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THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY—ITS ORIGIN AND “ Tim emancipation of the working classes must be accom AIMS. plished by the working classes themselves; the struggle for their emancipation means to struggle for equal rights and (From the International Herald.) duties and the abolition of all class rule. The economical sub jection of the man of labor to the,monopolizer of the means to Before entering upon the history of the International Society, laber, lies at the bottom of servitude in all its forms of social we have a few remarks to make upon its true character and misery, mental degradation, and political dependence. The aims, and also upon the falsehoods which have been so pro economical emancipation of the working classes is therefore fusely and positively assorted as to its purposes. No calumny the great end to which eveiy political movement ought to be could ever be too gross', no lie to bald tor the press of Europe subordinate as a means. All efforts aiming at that great end, fo circulate for the purpose of bringing the Society into disre bave hitherto failed from the want of a solidarity between the pute. The British Government lias not attempted to adopt manifold divisions of labor in each country, and from the the course which has been practised on the continent with the absence of a fraternal bond of union between the working The Books anti Speches of Victoria C. Woodhull and Tcnnie idea of crushing the society out of existence. The members classes of different countries. The emancipation of labor is are permitted to meet without any fear of arrest and impris C. Claflin will hereafter be furnished, postage paid, at the fol neither local nor a national, but a, social problem, embracing onment. But the press of England has done what it always lowing liberal prices : all countries in which modem society exists,,and depending for does when justice to the industrial classes is the topic—it has its solution on the concurrence, practical and theoretical of The Principles of Government, by Victoria C. Wood- clothed itself in lies as in a garment, and has tried its utmost the most advanced countries.” hull ; $2 00 to make the name of the International both feared and detested. Can any honest and just man denounce such views as “ vic Constitutional Equality, by Tennic C. Claflin ; 1 50 At one time the papers would credit the Society with all the ious, mischievous, and ungodly” as one typical individual did, acts of the Commune, and at another they would inform the Woman Suffrage guaranteed by the Constitution, speech whose position is that of an instructor of the British public world that the International had neither power nor influence. by Victoria 0. Woodhull; through the medium of the British Press ? Can any wise re Its importance was imaginary and its resources were infinitesi flective man conscientiously condemn sucli objects as merely The Great Social Problem of Labor and Capital, speech mal. Onslowe Y’orke says that, “ according to its enemies it visionary or “ Utopian?” We must not extend our introduc by Victoria C. Woodkull; is seeking through petroleum, powder, and the secret knife to tory chapter much further; in onr next number we propose to The Principles of Finance, speech by Victoria C. Wood- undo all the noblest works of time, to uproot property, to enter upon the history of the society, and shall take the liberty hull ; break through laws, to violate family ties, to burn the altar, of expounding some of the theories and principles in as simple and upset the throne.” In fact, nothing in the way of invec Practical View of Political Equality, speech by Tennie C. and plain a manner as wo can, for the benefit of those who tive has been spared. ‘ 1 They are bad and mad” wrote one Claflin; have not had time or inclination to master the social problems monosyllabic correspondent, who had never had the opportu Majority and Minority Report of the Judiciary Commit for themselves. Our readers may depend upon the reliability nity of knowing any more about the Society than could be tee ou the Woodhull Memorial; of the most important statements; in that respect onr history picked up secondhand from some other scribbler as ignorant will differ from most of the national hisories which have ever The Principles of Social Freedom; on the subject as himself. been printed. Carpenter and Cartter Reviewed— A Speech before the Since the ability to read became more common, the work Suffrage Convention at Washington ; ing classes have been more and more impressed with the fact Each per copy ; 10 that there was something grossly wrong in the social and poli VICTORIA. tical system, that their worst ills were not natural ills. As per 100 ; 5 00 education has become less of a monopoly, the “ common people” have lost a portion of that blind obedience to tradition BY HORACE M. RICHARDS. and dogmas, which have been the curse of the worker and the POST OFFICE NOTICE. profit of the idler since history was first written. The indus Tliou sower of seed in humanity's field, trialists of Europe and America are beginning to doubt the Have faith in thy work, thon art sure of thy yield. policy and wisdom of following the beaten track of the past. Though thou taste not its fruit, nor garner its grain, The mails for Europe during the week ending Saturday, They have invented and made machinery for the rapid pro duction and transmission of foods, and think that they have a Think not for one moment thy labor is vain. April 13, 1S72, will close at this office on Wednesday at 11?, greater right to benefit by the results of their skill and labor Still work for thy race, and in years yet to come, i. a,, on Thursday at 11 a. m., and on Saturday at 5 A. ar. than have those who merely speculated or gambled, who by the legerdemain of law and custom monopolized nine-tenths Thy name shall be hallowed in many a home, P.------H. .Toots, Postmaster. of the increase in wealth without rendering any equivalent ’Neath the roofs where love’s voice the sweetest is heard, ------justly and naturally their own. The workmen have discovered the very simple truth that all Thy name shall be shrined as a household word. wealth is made available for use by means of labor and labor MRS. A. M. MIDDLEBROOK. Tight bravely thy battle, for conquer thou mnsl. only. They have also arrived at a knowledge of the fact that there is nothing that can be justly charged for except labor. Defeat cometh not to a cause that is just; Recently we gave our readers some account of this talented That labor only can pay for labor. That the earth itself is no Thou art fighting for right, the weak against the strong, lady whom we are able to count among our most respected man’s property, never was, and never can be. That hereditary And ever to right doth victory belong. friends. She is open to engagements to speak upon any rale is only fit for a nation of slaves. That the money of a nation should ho national money. That gold as money is a Thou art sowing the seed in darkness and gloom, subject of general interest—religious, political or social— any relic of barbarism, and that its use for that pnrposo is merely That the sunlight of truth shall bring into bloom: where in the States east of the Mississippi River. Terms, $75 continued for the object of increasing and perpetuating the and expenses. We take pleasure in recommending her to our wealth of idlers and speculators, and of keeping the indus Thy mission is holy, be true to its need, friends, as one of tko most profitable as well as entertaining trialists on the verge of poverty, thus compelling them to And be true to thyself, brave sower of seed. be submissive, and forcing them to give three-fourths of their speakers in the field. Her address is box 778 Bridgeport, labor for the privilege of retaining one-fourth of the results. B u f f a l o , N. Y., April 1, 1872. Conn. They have come to the conclusion that war and international hatreds have been stimulated by the rulers of the people for the purpose of preventing them from associating for the com MARGARET FULLER. THE INTERNATIONAL. mon welfare. That to destroy human lives in war is murder except it is done in defending life. That if the world had P rovidence, March 20. been justly governed, war and poverty would have ceased to D ear M i;s. W oodhull,— In your last issue I find a letter It ought to be known that this association is not secret—it be. That none but the Industrialists of the earth have any from Mrs. Elizabeth Cady .Stanton, telling how much she honors does not aspire to the honor of being a conspiracy. Its iner t right to possess wealth, or enact laws. you and naming a few of the best women this country ever pro duced as your friends and supporters. How grateful such words ings are held in public; they are open to all comers, though To all these statements it is customary for onr opponents to apply the threadbare parrot like phrase “ Utopian," but we of kindness from such a source must be, amidst all the abuses only members are permitted to speak (unless by special defy the most erudite wrangler of the colleges, or the most and misrepresentations to w’hieh you are subjected. Mrs. invitation), and none but members arc allowed to vote. The respectable oracle of the most respectable newspapers to show Stanton says, in this letter, that Mrs. Hooker made the remark several sections in this city and vicinity meet as follows: that these views are unjust, unnatural, or impossible to to her not long age “ that woman has bridged with her pros realize. trate body, an awful gulf over w hich womanhood will walk to Section 1 (German).— Sunday, 8 P. M., at the Tenth Ward But nearly (lie whole press of (he world is against extending freedom.” Never a truer word was said of you, Mi’s. Wood- Hotel, corner of Broome and Forsyth streets. the full measure of justice to the wealth producers, and its hull. Section 2 (French).— Sunday, 9:30 a. m., at N o. 100 Prince only argument is sophistry, calumny, or silence. A briefless And so tin- prophecy of Margaret Fuller is fulfilled. Note barrister, or a wealthy banker gets into Parliament, and makes what she said thirty years ago in the last part of that most at fo street laws to control llto farmer, miner or artisan. The banker and article'on “ Women of the 19tli century,” in which she fully Section 6 (German).— Meets in CG and 68 Fourth street, in his fat flunkeys look with superior contempt upon those who sets forth the needs of women. the N. Y. Turn Halle, every Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. have furnished the gold, food, shelter, and liveries they nse, “ And will she not soon appear? The woman who will vin Section 7 (Irish.). — First and third Sundays at 3 p. m., at 26 consume, or waste. The producers have been ruled by the dicate their birthright for all women; who shall teach them consumers, the consumers become wealthy, the producers what to claim, and how to nse what they obtain ? Shall not Delaney street. always remain poor. This kind of political economy is so one her name be for her era Victoria?” Section 8 (German).— Sunday, 3 r. nr., at No. 53 Union sided, is so flagrantly wrong that the workingmen o f Europe, Inspired words ! Who that has marked your course so earn avenue, Williamsburgh, L. I. and America arc proposing to establish something more con est, so noble, will -doubt :iiat our Victoria has indeed arrived and is “ vindicating thei; birthright” for all women, and open Section 9 (American).— Wednesday, 8 p. m., at No 35 East sistent with natural laws. They expect to meet the opposition of the bankers, brokers, discounters, shareholders, bondhold ing for them the way to a -• happier destiny.” Twenty-seventh street. ers, annuitants, landlords, admirals, generals, lawyers, You may count upon c few devoted friends in this city, and Section 10 (French).— Meets every Thursday at the N. W. bishops, pawnbrokers, revenue officers, governors of prisons among them always name myself. H attie J. H urraed. comer o f Fortieth street and Park avenue, at 8 p. m . and workhouses, and all others whose occupation depends upon tlic continuation of unjust laws and customs. Add to Section 11 (German).— Thursday, 8 p . m., West Thirty- theso their worse than useless menials, and all those whose ON SHORT ACQUAINTANCE. ninth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, at IlesSel’s. time is wasted in making and selling the trappings and Section 12 (American).—The second and fourth Sunday in embroideries of the idle classes. The slaves to liquor and the A CATHOLIC PRIEST ARRANGES A MARRIAGE TOR A MILWAUKEE each month, 8 p. m. , at No. 15 E. 38th street. majority of the liquor dealers will stand under the banner of Section 13 (German).—Every Friday, at S05 Third avenue. the idlers. The slaves to any mero form or creed of religion, HOTEL WAITER-GIRL. or of any party, in fact, a ll slaves will cither passively or Section 22 (French).— The second and fourth Friday in actively obstruct the way to the rule of justice under which (From tbe. Milwaukee Wisconsin, January 2G.] each month, 8 r. M., at Constant’s, 08 Grand street.. every man who is able, will have to earn his own living or die Section 35 (English).— Meets every Friday evening at of starvation. The International is not a secret society except The Newliall House was the scene; yesterday, of a matrimon Myers’, 129 Spring street, at 8 o’clock. in those countries where the law compels socresy. The British ial occurrence, which for neatness and dispatch in execution Government is shrewder than those continental rulers, who challenges comparison. On the noon train, yesterday, there would suppress steam by plugging the safety valve. The came to this city two gentlemen from Kenosha, Rev. Father workingman may say what lie likes in England. He also gets Doherty, and a young man heaving the name of Desmond. INTERNATIONAL WORKINGMEN’S ASSOCIATION. flattered and cajoled more than any other, but he works They betook themselves to the Newhall House. As soon as harder, has fewer comforts, fewer holidays, than any other, they registered their names the reverend gentleman asked to and lias a far greater chance of getting into the. most degrad see Miss Fannie Carey, one of the waitresses of the hotel. Al All persons desiring to become members of, or to form sections, ing position possible in this world, that of a pa u p e r . No oue though she was al the time engaged in waiting on the table, and trades unions or societies wishing to affiliate with the In can comprehend the necessity for such an organization as the his business seemed to be so urgent that she was summoned ternational Workingmen’s Association, can procure all the International who has not studied political and social economy from the dining room and met Rev. Mr. Doherty in the hall. from a different stand-point to that afforded by what are called After exchanging usual compliments of the season, the clergy - necessary information and documents by addressing the regu standard works. The producers never own, the consumers man, who it seems, had long been acquainted with Miss Carey, lar officers of the Federal Council of North America, as fol never lack any of the productions of labor. The globe itself told her, without further explanations, that a gentleman friend lows : has been made private property, subject to sale and barter. It of his, who accompanied him, was about to settle down in life, would take a volume to contain the list of wrongs resulting had made his fortune, and having determined to take a partner English Corresponding Secretary, John T. Elliot, 208 Fifth from tlio mis-rule of the people by those who have no right for better or worse, had consnlted him as to an eligible person; street, New York. even to participate in ruling, never having earned it. that he had immediately suggested that Fanny Cary was just German Corresponding Secretary, Edward Grosse, 214 Mad Such ideas as we have roughly put together caused some of the person for the place, and that Desmond, on the strength of ison street, New York. the thinking portion in the working classes to study a remedy his recommendation, had decided to offer himself to her and lor the unnatural evils so long endured by them. History has bring about, if possible, au immediate consummation of the French Corresponding Secretary, B. Laugrand, 335 Fourth proved that little if anything was ever gained by simply appeal matter. After stating these facts, the Rev. Father made a for avenue, New York. ing to the monopolists of wealth and ruling power. What had mal proposal to the young girl in behalf of Desmond. The Spanish Corresponding Secretary, Majin Janer, 112 Lcxing- to be done must bo done by the Industrialists themselves, and proposal was accepted, Desmond summoned, the couple, who for that purpose a union of workmen, irrespective of geograph had uever seen each other before, .introduced, and by 4 o'clock t tonavenno, Brooklyn. ical or national boundaries was necessary. To quote the words the ceremonies were performed by Bor, Mr. Doherty. Without Italian Corresponding Secretary, Antonio Brami, 621 East printed on the liaok of each eard of International membership waiting for congratulations the newly married couple set out Twelfth street, New York. in English, French and German : for Fox Lake, the residence of Desmond. Desmond is said to 4 WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. April 13, 18T2.
" ■' ...1______‘ i ...... ‘ L . T be a man of considerable means, owning property about Fox scattered relicts of the defeated Commune are safe under cover the bedchamber and the nursery, matrimonial bureaus, Lake to the amount of $40,000. of the British Hag, it by no means follows that Britain approves and newspaper personals, used for purposes shameful enough: We differ from Father Doherty in this matter, insomuch as of their odious ruffianism. In gratitude for the shelter we are the great relief a father feels when a daughter is well married forced to give them they, at least, should abstain from obtrud off his hands; the scientific match making: the deep laid plans we deprecate the interference of the priest or third person, ing their loathsome personalities upon the community'. of those skillful love-brokers—mothers and maiden aunts- which is not warranted in scripture, either under the Mosaic Before concluding, allow me, Mr. Editor, to call your atten these indicate that business, not affection, is at the bottom of or Christian dispensations. If the young people really loved tion to one significant point in the circular convening this com much of this romance, and make it all the more imperative on each other it is well that they should agree to unite their for memorative meeting. It emanates from the ‘ ‘ International legislators to see to it that woman, in going inside the castle Federal (French) Section of 1871.’’ In other words, the Inter of lawr, is not disarmed and bound. tunes ; if not, we do not think the sanction of a third party national Society identifies itself with the Communist insurrec In my next, I purpose briefly to examine, concerning would conduce to their future happiness. tion, admits that its aims are political. That international spheres and to investigate how, far politics will unsex her. (whose headquarters are in Loudon) will be a thorn in our side E. H. H. y et; Spain, France, and Austria are taking action against it, THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR MOVEMENT IN ST. the other powers are waking up to its danger. When shall it HUMAN WELL-BEING. LOUIS. come to our turn to be energetic ? Your obedient servant, London, March 16. M. P. ART. V— FREE LOVE. [From the Banner of light.] Great activity has of late sprung up in our city among the ELEMENTS OF ORDER: —WOMAN. This phrase is a compound of freedom nnd love, and liter laboring and liberal classes, who are drifting into concentrated ally signifies love qualified by freedom and thus distinguished organization, tending evidently toward political efforts without [From the International Herald.] from love that is not free. the lines and orders of old party leaders. What it may result “ And it itj a less breach of wedlock to part with wise and quiet consent The W'ord love is a verb and represents action. in we do not know, but feel sure it will not be an effort to betimes, than still to foil and profane that mystery of joy and union with Neither freedom or bondage can attach directly to an action put Christianity into the Constitution and laws of the State or a polluting sadness and perpetual distemper: for it is not the outward but may to an actor, and therefore love cannot be distinct nation. The movement so far recognizes equal rights and equal continuing of marriage that keeps whole the covenant, but whosoever does most according to peace and love, whether in marriage or in divorce: he it ively free or bond, but the actor may be either, or both, in justice for both sexes and all classes of society, opposes war is that breaks marriage least: it being so often written that love only is part. and standing armies, monopolies and class legislation. It de the fulfilling of every commandment.” —Milton’R Prose Works, vol. 11, In the ultimation of love on its object the actor may be free mands for laborers the same advantages that speculators have page 105. or not free, and therefore free love may signify freedom to ulti from legislation. It is sending some searching enquiries after The imposing deference which, while it affects to regard mate love or its object. the nature of land grants and land titles, and no doubt will woman as the pride and ornament of creation degrades her to Li popular use the phrase is largely restricted to sexual love ultimately require that the people shall all be protected in a a toy, a cipher, fears natural order will not keep its footing if and signifies freedom to ultimate sexual love on its object. natural right to the soil, at least in sufficient quantities to be she is allowed to go at large without keepers. But will the Love may be true or false; when it accords with adaptations buried in when dead and to stand upon when alive. skeptic behind that objection please explain to us the nature it is true; and when it does not accord, it is not true. The ruinous prices which our land speculators have fixed of the tie which now joins, or may join him to the woman The love of an object for the good of all concerned, is likely upon lands within and around large cities, with the necessarily called wife? If it is force, who gave him authority to wield to be true and good for all, and therefore, wholly right. high and increasing rents, are awakening the poor to the dreary it? If it is fraud, the officers of justice should lay hands on As yet in sexual love the good of self is generally sought rospect before them and their children, and they already see, him. If it is poverty, by what process did this once fascin with little regard for the good of others, and therefore, full free y the drift of our institutions, that unless there is soon some ating being, capable of infinite endeavor, become a menial in dom for its ultimation would be neither safe or right legislative stop put to this cruel system of monopolizing the his service, dependent at his board ? Is it not rather the mem Genuine free love is not possible where the good of all is not soil by corporations and rich families, the laborers will soon be ory of equality, of the hour when he, a glad suppliant, courted regarded by all. unable to pay rents and support families by labor, however in her, a free intelligence, able to accept or reject his proposals ? When all love is true to the good of all, then all love cau and dustrious, and that pauperism must increase and poverty be Surrendering virgin liberty she entered his legal cage; the will be free. come more and more general, until our country is in the condi blooming maiden, “ quickly scorned when not adorned,” is The doctrine of free love, in its popular sense, is a sophism tion of England or perhaps Ireland. now the worn and faded wife, in the backyard of his affec that signifies masculine freedom to ultimate sexual love unre That there has been something wrong in our system of legis tions ; and real respect for her has declined, just in proportion strained by any societary consideration, arrangement or regu lation, both in regard to land grants and titles, and to incor as she has lost the power of choice and control of her person. lation. This sophism had its origin in masculine selfishness: porating the speculators and capitalists, instead of the laborers, There may be men who, seeking a parlor ornament, or a sub is free of all femenine taint and consists largely in ignoring is a fact plain to every careful observer of our national and state servient mistress, prefer languid helplessness to original the natural responsibilities of parentage, with all the rights of legislation. We called attention to this many years ago, when strength in a wife, but the case of him who married the one he womanhood, childhood aud society; under the pretense of our voice could be heard in a State capital; but we only gained did because she was the only girl in town he was not sure of freedom, the rights of love, and the sovereignty of the individ the name of visionary, and for no one prophecy more than for before proposing, well indicates how much continent defer ual. predicting that, in due time, both the negro and the female ence of the husband on the one hand, and free existence of Many of its advocates prate loudly against the subjection of would vote; the negro first, and then the female. the wife on the other, depend on her power to decline or even w'oman in marriage, while they make haste to subject her to con We could only see evil in usury laws—laws for licensing the defy his advances. As one would rather be called a knave ditions of poverty and degradation so inevitably woeful and sale of liquor, laws for hanging persons by the neck till dead, than a fool, so men respect woman’s wickedness more than desperate that infanticide and suicide became as it were almost and many others; but, as so few viewed these laws as we did, her weakness; the thorn and the bramble more than depend virtuous and merciful. we withdrew voluntarily from politics, when no man in the ent vines wedded to masculine oaks. The Pope said, “ If we This sophism has been rendered plausible by a variety of State had fairer prospects for ambition than we had, and we allow the right of private judgment, Protestantism may win, propositions that are mostly comprised in this; that to be pure have kept out since, except when the country was in danger of but Christendom will split into sects.” Luther took the risk, and true, sexual love must be free from all other considerations being destroyed by internal war, when our voice and pen were and coextensive with the prevalence of this dissolvent progress and from all societary restraints. again active till the conflict was over. of thought, the right to differ, has the believer become a law To this reply is made that neither truth or purity are predic Should this new movement promise to secure to all men and unto' himself, more religious than the church. able on freedom, but freedom is predicable on truth, and per- women equal rights and equal justice, and to protect labor and The most impressive admonition which comes to us from t feet freedom is predicable only on truth pine and unalloyed the producers against class legislation by monopolies, we shall Jesus is, “ Why even of yourselves judge ye not what is with error. certainly give it our hearty support, as we are not under any right.” The elements of order are— First, justice; second, In society each individual member is a fact of its body per obligations to any political or religious part}' that can restrain liberty; third, union to repel invasion of these in any person, sonaie; and as such, it has a variety of adoptions by which it us. It is with this hope that we have already added our voice and which especially pledges the whole force of society to de is fitted to membership. to the speakers on several occasions, when the worKing-men fend woman’s right to decline male advances. There can be These