Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-02-17

ons:he opponsnts II Mesmerism ,h,.,,,|
close their lips in silence, and hid. A.
heads for shame. IL the last h. !,
canss, Il is due % The pubic thu, ~.
position should be made Of such A..
humbuegery.
j. Mesmerism Inconsistent with i
laws Of nature and mind2 - sVf Y
If il is, how shall we account e., !,
phenomena il presen,si aluAt Mi
These are the questions 10 beaa~~
and scientific mon should do it,.
Instead 81 this, how il the do.,x
metz lnFyour last psper Is I commun;.'
ton signed x. Ia which The experim.,.
Of las, Thursday evening are demons
as "a ridiculous, farce;"- and 10 prov.
letter is publish from England, f,o,
physician, lnobody knows Who'll :,
what DOES the letter amount TOT d..
expose Mcsmcrisms MOI, simply
poses ao'snsuecessful practitioner--.-.
imposter, who had taken this man.
make money. atlsea iSnssI s,e
]. Again, in the last Bawksys =. q.
article from the Boston Medical IONA,
(pub!ishsd at the requrs, or Dr.. Rms,
which assumes The whole matter IN 4.
pute, and then drops some huge tear, !,
commiseration for the tfolly Of those u.
listen 10 lectures ON the subject, and vh
are willing TO investigate. Could An,
thing be more illiberal-- more pi,iabI..
than tina. article, when emana,iug from,
professedly scientific sourcet No 4.
editors Of the Medical Journal expec, !.
control or enlighten public opinion ia N,
way! II won't do. For myself do M
value the opinion Of medical men, in M,
matter, more than that Of any other men ).
for Mcsmerism does not ovcrturn auy #
the established laws Of The human ,v,.
tenn, and physicians, therefore, are 10
more capable Of Judging, simply bscaua
they arc ply sicians. than other person.
Allow me to notice an idiosyncrasy Il
your brother Hawksys.. He says he vii
not ,aks, sides on this question until h
finds out "whether il will do more GOD
than HARM" Whether true or hIx.
then. he will hold his peace until ha
question is settled. II trse, he will ss
believe unless j, does good. And Il tals,
he will defend il, ii II does more good
than hahn. This reminds one Of ii.
persecution Of Gallileo. When he 70
nounced the astronomical theories d
Aristotle, and openly advocated the Co
pernican system, he was persecuted ),
the Church; because II was srppcssdtha
the Copcrnican theory contradic,ed III,
Laws Of nature as developed ia the Bible
and therefore tended 10. bring discred,
on its authenticity Is divine work.
We are informed shat q congreea,a
Of cardinals, monks and mathematician
all sworn easmies Of G-ilil~, sssp;n.a
his work, condemned il as highly dasgrl
Gus, and summoned him before tho tn
bunal sf the Inquisition, where he was s.
nally condcmned 10 re- nounce, 10 prssen.
Of an assembly Of ignorant monks
kneeling before them with his hand upor
the Gospel, the great truths he had main
tanned. Overcome by persecution, Ls
took the oath; and At the moment whm
he arose, no exclaimed, stamping BIZ
foot, "E pur 81 muovs' land yet !. movss!l
And SO the universe Of worldsy couiin.
ued o'movs in their glorious orbits, g
cosding to his theory, until men, ashansl
Of their ignoraace and prejudice. =
knowledged it, truth; and the Bible aia
i recognized as the word or God. GIL
llleo died in prison Tor speaking The sres
truth. E
And, sir, the Hawkeyo sets up the sam
standard Of judging, As did these card
nails and moaks. They decided, no. ths
the theories Of Gallileo we're . humhus
but they were highly dangerous. The!
dscided THAT they did more hara lin
good"
II the Hawkeye SHOULD decide lh'
question in the same way, We hops b
will lack The lnquisitorial power 70 szs
cute his decision. 4gQ
New, sir, | aver that there Is mon
humbusgery in this mode Of opposing
Mesnerism than in Mesmerism itself
] arm no believer or advocate Of \
but anxious for fair investigation.
AN ENQUIRER.
For Tie Gssstk.