New-York tribune., 1874-08-01
Mr.. TILTON'S WORST WORK.
T1LToN,s BIOGRAPHY OF MRS. Woodruff.

tho rouod that he did not write but only revised 1t for
Col Blood and that he felt forced to do this as means
| of preventing Mrs. Woodhulls pubhcauon OF the
scandal concerning his family. His own statements on
,ho ,nor hand are quoted TO the effect that he
wrote ANYTHING under greater glow OF INSPIRATION and
that he dashed IL of single sitting. II was printed
in his own office. with the following title PAGE:
The Golden Age Tracts-No. 3. victoria g. Woodhull.
A Biographical Sketch by Theodore TIton'
an r,arsb ,lsnder is . fool. Solomon; Prov i9
Published at the Office OF Ihe Golden Age Spruce st
New-York, 1871.
Entered aeos q co.gres IN tss year w.. ~ by THEODORE
The text becins with the heading, :" Mr.. Tlton's
Account OF Mrs Woodruff" as IL to emphasize the fact
OF authorship, and the following arc literal extracts
shou wftly sketch the life of Victoria Clafn Wood
az anY herones in a romance whose ability is of rare
and whose character OF the rarest ~ WHOSE
sufferrngs of themselves Whoe nfdWa Oh plhysi
whose name Through the malice OF some ana the
Ignorance OF others has caught shaI3w III Strauge
~ representative of her in the greatest reform OF
modern times rem ers her AN Otect ol rcar lntfre't
to ber feov-czens aud whose character tiasmucl ao
49, v her wrD can portray without color or tlDge
from any other partiaty save that hod her III uhco
In Homer. Ohio in a small cotrre whit. painted and
hGh-peaked with porch rnuphs ro tn ~ a W. "a 40 mi
garden in front daughter the seventh OF lo ch-
dren OF Roxana and Buckman Clafiin was D,rn oepi
23 lsJ8 AS this was tue year when 'oJn 'tV P,r in
crowned the newborn babe. Though cial nelthet III
purple nor fine linen, but comtorlaoly sWdudeh 10 re-
spectacle poverty, was aneSse her narsnIs
ISttin dreaming that their daughter would one day
aspire higher seat than tne Enssn t,cus, , hy
sllbseuuent life did So much 10 llustldte oIoSl"
nany glad mothers. To bring babes into tue
m"rl1 during that coronation year, would name them
after the chief lady OF the earth, ana accorGhgH se
ordained gift 10 al her little namesakes OF Ahno ID Dlm
mi 1893 As Victoria Cafn was one oi these sue mas
lately been urged make trip 70 windsor Caste, 10
see the ustrous giver OF these gift and 10 receVo
the snecia souvenir which Queens bounty Is sup
posed hold still in store Tor the io va 10 hi
It's lrst cry II TO say, Long 1--we tne QleGn ls.
Wo0dbulI who il now candidate for tn6 Presidency
the United States. shoui detcf thS Ell tI ateI e
election when she Will nave Deannu oppo,tuhi' ~ ~
invite ner elder sister sOverolgnS- me mo h OF our
mother countrvo visit ner fairest daughter the hc
must now let out a secret: she acquired her
studies, performed her work aud liVeu hef II Dy @ sde
help (as she beeyes) OF heavenly spirits ffon ncI
childhood till now (navlng reachcd ber tuitI -@tnlu @
year, her anticipation OF tEe other world mas pc old
vivid than her roaizl ION OF thS' She mas enIo h
an GELS ana These Gracious guest nave
been her cons conpanios 10y & ap'se sav
ton aud like st. Paul. she 10 not hlSJpeuioI. 70
heavenly vision" she goes and comes ~ tuet hehest
Her enterprises are not the c9nage .. oa 0
but of their divine invention Her writings ana spches
aui INT of their absolute control of her BRAN and
tongue Like good Greek OF the olden tul sue uoCs
nothing without consulting her oraclc5 Never j. sag
AYERS, have they deceived her nor ever VIII so IN
their DEGREES O"e-third OF human ne Is pas5ei III
spent in trance Seldom day goes by but she enters
into this fairy-and rather Into tins splrlcdlh IN
pleasant weather sue mas hlnl OF s'ani @ V Sqo o
OF her stately mansion on MdrraY I'M, ahu th.ae % ro,
muning hour by hour with tIe spifIV' oIe y
deyOtee-hcr smpIe theology uenS du do5oiV'uh i'n
Moreoyer I NAV as well mention here as later that
every characteristic utterance which she gives To the
world is dictated while under sprltiniuencc aud most
often In totally unconscious state The words tha aH
from her lips are garnered ny the SWIFT pen OF het h
band and published almost verbatim as she gei5 ana