adoptions rendei possible apposition both true and were assembled in our city. no union except between units, without keeping wedded ones false. always on their good behavior as during courtship. Constantly Truthful appositions give harmony in unity, but false oppo THE 18th OF MARCH IN LONDON. acknowledged twouess is indispeusible to coincident oneness, sition give discord in anarchy. in urging the political question, woman brings not mere In the unity of harmony there is freedom, but intheanarehy avoirdupois weight, but living mind, to be admitted to citi of discord there is bondage. From the London papers we learn that the two factions— zenship. Her enfranchisement will prove the advent of rea Truth alone can render harmonious and free. the Marx and Bradlaugh— of the I. W. A., prepared to cele son and conscience to politics, obedience to “ law whose Adaptations depend largely on conditions, and, therefore, brate the birth of the Paris Commune, but that one, only, throne is the bosom of God, and whose voice is the harmony they can be modified by modifying conditions, and thus truth, of the world." The prejudice against her fulfilling any fum - harmony and freedom can be promoted. actually transpired. It seems that the St. George’s Hall, en tion which makes her an independent, thoughtful, self-sustain The responsibilities of motherhood and childhood render it gaged by the German or the Marx wing, was closed just as the ing being is excited by narrow and despotic selfishness. We evident that freedom in the ultimation of sexual love is improv meeting was about gathering, by the proprietor, who feared a have created antagonism by establishing a puvileged male ident and wrong for woman without proper provisions for these mob. The other wing was more fortimate and consummated class, which brings us to the consideration of responsibilities; and no true humane man would ask it of her. F A M IL Y FEUDS. When adequate provision has been made for all thp responsi their design. But the tone of the reports that have reached us bilities of such freedom, then true love in freedom may prove Painful results of this effort to make two live.; serve one er are so evidently partial that we refrain from giving them as an the elimacterate (or crowning act) of human life. ring will, may be seen in family quarrels, which are nature’s Children’s rights are the basis of all human rights, and of account of the commemoration. But we quote the following protest against enforced coincidence. Instead of agreement, all true freedom in love for man or woman. communication which we find in the Standard. mutual deference and concord in the home, “ the heart’s S. T. Fowleb. A COMMUNIST COMMEMORATION. country,” we too often find hatred, conflict and chronic an archy. These are thought to be the fault of one or both of COMMUNISM—THE WAY IT WORKED. To the Editor o f the Standard: the parties concerned, as indeed they often are, though they M r . E d it o r : Is the British public aware that a meeting is to generally spring from deeper causes— from coerced allegi be held at half-past eight on Monday evening, the 18th instant, ance, ill-defined rights and duties. A Frenchman, though ARTICLE V. at Bradlaugh’s atheistical conventicle, in the City-road, to com married, was accustomed to spend his evenings with a certain maiden lady; when his wife died, being asked why he did not memorate the atrocities of the Commune ? Fact. The chair Here we are, eight hundred of «s, living mainly at Mr. will be taken by an ex-member of the Commune, other mem marry the other, he replied that “ if he.did, he should not bers and delegates of the Commune and the Central Committee have anywhere to spend his evenings.” It was remarked of Owens' expense, at the rate of $9,000 a month. will be present and speak, and the frankest glorification of another “ he loved her so that one would never have thought Economy was now the word, and the expenses of living were Communist doctrines may be expected. Have not Frenchmen, she was his wife.” An American woman brought into court, reduced to the lowest living rates. We had, as I said, a “ Con friends of order, some right to protest against the asylum we charged with pouring a pail of boiling water over a man, de stitution,” and this called for “ Equality;” and one member afford to fugitives who plunged their country in woe, and who fended herself on the ground that she supposed it was her now dare, in forgetfulness that they are here by the sufferance husband. An English wife paints her once loved lord, the who had not thought much upon such subjects, demanded an of honest men, to stand up in public places and justify them courtly Bulwer, with “ the head of a goat and the body of a opportunity of keeping the public-house his share of the time, selves? How should we have felt if a lot of Fenians engaged grasshopper. ” Such eccentric instances are not entirely un in order to get his share of the good things that were promised in the plot to blow up Clerkenwell prison were to have fled to truthful satire of the alienation which “ wedded bliss” pro for visitors, and'so persistent was he that a public meeting of Paris and to have held a commemoration of their outrage there motes when parties thereto are not free and equal factors. under the protection of the French Government ? The eases Approaching her before marriage with requests, afterward with the whole population (of legislative age) was called to give are almost parallel. These men who are to meet on Monday commands, the lover kneeling to an adored maid, will swear him a hearing, although it excited only laughter in some, and night are as guilty as any of their companions in New Cale himself incapable of one of the thousand hurts he may not hes sadness in others, to see so noble an enterprise produce such donia, on the pontoons or or in the felon graveyards by Ver itate to inflict on her as his wife. As we do not find two hills results; but we had got a “ Constitution” like all other Consti sailles. Their hands are red with blood, and so without a hollow' between them, so two intelligent beings, little shame of conscience have they left that however loving, cannot abide together in healthful peace un tutions, or rather, it had r/ot ns, for we were bound ta carry out they desire to placard the fact. Solidarity they less the separate, intact liberty of each is perpetually held in its requirements, however absurdly they might be interpreted; write up on their flags beside liberty, equality, and fraternity. violate. To commit one’s self beyond recall to a finite being, or else alter or abolish it. Very soon a meeting was called for Solidarity, that is association of action, of profit, and of respon for any purpose whatever, makes unitary concord impossible public business, and it was proposed to alter the Constitution sibility. What one gains all gain; what is the individual act and undesirable. A clear-headed business man says: “ The is to the corporate charge. In other words, this avowed soli chief cause of matrimonial inharmony is in the fatal error in several respects. Conflicting views consumed that evening darity is the admission that the murder of the Archbishop of that parties recognized in law as capable of making a eon tract, without result, and the meeting was adjourned to the next day, Paris, the burning of the Tuilieries, the desecration of the are not also thought capable of dissolving that contract.” and the next day was taken up in trying to make a ‘ ‘ Constitu churches, the malversation of public moneys, and the destruc Forced consent annihilates existing love, and makes its revival tion of public monuments were the acts not of isolated fanatics, impossible. Those who think liberty so dangerous an ele tion,” instead of making food and clothing. After several but of the deliberative Commune. The refugees in London ment in love w'ould do well to, at least, imagine how the sim days spent in this way, a great variety of subjects being agi positively take credit to r them. While so many of their fellow- plest affairs could proceed in the grab game their frenzied con tated, the “ Constitution was altered (if not amended) but the culprits are awaiting trial, and while the verv echoes of the servatism adheres to. The methods of chance, fraud and de meetings and conflicting opinions cousumed day after day firing parties at Satory are still fresh on the air, it would be ceit, which now determine the most sacred and eventful expe more modest and judicious on the part of these fugitives in riences of life, would be deemed evident* of insanity if pro and week after week, and led to dividing the society into England to hold their tongues. Let them not imagine because posed as the basis of business partnership. three societies or departments— the agricultural, the mechanical, they are permitted to be at large in safety under our free laws Science, which takes off its hat to aspiring insects, traverses and the educational. Here was a step toward individuality; infinite space, makes pilgrimages to the Arctic, the Amazon, that they will be tolerated to abuse the protection extended but it was thought best as a step out of, instead of into, “ con them. It cannot be afforded that principles like theirs should the Alps and Adirondaeks, studies breed in birds and herds, be preached in our midst, nor can a friendly government be will ere long find it worth while to wait on women and men, fusion and anarchy.” insulted by the enemies of it and of all governments. If the and explore those dark places of the world—the kitchen, Mr. Owen, believing that a uniformity of dress would have a April i3, 1*72. WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. 6
tendency to allay jealousies and envy, proposed that the Here buds the idea of hell, and with hell comes its offspring, viewed in the Spiritual light in which it was substantially women wear what was called the tunic (what is now called the a devil to superintend it. And then what V An atonement to written. Consider one simple law, by way of application; defeat the devil that God may be God. In the healing art by the laying on of hands, the sphere of bloomer dress) and that the men wear something similar; What form shall this atonement assume ? Exactly what an health is exchanged, or substituted, for the sphere of sickness. while aiming in this way to produce a feeling of equality among animal mind naturally conceives Is not the wild beast satis It is life for death. The healer takes on sometimes the disease, ourselves, he did not seem to think of the other fact that while fied when it drinks the blood of its prey ? Is not the warrior ere a cure is effected. “ Himself took our diseases and bore this might bring us nearer together in feeling, it would drive satisfied when he has slain his enemy ? So God’s anger, says our sicknesses. ” Spiritually, healthfully, this is “ the forgive the sensuous mind, is opposed by blood, the sacruficed blood ness of sins.” Jesus said to the sick, “ Thy sins be forgiven outsiders farther from us, when our object was not to build up of the cross. It would be well for the church to study this thee; be thou whole”— physically and spiritually restored or a sect, but by including all mankind in an effort for harmon moral ratio, and find the origin of their bloody atonement. harmonized. ious life, to abolish sectism and clanship. This was the first Calvinism grew out of this animal idea; the father of it was The apostles beautifully coupled this law of atonement, or spheral substitution, with the erosfc or martyrdom of Jesus. intimation I had that my new god might possibly prove to be iron-clad. Being organically cross and angular, John Calvin They remembered that it preluded his angelic reappearance human. said, “ We are all depraved by nature; even infants are repro bates.” But he and his disciples were good enough to be after crucifixion, whereby they were quickened in the inner We now began to hear of the failures of several community saved. The aristocratic always think they are better than the life. It was therefore the opening up of Spiritual forces. aperiments in this country, and that of Orbiston in Scotland, rest of mankind— “ We are the elect.” Reprobation and elec “ Father forgive them, for they know not what they do,” was the voice of the loving angel world coming closer to human managed by Abraham Coombe, who, after superhuman effort tion, a splendid conception. God from all eternity elected hearts through the simple mediumship of that heroic martyr and intense anxiety, died of exhaustion and a broken heart. sonic, and turned the rest over to be damned. Wh t for? To vindicate divine justice. So Christ died for the cl ct only. to his truth. There is no wonder, then, at the apostles’ signifi Discontents among ourselves now began to appear in the se All forces have their antipodes. The more human could cance attached to the cross. It was the simtxfl of self-denial; cession of ten or twelve families from us, and going by them not see the justice of God in electing some to be saved, it concentrated the mind to the one great divine reality, and thus brought them into higher conditions of inner life. selves out upon the unsettled lands, believing that they, at and leaving the rest to be damned. Feeling the spirit of independence, these said, “ Man is a free agent, It is the privilege of the thinker of our age thus to occupy a least, who thought and felt so nearly alike, could succeed, but have we not a power to choose or refuse ? We may be saved position outside the bible students of nature, where God is and where we can honestly listen to what our ancient brothers said, in a few weeks they returned to the main town defeated, but or damned, just as we choose.” This is the voice of individual could not seem to explain why they tailed. Then another sovereignty. What did the Free Wilier say? “ Christ died weighing their words in the scale of human experience. The Bible need not interpret us, we should interpret it We should for all ‘ whosoever will let him take of the water of life little company went out, and another and another—in all, bring the measure) of our seerehip to comprehend its seer- freely.’ ” from first to last, ten attempts of this kind were made, each ship. Go may we say of all other books recognizing Truth, There are strange nuptials in our world. With some fight wherever spoken as the “ word of God.” We should notice the very confident that if they only meant well they would surely ing is a species of courting. At any rate Calvinism and Free weaknesses as well as virtues of Jesus, the prophets and apos succeed, but they all returned to the town disappointed. Now Willism betrothed—got married; and the first born son was tles, rejecting what is impractical, accepting what is good, but Universahsm. It was a ruddy child. came the news of the failure of the “ Valley Forge” commun we should be willing to hear what they have to say to-day through The amalgamation of these two Protestant ideas, produced a lirtng humanity. ity, and the Havarstraw, and others, hut no explanation of the this new compound. Calvin said, “ All for whom Christ died The heathen, too, may teach us. If we are pure enough to philosophy of these failures was heard. — the elect—will he saved.” Free Will said, “ Christ died for enter so august an assembly, we should listen as pupils before Our expenditures were becoming alarming, when compared all.” j'Tlien all will be saved,” replied the Umversalist. the Solons, the Aristotles, the Plates, the Galens and other en Universalism is not a positive, but a resultant force—a com with the income. The charge of a desire to shun work was lightened sages of the past and present, that we may construct pound. But it was new to its age, and therefore must be bat from all thought a world’s eclecticism of science, art and religi quite loud, and of course every remark of this kind was a very tled against. on. We claim the right of appropriating the good of every firebrand wherever it happened to fall. Mr. Owen proposed as The new idea involved a resolution. If all must be saved, church, of every government, of ever)’ oracle in every age. hell must get out of the way. If hell goes, the devil goes; if a stimulus to industry, that each superintendent of a depart Whatever God reveals, man inherits. This good is quickened the devil goes, depravity goes; if depravity goes, where is ment should report his estimate of the workers under his di- into lofty purpose, endearing to all our walks by virtue of vicarious atonement ? ever present inspiration from ministering angels. rection, at the end of each week, at a public meeting. The The pioneer Universalists battled away till at length the And by such tight we have learned some of the relations and working of this measure hardly needs illustiation, perhaps, walls of hell were battered down, when in they rushed and took responsibilities of the spirit world that is found in conditions possession. It was the greatest victor)- the world ever heard of. but I will give one. We had a young man there who had come real as the strata of our earth ; that the inhabitants of our That old fort had stood for thousands of years, hut the Univer all the way from Washington, (I believe), and who had been world gravitated thither just where they belong, organizing and salists conquered it and the devil! Opening wide the gates, selecting their own associates on a plane with their affections ; an apprentice to a jeweler. He was of a very delicate make entering the satanic territory they set to work at once, quench that there are schools, asylums for earth’s unfortunates, and charmed even professional ears with his performances on ing the fires, cleansing the brimstone pits, repairing the place temples of music and fine art, bands of industries, heatings for generally, till it has become quite a respectable resilience. the flute. He was in the agricultural department, and was the mentally and morally sick, love for the famished in heart, To this victor)- the orthodox yielded. They are conquered. ordered to go into the harvest field, and as might have been for- mercy for the once lost, joy for all that have sorrows, peace for They know it. Total depravity is exploded; hell is lost; the the warring, forgiveness for the erring, united souls tor the seen was reported as lowest, or almost or quite worthless. He devil losing prestige, and the last link holds vicarious atone misunited of this life, redemption for all, blessed forever more. was very sensitive and modest, and to see himself stamped all ment, but that is doomed. So the darkness is fuel for the “ Break forth into singing ! Shout aloud for joy, 0 , pilgrims ! st once with such a reputation among us, seemed almost like a light. Let all things be glad, for, behold, all things have become What of the situation now ? Subsidary forces have also con death blow to him. I felt deeply for him, for I loved him, new!” tributed to inaugurate the “ new religion.” Quakerism “ Brothers, step forth in the future's van, but no words of sympathy and respect could restore his smile. instituted the worship of the Spirit; Sbakerism the life . For the worst is past; We never heard his charming music again. We soon followed ; of social chastity; Congregationalism the right of Demo Right conquers at iast. And the better day dawns upon suffering man.” the first victim of our communistic criticism to his last rest cratic government; Episcopalism the step between Catholic and Protestant stories; Methodism the land of ing place. * J. W arren . missionary zeal; and, among these and others, a little giant AMONG THE SPIRITS. Psinseton, Mass. stepped forth—the Radical Unitarian, scholarly and rational istic. ‘ ‘Reduce things to reason, ” he said, ‘ ‘ and let us dispense AN INTERVIEW WITH A CLAIRVOYANT.— REMARKABLE LO H E R E ! with miracles;” and miracles weqt by the board—the auda cious Unitarian ! What next the battle and victory ? “ Christ TRANSACTIONS. is a man ! the Bible is a fallible book! the heathen have a “ Love God." the canting zealot cries, religion, too; let us get their truth and be free / ” • (From the Jtaw Haven Palladium.) “ While in His vineyard here ye labor. ” What next ? Universalism became a subject of criticism. At the invitation of Conductor Hermance, a representative of “ Tut! man,” each liberal soul replies, The right she gave us to reason, we have improved till her the Palladium called at his residence, last evening, to hold an “ He loveth God who loves his neighbor.” own theology is is in the prisoner’s box. Strange that the Socheste*, N. Y. interview with Dr. Slade, a distinguished clairvoyant of New chariot of liberty we construct for others should carry us cap York. The conductor’s interest and friendship for the doctor tive to a liberty we dread. We are all iu a religious whirlwind rew out of a remarkable cure the doctor had worked upon CORRESPONDENCE. now. There is an awful questioning. Creeds are questioned; im. Mr. Hermance, some years ago, met with a serious acci the Bible questioned; Christ questioned; God questioned! dent on the railroad, after which he lay for thirty hours insen [Our correspondence column admits every shade of opinion ; all that we Perilous times these for the church. sible. Doctors of both the regular schools declared that a por require i6 that the language shall be that current, in calm, unfettored so But note the drift of religious thought. In abandoning tion of his skull had been broken off' and forced into his brain, cial or philosophical discussion. It is often suggested that certain sub their monstrous dogmas of Total Depravity, a personal Devil, and said that his only hope of recovery was to have the frag jects should be excluded from public journals. We think that nothing and a literal Hell, and the preaching of more liberal sentiments, ment removed, if possible, by a skillful surgical operation. should be excluded that is of public interest. Not the facts but the stylo the Orthodoxy are coming to Universalist ground. They meet While Mr. Hermance was .suff ering and hesitating about ven to determine the propriety of tho discussion. here—both wings attached to the same theological body— an turing upon such a dangerous experiment he met with Dr. We are in no wise to be held answerable for the opinions expressed by infallible Bible, an infallible Christ, and an atonement recon Slade, who, despite the positive assertions of the others that correspondents. structed to suit the times. Universalism is orthodoxy grown recovery was impossible, effected a total and permanent cure. N. B.—It is particularly requested that no communication shall exceed to seed; orthodoxy to-day is universalism in embryo. Going into the doctor’s presence, an absolute disbeliever in one column. The more concise the more acceptable. Communications Is this amalgamation again? It is in the sense of running the fact that the so-called phenomona exhibited by clair containing really valuable matter are often excluded on account of length.] the whole of theology into the ground ! Both. sects reject the voyants and spiritualists were the results of supernatural dogma of total depravity, and this rejection undermines the agencies, it followed that the doctor had additional objects to atonement of Jesus ; for if we have by birthright a capacity for contend with. We were soon introduced to a room well lighted THE BATTLE OF A THOUSAND YEARS. salvation ; if by culture we can be saved, what is the need of and decidedly well heated. After investigating the table about the “ blood of the cross ?” “ But the atonement is not literal which we were to sit— top and underneath— we picked up a blood; not substitutive,” say these brethren now ; “ it is the BY J . O. BARRETT. chair which the spirits had been tumbling around during a pre example of Jesus, His precepts, His life, that saves.” Exactly, ceding interview. We turned it up and over and around, to be and your atonement is a dead letter. It tails with your other sure there were no secret wires connected with it. We then Migion is the world’s property. It is Nature's dowry. All dogmas. The atonement left out with the rest, what is the took a seat and after an apology for the curiosity manifested, have rights here, as to air. It cannot long be canned up ; it basis of the church ? Nothing but its own beggarly pride ; invited the doctor to proceed. The first manifestation was a ferments and bursts. Let us credit where it is due. nothing but a dead body of practical atheism dressed iu silks. series of thumps on the floor. This was followed by a bang Humanity cannot afford the loss of a single idea of truth. ’Tis well; let it be buried out of sight. against the reporter Vchair which came near reversing the rela The poor Indian falls a prey to the depredator ; but he is Death is God’s hour of emancipation. “ He taketh away the tive order of the reporter and the chair, and placing the latter spiritually rich, for he owns the Great Spirit. Says the old that He may establish the new." When the church has on top. Persian prophet, “ God is lighter ; tho soul is a flame from ceased to be inspirational ; has despised the angels’ oracles ; The doctor then took a slate and placing a small piece among the flames of the fire of His residence of sovereignty.” has sunk into a blank, protestant rationalism ; cold, fashion of pencil upon it, placed the slate flat against the the under Says Plato, “ Of good there is one eternal, definite and uni able; laid out to-day like a mummy—and it is nearly that side of the table, and while he prssed one end against the table versal cause—infinite soul.” Says Mahomet. “ Allah is one; now—be sure God means it shall die and give place to a more the doctor pressed the other, and in that position the spirit was every good act is charity.” Says the Hindoo, “ Vishnon resides vital religion. As well mourn over ancient Babylon as mourn asked to write and did write the name of a friend fiye hundred in the heart of all creatures." Says Jesus, “ God is a spirit; over this fatality. God’s law is, that tho fresh and new shall miles away, whose name no one in the city had ever heard. and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in supplant the old and dying. Several names equally unknown were written during the even truth.” Says John the beloved, “ God is love, and he that All these collisions, compromises, revolutions and recon ing, as the doctor said, by the spirits of the persons whose dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him.” Says Ann struction's, evolving the fires of intellect, breeding a rational names were written. A crumb of pencil was placed on the top Lee, “ God is Father and Mother, too.” Says Parker, “ Every istic skepticism, lessening the reverence for Bibles ond ordi of the table, and the slate placed over it, and in this position a violet blooms of God ; every city is fragrant of the presence of nances, diminishing the sacredness of the ministerial office, in name was written. Deity.” Says the Spiritualists, "G o d is the inner soul of the augurating an era of science, have fitted the enlightened Tho doctor then took an accordeon and held it in one hand uuiverse.” world for a more interior and spiritualistic analysis of man’s between the reporter and himself, and it at once began to ex Definitions all true, we have hero the broad gauge'of charity, religious nature and destiny. pand. This was done, he said, by the current prevailing be that “ believing all things.” Buddhism, Mahomedanism, He Spiritualism is the outburst of these conditions. It is the tween the two bodies. He then held it under the table, hav brewism, Christianism ; these are heart, lungs, brain and mind. flower of centuries. All religions will center. Catholicity has ing iu his hand the side upon which there were no keys, and Buddhism is the mother of them all. Strange how the “ tree given it a maternity; Congregationalism a democracy; Meth the rich notes of “ Home, sweet home” rolled out full and clear. of life” branches out. The Hierophantic religion of Egypt; odism a warmth of soul; Universalism a breadth of scope; The doctor does not go into a trance during such performan the fire-worshiping of Persia; the Druidic of Europe; the Unitarianism a rationalistic bias; Infidelity a habit of close ces as these. Hi1 resorts to this only when investigating physic orgie of Indian mythology; the Hebraic of Palestine; the analysis. These have been the nurseries for this flower which al weakness, and affections of his patients, and that he can do Catholic of the Christian ; the Protestant of the Catholic, are the sunlight from the angel republics lias developed tii'bless this he has some undeniable testimony, whether he does it by sup but outgrowths of a common root, planted far past in the the world with beauty and love, immortality and peace. ernatural or ordinal)- means is for others to say. He says that tropical soul of the Hindoo seer. Standing now where there is no fear of ioss or gain, before by simple contact with the person, he is affected in the same Trace a single stem—the Protestant of more modern date. the cruc fying reason, under inspiration, Spiritualists are en portion of the body and iu the same manner as they are, and See man in his child-state. He hears the thunder overhead abled to “ prove all tilings and hold iast that which is good.” that persons in this city will testify to the fact. He says he was where the dark cloud is; is it not a mystic voice— God speak With the Bible in hand they are willing to credit then only bom without the peculiarity of coiistilution which gives him ing? He sees the lightning shivering down, stabbing his rude what is due. Having no credal commitment, no finalities to the power to cause these singular manifestations. He is differ hut; is not God angry ? Heaven’s artillery, earthquakes, tor discovery of truth, they find in scripture testimony parallels of ently affected by the presence of different persons, just as one nadoes, floods, conflagrations, are forebodings of divine dis personal experience, and therefore respect it for what it is ]iersou i. affi’eted ii, n different degree from another by heat or pleasure to the ignorant and superstitious. really worth. As regards the atonement, for instance, they cold. The telegraph, he says is useless to him—he can tel', If God is implacable, we must do something to oppose him. discover a natural beauty in what the Bible says about it when what is going on at homo without, the use of the ordinary means 6 WOODIIULL & CLAFLIN'S WEEJKLY April 13, ! 