WEEKLY.PROGRESS! FREE THOUGHT! UNTRAMMELED LIVES!

B R E A K I N G T H E W A Y F O R F U T U R E G E N E R A T IO N S .L L

Voi. 5.—N o. Whole No 10*8 . N E W Y O RK , JU N E 8, 1872.

TOLEDO, PEORIA

AND

W arsaw R ailw ay

Second Mortgage Convertible 7 Per

Cent. Currency Bonds,

Interest W arrants Fay-

able October &c A.pril.

Frinoipal 18S6.

We oiler, for sale $100,001? of the above bonds in

block. By act of reorganization of the Company those

bonds are convertible into the First Preferred Shares

of the Company, which amounts to only 17,000 shares,

and into tho Consolidated Bonds ^recently negotiated

at Amsterdam) of six millions of dollars, which cover

the entire line of 230 miles of completed road, to­

gether yith all the rolling stock and real property, to

the value of more than ten millions of dollars. The

road crosses the entire State of Illinois, and connects

with the mammoth iron bridges spanning the Missis­

sippi at. Keokuk and Burlington. The income of tho

road for the year will net sufficient to pay interest on

all the bonded indebtedness and dividend on the pre­

ferred shares.

For terms apply to

C lark , l>odg“e ^ Co.,103 Corner Wall and William Streets.

N E W YORK

SAVINGS BANK,Eighth Aye., cor. Fourteenth St.

SIX PER CENT. INTERESTallowed on all anme from $5 to $8,000. Deposits made on or before August 1 will draw Interest from August 1.

Assets, $2,«3,303 (15.Surplus, $200,272 95.

Safe and Profitable,¡THE

C A N A D A S O U T H E R NFIRST MORTGAGE SINKING FUND,THIRTY YEARS

7 per cent. Gold Bonds.

r AT

90 and Accrued Interest.!

The Road runs from Buffalo to the Detroit River, aud is the Eastern link in the new

Air Line from BUFFALO to CHICAGO,and has been under construction for about two years past by railroad men who have seen the necessity for a

Steel Rail. Low Grade Short Routobetween the great railroad systems which diverge from

CHICAGO, TOLEDO AND BUFFALO.Among the builders of the road, by whose cash sub­

scriptions 200 miles (out of 200) have already been grad­ed, bridged, and made ready for the superstructure, a large part of the steel rails bought, all of the materials for the stations and a part of the equipment purchased, are ;

MILTON COURTRIGHT, JOHH F. TRACY, DAVID DOWS, WM. L. SCOTT, HENRY FARHAM, R, A. FORSYTH, HENRY H. PORTER, JOHN M. BURKE, M. L. SYKES. Jit., B. F. ALLEN, all Directors either in the Chicago and Northwest or in the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific ; iGEO. OPDYKE, of the Midland Road ; JOHN B. ALLEN, SIDNEY DILLON, DANIEL DREW, J. S. CASEMENT, J. & J. CASEY, O. S. CHAP­MAN, JOHN ROSS, DAVID STEWART, and F. H. WINSTON.

The road will be

33 Miles Shorter than any Other Road.

either built or in contemplation between Buffalo and Chicago, aud will also shorten the distance between Toledo and Buffalo 23 miles.

THE MAXIMUM GRADE Oil the entire line does not exceed fifteen feet to the mile—and Ninety-six per cent, of tho road is STRAIGHT, j

The road will be completed and in running order on or before December 21st ofthis vear.

The principal and interest of the bonds are payable either in New York, London or Frankfort

We confidently recommend the bonds to all classes of investors.

LEONARD, SHELDON A FOSTER,No. 10 WALL STRICT.

lOOtf.

RAILROAD IRON,

F O R SA LK BY

S. W HOPKINS & CO.,

n BROADWAY.

PRICE TEN CENTS

MM House Of HENRY CLEWS & CO.,3a W all S tree t, N. Y.

Circular Notes and Letters of Credit for traveler»;

also Commercial Credits issued available throughout

the world.

Bills of Exchange on the Imperial Bauk of London,

National Bank of Scotland, Provincial Bank of Ire­

land, and all their branches.

Telegraphic Transfers of money on Europe, San

Francisco and the W est Indies.

Deposit accounts received in either Currency or

Coin, subject to check a t sight, which pass through

the Clearing House as if drawn upon aDy city bank;

interest allowed on all daily balances; Certificates of

Deposit issued bearing interest a t current ra te ; Notes

aud Drafts collected.

State, City and Railroad Loans negotiated.

CLEWS, HABICHT & CC.t

11 Old Broad St., London.

o. J . OSBOUN. ADD ISO N CAMMA CE.

OSBORN & CAMMACK,

B A N K E R S ,No. 34 B R O A D S T R E E T .

STOCKS, STATU BONDS, GOLD AND FEDERAL

SECURITIES, bough! and sold on Commission.

Rail j W hether you wish to Buy or Sell

R n a d « h a r l .e s w . h a s s l e r , Ronrlc; No. 7 WALL STREET,-D O I1U .S . New York. 62-113

A N U N D O U B T E D

‘ Security,

BANKING AND FINANCIAL.

The St. .Joseph and Denver City Railroad

Company’«

FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS

Are being absorbed by an increasing demand for them.

Secured as they are by a first mortgage on the Road, Land Grant, Franchise, and Equipments, combined in one mortgage, they command at once a ready market

A Liberal Sinking Fund provided in the Mortgage Deed must advance the price upon the closing of the loan. Principal and interest payable in gold. Inter­est at eigtht (8) per cent per annum. Payable, semi­annually, free of tax. Principal in thirty years. De­nominations, $1,9|)0, $500 and $100 Coupons or Regis­tered.

Price 97 1-2 and accrued interest, in currency, from February 15, 1872.

Maps, Circulars, Documents, and information fur­nished.

Trustoes, Farmers’ Loan aud Trust Company of New York.

Can now be had through the principal Banks and Bankers throughout the country, aud from the under­signed who unhesitatingly recommend them.

TANNER A Co., Bankers,98 No. 11 Wall street, New York.

A U G U S T B E L M O N T & Co.,

BANKERS,50 Wall Street.

Issue Letters of Credit to Travelers, available in all parts of the world, through the

MESSRS. DE ROTHSCHILDand their correspondents.;

Also, make telegraph!« transfers of money on California, Europe and Havana.

Paying (¡0 Per Cent.31 O R E IN C 03IE

TEA N GO VE R N M E N T £ ORES,

AND

9 1-2 per Cent on the Investm ent.

FIR ST MORTGAGE SIN K IN G FU N D GOLD

BONDS O F T H E

Logansport, Crawfordsville and

South-Western Railway of Indiana.THEY BEAR

8 per Cent. Gold.INTEREST PAYABLE QUARTERLY IN MEW YORK,

FREE OF GOVERNMENT TAX. AND ARE COUPON AND REGISTERED.

The issue is limited to $16,300 per mile, In denomi­nations of $1,000, $500 and $100.

This Road, 92 miles long, affords the shortest existing outlet to Chicago, Toledo, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Logans­port, and intermediate points for the celebrated Block and Bituminous Coal of Parke County, as, also, for the large surplus products of the rich agricultural and min­eral sections of the State which it traverses.

For the present we are offering these Bonds at 95 and accrued interest in currency, or will exchange them for Government Bonds, or other.marketable securities, at the rates of tho day.

Further and full particulars, with pamphlets and maps furnishetj by us on personal or written applies-

on.

JO N E S & S C H U Y L E R ,No. 12 PINE ST., NEW YOEA.

FINANCIAL AGENTS OF THE COMPANY

2 WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY June 8, 1872,

T H E "NEW D IS C O V E R Y> Xn Chemical and Medioal Science.

“THE BLEES”NOISKLIfiS,

LINK-MOTION,

LOCK STITCH

F r J F . F . G A R V I N ’SSOLUTION & COMPOUND ELIXIR

FIR ST AND ONLY SOLUTION ever made in one m ixture of A L L T H E T W E L V E valuable active principals of the well known curative agent,

r > I i V E T R E E T A R ,UNEQUALED in Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, and consumption. C U R E S W I T H O U T F A I L A recent cold in three to six hours; and also, h r its VITALISING, PURIFYING and STI­MULATING effects upon the general system, is remarkably efficacious in all

D IS E A S E S O F T H E B L O O D , including Scrofula and Eruptions of the skin, Dyspepsia, Diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, H eart Disease, and General Debility.

ONE TRIAL CONVINCES!ALSO, A

Volatile Solution of TarFor INHALATION, w ithout application of HEAT. A remarkably VALUABLE discovery, as the whole apparatus can be earned in the vest pocket, readv a t any time for the most effectual and positively curative use in A l l D is e a s e s o f t h e N O SE. T H R O A T

a n d L U N G S.T H E COMPOUND

T a r a n d M a n d ra k e P i l l .tor use in connection with the E LIX IR TAR, is a combination of the TWO most valuable ALTERATIVE Medicines known in the Pro­fession, and renders this Pill without exception the very best ever offered.The SOLUTION and COMPOUND E LIX IR of

S e w in g M achineChallenges the world in perfection of work, strength and beauty of stitch, durability of construction and rapidity or motion.

Send for circular. Agents

P A T E N T

STOCKING SUPPORTERAND

LADIES’ PROTECTOR.NO MORE COLD FEET—NO MORE

DEFORMED LIMBS.MK3. DANIELS takes pleasure In offering the

above articles to ladles, with the assurance that they will give satisfaction.

The trade supplied a t a discount.

N o. 63 C la ren d o n S tree t,BOSTON.

o k MRS. C. A. GAYNOR,§44 B r o a d w a y , N e w Y o rk .

lall and examine, wanted.

MANUFACTURED BY

BLEES SEWING M AC HIN E CO. ,643 B R O A D W A Y , N e w Y ork .

is without doubt the Best remedy known in cases of

CHOLERA ÄND YELLOW FEVER.I t is a Specific for such diseases, and should be kept in the household of every family, especially during those months in which

CHOLERA AND YELLOW FEVERare liable to prevail. A small quantity taken daily will prevent contracting these terrible diseases.

Solution and Compound Elixir, $1.00 per Bottle Volatile Solution for Inhalation, $5.00per Box Tar and Mandrake Pills, 50cts per box.Send for Circular of P O S I T I V E C U R E S

to your Druggist, or to

> L . T . H Y D E & CO.,SO L E P H O P R IE T O B S ,

1 1 0 E . 2 2 d S t . , H e i o Y o r k ,W Sold by alLDruggists.

tf.

JOHN J. CISCO & SON,

B A N K E R S,N o. 59 W a ll S treet, N e w Y o rk .

Gold and Currency received on deposit, subject to check at sight.

Interest allowed on Currency Accounts a t the rate of Four per Cent, per annum, credited a t the end of each month.

ALL CHECKS DRAWN ON US PASS THROUGH THE CLEARING-HOUSE, AND ARE RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT BY ALL THE CITY BANKS.

Certificates of Deposit Issued, payable on demand, bearing Four per Cent. Interest.

Loans negotiated.Orders promptly executed for the Purchase and

Sale of Governments, Gold, Stocks and Bonds oncommission.

Collections made on all parts of the United States and Canadas.

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S Y P H E E & CO.,(Successors to D. Marley,)

No. 557 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,Dealers In

MODERN AND ANTIQUE

F urniture, B ronzes;CHINA, ARTICLES OF VERTU.

Established 18%.

A BEAUTIFULS E T O F T E E T H ,

With plumpers to set out the cheeks and restore the face to its natural appearance. Movable plumpers adjusted to old sets, weighted Lower Sets, fillings Gold, Amalgam, Bone, etc.

TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN W ith Nitrous Oxide Oas.

No extra charge when others are inserted SPLENDID SETS, $10 to $20.

L. BERNHARB, No. 216 Sixth Avenue,Between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets east side.

sam’l barton. HENKT AULEN

BARTON k ALLEN,

B A N K E R S A N D B R O K E R S ,No. 40 BROAD STREET.

Stocks, Bonds and Gold bought and sold on com- mi Minn

È:, S A F E S :

M a r v i n ”& co. sARE THE BEST.

265 B R O A D W A Y .

CHICKERING & SONS’PIANO-FORTES.

T lie B e s t P ia n o s a t th e L o w e st P r ices ,

And upon the moet favorable terms of payment. We invite the attention of persons intending to

purchase Pianos to our New Illustrated Catalogue, giving full description of Styles and Prices, and the terms on which we sell to those desiring to make

EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS.SEND FOR A CATALOGUE.

C H IC K E B IY G & SOXS.NO. 11 EAST FOURTEENTH ST., NEW YORK.

W M . D I B B L E E ,LADIES’ HAIR DRESSER,

854 BroadwayHAS REMOVED PROM HIB STORK TO THK

FIRST FLOOR,

where he will continue to conduct hi» business in al its branches TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. CHEAPER than heretofore, in consequence of the difference in his rent.

CHATELAINE BRAIDS,

LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S WIGS,

and everything appertaining to the business will be kept on bund and made to order.

HARVEY FISK. A. S. HATCH.

OFFICE OF

F I S K & H A T C H .

DIBBLEEANIA for stimulating, JAPONICA for soothing and the MAGIC TAR SALVE for promoting the growth of the hair, constantly on hand.

Consultation on diseases of the scalp, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 9 ▲. m . to 3 P . m .

Also, his celebratedII AHA BA Z E IN ,

or FLESH BEAUTIFIER, the only pure and harm­less preparation ever made for the Complexion. No lady should ever be without it. Can be obtained only at

WM. DIBBLKE’8,864 Broadway, up stairs.

M RS. I I . F . M. B R O W N ’S

Postofflce address, till February, will be 132 Wood land avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

IN PRESS.T h e L ife , Speechen, L a b o r , a n d E ssays

or

DR. C. S. WEEKS,D E N T I S T,

No. 412 F O U R T H AVE.,

Between Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets,N E W Y O R K .

TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN,By the use of Chemically pure Nitrous Oxide or Laugh- ing Gas. Dr. W. has used it several years, extracting teeth for thousands with complete success, and with no bad effects in any instance. All operations pertaining to Dentistry performed in the most careful and thorough manner, at reasonable price. 98

L IB E R A L BOOK STORE.WABUEN CHASE. B. L. MOOIIE. E. LUKENS.

W A R R E N C H A S E & Co.,614 N. FIFTH STREET,

S T . L O U I S , M o .

Liberal and Spiritual Books and PapersPARLOR GAMES, VOLTAIC SOLES.

P H R E N O L O G I C A L B OOKS , «fcc.

jjtSf Comprising a complete assortment of all Books published and advertised by Wm. White & Co., J. P. Mendum, S. S. Jones, and other Liberal publishers, with all Liberal Papers, &c.Dr. H. Storer’s Nutritive Compound.

Dr. Spence’s Positive and Negative Powders,

The H ig h est Cash PricesPAID FOB

OLD NEWSPAPERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION;OLD PAMPHLETS of every kind;

OLD BLANK-BOOKS AND LEDGERS that are written full ;

and all kinds of WASTE PAPER from Bankers, Insurance Companies, Brokers, Patent-Medi­

cine Depots, Printing-Offices, Bookbind­ers, Public and Private Libraries,

Hotels, Steamboats, Railroad Companies, and Express

Offices, &c.JOHN C. STOCKWELL,

25 Ann street, N. Y.68-130.

MAXWELL & CO.,

B a n k e r s a n d B r o k e r s .No. II BROAD STREET,

N e w Y o r k .

N E W BOOK.T it l e ,—A STONE; OR. THE HIGHEST CHURCH.

AFTER THE APOSTOLIC ORDKB.

A real Spiritual bolder, this little gem should is. the hand of every true Reformer.

Price, 50 cts. at this office, or of the author,S. E. BURR, Southford, Ct.

Postage by mail, 8 cents. 106

The Great Discovery !

CATHARTIC M E D IC IN E MADE PLEASANT TO T H E TA STE AND D E L IG H T ­

F U L IN E FFE C T .

JDFL. O R V I S 1 C A T H A R T IC CO M POUND

NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK.

THE FREEDMAN S SAVINGS AND TRUST

COMPANY.

(Chartered by the Government of the United State».)

DEPOSITS OVER $3,000,000.

185 BLEECKEE STREET, NEW YORK.

SIX PER CENT. Interest commences first of each month.

Four per cent, allowed from date of each deposit for fall num ber of dayB, not less than thirty, on sums of $50 and upward, withdrawn before January.

DEPOSIT CERTIFICATES, as safe as Registered Bonds, and promptly available in any part of the United States, issued, payable on demand, with In terest dne.

Accounts strictly private and confidential.Deposits payable on demand, with interest dne. In terest on accounts of certificates paid by check to

depositors residing out of the city if desired.Send for Circular.Open d a i ly from 9 A. M. to 5 p . M., a n d MONDAYS

and SATURDAYS from 9 A. M. to 8 P. M.JOHN J . ZUILLE, Cashier.

B A N K E R S ,AND

DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,

No. 8 Nassau s t r e e t , N. Y.,

O p p o s i t e TJ. 8 . S u b - T r e a s u r y .

We receive the accounts of Banks, Bank­ers, Corporations and others, subject to check at sight, and allow interest on balances.

We make special arrangements for interest on deposits of specific sums for fixed periods.

We make collections on all points in the United 8tates and Canada, and issue Certifi­cates of Deposit available in all parts of the Union.

We buy and sell, at current rates, all classes of Government Securities, and the Bonds of the Central Pacific Railroad Company; also, Gold and Silver Coin and Gold Coupons.

We buy and sell, at the Stock Exchange, miscellaneous Stocks and Bonds, on commis­sion, for cash.

Oommunieations and inquiries by mall or telegraph, wiH receive careful attention.

FISK & HATCH.89-tf

WILLIAM H. SYLYIS,Late President of the Iron-Monlders’ International

Union ; and also of the National Labor Union. BY HIS BROTHER—JAMES C. SYLVIS,

Of Stmbury, Pa.“ We m ust show them that when a Just monetary

system has been established there will no longer exist a necessity for Trades’ Unions.”

— W m . H. S y l v i s . PHILADELPHIA:

CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER,819 and 821 .Market street.

L E O M I L L E R ,OF NEW YORK,

Will present to the public

THE WOMAN QUESTION IN A NEW LIGHT.SUBJECT *

“ WOMAN, AND HER RELATIONS TO TEMPER­ANCE AND OTHER REFORMS.”

Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, in a letter to Gen. Jordan, of Pennsylvania, save:

“ I had the pleasure of canvassing with Leo Miller. Esq., In New Jersey, and I most cordially recommend him to our friends in your State as a gentleman of rare talent and character and a most effective and elo­quent speaker.”

C H A R L E S H . PO STER,TEST MEDIUM.

1G E a s t T w e l f t h s t r e e t , N . Y .

Is pleasant to the taste, and will be readily eaten by children or adults. It is free from poisonous drugs, is purely vegetable, and, unlike other Cathartic Medi­cines, the dosetneed not to be increased from con­tinued use. And it positively cures constipation, The directions accompanying each package. Read the following recommendations:

“ New York, July 8, 1871.“ Du. Onvis.—Dear Sir: Please send me C. O. D., one

box such as 1 had before: and am pleased to say, it ha9 acted as a charm with my wife.

“ Yours, TUNIS H. BL AC WELL.”(This was one of the worst cases of Constapation I

have ever known.—A. O.)“ Brooklyn, L. I., Nov. 3 ,1871.

“ Dear Sir: Since your Cathartic Medicine was made known to me, I have used it, and i t only, in my family, to obviate the evil it is intended to remedy; and I assure you I prefer it to all other expedients. Its operation is gentle and wholesome, not enervating the system, or leaving a tendency to increased difficulty. It clears the complexion, relieves oppression, and invigorates the whole physical economy.

“ Respectfully, Mrs. R. C. MAITLAND.”It is extensively used by Dr. Foster of Clifton Springs,

and many other eminent Physicians.SPECIAL A GETS :

Hudnut, Herald Building, Broydway, New York; D. G. Farwell, cor. Amity and Broadway, do.; Macy, cor- 6tb avenue and 14th street, do.. Robt. S. McCurdy, 494 Broadway, Albany; J. K. Post k Co., Lane fc^Paine, and Almy, Osburn House, Rochester, N. Y,; S. E. Samuels, Columbus, O.; Dixon & Deidrich, Dayton, O.; Briggs, Chfton Spring, N. Y.F O R S A L E B Y D R U G G I S T G E N E R A L L Y .

Pricey 25 cts. per Package.Address all orders. DR. A. ORYI8,107 Rochester. N. Y.

June 8, 1872. WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY, 3

The Books and Speches of V ictoria C. W oodhull and TennieC. Claflin will hereafter be furnished, postage paid, a t the fol­lowing liberal prices :The Principles o f Governm ent, by V ictoria C. Wood-

hull ; $3 00Constitutional E quality , by Tennie C. Claflin ; 2 50Woman Suffrage guaran teed by the Constitution, speech

by Victoria C. W oodhull ;The Great Social Problem of L abor an d Capital, speech

by Victoria C. W oodhull ;The Principles of F inance, speech by V ictoria C. W ood-

hull ;Practical View of Po litical E quality , speech by T ennie C.

Claflin ;Majority and M inority R eport o f the Jud ic ia ry C om m it­

tee on the W oodhull M em orial ;Carpenter and C artte r Reviewed—A Speech before the

Suffrage Convention a t W ashington ;Each pe r copy ; 10

per 100 ; 5 00The Principles o f Social F reed o m ; 25The Im pending R evolution, 25The Ethics of Sexual E quality .

PO ST O F F IC E NOTICE.

The m ails for E urope du rin g the week ending Saturday,

June 8, 1872, will close a t th is office on W ednesday a t 12 m., on T hursday a t 11 a. m., an d on Saturday a t 4 and 11 a. m.

P. H. J okes, Postm aster.

MRS. A. M. M ID DLEBROOK.

Recently we gave our readers some account of th is talented lady whom we are able to count am ong our m ost respected friends. She is open to engagem ents to speak upon any subject of general in te rest—religious, political or social—any­where in the States east of the M ississippi River. Term s, $75 and expenses. We take pleasure in recom m ending her to our friends, as one of the m ost profitable as well as en terta in ing speakers in the field. 'H e r address is box 778 B ridgeport, Conn.

INTERNATIONAL W O RK IN G M EN ’S ASSOCIATION.

All persons desiring to becom e m em bers of, o r to form sections, and trades un ions o r societies w ishing to affiliate w ith th e In ­ternational W orkingm en’s Association, can procure a ll the necessary inform ation a n d docum ents by addressing the regu­lar officers of the Federal Council o f N orth America, as fol­lows :

English C orresponding Secretary, Jo h n T. E lliot, 208 F ifth street, New York.

German C orresponding Secretary, F ranc S. B ertrand , 2-14J Broome street, New York.

French C orresponding Secretary, B. L augraud, 335 F ou rth avenue, New York.

Spanish C orresponding Secretary, M ajin Jan er, 112 Lexing­ton avenue, Brooklyn.

Italian Corresponding Secretary, Antonio Brum i, 621 E ast Twelfth street, New York.

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and outgrown, and the ship would then sail on in the smooth open sea of calmness and trium ph. I t was reasonable th u s to hope.

The m arked features of th e H opedale Com m unity were its religious element, its reform atory principle, and its p lan of prom ulgatory work. T he essence of C hristian principle— tru th , love, justice, and hum an bro therhood—was first to be illustrated a t home, in business and a more perfect social order, and then in troduced to the world by m eans of the voice, the pen, and the press. H ere was a chance for every grade of ta len t to do the best th ings in any branch of reform, or in all b ranches—anti-slavery, anti-war, anti-gallows, tem ­perance, woman’s rights, education, and social reconstruction. And a comm endable activity was infused and sustained in this direction, which is one of the p roudest th ings to rem em ber on the p a r t of those who participated .

Sm all in th e beginning, th is enterprise grew to respectable streng th and proportions. F a ith and hope were continually inspired. Com munism was th ough t practicable, an d would in tim e become a m ighty power in the earth. A republic of com­m unities was zealously talked an d w ritten up, and was soon to be projected. B u t when th e schem e began to be a success, a violent storm arose in the social heavens, a cloud of discour­agem ent covered th e ir flattering prospects, and, as a conse­quence, the brave adventurers came to a stand, and efforts a t social reform ceased w ith them , as had been the case with m any others before.

H aving Been a m em ber of th a t fratern ity , I am frequently asked the cause of its failure. There were probably several causes. Pecuniary em barrassm ent was the m ain th in g alleged. B ut in te rn a l disaffection was no doubt a greater one. Yet by m any the d isrup tion was deeply lam ented, and they now look back w ith sincere regret, rem em bering w ith lively affection all their num erous congenial fellow associates. They are now dis­solved; b u t th e ir honest efforts m ay warn Or encourage others who are am bitious to practicalize com m unistic theories.

P rincip les can never die. W hatever was good in the en deavor of Hopedale still lives, and will ever live . I t is for m ankind, the to iling m illions, to em brace the idea of b ro ther­hood, and unite for self-protection against th a t w hich degrades and crushes them . C hristian principle and Spiritualism are identical, and dem and exem plification in harm onious and peaceful works of bro therly love and hum anity. Productive labor is itself a virtue, and has a claim against all capital, mo­nopoly an d speculation, and against all professions and aris­tocracies . Capital, in the hands of non-producers, is a t y r a n t ; and the producer uneducated, like the goaded ox, is a beast of burden and a tool for the selfish uses of those who ride in the pleasure carriages of church and state. W ealth, as such, has no rights, b u t belongs to th e workers who m ake it. T h a t class is unfortunately ignorant, and accustom ed to drudging servil­ity, know ing no t even their own sim plest r ig h t T hey are, therefore, easily fooled in to the notion th a t they require a keeper over them selves and th e ir money, w hich are bo th con­stan tly absorbed in to the vast paraphernalia of the world’s bloody armies, its proud, pretentious and burdensom e civil governm ents, and its awful holy, solemn, and costly church system. T his all claims to be God-ordained for the protection of m ankind in th is world, and th e ir salvation in the n e x t! And it w ill stand u n til the coming ligh t shows the hollowness and hideousness of such coroding and b la tan t politics and re­ligion. L et the remedy come through Internationalism , ind i­vidual sovereignty, or C hristian and Spiritual communism.

Champlin, M ik n ., April 26, 1872.

T H E IN F IN IT E R EPU B LIC .[ Continued. ]

ch apter rx.

THE SYSTEM.COMMUNISM AT HO PEDALE.

BY A. GAYLORD SPALDING.

The Hopedale Com m unity was organized a t M ilford, M assa­chusetts, in 1842, and existed sixteen years. I ts chief theo- rizer and leading organizer was Adin Ballou, aided financially by E. D. Draper.

This com m unity was a religious m ovement, and the o u t­growth of a cherished desire on the p a rt o f m any honest and kind hearted persons to establish such an im proved system of society as would avoid the prevalent evils o f poverty, ignor­ance, vice and c rim e. T h a t they d id no t succeed in bu ild ing up a perm anent in stitu tio n of th a t sort, w’as n o t for the lack of determined purpose an d a well settled plan. No higher, worthier, o r m ore in te lligen t body of m en and women ever joined together to r any cause.

Well trained p ractical m inds, they had every reason to ex­pect good results. Ind iv idually they were the k in d to prosper in any undertaking; hence they hoped for m uch greater and better things by u n itin g th e ir m eans and energies. Between two and three hun d red persons held iy jo in t an d comm on stock, and indiv idual ownership, sufficient property, consist­ing of land, m anufacturing stock, im plem ents and m achinery, to employ the streng th , skill and taste of each and all. And they were rem arkably industrious to develop and com plete the comforts, conveniences an d beauties which the p lan contem ­plated. A few years proved w hat m uscle and pluck, guided by a noble aim would do. The Com munity grew in external attraction, and became favorably known abroad. B u t in the incipiency of such a complex undertaking, as m igh t have been anticipated, there was m uch rough and hard work, and friction in running the social m achinery. Yet the m ore enthusiastic members believed these unpleasant th ings would be overcome

There was no beginning—there will be no end . In fin ity is around us. E tern ity is before and behind us. T here is noth ing perfect bu t infinite perfectibility. There is no suprem e sp iri l bu t there are infinite degrees of sp iritual greatness.

T he Infinite—called variously, God, universe, Kosmos, sub­stance, being, idea, and by other names well know n to s tu ­dents, signifies sp irits w ithout num ber, and though t w ithout bounds.

A personal God is bu t one of an infinite sp irit wrorld. E ach sp irit is a God, and is to itself the centre of the Infinite. M at­ter is the com bined result of the creative activity, th a t is, thought, of the whole sp irit world. I t is th e ever changing relation between spirits of which the essence can never change. M atter exists only in form , sp irit in substance.

All the attributes of m atter are sensations o r ideas to spirit, and w ithout sp irit non-existent

Therefore, m atter is, ap art from spirit, w ithout a ttribu tes; that is, non-existent.

The existence of any th ing irrespective o f sensitive beings is an irrational conception of a useless nonentity.

x.T his is the law, th a t is, the will of the In fin ite spirit-w orld,

to seek happiness and avoid pain. T his is the circle w ithout circumference, beyond w hich nothing exists.

Each sp irit is the centre of an universe o f thought, and the universe of no two spirits is the same.

No sp irit was ever created by another, o r came in to exist­ence of itself.

Every sp irit is eternal, indestructible and indivisible in es­sence, infinite in potence. Thus the In fin ite contains in tru th an infinity of Infinites.

The will of each sp irit is a part of the destiny of all.T h is destiny is b u t the love of all sp irits for happiness and

th e ir h a tred of pain. Happiness is the harm ony of sp iritual activ ities; p a in is the discord.

Evil is ignorance, producing discord.Good is knowledge, insuring harmony.The ascent from ignorance to knowledge is the eternal pro­

gress o f spirits.T hus perfect knowledge, producing perfect happiness, is

infinitesim ally approached, b u t c an never be attained, abso­

lutely, because the Infinite is, in its nature , an inexhaustible study.

