Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-21

good men and soldiers in order 20 get the capital
OF Florida 10 give mis- presidential scheme the
show OF legality and fairness; out as the expedi-
ton failed be has concluded to cast aside even
the pretense OF fairness. and secure the benefits
without attempting TO conceal the shameful cor
ruption Their submission TO such impudent and
shameless impositions illustrates the natural sub.
seryience and servility of the abotionsts Such
an attempt by leader TO corrupt Convention
would meet the unanimous and indignant con
demnaton of any other party; but she abolition
lists are happiest when ridden by masters booted
and spurred Ohio Statesman.
ssSpirituaiism''-A few of its Beau
ties.
In the Spiritual Convention at New York. on
Thursday, a young man delivered very fluent
speech the effect that they were about inst-
ltulDg mighty reform, and should see that il
becomes practical. They should preserve their
manhood Whether they go TO heaven or bell
let them 90 with their manhood II to the latter
place they would rise in the dignity of their in
tellects aud revolutonize he'll. [Great applause.
Cries OF 1--WE will.
Miss J Clark. pale and thin girl, with
Jockey hat. next mounted the rostrum She al
.uded to the beautiful young man" who had
preceded her. and related an incident that oc-
Cured lately when young man came TO her to
be convinced They joined hands and went into
| a trance state and he visited by the spirit of
A lovely girl whom he had loved. When they
came out of the trance state he asked her w hat
have YOU done 10 me?" She replied, Il have
done nothing; if anything has occurred it has
! been the work of the spirits" She 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 Mr.. Ferguson, a tall man with bushy
white hair, called up. He proceeded to
speak very gibly, and emphasized his words by
violent contortious of his body and lace that ap
peared extremely painful His theory prin-
cipaly on the war; that hOmOgenelty consisted in
diversity, and that the variety between geOgraph
ical sections the country does appeal TO the
country a. c0gently demonstrating the mundane
existence of a conflict irreoressible. Agonizing
writings
Brother Loyeland, somewhat seedy looking
individual, wearing a dirty linen coat, differ
entity informed by the spirits from Bro Ferguson,
inasmuch as he held that We must have "A uni
formity. homog eneity of popularization in which
each one. while preserving his personality, meets
his indiv duality in others.
Other brethren made speeches. some advocat-
| ing free love some abolition, some inhdeity, ami
some all three.
One brother went strongly into the advocacy
of free love. Under the present system OF mar
riage girls, cannot choose who they prefer to be
| the father of their children but must take some
| one who has property enough to support them
| A brother in the audience remarked TO his neigh
Dor. He's free lover" "Oh. yes. he gave all
the isms" responded the other well, know
he is, returned the first: he turned off his own
| wife and had two or three other women He's
got another wife now, and man drowned him
self while ago about this same woman"
The brother continued his speech and the
semi believer above referred to finally CALCULATED
loud enough to be heard all around, "Oh, what
| damnable nonsense
| Oar brother continued his speech some ten
minutes after he had been called To time He
closed by saying that he thought the women
ought TO wear the breeches Que sister, who
had been impatient at lis long speech exclaimed:
Il don't doubt his wife wishes she could wear a
pair
Mr.. Moses Howe Young man. said he want
ed the liberty. spritualist, of being indie
dendeut wherever he might be II he we're in
heaven he would claim the privilege Of com
hitting sin, if he felt like il; but he did not
eel like it, Applause He wanted every one
TO have the free OF their inclnations and
natures Applause He had purer religion
than the Methodists They were fed only by
half bushe of truth. while his hearers
ceved a full bushel in their spiritual stom
achs. Applause Then hey should be so
much better than the Methodists. Applause
Mrs. NJ A. Bliss. lady of some thirty FIVE
winters, commenced by remarkng that the ad
dress of brother Howe showed the secret
springs of theology The revivalists and re
| gonists wanted men to become cool from
! fear OF God or to please the angels But she
held that they deemed it 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 hersel independ
ent, and she would acknowledge but the god
which she felt in herself Applause Not to
please all the angels in heaven would she be
mild if she wanted to fight Iapplau>el: and if
she desired to be good or bad she would be
Applause Hersove of nature could not take in
the world: 1t not suffi lent to ne dstrbu
tive to all she had one love Tor a few appre-
ciative souls. Applause She did not love
her colored brethren and, if she was hayed
alive. she could not be brought to mngle with
them. She desired that they might be free
from the lash and from slavery. Applause
In a social sense her love had not room enough
for everybody. Applause.
DR.. Hamilton, tall, sligh-but, elderly gen.
tleman. with what might be termed pre- eminent
" Yankee features Of the elongated order, fol
lowed Mrs Bliss He rected a very eloquent
trnes OF the Christian religion, en- PEASANT; and
when his hearers expected he would refute them
be launched out into glowing eulogy on Il .
cross OF Christ and the principles OF the Divine
Nszarene The spirits expressed their dissatis-
faction al he theme and he was called 10 order
and Kissed They were invouutarily shared
into orthodoxy
Brother Clark then made a speech on Spiritu
alism. He denounced the poem of Mr. II mil
ton and said he and the spiritual were for war
war I'LL everything wrong was removed from the
world They did not want peace. IL Jesus
Christ ctme and told them 10 go on the side of
JEFF. Davis. he would say shame on SUCH a Jesus:
and he would spit on him. as the Jews did Ap-
plause.
Brother Coonly congratulated the audience on
not adopting any resolution which might imply
that the spirits were changed in any way after
they left the body He knew they followed their
old pursuits There were drunkards aud smok
ers among them; for they deptrtei, so thew
lived He had tested the question himself for
the benefit Of his brethren In small room he I
had been surrounded by spirits, who had while /
in the body. smoked. chew ed and drank liquor
They filled the room with tobacco smoke and /
the fumes of liquor There could be no mis-
take OF the fact
There were also immoral spirits female /
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