The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-01
THE ONEIDA FREE LOVERS.
yOTORIOUS COMMUNITY THAT
VtYT 10 BE LET 1L0NE.

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MIN, CouuuHIrr July 2s.-Four miles south
An o,ciii, over Mr. Lt1ejcan's Midland Rail.
- an the hunting grouud Of the once warike
n.,,ias. il the Oneida Commual,y OF Free Lovers.
~ number two hundred, ana cultivate sir hun.
.r.i and forty acres OF hand. Their visible head We
Lhr II Noycs, who studied letters al Andover and
y,e and theology with Moses Stewart, Edward
s,sinsoa,and Nathaniel Taylor Noyes fret set up at
ptney Vt In 1915. Here, surrounded by relatives
nd believers, lie lived during the Fourier excite
rnt Ills present faith was inspired rom Fourier.
Nm and Unitarian Socialism.
like Joe Smith and Brigham Young, Noyes is a
mari man, sbrcwd leader. and Is generally thought
b bc honest in his belief. lilo and all tho Com.
rany people arc good citizens OF the State peace.
,blO, Hx.paying, and causing no municipal trouble.
Like JeG DAVIS, all they want Is ITO be let alone
Tho men are long hoirel, smart looking set, and
he women degenerate, overtasked, and poor
Putting In now and then a leading question, the
fuss reporter was kindly shown through the build
hrs which are miracles OF ncatncss and ortcr
fhero arc baths for all, and steam heaters In every
room In the Museum are specimens Of raw silk
uas,odon's teeth, and few pictures suci rs the
,House OF Mario Lucre.ius In Pompeii," and the
-Gro,to OF PozSuol" Passing through tho MI
sum We enter the theatre, with stage, foot lights,
md chairs for an audience OF 200. On the walls Is
,aotosrlph copy Of nude Pompcian bath scene.
Here they have a
SUNDAY EVENING PERFORMANCE,
Ia talent w unteering from the Community, either
.anrcrs players. or athletes. In the domestic ar
urement two honest worthy women are selected
. mothers to whom Is committed tho whole dis.
,usation OF indoor work. Every person works
ueh being servant 10 the others, and an equality OF
Ibor IL Lcpt up through a system of rotation. Va.
dety employment Is thus secured In the same man
rr is managed tic outdoor work the ribbon factory
md trap mandatory. The agricultural department
puvng way to the mcdaniel. Fruit and straw.
berries are now comparatively little cultivated.
TnE GOVERNMENT
S,he Community Il through a frcc, public criticism,
vhiel amounts almost to tyranny OF the majority
nk system takes tho place of back biting in ord.
nry society. The unfortunate member criticised is
sO Allowed to reply, but the opinion Of the majority
h locked upon rs intallible. II Fanny and Jenny
al in love with George, and quarrel, they are pub.
Nelly rri'ic.el, until by and BY though they have
js,iorsies. they do not show them. They become
ph'elmltlc lud stotc1i.
sua Reportcr-Ilave you a system OF rewards for
rood cunduc' we asked OF venerable, gray headed
Old gentleman In the reading room.
Free Lovet-No the only reward IL internal salts
hctics, We DO not promote one for goodness.
sun Reporter-ihep If John Bunyan aud Byron
we're here they woud woTS side by side, and Byron,
with all his looseress. II he had ,special trap
making talents might even rank poor Bunyan
Free LOyer-lCs. Freedom OF Criticism Is tiie
power which checks us all. But then we are no.
Ike tie world We have subdued ourselves. We
Sun Rsrorter-I,a; in the case of young children.
vlo governs taemf
Tec Ioytr-Thcy have dual parcnts-frs, the
Commutlfr secondly their n ral "a.
erveHt TO the Community. Mothers nurse <heir
endrep Until the age OF fifteen months, when they
surrender en-, and they become common stock In
We ehildrcns department OF the Community until
te .sc maturity
REVERSING THg SArrnAL ORDER OF THINGS.
