, must have been driven into an obscurity from which she could never again have hoped to emerge. But what do we see? Mrs. Woodhullwwho but a few years ago was the target at which athousand envenomed shafts were aimed, against whom myriads of tongues were wagging and myriads of pens scribbling, who was held up_ as a consummate moral leper, against whom every man’s voice n.d band should be raised, who could ﬁnd only second-rate halls in‘ which to be allowed to declare what her views really were, and had these most infamously distorted—is to-day _admitted to be engaged in a great and noble work: No lon- ger shunned, her society is sirigght by _t1_10 b.B817_'¢1T1<1 Pllfesli "1 ‘the land, and from being an object of vituperation and abuse, she has become one of courteous and respectful attention at A me hgmdg of all, , ;No longer driven into obscure garrets and put-of-the-way halls, sheﬁnds it impossible to comply with The United States Lecture Bureau hasjusr Completed an engagement with Mrs. Woodhull f01‘ 3 trill 0f Sixty nights, beginning in Memphis, Tenn, §1111d‘c1Y. February. 6th» and extending to all the principal cities" IJOYVHS 0f the Soup?‘ .ern States. ‘Thoseiwhc have been expectingher to 1‘6V1S1t oneetwentieth of the invitations ‘r'ece‘iv'ed to lecture -in the beat aii.ﬁ:is.ric.e chambers in thelalld: has and has 601.016 .130 misrepre§%6lll?%?3l~0l§|,a too; and n,oW..tl1e Press .everW.her9.d1S~ covers an; eagerness to ac_ uaint its readers with the views or this lady as declared by erself. This change, so 9I‘B.<1.1l3f1b16,l39 the people and press 9f the co'untry,, cannot fail of being especially gratifying to Mrs. the West will have to wait p.a.ti.e.nt1,y until 1311.15 i§¥?;S§gj$§%¥¥‘ent Woodhull. She has battled against the mosbtrenciendciis r odds, and won a signal triumph. Through contumely and scorn; through sadness, imprisonment, and tears; through persecution almost unto death, she has never faltered, but with a courage and heroism born of a. concious rectitude of purpose, has devoted herself with singular ﬁdelity to the work of regenerating her race, and lifting the fell incubus which has well nigh crushed out all purity from the social life of our people. In the relentless storm of obloquy through which she has passed, in the deepest gloom that has enveloped her steps, in the darkest night of desolation and misery that has come upon her life, this lady has never for one moment allowed her faith in a ﬁnal vindication of her own character and the correctness of her principles to be shaken. And that vin- dication has come; not in the general acceptance of her views perhaps, but in the acknowlegdoment of their right to respectful consideration, and in the disposition everywhere manifested to admit that Mrs. Woodhull’s advocacy of them indno sense derogates from her claim to recognition as a a y. It is a gigantic step forward in the direction of solving this vexed social problem, when the best men and women in the land, admitting the necessity for its candid discussion no longer malign those who devote themselves to that be-- half; when there is a disposition to call things by there right, names, and demand that the standard of moral excellence to which one class is required to measure up, shall be that by which the lives of all clases must be judged. With the advent of this new era, Mrs. Woodhull will ﬁll altogethera different place in the estimation of the public from that which ignorance and malice have hitherto assigned her. From being denounced as the enemy of a wise, pure, and well-organized social system, she will be recognized as among the ablest of those who have striven to establish it; from being thought inimical to the sanctity of home, she will be looked on as preeminently the advocate of unions that shall be unto death, as the up-builder of homes on whose altars will ever be entiironed a deathless and changeless love; and from the lips of many who have denounced and abused her will I come forth blessings on her name. When the thoughts and feelings and theories of to-day have become things that were-—swept by the advancing cycles into the great eternity of the past; when impartial history has given to each its meed of praise, and the names of individuals have been recorded therein. who, by reason of elevation of thought, reﬁnement of feeling, and purity of ‘ living, have most commended themselves to the enlighened appreciation of the world——that of Victoria C .Woodhull will be found embalmed in characters of living light upon its brightened pages, as amongst the truest and noblest benefac- tors of her race, as one who toiled and suffered that men and women everywhere might be induced to “ Sow love and taste its fruitage pure, Sow peace and reap its harvest bright; Sow sunneams on the rock and moor And ﬁnd a harvest home of light.” .— r — BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS. “ Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the blossoms, Kind deeds are the fruits. “ Love is the sunshine That warms into life; For only in darkness Grow hatred and strife.” “ Serves best the Father he who most serves man, And he who wrongs humanity, wrongs Heaven.” “There is no such thing as chance in all God’s universe.” “Truth feareth nothing so much as concealment, and dc- sireth nothing so much as clearly to be laid open to all.” “ Satan now is wiser than of yore, And tempts by making rich, not making poor.” JOHN BEESON AND MARRIAGE. BY WARREN“ CHASE. Our venerable brother makes a strike at marriage in reply to questions, as he says, in the WEEKLY of Jan 22, but strikes so wide from the mark that I take the liberty of pointing it out to him, in the hope that he will tell us more plainly what he thinks about it. His four items of answer apply wholly to the union of the sexes, which is not marriage in this country. There is as much, or nearly as much, union of the sexes out of as in marriage laws. If he had used the words, come together, where he uses marry" and marriage, his points would have been nearly correct, except that in the fourth and last item it is often the case that parties are naturally attracted at one time and naturally repulsive at an other, or that one often becomes disgusted with the other who was in- tensely beloved. This occurs very often in our present syg- tem of legal tieing. But this is not the subject nor the ques- tion. Marriage in our country is a legal institution, although clerical gentlemen and ladies are authorized to legalize it by cermony. It makes the woman the property -of the man, changing even her name and that of her offspring to his, and only restricting his control of that property, prohibiting him to murder, and in some States, to whip the property, but allowing him to commit rape on it three hundred and sixty- ﬁve times a year, or till the victim dies; or to compel her to bear children, however unwilling she may be, and to take the children from her at will; to so abuse her that she can- not live in the house with him, and then advertise her and forbid any person harboring or trusting her on his account; to rob her of her earnings, as the owner did his slaves, and compel her to work without pay, till life is worn out with drudgery, and all the time abuse her sexually as no brute in creation is abused. As there are plenty of cases where all these evils are inﬂicted,the instances of harmony-are no excuse for the continuance of the law, since they would be as secure and happy without as with it. Here is the marriage law of . our country producing more misery and crime every year than ever the slave laws of our country did. It is a shame that we have not more bold and fearless reformers to speak out against it, and that we must shuffle off on the subject of true and false relations of the sexes‘ to avoid attacking the evil. This branch of the great sectarian tree of Christianity bears the worst fruit of any, and yet we havégspiritualists who want to shape anew the tree and save this unholy branch and ii_'.s'evil fruits. I need not again repeat my substitute, as the readers of the WEEKLY already know what it is. Speak out friend Beeson, and let Mrs. Grundy grunt. 1 She cannot hurt you or me. .. ,m_....._F—~_- i A... ._. , ..._..A ,_..__.. _ .~ae-;»—.:«-am. R Feb. 5, 1876._ 2 Have you seen the Wonderful Type- Writing Machine‘! Nogmore pen paralysis! No more spinal curvature because of the drudgery of the pen. The Type- Writer has found rapid acceptance wherever intro- duced, and has fully sustained the claim that its work is twice as fast, three times as easy and ﬁve times legible as that of the pen. It paragraphs, punctuates, underscores and does ﬁgure work—in a word, all things necessary to the production of a perfect manu- script. Any size or quality of paper may be used, and the most satisfactory results obtained, at a saving in time and strength of at least one hundred per cent The Type-Writer “manifolds” ﬁfteen copies at once, and its work can also be copied in the ordinary copy-press. READ THE FOLLOWING INDORSEMENTS. VVhat Mr. Jenny, of the New York Tribune, says about it: NEW YORK, June 10, 1875. DENsMoRE, Yosr & Co.: Cr*entleme7L—I am an earnest advocate of the Type- Writer. 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TIHITISTITNITYTNIT THE BIBLE Philosoplfyllg: Science. DR. J. PILKINGTON, of California, has written a striking Pamphlet with the above title. A perusal of its mass of facts will better post and fortify the Lib- eral mind as to ecclesiastical pretensions and the per- secutions of the Church in all ages, than many a more bulky and ambitious work. Liberal friend. no ﬁtter Work can be selected to hand to your bigoted neighbor of the Church than this instructive pamphlet. Anx- ious to spread the truth, we have reduced the price of this work (whcih is elegantly printed in clear type, on ﬁne white paper), to twenty cents, postage 2 cents. 32 large pages. INDEPENDENT TRACT SOCIETY. Publishers Worcester, Mass. Very truly * WOODHTULL J5 CLA_I4‘LIN’S WEEKLY), T876. TTEW BOOKS. I876. -“ SEXUALTTREED0M;” Free Love and Free Lovers. NINE ESSAYS, BY CHAS. W. BENNETT. A ﬁrst rate little work to go out among the masses. The arguments used are forcible. The S. S. Jones School of Spiritualists have here the tables turned on them with tact and coolness. ‘Read it by all means. Only 10c by Mail, IND. TRACT SOCIETY, Publishers, Worcester, Mass. Victoria C. Woodhull. “rcoinuu SENTENGES,”. FROM HER OWN WRI'l‘[NGS.5 COMPILED RY SEWARD MITCHELL} This is printed on ﬁne solid book paper, with bor- der, (8x12 inches) for framing. , _ A Splendid Ol’11E3.l]l6l1T3_‘fOI' the parlors of Radical Spiritualists. Sent, rolled, for 10c. Also ’ What Constitutes A True Reformer ? BY SEVVARD MITCHELL. A series of Golden Rules, which should be found on every man’s door-pm st. A few hundred only left. Sent for 3 cent stamp. IND. TRACT SOCIETY, Publishers. Worcester, Mass Cataloguesfree. THE WCRLD’S Sixteen Cruciﬁed. Saviors; . OR, OHRI/SL7 /A NI TY BEB ORE CHRIS T. CONTAINING New, Startling and Extraordinary Revelations in Religious History, which disclose the Oriental Origin. of dll the Doctrines, Principles, Precepts and Miracles of the CHRISTIAN NEW TESTAMENT, and furnishing a Key for urilocking many of its Sacred Mysteries. besides comprising the History of Simteen Oriental Oruoiﬁed Gods. BY KERSEY GRAVES, _ Author of “The Biog/raph_yoj"iS’dian ”.an_d “The Bible of Bibles ” (comprising a description of twenty Bibles.) This wonderful and exhaustive volume by Mr. Graves will we are certain, take high rank as a book of refer- ence in the ﬁeld which he has chosen for it. The amount of mental labor necessary to collate and com- pile the varied information contained in it must haye been severe and arduous indeed, and now that it is in such convenient shape the student of free thought will not willingly allow it to go 0l_1b,0f print. But the book is by no means a mere collation of views or statistics: throu hout its entire course the author—as will be seen y his title-page and chapter-heeids'—fol‘ows a deﬁnite line of research and argument to the close, and his conclusions go, like sure arrows, to the mark. C O N T E N T S . I ' Preface; Explanation; Introduction; Address to the ~ Cle 0' r y. ’ Chap. 1.——Rival Claims of tﬁe Saviors.‘ Chap. 2.~—Messianic Prophecies. Chap. 3.—Prophecies by the ﬁgure of a Serpent._ Chap. 4.—l\/liraculous and Immaculate Conception of the Gods. , _ Chap. 5.—Virgin Mothers and Virgm-born Gods}. Chap. 6.—Stars point out the Time and the Sav1or’s Birthplace. _ _ , - Chap. 7.-—Angels, Shepherds and Magi visit the Infant S. ' . Chaq1J;].1(8).r—-The Twenty-ﬁfth of December the Birthday of the Gods. 1 Chap. 9.—Titles of the Saviors. Chap. 10.—-The Saviors of Royal Descent but Humble Chap. 11.——Christ’s Genealogy. ‘ Chap. 12.—-The World's Saviors saved from Destruc- tigm in Infancy. _ _ _ _ Chap. 13.—The Saviors exhibit Early Proofs of D1- init . . Clllan. 1y4.~The Saviors’ Kingdoms not of this World. Chap. 15.—The Saviors are real Personages. Chap. 16.——Sixteen Saviors Cruciﬁed. _ Chap. 17.—-The Aphanasia, or Darkness, at the Cruci- ﬁxion. ‘ Chap. 18.—Descent of the Saviors into Hell. Chap. 19.~—Resurrection of the Saviors. Chap 20.——Reappearance and Ascension of the Sav- iors. _ Chap. 21.~—The Atonement: its Oriental or Heathe Origin. Chapf°22.—The Holy Ghost of Oriental Origin. Chap. '23.—-The Divine “ VVord " of Oriental Orig-in. Chap. 24.—-The Trinity very anciently a current Hea- then Doctrine. _ _ Chap. 25.——Absolution, or the Confession of Sins, of Heathen Origin. _ ' _ Chap. 26.—Origin of Baptism by Water, Fire, Blood, and the Holy Ghost. _ Chap. 27.—’I‘ne Sacrament or Eucharist of Heathen rirrin. Clg1pz.=28.~Anointing with Oil of Oriental Origin. Chap. 29.——How Men, including J ssus Christ, came to be worshiped as Gods. _ . Chap. 30.—Sacred Cycles‘ explaining _the_ Advent of the Gods, the Master-key to the Divinity of Jesus ‘hrist. . CIT/ap. 31.——Christianity derived from ‘Heathen and Oriental Systciiisf. _ _ _ Chap. 32.~’l‘hree Hundred and Forty-six striking Analogies between Christ and Crishna. — Chap. —A'pollonius, Osiris and Magus as Gods. Chap. 34.——The Three Pillars of the Christian Faith—- Miracles, Prophecies and Precepts. Chap. 35.—Logical or Common-sense View of the Doc- triee of Divine Incarnation. Chap. 36.—Philosophical Absurditiesof the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation. Chap, 37,-Physiological Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation, ~ Chap. 38.——A Historical View of the Divinity of Jesus Christ. Chap. 39.—-The Scriptural View of Christ’s_Divinity. Chap. 40.—A Mctonymic View of the Divinity of Jesus Christ. 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M. 8:10 “ “ Buff ......... .. 11.45 “ —-—-—— ' Lv Suspension Bridge . . . . . . . .. 1.10 A ‘M. 1.35 1’. M. Lv Suspension Bridge 1.35 “ , 9.50 p 11:‘ AI Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.45 “ 2.55 .“ Ar Hamilton . . . . . . . .. 2.55 "' 11.20 “ London ................... .. 5.35 “ 5.55 H :: Iﬁoxtadot... 13.350 3 pg 21‘ m ‘I Detroit ................... .. 9.40 “ 10.00 “ e roi . . . . l “ Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12.15 P. M. 1.00 A. M “ Jackson. 1.00 A M, 1130 ". E “ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.00 “ 8.00 “ “ Chicago... . 8.00 “ ._ 8.45 p. in. Ar Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 5.30 A M. 11.50 A. M_ Ar Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.50 A. M. 5.30 a. in. Ar Prairie du Cliein . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.55 P M . . . Ar Prairie du Cheiii . . . . . . . . .. .. 8.55 p. in. Ar La Crosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.50 P. M. 7.05 «A. M Ar La Crosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.05 A. M. 7.05 a. in. 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Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1876-02-05_11_10
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 11, no. 11 (February 12, 1876)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2110
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1876-02-12
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: r PRoGRins§2 FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED LIVES! BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE (3-ENERATIONS. Vol. XI.—No. 11.——VVl;ole No. 27]. The truth shall make you f9~ee.—Jesus. In the clays of the voice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God shall be ﬁnz'shecl.——St. John the Divine. Whereof I was maole a minister to preach the un- seat-ehable riches of (I/met, and the mg/stery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in Goal.-—Pa_ul. A LETTER TO MR. BEECHER, Dear Weekly—Looking over an old scrap—book this morning I came across a copy of a letter that almost four years ago I had the temerity to write Henry Ward Beecher, which letter never elicited any attention that I am aware of. I re-copy it for your columns, as some of its matter seems to me to bear upon the reverend gentleman’s own case in view of some re- cent developments! . , MR. BEECHER—A stranger begs your pardon for trespassing upon your valuable time, but begs you will lend her your kind attention for a space, hoping i...
Show morer PRoGRins§2 FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED LIVES! BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE (3-ENERATIONS. Vol. XI.—No. 11.——VVl;ole No. 27]. The truth shall make you f9~ee.—Jesus. In the clays of the voice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God shall be ﬁnz'shecl.——St. John the Divine. Whereof I was maole a minister to preach the un- seat-ehable riches of (I/met, and the mg/stery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in Goal.-—Pa_ul. A LETTER TO MR. BEECHER, Dear Weekly—Looking over an old scrap—book this morning I came across a copy of a letter that almost four years ago I had the temerity to write Henry Ward Beecher, which letter never elicited any attention that I am aware of. I re-copy it for your columns, as some of its matter seems to me to bear upon the reverend gentleman’s own case in view of some re- cent developments! . , MR. BEECHER—A stranger begs your pardon for trespassing upon your valuable time, but begs you will lend her your kind attention for a space, hoping it may not prove time wasted. . Dropping the third person, I hold a theme closely to heart, which I think needs agitating; and there is no agitator to bring it home so forcibly to the souls and intellects of the people as lH<£vnry;,Ward ;*Beeche+;*1'.‘- I havnyfrom time to time greatly rejoiced at the fall of some old-time idol of custom, knocked into nothingness by your voice. Now, I wish you would rouse up the sleeping saints as to one other great wrong done for “Christ’s sake” through blind and bigoted zeal and the infernal spirit which holds the prompt-book at the elbow of too many professing Christians —the spirit of “ stand aside! I am holier than thou! ” I desire to ask you ﬁrst, however, what constitutes true Christian forgiveness after contrite penitence and effort to lead a purer life? Is it forgiveness with a perpetual reminder to the sinner that he or she has sinned, and that there is no retrieving the lost purity, the regretted estate. while the poor victim is compelled to live among the self-styled holy ones wearing;a cruel badge of the infamy ? Or does the Christ—like forgiveness consist in taking the repentant outcast warmly to the heart, imparting the sweet consciousness that though the sins were as scarlet, repentance and faith have washed them white as snow, and rendered_the misguided sinner worthy to feast with angels at Christ’s own table in paradise? The latter is my idea of God’s free pardon, through the Mediator, His SonJesus Christ, according to christian teach- ing. But worldly wisdom will not have it so. For instance: I read recently in the Chicago Times an account of a Protest- ant sisterhood existing in England, similar to Catholic institu- tions—a sisterhood whose object is to help the needy, minister to the sick and sore distressed, teach the young, and rescue the fallen. ' In regard to the “ rescue of the fallen” I enter protest against the Christless way in Which they do it. for it is the same in this boasted Protestant institution that it is in the Catholic. They erect a home for the friendless to which the sorrowing and repentant magdalens come, aiming prayerfully and hopefully toward a better life. But no matter how deep the repentance. how earnest the effort to live well, how ardent the hope of free pardon, they are magdalens still—can “ never become sisters! ” Is it not a wonder poor outcasts ever have the sublime courage to seek that doubtful shelter, where their sins are written as it were in scarlet letters on their foreheads for all to read who chance in idle curiosity to visit their “ refuge?” Is not the wide, wide world a safer refuge from the sanctimo- nious ﬁnger of scornful pity? Would not heaven itself be a hell of torments to the sinner with the damning conscious- ness that once a magdalen, ‘eternallya magdalen, simply tole- rated in the outer courts of heaven, ticketed “ a fallen angel!" And pray tell me, what are those Protestant sisters, or Catholic either, to assume a greater purity :than their less fortunate sisters, toward whose sin, committed in the dark- ness of a mighty temptation, God may be more lenient in the judgment than toward that unmerciful, unimpressible, self—-rightousness. which shuts the Magdalen into a corner, conﬁned to her class, compelled to bear the burden of her shame after repentance! What constitutes a _Christian? Certainly not the conscious- ! the intrinsic nature of adultery, and of the great wrongs NEW, YORK, FEB. 12,1876. ness that I am better or holier than my neighbor, or that I hold a better right to God’s grace of pardon; but simply the bended will to say and the contrite heart to know, “ I am the chief of sinners! " unworthy of pardon save through inﬁnite grace. - Yet, here is a. band of sisters going" out into the byways and highways of life, taking up those who have stumbled in the pit—falls of sin, and bringing them into a place of refuge. as a magistrate of the ‘law would convey a chain~gang to prison. Preposterous and Christless! C After repentance and steady perseverance in well-doing, the Magdalen has a right to her place in the sisterhood, to her old place in society, to her pristine purity; for sin is but as a garment—as a moral disease—else repentance and forgive- ness were a stupid farce. ' Fancy the thief upon the cross, when Jesus said, “ This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise!” Then fancy him, indeed, with Christ in the heavenly courts, and all the angels crying “ Stop thief! ” I There is yet another most inconsistent feature to this Pro- testant system of “ rescuing the fallen.” Magdalens of a more aristocratic order—clergymen’s daughters, and high and noble dames are permitted a private parlor, as it were, secluded from the common world where more vulgar sinners are penned up, as if there were castes in adultery, considered from the cast iron standpoint of the Mosaic dispensation. .- “Surely this subject needs a sermon. ' The golden calves in the sanctuaries of Mammon, dedicated to Christ, and Him cruciﬁed, need to be knocked on the head. And as I was dis- cussing the question at breakfast, I said, “ the theme needs some one of wide inﬂuence to set it in agitation,” and I re- solved to write to Henry Ward Beecher. I have done so. .Very truly yours, HELEN NASH. Since the above was written, there have been developments in Mr. Beecher’s own case that seem to point to an excellent reason why he did not desire to agitate the question. If he had not been a hypocrite.in his heart, there is no theme he should have held so sacred as the one above mentioned. It is absurd to suppose that Henry Ward Beecher is ignorant of committed by modern society in the name of a. virtue which he must know is but a sham. Overwhelming is "the circum- stantial evidence that he has lived his idea of sexual purity, yet not dared to speak for it in the time of its greatest need. Yet he seems to be ﬂourishing like a green bay tree. H. N. LEADINGS. “Be still, andknow that I am G-od,”was the tranquil utter- ance by which onc of old expressed his realization of the ever potent inﬂuence of the Invisible. , ‘So imbued was David with the consciousness of the actual- ity of this power; so certain was he that the Unseen was the real energy that directs and controls all earthly events; so sensible was he of the supremacy of this Spiritual Force, over royal mandates, over the enginery of war, that he was able to cease, to be still, to behold God swaying the revolu- tions of men as well as the convulsions of nature. Thus must all instruments of the Inﬁnite, ere they receive their mantle of power, comprehend the true source of strength, the invincibility of justice, the absoluteness of ce- lestial -rule; then, step by step, they pass from the faulty con-, ceptions of earth to the faultlessness of "etherial knowledge. Conceived in ignorance, born. in weakness, human beings enter upon an existence with capacities, the limits of which human kin has never yet discerned; with possibilities, which are as impossible of divination, as the bounding of the boundless. ' Yet, the first entrance into earthly existence is met by swaddling-bands, checks to nature’s course, as if the Author of Life had misdirected human energies. As, the unfolding faculties of the new born emerge into action, as the life currents shape themselves according to there natural line of progress, checks and restraints are everywhere encountered, drags on human development, which theology asserts, are neccessary, because every human instinct is born of the devil,——- as if a. devil were the Creator. As adolesence dawns into maturity, as latent capacities ex- pand into creative power, human beings ﬁnd themselves possessed by desires, that cannot be controlled by the will; of inner forces entumesing and seeking their natural expres- PRICE TEN cnnrs; Y1‘ tioned by civil or ecclesiastical power—that is, unlicensed——the act is deemed so vile that society unites with the church, in proscribing by ban and anathema those who obey the law written in their hearts by God, rather than that written on parchment by man, as if nescience, and not wisdom, ha been the originator and director of the power. _ Thus under present conditions the natural action of the law, of sex being next to impossiblmabunormal action, be- comes equally ubiquitous, a deﬁlement which forces myriad hecatombs of the human family into premature graves, vic- tims to consumption or cognate diseases engendered by this ignorant or wilful yielding to man—made law and ignoring that ordained by God. But perishing humanity cries not in vain for life. Already theedict for relief hath gone, forth from the Most High. Already the ﬂame of truth ﬂashes across the darkness of earth, piercing its inmost recesses. Already the bondage of mere tradition is being cast aside by those who aspire to know. Already seekers after truth are inquiring if the inner forces are so evil in their tendences; if creation is such a blunder as theology would makeit out to be. Already ears hearken to the voice within the soul, Al- ready listeners have entered upon the pathway which shall yet bring to light as the heritage of humanity, the life and immortality once revealed in Christ. . CALEB BRINTON. Cnannsroni) PA. “ , ' COMM UN ISM CRITICISED. I should like to say that it surprises me to ﬁnd otherwise sensible people advocating Communism. The ﬁrst followers of Jesus had “ all things in common,” but as they were daily expecting the world to come to an end (on the re- turn of their teacher and friend) their small earnings were as -judiciously disposed of in this as ‘in any other way. Communism is in deadly opposition to individuality, and needs a despot at the helm to-— keep things in order. Unless thislleader be a spiritual despot, and hold his snbj ects at peace through their superstitions, the rank and ﬁle are sure to rise up and dethrone the ruler, as we saw in so many cases a few years ago in this countryand. others. At first sight magnetised under the powerful appeal and silences every other faculty. Then comes experience. and this silences benevolence and calls into activity doubt, distrust and selﬁsh- ness. N o wonder. Here is a man who would gladly work 10 hours a day for a year,dispensing with all other luxuries,so that he could have the means to travel the next year; _but he must ﬁrst ask permission, ask for the money out of thegeneral treasury, and _subject his rights to the vote of a large body of people whose judgment may or may not be just. Or he may be a lazy, logy fellow, dull by nature. What is there to stimulate his faculties when the all-powerful anticipation of recompense and of freedom to use is withdrawn? If he can subsist by slow movements, why wake to greater activity? Depend upon it, both in this world and the. next, we shall wish to own what we create—to give it away, waste, orhold. I say what we create; I do not mean any tithe, or three-ﬁfths ﬁlched from others, as live the rich in our much vaunted, but cruel civilization. C i I We are grateful to Brigham Young, and Noyes of Oneida, for the experiments they have made, and are making; but as both depend on superstition in their followers, we are sure to see both systems become disintegrated when their leaders have departed hence. Polygamy has not proved heaven to the plural wives, and mormon children are prover bially inferior. :So marriage peculiar to the perfectionists, is seen to result in a negative physical condition which is quite noticeable, especially in the women and children. They lack magnetism, and vigorous, and varied individuality. Now no way of living can be the ﬁnal rlghtone, that does not pro- fertile brains, than our present selﬁsh system shows. Co-operation, and no interest on surplus produce-.-(for which we use the sign money), would leave us our independ- ence, and foster individuality 2 Here we -own what. we create If we wish to be benevolent we shall be so at our own expense. If we are epicurian in our tastes, we can gratify them at onr own expense. What- ever idiosyncrasies we have, I if not vices interfering with the welfare of others, may be indulged, and every one tion--but which, if accorded, their natural demands, unsanc have the same right, on the same terms. . communism appears all that is lovely. Benevolence becomes ‘ duce more symmetrical and robust bodies, more healthy and, 2 WOQDHULL & GLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. Feb. 12, 1876. When will our capitalists who hold all the surplus of la- bors earnings take thougnt of the gross injustice of the laws and customs which enable them to obtain possession of the three ﬁfths? When will they hasten to assist labor in organ- izing society anew, on a fraternal basis? G. B. K. [We have a very great respect for the opinions of the ter, but we cannot refrain from saying that, if material wealth were ;the higher aim of life, she would be in the right; but if the love of neghbor as one’s self be ahigher aim than wealth, then, that her arguments are fallacious, for in- stead of getting the largest amount of personal wealth we should strive to produce the greatest amount of general happiness. ....—.._.._.... ABOUT WOODHULL, STANTON, AND OTHER ANGELS. After declaring that Mrs. Woodhull had done for woman what no other one could——broken a path through the thorny hedge of sexual tyranny. at the risk of her life—-Mrs. Stanton says she has dashed into the dismal swamp, and we (the women, I suppose) could not lift her out. Did she dash in, or did the Comstocks in Christian mask, with special act for the purpose, backed by church wealth and prejudice, press her in? And, in spite of cunning, cruelty and craft, has not her own soul-power, with angel aid, “buoyed her through the deadly waters,” gained a new foot-hold and a higher mental leverage? And if her name shall hold the deliverer’s place- if in her character and person there is only reﬁnement-have women, any more than Theodore, gained by turning away when the fog in their vision seemed a dismal swamp? Again, suffrage being but the “ vestibule of emancipa- tion,” and women unable to reach even that, shall not our eﬁort be to learn why we fail to gain the ﬂoor when near enough to parley with the .doorkeeper? He says we have already so many cares that more responsibilities would be disastrous. On his suggestion let us glance over the thinking, working women who are the sinew of principle to be relied on. (Other classes present a dizzy whirl.) Sad- adening, indeed, is the best view we obtain. We see them haggard with exhaustion, and hurried for time to plait, stitch and crumple the load of cloth that cripples their every faculty. As children, too weak to,,hold the cup they crave, they need trusted hands to administer nutrition. They have dissipated vitality by constricting, casing and curtaining the ioody till, Mrs. Stanton declared in public, “ there are no women to—day.” Is not fashion a mocker? Will women aspiring ‘to freedom, longer yield their rich powers to the thwarter of all their hopes and joys? If among the fragile "human ruins enough force and worth, remain to recuperate physically and rectify morally, is not the ﬁrst, best work of women for women, and of men for women, to relieve them of disabling causes, and, in restoring strength, to give also time to achieve pecuniary support, that they may not only be able to scale the steps, but pas the vestibule, corridors and aisles, and pause at leisure in the central court of emancipa- tlon? It may as well be hoped that turtles will ﬂy and ﬁsh Walk upright as that women in present trammels and mental subjection to known evils, can hold, use and honor civil or social liberty. First must be unbound and respected the temple of uses. Expansive comprehension will then take its «own. Victoria and others are nobly preparing minds for true llife, but who will come to the ﬁrst practical point, the aid of bodies, that mind may be improved to will and to do, with an instrument to use? Mrs. Stanton once did good work here, but, dropping the cause to hasten another, swamped both, and thedismal vapors are only now clearing from the poison pools, svitli hopeful signs. MARY E. TILLOTSON. VINELAND, J an., 1876. THE LEAVEN WORKING. OMRO, WIS., Jan. 25, 1876. Editors Weekly—Will you permit us to return thanks, through the columns of your paper, to[ the many kind friends who have written us words of encouragement and cheer upon our taking the position We have ?* Illness and a press of business have prevented our person- ally replying to these very welcome letters, and now still hurried, we are dismayed at the staring pile of unanswered ones lying ‘before us. We would say, may God bless the kind hearts that have so nobly helped us to bear our burden, which at one time threatened to be more than we could carry. It seems signiﬁcant that the majority of those writing are parents and people past the prime of life. It augurs well for the success of the social movement that those who have had the experience of years are the ones most interested. The following is a fair sample of the letters received daily from every part of the country. Again expressing our thanks, we remain, Truly yours, LEO MILLER, MATTIE STRICKLAND. v PAOLA, Kansas, Dec. 12, 1875. Mattie Strickland: Allihail, brave girl! Allow a stranger to congratulate you, and ask the support of Heaven’s angels to strengthen you in the glorious work in which you have taken the initiatory step——tha~t of leading womanhood up to a higher and purer plane of life. I am the father of ﬁve blooming daughters; the eldest two just entering womanhood, and for them I ask no higher boon, nor grander destiny, than that they brave Mother Grundy and declare their independence as you have done. Rest assured, brave heart, that many, very many eyes are upon you, and with tears they ask for you a joyous life, and the grand fulﬁllment of your iliberty-loving heart’s fondest wish. Your dear parents have my sympathy and condolence, and gladly would I share with them their trouble; but, at the same time, I would point them to the “ New Light ” that has «dawned, and that “taketh away the sins of the world” by removing the chief cause of sin and sorrow. Your daughter is not lost to you; “only goneup higher.” She has taken a .71 step you could not and need not now take; and she will bless your grayhairs in the fulﬁllment of a higher, a holier and a better destiny than marriage bonds and personal ownership could possibly bring to her. Do your parents ever pray, “Thy will be done on earth as in Heaven ?” Did Jesus, the Reformer, say: “In Heaven they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels?” Then are Leo Miller and Mattie Strickland as the angels, and are a living reply to the fervent prayers that as- cend daily to Heaven; for thus far is God’s will “done on earth as in Heaven.” I can and do bear faithful testimony to the mockery of the marriage institution of our country; and I know of what I speak, and of much of its dread deformities. Though living under marriage banns, and seeking not separation from my wife, in whom I fully conﬁde, yet I mingle my prayers with the orthodox world for the inauguration of the will of God upon earth as it is (said to be) in Heaven, and that men and women be as the angels. Let these fond and doting parents be not bowed in grief; but rather let them lift their eyes and thoughts and sympa- thies up to the higher plane upon which stands their true and devoted child; and let them feel themselves honored beyond measure that their daughter has honored their name by refus- ing to exchange it for that of another, and that the brave heart that prompted, nor the fair hand that signed, that “Article of Copartnership” caninever bring disgrace to them, and that to their daughter a lover is worth far more than a legal master. To you, Mattie Strickland and Leo Miller, let me extend my hand and heart’s,fondest,Wlsh that you have made no mistake. Remember‘. the eyes of the world’s advanced thinkers are upon you.’~. Stand ﬁrm to your post of duty, and may your lives be pure, and peaceful and crowned with highest earthly" good. Accept this from an earnest, yet humble worker in all needed reforms. Forltruth, J. T. HAUGHEY. ALL THINGS NEW. ° Editor Woodhull and Clajiz'n.’s Weekly: A change is coming. A new rule of action is to take the world by storm; that is to say, the gathering clouds which blind and confuse all the people, will bring destruction to the world as now organized. Men as competitors are to be brought into disrepute. The whole fabric of competition, as a system of action. will be done away. The new rule or sys- tem of co-operation, or concurrent process, for human good, is ingraining in the mind or instinct of to—day, so that a more active conflict is ripening, and the old basis of things begin- ing to rack with the pangs of transformation. There is no mistaking the signs of the times. We are about to “turn our coats.” Let us see: Acording to the es- tablished order or customs, if one is wrong all are so, in practical life. The great principle of rightousness which men have in them and which they hold dear—which they even worship, because they do not act upon it—must soon move to the surface, and change, and brighten the entire being. Being on a wrong system, no matter what we preach, be it ever so good, our practice must be wrong, and all the world is Without moralpower, There is no salvation under the system. ' There cannot be. There is not virtuelenough left to gal- vanize it into newness of life. Not all the powers of the earth can save it. The beginning of the end of this comp- petitive (every fellow for himself, and the devil for us all) system of action has come. Modern democracy, industrial slavery, and sexual debauchery are playing out; they are onlywinked at nowas phases of fraud, and enervating in- dulgence. They have become altogether ﬁlthy. Let the corner stone of co-operation be laid. Let co-oper- tion be the rule of action among men. Let the universal brotherhood be formed as soon as possible. Not one stone on another of the rotten fabric of competition shall remain; all will be thrown down. It is not a question whether we will leave the sinking ship or not, it is a matter of leave or perish. The thing is settled. ‘We are at the inception of a new dispensation. We must help ourselves. God (or good) helps those who help them- selvs. " Competition, thou forlorn hope of all the ages! down! down to hell, and tell the devil the higher intelligences and angels of God sent thee thither! OGDEN WHITLOCK. CHICAGO, Jan. 23. 1875. 17 Honore street. FIRST EVIDENCES OF WHAT IS COMING. Editors Weekly/——I wish you to inform the readers of the WEEKLY that I have had made known tome a series of rob- beries of the public treasury connected with the Government at ‘Washington, extending back through a series of years, and which involves a loss to the nation of thousands of millions of dollars. I have not yet ascertained the total amount, but the facts but ﬁgures are coming to me daily from a source un- known to any one but myself. Nevertheless, they are so clear that they can be easily proved to the satisfaction of any reasonable man and woman. Some of these frauds are known to the chief officers of the nation. Others are being perpetrated by those in Govern-- ment employ; and of most of them the chief officers are totally ignorant. I shall soon have all the facts connected with this matter fully developed, and then _I shall lay them before the public. I am persuaded in my own mind that such an exhibit will result in an entire change of our present form of government. 7 ' 1' will communicate further with you on the matter when my plans are more fully matured. Yours, as a champion of Truth, . E. P. MILLRR. Bath House, 41 West 26th st., N. Y. City, Jan. 14, 1876. IS MRS. WOODHULL THE WOMAN. Mr. Allen Putnam’s mention of a remarkable vision in re- gard to Mrs. Woodhull, recalls aprophecy made many years ago by L. Judd Pardee. In one of his inspirational moods he forecast the coming rebellion; then, as if a new power pos- sessed him, he moved forward, and bending over the foot- lights said: “And another battle is pending! Heaven has already marshalled her forces for a righteous rebe1lion—a re- bellion against old, time-honored abuses. A war is to be waged against the present marriage institution. The whited sepulchre is to be demolished; in its stead a holy temple shall rise. The leader in the coming uprising is awoman. She will be tried as by ﬁre. She will be persecuted; her name cast out as evil; but, encompassed by a pillar of ﬁre, she will lead the way and win the battle. At last this woman will be star-crowned and called VICTORY, the Conqueror.” Since reading Mr. Putnam’s article, I have wondered if the name was not Victoria. At that time Mrs. Woodhull was a I young mother, living in a city basement, brooding over the wrongsof marriage and motherhood. May it not be that some risen spirit, in sympathy with the defrauded wife and child, saw that the furnace ﬂame would destroy the dross and ﬁt a suffering soul to lead the way to. the kingdom of Peace. One thing is sure: Mrs. Woodhull has not been lack- ing in the reviling and persecution spoken of by Mr. Pardee. The hope is that out of the seeming evil great good will be out—wrought, and that the defamed will by-an.d-by wear the crown of victory. H. F. M. BROWN, SELECTIONS. Ah! the bloom has left the peach, And the dew drop ﬂed the rose; The music of his speech . Seems a dreary, dreary prose; Free am I. But I even now regret That my love has perished too, And I ask but to forget How I blindly knelt to you; Sweet, good-bye. ’TWas homage man pays, and but once, to a woman, A love that would forfeit the world for a kiss, Ay, and heaven itself, with its joys superhuman, To catch from her smile but one moment of bliss. Well, ’tis past! that wild waltz of the heart, to whose measure Love’s pulses beat madly, till being became A thing of too exquisite rapture for pleasure, And sharper than hunger, and ﬁercer than ﬂame. And now, like the perfume of roses long faded, That vision of loveliness comes from the past, But the eyes that entreated, the lips that upbraided, No more shall reproach thee-—0h_. broken at last! HARVARD ROOMS. Illa the Editors of ,lVeekly :— . , ., , There is a caricature ;by Cruickshank which represents a young cockney seated in a steamboat cabin with a cigar in his mouth and a tumbler of punch before him, under it is printed: The winds were wild, the waves were dark, Far distant every joy; When forced by fortune to embark, I went a cabin boy- (To Gravesend) a watering place on the Thames, about ten miles from Lon- don. Deduct the punch and the cigar, and your correspon- dent’s Sunday expeditions are similarly unromantic. But though a journey from Long Island City to the Spiritual Con- ference at the Harvard Rooms. presentsfno mundane beau- ties, it may not be without its use as regards spiritual excel- lencies, which are far more interesting and important. Setting aside all other manifestations, science has never solved the question of the intelligent rappings which heralded the advent of modern spiritualism, and probably never will. They are facts which can neither be disputed nor accounted for, which have called for and received the earnest attention of the civilized world. But to me the whole round of Spiritual phenomena which has been lately exhibited inside and out- side of Spiritual circles is merely the bell to call the attention of mankind to a new development of the spiritual idea of our race. Already, rising up in all our principal cities, we see Con- ferences of Spiritualists——religious democracies—are estab- lished. In them the old levitical order of a privileged priest- hood ﬁnds no place. They are a gage of deﬁance thrown by Spiritualism to all the credal religions on the globe. In them, at least, the rights of woman are fully and practically recog- nized. There is probably not one of them in which woman is not given the precedence when she desires to address the audience. In itself this is a grand revolution. In them the full power of the human unit will shortly be felt, and systems based on the sexual tyranny of man must fall before them, be they religious or secular. The Conference is therefore certainly the foremost footprint, of modern Spiritualism. Of course, among Spiritualists, there are to be found pecu- liarly gifted and inspired individuals, female and male, who are qualified to be teachers and exemplars; but our Confer- ences will qualify us to judge of their excellencies, and pre- vent us from ever investing such instructors with peculiar powers or distinguishing them as a separate class among us. With us old systems have passed away, and all has become new. True Spiritualists perceive that credal religions, which were needed in the past to develop and amuse the spiritual infancy of our race, are now not only useless to humanity, but have become positive evils, sowing discord among the various members of the great family of nations, introducing strife, malice, and all uncharitableness. between the mem- bers of which they are composed, and fomenting in very many of them riots, tumults and wars. I The best effects may be expected from our Conferences if the platforms are kept free. We must have no aristocracy in 2 .2’.-/:a‘_.2.-.;:-L "ii .,,A_ W . «war -9.42-5. Q,-‘W = . , _ ‘ v “E Feb. WOODHULL ab CLAFLIN’S WIEEKLYA _ 3 spiritual circles. Our halls must be open to all, and men and women of all creeds welcome in them. There let the philan- thropist air his schemes for the improvement of the con- ditions of mankind; let the scientist expound his theories on the wonders in and around the earth. In them let the Bud- dist, the Mahomedan, and the Christian meet, and comparing notes, ﬁnd out how much of their res- pective creeds have been stolen from each other. But whilst the good, the learned, and the pious, are heard by us, let us not forget the weak, the poor, the neglected and the miserable, who, indeed, have a better right to be heard in our temples than any others; for. as the great Nazarine said: “They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. From the general tone of the speeches at the Harvard Rooms, in the afternoon and evening sessions of the Spiritual Conference there regularly held, I take it that the above are the conclusions they are rapidly coming to. In the after- noon, Madox of Maine, in a very able effort, pleaded the cause of the miserables, declaring that the road to advance- ment was the elevation of the lowly. In the evening, Mr. Fishbough endorsed the idea by saying, that after having earnestly besought the Deity for the assistance of wise and good spirits to" elevate and enlighten him, he was instructed that the lowliest and least developed spirits had the same claim upon his services, that he himself asked at the hands of those in the higher spheres of spiritual existence. Whilst the Conference is thus majestically advancing on the line of its duties, the other Spiritualistic meeting ap- pears to be falling back in the race. Mr. Brisco, one of the officers of the society holding its meetings at Thirty-third street, declared that, of late, the burthen of the expense of carrying on the same had fallen upon the few, and that they were unwilling to bear any longer the great burthen put upon them. That the present trustees had held oﬂice for the three past years, and that for one, he desired to retire. At the same time, he concluded by saying, that if the Spiritualists of New York would build a suitable hall for themselves he would pay one hundreth part of the subscriptions raised for that purpose, whatever they might amount to. If, as stated by Mr. Brisco, the machine has really been run by a clique, Spiritualists will have little reason to mourn its downfall, however excellent, individually, the members comprising that body may be. When Spiritualists are unwilling to pay their fair and equal share toward the fund for sustaining the necessary expenses of their meetings, it is ﬁtting that such milk-and—water Spiritualism should cease to exist, for it must prove neither proﬁtable to themselves nor their fellow-beings. Anyway, no system ought to be tolerated among us that may mitigate against the freedom of the platform and the democ- racy of Spiritualism. R. W. HUME. .__.__._ FOUND AT LAST. Within the kingdom of my soul I bid you enter, love, to-day; Submit my life to your control, ‘And give my heart up to your sway. My past, Whose light and life is ﬂown, Shall live through memory for you still; Take all my present foryour own, And mould my future to your will. One only thought remains apart, And will forever so remain ; There is one chamber in my heart Where even you might knock in vain. A haunted chamber: long ago - I closed it, and I cast the key Where deep and bitter waters ﬂow, Into a vast and silent sea. Dear, it is haunted. All the rest Is yours ; but I have shut that door Forever now. ’Tis even best A That I should enter it no more. No more. It is not well to stay With ghosts ; their very looks would scare Your joyous, loving smile away ; So never try to enter there. Check, if you love me, all regret That this one thought remains apart ; Now let us smile, dear, and forget The haunted chamber in my heart. A. P. A MOTHER INDEED. SPRINGFIELD, 0., Jan. 25, 1876. Be sure to send me the WEEKLY right along; I cannot, nor will not do without it. Indeed I cannot afford to do without it. For the beneﬁt of my children I must have it. I have ﬁve girls, the eldest 18 years and the youngest 10 years. My duty to them will not permit me to do without it. They all read it, and whoever can get it to read ﬁrst, feels very proud. They were so sorry that Mrs. Woodhull did not lecture a whole week in this place. We all hope to see her again, and that her spirit friends will continue to assist her” in all of her undertakings, and give her strength and courage to bear all her burdens. May the WEEKLY, and all connected with it, ever be true to the right. MARY A. HENRY. [It is safe to say that none of these daughters will ever ‘become the slave of any man, nor the mother of undesired children, and consequentl ycontributors to the sum of misery, ’ vice and crime, but that they will ever reverence and respect the God-ordained functions with which they are endowed, and preserve them pure and holy. Suppose that every daughter of the country had such a mother? What would become of the social evil? It would die anatural death along with its twin-sister———legalized prostitution. CLAIRVOYANCE.--Mrs. Rebecea Messenger diagnosing dis- ease, or reading destiny, if present, $1 00; by letter, $2 09.‘ Send age and sex. Address her, Aurora, Kane 00., Ill. From the Springﬁeld Republican.) WALT WHITMAN. There is a good deal of loose talk, from Joaquin Miller and ‘others, about Mr. Whitman’s circumstances, It is hardly de- cent to discribe him as a neglected martyr. The simple facts are pathetic enough. His bodily health, broken by his years of work in the hospitals during the war, is probably gone beyond redemption; {troubled with paralysis and a 1‘-’,'I‘3V9 stomachic affection, he has the use of about one third of his time; the rest is divided between positive suffering and pas- sive disability. Yet the poet is true to his creed of joy, keeps up good spirits, gets out-of-doors every fair daY. W011 visits other places, as lately Baltimore (where he was the only poet at the Poe monument dedication), and Washington- He is a noticable man anywhere, with his magniﬁcent pail‘!-. archal head and beard. He lives in Camden, N. J., with a brother, not yet in want, though three years of illness and enforced idlenessfhave used up his savings. He desires and" hopes to subsist, his remaining years, on some moderate jin- come from his books, and we believe that his countrymen will see that his moderate ambition is gratiﬁed. Pretty well along for the Republican to thus treat the au- thor of “Blades 0’ Grass” P 4.; WW NEW BOOKS. We make the following extract from C. Sotheran’s bio- graphy of Percy Bysche Shel1ey——a new and valuable addi- tien to the biographical literature of the day, just from the press of C. Somerby. Aside from the interest that attaches to the memory of the great poet and profound thinker, the work has a literary merit which adds both grace and beauty to the subject matter of the book. It is beauﬁfnlly got up in paper for $1.00; in muslin $1.50. Orders may be sent to Woodhull & Olaﬂin, P. O. Box 3,791. “Of such was Shel1ey’s philosophy of love, and I would ask if it be conceivable that the abominable calumny prompted by theological virus, that he kept a seraglio, as his friend Leigh Hunt informs us was reported, had any real existence. Shel- ley was too pure for any such idea as that of promiscuous intercourse to be acted on by himself; his life, which lies open before us, refutes the diabolical invention. The fact was, that at the early age of nineteen he married Harriet Westbrook, the daughter of a retired tavern keeper. a Woman without soul and that congeniality of disposition which a man After a wretched existence without intellectual sympathy, and on the advice of her father, who did not agree with his ideas on religion, they parted by mutual consent, never to meet again. Shelley about this period met his second wife, a woman of the highest powers of mind and charm of body, Mary Wolstonecraft Godwin,the authoress of “Frankenstein” and other works. daughter of. William Godwin, the novelist, and author of “Political Justice,” and Mary Wolstonecraft the gifted writer of the “Rights of Women.” We are told by Lady Shelley that, ‘To her. as they met one eventful day in St. Pancras churchyard, by her mother’s grave, Bysche, in burning words, poured forth the tale of his wild past, how he had suffered, how he had been misled, and how, if supported by her love, he hoped, in future years, to enroll his name with the wise and good who had done battle for their fellow- menand been true through all adverse storms to the cause of humanity. Unhesitatingly she placed her hand in his, and linked her fortune with his own.’ ” Vital force; how wasted and how preserved. By E. P. Miller. Price : Muslin $1; Paper 50 cts. This is a book that ought to be in every family; to be read by every member old and young. To show the character of the book we make the following quotations: whose whole being revolts at the use to which they are put! Yet their ideas of domestic peace are so exalted that, loyal andtrue, they submit themselves a constant sacriﬁce and by the more force of will keep alive the ﬁre of love within their tortured souls: iiving martyrs are they, daily enduring a ﬁercer ordeal than any to which the Christian martyrs were subjected. Many of these husbands are all the wife could ask, except in this one thing, and never dream that they do not love those whom they have promised to “hon- or and cherish;” but it is a love so full of selﬁshness that it ceases to be true.” _ “ Many a man and woman would shun the society of a proﬁ- gate, and shrink from one who would sell her virtue for gain as from a viper or a scorpion; yet they themselves, under cover of the marriage rite, are just as guilty in the sight of God with regard to the sacred laws of their own body as those whom they condemn.” . “ The great Redeemer of the world has said: “Ye haveﬁheard that it hath been said by them in old time, thou shalt not commit adultery; but I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a Woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” And this saying reaches forth into married as well as single life, for Christ makes no refer- ence to wedlock as being an exception when he speaks thus.” “ Another mother, who had taught her littleédaughterito know good from evil with regard to sexual things, says: “My little girl said to me: ‘ O mammal won’t you tell Mattie —— what you told me? for she does that naughty thing you told me about, and she told me to do it; but I know she wouldn’t do it if she only knew.’ ” And this little girl has been the means of saving many others from this evil habit by bring- ing them to her mother to be taught the results of it, and thus they have become pure and virtuous children.” Orders for this book may be sent to Woodhull & Clallin, P. O. Box 3791. ' t ’ MRS. VVOODHULL IN THE FIELD. COMMENTS on THE PRESS. (From the Ashtdbulri, Ohio, News. Wednesday, J an, 26, 1876.) MRS . WOODHULL’S LECTURE, At Smith’s Opera House; last Mondayieveniug, was in many respects a remarkable one. The hall was well ﬁlled, with a good representation of the best classes of citizens. Perhaps one—half of those present were ladies. Mrs. Wood- hull came before the audience, very plainly dressed, ad- vanced to the center of the stage, and there stood, with nei- ther desk nor manuscript before her, holding in her hand only a pocket Bible, from which she read several texts. The entire audience listened throughout with the most perfect attention, interrupted only by applause at the sharp hits or telling passages of the address. Mrs. Woodhull is unques- tionably a woman of genius, a ﬁne and very impressive speaker, and apparently talks from a full heart, without hes-, itation, because ;she has something to say and is vitally in earnest-=at times i;novi.ng;some at least of her hearers, overﬂowing with the impulses of genius, should have chosen.- “I know the heart-history of many noble, high-toned women" I whom we knowof, even to tears. The Lecture was indeed a remarkably one, much of it vastly true, and equally im- , portant, in substance apparently very different from what the audience must have expected. It was an earnest plea for thepurity of the body. Its feffect as a whole must have been good rather than evil; and we feel sure that if she had been announced to lecture again the next evening, the hall would have been ﬁlled to its utmost capacity. (From the Kolcomo, Ind., Tribune, J an. 29, 1876.) 1 Several days ago all the seats in the Opera House were en»- gaged to hear Mrs. Victoria Woodhull, who lectured last- night on “ The True and the False, Socially.” The audience- was composed of our most lntelligent, reﬁned people. Every- where Mrs. Woodhull is greeted with the same audiences of respectable, honest-thinking people. It may be idle curi- osity that brings them out to listen to her; but no matter what the attraction is, they go to hear the only woman in America who dares to attack the social evil sin in the plain wa_;'.tha‘t she does. Mrs. Woodhull may justly be proud of her Koizomo audience, for it was such an one as rarely con- gregateg toﬁheair a lecture. There were a large number of most respectable 1a,&1e~.s, old and young. She spoke about an hour and a half, and oiossd Wltn an earnest appeal to the people of Kokomo to give K‘-61' their sympathy and m0_I‘3-ii support in the crusade which she l§_.W3«g1Ilg 1501‘ 13116 916Vat10D- of the race and of her sex. The lect‘t1re‘Was frequently inter- rupted by applause, which was spee.ia1.1Y11°a1‘i7LY 315 the 01039, and all seemed to be quite Well pleased. _._iAi 4 r~wgr —w BUSINESS EDITORIALS.‘ DR. R. P. FELLOWS, the independent an.d progressive physician, is successfully treating nervous and chronic dis- eases all over the country by letter, as well as at his oﬂice at home, by his original system of practice, which omits all drugs and mineral medicines of both old and new schools. Dr. Fellows has been steadily gaining upon the conﬁdence of the public for the past eight years, during which time he has treated thousands of cases, eighty out of every hundred of which he has radically cured, while every case has been bene- ﬁtted, And at this moment he has patients in every State in the Union. Every reader of this whoihas any affection of the head, throat, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, kidneys, blad- der, bowels, wommugenital organs, or rheumatic or neuralgic diiﬁculties, or eruptions of the skin, blood impurities, tumors, cancers, or any nervous affections or diseases of the eye or ear are, invited to write to Dr. Fellows. A thorough treatment of the above-named diseases will not cost you more than from $5 to $10; perhaps not that. Give full de- scription of your disease. Address Vineland, N. J. Co-OPERATIVE HOMES IN THE CITY.--All persons inter- ested in practical reform are invited to send their names and addresses to G. W. Madox, 29 Broadway, New York city, for the purpose of securing sufficient number of responsible persons who will unite together to rent a suitable house or hotel upon a co—operative plan, and thus lessen the expense of living. If an answer is required, please enclose postage stamps. Editors Weekly»-Please announce that I will send copies of the report of the mass meeting at Cooper Institute, contain- ing the addresses, resolutions, etc., in full to any friends in ' any part of the country who desire to learn our views on labor and ﬁnance, and who will send for them to W. A. A. Carsey, 402 West Fifty-ﬁrst street, New York City. SPIRITUAL CHURCH OF THE Goon SAMARITANS, recogniz- ing the Jesus Christ principles as their foundation, will meet at the hall in the rear of Charter Oak Hall, San Francisco, Cal., Sundays at 11, 2:30, 7 P. M. Services by Rev. Dr. Chaun- cey Barnes and others. __.._....__... THE Seventh Annual Convention of the N. E. Labor Re- form League will be held in Codman Hall, 176 Tremont st., Boston, Sunday and Monday, February 6 and 7, three sessions each day. Colonel William B. Greene will preside, Charles McLean, E. H. Heywood, Solon Chase, of Maine, Mrs. M. S. Townsend, Moses Hull, A. Higgins, ’Mattie Sawyer, L. K. J oslin, B. Skinner, D. W. Hull and other speakers are expected. The. recent examples of business “integrity” in the forgeries of the Hon. E. D. Vi’inslow and the Hon. L, W, Pond, both ex-members of the Massachusetts Senate, shining lights of the Methodist Church, and prominent exponents of Prohibitory-Republican politics, ﬁtly illustrate the religio- commercial and political “wisdom” which now rules and plunders labor in New England. WE still mail our book, phamphlets and tracts-“Free Love,” “Mrs. Woodhull and ner Social Freedom,” “True and False Love,” “Open Letter to A. J. Davis,” “Let-,1;er to a Magdalen,” “God or no God,” “To My Atheistical Brothers,” including my Photo, for One Dollar. Can you favor me? Address Austin Kent, Stockholm St., Lawrence Co., New York. Box 44. PO_S’.I.