The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-11-03
Free Lover, in N. Mayor. Office, New York.


The New York Herald gives the following
report of the dialogue that ensued between
Mayor Wood and Albert Brisbane, on the
morning after the arrest Of the Free Low
ers;
Mayor to Mr. Brisbane-You have been
arrested sir, on charge of having made a
speech last night at the "free lovers" estab-
lishment, in which you made use of very i'm
proper language, and spoke Of the associa-
ton in connection with other houses of I'M
moral character in Mercer and other streets
of the kind in the city. 1t is my impression
sir, that the whole concern is calculated to
mislead the young, and to lead to gross i'm
prophecies, if allowed to continue in opera
ton. Such things cannot be too strongly
deprecated; and it is my intention to use all
lawful means for their suppression. 9l.9s
Mr.. b. in very grave Manner went to
the house of brotherhood, $50 Broadway,
at the request of my friend Mr.. Andrews who
is suffering much from hemorrhage of the
lungs. l went, as l said before, simply at
lis desire, for the purpose of keeping things
straight for that night; never was there but
on two previous occasions, and my idea in
addressing the people was to prevent any dis
turbance.
Mayor unmoved by this explanation
am in favor of the largest liberty of speech
and of the press, with which would not in
terfcre, nor attempt to restrict in any way ;
yet, at the same time, there are things which
come specially under my jurisdiction, and
this consider one of them. / regard these
things as most mischievous in their tendon
cies, established for improper purposes, and
though l cannot hope to eradicate vice entire
ly, I intend to shut it out at least from pub
lie advertisement Here his honor intimated
in very plain manner, that if any person
would act in an unbecoming and ridiculous
manner-if person would cut up such antics,
they must do it in a private way, and not
exhibit their scandalOus doings to the public
eye. (Mr. Brisbane looks blank Of course,
continued the Mayor, it is impossible in cit
les like New York, Paris, London, &C., to
put stop to such vices; but my desire is to
confine it within as narrow a sphere as pos
sible. 1t is wrong Cooking very hard at
Mr.. B., who bore the penetrating gaze of his
honor without wincing)---i is wrong for a
man of your intelligence and ability to coun-
tenance things of the kind. However, sir,
in this case l shall discharge you on your own
"
re-appear at the time of your examination.
Mr.. B. here executed one of his most grace
full bows, and said, with an air of the most
heartfelt gratitude, n thank you, sir; and, y
continued he, with another bow, surprising
in grace even the frst,) "permit me to add
that you are the only gentleman Ga trcmen-
dous emphasis on the last word) have had
the pleasure to meet with in the whole of
IL oh
fully abused by the police (patEetically;)
there hasn't been the least distinction made
between me and a common criminal; I have
been thrown into CELL dramatically yea,
| repeat it, into cell, and immurcd there a
whole night l may state here that / have
been at the Times Office in search of the cd
itor, with whom had an interview, in which
l severely reprimanded him for the uniustifi-
able article published in his paper of this date
The editor was very much mortified; but
shall pursue with very determined air)
i shall certainly pursue this thing to the
end, and if | can't succeed in getting justice
done me, [ shall start a newspaper for the
purpose of showing the people of New York
-(patriotically THAT the rights of Ancri-
can citizens arc not to be trampled upon with
impunity.
The Mayor very coldly Very well sir;
as you please about that; We have not the
slightest objection to such action, but VIC
shall certainly not permit you or any other
person to keep such establishments.
Mr.. Brisbane publishes card, stating that
he went to the Lodge of the Lovers, to oblige
his sick friend, that slight row occurred,
was seized in brutal manner, dragged to
a loathsome station house, and incarceratcd
all night" and he says he "shall test in the
courts ofjustice whether such brutality, VIC
lence, and dissertation of individual rights
are legal"
An individual whose signature is, "a La
dy Member of the New York Free Love As
sOciation," writes to the Herald:
We arc going to have house built express
ly for us.
We are going to enlarge the number of
members, to double-yes, treble what it is
now.
We are going ahead in spite of anybody
and everybody, and let those stop us who
can. We defy them.