The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-07-01
BALTIMORE.
THURSDAY, JULY /, 1858.

somp erht nine nunuTeu IioPhO'' ''''N I''P''N'
ses of the new era, whose mission IL Is 10 reform
society by abolishing the marriage tie, and to pre-
marc the way for ''the good time coming by cast
;no contempt upon the Christian religion. 1t was
. free convention of free speakers, and it would be
a Islander upon these choice spirits, to say that the
mon were bashfu or the women prudlsh. Inc
:,;,;,o neonle of Rutland were anything but
neased with the presence OF these social iconocis's
and not only closed their doors against ''ieh'' ou'
they took the further precauhon 10 seo oil '''e'
5onrbters tn other places among the hills, during
a., tbroo davs that the doctrines OF Free Love
c,ir;tuolism Abolitionism and the Rights OF Wo-
men were under discussion. There was heVer'iie-
loss a considerable crowd of outsiders though Inc
men who composed it, in part, are described as "a
law. mshorn. and shftless looking set, while OF
the women the correspondent OF the New ork
Tribune remarks that eff any one OF them shouio
over he accused of being, what carnal minded peo-
nIe call GOOD looking there is not jury IN the
land but would instantly acquit her OF mat uil-
founded charge" With this material TO WORK
upon, the Reformers opened their batteries, ana
under the guarantee of 'ree speech to every boay,
on every subject" all kinds of odd matters turned
I'D for discussion through the whole of which, Ill
spite of the efforts of the sprituaSts to suppress IT.
ran an under current of Free Love. The exercises
commenced with the reading of string of resou-
tions in which it would be difficult to say whether
nonsense, or blasphemy most predominated.-
They were designed however, TO cover the whole
Ground of discussion, and embraced series OF
propositions, concerning Individuality; Slavery;
Spirtualism; War, and Death Punishment; Mar
riage; Matrmony; Woman's Rights; The Bible;
Free Trade: Land Reform The Sabbath; and Sun
dav Doctrines Here at least, was scope and verge
enough to air the vocabulary of the speakers, and
they were by no means backward in taking adj
vantage of the opportunity thus afforded them
First of all the Harmonials sang a Reform lyric,
and then Mr. TIFFANY opened in opposition to in
dividual and in favor of associated enterprise; but
as his remarks were unpaatable, to a majority of
the delegates present he was requested to sit down,
which he incontinently did. The afternoon per-
Torrance being thus abruptly brought to close,
some of the delegates with eye TO the main
chance announced that they had books for sale;
and a Mr. HENRY C. WRIGHT, commended 10 the
afectonate regards of the people one book in par
ticuar-a very funny Notwithstanding the
paradoxical title of 'The Unwelcome Child: or The
Crime of an Jndesigned and Undesired Maternay.'
At the evening session, the spiritualists had it
pretty much all their way; but, in the mean
while the Free Lovers gathering strength
The following morning they came out in force
Mrs JULIA BRANCH, of whom it is sufficient to say
that she is the female Leader of the Free Lovers of
New York. that she writes for the Sunday papers o.
that city, and is member of the Unitary household
of STEPHEN PEARL ANDREWS, led off the discussion
upon this delicate topic by quoting a conversation
between herself and Lucy STONE BLACKWELL upon
the marriage question. Lucy thought that the
time not come when it could be publicly dis
cussed. Mrs. BRANCH thought otherwise. Lucy
said that it was a mistaken idea, that 4 woman
was obliged to give up her name and take that of
her husband; she-LUCY-had not given up hers.
Whereupon Mrs. BRANCH very pertinently asked,
how it would have been with Mrs. BLACKWELL, if
she had kept her marriage a secret, and had gone
to hotel under her maiden name of Lucy STONE,
with the intention of stopping there few days
with Mr.. BLACKWELL? Mrs. BRANCH believed the
marriage ceremony necessary; but she believed
also that woman is, in every respect, the equal of
man, and before marriage, or after marriage sis
free 10 lore hen she acW, achere she acal and how
size ,cH' She sneered at the idea of an isolated
household with an exclusive conjugal love; re-
peacd some very chaste lines from that very chaste
poet Ton MOORE, and pronounced them quite
pretty IN sentiment, but uter worthless for prac-
teal purposes. Then followed a sketch of
household drudge, and to this, succeeded some
thing which she termed IA Lament" We are
unable to do justice to this Sunday paper com
position, and therefore pass it by without COM
ment. 1t was fit prelude to the heroics in which
the speaker subsequently INDUCED, and to the
licentious propositions she undertook to maintain.
STEPHEN FORSTER the husband of ABBY KELLY,
disacnted from the views of Mrs BRANCH. lie be
lieved that the narriage relation til" only real
good there is left IN this sinful qcorld. Mrs. BRANCH
would abrogate the marriage relation; but he
begged leave to ask-acas not the remedy proposed
qcorse than tie disease? Mr.. JOEL TIFFANY ex-
planned the difference between Free Love and Free
Lust, and eulogzed what he called true mar
riage. ''In true marriage" said he, ''man and
wife become one" (Which one?" asked voice
in the crowd. 'Both," replied Mr.. TIFFANY,
and then there was a shout of laughter
But the querst was not to be baffled. (which
owns the farm?" he asked. 'Both - the
man and the woman" gravely responded Mr.
TIFFANY, and then there was laughter again. Mrs
Rose, and Mrs. FARNHAM, next expressed their
opinions on the Conjugal Relation, and on Wo-
mans Rights, and then Mr.. THOMAS CURTIS
young and ardent gentleman from Pennsylvania,
who said he hadmarred himself to his rife, and she
had married herself to him, undertook to counsel
some imaginary young woman after the following
fashion:-'When, said he, addressing the i'm
aginary young woman aforesaid, ''when you find
"a young man who comes to you and says, My
'dear, you and | are perfectly sympathetic; you
''and one individual, and designing to remain
$50 through all this life and through all other
'possible lives'-take my word for it, he is hum
plugging you Laughter. You are fool if
'you believe him | know great many people
''who preach these doctrines, but whose practices
care far different. They find young woman with
"whom they assume to have this perfect sympathy
land oneness, but as soon rs the consequences
(which they wish to follow from that sympathy
"have been obtained, they 90 to some other woman
land talk to her in the same stran they are con-
'tnnally changing their sympathy and oneness
IRON one object to another ~ Mr.. HENRY c.
WRIGHT, the gentleman who pedded the book with
Tue p'f"uoAical title, next Sprang to his feet and
waXed wroth on the subject of slavery. A Mr..
CoIIlNG eulogised spiritualism and human brother
hoou. A MIR. SENNATT Boston Lawyer, advo-
ca'eu "omans Rights, and Latitudinarianism
generally Then followed medley made up of
Abolltlonism, Atheism, Free trade, spiritualism
and Phrenology; and, finally, Mt tho c,oso of ,ho
third day, the Convention was adjourned without
bringing to test vote single one of tho whole
series of resolutions which were proposed =, tbo
opening of the session.
And these are the people who have undertaken
to reform the world-these gross sensualist bpoted
fanatics, and confirmed atheists. Men, who bo-