Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-25
DAILY EVENING STAR.
From the Cincinnati Columbian of Feb D
henry elays Speech last night in the Small
Lecture Room Of the Mechanics Institute'

Lecture Room Of the Mechanics Institute
The spirit of Henry Clay, at least s.
1T was said, made speech last evening
through the mouth Of r. c. Wilson. O
Akron, Ohio. " 4 -..s--
| Notice, it seems, had been given to Mr.
Clay, that communication was expec
| ted from him, and the lecture room was
filled at an early hour. At half past !
the medium through whom he was te
speak took an elevated seat on the plat.
form, placed finger in each eve, anG
soo1 seemed lost either in meditation o,
repose. Soon, however, he started up,
with both hands outstretched, his voice
pitched on high key, and his eyes care.
tuiiy closed, he began as follows: saT
1t is with feelings Of extreme salts.
faction that lay before you, my dea,
friends, some of the principles which ]
nave learned, and few of the things
winch have seen since my spirit left the
body. Permit me to relate a few Incl.
dents OF my life-not my earthly life, fol-
that is we'll known to you-but nv exis
tence since left the spirit land.
on my dying couch l was permitted to
catch the sorrowful tones Of weepine
friends, but soon scared away from ali
sounds OF wo, to meet 10 the spirit land
.he warm greetings of my dear friends
Mr.. Jefferson and Mr.. Henry. 1 then
left them, and in company with nv
angel guides, took an extensive view of
the spirit world. (Here the medium in
gesticulating violently, struck the arm
OF the chair beside him, by which acci-
dent to his body. the spirit speaking
seemed considerably Observation-Disclosures
a moments hesitation however, he went
on.) But my friends | cannot relate to
you all my experience and observations
IN the spirit land, because they would
only weary you.
My friends, it is my mission to unfold
and develope mind, and to discourse and
teach to you its true principles and all
its plans of action.
When those principles shall be unfold
ed, man will recognize in the bosom of
his brother an incarnate God an undeyel
oped angel. When these principles are
recognized, it disarms the oppressor.
Man, thou art Heavens ambassador.
Thou art an angel yet to be. [ have no
right to interfere with thy rights, for the
great fact that thou art in existence is
wantd .tdcie evidence that thou hast right
of unfolding that existence. can see
an answer in every heart when these
truths come to the soul.
Yes, yes, when mankind rises above
these wrong ideas, that are impressed up
on him by the clergy of the land, and
make him suppose that God is a univer-
sal slavehold, instead of q great father. q
tormentor, then shall We see, the heavens
all lined over as with silver lining of
love. and the earth rarrntnA -
These principles will crush, as with
a mill stone hung from the skirt of heav-
en-, all wrong and oppression forever
l he idea that God is the great slave hol-
der, and that heavens great father is
hell's tOrmentor, must be done forever,
for the Divine Spirit is an improving one
it is ever acting and ever moving for
ward by its chemical affinities.
Instead, my dear friends, of going
down South and curSing them for their
or going North and cursing
them for their uncharitableness, and their
interference with the peculiar institution
cultivate only spiritualism, for this will
bring you all to shake hands in spirit life.
and work out emancipation and freedom
for all the human race. When the bril-
liant cOrruscations of the far off life Of the
future shall shed their brilliancy around.
and ye shall all be one divided earth of
human brotherhood, and God alone shall
be your recognized Father and Ruler.
Here MIR. Wilson, without opening his
eyes or appeariI g conscious took his seat.
In short time he arose and through his
mouth was delivered a
SPEECH BY PATRICK HENRY.
"Accepr, dear friends, the warm gratu.
lationsof your friend Patrick Henry. |
agree in every respect with what my
friend, Henry Clay, has just said. When
my friend Thomas wrote the Declaration,
it was only to secure freedom for the
body-this principle we apply to the soul
that it may rise up free from its tram
mels of clay-soar freely from world to
world through the spirit land, having put
off swaddling bands of all earthly con-
siderations.
On the conclusion of Patrick Henry's
remarks, Mr.. Kirby arose and said, that
he had listened with interest to the COM
munications still he felt like asking for
some proof of their genmneness. To
this, Mr.. Wilson replied that he could
give no proof but the working of his own
face. Mr.. Kirby: That is hardly suf-
ficient: many an honest man hasn't as
good looking face as you have" Mr.
Wilson: ssWhat kind of proof do you
want g. Mr.. Kirby alluded to table
moving and such demonstrations. He
said he considered all such things hulA-
bugs, and Mr.. Wilson humbug too, ard
that he would give him twenty dollars to
make the chair on the platform rock by
spiritual influence.
Mr.. Wilson replied that he was not a
medium, that there were twenty different
kinds Of these, and no two Of the gifts
often enjoyed by one person. Christ
himself said he could not perform mira
cles in some places. neither can do every
thing, and at all times and places. L
care nothing about being called hum
bug. 1 speak and write by Inspiration
by sitting few moments become mag
netized. l know not how long spoke
here, but it seems only five minutes since
came into the house. | speak without