872. of communication. He cannot, he says, read men’s minds. He MANIFESTATIONS AT MORAVIA. is this?” He replied, “ Good, let us try it.” This remark is familiar with indications now that at lirst wero no more to harmonized with my conviction and previous experience, re. him than others. The appearance to him of a brown light he It may not be uninteresting amid all this excitement of see garding Dr. Slade’s willingness to allow the fullest investigation has learned by experience indicates ihe the death of a friend; ing and hearing the spirit form discussed pro and con, to learn and other deaths are indicated by other colors. The conclusion of the conditions anil surroundings under which spirit forms of the matter is that the doctor is not altogether a humbug as what our good sister Mrs. Keeler, has written to me of the appear through his mediumship. a portion of the New York press has seeu fit to state, and which change which seems to be coming at Moravia, and being in We at oliee repaired to my parlor without further warning or others deny, and wo think any one who will join hands with accordance with past promises, it makesit allthcmore pleasant preparation. him on the table will experience a sensation that they have to hear. I quote from her own letter just received, and know not met before, and will join in our opinion. A cord was suspended to nails in each side of the room, about ing her truthful nature, can endorse her say so, as also my own the centre of which was fastened one end of my cambric cloth, knowledge respecting the truthfulness of these much-talked of the other end falling about six inches below the end of a table PHOTOGRAPHING THE INVISIBLE.* • manifestations, having been there pour times. The first time in the centre of the room, around which two of my family and iu July last, again in September, and again in December and eno of Mr. 'Whiting’s, with Dr. Slade, wero soon seated all During tire summer of 1871 I communicated to the Banner February. joining bands. o f Light au article on the subject of photographing disem Writing to me at date of the 1st of March, Mrs. K. says: The. light was subdued to a degree, not but what objects were bodied spirits, or, to speak more correctly, of photographing For the last three days the spirits have thrown the cabinet plainly visible in the room. We had not been seated more the spiritual body. “ Disembodied” seems to imply that the doors open and showed their entire form with their white robes than one minute before a ball of light appeared at the aperture, spirit is without a body, which I do not believe was the fact. I on, hut we have not seen them plain enough to recognize them. increasing to the size of a human head, and out of that devel treated the subject from a scientific standpoint, adducing the Yesterday there were three at one time, a man and two chil oped the well-defined features of a bright, intelligent face, phenomena of the analysis of solar light ns illustrated by the dren, and then a woman and the same two children, but we which was clearly recognized by those present (excepting Dr. prismatic spectrum, and shoving thereby that the photogenic shall not say much about it until they cancome out in full, and Slade, who never [saw the spirit in earth life) to be Park 'Whit euergy is not a visible but an invisible element, termed by wo itope the time may be short ere they are enabled io so ing, the son of Mr. E. 'Whiting of New Haven, whose wife was chemists actinism or energia, and that two other elements, viz: appear. one of the four persons witnessing the coming of her spirit caloric or solar heat, and the luminous or colored rays, united Of course, I am willing to endorse all that 1 have seen, to son, who left them about two years ago, beloved by all who with actinism, compose white light; that the visible element in gether with the knowledge obtained from other reliable sources, knew him. solar light, is not the chemical, or actinic, or the element that but no one should go to Moravia expecting to see it all iu one Another sitting the same evening was had, at which were two produces the photographic image; and I argued therefrom the day—for I have sat for three days in succession without getting others of my family and Mr. Whiting, with same result as possibility, as a scientific question, of photographing substan scarcely a light, and had my mind been made up from such before, except that a spirit form also appeared between the ces invisible to the human eye, hence the possibility and even frivolous examination, I too, might have made up my mind to cambric cloth and the table. Strange to say, ffuring these sit reasonable feasibility of the proposition of photographing the delusive error of humbug. tings, tire gas-light would be perceptibly raised and lowered departed spirits. I referred also to the observations and ex Should any friends desire to go to Moravia, let them be as without visible hands, as the manifestations seemed to require. periments of Mr. Do Long, a photographer of East Minneapolis, sured of one thing, all fairness is used, for they can examine The seance closed by Dr. Slade being entranced by his Indira Minn., and his conviction of the fact of photographing that the Cabinet, the room used for this purpose, and visit with the Spirit Guide, Owosso, who promised that the next evening, the which is invisible to the eye, although himself a disbeliever in medium during the. intervals. spirit would be able to present itself more plainly. Spiritualism or spirit photographing. One of Mr. De Long's I doubt not, since so much has been done that had been The next evening this promise was more than fulfilled’ as the effects was forwarded to illustrate the subject. But whether promised, that our spirit friends will soon come forth clad in same spirit appeared tw elve tim es 1 my communication ever appeared in the Banner I do not know. the habilliments of earth in the broad day-light. Then toll me At one time, as he appeared so life-like to the vision of those I am not aware it did. where, oh ! where are to be found the skeptics ? who plainly saw him, his mother naked, ns wo saw his hand I regard this question of the possibility of photographing the Greater manifestations than these must como sooner or later, resting on the cloth in the aperture, “ Park, do you wish to invisible as of so much importance to the cause of truth, and for the minds are at work that will produce the conditions shako hands with your mother? ” He immediately thrust his of spiritual philosophy that I hail with pleasure every well au whereby music and poetry will adorn the stage at the same time arm through the opening, with an expression of joy and delight, thenticated fact, discovery or phenomenon that throws light up that the controlling mind is showing himself. Would it be in the direction of his mother, and with a great effort to speak, on the subject. If positive proof can be produced that any strange if again a Byron should come forth clad in the gar which he did not succeed in doing, his power became ex thing, invisible to the eye— no matter what it may be— can ment of his soul-life, and give to the bewildered nation that hausted and he vanished from our sight. bo photographed, then the question of spiritual photography has so anathematized him the fruits of his sojourn in the better The persons who witnessed this were Mr. and Mrs. Whiting, can no longer he denied on the ground of invisibility, the only and truer land, that land of promise for which we arc now aid father and mother of Park Whiting, and two young lady ac scientific objection ever urged against its claims. ing ourselves to enjoy in the future by the advocacy of truth quaintances. In the May number, 1871, of the Photographic World (a at the present time? These manifestations were given in my house all unexpected monthly published in Philadelphia) page 137, appeared the The half has not been told, and whilst we fold our arms in to Dr. Slade, it being- the first time the grand test of material following in a communication by G. Wharton Sinfpson, M. A. complacent mood, they, the beautiful ones of past days, are ization has been given with him outside of his own house. F. S. A., which, however, I had not the pleasure of seeing un preparing the banquet of rich and luscious fruit, bidding all The house was mine, the furniture mine, the chord and til a few days since, but as it bears directly on the point under wake to the call, and enjoy the feast of rich things which cambric curtain procured by me, and all the surroundings of consideration, it is well worth reproducing. have been prepared through natural law. such a character, that Dr. Slade, aside from his wonderful “ Photographing the Invisible, Some very curious examples of In haste have I written these few lines that your souls may medium powers, could no more have produced, or assisted in it have called attention, of late, to the rare powers possessed be gladdened with the tidings from Moravia. producing, those manifestations, without my knowing it, than by photographers of seeing and rendering that which is invisi Yours iu sympathy with the grand truths of Spiritualism, he could overturn my house by whistling at it. I have made ble to the human eye. In photographing old manuscripts, C. A. C oleman. this statement because I believe that justice to Dr. Slade and yellow and partially obliterated in the copy, photography has N ew Y ork. the interest which every human being has iu having fbejids frequently rendered visible, characters invisible to the eye. of these phenomena fa ir ly tested, requires it atmy hands. In an article you recently quoted from “ Licht,” I noticed DR; SLADE AT NEW HAVEN, CONN. F. A. Hebmaxce. some curious cases of this kind: amongst others, the almost in We unhesitatingly affirm the fact of the appearance of the credible instance of a photograph rendering perfectly the lat SPIRIT MANIFESTATIONS. spirit of our son, Park Whiting, as stated by Mr. Hermance ent and invisible spots of small-pox on the face. The recent E. W hiting. eclipse photographs show an excellent example of this land, as The following candid statement of manifestations occurring Mrs. E. Whiting, did some of those taken by Mr. Warren de la Rue, in 1860. at New Haven Conn., we publish with pleasure, as they furnish One of those taken in the recent eclipse expedition was one of additional proof of the utter falsity of the recent slanderous re ANN LEE. the corona, which is seen streaming forth all around the sun port which charged that such manifestations by Dr. Slade, were fluring totality. On subsequent examinations of this photo the result of trickery and fraud, and hence, all humbug : a. j. davis’ great hakmonia, vol. 5, r. 189 to 198. graph, the image of the planet Venus has been discovered Having witnessed the manifestation of spirits appearing in among its rays; and in this we have an example of the power form at'Dr. Slade’s residence, 210 West 43d street, N. Y. city, of photography in representing objects which the eye has not and although thoroughly convinced of their genuineness then Ann Lee. eighty-five years ago, (now ninety-eight) or 1774 seen, and could not see. as now, yet to give my family and others where I reside the years after Jesus, began her practical era. Her advent and labor move before me with importance and magnitude. I be Another example has been recently described hv Mr. C'. F. benefit of testing them, I with others requested Dr. Slade to hold in her position and aspiration, something great and revo Varley. He was making experiments by passing a current of visit New Haven in his professional capacity as a successful lutionary In the exemplification of typical spirituality, and electricity through a vacuum tube, the results of which were in medical practitioner. as a sign of advancing tides iu the ocean of divine ideas, she is dicated by strong or faint touches of light about the poles. In As Die Slade was to be my guest, I thought it a favorable op- gloriously useful and indispensible. As her birth is chronicled in the midst of a modern civilization which exceeded that of •portunity to see if the materializa tion of spirit forms in my own one instance, although the experiment was carried on in a dark origin, Luther and Calvin, so is her religious development room, the light was so feeble that it could not he seen, and the house, where no arrangement for the use of “ wires,” “ paste more than theirs, startling and important to mankind. The operators doubted if the currents were passing. Bat, at the board pictures” etc., could he possibly made, without my reasons are: same time, photography was at work, and in thirty minutes a knowledge. Not communicating my plans to any person, I I. Because she was a woman. II. Because she was an in spired woman. III. Because she enlarged the scope of religi very good picture was produced of what had taken place. This purchased a piece of black cambric, about three feefr square, in ous experience. IV. Because she unfolded principle, an idea, is a remarkable fact. Indeed, it borders on the wonderful, the center of which I cut an aperture over a foot square, care which no man, not even Jesus, had announced, or perhaps sur that a phenomenon, invisible to the human eye, should have been, fully keeping it from the view of any one, until the evening of mised. so to speak, seen by the photographic lens and a record there Dr. Slade’s visit to my house. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Jesus, Paul and other inspired per sons were illuminated on many integral principles, but never of taken by chemical agency.” The evening was mostly spout giving tests to skeptics, sufficiently to perceive the plenitude, of woman's nature and And thus does science, the beautiful and ever-faithlul hand by spirits writing on a slate with a piece of the equality of her destiny. They had a God of almighty force, maid of truth, baptize, ever and anon, noth her holy light, the pencil no larger than the head o f a pin, the slate of infinite intelligence, of inconstant temper, of love for the prophetic foregleams of the soul’s intuitions and seeming mira being held in most instances by the skeptics, while Dr. Slade’s lovely, of hate for the hateful, with a heaven for his friends, with a hell for bis enemies, but in the out readings cles. There can be no doubt but that there is, among the hands were in plain sight on the top of the table, the writing of these minds towards a comprehension and thousands of earefnl and intelligent photographic experiment giving the names of relatives and friends of those holding the presentation of their God, you will delect a one-sided depend ers, a vast deal of corroborative proof, could it only be called slate, though long since deceased. In many eases the slate ence confessed, a short-sighted obligation and responsibility, out, that it is indeed possible to photograph substances, ele was not held by any one but simply laid over the small bit of and a semi-civilized acknowledgment of the divine personality and character. It was all monish; God was a “ho” God, and ments and things which are invisible to the eye of man; that pencil, on the top of the table, which all present could see was woman was supplemental, Paul, therefore, permitted the the photographic lens sees and images on the prepared tablet; its position, as well as hear the mysterious writing being done, woman to speak in meeting with certain insulting restrictions and chemical re-agents magically engrave, develop and show for all was accomplished in full light, showing plainly the and by-laws affixed. The Jews kept women in the background if not in the tented kitchen; and nowhere does their God dis forth things which it is impossible for the visual sense of man postion of Dr. Slades’ hands, feet and whole person at the approve the custom. Luther entertained and expressed al to perceive, or to otherwise know or suspect to be present. time. So evident was it that Dr. Slade had nothing most savage sentiments respecting the woman nature and func Ergo, why not photograph the spiritual body ? to do with producing the writing that not even a suspicion of tion. His royal and indignant antagonist, the polygamist, E mory F. B oyd. unfairness on his part was once hinted at by the intelligent, Henry VIH., did not disagree with the doctor of Wittenberg concerning woman; neither did the fiery hail of Calvin’s logical March 21, 1872. 273 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y. though skeptical persons, there witnessing and investigating cannon destroy the ranks of prevailing prejudices against this wonderful phenomenon. woman. In fact, woman was not seen by religious chieftains No one need expect to bo original simply by being absurd. All agreed that it was far better to thus test the truths of these to possess more than secondary' value in the universe of “men” There is a cycle in nonsense which ever and anon brings back manifestations, than to read of them in' the New .York Sun. until the event of the good, the just, the inspired George Fox: the delusions and errors of an earlier time. The follies of the after him we derive a higher typical revelation of the woman Most of the evening having passed as above mentioned, I present day are transcripts, unwittingly produced, and with, of nature from the miraculous-minded Swedenborg of the North: course, a few variations, of follies which existed a century then brought out my “ black cambric,” holding it up before then John Wesley, by the light of his inspired talents, recog ago.—Hugh Miller. me and looking through the aperture I said, “ Dr. Slade, how nized woman as a divinely valuable agent in the home mission April 13, 1872. WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. 7
work, also a voice “ persuasive in prayer,” as tlie song of the Mrs. Woodhull declares to bo the highest condition of the race. From the RneBian River Flaor. Mrs. M. sighs for the “ free lovo era,” the “ Saturnian age” morning stars; but we wait and watch, and supplicate during THE OUTCAST. nil these 1,700 years of religious concussion and progression when the earth shall bring forth its fruits and grains without for such a revelation of God’s character as came unexpectedly plowing or sowing, and all things be held in common. We through Ann Lee. may conclude from what nature teaches, that time to be safely BY MBS. C. M. STOWE. Of this excellent personage, and concerning the quality and distant. effect of her teachings, the German, English, Scotch and Am Do you remember in that time, the golden age, what is told “ Go, stoue her to death,” Baida maiden proud, erican churches have published libellous accoimts. Priests are of Saturn’s return to power ? That he An an Outcast fled from a gaping crow d; transparently unjust. No error, no untruth is so immoral as “ The laws ordained, and civil customs taught.” And she turned her steps to the church, and there. that of the pulpits. It fears a new revelation. But shall man Yours for true freedom, Bowed low, as the minister knelt in prayer. kind hang reverently upon the neck of inspiration ? Will men S a r a h E. H o w e . And he prayed that the Lord of floats would come shut their eyes to stellar light and open them in the darkness of F r e d o n i a , N. Y., March 25, 1872. earth-born theology ? From a limited finite stereotype concep To the widow’s hearth and the orphan's hom e; tion of God, the better part of mankind will soon depart. The And for all the powers that he, he prayed, council of Nice, in 325, was no more than a congress of prejudiced SELLING INDULGENCES TO SIN. And a stress on the sins of m^n he laid. and wrangling religionists; yet do Catholics, Protestants, Dog But where shall the outcast hide her shame ? matist and Progressionist, fear to openly repudiate that council. Our Pi-otestant chui-ches are constantly accusing the Catholic Must she turn to the sink of vice again Ecclesiastical tribunals are where justice is impossible. Prayers with the sale of indulgences permitting persons to commit sin. “ Go, stone her to death,” was the matron's cry, dissipate the soul’s reliance upon integral principles. The As slio passed the suffering outcast by; very pious are the fashionably immoral; that is, true “ faith” We have never been able to discover much difference between under Jesus is more effectual than good “ works” under Moses, the two branches of the Christian church in this respect. The And she hastened home, where her daughter fair. so that when one’s ‘ ‘ faith is right according to the orthodox Catholic may, in some cases, give pel-missions that the Protest Moved round the room with a queenly air. And told hoV with sliame she blushed as she passed standard of judgment, “ works” may promote selfish aud wick ants do not, and both holdout the promise of forgiveness at the ed ends with impunity to .the worker. On this ground, or with The squallid form o f the frail outcast. end of life, and thus virtually grant indulgences to sin and this infallible security, priests could and can fabricate false “ Go, stone her to death,” said the mau of God; hoods against Ann Lee, and arrest the investigation of her ex make the terms of payments very easy to those who have to “ She's not fit to cumber the earth’s green sod.” periences “ all for the glory of God and the salvation of souls.” accept them, and live wicked lives, and come to the church at Aud he groaned for the sins o f Adam’s race, But the end of all this is at hand. Among the just of the earth last with the property stolen and collected by robberies, or in there is springing up a river of consuming fire, red hot with And forgot his own in his praj’er for grace. any dishonest and wicked way. whole centuries of smothered indignation, aud “ the whited “ Go, stone her to death,” is the popular cry. sepulchres of dishonest minds will be deluged and utterly- But what we are after in this article is to expose the rotten As the rich and the haughty pass her by; destroyed. For 1,650 years the “ Apostles creed ” has been re ness of both of the branches in selling indulgences to parties She’s drank of the gall and vinegar now. Let the crown of thorns be placed on her brow. ceived as changeless gospel: but even that is being deserted by to commit what they have branded as the grossest and basest hundreds of spiritual and philosophical minds whose ancestral dignitaries worshipped it as everlasting truth. of sins, and which they have secured in legal enactments as Mint’s tlieh'irtue worth, that turns in scorn “ The world moves.” Her crime was “ she was a woman crimes with heavy penalties. Both Chnrch and State have From the heart that’s with sin and sorrow torn ? with a claim upon mankind by Heaven's inspiration.” She justly and righteously pronounced rape one of the greatest sins What’s the priestly robe, if its folds enclose A heart that scoffs at the outcast’s woes ? could not be forgiven. Her sin was unpardonable. Gracious and blackest crimes, and yet there is not a day in the year that heaven! A woman inspired ? What a blemish on the mascu Does the maiden proud, with the heart so (Told, line fraternity. Forbid it, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ! Moses, clergymen of both churches do not sell for a marriage fee the Remember the Magdalene of old ? Jesus, Paul, Councils of Popes and Bishops, cast the seven right to men to commit this crime, and there is not a day in tin- Has she weighed what the lowly Jesus said, devils out of this new Magdalene ! God of masculine quanti year that thousands of cases of this crime do not occur under As the doomed of old was before him led ? ties infinite; the eternally isolated “ h e” of the prophets and clerical sanction, when not only no notice is taken of this apostles, down with this ambitios Nenus in religion; scare her And the haughty dame, who blushed as she passed fanatical followers and confound the people who listen at her crime, but the poor victims have no remedy nor sympathy, The outcast frail, could she have cast meeting., But she would not down at their bidding. The because the priest has asserted that God put these parties to The stone at her suffering sister there, “ He” God of the churches lived as completely aud essentially gether and made the woman the subject or servant, “ help-mate” And at night bowed her head in sinless prayer? in this “ she ” incarnation as in the expanded universe. And Could the canting priest, with his holy tone of the man. If this is not selling indulgences, we do not know here comes one great good out of this Nazareth. Ann Lee Cast with sinless heart or hands the stone? demonstrated the idea, the impersonal principle, that inspira what would ^be. This either is a crime, or it is not. If it is, Oh, when will the spirit of Christ, as of j-ore, , tion and revelation are not confined to China, India, Persia, no marriage ceremony can remove or abate its wickedness Raise the fallen up—bid them sin no more ? Judea, Greece, Germany, France, England, Australia or Amer nor its criminality; hence a married woman should he protec ica. That qualitatively and quantitatively the celestial streams ted as much against her husband as against any other man, flow just as surely through woman’s soul as through man’s, PARAGRAPHIC—ETHICAL. fertilizing and equalizing the sexual hemispheres as they flow. and the same as an unmarried woman. She broke down the partition wall which custom had built be. But this is not all the criminality that lodges in the churches COMPILED BY GEORGE A. BACON. tween the woman spirit and its celestial fountain source. under the cover of the marriage laws. For the churches and The poorest education that teaches self-control, is better than Of the doctrines and thoughts of this inspired one I have the state are both guilty daily o f marrying men who are nothing to say; it is only her central idea of the principal the best that neglects it debauched, diseased, sexually deformed and utterly unfit for through which inspiration flowed to mankind. If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen al once If there is any just men and women on earth, any minds husbands to ignorant, innocent, respectable pure young girls, to what it teaches.