The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-10

very arch-the Pennsylvania keystone of the arch
which has heretofore kept together the union of
this republic
PROGRESS or INFIDELITY IN TIE UNITED STATES.
We publish two remarkable documents to. day,
from two distinct organs of infdel parties in the
United States. The first article is taken from
small paper published in Springfield Massachusetts,
issued to prove the reality Of spiritual com nunica-
lions with the inhabitants of the earth, and is the
composition of Andrew jackson Davis, who origin
ally made his appearance, under the auspices oe
Mr.. Fishbough, at Poughkeepsie, as a clairyoyaut
author. This man Davis has gone on. step by step,
till he has at last produced this Declaration of In
dependence, as the platform for a new society of
infdels, to be called the IIarmonial Brotherhood.
The second article is from the Tribune of this city,
the organ of socialism and infdelty-the vehicle
of Andrew Jackson Daviss thoughts at various
times and the promoter of the system of mpostures
known as Rochester knockings and every ridicu-
lous ism Of the day, besides. 1t is description
written with relish, of the Nauvoo settlement
of NJ CADET, the Icaran philosopher, who has
transplanted from the mass of socialists and indes
in France, this colony Of strange communists, who
are seeking, under their deluded guides, social
system upon earth without God-without reli-
gion--without eternity-without an hereafter,
or any idea hey ond that level with the beasts
Of the field.
Now these two documents cannot be carefully
read, without satisfying any person Of ordinary
judgment that there is danger to the young and
ardent imagin atoms of both sexes from the pro
litigation Of such socalastic and inidel theories
theories which appeal to the senses strongly, and
which teach insubordnations to the restraints Of
society and religion. The Nauvoo settlement, and
the proposed Harmonal Brothe rhood of the man
Davis, are based on identicaly the same phosophi-
cal principles. Whatever may be the casuistcal dis
Observation-Disclosures may be the kind Of desm
adyocated--or Of the atheism inculcated-one
thing IL certain, that the precepts and practices Of
Christianity are repudiated rs worthless-as the
source Of all the evils Of society, and utterly fit
only TO be condemned by the superior faith in man
and woman, which is to Danish all creeds that re-
cognize God and the revelations Of the gospel.
Men are taught to isolate themselves from the
great currents Of eternity, to overturn the laws
which regulate the legitimacy Of offspring, and to
change their affections at will to suit their own
spirit Of licentiousness. In fact, the utmost lat-
tude proposed by Fourier is recommended; and If
these evil spirits of reform permitted to pro eed
with their projects, we may have again springng
up around Of those Fourierite phalanst cries.
which eight years aga established to the num-
Der Of twenty. Of those first communities only
one now exists-that in New Jersey, which strug.
giles on by means Of subscriptions and donations,
and which, left to ordinary consequences, would
share the fate Of that at Roxbury, Massachusetts,,
and the others in various places in New England.
Ordinarily, institutions so rcpugnant to the deli
II eaY and nj Nit
mans love Of his own offspring, well as opposed
TO those equitable rewards Of labor which form the
true enjoyment Of lie-would be scoffed at by per-
sons Of the slightest intelligence. Allurements,
however TO dispositions of an erratic kind and for
characters in the process OF formation arc held up
by the interested and selfish leaders Of these CON-
munities-who eventually retire with a fortune,
when the lands and tenements are sold out and
these promising inducements swell the number Of
prosslytes. The infection is always spreading;
and the fact that at Springfield, Massachusetts,, a
Newspaper devoted to reporting spiritual kn,ckings
is supported, shows that New England contains
a large number Of those who are opposed to
Christianity, ard in favor of any delusion, how
ever absurd. Look at the IDEAS Of the man Davis
in bis Declaration Of Independence Was there
ever more prepostcrous system proposed for the
government Of mora ais than that which he now sets
up Tie has concentrated oil the vapors and
dreems Of the pagan philosophers into his system Of
political harmonics, in the hope to draw capital
enough to his aid TO establish himself NJ perpetual
dictator Of the Harmonial Brotherhood Like
every other impostor, be processes to receive rcvc-
latlons by mesmeric power, and TO b. superior 70,
ard purer, than those around him. lie walks the
earth self elected godi in his esteem, or. If not
in bis esteem, with desire to be 20 repu,ed by
others. Ard, singularly enough, there are persons
% ignorant as 70 rely upon the matter which he has
filtered from the works of the heather philosopher
-frcm Plato, and Scion, and Epicurus-and from
the modern dreamcrs, Swedenbory, Fourier, Mes
mcr, and the whole catalogue Of authors Of the
French revolution u the last century and Of that Of
1875, together with Mrs Martneau aud other
English atheists, who acknowledge no God bu,
nature-no nature but universal licentiousness
i Is not the least rem lrkable fact accompanying
the presence Of these avuwas Of inhdsliy-of these
attempts 70 return 20 the phallc SYSTEM in pra ,
nce, Of primeval rsces-that those who PROFOUND
and propose such disgusting principles are bred
under The very caves q the many churches which
mark every locality IN New England. In Spring
6eld, the people are IN elligent, reputable, aud re-
lgious; yet there We fnd nest Of philosophers
whose souls are devoted TO the knees and toes Of a
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