Year: 1875

There appears quite comment in the
Repository Of the 10Th inst, concerning
The lecture in the Opera House of ONE
Mrs. woodruff, a great light from the
east. The editor of the bOve paper
speaks in glowing terms of the grace,
beauty, elocuton, fine TASTE, scien itic
bearing and truthfulness of the lecture
and lecturer. Some rather a,tons hing
statements are made therein when We
consider the true character of the speak
er, the social position Of the writer and
the circulation Of the paper in which 1t
appears.


II is well known that the lecturer was
chief Of a paper published in New York
City which was considered too obscene to
he permitted to pass through the mails.
and WAS consequently suppressed, and
that she is an open and avOwed apostle
Of free love principles and prOClivties
and whose unblushing bOldness has been
shame TO common decency and a
stencil in good peoples nostrils is also
well known. Moreover, it should be
we'll understood that this person is
among the leaders of clan, who are as
slduOusly working TO destroy the very
foundation of civilization by the entire
abrOgatiUn of the marriage rite, and
thereby prepare the human race TO herd
together Ike beasts, and to be TO all i'll
tents and purpOses beasts.


And, furthermore, that she with Miss
Tennle Clafln have been practiring the
egerdemain of Spiritualst doctors, and
through the senseless mummerips OF
"SeGnCes," "nO doubt relieved many a simple
one OF their ready cash; with otherthlngs
too numerous to mention. And now, is il
not little strange that the venerable for
age editor Of the Repository. should fall in
love with thus lecturer and 20 off in ec.
stacies over her lecture. 1t looks as
though she had mesmerized or spiritual
lied or something else, this unsuspecting
man Of the quill.


Now, let US look a little at this editorial
per sc.


She gradually assumed the tone and
manner of Methodist exhorter oil
the old school," How much she was
like Methodist exhorter of the old
school we cannct say, but We fear the ed.
itOr knows but little about these old
time exhorters, when he compares their
exhOrlatlOns III tone and earnestness 10
lecture on free love by such person a.
Victoria WOOdhull. 1t is to be hoped
that none of the Methodists will grow
proud over this encomium upon old
time exhorters of their persuasion.


That she held her audience to the end
some twenty ladies and no telling how
many gentlemen, is not very strange,
for they all had roOmv seats with fen
persons to interfere with Il devotion OF
Z hearers. But the editor has made the
discovery that her views ARE in accord
ance with the highest standards ofscence
a,expounded and admitted by the ablesl
scientists OF the lines" This is rathera
sly way of informing the people that he
i, well versed in the wr ings of the
ablest scientists of the times, thing
that the people would not likely have
found out if he had not told them 50 in
his paper.


We believe that he is rather a clever
fellow in his way, but he must not ask
implicit faith in his s. ientifiC knowledge
even though he has heard Mrs. Wood.
hull d declared from positive knowl.
edge that her views accord with the best
scientists the times"


He thinks it is not necessary to attack
the churches and religion Of the dav,"
and yet he subsCribes to her confession
of faith, as new convert or as having
previously accepted it, and hence his
apology in behalf of religion and the
churches, is designed simply to throw
dust in the ewes Of religious people, and
hide in measure his distaste toward
them. What other reasonable COnstruc-
ton can be placed upon it2 1t is well
known that these angels of free love, are
bitter and uncompromising enemies OF
the churches of the day, and will not be
satisfied short of their complete over.
throw because these are obstacles in the
way OF the utter decentralization of soCie.
ty by the acceptance Of their principles
1t is upon their part war Of extermina-
ton on religion and the churches
Hence, to say 1t is not necessary to attack
religion and the churches il order to pro-
moIe their cause and Sc, ure their ends is
hypocrisy, or shows very great ignorance
in making logical conclusions. 1t is tO
be hoped that both science and morality
will live and thrive long after these
would-be reformers. and haters of relig.
ion have gone the way of all the earth.
In the mean time it will be comfOrting'o 70
this select few to be favored with the lee.
ture of this lady" delivered after the
tone and manner of a Methodist exhor-
ter of The old school, to the great delight
and editication of her disciples. b.