T hus all sp irits are eternal studen ts of an infinite science.To conceive absolute perfection as possible o f a ttainm ent, is

tan tam ount to conceiving a lim it to space and time, and all o ther eternal and infinite forms of thought—in fine, to thought itself, th a t is to existence; for the idea of its a tta in m en t is the idea of sp iritual death . Because, noth ing being left to desire, activity, th a t is change, motion, succession of thought, would cease. One eternal idea would paralyze the. infin itude of sp ir­itua l natures. Complete unity of though t w ould destroy all d istinction of being; for distinction would be im perfection. T hus perfect knowledge would be perfect noth ingness—an everlasting void, an unbroken harm ony of silence— universal annihilation .

T here is bu t one perfection, and its first a ttribu te is im pos­sibility.

The world was no t created; it is forever creating. An infini­tude of sp irits are forever m oulding their form s—th a t is, their m utual relations, to m ore perfect harmony.

T he Infin ite is no em pire of im potent servility, i t is no m a­chine of revolving accuracy, b u t a republic w ithout frontiers, in w hich every citizen is an eternal spirit, acquiring for h im ­self a n infinite sp iritual wealth.

E ach sp irit separately, and all collectively, are, through eternal changes, fulfilling the aim of their existence.

T here is no rest o r pause for sp iritual am bition. The idiot of to-day m ay be the prophet of to-morrow. There never was a being u tte rly evil. Dam nation, as opposed to perfection, is the im possible conception of a sta rtin g p o in t to the infinite voyage w hich never had beginning. And, practically , ■ no sp irit d id ever yet tu rn back on its journey.

N othing is true b u t what is desirable, because all th ough t is the expression of the united desires of the sp irit world.

Hence the grandest, and the m ost beautiful and the m ost desirable, is a t the same tim e the truest and th e wisest of world-systems, for the will o f the citizens is the law of their republic, and th a t law is eternal perfectability; th a t is eternal increase of happiness, and dim inution of pain.

XI.Such is the general conception w hich we may dare to form

of the Infinite R epublic of Spirits in its sublim e progress, its discordant harm ony, and eternal perfection of imperfection.

L et us now tu rn from the contem plation of the All, to the study of the parts, and in the relation of individuals, consider the universal m orality.

No sp irit can think, act or m odify m atter w ithout inevitably affecting every o ther spirit.

There are infinite degrees of pleasure and pain .The slighest d iscord provoked by one sp irit is a source of

pain to all.The least production of harm ony enhances the bliss of in ­

finite existence.F o r i t is the na tu re of sp irits to reflect pain or happiness.And th is power is called sym pathy, an d is the necessary and

universal relation of all sentient beings.Hence, every provocation of discord or pain in other

spirits, m ust necessarily increase our own portion of suffering; all production of harm ony increases our individual happiness

In their philosophical sense, self-interest and duty are one.

Ignorance alone causes pain. Knowledge ever conduces to happiness.

Crime is ignorance.V irtue is knowledge.That is to say, knowledge of true happiness is the road to its

attainm ent.There are are two kinds of knowledge.The certain and instinctive knowledge derived from an eter­

n ity o f past experience, accum ulated in progress from sta te to state; now dorm ant, now exerted w ith scarcely appreciable con­sciousness o r volition. By th is knowledge is perform ed every ordinary vital function which hab it and regularity w ithdraw from attention, un til over-neglect in the form of ill-health , re ­calls the sp irit to its m aterial duties.

H ealth of body and m ind w hich differ only in idea, are de­pendent upon spiritual sym pathy for their preservation in o r­ganizations im perfect,as all o ther works o f their infinite inven­tors.

The second k ind of knowledge is the knowledge of im m edi­ate hum an acquisition—uncertain elem ents of unfixed p rin c i­ples hereafter to be cleared from all doubts and confusions in the eternal memory.

The form er knowledge shows itself in m an as in s tin c tT he la tte r as science.The form er influences m an directly by impulse.T he latter indirectly by reflection.Vulgar selfishness is m erely a form of ignorance th a t the hap­

piness or pain of one influences the happiness or pa in o f all.The m ost im portan t sp iritua l knowledge, therefore, is love.T he m ost lam entable sp iritua l ignorance, hatred.Love in the form of expanded sym pathy and benevolence, is

therefore the greatest producer of happiness, both to the sp irit im bued w ith its influence, an d to the infinite sp ir it world.

In its individual application, when the whole power of the sp irit is aroused by and concentrated upon a single object, i t is beyond question or com parison the nearest conceivable ap­proach to perfect happiness.

On the o ther hand, Hate, tak iug its m ost selfish and m align form ; Tyranny is the m ost fertile source of pain, w ith which science is acquainted.

Love, indeed, is harm ony, th a t is happiness, th a t is v irtue and knowledge; in a word, perfection. T hus perfect love is an eternally pursued, yet eternally unatta inable abstraction. B ut i t is the consciousness of these aspirations tow ards a suprem e delight, w hich ne ither experience teaches nor hum anity renders possible, that stamps m an as a divine being, whose desires and powers necessitate a future, and an eternal stage for their expan sion and development.

i n .H appy is the one who understands these th ings an d can cast

off the time-woven robe of prejudice and superstition . The path of knowledge and virtue lies open before him. He goes rejoicing on h is eternal way th rough the b rief defile of this m ortal life, n e ither fearing death n o r want, no r o ther passing evil, for he looks forw ard to an inheritance of glory, of which no priest, k ing or God can question h is enjoym ent. H appy is the one who understands. He w ill no t fear to m ake an apparent sacrifice for a real gain. He w'ill increase his own happiness to the utm ost, w hilst infinitely extending the happiness of his eternal comrades.

H e will live a free m an; he will depart a free sp irit on the voyage of everlasting liberty.

T he system of the stu d en t is recorded. Such a confession of such a faith is not likely to pass uuassailed. Yet if it be— as doubtless m any will be forward to assert—a m ad vision of a p ro u d an d licentious spirit, which, in a ll hum ility, asks this strayed philosopher, which of the existing creeds, philosophies

i WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. June 8, 1872.

or world system s should, on its own m erits, be fairly referred to his conjectures.

I t is a bold im agination : nevertheless, le t it be im agined th a t a ll th e sp irits of the Intiuite, from th e souls of immeas­urable s ta r worlds, to the divine particle of the fly and the grass-blade, could assemble iu stupendous conclave to choose a law for th e ir eternal severance. W eigh well the fa ith of the student, and reflect whether iu tru th such a parliam ent w ould dare reject i t ? W hether there eau be conceived a principle m ore worthy of the g randeur of the m ightiest spirits, more accordan t with every instinct and desive of a sentient being th an the un ion of boundless liberty w ith everlasting order, of illim itable happiness with e ternal progression?

W ho, that once has grasped the beauty and splendor of such a faith, would envy the old gods th e ir lorn ly pom p, their eter­n ity w ithout hope, th e ir p uppet subjects, and weariness of their own impossible perfection ? W ho would envy them when proving their tedium , and disproving their perfection, by the creation of im perfect beings ? W ho, ra th e r than own him self a living toy of a celestial m onarch, o r a mere chemical produc­tion of an effervescing planet, w ould no t glory in an eternal and self-regulated being, and fearlessly rely upon th a t in tuitive knowledge, which, iu all m inds, and iu all systems, under a thousand disguises, proclaim s the Optimism of progress, and the M essialiship of hope V

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SPmiTUALISTIC.

T H E T H IR T Y -FIR S T OF MARCH.

THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF MODERN SPIRITUALISM, WITH A COMMUNICATION FROM THOMAS PAINE.

BY HENRY T. CHILD, M. D.

[T he following com m unication has been delayed, bu t i t is too good to be lost, which is sufficient excuse for its late p re­sentation:]

How swiftly ro lls the tide of tim e onw ard from the m ighty past in to the great unknow n future, stopping m om entarily iu the ever-living present. Our little barques rush onward, it seems, with increased rapidity as each stroke of th e clock of tim e notes another year gone. I f we are alive and awake, we stand upon these fleeting barques holding the receding past in one han d and grasping the incom ing iu tu re w ith the other, looking, however, w ith intense in terest upon the living pres­ent. Twenty-four years have rolled away since the first tiny rap awakened earth from its slum bers and tolled ou t the dawn of a new day; tw enty-four years o f earth ’s history, richer and grander iu all th a t m akes life noble and divine, than any cen­tury' of the past, in w hich the angel world has been casting up pearls continually, for which some have, like swine, been dis­posed to tu rn ami rend them, while m any have realized the glorious tru st and gathered these pearls to deck their im m or­ta l brows.

We would speak to those who heard the first notes of this m ighty bell th a t was to ring out Over the world aud proclaim liberty to all the inhab itan ts. Oh, blessed privilege. Are yon aware of the m ighty and m ajestic river o f tru th th a t then and there sprang forth on the m ountain sides of earth ’s best and holiest conditions, and started with a force th a t m ust go on and on forever; its waters m ay become tu rb id by th e condi­tions of the soil through w hich it passes, b u t they, in them ­selves, are pure; and sooner or la te r all th is sedim ent of e rror and wrong will settle, leaving the waters pure aud clear, aud fit for the healing of the nations. Have you been drink ing of these living waters all these years an d m ade little or ho effort to give them to your fellow m en ? I f so, they have no t healed you and made your souls to expand and bloom as they would had you been faithful pioneers an d laborers seeking to give th is to the world.

We know th a t the angels have been working earnestly, fa ith ­fully, in season and ou t of season, wherever they could find an opportun ity to break the chains of superstition and open the windows of the soul th a t the ligh t of heaven m ay come in aud bless the world.

W e know there have been strong men and noble, earnest women who p u t their hands to the plow a t the very first sound, and who have never faltered or turned back for a m om ent, and these know th a t the angel-world ever blesses them for th e ir earnestness and devotion.

Then, too, there are thousands and m illions who were not awakened a t the first gray dawn of the m orning, b u t on whom th is beautiful ligh t has fallen, with its rich blessings, and who are devoted and faithful in their labors for its reception and its spread am ong m ankind.

We are glad, and our heart rejoices to know th a t the Army of the L ord—the baud who have chosen freedom and the righ t, are m arching on and gathering hosts o f recru its—-day by day. As we look over the world and see th is g rand arm y of earth’s children, sustained aud supported as i t has been, by the angel world, an innum erable com pany of m en and women made more perfect by their ascencion to the h igher life, we know that before us lies the great victory of tru th over error, o f ligh t over darkness, of good over evil, and we know thut w ith each onward step in the great m arch of life, there is th a t gained th a t can never be lost. Now, stopping for a m om ent a t the twenty-fourth mile-Btone on our journey le t us buckle on the arm or, and move forward w ith firm step, m arching ever to the m usic of the angels—keeping tim e w ith the grand role of e te rn ity—bearing onward the great flag of tru th , with the em blem s of p u rity and love and harm ony inscribed upon its folds. I f we nave stopped on the banks of this m ighty river to pick up pebbles and cast them a t each other, let us do so no more. L et us resolve to m arch righ t ou, and le t us strive no t to soil its waters by any im purity in our lives; bu t, living in the atm osphere of the angeLs, knowing th a t they see our inm ost thoughts, and read the in te n t of our souls—le t our lives be true and noble and angelic here, and we m ay be cer­tain th a t they will be so in the hereafter.

H aving w ritten thus far, a noble pa trio t and earnest worker, whose han d s have never been idle in th is life, or in th a t b e ­y o n d , stood sm ilingly by our side, and said: “ You have w rit­

ten well—send it forth to the world, and let me add that, stand ing on the o ther shore, and looking down through the m isty haze th a t envelops hum anity, we m ust congratulate ourselves and you upon the wonderful success th a t has a t­tended the in troduction of sp iritual tru th in the world, in the last quarter of a century. I need no t refer to tne efforts of those m en who lived iu the days th a t tried m ens' souls to lay broad and deep foundations o f social, civil, and po litica l lib ­erty. T hey are becom ing better appreciated every day, and by m ore than the Spiritualists.

T hat there have been m istakes and failures we are well aware; bu t notw ithstanding a ll these, there have been evidences fu r­nished to satisfy m illions th a t m an does uo t—canuot die. T hat life is a continuous stream, and death bu t a ripp ly wave, —a sparkling cascade on its shore, which, when understood, will no t be feared.

More than this, we rejoice th a t in the b ridg ing of the p a th ­way between the two worlds, we have no t only m ade ourselves known to the inhab itan ts o f earth , and absolutely proved the continuance of life; b u t we have thereby opened the way for m ankind to be m uch m ore effectual in their m in istra tions to us.

The world does uo t realize th e value au d im portance of the grand work of “ preaching to sp irits in p rison .” N early every sp irit th a t enters this life is un d er the necessity of re tu rn ing to earth to receive from those who rem ain the m eans of sta rting on their progress in harm ony—w hich is heaven. If, as me­dium's, you have found discord; if there has been suffering en ­tailed upon you, i t is b u t the expression o f the condition of the sp irits or yourselves. I t is necessary th a t m ankind should sufier on uccouut of undeveloped conditions, un til they learn the great lesson of p reparing fo r h igher conditions, by doing the best they can under all circum stances.

T he crim es of society, its ignorance and folly, are sending m illions to untim ely graves, an d causing a vast am ount of suf­fering. U ntil th is is remedied, sensitive m en and women m ust bear heavy burdens, and go m ourning on their way. S p iritu ­alism, while it tells of the future, and gives g rand and noble lessons to hum anity , has a w ider scope ; i t teaches th a t im ­m ortality is no t a th in g of the fu ture alone, b u t of the p res­ent. T he grandest lesson th a t hum anity can learn to-day, is to learn to live righ t. T he p ast is gone, the fu ture will take care of itself, bu t the p resen t—the ever living p resen t—dem ands thought and labor. E a rth ’s children are build ing , ever bu ild ­ing tem ples for their sp irits to dwell in, tem ples th a t m ake a m an the happiness of th a t sp irit. We who have suffered, through ignorance of these great laws, are re tu rn in g to give our experiences, and i f we can tell you how to avoid the evils which have obstructed ou r pathway, we shall be able to ou t­work our m issions, and leave beh ind the burdens w hich we have la id upon our spirits.

Do you realize th a t every dav and every h o u r you are either freeing your sp irits from the chains of m ateria lity and educat­ing them for the h igher and holier purposes o f life, or are b inding them w ith chains th a t shall ho ld them still m ore firmly w ith in their grasp. S p irits who have no t lived up to the ligh t w hich was given to them when in the form, find i t necessary to re tu rn and endeavor to. im press upon others the im portance of th is work, and w here they can accom plish this, they are enabled to advance.

We realize th a t th is open in tercourse between the two w orlds is no t alone fo r the benefit of hum anity, b u t js equally im ­p o rtan t to the dwellers o f all spheres.

T here is uo t a soul here b u t m ay find th rough this com m u­nion the m eans of rising in to h igher conditions, and realizing g rander an d m ore perfect happiness, th u s laying the founda­tion on w hich they are to bn ild their heavens. W hile, there­fore, yon may rejoice iu th e tru ths w hich are given to you from the sp irit world, rem em ber th a t we are also mado b e tte r by i t ; th a t the practical benefits of these revelations are m utual ; earth and the spheres are bound closer together, and the pro­gress of the one is linked w ith th a t of the other. We can go onward only as we carry you w ith us. So the universal b ro th ­erhood of m an lives and moves together, and each onw ard step of the jnarch ing hosts vibrates th roughout the entire fam ily of God in the spheres and on all the earths.

TO D A N IEL P. W ILDER.

PRESIDENT OF THE VERMONT STATE SPIRITUALIST ASSOCIATION, AND ALL OTHF.R -EARNEST, HONEST WORKERS IN THE CAUSE. •

D ea r F r ien d s , H aving left the S tate in w hich we lived so long, labored together for th e cause of Spiritualism , and the various reform s w hich it embodies, I feel im pelled to ad­dress a letter to you upon the com ing political issues, and what appears to me to be our d u ty in th e case.

An entirely new platform is placed before us, one which though it is iu entire accord iu sp irit w ith the old “ D eclara­tion of Independence," is in alm ost all its features the opposite of the policy of our governm ent as it flow stands.

As we analyze th is new platform , we find th a t its underlying princip les are justice, liberty and equality.

Have we any reason to expect e ither of these to be out work­ed under the dom inance of any o ther political party as a t pres­en t organized ? Look a t the g reat representative o f the new coalition party , H orace Greeley, and the only one am ong them from whom we could hope be tte r policy th an the present.

H e “ desired the green sods m ight cover him before liis daughter should occupy a public rostrum ."

H e would perpetuate the servitude of woman, keep her where she now is, politically— on a level with crim inals, fools and babies. T here ean be n e ith e r freedom, justice n o r equal­ity antic ipated in his platform , or th a t o f his p a rty ; an d if no t from them , certainly i t is vain to look am ong those still m ore conservative for these unm istakable rights.

You will rem em ber th a t I have labored, in season aud ou t of season, a t all our public gatherings, fo r the recognition of woman’s political equality, believing th a t no o ther reform could m ake progress un til th is was accomplished. I still work fo r the same great object; an d I earnestly desire th a t the Spir­itua lis ts o f V erm ont will un ite as one bod}', aud im prove this, th e ir first opportun ity to elect officers who will respect the claim s of woman, ensure religious liberty and inaugurate equal righ ts for all.

I know the plea of some is, “ th a t we cannot succeed, aud it will be b u t throw ing away our forces.”

We as Spiritualists have long since learned th a t i t is our duty to act from principle instead of policy. T h at i t is our business to do rig h t now, and leave consequences to take care of them ­selves. T he present alone is ours. To-day We m ust be true, and inevitable law will unfold the to-m orrow as the fru it of to-day.

L et ns do right, and, w hether we succeed as we desire or not, we shall have no regrets.

I f there are any who doubt the sincerity o f those who inaug­u rated th is move, let me assure them th a t had they seen the pale faces and heard the earnest utterances of delegates as they gave, in some instances, their all, aud pledged the hard earn­ings of the future in support of th is cause, and representing

as they did all classes of reform ers, from all parts of the coun­try—I say i f the doubters had seen th is as I saw it, they would feel, as I feel, th a t these people are terrib ly iu earnest.

I only desire th a t tlie S p iritualists o f V erm ont will be us sin­cere and determ ined in finding ou t their du ty aud doing it.

I am uot easily swayed by public enthusiasm , nor do I de­sire others to lie.

I do n o t hesitate to give public expression to my honest con­victions, even though they are opposed to popular prejudtee.I hope my old friends in Verm ont, during th is campaign, wili be equally candid.

We were ignom iniously shu t ou t from any recognition, as an . organized body of Spiritualists, by your State Legislature. T he cause of W om an Suffrage— notw ithstand ing the noble at-’ tiou of the Council of Censors—was entirely defeated by those who should have show n m ore respect for th e ir wives and moth­ers.

The G overnor of th e S tate signed the call for the Conven­tion, the object of which- was to enforce religious bonds upon the people. In short, you can expect no th in g b e tte r from any of the old line parlies or policies. T o support the Equal R ights party , is to work in our own legitim ate channel, and fo r princip les by which we can stand, aud though it is for m easures instead of m en, th a t we are zealous, still I would add th a t perhaps no two nam es could be b rough t forward of a cleaner record th an the two on th is ticke t. I am informed by those who have known her from childhood, aud whose author­ity canuot be questioned, th a t n o th in g b u t good deeds and a pure life can tru th fu lly attach itself to the nam e of Victoria C. W oodhull. Mas. H. M. Slocum.

East New York, L . I.

WHO FEA R S T R U T H ?

C arthage , Mo., April 1, 1872.

W oodhull and Cl a f l in ’s W ee k ly : Some eight weeks ago I sen t the following letter to S. S. Jones o f the It. P . Journal, of Chicago, HI. As yet i t rem ains unansw ered and I begin to th in k th a t for reasons best know n tp h im self be does not deign to answ er i t; perhaps som e one else ivi l, Bro. Jones.

In searching fo r t ru th iu th e It. P . Journal and other Spir­itua lis t papers, I am often puzzled to tell when reading con­flicting sta tem ents o r opinions, w hich is right. Especially was th is so when read ing your rem arks on D. A. Eddy’s Notes from Cleveland iu No. 22 of the Journal, in which you speak of Mrs. W oodhull’s “ Vagaries in regard to the recent Amend­m ents to the C onstitu tion .” Now, you undoubtedly have reason for considering them such, aud if you would give them to your readers, i t m igh t help to set m any a person right, who now th in k w ith nearly a ll the oldest and ablest woman’s rights advocates, as well as som e of the best legal m inds of the country, th a t he r a rgum ents upon these amendments are “ sound and unansw erable;” au d in the language of Mrs. Stanton, “ Mr.!. W oodhull’s speeches and w ritings on all the g reat questions of N ational life are beyond anyth ing yet pro­duced by m an or woman on ou r p latform ."

Iu the same num ber of the Journa l in E. V. W ilson’s depart­m ent, E m m a H ardinge B ritto n is reported as saying: “ Id o uot an d will not susta in Mrs. W oodhull iu her views as ex­pressed in he r speech before the people o f Boston.” I have he r w ords; they were as follows ; “ I have the r ig h t to change my love when 1 please, to whom I please, as often as I please, aud give it wheu I please.” Now, will some person disprove th a t proposition, or te ll us who shall decide for us, when or who we shall, o r shall n o t love? Mrs. B ritto n also says, “ I love m y husb an d and none o th er.” Now, I love my wife and none other; nevertheless, I claim th a t th e rights Mrs. Woodhull speak of exist, and th a t they are n o t only mine, bu t every o ther hum an being’s rig h ts ; b u t does i t necessarily follow, th a t I, or every body, o r any one will “ change his love?” “ T rue love is unchangeable .”

W hy do n o t those who criticise Mrs. W oodhull quote more of her speeches ? uo t select those p a rts that, disconnected and alone, give w rong im pressions and ideas. W hy do not they quote som ething like the following from her speeches upon the subjects spoken of above ? “ W hile assum ing th is ultra posi­tion we also occupy the o ther extrem e, and declare that of all relations th a t exist in the universe there are none th a t should be so holy, so sacred, so reverenced, honored, worshipped, as the true un ity , the true m arriage, the m arriage by God of two pure, trusting , loving, equal souls. Before the sbriue of such devotion no im purities cau kneel; w ith in the influence of such holiness the h ighest angels come, au d a ro u n d its tem ple heaven lingers. Never were any m ore wide of the m ark than when they th ink we w ould reduce the re la tion of the sexes to com­m on looseness. To us there is no th in g m ore revolting iu na­tu re th an such a condition im plies .” *“ I believe prom iscuity to bo anarchy, and the very antihisisof that for w hich I aspire. I know th a t th ere are all degrees of lust and love from th e lowest to th e highest. B u t I believe the h ighest sexual relations a re those th a t a re monogam ic, and that those are h igh and sp iritu a l iu p ro p o rtio n as they are contin­uous. B u t I protest, an d I believe eveiy woman who has purity in he r soul protests against a ll laws th a t would compel them to m ain tain relations w ith m en for whom they have no regard. I honor th a t purity of life w hich comes from the heart, while I p ity the m an or womau wlio is p u re sim ply because the law compels it. *’ I have always believed th a t as a jou rnalist yon are too honest to m isrepresen t any persons by quoting garbled extracts of their sayings or writings.

As a people we are too m uch like a certa in D utch Justice of the Peace. The first case b ro u g h t before h im for trial was a woman, charged with some petty crim e. After listening to the evidence of the prosecution, he says : “ Veil, veil, I pronounce shudgem ent dat the voman ish gu ilty .” “ B ut hold ou,” says the defence; “ you m ust hear the o ther side .” “ Veil, veil, I vill hear i t if I moost, b u t den de vom an ish gu ilty .” After listening patiently to th e defence, he says: “ Veil, veil, mine Got, m ine Got, d it I ever; I reverse m ine shudgem ent; de voman ish no t g u ilty .”

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So I th ink it will be to a certain extent w ith the mass of the American people. W hen they have an opportun ity and will listen to the evidence and argum ents in defence of M rs. Wood- hull and o ther reform ers who are being m isrepresented, tra ­duced and vilified, as all reform ers always have been, and as the advocates of anti-slavery and Spiritualism full well remem ­ber. F raternally , your brother,

A. W. St . J o h n .

TO K R. B .

UPON T H E DEATH OF H IS W IF E , A PR IL , 1872.

Oh, nobbing, sufFeijng heart and anguiahed frame,That aees no element of good in this I Lamenting Death's decrees, and doubting whether bliss

Is destined for a life that now lacks aim;Raise from the dust in which you prostrate fare

Thy flattering fears, thy sad, despairing eye.And gaze above—where from the the opening sky

Thy disfranchized soul its darling yet will call 1 May God teach thee to realize his truth—

Bring to thy heart the balm of heavenly praise,That thou mays't^lorify Him in all thy ways;

Then will this dear one, blighted in her youth Prove by thus early yielding up her breath,’Twas to make good thy welcome after death,

N. Y., April 30, 1872. Harry.

SO CIAL SCIENCE.

COM MUNICATIONS FRO M SPIR ITS.

GIVEN THROUGH THE MKDIUMSHIP OF SARAH E. MICHENEB, NO­VEMBER 11, 1802.

The views now en terta ined in relation to certain tru ths, and the false idea of v irtue th a t abound am ong men, render i t diffi­cult to diffuse, th rough the cliannels of inspiration, th a t which we deem im portan t to comm unicate. W hat we would set before the th ink ing portion of Spiritual reform ers is the idea th a t comes to us in relation to m an’s wants, h is needs, and w hat he now claims ¡is his privileges in regard to his am ­orous nature. We have carefully investigated th is subject— have viewed it in a ll its phases of developm ent o f w hich we are capable ; and from our observation, and from th a t of o th­ers yet more progressed, we are prepared to give th rough the present channel of com m unication w hat wc deem tru th upon this subject,

FREE LOVE.This term has caused m uch sensation am ongst undeveloped

minds, and m uch condem nation and m isunderstanding amongst those more progressed, in consequence of the differ­ent views th a t different m inds take of the subject. B ut free love, as i t will be know n to the in h ab itan ts o f the earth, is des­tined to bless the race. No good b u t has its co u n te rfe it; no blessing bu t what may be perverted to a curse. So with free love.

That freedom th a t leaves others free, ivhilst i t claims the same for itself, th a t love w hich would bless, while i t harm s none, cannot b u t resu lt ultim ately in good. The undeveloped, the unprogressed m an or woman, may find in the free indul­gence of their anim al n a tu re a transien t enjoym ent th a t can in no wise bleSs them selves o r others, save th a t i t teaches them lessons of wisdom, and will eventually bring them into a plane higher, nobler, m ore spiritual. B ut in no way can hu ­m anity be ra ised b u t th rough freedom, even though it may load th rough suffering ; and the provision of their freedom will bring th a t suffering upon the hum an family th a t can alone prove their saviour.

You canno t force m en in to virtue.. You canno t legislate men and women in to purity of life. You cannot institu te a moral sentim ent otherwise th an through perfect freedom th a t will oppose a b a rrie r to crim e, to licentiousness and physical degradation. Leave all free—free to act an d free to suffer from the resu lt of their actions instead of the condem nation of their fellows, and you will then place them in a position where they can an d will work out th e ir own salvation.

The tim e cometh, and is even now a t the door, when hum an­ity will be free; free from political, religious and social bond­age; when tyrraDy. w hether i t be on the pa rt of national rulers, of religious teachers, o r of the yet more crush ing , m ore soul- destroying in stitu tio n of marriage, shall be know n no more. B ut this freedom, th is state of physical and m ental em ancipa­tion, comes only through m uch suffering, bo th m ental and physical. T he period of a new b irth has arrived ; a new idea is to be born in to th e w o rld ; a new and sublim e inspiration is to take the place of the old customs and opinions, and the death of the one and tho b ir th of the other, m ust produce vio­lent struggles. T h is shall be known in all departm ents of life, am ong all classes of society, am ong all denom inations of religion, and it shall rend and divide till nought of the old su r­vives. And from the progressed in each an d all the depart­m ents of life shall a new order come forth; and through suffer­ing these w ill he cem ented and bound together in labors hu- m anitary, in love universal, in action harm onious.

The true condition of life, the true sphere of action, lies in the unrestrained, untraniellod exercise of ail the faculties of the m ind. No legislative enactm ents, no governm ental re ­striction should, o f right, be laid upon any of the a ttrib u tes of mind. Freedom in all things, freedom from all external au ­thority, is the only m eans whereby the individual can pro­gress in to a sta te o f harm ony. The exercise of loving coun­sel, the discip line th a t example and healthful surroundings im part, do n o t come un d er the denom ination of force or re­straint. W hen the exercise of love and of wise exam ple fail to regulate the action of any, if is vpisafe, i t is detrim ental to grpwtii fo a ttem p t coercion, The individual m ust have the

benefit of his own experience; no other can avail him . He m ust violate, and he m ust suffer from the consequences of such violation, and thereby gain th a t wisdom w hich he was no t o r­ganically or intu itionally endowed with.

Therefore, when we advocate the freedom of the affections, we mean freedom from all a rb itrary interference on the part of individuals o r of legislatures; b u t no t freedom from the dictates of an enlightened understanding, or from the results of a harm onious unfolding, or from tire exercise of the in tu i­tional faculties. We would encourage all to the exercise of their highest perceptions of right, le t th a t standard be w hat i t may. B etter to err on th e ir own plane of unfo ldm ent; th a t is better to transgress some of the laws of health , physical or mental, than to act from the plane of ano ther before convic­tion takes possession of the m ind before being prepared to recognize the tru thfu lness of tho position; for thereby are they becoming the m ere passive em bodim ent of princip les th a t have no v itality in themselves. Of such is the world of m ankind now composed. They act from an a rb itrary and u n ­real standard of virtue, and consequently have no foundation to stand upon when tem ptation overtakes them , or when p r in ­ciple is no t made the basis of action.

