Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-13

law Nature because may lead to pernicons results
But who that presume 10 set bounds 10 'e
dence or power Of the Deity, How can we attenpta al
this moment to grasp MI The consequences winch may
arise from establishment hoy much oil veal or now
much Of woe This habit ofdenying some oil the laws
&c Nature, because they enid to be IN opposItnn 10
Religion the good of species, IL almost Us oiu as
Science itself The records Of the human race swarm
with such illustrations Calico was arragned before
the Iuquisition for contendng that The Earth moved
rou nd the Sum- because he ooshy SAID TO nave I'M
pousy denied the miracle of Joshua The records OF MS.
tory indeed abound with such examples Even gnnpow-
der was denounced first for the mschies mlght ac-
compsh-yet no invention hes ever SO mnch ao,ogea
the ravages and The horrors Of war Are we 10 bahsh y
sicians themselves from the community, because lhey
NAV sometimes abuse their professions or every remedy
from the pharmacopaa, because they may DC sometimes
perverted.
Our true Duty and wsest philosophy are study
the aws of Nature and leave their own 70
evelnpe themselves. To say that person cannot con
troll another-ihat mind may not affect another is 70
saw that Cicero has never spoken, and Shakespeare
never wrote IL is to say, that man s wiser hah 'e
Author Of his being-that his purblInd VISION IN Inc
19ih century is superior 10 Omnlscence ltsel-lt IS 10
saw that the ministers Of his Holy Religion VINO nave
looked into The phenomena Of Alesm rism-that b
shop Alclvain, who has made many experiments, gnu
believes in its existence cursed with te
of the ;sDevil If this be OF the laws oil Nature "ho
shall presume TO say, that it IS not an enana'oh "
the same Divine wisdom ana 5oouheso, why" No.
made all his other laws but for some good ana wise
purpose Already field is opened, which promises
10 shed its sautary influence upon the great heahe
art. Strange these Phenomena Of Mesmer'c sleep
are; startling as they appear to u.s. yet some OF mem
are not without their analoges in some weli-known
Phenomena of sensation and mind Even the curious
phenomena of the young lady in our last and her see
of cake, may be partially resolved into well known
principle of Memory, familiar to The Metaphys'canns'
AS TO The very decent insnuations OF the h .
mond Wing about "imposture" and "impurity, they
are unworthy of notice. We desplse ooth TUE
charge and the accuser. Nor would we stoop 10 play
the nqusitor upon his Conscience to spy into ms oc
lion, and draw his ftaillies from their dark recesfes
into the light of day
Blu, it is time 10 terminate this discussion We 90
not expect to convince the Richmond Whig-or 10 IN
fuse into any touch Of liberal feeling or ingenious
curiosity. To expect TO convince him would 'ndeeo
be ridiculous Quxotism You had better throw pearls
to swine Expec, science from him-expect gene
rous pursuit of any thing like philosophy from W.T..
Alexander Moseley-we would almost as soon sspec, ;,
from "Huron or an Esquimaux." We should as soon
expect it, as love of TRUTH libeality, justice ano
Gecency. II is not in the man--and no nesme,'c
process could bring out No manipulation OF me oooy
nor illumination Of the mind could throw sutacen'
fluid upon him to make him philosopher or p0'''''