Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-27

w HAT SPIRrr R,PPISG LEADS ru-rhe Rev Adm
BalIou Of Hopcdale believer in the sprituaistc the
ory, but BY common replte gentleman ur undonb,ed
integrity and purity Of character has recently address
ed the following wMds of wlrnisg to his CO believers.
respecting an evil which sgrowng up in the camp II
the deuieI victims 0! the spiritual @ rappers =
Comparatively few of the splriluas have as vet
Decorne OF this Free Love development; but
1t will son be made manifest IN sunIry quarters f.
will nave s,me!hlng or run. t1. Aledums will be
seen exchanging lis Sigrhcini cungenlltIes
rareSSes and nde'croabl;ies. They will rec i've rev.
elaOns irOm high pretending spirits, cautiously nslru
uug that the sexual communion Vt cnnpfniaIs - III
greatly saGcy them for the reception of a1ueic minis
lraiOnS. Wives and husbands will rendered ,risera,l,
al.enaicd. parted. aud their families broken up There
will De spiritual matches csrnil deIradlrns and all
the uiimlte wr.chedness thence Inevitably rssuItiup
1T the very persons active In bringing all this
about VIII protest their purity will resent every
Suspicion raised io their discredit. will accuse all wh1
rrmonsTlie against their Ui dOinI So because
personally low minded themselves. and will stand bold
. ont IN their zeal character only when is NJ longer
possible q disguise IT, All this has comm, need and
will ne fulfilled IN due time.
What is To be done ah,ut the error depreca,cdl Shall
II be covered up wlnsed AMI allowed to work It's mis-
chiefs witnuut opposition rtbnke ur alafml M Those
who aware Oi ti uSchieis are in duiy bpund Il,
Withstand them by timely warning faithful rerrlof and
unrnmpromiSing dis slpA ship. Let the history az
sPirito>carnay admonish In every age there has
uTeik u cunns Crn with some form of
religious and philosophical spriudlism. and llways with
the same abonnahie results. Commencing with ex.
irIurnary profession ut innocence sanctfy and susnn
disclaimers of any desire ir indulgence in carna ssXu
iism. It has Invariably ended gross adul,efes furni
cations, and the mlSGIeS s'quent thereupnn With
IN the last gcnet1liOn. country furnished two mark
ed demonstrations of this nature; that of the Cpchra
nissn Maine and that O the prophet Matthias and his
adhercnis in New York. Such cases are beacons nn
heights to warn us Of impending dangers Let US all
take heed belimes lest under spme errors preience
deceyng spirits ~ the flesh out Gift seiu,e us into
The pitfalls u corruption. must earnestly d-rreca,e
and protest against this error OF Free Lovesm which
have good r'ason TO fear is beginning fad welcome
amongssPlritualisis.'
Mr. Bilious revelation does not surprise us nor a
we think it will surprise any that has marked the
progress Of the imp pricIScd under the false ne
ience OF spirit rappng5 and communications. We do
argue this from the Isolated cases in which the wilcs
lnd arts Of these mpcsUfs have been made u suseryp
unworthy and immoral purp ses inasmuch as the dups
Of the inpi.u might reply that those were a5is Of
the system, aud that the words Of Divine r,vela
ton lave been wreSed irum their legitimate meaning
for the eNcusng of vice and crime. Nor do We mean
10 say we have, during our investigations, which have
tten carried 10 considerable extent di>coysed
such direct evidences OF The evil above referred IN as
have been supplied To Mr. BalOu II was not Ia be *
ptcied that the uninaied would be treated with the
confidence shown 10 the initiated but we hare noticed
on occasion Ui our presence ~ The harmonious circles
oi spiritual rappings relaxing. however slight of that
comparative reserve which usually prevails in mixed
circles. and the due cultivation aud observance of which
are the guards Ut propneiy and virtue.
That we have not harshly Judged in this matter We
think is ineabe not only from the warning 50 earnest
lyuueted by the Rev Mr., Bauu but from cetl1n ont
givngs Of the New York Tribune journal that GER
tainy canpo be accnseI NJ hostility to the sprituasts
OF TO any developments of a kindred character Some
days ago that urna uadc the following assertion in
IN article the general subject OF spirilualism:-It
IS quite commonly taught by the spirits that the union
& man and ought not only to be based on spif.
ual compatibility but hi, as the inner attraction Va
cs the outward relations should also be made to change
thus securing as frequent, fnoI religiousy moIved
change Of partner. as obtains among the Oneida per,
iccunsts.'
The Telegraph. newspaper advocating spritualisn,
denied the truth OF this allegation and the Tribune thus
returns To the charge -
cit has long been known that there il no absurdity
that may now b. put forth with the authority Of
spiritual revelations; and may be equally sure that
there is no filth wckedness that cannot procure for
iselfa similar ghosily sanction. The man who weak
y submits himself his beliefor his conduct u such pui
dancc-admltling that II s indeed that OF disemboded
sPnts-fjllows perfdious and despo,ic MASTER whose
veracity he cannot rely on. and whose ptvtensons he
cannot Test.
"ln large town 10 New Eneand there was circle
OF r,vsrhual s,udents IN these eries whi were "a
yor,d by the revelations Of band Of gOod spirits, in