The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-07
'GBe 99ailp gournal.
From the Oshkosh, Wis, Courier.
THE g ANTHR0P0LOGY," OR CREsCO FREE
LOVE UNION.

| Ivy "a OGAUN.
In the westrrn part of the county of Fond
du-Lac, Wisconsin, in a beautiful district of
country, lies the pleasant town of Cresco.-
Hitherto unknown to fame, the locality seems
destined to become suddenly famous, as the To-
cation of those modern social establishments
of the silver sort, which sometimes lead us to
doubt whether there is in man the most of the
brute the idiot, or the demon. The history
and doctrines of the establishment, we gather
from the proceedings of a mass meeting held
in the neighboring village of Ripon, called to
hear the report OF an investigating committee,
and to take some steps to put down the nui-
sance. The doctrines of the "Unionp were
proven to be of the most disorganzing charac
ter, having apparently but one common basis
the lowest sensuality. The horrible nature of
these doctrines may be judged from the fol
lowing brief synopsis: II
1 l. The right of every woman to choose who
ever she viii to perform the part of husband
for the time, and to change that person as Of
ten as she pleases.
| 2 The duty of every woman to yield her
self to the embraces of the man she loves.
3. That that these principles, when put in
practice, viii bring about the millennium, will
I do away with the pains of child-bearing, and
alleviate human suffering in various ways and
manners. Fl. r. H.,.
4. That fornication may be holy.
5. That bigamy is no crime.
! 6. That the crime OF adultery is fictitious
and that what the law calls adultery may be
the highest and truest relation of which two
persons are capable.
! Z. That bastards are the most beautiful chill
dren.
s. That society ought to be destroyed.
8. That wives, though idolized by their hus-
bands, and supported in affluence, are bound
to yield to the embraces of other men if they
like them better
Each and every one of the above articles of
belief is proven by the committee by refer
Ience to 'boOk and page" of the books which
they circulate and receive as textbooks, and
Eby acknowledgement and public statement of
members, to be de .tacto the belief as received
and acted upon by members of that licentious
band, not secretly, but openly and avowedly.
The books referred to are the "Esoteric An
Ithropology," and work ON marriage the for
mer by miserable strolling lecturer on Wo-
mems Rights, Socialism, &c, l.. I. Nicholas,
and the latter by the same individual, conjoint-
Ily with Mrs. Mary S. Cove Nichols, one of
the strong minded women of the age.
The history of Ceresco Union may be briefly
given. 1t seems (as stated by the investigat-
ing commttee) that DR.. Newberry arrived
at Ceresco last summer, where certain minds
had been prepared for his doctrines by the
study of the works of Nichols; that NewbeTy
taught all the pernicious doctrines of the book
which we have reviewed.; that some of the per-
lsons who now compose the Ceresco Union
lcountenance the same and that residents of
ICeresco received him into their houses; where
he received more marks ofcOnfdence and affec-
Ition than stranger commonly receives from
the female portion Of the household; that it
Twas determined to form an association while
lNewberry was there; that NeWberry proposed
and discussed the plan; and that the Ceresco
Union is the result; that Newberry publicly
istated that he was opposed to marriage, and
went further than Nichols. This avowal was
made in the presence of many who now form
the Union, who We're there countenancing and
Iupholding him. 1t appears that another i'm
lportant character among the Ceresco Unionists
is Mr. Warren Chase. We quote from the
proceedings:
'NIr Runnals introduced to the attention of
the meeting, and read letter in relation to
Warren Chase-whch letter purported to be
from a gentleman in Onondaga county, N. Y,
represented that Mr.. Chase had been guilty Of
criminal and licentious conduct in connection
with lady in Auburn, and that he had left
her in an extremely unhappy condition.
"Mr Gould denounced Warren Chase as a black
hearted sconndrel" "Mr. Runnals said the
facts against Mr.. Chase were not isolated; they
were abundant and notorious A very vol
/, luminous correspondence had been made public
: which revealed the character of Mr.. Chase in
: this respect. That correspondence devolved
a the fact that at least six different women had
become victims of Mr.. Chase. He had read
these letters. He (Chase) can be traced by
tba
The conclusion seemed to be, that if the
principles of the "Ceresco Union" could be uni
versally carried out there would be nothing
left for us but prospective generation of bast-
: ards and strumpets."
: Yet strange as it may appear, IN this nine
teenth century, in the midst of this civilized
communitv. there are men and women who
-lbaye the brazen hardihood to put forth such
y doetrines-doctrines which, if received, would
turn the world into vast brothel and set up
such vile community, where, fulfilling Scrip
Iture literally, we find every man 'neighing
:, after his neighbor's wife, 'The regions of the
demand could hardly present the realization
of more horrid picture. And yet, these
n things, these deormities these horrible excres-
e cences upon society, are the necessary and leg
e Ultimate results of the teachings of those
= lwretched vagabonds of the Greeley and Lucy
Stone school, both men and women, who stroll
through the country, and, under the guise Of
some social reform, are preaching Socialism, y
"Spiritualism," "Woman's Rights" and all
other denominations. There seems to be a
hankenng with such persons in some way OF
other, to get back to the filthy sty of heathen-
: lism-unbridled license.
We think the people IN the neighborhood OF
x x Ceresco do well to protect themselves against
: such people, as they would against wild beasts.
Or An exchange tells the story of chap
on a railrnad who annrehending a collision OF