New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-20

| ri Swede.borz We 90 zo5 sugpose As; be did ,his
Intentionally he vss probably msled BY the deterrent
Lilies given 70 tic dissrent ediuons We merely
Il fact showing what an sfisasrs peTussf he
have gwen this WORK not 10 know the second tine
b read Il tat be had read before Under Attie sissr
eu, title
kowiedses himself Indebted for the loan OF several OF
ssedsnborgs works assures ~ Tat the Dr. dispatched
rilc r01nes ne think Of the Arcan&-Aoout toOO &C
tAvo pa-es-jn single week besides attending 70 his
ordinary d-es Professor Of Theology We lesve our
readers 70 Judge A0r these volumes must have been
read. We would eve Dr.. Pond considerable Il be
would cnmuuneste % the art BY which be managed
70 read much in short tine sid with ~ des?es
Erea;ioH OF which be IS capable The Magnetic Iele
graph its.f hardly sgTpAss this IN point Of speed
We vii here po;ice particularly only few things IN
rass ei1Pr out Of The fourteen which the book De
fore contains and these things may be taken as sfsiF
regard for Truth and justice
Ii Chapter XIII Dr.. Pond proposes 10 give us the
and character Of suedenborss mind subsequent
% lis supposed illumination lie undertakes 20 show
that Dc n0nc7elao-shsolrteiy tzsazs the sub
eet Of Theology To prove This be first refers 70 the
testimony Of DR.. Hartley. intimate friend and &C
qua.nunce OF the Swedish sage. He ssys p 24s) g;
While with the most intense Application OF mind 10
use bis own aBsusge) be pursuing bis physiological
Inquiries endessorng 70 reach and Investigate the Soul
through ina medium OF the Body. snd discover the bid
den bond which uutes the Nsteral 10 the Spiritual he
arrested in the City o. London ~ severe attack
OF fever attended with delIigm SO says Dr. Hartley
one OF bis esriest followers and friends HERE We see
tnat our Author makes Dr. Hartley say that Sweden
borg had severe attack Of lever attended with deli
mum asr byfgrs what is termed MS Illumination took
place. Aud the inference De would bsvs Is draw from
the fact IL although he recovered from the fever
the d,irTurs with Vlch u attended never let hin
Rather rgular case Il strikes For, although
cases OF fever attended vita de.rum very common
We have yet heard Of one where the patient re
covering from he fever remained ~ te 9clTtan Al his
life ser But wish not 10 dispute with the Dr. here
nHaR ha
ascrhes 70 De- Hartley not gwen in quotation marks
neither does he tell where Or. H. Gays this Not re-
collecting have met with before, and feeling some
curiosity on this point We wrote 70 Trend IN Bangor
desiring him 10 learn from Dr. Pond where this state
ment OF Dr. Hartley IA u be found. Through thi. gen
iernsn ART referred by Dr. P 70 Noble's Appeal (p
25S Tor the answer 10 our inquiry The whole passage
which is quoted By NJ Noble FROM HArtleys Preface to
his translation OF the True Christian Religion. reads
thus He lSwedenbOrgl was seized with fever, At
tended with Geiruni common in that case. now marx.
OF pzysseisns and hey have gone about to pick up
wha; he said sni did snd how be looked at the rns
and cave propsgsted THIS both IN private and IN print
proceeding 80 contrary to common humanity, that one
cannot think OF IL without offence nay, even horror
but there il the least occasion for particular an
swer 10 50 mali charge il receives s full con
futs0n from the consistency and wisdom OF hs nuer
Qua publications before aud siace that time
Thus turns that Dr. Pond has here written and
publi.hed 10 the world downright falsehood; for he
makes Dr. Hartley fl the time of Swcdenborgs fever
Just ber0rs his Illumination about y inst ad OF 70
years before his death whereas Or. II distinctly de
cares 70 have occurred seven or eight years after ms
Illumination. about % years before ne died Ana
what segravaes this offence Of our Author Is the TACT
that h kre when be writing this paragraph that he
was writing hat no, rue a. % evident rom me
passage just cited. 10 which he himself on being IN
auired Of has referred He careful however not
10 give the reference Ia bis BOOK And why did ne wish
10 make Dr. Hartley date this tovsr seven or
eryy than he actually does date IL The reason Is OBJ
vious had he stated the fact az u was, would nave
ham ,f,o vail, VII
For the question would Immediately have arisen; II
swedenborg before the fever for seyep or
eg. wears after he began 20 write on Tneoogy and de-
oas the rest of his lie how we to account for the
feet that the works which he wrote during MS years OF
sanity and those which he aiierwerd wrote ID hs salr
OF deru DO not differ from each other in their doc
trne style cement or IN any other respect IN any
degree possible for us TO deecti question not very
essv of solution Therefore il necessary for the
Drs purpose 10 antsdste this fever some seven or
eight yearslong enough to cup u IN At the snt place.
