The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-29

WIZ uhpi"AhhSy osoNeuy uhu yustlucu, a. uetHs
good enough Morgans till after the election ;
Can it be doubted that the same parties would not
hesitate to-day to embark in similar crusade against
any other society, association, or institution,
either religious, benevolent scientific, or social, il
they could promote any selfish political scheme
thereby! The order of Odd-Fellows, the society O
st. Patrick, or any other association, win encoun
ter their hostility and persecution, as displayed
against the free masons whenever they think favora
BILE success be attained for their political plans b,
such course. 1t is believed that Mr.. Davis is ,
young man. with limited education, restricted in
teligence, and no very remarkable ability. Yet i
is quite evident that this ook, and the other work
published under his name, have received the revision
OF those possessing scholastic attachments of /
high order. His motive for these publication
is, doubtless, the qualification of the vanity
OF authorship merely, for the books cannot be pro
ftable pecuniary speculation. But potent stimu
liant to third persons, and particularly men OF
vaulting ambition politicians, can be magin
in the means and appliances which the effect and
influence Of this book upon many weak and credu-
lous people. may furnish to dexrous political tao
titan for moulding, managing, and controlling such
people to subserye selfish purposes, AZ was accom-
plished in the ant-masonic deusion lgnatius Loyoa
and Nachavel were not more profound and deeply
skilled adopts in such matters than the Shumsea OF
Albany; nor did Catalina, Burr, does the lit
tie magician Of Undertook, surpass the . Gooroo
of Auburn, in the art and mystery of political in
trigue and CANNON and the awful and inexpres-
sbe supremacy Of the "SouthD Gotham" in the
simple, unadulteratei transcendental bagoa line of
business, by wholesale and retail, no one will ven
ture to question. They could use this book adyan-
tageously for themselves. Upon the whole, we are
inclined to suspect that the sagacious reader if well
acquainted with the religious, literary, social edito-
rial, and political history the Empire State and
rtn1h E,,.l
the reading Of this book that he is rresstbly i'm
pressed with the idea that the triumvirate we have
referred to have not withheld their aid, to some
parts, to its putatiye father Mr.. Andrew Jackson
Davis; though the latter may have assumed the sole
paternity in order to the Interior designs Of
the coufI0es from the public eye.
1t becomes office of just and impartial censor
ship and our position az conservators of public mo-
raty, and II Is due TO the cause of sound prnci-
Piles, and the welfare of society demands of us and,
witha il Is just to ourselves, that editorial courtesy
towards two Of the gentlemen referred 10, consi-
deration of the elevated position Of one of the
others, should not restrain the denuncaton of this
work Us a most insdous and pernicious production.
The volume is eminently panosophical No en-
| cyclopedia ever treated Of more subjects. II out
does the Treasury IF UafI ksoutrige, and the
Penny A6sa-me. Religion, philosophy, revelation,
the terrestrial world and the spirland" electricity,
astronomy, mechanics, telegmphs and other inven-
tions, magnetism, miracles, music, politics. Niger
slavery. land reform and agriculture and " hume
rous other articles too tedious to MENTION" are
scilbbcd about, in these one hundred and seventy
six pages and all these various topics con-
neeted with the Stratford mysteries. and Rochester
knockngs and rappings and prete nded spiritual
tercoulse between the living and che dead in rela-
tion to which we have seen much published, with
in the last few months, in the New York Tribune,
Albany Ercning Jou,md, and other trancendental
prints. This is the book Of .'the higher law on
all these subjects, long lost found ~ This is
the key to the Eleusnian mysteries of New York
politics. Il is the appropriate epilogue to that
famous Grafton in the Senate chamber Of the United
states, announcing for the first time to the people
Of this constitutional confedefacy, rule for the
conduct Of men. women and children, white, red,
and black, intelligent or ignorant-a higher law
above that constitution, not revealed 60 Washing
ton, and Hamilton, and Franklin, IN lIsI, but now
revealed and authoritatyey promulgated by special
message and messenger, that Ill may ''listen and
obey The explanation j., III fact, the subli-
mated tinetue, the PREDETERMINED quinressenee o. All
the "Sleiyegammon," and cant, and humbug that
has from time to time been put forth in this country
IN divers modes and ways, by suniry p,cudo-rcgous
philosophical. social and political "myscrous in
iluences. calculated 10 bcwidcr, alarm, bamboozle
deceive and deude the weak or ignorant or super-
stitious and creduous into aiding, unknowngy,
the contamination of the selfish schemes of design
ing knayes Mixed up with this connection of
wicked folly j. the entire batch of w'etched poti-
cal, social, agraIian and other iYis of the day.
