The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-06

"'~~'~~A iASA NnS'pcs NuctS tucIS Eit very lCW
railroads and telegraphs, but plenty of mountains
an slow coaches, we must be patient
The Era OF Conventions.
ibis IF, par excellence, the country Of couveu.
TONS They belong to our peculiar institutions.
Every pursuit and business Of life, every subject
Of speculation or thought, whether It be agr,cul-
tdre, trade or commerce, the sciences the useful
or the fine arts, government politics or religion.
the affairs of earth, or He'll or Heaven-esch
has its convention, where all that relates to il
discussed Just now the conventions are in
'ull blast, and in few weeks the agricultural
gatherings win take place. Every State has it's
agricultural fair, aud there is one national fair
| for the whole Union. These gatherings appear
| 10 have done some good for agriculture and
have accomplished something in the way of pro-
ducing mutual admiration.
There have been railroad conventions without
end, and the more we have had Of them the more
bridges have broken down and the more lives
have been sacrificed to the Juggernaut of gain
There have been Southern commercial conyen.
tions, in which the most aIraut nonsense has been
ventilated and every well established principle of
commerce ignored. There have been political
| conventions without number; and what good, we
would like to know, have they done for the COM
Dunity, or in how much worse a condition would
the political affairs Of the country be ifthere never
had been a convention of wings, or democrats,
or black republicans, or Know Notbings, or abo-
ltionists, or fre-eaters? There has been lately
negro convention, at which George Downing
presided. Does any one suppose that will con-
tribute to the abolition of slavery or the elevs.
ton Of the colored brethren?
There have been free lovers conventions !;
women's rights conventions, in which the d.
nersions Of the crinoline. AID the liberty Of
wearing breecbes have been the important ques-
tions under consideration; and there have been
"Baby Conventions" to exhibit the best speed
mems Of native human manufacture by way OF
Illustrating the art Of breeding the genus homo.
How far the information derived from these as.
semblies has been productive of healthier race
of children we will not undertake to say. The
discussion would be rather revolving to our
readers.
There have been temperance conventions ia
vast numbers, the principal effect of which has
been to promote the liquor irade-for instance, at
Auburn. where the firm of Rhodes & Seward
has done such thriving business.
At Springfield is now being held the Conveu-
ton of the Association for the Advancement Of
Science. When they succeed in squaring the
circle, or in solving the problem of perpetual
motion, or in explaining the connection between
body and mind, or the law of volition, or the
principle by which like begets like, the world
shall hear Of these discoveries through the CO.
lums Of the HEHALD This day the spiritualists
meet in convention at Plymouth Rock, with
Judge Edmonda, ex-senator Talmadge, and the
other leaders of the sect, all glowing with pro-
phetic fury to make known their revelations to
mankind. At the late meeting held there to lay
the foundation stone of the national monument
20 the Forefathers, there WAS a dispute as to
which Of two families belonged the honor Of
having the ancestor who FIRST put his foot out of
the May flower on the Blarney Stone of New|
England" Now, the spiritualists, with Judge
Edmonds at their head, can easily settle tina.
knotty question while on the spot. We under
stand that enormous quantities of tobacco andI
brandy are to be consumed at this convention i'll
being among the doctrines of the spiritualists|
that we can eat drink, and do many other things
for the use and benefit of the spirits in the other
world Accordingly, some indulge in numerous
drinks from conscientious and religious motives
and not from the love of the liquor. They drins
merely because the tongue of some thirsty soul
in the spirit world like Dives in the parable, il
paEched and cleaviDg to the roof of his mouth
and though there is water all around be cannot
get drop to drink. Judge Edmonds indus
triously chews tobacco from morn till night, and
from night till morn, for the qualification of SOM
friend in one Of the spheres who delighted in til
weed when here below, but cannot get quid il
the realms above. The Judge hates the dirt
thing, but zealously performs the disagreeabl
duty OF chewing as an act of pure piety. Coul
the assembled spirits just Inform us who is to
the next President Of the United States b
doing this they would do very generous &C
| and save world of trouble. There would be
necessity for any Of the political convention
which are to be held with view to the solutid
| Of that question.
Last Of all, we are to have convention
| settle the basis and the superstructure of ti
new Catholic religion, which is to remodel Il
cid and absorb all the scattered fragments in
which Professionalism is split. We trust that
| this movement the leaders will be successfl
| for though it is to be discussed in conventio
| it is the great idea of the sge, both in the o.
World and in the New. We hope Archbish|
| Hughes will attend and look after the intere1
| of bis Metropolitan Archdiocese in the M
| arrangement.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATLANTIC TEIEGRA
DEIlRIUM.-Just one year ago yesterday
whole world was reused to perfect delirium