‘CRIPT To A PRIVATE LETTER FROM AUSTIN KENT. “ It now looks as though I could never write more for the press. g I am extremely feeble. I deeply rejoice in‘ Mrs. Woodhull’s success, and no one but P. Pillsbury has a better right to rejoice, and in some respects, even he has not as‘ good.” In love, ‘ A, KENT, SEANCES will be given at the Co-operative Home, 308 Third avenue, as follows. until further notice: A Public Circles on Monday and Thursday evenings at-, 8 o’clock precisely. Admission 25 cents. Developing Circles for those having mediumistic powers, will be given on Saturday evenings at 8 o’clock. Admission 50 cents . Developing Circles for ladies exclusively will be given on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Admission 25 cents. WARREN CHASE, having given up his trip to Califoy-nia Iowa. 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The wisdom that is from above is ﬁrst pure, then goeaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hy- poc.rasy.——-James, iii., 17. And these signs shall follow them: In my name .shai’l_they cast out devils; they shall take up serpents ; «and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the sick "and they shall recover.--Jesus. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEB. 12, 1876.- WE are prepared to furnish a few hundred complete sets of the ﬁrst series of Bible Articles consisting of ﬁfteen num- bers of the WEEKLY, for one dollar, postage paid. Our friends should lose no opportunity to bring these articles to the attention of those whom they can interest. A careful study of all of them is necessary to a complete understand- ing of the great and’ all-important truth that is yet to be re- vealed; which must be carefully and judiciously brought be- fore -the world, as the sun comes upon it, bringing ﬁrst the break-of-day, next its dawn, and afterward its full meridian . splendor. __4Q. .4 * wr THE DOUBLE TRIANGLE ; OR, THE SIX-POINTED STAR IN THE EAST. For we have seen his star in the East, and we are come to worship him.——Sr.- MATTHEW, ii., 2. / This ﬁgure is allegorical of the truth, to the exposition of which the WEEKLY is now devoted. ‘It has been clearly shown in our present series of leading articles that it repre- sents the coming blending together of the inhabitants of the earth and spirit spheres in a common brotherhood, and the establishment thereby of the universal human family. It also represents still another and moreimportant truth which has not yet been introduced, but which, deﬁned in a few words, is, God in man reconciling the world unto Himself. We adopt this diagram as emblematic of our future work I “ THE NEW DEPARTURE.” It is now nine months since we announced that we were to enter upon what has generally received the designation of. “ the new departure,” but it is scarcely six months since that departure was at ,,a stage of development in which it began to be evident to many of our readers of what it really consisted. Even at this time a few only have seized upon the meaning of the ﬁnal truth involved; but a very great many haV9 11I1de1‘st0‘0d and} appropriated and endeavored 33° _°°nf°m1 th9i"1iVeS 30 the first principles, which course, It be adhﬂed. 139 strictly, will ultimate in bringing ltd devoteeh to the ﬁnal development. We have always en- deaﬁiored to impress it upon our readers that this develop- ’ ment is something that cannot be bought, cannot be bar- gained for, cannot be obtained by any compromise; but that it has got to be sought through a stern devotion to the truth for the sake of the truth itself; and that the very ﬁrst step of real progress that can be made toward it is the step which people take when they pass from a desire for the truth for a selﬁsh purpose, into a desire for it for its own sake, irrespective of the results that may follow its adoption into practical life. It is utterly impossiblefor a large part of the race, at the present time, to desire the truth in this way. It is too strongly steeped in the dregs of self-interest; and there is too little love of the neighbonas of self to make it possible save through a long process of development. But there is a very considerable minority of the people who are really for the truth, and who endeavor to live it as fast as they know what it is. ‘ We have been censured not a little because we have not, before this, made a clear? and decisive statement of what the ﬁnal truthabout the new departure consists. Our an- swer to these ccnsures has been that it would do no good. for us to make a statement of this truth to any who could not obtain at least a faint idea of what it is from the alle- gorical statements of it which we have quoted from the bible, with such additional explanations in the same way that suggested thsmselves to our minds, and such light as we have been able to cast upon them. It is a fact, although not generally understood or recognized that, when a person arrives at a given stage of development, the truth which belongs to that stage, will flow into his or her mind and become a part of the individual; and especially is this true, when this truth is presented, even in a ﬁgurative way, to such developed persons. To have presented the truth in question to those who are not yet developed to the plane where it is naturally com- prehended would havc been to them like presenting the rule of square or cubic-root to an individual who had ar- rived at simple multiplication or division only, with which to solve his usual, every day routine of business. In this case, the individual thinking—having some faith-that the new method would be attended with the results stated as belong- ing to it, would attempt to reduce it to practice, and would, of course, fail, and having failed, would apostatize to the good that really belongs to the advanced methods, and be thereby placed in a relatively worse position to any future adoption of the method than he would have occu- pied had he been left alone. The same results would have followed the new departure if we had stated the law more plainly than we have. Had we stated it in plain terms, which all could understand, many would have at- tempted to reduce the statement to practice, and would have failed because their plane of _ development spiritually was not such as to make a realization of the new truth pos- sible. It is a singular fact, yetjnone the less true because singu- lar, that the developmentjof the individual as an; individual and as a member of the community, keep pace together, and as a consequence of this that the modiﬁcations which occur in organic social, and all other systems, depend upon the growth of the individuals of whom the society is composed. That is to say, it would be impossible to form a co-operative society of individuals who were ﬁt subjects of an absolute monarchy; or a commu- nity of those who are only politically devel- oped into republicanism. So in this new truth it would be impossible for those who are not developed nearly to the plan upon which it naturally belongs, to re- duce itto a practical life This is a -thing to be arrived at by social development. Social things are governed as abso- lutely by the law of evolution as are material things, and the fruit of a high order of social growth cannot be appro- priated by those who represent only a low order of the same growth. In applying this statement,. it must be remembered thatwhethcr one represent a high or a low order, it is not a matter of personal merit or demerit, but a result of causes over which the subject often has no control. Then, when we say that some classes are not grown into the possibility of receiving the new truths as a guide of life, we mean no personal reflection any more than it would be a reflection upon; the jimson to compare it with the rose. In no case, however, have we refused to make a clear, colloquial exposition of the new truths to such as have re- quested it, having ﬁrst been assured that they had some glimpses of what it is. But, besides these cases, we are in receipt, almost daily and the number is rapidly increasing, of letters from all parts of the country, which clearly in- dicate that the seed which we have sown has already taken root in many places. Many who have not yet conceived the ultimate fact, have taken earnestly hold of what We . have said must precede its reali.zation,{such as proper modes of life—including' personal cleanliness (which is next to god- llness,) diet, and especially the relations of the sexes. It is utterly futile for one to wish to have the full truth when he is not suﬂiciently in earnest’ to adopt these reforms as preliminary and preparatory steps. No person who is habit- ually a stranger to bathing the whole person; who lives on swine’s ﬂesh, or upon anything into which it enters as a component part; who drinks any stimulating drinks’, alco- holic or otherwise; who chews or smokes tobacco; who prostitutes the body either by unwilling commerce to satisfy the demands of selﬁsh lust, or who is habitually deceitful, and who “loveth and malécth a lie," need attempt to live the new truth or to attain to a higher life, until the practice is abandoned. Four out of every ﬁve persons who are accustomed to some one or all of these habits, espec- ially married people accustomed to the next to the last, will say it is impossible for them to abandon them. Well, then, we must say that it will be impossible for them to attain to immortality in the ﬂesh, or to become the means of resurrection to their friends from the dead. But we aﬁirm that it is not only possible for anybody of firm purpose to abandon all these death-dealing habits, these contracts with the devil, but that they will be no sooner abandoned, {and natural, life-giving habits adopted in their place, than blessings will begin to be realized, which will make arelapse to the former impossible. If we could pre- sent tbc substances even of letters which we are receiving, our readers would be astonished at the results that have already been attained by earnest efforts to live for the better -life. The general tenor of them all is, however, this: That since we have endeavored to overcome mere lustful and animal gratiﬁcation, and have sought after that spiritual exaltation which seems naturally to follow an abandonment of the former, we have experienced almost marvellous changes; and what before was §prostrating, weakening, and which had a tendency to nervous irritability, has turned into a singularly beautiful consecration. A husband writes: “ I had been theoretically a free lover many months. but yeti had held my companion in bonds of which I am now thouroughly ashamed. I suffered intensely before I could break these bonds and let her go free, but thanks be to God and your presentation of the truth, I have broken them, and as a result. the love that existed between us is made all the stronger and purer, and we experience what Theodore Par- ker said true marriage should be—a constant falling in love. Still we feel that progress must be slow, principally on ac- count of the wrong conditions in which I grew to manhood, the effects of which have never been fully outgrown.” A wife writes: “As we think and talk of you, and the truths you are try- ing to teach the world, a feeling of reverence steals over us, something sucl: as I suppose the disciples must have felt for J esus; for we feel that through you we have had glimpses of the higher life. For several months I have had what I came to call my happy days. At ﬁrst I did not recognize the cause of them, but when my sister spoke to me of herself, we dis- covered that they followed our attempts to abandon old methods and to live the higher life of the sexes that you teach. Upon these days I feel lifted above trials and cares, and live almost into the spirit. My husband did not at ﬂrst feel willing to sacriﬁce the bonds in which he had held me, but from which I was determined to be free; but when he heard of the experience of my sister a. desire for the truth began to enter his soul. Oh, how pure and holy are the relations of the sexes when raised from the plane of mere animal gratiﬁ- cation. There appears to come a. voluntary blending of the spiritual natures, of such beauty and glory, that it seems too sacred to even mention. I had never before realized what Paul meant when he said he knew‘a. man caught up into Paradise, and heard words which it is unlawful to mention.’ ” Another writes : “I had read everything that you had written about the Bible mystery, but could not catch a glimpse of what yog meant, and when you said that you could not tell it to anyone, but when any were prepared to receive it that it would come to them, I was almost despairing. I felt thus for along time, without a ray of light; but on Christmas evening, after read- ing ‘The Garden of Eden,’ and while talking with myhus- band about it, a light suddenly dawned upon my mind, and I seemed to know in an instant what this mystery is, and to realize that the higher life is the blending of our spiritual natures, upon a plane away above the thought even of physi- cal gratiﬁcation, and that when this condition is attained there will be no desire to ‘commit sin,’ as denominated by John, because there will come a glory that will completely overshadow the transient happiness of the carnal plane which too often is followed by fearful penalties, paid in suﬁering and misery-. ” We might multiply similar quotations almost without limit, but we must desist. We have not felt recently as if we ought to present inducements to entice any into attempt- ing to live the higher life advocated by the Apostles, but have left the subject to be conned and thought over by those whom we had interested ; and we do not now do so so for the purpose of enticement, but rather to show that V the good seed which has been sown has taken root in many a thankful heart. One thing, however, we may say, and that is this, that, when this subject shall come to be one of perfect familiarity and conﬁdence between the parties to it, they are on the direct road to the higher life, Probably at no period of the world’s history has there been a time when there was not living some one or more who had had the ex- perience of the hidden mystery of the Bible ; but as they did not know what it really was, nor what it meant, or that it was the ' hidden mystery, it did not remain with them. “And there are not less than a dozen known to us now who have had the same experience; but as they did not know what it was or what it meant, they fell away from it, and since learning what the mysterious experience was, have not beenlable to renew it. A (See Hebrews vi, 4, 5 and 6.) . Again we repeat that there is a great truth about to be born into the World which is of more vital importance to I I ,.---_M_:_.t _ , ., __ ‘k l Kl Feb. 12, 1876. WOODHULL & cI.ArLIn*s WEEKLY. . . 5 the race than anything that is now generally known. It is a truth that is destined to kill the beastly lust that runs up and down the earth like a roaring lion, seeking whom it may devour ; indeed this lust is this roaring lion, and it is devouring the world and rapidly reducing it to be a ﬁt sub- ject for a general pestilence. Things cannot go on long as they are going, All the evidences point to a general culmi- nation of events. All departments of society-—the industrial, - the political, the religious, and the social, are alike in fer- ment, ready at the least occasion to pass into revolution. Disintegration, decay, corruption, and rottenness meet us at every point. It is useless to cry “ peace, peace, when there is no peace,” and when “ the war has actually begun.” We hear its mutterings in every breeze that blows from any quarter. The Credit Mobiliers and Whiskey Rings in poli- ties are going down and will carry the system of which they are the legitimateresult along with them; the dissatisfac- tion among the laborers, especially in the coal mines of Pennsylvania and the cotton mills of Massachusetts, speak in equally potent terms of the doom that awaits the despot- ism of capital. The prophecies of Malachi are at the cul- minating point. He said (Malachi iii, 5,): “And I will come near to you in judgement; and I will be a swift witness against those who oppress the hireling in his hire.”, James, “the servant of God” also said: “Go to now ye rich men, weep and howl for the miseries that shall come upon you. Behold the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your ﬁelds, which is. of you kept back by fraud, crieth;” the rottenness and supineness of the Church—- the Brooklyn business; the Bible in the Schools question; the movement against the exemption of church property from taxation, testify of the downfall of modern Christianity; while behind them all, and fnore potent than them all, is the universal dissatisfaction, in many places, and more and more frequently breaking out into open rebellion (side Brydges— McKenzie case of recent date), existing in our social rela- tions. Never before in the world’s history were all these departments of society in ferment at one and the same time. And that they are now so, indicates that some general revo- lution is at hand in which the old shall go down, and that a new order into which everything will be consolidated, shall rise. It has been suggested, and it is unquestionably a de- batable subject, whether the masses of the people can endure the changes that must come through a general revo- lution ; whether there is virtue, health and strength enough to carry them successfully over the chasm. We do not hesitate to -say, that the ability to go safely over will de- pend upon a given standard of moral virtue and physical hea1th——not, perhaps, the virtue that passes under that name to-day, but,_at all events. that virtue which is of the heart with Which} neither law nor custom, nor any other creature, can interfere to deﬁle it ; nor perhaps the health that passes current generally to-day; but, ;in any event, that health which comes by reason of the body having yielded up the supremacy to the resident spirit, and become its servant in place of its master. Those who have any belief whatever that there are to be great changes, should, by every possible means, prepare to nieetlthem; to set his house—his body—in order. In the ﬁrst place, they should eat nothing but living food ; should cease loading their systems down with (no matter how fresh it may appear), already dying ﬂesh from which the life principle has escaped (butchers get the best of what they kill, and they are always fat); they should drink such ﬂuid as is required to maintain the necessary ﬂuidity of the system. The liquid part of the body is not tea or coffee, nor is it whiskey, beer, or wine; ;_it is water. Neither does a healthy system demand stimulation or narcotization ; it demands nourishment only. Stimulants or narcotics in the form of any of the“ mixed drinks ” or in that of sauces (Wor- cestershire and the like) pepper, spices,etc., serve to tickle the palate, and abnormally affect the body, and always tend to sever the intimate relations which ought to exist between the spirit and its external abode, while the __aim of life should be to promote these relations, and, as we have said, ﬁnally to bring the body into perfect subjection to the spirit, and thus make it superior to all external inﬂuences. But more than all things else, should all unnatural com- merce cease, and this comes home to our married friends! Let every man who reads this article, who has a wife whom he imagines that he owns in any sense, at once set her free and never debase his manhood or degrade her womanhood by demanding or even insisting upon relations to which she does not give a free assent. Though this may be a hard thing ;to do, remember the testimony of the letters which we have quoted, and know that it is the direct road to greater happiness than is possible while you hold a slave; and to every woman who is enslaved, we say, Assert and maintain your freedom, at any risk or cost, and never permit your God-ordained functions to be prostituted by unholy touch. And to both, that no menzbers of your bodies were given for the mere purpose of the happiness or the pleasure that their exercise may bring ; but that each one is a medium for some great and necessary purpose in the divine economy, beyond the local functional action, through _ which it must be secured. Any functional use that any organ of thebody may perform, which has no purpose beyond the mere fact of the enjoyment that attaches to the act, is a: lustful use, and this belongs to no speciﬁc organs, but applies alike to all. He who would, place his life upon a secure footing, and he who would “ never taste of death,” must at once and forever abandon all mere selﬁsh things, and rise into the superior condition of harmony with all things. In other words, he must keep the law laid down by Jesus to the lawyer, to “‘ love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbor as thyself. “Do this and thou shalt live ” but not without. , Hence it will be seenithat the things to which we hold, are not of an empyrical character; but that they must be at- tained to, if attained at all, by the strictest adherence to the laws of ‘God, as exempliﬁed in nature and symbolized in the doctrines and precepts of Jesus. But with this always kept in view: That physical creation is the effort of God to reduce matter into subjection to Him; to mould it into such perfection that it shall become a perfect external manifestation of Himself, and that this -perfect manifesta- tion can never come save through the perfect unity~—the perfect blending ——fof the sexes, because in this perfect blending will occur the ﬁrst complete reconciliation of spirit and matter——man standing representative of God, and woman of nature, in the blending. Jesus was the Son of God, because in his person all the attributes of God were actualized. It remains yet for the Daughter of God to be made manifest before the new dispensation can be ushered in; bnt when she shall be manifested, and the dispensation ushered in- then will come the marriage of the. Bride and the Lamb, and the “Mystery of God ” shall be ﬁnished. This is that up to which the new departure leads. IS IT BACKWARD OR FORWARD? “ Freeloveism had no advocacy in Mrs. Woodhull’s Salem Speech.” _You will smile when I tell you that thus saith the Salem Republican, one of the local papers here. Victoria 0. Woodhull repudiating Free Love! 1 deem this a wholesale libel upon her.- As I am accustomed to defend- ing her and her principles, I felt it a duty to correct the mistake; therefore, under the head of “ Errata,” I addressed a few lines to that paper declaring that Mrs. W’s Salem Speech was one perfect stream of free love from beginning to ending; that the editors aforesaid did not know what free love was, although she plainly told them that “ mutual love and desire should regulate conjugal unions; that woman should control her own person; that only welcome children should be begotten and born.” Some of her hearers think she has changed her opinions in regard to some of the most radical utterances. I reply that Victoria will not refute any declaration she ever made upon “ Free Love.” But why have they concluded that she repudiates that which to them is unpalatable truth? I reply: Victoria has been condemned so severely for de- claring unwelcome truths. that her yearning heart would burst ere long did she not soften some of her expressions to which she has resorted to command the public attention, and plead for the love of the people; and I rejoice with my Whole soul that she is receiving it, for she deserves it from every- body. ' And thank heaven, a few of us are ready to come to her aid, and do some of the hard work and say some of the hard but true things that she has so long said alone. I know there are unpalatable truths which must be repeated, and for one I will volunteer in the unpleasant but dutiful task. It is time, 0 truth! that thou wer’t loved, for thine own sake; but I am willing to be hated for thy sakeyet a little longer. Then, dear WEEKLY, when you hear from me again, you may look for something that will arouse the disgust of the “respectables.’ There is work enough yet for a class of inconoclastic reformers who can no more afford to deal in that commodity called respectability than could Christ and his disciples. Yours for the purity of truth, SALEM Ohio, J an. 12th, 1876. ’ REMARKS. , We fear that a great many even of our long-time readers do not fully appreciate the various steps which reform should take. That this is true is evident from the above letter from our esteemed friend. not appreciate them, but that she sees that others do not, and has only half stated the case. We are aware that many who are not familiar with the real doctrines of freedom, but have gathered what they think they know about them from their misrepresentations inthe public press, upon hearing them SADA BAILEY. presented as they are now being presented on the rostrum, ‘ think that we have changed our convictions about free love. They can conceive of free love only in the sense of lust, and when they hear it offered as an inducement to, and an illustra- tion of, purity and morality, they do not call it free love at all, while, really, it is the only free love there is. It is true that we do not advocate, and that we never have advocated, what the editor referred to, thought we had, and as what he thought we advocated was his idea of free love, when he found that his idea of it was not ours, he, of course, felt as- sured that we do not advocate free love. But once for all, and all for once, we never have advocated and never shall advocate anything but free love ; no word of ours shall ever be said to have added to the disgrace of enforced love——lust ——-which is degenerating the race. As we have often said : These are the two al'ternatives——free love or enforced lust,—’ and all must range themselves ” under the banner of one or the other. But now more specially to our friends who have thought that they fully understood us and our views of free love. When we entered upon the war which we still wage against legal marriage, it was, as it were, a new rebellion. ’Tis true that others before us had presented the principles of freedom for the afIections,’and that they had been called free-lovers; Not that she does. but it is not true that any had entered into their advocacy with their whole strength and means organized to do battle against the existing social slavery. This we did, and since we did it our life has been devoted to the cause. Wherever it has been possible by tongue or pen we have waged the warfare with all our might, and spent all other time in de vising means to strike the next and harder blow against the institution for legalizing lust. So persistently have we waged this warfare-that some have said that we were insane upon the subject. If they have mistaken earnestness for insanity it has been because they had never seen any one thoroughly in earnest upon this subject. Who else has done as we have done ? Who has given up all other things in the world and followed this the last born truth ? Let those who have , cast the stone at us for what they may conceive to be our , lacking. But have we lacked ? Have we not rather pursued the better,ithe natural course. This contest has been similar to, and may be well illustrated by, that which the backwoods- man wages with the wildness of the forest into which he goes, to reduce it to utility and to make his home. His ﬁrst efforts are entirely destructive. He attacks the huge trees, cuts, them down and burns them up. He next makes war upon the remaining stumps and roots. These he contends against until they yield. Next he puts in his plow and tears up the whole surface of the earth which he intends to re- claim. Having done all this he resorts to milder means. Upon the coarse sod he places the ﬁne-tootlied harrow and levels the surface and reduces it to dust. Not until he has done all this does he reverse the process——does he change from destruction to construction. But now he sows the seed and covers it and leaves it to fructify and grow. So have we done. We went into the backwoods of social‘ wrong and degradation. True, others had been there and discovered the way, but we went there to battle. We went there to stay; to live until it should be reclaimed, and made a place in which humanity might properly be begotten. We went with the battle—axe; with the ﬁre-brand; with blasting ' powder,with dynamite even,to blow the whole thing to pieces. With all of these we made attacks here and therewheretheir services were required, and as long as they were required. Having broken down the most prominent obstructions to our purposes, we then put in the milder means; put in the V plow and turned up the whole surface of the ﬁeld in which We were engaged. We run this plow from Maine to Cali- fornia, and followed it again with ﬁner tools to prepare the soil to receive the seed, and now having opened the way into the ground where‘ the seed is to ﬂourish; having opened the hearts of the people, the time has come to sowthe seed and to carefully cover it where it shall germinate and grow, and ﬁnally yield itsfruit. And this we are doing now. The harsh means to which we were compelled to resort to obtain a foothold, are no longer required; and if they were used they would destroy the tender blades of freedom that begin to shoot above the crusts of law and custom. Had we used the milder means at ﬁrst, we should have met with the same result that the back- Woodsman would meet if he should attempt to sow his seed in the unprepared forest; we should have spent our time and substance without results. , To still further apply the simile, it may be said, in con- ﬁrmation of our friend’s views that, in this large ﬁeld there are still “a thousand places” scattered up and down the country where the same process, upon a smaller scale, will have to be pursued that has been applied in the general sense. At these places the destructive methods will have to be pursued, until “the ground is ﬁtted to receive the seed.” And with her we say, “thank heaven there are a_ few of us ready.” But whether they be few or many now, the time will come when there will be enough to do the work re- quired, after which there will be no need for “iconoclastic reformers”_ in this ﬁeld, and as all will come in time to think alike about it, then all will be held to be respectable who deal in social things. , But we must object to the interpretation ‘to which our friend has left her article open. If the social question in any form has become a respectable one to be considered; and if any who devote themselves to it can be held to be respectable, it is because it has been made to be res- pected; and not because we have ever sacriﬁced a truth, or neglected to do battle against any phase of wrong with which we -came in contact; or to speak boldly or to the point upon any given thing, in order to become respectable. We entered into this contest in earnest, and enlisted for the war,: and when the time shall come when the last blow is to be struck to break the last fetters that bind a sister woman in social slavery, we shall be there to see them fall. STLIL BOILING BENEATH THE SURFACE. For a long time we have refrained from meddling much with the Beecher scandal. The petty squabbling that fol- lowed_tlie half-and-half results of the lengthy trial were not profitable commodities. We knew well enough that the time must come in which all that remains concealed in this mon- ster scandal will be dragged to the light. It is in the order I of progress that this shall be so. Notwithstanding the im- mense work for the social question that the scandal has already accomplished, it» has not yet = done one-half its allotted part. The old, worn-out, moth-eaten, powder-posted, disordered and rotten social structure totters under the , ‘blows ithas received,‘ but its apologists and supporters’ are 3 . WOODHULL & OLAFjLIN’S.WEEKLY. Feb. 12, 18,7 6. , putting forth almost superhuman efforts to bolster it up andkeep it from falling. But their eﬁorts will be fruitless It is doomed to go the way of all the other lesser slaveries 'by- which the people have been held in bondage. We have been criticised, sometimes severely, for not having dealt an- other blow, after the close of the trial,as it had been in- ferred that we should; but why should we do that which time will do so much better. The time for us to speak will be when it is evident that the agitation has ceased; that all J is quiet on the Brooklyn Potomac, which is not the case now, nor has it been, by any means since the trial. Indeed, ’l‘lie couldron of bitterness; of heated internal warfare, never raged more violently than it is raging now in Brook- lyn, in fact in “these two cities,” for there has scarcely been a day in which “the Sun which shines for all” has not had one or more articles, compared with which every- thing else that we have seen anywhere, at any time, has been tame. Perhaps there never was as severe language printed against anybody as the Sun has printed against Mr. Beecher, and it has recently aiﬁrmed its purpose to continue to “do so” until, to use its own language, Mr. Beecher “shall be smoked out of his hiding place.” It has repeatedly applied all the epithets to him that the case has developed, as if challenging him to prosecute for libel. We.do not think that there is another man in the country who would dare to remain silent under the most positively printed charges of perjury which the Sun has time and again made. It seems to us that if Mr. Beecher was on “the ragged edge” when this affair began to come to light, that he must now be on “the rack” or in “the ﬂames” of the inquisition. In this regard he has become an object for sympathy rather than the contrary, and it is not, nor has it ever been, any part of our purpose to pursue Mr..Beecher for the purpose avowed by the Sun. Origi- nally we stated that itrwas not with Mr. Beecher that we were at war, but with the system of which he was the most powerful representative, and was selected because he was the most powerful; and we think that the truth symbol. ized by the killing of Goliah by the little sling of David has been veriﬁed to the satisfaction of the most skeptical, in this aﬁair; for has not the “little‘ stone of truth, hurled in the sling of the WEEKLY, brought the giant of social slavery to his knees, ﬁnally to fall in the dust and yield up his long-held power ? Mr. Beecher is the representative of all this, as the WEEKLY was the representative of the truth, and must needs still suffer that the race may be fully . , emancipated. But we give our readers the following‘ bit of evidence" ‘which has been so long, so jealously guarded, but which, as all the rest that is concealed must be, has been dragged forth. It is a question of time only, when Mr. Beecher will have to come to the point in this matter, in one of the only two ways that are left for him. It is simply impossible for this matter to end where it is, and it will not go backward ; it must go forward, and the following is one of the many evidences still coming to light, that it must: (From the N. Y. Sun, Jan. 20, 1876.) MORE SCANDAL TESTIMONY. The main element in the defence of Henry Ward Beecher against Theodore Tilton’s charge of adultery has been that it was a conspiracy to pull him down, and that: the basis of the conspiracy was the charge of improper proposals, which Tilton made up to the time of the publication of his letter to Dr. Leonard Bacon in 1874. Some testimony has recently been discovered to show that on December 14, 1870, over two weeks before Frank Moulton knew of the charge, and had met Mr. Beecher with it, that Oliver J ohnson, then Mr. Tilton’s associate and friend in the Independent ofﬁce in New York, said to Prof. Moses Coit Tyler, now of the Michigan University, that Mr. Tilton had discovered that Mr. Beecher had committed adultery with Mrs. Tilton. Prof. Tyler entered the Independent oﬂice _on the above named day and found Tilton at his desk, with his head buried in his arms, and apparently in great trouble. He asked Mr. Tilton what the trouble was. Mr. Tilton said that it was a private sorrow—the terrible calamity of his career— and asked him not to question him further. Mr. Tyler went into Oliver Johnson’s room. Presently both gentlemen came to Tilton and asked him to go to lunch. He refused. Mr. Tyler then pressed him to disclose the cause of his trouble. Mr. Tilton said that he would give Oliver Johnson his consent to tell him everything. _ At lunch Mr. Johnson told Prof. Tyler of the ruin that had been wrought. by Mr. Beecher in Ti1ton’s home, adding, “ It has nearly killed Tilton. We_ are turning heaven and earth to quiet him and keep it from public knowledge, and you must help us.” Mr. Tyler joined in the attempt to enforce the policy of silence. He was taken into the Chrtsttdn Unton oﬂice as one who knew the bottom facts, and could greatly assist Mr. Johnson in the management of that paper in the light of the knowledge of its chief editor’s crime. When the Bacon letter was published, all who knew Til- ton’s story trembled at the prospect of its full revelation. Mr. Johnson was especially disturbed. One day a lady’s card was sent to the editorial rooms for Mr. Johnson. He was lying on the sofa when it was handed to him. He was silent for a while, and then earnestly said, “Yes, I think I will go and . see her.” Prof. Tyler asked who it was that he was to see. Mr. Johnson handed him Mrs. Tilton’s card, on which was written a request for an interview at a place near by, which, it is thought, was her brother’s office. \ Mr. Johnson returned from the interview in high spirits, saying that he had done an excellent day’s work for Mr. Beecher. He explained to Mr. Tyler that Mrs. Tilton had sent for him to say* that she was afraid of. exposure, but to assure Mr. Beecher that she was ready and willing to do any- thing that he wished. She had written a letter in which there was a confession of hers in with Mr. Beecher. She felt thatﬁthis ought to be signed by Mr. Beecher and herself, and read from. the pulpit of Plymouth Church. with the declaration that they had sought, and, as they believe, has obtained the forgiveness of God for -their sin, and so they asked for the church’s forgiveness.- _ ’ _ _ _ Y Mr. Johnson showed this letter, it is said, to Mr. Tyler, and he read it. He said that Mrs. Tilton wished Mr, Beecher to read the confession, and she had asked Mr. J ohnsen how he thought Mr. Beecher would regard it. Mr. Johnson said that instead of securing the charitable consideration hoped for, I the-letter would be fatal to both. He promised to give the the -t M . B cher. , 1°Prhf.°TyIer glide known these facts to a gentleman in this city on Sunday, Jan. 2, of this year, when he was visiting New York. He consented to tell them that Moulton and Tilton might be relieved of the charge of conspiracy. It was designed to have Mr. Tyler go before the proposed mutual council with his story, but now that that council is upset, the facts are allowed to be made public in this way. . PROF. TYLER PUTS’ HIS FOOT INTO IT. (From the N. Y. Sun, J an. 27th, 1876.) To the Editor of the Sun—SIR: I have seen your paper of an. 20, containing an article entitled “More Scandal Tes- timony,” and professing to‘~give the substance of some state- ments made by me in a private conversation with two friends in New York on Sunday, Jan. 2. I appealed to your courtesy to allow me room in your coluins to say a few words in comment upon the article refered to. 1. Whatever I said was said in a strictly private talk, and the publication of any part of it was -not “allowed” by me, but has given me great surprise and vexation. 2. I care less for that, however, than for the extreme in- accuracy of your report The statements made by me have expanded and multiplied themselves wonderfully on there journey to your oﬂice, so that your report has scarcely an item that is exactly true, while a great many of its items are totally false. In short. notwithstanding your well known love of the truth, you have beenseriously imposed upon in this instance. 3. It is true, however, and I am sorry to say it, that I have had some acquaintance with this most miserable business ever since December, 1870; but my knowledge of it involves testimony far less decisive than your article implies. How- ever, that testimony, be it decisive or otherwise. is not yet for thepublic, It would be ‘quite immodest in me, with my incomplete knowledge of the case, to take the ﬂoor in ad- vance of more highly qualiﬁed persons who have thus far been kept, in the background . Mosns CoIT TYLER. ANN ARBOR, Jan. 24. 1876. Prof. Tyler should have remained silent, he does know something got the “ miserable T,business.” If it is not unfav- orable to Mr. Beecher, why should he not tell what he knows? He desires that 1-,“more highly quailﬁed persons who have kept in the background shall take the ﬁ001'i11 advance of him. Who, Professor, Who! (From the N. Y, Sun, J an. 29, 1876.) WHAT A PERSON wHo HEARD THE STORY FROM THE PRO- :rEssoR’s LIPS SAYS ABOUT IT. It was ascertained yesterday that Prof. Moses Coit Tyler made known the Beecher scandal facts in his possession to three persons in this c1ty——two gentlemen and a lady—who reaﬂirm the facts as printed in the Sun are correct, the only point in dispute being whether Prof. Tyler said that he had read the confession of guilt prepared for the Church by Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton and given to Oliver Johnson, with the re- quest that it should be presented to Mr. Beecher for his sig- nature. A letter written by one of the persons who heard the story from Prof. Tyler was, yesterday, shown to a re- porter. It contains the following: «- The facts as stated by Prof. Tyler in the presence of my- self and another gentlemen on the 2d of January, 1876, were these; That on the 14th day of December. 1870, while visit- ing in New York, Mr. Tyler called upon Mr. Tilton, with wh om he was on intimate terms, at the oﬂice of the Indepen- dent. He found Mr. Tilton in great sorrow. Mr. Tyler asked Mr. Tilton to disclose to him th cause of his depression. Mr. Tilton replied that he could not do so. Tilton added, “ Oliver (Oliver Johnson. his assistant editor) knows all about it and he may tell you.” Tyler said Oliver J oh nson invited him (Tyler) to lunch with him. They went to a reg- tau-rant on Broadway, near the Astor house. During the lunch Tyler said that Oliver Johnson told him “ That Mr.? Beecher had seduced Mrs.Tilton.” I Mr Tyler used these very words. He said, moreover, that the discloure made such an im- pression upon him, that,’ although he did not keep a diary regularly, he noted this disclosure down at that time, and that it was on the 14 th day of December,l870. Mr. Tyler said that directly after the publication by Mr. Tilton of his letter to Dr. Bacon, two or three days after- ward, he (Tyler) was lying upon a couch, in one of the edi- torial rooms of the_Chre'sttdn Union, when a card was brought in by a boy and laid upon Oliver Johnson’s table, Mr, John- son being out. Presently, he said, Mr Johnson came in, and went into his own room. Mr. Tyler said he heard Mr. J ohn- son say, “I guess I will go and see her.” He came out, and told Mr. Tyler that Mrs. Tilton had sent for him to come ‘to her brothers oﬂice in Broadway, and I think Mr. Tyler said Johnson showed him Mrs. Tilton’s card and message, Mr. Johnson went out, and was gone some time. When he returned he told Mr. Tyler that Mrs. Tilton had come to ﬁnd out from him what Mr. Beecher wished her to do in view of the publication of the Bacon letter; that she said she was ready to do anything Mr.‘ Beecher wished her to do. But Mr. Johnson said Mrs. Tilton had drawn up a statement or letter of confession of their mutual sin, which stated that they believed they had received the forgiveness of God, and they now asked the forgiveness of all mankind, which state- ment or letter she proposed to submit to Mr. Beecher for himito sign and submit to Plymouth Church. The further details of {the conversation now remembered are that Mr. Tyler said that after he was taken into the Chr tsttan Union to help to,guide its affairs for Mr. Beechers’ safety, there was a continual dread in the oﬁice among those whoiknew of his guilt less some message should reach them of his suicide. Mr. Tyler also said that he had told these facts to the Rev. Dr. Eddy of Detroit, to one of the editors of a Buffalo paper, and to other persons. In every case ,’in which his nearer was in doubt as to Mr. Beeoher’s guilt his facts carried conviction. Prof. Tyier’s ambiguous denial provokes the persons to whom he told the facts, and ;is unsatisfactory to Mr, Bee- - cher’s adherents. From the Springﬁeld Republican. 1 CONFIRMATION RATHER THAN CONTRADICTION. Prof. Coit Tyler's denial of the story about the Beecher business, printed as coming from him through conﬁdential friends in New York, is not of a very effectual and dispelling sort—indeed rather goes to confirm the substantial truth. of what was published on this authority. .44 Vf TURNING THE TABLES. It is not too much to assert that at present there is open war between thesexes. Chaos is now the ruler of the so- cial world. Woman is beginning to learn that a girl with a derringer is physically master of Hercules with his club. At Massillon in Ohio, Emily Richardson is charged with killing her husband by shooting him through thehead with a pistol, and Mrs. Fowler of Berlin Heights, in the same State, is charged with administering oxalicacid to her better half also. These are sad. pictures of legal matrimonial iufelicity, 1 which we record with sorrow, though they go to show the necessity for the grand reform we have so long advocated. I As a counterpart to -the above we quote an article from the N. Y. Sun of Jan 29. to show that man begins to feel that he is put upon his mettle, and is proposing to attack woman inside as well as outside of our law courts. It is as follows: * “LOUIVSILLE, Jan. 28,—A1fred Reddick,a youth sixteen years of age, formed a liaison some months ago with the wife of David Bees in Nashville, Teu-n. To—day Mrs. Rees for- bade Beddick coming to see her, and some time later he went into her husbands apartment, procured a pistol, and killed himself. Reddick seemed passionately fond of Mrs. Rees. The Ooroner’s jury found a verdict of suicide, and charged the woman with being the cause of the deed.” We trust that, after the above ﬁnding of the jury, Mrs. Rees will be tried for the murder of the young man Alfred Reddick, and that the same measure of justice will be meted out to all male seducers also. True, we cannot con- ceive how the supporters of our present legal and ecclesias- tical inarriage systems can condemn Mrs. Rees for deciding to preserve her conjugal ﬁdelity, but it will be the province of the lawyers to enlighten us upon the subject. Come, gentlemen of Tennessee, on with the cause, and prove your- selves worthy descendents of your progenitor “Adam”——by reasserting his woi'ds—“the woman tempted me and I did eat.” LECTURE EN GAGEMEN TS. Mrs. Woodhull begins her sixty nights’ engagement in the South at Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Feb. 7. All letters re- ferring to lectures should be addressed to United States Lecture Bureau, care Box 3,791, New York City. I THE GARDEN OF , EDEN. The paper edition of this oration is exhausted; but we have just received the pamphlet edition, which, to meet the extraordinary demand that has been made for the paper, we will furnish in lots of ten at $1, or more at same rate. LIFE-SIZE LITHOGRAPH. We have just received the first edition of life—size litho- graphs of Victoria 0. Woodhull, from the lithographic establishment of Armstrong & Co., of Boston, Mass. They are splendid pictures, both as awork of: art and as like- nesses. They are printed on heavy paper 20 X24 inches, and specially adapted for framing. They will be sent post- paid, securely wrapped to guard against damage, to any address for 50 cents. The common price of lithographs of this size is $2; but we have arranged with the publisher to furnish them in large quantities at such rates that they can be resold at» the price named without loss to us. They are thus put within the means and reach of everybody who desires to have a splendid life-size portrait of the Editor-in- Ohief of the WEEKLY, who has devoted her life wholly to the inauguration of a new dispensation on earth, in which misery, vice and crime shall have no place. In reply to-many letters asking for " dealer’s terms” we would say that the lithographs may be ordered by express by the half dozen, dozen, or more at 40 cents, the usual price, less the postage. In explanation of the delay that has occurred in sending li1.hogi'aphs we would say that the second edition has been delayed, but will be received within a day or two, when all orders will be ﬂlled.——[MANAGn~IG EDITOR]. >-<.r-—< REBELLION IN THE WIGWAM. From the following, it would seem that there is likely to be a small piece of 7 a rebellion, in the camp of the “faithful” who ‘‘ following in the steps of Henry Ward Beecher, and who are so blinded by the glare of enforced legal lust, that they imagine free love to be some vile thing. Can it be really true. after all that there are other women besides “ Victoria Woodhull doing harm to the cause of suffrage.’ It would seem so at least, from the following, which we clip from the Boston Corespondence, of the Springfield Mass. Republican: At the women suffrage hearings and conventions, yester- day and to-day, there were many speakers, but Wendell Phillips, although announced, was not among them. The uneasiness and discontent that have been smoldering for some years under the peculiar management of the woman-suf- frage cause in Massachusetts by Lucy Stone and Mr. Black- well, found some utterance at the convention, and may show itself more actively hereafter‘ The minority (perhaps a ma- jority after all) say that everything is arranged for the con- venience of the managersof the Woman’s J ournal,—-that they insist on so directing affairs that the cause of woman suﬂrage makes no real progress in Massachusetts, and needs to be taken up in a very different way. They protest against drag- ging it along at the tail-board of the republican party-wagon, which is reverseing Emerson’s maxim, and hitching a star be- hind a wagon. The endorsement of Gov. Rice by the Stone- Blackwell Wing of the suﬁ'ragists was specially called in question, but there was either strong hinting or open criti- cism on other points. The fact is, that Mrs. Stone and her husband have shown as‘ pronounced a taste for political in- trigue and wire-pulling as is generally found in the old party organizations, while, by their quarrel with Wendell Phillips and Mrs. Stanton, their unreasonable championship of San Domingo annexation and Henry Ward Beecher,—-and their equally unreasonably protest against centennial celebration, —they have disaffected many of the best friends of the wom- an—suﬂrage cause in Massachusetts. MARK TAYLOR, a young negro at Sedalia. Mo., has gone ma (1 and believes himself to be the Saviour. In his paroxysms, he recites whole chapters and even books of the Bible without missing a word, a feat all the more remarkable because he cannot’ read, and was always a vicious boy. M _.:;_-, I--an» w-;».-;—‘:.:'*t‘T:?‘->~."1?,‘:_,7.’ A . : , -~:;<..r u:-,—<-_:;:,-::~.:_: a..«—,-:5-::~::, A _ , ‘ I I Feb.1I2, 1876. _$_‘.k_. wooDHULL a CLAFLIN"S WEEKLY Have you seen the Wonderful Type- ’Writing- Machine? 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MCELEOY WYLIE, Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Nyack, N_ New York, Sept. 1st, 187 Having used Earth Closets forsome years and 1: ing their great superiority for household pn oses ove the ordinary appliances for similar ends KID can co dially commend those of the Wakeﬁeld bompan tr the practical ‘consideration of people who have ganio tary reform at heart. H. S. DRAYTON 1 Ed. Phrenological Journal and Life Illiistrated Y%°:3.9.‘;2,’igi1;?Hygieni°lime or vansvwe. K- We have used several f E t about our Institution, anod (3J'I?;1(§l'fllfTTyh8.E(§g§§.tSIJ(Tnt1f,nd the ﬁrst place, so far as our experience goes and it Em been not inconsiderable. For all purposes of neatnela? §;€.‘i$?2.?:,i’§.’.“.f.‘%'i33;.§§.‘}..ii°“'h”"““*’ to om’ Yours very truly, JAMES H. J ACKSON, Secretary. ._____ From D. R. Locke (Nasby), Editor Toledo Blade New York. Sept. 1st, 11375. Ihaveusedoneof o b tWk l I three or four years atyiiilyrregisdencgirT1TaoT1ed%lO::1§iIf(ir every way satisfactory. I consider your system ever; way equal to the Water Closet system, and in some respects superior. It saved me the expense of a water closet, with trouble of bursting and obstructed pi es and my friends in the country were glad to kegppmé supplied with dry earth, on condition of receiving in exchange the product of the closet from time to time Yours respectfully, D. R. LOCKE. I __._. We have similar letters from the many others :‘ DR. SAMUEL LYNES, Norwalk, Conn. Btﬂgilelf g1.n£§)<%J;IeAS:i& of the Carolina Military In- REV. J . B. DRURY, Ghent, N. Y. following, among GEo. W. CHARLOTTE, Proprietor Atlantic Hotel I ' 3 Beaufort, N. C. NDSIIL A. C. VAN EPPS, “ Valley House,” Bingliamton F. A. SOULE, Passaic, N. J . A. S. LosEE, Brooklyn, N. Y. ._;.. We could multiply such indorsements al ' nitely. The above are certainly strong eI1('.‘TTl1(éT1t t1(in::1gfi- vince the most skeptical of the entire feasibilit of the DRY EARTH SYSTEM, and the B11)eI‘lOI‘ityI ofyou ptatents. 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What is particularly attractive about this book is the absence of all hygienic bigotry.—-0h1'i8tian Register 1(;)n1ehman’s mother E['1d1g.1l(§hel' man s wife send me word that these_are the most wholesome and practice, re ei s e ever saw.— . . rdnson. _ * C pi am delighted with it.—-H. B. Baker, M. D., of Mlchzaan State Board of Health. . Sent by Mail for $1. Lady Agents Wanted. JOSHUA ANTHONY, T RU E LOVE; DAIRY FARMER5 W hat it is and W hat it is not BE A. Bmees .DAvis. ’ COLETA, VVHITESIDiL‘LI(J}i)N,OIS Sound thinkers have alread d 'tt (1 ‘t t ' _ the ablest intellectual eifortg Sf T‘Ti1e :ge.1 ITSIT/Ii1é{WvsV1(?]: srmmlm ’3lf..%§f.*‘.E.l,3‘"8}.°§%.‘:”l}.1t‘;§“§.‘%.‘.i‘%i ‘if..“."§°flla“?“‘“ , n BUTTER, CHEESE; AND PURE BREED are at once novel and sound. The work is a chzlrlleizigg BERKSHIRE SWINE_ to thinkers the world over. All minds seeking rest Tn absolute truths of relig'o 1'f d 1 Cash-Orders solicited. this little book. 1 n’ 1 e an °V° smuld read The Appendix and Poems are worth the price of -the book. '1he ﬁrst edition being nearly exhausted, an- other is in preparation. In this work is shown the only possible he e for Communism on this earth. Noreader of Mrs. ood- hullls late articles canaiford to remain ignorant of what is here boldly ﬂung out to the thinking world. Send for Catalogues. , , Price, post paid, 10 cents. Address INDEPENDENT TRACT SOCIETY, Worcester, Mass. With an Appendix. This is a pamphlet of 27 pages, REFERENCES.-—Fil‘Bt National Bank, Sterling, 111.: Patterson & Co., Bankers, Sterling, Il1.; E. Brookﬁeld, Banker, Rock Falls, 111.; First National Bank, Kasson, Minn. A SURE CURE GOITRET can am Sent by mail for Five -Dollars. A cure warranted in f 3, 5 :3 1 Q E5,’ 3 B3 5 9. cases. or money refunded. Address . I 1 ;3 Igzg, : I ha g‘ 3:: :. DR. E.-L. 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II by travelers by or.11e1-rolitcsto Chicago from the East or West in transferring from depot in clupot, is swx-vl by passengers by this route to get their 1ne:ils——an advantage over all other routes which deservedly inzil;.-;- it the most popular and the best patronized line of travel across the Continent. THROUGH TICKETS to all important towns, an .1 general information may be obtained at the C()lnf‘rrli:y’ In office, 349 Broadway (corner or Leonard street), New York. I Condensed Time Table. WESTWARII FROM NEW YORK. :Via Erie & Mich. Central & Great Western. R, ~R’.< STATIONS. Empress. Ema,-jg” STATIONS. Eicpress. ’ . 8.30 A. M. 10.45 A. M. Lv 23d Street, N. Y . . . . . . .. 6.45 P. M. ? L‘? CIg1itiI§§:’sIIreeI....... .... .. 8.40 “ 10.45 “ “ Chambers street ....... .. 7.00 Q “ Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9.15 “ 11.15 “ “ Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.20 “ 5 “ Hornellsville .... . . . . . . .. 8.30 "‘ 1.50 “ “ Hornellsville .......... .. 7.40 :,,E9:pNs9. “ Buiroio . . . . . . . . . .... 12.05 A. M. 8.10 “ “ Buiraio, ..... .._ ........ .. 1%: “ 950 Ifii5.if..l’.‘i$.i‘?f‘.???‘9?‘?::::t:::: $23.2 ‘am’ ti? 172 M" I1’ i§‘;i.§’iii‘§i.?‘?.i‘T?‘.‘%“'.:::::: 2:55 ~~ 11:20 "an H London ................... .. 5.35 “ 5.55 “ “ London ................ .. 5.55 “ 2.35 a. In .. Detroit ____ __________ .. 9.40 “ 10.00 " “ Detroit ................ .. 10.00 “ :7.00 ' “ Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 12.15 P. M. 1.00 A. M. “ Jackson . . - . . . - - - . . . - - . -. 1-00 A- 11- 1'30 ‘' “ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.00 “ 8.00 ‘ “ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ,8.00 “ 8.45 p In 5.30 A. M. 11.50 A. M_ Ar Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.50 A. M. 5 30 a. in. Ar Prairie du Chein.;._.r.;.; 855 P. M. Ar Prairie du Chein . . . . . . .. 8.55 p. Ill. Kr LaICi'ossc . . . . . . . . . . .. . 11.50 P. M. 7.05 A. M Ar La.Crosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.05 A. M. 7.05 a. m._ 0.15 1». M. Ar St. Paul ...... ..... .. 7.00 A. M. Ar St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...~. 8.15 A. M. Ar St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.15 P. M 4. 5.40 P. 1:. Ar Sedalia ................ .. 6.50 A. M u Denison _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , H __ goo “ Denison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.00 “ Galveston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10.45 “ Galveston . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10._00 Ar Bismarck . . . . . . . . . .. . 11.00 1- M A1‘ Bismarck . . . . . - . . . - . - - . .- 19-,01_ P‘-‘ M- “ Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.00 A. M. “ Columbus ........ 6.650 “LittleRock...... .. . . . . . . .. 7.30 P. M. “L1tt1eR0ck . . . . . . . . . . . . .. W " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.50 . - A Burlin ton.... . . . . . . . . .. 7.00 P. M. . . A5§3f1Ii§Lg.t.°.'3 ............... ..11.00§.I ‘iomahag ...... .. 7.45 A. M. “ Cheyenne... ......... .. “ Cheyenne..... ........ .. 12.50 I’. M -I Ooden _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ , , _ _, ' “Ogden... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.30 “ . “ Szih Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . .. “ San Francisco ....... .. 8.30 “ __ Ar (lalesburg ................ .. 5.40 A. 11- Ar Galesburg ........ 4.45 P.‘ M. “ uincy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.15 “ “ Quincey . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9.45 ‘ “ St. Joseph ..... ........ .. 10.00 “ “ St.Joseph_.............. 8-10 A- M “ Kansas City .............. .. 10.40 p. M. “ Kansas City-.: ........ .. 9-25 “ ‘* Atchison...... ............ .. 11.00 “ “ Atchison .............. .. 11.17 “ ‘- Leavenworth . . . . . . . . . . .. 12.10 “ " Leavenworth .'. ........ .. 12.40 noon. ,_“ Denver. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.00 A. M. “DenV6l‘.- .... Through’ Sleeping Car Arrangements 9.15 A. M.-Day Express from Jersey City (daily exce t Sunday), with Pullman's Drawing-Room Cars and connecting at Suspension Bridge with Pullman’s Pa ace Sleeping Cars, arriving at Chicago 8.00 p. in the following day in time to take the morning trains from there. -7.20 1._ ;,;,..Night Express from Jersey City (daily), with Pullman’s Palace Sleeping Cars, runs through to Chicago without change, arriving there at 8.00 a. m., iving passengers ample time for breakfast and take the morning trains to all points West, Northwest and Outhwest. CONNECTIONS OF ERIE RAILWAY WITH MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES OF ‘Michigan Central & Great Western Railways. At St. Catharines, wlth~Wel1and Railway, for Port Colborne. At Hamilton, with branch for Toronto and intermediate stations; also with branch to Port Dover. At Harrisburg, with branch for Galt, Guelph, Southampton and intermediate stations. At Paris, with G. W. 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Also, with Air Line for Homer, Nottowa, Three Rivers and Cassopolis A150 with Jack, Lansing & Saginaw Branch, for Lansing, Owosso, Saginaw, Wenoua, Standish, Cl‘B.Wf0r(l ' and intermediate stations. Also with Fort Wayne, Jack «St Saginaw R. R. for J onesville, Waterloo, lwu-1 ‘Wayne, and Fort Wayne, Muncie do Cin. R. R. to Cincinnati. ' At Battle Creek, with Peninsular R. R. _ ' . nction, outh Haven et . Also th . . R If fgI=&C£I2uIrIZL)§k<:V :I.Ii1I1§i(:)iI:1e.CI‘1m]§d“i,2I)1:I<1e ]B3lf:IIIE)1I11’S:t 0 glsguwith Brasnch of L. s. is II. R P? G Rapids & 1" ’ At Lawton, with Paw Paw R. R. for Paw Paw. At Niles, with South Bend Branch. At New Bulfalo, with Chicago 85 Mich. Lake S. R. R. for St. Joseph, Holland, Muskegon, Pentwuter am. all intermediate stations. At Michigan City, with Indianapolis, Pent & onion; 3. 8. Also with Louisville, New Albany & Chi. cago R. R. ’ , At Lake, with Joliet Branch to J oliet. 3 At Chicago, with all railroads diverging. 5. VALUABLE DISCOVERY:-D1‘. J. P. 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We shall observe all inspirational conditions that will insure a. full ﬂow from our Spiritual Battery, and require the same of our patients. The age, sex, married or single, with some of the prominent symp- toms and conditions of the system, will be required. One Dollar for a single prescription. Sent by mai or express. A Stamp must accompany all letters. Address, DR. GRAHAM 85 00., 1,902 Divison St., St. Louis, Mo. PENNS3 Y 'l.\/AN IA RAILROAD. . ’l‘llE GREAT TRUNK LINE <4 AND U.\ll’l‘ED STATES MAIL ROUTE. . Trains lmivc Nev.’ York, from foot of Desbrosse and Cortlandt streets, as follows: Express for Han-isburg, Pittsburgh, the West and South, with Pullman Palace Cars attached, 9:30 A. M., 5 and 8:30 P. M. Sunday, 5 and 8:30 P. M.; For Baltimore, ‘Washington and the South, Limited Washington Express of Pullman Parlor cars, daily, except Sunday, at 9:30 A. M.; arrive at Washin ton 41:10 Regular at 8:40 A. M., 3 and 9 P. M. Sun- ﬂya -. - Express for Philadelphia, 8:40, 9:30 A. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1876-02-12_11_11
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1876-02-12_11_11
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 11, no. 12 (February 19, 1876)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2111
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1876-02-19
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: '59 *- " r - i PIROGr-ZRIESSI FI5{;l33E TEIOUG-HT! TJNTRAh£hl:B3LED IJ]:.V'1ﬂE33 BREAI{ING THE TWAY FOR FUTURE GENERl£l1lIOi‘.2E§. Vol. XI.-—No. 12.—Wl;ole No. 272.- NEVV .YORK, FEB. 19, 1876. PRICE TEN CENTS. The truth shall make you free.-—Jesus. . In the clay/s of the voice of the seventh angel, the $.11/stery of God shall be jinvis/zecl.-—~St. John the 1v1ne. ‘ ‘ . Whe7'eof I was made a minister to preach the un- searchable riches of Christ, and the mystery which from the I)6((/'l'7?/I’l?'i7”tg of the world hath been hid in Gael.-—Paul. ~—~——4~+——%—-— _ “ WHAT SHALL I DO TO BE SAVED?” BY NELLIE L. DAVIS. A very pertinent question; for salvation is no myth, although it is not found in the orthodox fashion, nor yet is it found in any sense of the word until it is fairly earned. As uncompromising as the Abolitionists who refused to call this a free country, while the manacles clanked upon the limbs of one negro, so do we refuse a system of salvati...
