The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-10

in public estimation. But when we find that
the ridiculous is the least striking featurs :,
the consequences Of their knavery. vnen va,uaa
citizens, and hopeful women--or Lan9dou is
by no means Of solitery inst .nce If ,unacv >
from this cause-are led on by ,mnsrceutible a.,t
irresistible. steps from b. lies n insanity ana
suicide it is time to i,.quire II this cornv.unity
does not possess " % power Of crushing SO ap-
paihng an es'i'. We suppress gambling. which
runs 'no crtuncs Of the u1wary; can we
~, one''. practice which saps the noblest
!ee,'n a Of our nature, and, severing the
Inv .avsdaal from his fellow men, aims deadly
eloV at the very existence of society There
rs . cruel irony in pretending to protect the
purses of the young and inexperienced, while
we suffer their reason and their affections to he
poisoned by the seductive venom of these spirit
ual seers A small matter is it, in truth that
clerk should be prevented from losing his
months salary at public roulette table, if he
is allowed to frequent the ''circle meetings.
where neglect of his social and domestic du-
ties is sedulously though silently inculcated,
and his mind is gradually iamiliarized with the
spirit world until life becomes burthen, and
suicide reasonable act What a world of
hypocrisy in our Wanted care of female modesty
and virtue, when we scruple not to lead our
sisters and wives to such haunts as these,
where the heated Imagination of youth is soon
wrought up to fatal pitch and the loss of all
respect for the memory of the departed is the
| least evil which awaits the believer Scorn
may thin. but it cannot dissolve, the throng of
dupes; the bounds of tangible reasoning once
! passed, faith leads the way, and the wretched
victim regards public sneers as the natural
need of his superior knowledge and his title to
martyrdom. With such delusions as these,
whose very corner stone rests far beyond the
pale of human cognizance, mere mortal tribu-
nails can pursue but one course. 1t may seem
hard that court of justice should decline to
investigate the probability of the spirit of Wash
ington being habitual confidant of an obscene
female in one of our streets; but such would
undoubtedly be the case, and when it is clearly
shown that the pretended spiritual communica-
tons have never benefited the world by sim
gle new idea, or valuable discovery. but that
they have, on the contrary. led many individu-
ais to insanity and self-destruction, it will not
seem unreasonable to expect that the safety of
the community will he ensured by the strong
arm of the law.
The MAINE LIQUOR LAW DEAD AND RtstNG
AGAIN.-The galvanized movements of the
wing party in New Hampshire to take up the
corpse OF the liquor law from its grave and
make it an issue for the next State election are
highly amusing. Nothing can more decidedly
show their desperation than to be driven to this
last refuge OF political sinners. From beginning
to end the attempt to regulate what men NAV
eat and drink by law. was piece of arrant
knavery. and taken up by political charlatans
when all other resources failed them. II was so
in this State, and it was so in every other
State where it was introduced. But. notwith-
standing these Developments of hollow hum
!, bug. glded over with the specious pretence of
moral reform and now laid bare to the world.
the knsyes and fanatics are at it again just as
if nothing had occurred and the old delusion is
to be practised anew upon the gullibiIty of a
long suffering community. We are informed
by the leading organ of the cold water iauata-
cism that State rally of the friends of tenn
perance in New York will commence at ALBANY
on Tuesday. the 18th instant and be
proiracted till the evening Of the 2lSt instant.
The TtiJune adds -
Among the speakers who have distinctly promised
TO he present, Hon. Neal Dow. of Name Rev. 4.
l.. Cuyler, of Trenton, n. d.; Rev. Henry Ward
Dsrnum, Esq, and John H. W. Hawkins one OF the
original Washingtonisns. John B. Cough, moreover.
Is expected. The friends in Albany expect great
gathering. Let them not be disappointed. BY the
way, several OF the temperance women of Western
New YORK have taken the field as lecturers. Misses
Susan b. Anthony and H. II. Albro spoke recently
on tour against rum and its satellites 10 Oneida:
while two other ladies from the West are speaking
down the Erie Railroad. If the women take the field
in earnest, the lumsellers' case will be critical
What galaxy Of bright particular stars
The same old stagers once more and among
Them our friend Barnum, the prince of hum
hugs" and the vcritable reformed drunk
ard. picked ont of the gutter and Miss Susan
T. Anthony, the boomer and womens' rights
amazon, who 50 bravely witlrtood the clerical
opponent al Syracuse. who thought that Miss
Lucy Stone was rather particular in defining
the distinction between the organization of the
two sexes. With such phalanx against them
the r"hseIierH ihay loon ont Tor squalls. But
we apprehend il will all end in squals-roa et
pTotereo nh1-"sound and fury. signifying
nothing" The recent decision of Judges Curtis
and Pitman, Of the Supreme Court of the United
States-which it is understood. has the concur
renee of the majority Of the other Judges con-
sttutng the court-has given "a heavy blow.
and sore encouragement" to the G,natical
despotism which was conceived in hypocrisy
and brought forth in fraud, and which has done
the most seriou, injury to the true cause of vo-
luntary rational temperance.
This is exactly what might be expected from
sound constitutional Interpreters of the law and
what we have all along predicted would be the
result The decision has been rendered upon
the very ground taken ly this ionrnnl when the