New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-22

his word on this matter. Besides, the experience
Of al our spirit rsppers and ghos.seers seems to
coufim bis assertions on the suhjec'; aad We
have in vain cbaler ged sli the ebossseers Of the
country to sdduce 3 single Clearly established
truth ths. their revelations have sdded to human
knowledge.
BIT, Judge EdmoEds and his friends them
selves sckDOvlsdee that spiritual intercourse is
attended by numerous difficulties, aud tia, il is
hard to say bo~ much crecit is 70 be given to the
Communication of mediums 10 the 6fss place,
the mind OF the medium, ss ne says il the intro
duction 10 bis second volume, lately published
Influences the mess-ge-then the state Of the a.
mosphsre and of the locality have souetbing TO
DO with it-next the harmony or discard OF the
mortsls who are present. And finally. macy of
the Spirits themselver. have very decided pro-
persity TO mischief and evil. OF tie latter. he
remarks. selfish, intolersnt. malicious, AMI de.
lighting in human suffering upon earth. they
continue tue same for while st least In their
"spirit-bome; aud having in common with
Others, TIE pow er OF reaching msnkiod through
this newly developed fundamentally. they use
1T for the qualification OF their predominant
propensities, with even less regard thsu they
"bao on earth for the suffering that theT inhct on
Others Sometimes il is with 8 clearly marked
purpose Of evil svowed with hardiaood which
"smscbs Of the vilest condition Of mortal so.
'ciety. Sometimes its fell purposes are most
"adlOity vailed under cover Of good intentions.
But now are se 10 keow which is whca
How are We to know whether the spirits speak
ing 10 Judge EdmOnds as Bacon and 5 geieaoorg
often speaking srrant nonsense aud never ris-
ing above commoD-p sce-are not some Of the
Vel iest retches whom be tss, in his capacity of
Judge committed TO the gallows What su-
,bority is there in anything they say, more than
in the unsupported dicts of Jack and Gill, or aay
other uncomfortable mortal If il be replied
that their assertions are TO be tested by our rea
SOD, or By the evidences to which We comm,aly
resor. in forming opinions, We reoio that, 10 that
event supporting them TO be insrnsiczily wor-
thy Of attention st all,-ttey become simply in-
tellectua or scientific data and are not autboi
tstive religions revelations They are testimo-
Lies to new experience Of life, perhaps, iSeu
under dubious and conflicting circumstances. are
10 be believed or not, as one may decide after IN
vestics,ion. but in 10 sense vedt,be or com.
mspdine disclosures Of spiritual truth. They are
at bes. only assertions; and, until the spirits
bring rs therefore. a great deal better creden-
tials than they have yet brought Us or furnish us
with better teaching than auy they have yet far
pished, the high claim. pu. in for them cannot De
sustained, and We are compelled to treat them as
ehos,ly Old quscks or jokers-as of the classes
,polen of by SSeoenborg and Judge Edmonds,
who delight either to mistify or poke fun at US
poor mortss for, as TO their cosmogOuies and
descriptions of Heaven, thus far they seen to Us
the merest stntimt ntalties or stupid ties, of
which we can 6ld scores that sre superior any
dsy on the shelves of any Library.
II the spirits however. are nor az yet good re-
vealers We are not quite cure that they might not
be worked up into an excellent police. Judge
EdmoDds observed IN bis speech the other nj 1h,:
He bsd seen strong qu all Def re the exposure
Of their secret thoughts by spuit power II men can
thus be lhiG bare to their telO rs, VIII ans Intelligent
men ask the advantage Of the ~ stem VIII frank
ntss, substituted for hypocrisy, be DO gam
wCman Was violently pposed 10 her husband pursu-
ing The qury; whether he tDoss the cause OF her
The une Me m,d'DDs, present kaeo N canse-there
Was that rtlch she 'eoUld nat hare ham kH0r
Trenble, therefore. ali We rogues who 60
urwbipped CT justics Ye peculsters at the
pubic cIIb, whom DO human tagscity can detect;
ye German grocers that use false weights and
put ,and in your sugar; ye rowing blades Of bus
bands that send your families out of to Sn in
summer; ~ temperance men that take sly nip
in the closet; ye falr-faced deladers who are
never at home" when somebody calls that you
DO not wsnt to see ye bypocrIses that go to
church 10 show your new dresses. or to De re-
spectable-in sbor. tremble the whole multi
tudibOus squad Of sbams and pretensers for the
mediums are greater than Matsel and the
shadows Of the other world surer detectives
than the shadows of the M,yor You will
all have to be honest hencefortn for appearance
sake, if no other, and 20 become good ia the
sheer dread of discovery Your selfish love Of
the world will be enlisted on the side Of virtue
ard Jour secretest siDs be turned forth 70 the
gaze of sll your friends and the sympsthizng
universe What q stupendOus confessional
what revolution in mundane affairs