The greatest good to the hum an family is the only standard of rig h t action. W hatever prom otes health in the individual, th a t is, the right, physcally, for th a t individual. T h at w hich prom otes the happiness, provided it interferes no t w ith the happiness of another, is the r ig h t for th a t individual. T hat which prom otes healthy development, m oral and physical, in a com m unity, is r ig h t for th a t comm unity. There is no a rb i­trary ru le of rig h t and wrong. The effect upon hum an happi­ness is, and can be the only criterion by which to judge of the rightfulness of actions. By their fru its shall ye. know them. Men do no t ga ther grapes of thorns, nor figs of thistles. So it was said in the tim e past; and such will it be to the end of time.

As m ankind progresses, r ig h t and wrong will progress. W hat is r ig h t to-day will and should be wrong in tim e to come; for different planes of developm ent m ust have different stand­ards of right. T h at which would contribute to the happiness of the low and undeveloped, and, therefore, would be the righ t for them , would be the torm ent of hell to those who have at­tained to a h igher state of developm ent. B u t shall th e low and undeveloped be debarred th e ir good ? Shall they not have th e ir enjoym ent? Nay, verily, they are acting in harm ony w ith their development—are perform ing their parts in the economy of nature. Why, then, deprive them of the enjoy­m ent of what, to them , is rig h t action ?

T his consideration should not, however, p revent any who have progressed to a h igher plane from using all th e ir per­suasive pow ers--from exerting all the iulluence th a t love, and paternal feeling would prom pt, to elevate those on tlie lower plane, to lead them to perceive that there is a h igher enjoy­m ent th an that which they are in possession of. T hus will hum anity become the elem ent by which to ascend the endless ladder of progression.

There is a principle operating in the world of hum an exist­ence by which hum anity will be raised from its p resen t low and degraded condition, and brought in to a state of harm ony and paternal relations. T his principle is nearly allied to and dependant upon the idea so m uch repudiated by conserva­tives of the present day, w hich is no o ther th an Free L o v e ! or freedom of the affections—one and the same, as we apply the term s. I t is the freedom (unrestrained by legal penalties or popular ideas of right) to follow the a ttractions, to love, unrestrained by o ther than the love of goodness; of p u rity of righ t, as m anifested to each individual. T his love, th is a ttrac ­tion, when once purified and sanctified by the predom inating love of goodness, o f tru th , of desire for hum anity ’s unfolding, will lead no one to violate the principles of justice, of right, of personal purity . I t will bu t lead to th a t course of action th a t will secure to coming generations th a t organization and m ental developm ent best adapted to a harm onious age. The child born into a life of never-ending duration has a right which will, ere long, be recognized* of a tru e au d harm onious development. And how can the offspring of inharm ony be harm onious ? How can the offspring of lu st be o ther than im ­pure ? How can false relations beget o ther th an m oral defor­mities, lascivious propensities and unholy desires ? B ring the being in to existence free from all those contam inating in ­fluences ‘th a t now pervade society; let i t be an object desired in the act th a t gave i t being; let i t be honored and cherished as an em bodim ent of love, p u re an d holy, as D iv in ity itself let the progenitors bo chosen for (heir m anly and womanly natures, and the object recognize d as a sound pledge of devo­tion to princip le, and generations will no t have to pass before the effect w ill be plain ly visible upon the rising age.

WeVlo no t say th a t patern ity outside the conjugal relations is the ultim ate to which the world is to arrive. F a r be i t from us to set such bounds to hum anity’s progression. B u t in the present condition of the race, w ith its present, we m ay say, low development, we would say th a t better, far better, is paren­tage outside of what is now recognized as m arriage, th an th a t under the law where love reigueth not, where inharm onv dwelleth; where lust, no t love begets.

W hatever will raise hum anity, w hatever will contribute to the elevation of the race, is, for the tim e being, rig h t and proper. I f not, how shall wc reconcile th e in stitu tion and customs of the past which wc have so evidently outgrow n ? B ut r ig h t,'in the tim e thereof, is all th a t tends to m an’s unfold­ing, all th a t will b ring him into a h igher plane. Since m ar­riage has been debased, since the in stitu tio n has been m ade a m eans whereby to curse and enslave, since un ion for fife is often bu t a forced partnership from w hich one, if no t both, would be gladly released, how is tho race to be improved, ho(7

elevated above the low p lan on w hich ch ild ren are now begot­ten, bu t by leaping the barrie r th a t a rb ita ry law has imposed, and in freedom, in purity , in true re la tions to b rin g forth in harm ony generations th a t in progress of tim e m ay come to­gether in true conjugal relations, divested of th a t p reponder­ance in the am itive propensity th a t now degrades th e hum an lower than the brute. C hildren bo rn u n d e r tru e conditions, would become better prepared for true conjugal relations, when offspring would be begotten in love, in harm ony, in free­dom and from the love of offspring, and not, as now, th e result o f carnal indulgence in which the consequent im m ortal is b u t an unwelcome appendage.

F riends of hum anity, there are more tru th s in na tu re th an have ever been dream ed of in your philosophy. C ondem n nothing, b u t investigate all things. B ring all new ideas w ithin san c tity of tru th , and reject nothing because i t has n o t the sanction of the tim e-honored past. The progressive m in d m ust no t be fettered by the m oral standard of any age. IVhat is righ t to th is age would no t have been righ t in the proceeding, neither will th a t which is necessary for the advancem ent of the p resent be adapted to the wants o f the coming age. Be wise in your day and generation, and let your ligh t shine forth th a t tru th m ay be honored, th a t v irtue m ay be cherished, that purity, harm ony and fratern ity m ay bless your race.

“ T H E ANARCHY OF F R E E LO V E.”

T he Tribune has an editorial on “ The A narchy of Free Love. ” W hy no t say the anarchy of legal m arriage ?

Is i t no t a fact th a t in all the cases that are daily transp iring of a tragical character, where woman is involved in th e tran s­action, the principal parties thereto was m arried persons, or contem plating m arriage, and the direct cause of the crim e, the m arriage institu tion . Is it no t also a fact th a t a m ajority of persons who enter into w hat is term ed the m arital relation, do no t find th a t happiness th a t they anticipated, and soon feel th a t they are placed under à re stra in t of their personal freedom which causes them m uch annoyance and inconvenience ?

Hence they seek to find eu tside of m atrim ony th a t happ i­ness w hich they had anticipated, yet failed to find in th a t rela­tionship .

Now, if m arriage were what is claimed for it, a divine in sti­tu tion , and God jo ins the parties thereto through aud by v irtue of the m arriage ceremony, “legally” adm inistered, then we should find, in all cases, happiness would be the result, and i t would be futile for outsiders to a ttem p t to interfere, for those in the pale of m atrim ony are blissful and suprem ely con­tented. B u t facts am ply dem onstrate th a t th is idea is a m is­take.

M arriage is an in stitu tion for tem porary convenience m ere­ly, and a system of servitude in i ts p resen t form, th a t m u st eventually be overthrown, and society be the better for it.

I t is true as the Tribut1« says, “ T hat the institu tion of m ar­riage is undergoing searching tria l;” b u t th e fact re th a t m arri­age is its own greatest accuser, and is daily furnishing evid­ence of its own inheren t rottenness and crim inality , and bu t leave i t alone i t would die e ither by its own confession of g u ilt ro by its own suicidal proclivities. W hat we want to take its place is love—free love if you please to term it such, for love has never been known to work any evil, aud as fast as condi­tions can be m ade favorable, have such relationships an d in ­stitu tions established, based upon freedom and equality as will best serve the purposes of a tru ly enlightened public sentim ent.

The slave seeks his freedom, and strife and bloodshed is the result, and shall this be called the anarchy of freedom ? Is i t no t ra ther the anarchy of slavery driving the slave to deeds of violence to regain w hat has been taken from him . Say no t then, th a t he or she who seeks aftectional freedom (which is every persons b irth righ t) is guilty of any crim e against society, but, on the contrary, i t is through th is agency th a t society is to be lifted out of its present undeveloped and rapacious con­dition and bom into a new kingdom of true social freedom.

Talk then not about the anarchy of free love, but rather say with millions of facts to sustain you.—the anarchy of legalized marriage. Alex. S. Davis.

NEW BOOK FO R W O M E N -B Y PR O F. J. M. COMINS.

Dr. Comins of the E lectir Medical College of New Y'ork, Professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children has issued a book expressly for women, and containing ju s t the in ­form ation th a t they ought possess. The ignorance th a t is prevalent am ong women regarding their m ost im portan t functions is som ething positively alarm ing. M ost women enter upon the relations of m arriage in u tte r ignorance of the duties th a t inevitably devolve upon them . I t is no wonder that we have a generation of puny, sickly, h a lf m ade-up chil­dren growing up around us. B u t w hat is still more surprising even than the ignorance itself is the prejudice w hich exists p re ­venting the spread of knowledge of the p rincip les of generation a n d the rearing of children. To advance the subject is reason sufficient for ostracism.

A woman who moves in th is d irection is considered to beats m uch worse th an the m ost com m on woman of Greene street, as she iR considered worse th an the highest and haughtiest dame of F ifth avenue; so m uch worse than any o ther possible woman th a t even the m oet common civilities of life are denied her. Therefore, i t is we are doubly thankful th a t m edical science, represented by men, is coming forward to the rescue of woman w hich she refuses as the hands of their own sex. And we hail w ith especial favor th is effort of Professor Comins as an inno­vation absolutely dem anded by the condition of the times in the special d irection upon which he^has written. Very much more of the beauty anil usefulness of life than is usually imagine^,

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depend upon the perfection an d health of the sexual system, an d it m ay be set down as a fixed ru le th a t no wom an is fit to en te r upon sexual relations w ithout a thorough knowledge of a ll th e ir conditions. This book is sen t by m ail, post paid, upon the rece ip t of twenty-five cents. Address Prof. J . M. Comins, 143 E ast Twenty-sixth street, New York city.

T H E NATURAL vs. T H E ENACTED.

All literature, no t purely scientific, bears testim ony to the grievous suffering endured by m arried women. Our daily and weekly journals teem w ith records o f cruelty, meanness, de­sertion and divorce. Stories innum erab le are written, p rinci­pally by women, u rg ing m en to care for their wives, to give some of their tim e to th e hom e circle, to loosen the purse strings, to keep sober, to spend a n evening a t home now and then. B u t if the legal m arriage is the divine institu tion the m otalist w ould have u s believe, how is i t th a t i t proves such a fa ilu re? W hy are there no t stories w ritten and serm ons preached to show a m an the baseness of ill-using, beating, in ­su ltin g and neglecting his m other or his daughter? Simply because n a tu re is tru sted in these relations, while in the case of a m ore pow erful sentim ent th an e ither of these, the law in ­terferes an d m akes mischief. A great political econom ist as­serts as a t ru th that, “ the general and continued violation of any law, proves th a t the law is itself a t fault. ” I t will be a day of jubilee indeed when this m axim is brought to bear on the legal m arriage. Our inherited theories of hum an nature, w hich ignorantly decide i t to be vile; our priestly traditions respecting the gross character of the physical union, have both helped to shu t out the light, the ligh t of the nineteenth cen­tury, w hich has been fearlessly adm itted in to all o ther depart­m ents o f hum an thought and life. M arriage was shrouded in m ystery, enveloped in the fogs of the ages, too sacred to be in ­vestigated; in no school were i ts law s taugh t; no fa ther in ­structed h is son on the tru e re la tion of the sexes, no m other enlightened her daughter in respect o f the passions—the emo­tions, w hich i f she were p roperly constitu ted were m aturing, while th e in te llect was yet so im m ature. No w onder th a t love m elts in to indifference and then becomes dislike or hate. No wonder th a t ch ild ren are b o m ill-conditioned, unlovely, fee­ble, or coarse-brained, I f the physical m arriage was a de­grading fact in itself, the resu lt of i t could n o t be admirable. A cting on these false or b lin d premises, we have arrived a t a social system , the ru lin g elem ents of w hich are unhappiness, disease and dishonesty. To rem edy these evils we now and th en add a patch to th is side of the law ; now and then we pare a trifle from the o ther side, b u t always begin and leave off our doctoring in the belief th a t wre have embodied the divine law in the hum an. S . B. S.

T H E IM M ED IA TE FU TU R E.

Groton J unction, Mass.H ad I powers equal to the love I bear to the holy cause of

hum an em ancipation, you w ould have another advocate added to the m ighty arm y of heroic reform ers to aid in beating back th is Gog and Magog of monopoly in the form of custom and prejudice, which ever stands a t the portals to guard and repel. Coming events, w hich are now casting their shadows before, prophetically answer the query—shall woman always yield to an aristocracy of clay like he r own ?

Conscious of great powers, which have a divine commission to be recognized and employed, how can any high-souled wo­m an look w ith composure upon the im potent wings w hich m an has clipped in the very sigh t of the upper fields where she is destined to soar ?

N ot prayers, tears, supplications, genius, nor fa ith even, can redeem the world from ignorance and sin. In pushing the frontiers of good in to the realm of evil, the p ioneer m ust work and to il to transform and reform.

T he laborer is the m iracle w orker—the legitim ate offspring of zealous diligence. T he voice of God is heard th rough per­severance in well doing. F a ith fu l work is holiest worship.

Tolerance and intolerance m ust share a like fate for while one denies hum an righ ts a t will, the o ther doles them ou t a t pleasure. In either case, unw arrantable assum ed g u ard ian ­ship. B u t despite hum an proscription, “ T ru th yet shall have an outlet; soon will the gates unlock and force itse lf a passage, though chisseled through a rock.”

Look a t th e self-inflicted burdens of society—our benevo­len t in stitu tions—a ju st com m ent and partia l penalty for the ro ttenness of our social system and perversion of N ature’s laws. They are b u t the inheritance of sufferings of the inm ates who shall expiate the crim es th a t produced them .

T he old rickety structure , the procuring cause of those wrecks of suffering hum anity , is discovered on inspection to be unsafe, and the tearing away of the old and rebuilding a new bridge is always attended w ith some inconvenience to the traveler. Perfect as an angel m ust he or she be who, in com­b a tin g oppression to gain long w ithheld righ ts commit« no errors.

W om an has too long and too patien tly subm itted to the in ­fliction of he r penalty under Bible au th o rity ,. while m an has devised every possible means to escape his punishm ent by sentence of the same court, w ith none to so faithfully adm in­is te r i t to him a s he to her.

We m u st have a renewed faith and firmer belief in the account of the orig in of wom an accepting the rib as a tru th fu l an d beau tifu l sym bol of the semi circum ference of m an (Adam “ for their nam e was called Adam .”) One half, a simile to the word citizen in th e constitu tion im plies equality in all things, acc id en ta l and unanim ously u tte red tru th s were inspired by unseen in te lligences hence “ they g i ld e d w iser th an they foiew, ” ____________

We cannot spare Bible au thority yet, so long as its h isto ry is repeated, those who adhere to i t and still th in k th a t Adam ’s “ deep sleep ” was peculiar to th a t prim eval age, such surely live in the unaccountable and undefined lig h t of the first three days before the sun was suggested “ to give ligh t by day .” Adam always has been “ in a deep sleep,” and to-day is in a profound revery—oblivious of the future.

B ating the question of her origin w hen wom an was brough t un to the m an he recognized her physical iden tity , hence equality w ith him , and gave her n d istinctive nam e woman.

N ow let progressed m an (waking Adam) recognize he r en tire equality call he r woman and embody the resolution in daily life. N ot like unprogressed P au l, value he r only as a conve­nience in guiding the house, and p u tting every article of wardrobe on its good behavior, and causing his linen to tu rn pale a t the sight of our wash-tub, and no seams venture (like its owner) to rip out, know ing the penalty of having its lips sewed up.

These and k indred duties done, w’h a t th en is left to fill her m ind, b u t the frivolities of fashion and insip id ities of gossip, varied perhaps by th a t flood of rom ances and love stories w hich sets tow ards em pty heads as a ir rushes to a vacuum.

To such avocations would m an prescribe woman instead of engaging her in the heavenly a r t of tu rn in g m en m ore in to the sim ilitude of God. F o r

He is but a half part of one blessed whole,Lett to be finished by such as she;And sho a fair divided excellence,Whose fullness of perfection lies in him,When two such silver currents mutual join.They glorify the bands that bound them in.

W om an's suffrage is as sure to obtain as wom an is to exist, it is the very nex t step on the road to progress.

T hough some partisans m ay em ploy steam thriven engines of “ fifty satan power” to h u rl about th e ir deficient missies, they are yet to learn how hard i t is to kick against the pricks.

E nfranchized wom en w ill be an audible prophecy towards th a t h igher d iv in ity w hich shall rebuke the passions w hich now degrade and engulf in m isery and woe.

W hen Galileo discovered the m otion of the earth, Columbus the new world, F u lto n the power of steam and Morse the tele­graph, little th ough t they, m uch less their persecutors, to what gigantic proportions they w ould grow and their alm ost infinite u tility to m an .

Outweighing all o ther considerations, wom an’s cause stands suprem ely pre-em inent in view of the sublim e heights it will yet a tta in .

I t is an opprobrium to the hum an race th a t the wom an who expected to be the life p a rtn e r of a m an be compelled by legal con tract to rem ain the slave of a brute, who, th rough his in ­tem perance or dissoluteness, has destroyed the m arriage of the soul.

I t is the fau lt of m an th a t woman has yet done so little for th e advancem ent of the race. T hen le t him redeem the past by enlisting the divinely-adapted energies of wom an in the work of regenerating th e world. H e will thus give to the forces of civilization a power superior to h is own—one w ithout w hich his own is com paratively b arren of good fruits.

To foretell the different walks o f usefulness w hich will fall to the lo t of the sexes; to p red ic t the changes in the laws which will assuredly follow when wom an takes her proper rank in the labors of the w orld; to p o rtray th e beauties of the new earth, which he r refinem ent and taste will adorn, are th ings no t yet revealed.

T hough a stranger, yet I claim a relation in the cause of t ru th and right. E l ija h M y r ic h .

T H E E TE R N A L FU TU R E.

W hat are m en and women going to do w ith it? T h at it w ill be present when it becom es im portan t to us is true; bu t as a subject for p resen t rem ark it is future. I do no t design to guess on th is subject; for I would as soon tru s t m yself to guess the distance from here to Aldebaran as I w ould a ttem pt to guess a t the na tu re of a heaven. T his quixotic em ploym ent would be as likely to h it in the one perform ance as in the other. I f m an would throw away all d isquisitions on such a topic and come back to his own in trinsic nature, an d ascertain ju st w hat would precisely su it himself, he could tell the nature of a heaven; for if the real m an is n o t to be suited i t is id le to ta lk of a heaven for him. "While on a trip down th e N orth R iver some years ago, I found myself, as is som etim es th e case, in a free conversation w ith a few persons on the sim ple devel­opm ents of being, as contradistinguished from the trifling tales o f theories. W hile very frankly expressing myself, an old gen­tlem an from m y own city, as I afterw ard learned, spoke in avery earnest m anner, saving, “ W------ you will go to h e ll.”T his was too ridiculous to awaken the least unpleasant feeling. The man. a stranger, so anim ated an d positive, an d w ithal so certain of having discharged a sacred d u ty and declared a great fact th a t for the m om ent I was amused, an d could of course take no exceptions to the rudeness of the rem ark. Hence I quietly rejoined, “ I th in k I shall; for if you go to heaven I am no t going there. You w ould m ake a hell o f i t anywhere; and I would sooner w ander in eternal loneliness th an have such company. You can t m ind your own business. My heaven has got to su it me, or I shall never find one.” T his to him wos som ething new in the characteristics of a heaven. He was both quiet and attentive u n til I had finished m y sub­ject; then sitting down by me, for one hour o r more, and about as in terested a m an as I ever talked with. An acquaintance of his passing, ho caught him by the sk irt of the coat, repeating, “ H ere is a m an who has to ld m e m ore th an I ever dream ed of.” “ B u t w hat has th is to do w ith the m atter in h a n d ? ” M uch ; for i t developes how little people have though on a subject th a t theories m ake of the first and last im portance. And also how little they count on any sensible happiness for them ­selves in it. I f they can please some abstract im portance, they hope to have a heaven, where they m ay hear the welcoming approval of “ well done, good and faithful ser­vant, en ter thou Into the joy of the Lord. ” T his w ith the mass is to complete the sense of happiness. L e t us see how m uch there is of this. I will suppose there is a very unexceptiona­ble religionist, iu ju st such a fix, and I will allow th a t he un- m istakeably hears th is com plim ent to h is industry. Now, if he feels as he says he does, “ a poor m iserable creature ,” I do not see where this plastering approval can help h im ; o r th a t

he could m ake less o f i t than one of th e keenest jibes of irony, or he m ust doub t its having any reference to himself. And, if on the o ther hand, he does feel the waltzing glories of living sweets th rilling h is en tire being, he m ay safely consider this ab strac t glossing m ere sham. I f I had the approval of all the gods ever w rit of, i t could only sp o rt w ith my misery in the absence of m y own. And w ith my own approval supreme, for ano ther to p laste r me, as if i t were im portant, I would consider an in su lt to m y m anly nature. F o r if he could not love and approve me w ithout telling me of it, I would prefer to be with­ou t either. In a ll theories there m ust be som ething said or done to belittle man. Otherwise a devil could not keep his. heel upon the individual. But, w hat are m en and women lo do w ith the e ternal fu ture ?” How is i t th a t they shall occupy them selves to find the greatest sum of happiness? To find a som ething th a t shall be real, no t fictitious ? I t is certain that they cannot get m uch ou t o f living as they do in this mode of being, where the whole d rif t o f existence seems to be to ac­quire abstrnct values, clim b to the p innacle of earthly fame, and generally to secure each o th er’s adm iration, or to drag along the disheartened “ beats” of such attem pts. If all were to succeed an d achieve th e ir h ighest wishes in such direction, these p u rsu its w ould becom e stale a fte r a w hile; for they are fictions an d cannot m ake the first application to the human soul. I f there is no t som ething in m an ’s substantial being, of which he has a very im perfect concenception here, that can con tribu te its substan tia l values to th e endearing interests of the future, m an m ay ju stly shudder a t th e prospect of an ex­istence too gloomy for though t, since i t w ill be without any fitting com pensation. T he conception of glorifying a God forever, w ould be m uch like th e cheap pleasure of playing pin forever. I t w ould wear out. F a iling in in terest from being an eternal tautology. T here m ust bn som ething, that in the relish and enjoym ent of w hich we shall no t tire ; a something where the flame wall always be b r illian t and feed itself. That is, be self-sustaining and keep up its own eternal interest, in­stead of tax ing; enshrine the hu m an soul, and be sometffing th a t none could avoid w ithout a sense of loss. And this can have no connection w ith form al conventional association, or any very h igh regard th a t we m ay en terta in for each other; nor any sp lend id in te llectual perform ances or scientific dis­coveries, no r from any m arvels th a t one m ay perform not com­m on to another. Display’s o f any k ind will yield the poorest k ind of satisfaction. T hey have yielded little else than envy here, an d it is certain th a t they can do no th ing better else­where; for those who w ould w ish to dazzle before us, where all fa irly came to ou r senses, we shall ho ld in contem pt with­ou t being able to help ourselves, even in th e best possible use of our good m anners. H onors th a t are vested upon each o ther w ill bo sho rt lived an d as unsu b stan tia l as a supper of sawdust. And equally so w ill be th e idea th a t we had made a sensation in th is world. F o r even now th e reflection of our best perform ances becom e suddenly vapid; others may relate our exploits and possibly awaken a m om entary vanity’, but the sensation w ill be ju s t as brief, as unsatisfying, and leave us to exclaim , w ith A braham L incoln, on h is first coming to con­sciousness in an o th er m ode of being, while no ting its simplic­ity and eternal remove from all pretension, he characteristic­ally asked, “ Is this all there is to existence, while we have been m aking so m uch fuss abou t everything e ls e ? ”

T he in stitu tio n of a governm ent to m anage others, while we have m ade the poorest possible use o f ourselves, in codifying its rules and getting th e m astery of its m achinery, will have lost its last charm in a m ode of being, where abstrnct rights are never known, an d where th e responsibility of the human soul to its ind iv idual possessor can never be avoided. No p lans can be in stitu ted to drive dull care away; for there are no inven tions b u t will wear out, and keep the soul on an eternal rack to b u rs t up som ething to dispelthe ennui, and scare aw’ay the blues. Cleo­p a tra naively asks the question, ‘ ‘ "What shall one do in a mode of being, where there are no odds to ask, and none to give. No honors to be sought no r wealth to lay up; no advantages to cater for. an d none to lose. B u t w’here equal chances for pursu ing the sw eetest possible happiness forever, is all there is, w ithou t as m uch as realizing the wish to make one move to gain th e sm ile of a universe. F o r Cmsar is no longer the Ciesar of the R om ans, no r C leopatra the Queen of E gyp t and the d a u g h te r . of P to lem y Anletes. B ut each are sim ple individuals in the realm of being, where happiness is all there is to live for, an d th a t to m ake its holiest replies in the deepest soul of its possessor.” Now I insist th a t unless there is som ething in h eren t in the na tu res of bo th man and woman, th a t in their fam iliar an d unabridged freedom with one another, shall supply this, i t cannot be found. And this is som ething of which" p resen t life, up to now’, affords no sample for judging. Sim ply th a t there is no th ing in th is mode of being, as th is k in d of freedom, w’here familiarity abounds, unsm itten by the coarsness of cold blooded vulgarity. Love is here to be licensed an d p laced un d er the chilling ban of law, education an d false society. F o r these have ever claim­ed the r ig h t to m anage it. P u re love has never, nor ever can live, under such constraints. Hence, pu re love with us is never known, unless i t be in th a t shyness th a t avoids these self constituted m eddlers th a t is to lerated here in conventional at­traction and Bocial p latitudes. And these are confined to those incessant samenesses th a t in th e ir tim e use up all the interest they can awaken, by any m easure o f a r t th a t can be invented to keep i t up. The d rifting of the hum an to-day from all the barriers of licensed privileges in to the arena of unlicensed lust, develops the absolute ro ttenness of all invented arrangements in their application to the w ants o f th e race. For lust is but the p roduct of an inverted a n d ’m isdirected love princip le ; which, in breaking over licensed bounds, m anifests the characteristics of a p en t up fury. W hen some fool o f a C anute by verbal or w ritten law regulates the ebb and flow of the tides, he may next a ttem p t to lim it the necessary freedom of th e hum an soul. None b u t a very devil could have sp rung upon the race so bad a m easure to regulate so dear an interest.

T h a t th is pure, un trifling devotion between male and female, ad libitum, untaxing, unobligated, unrestrained, and uncon­strained, will eternally form the staple of pure solid enjoy­m ent, there can be no doubt. The little th a t finds its way to the hum an heart in th is mode of being, th rough the network of infernal patrols and safeguards, w ith w hich i t has been en­vironed, hns more in terested the real soul of being than all the discoveries of science, all the w indy declam ations ever hnr- rangued in sermons, speeches an d orations, and all the critical analysis of ethics, together with all the inventions ever gotten up to bless hum an life. Indeed, all th a t has, or ever w ill crop out to beautify and bless existence, w ill sp ring from the intoxi­cation of th is h itherto unexplored fountain of pure happiness ; and, too, th is devotion w ill be as unconfined as are like tastes and tem peram ents, where the positives and negatives, or op­position in sex, will eternally exist in unresisting relations. F o r these! opposites are the essential com m entators of each other. We have talked long and loud about going to heaven. I f the ill-starred com pany who have p rated w ith such long faces and so seriously on the sub ject of barely getting into heaven with all th e ir soul-wearing exertions find it, I shall not go there, I t pleases m e bette r to see faces long, the shortest

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way. I f heaven were a som ething abstrac t in its nature, m an can only feel an abstract in terest in it. No h eart can fasten upon such a tenure. No soul can do augh t else th an to toler­ate it. G r if i t be som e local fixture, w ith its round of stereo­typed perform ances, in shouting wild hosannahs to amuse some supposed divinity, it will in tim e wane in interest, and finally sink in hopeless disgust. Besides the doubt th a t would haunt a sensible heart, despite o f itself, of ever finding any sane being who w ould consent to be the targe t for such un­meaning fooleries. So little a tten tion is paid to ceremonies where artless tru th is suprem e, th a t were a Demosthenes, a Phillips, C urran or an E verett to make a speech, they would talk to vacancy, o r unapprec ia ting fools. F o r everyhum an soul who is disposed in a better modeof being, is its own philosopher, its own orator, its own explorer, and the capable artisan of all

those rare fitnesses, th a t respond w ith such laughing loves to individual wants. F o r when som ebody else can tell me better what su its me than I can, m y peculiar personal apprecia­tions m igh t as well be expunged. To talk o f a heaven for me, without my being suited, is precisely like all hum an preaching, anomalous. I f we are to have any o ther m ateria l out of which to construct a heaven, th an we now possess we should never realize i t ; since i t would be as u nsu ited^o our wants, as unlike ns in substance. F o r ne ither our natures or qualities are ever to be changed; for any such change w ould involve the question of identity . I f we were in te lligen t and practical, a heaven could be found here as well as elsewhere. F o r it will eternally be found in th e sim ple legitim ate uses of ourselves without one item of invention. Carry our m ethods of life into another m ode of existence, and we as necessarily carry our hell w ith th e m ; as we find i t th e ir accom panim ent here. As it is, neither m an or wom an have any in te lligen t conception of association with each other, e ither in m arried life or ou t o f it. They live in a world w ith one another, m uch like handling our dearest friends w ith a p a ir o f tongs, for fear o f affording the tongue of scandel its n a tu ra l elem ent to fatten on. W here in ­telligence abounds, scandal has no meaning. Here the heart exists ju s t w ithou t the bounds of actual starvation, where life is about as cheerless as “ the Po tters’ field.” T he happiness of the hum an soul being found in the heart stirring relations of opposites in the essential nature of their being, orig inating in the inheren t p roperties th a t constitute them ; i t is sure that this in terest w ill never wane, so long as m ale and female shall exist. And there is no in tention to secure this, for it lies in the elem entary properties of necessary being. I t will require no th reaten ing to set i t in m otion, no psalm -singing to give i t im porlance and no coaxing to perpetuate its interest. All other claims will require a great deal of nursing to kesp them alive. W hoever is looking for a fu ture rew ard m ust look within himself, o r never find it. E. W.