-—Burgh. sincerely Christian, any person conjugally disengaged, any ex who arc thereby rendered miserable for life, or who are often act followers of the Master and his first apostles, any who en compelled to give birth to unwelcome children, so diseased as Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl deavor to live and do righteously and peacefully in the love and chain of all the virtues.— Fuller. fear of God, with opinions in the advance of the evangelical es to rot down into the grave in a few mouths or years, and the tablishments, either of America or Europe, they are the Shak mother is often compelled to drag out many years of wretch Experience joined with common sens-.-. To mortals is a providence.—Green. ers, the people who congregate about the “ Droughts” o f Ann edness and disease because the priest said God had put them Lee, the friends who, as brothers and sisters, live in th“ spiritu together, or the state had made no provision for her escape He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which al glow of the resurrection. after she had discovered what she had wed herself to. Facts he must pass himself.—Lord Herbert. she could not find out before she was sold or fast bound; and Genius without taste will often commit enormous errors ; Editors of Woodhull and Clajlin's Weekly. then, if by any means, she should escape, she is disgraced by and, what is worse, it will not be sensible o f them. I have read Mrs. Mackinley’s speech, “ Free Love,” finding the church and despised by that part Of society that endures some very excellent thoughts, which are worthy of commenda Cheerfnlness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, aud and hides its own wretched fate. We have long considered tion, and' many which deserve condemnation. I do not intend fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.— Addison. to touch but few of those objectionable points in this article. adultery to he more prevalent and frequent in marriage than “ Promiscuousness in the relations Of the sexes under our out of it, and to be near akin to rape by being the unnatural “ Virtuous and vicious every man must be. Few-, in the exrteme, but all in the degree : present social system is anarchy,” but in the state o f society crime of a man making an unwilling subject of a woman for The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise; which free lovers seek to establish, it will be “ harmony,” Ac. And e'en the best, by fits wbat they despise.” his passions, and we do not believe that any church or state This is clearly advocating sexual promiscuity. “ If every one's internal cares “ The freedom I now contend for is assumed by all who has a right to mitigate any such crimes by covering them with Were written on their brow. desire it, whatever their public pretenses.” Of course, then, marriage. What nature abhors no law or religion should sanc How many would our pity share Who have our envy n ow !” these hypocrites in the most sacred relations of life are free tion. It is a crime to pnt the person of a female in the pos lovers! “ Thoughtful men and women do not fall in love.” Wo do not want precepts so much as patterns, says Pliny; session of a man, and leave her no moral nor legal remedy for No, they rise to higher heights, where love is too pure to need an example is the softest and least invidious way o f com the net of deceit to cover unholy deeds. Why does Mrs. his personal abuse of her, and especially a sexual abuse, which manding. JI. call love a demon ? Has she not confounded love with law and society, as well as parents had so valiantly protected lust ? ‘ The freo lover is an eternal seeker. ” If this be true, before maariage. Wo. cannot see how the decree of a court or It is a sickening thing to think how many angry and evil where is the sacredness of trust—not in such inconstancy of intention ! la in surprised to read that ‘ ‘ Prostitution should a chnrch can destroy the criminality of the most unnatural passions the mere name of admitted exellenee brings in full be classed by Mrs. M. in any degree of love, but she Seems to and wicked abuse of the sacred person of woman. It seems to activity.—Scott. give love a very poor signification in many points of her lec ns that our social system is rotten and too defective to live in Beautiful, yes! but the blush will fade ture. I am pained that a woman should plead for it, prostitu much longer and that we must soon thoroughly overhaul and , The light grow dim which the blue eyes wear; tion, greater freedom, when prostitutes acknowledge it a blight The gloss will vanish from curl and braid. repair the structure or abandon it altogether. And the sunbeam die in the waving hair. ing curse, which should be wiped out by the strong hand of a Turn from the mirror and strive to win wholesome law. Warren Chase, Treasures of loveliness still to last; I regret the spirit in woman, who can speak so lightly of St. Louis, Mo, March 25, 1872. Gather earth’s glory and bloom within. chastity; who can rejoice in the gradual diminishing of “ that That tho soul may be bright when youth is past, ------*-»-♦ ------v [Mas. Osgood. household virtue, constancy. ” Of course, it is consistent with FEMALE SUFFRAGE. her theories of “ eternal seeking," and none need be surprised We praise all good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds, when boldly expressed, for it has been secretly taught by them which are mid will be. and wc likewise keep clean and pure all for years. The crowning confession of the character of free BY .T. W. SEAVEB. love is, “ that sailors are natural free lovers.” Most o f them hat is good.—Zend A vesta. are acknowledged sensualists, even debauchees. This recalls a Those opposed to female suffrage resort to a variety of argu It is worthy of notice that, while second thoughts are best in plea for prostitution in New York city—that but for houses ments and excuses for withholding that right from them, eon- matters of judgment, first thoughts are always to be preferred of “ ill-fame,” virtuous females were not safe from the attacks spicious among which is, that women do not desire the Ballot, in matters that relate to morality. of sailors—these natural free lovers whom Mrs. M. claims and would not use it if all obstructions were removed. with a little show of pride. Does not this speak loud denun Man's best philosophy—life’s purest creed. ciations against these fatal doctrines? Does it notunfold a I have for a long time felt that this excuse (though no valid Christian as Epictetic, is :—to bear tale of blackest dye? Mrs. M. claims that “ love is uncon Our yoke unmurmuring : balance that we need reason for refusing it to them) was more imaginary than real, With that which w-e desire ; to bound our prayer trollable,” yet pleads for “ the right to love.” I hold the right consequently at a Spiritual Convention recently held at Lock- To Heaven's good pleasure ; make the word and deed to love is undeniable, but the right to break wantonly Our heart's true mirror ; in our breast to woar into the love relations of others, I emphatically deny. port, N. Y'., a resolution favoring female suffrage having been Bravely our badge ; aud if at last we leave By her own showing there can be no right by which love introduced and discussed at somo length by both males and Some trait worth name, what more could man achieve? [I>r. W. Beattie. is permitted, for she declares “ love is as heedless of preaching females, I proposed that the ladies be invited to vote first- as the Atlantic ocean of Mrs. Partington’s mop.” She says those in its favor rising first, then those opposed. Of the Wo recognize goodness wherever we find it. Tis the same “ the most passionate lovers, after the wild enjoyment of frui- helpful influence, beautifying the meanest ;ts tho greatest ser tion has endured fora period, cease to allure each other, the thirty or forty present nearly all rose in i!s favor and n o t o n e exhausted magnetisms instinctively seek elsewhere,” etc., “ the against. Then a vote of males was taken with the same vice by its maimers, doing most when least conscious, ns if it free lover would not deplore the fact.” A moment’s calm result. This is the first and only public expression of the did it not. -Alcott. thought would furnish the key to the mystery, and Mrs. Mac- views of females I have ever witnessed, and is a triumphant kinley might have said to her audience that too constant asso Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is ciation and excessive waste of the reproductive element, was the vindication of the assertion of its advocates, that it is demanded unattainable; however, they who aim at it, and persevere, frill seqj-et of the repulsive magnetism or magnetic repulsion” and if by them, or if not generally so now, will he as soon as they come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despond she were true to purity, and the best interests of humanity, she understand its vast importance, and the restraints caused by ency make them give it up as unattainable.— Chesterfield. would teach the impassioned lovers the wisdom which would Grundyism are removed. preserve and continue their tender love, rather than oncomngo Hope awakens courage, while despondency is the last of all them by folly to murder such love, and then seek elsewhere for I believe the time is near at hand when suffrage, like liberty, evils : it is tho abandonment of good—the giving up of the fresh victims for the sacrifice. will bo exercised regardless of sex. Until this is the case, we The tendency of the lecture is to encourage inconsistency of need not expect more righteous laws, or better men to execute battle of life, with dead nothingness. He who can implant the affections, and striko a blow at even true marriage, which thorn. courage iu the human soul, is its best physician.— Con Xnebd. -»-Fm a TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. THE PARTY OF THE PEOPLE TO SECURE AND Mrs. S. H. Blanchard, Worcester, Mass. MAINTAIN HUMAN RIGHTS, TO BE INAUGU Newman Weeks, Rutland, Vt» PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. RATED IN THE U. S., IN MAY, 1872. John Beeson, Chapinville, Conn. One copy for one y e a r ...... $300 Mrs. B. W. Briggs, Rochester, N. Y. One copy for six m on th s ...... 1 50 We, the undersigned citizens of the United States, believing Single c o p i e s ...... 10 George It. Allen, New York City. the time has come for the formation of an entirely new party FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTION. J. H. W. Toohey, Providence, R. I. whose principles shall meet the vital issues of the hour purpose Belva A. Lockwood, Washington, D. C. CAN BE MADE TO THE AGENCY OF THE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANT, LONDON, to hold a Convention in the city of New' Yrork, on the 9th ENGLAND. Jonathan Koons, Taylors Hill, 111. and 10th of May, 1872, for the purpose of constructing a plat One copy for one y e a r ...... $1 00 W. F. Jamieson, Chicago, 111. form and considering nominations for President and Vice- One copy for six m o n t h s ...... 2 00 Dyer D. Lmn, Portland, Me. President—the first so broad as to include' every human right, RATES OF ADVERTISING. Thomas W. Organ, Yellow Springs, Ohio. and the last, the best possible exponents of every branch of Per line (according to location! - - From $1 00 to 2 50 Mary A. Leland, New York City. reform. B. Franklin Clark, Brooklyn, N. Y. Time, column and page advertisements by special contract. Some of the reasons, which render this step necessary, are as Dr. E. P. Gazzam, New York City. Special place in advertising columns cannot be permanently given. follow's : William West, New York City. We charge on the present Government, that in so far as it Advertiser’s bills will be collected from the office of the paper, and Hon. C. C. Cowley, Boston, Mass. must in all cases, bear the signature of W o o d h t t l l , C l a f l i n k Co. has nol secured freedom, maintained equality and adminis L. K. Coonley, Vineland, N. J. Specimen cppies sent free. tered justice to each citizen, it has proven a failure; and since Moses Hull, Vineland, N. J. News-dealers supplied by the American News Company, No. 121 Nassau it exists w ithout the consent of the governed, therefore, that it Hon. John M. Howard, New Orleans, La. street, New York. is not a republican government. Prof. E. Whipple, Clyde, Ohio. AH communications, business or editorial, must be addressed We charge it with being a political despotism, inasmuch ns Harvey Lyman. Springfield, Mass. the minority have usurped the whole political power, and by its W oodhull & Clafiin'si W eekly, L. Bush, Jamestown, Tenn. 44 B r o a d St r e e t , N e w Y o r k Ci t y . unscrupulous use prevent the majority from participation G. W. Maddox, New York City. in the government, nevertheless compelling them to contribute JOHN W. METZLER, Superintendent of Advertising. Mrs. J. H. Severance, Milwaukee, Wis to its maintenance and holding them amenable to the laws, T. Millot, New York City. H'hich condition was described by its founders ns absolute Cornie H. Maynard, Buffalo, N. Y. bondage. • B. S. Brown, Buffalo, N. Y. We charge it with being a financial and military des S. J. Holley, Buffalo, N. Y. potism; using usurped pow’er to coerce the people. Harriet B. Benton, New York City. We charge it with using and abusing millions of citizens w'ho, Frances Kingman, New London, Conn. by the cunningly devised legislation of the privileged classes, Hannah J. Hunt. Delta, Ohio. are condemned to lives of continuous servitude and want, Fred. S. Cabot, New York City. being always half fed and half clothed, and often half sheltered. T. C. Loland, New York City. We charge it w'ith gross and wicked neglect of its children, S. J. Fowler, Brooklyn, N. Y. permitting them to be reared to lives of ignorance, vice and John Orvis, Boston, Mass. crime; as a result of which it now has more than five and a VICTORIA C. WOODHULL AND TENNIE C. CLAfUN, Carrie Lewis, Cleveland, Ohio. half millions of citizens over ten years of age who can EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. Jane S. Griffin, New York City. neither read nor write. Michael Scanlon, New York City. We charge it with having degenerated from its once high Joshua Rose, New l rork City. THE MAT CONVENTION. estate into a mere conspiracy of office-holders, money-lenders, Louise B. Flanders, Malone, N. Y. land-grabbers rings and lobbies, against the mechanic, the Every day the evidence, that the convention called for the William Hanson, New’ York City. farmer and the laborer, by which the former yearly rob tho 9th and 10th of May, by representatives of the various reforms, Jane M. Wilson, Brooklyn, N. Y. latter of all they produce. to meet in Steinway Hall, is to be a spontaneous up John Little, New York City. And finally we indict it as a whole, as unworthy of longer rising of the people, increases in volume, interest and en J. T. Elliott, New York City. toleration, since rivers of human blood, and centuries of human thusiasm. Already many prominent men and women who Thomas Haskell, West Gloucester, Mass. toil, are too costly prices to be demanded of a people who have have never taken part, even in the suffrage movement, are Mrs. A. E. Mossop, Sturgis, Mich. already paid the price of freedom; nevertheless, such was the coming forward favoring the formation of a new party, which D. B. Marks, Hallsport, N. J. price demanded and paid for a slavery, which, in point of shall meet the demands of all really reformatory movements ; J. H. Severance, Milwaukee, Wis. human wretchedness, was comparatively as nothing to that while an active work is going forward looking to the complete Josiah Warren, Princetown, Mass. which still exists, to abolish which it promises to demand still transfer of an already organized movement to the support of Jane Case, Oswego, N. Y. more blood and greater servitude and toil. the new' one. Many names of prominent persons engaged in Frances Rose McKinley, New York City. In view' of these conditions, which are a reproach upon our civ this are withheld until the work is complete, when a thunder Danvers Doubleday, New York City. ilization. all persons residing within the United States, regard bolt will be let loose which will open the eyes of the people Dr. J. H. Hill, Knightstown, Ind. less of race, sex, nationality or previous condition; and espe who at least affect to believe, that the Republican party is se Geo. R. Case, Norwich. Conn. cially Labor, Land, Peace and Temperance reformers, and curely fixed upon the country. Alfred A. Smith, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Internationals an £ Woman Suffragists—including all the N o t e . —All who wish to unite in this great movement and various Suffrage Associations—as well as all others who believe PEOPLE'S CONVENTION. who, in good faith, approve this call, will address in writing, the time has come w’hen the principles of eternal justice and with full name, to either of the abovj,—who will immediately human equity should be carried into our halls of legislation, The undersigned citizens of the United States, responding verify and forward to the undersigued for the Committee of our courts and market-places, instead of longer insisting that to the invitation of the National Woman Suffrage Association arrangements in New York. they shall exist merely as indefinite, negative and purpose propose to ■ hold a Convention at Steinway Hall, in the city Tickets of Admittance to the Convention prepared for each less theories- as matters of faith, separate from works, of New York the 9th and 10th of May. Delegate, will be ready by the 8th of May—and to avoid con are earnestly invited to respond to this call and, through We believe the time has come for the formation of a new fusion, no person will be admitted to the floor ot the Conven properly constituted delegations to join with us, and in concert political party whose principles shall meet the issues of the tion without such tickets. hour, and represent equal rights for all. with the National Woman Suffrage Association to help us to in Victoria C. Woodhull, As women of the country are to take part for the first time augurate the great and good work of reformation. •14 Broad street, New York. in political action, we propose that the initiative steps in the This reformation, properly begun, will expand into a pc - Or, B. Franklin Clark, Sec’y Com., Convention shall be taken by them, that their opinions and litical revolution which shall sweep over the country and 55 Liberty street, New York. methods may be fairly set forth, and considered by the repre purify it of demagogism, official corruption and party despot New York, March 30, 1872. sentatives from many reform movements now ready for ism ; after which the reign of all the people may be possible through a truly republican government w'hich shall not united action; such as the Internationals, and other Labor THE CINCINNATI DEPARTURE. Reformers,—the friends of peace, temperance, and education, only recognize but guarantee equal political and social rights and by all those who believe that the time has come to carry to all men and women, and which shall secure equal opportm- The first great mistake of the movers of this departure is the principles of true morality and religion into the Styte nities for education to all children. in dictating a set of principles or propositions on which they House, the Court and the market place. Victoria C. Woodhull, New York City. ask co-operation. On the face it is an assumption and an in This Convention will declare the platform of the People’s Horace H. Day, New York City. sult. The case should have been made (to all who are deter Party, and consider the nomination of candidates for President Anna M. Middlebrook, Bridgeport, Conn. mined to insist on integrity and capacity in all public servants, and Vice-President of the United States, who shall be the best L. E. De Wolf, Chicago, Ills. and economy in all public expenses. It belongs to the assem possible exponents of political and industrial reform. Ellen Dickinson, Vineland, New Jersey. bled convention to declare a platform of .principles and plans, The Republican party, in destroying slavery, accomplished Theo.dore H. Banks, New YTork City. begotten of the highest wisdom of the body. its entire mission. In denying that “ citizen” means political Mary J. Holmes, Memphis, Tenn. That the parties making the call have the right to ask those equality, it has been false to its own definition of Republican Ira B. Davis, New York City. who agree with them to meet and organize on their specialities Government; and in fostering land, railroad and money mo Laura Cuppy Smith, Cal. and thereby insult and exclude every body and every thing nopolies, it is building up a commercial feudalism dangerous E. H. Heywood, Princeton, Mass. which does not square with their standard we will not deny; to the liberty of the people. Ellen Goodell Smith, Philadelphia, Penn. but that this is wise or just, at this time, only fools and poli The Democratic party, false to its name and mission, died Hon. J. D. Reymert, New York City. ticians will contend. in the attempt to sustain slavery, and is buried beyond all Marilla M. Ricker, Dover, N. H. We propose to analyze this extraordinary document. It hope of resurrection. Horace Dresser, New York City. commences by discarding political affiliations and prejudices, Even that portion of the Labor party which met recently Marie Howland, Hammonton, N. J. j and then uniting in a common effort to perpetuate the govern at Columbus, proved its incapacity to frame a national plat A. G. W. Carter, Cincinnati, Ohio. ment by enforcing a series of propositions on which all former form to meet the demands of the hour. Addie L. Ballou, Terre Haute, Ind. party divisions have been built. We therefore invite all citizens* who believe in the idea of Hon. H. C. Dibble, New Orleans. Louisiana. 1. “ The only legitimate purpose of a tariff is to provide ■elf-government; who demand an honest administration; the M. S. Townsend Hoadley, Lynn. Mass. necessary revenue.” We reply that the only true way to su]- reform of political and social abuses; the emancipation of R. W. Hume, New York City. ) port the government is by direct ad valorem graduated tax • labor, and the enfranchisement of woman, to join with us Martha P. Jacobs, Worcester, Mass. ! The expenses of government vary, trade fluctuates, and thus John M. Spear, San Francisco, Cal. and inaugurate a political revolution, which shall secure jus continual changes are demanded. The tariff operates E. Hope Whipple, Clyde, Ohio. tice, liberty and equality to every citizen of the United unequally, and against the poor, in favor of !he rich. J. K. Ingalls, New York City. States. “ If any necessity for Tariff exists, it should be for protection, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. C. Fannie Allyn, Washington. D. C. and that alone. Thus discreted from Revenue, it could be Isabella B. Hooker. John Brown Smith, Philadelphia, Penn. adjusted to meet the hecessities and justice of protection. ” Th « Susan B. Anthony. Col. Henry Beeny, New York City, proposition is clap-trap, to catch Democrats and pretenders; M a t il d a J o slyn G a g e . j Elvira Hull, Vineland, N. J. no more no less. It shows ignorance, com promise and dis You are respectfully requested to authorize, at your earliest Danl W. Hull, Hobart, Ind. convenience, the use of yonr name to the. above call, address- ; honesty on its face—a fraud on the people, an insult to all who ing your reply y es! or no ! to Mrs. Isabella. B. Hooker, 10 j E. G. Granville, Baltimore, Md. have analyzed and understood the science of government. Hnbbord st., New Haven, Conn. Jonathan Watson, Titusville, Pa. 2. “ The support of (he Constitution as amended, and the April 13, 1872. WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. 