gives them To take all Illustration, AFTER hef reeeat'
nomination to Presidency bY The Victoria League
sue sent 10 that committee e'ter OF superior niSn
and moral weight. II was coup1sltIOn Whcn she hai
dictated while outwardly 0bvOIs to the dctatlOn,
that when she ended and awOkc she had no memory az
all OF what sne had Just done. Ihe product OF tnt'
gIsh. not unworthy OF Macaulny; and to prove VIA
saw adduce the following eloquent passage, when u
repeaD published without cnahge as IL iell from hcr
81 ought not TO pass unnotced," she says, "your
and graceful alusIOn to what sou deem tho
favorIng omen OF my name II Is true thit Nct0fia
rules the rival nation opposite 10 Us on the Ohcr
O the Atlantic, and t might grace the amy llst
sealed between the wo nations anu oe new security
Of peace. II "a twin sisteihOOd oi Nttorias were 10
preside the two nations IL IS true Also that In IFS
mere etvmoiogy the name signihrs victory anu lhe
victory for the light is what We are Deut on securing
II again true. also, that 10 some minds there Is CON
sOnant harmony between lht Idea az, t'e "o,u, ~ tS
its euphOnous utterdnce seems TO Their iDIgnaiiOn To
have sometimes imagined shat there ~ perhaps some
thing prOvidentia and prophetic IN ne fact that my
parents prompted 10 confer on me u name which
fOrbids the very thought OF inre and as the great
Napoleon believed the star of his destiny you VIII at
me- and charge it 20 the creduty OF the
woman. if believe also III fatality OF triumph as some
how lnheIlng In my name.
HER SPIRIT VISITORS.
The chief among her spiritual ysitans. and one who
years of her remembrance she describes as matured
man OF stately figure clad in Greek tunc, solemn and
graceful IN bis aspect strong III his influence and alto
gether dominant over her life. For many years, not
wthstanding almost daily visit to her vision. he
withheld his name, would her most import lnate
uuestoDings induce him TO utter It, But he always
promised mat i'll due time he would reveal his identity
Mean while prOphesied to her she would rise
great distinction that she would emerge from her
erty and live in a stately house; that she would win
great wealth in city which he pictured as crowded with
ships that she would publish aud conduct Journal;
and that finally, to crown her career she would become
the OF her people AT length. after patiently wait
lug this spirit guide for 20 years, one day IN 1868.
during temporary soiourn in Pittsburgh, and while
she sitting at marble table. he suddenly appeared
to her. and wrote Oh the table IN Elgllsh letters
ndstinct but grew such luster that the brightness
hed the room. The apparitioD familiar as it had been
and commanding spirit told her journey New York.
where she would find at No II Great Jones-st house
and taste. She unhesitatngly obeyed although she
never before had heard OF Great Jones-st., nor
until that reveatory moment bad entertained an in
tention OF taking such residence. On entering the
house. it fulfilled Ia reality the picture which she saw
Of IL In her ylsiOntle selsane hail. stairways rooms
and furniture. Entering VITA some bewilderment into
the library she reached out her hand by chance. and,
without knowing what she did, took up book, which.
idly looking at its title she saw Ito her bloodchng
From that ward the Greek statesman has been
papably than in her earlier years her pro-
follow as a chart for the ship sailing the She
eves him 10 be her familiar spirit the author Of her
public policy, aud the inspIrer OF her published words
without intrudng my own opinion as TO the authen
ITCHY OF this INSPIRATION have often thought that II
Demosthenes could arise and speak English. he could
hardly excel the fierce light and heat of OF the
sentences which have heard from this singular
| In her glowing hours.
VERY REMARKABLE INCIDENT.
Previous this crisis there had occurred a remark
able incident which than confirmed her faith
| In the guardianship OF spirits. One day, during
illness OF her sou, she left him 10 visit her
patients and on her return startled with the news
that the boy had died two hours before NO. she ex-
claimed, viii not permit his death" And with fran
energy she stripped her bosom naked up his