Besides, I was vindicated by the unlikeliest of sources—the Tribune, Horace Greeley’s traditionally conservative paper. The Tribune was not quick to dole out praise, but they lauded me for standing up to defend my beliefs, writing, “For ourselves, we toss our hats into the air for Woodhull. She has the courage of her opinions. She means business. She intends to head a new rebellion, form a new Constitution, and begin a revolution beside which the late war will seem but a bagatelle, if within exactly one year from this day and hour of grace, her demands be not granted out of hand. This is a spirit to respect, perhaps to fear, certainly not to be laughed at. Would that the rest of those who burden themselves with the enfranchisement of one-half our whole population, now lying in chains and s