Show more'59 *- " r - i PIROGr-ZRIESSI FI5{;l33E TEIOUG-HT! TJNTRAh£hl:B3LED IJ]:.V'1ﬂE33 BREAI{ING THE TWAY FOR FUTURE GENERl£l1lIOi‘.2E§. Vol. XI.-—No. 12.—Wl;ole No. 272.- NEVV .YORK, FEB. 19, 1876. PRICE TEN CENTS. The truth shall make you free.-—Jesus. . In the clay/s of the voice of the seventh angel, the $.11/stery of God shall be jinvis/zecl.-—~St. John the 1v1ne. ‘ ‘ . Whe7'eof I was made a minister to preach the un- searchable riches of Christ, and the mystery which from the I)6((/'l'7?/I’l?'i7”tg of the world hath been hid in Gael.-—Paul. ~—~——4~+——%—-— _ “ WHAT SHALL I DO TO BE SAVED?” BY NELLIE L. DAVIS. A very pertinent question; for salvation is no myth, although it is not found in the orthodox fashion, nor yet is it found in any sense of the word until it is fairly earned. As uncompromising as the Abolitionists who refused to call this a free country, while the manacles clanked upon the limbs of one negro, so do we refuse a system of salvation which is incapable of ministering to the needs of every soul. The life which enfolds us physically may be properly termed the foundation of all life. Of the building erected thereon the superstructure is the intellect; the dome which crowns the whole is spiritual growth and perceptivity. Materialism compasses the needs of foundation and super- structure. Spiritualism en-wraps, the whole, from «dome to lowest foundation stone. Spiritualism is materialism, with the addition of a soul; it is Pygmalion waking to life his statue in the earthly clods insensate. Man in his threefold life, as a physical, intellectual, and spiritual being, has need of a threefold religious and social Culture. To ignore the one department of his existence for the other, is_the fatal mistake committed by most systems of religion. Materialism is the reaction of the perverted Spiritualism in the religious code of the middle and early centuries. The mediseval saint ignored his physical inheritance. His body was a huge excresence on his soul, to be burned, scourged, and fasted away in an earthly Valhalla of self- denial. To be a ﬂeshless unincorporate soul was the very acme of existence. To be imprisoned in a body which knows hunger, thirst, disease, amative impulse, and death’s corruption, fretted the would-be saint with dire impatience of earth, its contingen- cies and associations. He answered the query: “ What shall I do to be saved?” throughshameful neglect and cruciﬁxion of the basic principle of his being. The foundation being omitted, the intellectual and spiritual man was a starveling, where his physical imbecility was a success; where not, he was a hypocrite. _ _ By so much as he ignored the materialism of life, by so much was he incapacitated from prescribing a safe and speedy process of salvation from the sin of ignorance. V The theologic» plan of salvation says: “Take care of the soul and let the body take care of itself.” ' Materialistic salvation says. “Take care of the body and let the soul take care of itself ”——a decided improvement upon the old plan, but not covering the entire ground by any means. These systems are only twofold——the body expunged from the one, the soul from the other. The Spiritualistic salvation is threefold, and the one for which our organizations clamor the loudest, and will not be educated properly in all departments without. _ ‘ The law and order of salvation consists in the evolution from the scientiﬁc knowledge of the present, of a system of physical and spiritual growth that shall ripen every faculty of our-‘beings; that shall evolve perfect bodies f_or the ten- antry of pure souls; that shall redeem manhood, woman- hood and childhood from all abuses of the holy temple of God—the human body—by gross self-indulgence, by pamper- ing abnormal appetites until the lamp of life burns so low that it cannot longer resist these ﬁtful gusts of morbid pas- sion, ﬂickers a brief uncertain moment, then goes out for- ever, leaving the soul barren of rich results—-the carefully garnered wealth of a life well lived and replete with pure thoughts. puredeeds, pure loves. ’ Such is the salvation we all also for, but so many of us have weighed anchor on the sea of eternity fora life voy- age in such unwieldy, decayed and worthless vessels, that a wreck or premature termination of the voyage on the shoals or reefs of inherited disease, and mad passion, are the inevit. able I'6Bi1.1t5 Of. a large proportion of the voyages of life. ' ' -2s2.1r.A4~" v.<‘-:-;..-'_, " -;§so'u..;- . grade the sexual function; for he liveth poorly who loveth illy, a.-s.smum..,.- .'_,._,,.,«.»..-,,-_...,,,,,*,,.s .. ,.« » . Look to Jesus for your salvation, says the theologian. We have contemplated the cross for centuries; how much better are we, physically, because of such contemplation? Cross contemplation has afforded a leaning post for every morbid sluggard. Because one man has died for a truth, is no good and sufficient reason why we should die in him to any in dividual work for ourselves. - VVhen we trace the need of salvation back to its source, we ﬁnd that the transgression of an inquisitive Adam and Eve’ has nought to do with its necessity, and that the cruciﬁxion of the Jewish philanthropist is of no more avail to stem the tide of our ignorance, than is a child’s hand to stay the rush- ing torrent of Niagara. . Humanity has a chronic distaste for home truths, and the preacher has been popular in proportion as he steered clear of all unpleasant allusions, and conﬁned himself to the story of salvation by the cross, omitting to mention thatthe cross has no remedial power for those who fail to work as well as 5 pray; popular so long as he did not urge brain and stomach salvation, and laid not a ﬁnger upon the veil shrouding the iniquitics of social life, and pretended not to see the grinning skeleton of excess peeping from the eye, seeking expression from the tongue, shadowing the life; popular so long as he did our thinking for us, and told us that ’twas good to be good for Jesus’ sake! As if, our lives were going to beneﬁt a. man who has been dead for centuries, and who has left earthly things so far behind him that they-have become more motes in his memory, “and wl1o cares not a rush whether A eats meat or ﬁsh Friday, whether B keeps Saturday or Sun- day, or C believes or disbelieves the story of the immaculate conception! Clearly, salvation in its threefold character comes not by contemp lation of the cross. The most that has resulted from such contemplation is found in these enormous churches, useless six days out of seven, occupying the most elligible building sites, exempted from taxation, while rum shops, brothels, and the poverty- stricken but welltaxed homes of the laborers multiply so rapidly that crime and its parent poverty ﬁll our prisons and almshouses to overﬂowing, and our highways and by- ways with predatory bands of tramps. If these churches could be used as reformatory insti- tutions to investigate the cause and cure of crime, they would be pre-eminently useful in abating hell upon earth, into which humanity ‘is plunged through its ignorance of this most important, but least understood, of all questions- sexual holiness, perfection of the human body, the living temple of God. We want a salvation that will offer a road out of all this misery and darkness that rivets closer the chains of earth’s famishing millions, and curses society with the fruits of debauched passion whose highest sentiment is selﬁsh grati- ﬁcation. “ He prayeth best who loveth best; and_ he liveth well who loveth well,” are two axiomatic truths, whereby hangs the law of life. ‘ - To save ourselves from ourselves we must elevate, not de- and he. who degrades the coronal of being into animalism, commits the unpardonable sin, and while cursing posterity is eternally cursed himself by the recoil of his act. Phallic worship was the embodiment of an idea of physical per- fection and freedom from pruriency, toward the attain- ment of which we are struggling to-day. This idea, with us, will assume a diﬂerent expression than in its old time rendi-. tion, in accordance with the enlightenment and scientiﬁc research of the age. ’ We are jealous of our prerogatives as human beings above the brutes, and have not made good our claim by using those intellectual and moral‘ perceptions which have supplanted the ﬁxed unreasoning instinct of the brute, to win salvation, and attain, at least, as healthy bodies and normal functions through intellect as the brute owes to instinct. At birth we are nothing, save in possibility Thus, we are left in a measure, free. As animals alone, we are inferior, because our instincts as animal, and our attributes as human, become so confused and untrustworthy, that to save our- selves from becoming the meanest objects on the face of God's footstool. we need to supplant them with something higher; ‘and we ﬁnd that our only chance of gaining a useful and immortal existence consists in developing our- selves up to‘ that point for which we were designed-—-from ani- malism where we do not belong, up to Spiritualism, where we do belong. ’ ‘ _$/ Sexual salvation for the race is found in redeeming woman from centuries of serfdom, and selﬁsh, woful subjection to tyrannous lusts; found in purifying our bodies; found in gaining a knowledge of our physical functions, their uses and the penalty of ‘their abuses; found in a heaven of freedom where each individual owns himself, and is not the bond slave of anothers’ will or whim. Womanhood fettered to the lowest, excluded from the highest, is the curse of the world, arousing the just anger of nature, from which, cross contemplation can never redeem us. For woman the three- fold salvation tarries and waits for its divine consummation in humanity, through the mothers of the race. Woman’s kingdom is the human heart, and she prayeth, ruleth and loveth well, when she has puriﬁed her kingdom of selﬁshness and lust by her determination to quell sexual impurity in lieu of pandering to its larger growth, by abdication of her rightful throne and relinquishment of her sceptre of power. The keynote of woman’s salvation as a physical, intellectual and spiritual being, is struck when she becomes a selfhood with a distinct identity from man, yielding allegiance, not to her husband, but unto her conscience and her God. Woman then becomes, not the reﬂex of man, but an individualized half of the basic principle of the unive1'se—-sex—each com— plete through thejnon-encroachment of the one upon the sphere of the other. Then human life shall attain its dl'\VlllQ perfection, crime and injustice shall disappear, and the Uni- versal Republic shall take the place of the corrupt demagog- ism that new rules thecountry to its ruin. . Man’s physical salvation is secured through woman's eman- cipation ; the degradation of the mother is the degradation of the children she bears. Take heed that the spring of life be pure, for if the fountain head bepoisoned, coming genera- tions bear the cross and mount the Calvary that lies in the pathway of violated physical and moral law. Spiritual salvation aims to strike at the cause; theology aims to strike at client. One tries to heal over the bites of the old serpent of ignorance; thenother tries to remove the serpent that no more may be bitten. VVe do not want to outwit hell and the devil by hiding be- hind a cross; for how well is the world healed to—day after a treatment upon this plan of nearly nineteen centuries! ‘ When a. person gets far enough along on the road of free in- quiry to ask why God don’t kill the devil, be sure he is on the high road to true salvation, for he will speedily ﬁnd that the devil is his own ignorance, and that God intends that we shall slay our devils by educating ourselves into a knowledge and obedience of law, so that we may send forth no more half—made-up children that are no better than rabid dogs, to curse society, and make up our army of criminals, drunk- ards, prostitutes, paupers, imbeciles, tramps, and lunatics. Here are your devils: the abominations of ignorance. Slay them with the weapons of knowledge. Here is need of salvation; provide it from healthier bodies, better~balan,ced heads and riper souls. Exalt your physical functions above the slough of centuries of ignorant degradation and besotted passsion. Hold high the standard for manhood and Wtilllétll.- hood . Arise ye emancipated souls, and welcome the gist: new, era of a world’s redemption by the perfected typeof hu- manity, through the amalgamation of, and elimination from, the races, of the attributes and characteristics of each worth preserving and repeatin g. j ‘ The Millennial day draweth nigh; and how beautiful the thought that so many faces shall yet greet us through the salvation of "divine knowledge typiﬁed in the pictured divinity of face and form, the outcome of the puriﬁed and redeemed soul within. V Then, as on their natal day, shall the spheres chant the praise of the advent of 7a new race. Earth shall smile with a new gladness, and heaven will be found with gates wide open, not without, but within, the puriﬁed and redeemed soul of man. THAT “FINAL RECONCILIATION.” There certainly is to be a “ﬁnalreconciliation of all things” in spite of the quackeries, which in these latter days, have clustered around this phrase. The lion and the lamb shall lie down together; the Bismarcks, and the Pius Ninths and the Henri Delescluzes, shall meet in fraternal embrace. On the one hand,,there shall he the swords beaten into plow- shares. and the spears into pruning hooks; and on the other hand, the myriad seemingly contradictory doctrines that now divide men, hopelessly as one would say, shall have their u_n_-s WOODIIULL & CLAFLIN’B WEEKLY. Feb. 19, 1876. derlylng truths brought out into the clear day light, and be just so reconciled. On the one side, the “conservative spirit- ualism,” (whatever that may mean), with its “capital, la- bor’s best and only"friend,” its “superior sagacity,”t_aking “advantage of opportunities,” its “sweet by and by,” with its “millionnaire * * accounted as the benefactor of the race” ; on the other side, the “sell all that thou hast and give to the poor,” “that terrible‘camel’ business,” that “whip of ‘small cords,” with Dives roaring in hell and Lazarus sweetly reposing in Abraham’s bosom; and both sides having the truth,’the one side just as indispensable as the other. And yet, after all, truth is one; error, or What is the same thing, partial and one-sided truth, is alone divergent and contradic- tory. But no error was ever yet enunciated by human lips that had not a truth underlying it. ' How to eliminate the underlying truth. and so accomplish , that “ ﬁnal reconciliation of all things,” for which all noble hearts, and synthetic minds have ever been longing, and striving, is of course just the question, To attain this un- ' derlying truth is simple, the same thing as to arrive at the genuine “universolgy,” or, to coin a better word for. the ‘hence, “pantology”—neither word, by the by, having any fur- ther utility when once the thing itself is attained. From that moment, the word "science”vserves amply; for the uni- versal doctrine resulting from the application to all possible categoriesof thought, of that method of positive demonstra- tion which ﬁnally solves every problem, solves it past all pos- sible recall, putting an end, at once for all, to doubt and un- certainty, in spite of all the “free thought” in the world; is thatwhich will most assuredly constitute the universal faith of the future, leading up the now scattered and mutually hostile races of men to the normal, oneness of humanity. But then we are met here, ﬂnally by another divergence, another seeming hostility, one that looks at the ﬁrst blush more profound then any above indicated. On one side stands inspiration; on the other side,science, or rather the sciences, the strange new gospel of dispersed specialism, the Spencer- Darwin—Tyndall-Huxley—Draper N ihilism, with the elec- tric telegraph ﬂashing across an ocean and two continents its daily batch of lies, as a most ﬁt symbol of its sovoreiguty! these two social forces—for such indeed they are, notwith- standing the anti——social propensities of the latter——are evi- dently now gathering themselves up for a ﬁnal and decisive death struggle, the by-standers all feeling sure that one or the other must speedily succumb, be ﬁnally and deﬁnitively squelchcd, and to be no m ore heard of forever, save in the pages of curious history. And seeing that supernaturalism, from the very birth of science two thousand years ago in that little greek peninsula, destined to give intellectual light to a whole world, has been at every point, sooner or later- yes even when for special purposes it could secure itself a respite of a thousand years—forced to give way, and recog- nize the supremacy, in the sphere of pure intellect, of pos- itive demons_tration——these by-standers, Ii. (5. the freethinkers really free, come naturally enough to the seemingly unan- imous conclusion, that it is inspiration which has to go under, to pass away utterly and forever from among men. Only the very rare, really integral, minds, minds that can look at both sides and all sides of a great question, and not take for granted that the one side of the post facing the spot where they happen to stand is the whole post, can see-——and they will succeed, too, in ﬁnally demonstrating to to all mankind, along with the rest of normal universal doc- trine—that while supernaturalism has doubtless to give way to the all-conquering genius of positive science, that he in no way deprives inspiration of her own sphere. The conception of inspiration, like all other human conceptions, has doubt- less to undergo the transformation indicated in the law of the three states, the great universal law of progress. But it re- mains inspiration still. It is subject doubtless to immutable natural laws, which science,—the regenerated and uniﬁed science—has had to discover. But it is inspiration still, having its own function within its own sphere that can never be taken away. True enough the relations between science and inspiration are widely different from those that would be imagined by the pure inspirationist. But those who would pretend to systematize science while ignoring al- together the role of inspiration are clearly only quacks. A pretty science of history that would be, truly, that could not divulge the natural laws of a social force that has played such a part in the progressive development of our" race as has been played by inspiration! The play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet left out would be consistency itself in comparison. RAMSHORN. AUDI ALTER AM PARTEM. NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 1876. Editors W eekZy~—-‘Having recently observed, by chance, N o. 10 of a published’ series of communications by one of our municipal Tax Commissioners on the subject of taxing church property, and as I consider your journal independent, and‘ not under any subsidizing inﬂuence, I would beg leave chieﬂy to note through its columns some of the remarks and proposi- tions of this wiseacre on church assessment or taxation. He begins by quoting Lord Chesterﬁeld, who said: “A tax implies a license granted for the use of that which is taxed to all who would be willing to pay it.” Now, the matter of church taxation, in order to a proper understanding of it, does not require any Chesterﬁeldian authorities, but rests solely on the basis of common sense and reason. Our pilgrim progenitors came to this country to escape from the tyranny of an ecclesiastical government; their descendants,‘ the patriots of the Revolution, fought and bled to rid themselves of it, and the framers of our Constitution in that American Magna Oharta, knowing the consequent mischief and curse of such a mixture, very wisely inhibited all connections and en- tangling alliances between Church and State. This correspondent then goes on to state that the General Government, after imposing certain duties on all articles of luxury, has gone so far as distinctly to recognize the value of religious teaching by exempting from taxation and placing upon the free list, according to oiﬁcial interpretation, Bibles and other books i_mported in good faith for the use of Sunday schools in the United States, on adequate proof; and then asks what sense ‘there would be in exempting books used in such schools from duty and imposing a tax on buildings erected for the fostering of them.” According to such logic, if the existence of one thing be wrong then another wrong should of course be inﬂicted to make it sensible and just. While a Sunday school or a church may be a desirable insti- tution, per se, and productive of great good, it is not the province or duty of ou‘r”G-overnment to foster or aid either in any way, and the act, as the national records will undoubtedly show, was not voluntary on the part of the Government, nor by the expressed wish or will of the people, but “through petitions of those more immediately interested or concerned in the matter. And if our more modern law-makers preferred to stultify themselves by practising this little amenity ‘toward the Sunday schools it does not follow that a still further mix- ing—up of such things should be indulged in by compelling people of all beliefs a11d of no belief to contribute to the sup- port of the many and various religious and sectarian interests throughout the land to the amount of over $200,000,000. He admits that secular properties. to the amount of $2,500,000,000, are exempted by the United States Government. Well, one would’ naturally infer that this amount alone was about sufficient for tax—payers to look upon acquiescently without bearing additional burdens through any outside or extraneous causes. Then he says: “ The enormous amount of securities exempted by the General-Government owe their origin to war, and if Congress should enforce upon the States the tax- ation of buildings for public worship, great wonder would be expressed that, while such enormous sacriﬁce by exemption is offered to the Moloch of war, so small an cblation to the God of peace should be withheld.” The question: “ Who pays the taxes?” has time and -again been propounded and discussed, and the inevitable and correct answer has always been: “The poor man.” Yet, supposing this not to be the case, and the burden fell on all alike, for what purpose is it done by_any citizen but to support the Government under which he lives, and its established institutions? But is a church an established institution of our Government? By no means. How, then, would the whole people grudge an oblation to the God of peace by refusing to pay for the sup- port of a church, while they might be obliged by a natural law of self—protection to offer an enormous-sacriﬁce to the Moloch of war? The fact is, some people out—Christianize Christianity in their pretended religious enthusiasm. Then, too, there is so great a diversity of sects and denominations, how is "a disinterested citizen to know which one among them all is right? And what assurance has he that the sums which he thus pays, directly or indirectly, in the form of a tax, will be appropriated to a good and useful purpose? If there be any thing right about them it must be in some one of them. Christ’s body was not divided into so many parcels. Such divisions and subdivisions are all the result of priestcraft—— the work of doctors of ideas. True and unfeigned religion may be found in an open boat at sea, or in a wilderness, as well as in a grand and costly cathedral. It is not at all depend- ant on church conventionals. Indeed, in this age of corrupt and apostate christendom the real saints, compared with pharisees and hypocrites who make a trade of religion, and “ steal the livery of heaven " to gain an undue advantage of their fellow-beings, are like sparsely-scattered grains of wheat in a. mingled mass of chaff and rubbish. A man now- 'a—days may inwardly worship a golden god, with his heart and affections centered in worldly interests, and if he will say but Lord, Lo—r—d, and subscribe $100,000 to the erection of a costly Christian church, he will be supposed to have secured a through ticket to heaven in a palace-car. But God is not propitiated by any such works, the humblest hall or chapel being as acceptable in His sight as the most grand and gorgeous structure. A . When He said to His people, “Ye are the temple of the living God,” He didn’t have much reference to anything fashioned or ﬁnished with their hands. And when people think to be doing God service by selecting for church cere- monies or service, called worship, the most valuable plots of ground, and erecting thereon large and imposing ediﬁces, gorgeously decorated and furnished to suit the ﬁne apparel in which they are arrayed, they fall far short of the wisdom and comprehension of King Solomon, when, in his dedication of of the Temple, he exclaimed: “ The Heavenof Heavens can- not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have built! ” When in those days of types and symbols of the future, that temple of costly magniﬁcence and grandeur was erected for sacred use, it was not intended by him, who designed it, to be a pattern of houses for the same purpose in subsequent times, but merely as a symbol of the beauty and purity that should characterize those living temples in which he would ever delight to dwell. Christ’s kingdom is not of this world; neither are his people. And a church body or ‘assembly that is truly devout and pious will not lack for anything essential tolits ,existence. But if it be chieﬂy made up _of those who have not sufﬁcient faith, that He whosustains the universe will also not let them fall to the ground, and look to the world and the goverments of the world for protection and aid, they simply show that they are but sounding brass, and have only the form of godliness, without the power thereof. But there are plenty \such. When, therefore, Mr. Andrews denies that exemption of buildings for public worship is a concession, and insists that it is a right inherent in the conditions and uses of the prop- erty, he proposes what in the form of reason is the merest sophistry, and in the way of simple assertion, is nothing more than the sheerest and shallowest nonsense. His ﬁtness. for beings. tax commissioner must, indeed, be surprising. Unscrupulous and persistent beggars for church privileges in the form of donations, exemptions, etc.,whether Protestant or Papal, are among the mostdangerous of frauds. Though possessing millions, their constant cry to the outside world is give; and they seldom. if ever say, hold, enough. It is such fanatical pharisees who are most opposed to taxation; most clamorous for an ecclesiastical government, or whatever may tend to a union of Church and State, and are ever acclaim- ing for the embodiment of the word God in the national Constitution. They make frequent and long prayers in pub- lic. and have always the words God and the Lordpin their months. If they would try to have more of such things in their hearts, without regard to the Constitution, they would, perhaps, ﬁnd it ultimately much better for themselves, and not much, if any worse, for the Constitution, or for the people for whom it was framed.’ _ - I TAX Payne. REAPING. “Though the vision seems to tarry, Yet it surely will transpire; Though the battle seems eternal, And forever bums the lire, Suffer on, 0 ye faithful, For the end will surely come, And the fruits of all your labors, You will harvest to their home. In the yonder stormless regions, With an ever balmy sky, You shall soon receive a glory, Which can never, never die. Thenlet heaven kindly lead you, Through the river Jordan deep; And with calmness bear all chaslenin g, On this holy way to keep.” EI.i.rAn llirnrciai. Editors W echly :——The Jan. 22d number of your paper, con- taining the conclusion of an article under the caption, “A Critic Criticised,” has been received, but the previous paper containing the beginning of that article I have not seen. I perceive that you have been using me and an unfortunate article printed in my paper a short time since, as “shoulders” over which to Whip a great many people, and for that use no apology on your part is necessary. I am only too glad to have been of some possible good to the world. even in this way, and more for the purpose of giving you still further op- portunity to express your views by making myself a target to be shot at, than with the hope of advancing any new or important ideas, I take occasion to reply, promising, for your readers’ sakes, to be as briefas possible. Now, I admit that if society were so perfected in its parts and organization that the weak as well as the strong could feel sure of protection; if composed of members possessed of sufficient intelligence to comprehend the meaning of justice, and capable of reasoning correctly from causes to eﬁects; in short, a state of society in which it would be possible to live up to the precepts of the Golden Rule——then woman, in com- mon with all of the physically weaker portion of mankind, might freely trust in the wisdom. honorand generosity of man, or her fellows, to secure to her justice; and your the- oriesof freedom might be put in practical operation to great advantage. But such is not the case to~day. "He who holds the purse does hold the power, whatever other “ prize ” woman may have to sell, and to be sought for. Money is one of the prime necessities of our existence. It may be ranked next to air, since air is about the only desirable thing that can be had without it. Of course the possessors of it are, more or less, the autocrats of the world, and especially of the little domestic worlds that ﬁll the world. You assert, and defy contradiction, that “ ﬁnancial independence is impossi- ble for woman ” so long as a competitive system of industry prevails. This is my position exactly. Now, under existing cannot conceive of any independence worthy to be called‘ such, outside of ﬁnancial independence; and as woman can- not have that, therefore, freedom for her is out of the ques- tion, since she cannot be free and at the same time depen- dent. Therefore, he who holds the purse holds the power. For this reason, it seems to me that a system of marriage by contract, which may be dissolved at any time by either party, is one which favors the man who “holds the purse ” very much more than it does the woman who is dependent upon that purse. He satisﬁes his desires, base or otherwise, and is at liberty to seek “fresh ﬁelds and pastures green.” She is faded and dispirited, cursed with physical diseases peculiar to her sex, which are augmented, perhaps. by_i1l— usage, and as a consequence——being a ﬁnancial dependent and the weaker party in making the original marriage contract- there are no “fresh ﬁelds” for her. A beautiful ﬂower, plucked and fondled, and, withering, she is thrown aside for another. In common with a worldful just like her, she must eat and drink and be clothed and housed. She has her free“- dom, however, and if she can ﬁnd “the man to her liking,” she is free to form a matrimonial copartnership with him- providing he is willing. If she possess health, she has free- dom to commit suicide by the slow but sure process of drudgery, devised by the purse—holders for the extermination of both her body and soul. Hood"s “Song of the Shirt” illustrates’ this. She has jumped out of the frying~pan fairly into hell, but she has her freedom. Nor it does not mend the matter that old marriage contracts (“for better and for worse ”) would not be annulled by the new order of things, because the parties to the new contract come there under consideration, with woman at the usual disadvantage. Be it remembered that I am reasoning from the stand- point of the world, its men and its morals as it is, not as it might be or will be. Nor do I overlook the fact that agitation is necessary before puriﬁcation, and that your ideas. which seem to me at present impractical, maybe the necessary forerunner of a better tlme to come. Indeed it is not diﬂi- pated woman may be queen over herself, and bless the world by the use and exhibition of her full and developed capabil- ities, now scarcely known to ns;. but one glance out of the window at the. passers-byis -sufﬂcient to shatter all such heavenly dreams of bliss, and bring back all the dread reali- ties of the world as it is, with the discouraging multitude of reforms that mast precede, and wondrous growths that laws and customs, which must exist for a long time yet, I ' cult to imagine a social heaven-on-earth, in which emanci— . .. - = ~;~—- 1 I l ‘A ---la--.—-..... .- .——-..+-.'.- -.«,-....,.-«-4--—-—-~ {. —..~~<-~*—:'.i‘.‘;T'.f.’.T‘“'‘‘_~:~;;:; A . ._ _..-..-as ;=-..::-:~=;::~:-'.-1:. , . 2 . ,H\_ ,- 5.; - .,,.-_._-.- Feb. 19, 1876. WOODHULL & CLAF=~IiIN’S WEEKLY. must take place, before we can welcome in the grand eman- cipation day of woman and give to her that freedom which is her right. » I I seek the use of the Vl7EEKL‘Y' rather than my own paper for this, because it will reach a greater number who have read‘ your article; and while I do not pretend to have an- swered your arguments i_n full, I think this will relieve me from the imputation which you unintentionally cast upon me, of being of that numerous class of editors who thought- lessly malign you and the cause you are so ably defending. Very respectfully yours, LUCIEN V. PINNEY, WINSTED. CoNN., Jan. 14, 1876. Editor Wiinsteal Press. [We will not break the force of this graceful complimen by any attempt to reply to its arguments. _We will only refer our friendly editor to what we said, in the ﬁrst article which he had not seen _when he wrote. We said if all women would rise together and throw off the yoke of sexual servitude, and hold out a month, that they could make any terms that they should demand, with their former masters, and hence it fol- lows that he who holds the purse, “ does not necessarily hold the pOwer;” he only holds it, because women will not together exercise the power which God -has given them for their defense against the opprcssors of their personal rights .] FLORENCE HEIGHTS, N. J ., Jan. 8. - Dear W eel.-ly-—A few lines to let you know I am buckling on the armor to prepare more vigorously for the ﬁght. I am at Dr. Trall’s, attending lectures with my husband and child- ren. Cannot say too much of the system ; of Dr.9Trall him- self as an earnest, honest truth-seeker, and a daring teacher of the same. His Hygienic Home, on the banks of the Dela- ware,‘ twenty miles from Philadelphia, is a beautiful location. Here we are taught that to be true to one’s self is to be true to God; to be a Christian is to be a humanitarian; to take the world as our church and Nature for our creed is the highest ‘religion. Here we are taught. if we would be happy, we must be well, and if we would be well, we must obey the laws of health. Dr. Trall has long been condemned and scornedlb37Th73 _ medical faculty for his radical views on health reform. but his theories and principles will live long after he has passed from earth, because they are founded on the immovable laws of G-—od—Nature. Your readers may be desirous of knowing some of his eccentricities. His many valuable books explain much, ‘and they should be more widely known. He holds disease as a remedial effort, and as such should never be cured. Assist nature’ to its normal condition through the physiological agencies of air, exercise, water, magnetism, diet, etc., and she will restore herself. We here have two meals a day. Meats, salts, as well as all other condiments and spices. are excluded. A strict fruit and vegetable diet is required. We have two——sometimes three——daily lectures, two lyceums, and a dance weekly; gymnastics daily. Dr. Trall fears not to call things by their right names, and place people in their right pews. Six male prostitutes to one female, was the assertion made yesterday. He fully agrees with you that the blood ﬂow in menstruation is disease. The ovum should ripen and (pass without pain, and not only con- clusively proves it by nature (as he does every statement), but we see it demonstrated here by women ‘coming and living strictly hygienic. The flow entirely ceases, and they improve in health. Just now the doctor is giving us some extra lectures, by request. His views on theology—-rich, deep and abiding. God bless Dr. Trail, with you, dear Victoria, and many more of our modern Savlours, till they see the fruits of their labor Let me, too, offer aword of cheer to Mattie Strickland. GO on brave girl; be true to self and you can but be true to God. I wept over your sorrow, but rejoiced over your noble test of womanhood. Would there were more possessing your courage. C ANNA ATWATER. [Dr. Trail is the author of a work on “Sexual Physi(- logy,” which we will send post-paid to any address, on re- ceipt of $2. Eds. WEEl{LY.] . C A I h . NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 1876. Editor Woodhull and Olaﬂ'in’s Weekly: , I think Mrs. Woodhul1’s lectures are practically true, and go to the bottom of the evils of society. The church, as at present constituted, is lopping off the branches of the great tree of evil, while Mrs. Woodhull is going down to the foundation, and digging up the tap roots. I can see no reason why society has not as good a. right to prevent criminals,lpaupers and lunatics from propagating as society has to support and take charge of them after they are propagated. ' In my view no criminal, diseased person, lunatic, idiot, or pauper ought to be permitted to propagate their species. The course which society pursues in this respect is a disgrace to the race, and an outrage upon the.Divine Being. If the true history of all the idiots and deformed children could be correctly ascertained, it would be found that one or both ofthe parents was directly responsible for these difﬁul- culties. Many children are made idiotic and permanently deformed by the eﬂ"ort,s of the mother to destroy them in em- bryo. The fearful question of foeticide is taking hold of the minds of the people, and it will have to be met squarely be- fore long. , ‘We want the facts laid bare in these cases, so that the pub- lic can see who is responsible. I It should be-considered a reproach to a woman to have a deformed child. A healthy sentiment of this description would have a tendency to stem the tide of degradation which is nowcarrying the race toward the quicksands of total ex- tinctioii. The people wantichristianity made practical. Theology is alfltheoretical. Christ healed, the bodily inﬁrmities of all whose sins He forgave. The most important part of the mission of the Apostles was to heal the sick. A Salvation of the body was what Christ principally taught. All His teachings go to show that He came that we might have life, and that whosoever believed in Him should not perish. I believe in Christ as a physical Saviour. “ Ithink the time is not far distant when the great mass of the world will believe in this idea of salvation. ' — ' ' I can only bid you God speedin the work you‘are doing. Yours truly, E. P. MILLER. AN INQUISITOR AT NEW HAVEN. 7. .Mrs. Emma Hardinge Britten, who is lecturing in this city before the Free Lecture Association, took occasion. in reply to a question, to pay her complimentsto Mrs. Woodhull and to that large and increasingclass Of thinkers who agree with her on the social question. She said ‘_‘ it was the dis- grace of the age that speakers should be permitted to travel through the country and teach such abominable doctrines”- meaning, of course, the doctrines of Mrs. Woodhull-at which a crowd in the back part of the hall, which had several times interrupted the meeting, stamped and applauded, the Spirit- ualists and Liberalists present preserving an ominous silence. ‘We cannot imagine a better co-adjutor of Comstock, the Y. M. C. A., and the hosts of bigotry, than Mrs‘. Britten. She denounced atheists, she sneered at “reason,” she quoted judging from her remarks, the social reformers would be arrested, and all free speech on the most momentous ques- tions of the hour stifled. What a liberal is this Mrs. Britten who can talk transcendental vagaries for two hours without hardly taking breath,’ and who would prevent, by force, a noble and glorious woman from declaring the grandest truths that were ever uttered by human lips! - I Be assured, Mrs. Britten, and all would-be liberal popes and spiritualistic inquisitors, that you will not succeed. Spiritualism will have no pontiifs, either in pantaloons or petticoats, to dictate beliefs and crush out freedom of con- science and speech. BRUNO. A PETITION FOR GREENBACKS. Eclilors Wee7ély:—The workingmen of this city have pre- pared the following Petition to Congress. Please to publish it and request all those who are friendly to copy it, or some- thing similar. obtain all the signatures they can, and send the petition to Hon. Peter Cooper (Cooper Union, New York City), for presentation to Congress. What we want is that our friends should get up petitions for legal tender money, to be issued by the Government-‘V sufficient) quantities for the needs of the people. WM. A. A. CARSEY, 402 W. 51st st., City. THE PET1TION_OF THOSE WHO LIVE BY HONEST LABOR. To the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress As- sembled. - Your petitioners respectfully represent-—— ~ 1. That they believe that a large part of the suffering which prevails among the industrial classes, by reason of their non- employment, has been caused by a mistaken ﬁnancial policy of the Government; , e 2. That two kinds of currency for any nation are incom- patible with the public interest, and are a certain cause-of misfortune; — ‘ 3. That the circumstances that seemed to make it neces- sary to authorize National Banks under the present system passed away with the war; 4.. That the National Bank currency is a costly currency to the people, inasmuch as it ensures the banks two interests; first, on their bonds, and second, on their currency which they receive for their bonds while deposited with the Gov- ernment; 5. That the currency best adapted to the interests of in- dustry, is that issued by the Government, which should be made receivable for all dues. — We therefore respectfully ask that your honorable bodies will pass a law providing for the retirement of the National Bank currency, and for the issue of United States Treasury Notes to take its place,:and for this we will ever pray. A 4 f 'wr'—* MRS. WOODHULL IN THE FIELD. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. (From the Tribune, J ohnstown, Pa. J an 22, 18.76.) The lecture delivered by Mrs. Woodhull in the Opera House last night was thoroughly. enjoyed by the ladies and gentlemen present. She is a rapid, yet clear and distinct talker,'and possesses a richly—modulated voice, which is ex- ceedingly pleasing to the listener. There were many home truths spoken last evening by this lady in such an impres- sive manner as to touch the hearts of her audience, and the close attention with _which her discourse of an hour and a- quarter was received showed that it was highly appreciated by all present. . (From the Democrai, Johnston, Pa. Jan 22, I878.) <VICTORIA C. WOODHULL delivered her lecture on the “True and False, Socially,” in the Opera House on Friday evening last. There was not a great crowd out to hear her, but what it lacked in numbers it made up in li‘igh—tOned, appreciative listeners. Mrs. Woodhull, in personal appear— ance, is far handsomer than any other lady we have ever heard onlthe rostrum—gracefu1 and feminine in all her move- voice and gestures. but everything denotes the sweet—voiced, cultivated lady. She spoke, about one hour and a quarter, and the very close attention given her by the audience was an evidence that she was interesting and entertaining. The lec- ture surpassed the expectations of the public and was a rare treat, being one of the most elegantly delivered lectures ever heard in our town." (From the Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, [Mo.] Feb. 21876.) THE OVATION LAsT EVENING AT ARMORY HALL. If among the large audience who were present at Armory Hall last evening to hear Victoria C. Woodhull lecture, any went with the expectation of hearing anything advanced by that lady that was either immodest or licentious. they must have left the hall disappointed in that respect, but much bet- Jesus like a first-class orthodox ranter. Had she her way, A faith in the old motto, Verltas prevvalebit. ments and positions‘ There is nothing masculine about her ter imformed on some matters than they were before they entered it." Mrs. Woodhull appeared upon the platform attired in a very plain, darlc-colored dress, and spoke with great animation for about two hours. Her utterance is very rapid, but dis- tinct: her language forcible, and her gestures appropriate and effective. Everything she does. both, in utterance and action, seems to be spontaneous. She never hesitates for a word, and her strong, vigorous thoughts are clothed in the most appropriate language. Unlike most ﬂuent speakers she deals but little in imagery, and her efforts have no at: tempt at rhetorical embellishment. and yet she is an orator of great ability. In the treatment of her subject, she goes straight to the point under consideration for the time, and says what she has to say, in vigorous Saxon, and then passes On. Her strength as a‘ speaker ~ is in her earnestness. Her audience at once become en rapport with her, for they feel that they have before them awoman who is in “dead earnest,” and that the wOrds,which are falling from her lips are not the mere coinage of a mental process but they are thoughts coming straight from her heart, earn: estly uttered. because earnestly felt. -The lecture was listened to by the large audience, a large proportion of whom wcreladies, with rapt attention, and the speaker was frquentiy interrupted by loud applause. While Mrs. Woodhull. in dealing with a. subject which jg generally ignored in_ the pulpit and on the platform, calls a spade a spade, there was nothing that fell from her lips which could justly shock the sensibilities of the most reﬁned . On the contrary, there was around it an elevated, moral and even religious tone. The subject is one that is demanding the attention of all who are interested in social ethics, and who is there that is not interested in a matter that so vitally — affects the general welfare of humanity? Her‘ views are in advance of the day in which she lives, but there were but few if any present last evening who could differ from her and even if they did,‘;they derived an intellectual pleasure 1;; listening to the keen, clear, earnest thinker. who thoroughly) believes in the mission she is advocating. They heard some plain truths, it is true, some of whichcame «home to mam but they were told by a fearless woman, who has an abiding (From the St. Louis, [Mo.] Journal, Feb. 2, I876, Victoria C. _WOodhull lectured last evening in Armory Hall upon “The True and False. Socially". A large audience was present representing in character the best element of the St. Louis social world, a large proportion being imam- gent ladies; proving that the strictures of the press through- out the country on this irrepressible and unconquerabia woman have had the effect to enhance the public interest; in the social theories she advances. Mrs. Woodhull has a ﬁne stage presence, in most excellent taste. She were last eveni broadcloth, with demi—train, elaborately tri silk. Mrs. Woodhull’s elocution is almost faultless hm. voice at times ringing out full and clear as she promulgates some grand idea, and again sinking into a whisper. every syllable distinct ‘and clear as if it were a thing hewn out of marble. Her manner upon the rostrum is. quick, nervous and excited, and yet her gestures are always well-timed. She has a not unpleasant peculiarity of walking rapidly from one side of the platform to the other, and again, when in. tensely engrossed in her subject, of pressing her hand to her forehead and weeping back her luxuriant hair. At the conclusion of her lecture Mrs. Woodhull held an in- formal reception in the room adjoining the hall, and a ‘large number of ladies and gentlemen shook hands with and con- gratulated the great social reformer. and she dresses ns =1 heavy blue mined with black (From the St. Louis. [Z110-] lRe.publt’can, Feb. 2l,m1l876.l)l'7 I « Victoria C. Woodhull’s lecture d Armogy halllaistbnight. A woman attire in an e a crate toilet ulled far back. i - her throat and a New Testarngnt in one hand. i‘3Iietihl]egtS;::-egg at length made her appearance on the stage, where she im- mediately became very much at home. Opening the book she read the subject of her discourse from I. Corinthians ° chapter 3; verses 16 and 17‘: " “Know ye not that ye are the tem 1c of God a SP'}rIi1t of God dwéalléalth ihn You.” P ’ nd that the * ‘ any man e e t e temple of God, him sha - stroy; for the temple of God is holy, which templlel $602.36» Mrs. Woodhull gave a vivid description of her sufferings and feelings while in durance vile, and asked thepeople that had helped gmacadamize such a pathway for herself and sister to strew a few ﬂowers in their way now. I [Each of the above St. Louis, Papers also ‘contain a lengthy digest of the lecture.] row a large audience at L in. .4 run ~ BUSINESS EDITORIALS. WARREN CHAsE will lectureiin Otumwa, Iowa, March 2, 3, .4 and 5. Address for February, Independence, Iowa; and ﬁrst week in March, Otumwa, Iowa. . —_..=_=.—. 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Y. 0ﬂice.1ll Nassau Street, Room 9. \ \ ‘- nrrs . . lﬁﬂﬂllniiauu If a man lceepeth my saying he shall never see death.——"Jesus. - ‘ To him that ooercometh, I willyioe to eat of the hidden 77’tCt7’l7lCl-.-=—Sl3. John the Divine. That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver them who through fear of death were all their l?_I/2e- time subject to Zzoiidag/e.——Paul. The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without pacrtiality and without hy- poc7°isy._—-James, iii. , 1 7. And these. signs shall follow them .' In my name ; shall they cast out devils; they shall take up serpents; and they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them ,' they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recoue7'.—Jesus. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1876. I: ,_._.. WE are prepared to furnish a few hundred complete sets ’ of the ﬁrst series of Bible Articles consisting of ﬁfteen num- bers of the VVEEKLY, for one dollar, postage paid. Our friends should lose no opportunity to bring these articles to the attention of those whom they can interest. A careful study of all of them is necessary to a complete understand-_ ing of the great and all-important truth that is yet to be re- vealed; which must be carefully and judiciously brought be- fore the world, as the sun comes upon it, bringing ﬁrst the break-of—day, next its dawn, and afterward its full meridian splendor. THE DOUBLE TRIANGLE ; on, THE SIX-POINTED srnn IN THE EAST. For we have seen his star in the East, and we are come to worship -lmfsr. MA'r'rnEw, ii., 2. \ . 3.‘ /1 ' \ / ' ’ \\ I This ﬁgure is allegorical of the truth, to the exposition Of which the WEEKLY is now devoted. It has been c1earlY shown in our present S€1‘l.E_S of leading articles that it repre- sents the coming blending together of the inhabltants of the ,»earth and spirit spheres in a common brotherhood, and the establishment thereby of the universal human family. It also represents still another and more important truth which has not yet been introduced, but which, deﬁned in.a few Words is, God in man reconciling the world unto Himself. We adopt this diagram as emblematic of our future work A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING‘, ETC. For as he thinketh in his heart, so is l1e.-—PROVERBS xxiii, *7. For one believeth that he may eat all things; another who is weak, eateth herbs. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. I know, and am fully persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself ; but to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. ‘ It is good neither to eat ﬂesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy "brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is Weak.——R0mans xiv. 2, 5, 14, ,15and2l. . .’“ And the voice spake unto him again the second time. What God hath cleansed, that call then not common. . But God hath showedvme that I should not call any man common of unclean. E 01’ a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation, he that feareth him and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.——THE Acrs x-15, 28, 34 and 35. ‘ For.I delight in the law of God, after the inward man; but I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.