Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-02
NEw ENGLAND FREE LOYERs.
A OOnvtnftOn OF ImmOdest InnOva-
tOrs-ludeeent speeches and I'm.
moral RESOLUTIONS.

a N"hNtu'Aou OF Imm0OeBt AunOva-
tOrs-ludseent speeches and I'm.
moral Resolutions.
Boston Cor. New York Herald.l
The New England free lovers
have been indulging in another of
their disgraceful gatherings in Bos-
ton this week. They commenced
their convention Sunday forenoon,
and, after holding half dozen
sessions, wound up with a spirited
row at an early hour this morning.
In defining the purposes of the
singular tribe Of men and women
who participate in these frequent
meetings in Boston, it is only nee
essary to say that they openly en-
courage and defend licentiousness
in almost every conceivable form,
and the utterances of both sexes at
the several sessions on this occasion
were worthy only of the most de-
PRAYED Of the human kind.
Those most prominent in this
movement, which seems to have
gained an alarming headway in
New England, at least, are Mr.. and
Mrs. 3. II. Haywood, of Worcester
county; George 0. Waite, of
Maine DR.. 0. II. Dillingham;, of
Boston; A. B. Weston, a man
named Cluer, of Boston, and a
couple of self-styled diyines in the
persons Of Rev. Mr.. Barnes and
Rev. Moses Hull, the latter editor
and proprietor of a weekly news
paper devoted to the cause which
he so indHstriously espouses.
None Of the speakers endeavered
to define their sentiments in chaste
language, but on the contrary were
disguStingly obscene, the women
speakers generally excelling in this
respect One of the latter in par
ticular seemed to speak for the edi-
fication and delight of that portion
of the audience given to debauch-
cry, and her remarks appeared to
find a hearty response in the minds
of many women who listened to her.
The Rev. Mr.. Hull was more than
usually eloquent and enthusiastic
in his advocacy Of his peculiar
views, and the resolutions which
were offered by Mr.. Haywood sur
passed in indecency anything ever
before submitted to a public meet
ing. Only one out of the series of
seven which were offered is in Ian
guage fit for publication, and it is
herewith appended:
Resolved, That the arrest of
Charles Bradlaugh and Mrs. Anne
Besant, for diflusing useful inform
alton concerning the generatiye
among common English
people, and the inquisitorial career
of Anthony Comstock, approved
by ecclesiastical, literary and politi-
cal authorities here, show the ex-
tent to which the "ruling classes"
would hinder enlightenment on the
Of subjects; that, neyerthe-
less, it is not only right but the
most serious duty of all to study
love and proclaim its truths, how
ever imperious or maleyolent oppo-
sition thereto may be.
At the last evening session there
we're assembled fifteen or twenty
students of Harvard college, who |
had evidently come well organized.
for the purpose of having high |
DID lark, and, if possible, to break
lp the convention. 1t is but JUS
tiee, if this was their purpose, to
say that they succeeded most ad-
The leader in the move
ment seemed to be a young fresh
man, who, it was asserted, belongs
10 one Of the blue blooded families
On Beacon Hill. He began by in
.errupting the speakers with all
sorts of questions of obscene signi-
ficance, and his associates with him
IN manner that showed a pre-
viously determined plot to make
matters decidedly lively and un-
pleasant for the free lovers. Threats
Of ejectment and Of calling the po-
lice were derided, for it was well
known that the police would wink
ut their proceedings. At one time
the party broke out with one or
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