New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-11
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SEPTEMBER II.


rne,eIv exterior senses To THE may add, tnat
ouestiops have, in numerous instances, been COR
ractlv answered when the querist hinseI ala uoS
At the time know the answer, bat subsequently,
a.certaned IL In such instances 1t coala no. VI
course, be supposed that the auswer was seaa sf9i
bis mind. ,bst
there is often keeuy searching intelligence aus
plsyed by these sounds which leaves the lde&
Of eusss 1oork entirely oai OF The question
That Intelligence has not It's birsh in any MIND
present as connected with a visible body
tmust, therefore, be exercised oy an 1HeiS'0s
intelligent being of sotae Kind, such as answer" W
our idea OF spirit. H..
Whether il ia nlost reasonable to suppose that
that invisible Intelligent being is an eli, naad
furv. or what it p-0tesses to bsEhe spirit OF na'
man being, or of human beings, who once d8et' IA
the flesh as we now do, is question WHICH sae
rational Mid may be left to answer Tor ltseh' -
/, amusing az well as melancholy, however ~ se7
the ridiculous hypothesis TO which some persons
WHO cannot deny the facts in this case, VIII resort
in order 10 get lid of the simplest aud only rational
idea of this phenomenon An otherwise Intelligent
gentleman who had investigated the afar ios sew
eral DAYS. and who vas forced to acknowledge NAV
there was DO trickery or fraud about IT. seriously
nropcsed the idea that there nighs, by some un,
known nesns be an UNCONSCIOUS ana sycnoosl oG'
reduntcation of the ssithcod Of those who consalt
,bsse Ysppipgs, and that the remarkably correct
snsvers which were ofseR given to q0estlons'
might possibly be nothing more tnan releGt 4S
from the invisible aud personal counterpart oil tne
interrogation as engendsIet 10 AIS o"h p u S6Ae''
atmosphere. Aningealous theory Uuy
wish here to propose the following question:
which hope will meet win serious v, hch
Since means have facently been unioided oy Wnlcn
two persons thousand miles apart can converse
as though they stood lace TO face, what Is there W.
trinsicav absurd in the idea OF telegraph pet"
the tgo worlds as the next blessing Vouchaasea ~
the Great God to his progressive ana heAFeA" atu
aspiring children But of course new develop
noent If this kind would be derided and scofed at,
:rst as this has BEEN BIZ the stand-stiu conssrva'
lives in science and theology for what reaIv 'H'-
portant truth that has ever yet been unolded TO ne
world has not met with similar fate ! The truth,
how ever, is always sure to ultimately triumph 70
the utter discontinue of its opposers, and lss adVo
Gates need never fear
[ had intended to notice at length the pFoml-
nent objection to the spiritual deS OF this pheno-
menon. based upon the acknowledged fact that
there are sometimes errors In these communlca-
tlons bus my space is already full | would brief
iy suggest however, that If the law OF universal
end gradual progression is admitted, 1t naturally
follows that the first step IN the splrlsual Wofd 10
only che step beyond the last step In this world,
ard hence that there are some spirits IN the other
vc-ld who are even less intelligent than some spl.
rits atil connected with the visible form Yet
am conntrained to say that the errors in responses
to questions. which are not directly reiereoIe 20
the mex perence of the interro5 ator and to non
compliance with the required conditions, are CON-
paratiyely few, and may be considered as excep-
tons to the general rule: and when they do oc-
cesionally occnr, they more prove that the com
muncatiDg intelligenees not spirits than STINT
lar errors committed by u.s. would prove we were
not men, What ID there in analogy, or even IN
any secret records to prove that even the BEST OF
spirits are ihfait6ie?
While pursuing this series of articles, flood OF
facts and arguments has been constantly pressing
upon my mind for utterance but being unable,
in my limited apace, even to alIude to most OF
these, l have resolved to embody them IN large
pamphlet or small volume, which will be torthcom-
ing in due time. In tha l shall give sketch OF
the history Of spiritual intercourse in all ages OF
the world and more comprehensive account oil
the developments Of our own day than has YET
been given-endeavorpg to settle many important
ouestiops which are now constantly coming up III
the public n,ind in references to spiritual matters
in general Meanwhile, let it be remembered that
we live in an age of unfolding light when all
things will have to be impartialiy Investigated !;
and whatever of truth each subject may be found
to involve, must be undeservedly proclaimed Soch
ia an essential prerequisite of the new aud glorl-
Gus era that lie now dawniDg.
WILLIAM FlSHBOUGH,
FiRiam sbrgh, .4ugust H. 1856