9 protection of the right of every citizen under it." Another ANOTHER IMPOSING DEMONSTRATION AT THE TRICKS OF TRADE. lie and fraud. It says one thing and means another. Women ACADEMY OF MUSIC. are citizens; but they do not mean all citizens—they are after We do not mean the tricks of ordinary trades, but the ex protecting the rights of all male citizens, native and natural It is one of the signs of the times that immense crowds con traordinary trade of soul saving. Religious press and holy ized, at home and abroad. This and no more. gregate to listen to the most radical of subjects, while the con pulpit acknowledge an increase of unbelief in church dog 4. "A steady return to gold and silver as the only sound andservative lecturer speaks to empty seats. If this needed any mas as intelligence increases. They own that things are se safe basis of currencies.” More ignorance, lies and rascality. further demonstration, after the affair at the Academy of a riously wrong somewhere. One parson says raise the stand We never had so good a currency as now; this currency is month ago, it was had in the repetition of the same scene at ard of Christianity higher. We suggest bring the people up to based on bonds—the value of these bonds is in the stability the same place last week, the occasion being the debut on the the standard as it is. Another pedler complains that pastoral and wealth of the county : Every dollar of this currency is rostrum of Tennie C. Claflin, on “ The Ethics of Sexual Equal visitation is no longer possible, and sighs for the good old assured to the holder. Not a dollar has been lost since it was ity; or, Behind the Scenes in Wall street.” While we did not days when the dominie and elders, side by side, visited, wor adopted, by the mismanagement, misfortunes, or rascality of expect that the daily press would do the case anything near shipped with the family and said something suitable to each Bankers, and never can be as long as the people exist. And justice, yet we have only to quote from them to show the force from imbecile grandmama to imbecile childhood. All this is yet these idiots, who ask to rule this country—who have the of what we have said. lost and gone forever. Secular interests have superceded this assurance and impudence, not only to call a Convention but The Herald said: The house was crowded, and, inasmuch means of grace lo perishing souls—this instrument of controll as when the doors wore opened a surging multitude, stretching ing the young and rising generation, by. personl attention, etc., dictate its base of action, tell us “ Gold and silver are the only into the middle of Irving Place, was doing its best to get in safe and sound basis of currencies.” Tin very reverse of this side, there is little doubt that a report of the police, given sub etc., which of course included yellow-legged chickens and the declaration is true. Gold and silver are not now, never have sequently, that the Academy could have been filled twice over, other “ fixins.” But the evil of the present system of pulpit was in all probability’ true. * * * * * The strangest part been, and never can be the only, nor the safest basis of cur soul saving does not stop with the consequent damnation of of the proceedings of the evening was, that these “ advanced the unfortunate parishoners, it endangers the mental and moral rencies. They are the safest and best methods of compelling views ” * * * received an evident and enthusiastic en double compound interest—of acquiring property without ren dorsement from the audience. But the passages that received growth of the gospel peddlers; the grace within is not suffi dering equivalents—of robbing labor of its just reward. the loudest applause, were those in which marriage was held up cient to stimulate and expand their powers, they must needs to ridicule, and that these should be endorsed so significant Every man and woman knows that the Banking systems of the come into contact with the strong minds of business men; ly by so large an audienee, was to the ordinary ob they arc in danger of losing their masculinity, (of mind, of past, on this basis, have all been failures—not an exception. server somewhat startling. Miss Claflin spoke for a. “ Opposition to the present caucus system in Legislative about an hour and ten minutes in a clear voice, course, the immaculate creatures), and liable to be classed with bodies.” Here is consistency with a vengeance. A caucus de and she is entitled / to the benefit of the criticism women, by the shallow, wits. Coming into contact with that sho spoke with an earnestness of manner that seemed to women alone, who like Mary, sitting at the feet of Jesus, nouncing caucuses. An irresponsible, sell-constituted, con indicate that she believed what she said. * * * * temptible minority of intelligence and numbers, issue a call, The final conclusion of her lecture went to show that marri sit at the feet of his representatives (self-constituted) “ drank and in that call forestall the very condition demanded by the age, as it ordinarily exists in society, was a delusion of an in spiritual instruction,” but, who, because they are women, exigencies of the hour; to wit, a free discussion of all the grave enlightened age, fraught with the gravest evils * * * can give back no strength to their masculine teachers. We are Miss Claflin was loudly’ cheered as she left the stage, ?and re ready to concede that dogmatizing, repeating the role of the questions before the people, and the adoption of such measures ceived quite a shower of floral offerings. ” promises to gentle, unresisting, unthinking, enslaved, besotted and principles as shall be most common to the whole country. The above is a fair sample of what appeared in several other women is an easy task, and requires no such effort as contend This is a caucus in all its essence: and yet denounces anoth papers, of course in some of them, intermixed with bitter de ing against the ed cated sceptic who demands and must have er caucus a little higher up. nunciation. But none of them dared to question the truths proof-logic, instead of lessons repeated as a parrot tells its The remaining propositions are well enough—broad, glitter that were enunciated, excepting the Times which made story of love. ing generalities. We have given enough to show that these a lame attempt to justify the payment to women of five cents per Now we aver that this is just the exercise they do not count misguided creatures do not understand the science of govern thousand ems less for composition than men command, while and will not accept. To the weak they dogmatize, to the in ment. Charity credits them with a blind, virtuous impulse ; everybody who knows anything about it, knows that when com telligent sceptic they denounce; proof-reason, critical analysis, but analysis shows the same old party tricks more party than positors are engaged, as the Times mentions, upon “ forms,” they have none. These articles are not included in their tricks patriotism—more ignorance than intelligence—more personal that it is accredited as “ time work,” and not as composition. o f trade. ambition than purity of purpose. The moral status of these That women cannot endure ‘ ‘ night work” is not proven. But But Beecher beats them all. He has been to New Haven men is no higher than the average of their class. If they were it is proven that women under ordinary circumstances endure where the Ecclesiastical mill grinds out God’s vice-agents at will, in power to-day would they inaugurate the reformatory measures extremes better than men. Beecher tells the students of philosophy, “ Don't make your demanded for the correction o f the present abuses ? “Who be The Star said: people work too much on Sunday.” It is your part to do the lieves it ? Are these men all willing to employ their best abil “ Since the day’s of 'unpleasantness’ no such crowd has ity in selecting the best men, and stand wholly aside from the assembled in and around the Academy of Music as besieged thinking, their’s to do the working; “ to be incited to a loaves and fishes of office? If this new movement succeed, that institution last night to hear Tennie Claflin. Shortly after higher life” without the trouble of thinking. Benevolent, be do they not all expect to be rewarded ? Who doubts it ? Are six o’clock, a group collected in front of the main entrance, nign Beecher, how thankful the world should be for a salvation, which by seven o'clock had grown into a jostling, crushing, a higher life which came without the trouble of thinking ! not the Democrats already asking: “ If we help elect the Re swaying multitude. When the doors fell back, a sea of form candidates, what shall we have of the spoils ?” And if humanity poured in with ever increasing force, until the custo “ If you strike anew idea or figure, and it takes, follow it they did not so ask, does not every one know' that they so ex dian o f the Academy rushed up with terror in his looks and up;” you are after the salvation of men; figure, symmetry, informed the Captain of Police that the building was tottering pect and will demand, in consideration of the services rendered ? sermons, all must succumb to making converts. This is good under its weight. The doors were slammed to as if by’ magic, sound advice. We thus see the importance of still another movement—one and the crowd flowed backward. * * * * As the When success is the only object. But when the sinner has that shall rise above all party—all sectionalism all creedism— hack drove off, the crowd gave her a regular ‘ tiger. ’ ” been stupefied by a mere machine, of which the preacher is all nationalism—all sexism—embracing all correct principles, The failure of the Star in common with several other papers, the head—does all the thinking, selects and masticates the food; all human rights and interests, and that shall put the higher to mention anything about the lecture,is to be accounted for by and bids them listen, swallow, obey and be incited to a higher law of natural justice above all party—all statutes all organic the fact that a large part of the Reporters were among the life—we submit that this is unfair; that the preacher may grow law; the rights of humanity first, and the rights of society crowd who failed to obtain admission. In fact, quite a .“ bri if his creed will let him, but the poor sinner may be incited afterwards. gade ” of these press representatives awaited Miss Claflin's exit into a higher life, not his own, and remains the same imbecile Such a Convention is now called, and we invite in the name from the private door, to get a copy of her address. creature he must .ever be, whether the dupe oi a Beecher, or of and by the authority of human rights, all without regard to The Commercial Advcniiser said : one of lesser degree. party, creed, sex or nationality, to meet, discuss, and adopt “ It is seldom that a mixed audience, even in New Y'ork, is ‘ * Hlustrations ” says Beecher, allow’ side attacks, are valua such measures as shall by common agreement tend to promote compelled to listen to such sentiments as those openly expressed ble as tactics. If you would catch a trout you must work slyly the common good—leaving all free in that which is wholly per- by Miss Tennessee Claflin, at the Academy of Music last move cautiously, prepare a tempting bait, a new and guady fly, sonaly, and binding equally all in that which is impersonal. night. The lecture, advertised as a talk about “ Behind the Scenes in Wall Street,” was really an argument in favor of something he has never seen, or that you know him to be fond sexual equality. One of the most singular things connected of—so if you would take a sinner, yon must bait your hook YOUNG MEN IN VASSAR COLLEGE. with the whole affair was the immense rush to hear this person. The interior of the building was literally jammed, and a dense carefully, angle adroitly, use all your art, feed him on tit bits, A BIG SCARE ! throng outside, who could not gain an entrance, choked up troll him along until he gets a taste— “ he’ll take it, and you’ll Irving place, and poured over into Fourteenth street, and there take him.” “ If you preach to pedants, go to the classics for The New York Times, goes into spasms over the an they stood for more than an hour, until the.clese of the “ lec figures; if to common people;’’ here you may be uncommon, ticipated rejection of a couple of male biped, who, doubt ture. ’’ In speaking of this strange scene, a morning journal even “ undignified.” You must not be ashamed of homely less for the sake of a sensation have applied for admission to says that it was a mob of ten thousand persons, composed of “ rich and poor, high-toned and rough, elegantly’ dressed ladies figures. Vassar College, an institution devoted exclusively to the educa of acknowledged respectabiliuy, and loudly attired women, “ Don’t ask a question, and don’t let a thing go unknown, if tion of young ladies. The article in the 1 imes is designed to be whose opposite standing was equally apparent, bankers, brok you can come to know it alone, by asking a question. ” Don't prophetic as well as sensational. Stimilated by its own wild ers, merchants, hack-drivers, gamblers, pickpockets, boot let the people think faster than you do. Keep them on the imaginings and conscious, (if a wife beater have any con blacks, and every other class of society.” keen jump, allow them no time, crowd it down—quicker, science) that men deserve to be excluded, and trampled under And it is thus that the world moves. In ages gone it was by double quick; it would be a great misfortune should they get a foot for the undeserved abuses inflicted on woman, the writer slow advances, which are now changed to rapid strides. Ideas, thought not digested for them. plunges into a genuine hysteria, though we have been taught enunciated to-day, that ostracize their advocates, are, to But above all, don’t have too much Scripture—a little poetry by the doctors that this little domestic distemper belongs to morrow, greedily sought by the multitudes. Such is the experi might do— “ no fixed limit—like gravy on Beefsteak”—but woman alone; but this case is so clear, that we are compelled to ence of all time, of which the recent demonstrations at the “ Scripture is a great sight better by itself.” discard all authority and conclude that the rule is not infalli “ Academy” are but so many more confirmations. “ Then after the Devil shoot him with anything;” but don’t ble. Perhaps, owing to the refined, highly cultivated, aesthetic kill him—if you mean business and kill him your occupation nature of the editor, it may bb a ease explained by spiritual Will those members of Congress, who refused to admit the is gone. Wound him in the back or belly—annoy, tease, fill sympathy. him with fiery faggots, but don’t, don’t kill him—in him we Vassar College is the response of a dying girl, who said to right of woman to suffrage, do us the favor to read the follow live and move—have our being and high salaries. Joseph Mr. V., do something for woman. It w'as established at a time ing notice. It is taken from the Order of Exercises published Drake—a converted infidel, in Carroll county, Ohio—prayed when women were not supposed to have any scholastic rights, by the authority of the committee of colored men who super every time: “ 0 Lord, kill the Devil!” Why not kill him, in and when neither college provided for the opposite sex. It is intended the late parade in New York, held to commemorate stead of shooting him -with anything; with “ laughter and more than likely that the founder omitted all provision for the the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of tears—with dry jokes and wet ones, • ‘ slopping over like a pan of present contingency, and the trustees have no choice in the agitated milk.” matter. It would be safe to swear that the Times, prediction the United States: “ What we want most is to be bigger inside.” Amen. And and feeling, are all the offspring of a knowledge of this fact. “ No females will be permitted in the line of procession, this is the way that one of the most learned, most popular, Suppose Vassar College reject these young men ! Are not a only those representing the different States, and the Goddess of Liberty.” and most wealthy, of all the followers of the Lamb—the Child hundred male colleges rejecting young women; and are they Having done so probably they will deem it their duty to ad of the Manger—the man of sorrows, and acquainted with not in a body resisting the demands and appeals of women mit that their mothers, wives, sisters and daughters, are not grief, who seldom smiled and never laughed, who practiced for an equal opportunity with the men ? All this bluster is impertinent in asserting, that, with regard to political rights, what he preached, prescribes for saving souls, and enlarging in keeping with the low, vulgar, brutal instincts of this paper, they ought to be placed at least on a level with male negroes. the inner dimensions of those who are called—set apart—de audits managers. We are not finding fault, we never hold any dicated by holy hands and solemn obligation to the work of body responsible for anything beyond and above the capacity’ preaching Christ and Him crucified to a perishing world. within them. We do not blame a hog for lack of aesthetic S a g a c io u s . The Homestead Champion attempts a point on the lustra, nor a donkey for lack of sweetness in its tones, and friendship between Davis and Lincoln. Grant and Leet are Jenny Lind’s daughter, fourteen years old, bids fair to why should we blame the Times for not possessing a clear com friends—if Grant should die, would the subsisting friendship rival her mother, both in the quantity and quality of her prehension of human rights. qualify Leet to be our next President ? voice. 1 0 WOODHULL & CLAFLIN'S WEEKLY April 13, 1872. THE JUNIUS LETTERS. have lost him long ago, just as the Kansas finders will lose acceptance by the immaculate seekers for suffrage. Now it is him. Social Freedom, Spiritualists having become respectable. We “ Viudex ” sends us a communication correcting our histori We suggest that our Christian ministers institute a rigid wonder if they will not exclude us from the ballot when they search and see if they cannot again find him, and when fouud, get it. cal blunders, notwithstanding wo said that it was no matter ------» • • - — let us know, and we will cheerfully pray the father to kill them whether right or wrong. We don’t think it is of any import THE RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION OF JESUS. ance whether Paine had one or three wives, and we don’t think instantly, as the only means of rendering their salvation as » ------much of the general accuracy o f history. The question is not sured. He saw the oppressor, with his yoke and heavy burthen for who wrote, but what was written ? Tom Jefferson was as much man’s neck; the iron that enters the soul; men who were the STRONG LANGUAGE FROM FATHER DACEY. corrupters, the bane, the ruin of the land; base men with au infidel as Tom Paine, and the credit of our charter of Liberty honorable front; low men, crawling as worms, their loathsome has always gone to the liberal side of the house. The simple track in high places; deceitful hucksters of salvation, inakinj; fact that “ more than one hundred books have been written on In the Now York Herald of the 30th nit., there was a com God’s house of praj’er a den of thieves, fair as marble without, this abstruse and unimportant question, and that forty persons munication signed J. R. P., under the above caption, which but rottenness within. What wonder if Love, though the fair est of God’s daughters, at sight of such baseness, pours out tin contained the following language: have had the credit, proves that history is very defective; the burning indignation of a man stung with the tyranny of Hit writers, great fools, the world greater for buying the books, and “ Abjugating in a very eloquent discourse the pernicious ef strong, ashamed at the patience of mankind; tho word of aman fects of night-walking and flirting on the avenues, he stated that it is time to quit such nonsense.” We don’t think the fearless of all but to be false when truth and duty bid him that the great portion of young people who attend church speak? To call the whelp of sin a devil’s child—is that a man who forebore to claim his rights in this life, and left them now-a-days, go for no other purpose than the aforesaid, and to crime? Doubtless it is in men stirred by passion; not in a soul in such a state as to almost preclude the possibility of a cor form acquaintances which invariably produce most unhappy filled to the brim and over-flowing with love.— Theodore Tartar. results: ” rect decision, thanks these hundred meu, for inflicting a hundred Christianity has degenerated into a mere theory. If, as the So we have from a head of a church a confession as to the books on the world on a subject of no real value. We don’t Chicago Pulpit says, the Christian creed is valuable only so far motives which prompt people to attend divine service of a wish to discuss the authorship of the Declaration of Independ as tho soul can-and does draw it into its crucible and transform Sabbath; and a pretty showing it is indeed. We have always ence any more than the authorship of the book of Matthew. it into life; then it is time that we dispense with myths and contended that the professions of most people who support the Neither of any practical value to mankind. But if Paine or phantoms, call things by their right names, and liid the thirty-five thousand churches of this country are hypocritical; Matthew uttered principles that apply to human conduct, and churches act that which Jesus taught and they pretend to that genuine piety and heartfelt worship had little to do with (hat will aid us in correcting the present evils of church and believe. the crowds who congregate with the solemnity in which peo State, wo shall be happy to consider them. We think the The same is true of the great mass of self-appointed, arro ple should approach their God. But when it has come to the whole of these writers would have served their day and genera gant pretenders, who go about the world crying Lo, here! Lo, tion better at any useful industry than in wrangling over the pass that the priest feels compelled to tell his hearers the plain there is the Christ, when they know him not, and crucify him truth after this fashion, we think we are justified in all we have authorship of any book, since authority cannot make or un daily in the persons of the poor. make the truth. ever said. But is this motive confined to the young ? The evidences We are justified in asserting that Tom Paine was no more SOMEBODY HIT. an Infidel than that Hicksite Quakers, Unitarians and TJniver- are altogether against such a conclusion. Indeed, many men versalists generally are; and that ha requested to be buried in the and women make use of their church in which to display A ferv issues hack wo exposed a person who had written what Hicksite burial grounds. All of which would detract from the themselves to the best possible advantage. Married people do he knew' to be a lie about the Academy of Music lecture, and the popular opinions of his faith, but none o f which have any not put on their fineries to please husband or wife. The wife called him—not knowing his other name—a liar. We have yet importance as affecting the moral and political truths he ut dresses for somebody else; or at least for others; while the to learn that it is either wrong or unmanly to call things by tered. The curse of the world is the authority of antiquity husband seeks to make the deepest general impression pos their right names; on the contrary we believe it to be both and names. To the bring author it may be of importance to sible. wrong and unwomanly, to call things by their wrong names, have the credit of his work; but it is sheer waste of time and But suppose we look at this fact under somewhat different w'hich is equal to lying. But to some one, to whom it is evi effort to write one hundred books, pamphlets, tracts or articles circumstances, which will help to the better comprehension of dent the editorial referred to, gave unpleasant symptoms, en to prove the authorship of any book or document after the the church motive. In all fashionable gatherings, such as deavors to ease them by thin attempts at bandinage and lame parties themselves have ceased to have any interest of any kind balls, parties, matinees, Ac., there are women who make use of excuses for comparison in a small hungry paper issued for the in the question. It would he much better to expend this force the occasion to display their personal charms. They go to the purpose of reform within the Republican ranks—an attempt in something of practical utility. very furthest point allowable, in exposure of arms and busts. something nearly equal to the special one to which this refers. We repeat that we do not care who wrote the Declaration of Now this is not done to gratify their husbands, brothers and This clear headed person designates a movement asking the Independence, the Junius Letters, or how many wives Paine fathers. But it is done for some purpose, and that must be in government to make a general interpi-etation of a general law ns had. We are willing to accede ‘ ‘ Yindex ” correct if it will sat other people. We do not charge that all women who virtually special legislation. Such capacity is worthily engaged in tire isfy him, hut this will not alter our opinion of the folly of expose their persons, do so for the purpose of attracting pas reform which it, and nobody' else, conceives possible, and the mueh-a-do about nothing. Amen. sionate admiration; hut every woman of sense knows that such indulging in jokes, the promt of which no one can see, and at is the result. It is a standing invitation to men to admire ------, which he laughs alone, wondering why folks will be so obtuse. their physical beauty; and under conditions which legitimately Let him laugh longest who laughs last. A correspondent of the Boston Mass., Cowjregationalist tend to engender passion. ------■ » . « ■ » ------says: At a reception in Brooklyn given in honor of Prince Alexis “ Tjubtote’’ I g n o r a n c e . —No one will doubt the confession “ A wonderful work of grace is in progress in Lawrence, when here, a woman dressed with the utmost scantiness, with Kan., under the direction of Rev. E. P. Hammond. Two of ignorance on the part of the Tribune, as to the “ kind of thousand less six were present, by actual count, the first Sabbath mere straps of lace over her shoulders to support the drapery cooking a spiritual family may' require;” nor y'et the allegation he preached there. For three days, the afternoon sessions of about her person, accidentally rent one of the lace supporters “ that ‘ Vide’ or any' other lord of the sauce pan,” would bring the schools were suspended, to give the chiidren'of the city an resulting in the complete exposure of her person to her waist. the necessary inspiration t<> the culinary department of the opportunity to attend the meetings. From ten to twelve hun That same woman would make a violent attempt at blushing dred embraced it, and already not less than three, hunched are home of the Spiritualist The Tribune does not understand rejoicing in the hope t hat they have found Jesus. A large num if we were to talk to her in the presence of men-, of the require Spiritualism; and, consequently, cannot tell the prerequisite ber of adults give evidence of conversion. At one meeting five ments which are necessary to ensure.good children. And if we of Spiritual growth. As a rule, Spiritualists are more inclined hundred and eight rose to express the hope that they had were to suggest to her that it is legal prostitution to live with to obey the physical laws as conditions of intellectual and mor recently found Christ or were anxiously seeking Him. Prayer- a hated husband, dressing to excite the passions of some other meetings are thronged, and nearly all the ministers and church al growth, than “ the balance of mankind.” The Shakers are es in the city are heartily engaged in the work. United prayer man, she would probably charge ns with an attempt to de all Spiritualists, and a people more simple and sensible in their and personal effort are the chief human instrumentalities. moralize society. But such is the way of the world, and we dieteie habits can scarcely be found. Nearly all the hygenie An epidemic of revivals is prevailing in the West at this hope Father Dacey will not have to stand alone a great while reformers are, in fact, if not profession, Spiritualists. They time. Lawrence, Kansas, is just now the beneficiary of the in exercising a moral courage sufficiently to tell the truth upon are not orthodox. Wc doubt if a single prominent hygenie re Divine afflatus. They are finding Christ at a wonderful rate. the point involved—that the morality of social intercourse is form can be found w'ithin the pale of the church. This revival mania, occurs now at long intervals. Thirty years one vast sham which, sooner or latter, will burst, to the utter We will supply the Tribune's deficiency by saying, that a ago revivals were possible during the Summer months. Souls confusion of all hypocrite. cook should be able to prepare food in accordance with the laws could find Christ during harvest in the agricultural districts. of physical, mental and moral health. But soon He was allowed to rest during the Summer season, On 14th March the Michigan State Women Suffrage Con while business was brisk, only to he sought with more eager vention met at Kalamazoo. Hon. Randolph Strickland, of St. The New York World, no doubt, pays as much as six or ness during tho Winter months, when both the friends and Johns, was chosen President ; -T. A. Stone, of Kalamazoo, seven cents a lino for this kind of twaddle, which is passed enemies of Christ had more leisure. Of late years the periodi Vice-President; Mr. W. L. Larnard, of Lansing, Treasurer; upon it for wit: cal Winter protracted seiges of the throne, have ceased, or Miss M. Victor, of Pontiac, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. S. It would really seem that the Yankees have endowed these queens of song with queenly fortunes, and they must then turn ceased to be successful; and hence the epidemic has become E._ Emory, of Lansing, Recording Secretary; and Mr. S. T. about and worship the wealth they have created. That’s just Sporadic. Bingham, of Lansing; Mrs. Blakeman, of Kalamazoo; J. G. like us. If Tennie Clafiin ever comes to maturity and makes a Notwithstanding all this, the, churches are not keeping pace Wait, of Stiu'gis, and Jeremiah Brown, of Battle Creek, an million at lecturing, we’ll worship her too. But not till then. with the increase of population; they are making little impres Executive Committee. The usual string of resolutions were We’re two staunch for that. At present we aro inclined to think she is young and foolish; in fact; not only' a minor but a sion on the outside world. Their chief increase is from their adopted, setting forth the inalienability of the suffrage, but sapper. also, as usual, failing to suggest any remedy for its present own children—only a smart part of whom join the church, It is not often a man owns himself a knave, and publicly ad and a much smaller part became active Christians. alienated condition. They also declared that the one and only mits his meanness. As to the latter reflection, it may well he The people who preach and find Jesus at these exciting revi purpose of its organization was the enfranchisement of woman. answered thus; It is far better to be a sap-“ her,” tliau a sap- vals, know von’ little about Him, aud have very little regard for But one of tho chief speakers, speaking to the resolutions, “ head.” his teachings. They compass land and sea to make proselytes, thought it necessary to enter into the process of washings to who when made are not the followers, but, the haters of cleanse the Association from Woodhullism and Social Free Immigration. —There seems to be an intense desire on the Jesus. dom, denotmeing us in broad and unmeasured terms. But part of many of the politicians to increase the population of our Every minister and church of the orthodox persuasion, (and Adele Hazlett found she did not have the say all to herself, country. There are two mothods by which they propose’ to do wo are not sure that we should except anyone), and every since there were those who would not permit an unrebuked this. In the first place, they insist that women shall return to towering steeple in this city are monuments of the truth we insult of all women who belong to the radical wing of the the old fashion of raising a dozen or more children. The next utter. There is no more resemblance between these sacredotal movement. From the gibberish of the people who are forever best thing to this, is the encouragement of foreign immigration. vicegerents and the meek and lowly Master, than between a shooting their slimy thoughts at others, who do not believe in Societies are formed, agents employed, information furnished dove and a hawk. The Son of Man had not where to lay his freedom instead of despotism in the social relations, we are to for the purpose of bringing tho surplus population of other head—not so much as the birds and beasts. But Henry Ward conclude that, while women work for suffrage, they must en countries to this. Leaving the probable character and in Beecher has an income of $20,000 to S30.000 per annum; other tertain not an idea upon any other subject whatever. They fluence of charity immigrants to Ire discussed, and decided ns ministers from $1,000 to $10,000. Then contrast the archi must surrender their religion, their everything, else they are the reader may please, wo have a pertinent question to ask. tectural display, the costly finish, the gaudy trappings, the ex not fit. to bo engaged in the movement. Such is tho shallow What is tho motive of these screeches ? Is it solely for tho bene- quisite appointments of one of our fashionable city churches, ness, the inconsistency, the blindness of a class of people •fit of the immigrant—for the increase of human happiness? Or with the manger, the upper chamber, anti grove meetings of of whom Adele Hazlett is a representative. They do not, is it to develop the resources of our country', that these screechriu the Nazarene. however, always meet with a W. F. Jamieson to show them up. may reap to themselves all the advantages of cheapened labor, The Christianity of this age is a sham and hypocrisy. If In justice to the officers of tho Association, however, we owe and increased production ? they ever found Jcsius of the inanger, Jesus of the poor, Jesus it to them to say that they deprecated the introduction of the They are not satisfied with robbing the millions of toilers o f the maimed aud halt, and blind, the ideal Jesus of all per discussion. A lengthy report of the proceedings from the already here, and many in a starving condition; hut they fections, o f all virtues, all attributes o f goodness, of self- Vice-President amply shows this. would increase the number for their own selfish purposes. As abnegation, of voluntary sacrifice for the good of others, they A while ago it was Spiritualism that was made the bar to a rule, any other pretcnco is a bald lie. April 13, 1872. WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. 