——Romans, vii~22 and 23. The universe exists, and is in constant motion; andthe motion produces as constant change. It is impossible that there should be motion of any kind in any part of anything that goes to make up the universe, without the effects of that motion being communicated to every other thing. Every movement in the atmosphere by what we call “ the winc ” is proof positive that every other portion of the atmosphere is moved to restore or keep the equilibrium ; in fact “the wind” is the means by which the equilibrium is maintained. Wlrenever there is a contraction of the volume of the atmosphere in any part of the world, caused by cold, the warmer pprtions vfromi all surrounding quarters «rush in to reestablish the balance; or when any part of it becomes expanded by heat, it rushes outward in all direc- tions, the violence qr rapidity of the movement, in either case, being in proportion to the suddenness and degree of the change in the temperature. ~ There is no division any- where in the atmosphere. It is all one; but there are all varieties of movements going on within it all the while. And what is true of the atmosphere is also true of the earth. There arerno absolute divisions in the matter of which the body of the earth is composed. As with the atmosphere so it is with the earth; as its different conditions in various places, depend upon the different motions that are set up within itself as a whole, do the various conditions of the earth depend upon the motions that have been made in the original matter as a whole; and there are no exceptions to this rule, even up to and including man. From the time that the ﬁrst combination of two different elements (accord- ing to the elemental theory); or from the time that two atoms combined together (according to the atomic theory) up to the highest, most perfect, and most complex organic structure that there is existing, there is one continued line of change caused by motion in the matter that has been thus evolved. And it must‘ be remembered that each new combination which has been effected, has been a result of those which have gone before it. Nothing, at any time, has ever been interpolated into creation that had no previous cause. Thus creation is one continuous line of change on change, of growth on growth, from the beginning till now, and ever will be. The evolution of the material universe, it should be re- membered also, has not carried all the matter contained within it forward with equal rapidity. The primeval rocks from which the sands and soils have been decomposed, still comprise a very large portion of the solid body of the earth. There was a time, however, when there was nothing higher in the scale of organized matter than the rocks. These are, as it were, the foundation upon which creation is built; and upon which layer upon layer, story upon story, has been erected. It is even questionable whether the highest addi- tion that now exists could stand, should the foundation rocks by some processbe removed. May it not be possible, nay, is it not certain, that the foundations of creation are as necessary to the “upper works” as is the foundation of a building to its continuance as a structure. And yet the vegetable world is a higher order of creation than the rocks; and the reptile and fowl still higher orders than the veget- able; and the animal a further-on development still. The human animal, man, standing on the apex of creation, looks backward down the ascent that has been made and sees himself the culmination of all this mighty work carried on through all these mighty rounds of ages. Witli man, however, the old order of growth culminated. Hitherto the progress had been in complexity of organic form. Each new order of creation possessed some new function or organ, or some new functional or organic capacity. All of these new additions to the complexity of organic structure may be clearly traced, and the line of evolution formulated, from the ﬁrst structural cell upward and forward until it ends in the delicately formed" and beautifully arranged and adapted hands and feet and ﬁngers and toes of the human body. But all the matter of which the universe is com- posed has not been raised into human bodies. There are still existing, with some possible exceptions, all the links that comprise the chain of development reaching from mat- ter “without form and void” to man. In other words, there is still a place for everything, and may it not be also added that everything is in its place, while the rounds of growth continue to make their mighty circuits, every year adding th the mass of matter that has become imbued with human life, by having been passed through the human body. Standing on the apex of creation, all below and around man is becoming permeated with a new power by reason of his existence; and nature is constantly receiving her recom- pense for having in her economy developed him. Man produces a modifying, an elevating effect upon everything which comes within the circle of his inﬂuence. The very air he breathes becomes possessed of a new power because it has been in his body. All this we have frequently men- tioned before, but we wish distinctly to call attention to it here and now, because it furnishes a view of evolution that few have ever given its proper weight in the divine econ- omy. It is not generally recognized that the whole -mass of matter of which the earth is composed, and all of creation below man into which matter enters, is gradually becoming humanized. Not only is man discharging himself into the amosphere by each exhaling breath, but in the insensible perspiration, and in all his bodily secretions and cxcretions there goes a principle to enrich and lift the world to higher possibilities. Of course, this action is not to be perceived in the individual man to any considerable extent, but there is, nevertheless, a constant ﬂux and reﬂux between organic and inorganic matter by which the latter is charged with the highest powers of the former. Indeed this is the method by which God is reconciling the world unto Him- self; that is, is making all matter capable, gradually, of ministering to the highest needs of man, with and in Whom He is eventually to dwell. ' We have been thus explicit in pointing out the methods by which matter is being ﬁtted to be subservient to the highest needs that it is to ﬁll in the divine economy of the future, so that we may teach a lesson by analogy further on that might not be recognized unless it had an illustration by which it could be enforced. The same law of evolution of relation and economy, prevails in all departments of na-’ ture. This law of reciprocal action and reaction is not con- ﬁned to the material universe. It enters into the new order of growth that was set up in man, when he appeared, It is plainly to be seen that nothing in the material universe can stand alone. All the surroundings, all the antecedents and consequents, are necessary to each distinct creation and to all the individualities of each, as well. All former crea- tions had to exist before the later could exist; and the 1ater are dependent upon the former to maintain their existence. So there runs a line of interdependence through the whole circuit of creation. No part can say to any o.the1-, *4 I have no need of thee,” for all are parts of a united, common whole, which wouldlnot be a whole if any part were miss- ing or even were misplaced. Before leaving this part of the subject, it should be noted that so long as anything remains in the economy of nature, it remains to do a needed work, and if it disappear, it is because that work is done. The time, no doubt, will come, when it will be impossible to find the material out of which to construct a tiger with his ferocious disposition. For the character of the tiger depends upon the organism through which its life ﬁnds its expression. N 0 other form of animal can be made to imitate the tiger; and what is true of this variety is true of every other. Each forms a connecting link in evolution which, when it shall lift what is behind it, to its level, or to its place, and connect it with that which is before it, it will drop out and leave the new connec- tion to do its further work. The species of animals, rep- tiles, etc., that have become extinct, are illustrations of what we mean. They became extinct because there was no further use for them to serve in the economy of nature; and being none they disappeared. The same as We lay aside a thing that has served its purpose, so has God laid aside the things which He has made which have served His, purpose; and so will He continue to do, until the world shall be reponciled unto Him. We can now rise into the domain of man ; into the new order of development that was set up by his advent on the earth. It may be diﬂicult to draw the line in creation and say, here the animal ceases and there the man begins. Originally man was nothing that he is now, save in form, and even that has changed materially in someimportant parts. The shape of the -heads of the people of enlightened nations is widely diﬁ'erent-from that of original tribes. But here, even, the original is found to reach down to the pres- ent in exceptional cases even among the most advanced classes. Generally speaking, however, the shape of the heads of the people generally has changed as the people have advanced intellectually and spiritually. There can be no doubt that the evenly balanced head; the head with the animal, social, intellectual and spiritual faculties evenly de- veloped, is the most perfect bead; is the better head to have than one in which either of these departments is below the average of the others. ~ The development, therefore, in man has been in brain power; in intellectual and spiritual direc- tions, this growth causing a change in the conformation of the head, to meet the needs of the enlarged organs that it contains. Now it will be observed that those people wlxosh-E52753 are nearest perfectly developed, whose heads are rounded out and full instead of sharp and angular, have the most evenly balanced characters. And what is true speciﬁcally of the head, is true in a more general sense of the body as a whole —~the bodies that approach nearest to perfection of outline and of general form, providing other things are equal, con- tain the nearest approach to perfect characters. No one can conceive of Christ as any more deformed or imperfect in His body thanln mind and spirit. Therefore it seems that l ‘ \ “'» 4, “'--~G 3-qb"". =- ~Feb. 19,1876. A it must be that the degree of perfection or imperfection that is indicated by the acts of individuals, is determined by the perfection or imperfection of their forms, through which they are made manifest. It is impossible for some to steal, while others have no power to refrain from stealing. It is impossible for many to be driven to a condition in which they could take the life of another, while there are a few among the whole who place no value at all on human life. But the many have no right to complain of the few, further than to provide protection for themselves against the defects in their organizations which make them dangerous. The person who cannot keep from stealing is more to be pitied than is he from whom he steals ; and certainly thesame, in a’ still higher degree, is true of him who by reason of the sins of his parents is made liable at any time to be provoked to murder, than is he who falls beneath his fury. All these evidences of imperfection in human character—all these evidences that the blood—thirstiness of the tiger is not yet burned out of matter, or that the secretiveness of the fox will manifest itself in man when the fox is made the basis of his character—go to show how careful all should be who assume the responsibility of adding to the population of the world. It is not true, however, that parents are wholly responsible for the defects of character with which children are en- dowed. Save as between the two they are only indirectly responsible. No person living can stand up amid the people and say I am alone responsible for what I do, and say it truely. No one can be so completely divorced from things around, assto make this possible. In the ﬁrst place every one is a natural result of the conditions in which he or she was pro- duced, and in the second place this aggregate of results is open to the inﬂuence of everything by which it is surrounded, and is made to act in given directions, in proportion as these inﬂuences are strong or weak in.those directions. N 0 one is his own master or her own mistress, but, on the con- trary, persons are the slaves of the inﬂuences in which they live, conjoined with their inherited tendencies. In all com’- munities there will be individuals both above and below the average of goodness of the larger majority, but the degree of goodness which the general average of the whole of any community represents, depends not upon any individual of the community, but upon the community as a whole, and the general progress which any community makes does not depend absolutely upon any of the individuals who may seem to do most to cause it toevolve in goodness, but upon the commonlaw of evolution, working upon general princi- ples which lie behind all men and all communities, ofwhich all men and communities are the agents only. As in the abso- lute sense there can be no such thing as personal responsi- bility, so in the same sense there can be no such thing as personal merit. True, man -may perform a part in some grand cause that may prevail, but, after all, it is because he was prepared to do so, and because the work was ready to be done. He neither makes himself, nor yet the material with which the work is to be performed. But there is a modifying power in man that seems to go beyond the limitsof adherance to evolutionary law, and to act independently of it, and this fact has led men to adopt the idea of personal responsibility. Everybody is conscious of a power within that says to the inclination: “ This is wrong. See thou do it not,” or, “ This is right. See thou do it.” But in recognizing this power a collateral fact is overlooked, and this is, that the degree of the restraint from ,,doing the wrong, or constraint to do the right, depends wholly upon the conditions of which we have been speaking, and vet undoubtedly the progress that man has made in the line of evolution, of which he is the speciahreprescntative, has been so made by virtue of this thing that stands behind the inclinations and tendencies of his animal economy as monitor and umpire—-as the judge ; and this is the contest between the devil and God——the good and evil-—the carnal and the spiritual-—in man. ‘He is the ﬁeld in which the con- test wages; in which it has waged since this the voice of God began to speak in man. There are no evidences that this still small voice ﬁnds utterance in any form below the form of man. The beast pursues the bent of his own nature, and he is contented or uneasy as this bent ﬁnds satisfaction or is deprived of it. No one considers it a crime for a tiger to devour a man. It is his nature thus to-do, and God hath made him so. How much more a crime is it in the man who is a human tiger-—who has no voice of God within him to re- » strain him from the crime? But it must not be forgotten that the standards of right and wrong, change to keep pace with the development of this power over human action. “That is right and proper in one age of the world comes to be wrong and improper in a succeeding age. Neither should it be forgotten that, while there is seemingly a common standard of right and wrong, which ﬁnds expression in the laws and customsof a people at any given time, that this is only seeming, for behind this external standard every individual has one of his own by which he directs his life. Now, here is the disputed ground between those who contend for the written law, and. those who contend for the-. higher law. V The higher law to anyone is the law within him which tells him that this is right and that is wrong; let the written law be what it may, whether really a higher standard or a lower than the one existing in the indi- vidual. It is he who acts always nearest to the dictates of the lawwithin him, whether it be in accord with the law without or not, who obeys the law of God. For he who acts ‘fully up to the law he ﬁnds within him, lives the life that is natural to his degree of -evolution. “ Let every one be fully persuaded inhis own mind,” said the profound St. Paul, ‘ And if anyone being fully persuaded in his own mind that a certain thing is right for him to do, no matter if the whole world be against him and call it wrong, it is right for him. Then here we ﬁnd the rule that should govern life; here we ﬁnd the rule that would govern life if all arbitrary and external inﬂuences were removed. If a man do what a law or custom requires which is in opposition to this judge within, he will be damned; he is condemned; and p it is this inexorable judge‘——this God within—that passes sentence. ' In presenting this we must not'be understood to say that any given act which may be done with the approvalof this judge, must be the highest. N ot by any means. There is a highest standard and a lowest, and there are standards all the way between the two, and those who live by the highest are the nearest to perfection. But this does not alter the former proposition. Degrees of goodness are a necessary accompaniment of the law of growth. All people do not grow alike, and, consequently, all cannot think and act: alike, and think and act rightly. Everything is true, or should be, to the standard which its actual development represents, and there are as many different standards as there are degrees of growth between the starting point and the highest yet attained. So it comes about that “what one thinketh so he is,” and so also that what one is “ fully per- suaded in his own mind” is the best thing for him to do; is the best life for him to lead, really is the best for his pres- ent condition, and without doubt, most prcmotive of fur- ther-on development, For, if one attempt to live a life that some one wants him, to, which is above his natural standard, such an one is liable, aye, is almost certain to back—slide, because the seeds of the old life still remain in him, and will spring up and grow as soon as the pressure that carried him upward is removed. Whe1'eas,. had he been ‘left to exhaust the conditions of.the lower, and to be guided by the judge within, instead of one without, he would have developed regularly instead of spasmodically, to fall again. When applying this rule of life to social things, it must be held that whatever one is fully persuaded in his or her own mind is best; is the most in accord with nature; is the highest, that life is the best for him or her, and if led, will not only contribute most to present happiness, but also to the most rapid growth. For all growth must be of the in- dividual. N 0 one can grow for another, save in this way, if it be an exception: every one has an inﬂuence on all by whom surrounded, and those who really, in the absolute sense, oecupy the most advanced positions in real goodness," purity and morals, both by word and deed, disseminate their goodness, purity and morality everywhere, and by so doing enrich the soil beneath; by so doing sow the seed of their own standard in lower grounds; inoculate their good- ness in the life of those who are fully justiﬁed’ in their own lives upon a lower plane, and thus, unconsciously to them, lift them higher. What is needed now is freedom for these forces to act; emancipation for the people so that they can thus act. Truth never ‘need ‘fear error if left free to combat it; nor need the higher ever fear that the lower will triumph, if each be free to grapple with the other. Evolution and not retrogression is the law of nature; and when nature is left free to act her part, the movement will be always up and never down. People might as well legislate that the weeds shall not grow in the garden as to do the same about the weeds in the higher garden of the human body. The true way is to cultivate the good seed, not by compulsion, but by attraction; by love, which is another name for attraction. In this way the higher will always draw the lower to it by the natural ‘power of which it is possessed; by virtue of its being the higher, while every form of force serves only to break this magic inﬂuence. Let every one be “fully persuaded in his own mind” how he should, live, and then adhere to it, in spite of all external inﬂuence; and let this cover the whole range of life. Who- ever does this not only will have the approval of his judge, which is the God within, but will make the most rapid general progress, because he who lives such a life as this ensures; is always ready to learn and adopt the better way; is never bound by any external thing to any idol; and, ﬁnally, because such a one is honest; is not a hypocrite, and has no need to/seem to be other than he is. 44- A ﬁwvw WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH LABOR? , Probably at no time since the establishment of this country was there so much unemployed labor as there is now. One person in every eight in all the large cities with nothing to do, and consequently with nothing to eat; and the same is true, to a greater or less degree, of all the country. It is a disgrace to civilization, that, in a country which can be made to yield even treble the crops of breadstuifs that it does there should be a million people suffering for the want of a. loaf, each, of bread a day. That the resources of the country are ample to feed ten times its own population, and at the same time that there are immense numbers of men, and es- specially women and children suffering for bread, discloses the fact, as it was never before disclosed, that there is -some- thing wrong somewhere. Of course, there is a great deal of talk among the “ wise,” and especially do the ﬁnance tink- erers talk earnestly of the evil whichithis or that amend- ment to our currency, will effect. But in spite of all this frfotli, there are causes behind it all out of which it rises, woonnunr. & GLAFL-IN’S WEEKLY. , is which are scarcely recognized by these doctors of ﬁnance. It is true that a thousand things which these tinkers may do, may aggravate or mitigate the symptoms of the disease, but they are tinkers merely Logically, the question of equity in industry, and of a. proper medium for eﬁecting its exchanges, have no relation to each other. If a man, or a body of men, set down anywhere in this country, is permitted to make free use of that by which they may ﬁnd himself surrounded, he will not only be able to provide himself with food and raiment, but his family also. The reason then that thousands cannot do this, is be- cause there are some kind of improper restrictions exercised somewhere, that destroy the natural right possessed by every man. If it be true, that a man by exercising his natural right to lab or, can provide himself and family with enough to meet their needs, then a body of men can do the same; and if abody, then the whole, if they are properly organized . These are self-evident propositions. It follows then since many men cannot do this under present conditions, that the fault lies with the system of organization under which the industries are conducted. And no tinkering with the ﬁnances, nor any strikes for wages, or. for hours of labor,- can ever settle this. Alleviation in securing better wages or better hours, may assuage‘ the symptoms, and put oil the day of the ﬁnal overthrow, as all compromises with wrong serve to do, and to retain the real oppressors longer in their power, but they can never remove or touch the real causes of the misery that need to be abated. It seems to us that there is one cause of present stagnation that hasbeen quite overlooked. Take the world as a whole, there are not so many more people in it than there were a a hundred years ago, as may at ﬁrst be supposed. Nor do these same people consume so muchsmore than they did then as‘ might be supposed. They require just about the same quantities of food that they did formerly; and wear about the same amount of clothes. But now look upon the other side, and see how large the increase in production has been, both in food and manufactured goods. The same number of laborers working the same number of hours now, by the aid of labor-saving inventions, produce sometimes ‘a hundred fold more than they formerly could have done without the aid of machinery. Whatever may have been the increase in consumption, the increase in production has been ten times as large, at least. All of this increase over consumption, has been accumulating in the markets of the world, until large amounts of capital_ are swallowed up in them, and as as the capital is all invested in these surplus stocks. This fact may be seen‘ probably more clearly, if the illus- trations be made of agricultural products. If the agricultu- ral industries of the world produce yearly double what is re- quired“ to feed all her people, it is clear that such overt pro- duction could go on only until the merchants should ﬁnd themselves with all their capital invested in produce, , for which there were no consumers. Then they would cease to purchase of the producer, and he would be left with his crops on his hands. Much the same condition of things as this would be, exists regarding manufactured goods. In fact, the condition is largely true regarding the direct products of the soil. With the increased facilities of production, there should have been a proportionate decrease of the -hours of labor, but no reduction in the wages of labor. ‘The a family than that of a hundred years «agolwlould produce, and yet a day’s labor produces sometimes a hundred times more than it did at that time. From year to year, merely, this increased production is not felt; and it has not been largely feltttill now, because the increased‘ methods of commercial intercommunication with various parts of the world, have distributed this over-production among the nations which have not been blessed by increased facilities for production. Butnow these new sources of demand have all been opened up, and their present requirements ﬁlled. Their marketsare overloaded, and the reaction of all this, to be severely felt, for almost the ﬁrst time. The conse- quence is that the merchants have got all theproducts of the labor of years on their hands, while the laborer, now idle, has nothing with which to purchase. Now the solution of this whole problem is patent on its face. If these people who have succeeded in smug- gling the products of labor into"'their hands, were the agents merely of the producers, and'not the owner of their products, then labor when unemployed by reason of prdduction over consumption could be maintained during such reactionary periods, whereas now they must be subsisted if they are permitted to subsist at all, by the charitable bestowment upon them of the very things which their labor orig'inal‘ly produced. For such injustice as this there can be found of the vexed question of ﬁnance, wages, or hoursof labor. The cause lies deeper than they can reach. What the world needs to secure is the greatest good and greatest number merely, '_but for all. e ‘The policy of self-aggrandisement has been pursued until one-half the worldis starvingand naked, while the other half has got an immense accumulation of goods upon its hands with which it does _not know what to do; or, in its"own»language, “We cannot purchase any further because there is no market for what we have.” iThisltells the whole story, the real seat of the disease they can never reach, because ‘ a consequence the manufacturers cannot goon producing, price of a day’s labor willnot produce any more support for I upon the producing centers of civilization, is now beginning‘ no remedy in any solution that may be made or attempted , the greatest degree of happiness and comfort, notifor the ~ 6 p Z‘ , woonnunna cr.A1vL1N*sswEEKLv. G N ow, what is wanted in place of the present system of in- dustries is a system which will leave the producers in pos- session of their products, so that in any event of failure to produce, or from temporary reaction caused by over-produc- ii tion, they may not be left to subsist from charities, in which system all the classes who are now the rulers of the producer, inasmuch as it is they who say we will or we will not pur- chase your products, will become their servants or agents i to effect the exchanges between the several branches of industry. In such a system there would be no Stewarts, with millions of the products of labor stored in their immense warehouses, which no laborer could obtain without payinga price. We then should have Stewarts to oversee the accumu- lated products of labor, and, in times like these, to deal them out to those who otherwise would suffer. In place of the spirit of selﬁsh greed, we need that of the “ Good- Samaritan,” by Whom Jesus attempted to teach his pro- fessed followers a lesson that they will not learn. Ln 4 V 17* ARE THEIR EYES OPENED? The Y. M. C. A. have heretofore never had any diﬁiculty in getting Congress to pass any bill that they have asked for, to assist them in the so-called “ suppression of vice and crime.” All they have had to do was to send their suppliant agent to Washington with a box of the latest seizures of obscene pictures or books, and a prepared bill, and the job was done. Probably there were not a dozen Congressmen who would ever hear such a bill, sought to be passed read. They simply didn’t care anything, about it. They knew that a. powerful Christian Association asked that it be done, and they have done it without a question. They did not perceive in the artfully drawn law how they were being entrapped into trampling upon the Constitution ; or rather into‘ passing a law, that, while it did not in speciﬁc language, infringe upon the Constitutional rights of the freedom of the press, was nevertheless intended by its pro- moters to be interpreted so to do, and to be used for that purpose. When this same suppliant agent had us arrested, there was no language in the law, which he knew as well as any- body‘ else, that’ could be construed by any twisting into a justification of proceeding against us, even had the paper of which he complained been obscene in law, which it . was not. But he, or those behind him, relied upon the prejudices of the people and the public , opinion, which they knew would support the Great Preacher and the “Revered Citizen,” to justify his high—handed assumption of dictatorship to the press in our case. But inthis he failed, and when he saw that he was defeated, his impotent rage knew no bounds. Everywhere he went he openly avowed that he would never rest until he had procured a law by which he could send us_ to the peniten- tiary. Even before the culmination of his brigandish attempt upon us, he went before Congress and had interpolated into _ the law the word “ paper ” among the things that might be proceeded against for passing through the mails. Congress did not see that, by this word “ paper,” _its artful drafters really meant newspaper. A paper is a too general term to be used in statutory law to designate a newspaper, because a ‘paper may be any other thing in paper form just as well as a newspaper. But the trap was set to make_Congress violate the Constitution, and, as far as the intention of the Y. M, C. A. was concerned, they did pass a law abridging . the freedom of the press, which the Constitution prohibits. Not only did he procure this done, but he got the penalty increased from one year imprisonment to ten, specially to suit our case, and to appease his wounded vanity for being defeated in his schemes to dispose of us at first. , But this unconscienceless agentof the Y. M. ‘C. A. ﬁnding that this little word “paper” would not _carry himself safely through the crusade against newspapers that do not advocate the line xofimorals prescribed by the Association which he serves, has found it necessary to go before Con- gress again to widen the scope and the application of this infamous law by which he seeks to obtain control of the press and the power to suppress any paper that may fall under the bane of the Y. M. C. A. This time he makes a bold bid for the whole word, and asks that Congress insert the word “newspaper” so that there may be no doubt about his right, so far. as Congress can make it a right, to prosecute newspapers._ One of the members of the Com- mittee informed us while in Washington, that “if Lant’s Sun had been a regularly issued newspaper he could not have been convicted-;_but that in law, his issue was a paper, without being a. newspapeﬁ “N0 newspaper,” said the Congressman, “can be attacked under this law; nor can Congress pass, 3 law of such import, because it is prohibited V by the Constitution.” When the late attempt was made to rush-a new law through Congress, its members at once saw the cat concealed in the meal, and some of the prominent ezepresentatives proceeded to denounce the bill" in proper germs as a dangerous innovation;upon the rights of the peo- ple, and the bill was recommitted for revisal. But behind the law, so far as it is intended by its promo- ters to apply to newspapers, it confers a power upon this agent of the .Y. A., now a U. S. P. O. oﬁicial, to overhaul the mails and to break open letters that he may deem Suspicious-.——a.p0WeI' that even the Premier of England dare not exercise, and for exercising which, in the case of an Italian rﬁfugee in England, one was forced to resign his V Mﬁce, Pg,1-liament-would not permit even the British Prime , Mmnisp-er 1,9 1;;-Wk thpispal. pf a letter belonging to a refugee, was who had sought shelter in England, but here in the United tates, not only does the agent of a body of sectarian Chris- tians assume to do what a’ British Premier dare not, but Congress passes a law legalizing the infamous outrage. In England the mails are sacred. In the United States they may be tampered with by a mere scenter after obscenity. How long will the people of this country -submit to such outrages? How long will they endure the insults of a gov- ernment whichexalts such men as this one into being a censor of the mails and the press? Let the government beware how far it trenches upon the endurance of this long- suffering people, lest they rise and in a day resume the rights of which, piece by piece, they have been defrauded. Remember, people of the United States, that this govern- ment, your Congress, your servants, have passed a law which stands upon your statute books a blotch of infamy, by which this man, who is beneath the contempt of an American citizen, infers that he has the right to go into any post office and open your letters; your daughters’ letters; your wives’ letters; your business letters, to see if, per- chance, you haven’t written something that, in his judg- ment, may corrupt the morals of the person whom you have addressed. - Moreover, this agent of obscenity does not dare to attack any of the greatnewspapers. He only moves against such as he imagines he can rely upon the prejudices of the public to sustain him in. It was this only that convicted Lant.:Had it been Mr. Dana, of the New York Sun, instead of Mr. Lant, of the Toledo Sun, that had published the objection- able matter, he would never have been proceeded against in the first place, and could never have been convicted in the second place. No jury could have been found who would have brought in a verdict of guilty upon the evidence that convicted Lant. It was because Lant was not a Dana, or a Bennett, or a Jones, that he .was prosecuted to convic- tion by the Y. M. C. A. Wlien George Francis Train was in the Tombs, day after day the New York Sun published column after column, equally ‘as objectionable to good taste and public morals, as was this from the same source for which Lant is now in the penitentiary. This fact of itself ought to move Congress to immediately repeal the law under which such outrages can be committed. No law should be permitted to stand upon the statute books of this great nation, which, in any case, can be used to op- press the weak and the poor, but from which the inﬂuential and the rich are protected by virtue of their position in society, and their wealth. No law should be allowed to stand a moment,,that is open to being made the vehicle of any man’s, or any association’s, sectarian or social bigotry and intolerance, to be vented , upon his victims by working upon the prejudices of an ignorant jury, who have no competent idea of purity or vulgarity in literature. A law that cannot be enforced against the great and rich as well as against the small and poor,» should never beenacted, and if {enacted and found to work in this way, should at once be repealed. Law should be for the protection of the people, not for the oppression of the weak, or the vehicle of religious or social persecution; and as this is the use to which the Y. M. C. A. reduce the Congressional Act to prevent the circulation in the mails of obscene literature, it ought to be repealed, at least so much of it as may be inter- preted to prohibit the sending of newspapers, books and pamphlets in the mails, and upon which prosecutions for sending them may be instituted. Newspapers should be left free to discuss all questions relating to the welfare of the race; even the sexual question in its minutest particu- lars; and books and pamphlets, containing scientiﬁc or con- troversial investigations jnto the mysteries ‘and the un- known in sex, ought to pass freely through the mails. A m if LIFE‘-SIZE LITHOGRAPH. We have just received the ﬁrst edition of life—size litho- graphs of Victoria C. Woodhull, from the lithographic establishment of Armstrong & Co., of Boston, Mass. They are splendid pictures, both as a work of art and as like- nesses. They are "printed on heavy paper 20 x24 inches, and specially adapted for framing. They will be sent post- paid, securely wrapped to guard against damage, to any address for 50 cents. The common price of lithographs of this size is $2; but we have arranged with the publisher to furnish them in large quantities at such rates that they can be resold at the price named without loss to us. They are thus put within the means and reach of everybody who desires to have a splendid life—size portrait of the Editor-in- Chief of the WEEKLY, who has devoted her life wholly to the inauguration of a new dispensation on earth, in which misery, vice and crime shall have no place. In reply to many letters asking for " dealer’s terms ” we would say that the lithographs maybe ordered by express by the half dozen, dozen, or more at 40 cents, the usual price, less the postage. In explanation of the delay that has occurred in sending lithographs we would say that the second edition has been delayed, but will be received within a day or two, when. all orders will be ﬁlled.—[MANAGING EDITOR]. __iQ 4 V 1* THE GARDEN OF EDEN . The paper edition of this oration is exhausted; but we have just received the pamphlet edition, which, to meet the extraordinary demand that has been made for the paper, We will furnishin lots of ten at $1, or more at same rate- V Feb. 19, 1876. READY FOR THE CONFLICT. Bowen talks like a man reluctantlyenlisted, but-, once in, resolved upon a square fight. VVe are rejoiced to secure for the right a soldier of such grit. He brings himself up with millions of ammunition, and will, no doubt, do more to shake up the sea—sick followers of Plym0utl1’s Jonah than all that have preceded him. There is manliness in Bowen’s words, some heart and brains. Good men ;will appreciate his straight forward statement. We are tired of petty-fogging; it has been one of the poisons that has brought on so much demoralization throughout the nation. “ Down with shams !” Parson Halliday very properly introduced Bowen’s “letter missive” by prayer. He seems to have had an idea that the “missive” would contain some sharp accusations against the modern St. Paul. No doubt Brothers S. V. W., Joe Howard, and others of that ilk will continue their whistling, and try to keep up their courage; but sounding brass and fog horns will not much longer protect their beloved Henry VVard, nor will they frighten the besiegers any more than do .Shearman’s tears. ——~——-————¢o« A REQUEST. As we are soon to begin the preparation of an elaborate statement of the ultimate truth of the New Departure, so far as it is known to us, we desire that all persons who have any singular, exceptional, or hitherto inexplicable sexual experiences which they think may relate to this truth, should write them out in detailed form. These com‘ munications, if desired, will be held strictly conﬁdential, so far as the writer’s names are concerned, but we propose to incorporate such parts of them as have bearing upon the truth, with the statement. This statement is designed for those only who have expressed a desire to receive the whole trnth, together with all its responsibilities, and will contain in an appendix, a,‘,list of such persons’ names with their resi- dences, through which they may come toknow each other. P—<‘>—-4 TO OUR OHIO READERS. , There is :1 bill pending before the legislature of Ohio, providing for the taxation of church property. Every one W110 favors such a bill should send in a petition, with all the names that can be obtained, asking that the bill pass. _j—»;. LECTURE ENGAGEMENTS. Mrs. VVoodhull lectured in Memphis on Sunday, in N ash- ville, on Monday, and in Chattanooga to-night (Tuesday). And is to lecture at Atlanta, Ga., to-morrow night (Wednes- day) ;at Augusta, Thursday; at Macon, Friday; and at Mont- gomery, Ala., Saturday of this week. Route beyond there is not yet known, but will probably be Selma, Jackson, Vicksburg, Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston and other Texan cities in regular succession. All letters about lectures should be addresed to the United States Lecture Bureau, Box 3,791, New York City. 4;. VV*- Bowen’s “Doxolager” will probably cause a fresh ﬂow of briny tears from Shearman, an essay from J 0 Howard (or a squib from Jugg), a hundred fresh camilias from the ladies of old Plymouth, and some capital stories from “Henry Ward B., of Puritan stock,” who faithfully preaches “the word to his flock,” and then the brethren will vote an increase of salary, and request that brother S. V. White’s name be dropped for making a fussy time about nothing. Will somebody give the names of the male mem- bers of that society who have not yet been prominently connected with the defence of the “ Great Defendant ” and its ﬁnancial condition, officers, vestrymen? Let it be seen. of wl-hm the rank and ﬁle consist. Those most prominent were registered long since—Henry’s letters to Moulton did that business—but his faithful sepoys! poor fellows, pity them! ——~———————+~>-—-———— THE -DAWN OF DAY. Are we in reality to have more truth in the world?- There is a vague idea tripping around corners, pitching into churches, schools, theatres, warehouses, prisons——even law oﬁices ﬁnd it frequently perched on their court calendars; that we are “too smart”——that we “cant”——are “hypo- crites ”——evcn worse, if that is possible—all false. _. Are your readers expected to believe the New Departure is to make a clean sweep of all this rubbish that has swamped so many millions of good fellows ? Suppose we begin by inviting that much-abused woman, Elizabeth R. . Tilton, whom we fervently hope will yet have faith enough in truth to clasp it, and demand the world’s approval. She has carried the sins of Plymouth on her shoulders, and besides, a load of masculine selﬁshness beyond endurance. She has heroic qualities. The good in all directions will welcome l1er—we pray she may step ﬁrmly to the front," and fear not. SOME WOMEN IN CHERRY VALLEY. Man A r ‘gra SPIRITUAL CHURCH on THE GOOD-SAMARITANS, recogniz- ing the Jesus Christ principles as their foundation, will meet? at the hall in the rear of Charter Oak Hall, San Francisco, Cal., Sundays at 11, 2:30, 7 P. M. Services by Rev. Dr. Chaun- cey Barnes and others. » .45» . g V _ .. 1- am;/hm . 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[IHR|3T|AN|TY AND THE BIBLE 'Philosop‘li§;b§; Science. DR‘. J. PILKINGTON, of California, has written a striking Pamphlet with the above title. A perusal of its mass of facts will better post and fortify the Lib- eral mindas to ecclesiastical pretensions and the per- secutions of the Church in all ages, than many a more bulky. and ambitious work. Liberal friend. no ﬁtter work can be selected to hand to your bigoted neighbor of the Church than this instructive pamphlet. _Anx- ions to spread the truth. we have reduced the price of this work (whcih is elegantly printed in clear type, on ﬁne white paper), to twenty cents, postage 2 cents. 32 large-pages. INDEPENDENTTRACT SOCIETY. Publishers. Worcester, Mass. I876. NEW B[l[lKS.* I876. “ SEXUALFT!EEDOM;” "Free Love and Free Lovers. NINE ESSAYS, BY CHAS. TV. BENNETT. A first rate little work to go out among the in ses. The arguinents used are forcible. ~ as The S. S. 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THE WORLD’S Sixteen Cruciﬁed Saviors; OR, CHRIST I A NI 1 ’Y BET ORE CHRIS T. ’ CONTAINING N ew, Startling and Eoilraordinciry Revemtions in Religious History, which disclose the Orientctl Origin of all the Doctrines, Principles, Precepts and Miracles of the CHRISTIAN NEW TESTAMENT, and _furm’sliing a Key for unlocking many of its Sacred lllysteries, besides comprising the II/istory of Sixteen Or-ieaital Gruciﬁed Gods. BY KERSEY GRAVES, _ Azitlior of “ The Biograp/i_y_of Satan ”_an.ol “The Bible of Bibles ” (comprisi (7 ii description of twenty ibles.) This wonderful and exhaustive volume by Mr. Graves will, we are certain, take high rank as a book of refer- ence in the ﬁeld which he has chosen for it. The amount of mental labor necessary to collate and com- pile the varied information contained in it must have been severe and arduous indeed, and now that it is in such convenient shape the student of free thought will ’ not willingly allow it to go out of print. ‘But the book is by no means a mere collation of views or statistics: ,' throughout its entire course the author—as will be seen by his title-page and chapter—heads~—follows a. definite line of research and argnmentyto the close, and his conclusions go, like sure arrows, to the mark. CONTENTS. gy- Chap. 1.——Rival Claims of the Saviors. Chap. 2.——Messianic Prophecies. _ Chap. 3.—Prophecies by the ﬁgure of a Serpent. Chap. 4.~—Miraculous and Immaculate Conception of ti‘ G d . Chalpj. 5f)—SVii'gin Mothers and Virgin-born Gods! Chap. 6.—Stars point out the Time and the Savior’s Birthplace. Chap. 7.—Angels, Shepherds and Magi visit the Infant : S ' . Cl1£:;.1§.r--Tlle Twenty-ﬁfth of December the Birthday of the Gods. _ , Chap. 9.-—Titles of the Saviors. Chap. 10.—-The Saviors of Royal Descent but Humble Birth. _ Chap. 11.—~Christ’s Genealogy. Chap. 12.——The World’s Saviors saved from Destruc- tigm in Infancy. . _ . _ Chap. 13.——The Saviors exhibit Early Proofs of D1- ’ 't . ‘ 1}:1.—-The Saviors’ Kingdoms not of this World. Chap. 15.——The Saviors are real Personages. Chap. 16.——Sixtecn Saviors Cruciiied. Chap. l7.—-The Aphanasia, or Darkness, at the Cruci- ﬁ ' . Cha}.£1:.()I118.—Descent of the Saviors into Hell. Cha . 19.——ResurrectiOn of the Saviors. Chap 20.——Reappearance and Ascension of the Sav- CHH¥)T'21.—The Atonement: its Oriental or Heathe ClE)ztl1l%[:]2..—The Holy Ghost of Oriental Origin. _ Chap. 23.——The Divine “ Word ”‘of Oriental Origin. Chap. 24.—The Trinity very anciently a current Hea- then Doctrine. _ Chap. 25,-Absolution, or the Confession of Sins, of Heathen Origin. Chap. 26.-——Origin of Baptism by Water, Fire, Blood, and the Holy Ghost. Chap. 27.—-The Sacrament or Eucharist of Heathen Ori in. Chap%28.—Anointing with Oil of Oriental Origin. Chap. 29.——I:low Men, including J ssus Christ, came to be worshiped as Gods. Chap. 30.——Sacred Cycles explaining the Advent of the Gods, the Master-key to the Divinity of Jesus ’ Christ. = Chap. 31.—Christianity derived from Heathen and Oriental Systems‘. _ Chap. 32.—-Three Hundred and Forty-six striking Analogies between Christ and Crishna. Chap. 33.-Apollonius, Osiris and Magus as Gods. Chap. 34.—The Three Pillars of the Christian Faith- Miracles, Prophecies and Precepts. _ Chap. 35.——Logical or Common-sense View of the Doc- triee of Divine Incarnation. ' Chap. 36.-Philosophical Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation. _ _ ' _ Chap. 37.—PhysiOlogical_ Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation, . _ ' Chap. 38.——A Historical View of the Divinity of Jesus Christ. 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M. 13.30 “ " Chicago ................. .. 8.00 “ 8.00 ‘- " Chicago ................ .. 8.00 “ 18.45 p. in. Ar l\-1ilwaukee.._..- . . . . . . . . . .. . . 5.30 A, M. 11.50 A. M, Ar Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.50 A. M. ‘5.30 a. in. Ar Prairie du Chein . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.55 P. M. Ar Prairie du Cliein . . . . . . .. - 8.55 1). H1; Ar La Crosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.50 P. M. 7.05 A. M Ar La Crosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ‘7.05 A. M 7.05 a. in. Ar St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6.15 P. M. Ar St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.00 A. M. _ Ar St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.15 A. M. Ar St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.15 P. M. ‘ ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.40 . . A S d1’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6.50 A. .’*5i§2§‘.?ét‘§.:: ................ .. 8.00 Pu“ ~ 5n§o?.3";. .............. .. 8.00 «M ' “ Galveston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10.45 “ “ Galveston . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10.00 “ A B‘ - k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.00 P. . ., Ar Bismarck..... . . . . . . . . . .. 12.01 P. M. «Ir ctilillniifns ................ .. 5.00 A. ll. ' “ Columbus .............. .. 6.30 “’ ' “ Little Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.30 P. M. “ Little Rock . . . . . . . - . - . . .. B 1‘ . . . . . . .. 8.50 A M- ArBurlington.... 7.00 P M. A“r oﬁfoiitgﬂl. 11.00 P M. “ Omaha..... 7.45 A. M. l 1‘ Cheyenne.... . “ Cheyenne. 12-50 I’. M. . “ Ogden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. “ 0 dell.---_. - 5-30 “ W“ San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . .. “ 5311 F1'&I1C1SC0- -- .. 3-30 “ Ar Galesburg . . . . . . . . . .., . . . . .. 6.40 A. M- . . Ar Galesburg ............. .. 4.45 P. M. “ Quincy . . . . . . . . . . . . ..'. . . . . .. .15 ‘.‘ “ ﬂillcey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 9-45 " 4 “ St. Joseph ................ .. 10.00 “ .. “ St. Joseph ............ .. 8.10 A. M “ Kansas City .............. .. 10.40 1». M. “ Kansas City ........... .. 9-25 “ 1’ “ Atchison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I1.00 “: “ -04101115011 - - - - - - - - - - - . - - -- 11-17 “ f ‘- Leavenworth .............. .. 12.10 “ ‘ " Leavenworth . . . . . . . . . . .. 12.40 noon. '3,“ Denver.- . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.00 A. M. “ Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . V , , Through? l_Sleepirig" Car Arrangements 9.15 A.‘M.‘——Day"Express from Jersey City (daily except Sunday)_, with Pulln_ian’s Drawing-Room Cars and conncctin at Suspension Bridge with Pul1nian’s Pa ace Sleeping Cars, arriving at Chicago 8.00 p. m the following ay in time to take the morning trains from there. 730 1._ M_,._Night Express from Jersey City (daily), with Pullman’s Palace Sleeping Cars, runs through to Chicago Without change arriving there at 8.00 a. m., ving passengers ample time for breakfast and take the morning trains to all points West, Northwest and outhwest. CONNECTIONS OF ERIE RAILWAY WITH MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES OF ,jMicliigan. Central & Great. Western: Railways. At St. Catharincs, with Welland Railway, for Port Colborne. . At Hamilton, with branch for Toronto and intermediate stations; also with branch to Port Dover. At Harrisburg, with branch for Gait, Guelph, Southampton and intermediate stations. At Paris, with G. W. R. branch for Brantford and with Goderich branch Grand Trunk Railway. At London, with branch for Petrolia and Sarnia. Also with Port Stanley Branch for Port Stanley, an daily line of steamers from there to Clevelaiﬁl. f P “I B ch Grand Tm kR H M D ‘ ‘ ‘ ' kie Ra wa or or nron, ran 11 a way. so (3 "troitfx i.§§§i§§thWﬁ2i;.? lIg§1llg‘§nMR1.WI?.l to Howardyand intermediate stations. Also Detroit & Bay City R. R. Branch Lake S. & M. S. R. R. to Toledo. ’ A At Wayne, with Flint & Pere M. R. R. to Plymouth, Holy, etc. _ At Ypsilanti, with Detroit, Hillsdale & Eel _River _R. Rs, for Manchester, Hillsdale, Bankcr’s, Waterloo Columbia City, N. Manchester, Denver and Indianapohs. I _ -- At Jackson, with Grand River Valley Branch, for Eaton Rapids. Charlotte. Grand Rapids. Nuncia. Pent- waler, and all intermediate stations. Also, with Air Line for Homer, Nottowa, Three Rivers and Cassopolis. Also with Jack, Lansing & Saginaw Branch, for Lansing OW0§S0, Saginaw, Wenoua,_Standlsh, Crawford and intermediate stations. Also with Fort Wayne, Jack Saginaw R- R 1'01‘ J011e5V111ei Waterloo, Fort Wayne, and Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cin. R. R. to Cincinnati. At Battle Creek, with Peninsular R. R. G J t_ . S th H ‘ t #1 with G R M ' . unc ion on - aven e c. so . a ,. R if1¢§adl§1n§'i:)§1&§v$ii1i1I3l1§i1mIg.?1i§§ ]:l1’.:t]lg}1I’E.t0 Also with Bianch of L. s. is M. T R. R. P B & 1”‘ At Lawton, with Paw Paw R. R. for Paw Paw. At Niles, with South Bend Branch. At New Buffalo, with Chicago & Mich. Lake S. R. R. for St. Joseph, Holland, Muskegon, Pentwatur and all Intermediate stations. , _ _ At Michigan City, with Indianapolis, Peru 1% 0311011 B. 3.‘ Also, With LOIIISVIUO. New Albany & Chi- cago R. R. ' At Lake, with J oliet Branch to J oliet. 9'9 At Chicago, with all railroads diverging. ,,.. ' ""‘ .. VAnpABLEhDIsg0vEig.§Dr. J.tP. Mipﬁri a prac icing p ysic 11 8, pruce 8 rec ia- l”B'LEE AND CONCERTO ORGANS.:::::*:::;..':.:::‘s.'::::.:‘:.:::: ‘ii‘§.f.§2t“.°‘..'1£.f.§:‘”{?.i*.’5t‘:’ dyspeptic, nervous or sick headache,’ neuralgia and THE BEST. I J lnervousness. "This is a triumph in medical chemistry, 4 5; land suﬁerers all over the country are ordering by l1_1l g 5}} mail. He prepares it in pills at 50 cents a box. The B 93 5, lgegctbor 1% Zlézgliégtglby known and highly respected.——PInla. at O ﬁt OF 1) la . . z ‘ _ ,5 ,3 ‘ 1%‘ E3 2 I so — l . 2 | - a. "‘ I .>l o ,= .2 El E cg]sm,.Do Your Own Printing Q . . £3 Po table Pressforcards, 1abels,envelopes H E ‘ ® 3 pi; B Etc. Llitigergizgﬁ forlargteworlii. : - 9 ._ us ness en 0 eirprinm an ~ .33 — V‘ . advertising, save money and incgease . . , ST-'1 K I trade. Amateur-Printing, deli ht , -3 '* "'“""‘-"~'*'-I """' D inlpastime for spare hours. BOIZS .. _._. , . f 4, h§£zve.git‘eatfué1ai(ii(l; znaléeinozirey gas? 4. , ,« r._a rining. en wosamsoru 1) CE. :9 Y BI $313 In 1 3' cagaloguepressestypeetc,tgtheMfrs &,,;P.-I DEN l‘ .1'ess¢ 1:E%sE¥&c0.;Mmdan. conn- , 3 _ g ‘ ,3 I ‘. .. ..,. - .lll,;lll'il l.l:,T1".lll.’.:._ SPIRIT COLLEGE. MEDIUMS DEVELOPED, HEALERS INSTRUCTED, AND LEGAL DIPLOMAS GRANTED THEM. Address Prof. J. B. CAMPBELL, M.jD., 136 Longworth street, Cincinnati, Ohio. What Young People: Should Know. THE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION IN MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS. _ By PROF. BURT G. WILDER, of Cornell University. With twenty-six Illustrations, $1 50. Address CHAS. P. somznnv, Freethoiight Publisher, 139 E. EIGHTH STREET, New York. IMPROVED Ellﬂlll jpslgn FROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURER ‘OF THE Improved Metallic Lettered 0 Wire Signs AJVI) Banners. S l G N P753 N T 1 N G AND IENGRAVIN G, IN ALI I’IS _b'It’ANCI2?.'ES. N0. 4. 1 3 BROADVVAY, New X’or1r. N. B.——-The injunction against the manu- facture of the Improved Metallic Lcttered Wire Signs and Banners having been raised, I am now making them at gi'eatl_,1:educed prices. - I am painting Gold Sign Boards, 2ft.fwide, at the low rate of $1 per running foot, board thrown in. All Otliui Painting at equally low prices. I invite you to call and examine my samples. ' V 413 BROADIVAY. NEW YORI'5.o The Keenest son... oi Modern » Times. ' ~ The D‘ram:l:of Deceit. A Satire in Verse on the 7 Rev. HENRY WARD BEECIIER, and the Arguments of his Apologists in the Great Scandal; DRAMA TIS PERSONPEL Rev. H. W. Beecher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Theodorc Tilton. Deacons of Plymouth Church . . . . . . . . . .F. D. Moulton. Chiefs of the great journals . . . . . . . . { ,F;;i%d'huu' ' , “J th: .’ = f Lawyer “Sam. » ............... .,{ ,,;>,,n;;,,;3,‘ (33? ° .\Irs. E. R. Tilton. THE INDEPENDENT TRACT SOCIETY have now ready |l'l ilne covers. the above STARTLING AMPHLET, show- ing in vivid colors REAL LIFE “BEHIND THE SCENES” in the greatest scandal of any age! _ The “ ways that were dark, and the tricks that proved vain,” are here exposed to the glaring light of the day. , The inimitable arguments of “ J onathan;” his pri- vate opinions publicly expressed, are like nothing since the “ Bigelow Papers.” _ The readers of WOODHULL AND CLAELIN’s WEEKLY will ﬁnd in this brochure the great principles of Social Freedom pungently set forth without the slightest ilumnicry. In short, it will be read everywhere and by every body, in cars, on steamboat, in the ,woods of Maine, and on the Western plains, in cabin and iiieastle. Pores: prepo:‘d by mail, 15 cents per single copy; per 100. $310 WAN"l‘E!3.——.l:“irst class C.‘tin‘.'assers, to Whom splen- did commlslsion will he paicl. - SELLS‘ AT SI.GIlTl Address all orders to I K‘ INDEPENDENT TRACT SOCIETY, “’ 1 Box 37, Woizcnsrnn, MASS. '7 A. Bmccs DAVIS, Sec. and Trees. 1 Feb. 19, 1876. What is Property? on: . AN INQUIRY. INTO THE PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT AND or 0 GOVERNMENT. BY P. J. PROUDHON. "’-'-I Translated from the French by BENJ. R TUCKER. ‘ Prcfaeed by a Sketch of Pr0udhon’s Life and Works, by J. A. LANGLOIS, and contain- ing as a Frontispiece a ﬁne steel Engraving of the Author. A A systematic, thorough and radical dis- cussion of the institution of Pi'operty—ils basis, its history, its present‘ status and its destiny, together with a detailed and start- ng expose of the crimes which it commits and the evils which it engenders. .?.._.. Of this, the ﬁrst volume of Pr0udl1on’s Complete VVo1'ks, the Index says: “ Together with Mr. Holyoa1ic’s incom parable book, this new volume will greatly enrich the literature of the labor reform.” A large octave of 500 pages, handsomely prined in large new type, on heavy toned paper, sent, post-paid, on receipt of price. Price in cloth, bevelled edges . . . . . . . . $3 50 “ full calf, blue, gilt edge... . .. 6 50 All orders should be addressed to the Publisher, ' BENJ. R. TUCKER; PRINCETON, MAss.1\ TIIIANGLE PHYSICIANS. All diseases growing. outof false conjugal relations will receive especial attention. Our combined medium hip, shut from the outer world in our cabinet, will generate a compound element, Magnetized and Spirit- r alized, that will jprove an elixir of life that we can impart to our patients. MAGNETIZED BELTs for all parts of the system. BATTEnIEs for the head, hands and feet. Paper, Powders and Liquid Medicines prepared, Electricizcd, Magnetizcd and Spiritualizcd in a single or double Triangle Cabinet as the patient may desire. The Guardian Spirits of every patient will be requested to accompany the Medicine and aid by their inﬂuence. Three strong Healing Mediums will sit in the cabinet with an electric apparatus when the medicines are pre- pared. We shall observe all inspirational conditions that will insure a full flow from our Spiritual Battery, and require the same of our patients. The age, sex, married or single, with some of the prominent symp- tomsand conditions of the system. will be required. One Dollar for a single prescription. Sent by mai or express. A Stamp must accompany all letters. Address, DR. GRAHAM & CO., 1,902 Divison St., St. Louis, Mo. 1. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. . THE GREAT TRUNK LINE ts AND UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE. Trains leave New York, from foot of Desbrosse and Uortlandt streets, as follows: Express for Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, the West and South, with Pullman Palace Cars attached, 9:30 A. M., 5 and 8:30 P. M. Sunday, 5 and 8:30 P. M. For Baltimore, Washington and the South, Limited Washington Express of Pullman Parlor cars. daily, except unday, at 9:30 A. M.; arrive at Washington 4:10 P. M. Regular at 8:40 A. M., 3 and 9 P. M. Sun- day, 9 P. M. : Express for Philadel hia, 8:40, 9:30 A. M., 12:30, 3, 4. 4:10, 5, 7, 8:30, 9 P. ., and 12 night. Sunday, 5, 7, 8:30 and 9 P. M. Emigrant and second class, 7 P. M. For Newark at 6:30, 7:20, 7:40, 8, 9, 10, 11 A. M., 12 M., 1, 2, 2:30, 3:10, 3:40, :10, 4:30, 5,5:20, 5:40, 6, 6:10, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8:108, .10, 11: 0 P. M., and 12 night. Sun- 7 0 P8 ':==te Ewe- M., 1, 2, 2:30, 3:1 6:10, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8 Sunday, 5:20, 7 and 8.1 For Rahway, 6, 6:3 2:30,3:10, 3:40,4:10, 4:3 8210,10 P. M. and 12 nig I3‘ 2"‘. m- 6 and 10 A. M., 2:30, 4:50 nd 6 P. M. For New Brunswick, 7:20 and 8 A. M., -12 M. %):3g& 5:20, 6:10, 7 P. M., and 12 nig t. S Po} East Millstone, 12 noon, 3:10 and 4:30 P. M. ' For Lambertville and Flemington, 9:30 A. M., and P. M. Flcfr Phillipsburg and Belvidere, 9:30 A. M., .2 and For Bordentown, Burlington and Camden, 7:20 and 9:30 A. M., 12:30, 2, 4, 4:10 and 7 P. M. _ For Freehold, 7:20 A. M., 2 and 4:10 P. M. ~. For :E‘z2.rmlng<lale and Squad, 7:20 A. M. and 2?. M. For Hi. htstown, Pcmberton and Camden, via Perth fright‘: ,‘ :30 l". M. For Hightstowri and Perubr-men, .... I . Ticket oﬂices 526 and 944 Broadway, 1 Astor House, and foot of Deslorosses and Cortlaiidt streets; 4 Court street, Brooklyn; and 114, 110 and 118 Hudson Street, Hobolren. Emigrant ticket oﬂice, 8 Battery Place. FRANK TnoMPsoN, D. M. BOYD, Jr., . @ Gcneralll/Tanager. General Passenger Ag‘t. 5' r I’ 011934 -»wl~3x..< >cv<l.*... .. .» . . ..... ... n . n . For Woodridge, Perth Amboy, an South Amboy, . B.