W HAT I KNOW ABOUT F R E E LOVE.

TWO LETTERS TO JUDGE J. W. EDMONDS, AND TO JUDGE E. C. HOL­BROOK, RESPECTIVELY, BY C. L. JAMES, OF ALMA, WIS.

M y Brethren in the Hope o f Im m ortality.I have read your letters on free love in B . P . Journal. I know

som ething of th e subject, and as you evidently do not, I th ink it no m ore th an rig h t to tell you wTh a t I know. You bo th be­stow a good deal of personal abuse on Mrs. W oodhull, b u t th a t I do no t propose to answer. I t is the libel on free love alone that concerns me, or th a t I th in k m yself com petent to refute from personal experience. You, Bro. Edm onds, call free love prostitution, w hich if you m eant i t for any th in g else th an a nick name, m ust im ply th a t we free lovers approve of p rostitu ­tion. I assure you th a t you are m istaken. We all th in k pros­titu tion as bad as m arriage - - I know no t how to say worse. You call free love a system of selfishness. L et us examine th is as­sertion. Selfishness seeks pleasure at h is neighbor’s expense —im plies an invasion of h is neighbor’s rights. He who does to all m en as he would have them do to h im is no t selfish. He is no t required to do any more. Charity w hich goes beyond this does m ischief by encouraging dependence and crim e,—the only reason why it is r ig h t to give to beggars a t all, is th a t they are m ade beggars by the injustice of society, and we as mem­bers of society, are therefore in th e ir •debt. He then only is selfish who is un just. B u t justice is th e correlative of liberty. There is no r ig h t w hich is no t a du ty also. The abolition of the bondage w hich m arriage imposes on women, and the cor­responding license w hich it gives to m en, is the right of women and the duly of m en. T he wom an who works for i t is no more “ selfish” th a t an abolitionist. See, now, we th row back your charges upon m arriage. M arriage is n o t only lust, b u t lu st organized—selfish, brutal, m urderous passion, wedded to bad governm ent and false religion.

We hate it, n o t because it restrains our passions, for i t does not, b u t because i t subjects our sisters to the foulest outrages which the passions of their ty ran ts can inflict. W ill you re­tract your slanders, or will you show by our acts or lives th a t I m istake our position ? Bro. Holbrook, you have w ritten a long letter based up o p one complete mistake. You assum e all through th a t free lovers acknowledge no r ig h t on the p a rt of the governm ent to regulate the relations of "the sexes at all. There m ay be free lovers who hold notions so absurd , b u t we jvre no t all answ erable for them . T he free love doctrine, to the Oneida C om m unists, the Fourierites, th e Owenites, the “ affinity” school, the “ varietist” school, and myself, who be­long to no school, is not th a t love cannot be restrained, no r th a t i t ought no t to bo, no r th a t the restra in ing m ust be left wholly to the individual, b u t th a t m arriage far from advantageously restrain ing passion m akes woman everywhere its helpless v ic tim ; being in m arriage the slave of one man, and ou t of i t the slavo of every man. T he doctrine of free love is not th a t a woman may take away any m an she pleases, when and for as long as she likes; we all believe th a t i t m ay often be her du ty to suppress her in ­clinations, and I guess m ost o f us agree th a t there are occasions when i t is Abominable to force her by penalties, social or statutory, to subm it to the advances of any m an except as she may like it. Do you say th a t th is is wrong or rig h t ? I f righ t, you have no case against free love in general; if w rong—but you surely dare no t say so, a t least I never m et a m an who dared, though I fear m any hat a free love for ano ther reason.

C, L. .Tames,

A CRITICISM .

Theories are more easily constructed by th e im agination than the judgm ent. The fanciful castles we bu ild in the air are as worthless as they are cheap. They cannot resist the storm of stubborn facts, and we lose them when we m ost need their protection. We are m ore ready to m ake th ings con­form to our own idiosyncracids than we are to wojk w ith na ture to beautify bo th it and us w ith the stam p of h is eternal laws. Instead of rising to he r m ountain sum m it, we too often try to level the m ountain to o u r feet. T his is rebellion against the inevitable, and we only kick against the pricks to w ound our own flesh.

Of th is nature are two opposing theories of the true civiliza­tion. T he individual and com m unal ideas are, alone, false to na ture ; b u t true to he r when u n ited . A m an is no t an iso ­lated, independent being, o n ly ; neither is he the m ere com po­n en t of the man. E ach one lias an indiv iduality to work out, and a p a rt to p lay in the h isto ry of th e race. T he individual and the family cannot contain, and use all the elem ents an d re­sources of civilization, nor can absorption in one great family develop the faculties of the individual.

One person can n o t know or do everything in one short life. The highest developm ent o f civilization is attainable only by division of effort. L et each indiv idual concentrate all his powers upon one object, and m ake the m ost o f it, and all th ings will be accom plished; b u t le t each person try to do everything, and nothing will be done.

We would not, by any means, advocate one idea theory, bu t would have each person select a prim al pursuit, and make o ther efforts only secondary. T he old N. E. order, when the arts of life were in the compass of the family, has passed away. The present tendency is to the division an d redivision of effort, and the consolidation of means. T his tendency m ust be accepted. The only question open is th is : Shall a few capitalists, by the m onopolizing powers of rich corporations, own everything, and reduce everything to a v irtual serfdom ? Or, shall the laborer become m ore intelligent, and receive the full rew ard of h is toil th rough the co-operative system ? ■

The age of m achinery and applied sciences necessitate great investm ents to insure success. A thousand persons m ay be employed in a m ill in n by one water-wheel, and do ag rea tb u s- ness, when, if they separated, and each one worked a t the old sp inning wheel and hand-loom , they could no t keep from sta r­vation.

Co-operation, the m iddle ground between feudalism and communism, is the system th a t m ust finally prevail. Upon th is plan, and th is only, can waste of force be saved, and the ty ranny of power be prevented. J ohn P . Guild.

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MOODS AND CONFESSIONS.

BT AN OUTCAST.

I.First wild I yearned for action,Then soft, I longed for re s t:I never found the action;I never found the rest:I found unrest the demon:I found unrest the fever :X found unrest the madness:But never found the action.And never found the rest:Though cleft from noblest action.Though cleft from sweetest rest,I caught a moment's rapture Upon a loving breast.

H.Poet I might have beenHad I not dreamed that IWas born to scourge the foul—the false,With words of prophecy.Prophet I might have been Had I not dreamed that I Treasured within my deepest heart The poet's melody.Thus was the poet by the prophet slain: And thus the prophet ever spoke in vain.

Hi.a.)

When the stars are sailing In their silver sweep,In their path prevailing O’er the Heaven’s deep:They seem grandly moving To a brighter goal;They seem warmly loving God’s most hidden soul.

(2. )

Doubtless they are moving To a brighter goal;Doubtless they are loving God’s most hidden soul;But they have a glory Evermore their own:Write with gleams a story Lasting as God's throne.

(3.)In our dreams ideal In our march sublime,Gleaming through the Beal,Spurning space and time.Hot desires we cherish For God’s mystery;But deeds cannot perish.They outlive the sky.

IV.<u

Weep pot for me wluvn ! am dead j

Weep for me that I lived so long;That day on day as fruitless fled As the mad babble of a nurse’s song,

(2. )

Weep not for me when I am dead:But bless the jilace of my repose.Weep that on my unshielded headFell ceaseless, countless, cruel wrongs and woes.

(3.)Weep not for me when I am dead;But curse the false and craven Time That mocked the sapient words I said—My dreams of truth, the holy, the sublime.

(*•)Weep not for me when 1 am dead,W’eary I with the weary rest,And on me dews of peace are shedThat never, never soothed my living breast.

(5.)Weep not for me when I am dead;I toiled and battled, not in vain,Some beasts I with God’s manna fed,I made them nobler through my bitter pain.

(6. )

Weep not for me when I am dead;Though barren my divinest strife.Though few I taught, and few I led,I heralded for earth the higher life.

(7.)Weep not for me when I am dead:Warm soul was mine, not wisdom deep.My bosom was a banquet spread.For him who loveth much, why should ye weep ?

v.Thou sayest God is love, and love alone,A paighty mass of blubber without bone,Of treacle and of pap a shoreless sea,In short, a sentimentalist, like thee.Ah ! no; God is a fierce devouring fire;A yearning life, or passionate desire.Dread as the Seen; more dread as the Unseen;Panting to be in haste what he hath been—An opulence of wild, remorseless force,That crushes all which dares resist its course;Cruel, yet kind—creating but to kill;A thing to worship glad—a thing to hate;Sweet pity blended with ferocious will;Intensely loathsome, and sublimely great;Awful, most beautiful; most mad. most sage;A melancholy monster, grim with age,Order magnificent in flames and stars,Dark, hideous tyrant in men’s pangs and scars;Why should we flatter thee, Eternal God With abject homage ? Can we break thy rod By prayer or by promise ? Why should we not Be heroes—and submit, bear our bitter lot ?By none but heroes cans’t thou be adored.No craven heart to Thee has ever soared.Let us be truthful, frank, ne’er name Thy name;But when our instincts longing for Thee, flame Blessing or cursing, God, Thou art no lie,And Thou abhorrest man’s hypocrisy.To us Thou art a mighty, mystic joy,When to be grandly brave is our employ.

VI.( 1. )

Ever, O h! God, Thou me repellest:Ever, O h! God, to Thee I draw near;Forth from the darkness as Pity Thou wellest How swiftly all is cold, gloomy and drear.

(2. )

Why do fools call me a foul blasphemer ?I love Thee a thousand fold better than they;A bruised, a tortured, a baffled dreamer,Only in rapture and faith can I pray.

(3.)Doubter I am not. I am a believer;Though Man’s crazy figment I cannot believe.And thou Dreamer, art not a deceiver,Though Man’s creeds and crotchets and cants deceive.

(*•)Thou and I fondle and fight each other;Rough playmates, why should we not fondle and fight? Thou smotest sore, sweet Jesus, my brother;Why shouldst thou not me far more fiercely strike ?

VII.(1. )

My yearnings ever Go forth to thee;But abysses sever Thee, God, from me.And I marvel where thou, my life, cans’l be.

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T H E L O W ELL RADICAL CLUB.

Lowell is a cesspool of mam m on, ignorance and supersti­tion, yet, there are a few Free T hinkers even here. A society has been organized w ith the above nam e, the object of which is to m ake it possible for all persons, so disposed, to th ink and speak upon all questions of public interest, as inclination may favor.

W e m ean business; we m eet every Sunday. Wo exhibit the old theology in all its deform ity; we in ten d to p resent the woman question in all its various phases; and we in tend to examine th e p resent vicious system of finance in such a m an­ner that the com m on people can see their way clear to a con­dition of th ings w hich shall m ake i t possible for men and wo­m en to live w ithout the fear of the poor-house haunting them from Jan u ary to December.

T he Weekly is my Bible. God speed von—if there is any God. M ay the angels assist yon—if there are any angels, and w hich to m y m ind is of more im portance than all things else, may live m en and women begin to work for themselves in such a m anner as shall make i t impossible for the tyrants and loafers to absorb all the wealth of the world.

I desire th a t all your readers in Lowell shall know of onr R adical Club, in order th a t we may work together for the good of each o ther and the cause of humanity.

Yours, for free speech, Bsnj, Bsin n es .

WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. June 8, 1872.

r ig h t track, w hich has heretofore been traversing the tortuous w indings of the slavery com prom ises o f the first Constitution.

In order to effect these our purposes i t has been found neces­sary to take our stand on the p rincip les of the Declaration of Independence, w hich declare the r ig h ts o f a ll hum an beings, an d rest all ju s t governm ents on the consent of the governed.

The E q u al E ig h ts P arty 1ms selected V ictoria C. Woodhnll for th e office of P residen t, because i t deems that the demand for the personal, social, legal, and po litica l liberties of woman have been bette r advocated by her actions and in her speeches and w ritings th an by any o ther woman. Religious liberty is no t m entioned above, because i t is he ld that, in the case of woman, i t has n o t been specially infringed. I t is claimed ns a rig h t perta in ing to a ll th e people; one w hich the Equal Rights P a rty holds itself p ledged to m ain tain against any national or State interference w ith (or in fringem ent of) in any way what­ever.

The E qual B igh ts p a rty has selected Frederick Douglass for the office of Vice President, because- though born a slave—he has him self achieved bo th his education and h is liberty ; be­cause he has waged a life-long, m anful ba ttle for the rights of his nice, in w hich those of m ankind were in c lu d e d ; because he has proved th a t he knows how to assert the liberties of the people, and consequently i t is assum ed th a t he knows how to m ain tain them .

In conclusion, th e E qual R ig h ts pa rty has nom inated Vic­to ria C. W oodhull for P residen t, an d F rederick Douglass for Vice P residen t, because, by so doing, i t h u rls a gage of defi anee to the despots an d aris tocrats of E urope, who have long pointed the finger of scorn a t our R epub lic in the matter of slavery, and condem ned i t as lacking th e w ill to carry out fully the princip les of tru e dem ocracy contained in the Declaration of Independence ; and it calls up o n a ll the citizens of our Re­public, irrespective of sex or nice, to un ite w ith it in reassert­ing the t ru th of the doctrines laid down by our fathers in 1776, and sealed w ith th e ir b lood in the w ar of the Revolution.

T H E P E O P L E ’S CAUSE.

t h e cause of the E qual E ig h ts P a rty is, indeed, the cause of the people. Scan its p latfo rm an d its princip les as you may, and the m ost critica l m in d and th e m ost disposed to find fault an d to m ake charges of p a rty an d personal am bition will be able to see no possible p o in t of w hich it can be said that sel­fish purposes or personal am bition is the inspiration . Every p lank po in ts d irectly and unm istakably ' to equality for all the people, and in no single instance will i t be possible when suc­cess has crow ned its efforts to pervert its purposes to individ­ual ends. B eginn ing W'ith a d istin c t ind ic tm en t against pres­en t goverm ental custom s an d practices, i t continues throughout to trea t upon the princip les th a t underlie a true humanitarian system, and which, when incorporated in to an organic law, will insure to all people w hat our fa thers in tended for them when the}' penned the D eclaration of Independence.

I t is tru e th is m ovem ent m akes d irec t war upon certain ex­isting facts; equally tru e i t looks to th e overthrow of certain existing things. B u t th a t is no objection against it, unless it can be m ade to appear th a t such facts an d such tilings are in accordance w ith the p rincip les of equ ity w hich should govern the intercourse am ong m ankind? Any existing th ing that can­no t stand the severest test of th a t ru le ought to and will be done aw’ay w ith ; an d it is the m ission of the E qual Rights P a rty to see to i t th a t no law shall be left standing upon the sta tu tes o f this country that, even by a shadow, m ilitate against com plete justice, in its m ost perfect sense and application.

N othing can be p lainer to com prehend or m ore evident even to the casual observer, th an the proposition of property equities, th a t whoever possesses a larger wealth than he him self produc­ed, has obtained it from some person or from num erous per­sons W'ho did produce it, an d for w hich he could no t have given proper equivalent, T h is is a self-evident statem ent, requiring no proof.

Now, our entire in d ustria l and p roperty system s are based upon the fact th a t the accum ulated w ealth of the country is in the hands of those who d id no t produce it, consequently is un­justly held. I t m ay be argued th a t they have pa id or rendered legal com pensation to th e producers; b u t th a t does no t affect the question of equity w hich is involved in the present move- m unity. There is no difference in the resu lt between a system of despotism which w ould perm it one m an in every ten to hold the o ther nine in industria l slavery, so far as their proper­ty is concerned, and the p resen t system w hich perm its one in every ten to acquire all the o ther n ine produce. T he difference consists in the system only, an d the la tte r is accom panied by a great deal more dem oralizing influence than the former.

D espotism is th a t condition in w hich one person, or one class o f persons acquire bold an d w'ield a contro lling power over o ther classes, w hich m akes them occupy unequal condi­tions. Now it m atters no t how th a t re su lt is arrived at, w hether by the power o f b ru te force, by the m eans of an un­ju st system of laws or by the power o f in tellectual superiority, i t is all the same. In e ither case i t is th e power possessed by one class, ru ling ano ther class and subordinating their rights and interests.

We are aware th a t only a few persons, speaking compara­tively, have awakened to the tru th about th is question. Most people have no conception of any despotism except th a t of the absolute m onarch w hich ho lds bo th life and property subject to caprices of his w ill; b u t we ask such to consider this fact; if life and property are taken by o ther m eans, are they not equally despotic an d u n ju s t? And after considering this, then to look over society to-day, and everywhere see both life and the p roducts of lab o r being surrendered in compliance to the inexorable dem ands of our p resept system s and customs.

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V RATIFICATION./Y 1 _______

Grand R alt.v at Cooper I nstitute.—On T hursday even­ing, Ju n e 6th, a t 8 p. m., the grand m eeting to ra tify the nom ­inations of the E qual R ights Party , w hich was sh u t ou t of the G rand Opera House by the lord ly despots who preside over its destinies, w ill be held a t Cooper Institu te . T he m ost em inent speakers of the P a rty w ill be present and address the audience. L et the “ lower m illions” who are fleeced by the “ upper ten ” every year o f all they produce, come together and take council as to the m ethods by w hich they shall secure to themselves what they now furnish to “ id lers” to revel in.

VOTE PR E S E N T NECESSITY.

Action everywhere by everybody is the urgent, p resent need. All souls living in the sun ligh t of full freedom m ust buckle on the arm or of faith, and go forth to do battle in its sacred name. The tim e has come in which no excuses can be adm it­ted to be valid. All consideration of self m ust for the tim e be laid aside for the broader considerations of hum anity. The blow th a t is to be struck—the battle th a t is to be fought is for them as a whole, and noble souls cannot afford to be sim ply self in terested during th e conflict. “While the p resent m ove­m ent is and m ust, to a large degree, be spontaneous from the hearts of the people, yet organized action should no t be over­looked. By its use insp iration m ay be u tilized and m ade p ro ­ductive of two fold good. In every town, village and ham let in the U nited States, V ictoria Leagues should spring in to exis­tence, by and through whose m eans the educational process may be m ade more expeditious and efficient. T he Equal R igh ts P a rty proposes to supply all dem ands m ade upon it for Campaign Docum ents, several of which are already in p rin t and ready for disbrilm tion. And it is confidently ex­pected th a t the p resent large dem and for them will grow to such imm ense proportions as to guarantee th a t every family shall be supplied w ith th e evidence for th e necessity of the new party movement.

CAMPAIGN CLUBS ! CAMPAIGN C L U B S !!

L et every present reader of the Weekly, whose heart is in ­volved in the success o f the p rincip le of all-sided freedom, use every possible effort to extend its circulation . W hile we are confident th a t m any only require the suggestion, to incite them to action, still we m ake the following induce­m ents to a ll : every person who will send ns the names of three new subscribers, either for six m onths o r a year, accompanied by the m oney for the same, shall be entitled to one extra copy fo r a like tim e; for six new subscribers a n d the money, two extra copies, and so on an additional extra copy for every ad­d itional th ree subscribers and advance payment. In th is way, if onr readers w ill show a zeal com m ensurate w ith the cause in w hich they are engaged, the circulation of the Weekly m ay be increased by these m eans alone, to three hundred th o u san d num bers; and this, in tu rn , would win the cam paign w ithout o ther assistance. I t should be rem em bered th a t we can n o t do a ll the labor. F riends everywhere, in th is stage of ou r affairs, should len d a w illing hand.

T he first proposition w hich the Apollo H all Convention enunciated, includes the whole scope of the new party move­m e n t I t is as follows :

“ T h at there should be a complete reconstruction of several of the m ost im portan t functions of the governm ent of the U nited Stages, and to th a t end we advocate the adoption of a new constitution, w hich shall he in perfect harm ony w ith the present wants, in terests and conditions of the people.”

We are perfectly aware th a t even some of the m ost radical of reform ers hesitate» to move forward when the proposition m eets them th a t the C onstitution requires rem odeling. But these same people are the m ost forcible advocates o f certain radical reform movem ents th a t are, under the p resen t constitu ­tional prohibitions, u tte rly impossible. How then do they propose to accom plish their purposes ? I f the whole Consti­tu tion were to be changed, i t could be a no m ore rad ical move­m ent than was that, w hich n ltim ated in the Fourteen th Amend­m ent, the full scope of w hich is no t yet fully apprehended except by a few com prehensive m inds. We cannot see i t to be a very terrible affair to change the C onstitu tion when th a t in strum en t itself provides the m anner in which it may be done. Its founders evidently foresaw th a t m any of its pro­visions would no t m eet all the requirem ents o f a progressive people. T hey knew it would have to be changed, and un ­doubtedly realized th a t i t would be in the d irection now press­ing upon public a tten tio n .

I t would be charg ing upon them a non-com prehension of the p rincip les involved in the D eclaration of Independence, to say th a t they who conceived it, even im agined the C onstitu­tion to be an expression in form ot those principles. No broader or m ore com prehensive form ula of indiv idual free­dom can possibly be m ade th an is m ade by it. T he pu rsu it of happiness is asserted to be an inalienable r ig h t of every in ­dividual. W hat m ore can be added to m ake i t m ore general ? I f the righ ts there set fo rth are indeed inalienably vested in the individual, we ask if i t should no t be th e first, last an d only purpose of th e laws form ed un d er th e ir insp irations to seeure them to the ind iv idual ? To th is there can be b u t one answer, and every person, of sound m ind, m ust see i t a t once. T he purposes of the E qual R igh ts pa rty are n o t m erely to re­enunciate. those self-evident tru th s , b u t they are m ore especi­ally to secure th e ir vesture in the individual, and to pro tect their exercise, w hich heretofore has never been attained.

T o accom plish this, i t is found necessary to proceed a s set forth in the first p lan k of the platform p u t fo rth a t Apollo Hall. N or do we see why such action should shock any per­son who is m ore hum an itarian th an wedded to the old cus­tom s rapid ly going to decay. T he m atte r th a t ought to receive consideration and to determ ine those who are in doub t as to w hat course should be pursued, is w hether an im provem ent upo n 'th e old is no t possible; and if i t be found to be possible, should there be any hesitat ion on the p a r t of any reform er ?

Everybody knows th a t the late w ar arose from the fact th a t the C onstitution was indefinite in expression regard ing th e in ­alienable righ ts o f individuals. H ad th e ir been no such w ant in th a t in strum en t ; h ad it been clear, definite, positive; in fact, had it n o t have been in the first instance a com prom ise with slavery, th a t war had no t occurred to devastate the beau­tifu l face o f th is beautiful country an d water i t w ith the b lood of its noblest sons and the tears of its loveliest daughters.

Shall we now stand still and p e rm it ano ther war to be p re ­cipitated, to still fu rth er enrich o u r soil b y such blood and tears ? No ! a thousand tim es no ! R ather le t us, while peace exists, b ring to bear the best ta len t o f th e country to forestall war and rob it of its v ic tim s.

The reform s contem plated by the E qual R ights Party , then, should be judged by th e ir inheren t value, and no t by th e m an­ner in w hich it will be necessary to accom plish them , even if i t be found necessary to su bstitu te an entirely new in stru m en t for th e blood-stained an d the ta ttered one of the past. And to those who shrink from such action we beg to b ring to m in d the words of the poet, Jam es Russell Lowell, w ritten m ore th an tw enty years ago :“ New occasions teach new duties; time makes ancient good uncouth; They m ust upward still and onward who would keep abreast of truth.Lo ! before ns gleam her camp-fires; we ourselves must pilgrims be;* Launch our Mayflower and steer boldly through the desperate winter’s sea ; Nor attempt the future’s portals with tho past's blood-rusted key.”

B u t in spite o f the poet’s w arning th e fu ture was a ttem pted w ith the blood-rusted key of the past, and the resu lt was the deb t we are burdened with, an d the blood th a t was shed. L e t th a t terrib le crisis be a lesson to ns of the present, th a t no such th ing come again upon us !

OUR NOM INEES.

D r. F rederic R. M arvin lectured last W ednesday evening to an audience of over 700 people in Newark, on Im m o rta lity . Dr. M arvin is spoken of as a polished w riter an d accom plished soholar.

These are V ictoria C. W oodhull, the wom an; and Frederick Douglass, the negro.

In the n inety-sixth year ol th e R epublic of the U nited States, they represen t classes, who m ay ju stly be term ed, even yet, the pariahs of our m odern system of civilization.

In the nom ination of V ictoria C. W oodhnll for the office of President, the Equal R ights P a rty v irtually arra igns the des­potism over wom an as exercised in th is Republic, as being, in th is particu lar, m ore in to leran t th an th a t of the m onarchies of Europe, and points those who dispute th is sta tem ent to the long and beneficent rule of ano ther Victoria cheerfully sub­m itted to by the people of G reat B ritain .

In the nom ination of Frederick Douglass for the office of Vice President, the Equal R ights P a rty proposes to set the seal of the nation on the issues of the w ar of the rebellion; to ex­h ib it to the world th a t onr people are a u n it in the defense of the righ ts pf all m ankind ; and to reset the G overnm ent on the

T H E GRAND OPERA HO U SE GAG.

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But is it said th a t we have no business to raise and agitate this question, because those who are its objects do no t appreciate the condition, or the m iseries they suffer. To th is we reply we have the same right, an d the sam e du ty to perform that the abolitionists had, when they ag ita ted the freedom of the from the physical bondage in whi ch they were held. They no more realized the deep dam nation of the condition in which they lived, th an do m any of those for whom we are now agitating. All hum anity is no t devoted to purely selfish motives. JIany hearts aches to see the w rongs w hieh are inflicted and which are suffered, unconsciously as i t were by the v ictim s; and with the in stinc t of a universal b ro therhood predom inating, they raise their voices against th em ; and they will no t say there is peace or justice un til they the idea of injustice shall have been awakened in every soul Where now it is dorm ant.

They who raised tho question of freedom for the negro, did not labor for personal elevation. T hey like Christ, labored for their fellowmen. I t was n o t a m atter th a t could be tu rned to individual am bition. I t was a m atter in w hich the in terest of humanity were involved. So, too, is the p resent question one which cannot be m ade the hobby for personal am bition. I t is one in which even m ore th en in the form er the in terests of humanity are involved since the num ber of persons whose in- tcresth are a t stake is im m ensely larger than in the case of the negro.

In a special sense then is th e m ovem ent of the E qual R ights Party the cause of the people; and although no t as yet recog­nized by them as a whole, i t m ust soon come to be so recog­nized; as the m ovem ent for the negro came to be recognized as being for hum anity . In fact, by the nom ination of Victoria C. W oodhulland Frederick Douglass i t asserts the culm ination of the former revolution an d connects i t w ith ano ther advance in civilization, in w hich the m ore subtle in terests of the people as a whole are involved—w ith ano ther involving no t merely a certain race of people b u t the entire female sex of all races, as a sex, as well as the m ajor portion—the indus­trial classes—of bo th sexes.

In this latter sense the E qual R igh ts P arty makes the demand that shall, when answered, u sher in th a t condition in w hich the people of all races, tongues and clim es m ay become assim­ilated into a com m unity o f b ro thers and sisters, having a com­mon origin and prophesying a com m on destiny.

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AGAINST SYSTEMS, NO T INDIVIDUALS.

While the E qual R igh ts P a rty claims that the rich unjustly hold the wealth th a t has been produced b y the poor, and that the results to .them is the same as though i t had been stolen still it does no t war upon indiv iduals for having sto len it, b u t it does war upon the system of law of w hich they m ake use to obtain it. I t is the system th a t steals it, and the m ajority of the people are responsible for its continuance, though it is true that this m ajority do n o t realize e ither that the resu lt de­pends upon them, or th a t i t ¡r as in iqu itous as actual theft.

Hence the cry th a t the E qual R igh ts P a rty in assum ing an attitude of defiance against the governm ent becomes treasona­ble, falls to the ground as the m erest pretence. N othing th a t looks to the establishm ent o f ju stice can be treasonable. In the words of Charles Sum ner, it declares that “ anyth ing for human rights is constitu tional;" and if a system has grown up under the constitution which is against hum an rights, i t is eyident, either th a t the system is unconstitutional, or th a t the constitution is itself defective—th a t i t does not strictly adhere in all its parts, to the principles upon which i t professes to be builded. In either case the warfare th a t is to be waged is against the system th a t perm its the abuse of hum an rights, and not against the persons as individuals who have made use of it.

Nevertheless, the oppresions th a t have been builded by and which they assume belong to them, m ust be pulled down. And this the Equal R ights P arty proposes to do un til no t so m uch as one stone shall be left standing that shall not be cast down. In so far as this m ay be denom inated a war upon individuals, will the new party' m ake war ? I t proposes to re tu rn to the people that which the p resen t system of law has stolen from them. This cannot do any in justice to those from whom the spois ore to be taken. They ho ld and exercise a power th a t belongs in common to all people, and hence un justly hold it. I f this be taken from them an d re tu rned to those to whom it belongs, a duty instead of an u n ju st act is performed.

The Equal R ights P a rty say's to the Astors, Stewarts and Vanderbilts of the country, “ you have w'hnt thousands of people have toiled all th e ir lives long to produce, and you m ust return it to them. In com pelling you to do this, no injustice is intended, bu t you are requ ired to do justice to those by whose toil you have profited, since what you ho ld over and above what you have equitably earned by your labor, yon have unjustly taken from those who did th u s equitably earn it.

