Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-01
For the EsuettemHe o.
Spirit RappiI

4IulIl Us II u, III H'ttiNi' filN "ri'Ni "f
den2Pts to expose .Splrif RaPPilg as
being one Of the humHugs of the day.
J have no particular desire to enter
into a new fpaper contro versy on this
subject, but the writer seems to be
10 ignorant, or has 50 little candor
bn the subject, that l think the cause
pf tiutA dfmands review Of the ar
ticl /.
liter a lengthy introduction, in
which he tells Us thF world is full Of
.hulnbuggery, he introlucs Spirit
IRQbPtng BY saying, fit is now the
E4l exc iting topic, than which, no
lnoFe absurd OF degrading delusion
ever oc cnpiea the attention Of IA
tioi al a nd ciyiliE ed man This con-
clu$ sion, it would appear from the pos
itiv E manner in WHICH tits eX pressed,
lis based upon a long and patient in
yestigation of the subject. But it is
evident, from the whole article, that
the writer has Investigated the sub
iect but uey little; and that in ma
king his sweeping declarations, he is
only echoing public sentiment. But
he s GEMS to be Of that class Of pd r
sons who possess that "curious f c-
ulty = Of knowing whether a thing is
true OF not, withd ut investigated b.
Such were Galileo prosecutors; the
old fogies who knew that Harvey was
mis- taken; the scofftrs Of Fulton; ana
in klct- the opposdrs Of every 1 ew
discovery in every age. lie wo pld
have you believe the truth Of Sbir-
ituIlism rests upon the tricks Of
jug lers, who are going about HE
cou niry with their nice mahogany
ables,tumbugging the credalods into
Who that las read any
thing Oh this subject, does MOI know
better than that?
Put be says, some i'll sly. take
individuals you know to be Il bnest
yorfrself ana try it . Here lie
wishes to test the TRAIL Of Spiritu-
llism 9a a few liable moving ex-
unler un!avora able cir
No well inlor med Spir-
lis Belief alone en- table :,
noIing- But YEN this, Astynax
dl4 to expl3 in, as the folloning con- \
alictory quotations from bis article ,
iii Show First lie says, "tIley move
he table iaroful .forzy with their !,
anhs.'' Alf ID before yen read doz-
n i mes farther, he tells YOU "the Ia
lie is put in motion by, is yet, some
nix nown ag4nf " With both of I
les E Statement IS, can any one tell
hat he. b elievF Is moves the table?
at he Say S that he denies '-tbat the 0
Ill can Awe an ineligible answer \
am q ue4tion " hateyerp Now in 10
is statement he shows tlIat be either It
loEs nothing about stable moving" /,
h + states that Which be knows not t.
b4 so; fori it can be well attespd in /
his county" tn at the table" has 80
ven correct ans wer5 to series Of la
estionB, which GOULD not have been =
swe red correctly by any one in the
cid. Nor has bis been done once alb
y; but it is KIN Pwu to every one sc
% has experimc ptel to any extent th'
table moving. But we are not l'o
b doubt, as b whether or not -
/, t; ble is moved BY some invisible II
/ i Intelligent AGENCY, when we have for
t testimony Of men of vqracity out
| Intelligence Of the subject. i '
Rely. Mr.. PHELPS, a distinguished -
ing of the 2 rfsbyteri.t n Church.. o9o
led some two Or three years ago, C al
communicable to the Christian an
server, that fur niture, knives and ~
IS, &c. sc. were moved about his 60
Sc, without. any visible agency, ntl
flat, too, without any juggler
g present d.
llse Ellmonds alsostates, Il have p'l
WI a pine table with four legs, b,,,
d bodily up from the lbor, in the Pol
re Of q circle OF six or eightHer- al
!, turn ed upside down and Hid Hut
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