The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-09

stood 10 be offered IN view OF that part OF the
message relating to the war. simultaneously,
motions 10 "commit''-" lay on the table,
"postpone to 49, Sc, were offered, and finally
the resolution was laid on the table.
After this, as We are informed, the following
resolution was offered by Mr.. Price, clerk in
one OF the city departments:
Resolved That George Hssey delegate to the Young
remarks made by him in derogstion Of character Of
Henry Clay deserves the just zion of this
ittee aud that the self of this committee
this body.
THIS was passed by vote of 46 to g when the
! committee adjourned to the bar-room in great
state of excitement What will the wing masses
say to this? Are they for Clay or Taylor
That is the question.
FANATlcIsM IN THE 19ru CENTURY-PERrEc-
TIoNlsrs AND BeAsrLrNEss.-Although we live IN
an age characterized by improvements in the
arts, sciences, and every thing else calculated to
promote the civilization and elevation of our
race, yet there is a vast quantity of benighted-
ness in the world, aud in tho United States.
This retrogressive movement, we are happy to
see, isnot general, but confned to few fanatical
creatures and ignorant people, led and directed
by corrupt aud designing men. 1t originates,
gressive spirit of The age, which in reality has
nothing to do with it, but is rather directed and
animated by a spirit of barbarism, the same
which prevailed in the dark ages of the world.
As in those periods of the earth's history, the
most vile and brutal passions were loosed from all
moral restraint, and INDUCED in to excess, under
the sacred anne OF religion, So IN this nineteenth
century, we perceive precisely the same. We
have had the Mormons and their spiritual life
system, and the Fouriertes and their associa-
lions, and now we have the Perfectionists, a
new sect, which combines with Its own non.
sense the worst features of both the Mormons
and the Fourerites.
This sect originated at New Haven, Connecti-
cut, in the year 1884, under the auspices OF man
named Noyes, licensed Congregational preach
er, who has, frem time 10 time, published papers
developing, at full length, the principles of the
new sect. We remember that a colony of the
Perfec,onis,s was planted near Buffalo, in this
State, some years since; but their conduct and be-
haviour were gross that the public authori-
ties were forced to Interfere, and the result
was that they were indicted and dispersed They
are now scattered in different parts of the coun.
try; but the principal colony is located at Putt
ney, in Vermont With view of giving our
readers an insight into their principles, we clip
the following creed OF theirs from their organ
We believe that at the destruction Of jerusalem the
end of the Jewish depepsation Christ believers
the second time, according to his promise
We beeve that a. the period OF the second coming
Christ Christianity or the Kingdom of Heaven properly
We believe that this the period of the full deve.
op-ment Of the new covenant (Heb (Which secures to
believers perfect and eternal salvation from SIM
dom from written law ard human instruction.
We believe that the whole body of Christ j the
tha al
body et his second coming
We believe that after this period the salvation given
to all ia Jesus Christ included nothing less than
perfect and eternal salvation from sn-s complete re-
denpuon from tie law and legal instruction-s perfect
resurrection Of the spiritual body standing on the
plain tf eternity, hey ond the judgment.
We believe that Christ he is in his resurrection
and glory, is given to every member of the human
We believe that are Christians in any sense unit.
they receive Christ in his resurrection.
We believe that Christ in the resurrection is free from
SIN from The Law, from all ordinances and from death
hence all who are subject to any OF these pro.
pery called Christians not having attained hope
ofther calling.
This is their creed; and the next question is,
what do they think OF the marriage contract On
this point we are not left in the dark, for Mr.
Noyes, for the edification of his hopeful flock,
and as rule for their moral conduct, has laid
down the following princpes on that subject in
a letter written by him to the Battle Are, one O,
the Perfecti onists' organs:
"when the will of God Is done On earth as It Is In
Heaven there will be no marriage The marriage sup
Per OF the Lamb feast 81 which every dish is free to
every Exclnsiveness, Jealousy, qusrrelDg have
place there Tor the same that which for
bids he guests at Thanks wing dinner to claim each
his separate DISH and quarrel with the rest for his
la holy community, there is reason why sex
ua Intercourse should be retrain.d by law thau why
eating and drinking should be; and there lie little oc
cssion for shame IL the one in the other. God
has placed well OF partition between the male snd fe
male during the spostacy for good reasons which will
De DeOIen dOwn In TIE resurrection equally good
Ieasous But TO him who abolishes the law OF tn,
spotacy before he stands 10 the holiness Of The
rsction The guests OF the marriage supper may have
each his favoritc dish each y dish OF his osn pro
curing and that without the Jealousy of excusvsnsss
Chrts, and In him she is the bride OF all the saints
She is dear in the hands Of stranger and according To
my promise to her rejoice. My claim upon her cuts
directly across the marriage Of this world and
God knows the end"
As an evidence OF the extent of impiety and alb.
surdity to which this sect has gone, we learn from
the same paper, that the Perfectioaists, believing
that the Kingdom Of God had come, put the
question to vote, whether it had or had not, and
Mr.. Noyes says, with the following result lie
gives his own words;
at unanimously adopted therefore az the con sis
tent testimony Of the believers assembled, that the
kingdom II 6sd has come"
We think our readers have had enough of this
subject We have introduced it solely for the
purpose of showing that, although we are in en-
age ightenment, there are some foul and dark
spots on the present century. The Perfection.
lists out-Mormon the Mormons in their spiritual
wife doctrines, and are UNNECESSARILY in advance
of the disciples of Fourier.
S range infatuation--that people pretending to
be gifted with the faculties of reason, should he
led away in this manner.
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