, 1874-10-01
The lmpossihi:ity Of Securing Justice
Cor ANY Ono when Money Can
Be Used Against Him"
a Letter from Mrs. Henry Ward
Hcccher.
In Which Sllo Claractcrizcs Her Husband
IL IL Good and Noble, and
Most Purc.'s
And Speaks Of Him as Enduring
"Cruel Prosecutions"


f,cttrr frnrn 1Trx. s?Iixabcth s,nttv
st,,,,,,,.
stnnton. a on. -
FROM Me Eartsf!fe aH} 7fafse71nf'
crtv in ,.t,,i,, tha fo}1o,vnr rrivate totfcr "a.
wy =" 64'.as ,Au Aso"-"s M go, n.-,
tensty rceoivcd. to tne PUBLIC Iho beechor-
T1lton controversy certainly now bolonge to tho
n,,ht;c ,;th vii ti,o focta sn7 ,h;,ouonhv ,xh,c,
paone' WV VI wv A''e'o "4.o P.'to'oPu! "A'eH
wejl IA nublfo nneatons involved. Wo cannot.
No.. ~ p"o .s,,'s,n,, ,J,s e."
TOMS yery able and Interesting letter from % our
rooder..
'oaoets: ,o-,
DEAN FnIEsD You nEk. IN rectnt lesteft my 'luws
Of ts gset aosal sarth4,aks .hat has @ @Fsseny :rred
dim.
haro double Interest In this Ead paGo Of domestic
onTa1 fs oefss op SOCIAL
tccond, bccauee tlosB who hnye accidentally been
forced to illustrate onr ignorance of these principles
Ire among my Ertsonal tr1c11us.
10 those WHO take surface Wow Of tht scandal"
is prooaby "prnssi1ent, .i,sgtstins" naiasat-
aidcr It, although the rat uowB sought for by the reat
ing runic ~ gentlemen @ snd la.es ake hss pro-
outh ohure'. Investigation" THE. to ny MIND. !s an
evidence, not Of depraye1 popular taste. but OF
vital intercss IN the aocal pro9lons shas phSzc and
pc!plc1 tho best OF III:
Tho true relations OF inan ana woman. the fonnun-
tonR of tile family AM. hon,c uTo ot moro Inomenton7
mortance s1n any luest1on o. siate, or canrch ean
tycry now page Of zocaa htatory,-s''1nloning soma
lou IT aa as u our present social oss I'D
hclr scientific rcn1edy.
Tue true tocial ccde whatever It 49, n.ust 10 tle
I1ne for both ne1ts. II tho tEAt!npny given tn tAs
tase DO 81 true and It b. PROVEN that ach men -
Henry Ward Deesher aud TLsottors Tilton find ths
marriage laws Of the State OF Euw York too trlngent
both being IN discordant narr'aserclations might it
not 10 well to
EEy1Ew THE LAVE.
u we'll a. their volutious?
To compel nnappy husbands and wives, ty law and
fiat il IL bci, religious duty to accept thur conditions
wnaeycr tLoY .ro produces, evor mid anon 1uxt acl
dow passine, e 'N''''
Whilst he many arc eagcr to discover tho facts in
thta oe c7nc lei te few eeck for nse laws which, II
n,nvcd ,rnmjd nrnvent lika curee in tht ftIre
II at our homes were tlnrnnfed ,ua1,y a hlatsul
uclt be pairtoi in tafkur colors than Thcodorc I'll
ion, pud many wifo weaker than lis, and ,uar,ya
man mare ncf1oxel and ,nscrabtn tim 1.-The 0rsat
Preacher. ucnce Nc haYe. iii like decocr interest
10 ts scandal thau the euiIt or tnnoceuce Of tho
nctora. h
sociey has played fast Ind loose with t.s religious
in onc role Of ,nara'a MY or Hsstns IN ssnuihrr
thus leaving cr ever iaIIo to- In IN lour u weakntsy
to hsray .lis u n; man sae tsln Soa ssye -, aud,
.a 1Ienrv Wo ~ ~ nnch, ,sr ~ th n,Snssi,u % nf
toaohig tia women in theft crco o friends # fiom
,,,h raE ~ H. t1sts,, ,,o,,, =,
~ ~ - r. .!o s'ti"u WI ~ " a!.. "sau,a. s., , ,, -
,not ~ a1 tt,,e o ,; I a ,,rn "mtr ~ e .sn
aera! sods ), which i.n 1yessn;s himss ~ s-
rceo,"sh so,7. nT snst 80 rnrnIs Il" Tia iat1" IN
shich sho r ses, a! than tempt hsr 70 sssnss
Snn, ~ wv & @ nne; m nwerv s,1r Il, ,nitc
{fns'ss na yapes s teatons ia waish
snnon ~ aksa naSs s Il INV nn Il seems TINT jRs ba
o@m MIN MY" "a oes ose Soaa %a .T X. trouble viii hu
anaanhv ~ IN iii these nuttcrs is, taat tho beat inter
Isxs ; ssssr entered into lie eonp'asra-
1rf%y t,1o {,,t t1.fu