New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-14

fcIu~-s 70 answer any proper question On skttG,
scientific or otherwise II Is propounded with rea and
p-s10lagf desire obtain information on the subject
70 which Il relates Is 10 the ncreduious ard
marvellosing generation should ~reek sisn and DO
sign should be given think thai this should not AZ
least diminish materially from the dsaify OF tire work
in which Nr Davis = engaged. Mr. does not expect
. % convince the world "a sgIL Ard D. the uunlafe
prevalence Of the great and universal principles OF PHI
LosoFHY AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION laid down in his
work Il : matter of little consequence whether few
isolated individuals believe or dsbeleve HIS work
viii soon be before the public aud then the i'd viii
Judge according 20 ~ oca fHflfs II u i the confused
hodge p0dee from Swendenborg the Vesices Of Crea
non Brovnsons lectures the Institutes of Menu. sc.
l. l. alleges or ifiiEl not a. TO an its essential par
cusr bear the tess II the mos, searching and impair
ual investigation. IL u b. c0adnHed IT, however all
facts and circumstance and evidences external and in
terna should prove Il 20 be bona tds inAaN from the
spirtworld 81 knowledge Of the most astounding and
overwhelming character, and OF the unspeaksbe
importance IN uHiffrR distracted and m 3dpDg
mouthpiece or enginery Of popular sect will b. abeo
permanently o6scuEslis light obstruci It's influence
We live not in the days OF Roger Bacon or Calico,
but in the STSErEESrH CENTURY
+ l. would seem if understand him. 10
doubt though he does distinctly dsny) the reality
OF Dsviss abnormal condition. speaks with contempt OF
his doing out his spiritual communications SC and
says. Next fancy learned Professor Prot Bush be-
lieving all this and regarding il a. evidence Of some
grand design OF Providence which neither Christ
Paul we're uirusted q announce and you have indeed
psychological phenomenon, SC. Well p@ychologi-
csl phenomenon let it be. then But we know Of one
sun greater tnAn W. III Is prfscnttu III OF
learned Professor with whom faith coscly allied to
frmness and who. from the most shallow and one
sided view Of few shreds and patches OF work. il
capable with ssweeping dash Of the pen 70 snnul
beyond redemption. the results Of calm and thorough
INyFsTrGATfoS Of the subject ard place minds AZ
least equal 10 his and whom facts have forced 10
different conclusion, in the category OF dupes and
lunatics And the man who IL capable Of doing these
miraculous wonders j. Professor Taylor Lets IL D.
II there is nothing intrinsic in the there is certainly
something in the ofoe and titles that is adequate to all
this
But however insane the believers in the reality OF
Davss spiritual comm anicaton may be- they not 90
Tiy besoed as 10 expect that new and important dis
coveries in science bearing on biological opinions
will not meet with the prosecuting and unprincplcd
hostility from the established orders and especially
from the dominant sts. which new truths and their pro
pagaors have been wont 70 receive from the guar
ter in all past ages Hence the which 7 l.. is
pursuing psychological phenomenon which gives
surprise and for which readily account,
having many IKE examples in the history of seodrisH
biSOty.
NIB II the above communication should to some
minds wear the appearance OF severity, would
esty them that Il dictated in other than
spirit of p1Jed tjpdpsss 1t was not my object to
write against the mai regard him lnna,ely pure.
and feel bound TO recognize him as my brother though
hs would doubtless scon the relation. ! have simply
endesvored 10 show up the distortions and sdeet.oH,
Of hs mind which NOT natural but have arisen from
the fortuitous circumstances surrounding him from
youth. We regard T. L." a. responsible for his
present frame OF mind than those who born in Con
saninope for being Mahometans, or those who are
born in China for being Pagans-since with all be-
es the result Of the casualties OF birth and education,
snd hence is closely closely allied to hrmness
WIN FlsHBOUGH Reporter Of Davss Lectures.