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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1876-02-19_11_12
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1876-02-19_11_12
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 11, no. 13 (February 26, 1876)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2112
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1876-02-26
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: v PROGRESS 2 FREE THOUGHT I UNT3AMMELEiji;r*vtEsI BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE G-i:iN}ERATIon's.i Vol; XI.--No. 13.——-Whole No. 273. f NEW YORK, FEB. 26,1876. PRICE TEN CENTS. The truth shall make you free.——Jesus. In the clays of the voice of the seventh a'7igel,~the my/stery of Gael shalt be _ﬁrtishecl.————St. John the ivine. 'Whereof I was made a minister to preach the im- searchable riches of Christ, and the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in Go cl.~——Paul. V p-<Qo« BEESON AND WARREN ormsn ON THE MARRIAGE QUESTION. Editors of the Weeklgt/—In your issue of Feb. 5th, our good brother, Warren Chase, invites me “to tell more plainly what I think of the marriage question.” Well, I agree with him “thatthis branch of the great sectarian tree bears the worst fruit of any;” and that it includes “the sum of all villainies,” and therefore if “there are Spiritualists who want to shape anew the unholy tree and its evil fruits,” I beg that he will ...
Show morev PROGRESS 2 FREE THOUGHT I UNT3AMMELEiji;r*vtEsI BREAKING THE WAY FOR FUTURE G-i:iN}ERATIon's.i Vol; XI.--No. 13.——-Whole No. 273. f NEW YORK, FEB. 26,1876. PRICE TEN CENTS. The truth shall make you free.——Jesus. In the clays of the voice of the seventh a'7igel,~the my/stery of Gael shalt be _ﬁrtishecl.————St. John the ivine. 'Whereof I was made a minister to preach the im- searchable riches of Christ, and the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in Go cl.~——Paul. V p-<Qo« BEESON AND WARREN ormsn ON THE MARRIAGE QUESTION. Editors of the Weeklgt/—In your issue of Feb. 5th, our good brother, Warren Chase, invites me “to tell more plainly what I think of the marriage question.” Well, I agree with him “thatthis branch of the great sectarian tree bears the worst fruit of any;” and that it includes “the sum of all villainies,” and therefore if “there are Spiritualists who want to shape anew the unholy tree and its evil fruits,” I beg that he will not class me as one of them. Andl wish to remind him that the article in your issue of Jan. 22, which he re- ,views was simply a statement of the motives which induce marriage, and not the modes by which it is eﬁected; for no matter whether a priest.or a squire pronounced the fact, or the parties themselves. as in the case of Moses Hull and Mattie Sawyer, or Leo Miller and Mattie Strickland, it is in each case marriage, for the dictionary deﬁnes it as the “union of the sexes.” The difference is that in one case it is in accordance with law, and in the other with nature. The law compels its perpetuity for life, while nature permits it only while it ‘serves the purpose for which it was instituted. Thus, in one case, it must continue no matter how irksome and hurtful to parents andchildren; while in the other it ceases when its highest object is accomplished. It is akin to slavery with all its horrors; or to freedom with all its bless- ings. This vast advantage of one over the other is overlooked and hardly noticed by the masses, because priestcraft has given bad laws a religious sanction, until long custom has become a second nature. But of all great wrongs'this, which is emphatically the greatest, -may be the soonest and the easiest overcome. Indeed, if it is true what has been aﬁirmed, that comparatively few know who are their own fathers, and that there is as much sexual commerce outside of wed- lock as there is within, it is already largely overcome. All that is now required is the use of pure instinct, enlightened reason, and a properly educated public conscience, together with a right application of the Scriptural injunction, “Whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.” The swallowsiunder theﬂeaves are_ thus mated, and surely the humans in the house can obey God's law and live as har- moniously as they. The ﬁrst organized public effort should be a call for a national mass meeting to convene early in sum- mer, to discuss the cause and itlfe cure of existing wrongs, and to nominate a President and Vice-President of the United States whose well-known‘ enlightenment and love of justice will be a guarantee for their sanction ofall the essential reforms which are new advocated by the mostladvanced minds in the country. I think it needs no argument to show thatthis is the ﬁrst step inlthe order of progress, because unless We have the right men in oﬂice, we cannot have the necessary change in“ the Constitution for woman’s suﬁrage arid for her pecuniary provisionwwhich will be necessary to her highest and holiest function as the mother and educator of our race. I therefore respectfully suggest that if neither _the _Woman’s Suffrage, nor the Sexual Science, nor the Uni- versal Peace Associations, issue a call for the above purpose by the close of February, that Mrs. Woodhull and her im- mediate associates do so, at such time and place as they deem proper. Respectfully, JOHN BEESON. CHAPINVILLE, Litchﬁeld county, Conn.,j.I an. 29, 1876. JOHN GEMS FROM FOURIER. ‘SELECTED BY A. cnrnon. WHAT‘ NATION WILL '1?‘I‘RS'1‘ REACH THE SOCIETARY‘ ORDER. Germs of inﬁnitesimal reﬁnement in divers social faculties » [of the French : ~ r l .: - _ » 1. In its literature, much more chastened than that of other nations, more exacting in the unities and ﬁnesses of the art. 2. In its industry, wherein the designs are more exact, the forms more graceful, the caprices of fashion more reﬁned, more multiplied than with any other nation. _ 3. In its amours. The French are more subtle in courtship, more reﬁned in coquetry, more fruitful in intrigues. * * * 4. In its cuisine. where the_Frenchman obtains the palm, even by the admission of his detractors, where he knows how to raise himself from varities to tenuities of shades, to ap-, proach nearer than any other the minimities and to reach toward the inﬁnities. [REMARK——F’S expectations on this head would have been more than realized had not the tendency to organize industry been suppressed by force. The co-operationworkshops insti- tuted by, or through the inﬂuence of Louis Blane in 1848, or just after the revolution of that year, were, notwithstanding persistent assertions to the contrary, completely successful, and therefore put down by force. This I had from an eye— witness, a French shoemaker, with whom I was acquainted in Washington. Other co—operative movements were at- tended by “ mouches,” or spies, who endeavored to entangle those concerned, in some political matter, so as to give the authorities a pretext for suppressing them.“ Failing in this, the “ mouche ” -would “ spin a yarn out of whole cloth ” for the same purpose. My information here again is from a gen- tlemen then residentin Paris, now in Washington, whom a “ mouche ” informed what he had been doing, remarking that it was disgraceful to those who arranged it, but as he (the mouche) was paid to do the work he had to do it. Yet a Republican (I !) American press is‘ down on the Commune because its partisans, or some other persons, drowned one of those wretches, paid to do any villainy which French oﬁioials may order “in the interests of society and religion”! I This in connection with other " straws,” indicates that a coup d’ etat to i.naugurate a civil and religious despotism may not be less successful in America in 1880 than it was in France thirty years previously. At any rate, ﬁunkies are sufficiently numer- ous and inﬂuential.) V — - We are about to make a giant stride in the social career. By passing immediately from civilization to harmony, we escape a score of revolutions which may imbue the globe in bloodshed for yet twenty centuries. * * * * * * We shall make a. leap of two thousand years in the social career; let us know how to make a similar one in the career of preju- dices.—-(III 343.) , [REMAnK—-—We shall‘ not pass immediately from civilization to harmony. . “ Guaranteeism ” or demi-association being intermediate, and that on which we are evidently entering in England, France, Germany and the United States. But observe the consequences resulting from the delay. N ct over ﬁfty years (probably) have passed since the above extract was written, and four revolutions have already occurred in France, a ﬁfth being only held back by a repressive, oppressive ecclesiastico—military organization, which? governs France through ahold-over legislature having no title or pretence of right,‘ legal or constitutional. In 1848, as to-day, the French people (or a large portion of them) were and are ready for a large installment of co-operative, unitary life, which is only suppressed by force. And notwithstanding the enormous obstacles thus imposed tne “ Social Palace of Guise ” exhibits the superiority and practicability of unitary life in avery high degree. As to the “ score of revolutions” a million of lives have been recently sacriﬁced in the United States to es-. ablishp the germ of a. semi-savage monarchy, built on that struggle for freedom of another race, present social conditions in the United States only oﬁering option between the Scylla of chattel slavery and the Charybdis of a semi-African gov- ernment, pivoted on dollars, dinners, drinks, “addition, di- vision and silence ”-—option between the lash of the planta- tion as the sceptre resultant from a " third term.” And some think that we must sacriﬁce more lives to put down the sceptre than have been expended to raise up the chattel. But the Granger and the labor movements and their auxiliaries approximate to guaranteeism by the necessities of their being, andmay thus save these anticipated evils by lifting us up out of this ‘accursed but worshipped “ civilization. COMPOUN DIN G FELON Y. ’ in WARREN oirssn. , “ Among the dispatches on this page are some further and_ crying appeals for a severer law against rape. We hope our legislators will make a note of them.‘ They are stronger than rhetoric, and more powerful than argument. A man who is capable of committing this crime is worse than a murderer. .‘/J and his crime ought to be ranked in law for an equal punish- to be for this, and, if there is no law to provide suitable pun- ishment for it, a man known to be guilty ought to be shot on sight like a dog. If the statutds propose to furnish no protection to women against this terrible danger, society will have to provide a law of its own with a shot-gun to it.” this subject, which we fully endorse, except in the taking of life, to which we always objects That rape is a crime second only to murder we readily admit. That it is a crime which it is equally well knownthat it can be committed by married the latter. It is also well known that the crime is often com- Fmitted on married women, and often by married men, and the criminal law reaches and recognizes all these cases except where the married man is the husband of the victim, and then the crime is no longer a crime, for the priest has by law sold him the indulgence, and he is licenced to commit the second crime in the calendar, and go unpunished. Why not‘: law and religion to commit this crime? Formerly he had the same right to murder her and her oﬁsprlng, but we have ameliorated the slavery a little where it does not interfere with the sexual lusts of the law-making sex; but in this the tyranny is as complete as in the days of Constantine and Nero. , ~ It is a well—established fact that there are ten rapes committed by. husbands on their wives to every one com- mitted on others. And if it is murder for a man to kill his wife, why is it not rape when he commits the same act on her that is rape when committed onganother woman that has not been married? A crime is a crime, murder is murder, and rape is rape, and how a few words of priest or magistrate can remove the criminality from one of the acts,.and. leave, it in others, is what we cannot see, unless it is “compounding felony." ‘ A - 2 The pretence that the woman has consented at the time of marriage to let the man commit rape on her While she ' lives is false. She has been cheated or deceived, as the par- ties often are where there is no marriage, and as he did not, trespass on her rights of person while courting her she does not expect him to turn to a brute immediately after. criminality? Suppose she had promised to let him kill hex- ﬁrstfchild, and he did it and proved she had consented at the time of marriage, would that exculpate him from the crime of murder? Or suppose she had consented to his murdering her the ﬁrst time she failed to get his dinner precisely at cution for murder? If an-actis a crime in itself can any second party by consentingto its committal release the party from criminality? We would not abate the horror nor lessen the criminality of rape, but we would protect wives bylaw against it the same as we do against the next higher crime of murder, and hold the husband as guilty who commits it on his wife as the one that commits it on any other woman. nected with it. If an act is a crime at all it is a crime “per se,” and no licence to commit it can palliate its enormity. An unmarried woman consenting to sexual intimacy at'one time with a man, does not prevent his ever after committing a rape on her. She might have been his wife and ‘afterward divorced‘, and then he could be held in law‘ for a rape on he’r;"i but if the courts had not absolved the contract he could not be held, even if the act cost her her life, as is often the case. deacon who insisted on commerce with-his wife a few days after the birth of her child, and in which he forced the ‘lady that waited on her to leave, with severe threats and against the tearful entreaties of the wife, whoassured him that it would kill her, and it did, and he knew what killed her, but he soon,had.-a.nother’victim underthe holy institution. 4 ' fully Vequallinggin enormity those outside marriageiwhen ,our papers and few of our writers who see the enormity of this crime committed out of marriage bonds cannot see any merit. If there is a death penalty for anything there ought The above editorial scrap we clip from the Iowa State. Register, a leading paper of Iowa, somewhat rabid on the. subject of punishments, but speaking some solid truthson; can only be committed byithe male sex is well known, and, as well as unmarried men, and is oftcner by the former than, Is not the woman his property, on which he vlhas- errightl by? But suppose‘ she did promise, does that destroy the, noon, and he should do it, would that release him from prose-A “ When committed on children it has an additional horror con- ‘ A case has been related to us by a’ relative of a . We have heard many pitiful tales of rape in marriage (committed on fully developed persons. Why is it that few of criminality in the act inside xnarriage contracts? A priggg, . 5?‘, '4! ex 2 woonnom. a GLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. Feb. 26, 1876. cannot condone crime nor a magistrate compound felony, A crime is a crime when committed on a wife, whether it be“. murder, rape, assault and battery, theft, poisoning or any.~<"other_,::and her consent to live with ghim, cook his diniiers, make his shirts and mend his hose does not_justly give him! the right to trespass in any way on her body, or at least itfnjover should do so. 1 Marriage should be a civil con- tract and not a: license for crime; but whenaman uses this marriage license to control, abuse and destroy his ‘wife, as thousands ‘do, it is time the law was repealediand protection for woman: substituted. Let us punish c1'iin,e_, but not with; death by the barbarous practice of hanging or the less barbar-:.v ous one of; shooting; protect women. and children,’ abolish slavery, make rape and adultery in marriage the same as out of it, and hold all men to strict accountability for their con:-. duct and treatment of those associated with them in business ‘ and life. This must come soon or late, and the soonerthe better for all concerned. Abandon the use of tobacco, and help on this reform and puriﬁcation of body and soul. VICTORIA VICTORIOUS. Dear Weekly Reaclers—Our beloved Mrs. Woodhul1’slecture in St. Louis last night, Feb. lst, 1876, was an event never to be forgotten by any one who sat underthe burning eloquence of her impassioned oratory. She entranced her auditors, and no wonder, for she spoke with the tongues of angels. Ah, beautiful soul, crowned with the gift of God’s holy spirit, thou shalt reign over cruel injustice in triumph and splendor. Thou art rapidlyebuilding upon earth a holy temple into which the prejudice of ignorance that has assailed, and still dares cowardly assail thee, shall yet, under righteous judg- ment of Christ, humbly beg an entrance. God speed the day! God speed the hour! . , , Hard-faced men that may have come to satisfy a ‘vulgar curiosity, quickly changed in countenance, and were wrapt in tearful ‘attention throughout, while women wept in sym- pathy with every noble utterance. I believe she must /have won every heart present, for such melting, soul-reaching, magic tones preaching to “stones would make them capable.” For more than an hour after she ﬁrst appeared upon the platform, I thought she wore upon her head an ornament C other than the white rose at the back; but after my vainly trying to deﬁne what it was, it suddenly disappeared, and then returned again to make itself manifest to me as a crown of hallowedliglzt Which God had placed upon the head of His A beautiful city-—the daughter of Zion——whose struggles will soonif-accomplish His kingdom. For these divine blessings I believe you will all join me in praise to His holy name. DARL Sr. MARYS. TO MATTIE STRICKLAND. I wish to express in the WEEKLY my appreciation of the . position of Mattie Strickland. 'When so many blunders in conjugal unions are made by reformers in trying to exter- nalize their ideals in the miserable, yielding-to custom way they do, it» is ‘truly a hopeful sign to see even one woman establish and follow a custom which her moral sense tells her is the only true basis on which to begin to realize an untram- meled life; and it is the duty of all appreciating her endeavors . to attain this ideal, to add their mite of magnetic support in some way. - - Grand ideals of manhood and womanhood cannot be at- tained by yielding to the demands of custom when We feel ' them to be demoralizing to our ﬁner sensibilities;_and the nature that can come so boldly to the front must be true and ‘ pure. - What an exalted womanhood it portrays to thus create its exterior conditions in harmony with its interior concep- tions ! I .May‘the underlyingfprinciple which this attempt external- izes, reveal and manifest itself more universally. ‘ I 5 Miss SABRA A. STRANG. ORANGE, Clinton Co., Iowa. REPLY TO THE QUERIES OF HENRY A. C. STURGE-S IN No. 268. _ To the Editors of the ll7eekly :-— ‘ First proposition.—Oorrect. Mind.—-The combined organization of the intelligences or ideas of theindividual, which is made up of his experiences, and of the ideas comprehended and appropriated from'the experience of others. ‘ p The knowledge of truth that has cost an individual perhaps years of study and research to gain may be imparted to the ; comprehension and appropriation of another in a few hours (more or less), and so far as that truth is concerned in its re- lation to. and use by, the second individual, it may have the same organic value as the iirst, if the ‘mind be as well de- veloped otherwise as the ﬁrst. . Ideas are living entities; to the individual so long as they remain a truth in the mind; when that ceases then they re-— main only as a shadow or as an imagination. I In the structural growth of the body each minute cell is an entity; in use and function each organ an entity; in aggre- gation, the whole an individual entity; so the mind grows by. structure and function, the aggregation‘ of the whole making the intellectual entity. ‘ I Dresume that electricity is in the brother’s vocabulary. What are its constituent elements? . L. M. Rosn, D. M. ’ ‘ - DETROIT, Dec. 18, 1875. MRS. VICTORIA C. WooDi=iULL. K Dear Madam :———In answer to your_ kind invitation in the WEEIILY, please ﬁnd subscriber's name, and record it as that of one of those who seeks the truth for its own sake, be the consequences what they may. About two years ago I listened to your lectures at Jackson, Mich. Previous to that I had ‘heard of-A-you only through your enemies; but it turned out as I, expected‘ I was de- lighted to hear my feelings and principles so ably advocated, and to ﬁnd myself enlightened on many points. » 1 _Your interpretation of the Bible I consider of the highest importance to humanity; so much so, that my aversion for the old book is overcome,.and I read it now with much in- terest. All hail! true and noble woman! you shall yet turn the hated whip into a good fairy’s Wand. .. C I like to compare you to the great and good Cabot who, years ago, lfed';Vus across the Atlantic to establish the Icarian community at Nauvoo, ‘I11. I was then but a young iman of 20, and left friends and home. as one of the French commun- ists, who pledged their all for the good of mankind. That th" ‘pledge was not lightly taken, they have proved by many yégrs of heroic struggles that"will yet ;.be crowned with suc- cess. While at Nauvoo it was my misfortune (perhaps not) to become accidentally separated from them. In this, how- ever, I wasjyonot to blame; gneitherwerei they. ~ ‘ ' I have had‘j'imuch to enduiie on account of the truth, and prospects of peace in ,my lfaimily toward me have not im- proved sincjefthe appeara»nce of the WEEKLY whose ‘princi- ples“I circulate and defend on all occasions. These family I I hamperings are deplorable; they have sadly interfered with my efﬁciency, but “ After the storm Clear sky must come." I feel much interested i_n your remarkable propaganda which must (or it would be useless) ultimate in the forma- tion of a new communistic community. They are all doing well, indeed some are exceedingly prosperous. Are Mrs. Woodhull and her friends inferior to the Oneid- ans? I think not. It only remains to be seen how many would pledge their all for the “sake of the truth,” to be able to follow it. « I will now conclude, and say that I am an engineer of much experience in designing and building machinery and structures; I have also given much thoughtand. work to communism, and (should; you think it desirable) could sug- gest a scheme that would prove a success in the . creation of a happy community, based on your principles, and of which the WEEKLY would be the trusty and necessary messenger, and thus assure its own existence, in the same manner as the “C'£'rcular of the Oneidans." V ' Meanwhile, dear friend, be ‘cheerful; better days are dawning. Do not recklessly sacriﬁce your health and life, ‘but remember that ‘ Spring-time has come and will not last; You prepared the soil in season; Reaping-time is coming fast, To neglect which would be treason. Yours truly, J AMES THIERRY. RESPONSE. Do I love thee! Do I love thee! And you ask if I will tell thee, Darling! sweet one! how I love thee. Dost thou not know love is dumb? Ask the clover in the meadow; Ask the daisy and primrose If they love the falling shadow, When the summer day is done. Ask the young and budding ﬂower If it loves the summer shower; Or’ the dews that load its petals, Wilted by the noonday sun. If I tell you; if I tell you That I love you; that I love you, Will myyes with rapture ﬁll you? If it will, then, come, love, come; Come and clasp thy arms about me, Whispering darling, do you love me; Pressing closer, closer to me, ‘Till our spirits interlace. How my yearning soul will greet thee! Fluttering, panting, love to meet thee; How my eager arms will fold thee In their loving, fond embrace." Dost thou hear my spirit saying, Come,‘oh come, I’m waiting, darling; } Oh, I’m watching and I’m calling, Canst thou hear me through the space? List! I hear thy spirit speaking, “ Love its own sweet mate is seeking; Spring-time darling ’s ﬂeeting, ﬂeeting, Here I am, love, haste, oh haste.” c PROTEST. ' TAXATION WITHOUT ‘REPRESENTATION DIRER TYRANNY NOW THAN A CENTURY AGO. VINELAND, N. J ., Jan. 1876.31’ Whereas I have natural se1f—governing rights. and by the spirit and theletter of the Constitution of the United States of America have all a citizen’s rights : and whereas both classes of these rights «are ignored, and their exercise pre- vented by other citizens and their oppressiveregulations, among which lsltho annual robbery, called tax, effected by the threatof spoilation and usurped power to seize ;—'-There. fore, I solemnly protest against the tyranny that grasps my property at will without my consent, and while compelled to “ stand and deliver” by a power base as any bandit, I only submit beneath the raised weapon of ready conﬁscation. Servant of justice. MARY E. TILLorsoN. , _ . I _ ATLANTA, G.a., Feb. 10, 1876. Editors Woodhull and Claﬂiws Weekly: ‘DEAR SIR-—'1‘he peace and quiet of our hum-drum life were ‘disturbed yesterday evening by the arrival in our little city of Mrs. Victoria C. Woodhull and Miss Tennie Claﬂin. , Mrs. Woodhull was advertised to lecture here on the evening of the 9th, and our people were on the qui site to hear what this ‘noted social reformer had to say.‘ _At an early hour the elite of our city, and members. of our.Legis1ature, which is now in session began to gather at De Give’s Opera House. By eight o’clook a full audience had assembled, comprising the A ='i1_1t911ig911°9 Of 12116 Stateaﬁnd 8». few minutes afterward Mrs. Woodhull came upon the stage, with Bible in hand, and read the 16th verse of the 3d chapter of 1st Corinth. : “‘ Know ye I not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.” For nearly two hours she kept that audience spell-bound by the magic of her voice. while she portrayed to them the many ways in which the temple of the living God is deﬁled, and gave many statistical ‘facfts‘cou- cerning the rapid march that .diis‘_ease,_insan.ity and Crimes are making upon the human race. She appealed in glowing words of inspiration that must haveburned inf-o,.the soul for . reform; Never was a speaker more intently liisteneid to, or an audience more thoroughly imbued with the ftfcts presented in regard to social reform than this one last evening. A Cheer upon cheer arose from them, though the words must have cut deep as they fell from the lips of a woman who dared tell them of their short-comings. To—day, on our streets, Mrs Woodhull’s name is on the iips of everyone, in words of praise, wishing her God-speed in her glorious work, until the temple of the living God is made a ﬁt habitation for Him. If she were to lecture here again, the Opera“ House would not hold the audience that would comepout to hear her. From every quarter the press comes loaded with grateful remem- brances and mentions of her visits, and she‘ is winning for herself, and the great work! she has iundertaken, golden opinions from every section; and manywarm friends wish her Godspeed in her undertaking. Respectfully, : V F. F. TABER, M. J). A VOICE FROM CHICAGO. 1 Dear friends of the Weekly; , _ God speed the New departure, and well we know He wil in his own good time and way. I acted. upon your suggest- tions, and reached Chicago on Thursday evening. By Sun- day I got organised enough to take an out- look upon the spiritual status in Chicago. I ﬁnd upon "investigation abundant evidence of disintegration and decay. The wonld—be leaders—-they who assume to have a fee simple upon the spiritual world, and its amamuensis here—are in hot water; whilst the people are hungering for the bread of life. The ﬁrst society of spiritualists have been rent in twain, and while a part are in attendance upon the ministration of John Collier of England at Snow’s Hall, a considerable num- ber were to—day endeavoring to organize under the ministra- tion of E. V. Wilson. Wilson remarked to me as he took my hand, and inquiredhow the cause East was : “We are all broken up into factions.” As strong and ponderable as he is I felt that in this effort he would be like the Cincinnati speculator of whom a friend said : “He has come to the end of the rope, there is no knot on it, and he will slip off.” But failure and disappointment, as are prophesied, will inevitable attend these who do not accept and enter into the fullness of a new departure or’ dispensa- sation. But all we can do, is to do all we are inspired to do, then leave “the dead to bury the dead.” I never felt a deep- er and more intense inspiration to labor in the Master’s vineyard, than I now feel since I am safely landed here; for truly the harvest is ripening, butthe laborers are feW.” I send you all, greeting, my earnest sympathy in‘ the new de- parture to unfold the fullness of the gospel or Bible truths. - - THOMAS Coox. v CHICAGO, Jan. 18, 1876. Dear Weekly—~I ﬁnd the following from the Religious Alliance, copied into the Inter Ocean of the 17th ult: “These children are seldom born of the miserable beings who speculate on their helplessness. Some are born of young beggars, but more are the illegitimate offspring of youthful fo1ly—-children born in city and country hospitals and in hidden resorts—-children whose mothers are forced by society to deny their young, and who consequently become the lawful prey of. thieves and beggars.” The Alliance, as quoted by the Inter Ocean, very pertinentl y says, that the majority of these children are those-whose mothers are forced by society to deny their offspring. Would it not be well for those papers to ask themselves the question: Who and what are responsible for the conditions in society that force women to the unnatural necessity o crushing the highest and noblest feelings of their being-—.~a mother’s love forlher oft'spring—that;they; may conform to the urgent demands of that society? , V - g If it is free thought and free thinkers, Spiritualism and Spiritualists, Communism or Communists, or even Wood- hullism and Woodhullites, let them know, and they will probably correct the abuse. I But, on the other hand, if these evil results are the natural consequences of present customs and institutions against which these classes rebel, then is it not high time that they should be put aside to give room for something better. . G. A. SCHILLING. (From the St. Louis Republt'can.); I . “CHARACTERISTICS or AMERICAN WOMEN.” ' L REVIEWED BY EMILY R. srEINEsrEL. Under the above caption a very able article, written by Dr. C, L. Bernays of the Anzeiger des Westerns, appears in one of the most popularlGerman periodicalspublished in Europe. As it is of interest to every well balanced fem-alevto know what is thought of the sex, I will make some extracts from the article bearing directly on the question of female emancipation—-while Burns’ lines ﬂoat through‘ my mind: ‘ ‘ Oh, wad some power the giftie us , To see ourselves as ithers see us.’ ’ _ The doctor writes! It is twenty years and more since a de- mand was made by certain eccentric women for equality of political rights; but since the ballot has been given to the coloredrace, partly for the promotion of abstract justice——a sort of compendium between slavery and freedom——and par- tly for less laudable party reasons, almost all the intelligent and reasoning portion of our American woman are in favor of it, and the century willnot close without witnessing the achievement of this greatest of all,in,nov.ations. Our ladies say justly if an illiterate, uncultured, intel1ec— tually subordinate negro is capable of» casting, his judgment into the machinery of a self-govering people, then certainly they are entitled to the sameprivilege; * * *' -It is an- important what my opinionmay be on_this subject, never- theless I am in favor of political equal rights of the sexes for __ ,.«*f°‘.Zw--If . V ‘.3,-,4 as . ..,_ ...i_-._L. M’ -3.’... lg . -.~__ -.—1._,.___ Feb. 26, 18%. . WOODHULL.& ;CLAFLINi'5S..lWVEEKLY.- . I 3 two reasons, inasmuch as it is feasible and good for the United States: - . First, it will conduce to the elevation and moderation of p_o1%_t%cs, elevate the man, and moderate the excesses of pub- ic i e. . Secondly, women, afterftheir emancipation, will be situated, or, by this act, will place themselves in a position where they will be obliged to grant a man the right to criticise their er- rors and sins in an unvarnished and honest manner. This is impossible in their present passive situation, when with hackled movements they are justiﬁed in retorting to any're- preach, such as, “We are what you have made us, give us our freedom and make us self—resp0nsible beings!” I had heard that among the many females employed in cutting and arranging the lUnited States currency, (amount- ing from five cents to hundreds of dollars per package) in the treasury department, there ‘was never any stealing; while among the males thus employed, although so much discretion had been exercised in« their selection, I there were large and small sums embezzled‘ daily. You have heard of the revelry and bacchanalian nights, and doubts loud and deep expressed in regard to the virtue of these women employed in the treasury, but no one distrusted their honesty. I This fact was mentioned to me while in a little town‘ in Kentucky, where I was paying oﬁ an Illinois regiment, and my out money gave out, and I could not complete the pay- ment without “paceling” atleasta hundred of the sheets, on each of which twenty of the5 cent notes were printed; I hap- pened to notice a number of boys and girls playing near our 4 headquarters, and called them in. There were ﬁve boys and six girls. I promised each of them a brand new 10 cent note if they would out those sheets for me. They cheerfully consented.) I separated them, gave the boys 50 and the girls 50 sheets. When they had ﬁnished, my clerk counted the money, and out of the parcels cut and arranged by the boys, only one in ten was correct, while in those prepared by the girls, not one ﬁve cent note was miss—— ing. _ In the evening I related this incident to the planter at whose house we were quartered, in the presence of his little daughter, one of the girls before mentioned. She asked the amount purloined (one dollar and forty-ﬁve cents), hastened away and in the company of her girl playmates sought the little thieves and made them restore the ‘money. Every one of the boys had taken a few cents. Beaming with happiness she came to me with the money saying, “We got it all back but ﬁve cents, and mamrna put that to: it." Dr. Bernays thinks that if women once have their hands on the public helm the ship of state will not be so liable to get on to the shoals; they will force the men to act honestly, and save their own native integrity by not countenancing trickery on the otherside. he public morals will be decidedly im- proved, and public life become purer through the inﬂuence of woman. . Still, the doctor says we will, in time, be some- what inoculated by the lax principles of his own sex; but he is willing we should suffer by this, if a universal advantage is gained thereby. He is anxious for us to be “equal,” but promises to put us through "a. course of sprouts” and tell us our faults and point out our defects with a freedom that will astonish us, simply because we do not expect to be treated as a “public body,” though we aspire to its rights . He further declares the American ladies now pass all their time in prep- arations for and attending concerts, theatres and places of amusement. He does not mention churches and prayer- meetings, but I am sure that it is our American ladies that support after they build all the magniﬁcent structures in which they worship. For American woman cannot do with- out religion, even if they do, as he says, ruin their husbands by their extravagance, and would ruin more frequently if it were not for the miraculous energy of the men. ’ There is still a greater wrong to be taken into considera- ation, and Dr. Bernays gives the statistics to prove it, that human propagation is lamentably decreasing, and if it were not for the constant immigration, the United States would soon be depopulated. He draws .a veil over the manner this is brought about; nevertheless the fact remains that Ameri- can ladies object to large families. The result is a broken constitution and delicate health, although the principal objec- tion to hearing chilbren rests in the idea that it breaks the constitution, destroys the graceful, Asymmetrical form and the gazelle—like movement for which American ladies are renowned. But he says every sensible and decent human being will agree with him in thinking it is a miserable sacri- ﬁce to oifer on the altar of vanity—-this deviation from and abuse of nature’s laws that has heretofore been the basis of respectability, and nature"s badge of honor to womanhood. "Without exception all American ladies conduct them- selves with dignity, courtesy and conﬁdence everywhere. They harmonize costume and toilet by adapting it to their ‘style,’ in other words study dress effect. They all write el- egantly, comoose well, and conduct an extended correspon- dence,” and h_e_ adds furthur that they possess a Wonderful taculty of ﬁtting themselves to the changes of fortune that occur so frequently in this country, and under the most ad- verse circumstances ietain tlieirgladylike peculiarities and manners, and always endeavor ‘to makethe best of it, by never surrendering to misfortune. ’ Posessing neither the depth of character of the Grerman women, nor the effer- vescent spirits of the French women; cold,super.ﬁcial, they are but made so by education; ornamented human beings, bhI'0l1gh the fact of the stereotyped treatment they receive from the gentleineii. But .Dl‘. B. declares they will become true, thorough women by the power of freedom and the‘ba1- lot.« He further blames the tyrant, fashion, that plays the despot in no other country more than in America, for many of Ami_ar_1ca’s peccadillos. Not only does this tyrant rule in large cities, but also in the remotest corners of the land. The perpetual migration. of people back and forth frpm state to state and city to country, carries the most absiirb fashions into the very backwoods. ‘No sooner are a pair of patent “calves” perambulated on Broadway, New. York. by. some fashionable lady‘ than great loads of these wonderful articles are shipped lI1LO the far West. A new agricultural machine, a new novel, a new piece of dress goods, or improved pump, &c., anything that may appear in the East, in six or eight weeks after, may be found in the stores of,Nebraska, or even New Mexico. If it -is fashionable to wear beards in Boston, the_very last backwoods man will grow one. If the Yankee ladies consider it proper to have only two children, all the other ladies inthe country will do there utmost to pattern after their Eastern model, etc. He says he never know an American to carry -the same pocket knife over three months, or the same watch over three years. Everything new must be had; if he cannot aﬁord the best quality, it must at least have the latest “style” in appearance, and in this respect the ;adies _take the lead. If it is fashionable to wear the hair short, immediately every head is sliorn, and when the next mandate calls for long braids they are furnished at the hair- dresser’s, without the least care whether people think they grew on the scalp to which they are attached or not. The skill of our dentists is lauded, but it can be attributed to the constant demand on their ingenuity by ladies who have their ‘ healthy teeth extracted because there may be some blemish of_color or shape, and others are inserted to please and suit. Still, _whatever is artiﬁcial or imitation is presented for just what it is, and the doctor crowns the American people with the noblest of all crowns-—honesty. It cannot be denied that he_is correct in one respect, and that is our spasmodic way of doing things generally. We rush en ma.._s:se at an idea that strikes the popular vein; ..for instance, the whole nation be- comes ﬁred with religious enthusiasm. Certainly the nation hasgot one of those maddening prayingspells just now. and every idle fellow that is out of a situation will start up a re- viral somewhere, and the pestle resales him set their ssspsl for the time-being until they are disgusted withbis illiteracy, or his “yarns” are exhausted, or perchance a new opera or some circus attracts the “spirit” in another direction, and the religious "straw-ﬁres” are burned out.- One thing, though, it were well to say to the doctor, and that is, if he is in favor of giving us the ballot because it would make better mothers, wives and daughters of us, I think he is just a little in error. If w.e_would attend political meetings and keep posted, as we certainly ought, _to become unbiased voters pro and con in all things pertaining to pub- lic life, we would want to become editors, Judges and oﬁce holders, etc., etc. I And then indeed our country would be- come depopulated, for we should have no time left to attend to maternalduties, and scorn to become wet-nurses. And as we crowd you out of the public arena where would you go? Nature, methinks, never intended you to perform our duties for us. I Z ‘ e . Yes, I concede the ballot and its attendent associations would develop our intellectualcapacities, but while one out of ten women would retain the charm of domestic manners, the other nine would develop an Amazonian bravado that would tear down the invisible, but hourly perceptible, barrier that keeps the rudest man in his place when in the presence of a lady, a woman, be she clothed in cotton or velvet. The respect pantaloons alwaysfgrant petticoats. ~ I SELECTED. “ Before I trust my fate to thee, Or place my hand in thine, Before I let thy future give Color and form to mine, Before I peril all for thee, Question thy soul to-night for me. “ Is -there within thy heart a need That mine cannot fulﬁl? One chord that any other hand Could better Wake or still? Speak now, lest at some future day My whole life wither and decay.” IN the trial of Landi for the murder of Carrnth they tried to prove that he was not only insane when he shot his victim, but has always been insane. If satisfactory testimony is offered to this effect it will be casting a reﬂectioii on the tripod. The idea of an insane man editing even a New Jersey newspaper is mortifying in the extreme.——The Capital. This is, nearly as good as the Englishman who wrote in his paper that “there is a very large river in the United States called Mexico, which empties into the Gulf of Missis- sippi.” Piatt almost beats that. Try it again, Don, and perhaps y0u’ll,succeed, quite. But he isn’t crazy any more. “The minds of the people are awakened. They see and feel political independence is but one—half of government, that it cannot save them from idleness, pauperism and serfdom more galling than slavery. They see that the other half of government must be ‘gained by which their present indus- trial serfdom will be abolished. Political government cannot give us industrial independence. That means simply a reor- ganizaton of industries under the control of the people through their chosen representatives. The objective points is the just equalization of the proﬁts of industry among the producers of wealth. Privatecontrol over public wealth must cease. "Private control over created wealth must be‘ "limited to the narrowest limits. All wealth produced mnst belong to the producers of it. The system of working for wages must be cast aside, and co—operative production under governmental, t’. e‘ popular control. substituted by a gradual, natural process. To thousands of the people, this is a dream, They are not prepared for the transformation, but it will come, just as political independence came a century since. Labor ’1‘rz'bvne,P7Jttsburgh, Pa. _ When Labor Reform will take this position it will be on the way to a practical solution of the diﬁiuclties that beset industry. V “ SHE OUGHT TOBE SUPPRESSEDI ”i Were the words used by a gentleman (for he turned out to be one after all) on the 22d of January. Why dothe laws of our State allow such a woman as Victoria Woodhull to travel through the country and corrupt its moralsiwas further asked. No one replied. At an early hour of the evening of the lecture this same man was at the door of the Opera House eager to see and hear the subject of his recent con- versation. After the lecture was over, with tears in his eyes, he said,“ My God, this the woman whom we have been decrying! I never heard aneﬁbrt. such as this. I will give ﬁve dollars to have it repeated Sunday night, and twenty-—ﬁve if my darling daughter could listen to it every Sunday evening for a year. My lips shallnever utter any- thing but deep regard for her again.” This is a sample of S the revolution wrought in Chardn by Victoria Woodhull in one short hour. A A CHARD0NIAN_ AN eminent physician of a ‘Western city says he has cured ninety-nine out of every hundred cases of scarlet fever by giving the patient warm lemonade and gum arabic dissolved in it. A clothjwrung out in hot water and laid upon the stomachshould be removed as rapidly as it becomes cool. ' I Jan. 25, 1876. Editors Weekl/y——I wish to correspond‘with those who are wide—awake and ready for something practical in (Jommun_ ism. Address R. It. Parker. Union City, Branch 00., ll-Iich. - BITS OE EUN. THE best thing out——au aching tooth. A NEW name for tight boots-a corn crib. A BAD habit to get into-a coat that is not paid for. VVHEN is a horse not worth a shilling? When it is worth less (Worthless). - "THE rich,” said a Dutchman, “ eat venison because it ish deer. I eat mutton because it ish sheep.” WE suppose Tweed will smoke the “ Boss” cigar in Cuba.—~ Cmcago Tribune. Yes, if they Havana. WHAT requires more philosophy than taking things as they come? Parting with things as they go. I WHAT is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never ._r. “ THAT'S a great victory for ‘ the right,’ ” said a friend of Spilkins, the other day, alluding to ,,the French elections _“ Yes, over the ‘left,’ ” replied Leander.———New York Oom- merciial Advertiser. “ TALK about extravagance in dress of women! ” cries Martha Jane, exultingly. “ What do you say to Tweed’s six million suit. I’d like to know? He isn’t a woman‘ I guess.” A A FAR West contemporary propounds the conundrum, “ Can you understand what a boon we were to this sparsely- settled region? ” Boon—boon? No, unless it is a bab-boon. If not, ask us something easier.——Boston Co2nmercz'alBulleti/n. SHE" was brushing his hair, and he enjoyed being fussed over amazingly. Rolling up his eyes, he said: "My dear, why was Columbus, when he landed in America, like me now? She couldn’t tell him, and he explained: ‘,‘Because' he was tickled at being fust over.” I YOUNG man, if you should see your girl gazing intently at your feet, don’t shift them about uneasily," or draw them up and sit upon them, under the impression that she is over- whelmed by their immense size. She is merely taking their measure mentally for a pair of slippers, on the toes of which she intends to work a blue dog with a green tail and scarlet ears. . - JOHN HENRY, ' reading to his wife from a newspaper- “ ‘There is not a single woman in the State penitentiary.’ There you see, now, don’t you. what wicked creatures wives, are? Every woman in the penitentiary is married.” “ It is curious,” said she; “ but don’t you think, John. deal‘, lihal? some of them go there for relief?” _i S ‘ powerful’ ‘editorialgheaded, “I-Iow shall we Rise?” 'After.j» bent pin‘ ‘placed there by the “‘ devil.” He soon ascel‘-tfitined “ How to Rise,” but he ﬁnished the article in the manner he designed when starting out, notwithstanding. Then he made the “ devil” rise.—Norri'stou>n Herald. A DISCRIMINATING WITNEss.——Jake was called upon in the Recorder’s court to give testimony in favor of the good character of Pete, who had been on a Christmas bender. » , “ Jake,” said the Judge, “ do you know Pete, the prisoner?” - “ Oh, yes, sah, I kno’s him better’n any nigger in Atlanty.” “ Is he sober and industrious? ” ‘ “That ’pends ’pon de ’kashion, Judge; sometime he’s sober, and sometime he’s ’dustrious, sah.” “ Whenis he sober?” , . “ Mos’ generally when he ain’t got no money,_Judge.” “ When is he industrious?” I “ Jis’ ’bout the same time,sah! ” ' "Suppose he has money?” V “Den he’s putty lierble to be do drunkes’ and lazies’ nigger dat do good Lord eber put bref into—-dat’s the truf.” Pete was incarcerated the next minute.-- Atlcmta. 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Address Vin‘ela’nd~, IN: J. WARREN CHASE will lecture" in Ottumwa, Iowa, March‘ 2, 3, 4 and5. Address for February, Independence, Iowa; and ﬁrst week in March, Ottumwa, Iowa. I v < I V SPIRITUAL CHURCH on THE Goon SAMARITANS, recogniz- ing the Jesus Christ principles as their foundation, will meet‘ at the hallin‘ the rear of Charter Oak Hall, San’Franc‘i’sco', V mine. has what is mind? on, its zlmmsterlela Gala». ﬁundeyﬁ at 114 33399 7?. M.” Services by Rev; Dr. Qlhiatirfs say hashes and steers; AN'Ohl0 editor satdown the other day and commenced a ' writing half a column,he left’ his chair foral few '1}-'.‘i£Xl1]~t"e_,s!;i ,; and when he ‘returned, he sat/d’own, pretty emphatically, .011‘ 35 devoted entirely to agriculture. Miscellany of the choicest. , selection, adapted to all classes of readers.‘ The latest general’ . with us in such an enterprise, that we will send them a cir-’ 4 - woon'nn'Lr. as cLArL1uj*si"wEnKLr .._- .~ ,_ -. .., ..... .v.._ .r..mv . 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Newsdealers supplied by the American News Company, No. 121 Nassau street. New York. an communications, business or editorial, must be addressed Woodhull 6* Cldfle'n’s Weekly, P. 0. Box, 3791, N. Y. 0mce.111 Nassau Street, Room 9. 9 Q‘-... - Ehh ;* If a man heejoeth my saying he shall never see death.———-Jesus.‘ I ' - ' him that ocereometh, I will give to eat of the hi en manna.—St. John the Divine. That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver them who through fear of ‘death were all their life- tame -swlgject to bondage.—~Paul. The wisdom that is from above is ﬁrst pure, then’ joeaceable, gentle, easy to he entreated, full of mercy and good frraits, without joarttality and without hy- pocre‘sy.—James, iii. , 1 7. And these signs shall follow them .' In my name shall they cast out devils,“ they shall take up serpents,‘ and they drinh any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they ‘shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.-—Jesus.' — NEW YORK, SATURDAY-, FEB. 26, 1876. WE are prepared to furnish- a few hundred complete sets of theﬁrst series of Bible Articles consisting of ﬁfteen num- bers of the WEEKLY, for one dollar, postage paid. Our . friends should lose no opportunity to bring ' these articles to the attention of those whom they can interest. A careful study of all of them is necessary to a complete understand- ing of the great and all-important truth that is yet to be re- vealed; which must be carefully and judiciously brought be- fore the world, as the sun comes upon it, bringing ﬁrst the break-of-day, next its dawn, and afterward its full meridian splendor. ‘ l .+—4 THE DOUBLE TRIANGLE ; OR, THE SIX—POINTED STAR IN THE EAST. . For we have seen his star in the East, and we are come to worship lm.-Sr. MATTHEW, ii., 2. - \\ If f ,. . vi‘ . cl’?-’ 4 \/ This ﬁgure is allegorical of the truth, to the exposition of which the WEEKLY is now devoted. It has been clearly shown in our present series of leading articles that it repre- sents the coming blending together of the inhabitants of the earth and spirit spheres in a common brotherhood, and the ‘establishment thereby of the universal human family. It also represents still another and more important truth which has not yet been introduced, but which, deﬁned in a few words, is, God in man reconciling the world unto Himself We adept this diagram as emblematic of our future Work THE TWO ALTERNATIVES. And now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the ground from where he was taken. So he drove out the man.