[Illustration: _Victoria C Woodhull_] THE ORIGIN, TENDENCIES AND PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT: OR, A REVIEW OF THE RISE AND FALL OF NATIONS FROM EARLY HISTORIC TIME TO THE PRESENT; WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES AS THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD AND THE FORM OF ADMINISTRATION WHICH WILL SECURE THIS CONSUMMATION. ALSO, PAPERS ON HUMAN EQUALITY, AS REPRESENTED BY LABOR AND ITS REPRESENTATIVE, MONEY; AND THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF LIFE FROM A SCIENTIFIC STANDPOINT, WITH ITS PROPHECIES FOR THE GREAT FUTURE. BY VICTORIA C. WOODHULL. NEW YORK: WOODHULL, CLAFLIN & CO., 44 BROAD STREET. 1871. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1871, by VICTORIA C. WOODHULL, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. FROM THE CO-OPERATIVE PRESS, 30 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK. CONTENTS. PAGE God in Creation, History and Government, 1 Constitution of the United States, 3 First Pronunciamento, 19 A Review of the General Situation, 23 Second Pronunciamento, 36 The Tendencies of Government, 41 Woman’s Idea of Government, 86 The Limits and Sphere of Government, 88 The Principles of Government, 109 Papers on Labor and Capital, 128 Paper on Finance and Commerce, 174 The Basis of Physical Life, 205 The Tendencies and Prophecies of the Present Age, 223 INTRODUCTORY. Specializations have been characteristic of the present generation. Branches of science, philosophy or art have been selected and treated as though possessed of great and independent importance. The process of individuality has been the cause; but true evolution, whether in man or matter, consists in viewing whatever is presented for consideration as being related to all the rest, and as a part of the whole.