It is not proposed to do you any violence in com pelling the restitution. You have acquired what you have by'legal m eans. It is determined th a t by the same m eans it shall be restored; and timely warning is given of the intention, so that when it shall come you cannot say i t was no t an tic ipa ted .”

The Equal R igh ts P a rty fu rth er proposes never to give over action so long as any person anyw here in the w'orld, who has health, strength and m ind, shall be able to exist from the toil of another, be th a t person k ing or peasant; and fu rther stilly that the king, if such there shall still remain, shall earn no more by his labor in adm in istering the law, th an shall the peasant by tilling the soil, or herd ing his sheep. Equal rights, equal opportunities and equal com pensation iR the watch- word that is sacred in every soul w hich has devoted itself to the cause of equity; and it shall never be supplem ented so long as it }acks consum m ation

I t is questionable, if, indeed, th ^ e is any real difference be­tween the overbearing ty rannies th a t existed in past ages, when m onarchs ru led by the mere caprices of their wills, and the in ­tolerant sp irit of p resent conservatism and party despotism which ostracize everything new- in the evolution of principles into practice. N othing th a t ever occurred in the early daw n­ing of liberty, in the m ost despotic country was a bette r ex­emplification of the overbearing sp irit of class rule than was the recent shu tting of the G rand Opera House against the E qual R ights P a rty for the ratification of their Apollo H all nom inations. R ented of the Lessees for the express purpose, alm ost a t th e ir own suggestion, i t was advertised in various ways for m ore than a week. B ut the owners, the Erie-Ring, said to be un d er th e influence of the Greeleyites, learning w hat was proposed, came forward, and p u t their veto upon it, which was m aintained against all expostulation it was possible to b ring to bear upon them —“ N o,” said they, “ no t for ten thousand dollars could a ratification m eeting of the Equal R igh ts Party be held in the G rand Opera House. I t was no t b u ilt for the classes of people who constitu te th a t party , to hold th e ir m eetings in. I t would damage the house irrepa irab ly .” and o ther even more bru tal and offensive language w hich we will pledge them the w orkingm en and women of th is city and counrty shall no t forget. I f these “ petty th in g s” of the hour im agine they can cast such insu lts in the very teeth of th is vast (dement, w ith im punity, we can assure them th a t they do no t know' the tem per of the people with whom they play. A day of reckoning will surely' come, as i t has ever come to all who have dared the toiling, down-trodden masses, who if they have no t had the present deciding power, have ever held ultim ate sway'.

Every possible m ethod was used to inform the people o f the necessary change in the program m e; an d on the evening the ratification was to have taken place two banners bearing the following inscrip tion were taken to the Opera House :

“ T he G rand Opera House having been sh u t against the Equal R igh ts Party , the ratification will be held a t Cooper In ­stitute, Thursday, Ju n e 6.”

These banners, respectful as i t was possible to m ake them, were placed a t the m ain entrances to the house, thus inform ing those who w ent there of the change. B u t th is very lenient sta tem ent of the case did no t su it the D ignitary of the place, who ordered them taken in ; which was done. On their being demanded, he said “ those th ings can no t be paraded about here.” H e was assured th a t they wouid be paraded up and down before the house; which they were, in spite of all h is bravado and b luster; and he was powerless to prevent it— his capacity to “ lord i t ” being confined to the walls of the Opera building.

I f those honorable t?) gentlem en th ink they have made any capital by th is proceeding, they are welcome to its use; b u t if w’e were to venture a prophecy we should say they have made a venture tlia t some day will prove to have been no t a profitable investm ent.

T h at the E qual R ights P a rty should be m et by such opposi­tion a t its very incep tion proves what we have been saying a ll the while; th a t such a movem ent is absolutely necessary to stop the tendency to a m ore despicable despotism than ever enslaved a people.

VICTORY IN DEATH.

I t is the proud boast of our Republic th a t after having sub­dued a rebellion unexam pled in m agnitude and a t an unpre­cedented cost of blood and treasure, it scorned to sully its victory by taking any “ ex post facto” vengeance on its discom ­fited opponents. There is no circum stance of the k ind thnt can be found in the history of the world w hich can bear com­parison w ith the m agnanim ity displayed by the people of the U nited States on thnt occasion. In ghastly contrast to th is leniency, fu ture h istorians will place the b arbarity th a t has been exhibited by the B ourbons of Versailles, after the late victory, w hich (aided by the arm ies of the E m peror of Germany) they succeeded in achieving over the republicans of Paris. For considerably more than a year the black flag has wuved over th a t ill-fated city, and the m ournful m usic o f the death shots of Satory, alm ost every re tu rn ing week has proclaim ed to a ho rror stricken w'orld the terrible vengeance of dam ned des­potism. The vanity of this effort to drown liberty in its own blood is well exhibited in the heading of the follow ing “ speeial telegram ” which was published in the N. Y . H erald of the 26th u lt:EXECUTION OE COMMUNISTS—RADICALISM UN CON qU EKED AT THE

BED POST OF RATOItY.P aris, May 25, 1872.—Perisier, Boon and Boudin, Hie three

m en who were tried on the charge of participation in some of the most outrageous acts com m itted in th is c ity during the reign of the Commune, and convicted and sentenced to death, were executed th is m orning a t Srttory. They exhibited no em otion whatever at the last moment, aud died cry ing “ Vive la Com mune !’’

Yes; “ Vive la C o m m une!” is still the word. From the ghastly horrors of the m odern St. Bartholomew's days o f the Bar ricades to the present time, men, women, and even ch ild ren have never ceased to bear dying testim ony to the tru th of the cause for tho defense of which they have been called upou to suffer. Unquestionably their heroism is producing a profound effect. People are beginning to ask, is th is the e n d '/ Can i t be that there is no h igher tribunal before which the “ Q uilps” who now ravage France and horrify m ankind will be dragged to justice? A sim ilar question was p u t to this country in 1851, and the re­p ly of the Dem ocratic Senate was, “ that there was no h igher law ,” Ten years after came the sentence and the executioner. Assuredly a sim ilar act of justice wiU be m eted out to the pres­

en t ru ling powers of France. In spite of G erm any, in spite of T hiers an d the bourgeoisie, a people who can boast such a vi­tality of virtue are bound to exist—to trium ph . I t needs no p rophet to foretell that, in the near future, educated by expe­rience and chastened by affliction, the people o f P aris w ill again be destined to take the lead in establish ing on a firm basis the civil and religious liberties of Europe.

T H E VICTORIA LEAGUE.

The Central N ational Committee have adopted the following form of organization for the various sections of th e Victoria L eague:

We, the citizens o f ----------------—, --------------- , form ourselvesin to a political association to be called The Victoria League,N o .------ , for the purpose of prom oting and establishing inaction am ong the people o f th is country the principles of the Equal R ights Party , adopted ut the N ational Convention, held in Apollo Hall, New York, May 10 and 11, 1872, and electing the nom inees of th a t party to the Presidency and Vice-Presid- dency of the U nited S tates; and we hereby pledge ourselves to do all we honorably can to effect such purpose, in auxiliary connection with the Central N ational Committee, H eadquar­ters in New York.

The above isall the form of organization necessnry, and these who desire to become workers in the common cause of E quality and Justice, may begin w ithout fu rther delay, m aking such rules and regulations as may be deemed requisite in each particu larcase.

L et the work begin in real earnest. R em em ber th a t th is cause is a holy one and w orthy of the u tm ost devotion and sacrifice; b u t when success shall have been attained, that p o liti­cal strife will be forever ended.

CAMPAIGN DOCUM ENT NO. 1.

F A S T , P R E S E X T A N D F U T U R E .

VIEWED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE

NEW EQUAL RIGHTS PARTY.BT .J. Q. SANDS.

In the past, the instinct of m an was for blood. W ar was the business of his life. Labor m ight do for a h ind or a woman, bu t m an was dishonored by any occupation less noble than cu t­ting his neighbor’s throat. As between the two m ethods of ac­qu iring property, industry and robbery, the latter was wholly noble, the form er, wholly base. B u t all natures are not brave and fierce. Some are cowardly and cunning. These found congenial occupation in priestcraft. So, betw een robbery on the one hand, and extortion on the other, peaceful industry ate its black bread with tears.

The k ings and nobles owned everything in fee sim ple and by divine rig h t; b u t they allowed the priests to take th e ir share of the spoils, in consideration of th e ir assistance in im buing the m inds of m en with the idea th a t eternal torm ents aw aited all who raised their voices against the k ingly power.

In the intervals of war, when blood did no t flow in rivers, it gently trickled from the w rithing form s of m yriads of m artyrs for the am usem ent o f priests and kings. T hat day is past; m artyrdom has gone ou t of fashion; and war, while i t is to a lim ited extent the pastim e of crowned heads, as a game more exciting than the chase, it is beginning to be regarded a s —well, as having some drawbacks.

Our own sins arc certainly no t on so grand a scale as our fathers'; bu t then they are m eaner, which goes a great way tow ard m aking up the difference.

The feudal system, after being banished from the earth , still exists in the heavens, and m en suppose they get so m uch pro­tection for so m uch service. T heir Chief, too, has p lenty of dungeon-room, nicely heated, and also a p a ten t contrivance by which he can roast his victim s w ithout the disappointm ent of having them die, so that he can regale his ears w ith their shrieks forever.

The followers of this Chief are sustained through life by the p leasant thought th a t they shall some day banquet w ith him in the upper rooms, where they too shall, in the intervals of sing­ing psalms, be delighted with the scream s of their neighbors, parents or children, suffering endless torm ents down below.

The priest still, w ithout shame, grasps the m ite th a t belongs by righ t to the widow and the orphan, and thunders h is ob jur­gations m ostly on im aginary sins, while he rings the praise of im aginary virtues.

The great object of life is no th ing nobler than the posses­sion of a large house, filled w ith ignoran t servants. F in d in g one house no satisfaction, people who can, usually try two or three, thus seeking relief in the m ultip lication of th e ir follies. Women have a noble am bition to excel each o ther in the length of their m irrors, the num ber of th e ir dresses o r the am ount of false ha ir o r tow which they can pile on the top of th e ir heads. To accom plish these m ost notable results, m en delve, lie and cheat from the cradle to the grave, and so unaccustom ed are th e ir faculties to any ra tional em ploym ent, th a t when they are deprived of their hab itual occupation, life becomes a burden, and they no t unfrequently go and hang themselves.

W oman usually has one m aster, who, possessing her person and owning her children, holds absolute power over her, and no t unfrequently renders her life one of absolute torm ent by abusesof various kinds. Careless of his own vows, he punishes a suspected breach on her part w ith death to the offender, and instead of being punished is usually applauded. The instinct which leads to the continuance of the race, is, or is considered to be, such a demon that, for its sake, all the sweet, social inter

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course o f life is ruthlessly p u t down, an d m en and wom en con­fine each o ther to the d ry husks o f an association, the deep d is­gust and terrib le hate of w hich no t unfrequently culm inate in m urder. As every one suffers in th is terrib le state, a ll society is organized in to an arm y o f spies to see th a t there are no happy exceptions, and th is system of despicable espionage and unw arrantable interference w ith the sim plest rig h ts of others is called Virtue.

The brotherhood of m an is so entirely unacknowledged, th a t where benefits are conferred, i t is done w ith such an a ir of pa t­ronage th a t naturally the feelings of th e recip ien t are outraged, so that sweet gratitude is a th in g unknow n. So b lin d are re­formers, that, w hen the bodies of m en and wom en are n o t l it­erally m angled by the lash, i t is th o u g h t th a t th e ir w ork is done and it is tim e for them to disband.

C hildren come in to th is world uudesired and unprovided for, an d having no one to speak a w ord fo r them , are abused w ith­o u t s tin t; and it is only when some helpless innocent is beaten to death for refusing to say its prayers th a t any a tten tion is paid to th e ir cries.

I n th e schools and colleges, the pupils, seeing th a t the m ak­ing of L atin verses is of b u t sm all account in th is world, have taken to learn ing th e n rt of rowing a boat, as som ething really useful; and realizing that they are to have no opportun ity of cultivating their m inds, wisely determ ine to develop their muscles.

In politics, E ngland crushes India, France Algeria, Spain Cuba, Russia, Prussia an d Austria have pa rtitio n ed Poland, and no opportunity is lost in asserting the great p rincip le th a t power is th e only virtue and weakness th e only crime.

The whole world is a rranged up o n the great B ible princip le th a t to him who h a th shall b e given, and to h im who h a th b u t little i t shall be taken away, even th a t w hich he hath.

Possession of person or p roperty is everything; ab strac t ju s ­tice, nothing.

Everywhere a venal press an d a depraved pu lp it, having lost th a t sweet an d blessed privilege of defending the outraging and w hipping of women, and th e stealing of ch ild ren in African slavery, content them selves writh supporting sim ilar in stitu tions in our m idst, while they how l th e ir vengeance upon all the good and brave who dare to say a w ord in defence of the weak and suffering.

W hat m ay the fu ture have in store for us ? L et u s hope that in the good tim e coming, the great object of life will be no t the acquisition of w ealth and power for base and selfish ends, b u t ra th e r th a t each shall m ake i t th e business of his life to see th a t happiness shall be the assured portion of a ll . T he question trem bling upon every lip will be : Brother, w hat lackest thou ? is it the opportun ity to use thy talents ; is it sym pathy w ith thy aim s; is i t com panionship; is i t social life, or is i t p resent need of food, clothing, or shelter ? In a word, le t us hope th a t Altruism will succeed Egoism, and we sh a ll witness the dawn of the R eligion of H um anity.

LABOR’S SOLILOQUY.

(A fter Ham let. )

A public—or no public? That’s the question! Whether ’tis nobler for ns still to suffer,Or to arise against a sea of scalawagsAnd boot them out of office. To vote—to rule—No more. And by a vote to say we end Red-tapery, and rings, and lobbying,And all the other villanies. 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To vote—to rule !And by our ruling to let daylight in The crinks and crannies of the Capitol,And drive the bats, and owls, and carrion birds,To roost in the recesses of the past.And vex our souls no more. Why should we give These pests and do-nothings a longer life ?Why should we bear the whips and scorns of knaves, The rule of Mammon, and of National Banks, Land-hocussing, and railroad insolence,When we ourselves might their quietus make With paper pellets ? Why should we starve and toil, And sweat in cooped-up holes and filthy dens, Prisoned and slaughtered in vile city slums,Denied of air, and straitened for the light ?Why should we? Why? Because we are at odds. And will not trust each other, This has ruled Onr toilers from the legislative halls,And placed a clique of lawyers there instead.The dread of politics, and Washington (That pestilential city, from whose bourne No honest man returns) puzzles our will,And makes us rather bear the beats wo have Than coin more knaves by sending others there. But, let us hope, our day of suffering’s past;And that, despite of all—the public lives.That, rising in its majesty and might—’Twill cut the soldier, tweak the farmer’s nose,And place Victoria Woodhull iu “ the Chair.”

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STRAY SHOTS.

T he Beginning op the E nd.—The successful Labor Strikes o f the p resen t Spring are indications of fu ture trium phs. We clip the following from “ R esu lto f the L abor M ovem ent,” a leader o f the New York H erald of May 22.

“ We have unquestionably entered upon a new era, when the princip les of political economy at present in vogue will be tram pled under foot. T hough the indications a t present are no t very threatening, there is com ing rapid ly a tim e when labor w ill enfranchise itself by the m eans by which it has been enslaved. The influence of the masses—and they are the w orkingm en—begins to be felt in all free countries, and is everywhere d iverted to the one object. Knowledge is felt to be the real source of power, and tho people th irs t to acquire it,

T hey feel th a t they have been oppressed an d brutalized by the old system of labor, and they seek to overthrow it. B u t social em ancipation is always m ore difficult to obtain th an political freedom, because so m a^y in terests grow upon abuses.”

T he end and aim of the L abor M ovem ent is to secure to the p roducer the resu lts of his toil. T he land system , the m oney system, th e law of inheritance, an d the system of d istribution , oppose th is righ t. These are all outgrow ths of our p resent sys­tem of po litica l economy, which, in th e near fu ture, as the Herald asserts “ will be tram pled un d er foot.” After th a t, a new system of tru e po litica l econom y w ill be evolved (which w ill only recognize traffickers and financiers as salaried agents) b u ilt upon th e conservation and extension of th e rig h ts of producers.

Deed Scottish.—T here are those who argue that, if V ictoria W oodhull were elected P residen t, th e C hief Ju stice m igh t re ­fuse to adm in ister the oa th to a woman. T h is is absurd. In th is country a m ajority has rig h ts w hich the Chief Ju stice is bound to respect; and, i t is assum ed, th a t th a t functionary w ould fulfil h is du ty in the case w ith as m uch d ignity as the late m ost R everend F a th er in God, H is Grnce, the L ord Arch­bishop of C anterbury, perform ed h is d u ty tow ard V ictoria in G reat B ritain.

L ibbie Gabrabant.—T he death penalty , as applied to the case of th is m iserable girl, has called forth m uch com m ent from th e press. T he New York H erald h ad a leader, on the 20th in stan t, upon the subject, in w hich i t appears to adm it women as m alefactors to fu ll citizenship, and hang them. The W orld is m ore lenient. F o r ourselves, as the special advocate of wom an, a t all tim es a n d un d er all c ircum stances, we th in k the ou tcast ch ild ought to be sen t to a reform atory and her r ig h t education comm enced, and th a t “ S o c ie ty ” ough t to be hung in he r stead, for neglect o f d u ty in her case .

A P leasant P rospect.—The m an who leaves his son a m il­lion of dollars bequeaths him a t least three hun d red and fifty m oney serfs in th e next generation; and th is gift m ay endure forever. W hose ch ild ren are they to be, neighbor, yours or m ine ? I f we w ould change this, we m ust elect V ictoria C. W oodhull.

E ffect and Cause.—T he N . Y. W orld, in a leader headed “ The G erm an P en tecost,” says:

“ T he Am erican drinking-saloon and billiard-room and con­cert-hall have a certain reprobate and unregenerate aspect, even when they h appen to be conducted by decent people and frequented by well-behaved custom ers. They bear the stam p and im press of a position ra th e r outside of the established pale of respectability , and m en weighty on the exchange w ould ra th e r no t be seen frequenting them . N ot so is i t w ith the G erm an resorts of relaxation and refreshm ent. No m an hesitates to enter them ; no m an is com prom ised in the eyes of h is countrym en by entering them . ”

W hy, neighbor ? Because they are sanctified by th e presence of woman. To use th e language of the g reater E dm und Burke, under he r eye, “ vice itself loses h a lf its evil, by losing all its grossness.” Is i t too m uch to hope th a t th a t w hich, ac­cording to your own statem ent, purifies lager beer saloons, will p u rify our polling-places also? W hen our m others, wives, sisters and daughters vote, they m ust and soon will be m ade fit to vote in.

B iblical Brawls.—T he M ethodist Conference has made ano ther effort a t se ttling and unse ttling the “ m uch vexed” question of the B ible in the schools. L ast Tuesday, th e 20th in st., “ th e Com m ittee on E ducation reported against th é ex­penditu re of the S ta te m oney for denom inational schools, and in favor o f reading th e B ible in a ll public schools.” There was once a four-legged com m ittee th a t m ade a sim ilar re p o rt I t was a cow. I t yielded a good pail of m ilk, and th en k icked it over.

P owerful Strong.—Dr. Slicer, com m enting on the above, is reported thus: “ H e was for th e Bible in the public school,first, last and alw ays. He w ished the scrip tures w ithout note o r com m ent H e w anted no com m ents by the teacher, w hether stand ing on his feet o r kneeling on h is knees.” We cannot go th is last s ta tem en t As D r.,C aius would say, “ iti s affectations.” Besides it is no t strong enough. Does no t Dr. Slicer know th a t a jealous young disciple w ould have h is Bay, if, in order to do so, it would be necessary for him to stand on h is head or kneel on his elbows.

H ear th e E nemy.—T he value of electorial suffrage is thus depicted by the N. Y. Jlerald of May 23 :

T he true safety of the colored men of the South lies in the fact th a t they enjoy po litica l righ ts and now are a power in the land. T heir votes w ill be w anted by aspirants to office, and as soon as th e S ou thern States are left entirely free un d er the operation of a general am nesty law the colored citizens will find as m any and as warm friends in the South as naturalized citizens now m eet with in th e N orth. Political parties in the Southern States will then as soon th in k of excluding a negro, on account of his color, from any of the privileges enjoyed by a w hite man, as political parties in New York now th in k of excluding an Irishm an or a G erm an from the Common Council on account of his nativity . Indeed, the chances are th a t political honors will before long be forced upon the colored citizens of F lorida and South C arolina as liberally ns they have for years been forced upon the Irish -born citizens of Now York.

I f such are the effects of political liberty in the case of the negro, what would they be in the case of woman ?

J ustice, not F avors.—T he D aily W itness of the 20th inst. contains the following :

Notw ithstanding the strenuous objections made to licensing the social evil, i t seems to have a beneficial resu lt in St. Louis. The decrease in the num ber of abandoned women is stated a t forty-five por cent, during the past yeat. I t is said th a t this

excrescence on the body po litic cannot bear publicity, an dw indles away beneath i t .”

T his is good, b u t i t is an injustice to the lords of creation W hat has iman done th a t he should be deprived of his shar o f th e benefits o f th is g reat legal virtue factory? L» St. L ouis license h e r m ale prostitu tes too, otherwise, » fear, there m ay soon be a social evil revival there to set he back.

The Modern Gospel.—We find it in another extract from the sam e paper :

T he whole facu lty a t A nn H arbor, Mich., are now in favor of th e jo in t education of th e sexes, their experiment in this line has worked so well. T he young women in the university now num ber sixty-three, and m ost of them came from New E ngland.

T here is no m istak ing th is ; it is a genuine a d v a n c e . Yen« our pile on m an and woman, o r girl and boy, against either sex taken separately, a t any tim e—from babyhood to old age— an d a t any p lace—from a church to a lager b e e r saloon.

A Modern I nquisition.—T he papers inform us that the Rev. Dr. H uston is on his tria l for licentious conduct beforean ecclesiastical court. T he New York H erald terms it “A Star- cham ber investigation. ” T he tr ia l is conducted w ith closed doors, b u t i t is fa ir to assum e that, if found guilty, he' will he handed over to th e secular arm , as was the custom formerly in Spain. I t is no t wise, in an ecclesiastical organization, to it, terfere in an y way w ith the regu lar course of justice. Secret transactions of such, n a tu re m ay be methodism, but assuredly they are no t C hristianity . L et us hope th a t the majority of the m em bers o f th e ch u rch will be heartily grieved at the above-m entioned proceeding.

Samson Grinding in t h e M il l .— The N . Y . Herald of May 23, reports the following:

WENDELL PHILLIPS SPEAKS.M r. C um m ings had an interview to-day with Mr. Phillips, i»

which the la tte r talked very p lain ly upon the p re s e n t aspect of national polities, and com m itted him self to G r a n t in preference to Greeley, a lthough it is m ore th an likely that he will not vote for e ither candidate.

‘ ‘ You know, ” said Mr. Ph illips, ‘ ‘ th a t I am neither a Repub­lican n o r a G ran t m an ; who I shall vote for, or whether I will vote a t a ll I do no t know, b u t certainly, as against Greeley, I am for G ran t.

F rom th e tenor of the conversation there is hope that Mr. Phillip s w ill see th a t there are o ther candidates in the field - bo th of whom have life-long claim s upon his well-paid services —for surely never a law yer before received a higher retainer th an the blessings of four m illions of freemen. T ru e , the nom­in ation of Viotoria W oodhull m ay no t be deemed legally expe­dient—or th a t of F rederick D onglass certain of success; but there was a tim e when the words “ expediency and success” were n o t to be found in the dictionary used by Wendell Phillips.

Christian Courtesies.—Although we may feel glorified in learn ing th a t the “ eqnal r ig h ts” m ovem ent has already pene­tra ted even in to th e unciv ilized p a rts of the Union, it is plum from th e follow ing notice th a t the Ind ian is not prepared to ad m it the equality of woman, i t being too advanced an ides for him yet to entertain .

“ Spotted T ail” ind ignan tly denies th a t he authorized the as­sociation of h is nam e w ith th a t of V ictoria C. Woolhull on tie Presidentia l ticke t. T he following dispatch has been received from h im : “W oodhull squaw 1 U g h ! Me no run !’’

Our readers m ay surm ise th a t th is extract is taken from the Sensation o r the D a ys’ D oings, b u t they will be mistaken. It is from the,New York W itness o f the 26th nit. The same pa­per also contains the follow ing item :

According to a gifted correspondent, when the w omen en­tered the C incinnati C onvention, “ Susan glared aggressively through he r baleful spectacles a t the assembled thousands, and L aura trailed the honey of her sm iles behind her.

“ Baleful spectacles” an d “ trailing honey,” together with the free and easy fam iliarity of “ Susan” and “ Laura!” A gifted correspondent indeed 1

The Wisdom of the Serpent.—The Lessors of th e Grand Opera House, after having agreed to ren t their th e a tre for our Ratification M eeting, and fixed a price for the same, have thought p roper to back ou t of th e ir engagement. I t is re­ported th a t th is has been done a t the request of the re lic t of the late Col. Jam es Fisk. I f so, the E qual R ights P a r ty owe her a vote of thanks for the com plim ent. In the days o f o ld, danger and death followed tho se ttin g u p of the Ark in th e cam p of thePhilistines. Tiiulleoi!.

------------------------------------TO VICTORIA C. WOODHULL.

BT MRS. Jj. E. DRAKE.

It is not ftll of life you know,To dwell encasod in thiR poor mortal form Below. To sip the pearly dews of youth’s Bright morn, or, long in after years to bear The cold aud pelting storms.

I t is not all of lifeTo shine by borrowed light, or wrong the true And innocent for selfish ends, to wear Ill-gotten gains for public show, or. for A pretence publicly in meekness bend,

I t is not all of lifeTo wear the victor’s crown won on the field Where only cowards fight, whoso sable mark.The light of truth shall rend, and justice bring Their tirades to an end.

Then if they tell thee all that’s true It is but just, and you will not complain But if some scathing tongue with lies may scar Your name—O fear them n o t! The mark will fail! Tbep theirs will be tb© sham©?

June 8, 1872. WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. ' 11

PO LITIC A L.

SHAM R EPR E SE N T A T IO N ,

San Francisco.—T he R epublican State C onvention ignores Goat Island, indorses P residen t G rant, an d has in stru c ted the California delegates a t P h ilade lph ia to vote as a u n it for his renomination.

The press of San Francisco are unan im ous in denouncing the Goat Island scheme, and all the leading papers o f the State denounce it as strongly as the San F rancisco press.

That is, the people of C alifornia are nearly a ll opposed to the Goat Island Scheme, b u t the representatives all voted for it. The people of California are so opposed to every descrip­tion of subsidy th a t bo th the D em ocrat and Republican p la t­forms have an anti-subsidy p la n k ; yet a subsidy is carried openly through th e ir L egislature.

It is pretended th a t po litica l conventions represent the ma­jority of the p a r ty ; b u t while C alifornians are opposed to the Goat Island gift, w ithou t d istinc tion of party , the Republican State Convention en tire ly ignores the job.

What sort of representation is th is ? Yet such is the culm in­ation of the system of represen ting by D istricts, instead of so arranging it th a t a certain num ber of persons wiU be entitled to a representative irrespective of locality. On the Dobbs plan of complete represen tation people can choose th e ir own representatives, instead of having them chosen for them by wirepullers. On th e p resen t plan, th e ballot is a sham ; and were woman franchise to hecom e a reality to-morrow, in te lli­gent women -would be as little represented as they are now, and as intelligent an d progressive m en are flow.

At,Fred Cbidoe.

LAND GRANTS, RAILROA D TRANSPORTATION, MAIL SERVICE AND T H E INTERNATIONA L.

According to a sta tem ent published on behalf of the N. P . R.K., the average price pe r acre realized by,twenty-five land-grant railroads has been $7.04, rang ing from S3.07 to $13.98. The value of the land g ran t to the railroad is a t m inim um rate $178,- 000,000, which sum is said to be “ more th an twice the estim at­ed cost of the road, as set forth by th e m ost com petent engi­neers.”

The land-grant system began by giving six sections (3,810 acres) for each m ile o f road constructed, b u t have been increas­ed until the road receives 12,800 acres (200 square miles) to each mile of road from L ake Superior to the eastern boundary of Dakota, and twice th a t quan tity thence to the Pacific coast; nt rough estimate th is w ould equal a block of land 775 miles square, about equal in area to all the New E ngland States and New York State.

At $7.04 per acre the gross value of the land is said to be $406,000,000; supposing th e road, if constructed by the gov­ernment, would have cost $126,000,000 (which allows nearly $4,000,000 for stealings an d incom petency) Congress and Presi­dent gave away w hat never belonged to them w ithout any con­sideration (so far as the people are concerned) the sum of $280,- 000,000 to this road alone ! T he com panyis paid $406,000,000 for services valued b y them selves a t less than $90,000,000 !

Now let us see how a completed land-grant railroad perform s its work. On the C entral Pacific R ailroad forty-three miles of substantial snow-sheds have enabled traffic to be entirely u n ­interrupted, while on the U nion Pacific i t has been blocked about six weeks th u s far for w ant o f such precautions. Had the government constructed and ru n the railroad, instead of paying a company about i wice the value of the work, besides virtually furnishing th e capital by guaranteeing its bonds, is it likely that provisions against a snow blockade would have been so inadequate, o r that, i f neglected, there w ould have been such utter failure to provide for the tem porary transporta tion of mails and passengers over the snow belts ? Public opinion would have compelled o ther precaution or rem edy; bu t what cares a land-grant ra ilroad for public opinion? No m ore th an it cares for the views of the “ K ing of the C annibal Is lands.’’ It is an imperium in imperio, an idol which the people perm it their pretended representatives to set up in their m idst, before which they m ust p rostra te them selves and pay trib u te—they and their children and their ch ildren’s children. •

Even the welfare of shareholders is, as in th is case, entirely subservient to the schemes of individual p lo tte rs . So in ten t has been the contro lling influence (said to be Boston poli­ticians) in preventing the construction of the Texns Pacific that the means which should have been invested on snow-sheds have apparently been expended in the endeavor to control a rival.

