tine L. Rose. We can
understand how such men as the Rev. Mr. May, or the sleek-headed
Dr. Channing may be deluded by her to becoming her disciples.
They are not the first instances of infatuation that may overtake
weak-minded men, if they are honest in their devotion to her and
her doctrines. Nor would they be the first examples of a low
ambition that seeks notoriety as a substitute for true fame, if
they are dishonest. Such men there are always, and honest or
dishonest, their true position is that of being tied to the
apron-strings of some "strong-minded woman," and to be exhibited
as rare specimens of human wickedness, or human weakness and
folly. But, that one educated American woman should become her
disciple and follow her infidel and insane teachings, is a
marvel.

Ernestine L. Rose came to this country, as she says, from Poland,
whence she was compelled to fly in pursuit of freedom. Seeing her
course here, we can well imagine this to be true. In no other
country in the world, save possibly one, would her infidel
propagandism and preachings in regard to the social relations of
life be tolerated. She would be prohibited by the powers of
government from her efforts to obliterate from the world the
religion of the Cross--to banish the Bible as a text-book of
faith, and to overturn social institutions that have existed
through all political and governmental revolutions from the
remotest time. The strong hand of the law would be laid upon
her, and she would be compelled back to her woman's sphere. But
in this country, such is the freedom of our institutions, and we
rejoice that it should be so, that she, and such as she, can give
their genius for intrigue full sway. They can exhibit their
flowing ringlets and beautiful hands, their winning smiles and
charming stage attitudes to admiring audiences, who, while they
are willing to be amused, are in the main safe from their
corrupting theories and demoralizing propagandism.

The laws and the theory of our government suppose that the people
are capable of taking care of themselves, and hence need no
protection against the wiles of domestic or foreign mountebanks,
whether in petticoats or in breeches and boots. But it never was
contemplated that these exotic agitators would come up to our