11 P O LITIC A L. into tire shade if he means to lie- re-elected. But representatives dirtiness of the place would be a requisite for the vitality of of minorities elected because of their opinions and not in spite votes, why should we women, being by law nothing but men’s COMPLETE OK MINORITY REPRESENTATION. of them, liave no motive for concealment, while they have every servants, not feel honored to go where our masters ought to. motive for expression and consequent dissemination through How funny sometimes fashions are. I am informed that it The pressure of the topics will probably not admit of a do channels now closed to them for that or any purpose. One was once considered indelicate in girls to go out without a tailed article on this subject; but its importance seems to de fearless, honest, thorough radical would in a legislature wield male companion, even in broad daylight, as if we poor things maud that a brief outline o f its main bearings should be prc more influence than a dozen time-serving or timid oonserva eoxild not take care of ourselves. To go to the post-office was sented. tives ; as under minority representation rational views on all unladylike. I heard it actually said that men despise learning About 28,000 votes in the Stale of New York for instanc subjects would gain ground in one year more than under tin iu a girl. To-day, I trust, it is somewhat different. (proportion of about 03,000) compose the average constituency present system they can in five years. If I mistake not, there is one consideration, which to me of a member of Congress, he being sent from the whole State. In short the more I examine this question the more am I con seems tho substrata o f all opposition to our voting. Our gentle Now 28,000 voters residing all over the State, are just us much vinced that it should be one of the questions on which to con men, through their peculiar political education are more parti- entitled to a representation as if they all resided in one Con centrate. Millions of us, holding radical religious and other zaus than statesmen, and iu consequence thereof, they judge gressional district. But the district system may deprive nearly views, are just as little represented to-day as were the colonists every innovation by the effect it may have upon the status of one half of the population of any representation, while most of in 1770 ; and we are more taxed. Lands the common property their parlies. Rxit women are cither wives or daughters, and the other half are unfairly represented, if at all, owing to the of the Nation, the State, or the municipality, are taken to build to me it seems but natural that like goes unto like. If this is stratagetic combinations inevitable to the district or party up churches and make the few rich at the expense of the many, true, then a majority of wives will have similar convictions to system. If one party is in a majoriey in each district, how these few using the means thus acquired to perpetuate the curse their husband’s, and the daughters necessarily will take a ever small that may . be, it can send all the representatives. of orthodoxy by building more churches ; and wo have not even great part of their nntrained ideas from their parents. Need I ‘ Smaller parties cannot even pretend to be represented. Quite a voice in the legislatures to condemn this ! And should we to state that the effect of woman suffrage would increase the a number of live questions are now before the public, exclu undertake to agitate for the right of representation some “ phil present^ existing majorities without greatly changing them. I rive of the “ dead issues" o f the Democratic or Republican osopher” undertakes to read a homily against the idea of Spir know Democrats will point to Wyoming, but alas, Republicans parties; yet none of theso can obtain even a hearing in State or itualists intermeddling in politics ! But it is about time that will point to large cities, like Philadelphia, which they tremble National legislation; the whole contest is narrowed down to a we ceased to be represented(?) by our opponents and that we to lose by the votes of the Biddies. But be this as it may, I “ spoils” question, and great questions must meanwhile remain stopped cutting sticks to be used on our own backs. am certain it will turn out right, if we only keep in view that in abeyance until until personal issues can be settled. Nonxi- ______^ ^ ^ Ausreb Oeidohe. whatever we do, should be done for the higher welfare of the ations for both parties are governed in Ibis way, and instead of people, anti the better security of the beautiful principles of a the government being conducted by the people for the people, BARNEY AND I. a representative Democracy, which ax-e the commanding prin the people are the merest tools of party politicians who them BY GEORGE H. PROCTER. ciples of our government. selves are the slaves of potty cables and combinations and can And finally, gentlemen, the field of your usefulness increases. Barney is dead!—no, gone to his rest, seldom afford to be honest, even did they so desire; for few We women are just as pliable as you men. We did vote once in That tolls the story—it is not death— New -Jersey, and Lucy Stone tells us that women and men have constituencies that would unswervingly sustain them Only passed on to the land o f the Blest, against the corrupt combinations, there would be found against Leaving his body devoid o f breath. both mere implicated in election frauds. You sec therefore him in such an event. that your valuable vote-fabricating labors, even after woman Barney oft’ told me he would come back Several methods have been proposed to remedy these evils. And bring me tidings of spirit land; suffrage, cannot be dispensed frith. Aye, it may be more The. cumulative vote gives each voter as many votes as there are Of this my faith did sorely lack needed than before. Why then shordd women not vote, candidates to be elected, so that in New York State at an elec And tears would flow as I pressed his baud. please ! tion for the House of Representatives every voter would have My Barney callod for me iu the night P h ii.a l e l i.jh a, March, 1872. thirty-one votes, and by casting them all for one candidate, Joyfully saying with face ail aglow, minority not less than one thirty-first (1-31) part o f the voters “ I’m going to join the angels bright. Big Creek, Steuben County, N. As, Soon they are coming—I long to go.” could be represented; bnt it would require a good deal of pre March 16, 1872. vious calculation to prevent a large portion of the votes, on We talked together, through all tho night; Editors of V/oodhvll tfc Clafiin's Weekly: Oh! sacred hours; but far too brief, this plan, from being wasted, though this might be partially Propelled by an interior power that is easier to comply with And with the dawning of the light. than to resist, I address you at this time, not only to bid you avoided by allowing candidates who have a surplus to dis My Barney’s sufferings found relief. ’ God speed ” in the noble work you have so well begun, but tribute that surplus among those who are short. also to assure you that an army o f assistants will come to your Ho whispered, just before he left The Hare or preferential plan allows each voter to place his aid to help you establish a new form o f government that shall “ That angels presence filled the room,” be endless and progressive. first choice at the head of his ticket, and under it to place With him all’s well—I was bereft— Endless, because endowed with Spiritual life; progressive, others in the order of his preference, so that when his first Keen sorrow filled my soul with gloom. beeauso founded on the immutable principles that pervade all choice has enough votes to elect him on the first- line, the re The months passed on—one morning fair nations. All governments in the past have failed because maining tickets are then counted in favor of the candidate sec • When flowers were^ielding rich perfume, formed without the spiritualizing element, viz.: the feaxinine. Nature never forms an organization without uniting both ele ond on the list; and when he has enough, the third candidate I wandered to the church-yard, where His body laid—to hold commune ments—the positive and negative, or masculine and feminine, can be counted, and so on. The principle underlying this as in its formations. the firmer plan, being that it would take the same number of With my own thoughts, which dwelt on one Alan, ignoring the lesson that nature has ever set before him, voters to be entitled to a representative as at present, but then Whose cherished love my heart held dear, has made many fruitless attempts to control and guide the Praying that he from Heaven might come Ship of State ” without woman’s assistance, but the contl: - they might render all over the State, Territory, Municipal And let m e feel his presence near. tion in wijjch our own Government is found to-day, stands out ity, etc. And now I sat—what peace and joy a constant protest against man’s capacity to manage it.s ma- There is a plan which originated at Geneva, called the “ in Filled m y bruised heart with its load of care; hinery in such a manner as to give either confidence or assur dependent ticket system,” allowing thirty voters to designate My soul was filled, and no alloy ance that he alone is qualified to guide the helm to a haven of Disturbed the visions vouchsafed there. rest or peace. a ticket by letters, names, etc., which ticket contains the full Woman, profiting by man’s failure, will make no effort in the number of candidates to be elected. The larger number voting Dear Barney came, just as ho said— direction of forming a new government without man’s assist for any ticket tho greater proportion of their candidates would I felt his presence from tho skies, ance, but, as nature’s universal love, teaches thxxt the feminine I saw his form, his message read element, is the initiative, in all organic structures, she will they elect, countiug all from the top. And then returned him fond replies. show her respect aud reverence for the lord, by inviting man to The most fair and feasible plan, however, is one proposed by Oh! happy days—what tidings sweet aid her iu so grand and glorious a work, as the construction of Archibald E. Dobbs, M. A., a modification of the Hare plan He brings me from the other shore. a new form of government, founded on immutable principles. and much less complicated. Each voter votes for one candi And sometime we shall surely meet, When the intarial forces, that are moulding the machinery of Barney and I, to part no more. life, get every department ready to move, then will be sung date; the whole number of votes cast is divided by the num the song of man’s redemption from sorrow and sin. ber of candidates to be elected, and the quotient represents Gloucester, Mass., February 12, 1872. A SONG OF FREEDOM, LOVE, AND TRUTH. the quota requisite for election. As soon as this quota is Who's echos ring counted for any ono candidate he is declared to be elected, A FEW WORDS TO POLITICIANS. And all she’ll bring, Mankind shall hear and can distribute all his surplus votes as he may choose to BY EMMA VON TBONK. Its tones so clear; other candidates who are short. - What all will shout Aud ring it out The Cumulative plan is used at the election o f school boards Gentlemen,—I belong to that class of human beings who Upon the air, The joyous hour, iu Great Britain, and has been partially recognized in the new believe that polities are ennobling. I hold that there is not one When all shall know. Constitution of Illinois by dividing the State into Legislative politician, no matter how humble he may be, who is not led by That heaven’s below. That God’s angels, districts, returning those members each to the State Legisla the noblest aspirations, the loftiest sense of patriotism and the Earth's evangels. Hands have shaken, ture, so that a minority of one-third can elect a member, which conscientous belief that he is doing the greatest amount of Chains to slacken. is all well, so far as two political parties are concerned; but good to his fellow men; of course I do not speak of hangers on, And that the tlove, Emblem of love, the real work to he done is to abolish tho party system alto but of active politicians. The "branch of peace,” gether and enable principles to be represented. It is prepos The political canvass, gentlemen, is a race to out-do in pa Brings to release, The sons of men, terous that those who demand individuality in reference to triotism. No matter how awkward the action may sometimes From taaehood’s chain, appear, tho very struggle for mastery between the parties is That love uiny reign. theological creeds should consent to “ go'it blind,” by engag The rightful Quee.v, ing in advance to support the nominee of a caucus convention, Rased upon principles, each of which is claimed to give the Of all below. That all may know however that nomination may have been achieved and regard greatest amount of good to all. The right, and do. less of fitndss. It is* time that the principle o f the “ sover True, it is said that politicians do not despise to take the The eai*th unite With heaven’s light, eignty of the individual” was applied to politics as well as to spoils. And why should they ? Inspired by lofty aspirations A marriage rare, Bxxt very fair. religion. and the fooling of patriotism, and propelled by a certain men T o all who view Then as to the influence of minority representatives iu a tal craving for excitement, tho politician is led to sacrifice his With open eyes, A glad sui’prise. Legislature. Had there boon a dozen or so members in tlie time for that which he thinks right and just. The excitement And Joy shall come, New York Legislature and a few in the New l rork City Govern over the physical wants and needs, again make themselves felt, To every home. Who rightly see. ment, representing the various phases of religion, radicalism and the noble mind, soaring high after eternal fame, is recalled This Jubilee, Is meant to show. and free thought, is it probable that, in the face of vigorous to the drudgery of earthly existence and forced to repair shatter That heaven’s below. remonstrances, those bodies would have given Away in three ed purses. Yours, by the power of the spirit. Julia C. Franklin. years over eight millions in cash and real estate to orthodox If some of the politicians drink, swear and steal, it is fixe religious bodies ?—robbiug free thinkers and Spiritualists of system which is to blame, but not the men. WOMAN S NOMINATION POE PRESIDENT. their proportion of those donations, in order to disseminate Thinking as I do, it grieves me that politicians take up the opinions regarded by them as demoralizing and destructive to hue and cry of a few prejudiced demagogues, denouncing their A t a meeting of the State Central Woman Suffrage Committee of California, the following resolution was unanimously adopt the best interests of society ? own professions and actions as degrading. Politics are degrad ed: Yes ; under complete or minority legislation our most radical ing, it is said, and therefore women should keep aloof from Whereas, The Hon. Geo. W. Julian lias defined his posi thinkers, writers or workers would to-day have seats in almost them- But should women not take partin polities? tion in tho following words, “ We submit tbat au aristocracy every legislative and municipal body, prompt and fearless in My husband informs mo that many highly cultivated gentle founded on sex is quite as pernicious as an aristocracy founded detecting, denouncing and thereby preventing wrongs which men abstain from voting, because the polls are usually such on color or race, ami its principle is morally vicious as it is logically false;" therefore, cowardly conservatives are cither willing to permit or fearful io nasty places, surrounded by noisy people. Exit must, then, Resolved, That our first choice as nominee for Pi-esident of resist. If a radical does now and then get into a legislature, the polls be sxxeh places, tbat even men feel contamimxted to the United States is Hon Geo. W. Julian of Indiana, subject to ho must carefully conceal his genius, or at least throw them go there? .Certainly this could bo altered. But even if the thg decision of the Woman's National Convention, 1 2 WOODHULL & CLAFLINS WEEKLY. April 13, 1872. JUDGE DAVIS REPUDIATING THE LABOR REFORM Parker did, and cleared his skirts of all cause for criticism so man and a woman, and should they occupy the same bed, the PLATFORM. far as I am concerned. Parker answered that when the notice impure and undeveloped condemn the act, and call it wrong; was officially made, he would immediately “ answer in writing.” but I declare the act lies wholly between the parties them LETTER FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT OK THE NATIONAL LABOR Well, here we are with over a month passed. Not one ratifi selves, and no one has a right to call the act in question. No UNION, DENOUNCING DAVIS AS AN ARTFUL DODGER. cation meeting, and good reason to suppose politicians plowing one has a right to say, why do ye so, for if the motives are with our men. The masses, impatient and more and more de pure, (and who shall say they are not,) the act is pure. A New York, March ‘26, 1872. termined not to be hitched to the tail of party kites. Under pure minded man and woman may occupy the same bed, C. B. Johnson, Secretary National Labor Union, Tamaqua, Pa.: these circumstances our movement to form an Independent though they never saw each other before, and the act may be My F r ie n d : I have vonrs of last week. It is, perhaps, not Workingmen’s party, which came in with such bright pros as pure as purity itself. And it is only the impure minded amiss for ns to keep not only well posted, but to preserve some pects, is being looked upon with contempt ; and this the more that will cry out against it. Any woman has a right to choose records of passing events. The great body of which you are so, because Davis himself has treated us, to say the least, with her companion, night or day, and so has a man. And what are Secretary and I first Vice President, has a right to our practical contempt. His manifesto does not notice us as of the ever act any two persons agree to, is sacred from all outside faithful services and some records of events as they pass; those least consequence. If this statement is his—and I can see for interference. When there is pure unselfish love between two of the present are full of deepest significance. Let us look at him no way out of it-—he has not accepted our platform, and persons, sexual intercourse is right and proper. But the par this political movement which had its outcome from the Na holds himself at liberty to be everybody’s candidate and no ties themselves must be the sole judges. No third party has a tional Labor Union. body’s, if he so elects —while ho coolly tells the people if they voice in the matter. It is the excess of sexual intercourse that It so happened that before the assembling of the Columbus desire him to represent them as candidate, his principles are .makes the act wrong, and not the parties who practice it. Convention I was in Washington, and there called upon Mr. summed up in the three or four generalities—the significance It makes no difference who practices sexual intercourse, pro s&obriglit, agent of the Associated Press. He is an honorable of which gives the lie to the opening declaration—and, failing vided there is pure love between the individuals. ifid prudent man, and was glad to be correctly and officially through this appeal to the South to obtain the coveted nomi This is not promiscuity, but following nature. Nature is •advised of our movements; and was only too happy to block nation, he of course is at liberty to retire at his pleasure, leav the true guide. When nature is followed, no law is interfered the game of our enemies, who had used that man Redpath to ing us practically sold out to Grant, Davis still enjoying his with. When we study and follow nature, we shall not go spread broadcast false statements in respect to our labor re fat office for life. astray. It is a law of nature that the opposite sexes shall form movements. New comers into our labor reform movement may be satis cohabit, and I declare that they alone—any two persons, are Before I left I introduced A. M. Pueft to him, and advised fied. So also trading politicians, accustomed to every foul to be the sole judges, when to cohabit. Gobright of Puett’s official position. hing for office and spoil. It was to uproot the entire system Any woman has a right to choose the father of her child, The following despatch, which evidently emanated from of fraud under cover of mere traditionary politicians, that and she has a right to choose a different father each time. Judge Davis, or with his approval, went through the Associ we started to form a workingmen’s party. Judge Davis is prov The world will improve very slowly while a woman is com ated Pr ess agent, and was published last week throughout the ing most conclusively his unfitness to represent any class of pelled to bear children by the same man. Where there is country: real reformers, much less to help labor reformers in the crisis pure, unselfish love, no man will object, or love his wife any •‘ J u d g e D a v is ’ P o sitio n . -Some days ago a despatch to the now so near upon us. less because she ehoses the father of her child. Boston Traveller gave what purported to be a correspondence I propose for one to be no party in the giving to any man The above is written for the good of humanity; and if there between the Committee of Labor Reformers and Judge David Davis, as to his acceptance of the nomination for the Presi the power to go in with the whip in hand to lash and scourge are any errors in it, he or she is my best friend who will point dency by the Columbus Convention. Judge Davis pronounces those who put him in power. We have had too much of that— them out. [Seward Mitchell. this a forgery, and intends, if “the parties are discovered who Grant was silent, available, got the position, and has been the forged his name, to punish them. tool and confederate of corrupt monopolists, and if nothing “ His friends authorize the following statement: THEORIES, THEIR WANT OF CONSEQUENCE. “ He accepted the Columbus nomination in a telegraph dis better can be had, let him keep it till the people sire sufficiently patch, which has been widely published, and has had no other educated by suffering to rise in their might and make a govern Love is the element of a heaven; either here, or elsewhere. correspondence on the subject, public or private. ment for all the people and every part of the country. The conscious soul justifies this conception by accepting it. He has not sought, directly or indirectly, by any agency The Columbus Convention—every man in it who acted in And it will not justify anything that taxes its belief, that whatever, and will not seek the nomination of any convention patronizes it, or that claims an advantage of it. Man may for the Presidency, and he declines to enter into political cor good faith—expected the committee to notify candidates, to stoop and crawl to reach a supposable happiness, but his con respondence or arrangements concerning a nomination, as act promptly and publish the answer officially. sciousness will not bear him company. Therefore he pro 'being inconsistent with the proprieties of his present judicial The committee had no right or authority to make bargains or ceeds on the ground of believing, or following evidence. Hence trust. His position is plainly this: If the people who seek to any notion or theory that comes before man, can lay a claim bring about reform in the government, who favor amnesty for arrangements; their duty and authority ceased with the simple upon him, and quite insist upon his giving it credit. But the political offenses, a candid restoration of the Union in all its performance of the one act. moment man falls back upon his consciousness he requires integrity, the supremacy of civil over military power, hostility If indignation crops out in this letter there is no occasion facts to come to him, and the tables are at once turned. Him to centralization and integrity in the administration of affairs, for surprise, for I do not intend to shirk one duty which in part self is most important. The theory must do him homage, or desire him to represent them as candidate for the Presidency, leave him. He is the umpire of his own rights, and not a he will accept that honor because those principles accord or whole reasonably devolves upon a high officer of the theory, which can be nothing, or do nothing until man con entirely with his convictions." National Labor Union, especially in a crisis so important as sents *to be dumb or is made to sustain it. Hence the man or This matter could not go out through Gobright without a re this. Horace H. Day. the theory must go under. If the one exists as a consequence, sponsible backer, besides carrying its unmistakable paternity. Vice President National Labor Union. the other cannot; consequently the dignifying theories in all ages, in aU ways, and in aU countries has kept man in the It could not have gone over the country without a name at the WOMAN SUFFRAGE. dirt to do them obeisance. As it is, every mqn has set himself bottom and Ijave a place in all the respectable press but for the We shall have to espouse the cause of Woman’s Rights. Mrs. down to just the value the theory nas fixed upon him. And fact that confidence is felt in Gobright, who is as well known M. M. Ricker of this city, went to the polls in Ward 3, on he has never dared to alter the estimate. Think what and respected as any man in Washington. This dispatch has Tuesday, and voted the straight Democratic ticket. The Mod he may, or feel what he may, he must bring all his erator took her vote and we suppose he counted it with the rest. thoughts and feelings' to the same conclusion. not been questioned. At any rate he ought to have done so. If he didn’t, it follows They must neither exceed nor fall short of the rule laid down We have a right to infer that a statement of so much impor that he isn’t true to woman. in the theory; man’s consciousness of a right has been no use tance, involving the character and public acts of a man hold Mrs. Ricker is a first rate Democratic Brick. She went the to him. What it could know or realize outside of what a ing so high a position in the government, never went through day before election and demanded of the selectmen to have her theory would allow, must go for nothing. It would be tran name put upon the check-list. They refused and ought to be scending assigned limits. It is not a marvel that man is no Gobright’s hands unless he had positive knowledge from Davis consigned to the realms of eternal celibacy instanter. Mrs. more intelligent than he is. There has been no room for him himself; hence, under the circumstances, this document Ricker owns a large amount of property and pays large taxes to expand without breaking over permitted bounds. The only comes homes to Davis. If he is the author, or if he allows in this city, and these selectmen undertake to say that she has significance to theories any way has been, that unseen manip another to make that statement for him, then I say Judge no rights which they or any other niggers are bound to respect, ulators could stand behind them and manage man. It we ask They will see their mistake if we women’s rights fellers and which is of the most consequence, man or the theory to which Davis is an artful dodger; and I say, further, the whole thing gals know ourselves, and we think we do. It’s inevitable that he bows ? the question can be settled at once. Man can exist is foul. This statement, under the circumstances, is a gross women are going to vote, and we are not the snaggy, crotch without the theory, but it cannot have the least import, unless insult to every man in the labor ranks; he must think us boys ety, shrivelled up old Benedict to say that we wont fight for man concedes it. It is more helpless than the infant of a day and defend the women to the best of our ability, so help us old, for it can make a noise independent of its nurse. Man or fools. We must now make Davis show his teeth, or skulk Melehisidec.