New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-19
b. HATCH MD, lSms OWN DEFENSE.

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SIR: Some ind friend has forwarded me . copy q
your psper OF Jan 5 containing note from my fens
J. w Eemond, in which be informs ycar readers that
"he cannot consent 20 have any CONTROVERSY with d.
Hatch" and accuses me If having gssbled ms LEI
ter. | published ercy opvd u sad letter es"ep,s
brief paragraph which would have made about twc
lines of printed matter and which wss q such sohhy
character as to forbid IL publication Bsb Edmoads
and large class Of the Spirinslst pubic oil hnos
that every paragraph Of the published portion ofthx
letter 10 an entire fslsehcod which be most fully
snbstartst.d beyond all controversy; AMI. notwith-
standing this he has the presumption Ia call upon the
public 20 believe that there Is truth IN another state
inert Of his which IL IT such a nature II cannot 10
published. II only shows how readily man may De
induced 10 invent wrong to screen himself rom te
let condemnation by the exposure OF another E.i-
mouds had frankly informed me that he had frequently
been infested by EVIL sp rts mat ior days wh"iy,
for the time disqualified him for his ayocationi and
out ~ charity to hun, had Induced myself 10 believe
t1a his letter to me was written while afflicted one
of these nlestations and that when he again became
master of himself lie would Acknowledge his errng.
Whether was mistaken IN my diagnosis, or the
obsession sti continues, know not.
Suffice il to cay, that have shown the or'gisal
said letter 10 more than dozen gentlemen, not one ot
whom would deem u any honor 10 be compared 10
Judge T.. in all practical Judgment, accompanied ~
the same statement which i made !" hd'nond-,
and upon which he claims 10 predicate the omitted
brief paragraph, and they have Uniformly expressed
their condemnation in the strongest terms. and be-
heved him be- either utterly Incompetent OF proper
Judgment upon the subject driven to the last ex.
tremety for self justification in an unmsnly cause. l
will rest the entire the decision II three or nve
high-mnded and honorable men, who are Rsbrbed,
whether have committed any wrong In that matter,
morally or socially. The IN h, IL was only most
miserable aud dishonorsble subterfage, which pono
bu, such would ever have resorted Ia.
That have committed one great mistake since, nos
before the parati0n am free to acknowledge, ant
/ am willing to receive its penalty. Christ was SC
cused Of casting out devils through Belzebub the
prince Of devils But he told them that =" a kingdom
hdivided agsinst itself could not stand" Had he
have called upon lsscivious, proiane and brandy
picked to perform the work at his holy mission,
his folly would have been equaled only by that II b.
L. Hatch.
The only basis IL separation between Mrs.. III. and
myself is SIMPLY de'ire on her part aud that, too,
viii n came upon her in single day. unless her own
written and verbal testimony previous t. her inversion
is to be totally dist eAsved. The Free-Ioye doctrine
. 30 prevalent among the SpI ituallsts that sus-
peced Mr.. Edmonds, with others OF being unctnred
with il. l therefore called upon him in person. and
gave him my a2prehensions, and required q verbal
pledge that he would be governed by the laws Of tho
State in any decision he might make in my case, aud
distinctly slated that would not permit him 10 act az
arbitrator any other conditions lie evidently
few into a passion, and said, My opinions
upon marriage are too wei known To re-
"quire any pledge from me, for l have stated IN
" heve in a separation OF husband and wife on any
grounds whatever And after making this state
ment with all the earnestness Of cumulative feeling,
be then decides for separation without any grounds
whatever, ssve the desire on her part. Il he could
not comply with the conditions, why did he ask 10 bo
put on that arbitration He told ne, before | con.
sented for him to act that he had copversed with his
spirit-friends aud that they had assured him that
Corss condition solely the result of overtsxef
b. ain. He had also written me, from which make
the following extract; am sorry but not surprised,
" TO learn OF CoTas irdsposton. II is the result II
I" my experience and observation that mediums for
mental mamie stations cannot with safety be over
worked. The remedy, in Corss case, IL time,
rest and recreation AK, in the Of all that
ia truthful, what confidence 1 reposs in . man
thus vacillatDg who will tell me thing ono
day. and another the next and then resort 10 the most
On ustfable TO sustain bis position II write
plalD ii is because that have patience with such
vacillaton and de stuton Of all tho noble quail
ties Of true manhood, whether il be the result Of
Bacon, Swedenborg or the Devil 1 shall tahe the
lecture field, that may, in my feeble way, guard the
community against that condition Of things which has
not only proved the ruin Of thousands Of families, bat
alec totally destroys men and women for all practical
relations Of lde. Very truly Is. h. HATcH, ID.
SbaVoyd, ~ H., Jan TO- 1859.