The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-20
Tho Free Love suicide.

The suicide Of q halfluuatic at one of the "Free
Love" colonies at Berlin Heights Ohio, au account
of which We published some days ago, presents a
terrific commentary upon the abomins bic doctrines
taught and practced by some Of the abolition and
socialist philosophers who have cast off With con-
tempt the Bible, and are trying to invent new
system Of morality, and highroad to social pro
gress, such as that which Charles Lascha has Just
travelled. she was" says the New York Herald,
ian infdel and free lover" He had chad or.
ganization," was not developed" I'VE quote the
slang Of the tribe and shot himself to DEATH In
letter which he left behind, be 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 ami
hlation Of soul and body after death and recorded
this fearful imprecation: sand here write nv
protest against and utter my curse uron marriage,
And / curse religion, and curse dod the Father
Master" g. -
This horrible blasphemy was received very coolly
by the rest Of the colony They talked the subject
over afterwards in their lunatic way, and one Of
them, named Barry, alluded TO the fact Of the sui
eide BY speaking of ''our brother who has just Sc
parated himself by his own free act, from the tan.
gibls form through which he has, till now, mani
fsstsd himself to u.s." The speaker then defines
his position on the subject. He held that any one
had right TODD whatever he or she thought would
sauss the most happiness or prevent the mise
~" Ergo, LatchA had q right to commit suicide
or murder. He was troubled with several great
AwAnts,n the chief Of which Was the ''gratncation
Of his love-" The Berlin Heights people nat
Ter themselves that il he could not get enough
"iove" there, his stomach was too unboundeI for
this world aud he must 20 to the aaugei sphere
whore freedom aud purity and love abound So
he went, and lived long enough "to show, as he did,
sublimely and gloriously, how inidel could de-"
TIE second speaker, woman, added her protest
against marriage-''the unnatural and unphilo
sophical binding Of two individaalities She ike.
wise pitched into the "unwiss, unnatural, and un.
beautiful separation Of the sexes In early life"
The late convention at Rutland, Vermont, was
composed Of like materials, and propasated the
SAME doctrines What are TO think of such de- |
vslopments In civilized society," This fanaticsn
Of Abolitiouism 10 undoubtedly responsible. In
great measure, for these atrocities Finding that
II couid not establish ts mad notions by the Bibles
that, In fact, the Bible sanctions slavery they cast
1t on denied its inspiration and authority and ut
tered as their watch words "perish the Bible! Per-
ish the Church," and, they might have added
"Perish Society" which the French Revolution
proved, follows in logical sequence. Having cast
aside the Divine law to get rid Of slavery, they and
their disciplesare availing themselves Of their
liberty to get rid Of all moral obg aud, not
only seek to ds2ose Southern masters from their
authority but 10 the basphsmous spirit Of Latcha,
10 defhrone sGod, the Father. Muster" Of mankind