Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1849-02-07
Human Progress.

The providence journal, alter month S
preparation, defends itself with excellent
generalship against our Providence cor
respondents charge that it is zone Of the
greatest obstacles in the way Of, human
pregress,n in that city, O.Hz co,empora-
rvs wit being almost as great as its wick
edness, we cannot forbear quoting par
agraph or two from its defence. 1t will
be perceived that it has scaped its nose to
the utmost lubricity before entering the
lists, so that there is no chance for re-
joinder on our part.-Chronotype.
We have gone, not always editorially,
we admit--how is it possible ''that one
small head should carry all'' these thingsf
but though what the New York Herald
would call sour unrivalled corps Of vol
untary correspondent. for all sorts of re-
forms, upon all sorts Of subjects, for
everything that ends in ism or ology or
pothy. We went for homeopathy, hydro
pathy, and one other pathy, the name OF
which we have unfortunately forgotten
and this very day, we publish an article
upon isopathy, which is later and Of
course better still, and which seems very
reasonable and natural like. The principle
OF cure is the application to the diseased
organ Of similar organ Of a healty per-
son. Think what remedy for sore lips!
Of course patient would be allowed to
select his own physician. On this sub
ject Of isopaihy, we regret to say that our
friend OF the New London Chronicle, an
exceedingly irreverent man, and disbe-
lever in many of the most important dis
coveries in sshuman progress is wholly
incredulous. We commend him to the
correspondent OF the Chronotype. He
deserves all that has been said OF US upon
the subject.
But to go on with our own merits; we
were amongst the first to give in our adj
hesion 10 animal magnetism, and we went
the full length of pathetism and anothe,
ism in the same connection. We pulfee
Lay Roy Sunderland's lectures, and we
strongly recommended course of lee.
lures on Fourierism, illustrated by an i'm.
mcnse picture right over the desk Of tho
lecture. We reviewed Andrew Jackson
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such orthodoxy that our excellent friend
Professor Bush, sent for all the numbers
and they were copied, at length, int
those papers which are generally regard
ed as the accredited organs Of the unseel
world. 1t is not long since we publishe,
mesmeric prescription for the treatnen
of cholera, and we faithfully placed beicr
our readers the whole story Of an awfu
murder in Massachusetts, detected b,
means of animal magnetism. We hay,
not vet expressed our indignation at tn
Jury in Worcester which recently refuse,
to convict man Of the same crime on tn
testimony Of a very remarkable dream
We have not enumerated half our seryi
ces to human progress, all Of which, W
think. should entitle us to first elias
Office, if the party Of human progress
should ever get into power. Ii indee
there be any principle or process, any ide
or suggestion or vision Of transcendent
philosophy that has escaped our motto
lust trot It out, and it shall have a fai
1 chance in our columns. But after all this
we will no, endure to have i thrown j
our teeth, that we are enemies Of huma
progress; it is shameful and slanderol'
ingratitude, and we look to the Chrome
type, by its sense Of justice, to retract tn
charge Of its correspondent.