The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-10
"A WITCHES SABBATH"
VirtuOuS Vineland Invaded by the
Spiritualists.
Victoria Woodruff on the
...... Stump -.
MARRIAGE TO BE ABOLISHED.
Laura Cuppy Smith PrOclaims Her rs the
MARRIAGE TO BE ABOLISHED.
Laura Cuppy Smith PrOcIaims Her rs the
'sRedeemer, and Virtue and Re-
spectability as the Two
Thieves on the CrOSs."
INDIGNATION OF THE VINELANDERs
vnELAND, Cumberland county, N. j., |

August o, 1873 !
In this thriving and industrious but outof-the-
way town OF 10000 inhabitants, ninety-seven miles
from New York and thirty -four miles south OF the
peaceful city Of Philadelphia, the Spiritualists Of
the State OF New Jersey have been holding
mad revel for two days under the pretence
Of estate Convention OF Spritualism,"
as they have denominated a gathering OF about
three hundred long-haired men and short-haired
women, who have assembled to hold kind of
''Witches Sabbath" in vineland. The people OF
| Vineland held, on the Sth of August-whch is the
Vineanders Fourth OF July-the twelfth ami
versary OF the founding OF their town. On
that day twelve years Charles X. Lands dug hole
for the first stake of the township, and since that
| day the prosperity OF the town has been most
| marvellous in its nature. The decent people Of
Vineland, wishing to celebrate this importa day,
| had grand demonstration, and some five thousand
persons were present in the public park, where APP
| propriate addresses were made by G. X. Lands,
| Congressman Hazelton, L. E. Beaman and others.
There was plentiful display OF rewOrks and In all
| this festivity there was not an intoxicated
person ON the grounds or in the town. The Spirit
ualists hearing that such an anniversary was TO
be held seized the occasion TO hold their annual
demonstration. The Long Branch boat, Jesse
H0yt, on Thursday morning brought down to
Sandy Hook about two hundred OF these people,
Southern New Jersey Railroad, which place was
| reached at four O'Clock on the same afternoon,
| after journey of six hours and q half from the
foot OF Murray street They were the queerest lot
of people ever saw In my life. Yet recognized all
| the types of monomania that have observed for
| the past eight years as journalist among those
Spiritualist and wOmen's rights advocates in all
| their conventions and assemblages from Boston to
| st. Louis.
| A lady with short hair and face like nutmeg
| crater stepped up to me on the forward deck Of
| the boat and said:-
| "S.Lr, what in the name OF G-ee-hovah do you
| think Of our movement ?"
81 think, madame" said I, "that 1t passes the
| founding Of joke"
"A joke joke, sir" said she with horrible
twist Of her mouth.
'Have you no soul sec-em- patheeS have you no
inner consciOusness2 Does not the divine basis OF
your grovelling nature soar to higher and more
sidereal sphere-tO o lOftier existence9 viii you
| not gather at the river with and join the
| heavenly band where all shall be Joy and bliss and
| q serenity Of unneshly exuberanceW
| ''No, ma'am," said, 81 haven't got the time"
Think Of being shut up with these people q
| narrow boat for an nour and q half-two hundred
of theml
Another lady, with short hair and dressed in a
| mans Sandusky linen buster and mans yellow
linen pants and mans tie, struck me on the arm
| with her fan, the only article OF woman's apparel
about her, and said to me In Whisper
"Brother, do you not think that we shall soon
arrive at a state OF perfectiOnp Is not this day
| glorious har.binger OF our future s-t-a-teP"
Twas compelled to answer that did not know
| and that did not care a cent If 1t was so.
| When the Spiritualists got to Vineland they
| held an informal meeting and the discourses that
| were delivered bordered on sheer madness. There
| were some men OF twenty-five or thirty years OF
| age who were married spiritually" to women Of
forty and fifty and their behavior was simply and &C
| tually incomprehensibe. The most brilliant woman
among them, after woodruff, who was attired In
| black, looking pale ana with her usual Alpine
hat, was Mrs. Laura Cuppy Smith. A
| vinelander, named DR.. Coonley, little,
dressed his audience as "Brother" and SISTER"
in a sing-song tone. There not many nOtabili-
ss at HAN and a. Sas ss
at Plum Hall, were MRS Julia Dumos, Mr.. Hicks. Of
YOrs Mrs IN white De%au
mad poet; 3. v. Fowler, Of Brooklyn; Dr. Treat,
Of vineland, and few others. The great gun,
most outrageous address ever yet delivered BY her,
which give with the coarseness eliminated care
fully. Tie hall was crammed by old and young
Il women, who applauded warmly all she said The
address Is as fOllows:-
now PEOPLE ARE SCARED NY RELIGION
England states II he month q observe in
sns TSy
ne prominent pSsiilSns abou, TIE asd: ssndSs
s AZ;
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said hs ma 2s' iSr aat one Ts6 q
are e sy tns s
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Ing 70 the crows on y0nder wood against venturng
qS 70 se 5s
% depends There they ana
with n not So Su much as the raise hand for
in them the resemblance % their enemy-an-
sreush IS the corn saved and thus
are "s found aSR other han corn fields
% Ss snR To- ws Ss%. ssy
handed here y order % their REIN, hold up he'll
SS
bold sy to move
"s the ;ssw es
aS s a Rs% 81 In cry ons
fop naSs sesn 3O Se
90 S s Sa2
one of the most terrible Of which at the present that
ass SS @
9 .aS wheat 'ss
| admission since she also should know that she
may be the absolute monarch man able TO compel
him his knees to suppcate instead of presln-
ing to grant favor oh woman hast thou not yet
grovc In servilfty at the feet of tiny scr II thou
wouldst have him sol This naturally Introduces the
social field, whose IL Is special province
at this time 70 consider know them all to be men Of
straw merely, that the ghtest u the slightest breath
OF truth will topple and expose to the world If il
will but look them $ they fall.
| WHAT rs rREEDoM2"
| Individual sovereignty freedom for the indi.
vdual; then, II there is any meaning in Of
events for the last hundred years freedom the indi
vidua socially an Inherent right Of which neither he
whether 1t be OF Church or state or Of both com
biued. Nobody will doubt this, but many will now ask
what is freedom, :. And il the definition given
priety and responsibility they will reject IL as
heesy the right Of sovereignty contrary tn
/ standing Freedom, In general terms, means simply
this That each and every individual has the right
his her proper person TO make of any
his her powers and capacities he or She may elect
20 do Anything less tnan this is freedom--it