New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-21
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

IL 10 Essu- y ~. y. IFesse
Sra Durry frequent visits 70 this covmry for several
wears past have been constant reader OF ysur paper
when here snd when abroad have felt pleasure TO rep
resertTaE NEwYoRK TRIBUNE as one al tue most deter
mined ard infringing advocses OF Reform which the
nineteenth century haG ye. developed 1t ms on many
occasions been fortunate or society ha, such an advocate
existed for how eD it the that the intro
dre o. fresh plans for the removal OF existing evils or
the aunouDoement Of discovery, the benefits
which might have been derived are temporarily lost ow-
ing 20 the overwhelming opposition 81 bgory and preju-
dice
few years since when the astounding phenomenon
kho~n "Spirit-rappmg first made ITS appearance, ana
when twas much more generally laughed than IS the
case much struck 10y vita essng tue courageous man
uer IA which admitted to your columns letters from IN
vesigalors who openly alleged he 5oNaFcs spiritual
Of The Inarvcls then coming into notice Inc spirit OF Jar
play which then dictated the course you pursued, am
Confident will yet be recalled 10 memory with much self
congrnllaio although present you ranked among
the oltouents of what IL termed "Sprualsm. But OPP
POSITION when ii il from desire to help truth 70 prevail
:, bieby de,iraile Without healthy opposition 10 Sp
u.l.u such as that given b. d.. Rogers, very able
and scientific work OF late, investigation might flag, Or
eiude and erroneous theories be elaborated Opposition
IL emily useful hut just do that far T.y contln
ues be given to the development of vi that Is true and
valuable IN the gons OF these phenomena. Ii very
significant fact connected will pa6c opposition 10 SPIRIT
uGlsm for there is not much IN PriFdto that many oil
d phenomena involved in the science 81 Magnetism ana
arc now broug lat forward by who for
mey denied their exstence 10 account for some of the
mysterious occurrences, such as "tebiomovins now 50
general Many of these opponents evidently excellent
nmednms in their wav but the best Of ali, To my IN nd
far above the trapping, tipping and physical me-
o are our reforers aud phanthOpSts. lt they who
ex.mIdfy true religion, and that often hOUt making
profession. With reference TO the of "Spirtuals
for my part, would almost desire name derived
from The invention of the pningpress or steamengine,
or the discovery of electricity and magnetism one de-
rived from the discovery of spiritual intercourse by t5e
eralh Yet this latter discovery like the others must yet
subserse vastly important erGs. But to be rational
"st is my aim; and when / find Spiritaasm true, and
"A in ha ~, 4 rs auV
other yet unpopular truth.
To induce men to think aud investigate for themselves
without succrmbng any other authority than Nature,
X, and Intuition hold to be the especial duty in this
enlightened age of all who find themselves the leaders and
instructors OF the public mind. The names of many OF
the engaged in investigating these interesting
subectssuch Judge Edmonds IN this country Robert
Owe in England. and Baron Reichenbach in Germany,
besides members OF the Academy Of Sciences at Paris
afford a powerful guarantee 10 the pubic that truth will
be separated from during the process of that analysis
10 which the Spiritual phenomena being subjected
1t viii scarcely be denied that the world has advanced
om primitive savageism TO liz present position, not only
by v,ue of the Inherent force OF the human intellect but
also by the aid of unseen intcugences continually lnhu
encng mankind. but II such influences are now taking
tangible form than at previous period let not
r,,c tbs m either because their advocates NAV claim too
much, difficulties sni ncongruities check in our ill.,
ycsts ATOMS. ROGER Easement.
ASs- iarS JeEe -, iSS.
Remerks.-When the pheuomena termed Spiritual
first eha euged public attention, printed everything
that seemed calculated to light upon them no matter
was dsikcd by ninc-tentEs Of readers. We stand
ready to-day 10 print as VIC always have DONE any new
ei testimony calculated shed light the subject
We had then and have not now any theory exps-
notion ofthos phenomena hobby 10 ride party to
uphold But duty publish truthful accounts of
all important IN time and this shall
do though The Let subscriber should stop because of
so doing
We have pail u lie attention TO the subject of spirit.
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novel but ia FUZZY created in books accessible 30 all and
the anifcstotons' may be Witnessed 10y any one who
chooses TO investigate them. ?. The promises conf
IDENTIFY ans generally made through mediums three or
ur years ago tina; the whole business should DO made
clear to the genel al understanding within year or two
have not bean fulfilled en- the contrary the undcutng
beeseIs hold diverse aaG rIeconcabc theories on the
subject of the life beyond the grave each of them pre-
fessedly derived from spts. ,. The Communications
from the other world which promised would work
clear very soon ere to-day 90 confused contradictory,
unreliable end ofter absolutely false they were.
Tie "spSts" appear 10 have good deal more leisure
Il an We have, and often squander evening in mpa
ing little nothing which they might go far see
have communicated in hall an hour. Now our life is
busy one, and can't afford 10 give hour for hour 4
with persOnages TO whom time seems to be no object.
5. The spirits have bad habit Of rapping out through
mediums lot of what they eHh poetry bat 80 bad
hat il sets our teeth edge, especially when they aud
ciously pretend that il was Dictated by Wordsworth
Shelley, Byron &C. who are utterly incapable of abri
ating such doggeel Now tho accumulated stock OF bad
,oetry in the English tongue frghtfby large and we
old Il serious ofeDse 10 add 20 s volume. The ghosts
no pe rpe,rate this stuff cay they not N region
here the Temperature Is particularly high but they
on ,'or ,fc';ro ma Door moals in this WY 'Hey evil