—Genesis ll.l—.22, 23, 24. The dead shall be raised incorruptible; and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and the mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying, Death is swallowed up in victory.-I Corinthians xv—52, 53, 54.. ll ‘ For this we say unto you by word of-. the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto thecoming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise ﬁrst. Then we which are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the God in the air; and so shall We ever be with the Lord.—-I Thessaloniansiv-15‘ to 17. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were, finished. This is the ﬁrst resurrection. Blessed is he that hath part" in the ﬁrst resurrection; on such the second death hath no power.—Revela-’ tions xx—5 and 6. . And the spirit and the bride say, Come, And let him that heareth say, Come, And let him that is athirst,‘ come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life f'reely.—Ibid xxii—l'7. Let those who have discarded the Bible, as avbook of no account, say what they may, it is the only one ever printed that treats upon those things in which, of all things, every- body is the most deeply interested, in a manner that at all grasps the whole compass of the subject. Life and death are the two factors of the controlling power of the human mind; and these two factors, together with the causes of both, are the basis upon which the Bible is constructed. How shall the former be gained ; how shall the latter be de- stroyed, and how shall they who- have suffered from the latter be restored to the foriner, are the problems to which almost its whole space is devoted. Nor is it going too far to say, without asserting its truth or falsity, that in no other book is there any competent idea offered, of what the ulti- mate condition of life is tobe. Until the birth of modern spiritualism the people knew that they lived and were to die, and that was about the extent of their convictions. It is true that they pretended to have a belief in a heaven and a hell, but if asked to state what those very important places might be, the answers were such as to convince the questioner that they had amere belief, seldom amounting to a conception or a conviction. But what has Spiritualism done to really advance the standard of the knowable about these things‘? Can it be said——wi1l any of its “ great lights ” attempt to say—tl1at the ultimate , condition in which conscious individuality shall become immortal, has been demonstrated ? Will they say that they can show a natural process by which men and women are to develop into the immortal state? Will they assume that they have any other ground than the assertions of the spirits that the ultimate condition is a spiritual con- dition, and not spiritual and material combined ? And do they assert when» physical death is passed that the released spirit has done with earthly things, never more to desire or to be compelled to return to them? At what ﬁnality has Spiritualism arrived? It will not do to say that progress admits of no ﬁnality, because that is to say that there is no conscious individualized immortality ; that as progress goes on we are to progress out of organized individuality into, we know not what. Have we or have we not arrived at perfec tion in form ? If we have, what is that form to be ? And if not, what will be the form in which our individualities shall become immortal? Has Spiritualism decided any of these things; is Spiritualism the last development of truth that there is to be made ? If not, what is to come after Spiritualism ? The advent of modern Spiritualism has, undoubtedly, as nothing ever did before it, changed the whole face of belief in the condition after death. Before it came the after-death condition was one of unconscious sleep to the majority of the people, from which they were to be roused by the trumpet calling to resurrection and to judgment. It is safe to ‘ say that no intelligent person now believes that death is an unconscious sleep ; or that the spirit is in a comotose condition, waiting the call of God. All believe in spirit life; and many who make no profession of Spiritualism be- lieve that spirits can and do communicate. Hence we say that the whole current of thought about the after~death con- dition has undergone achange in the last quarter of a cen- tury, and that that change is due to modern Spiritualism. .We must not be understood as questioning the truth, the good, or the utility of Spiritualism. We admit all these and claim, perhaps, more for it than the most orthodox of them all have eve:'thought of claiming. But with all this, we want to know if Spiritualism, as deﬁned by those who pretend to be its rightful custodians, includes all issues in _ which the spiritual part of man is interested; are all the issues that are germain to the welfare of the race germain to Spiritualism as deﬁned by them ? And if not, whether it may not be possible that something may arise which will be of greater consequence than even Spiritualism? ‘In all ages of the world there has been at least a belief entertained, perhaps it would be nearer the truth to say that there is a ﬁxed conviction, about the reappearance upon the earth, in a physical form, of the so-called dead. The doctrine of the resurrection from the dead is as old as the records of the race, and almost as universal. It has found a place in nearly every religious faith of the ages. and forms an im- portant part of present religious creeds. In its earlier dc- velopments Spiritualism, almost alone cf all religious .issues, seemed not to recognize that there is to be anything simi- lating to the resurrection. It has always made its chief glory to depend upon the beauties of the spirit life, and has left it to be inferred, at least, that the progress maintained in that life is away from, rather than in the direction of, material things and earthly localities. The “ seventh heaven” and some far-off planetary; locality have been the worlds to which the ascending spirit is to mount at each round of progress, and with each, to be fartherremoved from earthly care, and sympathies. Overcoming the attractions to the earth, they are to ﬂy to other globes and link their destinies with the untrammeled souls of other Worlds. These, we say, have been the teachings of the leading lights of mundane Spiritualism. - ‘ - ~ But what has been the logic of Spiritualism itself ? In- stead of supporting these ideas has it not been precisely the reverse of this? Its ﬁrst manifestations in our esteem, as wellwas all its more recent developments, have been the most singularly conﬁrmative evidences that, instead of growing away from earth, spirits are coming nearer to it ; or at least, that the earth and spirit spheres are constantly approaching each other. The ﬁrst manifestation of what was recognized as of spirit origin, was the ﬁrst evidence to the world that the two worlds had grown so near to each other that it had become possible for the inhabitants of one to speak to those of the other across‘ the gulf, before too wide to be over- reached. And it is only necesssary to consider the character of the later manifestations to be convinced that the progress has been wholly and strikingly maintained in the same direction. I , Have spiritualists stopped to think what all this means *3 While singing of “That beautiful shore” have they con- sidered the meaning of the persistent effort made by spirits to return to this ? Do they imagine that that effort is a re- sult of a purely unselﬁsh purpose to teach those still in the flesh that there is an active life upon the other side of the dividing gulf ? Their doctrine upon this point does not indicate that there is so sudden a loss of selﬁshness as such a conclusion would indicate ; but, on the contrary, that spirits carry with them the traits of character with which they are endowed when leaving this sphere. Moreover, has it not always been taught that the chief interest of the spirit world is centered in the earth, and that its powers are directed to inﬂuencing earthly things; in fact, has it not been claimed repeatedly that the spirits have had an active if not a dominating part in all the strides of progress which the world has made; in all its revolutions in religion, gov- ernment and science ? And still again is it not true that it is claimed that the rapid progress in all departments of life made since the advent of Spiritualism, is due to the fact that the spirit inﬂuence has been more intimate with, and had more eﬁect upon, the world, than before that time ? Most certainly will Spiritualists admit all this ; but will they also hdmit the necessary logic ? ' And what have they to say of materializations? What does this newest phase of manifestations mean? Is it not demonstration clear as mid-day sun that the two worlds are coming actually together. Admitting what most Spiritualists believe to be true, that there have been actual materialize- tions of perfect bodies, and that these have grown from very small beginnings, what is to be the outcome in a few years , more, if thegprogress continue? After spirits have demonstrated that they can materialize perfectly, are they going to drop it there, and, turning away from earth, direct their attention to establish the earlier teachings of spiritual philosophers? Now is it "not a factthat those who taught these earlier doctrines of Spiritualism see that the stern logic of events has already proved their theorizing false, and that it is useless longer to bandy wordsnpon sustaining them? And is it not also a fact that the developments of materiali- zations are unrefutable corroborations of the bible doctrine of the resurrection? What is it to be resurrected from the dead if it be not to come again to earth in ﬂeshly bodies; in bodies having the same organs and functions common to human bodies? And why do they not admit thatthe resur- rection so vividly described in the bible, is now actually begun? Is it because they do .not wish to admit that the “old and Worn-out bible” was wiser than all of them; that the seers and prophets of two thousand years ago knew. more of _what should come than the great lights of the present knew, just before it began to come? Is it true that all this hesitation of Spiritualists to acknowledge these things is because they do not want to admit it? It seems so to one who looks on from an independent position; Then what are the alternatives presented to Spiritualists? They will be obliged to abandon their earlier cherished doc- trines and accept the facts ,5 that are to come, or else they will renounce spiritualism as wholly of the devil and fall into the bosom of the denying church. But few, however, and they of the kind who are more bigoted and intolerant than the church itself, will deny the light they have re- ceived. They will soon accept the necessities of the\situa~ tion and acknowledge. that the best thing that they can do is to aid the spirits in their unconquerable desire to .re- habilitate themselves with ﬂesh, and will turn to look after . their own physical conditions, and to make them pure and clean; to ﬁll the atmosphere in which they live, with in- ﬁuences that will invite and not repel their anxious friends; , to harmonize themselves and their relations so that their inﬂuence may be fit for spirits to come in contact with; to bear and rear their children in such a Way that they shall be fit companions for “the langel.s;” in short, they must Feb. 26, 1876. WOODHULL as oLAri.iN’swns.xi.r. 5 and will come to accept the inevitable social facts to which we have been claiming their attention for the last four years and to admit that inharmoniesbetween the man and woman through whom matter is being raised up for the future bodies of the spirits, are not only hindrances to their own spiritual advancement, but that they stand barring the pro- gress of the spirits. VVe say that this is the‘ necessary logic of the facts that Spiritualism and Spiritualists them- selves have given us ‘to consider, and confess that we have waited patiently for some one to acknowledge that these things are so, until “the time” is so near at hand that it must needs be spoken, that those who have recognized them, and failed to make it known, may be called to judg- ment. VERIFICATION. It will be remembered by our readers that we have long since claimed that the periodical wasting away of woman’s life is a disease. But it is not known to them that we were conscious of this a long time before we announced it to the public, and that we called the attention of numerous phy- sicians to what we believed about it, and endeavored to induce them to enter upon an investigation of the subject. Whether that to which we are going to refer is a direct result of oureﬁbrts or not we cannot say at the present time, but since it is admitted to be a new thought in the medical world, it is fair to suppose that what we have been agitating for three years or more is really at the bottom of the investigation which has been made by the medical scientists, and which has resulted in a complete veriﬁcation of our previous discovery. This waste is now pronounced by high authority in medical science to be “an abnormal function,” and to be placed side by side with any other hemorrhage from the interior of the body, as bleeding of piles or at the nose. We are not prepared now to present the whole case as laid. down‘ in a late medical publication, but we are justified in saying that it establishes all that we have claimed of this function, and goes, with its deductions, even far beyond anything that we have any more than hinted at. This veriﬁcation has been published widely, having appeared in all the medical journals of the country of which we have any knowledge, and is, therefore, fully beforethe whole medical world, because _every -physician of any note takes one or more medical magazines. The recognition of this’ discovery is in itself siifﬁcient to create a revolution in our present social customs and ethics, and if every physician who knows that the truth has been at last spoken would perform his duty to those who trust him with their lives, it would not be a year before this revolution would be openly acknowledged to be under full headway, as it has really. . been secretly for a year. Let us say to our friends, who are anxious to have the whole truth, to be patient. Things are moving rapidly enough. When we began the exposition of the Bible Mys- tery, of which the fact in question forms a most prominent part, we had no hope that the medical world would come to our assistance. But it is true, nevertheless, now, that if there is to be odium attached to the declaration that woman’s curse is a disease, it must be bourne by medical authority as well as by us. But the chief value of this veri- ﬁcation does not lie in what has been done already, but in the results to which it is certain to lead. The fact that has been veriﬁed was the ﬁrst one to be made clear to us, and from this, further investigation led us, as it will lead the medical investigators, to the discovery of other facts that will verify and demonstrate the possibility of immortality in the ﬂesh, which to us is just as clearly to be the necessary outcome and culmination of creative evolution as that day succeeds to night, or that the human is the necessary cul- mination of the animal. It is to be by no miracle, but to depend upon the evolution of matter, and of mind and spirit in their control of matter. But for the immediate present, let us say to our friends who have caught a glimpse of,the great truth that lies concealed behind this fact that is now veriﬁed, take courage; ‘and to those who have not yet seen a, ray of this truth, that this veriﬁcation by medical scientists of what we have been saying so long, is only the beginning of what shall end in complete demonstration of immortality through the normal use of what is now declared to be abnormal waste, When this shall come, there will also come an acknowledgement that the seers and prophets of ancient times knew more about the secrets of creation than any modern scientists have as yet discovered, and with it an appreciation of the Bible as the Book of Books, for in it the whole story is told in words so plain, when once the key is had, that he who runs may read. 44¢» 4 V 6'’ WHO PAYS THE PUBLIC EXPENSES? Nothing is more deceitful than appearances. In almost every sense the actual is precisely the opposite from the seeming. In no case is this more forcibly illustrated than in the apparently evident answer that is made when the question is asked, Who pays the taxes? Go to the assess- ors’ oﬁices and turn over their books, and there will be found the names of all the property-holders in each district, with their property assessed at so much. Go to the collectors’ offices and there will be seen, in tax-paying season,man after man, representing the wealth of the city or town, paying his taxes. Of course they hand the money to the collector, and hence when theanswerlis returned, it is, The rich men pay the taxes. , ‘ But it is no mcre true than it would be to say that the boy whom the merchant sends to the bank to pay his note is the payer of the note. There may be isolated cases, per- haps we may say exceptional cases, where, if the individual property is considered for the present time merely, it may be said that wealth pays the tax; but we will consider this hereafter to see how deceptive is even this, Taking the aggregate of wealth in the country, it is true that it does not contribute a farthing toward defraying the expenses of government, local, State, or national. The fact is that the aggregate of wealth increases every year. What makes it increase? Labor, simply. If it were not for this; if there were no labor; ‘if people lived upon accumulated Wealth and there were any taxes paid, then it might be said that wealth pays taxes; but otherwise not. If wealth pay the expenses of government then it would _ decrease every year by the amount so paid. Labor not only pays all the taxes, but it also adds the increase _of each year to the aggregate of last year’s wealth, the holders of the wealth really being the channels or the agents for labor. All wealth is the result of labor. The men who hold it never add a dollar to their possessions.‘ Even the man who should pay taxes on United States bonds out of the interest which he receives from the government would pay money that came straight, though through many hands, from the daily laborer. - ' , It is the people who do the work; those who are paid by the day for their daily labor, from whom all this money comes. Doesn’t this seem clear? If there are any rich men to whom it does not seem so, let themdischarge their laborers and stop the work that is going on upon their property, and then see where the money would have to come from to meet the demands of the government. But labor does even more than this; a thousand times more than this. It not only pays all the expenses of maintaining the government-—the interest on the public debt, salaries and contingencies——but it feeds, clothes and houses every man, woman and child in the world who do not labor’ enough to do it themselves. Every ‘r‘ gentleman” who smokes his half dollar cigars, and drinks his ﬁve dollar champagne, and sports a ten, twenty, or ﬁfty thousand dollar mistress, or wife, as the case may he, does so at the expense of labor, for it is from ‘this source that the substance comes by which these expenses are defrayed. We repeat, if the rich do not believe this, let them discharge their laborers and see to what they would come. A Is it any wonder, then, that the bond-holders and the money-lenders are unanimously in favor of retiring the “ greenbacks ” and of issuing more national currency? Not at all. If there were $1,000,000,000 more national currency issued, they would draw from the industrial classes $60;000,000 or more per annum as interest, because if this currency were issued, the banks would have to deposit that much in bonds with the Treasury, on which they would A draw $30,000,000 from the government, and then they would loan the currency for as much more. Now, if this billion of dollars were in greenbacks instead of bank cur- rency, all of this immense sum would be saved to labor. It is not to be wondered at, that manufacturers are compelled to reduce wages or close their shops, when theyare obliged to pay to these bond and bank mén from twenty to ﬁfty per cent. interest, or discount, to get money with which to carry on their business. And yet they do not seem to know what is the matter. It is a notorious fact that manufactur- ing States are strong ‘gold-coin and bank-currency States, while their interests should make them quite the reverse. The only reason that there is any need for a protective tar- iﬁ is because the interest on money is so much higher here than it is in other countries which compete with this in manufactured goods. ‘Let the manufacturers exert their inﬂuence with Congress to have the national bank Act re- pealed, and the government to issue “ greenbacks ” enough to pay off the bonded debt and stop the immense interest,- and to supply them with “greenbacks” without interest, on good security, as it does now the ‘fpostal system without security, and the conﬂict between labor and capital, which increases in severity every day, would be half solved. It is this God-accursed interest that is the vampire, sucking away at the vvitals of industry, and that is gradually, but nevertheless surely, sapping the life of the middle-men as well. If there» is not a change made, the time i_s not-far distant when the bond and bank men will own this country and also, virtually, all the people. For how can labor and those who stand between the laborer and these two classes, hope to hold their own against their rapacity, when labor can only increase wealth less than three per cent. per an- num, while the insatiate maw of bonds and money is not satisﬁed unless they increase at the rate of at least ten per cent. Here is the ﬁrst issue for the laborer: Greenbacks in place of bank notes, and no interest.. When these are obtained, then there will be another demand to be made. In the meantime, laborers, remember that you pay the ex- penses of every man, woman and child who does not work. TO ‘OUR OHIO READERS. There is a bill. pending before the legislature of Ohio, providing for the taxation of church property. Every one whofavors such a bill should send in a petition, with all the names that can be obtained, asking that the bill pass. THE GARDEN OF EDEN. ~ The paper edition of this oration is exhausted; but we have just received the pamphlet edition, which, to meet the extraordinary demand that has been made for the paper, we will furnish in lots of ten at $1, or more at same rate. ‘ _...¢,¢.._._ LOCALITIES OF COMMUNITIES. If . the heads of Communities everywhere in the world will send their locality, address, and any other information quirers; we shall be glad to insert them in the WEEKLY, to meet a demand that is growing and which we cannot answer in detail. We wouldsay that we do not desire to accredit any Community as being in successful operation, because we might mislead when we do not know. Hence, whatever sender,’ save the _name and to whom inquiries ;should be addressed. 9 >«-4~——————-———- Tl-IE DAVID EDGAR FUND. Up to the time of this writing, eleven persons have sub- scribed to this fund, proposed by Mr. Edgar, of Greenville, Pa., to help us sustain the ‘WEEKLY for one year, in case it shall require to be assisted. Heretofore, with the ex.- ception of the‘very generous responses that havealways been made to appeals for aid, we have relied upon our ‘own. exertions to bridge over any specially depressed time. VVhe.n-. thisproposition was advanced, it seemed as if a loadof anxiety was to be lifted from our minds, and we still be- lieve that‘-tliere are enough interested in our work to com- plete the proposed twenty. Eleven have signiﬁed their willingness to help us bear the burden. Who will be the twelfth, the thirteenth, andso on to the full twenty? ..._........___4,¢.__._m__..____._ A nnqunsr. As we are soon to begin the preparation of an elaborate statement of the ultimate truth of the New Departure, so far as it is known to us, we desire that all persons who have any singular, exceptional, or hitherto. inexplicable sexual experiences which they think may relate to this truth, should write them out in dctailedforni. These. com- munications, if desired, will be held strictly conﬁdential, so faras the writer’s names are concerned, but we propose to incorporate such parts of them as have bearing upon the truth, with g the statement. This statement is designed for truth, together with all its responsibilities, and will contain ;in an appendix, 3. list of such persons’ names with their resi- dences, through which they may come to know each other. >—+Qr<- LIFE-SIZE LITHOGRAPI-I‘. We have just received the ﬁrst edition of life-size litho- graphs of Victoria C. Woodhull, from the lithographic establishment of Armstrong & Co., of Boston, Mass. They are splendid pictures, both as awork of art and as like- nesses. They are printed on heavy paper 20 X24‘ inches, and specially adapted for framing. They will. be sent post- paid, securely wrapped to guard against damage, to any address for 50 cents. The common price of lithographs of this size is $2 ; but we have arranged with‘ the publisher to furnish them in large quantities at such rates that they can be resold at the price named without loss to us. They are thus put within the means and reach of everybody who desires to have a splendid life—size portrait of the Editor-in» Chief of the WEEKLY, who has devoted her life wholly to the inauguration of a new dispensation on earth, in which misery, vice and crime shall have no place. In reply to many letters asking for '‘ dealer’s terms” we would say that the lithographs may be ordered by express by the half’ dozen, dozen, or more at 40 cents, the usual price, less the postage. In explanation of the delay that has occurred in sending lithographs we would say that the third edition has been delayed, but will be received within .a day or two, when all orders will be ﬁlletl.-[MANAGING Enrron]. -—---———«>-+G»-—-4 DR. R. P. FELLOWS. By reason of the ﬂattering testimonials which the success‘ of Dr. R. P. Fellows secures him, we take pleasure in calling attention to his advertisement under Business Editorials. . _......_..__.m_._¢,¢_.__..._._..._.__. THE Northern Illinois Association of Spiritualists will hold it s, ﬁfteenth quarterly meeting at .Grow’s Opera Hall, 517 West Madison street. Chicago, beginning Friday, March 11th, and continuing three days. When we say Mrs. Juliet H. Severance, Miss Susie, M. Johnson, and Capt. H. H. Brown are among the engaged speakers, our friends may know that there will befree discussion upon any subject in which the welfare of the race is involved. Mrs. Severance, more. perhaps, than any other person in the Spiritual ranks, is representative of the important branch of the higher life, regarding diet, being a living example of its beneﬁeient _.eft‘ects. Once at the gateway leading to death, she is now the picture of robust health and, strength. Let all who can attend this Convention. they may desire to give that would be i‘nterestin,g to in may be sent us will be published over the name of the 0 ‘those only who have expressed a desire to receive the whole A ‘ﬂowing style that entices the reader from the moment he in her utterances and with her conviction of her mission as a ‘social reformer. NEW BOOKS. .______.. Foor NoTEs; or,Walking as a Fine Art. By Alfred Barron, “ Q ” Wallingford, Conn. Wallingfo1'd Publishing Co. 1875. Large 16mo, 380 pages. Cloth, $1.50 post paid. This is really a charming book; such an one as will prove a relief when the wearied mind or exhausted‘ body seeks to recuperate itself. Until one reads this book he can never know how much can be made out of the commonest things; nor how much beauty and poetry can be gleaned by the wayside in any country town. It is written in an easy, takes it up, andhel never thinks of being surcharged with heaviness so long as there are any pages to be turned over. It is a unique, genteel, graceful, poetic, indeed, an inimit-, able book, and under cover of simplicity and freshness, teaches many a profound lesson in philosophy. _It will prove to be a’ valuable addition to any library. Orders sent to Woodhull & Claﬂin, box 8,791, N. Y. City, will receive prompt attention. ' SOUL AND BODY; or, The Spiritual Science of Health and Disease. By W.. '1‘. Evans, author of, “Mental Cure” and “Mental Medicine.” Colby & Rich, publishers, 9 Montgomery place, Boston. M This book is an effort on the part of the author to estab- lish the superiority of the soul over the body, as a fact. He adopts the theory that it is the intention, both of the Creator and of nature, to develop the soul until it shall master the body, so that it shall control all physical ills. The author is evidently a transcendental Spiritualist, and his book will ﬁnd no favor with the Materialistic class of mind. With him the soul is the living motor power of the universe and not a reﬁection of the action of matter. The book is wor- thy a place in any library; and may be studied with proﬁt by even the best informed. 4; VVV CORA A SYME FUND. Amount previously acknowledged. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $321 95 183 six months’ subscriptions reported. . . . . . . . . . . . 274 50 Subject to appropriation last statement . . . . . . . . . . . $47 4 v RECEIVED SINCE. — John Orth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 50 James Thierry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00 J . P. Lennert_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 ~. -=--—-—-—-- 3 50 $50 95 Appropriated 36 six months’ subscriptions . . . . . . . . 54 00 Overdrawn..........A............. $3 05 May we not hope that the friends of the deserving poor will keep some money in this fund? m MRS. WOODHULL IN THE FIELD. COMMENTS on THE I>iiEss. (From the Herald, Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 10, 1876) ‘ THE EDITORIAL. .Mns. WooDHULL’s LECTURE.—-The idea running through . Mrs. Woodhull’s lecture, at De Give’s Opera House last night, made a powerful impression on the very respectable i audience of intelligent gentlemen and ladies who heard her. The diﬁiculty connected with the lecture was the reconcilia- tion "of the subject with feminine delineation of it. ‘ A scientific professor discussing the theory, that she elabo- rated, before a college of students, would seem a very ﬁt advocate of her views. And certainly if the lecture had been delivered by such a person before such an audience, its utter- ances would have been, and must have been, pronounced strikingly philosophical, full of well-considered reﬂection. and worthy of careful thought. ’ The diﬁiculty of accustoming one’s self to the discussion of the delicate theme by a woman before a mixed audience of both sexes is hard to get over. That over, the impartial critic must own. that Mrs. ‘Woodhull spoke a deal of prominent truth, and grappled with live problems in a strong manner. And as the audience poured out of the Opera House the current of comment showed that, while men were reeling jinder a sort of sense of unﬁtness in the fact that the source of the lecture was feminine, yet there was irresistible and universal recognition of the further fact that a large amount of home truth had been uttered. Mrs. Woodhull grappled with the great social problem of human procreation, and how to check the progress of disease and vice. She dealt largely in statistics of crime and sickness. in illustration of her views. She contended that the produc- tion of a nobler race of people depended upon an intelligent understanding of the great laws of nature and a conformity to those laws. There was no mincing of words in her lecture in the portrayal of disagreeable things. She proved herself- the possessor of a strong intellect with unusual powers of fluent and forcible expression. She showed herself Well: posted upon statistics of human experience. Occasionally she took the breath away by her freedom of \ discussion, and by a ﬂashing suggestion of inferential more than expressed latitude of opinion. But before ‘she got through she impressed her hearers with her undoubted belief life again repeat that had her lecture been heard from a professor in the curriculum of the university, we are frank to say, it would have been deemed orthodox and correct. Coming from a. handsome woman in the rostrum before: a social audience, it kept a Southern hearer in a sort of a whirl of revolutionary protest, due to a very audacious innovation upon deep-rooted prejudices. , [ THE REPORT. A fair audience assembled at the Opera House last night to hear the lecture of Mrs. Woodhull. When she appeared on the stage we saw ahandsome women, handsomely dressed. ‘ ‘ i’_l.‘l:ier_e was a quiver in the voice that betokened at ﬁrst thought a dash of dilﬁdence and timidity. As the lecture proceeded it seemed to be more like a. tremor of tearsin the wooniinnt e cLArLin*s WEEKLY. Feb. 26,.18’2'6. one who had suﬂ’ered,"one who had deep feelings of philan- throphy and affection, and who did not wish to be cast out from the affections of her kind. The concluding portion of her lecture, inwhich this feeling was stated, was of a moving and melting character. Her picture of her trials, her separation from her daughter. and that daughter’s brave answer of love and loyalty, of the scene in prison where, kneeling in prayer,she felt that she had had a revelation of the future love of the people, and her appeal for that love, was eloquent and touching.. Her manner was very ﬁne. Grace- ful and forcible in every attitude and gesture, with a voice of rare modulation, controlled with a well—trained skill, she received the undivided attention, and swayed the hearts and applause of her auditoryfrom the beginning to the-end . ’ The matter of the lecture was one of outline and suggestion rather than distinct statement and full elucidation. The central idea was the reform of dissolute lives——the necessity existing for this in every corner of the land established by unvarying statistics. The method of reform suggested was to teach the child by fathers and mothers, but especially by mothers, that the body is the temple of God. In doing this we must be true to nature, state facts just as they exist in ‘natur.e,.give our children information in regard to all matters pertaining to nature, the origin of life, _ the necessity of purity, the results of criminal indulgence, without the false modesty which too generally prevails. B The sacredness of motherhood was a prominent idea in the lecture. -The mother reproduced in the son was a favorite thought, urged with great ‘force and beauty. N 0 one could hear the appeal for purity in connection with that holy name apd tie without an obeisance of reverence, perhaps a memory 0 tears. - .S_he maintained that reverence for the Bible was a cardinal point in her faith, and insisted that by some admission or in some form such a reverence was universal. There was nothing which would have been considered vul- gar or improper in a scientiﬁc lecture from a physiological or medical professor to young men. The truths stated as to the prevalence of prostitution and its evil eﬁects were undeniable, the ground taken against it both in males and females, among the married and unmarried, only such as any moral man and woman could take. j There were, here andfthere, ﬁne touches of humor, but the humor was without the sting of sarcasm~—it taught and en- tertained without wounding. There were sallies of wit, bursts of eloquence in ‘word and act, brilliant passages of genuine oratory. As we have stated, the pathos of the lee- ture touched its every part as with a gentle and quivering light. whose tremulous -’plea fell upon the heart already in- ﬂuenced by argument and aroused by appeal. . A From the Constttattoit, Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 10, 1876. , For several days life-size wood cut portraits of Victoria C.” Woodhull, the celebrated woman agitator in social theories, have ornamented bill boards. These were accompanied with the announcement that she would lecture here last evening. The fact excited more comment than appeared, and while hundreds shook their heads and thought it would not do to encourage her, others determined to go and hear exactly how terrible were the doctrines which had lifted this woman to such prominence and brought upon herself and sister such an avalanche of abuse. Shortly after the opening of the doors last evening the curious and interested began to arrive and ﬁll up the house. As they stopped at the window ofthe box-oﬁice they met the not unhandsome face of Mrs. Woodhull, who was acting as her own treasurer and as much at home as when discount- ing notes at the window of her Wall street bank. Securinga ticket they passed up to the door, where Miss Tennie Claﬂin, an attractive lady, with bright blue eyes and sprightly man- ners, was taking up the tickets. The audience was a large one. The members of the Senate and House of Representa- tives were present in force and were ﬂanked on all sides by some of the ﬁrst gentlemen in the -city in every department of commercial, literary and professional life. . - . Shortly after 8 o’clock Mrs. Woodhull walked upon the stage in a home-like way. She is a ' lady of commanding presence, ﬁne carriage, good features and an expression full of force and intellectual energy. She was elegantly dressed in brown cloth, elaborately trimmed with a darker shade of velvet, and she wore few ornaments. Her coiffure was simple a la Greque and her style modest enough end never extrav- agant. She has persuasive eloquence, ﬁery energy and an earnestness whose genuineness cannot be questioned. She is a woman of great ability, and states her views with singular clearness and force. She was frequently applauded with a twill, and when she ‘retired from the stage the demonstration was as enthusiastic as any orator or actor could desire. (From the~Datly 'Amem'can, Nashville. Tenn., Feb. 5, 187 6.) " MRS. WOODHULLAT THE OPERA HOUSE. As had been anticipated the Opera House was packed last night with-an audience eager tohear Mrs. Victoria C. Wood- Dress circle and parquette were jammed, and the galleries were better ﬁlled than was ever before witnessed in that thespian temple. The audience was composed of the more intelligent and cultivated citizens of the community, the ladies present being the wives and daughters of business and professional men. After the lecture Mrs. Woodhull received several letters, couched in the most complimentary terms, and specially asking that she might deliver another lecture, but she ﬁnds it necessary «to leave for New Orleans to-day. (From the Evening Mail, N ashvtlle, Tenn” Feb. (8, 1876.) MRSCVVOODHULL AT THE OPERA HOUSE. ' The lecture of Victoria C. Woodhull at the Opera House last night on “The Human Body, the Temple of God,” attracted a respectable and appreciative audience. The best of order prevailed during the evening, and the audience seemed to be deeply interested. I . ‘ a (From the Voice and Echo, Johnston [Pa.] J an. 29, 1876.) Victoria C. Woodhull delivered her famous lecture on “The True and the False, Socially,” at the Opera House, on Friday evening of last week, to a select and appreciative audience. She was attired in plain black, without any osten- tatious show» of rings, pins or chains. From the "beginning to the close she entranced her listeners with the most eloquent, rhetorical and convincing speech that has ever been deliv- ered’ in our city. As the truths, like pearls, fell from her lips they were eagerly caught by her admiring hearers and di-" gested, intellectually, and the praise givenighersince, will tes- tify that her eloquent display was never excelled by a Phil- lips, a Choate, or any other person. Would that all the mothers and daughters in our city could have left the false at home andfhea-rd the truths fall from the lips of-one of their own sex!‘ She certainly has the moral courage to dissemi- nate such facts as none dare dispute. When she visits us again we are conﬁdent of an overﬂowing house greeting , the appearance ofthe’ “ Queen of the Rostrum.” AT Saratoga, the other day, abridegroom stepped oﬁ the cars forja moment, and the train "went off with his bride. He followed by the next train down, and she, on the other hand, returned on the next train up,land they passed each other gram ‘kept the bride ‘stationary until her husband reached pleadings cf a woman for a place in the hearts of the people, lser.===-New York Com-nterctal .=rldver§2Jsrm hull lecture on “The Human Body, the,Temple of God.” ' ou the road. This operation wasrepeated, each trip leaving - them at different ends of the route, until a peremptory tele- . BUSINESS ENOTICES. DR. R. P. FELLOWS, the independent and progressive _physician, is successfully treating nervous and chronic dis- eases all over the country byletter, as well as at his oﬁioe at home, by his, original system of practice, which omits all drugs and mineral. medicines of both old and new schools. Dr. Fellows has been steadily gaining upon the conﬁdence of the public for the past eight years, during which time, he has treated thousands of cases, eighty out of every hundred of which he has radically cured, while every case has been bene- ﬁtted. And at this moment he has -pa'tients,in_every State in the -Union. Every reader of this who has any affection of the head, throat, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, kidneys, blad- der, bowels, womb, genital organs, or rheumatic or neuralgic diﬁiculties, or eruptions of the skin. blood impurities, tumors, cancers, or any nervous affections or diseases of the eye or car, are invited to write to Dr. Fellows. The remedy with which he treats these diseases so successfully, is his Magnetized Powder, which will be sent to any address, at $1 per box. Address.Vi-neland, N. J. CO-OPERATIVE HOMES IN THE CITY.——All persons inter- ested in practical reform are invited to send their names and addresses to G. W. Madox, 29 Broadway, New York city, for the purpose of securing suﬂicient number of responsible persons who will unite together to rent a suitable house or hotel upon a co—operative plan, and thus lessen the expense of living. If an answer is required, please enclose postage stamps. WE still mail our book, phamphlets and tracts-—“Free Love,” “Mrs. Woodhull and her Social Freedom,” “True and False Love,” “Open Letter to A. J. Davis,” “Letter to a Magdalen,” “God or no God,” “To My Atheistical Brothers,” including my Photo, for One Dollar. Can you favor me? Address Austin Kent, Stockholm St., Lawrence Co., New York. Box 44. ‘ ’ POSTCRIPT To A PRIVATE LETTER FROM AUSTIN KENT. “ It now looks as though I could never write more for the press. I am extremely feeble. I deeply rejoice in Mrs. Woodhullls success, and no one but P. Pillsbury has a better goo . In love, A. KENT, OILY substances always aggravate skin diseases. Oint- ments aretherefore rather hurtful than beneﬁcial. Glenn’s Sulphur Soap. which opens, instead of clogging the pores with grease, has, as might havebeen expected, widely super- seded oleaginous compounds as a remedy for scorbutic affec- tions. Depot, Crittenton’s, No. 7 Sixth Avenue, New York City. DAVIS’ BATTLE—AxE will contain a most momentous paper entitled “Shakerism and Shakerdom”—Human Life Therein; also “The Possible and Impossible of Community Life on Earth;” also “The Death Struggle of Religious Liberty." Any one ef these articles will be worth the price of the paper. Sixty cents a year. A. Briggs Davis, editor, assisted by the most radical pens. Ind. Tract Society, Worcester, Mass, publishers. The address of Nellie L. Davis, is 235 Washington street Salem, Mass. PEOE. LISTER, the astrologist, can be consulted at his room N o. 319 Sixth. avenue. Address by letter, P. O. Box 4829. Mrs. H. Augusta White and other ﬁrst-class mediums will be in attendance at the above Circles, and give poychometri- cal readings during the day time. o No science ever developed itself more rapidly than has that of psychometry. or soul reading, and it is destined to take a place beyond all others in usefulness and grandeur. Mrs. H. Augusta White possesses remarkable psychometric and clairvoyant powers, and will give readings at the Co- operative Home, 308 Third avenue. (Hours from 10 to 5. She will also give written delineations from a lock of hair; age and sex must be given. Terms, $2 in advance. THOMAS _CooK, editor and publisher of the Kingdom of Heaven, Boston, Mass., who is earnestly and devotedly in sympathy with the new departure of unfolding the ‘gospel and prophetic truths of the Bible, has gone West to labor in the glorious cause of love, and may be address ed or seen a. N o. 578 Milwaukee av., Chicago- Hedoes not stop to ask how ‘much willyou pay him, but will go and preach in public or private assemblies for whatever earnest seekers after truth V may feel to give him. Let all who will give him a night/s lodging or a dinner to help him on, send in their calls, for it is the Lord’s wish and hewill provide. I’ ALL families and invalids should have Prof. Paine’s short- hand treatment of disc-a.se—-a small book of forty pages Sent free on application to him at N o. 232 North Ninth street, Phila, Pa. I right to rejoice, and in some respects, even he has not as d H - ‘ .3; ,!‘‘-:'_~-« . ‘Q ‘I-7' Feb. 26, 1876. wooniuunn & CL.A.F.LIN’S WEEKLYII .. 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THE WORLD’S Sixteen Cruciﬂed Saviors; . ‘ OR) , i CCHRISI/ANITY BEFORE CHRISTI I CONTAINING N ew, Startling and Extraordinary‘Revelations in Religious History, which dtsclose the Oriental Origin of all the Doctrines, Prt'nc13ples, Precepts and Miracles of the CHRISTIAN NEW 'TES5I‘AMENT,' and furn-z'shIlng a. Key for unlocking many of its Sacred Mysteries, bestdes comprcstng the Ifistory of Sixteen Oriental Cruciﬁed Gods. BY KERSEY GRAVES, . _ Author of “The Blograplty_of Satan ”.an_d “The Btble of Bzbles ” (compmszng a descrzptzon of twenty Bzbles.) This wonderful and exhaustive volume by Mr. Graves will, we are certain, take high rank as a book of refer- ence in the ﬁeld which he has chosen for it. The amount of mental labor necessary to collate and com- pile the varied information contained in it must have been severe and arduous indeed, and now that it is in I‘ such convenient shape the student of free thought will not willingly allow it to go out of print. But the book . is by no means a mere collation of views or statistics: throughout its entire course the author—as will be. seen by his title-page and chapter-heads—follows aI deﬁnite line of research and argument_.to.the close, and his conclusions go, like sure arrows, to the mark. " C O N T E N T S . Preface; Explanation; Introduction; Address to the Cle 0 rgy. Chap. 1.~—Rival Claims of the Saviors. ’ Chap. 2.—Messianic Prophecies. ‘ Chap. 3.—Propliecies by the ﬁgure of a Serpent. Chap. 4.—Miracu10us and Immaculate Conception of the Gods. _ Chirp. 5.——Virgin Mothers and Virgin-born Gods.l Chap. 6.—-Stars point out the Time and the Savior’s Birthplace. Chap._7.—Angels, Shepherds and Magi visit the Infant- Savior. Chap. 8.-The Twenty-ﬁfth of December the Birthday of the Gods. . Chap. 9.—Titles of the Saviors. I Chap. 10.—The Saviors of Royal Descent but Humble Birth- . I ~ I Chap. 11.——Christ’s Genealogy. I r I I Chap. 12.'—’l‘he World’s Saviors saved from Destruc- tigin in Infancy. _ . Chap. 13.——’l‘lie Saviors exhibit Early Proofs ‘of Di- vinit . Chap. 1):i.——'I‘he Saviors’ Kingdoms not of this World. Chap. 15.-—The Saviors are real Pcrsonages. Chap. l6.—Sixteen.Saviors Cruciﬁed. ’ Chap. 17.—'l‘he Aphanasia, or Darkness, at the Cruci~ ﬁxion. . Chap. 18.—-Descent of the Saviors into Hell. Chap. 19.—Resurrection of the Saviors. Chap 20.—Reappearance and Ascension of the Sav- iors. I I I Chap.’ 21.—-The" Atonement: its Oriental or Heathe Ori ”n‘. ‘ ' ‘ ‘ Chap. 22.-—Thc Holy Ghost of Oriental Origin. Chap. 23.——The Divine “VVorcl” of Oriental Origin. Chap. 24..——'I‘he Trinity very ancientlyia current Hea- then Doctrine. Chap. 25.—~Absolution, or the Confession of Sins, of ' Heathen Origin. . Chap. 26.—Oi-igin of Baptism by Water, Fire, Blood, and the Holy Ghost. , Chap. 27.——The Sacrament’ or Eucharistof Heathen Origin. ' Chap.b28.——Anointing with Oil of Oriental Origin. Chap. 29.—How Men, including J ssus Christ, came to beIworshiped as Gods. - ‘ .« Chap. 30.——Sacred_ Cycles explaining _the Advent of the Gr€dS, the Master—key to the Divinity of Jesus 0 ris . ‘ ' ' ‘ ' ‘ Chap. 31.-—-Christianity derived from Heathen and Oriental Systems.Z I I * ' I Chap. 32.—-Three Hundred and Forty—six striking _ Analogies between Christ and Crishna. ' Chap. 33.——Ap0l1onius, Osirisand Magusas Gods. I Chap. 34.——The Three Pillars of__ the Christian Faith—— Miracles, Prophecies and Precepts. '. Chap. 35.——Logical or Common-sense View of the Doc- triee of Divine Incarnation. . . ’ Chap. 36.——-Philosophical Absiirdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation. I Chap. 37.—Physiological Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation, - ‘ Chap. 38.—A Historical View of the Divinity of Jesus ‘ Christ. _ _ Chap. 39.—The Scriptural View of Christ’s Divinity. Chap ._.40.——A Metonymic View of the Divinity of Jesus ‘ I Christ. . ClEarp._4t1.—The Precepts and Practical. Life of Jesus l.'lS . ‘ Chap. 42.——Christ as a Spiritual Medium. Chap. 43.—-Conversion, Repentance and “Getting Re- gion” of Heathen Origin. . “ . ‘ Chap. 44.—The Moral Lessons of Religious History. Chap. 45.~—Conclusion and Review. Note of Explanation. Printed on ﬁne 121110, 330 Pages, $2.00;»posl:age 20 cats. Send orders to WOODHULL 36 CLAFLIIN, P. O. Box 3,791, New York City. . I 1 White paper, large least THE u-muslin-uiln at run iniiuiutrz From leading Merchants, Publishers, Editors, Eliyﬁeian I it ,~_ p , . and Scientific Men. From Cabin.” the former, publisher of ‘V‘ Uncle Tom’s I New York, Sept. 1st, 1875. To the Wakeﬁeld Earth Closet U0.—GENTS:———Am011g the many useful; contrivances of this utilitarian age,‘ the _Earth Closet holds so prominent a place, that to‘ me it seems strange that it has not been more univer- sally adopted. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1876-02-26_11_13
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1876-02-26_11_13
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 11, no. 14 (March 4, 1876)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2113
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1876-03-04
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: :- PROGrR=ESSj! ‘FREE UNTRAMMELED L:tVEs1! BREAKING TTHE WAY ‘FOR FUTURE erENERATIoris. V01. xI.;no.14;_wL¢ie No. 274 NEW MAR. 4, 18.7.6 . A PRICE TEN cnnrfs. The truth shall make you free.—Jesus. In the days of the vcoice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God shalt be ﬁn27shed.—St. John the Divine. ‘ » .' i ' T/‘Vhereof I was _made a mt'niste7* to preach the un- searchable riches of 0]2,7’?'27S25,' and the mystery which froin the beginning of the-world hath been hid in God.-—Pau1. . THE THORNY ROAD. D ear Weekly:—“ Those who have labored most zealously to instruct mankind have been those who have suﬁered most from ignorance.” This i s no new idea, but it is one which bears constant repetition without becoming stale, for the truth it contains is ever recurring. I ﬁnd the expression as quoted above in a workentitled “ Curiosities of Literature,” ' by D’Israeli, combined with “ Curiosities of American Litera- ture," by Rufus W. Griswold. . V Immed...
