Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-23
miscellaneous
We find tho following letter among the cores
pondence Of the New York Tribune;

Of the New York Tribune: nj
BosroN, April 80, 1857. c,
I forgot to give n message to you IN my last X
Ietter from one of the persons | met at concord on =
lac occasion therein celebrated. 1t seems you "
have had some letters in the Tribune lately dateu OIL
NJ Boston and signed 60" which letters have OF
been generally attributed hereabouts to MI Eu- Z
mund Quincy, who has the credit, whether justly ~
you know better than |, of sometimes writing lol "
YOUR journal. As this mistake had occAsloneu /,
him n GOOD deal Of questioning and some CORES "
pondence. he wished me to state that he was NOT .
the person responsible for the same. lie nnu nU
read the letters, and no more had |, so neltneI vi !
us knew whether he was the worse or the OeI'ei :
for the mistake attributed. we only kne" 10 TO- t
thew had something to do, on the one side or tne
other. with the Spiritualist Question. llau YOU
readers known him as well MS ! do, there WoulI
have been no need of this denial-ior l tlin9
have seldom known n more eartnly m"Te
and less spiritually disposed person. However'tnat
is nothing to the purpose. | was Wiling oil
course, to oblig G him so far as TO maze us o"
ment in his behalf, although have often haI occn
sion publicly to find fault with h!m' anu per
haps nobody knows more against Nun P'N"'
than | do. .o
cannot affirm what his motives were in nov
reading these letters bearing the initais Vi NE
name. Why | did not was thatl ana not "ehs "
know anything about tho nezt w9riu, y pH m
itants and occupations, SO long as can Keep my
hold ON this. So | avoid all opportunities OF peep
ing through "the blanket Of the dark thatl 10 hung
up between the two, and do not care 10 rear any
thing about the experience OF those VINO Try ~
I'M a corner or to pick a hole in 1t. Inc accounts
have heard of the revelations, and OF the metno9
of coniuration, do not seem to me amusing Il
must prefer sitting with a party of good fellows
round q table, in q bright light, with every lhouce
ment to talk, with our legs under the mahogauS''o
surrounding the same in total darkness h9iuius
our tongues, with our hands upon II. Anu thlS
proclivity hath been strengthened by observing
the bebetizing effect Of death on the hvellest ana
- ,al,rnhl tTnrEa com.
papy after they are dead than they were whlie,
living. l dare say it shows a very low state Oh
mind, but l can't help it. l very much prefer
TO have the spirits | take mixed with "a que pro;
portion of clay, instead OF having them clear u
simple. They agree better with my cohs"'u'
ton.
Besides, to whisper a word in your ear, and |
beg it may 20 no further, lam AFRAID Of 9hoStS' l
always was. | don't like them, IKE them OCT
ter with their bodies on. l don't think 1t decent
in them to 20 about naked, And the least they
can do is to keep away from people that don't
want their society. Charles Lamb used to say
that che hated sick people" wen, l na!e ucNu
ones-at least when they venture, as the ministers
saw of the strong-minded women, 'out OF their APP
nropriate sphere" OF course, l have no objection
70 ANYBODY counting their society that likes 1t. IL
is a free country and every one may chooSe nt
own associates. | only claim my right to PICK out
mine, and my choice, thus far, has been among
snirits that wear flesh and blood. When they Fave
done with this world and gone to another, why
can't they be satisfied without wanting to come
hack again? am sure | don't grudge them
theirs why can't they let mt alone in mine! /
don't want to intrude upon them. l never knew
anybody that did, however much some nave pro,
fessed to know about it,;and however fine a worlo
they have told everybody 1t was. Let saeni NC
equally considerable toward US. g,
For I wish YOU to understand distinctly that l
desire the arrangement to be perfectly lair any
equal on both sides. The only request make Is
The simple and rational one OF our oouSnerh oie'n
-. L. lL ,lOp. If tha SulGts VIII ONLY Keel
away from me, l will pledge my sacred honor tina
will keep away frcm them Just as long as
possibly can. For this end lhabitualiy take tn
very best care Of a naturally good oonsttu'lon, o. .
that it will not be my fault # my part OF lh'
bargain should fall through. 10 be sure cnl
imagine and excuse an impotence on their part u
enjoy my society. There are a good many IN sh'
flesh who profess to like it. But let them cohsiue'
how short a time it will be, even at the longest
before ! shall be made free OF their guiid ana nov
very long we shall be together when that ooes TAX
place. Now excellent as my natural cohSututio,
is, and great as is the care | take OF 1t, ana tnouS
l come of very lonGIived tamliles on ~ SUES,
can hardly expect to live more than hity OF siAt
wears longer. And what is Fifty or SIXTY years l
fellows who have all eternity In their hanuS
They can surely wait if l can. 80.
dare say this is not only very low IN a sptFi'u y,
point of view, but very unphllosophieal INTO III
bargain. l ought to be willing to investigate u
phenomena and Judge whether they are natural
spiritual. But you see am not a philosoPher-
ut least not a natural one-anO l nate D DC oolt'
/ don't think | am called upon TO investigate IL
causea of all the inexplicable things 1 see Oecau'
l have not the qualities Of mind which are u
necessary Instruments Of such inquiries. L couI
be lust as easily cheated as not; ana SO l kee
out of the way. My way of stating the prop.oS
ton is this The phenomena, as they are calle
are either cheats or they are not. Ihat, suIpos
YOU will admit, as Moses in the Vicar OF wax
field had to concede the preliminary prnpoSluoh
Squire Thornhill: whatever is, as" Now,
- -. -, &c oOnrsa I Ionit caro- To trOuD
myself about them. If they are really the wo
of spirits, l desire to give them the widest per
possible for the reasons above given. And II thu
be n DEVELOPMENT of some hitherto undiscovert
physical laws, | ~relegate the inquiry to the me
of science who have the training and skill for sue
nvestigations-which / have not. And when the
tell me all about it | will believe them, just as
look in the almanac to see when | am to crock III
end of my nose with n bit Of smoked glass. l don
think it q duty to calculate my own eclIpses, an
they arc a good deal stranger things than tn
waltzing of q table round the room with an lnVi
ible partner.
You will be pleased to treat these expressions
opinion as strictly confidential. As it is said tbs
the spiritualists are now counted by millions, the
may organize into a political party and elect NJ
Andrew jackson Davis President of the Unite
States in which case, Of course, ! should wish
be uncommitted, as it would be a pity to injure II
prospects of usefulness for any mere speculation
With this caution | viii take my leave; for
though / suppose | mighty find something to Il
you of, ! am afraid Of interrupting the effect
my spiritual discourse on your mind by the init
yention Of any mere vulgar facts. BlLES.