The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-17


I'm New York-socialism Brought to Perfoc-
tAoa--AstoundAng Disclosures. |X
We transfer to these columns, from the Osh-
kosh Wis., Courier, full exposition OF a new
socialistic society set up in that section, under
the romantic but suspicious title Of the "Ce-
resco Free Love Union.n We give it as frag-
ment of the current history of the times. The
platform of these Ceresco communists is the
perfection of socialism. All that the Jacobins
of the first French revolution, all that the
women's rights and abolition amalgamation
societies, all that the Mormons all that our spi-
ritualists, Fourierites and other cliques Of
transcendentalists and philosophers have been
aiming at in the destruction and rcconstruc-
ton of modern civilized society, and oil that
they have been laboring to cover up, under
various fimsy DISCUSSES and false pretences, is
frankly confessed and boldly proclaimed in
the pronunciamento of this 'Ceresco Free Love
Union"
Reduced into single brief sentence, the So
cial system of these Ceresco free lovers pro-
poses that society, as it exists, shall be des-
troyed, and that the same free and promiscu-
GUS intercourse among the sexes as that which
characterizes the infamous establishments of
Church and Mercer streets shall become the
universal law throughout the whole c0mmu-
nifty. Or, in the words of our Wisconsin cotem-
porary, the Ceresco communists 'would turn
the world into vast brothel," and "the re-
gions of the damned could hardly present the
realization of more horrid picture" than the
fulflment of this Internal Ceresco system.
The text books relied upon by these Wiscon-
sin socialists appear to be from the mint of I.
l.. Nichols and Mrs. Mary S. Cove Nichols; and
in this city bearing these names, it becomes
somewhat interesting to them and to this COM
munity to know whether they are or are not
the guilty parties. OF the guilt or innocence
of the other individuals mentioned, we know
nothing; but if they are innocent in the pre-
misses, they should lose no time in proving it.
1t is understood that o Mrs. Mary S. Gove>Ni-
chols is the authoress of new novel of some
notoriety, which betrays strong leaning to
this Ceresco free love platform-an incident
which, if true, admonishes US Of the subtle and
extensive ramifcations of these insidious doc
trines of perfected socialism.
We hardly think it possible, however, that
among the virtuous people of Wisconsin this
Ceresco Society will be permitted to exist; and
the society have shown q lack of discre-
ton in attempting to set up their new system
in aregularly organized American community.
The forcible and bloody expulsion of the Nor
mons from Missouri and from Illinois should
have been remembered by these Ceresco SEN
sualists, and they should have pro6ted from
the experience Of the Latter Day Saints, by To-
eating themselves in the outset in some place
thousand miles from the contact of civilized
society, among the deserts and valleys beyond
the Rocky Mountains. Of course, they would
have tkeep clear of the Salt Lake polyga-
mists Tor while they allow wives without num-
Der, and divorces upon q moments warning,
their intercourse between man and woman is
still regulated at least by mock ceremonies of
marriage--an institution which these Wisconsin
socialists utterly repudiate.
We repeat, however, that this Ceresco free
| love platform is but the complete development
| and confession Of the doctrines and tendencies
| of the social system of Fourier and his disci-
| Piles, and other seditious and disorganizing
schemes of social reform, of which the New
York Tribune, and other journals affecting to
be models of pure morality, have labored so in
dustriously for years to fasten upon this
country. We understand, in fact, that this
Wisconsin society is but an offshoot of the
parent organization existing in this city, and
which has existed for year or more, and
which still continues to hold its regular meet.
ings of men and women, married and single,
under system of regulations of the most
liberal familiarity. Here the Hot Corn .
literature, so brazenly Haunted to the world
from the Tribune Office, and so unblushingly
palmed off upon the community by negro
worshipping clergymen and protesting edito-
rial teachers of morality and religion-here
we say, in this New York Free Love Society,
this "IIot Corn" literature of the Tribune
philosophers, and the untold mysteries of Fou-
rierism are thoroughly understood and appre-
ciated.
We understand, further, that this New York
Free Love Society is divided and subdivided
into various orders and exercises, literary,
political and recreative, and that their pro-
ceedings are of very interesting and amusing
character. Of late years, Mr.. Albert Brisbape,
the founder Of our Fourieritc phalanxes, has dis
appeared from the public eye, and Mr.. Stephen
Pearl Andrews, whose learned dissertations
sometime ago in the Fourierite organ on
marriage and divorce, betrayed the tenden-
cics of his ideas on those important subjects,
has Of late ceased to torment the public with
his notions of social perfection. Perhaps Mr..
Brisbane, and Mr.. Pearl Andrews may know
something of this New York Free Love Asso-
citation, and of Its principles regulations, pro-
gress and prospects, If they do, now that the
society and its alleged branch in Wisconsin
are arraigned before the bar Of public opinion,
let them come forward as Of counsel for the