The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-17
LETTER FROM BOSTON.

EaqIand Aati kassgs Clergyin Tfoubls-hstr ooagygu
lions turning apirfnaiissT The Epidemic raging amoso
Speaker BdRkss Constituency AMeedos Of Dr. Boa.
dtcAs SViya-An Latereslg Diseouse-s Circulate u,
Documents ro-- Edmund Bnks, ef Nee HampaAtrs-1
Game Of hs NeV Hampshire FIetionist'.MIgnaic Tsa.
graphic Meas, &c,
aSick Of Kansas Such Is the caption quotation marx,
inclusive OF the leader Ia this mornings Atlas Il woud
seem that the subject has become "wearsome to consd
cradle portion Of the readers Of that deecabe abolition
sheet who are not VET sufficiently impressed with It's Dm
portance Hence the necessity for inhicng upon them
homiy of two-thirds Of column giving reasons why It's
columns will continue 10 be burdened with lengthy w.
ing telegraph dispatches from that Territory with which
newspaper readers in New England inflicted almos,
daily and which long since proved utterly unreliable
that they fail elicit passing remark from in,
egent regular readers of the current The hum
bug has become transparent Even tho aboiuoniss them
selves are beginning doubt its efficacy elecoueer
ing dodge aud now takes than the credulity Of
Thurlow Weed TO distinguish 1t as IA goodenough Nor
gan until after the election 1t Is that some 5000
and odd New England cergymen once protested against
the right Of the people Of Kansas and Nebraska to govern
themselves il is also true that they preached thereon until
blacness tnged their previously blue political pulpit trash
and il that they got tired and that Ho
ace Greeley has recently issued loud call to them to re-
sumo the subject But il is of Those who were
creduous enough believe the teachings Of these rev.
srend politicians "sick of Kansas.' Spiritual
munications with the dead, tahle-ippngs, ct cetera
now engross the attention of large portion Of
the former parshoners Of these preachers and have
the admission of of the most able ministers in this
vicinity that many churches have recently become almost
wholly deserted by the usual congregations who rush
public halls the Sabbath TO witness Spiritual mani
festatons" advertised for small admission fee barely
sufficient to exclude the vulgar and defray expenses" All
this takes place weekly, Of Sunday, in neighboriug
town. which is the place Of residence of the present
tbe tied al
That gentleman however respected he may be socially
and will detract nothing from bis position in that
spect-has been successful in nfusing the worst kind of
sectional and political humbug into majority of his i'm
mediate constituency that they very naturally rush hed
long into epidemic Of religious deusion also "Sd of
Kansas" they hasten to what they believe is mind
moving natter-tables raised and suspended for minute
at time in mid-air all for nnepencel Ut takes eigh,
nnepences make Yankee almighty dollar recolect)
Emigration Aid Societies originally Invented here
Boston to catch ninepences They stock" for little
while but the tabe-tppings have almost monopolized
them When the readers of the Boston Atlas have become
"sck of Kansa it is about time for the congressional
Kansas commission to return Washington in disgust
Why can't We have congressional committee to invest.
| gate the table-tppings2
Apropos of the rappings" In the neighborng town Of
Watharn the residence of Speaker Banks the spirit Of
Dr. Bowditch recently called out at one of the Sun
day religious spiritual meetings already alluded to.
sionaIly gave some attention to mathematics, and
al least posted up in the rudmental principles Of &C.
omery and plane trigonomery, proposed to test his
spirit by simple question. Accordingly, he made the in
qury "How many times the diameter is the circumference
Of circle ~ The spirit commenced spelling out an an
swer under evident difficulties, but finally the following
was elicited "A little than ti-mesp
This anecdote recently related by Rev. Tbos Hill
able Unitarian clergyman of Waltham in very interest
ing Sunday evening lecture the Spirits which
pied hours and twenty minutes in its delivery In this
discourse be reviewed infinitely the history ancient and
modern mysteries from the time of the Witch Of Endor
down to present He did question the exisence Of
the phenomena which surrounded the ancient orace the
| demonac. Of the New Testament the Salem witchcraf
mesmersm and sprtualism but he did deny the differences
which drawn by believers in them especially in spirit
ualism II nothing new, nothing modern-only
old epidemic with a Tabe-tipping phe-
nomenon somewhat remarkable it is true, but decidedly
contemplate when compared with the events which die
,inguished old Salem times Then houses set
uprosr with mysterious noises and whole closetsu Of
crockery and glassware went to dancing regular g
without any apparent human agency. As for the spirits
of the dead he intimated that If The exhibitions made Of
those of such Webster Bowdi,ch, &c fair
sampeso unlike the intellectual performances Of these
great when livnghey ought be put under bonds
never again appear in public The teri Of this very
original discourse taken from Levitcus and
~
spirits, aud avoid wizards; am the Lord
The proposition Of the Union for democratic citizens
the different States residing in Washington TO form clubs
for the distribution Of political information
excellent New England is flooded with sectional
trash where 1t is almost impossible to find andote in
the shape Of Of the excellent national speeches and
ports which have been made | indebted frequently
10 Speaker Banks for abolition avors when only two
occasions have ever received democratic documents Mr.
Banks notices me probably, because my happens
| be voting lsi--only " piurtbps unumn Every
in bis district is taken Of in like On
average there at least 10000 copies Of sectional
newspapers issued In this city alone every day where
there are not ene-teuth many which know "no North
New England averages least four abolition demo
/ cratic newspaper
Edmund Burke of New Hampshire has recently desert
ed his new know-nothpg and abolition allies who refused
to reward bis political treachery last June with Of the
United States senatorshps which he coveted lie pro-
esscs to be strong friend Of Mr. Buchanan and 10 case
Of that gentiemans nomination has sgned his intention
to start democratic % paper Concord Mr. Bu-
chanan doubtless will thank the traitor for bis pro-
essed friendship The democratic party has fortunately
rid itself number Of snch mercenaries Honorable de-
feat Is better than permit their return to It's ranks
Keep them outi
Il is currently rumored that the fsconists who have
small majority in the New Hampshire legislature have de-
plurality vote for the choice Of presidential electors They
thus hope throw their election into the legislature This
scheme win fail Of It's object Plurality or majority "
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