, 1874-10-09
Press Comments Oh tho Indictment Of
Tilton and Moulton.

fcmiuino portion Of humanity, wns tho magunll-
unity Of tlolr brethren iii freely forgvlng cacli
othor's lnpacs from virtuo, provided thoy Ind
not involved tho honor Of t4o forgiyorH wlfo,
daughter, or s!sler. AVID tho lorbeayaMco
with Which tloy regarded tho uuchasttty Of nil
women, sayo TINT OF their OWL Icar relations.
Tho den,aud.matlo upon women by their eluca-
tors was 10 moro nor lcsa thHn that thoY should
lot down tLo standuri by wllic1, TINY judged ono
auothcr 10 d leycl with that adopted by mon for
mon. This demand ca,no not from tic advocates
OF equality before tho Law, but from those who
especially opposed woman'B progress In auy bnt
this direction; 80 now, and for ten yoars ;wo nco,
and havo nccn, tho leaders Of Woman's Rights
Conventions trotting proudly along In tho path
thus marked oue for tholn,-tho path in which
they were aushositattycly commanded to walkt
Instead Of continuing, MS Of old, to hold tl1om-
selycs mud emo another to tho strict lolicr OF
Gods imnutablo1aw Of perfect purity Of thought
'apoccl aud behavior, our advance g,lnrl Of
Conycntiontsta sooln to have altered aud
adopted tho old democratic MOTTO sour cuuntry,
right OF, wrong" and tl,cr cry il,
"oun sEx, HIGHT Oil wHoSa!" .
4 woman who docs not defend a wo!uan no mat
Ter what her crimes 1nay bo, ia voted traitor
to hor Ecx; and 1t does eoeln to DO tuo that tho
bEilESbiEAk EtHsiSiSEA MN A3 AAA tAA4AaS1ASo
should start lii On another track.
II the codo By which llen 1neasl1ro ono auoth-
cr permits almost unlimited violation Of tue law
Of chnatlty ana women grant astnllar 1eo nso to
women, III what direction aro wo travelling, and
whore shall w6 bring up? That such IL The ton.
dencr. is quito apparent. When Mira. Woodruff
thrust hbrEclf into tho Wolnan-SniIrago ranks,
largo part Of tho members Of tho different Asso-
cintlolls received her gladly, OIL tho openly
ayowed principle TINT. no matter w1lat Ter clar
ncter or conduct, she must 10 n'ado welcome bo-
cauBo 1nen fratcrni2o with all sorts aud eondi-
t1ona OF men, When Hrs. CGdY Stanton shocked
tho moral aouse Of tito American people by rnb-
lciy toaching TINT husband should 10 us free,
to loaye l,is wigo, mud wife l4cr husband, us
Diddy to leave her nllstrchg. Rllu must be sus-
taiued by women, simply because sho wus awom-
an. Tho wholo Woman Suffrage movement 1las
been drasgea into tho ,slougl. Of dcs-
II connected tIcir names with ita advo-
cacy layo accepted the philosophy thrust upon
tiom BY tho conservative teachers OF tho last
generation, aud hive bognn to Lowell down in cot-
enno standard that men apply to men. Witness
The warmth Will, which Lucy Stone nnd Mrs.
Liycrlnoro defend Atrs. Tilton,-i,ot 30 much oil
Tho ground OF her innocence as on Tint Of her
5womanhood while Mira Stanton comes out
boldly with an acknowledgment Of her belief ii,
tho guilt Of this weak wotnan. coupled ~iti. LII
cuc0mum OIL
HER "dnASp ,yoMAN1Ioon."
IAo WofnAntooa ~l3!ch !eaHH q WHO TO leave
tho husband OF lier youth aud her ch'ldren. ITO
yndcato tho man sho 1oycd," il not Of ttc orlor
that can Justly bo called grand. Tho '7o1nun who
loves some other man than the one with whom
she il living lis VITO ia Il very weak creature,
aud Bilo who eau abandon her children for III il
Goulanhood.
Tic "urant, gifted, clear-niudcd'''' eistcr
who advised 2[r. Dccehor to "confcss aud justi-
~" his adultery With Tho wife Of Ills most init
In frsn Su 1ifnJtfa ti,1r1t,o
FOR Mrs. Woodruff, ani co-lhbores with Mrs.
