Washington telegraph., 1855-12-19
How Free Love Works.

How Free Love Works.
The following, from the n Y. Tribune,
will give some idea of the workings Of the
free love doctrine
They repudiate the present system Of
marriage, deny the right of society or the
State to interfere in any way with the sub
ject. further than it may rightfully interfere
with any civil contract, and contend that
marriage may be limited or life partner
ship, at the option Of the man and woman.
who are the sole ard rightful judges Of the
time and manner of It's beginning and ter
mination. One Of their favorite 6ogmas
is, that woman has the right to choose the
father of her own child. This story has,
we understand. been reduced to practice to
a great extent in this city One young
man whose name we withhold, had great diff
fculty in converting his wife to the new
theory. but finally succeeded, and was rather
crestfallen when he discovered, few months
later. that his wife was attracted" in anoth-
er direction than to himself He looked at
the matter philosophically. however. and,
by the infall;bie law of passional attraction
finally discovered his true partner in the
person of another mans wife and the four,
re-mated, are now said to be living lovingly
under the same roof.
Another case is that Of woman of fine
talents and accomplishments, and rather
pretty withal, who actually believes in the
theory, and whose worser half not being the
right one, selected the father Of her child
short time since, in the person Of a very re-
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now living on very short commons in an at
tic where she is cery much unnoticed by the
Fraternity of Free-lovers and Leaguers-
Instead Of sustaining her as they ought, if
they are in earnest. the leading and most
respectable portion of them. at least, shrug
their shoulders. and say they are sorry this
lady took the course she did they think it
was very unwise and premature that So
ciety is not quite ready for the reception and
experimental illustrations of their ideas,
while they go on preaching The theory which
they condemn this jealous advocate for re-
duction to practice The father of the
child, who is said to be abundantly able
to support her, declines doing so on the
plea that such assistance would not leave
the lady free, but put her in bonds, &c. 1t
is due to her to say that size is very heroic
and in reply to a letter of coincidence was
quite indignant a. expressions of pity and
sympathy for her condition. She under
stands, she says, very well what she is
about. She knew beforehand what she was
taking upon herself. This was the way by
which society was to be reformed, and puri-
fed, and she was willing-nay. even proud
TO bear her full share Of the burden and
disgrace, if the world choose to call it SO,
attending such reformation.
In lady present we found a willing CON-
municant, and facts enough were given US
to authorize the interposition of the strong
hand of the law to break up the gather
ings. Young women, beautiful and accom-
plished, were pointed TO US as having given
themselves up to embraces of certain young
men, for whom they had an affinity"
while the whole brotherhood looked on ap-
provingly and seemed to regard 1t as entirely
proper One beautiful French girl, present
looked worn and exhausted; we we're told
by our informant that six weeks ago Made
moiselle was as blooming and loveable a
creature as ever graced any parlor-that
she had become so thoroughly indoctrinated
with the free love principles as to become
a truthful disciple-and as a consequence,
she had become the mistress of four or five
of the spiritual minded" and was now but
a wreck Of what was a pure woman few
weeks since This. we are assured, was
but one of many instances; and yet the
"club." was rapidly increasing, drawing
within it many people Of intelligence and
virtue, who thus blindly sold themselves to
the devil, in the pursuit of an abstraction
which is but impurity itself in its reduction
to practice.