The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-24
Mrs. Woodhull's Lecture.

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fair audience at the town hall last evening,
on ''tbe true and false socially" NIrs
Woodruff is one of the most noted of
American women and every one has
some idea, most of them much distorted,
of her appearance and ideas. She is a
woman of medium hight, with dark hair
and eyes, not especially handsome, but
still fine locking. Before the lecture, Miss
Tennie G. Claiiln announced that several
of Mrs. Woodhulls books were for sale
after the lecture, and also their photo
graphs. Mrs. Woodruff speaks fluently
with great force and power. She is terri
bly, ia earnest, and in the portions of her
lecture in which she was not confined to
her manuscript she was eloquent.
She grouped the principal facts in his
tory to show that civilization has always
progressed westward. Her first words
were westward the Star of Empire
takes its way" First observed historically
in China and India, it burst the bands of
the Hmalayas and spread into Assyria and
Egypt then returning it evolved the Per-
sian Empire next thrust itself across the
Hellespont and Greece and Rome in turn
ilourished and died. 1t arose in various
parts of Europe out of the ''dark ages"
and afterwards crossed the Atlantic and
established itself in America, and finally it
crossed the continent, establishing itself
upon the Pacific, completing the mighty
circuit OF the world.
She next showed that, in this country, a
new process has been set up. All previous
al ,f al nf,
pie, each having its peculiar characteristics
keeping them distinct as race, from all
other races. An altogether different meth
cd prevails here, where all races, kindred
and tongues are being merged into one
common race, which will contain the diff
| ferent characteristics and qualities, phys
| ical, mental and moral, of all the races.
| Such q race she concludes must be the per-
| fected race, and that it will establish per-
| feet social organization which will gradual
| ly spread over the earth and take in all its
peoples and that they will ultimately be-
come one people, having one government
with common interests and purposes.
When this is accomplished scripture will
be fulfilled and Christs reign on earth be-
| gun in reality and perfectness.
From this point she came back to her
| well-known theory that perfect race can
consist only of perfectly formed men and
women, and declared that the millennial
period can never come until none but such
| people are born. Here is the vital point of
| all for which she contends. She showed
| that the human race can be improved by
| SCIENTIFIC propagatihn the same as fruits,
| flowers and animals are improved; and said
If these are proper subjects for investiga-
ton and culture, with view to their i'm
| provement, that humanity ought to be a
much more important and worthy subject
| for such investigation and improvement.
She next endeavored to show that the
misery, vice and crime with which the
| world is cursed exist because the propaga-
| ton of the race is carried on in utter ignO-
romeo of method and law, and without any
| regard to the results to be obtained. She
said that the criminals and vicious glasses
were made so by their mothers during ges-
tation, or by inherited characteristics from
their parents. The capacity to commit a
crime must exist IN the individual before it
can be called into action, and this capacity
is an endowment, for which the person
| possessing it is not responsible.
The criminal classes are recruited con-
stantly from the children born of mothers
who did not want them-in other words
from unwilling or undesired children. To
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required to place women in such position
that they will never bear children except
when they want them and this is her
whole fight. From this position she went
on TO say that what is required to produce
none but good children cannot be insti-
tuted so long as women do not have the
absolute control of their persons-their ma
terlal functions. She argues against legal
marriage because 1t deprves woman OF this
control and gives it to man. She said that
every married woman knows from bitter
experience that this is true. She knows
that she is forced to become pregnant Of
children when she does not desire to have
them; and then follows the desire and the
attempt to get rid of them. And undel
these clrcums stances the world expects
good children. How, she said, can suct
children be born without the faint of Cair
upon their minds. Every impression ant
thought, and especially every strong desire
of the mother has its effect upon her un
born child. Mothers do not realize this
however, and her opposers do not intent
that she shall get their ears to awaken then
to their terrible responsibilities in thi
regard.
Mrs. Woodruff will lecture again in tn
town hall this evening upon Breaking tn
seals or, the hidden mystery revealed.
Admission so and 80 cents. No extr
charge for reserved seats which can be &c
cured during the day at Meeker's musi'
store. Miss Tennie Clahin will open tn
lecture by reading the letter scene iron