Year: 1876

often wish I was with you and with her.


and On our bended knees send our united


prayers up to the throne of God eor our


darling children, and also to hear you speak


to the people. l am far advanced in life,


and past the three score years and ten; stlll


I epiov good health and strength of body


and mind seemingly as did when in the


primo of lite, and you stlll will have my un-


ceasing prayers while lie may last. re-


'''' , wa '' '' "B. CLAFLIN."


Question: dislike to put this question


to you, because l dislike even to think,


much less to presume such thing in re-


gard to any woman, but so many state


ments have been made in regard to your


moral lite and that of your sister, feel


constrained to ask you question in regard
to that.


Answer-We have been before the courts


of the country several times, and the best


d. tectives in the Union were employed to
sift our lives, and ferret out our belong
ings, attachments and characters, and not
one incident of word or fact could be proven
that would stain US even to the extent OF the
point of pin. Aud it is because we have
lived pure lives that We have been enaoled
to undertake and prosecute the great reform
upon which l will address the people OF
Memphis tomorrow night. / will relate
one incident which VIII go to prove
L
we we're on trial the lawyers had boaktad
that they would aisquality my sister aud
myself because Of cur bad character. But
when they turned TO the detective to whom
they had paid $1,000 sfor services rendered
in tracking our footsteps, in finding out
everything about Us he could, the detective
called the lawyer to Que SIDE snd said this;
"If YOU are determined 20 use the notes
that have gathered IN my tour, they will
Nv
hull and her sister on the pinnacle of fame.
never heard better record than ttese
two ladies sustain, and l have found them
to be hard working, iudustrious and vir-
tuous women" And he spoke in an especial


sense Of my devotion to my family. WiA
also here tell you that on the prosecution t.
which reference is had in regard to this de-
tective. 81 leading lawyer, conducting tho
case against.us, under the plea OF sickness,
| left the court, and after"ard stated to ,oe
that lie did SO believing that any mau WHO
would prosecute Ine, under the clrcun-
stauces would be annihilated by Ills GOD.
In concluding my answer 70 this question,
want to say to you that L have but
| one aim in life! want to speak from
everv public rostru;n III this country
| till the people shall understand that
! Mrs. Noodhull's work. which has brought
her into such notoriety, las but one
object in view, and that is to love


her kind, to bring about a genera! in-
| telligerce upon the vital subject of matern-
| ity. And more than all that, l have q
| beautiful young daughter vino calls me


mother. and AIN asking and praying daily
| for God to give me strength to speak until


the world shall recognize hat this mother
! never had thought in her soul but purity;
| and want to leave record for that little
! girl that she shall be proud OF, and place a


crown OF glory upon her head instead OF q


crown Of ,horns. l have borne crown OF
| thorhs for her which pray to God shall Dc
scend to her as a crown of roses. l have


lett that daughter at school, and as was
leaving her on my lecturing tour she said to


me: Mamma, if you should die before the
| odium is lifted from yonr name will go to
your grave, unearth your bones, and 60 on
| every platform and tell the people what a
! good mother you had been to me, and how
| you have brought nee up. | will be on my


knees every night praying tor you, III 1t the


people may understand you, that all
mothers may love their children as you love


me. and that children will love their
mothers as love you"