New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-25


" The article Of T. l. on cur First Page,
though twice IS long az we had offered TO publisb,
would have been inserted without remark bot Tor
the exceedingly unfair If not untruthful attempt Of
the author to iagolve The Tribune in this Davis
controversy. He says Daviss book has been bla-
zoned 10 the public with six columns Of commend
alton" by The Tribune. TIE fact is not So unless
simple statement OF the Contents and pretensioas
OF the book be commeDdation. which they certainly
are not 10 our mind. whatever they. may be TO l.
LIS Our attention has 10 good part been oIa"n
~ these proclaimed Revelations by me a'tacks
upon them. and Incidentally upon froi Dosn'
months since, by T. l. in the Ne'c- f"T* O0'erper
which formal when Prof Bush sought an opPor-
tuuitv 10 reply. peremptory closed its columns
against him-sn act OF iliberality and injustice Of
which T. L. himself ashamed. Thus st-
tackled and denied opportunity 10 defend himself
through the appropriate channel Prot. B. appealed
20 us. and we permitted him 10 be heard through
The Tribune
When the book came out in view OF the noise
which had been made about it beforehand, we
placed a copy in he hands Of one Of cur Assist
anita, and directed him 10 give simple, fair I'm
ing any opinion Of their value Of their verify as
Revelations He did so. and we puoilshs1it we
printed. directly after article based upon MISS
Martineau's Letter on Magnetism. giving what we
believe 10 be the true ISOLATION OF this phenomenon
showing that il is neither imposture on the one
hand nor revelation on the other, but simple re-
salt OF the action Of mind upon mind when In the
Mesmeric state. We gave this, however as the
review, without any expression OF our own opinion
in the premises. Our opinion, freely expressed 10
all who sought it was decidedly adverse 10 the pre-
tensions OF Davis, but having no time 10 read bis
book. we did not feel yet qualified TO assail 1t.
Mex. came an application from Prof Bush for a
hearing in the premises. which we granted most
reluctantly. foreseeng that it tended to provoke a
controversy wholly foreign 70 the province OF dai
ly newspaper. Al the same time determined 10
treat all parties with absolute imPsrtiaity and nav
ing no iadow of belief that Daviss pretensons az
q Revealer could. nor desire that they should be
sustained we voluntarily rendered an equal space
Ia our columns TO the opponents Of Prof b. and OF
Davis for reply The response TO this is an arti-
Gle Of f0ice the length proposed and fairly caima'
ble making a sweeping onslaught on certain Chris
tian demo limitations who are by no means volunta-
~ parties to this controversy, treating Prof Bush
with Choctaw ferocity, ss If he were detected
criminal and The Tribune as a colleague or acceu-
plice In his crime Fully accustomed as we have
become to this slasbing style Of discussion. from
those gladistors who claim bearing for their own
side under all circumstances but in effect denounce
the granting of like audience TO those who cherish
adverse convictions necessarily infdel and dia-
bolic we cannot say that long usage renders 1t at
all more civil decent thanit seemed to US at first
Should Prof Bush see fit to tender bref reply
to the personal imputatons of T L. we will en-
deavor 10 make room for it but for any farther con
troversy respecting the theology philosophy or men,
tai illumination of A j. Davis we trust the parties
concerned will find more fitting channels. Our
voluntary connection with those matters was over
when we had given fair synopsis of the purport
and prominent features Of Daviss book.