The Richmond palladium., 1856-05-29

s,-e.4 :, s.Vrtita Z, OF Fro2towo'
,,vs EntroRs - notice an article IN
aL,s Palladium, signed 'Nerltas. IN
,ha apthor makes lame and wliess
~. "a burlesaue the proceedings OF the late
sho. of the friends of Human Progress IN
n .;iy ak the privilege OF saying lew
ihs ,.,Iy foot that il deserves answer
mt ,lsst The writer may be hung up on
hook before an honest and truth
- community, to be the laughing stock
40 NAV read He fatters himself that
o. d.moli>h BY ridicule that which he
ie - answer bv fair and logical argument,
e1,t;nls nrobably that his ignoronce and
III uill he gulphed down BY gulllble pub
bout stopping 10 enquire into the truth
Tn mailer. In this lie shows most pa pa
III Lope ears or his gross ignorance, or
- I presume he does not know that the
,bino that he wishes TO crush, has been
Illustrated by men Of science to be truth,
r;bout the possibility Of doubt, even here
!. ,br city OF Richmond. it has been thus pro-
.,to be True. But the Church-the infalli
~ uoly Church, declares these new evidences
'1;mmortality Of the soul humbug. and
iii not dei.n to give them even passing
no,ice. excep, to misrepresent and vilify them
uecred to BE- treated any better by the Phari
.,es of the land who are under the control Of
ssid churches.
WHY is it thai these scientific truths have
not been more fully proclaimed to the world
why have they not been Numbered with
rumpet tongues to the benighted hosts OF
aen9 An, you may wei ask why? A see
,l.r preiudiced press may well ask why? A
b,,ai.d church may we'll ak why? 1t is a
nsr,er Of wonder, with such powerful oppos
10 influences, that even so many should have
hsi the independence to examine the subject
fr themselves. In a majority of instances
where it has been thus carefully and caudidIy
sxaminrd with An earnest desire 10 arrive Al
truth the evidence in favor OF spirit commu
.ie.iions las bee irresistible and o,erw helm
n, Professor Hare IF Phiadel phia, an old
.sj hiol,lv distinguished Chemist, who had
during his professional life been accustomed
10 close and scrutinizing philosophical inves-
ngations, was induced to give the subject a
uirn,ifc examination, and Notwithstanding
his previous skcpticism ln relation 10 1t. he
s,on became convinced that the spirits Of de- /
pared men did return and identify themselves
70 living men on earth. He addressed a
spectfui letter to an Episcopal convention Of
minister's then in session in that city, assert .
iug that he had discovered by careful scen
l6c investigation new and p0sttiUe evidences
Of the immortality of the soul. and desired to
ky such evidences before that body. The
pro9osition was treated by them with scorn
and contempt They were too wise TN their
own estimation. to even examine the evlden
ces presen ed by a man so distinguished for
science.
do not wish it understood. that | am in
favor Of destroying the Bible; on the contr' ry
venerate the book. But the sectarian IN
.erpreiation and perversion OF some Of its
most important teachings is what condemn,
The Bible confirms SpirituallSm from the first
line OF Moses writings. unul St. John sealed
the book and pronounced it finished. This.
then is the inconsistent position Of our ortho-
dox friends, that they believe In a spirtuallsm
that happened two and three thousand years
ago, and reject that which comes direct
" to them now, alive and full of vigor fresh
from the lips of their departed friends.
Iaconclusion, would say TO both 'Veritss'
and Humanlas, there are glorious TRUTHS
in the world which cannot II comprehended
by your contracted brains. Some allowance
ought TO be made for 'Veri'as, for he has
been SO long a resident of Frogfolcn and asso
GATED so much with croakers, that he could not
be expected TO have more knowledge than his
neighbors he is doubtless a natural X. \.
Bm Humsnitas, living as he does between
the two grea; branches Of the White water,
in the MIST OF green fields. purilng streams
sad tea ahered son 5sters. hemmed in by cities.
and villages, embracing a populs'lon highly
civilized, there is no excuse for his beuightei
condition. in regard TO these beautifu! and sub
lime developments in spiritual philosophy
which are now shedding an etlulsent light
over the world INVESTIGATOR.