Show more:- PROGrR=ESSj! ‘FREE UNTRAMMELED L:tVEs1! BREAKING TTHE WAY ‘FOR FUTURE erENERATIoris. V01. xI.;no.14;_wL¢ie No. 274 NEW MAR. 4, 18.7.6 . A PRICE TEN cnnrfs. The truth shall make you free.—Jesus. In the days of the vcoice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God shalt be ﬁn27shed.—St. John the Divine. ‘ » .' i ' T/‘Vhereof I was _made a mt'niste7* to preach the un- searchable riches of 0]2,7’?'27S25,' and the mystery which froin the beginning of the-world hath been hid in God.-—Pau1. . THE THORNY ROAD. D ear Weekly:—“ Those who have labored most zealously to instruct mankind have been those who have suﬁered most from ignorance.” This i s no new idea, but it is one which bears constant repetition without becoming stale, for the truth it contains is ever recurring. I ﬁnd the expression as quoted above in a workentitled “ Curiosities of Literature,” ' by D’Israeli, combined with “ Curiosities of American Litera- ture," by Rufus W. Griswold. . V Immediately following the above sentence there is a list of illustrious examples of its truthfulness, which it will be well worth the while of the “general reader” to consider, as showing the cause for which the greatestand best have en- duredlthe persecution of bigotry and ignorance. Therefore I. _ need make no further apology fo.r borrowinglfrom the above - work some of its facts and some of its language to lay before the- readers of the WEEKLY. Those who are cognizant of them already will have memory refreshed. perhaps, and those who are not will be ediﬁed. I will put in quotation marks‘ the language which I employ from the book, for some of the instances I shall presume to comment upon myself if I can ﬁnd language suﬂiciently strong. ’ First, then, in the "list of martyrs to the ignorance of the age, we ﬁnd Lord.Bacon, who “ with a noble perception of his own genius,” prophesied in his will his recognition by pos- terity. Mark that noble perception of his‘ own genius! There is a distinction between conceitand egotism, or egoism as George Eliot persists in using it. But if one has genius and nobiy perceives it, methinks onlyafool or.apedant—-between , which there may be littleorno distinction—would be dis- posed to ball such perception either conceit or egotism, when it seems to be rather a sort of divine instinct, whichfserves as a buoy to keep the devoted head -above the dirty waters of ignorant detraction. Galileo suﬁered forhavipg learned that the world. moves physically, and desiring to impart his truth to. mankind, just the same as they suffer persecution to-day, who,” having learned that the world moves in a higher sense than Galileo found out, are similarly desirous ‘of arousing the stupid masses to the fact.“ ’ Harvey was ridiculed for promulgating his truth that the blood in our veins circulates . Think what he must have felt, with his knowledge of a fact, not his conviction of a theory or a prophecy yet to be elucidated or fulﬁlled, but a fact that was obtainedrby. scientiﬁc investigation and experiment—a fact beyond peradventure-—,and yet he must endure the sting- ing lash of vulgar ridicule! Could aught beside a.“no_b1e perception of his own genius ” have upheld Harvey and his great truth? Thank_God for that “ noble perception ” which gets mistaken by the unskillful for fanaticism, to which; it holds no more resemblance than an eagle to a scare-crow. Nevertheless the dolts ofphumanity laugh to-day at what they do not comprehend, just as they did when informed that their blood ﬂowed in their veins, fancying now as then that the ﬁnality of the universe was reached in their sublime conception, never dreaming of more things in heaven or earth than servejsheir immediate stupidity. V A Socrates had to die because he Was wiser than his genera- tion, and lived for some purpose in the ages. Anaxagoras was imprisoned for his idea of the Deity, which if not more just, had the merit of differiiig fromthe accepted idea, on the principle that, any change in a ﬁxed idea, lnotbased upon a fact, is pretty sure to be a; change for the better. Aristotle could’nt endure the persecution he was sub- jected to, so made his quieitus with a “cup of cold piion.” Heraclitus, who has had an illustrious follower in George ‘ Francis Train, “Was so tormented by hiscountrymen that he broke off all communication with men. ”- “Great geometricians and chemists as Gerbert and Roger Bacon were abhorred as magicians.” “Virgi1ius,Bishep of Saltzburg, went to ,the stake for, asserting that there were antipodes.” “The Abbot Trithe'm.ius,, for his trial at improv- sing stenography, or the art of secret writing, had his works burned as works of the devil.” T L An ignorant old father 'confessor, presuming that the sum of human wisdom was footed up "in his thick head, through working upon the misdirected pietyiof Galileo’s wisdom, got possession of the MSS. ofthat philosopher, and “destroyed ‘God knows how much truth has'be‘en «rletarded—destroyed it cannot be for thefeternali years of God areihers——through zeal than just judgment. _ j V “Cornelius Aggrippa was. compelled to ﬂy his country and the enjoyment of a large income, for a few philosophical exi- The peopleheld him as an object of horror, and not untre- quently when he walked he found the streets empty at his approach. He died ina hospital.” A , , p _ , ; The fly that settled on’ the head of Urban Grandier when he was being led to the stake was thought to be the devil come forhis own, because an old foolof a monkhad heard that in Hebrew, Beelzebublmeant the God of Fli:e_s.., On r such lamentable‘ ignorance havetége s.ci},1tjl_lations of .divi_ni_ty been hammered into dullness. V ‘f Sextus. the Fifth, Marechal Fabier, Roger Bacon, Caesar Borgier, his son Alexander the Sixth, and others, were sup- posed to have their diabolical attendants.” They didn’t lay claim, it seems, to supernatural assistance, which would have been some justiﬁcation for the ignorant, supplying, them with the attendance of the devil’s imps, but their superior scientiﬁc and philosophical acumen was enough to clothe them in the grim majesty of Satan. . “Cardan was believed to be a'magician. The fact is that he was, for hisptime, la, very able naturalist, and hewho hap- pened to know something of the arcane. of nature was im- mediately. suspected of magic. Even the learned themselves who had not applied to natural philosophy seem to have acted with the same feelings as the most ignorant; for when Albert, usually called the Great——a.n epithet he owed to his name, De G»root—constructed a curious piece of mechanism which sent forth distinct musical sounds, Thomas Aquinias was so terri- ﬁed at it that he struck it with his staﬂ -to the mortiﬁcation of Albert, annihilating the curious labor of thirty. years.” ‘ It seems that poets and poetry were imuch under the ban of ignorance in ye ancient days,——and if Joaquin Miller’ had served them for an example there’ would not need be any wonder at it. Our book says‘: “They could not imagine a poet without supposing him to hold intercourse with some demon.” This sort of persecution of science and genius lasted tillthe close of the seventeenth century,” so the book says, and the list of its examples closes with this opinion from .Hallem: “ If the metaphysician stood‘ a chance of being burned’ as a heretic, the natural philosopher was not in less jeopardy as a magician.” Then follows alist of poor geniuses who lived in poverty and died inethe most abject want.’ But it seems to me a little like the assumption of ignorance to set it down that “persecution of science and genius ” ended with theseventeenthpcentury. The same inveterate and- intolerant spirit, born of egiotism and nursed in ignorance, is as rampant‘ in the nineteenth century as it ever was in the seventeenth or before; and if the priesthood had the same power the record would be as bloody and barbarous. The spirit enthroned in wisdom beyond the age suﬁers torments and tortures though the poor body escape ﬁre and poison. The superstitious ignorance and the grounded bigotry of the day will strip a gifted soul of all claim to decency and the “rights of man” for promulgating an unpalatable idea. The world seems doomed never to learn the lessons"of the past; its course seems destined over burning plowshares, trodden by the blistered feet of wisdom born before its time. It seems that all truth must ﬁght its disputed way; ﬁrst, through the indifference of the stupid; next, the ridicule of the vain and frivolous, and lastly, through the persecution of the bigoted and powerful. . ‘ ' r A , And the great social truth which took the ‘form of a social‘ earthquake has gone through each stage until it‘ has at last "reached popular recognition." Truth travels faster than before- we had the much ridiculed railroads and telegraphs to help it on its eternal course. What if the priests had had the power to suppress Fulton what in his judgment. were not ﬁt for the world to know.” .blind and fanatic persistence in popular errors, aided by the cﬂiciousness of some small-souled Comstock more gifted with periments which any school boy performs with ease to-day.‘ .44,/" and Morse for apiairl of lunatics dangerous to the sway of their ignorant god, and to destroy their models as “ not ﬁt in their (the priest) sublime judgment for the world to know A anything about ? W,el_l,.we should only have had tohwait a little longer for. the facts that steam and electricity could be utilized; for the womb of time was pregnant with the truth, and no stupid edict against nature could murder it in embryo, becausethe conception was immaculate. A , J " It is just dawning into the minds of advanced thinkers that there‘ hasbeen a Woful mistakemade in'regard to the human 'bodyj'a‘nd it functions. Never was the world more grounded in an error; never was the task of luprooting falsehood fraught with greater peril, in a temporal sense, to the soul that wider- .'took it with a “noble perception of its own geni_us;” never was persecution more rampant, merciless and insatiable, yet neverwas truth clearer to the sense of her votariesr;_V never was the "way of ‘her logical development better paved; with ~9testim‘ony, and never did truth travel so far and so fast in so short‘ a space. indeed shall the stone that was rejected of the builders become the crowning glory of the temple. ‘ The evo- lution of the truth that the human body is “ God’s holy tem- ple,” which men and women have been desecrating for ages, isdestined‘to work a new era in the annals of the world; for once substitute reverence for contempt, puriﬁcation will begin to "take ‘the place of pollution. When we do come to T a sense of the sacredness of ourselves the worship will indeed be in spirit and in truth; for there will be no scapegoat, no vicarious atonement. no outside temple made with hands where we go each seventh day to put on a. vain-show of holi- ness and give up the temple not made with hands to the domain of death—dealing lust the other six . Itis not too much to hope that all who" have learned of truth to the reverencing of their bodies will live to see‘ the travail of their souls and be satisﬁed. HELEN NASH. MOODY AND SANKEY-—WHAT ARE THEY? A BY A FREE-RELIGIONIST. A thinker, who builds a frame for his facts before he has discovered them, is a dangerous man. The world has had many such, and incalculable injury has been the result. Thus human slavery, that master—piece of iniquity, was made to ﬁt most admirably into the scheme of general salvation and dubbed a _“' divine institution.” Thus the curse placed upon woman, and the position of virtual servitude assigned her, have been merciless drags upon the growth of her mental and moral capacities. And such a terrible grip has this assump- tion of “divine wrath” so-called, upon the intelligence of the age—that even now we hesitateto acknowledge woman capable of the most ordinary civic duties, or_ entitled to a voice in forming the laws that‘ control her life, liberty,,and pursuit of happiness. . ‘ At present in our city we are having an exempliﬁcation of thehludicrous inconsistenciesthat result fromiour trying to force the facts of to-day into the frames of yesterday. In school and college the student is taught that the laws of the universeprescribed by inﬁnite wisdom are inviolably ob- served, and that to ask the suspension of even the smallest of nature’s rules, would be at once impious and monstrous for it would be an impeachment of God himself, an accusa- tion that His bounty is not all sufficient. ‘ And yet these men stand”boldly forth and proclaim, that under certain con- ditions a. man suffering from tubercles on the lungs can be _made perfectly well and whole through the agency of a series of mental processes termed penitence, entreaty,1audation, etc. A village suﬂering from the scourge of intemperancee is promised relief by these keepers of the conscience of the Most -High by the same means. a A widow, whose only son has fallen into wicked ways, is told, that no matter what the causes of the young man’s moral obliquity may be, prayer, of itself and alone, is all potent to eﬁect his cure, and restore him to her arms as pure as on the day he ﬁrst saw light. With causes these men have nothing to do, It is the old, old story. In every age, in_every profession, such men come to the surface. Wfiat Mesmer was to the scienceof medi.. cine, these men are to the cause of “true religion.” And when we say “true religion,” we are willing to accept the deﬁnitioniof the founder of Christianity, Whose followers these Quixotic theologians proclaim themselves to be. The young Jewish teacher said, in answer to a certain lawyer: “Love God with all thy heart, soul and mind, and thy neighbor as th.yse1f;” hereupon “hang all the law and the prophets.” ‘ 2 in WOODHULL as cnsrmuss WEEKLY. Mar. 4, 1876. What this “love thy neighbor as thyself" means, we ﬁnd in another passage. “I was hungry, ye gave me meat; thirsty ye gave me drink; a stranger, ye took me in; naked, ye clothed me; sick, ye visited me; in prison, ye come unto me.” ~ . n l . Here we have a deﬁnition, rather bald and crude, but strik- ing withal. Lotus apply this standard to Messrs. Moody and Sankey and mark the result: ; , ' _, ' “Ye were hungry, we prayed for you; thirsty, we prayed for you; fa strand-ger,;we_ prayed for you; naked, we prayed for you ;”sick,_ we prayedfforr you; in prison, we prayed for you.’’’‘' , " , " 1, I . Children, playing with: 'lighte_d torches in a village of card- board houses,‘are not more to be dreaded than an ignorant man with an earnest fervid manner, for the world isalways impressed by earnestness and fervor; no matter how worth- less, how reprehensible the cause may be, converts are never lacking. Such a man is generally grossly ignorant, he ‘has'nt the faintest conception of physical" and psychical laws, he cares nothing for them, he is a law unto himself. If a physician, he carries his “speciﬁcs” in his vest pocket; if a lawyer, his office and library in. his hat; if ._ a preacher, he puts forth ‘ noise for argument and “howling dervish” manners for the “fervor of the spirit.”_ To such a man religion and emotion are synonymou’s.termS.. and‘. hysteria is the working‘-of the‘ Holy Ghost. A momentary attack of contrition is pro- nounced a descent of the spirit. The veriest rogue who has‘ preyerl upon society for years is] led ‘ to believe that his con-. version may be wrought in an instant. In other words, that which has taken years to pull down may be built up in the s twinkling of an ‘eye. Here we are struck with the full. ' enormity of such’ a" doctrine. ‘Here we are run upon that de- testable quackerywhich ignores the law of causation, ignores the law of environment, ignores the law of hereditary descent and ignores the law of social forces. Here we experience in i all its utter worthlessness, the moral cowardice that shrinks from the discomfort. ‘G011. SI1ﬂ’6I'ing and sacriﬁce of the genuine worker and helper in the ﬁelds of humanity, and plays the part of the “stay at home.” ‘"9119 t9~1k8l‘.” “the exhorter,” “the wordycomforter.” It needs but a cursory glance at the principles‘ enunciated by these so—called evangelists, to be- come thoroughly convinced of their subjective and empiric methods. While p_roba_b1ythey might be induced to admit that theyare conscious of the existence of law and order_ in the physical world, yet in the domain of the mental and moral, they perceive naught but chaos, out of which it is.im- _ possible for the individual to bring light and life, except by the direct interposition of a supernatural force. And here it is exactly that such teachers become extremely dangerous.’ While willing to admit that nature’s mills grind slowly. that she requires much of time and effort to restore the broken tissue, yet with the madness of the deductive rmethod, they urge that the moral plague, the mental ulcer, may be-cured in ictu oculi. Here they cease to be harmless agitators and become distillers of a poison which they cun- ningly administer in such disguised form, as to delight whno it destroys. . Suppose a man who has stolen his neighbor’s coat, upon being asked to plead at the Court of Sessions, should rise and thus address the judge: “If your honor please, I did steal this man’s coat, but I have repented; I have told God of this false step. He has pardoned me and directed me to do so no more. I therefore ‘move that you discharge me.” , Or suppose the cashier ofa bank, detected in the act of em- bezzlement, shculd thus address the president: “True. I have committed this crime; but, sir, you see my tears, you hear my lamentations, my repentance is sincere. I feel that God has balanced the account in the Great Ledger of the re- cording ange1’s department. I therefore ask that you rein. state me and give me your entire conﬁdence.” What think you would be the reply which these worthies would receive? It would be simple, terrible. just; it would be this: “Con- trition, Probation, Reparation.” To return tothe discussion of these menthemselves. Sup- pose Howard instead of v-isiting the “bridewells, houses of correction, city and town jails” had stayed at home to pray, what reform would he have accomplished in English prison system? Suppose l/Vilberforce, instead of ﬁghting‘ slavery as he did, had gone about singing anti~slavery songs invlpulpits and on platforms, would he have fulﬁlled his glorious mission? r V A And the same question ‘may be askedof all the workers ' and helpers in the domain of true religion-——love God and man——from Buddha to John Brown. It is vain for these prayerful men to assert that no such ﬁeld of activity is ready for them. Let them turn their eyes from withinwto without. ~ While they are engaged intakin g God to task for His lack of mercy, the hungry,.the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the imprisoned are calling unto them. Mr. Bergh has provided for the proper transportation of animals, but the horrors of the prison—vain and chain—gang still remain. Our penal laws and our prison system have come down to us from days of blood and revenge. The church dares not attack prostitution. In the temple, public conveyance, and public hall the whites still call out to the blacks: “ Holier than ‘ye i” Work degrades woman, where it should ennoble her. But enough. Why add . to the list? Men are willing to suffer martyrdom nowadays, provided they be allowed to carry a change of linen, comb, brush, etc. to prison with them. It is a shame that people should allow idle curiosity to give even a quasi—endorsement to this latter-day gospel of gush and snivel. . I » A We have no difficulty, in view of the facts, in framing an answer to the interrogatory placed at the head of this article. And in doing so, be it well understood, we set nothing down in the spirit of lampooner or satirist; but in sorrow rather than -in anger, in pity rather than in censure, with a pen _ moist with the warm milk of humanity, rather than dripping with the gallof cold indifference, we arrive at these conclu- sions: - 7 * r ' 1. In that these men, by their teachings, raise the emotional element of religion to such undue prominence as to leadmany ‘sell her maternallfunctions out of her control? ‘our marriage laws are wrong, and open the gates to many people to believe that, by earnest prayer, God may be induced to decree the release of man’s responsibility to fellow-man, they dispense a dangerous poison, the more dangerous from its sweetness to a disordered moral taste. -2. In that these men, either through an ignorance of i“causes,”, or from a moral cowardice to attack them, treat “ effects T’ only, and doctor the “symptoms” and not the .""’disease,’»’ they are simply religious charlatans. ,3. Inthat these men proclaim the existence of a Court of 'Heavenly.Justice, always in session, but whose judgments are based upon the statementof only one party, they bring “human law into’ contempt, they weaken the hold that man has upon his fellow-man, they rob remorse of its sting, they ‘open up a new road into the territory of crime by pointing out a safe . and pleasant retreat; in .a word, if they were not honestly in ‘error and had not their fervor and zeal to com- mend them, they would be prosecuted as enemies of law and order, and corrupters of the public‘ conscience. 4.. In that these men proclaim themselves the disciples of the Founder of Christianity,.but, unlike Him, have no power to do good or show miracles—except it be the strength of their tongues-they have no claim to our respect, and are alone saved from our contempt by the reflection that the cul- tured 'thought of’ the age will soon render such exhibitions "impossible. ' I ” I ‘ ‘ ‘ I SELECTED. * Could I but ﬂy away Likefome sweet bird to-day, Pd haste to thee, , Far over hill and plain, -Over the wide, wide main, To thee, to thee. Morning and eventide I miss thee from my side; No hourigces by But some sweet thought of thee, . Some blesseli memory, , Wakes a deep sight 2 If I could ﬂy away Like a sweefbird to-day, I’d haste to thee, Far over the hill and plain, Over the bounding main, To thee, to thee. A NEW CLASS OF CRIMI-NALS. BY WARREN CHASE. Crimes are settled among civilized nations by statute law, determined by the nature and effect of the act. and its hear- ing on the party and the public.’ The criminal code of the Christian Church differs somewhat from the legal code, as in the former there are many criminal acts not recognized as such by law, such as taking the name of God in vain, or pro- fane swearing, except when used in preaching and praying, when it is no crime to take it in vain as all praying christians do. Drunkenness and lizeing are also crimes in the code of most churches, and in the Roman church (the mother of the whole brood), coition is always‘ a crime, when not permitted by its priests in their marriage contract, and hence all legal and protestant marriages are void, as God does not put them together, and their intercourse is criminal in the sight of God and the holy church. But we are not after the criminal code of the church in this article, but the law of our protes- tant and inﬁdelstatesmen. It is universally conceded, that murder, except in war, in self-defence, and by law, is a crime of the deepest die; hence suicide is always considered a crime, even though we cannot punish the perpetrator. Arson is next, and _this crime is the same in nature if the person sets ﬁre to his own building, as if he set ﬁre to his neighbor's, although the law might deal more leniently with the criminal. Rape is the next, and as we have often as- serted, ought to be the same when it is committed on a wife,’ as when committed on any other woman; but as we shall see, here steps in. another crime to justify this. Piracy is a crime, and slave—stea1ing is piracy; yet civilized men go,into Africa. and coax, allure, deceive, and entice the innocent and ignorant natives into their power, and "then secure and sell them for slaves; then {they are owned by the purchaser. Where slavery is a crime, as in this country, no person can any ,more sell himself or herself, except by special ,law, than he or she can a child, a neighbor, or a stolen African. If it is a crime to sell and make a slave of a child or neighbor, or a stolen African, it is equally so to make a slave orvproperty, which is the ame thing, of one’s self; and yet, by law, every wife is the property of her hus— band; hence the horrible crime of rape on her person is no crime in law, because she is,-in law, no person, but only property, and with only some especial laws for her protection, the same as there are for horses which the owner has no legal right to pound to _death_yvith_clu.b,s,.n . Now, as in most cases the wife is coaxed, enticed, deceived and allured into the mentalapower of the male, and then, for various considera- tions, induced to sanction the sale of herself in the presence of some person authorized to "legalize the sale, is she, or is she not, aoriminal, if slavery be a crime? It must be re- membered that the thousands of happy unions and mutual companionships that exist under the law have nothing to do -with this question, as our laws should be made for those who need protection from them, and not for those who have no need of them. As these happy unions are not made so by law, but by love, which is above the law, over which the law has really no control, they would be just as happy, as good and as true without as with it. This brings us to the bottom rock of this question: Has a person a right to sell herself, body and soul, into slavery—slavery for life——and to If not, then wrongs which are crying daily for redress, while the church and State, backed up by every libertine and real slave owner in the land, are calling out in holy horror at the horrible doc- trine of social freedom which alone can rescue us from the evil and the suffering from this terrible doom. FREE LOVE. An Arizona wife begged the court not to punish her hus- band for the crime of bigamy, of which he was convicted. “ He loved me once, and was kind,” said she, with the tears running in streams down her face, “ and when I go away to my lonely home it would be my only earthly comfort to know that he was free" to seek for happiness if he can ﬁnd it any» where in the world.” When sentence was pronounced the stricken woman fell on her knees before her husband, and, placing her hands upon his arms, asked him to forgive her if she had ever done anything to chill his love for her, and to kiss her just as he would a dead wife whom he loved. The wretched man seemed entirely overcome by these appeals and his own fate, and grasping her in his arms, kissed her over and over again, and when the omcers drew him away she sank fainting to the floor. We commend the above extract to the editors of the many papers in which it has appeared, as an illustration of free love—a love that exists to bless and not merely to possess its object. Beside such love as this, the other kind is hatred. If people will not or cannot understand what we mean by free love, let them take the above Arizona wife as our argu- ,ment ; she not only was free to love, but she gave the object of her love the same freedom. INTELLUCENE AGAIN. . Srnunux, HURON Co., Ohio, Jan. 6, 1876. Editors Wealth/—~Desiring more-knowledge of the “Phil- osophy of Intelligence” the first thing to be considered is intelligence, for “ without this we can do nothing,” and our philosopher tells us that it is an idea, and that ideas are formed of a substance called intellucine, but whatintellucine is, further than that it is a substance, he does not inform us, nor how he knows that it exists, and that the earth is sur~ rounded with it, nor how he knows that it is subject to the like or analagous laws that pertain to other matter—,—all of which are matters necessary to be understood before one can form an intelligent opinion of the character of his proposi- tions. A few inquiries and remarks may serve to bring to light what seems now rather obscure. How does he know that in- tellucine exists, and that it is a substance and surrounding our earth like its atmosphere, and especially how does he know that thoughts are formed of it ? Has he ever detected and secured any of it and subjected it to chemical analysis to ascertain this and to sustain his assumptions? Of course if thoughts are formed out of this substance now, it must be reasonable to suppose that they always were so formed, and consequently that substance existed before thought, and that thought could not even havebeen coeval therewith. And just. here will our philosopher instruct us how intellucene formed itself into thought, and how the organism that ap- propriated or appropriates it for the formation of its mind, came to exist without mind intelligence? The individual mind could not have existed until the organism existed that appropriates it for its formation; and we would like to know (for we are naturally of an inquiring mind, especially regard- ing the mysteries of God and His creation) how thought could have a representative form of substance until a thought existed needing such representation? But the greatest of all this kind of mysteries that most needs solution is how intellucene, of which all thoughts are made, if any, does act per se in the same intellusic atmos- phere, in and through similar organisms, side by side, in the formation of thoughts in one that is so diametrically op- posed by the thoughts of the other. We are not unaware that diﬂ'erences in theconstruotion of organisms imply the mani- festation of diﬁerent operations and eﬁects, but that the two suggested should so sharply antagonize, and with apparent design, when, according to our philosopher, there could have been none, is not easy of understanding. The only way to account for this is, it seems to me, that old mother nature (matter, Itake it, is naturejorganized or unorganized) is an in- telligent old hussy per se, and having no intelligence to guide her, as a matter of course, could not do otherwise with her eﬂorts than to construct the unintelligent and varied mass of organisms, withall of their idiosyncraoies and contradic- tory and conflicting manifestations that we now witness, not- withstanding the boastful claim made in her behalf by her scientiﬁc endorsers. V V _r These remarks, with the connected querries, are deemed suﬂicient to draw from our philosopher such explanations as gratefully received, at least by his and your Humble servant, H. A; C. S. SAL'.rjLAKn CITY, Jan. 26, 1876. Woodhull and Claﬁinﬂs Weekly, Greeting: As an earnest worker for political, social, and a thorough general reform, I desire to announce through your columns that Inam anxious to make the acquaintance of, and co—oper- ate (as far as possible) with, all persons» who are ripe for practical peaceful reform. Great amelioration of the suffer- ings that will attend the coming conflict, can be secured by the wise and determined union and co-operation of energetic working people. The gloomy wonder now is, how must we proceed to obtain support, and compel Government to pro- ? mote human safety and happiness. I offer my opinion of the true mode of organization: Small societies or divisions of people must enact‘ their own neighborhood laws, and select and install their own delegates to frame rules for more ex~ tended association with mankind. For further explanation I inclcse a copy of a petition now before the Utah Legislature on primary organizations, hoping that it may be extensively, studied and commented upon, so that by some means we may arrive at a true knowledge of organic union, peace and good will. Very respectfully, S. HUDSON. Councilor Caine submitted a memorial of C. W. Tappan and S. Hudson, asking for the passage of a certain memorial may erve to elucidate his propositions, and such will be V 2», ‘F ..-n\:e:~$\e'->:~:._ .-r.‘ ii ' V.‘ 1) :2 i; ii I i A; ""*\ Mar. 4, 1876. 'W,OODHULL & GLAFLIN"S WEEKLY. ed 3 introduced at the last session,,for aiNominative Franchise Bill. The following is a memorial: MEMORIAL Fon A LAW To GUARD THE SANCTITY or THE N oM1NAT1vE FRANCHISE. To the Honorable Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, Greeting: ‘ We, your petitioners, respectfully represent that there is no law. within our knowledge, that deﬁnes either how, when, or where to commence political . representation, and. conse- quently, we, as individuals, and the people as communities, ﬁnd ourselves at each recurring election unprepared and un- able to make the necessary Government nominations on the basis of individual representation. . Therefore, to make it possible for all citizens to meet with their peers at a ﬁxed time and place, to select governing deputies by a majority vote of all citizens they are to repre- sent, we respectfullyrequest your honorable body to estab- lish by law regular annual nominating conventions in each school district in the Territory, (where minority as well as majority representation will operate naturally), for the elec- tion of school oﬁicers; also for the appointment of primary deputies to annual precinct conventions for the election of precinct oﬁicers; also for the appointment from their own body of deputies to county conventions. and so on, repeating the process through a succession of annual ﬁxed conventions, until the whole Territory is completely organized on the basic principle of individual and personally selected representation (furnishing revenue for governmental expenses by atax on ‘ clear yearly income), so that every citizen can independently take hold of the helm of government, and through general council and well-directed effort retrieve the elfects of former neglect, and proceed to organize a protective government for the safety and support of the whole population. and thus to inaugurate a policy to save the liberty of the citizen, and Con- stitution from otherwisecertain destruction. And in amity bound by mutual interest, we will be obliged for favorable action. (From the N. Y. Sun, Feb. 17 1876.) ' A LETTER women THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ‘ SHOULD READ. Mr. Oliver Johnson, then an associate editor of Mr. Beecher’s on the Christian Union, at the scandal trial was called as a witnes for the accused pastor. Mr. Johnson testi- ﬁed to very little of importance, the main part of his evi- dence being directed to _the matter of Mr. Tilton’s alleged _ immoralities, on account of which, according to Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bowen dismissed ‘him from the Independent. Mr. Johnson gave no testimony touching his knowledge of Mr. Beecher’s immoralities, regarding which thepublic then. had and now has so great concern. But the form of action brought against Mr. Beecher enabled his counsel to befog the issue with inquiries as to Mr. Ti1ton’s moral behavior, and they did not fail to avail themselves of the opportuni- ty to help their client with the jury by efforts to macken the reputation of his accuser as something not to be damaged by a seducer who should enter his own household. What Mr. Johnson failed to tell in court regarding his knowledge of Mr. Beecher's immoralities, about which he seems not to have cared to speak, since he was in the employ of the accused pastor, the subjoined letter, which ﬁve years ago he wrote to Mr. Bowen in Mr. Tilton’s behalf, very emphatically says: “ [Private and Confidential.] “128 EAST TWELETH STREET Jan. 7, 1871. “ MR. H. C. BowEN—My dear sir: It is stated in various newspapers, and conﬁrmed by public rumor, that you have expelled Mr. Tllton from the editorship of the Unibn. At ﬁrst I stubbornly refused to believe these reports ' but after hearing them from so many quarters. I begin to,think they must be true. The statement is also passing from lip to lip that you refuse to fulﬁl the the pecuniary Obligation assumed in your contract with Mr. Tllton, assigning as the reason for so doing your conviction that he is an immoral man &c. I have neither seen Mr. Tilton, nor had any communication with him for more than a week, and in writing you this letter I act without his knowledge, and in simple obedience to my own sense of duty as his friend and yours. “ At the close of the interview at your house on Christmas day, I understood you to pledge your word that you would do nothing respecting Mr. Tilton——would take no step in the matter»-without consulting me. On this point I am sure I cannot be mistaken. If, therefore, you have done to Mr. Tilton what you are reported to have done, have you not broken your promise ? Certainty you have not consulted me on the subject since that day, except so far as to inform me that you had heard fresh reports putting matters in’ a Worse light. I was expecting. from day ‘to day, that you would seek my advice; and therefore when the newspapers re- ported that you had summarily dismissed Mr. T. from the Union, I contradicted the story among my friends, believing‘ that it could not possibly be true. . , - “In this matter 1 claim no right beyond those which you voluntarily, and without any solicitation on my part-,conferred- upon me. You took me into your conﬁdence, and I have neverisought, even by inquiry or a hint, to elicit from you anything beyond what you deliberately chose to communi- cate. More than once or twice, did you say to me, ‘I shall keep still; I will not move without your advice.’ - A “ What has occurred to change your purpose in this respect, 1 do not know. Oi course, I understand you to be acting up- on the belief, no doubt sincerely entertained, that Mr. Til- ton is guilty of the charges made against him. But, even upon that assumption, I frankly confess that your course (if you have done what rumor declares). seems to me cruel, es- pecially when contrasted with your conduct toward ‘another man, whom you say you know to have been extensively guil- ty of the same offences. have hardened your heart against Mr. '1‘. in the same week that you paid a high premium for a pew in a church whose pas- tor yousay you know to be an adulterer. if your action to- ward Mr. Tilton proceeds only from a sincere abhorrence of the offences with which he stands charged, why do you take a different course with your pastor? If you would give the one a chance to recover himself, why not be equally forbear- ing to the other? This Lhsay on the assumption that Mr. T. is guilty; but I do not myself believe that he is half as guil- ty as you suppose. In short I know. that some of the stories told against him are false, and that malignant persons are on his track, with the intention of hounding him down: and I thinkvyou have been, to some extent, the victim of theirvmae chinaticns. A no you not remember saying to me that in all you might It seems to me that you should not ‘ do in this case, you would be governed by a desire to spare T. from exposure, and to give him a chance ‘to recover him- self if he was wrong? And yet I hear people say, on your alleged authority, that heis so bad a man that you can have nothing to do with him. Ah,,Mr. Bowen, if Mr. B. is ﬁt to be your pastor, Mr. T. cannot be unﬁtto edit for you a secu- lar journal.” . has not But Mr. B., since he confessed to you, has‘ repeated know something thatI do not of the charges against Mr. Til- ton; but I also know something that you do not of the evi-' dence against Mr. B., and if he denies his guilt in the m_atter where of he was accused in that Christmas-day i-ntcrview at your house, he lies in face of evidence that would convict him in a courtof justice. That evidence I have seen. I l “ But I would have you be merciful to him. doing nothing to bring upon his head the odium of an ungodly an_d relent— less world. I want you to be equally. kind and merciful to T., as I fear you are not. Your precipitate action may lead, is likely to lead, to fearful consequences. A He may have pro- voked you, but I cannot forget how harshly and angrily you spoke to him at your own house, making him feel that you were not the tender-hearted friend who would deal kindly and generously with him, and to whom he might un- bosom himself in full confidence, confessing wherein he had done wrong. Your hardness repelled him——perhaps drove. him to concealments as unwise for himself as embarrassing to you. A ’ * ~ - I takes a Christian to be good and generous to a sinner- I did hope that you would have grace given you in this case to act a very high and noble part, and to become the agent in God’s hands for shielding an old friend so far as he might be inno- cent, and leading him to repentance for any sin he had com- mitted. ‘He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall hide a multi- tude of sins.’ Would ‘to God that this honor might have been yours. _ “I write under strong feeling, and only because I must. If I have written any word unjust to yourself, forgive me, and believe me, your friend, “ULTVER JoHNsoN.” It is not easy to_ understand how an honest man, informed of the facts of which the above letter. bears witness, could oc- cupy the place of awitness in behalf of the man he so ex- plicitly charged with crimes fatal to his reputation‘ and in every way odious and outrageous. But Mr. Johnson did it, and threw his inﬂuence on the side of his employer. Know- ing Mr. Beecher to be an adulterer of manifold offences, he went on the witness stand in his behalf, to try to shield him an oath in order to cast reproach on the accuser whom he to help to ward off righteous punishment from this last. In so acting Mr. Johnson has not been alone. Prof. Moses Coit Tyler is informed regarding the bottom facts, but he does not come forward with the testimony, and Mr. him tohbe an adulterer and a perj urer, a cruel assailant of his friends, and a man who is seeking to regain his foothold in the church and in society by trampling on those he has in- jured. no means made up when the case of,Mrs. Tilton is stated, points of Congregational order raised by Henry Ward Beecher and his wily attorney, Brother Shearman. LITERARY oUnIosITY. as if written at one time and by one author: V LIFE. M Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ?— Young. ._ Life‘s a short summer——man is but a ﬂower;-—Dr. Johnson. By turns we catch the fatal breath’ and die—Pope. C The cradle and the tomb, alas! so 'nigh.—Prz'0r. To be is better far than not to be,-Sewell. Though all man’s life may seem a tragedy:—-;S’_r2e7z.cer.. , - But light cares speak whexlﬂllghty griefs are,dumb.—_Doniel.‘ . The bottom is but shallow whence they come.——/S’ir Walter Scott, Your fate is but the common fatcof all ;—-Lo7zgfe?llow. I " Unxningled joys hcreldo no man befall ;'—S0nt7_i'well. Nature to each allots its proper sphere.—— Uongreoe. Fortune makes follies her peculiar care;V~— (Ilmrciiill. _ Custom does often reason overrule—Roc/Lester. And throw a cruel sunshine on a r ool.—Armstrong. Live well—how long or short permit to heaven.~—1l[iIt0n.' They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.--Bailey. Sin may be clasped so close we cannot see its face.--Frencfi. Vile intercoursc where virtue has not p.lace.——Somerville. Then keep each passion down, however dear— T/iomson. Thou pendulumbetwixt a smile and a tear-—Bg/ron._ Her sensual snares let faithless pleasures lay.-—Smollei. With craft and skill to rum and betray.-— Oralme. _ \ Soar not too high to fall but stoop to rise;-—J|[assinger". We masters grow of all that we despise-C’r‘owley. Oh, then. renounce thatimpious se1f—esteem;-—Beattie. ’ Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream.—-Cowper. I Think not ambition wise because ’tis brave—.3ir Walter Davenaut. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.—— Grraé/. A C I ' ‘What is ambition? ’Tis a glorious cheat,—— Wzme: Only destructive to the brave and great.-—Addis0n. What’s all the gaudy glitter of a crown ?——Dryden. , The way to bliss lies not on beds of down.--Francis Quczrles. How long We live, not years, but actions tells;—— Watkins. ‘ That man lives twice who lives the first life well;-Herriclc. Make then, while yet ye may, your God your friend.—fIerriok. Whom Christians worship, yet not compr.ehend.—Eill. ' The trust tl1at’s given guard, and to yourself be just.——1)and. For, live how we may, yet die we n1ust..——S7Lo7cspeare. ' DOUBLE-SEXED. ‘mg account of it: Its name is Hahman, and is a Esvsrisn by birth. The age “ You may say that the one has repented, while the other . “N ow, anybody can be good and tender to a saint, but it C“; had previously defended at the expense of the accused, and 3 - Beecher probably daily meets, men} and women who know “ Mr. J ohnson’s letter amply sustains the statements of Mr. Bowen-in his rep[y to the Examing Committee of Ply- mouth Church, that the sum of Mr. B_eecher’s offences is by It is, indeed, by reason of the source from which it; comes and the accusations it makes, a terrible onslaught on the . _ man who bears himself so bravely beforethe advisory Coun- Dr‘ R‘ P‘ Fellows, Gleat Indmn Asthma. Rem.ed:Y' Mm’ cilnow in session at Plymouth Church. It moreover sugests Ellen Dickmson’ of Vmeland N‘ J‘ Speaks of Hf 1“ these that these ministers and laymen are indulging in idle vapor- terms’ H I have suffered With_the Asthma’ for thlrty years ings solong as they direct their efforts to quibbling about during which time I have ﬁned all known mmediesto no A lady occupied a whole year in searching for and ﬁtting the following thirty-eight lines from English and American poets. The whole reads is about ﬁfty-ﬁve years. When it was born it was baptized as a girl, and bore the name pf Catharine Hahman. The sexual organs were malformed to a certain extent, but the female ‘genital organs predominated. The child grew up and passed as a woman and became awifé. The organs named were healthy, performing all the operations of nature common to the female at mature age. The male organs suddenly began his offence. He mayhave convinced you that this is not so. ~ I developing and the female attributes became secondary. She - but if so, you are the-victim of a deception. Youprobably then became he and _married a woman, who is with him in the city. The case became’ known to the medical profession iii Europe, and attracted general’ attention there. The leading physicians of Vienna and Berlin examined the peculiarities off the case and declared it the most pronounced case of her- rhaphrodite ever known to the -medical profession. The man ' now has a beard, but the breasts are. still developed like those of a woman. This man claims to have beenvthe father of a. child, although he has never had any children by his present wife; Professor Virchow,a celebrated medical authority, in his Archives, vol. 43, page 332, which may be seen at the pub- lic or hospital libraries, gives a detailed and scientiﬁc descrip- tion of the case. I . , EDITORIAL NoTIcEs.\ 3 THE INDIANAPOLIS SUN.-—The leading independent reform weekly political newspaper in the Union, the special advocate of national legal tender. paper money.(the greenback system) as against bank issues on the gold basis fallacy, and the inter changeable currencybon-d as against the high gold interest bond. The Sun has a corps of able correspndents, comprisin. themosth eminent political economisltsiof the ago. One‘ page selection, adapted to all classes‘ of readers. The latest general Il,6.\lV5_.:a;Xl‘C1'.,Il‘l}1l';ky6U reports. Termsg$1.75*‘per ryeari, postpaid Address Indianapolis Sun Company. Indianapolis, Ind. I « : Editors Weekly-—Please announce that I will send copies of the report of the mass meeting at Cooper Institute, contain- ing the addresses, resolutions, etc., in full to any friends in any part of the country who desire to learn our views on against the consequences of one of his adulteries. He took labor and ﬁnance’ andlwho Wm send for them“) W’ A‘ A Garsey, 402 West Fifty-first street, New York Cit y. INDUSTRIALISCHOOL AND CO—OPERATIVE COLONY‘ Having our plans fully perfected, location selected,_ and one of the most beautiful and attractive sites secured,—.-on which to establish a thoroughly practical school, and a co- operative colony of advanced and progressive associates-— we would announce to allwho are desirous of co-operating‘ with us in such an enterprise, that we will send them a cir- dular containing full information, in regard to plan, location. terms, etc., if they will send us name, post,-omcevaddress, ands. postage stamp. Mus. L. M. HEATH, I ‘ West Newton, Pa. ____,u-u— ’* ~ ALL persons suffering from the Asthma, should Send for purpose, but now after resorting to Dr. Fellows’ Asthma Remedy, I am perfectly relieved.” Sent to any part of the globe on receipt of $1 per package. Address Vineland, N. 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I ‘And these signs shall follow them .° In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and‘ they shall recover.————Jesus. ' NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAR. 4,1876. Wnlare prepared furnish a few hundred ‘complete sets of the ﬁrst series of Bible Articles consisting of ﬁfteen num- i:‘riends should lose no opportunity to bring these. articles to the attention of those whom they can interest. A careful study of all of them is necessary to a complete understand- ing of the great and all-important truth that is yet to: be re- vealed; which must be carefully and judiciously brought be-‘ fore the world, as the sun comes upon it, bringing ﬁrst the splendor. ’ _._4A. 4 V. bf THE DOUBLE TRIANGLE; on, rrnn srxronvrnn STAR mmm, EAST. - Fpr we have seen his star in the East, and we are come to worship him.—Sr. MATTHEW, ii., 2. ' V r,-. ,. This ﬁgure is allegorical of the truth, to the exposition of which the WEEKLY is now devoted. It has been clear1Y shown in our present series of leading articles that it repre- sents the coming blending together of the inhabitants of the earth and spiritspheres in a common brotherhood, and the . establishment thereby of the universal human family. It also represents still another and moreimportant truth which has not yet been introduced, but which, deﬁned in a few- worde, is, -god in man reconcilingthe .W0rld‘un1.‘o liimself nnr LIVING noon. ' There can be no doubt’ that the nearer one comes to eat- ~ ‘ing foodin its natural state, the nearer such an one will come to living normally. We have only to observe the diiference betweenthe habits of man and those of the animals to learn this. ‘Were animals to live after the habits of man, they would soonlbe. cursed with all his weaknesses, sicknesses and early death. Animals live naturally to certain ages, so seldom‘ dying. ‘before that age, that it may be said that they have anallotted period of life. But among the young this difference is‘ tobe marked most distinctly. The most fatal period of life among the young of man isfrom birth to the ﬁfth year. In that period nearly one-half the children, bo‘rn_‘of.what ought to be the most enlightened parentage, die. Nothing like this is found among the ‘young of any species_'of animals below man. The reason is obvious. Animals live normally; live in accordance with the laws by which they are related to nature, and their young are born normally, wlthout any inherited tamts, and, living nor- mally after birth, suffer none of the evils that children suffer. . . A r . n The fatality among children exists because they are.con- ceived in wrong conditions, and are generated and born under abnormal’ inﬂuenoes;'a.nd are then nurtured and “fed in a manner that the feeble resistance which their immature being theleast affected by the unnatural inﬂuencesof which we speak, come to a more positive existence, andresist the destructive inﬂuences with more success. In the period from ﬁve to ﬁfteen, save fijom contagious diseases, a very small percentage of 'childre‘n die. ;,This period is, however, followed by a fatal one, caused by the inability to resist the effects of the abnormally gdeveloped passions that in the meantime make their appeairance. But we do not intend to go into this here. . i The young of animals die so seldom that it may be said that none die from disease. Has this no meaning which man should understand? Why should one-half the young of ' the highest order of animals die immature, while all the young of the lower order live to mature? There can be but two reasons; ﬁrst: By reason of the physical taints inherited from their parents; and, second: {By reason of improper food‘ and care. Think of it, mothersl. One-half of all children bprn, dying before attaining the age of ﬁve years? Can it be anything less than murder that such a fact is true——murder by reason of your ignorance, and your faults of life and care for those to whom you have given life? It is a most terrible, but a most true indictment. In the eyes of the law thousands of mothers are as guilty of man-, slaughter, as is he who, through carelessness, causes the death of another. ,~‘Among the causes of!‘ early death and almost constant suffering during life, one of the chief is, no doubt, that of , improper diet.‘ If man lived as normally as the beasts, it would be ‘fair to conclude that he would be as healthy. One of the two most marked distinctions between the life of man and the animals is in diet. And examples are not wanting to prove that as the diet of people approaches nearest to eating natural food, the better is the degree of health enjoyed. Natural food is that which, when eaten, has all the life principles still within it that can be retained and be prepared for food. In preparing meats for food, the ﬁrst thing is to drain it of its blood, the very central force of life. Onereason that ﬁsh is a superior diet to ﬂesh is that it does not lose this life. But ﬁsh is not atall equal to fruits and grains, because the spirit life of the ﬁsh goes out when it dies, while it remains in fruit and grains and is taken with their substances into the system. What we mean by this may be illustrated by butchers who stand over the animals they kill and inhale their departing life. They are seidom large eaters, nevertheless, as a class, they are always ﬂeshy andhealthy. If instead of the meat of animals, the life of the meat could be secured, that would be a life-giving element. - All kinds of cooked foods, which in cooking lose any "of the vital life-force, are inferior as diet to that which is uncooked.’