It appears, too, th a t such railroads and m any others are not reliable for m ail service. C onstructed alm ost entirely by the people’s money and credit, they will make no contracts for carrying the people’s correspondence, b u t are paid annually' for such services as they see fit to render, the Postm aster General having no o p tio n ; thus California m ails have been delayed a m onth, when had both m ails and transportation been controlled by the governm ent they would no t have been de­layed two days, as the “ snow belt ” has no t been generally over two hundred m iles in length.

The programme of th e In ternational W orkingm en's Associ­ation in regard to the control by governm ent of various busi­ness enterprises has been nyich ridiculed; bu t here are cases in point which indicate th a t all enterprises which are, and in their nature m ust be, monopolies, can be conducted by the »gents of the whole com m unity move economically than by those whose superiority consists not, in anyr superior capacity of overcoming na tura l obstacles as for conducting a large and intricate business enterprise, bu t who sim ply have the means and astuteness to control votes in Congress.

If a person owning real estate should leave an agent in

charge during his absence to collect ren ts and regulate occu­pancy, and th a t agent should sell or donate such real estate w ithout au tho rity of his principal, the title th u s conferred would be invalid, and the occupants would be accountable to the owner. Congress has th u s abused its tru s t as agent of the people to whom the ratification of these grants has never been referred; and it will be am ong the first duties of thie Equal R ights P arty to recover for the people the real estate ou t of which they have been swindled. Anti P rocrustes.

SO VEREIG NTY OF T H E PE O P L E V S. SOVEREIGNTY OF LAWYERS,

OR “ popular” against “ professional views.” •

Does the C onstitution of the U nited States secure to the people of the U nited States the righ ts which they declare it to be their object to secure, when they separated themselves by.re- volt from B ritish rule ?

I f the decisions of Justice C artter an d Sharswood and the opinion of the Senate Jud ic ia ry Com mittee are taken as authori­ty’, i t does not, for i t does no t secure to m ore th an one h a lf of the people representation or the rig h t o f self-government, and the denial of th a t r ig h t by the E nglish governm ent was the overshadowing com plaint of our revolutionary ancestors: they regarded the denial of th a t rig h t as the denial of a ll rights.

L et i t no t be said th a t i t was no p a rt of their object to secure th a t rig h t to women, for w ith them the rig h t was considered as inherent, and therefore they’ m ade the general declaration, th a t all m en are created free and equal (using the word men in its generic sense) and endowed w ith certain inalienable rights, etc. T hat to secure the righ ts governm ents are in stitu ­ted among men, deriving their ju s t powers from the consent of the governed.

And inasm uch as women freeholders were as m uch entitled to vote as m en by the com m on law of England, it cannot be supposed th a t i t was any’ part of their, object to change the political status of women to their disadvantage. B ut we m ust ra th e r conclude th a t they’ would extend ra ther than restrict their righ t and make it a personal instead of a p roperty right, for they had already called God to witness th a t the rig h t was inherent, by declaring th a t “ governm ents derive their ju st powers from the consent of the governed ” I know it is said by some that the rig h t to vote is a natural right, but, a t the same time, they adm it i t to be the m eans used under our laws for the protection of n a tu ra l rights. I f life, liberty and the pu rsu it of happiness are natural rights, then the r ig h t to use the m eans to protect them is also natural.

Says Mr. L ivingston in his penal code prepared by au thority for the State o f Louisiana:

‘ ‘ But, when the r ig h t is given, the m eans to enforce it, m ust in na tura l as well as postive law, be adm itted to be also given.’"

Thus if the ballo t is made the means of self-protection, there m ust be a n a tu ra l righ t to use it. I f there is anything that distinguishes our governm ent from others, i t is th is republican o r sell-governm ent theory . I t is the doctrine th a t the “ ju st powers of governm ent are derived from the consent of the governed. ”

T his is the grand central tru th in the science of government, and we claim th a t it is the controling and vitalizing principle of onr governm ent, the suprem e ru ling authority’ w ith which all laws and constitu tions m ust be m ade to harmonize, or to be adjudged by the country as void. T his is the touchstone to which all jud ic ial reasoning and construction m ust be b rought; and any’ law whch conflicts with the principle th a t the people have the na tura l r ig h t to govern themselves, o r choose by’ bal­lot their law-makers is vo id ; because i t denies a righ t which is subversive of all righ ts—because i t is opposed to th a t provision of the C onstitution w hich guarantees to each State a R epubli­can form of Government, and that o ther provision which se­cures to the citizens of each State all the privileges and im ­m unities of citizens of the several States.

A R epublican form of governm ent is destroyed, when only one half, or even any portion less than all the people are al­lowed the rig h t of voting.

Senator Carpenter, in his letter to Mr. T ilton undertakes to break the force of Mr. T ilton’s argum ent, based upon the p ro­vision of the C onstitution which declares, th a t the U nited States shall guarantee to each State a republican form of gov­ernm ent, by saying th a t “ the C onstitution m ust be construed as i t was understood by the people who adopted it. ’’ T h at is a ll true enough; b u t does Mr. Carpenter th in k th a t those peo­ple who had fought seven years for the purpose of founding a governm ent upon the tru th s of the Declaration of Independ­ence, understood th a t a Republican form of G overnm ent was one th a t taxed people w ithout allowing them a voice in the governm ent? or th a t i t was one th a t reduced to chattel slavery thousands of men, after declaring all m en created free and equal? I f the debates which preceeded the adoption of the C onstitution furnish a key to their understanding of the defi­n ition of words used in the Constitution, (and th a t is the rule laid down by the courts, th a t the intention m ust be got from the words, for the people could have adopted no other) we m ust conclude th a t they’ did no t so understand it.

L u th er M artin one of the delegates from M aryland to the Convention w hich form ed the C onstitution of the U nited States, says, “ They anxiously sought to avoid the admission of expressions w hich m ight be odious in the ears of A m ericans; although they’ were w illing to adm it into th e ir system those th ings which the expressions signified.” They must, there­fore, have used expressions which conveyed a different m eaning from the one intended by the fram ers; bu t the m eaning which the words tru ly conveyed m ust govern, for th a t is the only one which it could be supposed the people adop ted : and their in ­tention and not th a t o f the fram ers m ust govern. Take an example of the understanding of the words service and servi­tude. In Article 1 Section 2; on m otion of Mr. Randolph, the word “ servitude’’ was struck out and “ service” unan i­m ously inserted, the form er being thought to express the con­dition of slaves, and the la tter the obligations ol free persons; and the same word “ service” was used again in the so-called “ fugitive slave clause," and ought to have controlled the con­struction of th a t clause. And again in Article 4, Section 2; the term “ legally” was struck ou t and the words “ under the laics thereof” inserted, in compliance with the wish of some, who thought the word “ legally” favored the idea th a t slavery was legal in a m oral view.

Again, Mr. C arpenter th inks the Courts, under the old C on­stitu tion . would have held that the state governm ents were republican in form, although females were not adm itted to suffrage. Very likely! and what if they had? I t would not have been the first error of courts. In E ngland the “ profes­sional view” and “ jud ic ial reasoning;” for a longer period than our governm ent has existed concurred in th e opinion th a t slavery was legal in England; until the decision of the Som m erset case, in which it was settled th a t a slave could no t b reath on B ritish soil.

And some Mr. C arpenter of th a t day m igh t have said, if slavery has been legal for so m any years, i t is now; b u t it.

seems th a t i t was then decided to be illegal, and, therefore, i t was illegal before, and had never been legal. A nd so we say, the States have never been republican , and it rem ains for the U nited States to fulfil the guarantee.

I have no doubt that our revolutionary ancestors had as true and correct idea of republican governm ent as any one now h a s ; but, like ns, they failed to practice according to th e ir creed.

F o r nearly a century the theory and practice o f o u r govern­m ent has been strangely a t variance. Adopting as ou r political creed the freedom and equality of all men, we practiced for m ore th an eighty years the most cruel oppression; professing to believe th a t the ju st powers of governm ent are derived from the consent of the governed, we continue to deny to h a lf o f the governed the r ig h t to vote, which is the only way th a t their consent can be expressed.

Mr. C arpenter adm its th a t women have always been c itizen s; and he th in k s i t safe to say th a t down to the adoption of the F ourteen th A m endm ent the Supreme Court would probably have held th a t th e r ig h t of franchise was secured by th a t pro­vision of the C onstitu tion which declares the citizens of each State entitled to all the privileges and im m unities of citizens o f the several States, and th a t also had the Fourteenth Amend­m ent stopped w ith the first section, the rig h t of all citizens to vote, m ale and female, black and white, would have been se­cured. Now if the first section secured the r ig h t of females to vote, the second could no t be construed in to an acknow­ledgem ent of the power of a State to deny the r ig h t to vote to females; for i t says noth ing of the kind, b u t expressly restricts i t to m ales. I f the wording hadAieen, when the rig h t to vote shall be denied to a portion of the citizens, <tc., his construc­tion would a t least have had the virtue of being p lausable; b u t i t does not, as he says, recognize the rig h t or power to exclude a portion of its citizens from the r ig h t to vote, b u t a portion of the male citizens. A portion of the citizens is indefinite, and m ight m ean any portion; b u t the section as i t reads is definite and confined to males.

Again Mr. C arpenter says : “ If, by the fourteenth am end­m ent, the elective franchise had been secured to every citizen, the fifteenth am endm ent would have been wholly unneces­sary. ” And we reply, if the first section of the fourteenth am endm ent secured th e elective franchise to all citizens, black and white, male and female, as he says i t would have done if the am endm ent had stopped then, the second section of the fourteenth am endm ent, as well as the fifteenth am endm ent, was wholly unnecessary, and all i t proves is, th a t our Congressmen who fram ed the am endm ents were “ du llards,” and so they failed in the second section of the fourteenth am endm ent to secure th e ir object to enfranchise the negroes, and had to make a fifteenth am endm ent in order to accomplish their design ; and then failed in that, also, if, as Mr. C arpenter says, the States may now deny the rig h t to vote for any cause except race, color and previous condition of servitude.

Once more, Mr. Carpenter says : “ The fifteenth am endm ent was no t in tended to repeal the fourteen th ,” bu t that they m ust be construed together ; to all of w hich we assent, and add that if there is any conflict or am biguity, th a t portion which se­cures r ig h t and justice m ust govern in the construction.

The following is a ru le adopted by the Suprem e Court, and and we believe i t a reasonable one:

“ W hen righ ts are infringed, when fundam ental princip les are overthrown, w hen the general system of the law is departed from, the legislative in ten tion m ust be expressed w ith irresist­ible clearness to induce a court of justice to suppose a design to effect such object.” W e would therefore make the first sec­tion of the Fourteenth Am endm ent control th e construction of the second section, because the effect of the first is to establish justice and secure the object for w hich the am endm ent was made, and also the object for which the whole C onstitution was ordained, by securing the inheren t rig h t of the elective franchise—the corner-stone in our political fabric, the funda­m ental principle in our ge^ernment-*-never to be ignored or denied; and whenever a law is passed effecting it, and espe­cially seeming to deny it, i t should be construed strictly ; and if the language will bear a construction saving the right, i t should always be given; no th in g should be taken by im plica­tion—the innocent construction which will secure justice is the rule.

W hereas if the second section is to control the effect of the first, and is to be construed as Mr. C arpenter understands it, justice, the object of the am endm ent, and a republican form of governm ent are all defeated. And th a t is no t all. The deci­sions of the courts as to w hat righ ts are included in the “ p riv ­ileges and im m unities of citizens,” and the legal and stand­ard lexicographies definition of “ citizen,” is d isputed and over­thrown. Verily, “ professional v iew s” can accomplish won­ders.

F inally, Mr. C arpenter says: “ You m ay say, and I admit, th a t th is is taking a professional ra th e r than a popular view of the question.”

Now, w’e assert th a t i t is the popular view which the people necessarily adopt, and it is therefore the b inding one; if not, the whole ceremony of subm itting constitutions and their am endm ent to the people for th e ir adoption is a farce.

And if our m ost sacred rig h ts are to be subm itted to th e test of Senator Carpenter’s “ professional views,” we can only say, “ the good L ord save u s .” C. C. D rake.

Oxford, Feb. 11, 1872.

A CRITICISM .

Catawba County, N. C., April 30, 1872.E ditors Woodhull and Claflin’s Weekly : In your issue

of the 27th inst., you copy from the M orning Herald, of S t. Joseph, M o .: “ A woman of good com m on sense an d courage on the opening of the polls on the 18th inst., offered he r vote as an elector of the T h ird ward, and was challenged by the so- called Dem ocratic m em bers of the B oard of Inspectors, e tc ., and was re jected ,” and goes on to say, “ the D em ocrats claim to be in favor o f progress and reform , b u t th e ir works and votes have always, w ithout an exception, been opposed to them. They fought against the colored m an and his descend­ants, and if they had no t been defeated by the bravery, perse- .verance and be tte r sense of the Republicans, would still have held him in slavery and iguorance. And now they tu rn their m eanness and spleen upon tho white women of the land—the m others, wives and sisters of the gallant m en of the U nited S tates—and deny them their God-given rights a t the polls." This does no t seem to me in accord with the principles of progress and hum an rights so ably advocated in your popular journal. The article in question would show the w riter and the Dem ocratic inspector alluded to, to be men of the same calibre; both equally possessed of narrow -m inded bigoted party prejudice. The one se tting forth the so-called greatness o f the Republican Party ; the o ther ignoring the true prim

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ciples o f Dem ocracy. Is i t ju s t to condem n every in telligent D em ocrat in the nation for the acts of one citizen of St. Joseph, whose knowledge of the princip les ot Dem ocracy is, no doubt, as lim ited as the locality in w hich he resides ? W ho can study an d clearly un d erstan d the great principles of th a t pa rty as laid down by its founders and say that those princip les are opposed to hum an progress? Who th a t is free from party prejudice , w ill deny that, during the reign of the true D em ocracy in th is country, there was not more freedom of th o u g h t and action, more freedom of speech, more religious freedom , m ore actual prosperity enjoyed by the people generally th an there is to-day ? Again, who will say th a t m ore venality, m ore corrup tion in high places, m ore reck­less squandering and p illaging of the people’s m eans ever ex­isted or was to le rated in th is or in any o ther country th an ex­ists to-day N orth , South, E ast, and W est under the adm inis­tra tio n of the pa rty controlling the destinies of the U nited S ta tes a t p resen t ? o r who will deny the necessity o f some great reform m ovem ent th a t will drive from hence all th a t is cor­ru p t, rotten, a n d debasing in any and all political parties, be they R epublican or Democrat, and th a t will im ite the great, the grand, the true, and ^patriotic hearts o f all women and m en in the country, th a t she may be m ade w hat nature des­tined her to be, a land of liberty in its fullest senso; a refuge; an asylum for the patriotic , progressive henrts o f all nations, wherein they may enjoy full freedom of conscience, and where the people can rise above the pe tty prejudices and false teach­ings of a set of clerical hum bugs, who are a greater stum bling- block in the way of progress even th an the politicians ? I wish your convention of the 9th of Mai’ success. I wish the con­vention of the L iberal R epublicans success. I wish all those reform movem ents success, an d w ish to see them a ll un ited in one grand effort to redeem the nation as the first great step to ­wards th a t progress and regeneration which you so ably advo­cate. And lastly I heartily wish your W eek ly success.

J. B. U.

T H E WOMAN QU ESTIO N IN ENGLAND.

Iii conclusion, we venture to suggest th a t women, as well as men, have duties as w ell as rights. W hile w’e would no t rob them of one tittle of the latter, i t strikes us as m ore becom ing in woman to occupy herself w ith her duties th an in quarreling^ about her rights. At best this perpetual clam or for “ righ ts ' is aggressive aud jsd lish ; while she who only seeks the perform ­ance j)f duty wears her white robes of bencficeuco w ith “ som e­th in g of an angel lig h t,” and w ins the victory she m ay no t command. And so let us close our little lecture w ith a con­ciliatory ‘ ‘ sen tim ent” for—

Woman, whom God created with a smile of grace,And leit the smile that made her on her face.

The Cosmopolitan, 111, Strand, May Hi.

A PROPHECY.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A FEM A LE SUWAUROW.

We give to-day a b rief report of the m eeting in favor of fe­m ale Suffrage a t the Ilanover-square Room s on F rid ay evening last- The advocates o f the cause have reason to be satisfied w ith th e progress they are m aking. W hen 160 m em bers of the House of Common-, including the Attorney-General, vote for w hat is called the public em ancipation of woman, the movement is certain ly one th a t is no t to be treated w ith contem pt. I t was stated a t the m eeting above m entioned th a t in the course of the four weeks preceding the divi­sion in the House on the 1st of May, :M6,000 signatures were added to the petition for the passage of a W om an Suffrage Bill. We suppose »these signatures com prised bo th male and female names, and probably a m ajority of tho latter. The agitators o f the movement are very active, and are m aking house-to- house visitations th roughout the U nited Kingdom . M en often respond favorably to the appeals of the fair canvassers from a feeling of gallantry, while women freely give their nam es under the vague im pression th a t some great benefit w ill accrue to their sex when they are perm itted to take an active ,part in legis­lation.

We have of late beep pelted w ith pam phlets, circulars, and special com m unications, urg ing the Cosmopolitan to espouse the cause of the better h a lf of hum anity. Of course we a ie with them heart and soul whenever and wherever they show us wrongs to be righted, im pedim ents to be removed, com plaints to be answered, grievances to be redressed, or “ gentle wishes long subdued” to be fulfilled. We never regarded wom an as the inferior sex. On the contrary, both in physical and m oral beauty, the ideal woman is far superior to m an. To quote the rhapsodical tribu te of one of our w estern orators : “ W oman, as a m other and a sister, is m an’s best friend ; as a wife and a sweetheart, she has few equals and no superiors." B u t we are speaking of the true, the genuine, the unsophisticated object o f our adoration ; no t of the false, the fickle, an d the vain, whose aspirations never soar above their chignons, an d whose oidy am bition is to ensnare and betray men. W ordsworth’s picture of womanhood has been to us a perpetual fascination :

A being breathing with thoughtful breath,A traveler betwixt life and death ;A creature not too bright and good,For human nature'*? daily food.

Is th is the type of women who clam or for political suffrage ? Does the contented wife and happy m other w rite Jerem iads to the newspapers about her ‘ * wrongs ? ” D uring a long period of journalism , in which we have been the recip ient of m any domestic confidences, we have n o t found th is to be the case. Satisfied w ith her husband’s devotion, Absorbed in h e r m ater­nal joys and cares, Woods worth’s “ perfect woman ” never feels the w ant of voting We hear no th in g from her lips h u t th a t sweet home-song whose burthen is love, and whose m elody is Heaven.

We can fully understand the suprem e content of the beatified wife who recently shocked one of the strong-m inded sisterhood by declaring she “ d idn ’t want any rig h ts .” And yet, we say, le t widows and spinsters vote if they will. I f they possess the requisite property qualification, we see no harm in their hav­ing a voice in the election of L egislatures th a t impose taxes. This, we believe, is the principal object of the p resent agita­tion. T he r ig h t of woman to s it in Parliam ent is only asserted by the most advanced, the m ost iinfeminine, of the strong- minded- Surely Mrs. Faw cett does no t wish to sit in the House of Commons e ither by the side of, o r in opposition to, he r husband. As for the executive offices of the State, women, as a general rule, are no t well qualified to fill them . Only the o ther day, in one of the W estern States of America, the court had to be suddenly adjourned in consequence of the female Judge being “ confined” with twins. Such a judicial acci­den t w ould be very awkward in a case like the T ichborne’s, for instance.

As for what is called “ enlarging the sphere of w om an,” none b u t a b ru te would oppose it. L et all public indoor offices be filled w ith women. Give her the post-office, the telegraph an d the treasury. She can assort letters, m anipulate the wires, and add up figures as rapid ly and as accurate as a man. I t is a sham e to see stalw art m en selling ribbons and laces in Regent street, while their poor sisters are selling themselves for bread outside on the pavem ent. We go still fu rther and say : Givewom an the p u lp it and the sick room. She is a gentler nurse, a n d a b e tte r guide to Heaven than man. W ho have no t often th o u g h t o f the “ churlish p riest” with the b ro ther of poor Ophelia:

/ ’ A ministering angel shall my sister be,When thoq liest bowling,

A brave, hearty old fellow said on the street, the o ther day: “ These grey ha irs are destined to keep floating over my shoul­ders till the workingm en’s ticket sweeps the States. ” And so I begin to th in k how such a radical advancem ent could be ac­com plished by com paratively sub rosa measures. The compo­sition of the press, its proprietors and d irectors p a rticu larly— m ere editorship having resolved itself in to a profession, m en accepting service as scissorsm en and scribblers for b read and beef—are in harm ony w ith the prevailing status. The for­m ula, every m an has h is price, has, save in a few notable in ­stances, been accepted by the press in the m ost lite ra l and dis­gusting sense, rendering the new spaper unprogressive, m erce­nary and venal. Shall I accept the g ray-haired p rophet's au­gury? Good G o d ! the com parative anarch}' th a t m ust a ttend a consum m ation so shivering to the established,is awful to con­tem plate. Yet i t m ust come sooner o r later. The fiat has gone forth th a t justice shall assert itself. A system support­ing privileged classes is a solicism, be these classes the resu lt of indiv idual enterprise or existing in the com position of the So­ciety o r the nation ; they are artificial, and progress exists bu t to extinguish solicisms. M ind is converging in th is : We have been in the hands of the educated long euough—a t least, long enough to find th a t to be'learned is no guarantee for the posses­sion of com m on sense, a quality w hich alone can govern to general acceptance. A m an m ay bo th e p residen t of a college, and no t be able to see an in ch before his nose. To tru s t to the educated has been th e pecu liar delusion of the ages. Ju s ­tice is a p la in thing. I t says :

I am, you are; we b o th susta in th e same relations to the ex­ternal world ; claim s to living therefore ought to be equal; I having no m ore th an m y share, you receiving none less. The G erm an barbarian who w ith his battle-axe shivered the vase, ra th e r th an give i t to his com m ander, d id well. The large- share is no m an’s right. The absurd disposition of the spoils th a t so long prevailed, o rig inating w ith the first d istorted glim m erings of civilizalion, has been the central cause of socie­ty ’s miseries. And ou t of i t have grown the hydra m yths w hich have driven m en in to the confusions of w ar and k indred scourges; and may. in th is Geneva a rb itra tion question plunge two nations into war again. L e t the dead rest. He only is de­serving who proves him self well. A ristocracy of b irth belongs to the deepest hell o f society., Away w ith the folly am ong the m yths ! Select as m any cool-headed, o rd inarily educated w orkingm en from the nations, as have been draw n from am ong the “ distinguished ” to settle this ugly In terna tional difficulty between E ngland an d America, an d a consum m ation would soon be reached satisfying to a ll bu t diplom ats and politicians, fellows eternally disappointed having had no han d in. The workingm en, freed from the em barrassm ents of “ national honor ” and k indred hum bug, and anxious only to m ete out even handed justice would m ake quick work of it. All such m issions should be undertaken w ithout a flowish o t names, and w ith com pensation no h igher than the cu rren t wages of the good m echanic, w ith expenses. The best way to sim plify is to cut down price ; and strip honor from ordinary perform ­ances—and w hat is n o t o rd inary when properly regarded ?

Ah, I am afra id m y gray haired friend will :prove a w atery prophet. The day of m iracles is past. No positive progress can be attained u n til th e popular idea of God is w innowed from public regard, and a healthy substitute, evolved from science and common sense, takes its place. D arkness and cowardice encom passeth us about. The Bible, as in te rp re te r between the sp irit of the universe and m ankind, m u st be flung am ong the frauds of the ignoran t p a s t o r read only as the m ythologi­cal scribblings of ancien t people. A religion founded upon a figment so u tterly rid iculous as Adam’s fall and its consequent atonem ent in C hrist's death, is a prostitu tion of the m ental elem ent which dem ands devotion as a fulfilm ent of religious du ty ,and is » ^ im p ed im en t to the realization of m y gray haired friends prophecy. These m en can say as he does:

I've met no God, bloody and mad. mad at man's sins,In clustered mart or on the crowded highway, liy the sea shore or in the woodland’s by-way;

No power but ignorance or poverty to win Men from fair Justice, raid the world's din.

Then his prophecy will be accomplished. J . M.Rochester, N. Y’.

[From the N. Y. Herald.]T he correspondence w hich we p r in t below is as singular in

its teno r as any th ing th a t has ever been printed in the columns of this journal. F o r two years p ast two women of the same fam ily have m anaged in th is city to a ttrac t—by a very gratuit­ous system of advertising—tho atten tion of all persons to their every word an d action. Of the two the elder was some days since nom inated to the P residency of the United States, by a convention whose proceedings canno t be treated as otherwise than a joke by any sensible p e rso n . To-day we print as below the offer of the younger s iste r to become a colonel of one of the best discip lined regim ents of the New York State National G uard—an organ ization know n for m any years past as the “ City G u ard ,” and form erly composed ot onr best citizens and old K nickerbockers : '*

New York, May 6, 1872.Dear Sir—I understand thut the colonelcy of the gallant

N in th regim ent of tho N ational Guard, made vacant by the death of Jam es Fisk, J r . , still rem ains unfilled; also, that there arc as yet b u t two candidates fo r the position—Jerome B. Fel­lows an d R obert G. G regg—both of whom are men of respect­ab ility an d wealth, b u t i t is to bo seriously questioned it such qualifications only can recom m end them to the regiment F isk had wealth, you th an d brains. U nder his guidance the regim ent rap id ly took ran k in th e first division as one of the m ost efficient bodies of m en in the service. His men partook of his sp ir it andM ash, and each one felt the inspiration of his genius.

I pro test th a t i t w ould be a w rong to the memory of the dead leader to select as h is successor any one who lacks the magnetic influence he posessed over h is soldiers—securing their love and adm iration, and com m unicating their enthusiasm to the general public. I t would be an im pedim ent to the further advance of the regim ent to perm it such a selection. In fact it would be a b lunder, and the g rea t captain Napoleon I., declared a blunder to be worse th an a crime.

Your connection w ith the G rand Opera House brings you in social contact w ith the com m ittee having the matter of the selection of colonel in hand. See the gentlemen, please, and tell them I w ill accept the position, an d pledge myself, if elect­ed, to give such an im petus to th e recruiting, that in thirty days the N in th reg im en t will be the forem ost in the State.

T here can be no objection to me, save th a t I am a woman. P erm it m e to rem ind those who urge i t that Joan D’ Arc was also a woman. W hile I do n o t m ake pretensions to the same m ilitary genius she possessed, I m ay state that it has always been m y desire to becom e actively connected with the service, and have always gratified a passion 1 have for studying its rules and tatics, in w hich I am well versed.

I have no doub t th a t th is com m unication will at first sight occasion incredu lity as to m y intentions, but permit me to assure you I am deeply' an d forcibly in earnest in the matter. Yours, very sincerely, Tennie C. Clatlis.

To J oseph H . T ooker, M anager G rand Opera House.Grand Opera H ouse, May G, 1872.

Madam: C aptain A ugustus Fu ller, I am informed, is chair­m an of the com m ittee having the recommendatory selection of a Colonel for the N in th R egim ent in charge. I can do no more th an place your com m unication in his hands. I am not a m em ber of the organization, and, therefore, have some deli­cacy abou t u rg in g aDy candidate upon the committee. Very respectfully, J oseph H. Tookek.

To Miss T ennie C. Claflin.

A M ESSAGE FRO M T H E DEAD.

The Bangor Commercial p r in ts the following as a fact:A form er residen t of th is c ity some y'ears ago moved to Cin­

cinnati and w ent in to business th e re . Som e time since as he was on liis way to his place of business a t his usual early hour in the m orning, when going past a side street, one w hich he h ad never had occasion to use, he distinctly head a voice w hich said, “ Go down th is street;” but, not being of a superstitious tu rn of m ind, he continued on his way for a few blocks, when the im pression grew so strong that lie retraced his steps and w ent down the street indicated by the voice. He had gone b u t a few rods, when the voice ag in said, "Go in there;” he, looked and found him self opposite a small third- rate hotel. G oing in to the bar-room , which opened on the street, the first sig h t th a t m et his astonished eyes was the bar­keeper holding up a coat of a peculiar cloth and color for the exam ination of a sm all k n o t of idlers. He a t once recognized the coat as belonging to a friend of h is whom he had last seen in Maine du rin g h is visit home. Upon making inquiries, he found th a t h is friend lay dead in tho house, and finding that there was an evident disposition to p lunder the valuables ami clothing of h is dead friend, he took charge of the body and saw it properly buried , and the property sent home to his mother. Had it no t been for his rem arkable warning the dead man, dying am ong strangers, m ight have gone to the dissert­ing room of th e m edical college, and his effects to heartless thieves. YVhat m akes the story’ the more wonderful is th a t the gentlem an had no idea th a t liis friend was in the city.

CON TEM PT OF T H E CONSTITUTION BY THE STATES.

(Vide A r t J, Dem. /feu. J a n . 1858.)

BY HORACE DRESSER, LI..D.

Sorry indeed th a t our citizens W’ere no t a ll ou t to hear Mrs.F. A. Logan last night. She is an easy speaker, and her lect­ure was grand .—t W aupactm Republican .

MRS. M ID DLEBRO OK AT L IB R a RY HA LL, ITHACA.

