New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-18


Our attention has been called to article in The
Spiritual Telegraph in which some recent comments
Of this journal on the ghOst-phenomena Of the dag
are made the theme of angry and personal animal
version The main part of this Spiritual eructation
being devoted to impertinence of very earthly ma
ture is not worthy of notice but what is said on the
subject of Free Love merits a moments considera-
ton. We had used The following language:
Iii, quite commonly taught BY the Spirits that the union Of
and ought not only to be oa'ed on spiritual com;
patby but the inner attraction varies, the outward
nsnt n not az relsousy moved change Of par.ners "a
obtains among he Oneiia Perfectioniss"
To this Tie Telegraph rejoins:
We confidently that every spiritua and indeed
every who has spent hree Aowt IN the ayestisahoh
absolutely that The Vies expressed IN the above OK
tract ARE commonly taught By e SPrtf at aA and,
moreover the writer whoever he may be- that
man publish such foolish absurd ard belous
staemens and decent reputation tor good feeling
aud ordinary ysIacity. The truth commonly taught by
generally ucucae the ides h. the inner attraction BY
which conuga relation among en determined does not
ra,t in sef that il requires such changes In the
outward relations OF individuals the wri.F Asserts.
In making the statement which has provoked this
virulen denial took to give highly respect
able authority to whom our contemporary in proclaim
ing THE TRIBUNE "a public delamer alike Of men aud
angels, prudently does not aliude. We refer to
the Rev Adm Baou of Hopedale, who has pablicly
and az length declared the facts which The Telegraph
thus boldly denies. We have already published Mr..
Ballous warning but may perhaps be justified in re-
pea.ing it here
Comparatively few Of the spltuals have yet beeoms
.n,t n sundry quarters viii have something ola run
too Mediums will be exchanging Ne significant con
g.naes fondings, cNesss endifnd'0tbdbniies They will
receive hi al pretending spirits cautiously In
strctils them that the sexual communion ofcoSGssALs will
gIeny ancy them for the reception Of sngeie mai.traon,
re and Aus6ands ul BE- rendered nsrabs diHId parted
and er assGie' broken ap IAs gtH be 'pal m4iaie'-
canal dngod10Hs ana all the ultimate wechedness thence
inevitably resulting Yet the very persons most setye in
buneng al about wall protest their purity A vssef
Srtrs ,spieioa raised their di,cyed viii all
demonstrate against their course OF dong 80 because per
souay i0tc minded themselves, aud viii stand boldly out Ia
suise H. al s has commenced and will be fulfilled in dus
Il be covered up wnked At and SLOWED 70 work , msehsfs
without opposition rebuke or alarm No Those who are
BY timely warning faithful repIoc aud incorporating dis
fellowship Let the history Of spytel,natV admonh us
In eyey age thee has been outbreak OF 10 in connection
with form religious and philosophical spiruisn and
aWa3 i'm rofsons Of innoeenre sauctitv ana ,,iema
daimeTs Of any dess for indulgence n canal serHg &c
has invariably end IN gross ad9tees Qrncatens aud The
INSERTS nsequs thereupou Within the last generation
our county iuInsh marked demonstons Of this
her MATTHIAS and bis sdherents ia NewY York Such
b.acons ca the gh OF impending dangers Let
al take heed letns les1 under some speco' prseuss
deceyng sps IN he flesh cut OF II seduce into the pit
sesu i error o. Pre- Lovem rh ThaTs good rea.oa 70
teay beg nj, to Grd welcome among sPiritualsts"
Such il the lang uage of Mr. Ballou, than whom
purer or more honest man does notexis We have also
had similar reports from other quarters though from
sources that are not public, and there TO
doubt their truth. 1t has long been known that there
is no absurdity that may not nov be put forth with
the authority of spiritual revelations and may be
equally that there is no filth wickedne5s that
cannot procure for itself similar ghosty sanction.
The man who weakly submits himself, his belief or
his conduct to such guidance admitting that it Is in
deed that of disembodied sprits-folOws peridious
and despotic master whose veracity he cannot rely
on, and whose pretensiOns he cannot test In large
town in New.England there was circle of reyeren-
tia students ii these M steres who favored by
the revelations of band Of good spirits, in whose
pety and purity they reposed the most perfect conf
dence. The sessions Of the circle sometimes dis
turbed however by the intrusion Of bad spirits AID
ct one meeting the supposed angelic friends Of the
acOlytes found it difficult to communicate, and by
way Of explanation told their pupils that the
of the difficulty was that " the bad spirits were
" around, and making such Cd id noise
" that they could MT speak Our readers,
we trust will pardon printing the profanity for
the sake Of the illustration. We have the story from
good source and do not doubt it is true II shows
that these spirits, or whatever they are, real or
imaginary, cannot be relied on for the reason that
thea way of aseeraining the truth Of their pre-.
tensions, unless by some such gross fit Of caprice
they choose to reveal themselves. Besides Of all the
revelations published by the best of them whether in
Judge Edmondss book or elsewhere, what is not ar
rant nonsense is utter commonplace. And we defy
The Spiritual Telegraph any other organ of these
ghosts to state single new truth which can be de-
II l.. a. IL.
human knowledge. The whole affair is evidently
Of that nature that men Of sound common sense must
tire of il and that those who desire 10 be sane
will keep away from it, though it should not ap-
prosch them with the lcentous and revolving
features Of Free Love"