Stanton but hcr br1laney is 10 Enthusiastically
Of tho Jacl:o!antorn ordcr HI to lcaro no doubt
OF tho foul and swalnpy nature Of Tho EroAnd iu
feed her lamp. Of course, Mrs. Stanton hls IL
right to her opinions; but I question her pre-
rogatiya to load tue Woman -Sufrrago movement
| viii their dead wo!ght, nnd, if slo would mag
| unanimously rcllcgo tint caugo from tho odun
Of ler ndheronce, sho would thereby do more
| for humanity than anything her long, oarncst,
but oftcll-1nistakcu, ntlrocncY OF hunlnn rights
| has hitherto ACCOMPLISHED. any 1i5ht-nainticd
| person who can believe TINT tho cnlranchisc-
1nont Of woman would bring sl1cll philosophy as
Mrs. Stanton teaclles III her ERrlyio lcttcr into
| popular fnyor, Muht pray aud labor to prevent
that catastropho. Any ono WHO can bciieyo that
those WHO claim to bo representatives OF wom-
anhood iu tho Suffrage movement nro really
what they aspire TO be. must conclude that pollt
icnl supremacy in tho hands Of women would bo
rliino,la 10 tho body polite. But tllo general
aversion shown by Tho slcat mnsB Of women to-
ward their profcascd Representatives ia the
the only cffcctual mode by which these
| representatives nnl their social theories cat.
ever io finally el,clyed. Who that l'as al,y mod
ciately-oxtendea acquaintance will won,cn docs
not know that nillc.ccn out Of twenty will fcot
aggriesed and nsu!tcd by Mrs: stantons estimate
Of "Eraud womauhood Who does not knnw
TINT to women, oYon moro tim to men, VIC loolS
for that rcctitnue which shall condemn aud put
| isll tho guilty IN this miserable alfNr.
Thcro il little room for surprise that TitE
TRIBUNE should conclude TINT .]io great scandal
disposes Of tho oman-Sutrrugo movcnt. So
lnany people whose tiyoa or opinions require
justification layo taken hold Of TINT movement,
that they seem to glyo Character to it but they
'urc only tho
nAnEAcrEs on TUE H1llr,
| Women never hnyo had I'll Opportunity to choose
their representations. Whcn they do 'lI,tya such
opportunity, they will sholyo lhis Free-I1oyo
tcir aid; md slloHo who, aspiring to bpoals for
thom,, claim my lowering Of tile standards OF
morality, will bo conalgnetI to political Esnvoa 40
deep ttnt resurrection will bo impossible. 1t Ia
elaimh or suggests that tho .nnrriaec-lawa Of
Now York slnli be changcd to suit Mr.. nocclorB
pers0nn pecnllaritleH. It liz Al,e--,Ut tfsey-wllo
teaches that it III an exhibition of "gra,4tl
womanhood for 'sso and nsotlerto leayo h,ts-
an,our,-lnnklng "ltB friends, hcr friends, l,iH
God, hor Cod = and, OF a!l tic moral LESSONS
over Henry Ward 1}aocller taught, tho most I'M
portant is contained in those words which Mrs.
stanton truly says must llnyo l,nyo fallen viii,
witlcring cruelty" on her whom ]lo 'cssts
nsdo lilso 4 Hltherea ilowcr." "Hho thrust llc1
i affections on mo ungong,t" These aro tic
most Instructive Words this IL tho greatest ser-
mon, tint oyer fell from tho llnH OF tho great
prcacl,erl Lot all wo,aon read a,l poiittlor,
Tnoy tcacl. M DID, Oil Lesson with u now mud
migllty force They Eay to every wol,a,,, The
t1,.tl who world induce yot to to tint for wllic
yoa would hang your head ~ shame il known tt
tic world, in a spltisil egotst, aud coward! Nj
1natlor how gracefully he lnay l'neel, low d.
ouucnsly md pasBiol'atoy ho nuy plead; mt
'mattor Aow thicky Ito 'mny Iailst ts!n pnrIoacs
with coa,iuga Of piosy md nh!loAnpy, ,--l,ih I'M
turo and 1lrpoEcH aro bake. 1t h himself At
loyos und, under nul1ielcnt prcaAtlrc, ho vii
sacrifice mil trampla upon you. Tho itan wlit
cun got hia owl, consent 10 1.-Two lilo lso aaro ,lo
acknowledge, confcases hsneelf u coward; aud +
coward, III presrucu Of tla,sSor. VIII lotray III,
trust. A man wlo could miko lta!lonnrabln pro
roHau, nudor tho plea of soYot tn I: %ohlA,i, ls
! 10 ESSENTIALLY 5NEhn,
tl,at HacsIhcir.y llcr to Bayo inieli IN nv ',ncl
Il necessity OF l,iH unture, III lrltly part OF III.
nlu|,c.up, III aro clawB to Il lobster.
Quo must pity poor littio ArH Tilton.. Thinl
Of tho Gront !uoslelr fulca which, loItn Inn