Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-16
COMMUNICATION.
sPIRITUALISM.

HILLsBoRo, IN. CO. jury G, 1853
N,essrs EpToRs see by your paper of the I'd instant
mat the subject of Spiritual Manifestations is not yet
exhausted and that Senator TALLaADGE invites calm and
spassionate discussion Of the points in controversy
While 10 not pretend 10 cope with such skilful and
tu, rea soner as the learned Senator, yet deem it
dqty owe to humanity to offer TO the consideration Of
che thinking public few reasons for describing theory
which seems TO me untenable and which, II pracused
upoa extensively must lead to results injurious 70 society
Phe arguments shall use are such most naturally
suggest themselves to any well trained mind and though
shcy cannot be new to who think for themselves,
shey may be useful to those who liable to be msled
Nv every new thing. viii say nothing of the palpabe
erickeIy nothing Of the Eastern uggery of waiting from
ane day until seven o'clock A. NJ. the next as the
Misses Fox did, be enabled have access TO an auto
graph letter Of Mr. Calhoun, and impress counterfeit OF
Il With invisible ink sheet Of paper in such manner
chat the words rendered legbe by application
7f heat eccrcity such feat is not impractcable
nor shall 10 Ee than allude 10 the delusion which
seems to have produced belief in ex-senator T. that
heavy cherry table actually purned the known and ire
7ersibe law of called gravity far to lift this
sraee and honored ar patrie and watt him to and fro
In the air the Of Yankee Doodle played ngng
bells and the light guitar by the invisible but face
6ous spirit of the justly venerated John c. Calhoun
1 read in the yea. lS47 romance called :" Monte
Christie, which gives account of enchanted cave
where patients, be troduced TO the great arcanum-
che philosophers stone of Godwyn's De Leon-were
thrown into sort Of Elysian then believed
She tale unreal but prepared credit il, the
Senator proves the tions resting on bare
ton.
The point which shall attempt to call the serious
attention of the pubic - that spirits having power to be
present at A. NJ Jay in New York must from their
ethereal nature, be Ubiquitous and could be here
yezsing with through media at the same moment of
time This makes tn omnpresent, and if omnipresent,
why not omnscient and possessed of all the powers Of
God, co-equal and co-eerna with him This seems to
fair logical deduction, and eontradcts belief in
Holy Writ Reducio ad absWdun
deny that the enlightened of the present age be-
.ieTe that departed spirits revisit the earth it is vaga
~ Of the Senator's excited fancy to assert it and the
assertion is not susceptible Of proof.
denial his part that spiritual rappings pro-
5ucng insanity does not dsprove the Of the
superintendent Of numerous unatc asylums. The
faet stated by many of them and earnestly hope that
al good lien viii combine down this gross de-
fusion, tbs enormous nfatuaton which is well calcula
Ted to destroy and sap the foundation Of society
shall say no more, and must apologize for occupying
80 much space in your valuable columns HOMO.
The respectable writer Of the above condes to US his
name but The article is not Of to require the
authenticatoa Of proper name, We withhold It.
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