The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1855-11-08

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than q year a secret society, now known " the
s." Free 1--we League" has held IL weekly meet
ings IN this city its original idea senrs To
have been political, but unIer the conduct ii :.
r. Andrews anil ibe notorious Albert Brisbane.
il took on socialistic character the central
thought being that Of fr~siom II iose, or T'as-
sional attraction between tie sexes. Until re-
Gently. great secrsy wa observed and, two
weeks ago. II is not probable that the existeDee
81 the society was known 10 thousand Isrsrr.
while the privilege ~ initiation was a. restrict
ed IA to make admission ,iiiicilt The s1'iety
then numbered about four hundred the s'x,s
bciDg NEARLY equal But about two weeks ago
a correspondent Of an Ohio paper having been
introduced by . fftDd into one Of thu meetings
IL the society. wrote home an account IL what
h. saw Their, This VAS copied into the New
York Daily Express II the i2ih int. and Tho
society severely commented upon eli,oriails 49,
The same paper. ia iis ,soar u tbe iith. re-
turned 10 the attack, calling upon the city press
Ia assist in struggling thu monstro.''y The
public thus nlyi-sl leyan Ia bc curious, and
attended the meting u the lfngue IN the eve
| Of the 18th, in great humber. Unfortunately
FIR the society, it, managers. moved by coPdity
rather than prudence, op,rnsd their doors 10 all
who would pay the admission fs of % o"uts,
thus giving evil dispoe'l prisons chance to
MODEST them The next morning the Tribune
| oprned ia batteries, giving with great minute
rsss the history. principles, anJ proceedings ID
thu league The Times 81 the Safr date, also
contained an expose AMI before Thursday eve,
ibe time of the mSt meeting. public curiosity
was excited 10 ia utmost A on the previous
eve. all who would pay the admission, i,e were
unw-ly permitted To enter, AMI so"n The rooms
were crowded To excess by motley throng Of
men, AMI smm lew LADIES' Albert Brisbane
made SI-sch, which captain Of Police III
chlel to be immoral anal arresting, .cu' him I"
the station houe, where he passed The night -
The lights were then exiingnlslWsl by the Pc
lice. the hall cleared Of the rrfor,ncrs who
marched. male and G,naIc. through n crowd
gathered about the entrance To the building
who checrcd them on their winding way with
loud cries and pertinent eI,iihets Thus eial'l
the first ,,sson.
A Ia what actually traDspn,l o, the meet
ings Of this society, can only relate the result
Of om evening" experience, which will not
liAi'r Itan the many already published. IN tbs
han,h Of your readers. There wcp present IN
the evening Of my visit, about two hundred
members. Of whom. perhaps sixty were tmalce,
81 these a scorr wcr' young ladies from ten Ia
twenty five years obi AMI attcudcd in some
cnsa by their parents. The rest were Of all
as"s, from twenty five Ia sixty. nnd mostly IN
company with their husbands IN the early
part Of the evening. some lessons in French
we've rciud in the auto room then canc
pronrmadmg conversation. AMI little SIsseh
making whn dancing, the principal h'ature 81
the occasion, lspnn, and continued until twelve
oclock tls time for breaking up
u justice Ia the LEAGUE, | must say that
saw nothing improper in the conduct u these
present. The laiit4. some II whom were pretty,
were well behaved, mo,l,sl and ,hrornu. Any
gentleman pr-cni. wishing an intr"luction 10
any lady, had but To make known his wish To
the mistress oi ceremonies, who was distinguish
ed by scarf aud he was forthwith prcss nts,i
az the principles Of the society. il Is sale 10
Al a.. a
the mcmbcrs ar not aepd IN iiccnt,oaness
IT ~ M fault Of the ,loctrim'- they profess. As
these arr not embodied in creed or distinctly
stated IN amy paper il Is not possible to present
them fully From ,he lips Of the ha'iers with
whom con,crsd gaihcrci that the sacred
neSs ami validity Of ,he marriav, contract is
quite iginrd Ia the Free Love ls4,gue il is
taught, AMI. understand, praciia,,l, that when
man and wik tir' Of zach other each Is ut
hlsrty Ia hrm u new cunn~tiosi, To Ia again
hr''krn n aeon nS Il iecnns- irkSoup'. Pas
siraim,i sexual spe,ite is the only rub IL
c"@luct. These metings have bwn held Gr
the os'iensa'h purp"A Of afor,l,g cheap so-'ial
amn,scnsn,s, AMI permitting the inlrrcouus of
the rScs oa terms II equality AMI familiarity,
The m"ti,es of many Of the disciples may ie
pure AMI their comlne, irrpruochahc but !,
mc,i- not tbc vi, of prnphcc, Ia ~~ thu, ,l@y
must cu,l IL tho huh~t hontousle>s Home.
with all tbs sacr,ln'S and l~au,y whnh at.
tachcs 10 II. will b, abolished the mairaiyr tie
sink into ,Xn'cmpt a,Hi what mak,s our social
lik' ~irsng and nohsc, he bur,sd out in the fin
ot unhallowri passion. This Is thu first ,hyel
oprns1, IA this crmntry, vi the rank AMI i'm
pur ,hIwa,ity which charc,erias thu s.sial
likr of s"ur cf the mos, corrupt uations 1t the
old world ted grant il may h. thu hst,
], Is not many YEARS since III, public misi,,l
by Disappointed and n',eagctel writers ,rruta-
be sosus. rcsarkd Rcok Publishers as race
II ovrs ~ Ghonts. who liv,i gIc~nily IN dark
s,r~ts AMI grcw rich from the brains III unr,
auitd authors who starved in garnts rhc
compctenr' anil in many instances, the an,phr
kw'amS, rahz"d by American authors. from
their works, v sitting th.,m firth an a h.,tt.r