Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-02-11
8itRuon0 Enquirer.
rRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY II.
THE REsURREcrEp IN COUNCIL.
The dsy Of jubilee has come,
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I'LL 6~6Suhh6Il6U IN CUO0tAL
The dsy Of jubilee has come.
Return ye wandering sinners home.
The decaying bones Of the once great Whis
party, long ago buried, quietly inurned, and al
most forgotten, have burst their cerementS ano
again revisit the glimpses Of the moon
While witnessing its pale and venerable
form. mincling with its ghostly essence
and listening to the echoes OF its once
;ubi,ant voice. MS We saw and heard yes
terdav. in its land of resurrected spirits, VIC
were panied at its sight and saddcncd at
its tone; and mourning over its presumptuouS
PROPHECIES we could not repress a sigh for it'
hapless end, and unbiddcn to our lips came the
kindly, friendly warning, rest, rest pcrturoed
spirit. You will soon begin to scent the MORT
ing air again, and in spite OF all your tortur'ng
struggles, must at last be confined to fast In
fires, until you are burnt and purged away
We have harmonized then, in the spirit land'
with these resurrected beings OF the immateriai
world and with our ears still ringing with
their spirit language, We will appeal to our
.~.mediumistic powers" and endcavor to de-
scribe to our less favored friends the mysteries
Of their .Arcana ColeStia.
We must invoke, however, their kind indul-
gence at the outset, for the free use Of the
hitherto unknown Technology Of the other
world; for our brains, almost psychological
with the .'omniic philosophy" of those "Sub'i'
mated angels" have not yet recovered from the
spiritual shock. We have this much to say,
however, after the wonderful scenes we wit
messed yesterday, that we are prepared to
follow the faith Of the great prophet OF Cpsu'
Ia. for we have beheld q conclusive indication
of the doctrine Of reciprocal correspondence,
and shall hereafter claim Emanuel Swcdcnbors
as our guide, philosopher and friend.
Before its untimely exodus from this dis
harmonized mundanity," the living body Of
that lamentcd Wing party commanded our es
TEEN and vencration. Connected with its his
tory and its fate are so many illustrious names,
and so many stirring contests, that it won our
respect in its adversely and sometimes inspired
esteem in its triumphs. Indeed, regarding the
existence Of a noble and chivalrous rival As M
advantage and incentive to ourselves, and as .
healthful check to our increasing plethora. We
hailed it us a worthy opponent and consoleC
ourselves with the comforting reflection, that
if fight we must, We had 4 gallant foeman fol
our steel. Those were the times though, wher
face to face. in the light of day, the battles
were fought; when noble leaders bore the
standards, and bravely faced the music in the
open field.
But evil days came; defeat and disappoin,'
ment brought lassitudc and slOth; disease crep'
in; its strong limbs were paralysad and still
the flag had no longer a powerful arm to bea'
it to the breeze; disease crept on, until ASHAMED
to show the wreck Of its once lordlv form, /
skunk into the lanes and alleys, and finally
damp and dismal culvert was its hone-an'
there, acquiring a sort Of animal and bcastl!
strength, it raised its hidcous form and madl!
courted q last and deadly struggle. \ power
full arm was then raised, and, on our owl
soil, here in Virginia, the poor, degraded crea
turc, with heavy blow, was consigned to al
everlasting earthly grave, and no one wepi
sympathetic tear, and no one would venture t
record its fate. The administrators "de bona
non" were sued for its debts, and the decayc'
carcass found a home in the potter's field, t
await the last day of resurrection. This mucl
for its history. Now for its ethcrialized Spl
r~ituality.
For some time prophetic tales Of its rear
pearance have been issued. and at last it stalk
the broad earth in its spiritual form. If W
regard its countenance merely, candor require
us to saw hat it has lost nothing by the disir
teprsting process through which it seems t
have passed. 1t has lost the bloated, sensu;
tone Of degraded Know-Nothingism, and ha
assumed a respectable, gentlemanly bearing
1t has a digni6ed air, and an honest micn- II
deed, Whiggcry as we saw it yesterday locke
almost itself again, and VIC inwardly conSr'
tulated it upon its gcntility and propcrd epor
men.. 1t may now say in truth, from its la'
exhibition, as was oncc no less truly said of
cit NAV be known by the instincts of q gcntl
man" So much for its outward appearance
after death.
1t surely has lost nothing either of its rhet
rical or declamatory powers, has accumulate
q lasting stock Of fun. and seems to have 'in
bibed some fragrant lessons BY its spiritual a
sociations.
We found the ETHEREAL ~conclave listening
his spiritship, Alexander Rives, its temporar
Chairman. There was about him no litt
trace of manner and diction, but his %allusiou
10 other times must have awakened paint
memories of his earthly hopes and buried TO
tunes, for his eloquent appeals for energy an
zeal, though kindly received and warmly al
ulsuded, evidently came from n breast file
with despair and hopeless dreams OF success
and suggested to his hearers thoughts OF a t'
;n,;m,t. association he must have formed
his uncarthly home, with another brother lor
gone before. and known to sympathislns pc
terity by the familiar name Of doubt'n
Thomas.
In the midst of this opening address, "
were sorely disturbed by a theological questlc
which the Good Book has deinitively settle
for earthly minds, whose authority, howev'
binding in the Spirit Land, was rendered
doubtful question, by an untoward interruptic
in the person of a small dog, Just as the ell
ousnt speaker was skillfully painting a vivi
nicture of a remembered contest. Bow.wow
WOW was furnished as the musical accompan
ment to the Tahleau- Now none have eve
claimed the canine race as an indigenous produ
ton of the other world; and as We are clear
taught that as we brought nothing into tn
World neither can we take any thing out Of
we were beguiled into an intricate analysis
..,,;hn;,;., ond nrohabilities Of the ey