The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-08
,,onrpy rANATICISM.

r,o National Intelligeneer quotes the fol
snecimen of "Fanaticism Run
Mad" In Massachusetts
NJ ENGLAND ASrr-sLAvRay COVENTRY
,,.. ,c;etv assembled at the Melodeon AZ ~,
the hour OF appointment AUG
filed. A., ,,so,,ny. He had
M desire to foist new ism upon me ~
he had spiritual revelation 10 inaHe wa siona
hsen communicated TO him by deceased tIieu Of.
NJ q. Foster objected to the presenting OF the
communication. o, .rr craa, cbiection
a. a.. holm, presented. A scene oil CONFUSION en-
W s which foally resulted In the communication
co., the ,pirit land. The revelation was TO the
"a, ,hsi a new confederation OF States was
needed. s,ro..aa tho
,,so,ing AT length upon the state of the Union. ne
,snoref ali the presen, political parties he JON,
cd issue with Senators Wilson and sumner anu
denounced them prosiavery. de attseNeu u. ~;
address of Theodore Parker lately deilvereI ~
New York. He did not want the fugitive Hsse
repealed He thanked God day after Gay ,nat 'he
bill was In existence Every pistol hred 10 hsnsas
was mu.ic TO his ears He had not the ieast ioea
that the freedom of the slave would ever DC &C.
cured save upon the ruins of the Union
The reader will perceive that it has be-
come necessary to add new feature to TINS
extreme development of abolition fanaflcism
spirit rapping. The prospect is truly mel
ancholy. Not satisfied with talking US to
death in this world, the abolitionlsts are
keeping up constant fire at US from the
next. Of course the great mass ofthe North
ern people have no sympathy with these New
England lunatics, whose antics afford quite
as much merriment to enlightened citizens
in their own latitude as they do in Southern
cline.
But the exhibition of fanaticism in modern
times and in our own country is not connneo
to abolitionism, and reflects no credit on the
boosted intelligence of the age. The belle'
in spirit trapping, the atrocities OF Mormon
ism, and the absurdties of Millerism, prove
that if 'the schoolmsster is abroad" he is
abroad in q different sense from that lntend
ed by the author of that sentiment, and 1t Is
about time he should come home. The num-
Der of believers in spirit -rapping IN TINS
country cannot be less than hundred thou
sand, and they embrace men OF every pro
fession and pursuit-men Of intellectual Gull
ture and knowledge of the world-such men
as Ex-senator Tallmadge and Judge Ed
m ,nds. Then there's Mormonlsm' the gross
est, most palpable and brutal Of all decisions
which is daily swelling the ranks of its OBJ
scene disciples. Finally, there are the Mil
lerites, who are continually fixing days for the
destruction of the world, and are in no wise
shaken in their faith by the non-fultilment OF
their predictions 1t is evident that, notwlth-
standing the claim of the general diffusion OF
education in our own country, there IS sui
some room for Improvement. 1t Is note
worthy that it is not among that portion OF
our population which cannot read and write
that these singular decisions prevail, but
their chief if not entire strength lies in those
sections which boast so much that all their
people have enjoyed the benefits of common
schools proving that "a little learning is
dangerous thing