The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-21


] ASoc1AH ISrAsfY. During several DAYS
pf last week there was in. session in the
Eodly city of Boston a freetlove CON
yention.o Boston il a favorite meeting
Place for the. adherents Of the peculiar
doctrine of universal bawdyism. The
free-love doctrines attained their life on
New England sod, and fhe Mnssaohu-
cetts metropolis ls annually scandalized
by the utterances of the apostles of the
eystem. Few people outside the range OF
these revoiutionists can adequately con-
Aelve tho nature of one of these meetings.
They are composed, as might be sup.
posed, altogether of passee females aud
Aaiddle-aged men, soured with the world
Snd with themselvest Young men anfi
foppg women are frequently to be found
m attendance, although the women are
usually Of that age and condition Of
ihcial decay which renders them safe from
Insult. The meeting last week took
place in the Paine Memorial Hall, II
building recently erected to the memory
Of Tom Paine, the infdel. Many of the
Boston proprietors OF public nails have,
Of late years, refused, very properly, 10
let their rooms to the .free-loyers. The
Paine Memorial Hall supplied the de-
ficiency, and thither the apostles went.
The first business was the annual pass
age OF resolutions. These resolutions
were to the effect that marriage is a curse,
and advocate the levy of HsESt on all the
property OF tho nation to, provide Tor the
chiidren born ont of ~edlock. This is
the underlying principle OF the whole
ffee-love movement 4 Mrs. Briggs Of
New York, 4aade q speech full Of pro-
:lounced lewdness, and tAtated that she
had four children and dxSs nary desirous
of having Y good many more, sbut she
did not have time for thenat Other reso
lntionswere fAssed ,oond demnihR prudery
t4 rsAtion to the sexes, and marriage al
sd dStrpotiye Of domes669 HARMONY"
From the Bostons he.cS $e,eytract the fol-
lowing rom a report of. the meeting:
"a codpie of stropgsminded females
DOW psssed around ~ths. boxes to COLLECT
i the shekelS from the audience. AZ tho
same time, Shaker, Miss Mary knights,
dressed in extrnvagant costume, and car
rying little cane in her hand, took the
platform, shook out the shirts OF her
bloomer garment, and went to work.
She related her experience, among the
Shakers, sang Shaker song, and then
subsidized. A maiden lady, Of uncertain
age, we'll known in n certain suburban
town as "Old Liz Crosby" inflicted
some rhymes upon the audience, and ey-
pressed her wish to have the race played
out. The speaker is evidently doing all
she can to hasten this consumn,ntion.
The performer in tights next skipped
forward briskly to the platform. This
was Mary Z. Tillotson, of Vineland, who
| was dressed in mems clothes, and wore n
.jockey hat and feather Her topic was
. dress reform, and, rs with her right
band she gently fondled the bust of
Paine on tho platform, she assaulted the
ahdience with such words as practical
ICED, NATURALIZATION, basic, and the
Ike, Mr. Barker, Of California, sang a
song at the last speaker, and then John
harfisdell spoke, and soon got excited in
hA opposition tos ffee-lova e Brother
Haywood couldn't keep quiet, and sent
the first conundrum Of the day. The
speaker was indignant, and went for
Haywood, and for few moments there
Wqe quite a'hfeeze Of excitement about q
man beating his wife, and vice versa, (ss
Father Cluer suggested,) } divorce, DO. A
woman asked the audience to repress
their risibilities while the speaking was
going on. Mrs. Jones, Of Acton, said
fshe had been married twenty -uine years,
and her, husband had never commanded
her. He knew too we'll that she would
Phot obey. This remark was emphasized
hwith compression Of the mouth and o
Epap Sf the Eye that excited the sympa-
thu Of the aadiende fot the husband"o'
Lasssi;as sI 1s y Y ysx aisfas s(css :hs
sensi9 9iitttss OF every. pnfe-mindsd man
Ienq4 ls4 HSsp In the oountry,a: a; j. b. ~.
f. afhese'ls but little oredsnee, placed m a.
lDr1aha, Neb., on tho stories Of the
miners from the Black Hills t'ig gene.
rally considered as a ritovehndnt Of 1nte-
rested towns, which hope to reap d hat.
vest In fitting out people. The Interior
Yepartment at, Washington, toweyessin
y46N Of The tendency Of eIniurations has