The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-30

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Apr1Eros's Nxw CYcLoPEDIA AN ORGAN or
FouRrERisM AND FREE Lovs.--We had occasion
the other day, In noticing the appearance of The
first volumes Of this work, TO express surprise
that the publishers, who are reputed to be as
shrswd az they are wealthy. should have con-
6ded it's editorship TO persons like Charles A.
Dana and George Ripley, editors of the Tribune
and well known to be deeply ilabaed with the
irfdel. socialist, Fourierite, communist and free
love theories of that infamous journal. The
very frst glance at the work itself justides the
opinion we expressed as coon % we heard the
nance of The editors. The new American Cy-
the dissemination Of Fsurierisu, free love and
inRdelity throughout this country.
We have not gone through the two volumes
which have appeared. But in the first volume,
page 81. under the head ACTORS" we find evil
dences which alike establish the pernicious ten
dency Of the work. and satisfy the prudent
reader that he need proceed no further in the
perusal In the article referred to, we are told
that I" that which . principally tends to
delay the removal of the [sociall ban
Tupon actorsl is their looseness upon the sub
ject of marriage. Some Of the greatest actors
have two or three wives living and
there is lavish promiscuousuess about the no.
tons of all, male and female, on the subject Of
family relations" In the same article, within
few lines of this sweeping censare, we are
calmly told that "of all classes actors are the
freest from crime"
It follows therefore that adultery, promis.
cuous intercourse, and all the other forms of
sexual impurity which the Encyclopedias charges
upon actors are not criminal, In the opinion of
the editors of that work. They do not consider
1t criminal to marry two wives, to seduce young
girls, to leave ones husband or to debauch
ones friends daughter; and their opinion to
this effect the new American Encyclopedia en-
phatically expresses.
Where the Tribune is known this peculiar phi
losophy will be well understood. That journal
has always been the organ of promiscuous inter-
course of the sexes and of free love: It is quite
Datural that the editors of that sheet should
deny that there Is anything criminal In their
favorite doctrines and practices. The two edi-
tors of the Cyclopedis, Messrs. Ripley and
Dana, were, we believe, both members of the
| Brook Farm Association; an establishment Or
ganized for the purpose of trying the Tribune
theories in practice. SO far therefore from 1t
being singular in them to deny that "looseness
upon the subject of marriage" and "lavish
promiscuousness on the subject Of the family
relations" are criminal, it would have been odd
indeed If they bad not done 30.
We are not aware to what extent the Messrs.
Appleton are privy to this shameful attempt to
poison the public mind, and to disseminate these
fatal hereeies among our youth. Hitherto, We
are bound to say, the firm has borne respecta-
bic name; we do not remember any decidedly
infdel or pernicious work among their publica-
tons But we should fail in our duty to the
public If we allowed any tenderness for them
to prevent our loudly warning parents and guar
dams against the immoral and mischievous cha
racter of the new American Cyclopedia, which
is now being brought out under the editorship
of Charles A. Dana and George Ripley.
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