Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-18
Communicate.
THOUGHTS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS.
Politics = Superstition = Cremation = Uomaan's
Rights.

Politics = Superstition = Cremation = Wonaan's
Rights.
Mr. EDToR:-As the election is ever, 1t
may not be amiss for some other topics to be in
troduced. l think if l were acting Governor
and was anxious for reelection, the sus-
pense of the two weeks succeeding the election
would be almost intolerable. / understand there
are some sad faces about town, and for the sake
of Temperance we hope there is good reason for
this.
But stop-we have no interest in politics.
Wei then-Spiritualism. The tales to which
used to listen in days of yore, when at the
hour of twilight we gathered around the " hired
GIRL and gave heed to such accounts of the
marvellous as should never pass human lips,
especially i'll the presence of children, were
brought torcibly to my mind the other day, on
reading paper published at New Orleans de-
voted to Splritualism. The only change could
discover was that whereas terror used to be one
element in the marvellous revelations of witch
craft and of bloody murders brought to light by
ghosts this seems to have been supplanted by
credulous stupetaction of the reasoning powers,
joined with conscious pleasure in witnessing
the pranks of disembodied spirits. This, grant,
torment But if scientific men were not so slow
to admit the existence of heretofore unknown
principle into their theories, the mania now SO
widespread over the public mind might have
been prevented They are just now beginning
to be convinced that there is undiscovered
law which it becomes them to investigate 1t
is to be hoped they win now be able to Danish
the absurd idea of the supernatural and reduce
the strange manifestations (Which it were alb
surd for them to deny) to some fixed laws.
The singular excitement lately created in a
neighboring city, concerning the disposal of the
remains of the dead, L hope viii not be permit
ted to entirely subside until some principle shall
be definitely settled on that subject, and the
public become familiar with the idea, that 4
change in 4 long established custom (eyen though
il relates to the sacred dead) is not necessarily
criminal. How do we know that Our ancestors
possessed all attainabie wisdom on this point?
One reason of the Intense interest feel on this
subject is that ever since reading IN childhood
OF premature burial, | have shuddered at the
thought OF being consigned to the grave, with
out measures being taken 10 render such an oc-
currence in my case an impossibility. l have
maze ftpeited attempts 10 oO'd4u d ileuge from
my friends that they would comply with my
wishes on the subject, bot as yet with only par
tial success. Now, ask, what right have the
people OF Milwaukee to interfere ID the way
they qIdF bat foolish reason IS given by
one editor that all should he burled-beeausew we
must all return to dust. How much more really
can body which has lam IN the ground cen
fury and by a slow process become reduced
again to It's constifu'ent elements DE called
dust thah one "hich Is mus Te'iNeed oy the
more raIha acttoh Oh HIe' a'' a"'ie 'l"'
others may nave maze tHe same inquiries p'if /
think toe htfle thought Is given 10 THESE thlhgs-
Madison has iaeiN been favored with two lee
lures on Woman i'iSi.'7' ana one on 9Ia'ery
ny MS Lucy stone plach p" ell ne TWO hfs'
was moi fortunate enough 10 near out the Iast
was listened to by crowded ana attentive au-
dlence; oil course WIN various Judgments ac- !
cofuils 10 me io'9 Vi me iiiol
vldual though heafu one young man say ne
oeiieFeh some were converted on nearing her.
II were TO crincize' should say she was