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From the New York Tribune.FREE-LOVE IN NEW YORK.Individual Sovereignty realized—Secret Society of the. League—Us origin, History and organization—Principles and practice of the Free-Lovers*Wc have for sometime been aware of the existence in this city of a body of persons united in a secret society for the purpose, not merely of discussing those principles of extreme social lawlessness known by the general term of Individual Sovereignty, and of confi’rnhng themselves hi such principles; but also of carrying them into practice, cs-pecialty hi the sexual relations. As soon as this fact came to our knowledge, wo did not fail, of course, in the discharge of osir duty to the public, to set on foot an investigation for the purpose of ascertaining the truthling—nay} oven proud—to bear her full sharebf the burden and disgrace, if the world ehoso to call it so, attending such reformation. 'wlnuegepm v; neons .The members of this Club have the privil- j tu;heir friend*, and hence J tinsn:criwith regard to such a society, in order tofmlieWilbring the same to the tribunal of public opn-Lon. But the' obscurity in which its members saw fit to envelope their transactionsintroducing tl man}' strangers find their way into the hall.It is an object to attract hs many ladies as . possible to these gatherings, and so tlicv put \ of an extra tarilf on the gentleman who comes j a \ unaccompanied by a lady—charging for the admission of a single gentleman twenty-five cent*, and for a genii Lilian and hidy. only, twenty-five cents. Public prostitute.?, svejue ms told, arc often seen there, notwithstanding the Chief (Mr. Andrews) holds absolute an- tla tliorily sit these gatherings, lie hires the ni flail and pays for the use of it. receiving for? all his services any surplus funds that uaiy turn j ity up. Although si member of the socle'y may p ■ introduce any friend (who, of course, mint Jin be a proper person.) the Chief retains the} jitin i ’ifhawas so complete that it was nut practicable j right to dismiss or eject such pctvun to obtain accurate ar.d trust-worthy infer- j Ins wisdom he may think proper to do so.— j fcb mation, and we were constrained to keep si- j He regards the gathering t* ins party, and o in* itni.Wf Ttonr-nrW hmvevnr. I in accordance with th the doctrine nf indi-I once on the subject. Recently, however.the obligation of secrecy has been in a great! virtual Sovereignty, claims the rig: measure, if not altogether relaxed ; and we I who may and who may not attcht to sayutttcmh Wo ! mhave succeeded in obtaining from various I learn that at pty^ont. the receipts of ihe Club | umuch exceed t lie expenses, and that the Chief j tu‘ anfinds ii a profitable source of private income-, t11aclt'ii dksckihf:ir,v omj: ostiik ir,kks.sources the subjoined accounts of this society, its past, history and its present state and purposes. Of these accounts, some, as willbe seen, are furnished by persons attached i „ nr w *?to the movement, while others arc hostile Editors oj the i\. Y. Iribune:to it; but wo behove these facts stated arc in every respect correct.HISTORY OF TIIU F1U:!J.0VJB SOCIETY.Sir: To disguise the fact that there exists jn this country at the present time a new element, which is sooner or later to have an important bearing upon the social This society, or as it calls itself the Pro-: future of the human race, is to disguise thegressive Union club, has grown out of an or- • truth.gilizaticm devised by certain social theorists . \ The element to which I refer is asubdi-inchiding Messrs. Stephen Pearl Andrews.; vision of the socialistic movement in this Albert Ambnnc, and others, who gave it the ; country, and at the present time it js absorb-nulit ft 11 cv wlt;drn nerro'miappelation of The Lkagvk. It designed by » mg more of the public attention than any of pathem as a secret political order, which was ! its co-ordinate branches. It embraces with- \ tuin the scope of its designs and entire change ! mi in all institutions hnvimr anv relation to hu-1 thW |iii other words, it seeks ; th the affections from all • orto obtain power And place after the manner of the modern Hindoos, and then regulatethe affairs of commerce and the price of corn man affections; or. ii on the basis of:i Cost the limit of Price y') the emancipation ofbut, before getting their machinery in run-1 outward interference. Such are its avowedspning order, they noticed the waning for-! objects. The inii iatory step which has been j astunes of the Know Nothings, and being all; already taken, bears directly upon love andphilosophers, wisely concluded that secret, the relationspolitical parties were not quite the thing after all, and so abandoned it or laid it on the table ; while, for the time heing.somc of them, led by Sir. Andrews, betook themselves to the consideration ofPasrional Attraction, or Free-Love. The League which yc-t exists, ond as far as possible endeavors to extendof:ie sexes, x uu uivii uponintewhich it is based may be formalized in two jibwavssi1. The overthrow of ‘ the institution of J tV Marriage as being hostile to.2. The regulation of the relations of the sexes by the law of Passional Attractions.fnIIIThe present free-Love movement lias ex- j tlits organization and influence, is still much j fcted ■* « movement about two years; yet so j bmore of a secret socleiy than the Club, and : 3-;ipid has been its growth than very little is known of its doings by those j Free Loved is now on the lipsthe name 1 Inlips of every-; tlin relation to what iswho are nut members. Occasionally, the , hudy, and the inqmry Chief issues a bulletin, which is so general ! implied by it, and what the real fuels arc, is and vague hi its terms that it may mean | no.lV llK»rc. than ever. The attendancesomething or nothing, one thing or anuUicr.according to the mood or mnniinutiou of the ■t i.ev. ireader.atone 1:UII S -Is*. vi.CM*11 *lt;-: II. at she jire.-ent time varies from e l urn) mIT1/ to iv/u hundred per-sitiC:tlCUlg4 5 V«• t S J ic.-e.ta laree attendance of a* Cl lib numbers nearlydi
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Kenosha Democrat
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Nov 02, 1855
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