"The parting address of Miss Wright at the Bowery Theatre, on Wednesday evening, was a singular _melange_ of politics and impiety--eloquence and irreligion--bold invective, and electioneering slang. The theatre was very much crowded, probably three thousand persons being present; and what was the most surprising circumstance of the whole, is the fact, that about _one half of the audience were females--respectable females_. "When Fanny first made her appearance in this city as a lecturer on the 'new order of things,' she was very little visited by respectable females. At her first lecture in the Park Theatre, about half a dozen appeared; but these soon left the house. From that period till the present, we had not heard her speak in public; but her doctrines, and opinions, and philosophy, appear to have made much greater progress in the city than we ever dreamt of. Her fervid eloquence--her fine action--her _soprano-toned_ voice--her bold and daring attacks upon all the present systems of society--and particularly upon priests, politicians, bankers, and aristocrats as she calls them, have raised a party around her of considerable magnitude, and of much fervour and enthusiasm." * * * * * "The present state of things in this city is, to say the least of it, very singular. A bold and eloquent woman lays siege to the very foundations of society--inflames and excites the public mind--declaims with vehemence against every thing religious and orderly, and directs the whole of her movements to accomplish the election of a ticket next fall, under the title of the 'working-man's ticket.'[24] She avows that her object is a thorough and radical reform and change in every relation of life--even the dearest and most sacred. Father, mother, husband, wife, son, and daughter, in all their delicate and endearing relationships, are to be swept away equally with clergymen, churches, banks, parties, and benevolent societies. Hundreds and hundreds of respectable families, by frequenting her lectures, give countenance and currency to these startling principles and doctrines. Nearly the whole newspaper press of the city maintain a death-like silence, while the great Red Harlot of Infidelity is madly and triumphantly stalking over the city, under the mantle of 'working-men,' and making _rapid progress_ in her work of ruin. If a solitary newspaper raise a word in favour of public virtue and private morals, in defence of the rights, liberties, and property of the community, it is denounced with open bitterness by some, and secretly stabbed at by them who wish to pass for good citizens. Miss Wright says she leaves the city soon. This is a mere _ruse_ to call her followers around her. The effect of her lectures is already boasted of by her followers. 'Two years ago,' say they,--'_twenty persons_ could scarcely be found in New York who would openly avow infidelity--now we have _twenty thousand_.--Is not that something?'