New-York tribune., 1871-11-21
MRS VOODHULDS LECTURE.

sur aLoRrEs IN HER FREE LOVE DOCTRINES
ehH vrRlIKED BY HER SISTER-A STORMY
sCrSr-AN AUDIENCE THAT WOULD NOT BE
CoNvINCkD.
rNo Lave never had q bolder advocate than
v,c,ors c. woodruff proved herself to he last even
80 stenwsy Hall, in her lecture on the "Princirics
INK al ~, r,oedom" Tho announcement that she would
drsw tosether crowd such rs Steinway Hau
sr,a,,v never before contained-a crowd whlch hoo
ual completely, seats. aiscs, and gaieries'
u" ~, name OF Victoria Woodruff, associated rs IL
al, that Is startling in the sphere OF socia IDEAS
that the doubtful intellectual food sought
atv among the hundreds who heard her last nigh''
o' ~ -, ,iplv he forthcoming. Flaming piacards,
WV" -, do,iscd and filled with broad terms TO eaten
,on eve also contributed largely to the number
.ho audience. The private box on the rgh' OF INC
w.s occupied by T. nnic c. Claim ana othcr lriehos
rastyes OF the lecturer and the one on 'he lei' oy
~ p,ooter Of Brooklyn-sister OF Mrs. woodruff. ana
An' thleyey in the lattcrs revolutionary theories
I.voyl OF her fri, nds stephen Pearl Andrews nov.
now, ,he foot Of the stage. following the speakers
, IN tho manuscript of her speech which he
"a, nj. hand The advent Of Theodore Illton ana
o.. woo1hull who received parting "Now, Viccy be
f,,,n heI sister Tcanie. produced storm VI ap-
p!sue ,
TIE lecturer began with rather tedious sketch OF tie
~-,.s NJ individual freedom, the battle for which be
N the sixteenth century. Coming down to the pres
n. At once launched into her particular subject with
~ c.npcat INQUIRY, OF what does marriage consist
:. = admitted 70 !c q union of the opposites In
l. = mi is !. a principle Of nature outsd OF all
I,S or is Il law outside o. All nature "hert
n.rr,ace. and after reaching viii h 1t ia mar
ma = Siu.o law cannot change what nature mas
tle a,trrui. cd she cOltendrd that IT had nothing
Win mIIr.ec any than with love itself The
ySa al4is c WG py,ons are not tho subject Of
'@,.s !" .,,r c no power o!dr "f the two ought to
,r1 sa = 'tir"Iy thr nnian li1 6a 10,
Jar t, u, .:r. al l,asi Two of hcm probably all
-1i.c are uundppy; but II 'hey s'r!lato only one
ID ''n1'''1 o the u,"'E2 ai,':'s namlgI !. to i"ls
r,,iru i .i,irlro and desirable. II is better to
'.' '.' !', ,o. :r to.m,riow--thcIc woah
Lao, ba, a. would 'I" .'o hlrinnnl and ora. r.
l.l>,:,.- %. L4:i.i-' Av" ''r hll tt"z'u pr",,ni
49, ,lar. ..i, 60. poor. unrest ne wives are yearly
nd I,. 80 >tti tie >piri, hlr. looking down up'n
n,t ,,rr, 4 ''r ',i,,, Vii,h !. dcilc il. :'hc
m ,,.i i.,,.. ven tu' a" winch is good and com
,,,. wrf. r.io.'ri T." :.or''w.
Ar i'd. ..,~, ih,, i'. dc L,iAti"n nit II was IN,
.,-'. 1l - ..n>,. Tue aW'"u,' ashin came ont an !
49,. t' 81, w,~alhnii ,'lranccd quciiy
, . c,t,ue i.,, - Ia" i';f".n anC called to thoSe
~ % g., ~ L., la'"iH sy .i.Gr SSlH Mb" sni my in iNs
..r o a.. ,,''. tt'u' ont clearly aS the lady her
in,, ,ii g. ! 81, 49, hence dc~pi'e The lcmon-
-...- %, hex tr.,ad' "Lo feared imp "d'ncc III hcr
VyIsp~,t to her," &c >nil. would yon," a.
.j.., IT, lee aiel. h, t. come into this world with
- irIa..e si"J II f,i,. II ino,ncr vast"
-f:t. 81 alrr,la son erected ,AiS sI'F. whom .lTs.