.;§t Indeed it, is almost certain that cooked food is second best to that which is uncooked. I We believe that the time will come when all cooked food will be discarded. V , . Of course to make a change from present diet to one of fruits and grains, requires some faith that it will be bene- ﬁcial, because a system, long accustomed to abnormal things, will suifer if a change from them be made, and if persisted ‘ in, will in most instances cause a loss of ﬂesh; perhaps, at ﬁrst, of strength and of ability tolabor. It is like a drunkard leaving liquor. One who has drank to drunkenness for years will have delirum tremens, lf he cease too suddenly; and the same is true in less degrees of all use of intoxicating drinks. To eat or drink nothing of which the want is felt, if it be dropped‘, is a safe rule to follow, and this will ex- clude, almost at the head of the list, the most common articles of diet. Tea or coﬁee‘ is used by the great majority of people. With many they are so necessary that they can- not attend to their accustomed duties without them. ’ The habit of drinking strong coffee for breakfast will in time produce an abnormal appetite for it, and such an eﬁect upon the system, that if it be discontinued, severe headache will ensue. It haslong been a question with us, whether his a;dnpt_thin sense as emhlematie or eat future earls bodies can oppose to external inﬂuence, cannot overcome; , hence they yield and die. After ﬁve years, those who live, V the aggregate of the ill eﬁects of tea and coffee drinking,vvas, drinks. In an individual case, the latter may be more deleterious; but as the number of those who use the former ' is so much larger than that of those who use the latter, the l total evil may be even greater. Nothing should ever be taken into the stomach, either as food or drink, that does not go directly to supply depletion; that does not assimilate " with the ﬂuids, tissues and solids of the body. The body does not require stimulation or narcotization; it simply needs alimentation. ' - . ‘Conﬁrmed habits of diet will undoubtedly prove one of the hardest barriers to overcome, in the search for eternal life. But the value which we place upon overcoming them, may b.e imagined when we say that, given parents who have lived perfectly in accordance with nature for, say, ﬁve years, who shall then bear children who shall live on natural food, they will develop into the conditions in which eternal life is found without difficulty. While, on the contrary, those who live abnormally, in diet and in their relations to the other sex, will‘ struggle many a day and fail at last to attain to that condition. We have said all along that the truth is a fearful .thing for those to have who are slaves to any habits that are opposed to it. And we want all our readers to take this to mean the most that it can be made to mean, before deciding that they want the truth that we have got to offer them. v ' mung ﬁorwr , THE TRANSIT FROM LUST TO LOVE. There. are many evidences, still existing and constantly coming to light, that even the first principles of love, are not yet understood by those who have seemed to think and study upon the subject most. Because both thesepowers ﬁnd their physical manifestations in the same way, thou- sands have confounded one with the other; generally mis taking the former for -the latter, but sometimes the latter for the former. For these reasons the term free love to most people means free lust, just as if such a contradiction were possible. Thevonly logical way to contrast these terms is to make the latter the antipodes of the former, as well in the expletive as in the substantive. Enforced lust is the opposite of free love. Neither of these expletive words, however, are at all necessary, since love is always free; while lust, exempliﬁed in action, is always enforced or gained by some means that are widely apart from love. But this will be better understood if the factors of sex- love be analyzed, Accepting love as a sentiment expressed in action, it is composed of two factors, passion and desire; the former positive and masculine, and the latter negative and feminine. Passion may exist unexpressed, and so long as it does, it is simply a positive power in readiness to be called into action; but when it comes into the inﬂuence of desire, then the law of unity, or the focalization of the two poles of the human battery, are indicated and it -may follow and produce harmonious results. But whenfpassion ex- presses itself regardless of, the attractive power of desire, it is like to the bursting of a shell, the explosion of a. maga- zine of powder, or any other simply destructive process; while passion answering to desire is like the conﬂuence of two rivers running in the same direction—-they unite and increase the volume of power that flows onward to the great ocean of life. _ This may bejillustrated, perhaps, still more forcibly by the electric telegraph. The positive pole of the battery is always charged and in readiness to comply with any de- mands that may be made upon it, but it never projects its power forward into space or upon any object. And when it is brought into communication with a negatively po- larized battery, it goes forward over the wire by virtue of the draft, the demand that is made upon it; i. e., it is drawn ‘ to the other extremity of the connection. Now, in this simple electrical problem there is a truth locked up, which I would beneﬁt the world immeasurably if it should search after and ﬁnd it and adopt it as the rule of life. The same law is, however, exempliﬁed under other processes of nature. The positive elements, in whatever department, when they act harmoniously and constructively, and not lawlcssly and destructively, move when attracted but not before; go where they are drawn, never elsewhere. All processes of recupera- tion and growth are evidences of this law. Recuperative and building-up powers, which are always positive, move to their places and take up their ‘association by reason of at- traction and not of propulsion. , If this law were rigidly observed in the relations of the sexes, all the ills that now grow out of them would cease. The propulsion of passion, when a.nd where it is not at- tracted by desire, is always lustful, is always selﬁsh, one- sided, destructive and death-dealing both to its subject and object. There is little doubt that muchthe larger propor- tion d of commerce that obtains under cover of marriage is of this kind. . , And this large proportion of death-dealing commerce, is largely increased by another variety-——that which is carried on in utter ignorance of all the laws which ought to govern it and be fully understood. We refer now to that class of cases where passion and desire are both present, but where from inadaptation, ignorance, selﬁshness, thoughtlessness, or any other preventing cause, the former expends itself without having reached and ﬁlled the demands of the latter. Of all classes of commerce this is the most destructive, be- cause it not only has all the elements of evil to the positive side of the issue. that are possible of simple propulsive net greater than that seeming none the use elf stronger, passion, but it also destrogys the healthy tone at the opposite ’. i- ..- . -1.‘ ., .... _.. ,~.-.._._......._.-... ‘ﬁx. ,....~=-5-1 .» ll‘ t .,_ .43 _.._ ll l 5 mi, Mar. 4-, 1876. WOODHULL &cr.A_rI.1N's wnnxtr. I - d "5 side, by first raising it to an intense pitch of expectancy only to let it fall into the cold abyss of disappointment. Highly wrought nervous diseases of females arise almost wholly from this cause. , But while the ultimate expression of love is centered in the physical organization of the sexes, it by no means fol- lows_that all there is of love is of the physical, although this may be perfect in itself, without the complementing benedictions of the other departments of love. Passion and desire that meet wholly on the physical plane are sub- ject to change; to satiety; to becoming repellant to each other, and consequently they seek new associations. Those who are on this plane are on a level with the animals whose commerce is governed wholly by physical passion. and desire. But the love divine is something quite" different from this. Man is a three-fold being; he is ﬁrst, physical; second, emotional; and third, spiritual; he is a.three-fold battery giving off emanations from the brain, the heart and the generative system. He lives in an atmosphere made up of these three emanations, and when he comes into the sphere of one of the opposite sex who also has the counter- parting atmosphere, these different emanations meet and mingle or else repel each other. Thus men and women may meet and the former be strongly attracted by either one, some two or all three of these emanations, or be equally repelled; or be attracted by one and repelled by the others. Almost everybody has experienced this. There are fre- 'quently strong attachments between individuals of the opposite sexes, spiritually and emotionally, where physical attraction is wholly lacking; and sometimes, strong physi- cal attractions, where otherwise there is equally strong repulsion. The understanding of these laws would carry people along way toward a proper arrangement of their social relations. ' A purely physical love, as we said, is open to constant change and is never satisﬁed long at a time; physical and emotional love combined ensure more permanent unions; but it is only where there is a complete union of the three phases of love that permanency is to be anticipated or de- sired. The attempt to compel the incompatible emanations of the sexes to blend together into continuous and harmoni- ous lives, is thebeginning of all the discords and inhar— monies of life, and is also the fruitful cause of disease and death, because it is the condition in which lust develops and expends itself. Viewed in the religious sense, love and lust may be illus- trated by curses and prayers. Cursing and swearing are the efforts of the individual to impress himself, (ego,) upon others, while prayer is the sweet incense of the soul that , reaches out to ﬁnd its Creator. So with lust. It vents it- self without care for man or God; it regards only self, it is self, personiﬁed; the utter cutting off of self from all about it, and wrapping it in its own mantle regardless of whom it falls upon or injures; but love is the offering of the soul which seeks a perfect resting place; gently, sweetly, per- haps ardently, but never rudely. It approaches its object with reverence and gratitude as well as love. Indeed the highest love isablendiug of all the attributes of human nature, seeking to be at-one with their Creator; seeking for divinity and ﬁnding it, if it meet response. To love perfectly is to love divinely; andto love divinely is to learn of God, for God is perfect love, which casteth out fear. The solution of the difﬁcult problem of the relations of the sexes then, is to be found in the understanding of the laws of temperamental attraction and repulsion, which are the laws of God, and not in the enforcement of a written law, which is the work of man. God made the law that is writ- ten in the heart and in the understanding; and mans’ attempts to improve upon it have ever been, and will ever be, failures. . -* ‘ Or——-4- HE, SHE, OR IT. We have received. several letters from "our friends criti- cizing the use that we make of the term God, or rather in the use of the personal pronoun, He, referring to A God.’ We do not wonder that objections are made to the practice from which the tyranny over women has arisen. It is true that all the religions of the world, save the Catholic, have been male religions only. But we have deﬁned_ our use. of the word God so deﬁnitely, that the objections that might‘ apply, if we had not done so, do not apply in our case. If the world use a term contrary to its true signiﬁcance, and out of its natural relations,'it should not be a valid objection against its proper use by the few. This was the objection that both Mr. Tilton and Mr. Beecher raised against the use of the term “ free love ” to designate free- dom for the aﬁections. But we did not see the force of these arguments, and have wrested the n'1uch~abused words from the mob by whom they were held to stand for en- forced lust, and enshrined them in the hearts of the pure’ and good, as representative of all that is holy in the re- lations of the sexes. , The male and female principles are everywhere distin- guished respectively by the personal pronouns, he, she, his and her’s, him and her; and also as thepositive and nega- tive. poles of the creative battery. The positive power which permeates and works through matter is the male 7 principle, and is, therefore, properly designated by the male pronouns. The negative substance which is worked upon, and through which all creation is externalized, is is the earth; and is properly designated by the ishe discovered that the climate unpleasantly affected her female pronouns. It certainly would not be correct to use the neuter pronoun, it, to speak of either, because it would not convey the truth. i The creative power is the male principle. It is this which impregnates and makes fruitful; that which is impregnated and bears the fruit is the receptive or the negative principle, and this is feminine, always. These, then, wherever they are found, whether in the divisions or in the whole of natural existence, are designated. properly by the personallpronouns. The pro- noun, it, can be used properly only when it refers to some- thing that in and of itself has no gender, is neither a male or female.‘ This certainly could not be used properly to refer to God or matter. As there are no other words which can be used, we think it eminently proper to use he, his and him in the place of God; and her, her’s and her in the place of the earth. God stands related to matter, as a whole, in the same way that man stands related to woman as a sex ; or, as thte_individual man to the individual woman. The difficulty is not with God, but with ‘man. Man has subjugated woman, and refusesor neglects to set her free. Womeii, as well as these men who recognize the wrongs of woman, feeling this, rebel against the application to God of the pronoun which represents her master; but the rebellion should be against the master; against the position which she is forced to occupy by man, rather than against the creating power of the universe. God is male; the earth is female. He impregnates the earth with life; and she is impregnated and bears her fruit to Him. _ 4.; A .w* wr—~ FROM TIIE. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. Just as the WE'nxLY,is going to press, the following tele- gram is received: A A V r ‘ “GALvns'roN. Texas,.Feb. 22. “ Can’t stand Southern climate. Must go North. VVill ﬁll all VVestern lecture engagements soon. . . “ Vroronra C. WOODHULL.” Our readers will have noticed that there have been no lecture announcements for_the last two weeks- This occurred because Mrs. Woodhull. has not been able to meet her en- gagements. From the day that she reached the South still weak lung, and it soon became evident to her that she would not be able to lecture continuously. She has battled against this until it is no longer of any use to "do so, and is now reluctantly obliged to relinquish her very promising tour and proﬁtable engagement in the South, where she has -been able to lecture only three nights in two weeks, and re- turn to the North, the climate of which is less trying to her lung ; but, aside from which weakness, she was never in better general health. E V-—_4..{'Q,f—< LIFE-SIZE LITHOGRAPH. gW_e are now prepared to fill all orders for life-size litho- graphs of Victoria C. Woodhull, -from the lithographic establishment of Armstrong & Co., of Boston, Mass. They are splendid pictures, both as a work. of art and as like- nesses. They are printed on heavytpaper 20 X24 inches, and specially adapted for framing. They will be sent post- paid, securely wrapped to guard against damage, to any address for 50 cents. The commcn price of lithographs of this size is $2 ; but we have arranged with the publisher to furnish them in large quantities at such rates that they can be resold at the price named without loss to us. They are thus put within the means and reach of everybody who desires to have a splendid life—size portrait of the Editor-in- Chief of the WEEKLY, who has devoted her life wholly to the inauguration of a new dispensation on earth, in which misery, vice and crime shall have no place. I . g In reply to many letters asking for " dealer’s terms” we would say that the lithographs may be ordered by express by the half dozen, dozen, or more at 40- cents, the usual price, less the postage. In explanation of the delay that has occurred in sending lithographs we would say_ that the third edition has been delayed, but will be received within a day or two, when all orders will be ﬁlled.-[MANAGING EDITOR]. 9 V ‘ 1 ._ rm. 4 r wrvw THE GARDEN or EDEN.‘ The paper edition of this oration is exhausted; but we have just received the pamphlet edition, which, to meet the "extraordinary demand that has been made for the paper, we Will furnish in lots often at $1, or more at same rate, 4A.». ‘WV’ THE LANT PETITION. The ‘following isthe petition that is being circulated for the pardon of John A. Ilant. Although it is not what we should have written for this purpose, it is nevertheless, suﬂicient. Let all of our readers who would be glad to see Mr. Lant ‘restored to his family, send in their names at once to us: To His Excellency U. Gwmt, .Pre3z'de7tt of the United States: We, your petitioners, having received information that John A. Lant has, within the last two gmonths, been tried. convicted and sentenced to eighteen month’s imprisonment at hard labor, and a ﬁne of $500, in the District Court of as United States in New York City, upon a charge of publishing the Toledo Sun; and, believing that said Lant meant no harm ‘n publishing said paper, and that his intent was only to ex- ercise the freedom of speech and of the press guaranteed to every American citizen; believing that Lant’s paper con- tained even less obscenity than every daily paper in New York and other cities has published month after month, without any action being taken against them; believing that the animus of the charge against Lant, the persecution and ostracism he has received’, arose from the fearless expression of his honest religious convictions; believing that the powers of the United States audits courts should not be employed for this purpose; believing it is too far advanced in the nine- teenth century for a man in this" centennial year of our na- tion’s existence to beimprisoned and disgraced for the honest expression of, and adherence to, what he believes to be the citizen is already out of all proportion to any oﬁence he hag committed, we humbly pray your Excellency to pardon him out of the Penitentiary at Albany, N. Y., where he is now confined at hard labor with felons, and to restore him to his needy wife and little children, who are suffering for the want ofhis aid and support. We are your hopeful pen- tioners.” ~ ' .4; wvvw , ,_ - wnars THEAMATTER NOW? “I am sure that if the facts could be arrived at that the abuse of sexuality has been the exciting cause of more trouble than -everything else.” published in a_paper that professes to be a Spiritual paper, and to deal in nothing that is not “ germain ” to Spiritual- ism. Vile object to such an infringement upon the domain of the social‘ issue as this, by that ubranch of Spiritualjgtg who shut this issue off its platforms and denounce its advo- cates as patrons of the'devil. Perhaps, however, these same Spiritualists begin to see that there is some relation between Spiritualism and Socialism, but they must see i be- fore they will reach to the truth about it, that the only mistake they have made is, in not carrying their logic far is not germain to Spiritualism, because the larger cannot be germain to the smaller; but the fact is, that Spiritualism is germain to the social problem, and always will be, be- causeit is much the more important issue, as the above excerpt plainly admits. Give this class of Spiritualists rope enough and they will in time hang their own logic, . lg. .4 "‘wr* NEW BOOKS. SOUL PROBLEMS; with other papers. .. By Joseph E. Peck. Charles P. Somerby, 139 Eighth street, New York City. 1875. inquiry into the question of the materiality or immateriality of the mind, and is tersely and logically argued in favor of the former. It contains, besides this, “The Theological Amendment; ” and“ The State Personality Idea,” both in opposition to the Christian Church. ,_ ' ~ THE CHRIST or PAUL; or, The Enigmas of Christianity. By George -Reber. Charles P. Somerby-, 139 Eighth street, New York Oity. 1876. . This book of 400 pages is a laborious and exhaustive effort to utterly destroy the pretensions that the four Gospels of the New Testament were written by the disciples of Jesus, and to prove that they were concocted by the churchmen of the .second,century. It claims that St. Mat- thew’s Gospel was written by some ignorant person, while “ Ireneus ” remodelled it and wrote ‘the other three to cor- roborate it and to support the fraud. It claims thatthe Old Testament contains all the material necessary out of which, in the hands of a shrewd designing priesthood, to manufacture a new Bible to suit a new dispensation. Peru it, woulddevelop a more complete success than it now appears to be. In any event it evinces great research and careful study; but we should say, study pursued to ﬁnd who are interested in this, either pro or con., cannot fail to ﬁnd this a deeply interesting book. Its style is clear and terse, and it was evidently written under convic- tion of its importance. Foor NOTES; or,Walking as a Fine Art. By Alfred Barron, 1875. Large 16mo, 330 pages. Cloth, $1.50 post paid. This is really a charming book; such an one as will prove a relief when the wearied mind orexhausted body seeks to recuperate itself. Until one reads this book he can never know how much can be made out of the commonest things; nor how much beauty and poetry can be gleaned by the wayside in any country town. It is written in an easy, takes it up, and he never thinks of being surcharged with heaviness so long as there.are'any pages to be"turned over, It isa unique, genteel, graceful, poetic, indeed, an inimit- able book, and under cover of simplicity and freshness, teaches many aprofound -lesson in philosophy. It will prove to be a valuable addition to any library. — Orders for any of the above books sent to Woodhull a, obscenity and sensing is threugh taemails in his paper called»- truth; and believing the punishment meted out to this worthy . We excerpt this statement of a conviction, in an article I enough. “We are willing to admit that the social question - This neat littlebook of lessthan one hundred pages is an I haps a more careful reading than we have been able to give » arguments for an already formed and very decided opinion. ' We believe in examining all sides of all questions, and those “ Q” Wallingford, Conn. Vifallingford Publishing Co. ' ﬂowing style that entices the reader from the moment he . stasis, has 3,791, ft‘. Y; say, will receive erempt attegattesi, ., / .....u4. 6 woonnutt s 0LAFI4IN’8 wanker. Mar. 4, 187 6. MRS. VVOODHULL IN THE FIELD. COMMENTS or THE PRESS. (From the Memphis, Temv.,rAppeaZ, Feb. 8,-1876.) On Sunday night one of the largest and most thoroughly, representative audiences ever gathered in the Theatre, in- cluding, perhaps, one hundred ladies, assembled to hear the first lecture delivered in Memphis by -Mrs. Victoria 0. Woodhull. By eight o’clock, at which hour thecurtain was . raised punctually according to programme, every seat was occupied. Scanning the auditorium the reporter of the Appeal saw that the bench and the bar, the press and the medical profession, as well as the mercantile, the mechanical and the laboring classes, were fully and ably represented, and that the faces of all present indicated, especially after the fair lecturess made her appearance, a very tension of in- terest. Mrs. Woodhull entered upon the work before her withoutjntroduction or preliminary, indeed,almost abruptly. This, however, was pardonable in view of the visible effect her apearance worked, and when itis remembered that she had hardly opened her mouth to speak ere her mastery, so to speak, was confessed. Her toilet was plain, but rich and be- coming. Her dress, composed of brown velvet and brown silk, was made up in, the latest style of pull-back, and pro- perly trimmed, relieved only by linen collar and cuffs, the absence of jewelry being conspicuous. Her hair was put up in the plain “club” style of the day, and altogether she pre- sented a quiet, decorous, lady-like appearance. At ﬁrst her words came slowly, deliberately, indeed nervously; but once fairly launched upon her theme, the flow of ideas and words was steady and rapid, both occasionally/merging into periods as startling as eloquent and beautiful as any ever delivered by the best orators of our language. At times she reached the loftiest ﬂight of forensic effort and roused her audience from the repose of a death-like stillness to most enthusiastic applause. Every point she made was caught by the audience and, as our reporter has indicated, was greeted as it deserved._ Five or six times this applause was delivered with unusual fervor,and with an enthusiasm that surprised even those most favorably inclined toward the lecturer who so nobly contended for her sex, and at the close, when after what seemed vain efforts on her part to take her leave, she ﬁnally bade adieu, the most deafening and prolonged shouts recalled her again and again to receive the warm and generous plaudits of those who had listened with pleasure and proﬁt to one of the most logical and able lectures ever delivered in Memphis upon any subject—if not the ablest. She answered every call until at last, breaking throug hall form and ceremony hundreds, both old and young, stepped upon the stage and personally con- gratulated her upon her success, each one giving assurances of satisfaction and gratiﬁcation. Among these were many ladies, and most conspicuous of all were the young men-— gentlemen of position and culture—-some of whom failing of opportunity on the stage, followed her to the hotel, and through the media of ordinary introduction expressed to her the most unbounded gratitude for the instruction she had given them. ‘One such embassy we ourselves witnessed, and confess it not the least of the delightful surprises the evening produced for Mrs. Woodhull. Hundreds of her portraits and pamphlet copies of her lectures were eagerly purchased, and the audience evidenced in every way possible a most respect- ful consideration for this woman whose heroism they gener- ously confessed. Of her lecture, a full report of which we append, there can be but one opinion: Every word of it is true, and the only difference there can be between our readers and the lecturer is as to the propriety of such plain talk upon questions so delicate and hitherto wrapped in the mystery of silence. Without committing ourselves as to that one way or the other, we give it as follows, as part of the absorbing news cs the day: [Here followed an almost verbatim report of theiwhole lecture] ‘ [From the Melnphis (’1‘eam.) Ledger, Feb. 7, 1876.] The fame of Mrs. Victoria C. Woodhull and the publication of her peculiar views on social science through the press of the city during the past few days brought together at the theatre last night a very large, respectable, intelligent and cultivated audience. In fact, the theatre was crowded to ex- cess, many ladies gracing the scene with their presence. At eight o’clock the drop curtain was rung up, and Mrs. Woodhull walked out from behind the scenes and approached the foot-lights amid no little sensation and encouraging ap- plause from all parts of the house. Mrs. Woodhull is a ﬁne, earnest-looking woman, possessing a ‘well-shaped. form, in- telligent face, acquiline nose, and expressive mouth. She was clad in a dark brown silk velvet dress, heavily. fringed with black lace; a small white collarcircled her throat; all jewelry was discarded; white linen cuffs, fastened withjet buttons, encircled her wrists. Her hair is dark brown,. cut short in front, and was destitute of crimps, but it was tied up. in folds or knots behind. She was dressed for a lecture, and gazing over the sea of faces, she commenced "her discourse, in a voice slightly tremulous and emotional, by reading from a Bible which she held in her hand: [Here follows a four columns report of the lecture, closing with a paragraph equally commendatory as that ‘of the Ap- epctl, but which we have lost.) (From the Avalanche, Memphis, Team, Feb. 8, 1876.) A EDITORIAL. ‘ Many ‘gentlemen and ladies who heard Mrs. Woodhull’s lecture at the Memphis Theatre Sunday night, were so well pleased that a petition was circulated yesterday, requesting her to repeat the lecture, and a number of signatures had been obtained before it was discovered that Mrs. Woodhull and Miss Claﬂin had left for Nashville on the early train. (From the Dispatch, K okomo, Ind., Feb. 3, 1876.) One of the largest and most highly educated lecture audi- ences of the season ﬁlled the Opera House, on last Friday evening, to hear Mrs. Victoria C. Woodhull deliver her cele- brated lecture, “ The True and the False, Socially.” It was noticeable that the audience was about equally composed of the male and female elements. Prejud_1ce and mock modesty, doubtless, deterred a few delectable individuals from enjoy- ing one of the very ablest lectures every delivered in this city. Promptly at eight o’olock Mrs. Woodhull stepped be- fore the foot-lights and began he_r lecture. For two hours shepoured hot shot into the shoddy rampants of a diseased and debauched moral and social fabric. As she progressed in her lecture her face flushed with inspiration and herwhole being was aglow with the enthusiasm and sentiment of her topic. She piled fact upon fact, argument upon argument, in arapid ﬂow of impassioned eloquence. She drove home many wholesome facts that the world aﬁects to disbelieve but knows full well. She denied; free love as the world under- stands the term. Her free love, she said, was the free love of God to the world. She said she had been traduced, viliﬁed, misrepresented, and imprisoned for-maintaining the right. To the world that has hated her and tried to crush her, -she now offers her bleeding heart in love. She said thatthose who’ knew her in a false light should yet know her as she ‘is’; those that hated her should yet love her; and the world that refused to listen to her story should yet accept her truths and become reformed from social and moral degradation. Mrs. Wo0dhull’s lecture was able and full of truths. Those who went to hear a coarse woman were happily disappointed. Mrs. Woodhull is a handsome, unostentatious, honest-appearing woman of wide learning and great depth of mind. She talks as a mocher who knows the joys and sorrows of maternity, as a woman who has suffered much for her principles, asa representative of her sex who is boldly breasting public opinion for the promulgation of a great social reformation. She made many friends in Kokomo and removed a false prejudice that had long been entertained against her. All wflfio heard herpronounce her lecture a grand and masterly e ort. 44 TW GEMS FROM FOURIER. WHAT To Do WITH THE BOYS; THE “ HOODLUM ” PROBLEM ’ SOLVED; THE “LITTLE HORDES” AND THE “LITTL _BANDS.” “ About two-thirds of boys are inclined to ﬁlthiness; they de- light to wallow in the mire and play at handling nasty things; they are surly, headstrong, ribald, adopting a roiﬁzh tone and gross expressions, raising uproar, braving dangers and in- clemencies of weather, and committing havoc for port. These children (in Unitary Homes or the Combined Order) are enrolled in the “Little Hordes,” the employment of which is to exercise, as a point of honor and with intrepidity, all ‘repugnant labor which would degrade a class of workmen. This corporation is a. species of half-savage legion which con- trasts with the reﬁned politeness of Harmony only in tone and not in sentiment; for it is the most ardent in patriotism.’ The other third of the boys, with about two-thirds of the girls have a. taste for good manners and peaceful functions. They are enrolled in the “Little Bands.” On the other hand, one- third of the girls have masculine inclinations, liking to in- troduce themselves into the plays of boys, which they are for- bidden to frequent; (“tom-boys.”) Thus one-third of girls enrol themselves in the “Little Hordes.” (VI, 206-47. ‘ The “Little Hordes” are the focus of all civic virtues; they should employ for the welfare of society that self-abnegation recommended by Christianity and that contempt of riches recommended by philosophy. (The latter refers to the per- mission supposed to be given in the Combined Order to the members of this body to ﬁll from their own earnings sundry gaps of a pecuniary nature which _might. otherwise cause discord.) . They should practice all virtues dreamed of and simulated in civilization. Conservators of the social honor, it is theirs to crush the serpent’s head, physically and morally. In purging the country of reptiles, they purge society of a poi- son worsethan the viper; they stifle by their treasures all risk of cupidity which might trouble concord; and by their unclean labors they stifle that pride which", by despising an industrious class, tends to bring back the spirit of caste, change the general amity and hinder the fusion of classes. It is one of bases of the Societary mechanism, which is founded on- Industrial attraction; equitable division; Unison of classes; equilibrium of population. It would seem that to obtain from childhood such prodigies of virtue we must use supernatural means, as do our monas- teries, which by very austere noviciates habituate the neo- phyte to self-abnegation; but exactly the opposite course will be followed. * * * Let us analyze the springs of those virtues; they are four, all reproved by [existing] morality: They are the tastes for ﬁlth, pride, impudence and insubordination. It is in their addiction to these pretended vices that the “ Little Hordes ” are elevated to the practice of the highest virtues. * * * * Their’s is the high police of the animal kingdom, watching in the slaughter-houses to see that no one makes any beast suffer, but gives him the easiest death. Whoever, of any age, maltreats any animal is liable to be brought before the “Little Hordes.”-—(VI, 211-12.) slaughter-houses would be unnecessary, owing to the superior quality of vegetable foods obtainable by unitary cultivation. THE “ LITTLE BANDS.” As the “Little Hordes” maintain social concord. so the “Little Bands” maintain social charm. The former reach the beautiful by way of the good; the latter the good by way of the beautiful. The “ Little Bands,” are composed of about two-thirds girls and one-third boys. They addict themselves to the care of animals diﬂiicult to raise and train; their’s is the high police of the vegetable kingdom: whoever breaks a branch of a tree, gathers ﬂowers or fruit mal apropos, or carelessly tramples on a plant, is brought before the senate of the ‘_‘ Little Bands.” They are charged with ornamental; it is their duty to censlire bad language and vicious pronuncia- tion.—-(VI, 214-18.) REMARK BY A SPIR1’.[‘.—IS it not beautiful to-contem- plate these possibilities of a future which may be within the reach-and ken of many now living in the form, even of adults, which are so far within the province of the present that almost we can stretch forth our hand and grasp them? Blessed be the men who have had the cour- age and the foresight, the eye of seer and the soul of poet, thus to throw out in sight of the many those high, heroic, emotions and impulses which are more than mere poetry, because they can be actualized, and more than practice be- cause they are the ideals of which the practical can only be the imperfect embodiment. Thus marrying the ideal to the practical they help the race to steps which will ere long become strides in a. progress which will know no halts and no backslidings. ‘ But the power to incarnate in the actual was wanting in Fourier; and the times demand those who can supplement this defect step forward! Those can best do this who are most conscious of the diﬁiculties whichvbeset the transition. BISHOP HAVEN. “Warrington” writes the Springﬁeld Rmublvlcan, a letter wherein he says of Bishop Haven;-7“ He knows everybody, 'I‘i1ton.and Beecher equally well. He is as strict a marriage men as Greeley was, but implicitly believes that, if the white REMARK.-—It is probable that in the “Combined Order,’ ’ man and, black woman desire to intermarry, the State should not interfere. I got. information or surmise as to the Brook- lyn scandal from him longbefore Mrs. Woodhull made her invincible statement; and now it is no wonder that he tells Mr. Blackwell that, if Mr. Beecher makes his appearance as a. “suﬂ'ragist” on the platform, he (Haven) steps oﬂ".. The Bishop cannot stand’ everything, and he knows that even now the joints of the Church universal are beginning to crack under the load Plymouth Church insists it shall take on board.”——Telegrosm, N. Y. Feb. 7. G 4.-.; T V-‘V BUSINESS NOTICES. DR. R. P. FELLOWS, the independent and progressive physician, is successfully treating nervous and chronic dis- eases all over the country by letter, as well as at his office at home, by his original system of practice, which omitsall drugs and mineral medicines of both old and new schools. Dr. Fellows has been steadily gaining upon the conﬁdence of the public for the past eight years, during which time he has treated thousands of cases, eighty out of every hundred of which he has radically cured,_while every case has been bene- ﬁtted. And at this moment he has patients in every State in the Union. Every reader of this who has any affection of the head, throat, lungs, heart, stomach", liver, kidneys, blad- der, bowels, womb, genital organs, or rheumatic or neuralgic difficulties, or eruptions of the skin, blood impurities, tumors, cancers, or any nervous affections or diseases of the eye or car, are invited to write to Dr. Fellows. The remedy with which he treats these diseases so successfully, is his Magnetized Powder, which will be sent to any address, at $51 per box. Address Vineland, N. J. CO-OPERATIVE HOMES IN THE CITY.-—All persons inter- ested in practical reform are invited to send their names and addresses to G. W. Madox, 29 Broadway, New York city, for the purpose of securing sufficient number of responsible persons who will unite together to rent a suitable house or hotel upon a co—operative plan, and thus lessen the expense of living. If an answer is required, please enclose postage stamps. WE still mail our book, phamphlets and tracts-—“Free Love,” “Mrs. Woodhull and her Social Freedom,” “True and False Love,” “Open Letter to A. J. Davis,” “Letter to a Magdalen,” “God or no God,” “To My Atheistical Brothers,” including my Photo, for One Dollar. Can you favor me? Address Austin Kent, Stockholm St., Lawrence Co., New York. Box 44.-. POSTCRIPT TO A PRIVATE LETTER FROM AUSTIN KENT. “ It now looks as though I could never write more for the press. I am extremely feeble. I deeply rejoice in Mrs. Woodhull’s success, and no one but P. Pillsbury has a better right to rejoice, and in some respects, even he has not as good.” In love, A. KENT. DAVIS’ BATTLE--AXE will contain a most momentous paper entitled “Shakerism and Shakerdom”.—Human Life Therein; also “The Possible and Impossible of Community Life on Earth;” also “The Death Struggle of Religious Liberty.” Anyone ef these articles will be worth the price of the paper. Sixty cents a year. A. Briggs Davis, editor, assisted by the most radical pens. Ind. Tract Society, Worcester, Mass., ‘publishers. The address of Nellie L. Davis, is 235 Washington street Salem,'Mass. N 0. 319 Sixth avenue. Address by letter, P. O. Box 4829. N 0 science ever developed itself more rapidly than has that of psychometry, or soul reading, and it is destined to take a place beyond all others in usefulness and grandeur. Mrs. H. Augusta White possesses remarkable psychometric and clairvoyant powers, and will give readings at the Co- operative Home, 308 Third avenue. Hours from 10 to 5. She will also give written delineations from a lock of hair; age and sex must begiven. Terms, $2 in advance. .. msrmvcuxwma ALL families and invalids should have Prof. Paine’s short- hand treatment of disease—a small book of forty pages Sent free on application to him at N o. 232 North Ninth street, Phila, Pa. - MEDIOATED BATES ARE EXPENSIVE.-Not so, however, Glenn's Sulphur Soap, a cheap and eﬂicient substitute, which answers the same purpose as far as local diseases of the skin, rheumatism, and gout are concerned. Depot, Crittenton’s, N 0. 7 Sixth avenue, New York City. The Books and Speeches of Victoria C. Woodhull and at the following liberal prices : The Principles of Government, by Victoria 0. Wood.’ hull.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-.......$300 Constitutional Equality, by Tennie C. Claflin. .. . . .. 2 00 The Principles of Social Freedom. . . .. . . . . . . .. , . . . 25 Reformation or Revolution, VVh.ich ‘P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,5 The Elixir of Life; or, ‘Why do we Die ?. . . . . . . . 25 Suffrage-VVoman a Citizen and Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Tried as by Fire; or the True and the False Socially. 25 Ethics of Sexual Equality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 25 The Principles of Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Breaking the Seals; or the Hidden Mystery Revealed 25 The Garden of Eden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Photographs of V. C.,Woodhull, Tennis 0. Olaﬁin and Col. 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The amount of mental labor necessary to collate and com- pile the varied information contained in it must have been severe and arduous indeed, and now that it is in such convenient shape the student of free thought will not willingly allow it to go out of print. But the book is by no means a mere collation of views or statistics:. throughout its entire course the author—as will be seen by his title-page and ‘chapter-heads—follows a definite line of research and argumentgto the close, and his conclusions go, like sure arrows, to the mark. 0 O N T E N T S . Preface; Explanation; Cllntroduetion; Address to the er , gy. Chap. 1.——-Rival Claims of the Saviors. Chap. 2.—Messianic Prophecies. . Chap. 3.—~Prophecies by the ﬁgure of a Serpent. Chap. <i.——Miraculous and Immaculate Conception of the Gods. _ _ Chap. 5.——Virgin Mothers and Virgin—borii Gods.‘ Chap. 6.—St.ars point out the Time and the Savior’s Birthplace. ' _ . _ Chap. 7.—Angels, Shepherds and Magi visit the In? ant Chaap\.18):—The Twenty-ﬁfth of December the Birthday of the Gods. ' ' _ Chap. 9.—Titles of the Saviors. Chap. 10.~—The Saviors of Royal Descent but Humble, Birth. - Chap. 11.——Christ’s Genealogy. Chap. 12.——The World’s Saviors saved from Destruc- tiyin in Infancy. _ _ _ _ Chap,13.—The Saviors exhibit Early Proofs of D1- vinit . Chap. 13:1.-The Saviors’ Kingdoms not of this World. Chap. 15.——The Saviors are real Persoiiages. Chap. 16.—~Sixteen Saviors Cruciﬁed. Chap. 17.—The Aphanasia, or Darkness, at the Cruci- ﬁxion. Chap. 18.——Descent of the Saviors into Hell. Chap. 19.——Resurrection of the Saviors. Chap 20.—Reappearance and Ascension of the Sav- iors. Chap. 21.——The Atonement: its Oriental or Heathe Ori 'n. Chap.gI32.—The Holy Ghost of Oriental Origin. Chap. 23.—The Divine "'VVord” of Oriental Origin. Chap. 24..——The Trinity very anciently a current Hea- then Doctrine. " _ Chap. 25.—Absolution, or the Confession of Sins, of Heathen Origin. . _ Chap. 26.~Origin of Baptism by Water, Fire, Blood, and the Holy Ghost. _ Chap. 27.—'l‘he Sacrament or Eucharist of Heathen Origin. v Cliap.D28.-—Anointing with on of Oriental Origin. Chap. 29.—-How Men, including J ssus Christ, came to be worshiped as Gods. Chap. 30.——Sacred Cycles explaining the Advent of the Gods, the Master-key to the Divinity of Jesus Christ. . Chap. -81.—Christianity derived from Heathen and Oriental Systemsj _ _ Chap. 32.——Three Hundred and Forty-six striking Analogies between Christ and Crishna, Chap. 33.—Apollonius, Osiris and Magus as Gods. Chap. 34.—The Three Pillars of the Christian Faith- Miracles, Prophecies and Precepts. . Chap. ‘-.l5.—Logical or Coinmon-sense View of the Doc- triee of Divine Incarnation. _ _ _ Chap. 36.—Philosophical Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation. 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Also with Jack, Lansing 85 Saginaw Branch, for Lansing Owosso, Saginaw, Wenona, Standish, Crawford and intermediate stations. Also with_Fort Wayne, J ack Saginaw R. R. for Jonesville, Waterloo, Fort Wayne, and Fort Wayne, Muncie 80 Cm. R. R. to Cincinnati. _ - ' At Battle Creek, with Peninsular R. R. , A, Kalamazoo, with South Haven Branch, to G. Junction, South Haven, etc. 3 R. for Clam Lake and intermediate stations. Also with Branch of L. S. & M. At Lawton, with Paw Paw R. R. for Paw Paw. ‘ At Niles, with South Bend Branch. At New Buffalo, with Chicago & Mich. Lake S. R. R. for St; Joseph, Holland, Muskegon, Pentwatur and all intermediate stations. . I At llgchigan City, with Indianapolis, Peru & Chico] B. 3. Also with Louisville, New Albany & Chi- cago R- 4 - ' ‘“” " ’ ”‘ ‘ , At Lake, with-Joliet Branch to Joliet. I @ At Chicago, with all railroads diverging. /__,mu.¢ Also with G. Rapids & Ind. R. R. I ' h VALUABLE DISCOVERY.—Dr. J. P. 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NOTHING LIKE IT I,STErs To THE KINGDOM. BY LOIS VVAISBROOKEB, Author of “Helen Harlow’s Vow,” “Alice Vale,” “ Mayweed Blossoms,” “ Suffrage for Women,” etc., etc., etc. Christians pray, “ Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven,” but they know not what they ask. Christians, read “ Nothing Like It,” and see it’ you can aiford to have your prayers answered; and, if not, make preparation, for the answer is sure to come in its own proper time. Bound in clotli,12mo, 336 pages, $1 50; postage £8 Oceﬁts. 3 Addli;Iess,' WOODHULL at CLAFLIN, . . ox ,791, cwYork City. ' The Keenest I Satire of Modern Times. isms 01 seat A Satire in_:7:rse on the Rev. ITENRY VVARD BEECHER, .arrd’ "ti-ic Aiguiments or his Apologists in the Great Scandal; _____. DRAJUA TIS Pnesorvm. Rev. H. W. Beecher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Theodore Tilton. Deacons of Plymouth Church . . . . . . . . . .F.‘D. Moulton. 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Notes: Original digital object name: wcl_1876-03-04_11_14
Geography: New York (N.Y.)
Subjects: Women -- Suffrage, Women -- United States
Identifier: wcl_1876-03-04_11_14
Is part of: Woodhull and Claflin Collection, Communal Societies Collection, Hamilton College Library Digital Collections

Title: Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly., vol. 11, no. 15 (March 11, 1876)
Author: Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2114
Publisher: Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date: 1876-03-11
Place published: New York (N.Y.)
Text: 9 _..._................ Vol. XI.-——No. 15.——-W’l“.‘-ole No. 275. NEW YORK, MAR. 11, 1876 ii . . . — . PR?sBESs THOUGHT 2 UNTBAMMELEP mvsfsr L BREAKING-ATHE WAY iron FUTURE GENERATIONS. , — V T T PRICE TEN CENTS. The truth shall make you free.-Jesus. In the clays of the voice of the seventh cmgel, the mystery of God shall be ﬁnishecl.—St. John the Divine. . W/iereof I was mettle ct minister to preach the im- sewrchable riches of Christ, cmcl the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God.-———Pau1. 4uL_ <7 LAND REFORM“. If our “ Reformers ” limited themselves to denouncing the tyranny of our money lords and our landlords, the rob- beries of our Wall street and our railroad men. the hypocrisies and inﬁdelities of our clergy and priesthoods, especially if . they included the venality and base falsities of our news- paper men and quack scientists, there would be less to re- proach them with. What they said would at all events be true; most of it really needs sa...
Show more9 _..._................ Vol. XI.-——No. 15.——-W’l“.‘-ole No. 275. NEW YORK, MAR. 11, 1876 ii . . . — . PR?sBESs THOUGHT 2 UNTBAMMELEP mvsfsr L BREAKING-ATHE WAY iron FUTURE GENERATIONS. , — V T T PRICE TEN CENTS. The truth shall make you free.-Jesus. In the clays of the voice of the seventh cmgel, the mystery of God shall be ﬁnishecl.—St. John the Divine. . W/iereof I was mettle ct minister to preach the im- sewrchable riches of Christ, cmcl the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God.-———Pau1. 4uL_ <7 LAND REFORM“. If our “ Reformers ” limited themselves to denouncing the tyranny of our money lords and our landlords, the rob- beries of our Wall street and our railroad men. the hypocrisies and inﬁdelities of our clergy and priesthoods, especially if . they included the venality and base falsities of our news- paper men and quack scientists, there would be less to re- proach them with. What they said would at all events be true; most of it really needs saying and saying often. Their weak point‘ would be that, making no pretension to pro- pound any remedy, they would seem peculiarly exposed to the cynical inquiry of the Tweed ring: “ Well, what are you going to do about it '3” But, then, to this cynical inquiry there is possibly a really effective answer accessible when men feel the need of it, but from which the absurd actual attitudié ‘of our several “ Reformers ” utterly debars them. They have a ready answer enough now, no doubt. Theo-. retical difficulties have no existence for them; only their so ready answers are foolishness in themselves, and a resultant calamity to us all. “ Land reform,” " Anti~usury,” “ Indi- vidual sovereignty,” L“ Cost the limit of price,” “Paper money and lots of it,” and all the rest serve just one pur- pose: to strengthen the grip of the tyrants upon our throats, seat them more securely than ever upon their usurped thrones, and enable them to laugh to scorn all attempts to place upon their absolute, and irresponsible power any sort of limitation. Our tyrants, unfortunately, with all their stupidity, are not quite so ignorant as our “Reformers,” and, in view of some of the anti-social absurdities propounded, might well imagine themselves the champions of civilization against barbarism. Only the self-defeating futility of the schemes of the disorganizers; prevents their really becoming such. , , . The “Land Reform ” scheme is a good illustration. How our great monopolist lbrigands must laugh in their sleeves at this “lame and impotent conclusion” of all the tirades hurled—and really so justly hurled—at them. As a remedy againstland monopoly, forsooth! Well, what? Why, every- body-—it is always this everybody, just as though society were made up of mere individuals—everybodyi must have all the land he wants for cultivation byvhis own hands and no more! And pray who wantspland nowadays? The scheme assumes that the workingman wants land to raise his own food, and to be independent of the tyrant capitalist.‘ The very men who advance this doctrine know well enough‘-—-or would know if they could silence for a moment the clamors of anarchical passions and allow common sense combined with a genuine love for their kind to speak——th-at it isa stupid lie. They know at all events that they don’t want land themselves; they choose to stay in Boston. They know quite well that the working-men can have land if they want it under the United States laws easily enough, on the terms simply of occupying it and cultivating it. But the workingmen also refuse to have it onyany terms; they also choose to stay in the cities. Nay, more, the sons of the men who already have the land and know how to till it, forsake the paternaliacres, as our census reports stand there to prove, and ﬂock more and more, from decadeto decade,linto the great cities. S P A 3 ' And they are in the right——most plainly in the right. Who "in this age wants land, in this age of steam-plows, and reap- ‘ ing machines, and mowing machines, and haying machines, and great granaries laden with stores of food for two or three years ahead, this age when water and iron taking upon themselves, or having put upon them, rather, by an organized , human providence, the drudgery heretofore imposed by nature uponhuman muscles, and having it put upon them more and more continually, Keeley motors or no Keeley motors? What we do‘want, on the contrary, is to have thee steam-plows. and reaping machines, and mowing machines, andi haying machines, and great granaries, with their exhaustless stores, administered in view of the general well—being of the whole. instead of being perverted‘ from their legitimate destination, their social destination, to be the mere instrument of a barb aric and debauohingluxury for _a privileged (and thereby accursed) few. What we do want is to have all the results of a grand industrial organization. the gradual growth of ages of human suffering, justly and honestly i distributed among the entire human ‘family. . But we want a great deal more even than this. It is - not the direct results of the social industry only, properly so called, that we need to have justly disseminat ed amongst us all. but the whole of the beneﬁcial results of this grand civilization that has cost mankind so much; not the material products merely of its steam engines and its spinning jennies, its looms and its lathes, counting in even its Lyons silks and its“ Sevres porcelains. We want, and must, and will ‘have, still more, those other products, of ﬁner and rarer texture. ’the light of science, the aesthetic culture of the fine arts, the reﬁnements and embellishments of life, whether radiating from the drawing—room or from the temple. 1t i

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