The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-22
BENEFITS 4EAsTLY BUSINESS.
The Martyr Over Whom the Liberals
Weptat Cincinnati, :
And Who for Crimes Unknown was
Sent to a Dungeon Cell.
VIII the Liberal League Sigh Over His
Fate now1
An Exposure that will llMake lnger.
soil Hide His Head 10 Shame.

CHICAGO, October 2l.-The Rettgto. Fhlt0
Soptiedt Journal ior October % will contain
an exposure of D. NJ. Bennett, at present
ia the Albany Penitentiary for circulating
obscene publications, and whose pardon
the Liberal Convention, lately held in
Cincinnati, demanded In q series Of reso-
lutions. The Journal says:
"The facts are, that while Bennett was
laying his claims to be considered public
teacher Of better morals than the prevail.
ing Christian religion afforded, lie was
endCavorlng, with beastly persistence,
to obtain control Of the person OF young
woman who had touched his fancy, aud
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 Of
the libidlnous old Lothario produced
only estonishment and disgust on the
part of his intended victim, but in spite Of
her repeated protestations against his
course, she was made the object Of atten-
tions that assumed the character Of villain
ous persecution. He boldly proclaimed
to her that his home and wife were dis
tasteful TO mimi that his love there had
longstnce died out, and that she alone, OF
all 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 unblemished reputation. From a mass
OF letters written by Bennett to this young
woman abundant evidence may be obtain.
ed 70 prove that while he .persecuted her
under the vilest impulses OF his lewd ma.
tnre, he still knew her to'be pure, and the
testimony OF friends who knew her before
learningthisand since her business associa.
tons with him, Is all strongly in her com.
mendation. Being unable 10 prevail with
professions of love and offers TO give the
lady share in his business, Bennett dis.
charged her. expecting that poverty would
make her yield. His prosecutions were
so serious the young lady fed to friends
III another State, where she now Is Ex-
tracts from letters ho wrote to her are
given, OF which the following is speci.
men, after emitting the most offensive
lines:
Dear, l ask you to bear from me one
more iniliction. You evidently are un.
able to make any allowance fer my impet-
uousness OF nature, nor my honest feel
ings and impulses. Iwant to say few
things and II possible make you under.
stand me. You are a young lady Of good
mental qualities, quick OF perception and
OF lair logical ability, but you have not
read me Alright. My great otfense is l
have taken fancy to you. l liked you
at lirst and soon got to love you. Is this
so great an oaense indeed that must be
blamed and faulted for 1t ? was pleased
with you the frst time saw you. After
. lew Interviews became more and more
interested in you and wanted you to be-
come connected with me in business and
otherwise. IfAncied you would GIL the
void which has long time existed in my
breast. wanted to bestow my love upon
you and hoped for little in return, but I
insist it was not wicked. 1t was not
sinful: It is natural for me to love,
aud l do not feel as though It was
wrong for me TO love. If I can express
myself comprehensively, let me say there
has been an uncongeniality In my domes-
tic relations.-a body without soul, q
union without love, or, If love once ex-
listed, now unfortunately dissipated and
fed. llonged, ardently longed for per.
son, a companion whom could love with
all the fervor OF my nature, and who could
give me q little love in return, but not sim
fully or imnOrally. l Thought you would
fll the want, that void in my existence.
IloVedyou more than any woman l had
met in many years, and / wanted your
society. will say more. want to kiss
you, to embrace you, and To be very near
to you id spirit and in body. This may be
very vile and very wicked, but cannot
realize it. ] cannot believe 1t, and
II ever spoke my earnest con.
yictions in my life, l now believe YOU
could have yielded to all wishes, done all
| wished you to do, yielded to all my most
villainous desires, and l believe you
would still be as pure, as good and as vir.
tuous as You are today. have no rev.
erence for the ceremony mouthed over by
priest; and because a lman and woman
join themselves together under q mistaken
belief that they are fitted to each other 1t
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 in itself is not right. 1t does
not convert lust TO love. It does not
change purity to impurity. Again, a
man and woman may, In my belief,
entertain just as exalted an opinion of
each other, may have just as pure atFec-
tions for each other, aud may entertain
just as holy love without matrimonial
ceremony as with 1t. The ceremony
makes no difference one way or the other.
II two persons love each other they have
q right TO do 80 by virtue OF their being,
and all the men aud demons and gods
there are in existence have no right to
prevent it, nor can all their powers com.
bined make 1t wrong for them TO do so"
The Journal says by way Of comment,
as presenting the side Of the Free Think.
ers, who must now leave Bennett to
his fate, that whatever may be his
proper grounds Of complaint against the
Court before which he was tried and how.
ever much many spiritualists aud liberals
may have believed ii him being deceived,
no honest exponents OF these parties can
longer acknowledge him to be their repre-
sentative; 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, 70
be understood as in any way eountenan-
cling man who, under pretence Of teach
ing free thought and spirltuallsm, hides
the character Of q filthy rascal"
Elitoriahy, the Jo,rnalsays: The ques.
ton involved init is not only q national
one, but In touching Las 1t does, the very
foundation Of society, It becomes cosmo-
politan inits proportions.
Ths Good ThSt Ewing 3has Done.
WASHINGTON, October q. The Green.
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