'i Iaa Tn,IT ,; r are, Thousands H Is ttr ct n9ric I,
.o'ic'r'.tr.-V ," Sic -, ,icl yrhcm nty with
.'',' ,.,',,,. ,, ,rt u" III irMt Tcf l4t~,
-'' IA a."' a. 'nc "&. lcr her friends r"mdiy DE-
:. vr.f. .r.I'!y sh1u',d ont her sentence s
.. So w. ,i.i$ compiled TO pause by the the
,'.a:d IL the aHdi,nC" for speech from her
.Dif 4 mn An N.ls a..
ea IL n'o jp4gce Nh eI9"SPr 20 i+aHt the 9Ox g
h,u...t Al ctcd Ian. the audcucc cNincipg de
"a ''iehc' for Mrs, BroYkei. NJ Tilon stated
,s..i.- g ,nOlch that u LADY should spcal-h'rc
4; ~ / sid Il uu Ier sts;ei. Mr. i'.iOn con
.s'~d e,r.d iIN-,'f ak hoy To come down on the
go. %, ticc speech. bat M Woodruff must bc pro
i, IN the exercise o thai right, ana shall agaiu
=. Woodhull then continued her speech. now very
IL lJ aAd a. rn'" hoI'" speed ns She feared tha'
integral part -: the rrli&ion o tb" future The
CO. a. - An5 ARE ,i Won = Free Free, L%Hrr LDv' GI
.I,, an tr," Lover Loud hlss;sJ have Ia AN an
,,,,o r, o'"sti"'"na' and na'"Gl right to love
.,:, 1 may. Ia love ~ io"g or "a short a
....s! q, I can, 10 rhTngt mat TIRE trTH ddg,
..Ip.p.G .,wri h.>-'-l uil win that right neither
,,wavy AN YOU can irauIe have any hight To infer
ID, anal ha,. tie iurih rsbt 10 demand free and
t ny " II. but. community. to see that
mem Iu,, lat. and nnthlne i-,s WY did Mis-
80. Nj CtileI d,u! Free Love lot the nIccr.
/, VA. i..,,~ b, l,.vcd iu -, pint -. the marriage
.s tbat ,lr A.d bettr rin'i 20 Linn than had Mrs
sqdon. to vloul tic law Lad granted him; ami,
Es'4 n-n ~, Inn up to her TO whom ht. ,ge ne
ic-dOn h, d,l 90 she kcd INN. Could more per
'," o. thc ,ldrit o the marriage law he formulated
= WIN h., de-. ed ruch fIccdom would it not have
a the Ci ,Sti.u course and would ho Mr. Crlt-
;rlaca have ir,d hci for 30 doing. tell YOU, my
- Ia. iAa yoa have taken hold of the wrong end of
' ,iucoo. have better right 70 speak. as one hav-
- TO-, ID, 4 in AZ il various lights and shades When
wsr.tel caIryOl ance, hundreds, ay thousands, OF
~i,t.. Lc.it broken men came TO me for advice.
l.ses. 'ccI-. and aughcrl Some may think that 1t
N"'iI 4" hop The eennian'e OF ~ sIand or Wlic,
ai,irNs s~,i t"s c as have souls II You belong to
. U,aI take advice OF ToiEbs lawyer, and not
Iua,o earned that the first great error most married
ip eo.'E.t l. IN rDieav"'h 20 hdc iion each otnc
" tt" .IccuaIr, INTO when an are llaDle 10 iall
.lghti . o!uco UOtAIus is conducive 10 continuous
i, ne, q, mutual confdcnce II our sisters who ill.,
lnt Girnct and other fithy localities choose TO
i4a "a lIcb and IL our bIOthcIo choose visit them
trrr 'hey only exercising the same right that We
T. sbr.c ~ condemn them than thcy have TO abuse
and condemn Us for exercising our rights oar way;
storms oil hisN"s.l But We should by our love and
tndr - cndeav"r to prevail upon them to
s hS'S n Would Let te ,o s wSen sah Of Of lS
slprrtcd hy them, II then wives were ambitious "
Ly an tqa nn"et oi men mi T vam tn' r 10
amen oi one of the interior cities Of New York some
traIr since organized movement to put down pros
= ou and tried hy siratatcn to ma out Who listed
L.rs OF prostitution IN order to oSiracse them They
he'd IT, matter until tbcy !Oulu ltlf own nlsDdllus
rohcr md sons involved and then suddenly deSisted
sai noting has since been heard OF the eradication
tpcd d iHat ha1e 'y Would ssat the i1e
hlat lie terrible than for delicate, se1styy
organu1d woman 10 he compelled to endure the pres
ence Of hras in the shape Of man. who knows moth
Es beyond The Blind pasion with which he Is filed, ant
10 which 4, often added the delrulu OF intOxcatiOn
Men who before marriage, preserve delicacy and re-
gard for wonau CONSTITUENCIES and refinement TOO ofei
after uaiagr show themselves In their true character
aud prove t. he little better than beasts and Thousands
q pallid checks sunkcD eyes, distorted inaGnaton
the OF the lecture the vast audience still
rmaned shouting for Mrs Br0oker, who finally stepped
u the front Of hc box and bowling, delivered partiD.
sho-' would ash" said ehe. "bow reform tho