fourier-sm, GIaham-isn, ant-rcnt-sm, anti-ma-
sonery-ism, the Observation-Disclosures, the land
forall-the-landess-ism, the cqnal-diyi.ion-oi-pro-
rerty-lsm, the commmit y-of-goods-sm, nggc r-abo-
liton-ism. black-and- whiteama gamation-ism, anti
Observation-Disclosures, and niggcr-mob and higher
law-isin, all compose one delectable dish. and gar
nished with gorgeous collection equal to all Bar
NUNS various museums) Of the live ghosts of men
dead and buried centuries ago, and rich display Of
their present teachings by word of mouth, by
"rappings" and "knockings," and BY pcn-writing,
on paper on tables, piazzas, on tapestry, and
: tuInips. by signs and by hicfoglyphics, and in
plain English, aud respecting religion, philosophy.
y. In tl-ln
music. the fine arts, exact sciences, and everything
else IN general and ia particular that can be thought
81 a. on earth or IN heaven and this entertainment j.
served up in the 'EIy dra0fiCa Of Modern MyfTifS."
literary GhoUt could revel with hOrrihc delight
overthose pages that lead the reader into cemeteries
and grayeyards and charnel-houses, and vaults for
the dead. 10 watch the conduct Of the rraifhs-to
hold social chat with them about eternity and the
like. or TO witness the process Of the abandonment
81 their earthly tabernacle, and the apothcosis
Of each, vending it, way ioyously through space,
under the special guidance of pilot spirits, whose
particular employment i 10 attend upon travellers
10 the "spiriland." ON this subject observe
that Mr.. Andrew Jnckson Dayis's notions a. to the
nodvs oIn0nd Of the soul leaving the body, zorro
boiates the opinion entertained by the Creek and
Cherokee. and other Indians. Their horror Of
death by hanging. IL caused by the belief, that
choking prevent. he soul from egress Or 3pribps,
and will cause II to l. quaTantincd before il j. al
lowed cni ance TO the hunting grounds and lodges
Of the brave and undecided ia their land Of spirits.
The " explanation gives more than account u
Mr. Davis witnessing. personally, serious difficulties
encountered by "spirts" in getting away from this
world (aftcr dcatb) arising from causes purely ar
tifcial and mundane.
], has often been stated that the effect Of the works
published by Mr. Davis has been. in ut least two IN
stances, 70 the commission Of the crime Of self
destruction Certainly The explanations are calcu-
lated 10 bcWilder and confuse distract and frghten
the weak and u would not be unreasonable 10 give
eTcdence To the statement that unfortunate persons,
q weak minds and suffering under poignant mental
affection have been Influenced by such teachings 10
commit suicide. a remedy for their distres-es.
The eye Of the people of this country. aud espe-
Cially q the enlightened the vriucus AMI the indie
pendent should h. opeued: the serious attention Of
all clascs should be awakened 10 the evils that mas
ensue u means are not adopted 90 prevent avert
them. IL the Rochester "Rapparccs' once get
fOoihold, NJ the aniInasons did here, or a. the
MormOus did IN the West there may be serious re-.
suits. that ell good sud wise citizens will lament.
The purchase 81 the book aud the reading Of it, by
All who choose, cannot be prevented by law. But
the anidOte cen De and should be administered