Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-04-27


q class Of women that few believed to
exist in this city, IL indeed, anywhere
in tho world. We spoke last week OF
the letter from Richardson to Mrs
Mcfarland, written TO her whilc she
was vet the lawful wife Of the man
bv whom the fellow was afterwards
shot. But bad as that was, il was no
worse thon the letters since brought
to light from womon-cducatod, mar
ricd womcn-in this city, written to
Mrs. Mcfarland, for tae purpose Of
inducing her to desert her husband.
One of these letters contains the fol
lowing counsel:
"My dear what are you going to dol Whist
ever YOU decide upon Of course your iucnds-
vour true fricnds-wll accept. But | DO hope
you will act with hrmncss aud decision. II seems
to me that ono great effort is only question Of
time, and the sooner 1t Is made the better for you
and your children, DO not for one moment l0n-
ger entertain that morbid idea that you are res
ponsible Tor the life Of one who is sure to break
YOU down completely aud ruin, perhaps, your
children II they continue TO live with him. II
will xiii you to live this way, and you must
not do it,
And this is written by one married
woman to another adjuring her to
break her marriage VOWS! But the
other letters from woman who says
she is writer for the Independent
and the Tribune, and occupies pew SO
in Mr. Frothingham's church, is far
ahead of this. She plies the wife
with the most fulsome, nasoous fiat
terry to get her upon the stage as an
actress, speaks of the actor Booth as
"a divine man." and addresses the
wife she would lead astray in such
words as these:
at is PROCLAMATION for you to stay with that
man-you shall not No woman ought TO put her
womauhood 10 open shame, as you have been
forced 10 do for years. Il Is most cruel, most
devilish. You cannot work, you cannot advance,
YOU can make certain Of no future for yourself
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justice, no reason. no hope in your doing H.
"The letters have no bearing on the
question Of Netherlands guilt or inno-
cencc, but they are before the public
as Illustrations Of a class of women,
and of men, too, whose writings and
teachings and example arc doing
much to corrupt society and poison
all the sweets of domestic life. This
1 is the literature Of the Free Love
school. 1t is the sentiment Of the
sentimental ref0rmers! Of the present
day-popular too, with powerful news
papers, political and religious-to
pander to their purposes and afford
them means Of reaching and corrupt
ing the public mind and heart. These
vile letters all right minded women
wonld blush TO read, but they arc
such letters as all tho Free Lovers
men and women, approve. And
there are no women moro dangerous
and mischievous than they who thu.
busy themselves in perverting Others
from the path Of virtue and honor. -
| ". Y Observer.
We approve the foregoing fally.-
But the editors ef the CbserUer should
have gone farther, and told the "wholC
truth" by giving the names Of these
educated, married women" which
now under the circumstances devolve.
upon US. One of them is Mrs. Sin
clair, wife Of the Publisher Of th,
New York Tribune, the other is Q
Mrs. Calhoun, who with Vice Presi
dent Colfax, took Mrs. Mcfarland
to tho State Of Indiana and had hor
divorced. OainOun unu MS wITu HisV
belong to the editorial staff Of th'
Tribune. These two educated, mar
ried women" are the leading fcmal,
writers for the Tribune and th'
Independent
The former is the acknowledge
organ Of "the loyal millions of tn,
radical persuasion, in politics, and th'
lattcr1s the organ Of the semi-religioui
radicals Of the Beocher and Frolhing
ham class.
These two journals, Of large circu
lation, are chiefly edited BY lewd mer
and women, and one or tho other, !
not both, arc found in nearly every
elergymnn's family. Is it therefore
any wonder that clerical elopemcnti
and seduoiions are frequent, and th'
country demorali1ed throughout. /
we mistake not, the country is reap
ing a rich harvest Of debauchcries anC
crime through the instrumentaliiiei
Of theso educated, married women
and their male assistants, Greeley
l Tilton, Beechor, etc.