On Sunday, February 19, Mrs. Anna M. M iddlebrook spoke in L ibrary Hall, afternoon and evening. To those’' who have not heard Mrs. M. we have only to say th a t she is a ta l­ented lady, a fluent and earnest speaker, and has drawn large audiences in this as in all o ther places she visits.

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By the use of the famous H alford L eicestershire Table Sauce, your soup, fish and m eat are made more delicious and n u tri­tive. Every person who uses the H alford is its proper refer­ence. Physicians heartily recom mend its use. for they know it to be made of choice m aterial,

(IV.)Does the State of New York, un d er an act of its legislature,

by its C om ptroller, give, issue, or deliver, to be used as money, as a m edium betw een m en and their transactions of traele, bar­ter, commerce and exchange, to any individuals, companies, or banking associations w hich shall com ply w ith that provisions oi the act, notes, bills, or paper sheets which are to take the place of coin orm onoy, bearing the signature of the State officer, and w ithout w hich the emission, the issue would be worthless, and the bills receive no cred it in the cu rren t of a fibers ? Wherein these articles .particu larly differ from the defunct continental paper o f Congress under the confederation, or the outlawed or branded b ills of credit of the States in that period of onr national existence, m ay be ascertained with all certainty by those whose an tiquarian researches shall prom pt them to a col­lateral com parison of the respective issues. In law there is no difference. T he sta te now, a t> i t was then, is the propagandist of a paper currency which it knows to be spurious when tested

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by the Constitution, find which it knows is fo rbidden by its ex­press language, under all c ircum stances whatsoever, no m atter if the Comptroller have deposited w ith him as securities for the issues, stocks, bonds, mortgages, etc., in value and am ount ad infinitum. The prohibition is absolute and w ithout qualifica­tion- But the State is a political entity, incorporeal, and can not be punished for its h igh offence against the peace and dig-

. nity of the U nited States an d the p rosperity of the people. I t may be persuaded, perhaps, to retrace its steps and to repeal its unwise and unw arranted edicts; if not, its acts can only be dealt with according to law in the courts. God speed the tim e when the one or the o ther shall have been done ! B ut it is folly to hope for relief in the courts. The several departm ents of the State governments are conjoined and go hand in hand in the wrong-doing; the legislative passes th e bill, the executive ap­proves it, and the jud ic ial adjudges its proper legislation; and all this occurs in the face of constitu tional negation and in fraud of the pledges and covenants entered into w ith each other.

What if a State shall persist in sending broadcast over its own territory no t only, b u t over the whole country, these fal­lacious and sham substitu tes fo r m oney, and no th ing be done by citizens or officers to eradicate the evil o r redress the wrongs ! This S tate legislation, which has so long set a t de­fiance the national will as evinced in the p roh ib itions of the Constitution, needs a corrective in some quarter. W here is the remedy ? I t has been suffered to go on year after year u n til it lias grown to he a public calam ity, and vires acquirit eundo. Can it be abated by any departm ent of the Federal Govern­ment?

It is impossible to deny th a t the general banking law of the State of N,pw York, and its use by the people thereof, b ring the State into the category of contem pt of the constitu tional inh i­bition not to em it bills of credit, if to em it notes payable on demand, and which, according to the act, com panies and ind i­viduals may loan and circulate as m oney, is a proceeding to emit bills of credit. I t is safe to say i t is so—they are in fact bills of credit issued by the State. These emissions of notes to loan and circulate as m oney are the well m arked progeny of the State—they are th ings th a t belong to Caesar; they carry on their face the image an d superscrip tion of th e ir parentage— they are countersigned and registered in the bank departm ent of the office of the Com ptroller. Is the S ta te guilty or no t guilty of a breach of covenant—of political faith ?

What is that w hich constitu tes nullification—is i t no t disre­gard and defiance an d contem pt of the C onstitution, or trea t­ies, or laws of the U nited States by one of the States? Is there any power to coerce a refractory S tate in to obedience to its Constitutional stipulations ? A form er chief m agistrate of the United States, the lion-hearted Andrew Jackson, the hero-pres­ident, believed there was such power in th e General Govern­ment, and that i t was lodged in the Executive D epartm ent. The ground for h is belief is seen in those portions of the Con­stitution which declare th a t i t and the laws of the U nited States made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties m ade under its authority, are the suprem e law of the land; and th a t the President is bound to take care th a t the laws be fa ith fu lly exe­cuted. This duty being incum bent, lie boldly took the respon­sibility, and made proclam ation th a t the C onstitution m ust and should be preserved. W ere the State acts against which he thundered forth h is declaration m ore d istu rb ing of the peace and prosperity of the nation, or less loyal, th an the creation of a currency never contem plated, b u t expressly forbidden, by the Constitution, and its in troduction of the exploded system of paper money once m ore am ong the people, by States from which the whole m atter of C urrency was w ithheld? N or did he confine the exercise of the power belonging to h is D epart­ment to bringiug States in to line of du ty to the C onstitution— the Federal Governm ent also had departed from the jratli of rectitude which the C onstitution had m ade the highway for the march of its greatness. Since its abandonm ent of the unsatis­factory Articles of Confederation, an d its organization under the present Constitution, i t had once transcended its powers in this behalf. I t had given charter to a com pany know n as the Bank of the U nited States, w ith liberty to make and pass into circulation their paper m oney as a medium. This corpor­ation he deemed an extra C onstitutional institution, and con­sequently nof entitled to the'favor and confidence of his De­partment. His removal thei-efrom of the G overnm ent deposits is an act memorable in history, an d m ay be considered as the first and fatal blow of the H ercules which Providence raised up to destroy a m onster m ore m ighty than the H ydra of the Peloponnesian Lerna.

This bank was a creature of Congress; it had its being, no t as State hanks have theirs, in face of positive inhibition, bu t in the absence of any g ran t to Congress of power to charter i t not only, bu t to perm it the emission of bills of credit; a th in g which the general G overnm ent could no t do by or through any of its departm ents, and hence was unable to im part to another that which itself had no t. I t Was shorn of th is func­tion by the surrender of the old bonds of union aud a neglect to continue it under the new ones; tire States were stripped of it, not by neglect, bu t by intentional restraint. The m ethod to he chosen to destroy the U nited States Bank would u n ­doubtedly call for some o ther instrum entality than the sum ­mary one suggested in regurd to those of the States, w hich are so plainly violative of the suprem e law of the land.

It is as proper—it is as legitim ate for the State of New York to establish a m in t aud proceed to coin m oney from th e pre­cious metals, m aking a hard-m oney departm ent or bureau in the i ffice of the Com ptroller, as to establish a bank d epart­ment therein, and to im pose upon th a t officer the du ty of countersigning and the registration of paper-sheets and of the emission thereof, to be used as money. W hy m ay it no t have its mint in which to coin gold aud silver to be used as money, ns well as its factory in w hich to countersign and register printed and p ictu red bills of credit, to be used aud c ircu la ted? Indeed, if a State may em it bills, may it not nevertheless coin money because it has not as yet attem pted the act ? And m ay it not be done w ith im pun ity when it shall be a ttem p ted — whore is the power to h in d er i t when the tim e comes to do so ?

D EPA R TU R E IN SPIRITU A LISM .

We looked earnestly b u t in vain for evidence of m ore than worldly wisdom in political science among Spiritualistic m edi­ums until after the advent of the Woodhui.i. and Claflin Weekly, since w hich we have no t looked in vain. Previous to its advent capital ru led in the sp irit w orld as in this, and departed statesm an said no th ing w orthy of the period or of themselves; little or no th ing was u tte red of w hich to our m ind Beelzabub m ight no t have been th6 author, bu t since, hum anity at large and the cause of the defenceless has been defended and the most unpopular tru th s advocated and good will to m an has appeared to bear sway. I n the old school there was little if any more hope for hum anity than in the various religious sects of the period. L et us, therefore thank God and take new courage. T ■

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EMMANUELO ;OB,

NEW S FROM T H E NO RTH POLE.

CHAPTER THE FIFTH.“ I ’ll show thee every fertile inch s' the island;

Fray you tread softly, thut the bliuil mole may notHear a footfall. We now aro near his cell.”

Ca l iba n .THE GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF THE ISLAND OF EMMANUELO—

SOME ACCOUNT OF ITS PECULIARITIES IN FORMATION AND CLI­MATE—SINGULAR NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL MEANS USED FORTHE COMPUTATION OF TIME AND VIEW OF THE WATERS OFTHE ISLAND.Em m anuelo, or Inm anuelo, is an island in the P o lar Sea,

nearly c ircular in form, of from ten to eleven and a h a lf geo­graphical degrees, or from GOO to 800 miles in b re ad th . The parallel of latitude 94 degress N., encloses the whole island. I t cannot be said to have any longitude; for New Jerusalem , the m etropolis, or m easuring city, stands on a plateau or table land ly ing between the M agnetic M ountains, and is the exact apex of the globe. To it, therefore, there is no N orth, no E ast and no W est; all places on the earth being, in regard to its position, due South. To remedy th is, and locate the cities on the island, distances in longitude are usually m easured from either of the four ports, Joppa, M izpah, Jaffa, or Sidon; from either of w hich they can easily be calculated. A lthough the natives of E m m anuelo are no t acquainted w ith the Coper- n ican system, they have long believed their central city to be the p ivot o f the world. From trad ition they have also had a vague idea of a land beyond the regions of eternal cold, because i t is m entioned in the sacred writings. But, so lost in the distance of the ages were the histories of their forefathers, that, before we landed a t Joppa, in 1851, i t may be said, the people had no be tte r idea of the world beyond the Arctic Circle than we have of the inhab itan ts of the moon.

T here are some singularities peculiar to the island which it is necessary here to notice. F irst, in regard to its formation. I t rises perpendicularly out of the ocean like a pillar of rock. I t has only two naturally form ed sea ports, M izpah and Sidon; Joppa and Jaffa being artificial. Except in the two former, which stand on large friths, o r sm all bays, form ed by the widening of the m ouths of the two large rivers on the island, w ithin a fathom or two of the land the depth of the sea has never ben measured. To th is f orm ation is a ttribu ted the equable tem perature of the island, where frost is never seen save on the sum m its of the m ountains, an d where the sum m ers are never distressingly h o t T his p leasant equilibrium , it is supposed, is m aintained by the warm deep sea waters, which well up around the island, and constantly flow from i t southward. Accustomed to th is delightful clim ate, the natives are very susceptible o f cold, and he is considered a traveller who has seen from a far distance the ice walls th a t girdle his world. At sea, so rap id is the change in the water from tropical heat to arctic cold th a t i t is believed th a t the therm om eter would fall a t least five degrees in a m arine league south from Emmanuelo.

Another feature which distinguishes th is country i t owes to the peculiar position i t holds on the surface of the earth. In it storm s are unknow n; its vessels never encounter w hat sailors term even a fresh gale. T his is owing probably to the g iant icebergs which stand a cordon of eternal sentinels around it. For th is reason, and on account of the shallowness of the rivers, the ships are all made broad, w ith flat bottom s, im itat­ing the form of the flat fish ra th e r th an th a t o f the salmon. B u t no tw ithstanding th is pecu liarity they are very rapid. The Dorcas can easily leadjour schooner into the p o rt of Joppa with only one of her sails set; and often, since we have lived on the island, we have m easured the speed of our craft w ith the vessels of our friends the natives, and have no reason to plum e our­selves on such encounters.

To these a th ird m ay be added respecting the division of time. A lthough, on account of the position held by Em m an­uelo on the surface of the earth, the year consists only of one day and one n ig h t; yet, bo th by natural and artificial means, the inhabitants are enabled to redivide those term s in to regular periods for labor and for rest. In the long day, if so the era m ay be called in which the sun is visible to the inhabitants of Em m anuelo, certain obscurations appear upon its disc a t reg­ular intervals, w hich notify to the hum an beings an d the lower orders of anim als th a t inhab it there, th a t the tim e has coilie for repose. To the anim al and vegetable world there existing, these are as m arked as the approach of darkness is to the other parts of the globe. Nor is the long n igh t of the pole a cheer­less vacancy; on the contrary, i t is a period set ap art for spe­cial rejoicings. By a wise provision of nature, which in a m easure compensates for the absence of the sun, some of the trees, m any of the flowers, and alm ost all the vegetables used for food, are luminous. They em it their ligh t a t regular in te r­vals also, thus carrying ou t the needed division o f tim e in to pe­riods sim ilar to those known to the rest of m ankind. I t was the silver ligh t em itted by the rich m arket gardens of Bethel w hich first pointed ou t to us the land of Em m anuelo. Nor are these natural phenom ena the only methods know n by the peo­ple of the island to r m arking the m inor divisions of time. In every city, town, and village, “ Tim e Preservers” are appointed yearly, whose du ty i t is to strike a species of gong w hich is hung in the open towers of the temples. In the periods recognized as days, w hich usually consist of about from twelve to fifteen hours, according to the tim e of the year, this gong is four times stricken by those public officers. Setting aside the “ M orning Call,” as the first sounding is called by the people, this, i t will be seen, divides the day in to three parts ; the first is called “ The B ody,” and is set apart for physical labor; the second is term ed “ The M ind,” and is employed in intellectual occu­pations; the th ird is christened “ The Soul,” and is devoted to recreations. Such is their theory, bu t i t is no t always followed. Some, like hum an beiugs in o ther p a rts of the globe, prefer to abuse nature by restricting them selves to one k ind of toil, these to intellectual, those to physical labor; bu t such are considered innovators, one idea men, aud their exam­ples are held up to youth as warnings, imd their wise m en say such lives are never developed and should be shunned. I t m ust be no t inferred from the above statem ent th a t no tim e is set ap art for moral duties, for here such are considered to be the great end of life. They more or less pervade every part of the day, b u t are considered as specially provided for under the head of “ R ecrea tio n s;" for, to this peculiar people, prayer and praise are no t looked upon as tasks, b u t as am usem ents and delights.

So m uch for singularities ; now let ns re tu rn to the descrip­tion of the geographical characteristics of the island. Its form, as has been m entioned, with only two large indentations, is nearly circular. The names of these indentations are, the G ulf of M izpah aud the Bay of Acre. As near as we could calculate from the charts we brought with us. the line of lon­gitude 75 degrees E. of St. Petersburg!! would divide the for­m er of these exactly, its form being som ewhat sim ilar in its inden tations to those of the N ortheast Cape, o f which it seemed to be the counterpart. T he Bay of Acre is situated

on the o ther side, and w ith i t we are no t so well ac­quainted. T here are also several lakes in th is country, some celebrated for the healing virtues of their waters. The largest of tlie form er is Genessaret, which is abou t eighty m iles long by fifty in width ; i t lies between eight and ten degrees to the northw est o f Mizpah‘ Of the latter the m ost no ted is Betb- saida, which lies in the departm ent of B enjam in, the waters of which, during the sum m er season, are always in a sta te o f coin- motion. The people flock there in large num bers du ring th a t period in order to bath therein. Those who w ish to obtain the full benefit to be derived from such baptism s, are required to take ou t door exercise on the hills that surround the lake. For th is purpose games have been instituted, w hich are held under the sanction of the Supervisors of Public Am usem ents, who, by public request, perm it youths to contend in them for prizes. The longest rivers are the Gihon and E uphrates . The form er rises in the h illy country on the W estern Hem i­sphere, about opposite Greenland, and flowing round the base of M ount Olivet, ru n s southerly, and discharges its waters into the G ulf of M izpah. I t is said to be eight hundred miles long, and it has four large tributaries. The Euphrates is nearly the same length as the Gihon, and discharges its waters in to the Bay of Acre on the opposite side of the island, the line of longi­tude which besects the G ulf of G ihon dividing the Bay of Acre also, being in the W estern Hem isphere, 105 degrees east of St. Petersburg. There are only two o ther rivers, which have the appearance of having cleft channels for themselves through the rocks for th irty or forty m iles from their m onths; they also have m any tribu taries which is a feature in all the rivers on the island.

Em m anuelo is well watered; for, although the larger rivers are few in num bers they have m any ram ifications. There are also m any m inor stream s which em pty in to lakes. All the waters abound w ith fish; there are also a few hot springs sim ilar to those found in Iceland.

[TO BE CONTINUED.]

A FE W THO U G H TS ON M IND AND M ATTER.

WRITTEN FOR AND DEDICATED TO THE RADICAL REFORM CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA, BY VAN TBONK.

CHAPTER I .— BIGHT.D id you ever dear reader ask yourself the question of what is

rig h t ? I t seems easy to be answ ered; yet if you try, you will find i t beset w ith difficulties.

W hat is rig h t ? The theologian’s say, th a t God's com m and­m ents as revealed in the holy scriptures, are right. B ut the scrip tural tex t has been, and is sub ject to different in terpreta­tion, only one of w hich can be rig h t. T he legal s tan d ard of rig h t is changeable, and does no t furnish any criterion.

W hat then is rig h t? Some answer, th a t which our iuuer voice declares to be right.

And w hat is th a t inner voice? W ith one i t is conscience; w ith the o ther i t is th a t peculiar non-descript feeling of “ con­sciousness, ” w hich is indicated by the seemingly correctness of first impulses.

Conscience only admonishes, i t speaks after the deed. The hum an m ind preparatory to action, is so entirely entangled in the netw ork of contending passions, emotions and considera­tions, th a t only a few are able to clearly discrim inate and judge beforehand. B ut a t the m om ent the act has been done, all these perplexing, interm ingling and the judgm ent confus­ing influences come to rest and we require the ability to c riti­cise and judge our own actions. T his criticizing and judging of our own actions is called the adm onitions of conscience. The standard whereby we criticise and judge, is the rig h t and wrong, as established by education and civilization.

W ith consciousness i t is sim ilar. The first impulses are not always correct. An in fan t has im pulses leading it in to pain or destruction. The first im pulses a t a savage are different from those of a civilized being, and the consciousness of a person raised in solitude will differ from th a t of a person reared in society.

Hence, even conscience and consciousness fail to te ll us w hat is right, for a h igher state of hum an developm ent will es­tablish a h igher standard of right.

CHAPTER II.—LOGIC.We hum an beings have no exact knowledge of what is right.

All we can say is, th a t according to our education or civiliza­tion such and such is considered to be rig h t. B u t the reader m ay ask, if we have no standard whereby to judge of w hat is righ t. We have such a standard to a certain lim ited extent. For ju s t as m athem atics lead us correctly over the ocean of physical phenomenon, so will “ logic lead us th rough the depth of the abstract sciences. And sciences leads to tru th , and tru th is lig h t.” This seems a round about way, b u t i t ap­pears the only one open to us. The righ t absolute seems to consist only in the constant endeavor to do right.

And now, w hat is logic ? Logic is the law of thinking. I t is the invariable ru ler of action of the healthy b ra in substance. T he action of the brain substance is thought. The ru le of ac­tion is the ru le of thinking, and th a t is in all healthy bra ins the same. I t is invariable.

The b ra in is a very peculiarly constructed organ, of w hich our anatom ists know yet b u t l it t le ; and i t fulfils a peculiar function, of which, also, we have b u t an im perfect knowledge. We know it to he the seat of sensibility and perception. I t re­ceives im pressions through the senses, which modifies its structure. By m eans of this modification, we perceive: The m ore the b ra in substance is modified, the more it is enabled to reproduce the im pressions received, to string them together and deduct laws and axioms therefrom. This reproduction of im pressions is thinking. The s tring ing them together and deducting laws and axioms therefrom is reasoning; the brain can only reason after a certain mode or maimer, and th a t is logic.

In the anim alcules the b rain is e ither m issing or responds only in sensibility . H igher in the scale of anim al life the b rain grows m ure and more complex and reasoning commences, and this process of reasoning is carried fu rther aud further, u n til in m an it becomes sublim e.

But, dear reader, do no t believe th a t the anim al reasoning is difterent from our own. T hough t does n o t begin w ith m an. The h igher class of anim als th in k as well as the lowest class of m an, and no line of nice d istinction can be draw n between them . Logic rules both.

ch apter m .

W ho is no t struck w ith the sim ilarity of hum an thought ? Reading w hat the v ise m en of the ancient times have said, and what those of the p resent tim es do say, rem inds one of the adage: th a t there is no th ing new beneath the sun. We are ad­vanced in technic, em piric and the adaptation of natural forces; b u t in the province of abstract reasoning we only move in the ru t m ade ages ago. And could i t be otherwise ? As invaria­bly as twice two has been four ages ago, is four to-day, and w ill be four in ages to come; ju s t as invariably is the logical deduction th a t because ‘ ‘ she loves me and I love her, there­fore we m ust love each o ther.” T hat ancient philosophers

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came to th a t conclusion long before us, is b u t natural. They would no t have been hum an if they had not.

Logic is the law of thinking. The facu lty of th ink ing we call m ind. The com position of th e b rain substance, its physi­cal and chem ical conditions govern the sta te T>f mind.

Exam inations and observations have show n th a t the quality of the b rain depends upon the presence of a certain phospho- rized fa tty substance, a n d the p roportion in w hich it enters into the brain-pulp. Experience, study and reflections not only improve the m ind, b u t change th e struc tu re and the com­position of the brain itself, an d increase its form, weight and proportion of phosphorized brain-fat. T his in tim ate relation between brain and thought, th is invariable dependence of the la tter upon the form er led to the knowledge that, thought is ju s t as m uch th e resu lt o f b ra in action as force is th a t of m us­cular contraction.

CHAPTER IV— INNATE IDEAS.B rain is th e organ of th o u g h t an d the slightest change in its

structure o r com position m ay either increase or decrease the power o f th ink ing .

The hum an m in d is a b lank upon which the senses record their im pressions. R epeated im pressions lead to knowledge. T he application of knowledge is wisdom. A child by experi­ence learns to know th a t fire burns; bu t wanting further know­ledge i t will fear the fire reflected in the glass as m uch as the real one.

T he developm ent of m ind is preceded by the developm ent of the b rain . And ju s t as an increase in the force wielded by the arm m ust necessarily have been preceded by an increase of th e m uscular strength, that is an increased developm ent of th e muscles, so is the increased capacity for th in k in g a neces­sary sequence of a developed brain. The force of the arm and the development of the brain, both may be transm itted to the offsprings. The form er appears as an inherited talent, the other as an inherited knowledge or innate idea.

CHAPTER V— MATTER.In the preceding chapters we used the word substance. I t is

defined to be; T hat which underlies all outw ard m anifesta­tions; that in which properties inhere. The; word is synony- ous w ith M atter.

M atter is whatever fills space. I t su rrounds us and is recog­nizable by the senses either directly or by m eans of in s tru ­ments. B u t i t is only recognizable by its properties, and w ith ­ou t them it would no t exist. The m anifestations of these properties we call forces and the regularity w ith w hich these m anifestations appear is what we call law. I f m atter disappears, forces and law would disappear too.

I f m atter is crushed u n til.its particles cannot be reduced any further, we have i t reduced to * ‘ atoms, ” for every such infi­nitesim al particle is called an atom. Now, m atter enters into m ultitud inous relations, and develops in to the m ost in trinsicate forms. So is coal the same m atter as the diam ond; only in th e form er the atoms are lum ped, while in the form er they are grouped to form a beautiful crystal.

L e t rock be exposed to air and its surface will wither. Out of the w ithered rock-dust buddens forth an alm ost invisible, tin y plant. The p lan t assim ilates the rock m atter, it lives for generations and by its life assists in the fu rther d isintegra­tion of the rock. The potentiated dust o f the w ithered gen­erations o f tiny p lan ts surcharging th e soil w ith nourishm ent. An aptitude for a h igher developm ent is created, and the tiny p lan t disappears to give room for a m ore complex vegetable creation. And so it goes on and on. The rock disappears, the. vegetation grows m ore and m ore .complex, u n til trees and beautiful flowers occupy the space of the d isintegrated rock.

CHAPTER VI— FORCE.I t is claimed th a t forces are independent of m atter, and th a t

they only need the la tter to m anifest themselves. Now, all space is filled with m atter in different form s and conditions. I f forces exist independently, they either m ust do so w ithout space, or be equal to m atter. B u t forces exist w ith in space ; they pervade the universe and penetrate in to the m ost h idden recesses ; and whenever m atter is placed in a favorable condi­tion, and it m ay be only for a moment, the forces instantane­ously spring in to existence and m anifest themselves.

So is gravity a peculiar property inherent in m atter. I t a l­ways exists ; bu t only if we bring m atter in to a proper condi­tion it m anifests itself to our senses by a force we call weight. Can weight exist independently of m atter ? L ooking around us we discrim inate between anim ate and inanim ate creation, and the hum an m ind, unable to trace the m anifold and pecu­lia r condition to which m atter m ay be subjected, is led in to the supposition of a peculiar life-inspiring force, and is consid­ered to be a direct em anation of the Deity. B u t the vital force, like all the physical forces, is only m anifested by the ac­tion of m atter, and if conditions are favorable it springs into existence, and be i t only for minutes. And finally, i t is so en­tirely dependent upon conditions that i t is optional with the experim entists to change its result. L e t the reader take com­mon table salt and dissolve i t in water. I f salt and water stand in a certaia proportion, a peculiar anim alcule will sp ring into existence. I f the salt water comes in contact w ith an organic body, a peculiar p lan t will bud forth, and if the proportion of salt and water is altered by the evaporation of the latter, salt crystals will appear.

The above experim ent leaves i t w ith the reader, by a change in the relative quantity of salt and water, or the in condi­tions to create either an animal, a plant, or a crystal.

CHAPTER v n — LIFE.Oats inspire a horse ; a good d inner inspires men, and m a­

nure inspires plants. B ut the hostler who feeds too m uch oats destroys the s ig h t ; too rich a d inner steals the energy of m an, and too m uch m anure kills plants. W hat we call life is a certain state of organic structure, recognizable by certain manifestations. In th a t state a co n stan t change is going on. L iving organizations, w ithout distinction, constantly change their substance, a lthough the external form m ay rem ain the same. W hat we call the phenom ena of life is b u t the constant pulling down and building up ; giving out and taking in of bodily substances.

Im agine th a t it be possible to form bricks, which constantly dissolve a t the one end, and reconstruct themselves a t the oth­er ; b u t so th a t they neither change their form, nor the space they occupy. Now, let a whole building bo constructed of such self-destroying and self-renovating bricks, would there n o t be a constant change ? And yet the building would rem ain the same.

Organic structures are such buildings. H um an beings are Bueh organic structures. The substance composing our bodies is constantly dissolved and reconstructed. The on-sweeping arteria l tidal wave of the blood furnishes the bu ild ing material, and the back-flowing venal wave takes off the debris.

CHAPTER VIII.— NATURAL SELECTION.T he observant reader has certainly experienced already a

feeling of m ercy, if placed in an uncongenial position. Im ­m igra ting to foreign climes m ay injure the physical as well as m ental vigor, and it takes some tim e to adap t the constitution to the a ltered conditions. Of seeds grown under greatly di­verging conditions only those will germ inate which are the

products of sim ilar conditions. Anim als taken to foreign climes lose their breeding energy. L iv ing organism s are de­pendent upon external conditions; change the conditions and a variation in the organism m u st occur, if the latter will no t succumb.

B ut no t only the clime will produce variations. The sligh t­est variation of one organism will induce varia tions in all o ther organism s w hich depend upon it. L et i t be presum ed th a t a large trac t of land be covered w ith one species of herb. In the course of ages the heaping dust of the w ithered herb- generations will slightly change the p roperty of the soil, and thereby induce one p lan t to vary; so th a t i t no t only grows more vigorous, b u t also becomes tougher. The seeds of the new, more vigorous variety will sooner germ inate an d thereby sm other the seeds o f the less vigorous old herb. T he new va­riety will spread, and in course of tim e exterm inate the old vegetation as effectually as if they had been weeded out.

The old sucu len t herb gave nourishm ent to a certain species of herbiverious beasts. As soon as the new and tougher vari­ety gains extension, the beasts w ill have to exert their jaw s a little more, and only those having the strongest jawbones will be properly fed. T he longing for m ore food of the weaker animals, the necessary exertion of the jaw s and the superior breeding energy of the best fed beasts will soon work ou t a change in the com ing generation of brutes. And a tougher p lan t also needs greater digesting powers. T he sm all variation of the herb, therefore, w ill no t only m ake the com ing genera­tions of beasts strong m outhed, b u t m ay also vary the saliva glands and the com position of the gastric juice. T h is again m ay change the process o f secretion, and this finally induce variations in the form, fur, color, an d the quality of the meat.

B u t the effect of the sligh t variation of the herb does not cease here. Suppose th a t a race of men lives off these beasts, and th a t in the course o f tim e their m eat becom es unpalatable. Im agine th e changes th is w ould produce in the m ode of living !

T his variation an d the exterm ination of all th a t cannot adap t itself to the change, is D arw in’s law of n a tu ra l selection.

CHAPTER IX.— ORGANIZATION.Change is th e law of life. N ature, so beautiful, is b u t the

resu lt of constantly w orking influences, affecting change. We look a t the planets, the anim als and the face o f men, and ad ­m ire th e ir adap tation to the surrounding circum stances. No­tic ing only the results, b u t no t the hidden, slowly-working causes, we are ap t to ascribe them to a m ysterious providence. B u t the careful exam iner, noting the constan t destruction of ill-adapted organic forms, will soon be convinced th a t th is seem ingly beautiful adap tation is b u t the resu lt of natural causes. T he slightest inciden t m igh t induce changes and de­liver m ultitudes of b r in g germs to a prem ature death.

N othing is perfect; i t only seems so. T his is proved by the existence of rud im entary organs, w hich even m en possess. So has the embryo whale teeth ; unborn calves have teeth in their upper jaws, w hich never cu t through. Some birds and insects have wings, w hich th ey cannot use, and m any o ther instances more. I f an all-wise, all-perfect Providence would have created them , w hy these useless appendages ? I f the organ­ism s are the.result o f adaptations, th e ir presence is n a tu ra lly ac­counted for.

