New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-07
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. ,-bsllv do bat tie grsa, msiority love il only
I'D 20 nereese their own sensual enjoymenis m.ns
a., ~ her own Aggrandizemeut II upholis sect
a., creed CIR party II i sa excellent hing Il not x
# ont howl II down cru-h H. cruelty Hence unbelefs
oen eulpsbe not because IS wrong to believe sccoriag
10 he supf prsponde-ance Of proof bat becluss taa in
fd never candidy considered and riy weighed tlas
proof
so1ue two years ago. Dr.. B. W Richmond Of Jessrson
Ohio living il or near a focus of what is called Spiritual
ism WI te u very long caussc and thorough review Of
the Spiritual proiensons and alleged phsn intended
10 show that the latter were al produced by natural
and were ideItcs in with the phenomena which IN
various ages have been characterized wilhrsh
nancy POSSESSION, somnambuiism mesaerism cairvoy
ance &c and that spirits had any Part Ia than BAT
the sprs Of living and women. still enca~ed IN NOR
tai bodies Nothing cogent abb vel titled ~
his essay Of Dr. Richmond had then been given 20 he
public and It seemed 10 u until We alerward ascer
tar ed that some Of the Dr. or instance that
in every ccse Of mysterious moving Of nsr P7nderous
bodies Il movement was fouard the medium were con
trsdic,ed By facts thai be had aoored the Spiritual ami
ended the coniroversy We had several private letters from
hm before and aiier publ alton Of hs essay all over
flowing with zeal opposition to the Sprfusst and pro
POSING to ampfy bis essay into book We sugg std %
Lin the idea q challenging Mr 5 B. Britain editor Of lr
Spiritual Totgrapi which was started during the pro
gees flour correspondence TO controversy The columns
Of TIE TsrroJ3 and aerFard submit NJ the whole ar
guuen to the public in a volume. This was readily a.
sented the controversy prosecuted through twelve
letter. on either sde-al printed in II, Spiritual Ias
gYo1A but in no o,her periodical, and finally s.ued from
Tie Tecerop1 Office in a volume already noticed IN To
TrJrne There 10 other volume eItant from which 50
cetr ard full an idea may be gained Of the pro and con Of
the Spiritual HYPOTHESIS.
This volume among other journals to TIE Tines
Of our City That paper not content with abusing the
book but proceeded sEeak of is authors and publishers
as follows:
tho better clss their PHbe'ton. the rsssn work - Ss
S s q en !. ,o.t ds,s,sss .winde While We
believe thai the mediums poor dcried esur We
ir.ve Infamous - .entsuee II state P'9a
OF this garosI Eqs which PuI 20 es r zoe su e .y ~.
were saved from loa;hns By is ufidity Ihe EVIDENT
more book surely published in county
Of Me.sIs Partrdse Brttanis publications"
Now tina; this charge Of "erdeEf COLLISION Is IN
founded we do most certainly know. DR. Richmond was
utterly unknown to Nessrs Partridge and Britain until he
appeared in Tie TrJgne most sweeping opponent OF
the Spiritual p5eeHsons and introduced to them by
u The controversy in debate entirely of our sug
gestion We had printed about much for and against
Sprtualism a. we could find for and since paper
had be- started expressly commend that subject to pub
lie attention we turned the Doctor to his natural an
tsgonists and requested the bceeren fight their
battle on their tertoryat all events not on ours
which to our sensible relief they did And The Tmc's
assertion that controversy originated and prosecuted
manifess "cridenf COLLISION in supper; OF Spiritual
sm is much stronger testimony in behalf Of that ny
pothesis, than we ever uttered
Mr. Britain, thus implicated by TIE Times in swind
ling conspiracy addressed brief and courteous letter toits
Editor stating that he had aerer heard Of DR. Richmond
HE in Of
.Spiritualsm; never saw him to this hour; and had
scarcely heard from Of him other than the volunteer
Is aant of The Spiritual hypothesis in essays widely re-
printed from columns complete reiuation of that
hyIoihes;s Mr. Britain closed by asking The Tins TO
designate some person TO oppose the Spiritual cause
whom that poper could rely really arguing on their
side and let the controversy be brought to an issue
This letter from whose integrity Ind grossly and
wenony assaied The T,cs refused publish-refusing
also to co operate in bringing the controversy to an issue
az proposed by Mr. b But it referred instead 20 offer
formerly made in it's columns of premium Of 600 10 any
medium who could move tables under certain crcum
stances procure TO certain occult questions which
the 500 stood ready to PROFOUND TIE Times added
that this offer had been Withdrawn but would doubtless be
renewed
Nj Britain, thus slut out of The Tine, responded
through The TriJaHc, accepting TIE Times banter if
st open and proposing further that two respectable Cit
zCns should be designated by either paryhey to choose
fhh-vhch five should thoroughly investigate the alleged
Spiritual plenomens and report the facts and ther con
clusions--tho same b. published in IT, TgraY' and
The Tm0 To this acceptance Of TIE Imcs' own prefer
no respoasc has teen male!
These facts bear their own comment on their face.
Whatever may be the truth respecting what called Spir-
i,ualIn we that Mc.srs Partridge and Britain are
aof scoundrels-thGt there was collision between
them and Or Richmond-and that Tie TINES has acted IN
these premises exactly Ike TIE Times