“Fanny Wright an English female Atheist who has been delivering Lectures in the principal cities of the United States, against Slavery, Marriage, and Christianity. She has every where gained numerous Proselytes, and there is a party scattered all over the Country, who call themselves the working men’s Party, but who are generally called by others Fanny Wright’s Party. Fanny makes no pretension to believe in a future State; nor even in the existence of a God; but she has an inveterate aversion to Slavery of all kinds—To African Slavery—Matrimonial Slavery—Religious Slavery. She declaims against them all, and never wants an Auditory. There is a Religious Sect rapidly growing in this part of the Country denominated Universalists who approach very nearly to the doctrines of Fanny but they profess to be Christians. They suppose the Soul and body to perish together ... and particularly that there will be no future State of punishment. This is a compound of Atheism and Superstition well suited to the inconsistencies and absurdities incident to the reasoning faculties of men; and the Sect is spreading marvellously. They have had preachers here for these two years, and have taken from Mr. Whitney about one third of his Parishioners.”