—Dover (X. //.) Democrat has crawled for thousands of years to give importance to a away like a dog who dare not defend *his bone. Look at it a theory that could not exist a day without his consent; for the in moment: Over thirty-five days have elapsed—sufficient to MISCELLANEO US. stant he refuses to credit and sustain it, there is nothing of it. have more than this little nothing at all to have been said, and And it is of no consequence whether this theory be Pagan, Mohammedan or Christian, the result is the same in either case; I hold it self-evident that this is not the manly way of meeting THE SLIGHTEST AUTHORITY—THE TRUTH AS I SEE the theory' must depend upon man for its existence; yet man the compliment thrust upon him by so earnest a party of men IT. is the living anomaly of a thorough objectiveness holding such positive principles as ours, which are not only in the presence of a theory. A something a the bone and sinew of the nation, but the base and foundation thousand times more dependent upon himself than Cornville, Me., March, 1872. he can be upon it. What is the meaning of all this? of the republic. Resolved, That the authority of each individual soul is abso There is certainly a significance to it that lacks candor, or it To some of our friends he makes such representation of his lute and final in deciding questions as to what is true or false would have explained itself before this. It would have given principles as to induce them to trust him, and they in turn in principle, or right or wrong in practice ; therefore, the indi man some solution besides telling him he was “ ’a poor devil,” vidual, the church, or the State, that attempts to control the ask onr party to be satisfied: while to the great public—the and demanding of him an unqualified acquiescence. Man in opinions or the practice of any man or woman, by an authority this case has a right to be suspicious. It is his only safety. nation—he proclaims that he declines to “ enter into any ar or power outside of his or her own soul, is guilty of a flagrant Besides this, if theories had any ready compensations in them, rangement concerning the nomination,” and has not. He then wrong. H. C. W r ig h t . in addition to those we have to take upon trust, the plausibility declares what are his views. Who can he or his ‘ ‘ friends ” We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are born of their pretensions would be slightly' augmented. Yet these free and equal, and endowed by their creator with the inaliena hope to mislead ? Is it the Cincinnati Convention, whom the could never effect the absurdity' of their pompous claim, while ble right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. they are so absolutely dependent upon man for the least item Camden Democrat (edited by one of the two New Jersey dele [Dec. of Independence. in their existence. Do we ask proof for their dependence on gates), tells us he expects or hopes, or his friends hope, to cap The above propositions being indisputably true, it follows man for their existence ? Here it is. If every Baptist in the ture, or the great Democratic party, without which he would that no third party has a right to interfere with the acts of any land would throw up his belief to-day, in Baptist notions, the have no hope ? If he is true to these expected friends he must other parties. The authority of each indvidual soul being abso theory would have no more importance in this country than Mahomedanism has. And precisely so with every other theory. be false to us. lute and final, from that authority there can be no appeal. If the man is of more importance than the coat he wears, Not one word on the all-important financial question ; not a Freedom is the natural, inherent, and inalienable right of every theories are no where when compared to man. Yet theories word, indeed, in respect to a single plank of the platform of the one. Whenever any two persons do an act between themselves, have vilified him, taught him abasements, set an iron heel up National Labor Union, except that of generous amnesty to the that act concerns no one but themselves, and no one has a right on his neck, and chased him with fear until they have driven him to confess their supremacy. Will it be said that God is South. Well, every party is on this plank. Ours, however, is to say why do ye so, or call the parties to account. It must be in the theory ! ’ If so, we must confess a God as much in one the only one which means what it says. All this is, in my settled beyond cavil or dispute, that the Divine law is above the as in the another. The Hindoo, as in the Christian theory, ' judgment, foul play, wholly unworthy the parties concerned ; human. The renewed soul takes no cognizance of human law, for every theory has the same significance—the abjection of and if this is Davis’ position he has not accepted either our plat never appeals to it, is above it. Humanity longs for freedom. man. And in this respect the Papal is in advance of all others. And if one say it is not true, we wipe out every other theory. form or oar nomination, hvl refuses it, and this is the whole Not license to injure themselves or others ; but freedom to act For it exists only in the credit it can obtain. And this is pre case. out their higher and holier natures. The regenerated soul cisely the case with every other theory. As I have said of the You will remember, I resigned my place on the Committee knows no law but the law within—is a law unto himself. The Baptist theory, cease believing any of them to-day, and to to notify candidates. This I did because I demanded prompt present marriage laws must be repealed, leaving the individual morrow, despite of their God claims, they are done for. Each and all of them with no grain of exception dependent upon action, and was opposed by Mr. Puett and Mr. Groem, the lat free. But what is worse than statute law, is public opinion, or man for an hour’s existence. When this terrible farce is done ter of whom had Mr. Chamberlin’s ptoxy to act for him, and custom. All true or renewed souls will totally disregard with, of making imaginary paper books and institution I immediately sent a copy of the platform in a letter to each the wicked and enslaving customs of the age. When a man al significances, that teach abasements only equaled by the de candidate. They were duplicate letters, in which I said I could and woman who are married (lower law marriage), occupy the votee of a stone image, we may begin to enquife something about glorious man. A being of substance, intelligence and not understand the reason of delay and considered such preju same bed, it is considered all right, and no one makes feeling. And yet the dupe hitherto of every thing, that has dicial to the candidates. Davis never answered that letter. any remarks about it But let two strangers meet together, a meanly had the audacity to take him by the nose. E. W. April,13, 1872. WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. [Entered according to Act o f CougroHB, in the year 1871, by Edward N. considerable toil. The innovation, admired but by a few at in doubting the excellence ol the system, French in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.] first, was soon acquiesced in by all. Previously, human labor assume, she is governed. (Continued.) had been recognized as the only equivalent for human labor ; but that, like the manna in the wilderness, could not well be EMMANUELO; Kreigspeil, or the game of war. Prince Arthur of England has secreted in large quantities, but had to be gathered daily. The lately been delivering a lecture to the British officers at Dover, i law made money the exchange for the toil of man, it could not make it the equivalent ; and gold had for covetous men this Great Britain, on the above amusement, which is played with NEWS FROM THE NORTH POLE. advantage, that it could be made to work in their stead. The tittle wooden soldiers and cannon, painted red and blue to re change introduced exhibited a twofold operatien. It increased present opposing armes. It is a very entertaining game and CHAPTER THE SECOND. the artificial wants, and at the same time, stimulated the avarice just the thing for young princes io play at. It is not, however, of mankind. Soon larger and more pretentious dwellings, with “ Meantime' we shall express our darker purpose, richer furniture, began to make their appearance. Then the interesting to our workingmen, either here or in Europe, who Give me the mop there. Know that we have divided have had enough of Kreigspeil, and in the near future in In three our kingdom.” —King Lear. land, which was forbidden to be sold for ever under the Mosaic Laws, began to be alienated. The larger the house, the more tend to ordain the Jeanette system, viz: THE EARLIER HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF EMMANUELO. ITS “ EDEN need of a larger section of land to be appropriated to it. As “ All the world shad be at peace. DAYS AND ERA OF FELICITY.’ ' AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST only a small part of the island was as yet under good cultiva But if kings must show tbeir might. SETTLEMENT IN THE ISLAND BY THE ES8ENES OF CHRISTIANS OF tion, the many began to be pinched in regard to the land. Why, let those who make the quarrel JUDEA. THEIR MODE OF LIFE AND GRADUAL DEGENERATION. What matter ? If they ceuld not work it for themselves, they Be the only ones to fight.” Before continuing the narrative of our landing and the de could for their more prosperous neighbors ; and, if they received Which agrees with the doctrine of the Internationals on the scription of the present state of Emmanuelo, it is thought here for their services a money return, it amounted to the same thing. subject of war. best to give the reader its earlier history, as obtained from the This argument passed with them for truth. Iu the mean time, most authentic records which can be found there. To begin: advancing with steady pace, distinctions and classifications In spite of the following beautiful remonstrance of the It is supposed that, though garnished with every luxury of amongst the brethren began to creep in. The many were found worthy Chaplain, the Massachusetts House of Representatives vegetation, and abounding in life, as regarding the lower orders to be discontented with their positions. The community, pre has again refused to acknowledge the rights of women, who of animal creation, it was untrodden by the foot of man until viously united, commenced to break up, and gradually the peo A. D. 76. In the native records the time specified is A. D. 43; ple began to spread themselves over the island, hoping, by that comprise more than half the citizens of that State : but as they reckon time from the crucifiction, this would make means, to improve their condition in life. . The earth is thine, O, Lord, and the fullness thereof, the the above difference. The first settlers of the island are said world and they that dwell therein; and now another of the to have been a party of early Christians, called by tne Jews world’s great questions presses into this chamber for an “ Essenes,” who started as missionaries from Jerusalem, and, NEVER GIVE UP. answer: What can we do for Women ? and clamor answers, having crossed the Caucasian Mountains, penetrated into “ Let her vote." Clamor answers again, “ Don’t lethervote." Sc-ythia. Here they were driven northward by a revolt of some BY I. A. HEALD. Clamor thunders, clamor whines, clamor prays, clamor jeers. of the barbaric tribes inhabiting that vast extent of country. Shall we hear the jeer of clamor? God forbid! If there be The authorities of the island state that, on the river Obi, at or Never give up, whate’er thy position, any stain of a right withheld from bright, blessed beings, near where the Russian city of Obdorsk now stands, aided by Where'er ou this planet thy lot may be cast: those who as mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, companions, the angels, they built two ships which they called the Maria, 'Mid life’s varied ills fulfill thy true mission, friends, make up so much of the happiness of the common and the Magdalena. Having fitly equipped them, they em An victory will perch on thy banner at last. wealth homes, give us wisdom clear enough to see and will barked in the same, being in number, including men, women strong enough to expunge that stain from the records of our and children, one hundred and forty-four souls. They assert Never give up! Earnest words fitly spoken. othSrwise prosperous State. that these vessels were guided day and night by a very brilliant A motto well chosen to battle, with crime: It is evident that the unbelievers are yet too strong for the ‘Till the victims of wrong and oppression have broken star, whose lustre was notitotally obscured even by the noon-day faithful in the above mentioned place. A body which but sun. This led them safely through the ice barrier of the North Their shackles and passed into freedom sublime. Pole, and eventually rested for the term of seven days over the lately refused to limit the labors of women and children to ten Thy labor for years may have ended in sorrow, spot where they landed. Here the wanderers built a city, hours per day, would, in the eyes o f any but the most enlight Still there’s work in this life that must surely be done; which yet exists, and called it Mizpah, or “ the beacon light.” ened Christian, be considered as “ past praying for.” Although the people of Emmanuelo believe all parts of the Though hope has gone down with the sun, yet tomorrow May bring you a victory most gloriously won. earth (o be equally sacred, still the port of Mizpah is not unfre- The following is taken from the New York Standard for quently termed, in their general conversation, “ The Holy Then never give up, but onward forever, March 28, and coming from such high authority as that of a City." Let your watchword be while life shall remain: City Recorder may well be termed The present inhabitants of the island always speak of the Show friends that are true, your highest endeavor three first centuries passed by their ancestors as the “ Eden Shall be, their confidence now to retain. A STARTLING ACCUSATION.— GIRLS TAKEN FROM RANDALL’S Days,” or “ The Era of Felicity.” In that happy period it is ISLAND EOR CRIMINAL PURPOSES. stated that crime was almost unknown, that ware did not exist, Yes, onward till death, though slanders assail you, In Recorder Purcell’s court, Long Island City, yesterday, that indeed in Emmanuelo was to be found the Atlantis of For they can injure but for awhile; Ida Miller, Clara Hall, Jane Sheehan and Mary Beesom were Plato, Some writings assert that then the earth brought forth Use no such defense, ’twill never avail you. arranged as escaped prisoners from Randall s Island. The her fruit and grain spontaneously, without the aid ot human Slander is but the coarse food of the vile. Recorder ordered them sent back, labor. But this latter statement, though of some antiquity, is They told shocking tales of cruelty and ill-treatment. Ida Then never despair, though dark days come o’er you, generally discredited, for, in the oldest and best credited his said that she believed the keepers to be in collusion with Har tory of the period, an account is given of the farming imple There’s sunshine and shadow wherever we roam; lem men, who every now and then came with boats and took ments and seed s brought by ‘ ‘ the fathers ” in the ships in Press on to duty, which now lies before you, one or two away. This occurred particularly on the Sabbath. which they came to the island. Although the large majority Shadows will vanish and brighter days come. She said she had been taken to Berrian Island, and grossly of the first settlers were natives of Judea, yet in the list'of Advance guard of progress, then make no concession: outraged. She claimed to have been a virtuous girl previous the names of the one hundred and forty-four may be found Your cause is God’s truth, let justice be done; to her father’s ill-treatment, and ; ls the result of a conspiracy those of Romans, Grecians, and also of Barbarians. Even Brave spirits, then forward! The friends of progression she was sent to the island. Ethiopia was not unrepresented, and the African may yet be "Will honor and bless thee when freedom is won. All of them told similar stories. Mary Beesom was thrown discovered in thick lips and close curled black hair of some of overboard for resisting an outrage on her person. One of the the people, although his peculiar hue cau hardly now be recog What though the world in a fhlse light may view you, men who took her from the island is known to some of the nized. The form of government established by the fathers Though you may have drank from life’s bitterest cup ? keepers. appears to have been very simple, and based upon the system Success yet awaits yon, if you are but true to The Recorder told the reporter that women were outraged of C ommunism ordained by the Apostles. With the exception Yourself and the motto of “ Never give up.” shockingly, and that the authorities made no attempt to pre of Mizpah, no mention is made oi any other city being estab Hf.ald’s R anch, Colfax, Cal., March, 1872. vent it. On recent occasions when he had sent escaped pris lished on the island, previous to the year A. D. 236; one hun oners back, the keepers had retused to receive them, saying dred and sixty years after the landing of the pilgrims. The The New York World devotes a couple of columns to they “ had enough of the ------things.” account given of the Essenes by the historians Josephus and V.’hen poor girls are not safe locked in a jail, verily there is “ Women in Journalism," sketching the lives of Jane Swiss- Philo appears to describe their mode of life correctly. “ They need either of a reformation or a revolution. Some women, at were a body of men and women who shunned cities, preferring to live helm. Emma Brown, Laura Redden, Nellie Hutchinson, Mid least, have reason to desire a change, when city officials refuse in villages or sparse settlements, dreading the moral contagion gen die Morgan, Sara Hubbard and Margaret Buchanan. It also erated by the. herding together of humanity. They desired not to to them even the miserable asylum of a prison, which they have mentions Paulina Wright Davis. Fanny Fern. Gail Hamilton, amass wealth, preferring to restrict their wants to the common nec earned by their crimes, or, more probably by those of the Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Helen Hunt, Mrs. Whitney, Mary essaries of life." The only architectural work mentioned in the male prostitutes who have betrayed them, for whom there is no earliest annals is the Church or Tabernacle they built at Miz Clemmer Ames and Grace Greenwood The proprietors of this punishment at present. pah, in which they aimed to rival the temple of Solomon. W e e k l y are not enumerated in the list. S~importe, as long as This is said to be very large and magnificent, and to have taken the people crowd in thousands to hear what we write, and as Among the depositions of the witnesses called by the Com them over a century to complete. They had their days of mission of Inquiry into the causes of the French insurrection meeting, their special feasts and games, which are dwelt upon long as the “ real world ” admits our claims as journalists, we of the 18th of March, is one which it is not pleasant to relate by writers of that period with delight, and were very primitive can afford to be forgotten by the “ paper World." in cold blood. It would be quite superfluous to make any com in their desires and tastes. They do not seem to have paid ment on the following complacent account of Captain Garien, much attention to the arts and sciences, except such as were stall'officer, of the execution of Milliere: absolutely needed to supply the common wants of their lives. STRAY SHOTS. Miltiere was arrested at about 10 o’clock in the morning, in Notwithstanding their lack of luxuries, they were, during the ) a house which was, I believe, his own. Hs made some resist ‘‘ Eden Days,” a cheerful, happy, and contented people, singu The New York Standard of the 28th nit., reports that there ance to the sergeant and to the corporal who arrested him: he larly free from crime. are five unrecognized corpses at the Morgue. It is no wonder had fired a revolver, and was brought along by two men in a In proof that these statements are correct, it is sufficient to state of gfeat excitement; the crowd was angrv and wished to state that not until the year A. D. 139, or sixty-three years after the House of Commons in Great Britain objects to Sir Charles tare him to pieces. Milliere was brought to us: we were break their landing, did they send out a party to explore the rest of Dillces’ republicanism; some folks don’t tike such proofs of a fasting with the General in the restaurant of the Rue de Tour- the island. As has been recorded, it was over a century and a high state of civilization. non, beside the Luxembourg. We heard a great noise and half before they founded their second city, and their central went out. Some one said to me, “ It is Milliere.” I took care city or metropolis, “ Hierosolyma,” was not commenced until In the Obituary of the New York Herald of March 22d. we that the crowd should not do justice itself. He did not go into the year A. D. 1264, or twelve centuries after the landing of the are informed of the demise of the Archbishop ot Lima. Ac the Luxembourg: he was stopped at the door. I addressed fathers. Their religion was Christian, and appears to have him and said, “ You are certainly Milliere.” “ Yes, but yon are counts are also given of the death of the Earl of Lonsdale, who been equally simple with modes of life. Like their ancestors, aware that I am a deputy. ” “ That is possible, but 1 think they instituted a special priesthood; they believed that all “ enjoyed the right of peremptory appointment, as patron, to you have lost your position as deputy. Reside, there is a dep places were equally holy, justifying their faith by the conver thirty-two rectories iu the English church;” also, of Lady uty among us, M. de Quinsonas, who will recognize you.” I sation recorded between “The Master” and the woman of Charles Lines Ker, who killed herself in hunting. No one then told Milliere that the General's orders were that he should Samaria. They deemed that all animals were equally holy, as be shot. He said, “ W hy?” I replied, “ I only know you by died here, worth mentioning, except Lawyer Schley, of Balti thrice proclaimed in the vision of Peter the Fisherman. They name; I have read articles of yoms which disgusted me: you also asserted that all time was equally holy, not by the degra more. Go ou, Mr. Herald, you’ll accustom us to noble com are a viper upon which one treads. You hate society ? ” He dation of the Jewish Sabbath, but by the elevation of the rest pany in time. stopped me, saying with a meaning look, “ Oh. yes, I hate of the week to an equal dignity. In justification of this last that society.” “ Well, it is about to expel you from its bosom: DO!isition, their earlier scribes refer to the conversation of “T he Room for an article from the New York World of the 27th you are going to be executed.” “ This is summary justice, it MiJaster ” with the Pharisees in the cornfield ; and, also to the ult: is barbarity, it is cruelty.” “ And sill the cruelties you have action of the Apostles in refusing to sanction the superior “ A bill to prohibit waiter-girl saloons has been virtually committed, do you reckon them nothing ? At all events, as holiness of the Jewish Sabbath, by appointing another day to soon as you say you are Milliere there is nothing else to be be their day of meeting for prayer and praise. Although their tabled in the Assembly. Let the mover try it again on the principle of regulating such establishments. Many things done.” The General had ordered that he should be shot at the Christianity was simple, it entered into all their actions; texts Pantheon, kneeling to ask pardon of society for the ill he had were to be found over the doors of their cottages, and on the which cannot be absolutely prohibited may yet be readily made susceptible of sanitary rules.” done it. He refused to be shot kneeling. I said, “ Such are walls of the rooms in which they lived; over their marts of the orders; you will be shot kneeling, and in no other way. ”, He trade, and in their halls for recreation. Even their weights If the “ Gentleman in black below” reads the New York did a little acting; he opened his coat, showing his breast to and measures, some of which are still to be seen in the Museum dailies, it is surmised that when he peruses the above it will the firing party entrusted with the execution. I said to him, of Antiquities at Hierosolyma, are adorned with appropriate make him grin. ” “ You are acting melo-drama; you wish it to be said how you reminders to justice and charity, in texts from the Sacred died. Die quietly, that is better.” “ I am free in my own in Writings. The battle of Republicanism must be fought and won in the terest and in the interest of my cause to do as I will.” “ So be But this happy state of affairs we are told did not last long. streets of our cities. The overthrow of Tammany and Erie it; kneel down.” He then said to me, “ I will not go on my Before the end of the second century feuds began to arise in the knees unless you order two men to force me to do so." I had community, and incipient divisions began to show themselves rings used rightly, will effect more for the cause of true Demo him forced to kneel, and the execution was proceeded with. both in Church and State. A large section dared to dispute the cracy iu Europe than any two battles won in the war of the He cried out, “ Vive l’humante ! ” He was going to cry out simple records of the fathers, and to doubt the truths contained rebellion. Per contra, considering that New Y'ork exhibits something else when befell dead.