The Leavenworth weekly times., 1875-02-11
WOODHULL.
Her Lecture at the Opera House
Last Night.
1.-The Destiny Of the Republic

Houl Turning oul, Nno NOulu otutINi-e
have been there, but the house was, never.
theless, well filled, by an audience com,
posed Of the most respectable and intelligent
ladies and gentlemen OF the city.
Mrs Woodruff is recognized as the
Queen Of the Rostrum," and her effort last
night fully sustained her well-earned reputa.
ton her brilliant perorations enforcing her
most radical utteraBces and uttered in the
most highly dramatic and finely empassioned
manner and rich-toned voice, fairly entrance
the audience, and carry conviction almost
whether they will or no. As an actress she
would prove a remarkable SUCCESS. Her
dramatic and tragic talent are irresistible
She stands before her hearers a yeritable
impersonation OF the words she utters. No
body who sees her can doubt that she il
net only earnest but homes; in all she says
indeed her purposes seem to be based upon
a deep-seated religious enthusiasm. Nc
aoubt Theodore 1ilton was right when he
said in her biography that ''she has the
most devoutly religions nature that ever
knew" When TO all this is added that she
is an editor OF a widely circulated paper
and an author OF well known reputation,
her title as The most remarkable person
Of the age" is fully established. 4 little
more than three years ago she flashed upon
the country and her work tha; has done all
to which We have alluded has been
performed in this brief time.
Her lecture last night was entitled "The
Destiny of the Republic" This she stated
to be the Inauguration Of government or
social organization which Is TO take the
place Of the present governments, which all
nations will copy from or become conSolida-
. ted with. She arrived at this conclusion
from tersely stated but comprehensive
line of argument, of which the following is
an outline:
She grouped the principal facts in histo-
~ To show that civilization has ALWAYS pro-
gressed westword. Her first words were
Westward the Star of the Empire takes its
Way" First observed historically in Chi
ma and India, it burst the bands of the
Himalayas, and spread into Assyria and
Egypt; then returning il evolved the Per
Hellespont and Greece and Rome in turn
tiourished and died. Ii arose in various
parts Of Europe out of the "dark ages" and
afterwards crossed the Atlantic and estab-
lished itself in America, and finally il cross
ed 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
nations consisted of special races OF people,
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 COM
mon race, which will contain the different
characteristics and qualities, physical, men,
tai and moral, of all the races Such a
. race, she concludes, must he the perfected
race, and that il will establish perfect so
ciai organization which will gradually
spread over the earth and take N all its
peoples; and that they will ultimately be-
come one people, having one government
with common Interests AID purposes. When
this is accomplished, Scripture will be full
filled and Chris,s reign on earth begun i'm
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 miilennial
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 propagation, the same as frnits,
flowers and and animals are improved and
said if these are proper ubjects for investi-
CATION and culture, with a view to their i'm
provement, that humanity ought 10 be a
much more important and worthy subject
for such investigation and improvement
She next endeavored 10 show that the
misery, vice and crime with which the
world is cursed exist because the propaya-
tion OF the race is carried on in utter ignor-
ance OF the method and law, and without
any regard to the results TO be obtained.
She said that the criminals and vicious
classes were made so by their mothers dur
ing CESSATION, or by inherited characters
tics from their parents. The capacity to
commit a crime must exist in the indiyid-
ual before il can he called into action. and
this capacity ia an endowment for which
theperson possessing il is not responsible.
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