New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
THE "ANTHROPOLOGI;" OR, CERESCO
FREE-LOFE UNION.
F,o- The o,aIo.A twis) oopre,.

Fys. The Oshk,sh (Ns) Courfey
In the western part of the County Ot Fond-du-Isac,
Wis In beautiful district of country lies the pleas
ant town of Ceresc0. Hitherto unknown 10 fame the
locality seems destined to become suddenly famous ~
the location of those modern socialist Establish
ments of the silver sort, which sometimes lead US 70
doubt whether there is in the most OF the brute
the idiot or the demon. The history and doctrines %
the ablishment We gather from the proceedings
of Mass Meeting held in the neghbonng village OF
Ripon called 10 hear the report OF an InYes igating
Goa mittee and to take some steps To put down mo
nuisance. The doctrines OF the " mon, were proven
10 be of the most vile and most dsor ansi0g eharac-
ter, having apparently but one common basis tho
lowest sensuaiity The horrible nature of these doc
trines may be Judged of from the following bn@
synopsis:
pero the part Of husband r the me aud TO change th
The duty Of woman to yield herself the embraces Of s
Tai these principle. when put II practice VII S51s ssOvt
and alleviate human suffering in various ways
4 That fofnicaion may be " holy
That the crime OF adultery fictitious" and tha, what
the calls adultery be The highest aud uss reaon %
which two persons capable. -
/ That beautiful children In the world
Thai wiveS though idozed BY their husbands and cup
ported in afuence yield the love Of other they
Each and every one Of the above Articles Of Be-
lief" il proven BY the Committee by reference 70
book and page" of the books which they circulate
and receive IA text books, and by acknowledgment
and public statement of members TO be de tacto tho
belief as received and acted upon by members OF tnAt
hcentous bandBot secretly, but openly and avo"edly.
The books referred 10 are the Es)teric Anthropoi
ogy,' and a work on Marriage, the former by a
miserable sroing lecturer upon Womans Rights"
Socislism," &C., L. l.. Nichols and the latter by
the same individual, coniontly with MIS-. Mary y.
Cove Nichols, one Of the "strong-minded women" OF
the age.
The history of "Ceresco Union " may be briefly
given Il seems las stated by the investigating Com
mitteel that a Dr. Newbeuy arrived at Ceresc0 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 books which we have reviewed. That come OF
the persons who now compose the " Ceresco Union
cOuntenanCe the same, and then residents OF Ceresco
received him into their houses whore he received
more marks of confidence and affection than stranger
commonly receives from the female portion of the
household. That It was determined 10 form an as
sociaiion While Newberry was there. That Newberry
propcs sed and discussed the plan, and that the " Ce
''resoo Union" is the result. That Newberry pub
hcy stated that he opposed 10 marriage and went
further than Nichols This avOwal was made IN tho
presence of many who now form the " Union who
were there countenancIg and upholding him. IL ap-
pears that another important character among the
''Ceresco UniOnsts il a Mr.. Warren Chase. We
quote from the proceedings;
Mr.. Runnels introduced TO the attention OF the
meeting and read q letter in relation TO Warren
Chase which letter purported TO be ron gentleman
in 0nOndaga County, n. Y, representing that Mr..
Chase Lad been guilty OF criminal and hCentl0us con-
duct in connection with lady in Auburn and that ho
had left her in extremely unhappy condition. Dir.
Gould denounced Warren Chase as black hearted
scoundrel. Mr.. Runnas said the facts against Mr..
Chase were not isolated they were abundant and no
tOrious very voiuInlnOus correspondence had been
made public, which revealed the character Of Mr..
Chase in this respect. That correspondence deyel-
oped the fact that at least six different women had be-
come victims of Mr.. Chase be had read these letters:
he Chase be traced by his amOurs and Illicit IN
trigues all over the country.