—Pall Mall Gazette. in the Sacred Testimonies. Before the end of the third century, a death rate considerably greater than double her birth rate, Alas, brother, under the present merciless regime, what was gold, which is found on the island, was legalized as a medium of exchange. This was only to be obtained by human labor, and that her annual committals for crimes equal in number the use of eryiug, with your dying breath, “ Vive 1 humante," in and then could not be collected save in small quantities with one tenth) of her population, wise men in Europe are justified France. 14 WOODHULL & CLAFLIN'S WEEKLY April 13, 1872. WHAT DOES IT MATTER? GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OHIO. LADIES AS PREACHERS. Mrs. Lucinda II. Stone of Michigan, who is traveling in Syria with a party of young Amer It matters little where I was born, A largely attended meeting of the ladies ol’ the Metho Or if my parents were rich or poor: (From the Wheeling, West Virginia Intelligencer.) ican ladies, gives the following graphic account dist churches of this city was held hero yesterday to Whether they shrank at the cold world's scorn, Thomas Hornbrook, Esq., has placed in our hands of the condition of women in the Orient: Or walked in the pride of wealth secure. discuss a plan haviug in view the admission of women the “ Geological Survey of Ohio,” it being a report of Thera is nothing in all this Eastern country But whether I live an honest woman. to the pulpit as preachers. Reporters were excluded, And hold my integrity firm in my clutch, the progress made in the survey during 1870 by the that makes me more sick at heart than the ter but it has transpired that after two or three set spooches I tell you, my brother, as plain as I can. Chief Geologist o f the State, Prof. J. S. Newberry. rible abuse of animals that I everywhere see, It matters much. aud general discussion of the subject, a committee was The geological survey of Ohio was begun in 1809, and except the neglect and abuse of little children, appointed to draft a memorial to the General Confer It matters little how long I stay is yet far from complete. It is made the duty of the and the most wretched and degraded condi ence, to meet soon at Brooklyn, N. Y., asking that body In a world of sorrow, sin and earc; Chief Geologist to make annual reports of progress, tion of women, who yet eliiig to their shame as Whether in youth I am called away. to sanction and provide for tho ordination of woman and the volume before us, not only records tho work their highest glory. “ I no like the English,” Or live till my bones o f tlesli are bare. as ministers of the Methodist Church. Sonic of the But whether I do the best I can done during 1870, but embodies the result of the explo said the sheik, who conducted our party out first ladies in the city wore present at the meeting, and To soften the weight of adversity’s touch ration up to that time. It is a handsome volume of to tho pyramids of Sahara in Egypt, after he On the faded cheeks of my fellow-man, took part in the discussion. near 600 pages, aud embraces reports by tho assistant had been telling me about an English and It matters much. American party, with whom he had encamped geologists, of whom there are three, the chemist aud there for twenty days, who were making explor It matters little where be my grave, several local assistants, liberally interspersed with sec TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. On the land, or on the sea; ations. * ‘I no like the English. ” ‘ ‘And why do By purling brook or ’neath stormy wave; tion maps and accompanied by several largo separate you not like the English?” I asked. “Why, It matters little or naught to me. maps showing grouped sections. As yet the investiga (From the New York Tribune.) because the English, lie have money, and tho But whether the augcl of death comes down tions of tho geologists do not appear to have touched To sell themselves to the highest matrimonial bidder And marks my brow with a loving touch, woman, his wife, she have money too; I no like As one that shall wear a victor’s crown, Belmont county, except in an analysis of “ Parker’s is a fashion old and new' among young women in most the woman have money.” “ But don’t your wife It matters much. cement limestone” at Barnesvillo, but Prof. Newberry of the social ranks. Poets declare it, cynics growl at it, have money?” I asked, (for he had before told informed Mr. Hornbrook recently that it was the inten literary Penelopes do reams of Thread and butter about me how many donkeys he owned, and that ha tion to extend tho investigation next season into the it. Ethel Newcome is always seeking young Farintosh; had two good houses in Cairo). “ No, no,” he MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. region of Ohio adjoining the Panhandle. sly Elizabeth constantly plays bashful love and sweet answered with a scornful laugh, * ‘my wife no We should like very raudh to see a work of this land Miss Lo Clercq’s appearance at Booth’s is quite a the ness for Lovel’s benefit. But it is all uiider tho rose; have money. I have the money.” “ But don't progressing in West Virginia. There certainly ought atrical event; as it gives her numerous admirers a however plainly the fact of tho bargain is understood, your wife sometimes go to market and to the to be a thorough scientific exploration of the goology chance to see her shining in the light of her own rc- the fond pair have the wit or the grace to ignore it, and bazars to buy things that she wants?” “ No, no,” o f this State. We have urged it upon the Legislature ho said, more scornfully still, “ my wife go not splendant genius, uninfluenced by Fechter, whoso to perform a respectable comedy ot truth and affec for years. There is much loose, inexact talk about the out of the house, she wear veil, she cover her shadow wo had concluded she must of necessity be, tion before the world. It isn’t often that wo hoar of mineral resources of the State. We believe they arc face to buy what she wants.” Pursuing the though we always thought, and still insist, that he owed such a case as has lately been airing itself in that dusty very great, but if we want the outside world to believe subject, I asked , “ And why does your wife his great success to Miss Le Clercq’s wonderfully artis dcu, the Euglish Court of Chancery. The heroine was it, we must furnish them some evidence they will con wear a veil?” ‘ ‘O, cause she shame, ” he answered. tic efforts. She is a charming woman, and her woman a young widow, who, after becoming engaged to one sider authentic. We do not believe tho State could so “ My wife is my shoe,” is the maxim of marital liness pervades every character she assumes, though adorer, felt a hankering for tho plumper purse of an profitably invest ten or twenty or thirty thousand dol authority in this country; “ haven't I a right to she is entirely forgetful o f self. Last week she played other, who proposed huge settlements as an inducement lars in any other way as in a thorough examination and kick off my shoe or do whatever I please with “ Rosalind” in “ As You Like It” to fine and apprecia to break that engagement. She kindly mentioned the report on iti geology. No ono thing tbe Legislature it?” And the great difficulty in doing anything tive audiences, notwithstanding she was miserably sup fact to No. 1, who firmly but mournfully gave her up— can do, would do so much to bring capital and enter for these poor creatures is, that it is the women ported. The Company at Booth's is not suited to com and she married No. 2 and his money. That she should prise. themselves who are the most opposed to any edy. being of the lugubrious and tragic order, conse be unhappy, that No. 2 should deceive and maltreat her, It is quite vain, wo suppose, to hope for anything in change. And so said the sheik, closing all his quently under these depressing circumstances Sliaks- and leave her almost penniless, wore of course the re this direction at the hands of the present Legislature. sentences with “ My wife is satisfied.” pearc’s delightful play assumed a rather heavy and mel sults of this matter-of-fact bargain. A tedious suit at A body that seriously has it in contemplation to re-enact ancholy air. Waller's “ Jaques” was solemn and dull law cuds the story aud points its moral. Two women have lately been elected School Trustees the old Virginia usury laws (perhaps has re-enacted and resembled his “ Julius Ca?sar” in style. Pateman in Independent School District No. 1, Chester County. Pa. They are married, and are both Quakers^ The them by this time) mav be set down as being opposed A Noble Loud, being the sequel to “ The Lost Heir was fair in “ Touchstone,” and Mary Wells was as good people are much pleased at their election. They are to having any xieople or capital from 'abroad com e into as possible in the thankless and ridiculous character of Linlithgow',” by Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southwortb, said to be in every way competent. I» Ohio two the State at all; and holding to this Japanese policy of women were recently appointed Notaries Public, but a of •• Audrey,'* Miss Pateman’s “ Celia” was charming, is in press, and will be published in u few days by T. non-intercourse ( which even the Japanese have aban B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa. It is said to stupid judge declared their appointments illegal. It is and she did her best to infuse some life and warmth to be hoped that thero are no stupid judges in Penn doned) they would naturally resist any proposition to be the best book that this popular authoress lias ever into the piece. Mr. Norton made a very agreeable sylvania. ascertain and publish to the outside world the natural ^------♦_------“ Orlando,” and seems to have considerable force of or written. “ A Noble Lord” will be issued in a largo duo advantages the State offers for investment aud enter decimo volume, uniform with Mrs. Southworth’s other MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITIES. iginality. Miss Le Clercq’s “ Rosalind” was necessarily prise. works, and will be sold at the low price o f $1.75 in affected by the heaviness of the surroundings, but it I carian Community—Queen City, Adams County, But we must not despair. Perhaps we shall have a was thoroughly artistic, and her bright piquancy gave cloth, or $1.50 in paper cover; or copies will be sent by Iowa. more enlightened Legislature next year, or the next, or mail, to any place, post-paid, by the publishers, on re a flavor to the whole play that redeemed it from utter E benezer Community—Ebonezer Colony, Iowa. at some future period. We must first, however, have a ceipt of the price of the work in a letter to them. The stupidity. She looked and dressed the part superbly, R.vpriTE Community—Economy, near Pittsburg. more enlightened constituency. The Legislature is following new' books arc having immense sales, aud The “ bloody kerchief’ scene at the close of the fourth Sweedish Community—Sweedish C6lony, Bishop not likely to rise much above the level of tho people should be read by all; “ John Jasper’s Secret,” being act was very finely rendered. The fainting was won Hill, Illinois. who choose it; and when wo have Legislatures we are the sequel to Charles Dickons’ “ Mystery of Edwin derfully real, and ladies whopractico this eccentricity Snowbergku Community—Snowberger Colony. Snow ashamed of, tho real shame attaches to the peoplo who Drood;” a new aud enlarged edition of “ Meister Karl’s for a purpose at home (if such things are ever done) Hill, Pennsylvania. elect them. Whenever tlin people o f the State are Sketch Book.” by Charles G. Leland; “ Aunt Patty's would do well to study Miss Le Clercq. This week Zoorite Community—Zoorite’s Ford, Ohio* ready to enter upon intelligent measures to develop and Scrap Bag.” by Mrs. Caroline Leo Hentz; “ A Noble Miss Le Clercq plays “ Julia” in the “ Hunchback,” people their territory, their Legislature will be ready to Woman,” by Mrs. Ann. S. Stephens; “ Cyralla,” by the ONEIDA AND BRANCH COMMUNITIES. and next week she will appear as “ Mine, Fontangos” execute their will. author of “ Initials;” “ Kate Kennedy,” by Mrs. C. J. in Tom Taylor’s play of “ Plot and Passion. Oneida Community—Lenox, Madison County. New Newby; “ Monsieur Antoine,” by George Sand; and York. Mrs. John Wood has finally laid ‘ Pocahontas*’ on the A WOMAN'S FARM. the ■popular poem o f “ Beautiful Snow.” Send to T. B. Willow Pbace Oommunity—Branch of 0. 0., Madi Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, for their Illustrated shell’ where we hope it may rest indefinitely, and be son County, New York. buried in the dust of ages, for it is not worth a resur Catalogue. (From the Davenport, Iowa, Democrat.) W a l l i n g f o r d Community—Branch of 0. C.- Walling rection. ford, Connecticht. She has rather imposed on the good nature of an An esteemed and well known Davenport lady friend Who was “ D olly Y ardkn?” The only correct has lately made a peculiar investment—has over Address O neida Circula, Oneida, New York. admiring public by keeping “ La Belle Sauvage” before thing from which to mako up lovely spring dresses for stepped the bounds of conventionalism, and bought a ladies is a gorgeous material—all bright blossoms and them so Ion?, when they were frantic for “ Poll and Mr. James Brady has now in full operation at his farm. This farm is located near South English, in maizy intertwining stems—known as “ Dolly Varden.” Partner Joe.” bnther reasons for the delay were doubt Mailing Agency, 27 Rose street, several beautiful folding Liberty township, in the north-east corner of Keokuk Whence this singular appellation for dress goods nat less good, and now her pet speciality is fairly launched machines, the invention of Chambers Bro.& Co. of Phil county. South English is a post office town, of about urally queries the fair sex. The new name in dry on the sea of public favor, and crowds will flock to hear adelphia. We were much pleased aud edified by a fifty inhabitants, and is surrounded by a very rich and goods is that of one of Charles Dickons’ heroines. her sing “ His heart was true to Poll.” Wo shall take visit to his establishment and from his urbanity and at well improved farming country. There are a Baptist “ Dolly Varden” is ono of the female characters in occasion to speak more fully of this piece in our next tention derived a considerable insight into the intricate and a Methodist church; an excellent public school; a “ Barnaby Rudge;” is a daughter of Gabriel Varden, a issue. machinery which (as instance this paper) folds, pastes country store; a good hotel: a harness and blacksmith locksmith; is sought in marriage by “ Sim Tappertit,” and trims with such accuracy. To those interested in JTie long talked o f Easter season of Italian Opera, shop; also a firm of master carpenters and builders; a vain London apprentice, and “ Joe Willett," a very the progress of invention we promise a rich treat, which with Mme. Parepa, Miss PliillippH, Rantley and Wachtel four physicians; a notary public and conveyancer and exemplary young gentleman indeed. Miss Dolly be will fully repay a visit to the. establishment of Mr. —four stars o f the first magnitude—was inaugurated in several other lesser business men. The Oskaloosa came Mrs. Willet. She is described by Dickens as pos Brady. grand style at the Academy of Music on Monday even branch of the C. R. I. & P. Railroad is about six miles sessing “ a face lighted up by the lovliest pair of Rpark- ing. The house was packed even to listen to “ Trova- south of this place. The lady states in a letter that ling eyes that ever locksmith looked upon; the face of Cosmopolitan Conference meets every Sunday at tore, ” an opera that has been ran almost to death of there will be considerable building done and improve a jjretty laughing girl: dimpled, and fresh and health 2:80 j*. m., in the nicely fitted up and apScions hall, southwest corner of Bleeeker street aud tho Bowery. late y*ars. Too much cannot be said in praise of this ments made the coming season; many new buildings ful—the very impersonation of good humor and bloom Seats free, a collection being taken up to defray ex charming combination, nor of the manner in which the will be erected. And this is what she says about the ing beauty.” As for Miss Dolly’s attire, we refer our penses of ball and advertising. Council of Conference various parts are sustained. Sautloy’s “ Count di farm: It consists of 112 acres, of which forty are im readers to the illustrated editions of Charles Dickens’ every Wednesday evening, at the house of Ira B. Baris, Luni” was almost a new creation, it issodiflerent from proved. It was bought three years ago for $1,275, and Works, published in endless variety, and at all prices 35 East Twenty-seventh street, near Fourth avenue. the conventional Count that has been thrust upon the is now worth $2,500, owing to the raise in real estate. by B. T. Peterson & Brothers, No. 806 Chestnut Street, T he N ew York L iberal Club meets every Friday public. Wachtel was in magnificent voice, but he pre She also invested $175 in stock, and last fall made the Philadelphia. evening at 8 o’clock, for the discussion of Scientific sumes too much on his reputation and sings in a slov first sales of beef cattle, which brought $200. She and other interesting subjects. Good speaking and entertaining discussions may always be expected. enly, careless style, that is noticeably in contrast to grows the best corn; superintends the farm; plants her How L ong the F emale Heart Cankers. It is said Santley’s perfect realization. Parepa’s “ Leonore” is too own trees and fruit; but does not plow nor hoe nor that womanly despair for tho loss of a lover endures T iif. Celtic W eekly.—This new literary journal has well known to need praise, but Miss Phillipps as anything of that kind. Thus she concludes: “ I am three months in the winter and two months in the sum been received by the press and the peoplo with a “ Azuceua” was a new delight, and wc only wish she well aware that this savors of ‘ strong-mindedness,’ mer; the second month the lady becomes interested in warmth of welcome which indicates its worth and could be heard more frequently i>. opera. Her style is but I am prepared for the scorn and contempt of the the new style of hair-dresing; the third, she. burns her merit. From a host o f press notices wo select the fol very dramatic, and her voice the finest contralto in the ‘weak-minded,’ believing that a man would rather hear love-letters. Twelve mouths after she hoars of her for lowing : country. talk like this than the wliine of a weak, shallow-minded mer lover’s marriage, and wonders “ how' she could ‘ “ The Celtic W eekly’ is the taking title of a new On Wednesday “ Rigoletto” was given and Rantley female devotee to the whine and fashions of this mun have loved a man with a red moustache.” paper, starting in a new' path, with the well grounded won new laurels in his favorite role. I£e is faultless as dane sphere.” And this about grapes : “ The largest, he pe c f securing a class of readers which no other like publication has yet reached. ’ In size and stylo it is sim a musician, and may be considered the attraction per most luscious and digcstable grapes are grown upon A L ady writer to the Academy o f Sciences that she ilar to tho ‘ Ledger.' Its columns ;ai*e filled with a va excellence of the troupe, even where there are so many this ‘ woman's farm.’ If the crop of this fruit is good has at last “ found the principle which differentiates the riety of entertaining matter—storiea and poems—iu to admire. The financial success of this venture, is the corning season, yon brigands of the press will prob finite from the infinite.” 8ho demands that five other which the Celtic element appears, but does not over something wonderful, but conclusively shows that ably hear more of the female farm as well as of the shadow all else ; notes on literature, art, etc.; wood academies, with tbe Academy o f Sciences, shall together cuts embellish the pages, and we doubt not tho new New Yorkers are ready and willing to patronize and grapes.” To which we make our best bow, return pay her the sum o f £1,000,000 sterling. At this price paper will find numerous admirers. It is published by pay any price for the very best the world affords. thanks, and possess our souls in patience, waiting for she will yield up her secret. At latest dates the M. J. O’Leary Co., and mailed to subscribers for $2.50 a year.” —New York Evening Mail. the time of the singing of birds and the ripening of the Academy had not voted to come down with tho dust grape harvest. “T he Celtic W eelly.—The first number of a new NEW MUSIC. illustrated romantic and patriotic story paper, entitled Forty years ago a blooming young girl of sixteen ‘ The Celtic Weekly,’ lms been receieved. It contains Messrs. Ditson k do. of Boston and New York have FIFTY CENTS FOR A WIFE. married an old man of sixty for bis money, expecting eight pages of five broad columns each, and is replete with spirited and irreproachable tales o f fiction, which published the following new music: that he would soon die aud leave her a wealthy young are admirably illustrated, sketches, bits of lmmor, his “ O! that we two were Maying” by Gounod. An (From the Boston Traveller. widow. Last week the lady died at the respectable age tory, wit and wisdom, and rocords of pleasing aiul mar effective song. The title page is ornamented with a of fifty-six, leaving a husband aged one hundred, and vellous adventure are also given. John Locke is tho A funny-looking specimen of humanity has been per editor, M. J. O’Leary AND OFFICE FURNITURE, N E W YORK, No. 135 Broadway. No. 113 BROADWAY, 14 WALL STREET Branch Office No. 586 Sixth Avenue. Late of 81 Cedar etre< t. N K W V O U K . ANNA KIMBALL, M. D ., Four per cent. 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Y ., Dec. 27, 1871. f No. 78 Broadway, in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Having on the 10th day o f N ovem ber, 1871, made a Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, requisition, directing the officere of the Home In BROKER IN STOCKS, GOLD AN are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. Iu these complaints TIFFANY & CO.. surance Company, of New York, to require the Stock BONDS. it has no equal, and one bottle will prove a better guar antee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. holders of said Company to pay up the sum of One For Female Complaints* in young or old, UNION SQUARE. married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars deficiency turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an then existing in the Capital of eaid Company, and SECOND FLOOR NOW OPEN. influence that a marked improvement is soon percep 7 PE R CENT. 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Interest payable January as a powerful agent m relieving Congestion or Inflam In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and July iu New York. Road running; stock paid up London Cut and Engraved Glass, mation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious larger than mortgage ; road already employed to its and afllxed my official seal on the day and year above Diseases. utmost capacity. For Skin Diseases* Eruptions, Tetter, Salt- For sale at moderate discount, by Rheum, Blotches, Spo^s, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car written. buncles, Ring-worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Ery GEORGE W . HILLER, sipelas. Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors ALLEN, STEPHENS & CO., FREDERICK KURTZ'S (L. S.) Superintendent. and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, Bankers, No. 12 Pine street, New York. are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. 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Pin, Tape, and other Worm*, lurking in 76 m aiden L a n e a n d 1 Liberty St. the system of so many thousands, are effectually de Seven Per Cent. Gold Bonds of the Syracuse and Che stroyed and removed. Says a distinguished physiol nango Valley Railroad, at 95 and accrued interest. ogist : There is scarcely an individual upon the face of the Mr. Kurtz invites to his cool and comfortably fur earth whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. This road rune from the City of Syracuse to Smith’s THE BALTIMORE & OHIO R R It is not upon the healthy elements of the body that nished dining apartments the down-town public, as worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy Valley, where it unites with the New York Midland Is an Air-Line Route from Baltimore and Washington deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. to Cincinnati, and is the only line running Pullman’s suring them that they w ill always find there the Railroad, thus connecting that city by a direct line Palace Day and Sleeping Cars through from Washing No system of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmin- choicest viands, served In the most elegant style, the itics, will free the system from worms like these Bit of road with the metropolis. ton and Baltimore to Cincinnati without change. ters. Louisville in 29^ hours. most carefully selected brands of wines and liquors, Hechanical Disease*. Persons engaged in Its length is 42 miles. it« cost about $40,000 per Passengers by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have choice of routes, either via Columbus or Parkersburg. Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, mile, and it is mortgaged for less than $12,000 per as well as th j most prompt attention by accomplished Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advance jm life, will From Cincinnati, take the Louisville and Cincinnati be subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against mile ; the balance of the funds required for its con Short Line Railroad. waitert. W-TO this take a dose o f W a l k e r ' s V i n e g a r B i t t e r s once Avoid all dangerous ferry transfers by crossing the or twice a week, as a Preventive. struction having been raised by subscription to the great Ohio River Suspension Bridge, and reach Louis ville hours in advance of all other lines. Save many Bilious, Remittent* and Intermittent capital stock. ) F e v e r*, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our miles in going to Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, D ESIRA BLE HOME SECURITIES, gTeat rivers throughout the United States, especially The road approaches completion. It traverses a Atlanta, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans. those o f the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Ten The only line running four daily trains from Cin nessee, Cumberland, Arkansas. Red, Colorado, Brazos, populous and fertile district of the State, which in cinnati to Louisville. Silver Palace Sleeping Coaches at night, and splen Rio Grande. Pearl, Alabama, Mobile. Savannah, Roan sures it a paying business, and it is under the con ‘ The First Mortgage oke, James, and many others, with their vast tributa did Smoking Cars, with revolving arm chairs, on day ries, throughout our entire country during the Summer trol of gentlemen of high character and ability. 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