Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-06


unieste the each other Wedo this daily and hourly
in sny IS which familiar us by experience but
which were originally unimaginable by ourselves and
probably by any other finite beings. We show our
ought to each other by WORDS tones gestures silence
hierog phics pictures, letters and many other things
All thu se antecedent to experience Of Them hid
den absolute darkness from conception If all
kind had born dumb, would have entertained
ngle thought concerning the communication of ideas
by speech The conveyance of thought by looks ALSO if
yer experienced by us, would have been necessarily
eemed mysterious and impossible Yet very many
thoughts thus conveyed by every living with
very great force and frequently with very great
Nay the sen dscloses the whole character
at once"
Again; Dr. JOHNSON, one Of the most enlightened and
celebrated Of his of any age as cited by
another author maintained the belief He observed
the idea of the spirits of the deceased revsting
earth where in the flesh they had either suffer-
ed reoced to have been grated in the human
mind by the Creators and for the obvious sautary pur
pose of keeping alive in it the belief Of future state the
conviction that connected with the spiritual ioor
the that the great compound shall not all
de- but that his better and essential part that soul
which distinguishes him from the beasts that PERISH
preserved from the ruin that skaters his material frame
still
- Shall flourish in immortal youth
Unhurt amid the Of elements,
The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds"
IT. them it be allowed that such notion for such rea
sonabe final cause make part Of mans original constitu
ton to be inference that this conception would
be nourhed and by occasional allowed appear
ances of the isembodied shade in permitted Impressions
upon the imagination of such Appearances this
is the actual fact have all the evidence that the mind
in proper state Of conviction desrehat is,
cising its reasoning faculty. but sensible at the same
time Of the narrow limits by which that is bounded
and the imperfecton in which it is enjoyed We have
the ccncurring of all nations and ages Of the
world for the authorization of the fact; have the
solemn and dspassonate assertions o. the wise and good
to corroborate it have the records history and the
declarations Of Scripture to confirm IT,
The above authorities will show that this idea of spirits
visiting and mpressng is vagary of Mr. T., but
that the belief is universal Hence conclude if they
visit and preus there objection to believing that
there is mode by which they communicate with
US, provided the facts justify that belief The concu
sion is both reasonable and philosophical That the facts
do justify it, assert without the fear Of contradiction
from any who has investigated this subject with
sincere desire ascertain the truth and who has had
the opportunity to do The facts do any
mans bare assertions there hundreds who could give
and have given facts astounding than those given
by Mr. l. These physical manifestations cannot be put
aside by the senseess cry of trckery sjugglery,"
delusion, "infatuaion &C., with which the commu-
nicaton Of your prousey ornamented
These epithes prove nothing, and unworthy the dis
cusson of grave subject. Neither does such Ian
guage prove any thing against communications received
communications both in style and sentiment of the most
exalted character infinitely beyond the capacity of the
medium and worthy of and beyond the highest efforts Of
those from whom they purport in their best days
on earth Gentlemen must meet and account for these
things on some other theory they object the spirit
nal theory let them establish other. They can no
onger cry "imposture and delusion." That time has
gone by They must meet the facts and the arguments