/ l. e. Just previous 70 ais supposed IIumination.
similar instance OF unfA.rness occurs In the same
chapter o. 25 where toe Dr. Is endesvorpg 10 prove
swsdenbors insane, according 20 hs own account Oh
bimsen and of the change which took place IN aim al
the time OF bis Illumination, snd where, Tor this puT'
pose he eites The following passage Immediately on
This was sde sensible Of remarkable chaRss In the
brain and Of a powerful operation thence proceeding
Here again in The paragraph Just noticed Dr. Pond
did not think proper 70 favor hs reade win tho refer
enoc And tbs In this IN the other instance,
Is sufficiently apparent ~ every one may see who VIII
No. 43 Of The Earths In the Universe. BY l.
swedenbOrg where the passage occurs They Will see
that this remarkable cA6H1s In the BRAIN, instead OF
Ia king place Just before the time OF Swedenborgs
Illumination the Dr. doubtless intended his readers
10 infer occurred at least twelve years after mis- uun1
nation for swedenborg himself in the first part u this
worS declares that his Spiritual senses have been open
ed now for twelve years daily" ~. lO) lhey VIII
slso see that this remarkable oaangS' was merely
TRANSIENT and monetary effect produced IN his brain.
and thence throughout his body by the spheres Of two
particular classes OF spirits whereby he was given 10
perceive their peculiar and harmonious relation TO each
other. We do not know whether DR. Pond believes, or
not that brsia is the organ through which the mind
act. in this world but II no does, then would ask
aim to consider whether any remarkable change In tho
stats Of ones mind can occur without corresponding
change in the m0st interior forms Of that which the
or1as Of the mind-the brain Suppose Dr. Pond. az
the sight OF interesting object the discovery OF
some truth. should say 10 friend Immediately
perceived remarkable change In feelings thrill
OF delight through my whole frame" what would
be think OF the who should seize upon this remark
IL from its connection And seriously attempt 20
make of il TO sustain charge OF insanity brought
against is authori Would he lot think that such
man must himself Be insanel Yet this would be quite
parallel with the Drs own attempt IN the case be-
fore US
Again our author. after alleging that the opsn
ion also prevailed extensively in swedenoorZs own
country / @. the that expressed ~ Wesley
that be insane. cites IN evidence the following cur
cumstaace recorded by Mr- Robsans During the SIT
ting Of the Diet In l7ds certain members OF the Ecele
sastieal order contiyed very crafty Plan OF attack
sg.inst Swe6enborg Tncy purPosed 10 bring him 10
and 10 the first stage VI the bearing % declare that
Re led si A isd and bec0ms faS1ae By excessive IN
beavers u explore gOas mysteries and this plan
would have taken away his freedom. and confined aim
10 a mad house Al insane person Here Dr. roma
arops the quotation from R0bssm because bad ne con
tinued Il trls farther and told the whole truth. "a
tkuz By the way which entirely contrary 70 his
pracpe- the paragraph would not have answered his
purpose AZ all Accordingly be ADDS Ia his own IAN
.usge-@ Mr. RObssm goes on 70 say that the pToleet
was abandoned 0sa IN consideration Of 5wedenoorgs
stauon IN society and the respeetaolIy Of his family
connexions" Bat Mr. RobsAm 90 lar from saying thu
calls this wicked attempt Of the EeciesiSsuea Orcer
persecution and n plot and ssys. nis enemies
fs1re5 70 carry their persecution WneD they consd'
cred his beins himself member Of the House OF Mobiles,
and relsfed 70 nsny noble families and many cstn'
pushed Ecclesiastical We wonder II Dr. Pord can see
10 difference between abandoning wicked plot naro.a
fr Of tns consequences that NAY follow IL execution
ard abandoning II N c3asfz1 0H OF TIE hgh rank ano
respectable eonrexicns Of the party aimed It II not
Il s alaziDg that DC sh0ud have been called 70 OIL
the chair he now occupies And JET THIS pay snd n
famous rick OF the Eccesisstcs tbs plot WHICH ne
Dr. h.sDssg q forced % ADMIT was malicious, snd
which VAS ABANDONED Dro1gi fear Of the eonse-
queaees CT pursuing H. "a sravely cited 10 show no~
dsyiy and gsa1aIy the impression prevailed nat ne
fssTeSenborsl 81 least partially AZ insane person
Where did hs Doctor Of Diyiay learn bis logic fes
a. where rs dtics r0ci
Then "a have in this same Chapter, the cd and OF
repeated story about the Tceni fever sstenced itA
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