Nor York Dee 30.
p. :. The above, in connection with brief commu.
nicaion in answer TO sn editorial attack on Davis was
presented to Mr. Prime Of the editors of the New
York Observer, with respectful request that one or
t,.h IL, in, NJ han
asked il they recognized the pro and con principle
when individual feelings and interests attacked in
their columns. Mr. P. answered, "Why-(ahem)-yes.
II depends however upon the sibofi involved % the
communications were then presented. which after ex
animation were promptly reused Nhen his reasons
were asked he answered, q. you probably know the
reason well 90 we do
Since Mr. Prime thus allows us to know the reason
well as he does and since is against conscience
10 keep bad secret viii let this reason be known
10 the world II because it utterly opposed 10 the
interests and policy of the Observer q have more
than one eide OF a subject canyassed, which Ia com
mitted A correction Of grossly erroneous impressions
of which il has been the vehicle plain honest pos
Of facts any subject involving its preiudices might
greatly inHrs the holy in which II is engaged o.
how long will the world submit to be guIed and tyren
nzed by dynasty OF darkness loving and justice
dv'r'spg sectrisns The voice OF Nature, and the
crushed feelings snd affections OF a beclouded
rising 70 feariui rebellion, YET ONLY LITTLE
WHILE q
Since ustics denied us in that quarter We are in
Iucfu 10 flaNeIuufFhflCe tuTOlgn ne iTtONNt
since the communication above was written, an art
Gle from Prot Lewis has appeared in The Tribune
which requires only brief notice in this place
such expressions most contemplate humbug
d" most contemplate nonsense sc we throw into the
common batch which we have ground up and sifted In
the oregong communicston-merely rernarkng by the
way that sHcA expressions be- uttered without the
last thought NJ Investigation
When Davis, work is published {, viii be seen what
relation II bears TO the Bible and then il will be time
enough tor + L. to attack IL on that ground.
of n al, "a
siod" Davis asserts that Homer and Hesod were
temporary that Hesod collected certain demonologi-
cal raditonsand that Homer w0ve them into his poems
II IT will take up and disprOve this assertion. il
will be rather better than 10 catch halutterei and
unexplained expression. and torture il into ridiculous
shape But whether this ISOLATED statement l. prorsf
dp7Orod r L.. viii md that IL Is not essential to the
reg principles on which alone the work OF Mr. DAVIS must
stand or fall
It / refers again 70 the garbled and distorted sx.
tracts which he gave in the Observer to the discred
of Mr Dsvss scieace The connection OF these extracts
presents stupendous and begu consistent view
OF the nebulsr origin OF heavenly bodies, and also
speaks OF and describes Leverrers planet mouths in adj
OF any announcement OF the sgs Suspicion that
such body existed His cOHccErg these jaos 20 pick
flaws in the language COMFORTS only with what might
be expected from who regards as the most despcs
bic caaf all professions " TO love truth Tor truth
sake Perhaps howeverhe supposed that Davis derived
his knowledge Ut the pa4G from Brons9ss lscftrss,"
or the Vss'iSs. If Creation "
Concerning the apparently ridiculous sayings a.
uibutcd Davis respecting the lunar circles &c
and 20 which I T. refers as being extracted by the
Observer from old pamphlet, we have only 10 say
that presented brei and fair explanation OF The
o Yin and meaning of those sayings % the Observer
after IL attack upon them but the publication OF our
article was DromP'v declined. We will only add that
the public shall hereafter be- duly apprised Of the re-
s;ion which that pamphlet susains 20 the work now In
progress and the origin and meaning Of the passage re
icrrcd to shall be duly explained. We 90 not expect
however arr painfully anxious. 10 convince any
who possess II l. - ~rrsssdiag reluctance 20 have
their belief disturbed either OF the correctness Of our
explanation the integrity Of our afirss In presenting
10 with ofAsr minds however the result may possibly
b. different W T.
General Notllee.