The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-27
IS SPIRlTUALISW,D
A Few of Its Beauties.

In Cne spiritual convention 0t New York. on
Thursday, young man delivered a very fluent
speech, to the effect that they were about in
stituting mighty reform and should see that
It becomes practical. They should preserve
their manhood. Whether they go to heaven
or hell let them go with their manhood. II
to che latter place they would rise in the dig.
nifty OF their intellects and revOlutiOnize hell.
lGreat applause and cries OF I'VE WILT
Miss j. j. Clark, pale and thin girl, with O
jockey hat, next mounted the rostrum. She
alluded to the beautiful young man" who
had preceded her and related an incident that
occurred lately when young man came to her
to be convinced They Joined hands and went
into trance state and he was visited by the
spirit Of lovely girl whom he had loved.
% when they came am out of the trance state he
asked her What have you done to me?" She
replied, II have done nothing; if anything
has occurred. it has been the work of the spir-
its. y. She was always ready to welcome any
inquirer after truth that she could assist in
coming to the light. and to give that love
which you call free Applause, and one hiss ]
rev; MI. Ferguson, tall man with bushy
white hair, was called up. He proceeded to
speak very glibly. and emphasized his words
by violent contortions of his body and face that
appeared extremely painful. His theory was
principally on the war; that homogenity con-
sisted in diversity, and that the variety between
geographical sections of the country does not
appeal to the intellect as cOgently demOnstrat-
ing the mundane existence of q conflict irre-
pressible. lAgonizng writings
bro!her Loveland, asomewhat seedy looking
Individual wearing dirty linen Coat, was diff
ferently informed by the spirits from brother
Ferguson, inasmuch as he held that we must
have uniformity, homogenity of populari-
zation in which each one while preserving his
personality meets his individuality in others
u Other brethren made speeches. some alvo-
. eating free love, some abolition, some infidel-
ity, and some all three. One brother went
strongly into the advocacy of free love- Un.
der the present system of marriage, girls can
not choose who they prefer to be the father of
their children, but must take some one who
has property enough to support them. A
Dor, He's free lover" "Oh. yes, he gave
all the isms, responded the other. "Well. I
know he is" returned the first; che turned
off his own wife and had two or three other
women. He's got another mans wife now,
and a man drowned himself while ago about
this same woman" The brother continued in
his speech, and the semi believer above referred
to finally ejaeul.ted loud enough to to be
heard all around, ''Oh, what damnable non-
sense!"
Our brother continued his speech some ten
minutes after he had been called to time. He
closed by saying he thought the women ought
to wear the breeches. One sister, who was
impatient at his long speech, exclaimed: II
don't doubt his wife wishes she could wear a
pair -
Mr.. Moses Howe, 3 young man, said he want.
ed the liberty, as Spiritualist, of being indie
pendent wherever he might be. IF he were in
heaven. he would claim the privilege of COM
mitting sin. If he felt like it; but he did not
feel like 1t. lApplause He wanted every
one to have the FREQ use Of their inclinations
and natures. [ applause He had purer re-
ligion than the Methodists. They were fed by
only half bushel of truth, while his hearers
received full bushei in their spiritual stom.
achs. tApplause Then they should be so
much better than the Methodists Applause I
Mrs. NJ. A Bliss. lady of some thirty i've
winters, commenced by remarking that the
springs of theology. The revivalists and the
religionists wanted men to become good from
fear of God or to please the angels. But she
held that they .hOuld be good from their
own choice II they deemed 1t best to be good.
whatever they considered right they should
DO Applause. She did not care if God and
the angels looked down on every good and bad
action she might do; she felt herself independ-
ent. and she would acknowledge but the god
which she felt in herself tApplausel Not to
please all the angels in heaven wonld she be
mud II she wanted to fight rapplause1; and If
sne desired to be good or bad she would be go.
lApplause Her love nature could not take
IN tne world; It was not sufficient to be dis
tributive to all |; she had one love for few
sppressiative, app saa ss, souls lApplause She did not
iove ner co!ored brcthren; and, If she was
nayod alive she c0uld not DO brought to min
gle with them. She desired that they might
be free from the lash and from slavery Zap
plnuse. In social sense her love had not
room enough for everybody. fApplause.
DR.: Hamilton, . tail, slight built, elderly.
gentleman with what might be termed pre-
eGinenuy Yankee features Of the elongated Or
der TO lowed Mrs. Bliss. He recited . very
eloquent poem, In which he alluded 70 the Or
,thodox doctrines Of the Christian rsllgion, es