The New York herald., 1874-07-12

thcn naf I'D the mluuie snd were fashlonnDly
A man who sat near the reporter OF the onron-
s6& zee & ana seemed not to have ever gazed on the
40 say as how she's lightnin when she really do
get warmed warmed np.n To which gray,haIred free
lover slttlng by emphatically assented Then the
conversation was directed toward the topic OF the
hour. ~ have no doubt, remarked the speaker
just quoted, 'That he's thunderin' old hyDocrlte
any way.n "Yes,r was the reply, "and disgrace
to his cloth, If hslf that is said Is truen wen
dsi tonight, skans we r Yes indeed; ana 'a1 the
best thing abouG 1t all will be that 1t will be true"
selected q better title fcr her lecIureY ? supposng
she had called II, Gods Truth or The Whole
Truth or The Honest Truth y But The Naked
bare.n
At this juncture the noise OF feet and canes upon
the moor drowned the cOOQuy The prurient
We're getting impatient tor the expected ieast OF
scandal
woodruff appeared upon the stage. She brought
with her the usual tremendous roll OF manuscripts
she glanced doubtiuliy at her audience as II she
were not at all sure OF the kind OF reception in
store Tor her The greeting OF the audience was
kindly. 1t was plain from the first that the assem-
blage was composed OF people charitably II not
kindly disposed toward her. Her voice faltered a
little at first but she struck out boldly, beginning
with somewhat extended preface OF generaities.
II may not be amisS TO say here that ''fhe Naked
TRUTH is
NOT NEW LECTURE
OF Mrs. Woodhuls, but has been many times ana
under many auspices that were melancholy 10 It's
author delivered In cities east OF the Rocky Noun
In nterpolations had been made. The preface was
not oright with promise for those who had come
solely 20 hear the truth, the naked truth and moth
ing Dut the truth in regard 10 the Beecher T1ton
complication. The woodruff told how Ior three
are npon p her e and csed SeE al, manner Of naa
names because OF her peculiar theories. she was
glad that It was warfare OF the world upon her,
instead OF a warfare of herself upon the world,
because she was thereby enabled to do an infinite
amount OF forgiving, and was thereby lifted into
She spoke OF the original article on the scandal,
alluded 10 her Intimate relations to all parties i'm
plicated IN II, and gave the history OF the causes
that led to It's publication.
Beecher. sne said, had shown that ne was
grand and noble character by refraining from a
positive denial OF the story and had thereby lent
MS great influence TO the cause advocated by the
woodruff. In fact, there mad been great deal OF
yn. for not only had the church. by Its silence,
endorsed free love- but the press of that city and
New York. by their defence OF Beecher, had also
rendered q verdict In Its favor A still broader
sweep was given to TINS logic by the assertion that
country, In their attempt to find excuses ior the
Brooklyn divine showed that the doctrines OF free
this was an appeal for the right OF free love in
Beechers case, and In all cases, based on the right
Which was insisted on BY AL americans In re; re-
and noble man as Beecher seemed to be Ia the
estimation OF the woodruff, the truth OF ali the
allegations against him being admitted.
THE PLAIN PURPOSE OF THE WHOLE DISCOURSE,
it was evident. was to lit free love into the
shoulders of MIR. Beecher's presumed license in
love matters 1t was rot his iant, but that Of the
social despOJisms in which he found himself. Her
quarrel was not with Beecher on account OF his
relations to Mrs. TiltOn, but from another cause.
Although this cause was not eiaDorateiy ex-
plained II appeared to be that Beecher had al
lowed the Woodruff to be treated with indignity
on account OF ner lnstrumentaiity in bringing the
scandal TO the pubic knowledge. She seemed TO
think there were two Beechers-One grand aud
noble" and the other quite weak and extraOrdt-
ari!y human. The sublime silence of Beccher'
and the sublime reticence OF his cOngregstiOn''
recurred at intervals during the lecture with the
regularity Of n refrain to song Contemptuous re-
marks were made about the temperance women,
which met with great favor. These women, sne
SAID, would try in time to interdtct the use OF 80.
baccO. The story OF the effort to buy her on when
in Ludlow Street jan with 500. 900 from pursuing
the Beechef matter WAS rehearsed with all The
energy that would nave been inspired by wounded
pride and injured virtue. People had blamed her
Tor defending Beecher, and asked her why sue did
It, No man woman had any business 10 say
anything against hun. He had acted according 10
his instincts.
The illusions to TiltOn during the progress OF the
lecture were not numerous His conduct was
neither excused nor condemned and as for an ex-
panaton OF his present attitude toward the scan-
dal there was nothing Oh 1t. This caused great
deal OF disappointment on the part OF many au-
| dltOrs.
Mrs. Woodruff stated, In closing her DISCOURSE
that she had recovered from her alarm caused by
! her frst ruue reception, and intended to spend
good portion OF her iuture life IN California; fur
thermOre, that she would soon deliver her only uu
delivered lecture and give those who came an
| other instalment OF the Beecher- -Tilton scandal