Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-01-15

ny eagerness 10 judgs aud read for M
self in regard to the "liseeher Scandal,
published 10 the 20 much talked Of Woo,
hall Paper, aud forgotful Of ST. Paul
long revered injunction. I borrowed III
paper Of one Ofmy neigbbors. and. after
careful poruSal. loaned il to a friend,
very esiimable and exemplary Lady. Whr
although not believer in the sentiment
generally advocated and promulgated i
that sheet. nevertheless, had the mora
courage to look il squarsly in the face
without fear Of turning her fingers or con
terminating her garments. As she live,
some distance from me requested her &,
return il by mail. at her earliest conveu
iepce. Imagine my CONSERVATION, wher
upon reflection, | recalled tho sci, thai
for that very act, namely that of sending
through the mails that Identical paper OF
its eounterpar', Mrs. Victoria Woodruff
was arrested and consigned to prison, a
few weeks since 10 New York City, on a
charge Of transmitting through the United
States mail, "obscene literature" from
which she was released only by giving
most sxortitant bail, secured BY some"iour
or Eve gentlemen Of high moral worth and
standing, AID all together justifying 10
the sum ola quarter of a milien" or more;
most APPALLING sum, when taken into con-
sidoration IN case Of my own arrest. In
vain recounted the list Of my supposed
friends, sending quick aud furtive glanccs
all through these valleys and over these
granite hills. Alas! A!as!! Never be.
fore did the yello,c dust assume such mo.
mentous significance, aud never before did
true friendship, roach such high valuation
pr real friends appear in such exalted
characters.
L shall Of course, write fmy friend at
'nce, apprising her of the impending dan.
ger, if she, with her quick PERCEPTION, has
not already taken in the situation, +" and
ave her or myself, from the violation of
law, which, although broken in ignor-
nee, might not in any degree lessen tho
igor Of the penalty, we're it enforced
The worst feature of this case is that
person may be arrested and inpris-
med before the fact is established that a
aw has been violated, for the fact has not
ct been proved, that the aforesaid paper
oes contain obscene langusg &C; on the con-
rary' the fact is stoutly and strongly de.
led by able and eminent jurists. Asmy
fiend is an avowed disbcliever in most Of
be theories advanced in the paper, pre-.
lme she would not he molested, but how
'r may be involved by giving explicit
rders to have it sent by mail is the ques.
on. Although | confne my reading to
he Tribune, NEwsDEALEr, independent ,
I'd Liberal Christian mostly, | will not
iny that | rather enjoy arguments on
zee thought and free speech and like now
nd then to open my eyes, and Just peep ,
to these radical papers and periodicals ,
see what is going on in the world, and i,
hat reason there is for the great diversi-
Of opinion entertained by our most able ,
ID profound writers and thinkers, on the -.
eat vital questions of the day, no. only ,
religious and political, but on social :
lestions.
l SEQ no reason why a woman should not, i
least, know Che meaning of the tern,
ocial reform" if she cannot understand
in all its fullness and significance. Whom
woman without the prestige of high
nth, or rich and influential ancestors,
thout the sanction of the church, or
mpathy Of the clergy, without even the
vantage Of wealth, or great beauty, in
ort, when woman like Victoria G.
oodhu!l, standing alone and sipgle-hand.
, holds by tho magic of her thought and ;.
inspiration Of her soul, crowded au.
'nces, not only in Cooper Institute and =,
thin the classic walls Of Steinway Hall,
cre none but the best ana purest speak !; !
can obtain hearing, and where only "
very elite of the city arc supposed to a
but even in Washington, be-
e a judiciary committee of the highest y
glsature in the couutry--when such
man holds such audiences, by the force
her logic and the power of her elo-
enee, it is difficult TO suppose that her
smies even believe her to be what they c,
present her. Would it not be charitable Y
ore denounclng, to pause and consider b,
ether it may not be possible, that she, at
e Joan of Arc, has mission to perform. to
may yet live to see some of her pre-. it
tious fulfilled. m
VIXEN such woman is thrust into Jail tn
the charge of having sent her publica- ST
rs through the mails. aud that charge C,
ed on the alleged fact, that by the pro. G,