Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-25
antnaxIs,a storx.

| Tn 1919 or 1897. Fannie Wright and Robert Dale
Owen came down here to remodeI society' 1 nn9s
| ready to catch at ''isms." From his popularity,
they felt confident of but their ideas were
novel and did not take with the barbar1ans Iney
we're both Abolitionists, and:hought freeingk rev
negroes would be great accomplishment IRelr
negroes and When The negroes had paid for them
selves by their labor, to set them iree anu puy
more They bought land on wolf IlVef, near
| Germantown. and called the place Nashobsh'
which in the chickasaw language means ans Som.
Selves si So Hthat scheme feiiIto the ground
Fannie had some peculiar notions. she was oP-
posed to matTmGny sne Sp'ee t 70 PWoppdbg
| Chafin sort, that men and women shouIu ps
allowed to take up with each other hve Iogelhher
as long as they pleased and quit "neh theS
Camille Wright, Fannie's sister, and a much
prettier oman was 10th to believe In any sucn
doctrine she Thought it best to marry, sn9uId an
opportunity offer. She accepted the first chance,
1anorpe5 s1ora5Iy upon the situation advised
Fannie TO go and do likewise; she Knew sne %ouId
IKE IKE III too Much to her own gratication
Fannie Wright was a tall, notwithstanding
woman with a course voice like man. once
heard her lecture against the Bible, which no man
ie as9t and ssoe4ent She selected las she
thoughI very strong points, ana enIoIceo mem i
with great zeal, il II came from the bottom OF
her heart She thought she had demolished the
book and torn ii all to pieces
FRANCIS WRIGHT (D'ARUsMoNT).
The above short sketch of this most remarka;
BE lady IN bas my c eei many Of my frieds to
urge upon me more extended nouce, Wnlcn
un nr tIas Pnd ABILITY than have control Of
This history belongs to Memphis or It's lmmedisie
locality. 1t was here II might De sala, .na a Ills
she attempted to carry into efectone OF Ine
est schemes ever conceived by mortal man OF
woman il being nothing less than raising the ne
gro race of the United states to how
ever chiInerical this may appear TO some, ~ was
and now being carried out by the United states ate
government Hers in fact was ana Is me S1n.n
be THOROUGHLY educated up to its requirements be
fore citizenship could be safely intrusted 70 MIN
to Accomplish nothing except, perhaps, the amel-
ioration of their condition Ii was Win tne sec
raise the children from infancy, free from any
scene of degradation or 1nferlorlSy giving tnSn
If sefreiisnce If successful or reason
ably So her idea was that II would receive me
Necessary gnlS e suu itself out without
conyulsion or Prodncing any m ave NortSern az
Fneiish A6oIitionists she had no sympathy. She
looked upon them es heartess, imPractcaoIe
set. doing far more to Ietard tnan 9oSancS ne
she attributed wholly to the base conduct OF those
she left in charge of her Affairs during her neces
health, which continued some three years The
M gro she averred to have found far more tracta-
BILE Than she had anticipated
But ii was 10 the cause of true religion that she
contributed most. by stripping it Of the absurd
degEnas that weighed il down in all intelligent,
thinking minds, and only proved so many weap-
ons in the hands OF infdelity. Let anyone who
trines taught at that time (the very doubling of
which would have consigned the seeptic 10 eternal
tortured. ana AJAX himself how many o. them nave
lister can be found who viii claim that they were
ever worthy OF belief.
thirst for knowledge and truth from infancy TO
DEATH On one occasion. after being frequently
her questions were dangerous, she asked him:
"Is truth dangerous7"
From this she learned that truth had SIN to be
found, and that men dared not investigate II,
which. however, did not deter her; and the fur
Their she trayersed its forbidden paths, the more
she became enamored with its beauties and
astounded at its waaton perTersions- From that
time forth she dedicated her untir1Hg energies 70
As TO her views of marriage, they. were wholly
rnisunderstsod, or designedly misrepresented.
She commended that marriage was civil contract
and what else, according 70 the strict Pnnclp.sS
poses upon another BY false representations; the
law makes il penal ofiense. beside annulung
the contract but Il he imposes an ,he law no,
only secures him N his fraudulent gains put leis
her she has no red5e;s mar "a Sde e 1t her %
ties Good pious people tell her That tnese duties
% love and honor hin ss ta0nsd sIee T os
and enjoy q hearty laugh over IL ana tne nero
however base his character; = mace nero IN
for ife-and all through me peaaAes OF LAW;
made. we are told. to protect the innocent and
punish the guilty. :. ,.o..st,o a.. H..
to1ether happily, and naturally desire O. separa-
tion he law says no. One OF you must institute
s1,ft make charges the other oppose and defend
y,r1 r-sra Competent 70 enter into d contract
tzben perhaps both were minors. but incompetent
=. diss5lye III in mature yeaIs- Suppose one OF my
daUghrers ere 70 come 70 ne ara say. RI, ny
hns6and and myself cannot live together, ne Is
rerfecfIy wiling 70 g separation. and want you
q take me home" answer YES, PROVIDED you
ct m a rstcasz scsndal case, bring u before the
eo.rts for the special benefit of the debased nab
.sives your relatives and the community In
Which you live, sufficiently, you may come
home ~ Would not that be nice and fatnefiyf
And vet that IL what our parental law substsn-
tialIy saws and to what IL drives all 70 who prefer
separsrion 70 an ungenisl union. Ny friend, MI