Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-23
From the Oshkosh (Wis) Courier.
The "Anthropology,n or s.Cerosco Free
Love UniOu.v

Love Union.v
In the western part Of the county of Fond-du
Lac, Wisconsin, in beautiful district of country
| lies the pleasant town of Ceresco. Hitherto un
known to fame, the locality seems destined to be
come suddenly famous, as the location of thos,
modern socialist establishments Of the silver sort
which sometimes lead US to doubt whether there
is in the most Of the brute, the idiot, or the
demon. The history and doctrines Of the estab
lishment we gather from the proceedings of a
mass meeting held in the neighborng village o.
Ripon, called To hear the report Of inyestigat
ing committee, and to take some steps to put down
the nuisance. The doctrines of the 'Union ;
were proven to be Of the most vile and most dis
organizing character, having apparently but one
common bass--the lowest sensuality. The hor-
rible nature of these doctrines may be judged OF
from the following brief synopsis:
!, The right of every woman to choose who
ever she will to perform the part Of husband for
the time, and to change that person as often as
she pleases.
2. The duty Of woman to yield herself TO the
embraces of the man she loves
3. That these principles, when put in practice,
will bring about the millennium, will do away
with the pains Of collaborating, and alleviate
human suffering in various ways.
That fornication may be "holy."
5. That bigamy is no crime
6. That the crime of adultery is ssfcttious, -
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 in the world.
8. That society ought to be destroyed
8. That wives, though idolized by their hus-
bands, and supported in afluence, are to yield to
the love of other men if they like them better.
Each and every one of the above PARTICLES of
belief is proven by the committee, by reference
to shook and page" of the books which they cir
culate and receive as text books, and by acknow-
ledgment and public statement Of members, to be
de tacto the belief, received and acted upon by
members of that licentious band, not secretly but
openly and avowedly. The books referred to are
the "Esoteric Anthropology," and work on
"Marrage;" the former by miserable strolling
lecturer upon ''Woman' s Rights, ""Socialism, .
&C., T. l.. Nichols, and the latter by the same
individual, conformity 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 Gas stated by the investigating
commttee) that DR.. Newberry arrived at Ger
CISCO last summer, where certain minds had been
prepared for his doctrines by the study of the
works of Nichols that Newberry taught all the
pernicious doctrines of the book which we have
reviewed. that some of the persons who now COM
pose the Ceresco Union countenance the same
and then residents of Ceresco received him into
their houses, where he received more marks of
confidence and affection than stranger COM
monty receives from the female portion of the
households; that it was determined to form an as
ISOLATION while Newberry was there; that New
berry proposed and discussed the plan; and that
the Ceresco Union is the result; that Newberry
publicly stated 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 were there countenancing and
upholding him. 1t appears that another import
tant character among the Ceresco Unionists is
Mr.. Warren Chase. We quote from the pro-
ceedings:
sMr. Runnals introduced to the attention of
the meeting, and read a letter in relation to
Warren Chase--which letter purported to be from
gentleman in Onondaga county, N. Y, repre-
scnting that Mr. Chase had been guilty of crimi-
nal and liccntious conduct in connection with a
lady in Auburn, and that he had left her in an
extremely unhappy condition" "Mr. Gould
denounced Warren Chase as black hearted
scoundrel." ''Mr Runnals said the facts against
MIR. Chase were not isolated; theywere abundant
and notorious. A very voluminous correspon-
dence had been made public, which revealed the
character of Mr.. Chase in this respect That
correspondence devolvcd 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 amors and illicit intrigues al
over the country"
The conclusion seemed TO be, that if the princi-
Piles of the "Ceresco Union" could be universally
carried out there would be "nothing left for us
but prospective generation of bastards and
strumpets.
Yet, strange as it may appear, in this nineteenth
century, in the midst Of this civilized community
there are men and women who have the brazen
hardihood to put forth such doctrines-doctrines
which, if received, would turn the world into a
vast brothel and set up such vile community,
where fulfilling Scripture literally, we find every
man ''neighing after his neighbours wife" The
regions Of the damned could hardly present the
realization of a more horrid picture. And yet,
these things, these deformities, these horrible ex-
crescences upon society, are the necessary and
legitimate results Of the teachings of those wretch
cd 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" Spiritual
ism, ""Woman's Rights" and all other abomi-
nations. There seems to be laundering with
such persons in some way or other, TO get back to
the filthy sly Of heathensm--u nbridled license.
We think the people in the neighborhood of
Ceresco do well to protect themselves against
such people, as they would against wild beasts