Sun Repef;er-Now after that age WHO controls
Frhy and Jenny In the affair Of loyey-of
ert.c your children have loves and hates like other
Free Lo,cr-N that age when each desires the
opposite sex they judge loo themselves. Fanny can
tol.r' the Community reserying the right to criti-
Use 20 4 advise.
s.n Eeporler-Then Fanny can have free and
uI.-,r.. mel intercourse with Jenny Charley,
o. boh az TIC sane time, without any bond OF ma.
timlny or engagement except temporary ancyi
frre Lo'er-le-, mi. Is the spirit of biblical com
tlnrs common" OF the Bible, means al MtHgs-
a. ur', p0tdtJe, and corn but love.
Here some one beckoned the free lover away, when
vohristo Uanscr bling the dialogue 10 our note book
Anew minutes afterWard We fen Ia with Mr.. Allen, a
mo-, genial young gentleman, and for twelve years
member OF the Community. After a short CONVEX.
ntOn We struck the broken chan OF our former
conversation, and asked, Have you no jealousies
a all resulting from the communism Of lover"
Young Free Loyer-No. We have
ovBRcoHE THE PASSIONS OF TIE WORLD.
We have had fight which you can never know
about but We have been vic lorious.
sun RepoTter-Then II you should love that pretty
tr over there tpointing toward group where stood
trlther pretty girl with red lips carly short hair,
ni bloonnCr costuine)-ifyo you should love her and
mate with her, and by and by some other fellow
Aoud take her fancy, do you mean to say you
Young Free Lover-None at ALL I should love
bin too. II would be only another bond OF union
between that brother and myself. This you cannot
uhiefstlnd You DO not know now we have
'plseed to overcome those passions, and you will
te'-r know; bot we nave overcome them.
suV Rel of,er-No. we do not understand Il; for
rGrirrs axe done every night in New York, caused
bus SAME Jealousy.
Free Loysr-In the world divorces cannot be had
i've desiro to. Marriage provides Tor the mainten
tce Of children so do we. Children are more
~. 70 1e cared for by two hundred parents than
gwO parents. Our Community is family. The
tie that Unus US is sacred 1t is religion Love,
Ipp IT, intel igence-eyerythlns here is common.
EVERY DOLLAR OF COMMUNITY MONEY
4 ic!-el og the maintenance of our women and
V protection and education OF our children. We
have nee love, but no freedom to freight woman
Win cur offspring and send Der down stream with
eu' care OF help nor freedom 10 beget children and
Dee lovers Ia
THE TRBuSE's SENSE OF FREE LOVE.
We ore 10 believe John Graham. they would
Tna CD women hare and there like Mrs. Mcfarland
mo Mrs. Ward from protecting arms, and, wien
b'e dies, send them adrift with no insurance Tor
Protection. No, we are not free lovers In any sense
a makes love less bin ding or responsible than II
IN marriage. Freedom down South was one-sifed
neefom-lIecdom for a man to waop niger
| ueedom Of tho strong 10 Cypress the weak. SO
marriage 80 ose-siasd-kesdon'.. The woman is in
ne power Of the man. The liberty OF marriage, as
commonly understood and practised, Is the liberty
o man 70 please himself alone In his dealings
VIA NOman-iberty to expose her to child bearing
without care or consultation. Now, this lhanding
elclaD Is
OUR IDEA OF FREE-LovB.
" The tlsag ws'have done, for which we are en- He'd
nee overs, is simply this: We have len the sim
pt loFm Of marriage and advanced 10 the complex
,Age OF II. We have no quarrel with those who
stl,Ye IN exclusive dual marriage and faithfully
eNtTYe II; but We have concluded that for US there
a buster way. The honor and faithfulness that
Constitute al ideal marriage, ma exist between two
hundred as wei as Two; while the guarantees for
women and children arS kindergarten in the Com
llulty than they can be In any private family. Tie
results OF the complex system we hisy sum up by
aging, that men are rendered more courteous
women more winning, children arc better born
nj both sexes are personally ree."
Tie following are points OF this Community
RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
=, The Bible Ia the accredited organ OF the Kingdom
The hna Interpreter Of the Bible is not the church Al
We uIHts hold, the philologists as the PrOesanu
lgd but the Spirit OF Truth promised to ali believers
bbe faith IL, ALWAYS and everywhere, faith In super