CHAPTER X.— THE EGG.U nity seems the law of creation; a t least all organism s cor­

respond to it. T h eir beginning rests in the form ation of a peculiar album inous substance term ed protoplasm . T hat substance is ap t to be developed, and so the first system s of life can be traced in it. I t assim ilates congenial substances, in ­creases and m ultip lies by division. In fu rth er developm ent, a spot hardens in i t and is enveloped by a delicate m em brane, like w ithin a bag. T h a t bag is a cell. Soon the bag divides into two: they in to four, and so on, u n til a cluster o f cells is formed. The cell m em brane is porous. T hrough it, a pene­tra tin g in to and an oozing ou t of substance occurs, and a cer­ta in m anifestation of m inute forces becomes recognizable. The aggregate of these m inute cellular actions and forces is the phenom enon of life.

The cell-cluster in its fu rth er developm ent flattens and u lti­m ately changes in to the em bryo. I f by circum stances the regular course of the grouping of cells is altered, a m onstrosity will occur. I f the protoplasm h ive a peculiar chem ical or o r­ganic tain t, then the cells will receive th a t tain t, and therebv work out certain results in the finished organism.

All organism s begin alike. T he tiny cell m ay e ither develop in to a p lan t or an anim al. At a certain stage of developm ent, there is no d istinction betw een the embryos of reptiles, birds, mamm alias, or man.

And it is now established beyond cavil, th a t the em bryonic I developm ent is b u t a m in ia ture of the developm ent w hich the organism s have undergone du ring uncountable ages.

M an is pre-em inently anim al, and only his goodness and tru thfulness will elevate him above the beasts.

CHAPTER XI.—PARENT AND CHILD.

T he author has endeavored to deliniate the outlines of rational science. I t m ay help to show, th a t m an m ust look in to h im self for his salvation. Observations and all scientific I investigations tend to show th a t we hum an beings are bu t the offsprings of natural conditions. And a lthough our thoughts may elevate us seemingly in to a sp iritual realm ; we are and will rem ain in m ind and body b u t earth ly organisms, subject to all influences w hich govern the so-called lower creation.

And here i t may be well to direct the a tten tion of parents to the fact, th a t they themselves, and no t God, create their chil­dren. T h a t peculiar album inous substance we spoke of in the last chapter is the nursery of m en and women. L et th is be tainted, and the tain t, good or bad, will be transm itted to the offsprings, and either resu lt in perfection or deformities. L et the parents be exhausted and the children will show it. Thoughts, longings, feelings, disposition of character, in tem ­perance, dissipation and m any other, sometimes seemingly in ­significant causes. Even the degree of love parents bear towards each other, tends to give the peculiar ta in t and there­by place the child either h igh up in the scale o f men, o r low down am ongst the b ru tish creation. There is a nobility of b ir th and parents can bestow it upon their children.

CHAPTER XII.— CLOSING REMARKS.

T houghts depend upon the b rain structure and brain com­position. And if i t be true th a t b o th depend upon the per­centage of phosphorized fa t the b ra in contains; then, brains h a rin g the same percentage m ust have sim ilar thoughts. T h is would naturally account for m any so-called Spiritualistic m arvels; for no m atter how illiterate a person m ight be, if his brain-structure is the same as th a t of an ancient sage, his thoughts would rem ind on ancient wisdom.

T here is noth ing in our m ind, which has no t been converged there by our senses. All our knowledge is derived through expressions and reflections, e ither our own or th a t of our an­cestors. The state o f clairvoyance is b u t a state of superior sensibility, and constitutes no exception.

Theologians and Spiritualists believe i t their duty to deny th is; b u t they could no t produce one single idea or knowledge, w hich is is not reducible to sensuous impressions. T here ex­

ists a vague instinctive knowledge of som ething in the mind of m ankind, w hich like a seed-corn, w ill develop, if properly nourished in th a t w hich we have established as our principles of civilization. B u t th is instinctive knowledge is accounted for by the brain developm ent the child inherits, and which to the greatest pa rt is the resu lt of ages of civilizatory develop­ment.

O ur civilization is based upon a Spiritual God theory. Ju d g in g the theory by the fru its i t bore, i t seems that the sam e finds its only exponent in opposition, persecution and bloodshed. W ould i t no t be tim e to try a different theory and to su pp lan t the Spiritual by the R ational ?

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LABOR LY R IC .

Forward I Though the night be stormy And the path he strait and lone;

Onward, friends of man and labor,Certain victory’s our own;

Hoping—waiting—Soon we’ll hear Truth 's trumpet tone.

Courage, toilers!—what though mammon I.onK has ruled with iron hand;

Wringing labor, health and manhood,From the workers of the laud ?

Morning dawning—Right shall in the end command.

Fear not though affliction’s furnace Spread its flames on every side;

Dross and ore are now commingled,’Tis by fire true metal’s tried.

Raging—blazing—That alone can them divide.

Courage, sisters! Faint and weary O’er your hopeless tasks forlorn;

Patient hold the path of virtue,Better want than guilt be born.

Watchful—cheerful—After darkness comes the morn.

Though our masses, broken, jarring,Many-voiced, like Babel, show:

Wisdom yet shall guide onr counsels;Order, out of chaos grow.

Thinking—striving—Soon the better way we’ll know'.

Courage, children ! He who loves you Won't desert you in the war;

You, who know of life no morning,Early chained to mammon's car.

Listen—hearken—’ You can hear him from afiir.

What though, ’mid our proper columns,Sin aud shame may still be found;

Though, unsanctified by sorrow.Error oft with us abound;

Natheless—scathless—Righteousness shall yet be crowued.

Courage, m an! 4 TI10 shades are passing /Of a long and weary n igh t;

Soon the sun will gild the mountains And the world rejoice in light;

s Beaming—gleaming—From his eastern portal bright.

What though wealth, and pride, and power,Seem to stand athwart our way;

Though the mighty head our foemen,Cheerfully we’ll join the fray.

Onward—forward—“ Equal Rights” will gain the day.

Yes! The world shall shine in splendor Unknown, yes, although revealed;

When we make our “ curse”* our glory And our sorrows is our shield.

Glorious future,Then shall earth her increase yield,

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One T ime, One P rice.—T he daily TUiiness, of the 23d ult,, discourses thus on the com ing question of “ E qual Compensa­t io n ” for H um an L abor advocated by the “ E qual Rights ” party :

The Hardships of Bakers.—W hy is i t th a t bakers, the men who supply the staff of life, should be about the worst used of all working-men ? T hey have no Sabbath of rest; they have n igh t work, and in m ost cases close and unwholesome cellars to work in, and they have less pay th an o ther trades. This is no t merely a local sta te o f th ings; the sam e complaints occur, so far as we know, everywhere. An exam ination some yearn ago into the condition of journeym an bakers in London, Eng­land, revealed no t only th e ir very long hours and very inade­quate rem uneration, b u t the confined, filthy, and unwhole­some condition of m any bakeries in w hich the men slept as well as worked. W e see, by a le tter in a m orning paper, that bakers in New York have to toil fifteen hours for $12 to $15 a week, whereas carpenters dem and $21 for eight hours, and bricklayers $30. In the one case the average wages are $14 for 90 hours, o r about 13} cents per hour, while carpenters have $21 for 48 hours, o r abou t 44 cents pe r hour, and brick­layers about 62} cents pe r hour. W here is the equality here ?

Our cotem porary is w rong in assum ing th a t bakers are about the worst used of all working-m en. A gricultural laborers, here, and in all civilized countries, have greater cause to complain even than bakers. We reproduce the above extract with satis­faction, feeling glad th a t we can endorse its statem ents. I t is true the same paper has a leader condem ning T he W e e k l y , bu t th a t we can afford to pass over in silence. Our duty is to re tu rn good for ev il. W'e tru s t th a t we have done so in this particular, and consequently score “ one ” in the game.

The New N ational E ra , o f W ashington, says: “ M rs. Charlotte Ray, th e colored lady law graduate, from How ard University, was adm itted to practice in the D istric t of Columbia Courts on the Cth instant. She is the first lady adm itted to practice in the D istrict.”

June 8, 1872. WOODHULL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY.

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From the time we first offered these Bonds they have been rapidly taken up by investors, leaving but a small amount now for sale, which, at the present

price, we consider a very, cheap aud desirable security, as the road is in successful operation, aud earning net more than the interest on all its Bonds. The business of tho Road is rapidly Increasing. Over one thousand miles of New Roads are now building, connecting with aud controlled entirely in the interest of this Road, all of which will bo completed at an early day.

These New Roads, it is expected, will add at least 50 per cent, to tho net receipts of the Company.

We have also other

First-Class Investment Securitiesfor sale.

Stocks and Bonds bought aud sold on commission.

Accounts of Banks, Bankers and Merchants received.

Four Per Cent. Interest alllowed on daily balance.

T U R N E R B R O T H E R S ,N o. 14 N assau Street.

The only device perfect in its adapta-tion to books in all languages

design, novel aud complete s p e c ial de­les is one of uable features tion, meeting proval of all teachers and have used it.

T H E

UNIVERSALBOOK MARK.

I t is handsome,

original in in application in its use. sign for Bib- the most val- of this inven- with the ap d e r g y m e n, students who

durable, cheap, audcannot be soiled or lost. Send for price lis t

E. C. Townsend,29 Beekman street, New York.

I R A B. D A V I S ,P E R S IA N B A T H S

NO. 35 EAST TWENTY SEVENTH ST,O * Opposite the New Haven Railroad Depot, -=£#

N E W Y O R K .Vapor, Sulphur, Mercurial, Iodine, Electro-Magnetic

and Friction Baths.Open from 8 a. m . to 10 p. m ; Sundays, 8 a. m. to 1 p. m

F O R U S E IN F A M I L I E S ,

(THE FAMOUS

Halford Leicestershire Table SauceTHE BEST RELISH

Put up in any part of the world for Family Use.

Can be Bought of any First-Class Grocer.

J J l O l i L IV ERPO O L,

(VIA QUEENSTON),

CARRYING THE U. 8. MAILS.

THE LIVERPOOL AND GREAT WE8TERN STEAM COMPANY

will dispatch one of their first-class, full power, iroa screw steamships

From Pier No. 40, N, R. Every Wednesday,as follows :MANHATTAN, Capt J. B Prick, »April 10, at 2:30p . m. WISCONSIN, Capt. T. W. F re em a n , April 17, at 1:00 p .m . NEVADA, Capt. F o rsyth , - - April 24, at 2:30 a. m . WYOMING, Capt. W hin kray , - May, 1, at 1:00 p. m . MINFESOTA, Capt. Morgan, - - May 8, at 3:00 p. m .IDAHO, Capt.¡P r i c e ......................May 15, at 11:30 a.m.

Cabin passage $30, gold.Steerage passage (Office 29 Broadway), $30, currency. For ireight o r cabin passage, apply to

101 WILLIAMS k GUOIN, No. 63 Wall Street.

FO R S A L E .I offer for sale my COUNTRY PLACE, with all its

improvements, in whole or in parts, which is four

miles east of the city, on the National Road. I t is too

well known to require any description of it.

THOS. HORNBROOK,

98 Office No. 118 1-2 Main street, up stairs.

A P O L L O H A L L .

S u n d a y L e c t u r e s. BY

THOM AS G ALES FORSTER,TRANCE SPEAKER,

E V E R Y S U E D A Y M O R N IN G & E V E N IN GAt half-past 10 a. m., and half-past 7 p. m.,

During tho year, commencing February 4, 1872, at Apollo Hall, corner Broadway aud Twenty-eight street, New York.

JOHN KEYSER, Treasurer.

WOODHULL, CLAFLIN k CO.,

Bankers and Brokers,No. 44 BROAD STREET,

New York.

Dr. A. Frankel,

CHIROPODIST,AT THE

HAIR D R ESSIN G SALOON,No. 196 Broadway,

lr« CORN, BUNIONS and INVERTFD TOE NAILS

without PAIN.

|NLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE,

THE GENERAL TRANSLATlC COMPANY'S MAIL STEAMSHIPS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND HAVRE, CALLING AT BREST,Tho splendid vessels of this favorite route for the

Continent will sailFrom Pier No. 30 North River,

aa follows:ST. LAURENT, L f.m a rie . . . . Saturday April 20 WASHINGTON. R oussaN, - - - Saturday, May 4 VILLE DE PARI8. Su rm u n t , - - - Saturday, May 18PERREIRE, Da n r e , ....................Saturday, June 1

Price of passage in gold (including wine), to Brest or Havre, First Cabin, $125; Second Cabin $75.

Excursion tickets at reduced rates.American travelers going or returning from the Con­

tinent of Europe, by taking the steamers on this line, avoid both transit by English railway and the 'discom­forts of crossing the Channel, besides saving time, trouble and expense.101 GEORGE MACKENZIE, Agent, 58 Broadway.

MRS. M. D. TRACY,CITY EMPLOYMENT BUREAU,

GENERAL BUSINESS EXCHANGE,

M7 WASHINGTON SI

BOSTON.Address

To Americans Visiting London,And wishing to meet with a comfortable HOTEL, try Richardson's, 36 Finsbury square, London, near the Bank of England.

Home comforts and moderate charges.

LOCKWOOD & CO.,BANKERS,

No. 94 B roadw ay,

LAURA CÜPPY SMITH,44 Broad street, N. Y.

JO U R N EY M EN PR IN T ER S ’CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION,

R E A L ESTATE EXCH ANG E. A N D R E W J . ¥ 0 G E R S & Co. ,

NO. 472 C STREET, N. W., W A S H I N G T O N , D. C.

f l? " R eal Estate bought and sold on Commission. Money Loaned and I nvestm en ts judiciously made; and Accounts, Notes and other Claims promptly col­lected.An d rew J . R o o ers, Frank Mack,

Attornoy aud Counselor at Law. Real Estate Agent

Purchasing Agency.

MRS. EMILY V. B A TTE Y ,

FASHION ED ITRESSAND

P U R C H A S IN G A G E N T O F P O M E R O Y S

D E M O C R A T \

Will receive orders from country ladies desiring purchase goods in New York, attend to the same and

forward by express, or other conveyance, to

ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES,

Without making any extra charge for the same; care­fully purchasing at the lowest prices for those who may send their orders. She will also give advice and information about styles, fashions and prices of goods, even if those writing do not wish to purchase, when a stamp is inclosed to pay return postage.

Address,Mr s. V. Em ilyB attey,

Fhshion E d Pomeroy’s Democrat,

P . 0. Box 5217, X E W Y 0 J IK C IT Y .

N. B.—Money sent by mail should be in the form of a check or post-office order for all sums ver one dollar.

Among many other well-known firms in New York, Mrs. Battey refers, by permission, to James H. McCreery & Co., Morris Altman, and the proprie­tors of the Home J ournal and of Woodhull A Claflin’8 Weekly. 94

Mrs. Laura Cuppy Smith.This lady, who has spent six years in California, re­

ceiving the highest encomiums from the press of the Pacific coast, cannot fail to please Associations aesir ing an earnest, eloquent and entertaining lecture.

SUBJECTS :I.—Woman in the Home, the Church and the State.

II.—One of the World’s Needs.III.—The Religion of the Future.IV —The Social Problem Reviewed.

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.To those who have not heard this lady lecture, we

would say, go by all means if you would desire to hear an earnest, well-spoken discourse, with an un broken flow of well-pronounced, grammatical Eng­lish. We have our own ideas about woman’s mission and how far she unsexes herself when she ventures to lecture men. yet spite of our prejudice we were car­ried away by her words last evening at Maguire’s Opera House.— San Francisco News Later.

This lady pronounced a remarkable address last night at the Hall opposite the Academy of Music. Remarkable because of the extreme beauty of lan­guage and opulence of fancy, and interesting on ac­count of its tender and grateful sentiment.— The Daily American Flag, San Francisco.

She never hesitated an instant for a word, and she has always the most appropriate. Her voice is sweet and melodious, her enunciation pure and distinct, her attitude and gestures very graceful indeed.—Sacra­mento Correspondent Santa Clara Ai'gus.

Mrs. Lanra Cuppy Smith gave an interesting and instructive lecture last night to a large assemblage at Maguire’s Opera House, which if delivered by some peripatetic male pedagogue with a large reputation, at a dollar per head admission, would have received unbounded eulogiums from the press.—San F ran­cisco Examine!'.

Laura Cuppy Smith, one of the best educated and most talented lady lecturers we have ever listened to. —San Francisco Figaro.

Mrs. Cuppy Smith possesses great talent as a speaker, and, standing before her audience in her

mple, yet elegant attire, with &spirituell€ face,which seems to index the emotions of her mind, commands the attention and respect of all her hearers.—San Fmncisco Morning Cali.

Maguire’s Opera House never contained a greater throng than convened to listen to an erudite lecture on Radicalism, by Laura Cuppy Smith, last evening. —Alta California, San Fmncisco.

Mrs. Laura Cuppy Smith has proven herself to be a lady of rare culture, added to great natural eloquence. To say that she ranks among the first of all who have addressed an Omaha audience, whether male or fe­male, i s b u t doing h e r justice.—W m . L. P e a b o d y , Chairman Relief Committee Y. M. C. Association.— Omaha Republican.

Walking majestically through the splendid gardens of literature and philosophy, culling, as she went rap­idly on, the richest gems of inspired genius ; riveting the profound attention of all her charmed hearers. Such women you seldom meet. Her praises are on the tongues of all the people.—Omaha iribune.

She is a fluent speaker, using elegant language, and with far more than ordinary argumentative pow­ers.—Omaha Herald.

She is an educated, refined lady, and one of the best lecturers we ever heard.—Omaha Republican.

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16 WOOßHULL & CLAFLIN’3 WEEKLY June 8, 1872.

D r. Animi Brown,D E N T I S T .

25 WEST TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET.

Mrs. A. Hull,CLAIRVOYANT. MAGNETIC PHYSICIAN

AND

Test IvIecLium.199 S ixth A venue, N ew York.

Office llO \ir9 , 10 A. M. to 8 P. M.

All diseases treated with success.

Mrs. Anna Kimball,Clairvoyant and Test Medium

437 F o u rth Avenue, betw een 40tli and 30tk Streets.

Private seances, $2 and $3,Public do. Tuesday evenings, $1.Receptions Thursday evenings, Free.

CALDWELL & CO., 7 PER CENT. AND ALL TAXES.BANKERS,

27 Wall St.. New York.

FRANK CROCKER.SUBJECTS:

PO LITICA L AND SO C L\L R E FO R M S—

MAN VS. WOMAN.

There are many new lecturers in the field, though but few, we think, that can equal this lady; young, brilliant and witty, a fine conversationalist, she is a “ rara avis” both on and off the platform. ,

A woman of impassioned strength and force ofraind, of great intellectual culture and ability. A star of the first magnitude.—Free Press.

Very seldom do I meet with a voice so full and clear —with such distinct and perfect articulation. It is a rare and exceptional one.—-J. T. Leonard, Boston, Mass.

A woman of great wit and brilliant talent; has brains aud knows how to use them.—Daily News.

A power which we have been compelled to acknowl­edge in private life Jin public, with all her fevered elo­quence, wit and brilliancy, she cannot fail soon of rank­ing all others now in the field.—Free Democrat.

TERMS— $100. Address,44 BROAD STRET.

O rder for I'urclnw e ioid Sale of U nited S tates Securities, Stocks, B onds aud A m eri­can Gold p ro m p tly executed a t the usual com m ission.

Collections p rom p tly m ade In a ll p a r ts

o f th e U nited Ntates a n d Canada.

In terest, 4 p e rc e n t . , allow ed on de­posits, subject to s igh t d ra ft.

78 to m

The Connecticut Valley Railroad First .Hortgage Bonds,

H O M E INSURANCE COMPANY,

No. 135 Broadw ay.

Branch Office No. 586 Sixth Avenue.

CapitalAssets,

. . . $2,500,000 over 4,000,000

WILSON MILLAR,A tto r n e y for C la im s, *tc„

633 F Street, N. W . W ash ing ton , D. C.,

Offer« hi« services to those having claims to be.prose­cuted before the several Departments of the Govern­ment, under the Peusion, Bounty and Homestead Laws.

Having been for six years an examiner of claims for pension, he has had superior advantages for acquiring a thorough knowledge of all the varied requirements of that office, and the nature of a j. testimony necessary to establish such claims.

Blank applications furnished to thou who engage his services. 105tf.

All interested in tho

Spiritual Philosophyand especially in the movement for the enfranchise­

ment of Woman should read

0. L. Jones’ Poems.Post-paid for 50 cents from Alma, Wisconsin, by

C. L . J O N E S ,A u th o r o f th e L aw o f M arriage-

In particular the Ballad entitled

' Court of Hymenhas been pronounced by able critics the most trenchant, pathetic and inspired survey of the unutterable horrors aud inevitable doom of our barbarous pseudo civiliza­tion, at once an epic and a satire. Send for i t

MRS. O. TIBBITS,Natural Magnetic and Clairvoyant

IP T T Y T S i a i A x 1ST.Booms 289 Smith street, between Socket andfUniou

streets, Brooklyn.Miss T. heals all curable diseases by LAYING ON

HANDS, and by the external and internal use of mag- netislm and non-poisonous medicines.

Office hours from 9 a. m . till 9 p. m. Examinations, treatments and medicines reasonable. Consultations free. 14

This Company having provided lor all its Chicago Losses, without borrowing a dollar or disturbing a single Bond aud Mortgage, invites the attention of the put/ic to the following Certificate of Hon. George W. Miller, Superintendent of the Insurance Depart­ment of the State of New York, that the Capital has been restored to the full amonut of Two and One-half Millions of Dollars.

CHAS. jr. M A R T IN , P re s .

J . H . W A SH BU RN , Sec.

INSURANCE DAPARTMENT, ) Al b a n y , N. Y., Dec. 27,1871. \

Having on the 10th day of November, 1871, made a requisition, directing the officers of the Home In­surance Company, of New York, to require the Stock­holders of said Company to pay up the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars deficiency then existing in the Capital of Baid Company, aDd upon due examination made, i t appearing that the said amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars has been duly subscribed and fully paid in, in cash, I hereby certify that the capital of said Compa­ny has been fully restored to its original amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal on the day and year above written.

( .C O R O E W . M I L L E R ,(L. S.) Su perin tend en t.

F. H. BEEBEE,No. 78 Broadway,

H K O K K H IN S T O C K S , G O L D AN B O N D S .

The Road to Power.SEXUAL SCIENCE.

Physical and Mental Regeneration.A Pamphlet of 60 pages, by F. B. Dowd. Priceless

to wives and mothers, and such as are trying to be inert. Price 50 cents. Address F. B. DOWD,

Wellsville, Mo.

FREDERICK KURTZ’S D IN IN G ROOMSiili M ew S treet and 60 B r o a d w a y

AND76 M aiden L a n e an d 1 L ib erty St.

Mr. Kurtz Invites to kin cool and comfortably fur nished dining apartment* the down-town public, aa- earing them that they will always find there the choicest viands, served in the most elegant style, the most carefully selected Wands of wines and liquors, as well as th j most prompt attention by accomplished W iitert. *1-79

D. W. HULL,PSYCHOMETRIC AND CLAIRVOY­

ANT PHYSICIAN,will diagnose disease and give prescriptions from a lock of hair or photograph, the patient being required to give name, age, residence, &c. A better qjagonosis

11 be given by giving him the leading s;but skeptics are not required to do so. Watch the papers tor his address, or direct to Hobart, Iud., aud wait till the letters can be forwarded to him.

Terms, $3. Money refunded when he fails to geten rapport with the patient.

THE LAW OF MARRIAGE,AN

EXHAUSTIVE ARGUMENT AGAINST MARRIAGE LEGISLATION,

By C . S. JA M ES,Author of “ M auaalof Transcendental Philosophy.”

For Sale by the Author, post paid, for 25c. Address

A lm a W it, 75

F R E E OF ALL TA X ES in C onnecticut; free ol income tax everywhere, interest payable January and July iu New York. Hoad running ; stock paid up larger than mortgage ; road already employed to its utmost capacity.

For sale at moderate discount, by

ALLEY, STEPHENS & CO.,Bankers, No. 12 Pine street, New York.

Operators upon Sewing Machines,Why will you suffer from back ache and side-ache,

when by using

DR. SAPP’S WALKING MOTION TREADLE,

The whole tronble may be overcome? Price $5.LADD *te CO., 791 Broadway.

THE BALTIMORE A OHIO K. R.Is an Air-Line Route from Baltimore and Washington to Cincinnati, and is the ouly line running Pullman’s Palace Day and Sleeping Cars through from Washing­ton and Baltimore to Cincinnati without change.

Louisville in 29^ hours.Passengers by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have

choice of routes, either via Columbus or Parkersburg.From Cincinnati, take the Louisville aud Cincinnati

Short Line Railroad.Avoid all dangerous ferry transfers by crossing the

great Ohio River Suspension BridgCj and reach Louis­ville hours in advance of all other lines. Save many miles in going to Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans.

The only line running four daily trains from Cin­cinnati to Louisville.

Silver Palace Sleeping Coaches a t night, and splen­did Smoking Cars, with revolving arm chairs, on day trains

Remember! lower faro by no other route.To secure the advantages offered by this great

through route of QuickTime, Short Distance and Low Fare, ask for tickets, and be sure they read, via Louis­ville aud Cincinnati Short Line R. K.

Get your tickets—No. 87 W ashington street, Boston; No. 229 Broadway, office New Jersey R. K , foot of Cortlandt street, New Y ork; Continental Hotel, 828 Chestnut street, 44 South Fifth street, and a t the depot corner Broad and Prime streets, Philadelphia; S. E. corner Baltimore and Calvert streets, or a t Camden Station, Baltimore; 485 Pennsylvania avenue, Wash­ington, D. C .; and a t all the principal railroad Offices in the East.

SAM. GILL,General Supt., Louisville, Ky.

HENRY 8TEFFE,Gen. Ticket Agent, Louisville, Ky.

SIDNEY B. JONES Gen. Pass. Agent, Louisville, Ky.

T H E M A G N E T I C

HEALING INSTITUTE

N o . 118 W est Twenty-third St.

NEW YORK CITY.

This Institute organized upou the combiued prin­ciples of

C L A IR V O Y A N C E ,

M A G N E T IS M , and

THK

LOANERS’ BA N KOF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

¡(ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CHARTER,)

“ Continental L ife” Building,

22 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.

CAPil’A L............................................................ $500,0003ubject to Increase to ........................................ 1,00,000

This Bank negotiates LOANS, make* COLLEC­TIONS, advances on SECURITIES, and receives DEPOSITS.

Accounts of Bankers, Manufacturers and Merchant* will receive special attention.

J3T" FIV E PER CENT. INTEREST paid on CURRENT BALANCES, and liberal faculties offered to our CUSTOMERS.

DORR RUSSELL, President.V . Willmabth, Vice-Presideut.

A F IRST -CLASSNEW YORK SECURITY

AT A LOW PRICE.The Undersigned offer for sale the First Mortgage

Seven Per Cent. Gold Bonds of the Syracuse and Che­nango Valley Railroad, at 95 and accrued interest.

This road runs from the City of Syracuse to Smith’s Valley, where it unites with the New York Midland Railroad, thus connecting that city by a direct line of road with the metropolis.

Its length is 42 miles, its cost about $40,000 per mile, and it is mortgaged for less than $12,000 per m ile; the balance of the funds required for its con­struction having been raised by subscription to the capital stock.

The road approaches completion. I t traverses a populous and fertile district of tho State, which in ­sures it a paying business, and it is under the con­trol of gentlemen of high character and ability. Its bonds possess all the requisites of an inviting invest­ment. They are amply secured by a mortgage for loss than one-third the value, of the property. They pay seven per cent, gold interest, and are offered five per cent, below par. The undersigned confidently recom­mend them to ail class of investors.

G E O R G E O P D Y K E & CO.,No. 25 NASSAU STREET,

MEDICINE.

Makes a specialty of all those diseases, which by-the medical faculty, are usually considered incurable.

Among these may be mentioned

P A R A L Y S IS .

SC R R O E U LA ,

R H E U M A T IS M ,

DYSPEPSIA,

E P I L E P S Y ,

CHO REA,

N E U R A L 01 A ,

C H R O N IC D1ARKRCEA,

Diseases ol t in Liver, Spleen and Kid­

neys, and especially

B I I I O H T ’ S D I S E A S E ,

A N D

ALL DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMEN.

In this last class of complaints some oi the most ex­traordinary discoveries have recently been made, which surmount the difficulties that have heretofore stood in the way of their cure. That terrible foe to humau life,

C A N C E R ,

is also conquered by a very simple, but recently dis- oovered remedy, which by chemical action upon the diseased fungus causes it to separate from the sur- roundiug parts aud to slough off, leaving behind ouly a healing sore.

The peculiar advantage which the practice at this in­stitution possesses over all others is, that in addition to all the scientific knowledge of Medical Therapeutics aud Remedial Agents, which the faculty have, it aluo has the unerring means of diagnosing diseases through

CLAIRVOYANCE,

as well as tho scientific administration of

ANIMAL AND SPIRITUAL MAGNETISM

iu all their various forms.

The Best C lairvoyants and Magnetic Operators are Always Employed.

This combination of remedial means can safely be relied upon to cure every disease that has not already destroyed some vital internal organ. No matter how often, the patient affected in chronio form, may have failed in obtaining relief he should not despair, but seek it from this, the only institution where all tho various methods of cure can be combined.

In addition to the cure of disease, clairvoyant con­sultations upon all kinds of business can also be ob­tained.

The very best of reference given to all who desire it, both as to disease and consultations.

Reception hours from 9 a . m. to 9 p. m.Invalids who cannot visit the Institute in person can

apply by letter.Medicine sent to all parts of the world.All letters should be addressed,

MAGNETIC HEALING INSTITUTE, 118 West Twenty-third street, New York City.