Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-12

The elder Clailn has. sent tho following
fAtherly advice 10 his daughters. Tho letter
Is Published In the New York STAR Of the
27lh
NEW YoaK, July IS
Ny DEAR CHILDREN, Woodruff AND
CLAELIN; l have again thought Il my duty
to write you, notwithstanding you have for
blsldeu me 10 do 80, aud say you will not read
them, neither come to soc your dear old
mother, nor allow her " come and sec you,
who loves you as dear A. life, aud is dying for
want Of your company aud . little support
from your hand In her last days. can truly
say last days, for she is past The age of three
score years and ten. Now, out Of justice 10
ourselves as well US you, and 10 set the mind
Of The public right In relation to those SLAM
derOus reports aud publications that have
appeared In the papers about you from time
70 time, by and through the influence Of
James II. Blood wicked, dlabOllcal, and
unprincipled free. lOyer-in the first place,
! will refer 10 those vulgar, adulteruus lee
lures he wrote for you and Tennessee 10 de-
liver.
Mrs. Woodruff delivered hers at stciuway
hall on the 10Th Of November past, which
waA terrible In Its effect aud Tennessee de-
llyeTed hers some time after at the Academy
Of Music which was very disgusting. The
people surprising you 10 DO the authors Of
these aud other publications made through
the AbOye-name blood, has nearly destroyed
your good name and influence, aud driven all
your friends away, or nearly so. When you
irst went 10 Broad street 10 do business and
to Washington with your petition for the
right Of suffrage for woman, your associates
were gentlemen and ladies Of the first class,
and your lniiueiIce good, both here and there,
and when you delivered your lecture at Lin-
coin hall In Washington, for tho right Of
suffrage for women, you were listened ~
with great attention by the leading men OF
| tho natlnn aud warn highly al Inv
Ei hS; had you pdfsnedS' stTaiShtforwsffdS,
honorable course aud let freelOye alone; but
Blood told you 10 drop the matter Snd Rdyo-
| cate free love and It's principles, and you did
! ", as Is clearly seen by your lecture al Stein
way hall, that 90 completely destroyed you
and separated you from all your friends.
Not wishing to go into detail Of your as
sOclates and friends now, but will call your
attcLtion 10 some articles that were written
by one Stephen Pearl Andrews, who once
kept brothel In this city, and thsy were
published In your weekly paper by and
through Blood, before mentioned. One aTtl-
Gle was on new breed Of men and women
TO be created by him, aud one on the death Of
his late wife, Esther, that was blasphemOus
and terrible In lts character. And, from one
thing 10 another, ne has led you until be has
destroyed aud about ruined you aud yet 10
tells you that you arr tue most popular wO-
man 10 the world Nov don't be led and de-
eelved BY him any longer. lie Is the same
Blood that once nved In 81. Louis, Mo-, and
hid himself In a box Of shaylDgs In q cellar
for several days before he did leave, and
When he left, Lawyer McGinnlB followed him
across the river with a cOwhlde, and he hid
himself In a saloon OF a car or he would have
whipped HIN 10 death. / have heard many
good men say he ought 10 DO shot down like
y dog. lie Is the same man that was spoken
Of In the National Police Gazette, of this city,
dated January "a, and In II accused OF crimes
OF the blacklist dye. ! am satisfied he has
robbed you OF al least 900, 900, and you are
keeping him around you, as 1 do believe,
thinking you may get part OF II back but, as
have told you before, let him 20, the sooner
the better, for you will never get one dollar
back. b. CLAFLIN.