Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-03-10
He said the Church taught an arhritra.

try, artlnclal rule OF conduct ana punish
ment, but Spiritualism taught q rule IL
harmony with all Nature. 1t is phys
ical law that if one puts finger in fame
1T will suffer pain. So Spiritualism teach
es that moral conduct, if right, will re
ceive its reward, and if wrong viii receive
its punishment by the same and like In
evitable law. The bad man will surely
receive the punishment due his bad con,
duct. Ii not in this life, he will in the
life to come. But Spiritualism teaches
that progress is continual and perpetual
and the bad man, after receiving the pun
ishment due his bad conduct, in his spir-
itual life, will in time be developed and
progress out of his evil condition to the
ultimate good and perfect one designed
for all. In this the superiority of Spirit
ualism over the Church is seen, for the
Church teaches that the condition of pun
ishment in the spirit life is eternal.
These two points were the only prom
inent ones where the Doctor stepped out
farther than the Judge.
No notes were taken Of the diseourSes,
and no pretension is here made to giving
any thing like the consecutiveness or Ian
guage used by the speakers. But an eff
fort is made to give fair representation
of the course Of argument, and the spirit
threof.
The extent and character of the audi
encc showed, not only willingness, but
an anriety to hear them. The reflections
upon the Church for its denunciation, had
therefore, no force. Who has suffered
more persecution than the Mormons?
/ Every one who has attended Camp
Meeting. Protracted-Meeting, or any Or
thodox preaching. has heard an infinity
ofrepetition of the averment that the faith
! preached was converting Infidelity. There
was nothing new, therefore. in this posi-
| ton.
| All the Skeptical writings extant, whether
Athcistical, Deistical, or Universalist, and
even some Unitarians abound in repeti-
lions of the position that Orthodoxy as
cribes to God attributes unworthy just
idea of his being, and only on a level with
some of the worst developments of hui
mainly. All on this point was, therefore.
| familiar as household words almost.
They received Twenty Dollars and their
expenses for featuring at Waukegan. The
consideration for their coming here was
stipulated at the same. They received
Twenty-Five Dollars in gross. They
were to be like paid at Milwaukee. The
reason they didnot stop atRacine was, that
arrangements to meet this consideration
could not be made in time. 1t is all right
| that they should be paid for lectlTing.
But when they lay special and repeated
emphasis on the peculiar and noteworthy
philanthropy which induced them to leave
comfortable homes to come on such an
/ arduous mission. it is human nature, and
it is Just to hold these facts up to view
along side of the affected philanthropy.
! They are men of large wealth; and if a
deep religious zeal inspired them, they
could go for their mere personal expenses
much more easily than the friends could
raise the small stipend they did Besides,
| they are the authors of able and wide
selling books, are preparing to make more,
are eminent men and draw large audi
ences. and they thus adrertise themselves
and their books most extensively. Mis-
sionaries Of Orthodox Churches, AMI the
/ Roman Catholics have penetrated every
accessible portion of the habltable earth,
among the worst savages and have not
only gone without pay, but have often
contributed to others going. The weight
Of this position rises Quickly in the scale.
The writer ofthis protests against any
| thought offensive to the friends of the
New Philosophy. He sympathizes in no
manner with any Church denunciation
against it. ITe wishes to be, and hopes
, he is impartial. But he has received no
evidence of the truth of the New Theory.
The great want which the lecturers
were expected to supply, they utterly
failed to do. All came away disappointed.
! The Judge has graceful manner, and
his elocution is excellent. The Doctor
falls behind him in this respect.
As Declarations. the entertainment
was exceedingly good. But Lyceum
Lectures. and Fourth-of-July Orations
are frequently superior. The Lectures
were not what was wanted. not what
was expected, and not what the reputa-
ton and pretension ofthe Lecturers war
ranted. As pioneer efforts in behalf of a
new, bold, and startling faith, they were
exceedingly commonplace and puerile.-
IN.
The foregoing article was prepared sew
eral NAYS ago, but crowded out by more
interesting matter.
- Senator Sumner has made the
great speech Of the session, in the Senate
against the Nebraska bill. We may give
it to our readers.