The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-23
A lECHEROUS LIBERAL,
IS 'hs E'idsEcs in Regard to r.
". Bennett.
His Unsuccessful Ef,r, to Setuce
a ftuns Lady Employ.
The iusiful Designs of the Scum
d'eI aid Bare.
re is Abandoned by all Advanced
Free hinksrs.
The indian War-Cr.min CaIeE.
endar-Fire Record.
Fase OF a Famous Forg,r, Etc.
Fase OF a Famous Forg'r, Etc.
q Dirty scamp.

IHlCAtOy Oci- -i,-Ine heiIglo-PhlIOs-
optical Journsl, for Oct. 18th, will contain
AZ exposure of d. NJ. Bennett, at present
in the Albany peniten;iary for circulating
obscene publIcauous, and whose pardon
the Liberal convention, lstely held at Gin
cinnati, demanded in series Of rtsolu-
tions. The Journal says:
"rhe facts are that, while Bennett was
laying claim to his right TO be considered
public teacher OF better morals than the
prevailing Christian religion afford,
ne was epdesyoring with a beastly
persistence 10 obtain control OF
the person OF young woman
who had touched his fancy and who had
been Induced to accept salaried situation
in his Office, evidently under the design on
his part to obtain her consent to
BECOME HIS MISTRESS.
The advances CT the lecherous old
Lothario produced only astonishment
and disgust on the part of his intended
victim, but in spite Of her repeated protest
tations against mis- course she was made
the object OF attention that assumed the
character Of villianous persecution. He
boldly proclaimed to her that his wife wss
distasteful to him that his love for her
had long since died and she alone Of women
was the object Of his undying love. 1t
only added to his unholy flame that she
who refused to listen to him bore an uu-
blemished reputation.
From a mass OF letters written by Ben-
nett to this yonpg woman an aburdan
evidence may be obtained to prove that
while he prosecuted her under the
vLEsT IMPULSES OF HIS LEwD NATURE
he still knew her to be pure; and the testi.
mouy Of friends who knew her before leav-
ing and since her business association with
him all is strong in her commepdation.
Being unable TO prevail with professions
of love and ofers to give the lady a share
in his business, Bennett discharged her. ex.
pectiDs that poverty would make her Weld
His prosecutions were 80 serious that The
young lady fled to friends in another State
where she now is.
Extracts from letters ne wrote 10 her are
given. The following is specimen, after
oMrrTISG THE MOST OFFENSIVE LINES
dear Il ask you to bear from me out
more iEil.cti0n. You evidently are unable
10 make any allowance for.my impetuous
ness OF nature or my honest feelings and
impulses. | wsnt to say a few things and il
possible make you understand me. You
are young lady of good Iineal qualities,
quick OF perception and Of fair Logical
ability but you have not resd me Alright
My great otieHse is that / have taken aiancy
to you. | liked YOU at fret aud soor
got TO love 'you. l. this so great an
ofiensa, indeed, that ! must be blamed and
faulted to- it?
81 was pleased with you the first time
saw you. Alter few interviews | became
more and more interested in you, and
wanted you TO become connected with me
in business; and otherwise fanoied you
would
FILL THE VOID
which has existed in nv bresst.
| wanted 10 bestow my love upon you,
and hoped for little in return: but | IN
sist it was not wicked-it was not sinfnl Ii
il natural tor me 10 love, and l do not feel
as though It was wrong Tor me 10 love. ii
can express myself prehensiyely, let
NE say there has been au uncongenislity in
my domestic Relations; a body without a
soul; auniOl without love, or if love once
existed, now it il unfortunately dissipated
and He'd. ] logged srdent!y-longed for 4
per1ou, 2 companion whom | could love
NIth all the fervor Of my nature aud who
could
GIVE NE 4 LITTLE LOVE
in return, bUt not sinfuily nor immoraliy
| thought you would fill that want-that
v0id-in nv existence. | loved You more
than any woman | had met in many
years, ard / wanted your society
! will say more: | want TO kisa you 10
embrace you, aud TO be very near 10 you in
spirit and in body. This may be
VERY VILE AND VERY WICKED,
but / cannot realize it, cannot believe it,
and if ever spoke my honest: convictions
in my life, | now believe you could have
yielded 10 my wishes done all wished
you to do; yielGed 10 all my most villain
Gus desires, and believe you would still
be az pure, as coed and as virtG0us as you
are to-day.
81 have no reverence for the ceremony,
mouthed over by 2 priest; and
because man and woman Join themselves
together under a mistaken belief that they
are fitted to each other. il does not follow
that they are compelled to spend their days
together. The marriage ceremony does
not change the nature OF mans impulses
or passions, nor make that right which is
not IN itself right. IL does not
CONVENT LCsT TO LOVE;
1t does not change purity 10 impurities
sgsin. A man and woman may, 10 my be-
lief, entertain Just as exalted an opinion OF
each other; may have just a. pure aztec
tions for each other and entertain Just a.
holy love without matrimonial ceremony
as it with it. The ceremony makes no diff
ference, one way or the other, If the two
love each other. They
HAVE A RIGHT TO DO 50
aud demons and gods that are in existence
have no right 10 prevent it, nor can all
their powers combined make it wrong for
them 10 do 30"
The article in the Journal says: "By
way Of comment, a. presenting the side OF
the free-thinkers, who must now leave Ben
nett to his fate, that whatever may be his
proper grounds OF complaint against
the court before which he was
tried, and however much many Spirit
uslists and Liberals may have believed in
him being deceived, no honest exponent OF
these parties can longer acknowledge him
to be their representative; that while they
will always stand ready to
CONTEND FOR FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND
SPEECH,
They are not willing and will not longer
allow themselves to be Understood a. in any
way countenancing a man who, under the
oretense Of teaching free thought and Spir-
tualism, hides the character Of a filthy
.ascal."
Eiitorially, the Journal says: "Tke ques
ion involved in il not only a national one,
'ut in touching az 1t does the very founda-