The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-14
The Organs OF NIodevn Soc saiss1s.

The special organs of the free lovers free think
ers, fee farmers and unitary household philoeo-
phers-to wit the New York Tines, the Berlin
Heights (Ohio) Age Of Freedom, the Agisotor, the
New York Tribune and the Social Repolutionist-
have lately served up for the delectation of the
faithful some piquant reports. The eyerlast-
ing Mr.. Brisbane comes out in the
Tribune with long letter, to show the
great advantages which would accrue from an
immense land speculation in the West, where
grand "unitary household" should be oolonized,
partially, we presume, with the persons who
now occupy similar establishments In Church
and Mercer streets in this city. We suppose
that 1t is Mr.. Brisbane's idea to get up colony
combining the principles Of socialism, spiritual
ism, free loveism and Mormonism all together,
in one grand orgie; and the Times and Tribune
seem to have been enlisted as the articular
organs of the affair. Mr.. Brisbane argues that
marriage is, per Sc, as great stumbling block
in the way of social progress rs was the want
of good roads an impeachment to travellers half
century ago; that if we would do away with
marriage restrictions we could all 60 ahead on
the track of social reform at the rate of forty
miles an hour. But, before this is done we
must all embrace the unitary system, and break
the isolated families into communities of conve-
nient size-thus destroying the privacy of the
family circle, which we discover at this rather
late day to be humbug of the first water-at
least, so this philosopher tells US in the Times
and the Tribune.
The last manifesto of Mr. Brisbane, adopted
by the Times, is rather muddy than otherwise,
although 1t is evidently intended to be particu-
larry clear. Its conclusions however, are that
we are all wrong, and the new light philoso-
piers are all right. Woman, we are told, is
degraded by cooking her husbands dinner, or
even experimenting his ''isolated household"
She should be perfectly Independent of roast
beef, and have soul above shirt but
tons. She should be altogether beyond
the control of her husband-we mis-
take, there are to be no more husbands-her
male companion. In guarded way, Mr.. Bris.
bane argues in favor of giving the woman the
privilege of changing this companion, and &C.
cords of course, the same right to the man.
When the civilized world is converted to the
views of the Times, the Tribune, Brisbane, Pearl
the millennium will have arrived, and all the
thirsty souls will have plenty of love of all
Hnds-their motto being expressed thus
o.let me live to love and flush and thrill,
And this distich brings us to the official organ
of the Berlin Heights philosophers, who are still
in working order at the old spot. They had
with them an unfortunate, half crazed young
man, Charles Latcha by name. He was an in
fdel and q free lover He had "bad organiza-
tion," was not developed 1--WE quote the slang
Of the tribe,) and shot himself to death. In
letter which he left behind, he says he could find
no one to love him enough; "my soul, /" he says,
"has not found another with which to rest-my
heart no home" He believed in the entire an.
Inhalation Of soul and body after death, and re-
corded this fearful mprecation:-"And here 1
write my protest against and utter my
curse upon marriage! And curse religion, and
i curse God, the Father-Master." II is pain
full to reflect that this horrible blasphemy on the
brink of eternity came from a young man of
evident intelligence and some education. The
poor wretch was undoubtedly in a morbid state
Of mind, produced by the wild vagaries of the
Berlin Heights people. They appear to have
taken the affair very coolly, and argued upon
it as amatter upon which they might string to-
gether some Of their incomprehensible SEN
fences One philosopher, named Barry, alluded to
the fact ofthe suicide by speaking of our brother
who has just separated himself by his own free
act, from the tangible form through which he
hos, till now, manifested himself to us.r Tho
speaker then defines his position on the subject.
lie held that "any one had right to do what
ever be or she thought would cause the most
happiness or prevent the most misery" Ergo,
Latcha had q right to commit suicide. He
was troubled with several great wants., the
chief Of which was ''the qualification of his
love- The Berlin Heights people natter them
selves that If be could not get enough "love-
there, his stomach was too unbounded for this
world, and he must 90 to the 'angel sphere,
where freedom and purity and love abound
So he went, and lived long enough Ito show,
as he did, sublimely and gloriously, how an In
fdel could die" The second speaker, wo-
man, added her protest against marriage
''the unnatural and unphilosophical bind
ing of two Municipalities" She likewise
pitched into the "unwise, unnatural, and
unbeautiful separation of the sexes in early
life. She would have males and females mixed
up promiscuously together, and, we presume,
would favor the adoption of the costume, with
other habits Of the South Sea Islanders. This
amiable person was rather gatifed than other
wise that the young mon had killed himself, but
did not promise to follow his example. A third
speaker justified the blasphemy of the suicide,
and inveighed against all things generally held
sacred, in way that is too horrible TO print.