The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-27
IS SPIRlTUALYSN,D
a Few OF Ets Beauties.

In the Spiritual Convention at New York or
Thursday, young man delivered very fluent
speech, to the effect that they were about in
shutting mighty reform and should see that
1t becomes practical They should preserve
their manhood. Whether they go to heaven
or hell let them 20 with their manhood. Il
to che latter place they would rise in the dig
nifty of their intellects and revolutionize hell.
lGreat applause and cries o. 1--WE will"l
Miss j. j. Clark, pale and thin girl with o
jockey hat. next mounted the rostrurn 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 10y the
spirit ola lovely girl whom he had loved
When they came out Of the trance state he
asked her What have you done to me?" She
replied, Il have done nothing; if ANYTHING
has occurred it has been the work of the spir-
us She was always ready to welcome any
inquirer after truth that she could assist in
coming to the light, ard to give that love
which you call free Applause, and one hiss
Kew. Mr. Ferguson, q tall man with bushy
white hair, was called up. He proceeded to
speak very g!ibly. and emphasized his words
by violent contOr;ioas of his body and face that
appeared extr, mely painful. His theory was
principally on the war; that homogenisv con-
sisted in diversity. and that the variety between
geographical sections of the country does not
appeal to the intellect as cOgently demonstrate
ing the mundane existence of a conflict ire
pressitle. Agonzng writings
brolher LOveland, asomewhat eedy-looking
individual wearing dirty linen coat, was dit
fe"ently Informed by the spirits from brother
Ferguson, inasmuch as he held that we must
have uniformity, homogenity of populari-
cation in which each one while preserving his
personality meets his individuality in others
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. I'm
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
brother in the audience remarked to his neigh
Dor, He's free lover" "Oh. yes, he gave
all the islns, responded the other "Well,
Know he is, returned the FIRST; che turned
OF 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 confined in
his speech, and the semi believer above referred
to finally ejacul ted loud enough to to be
heard ail 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
10 wear the breeches. Ono sister, who was
impatient at his long speech, exclaimed ~
don't doubt his wife wishes she could wear q
pair .
Mr.. Moses Howe young man. said he want.
ca the liberty, as Spiritualst, of being indie
pendent wherever he might be. IF he were in
heaven. he would clai..i the privilege of COM
uniting sin. if he felt like it; but he did not
feel like it. Applause ] He wanted every
one to have tho free use of their inclinati0ns
and natures. [ applause He had purer re-
llgion than the Methodists. They were fed by
only half bushel of truth. while his hearers
achs. tApplause.] Then they should be so
much better than the Methodists GApplause.
Mrs. M Bliss. q lady of some thirty i've
winters, commenced by remarking that the
address of brother Howe showed the secret
springs of theology. The reviyalists 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 owl choice If they deemed it best to be good
whatever they considered right they should
40 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 tApplauseJ Not to
please all the angels in heaven wonld she be
MUD II she wanted to fight lapplause1; and if
enc desired to be good or bad she would be so.
lAppiause Her love nature could not take
IN the world 1t was not sufficient to be dis
trlbutive to all; she had one love for few
appreciative souls. IApplause ] She did not
love her colored brethren; and, if she was
tayed alive she conld not DO brought to min
gle with them. She desired that they might
be free from the lash and from slavery ZAP
plause.1 In social sense her love had not
room enough for everybody. 1Applause.
DIR. Hamilton, . tall, slight built, elderly
gentleman: with what might be termed pre-
euinently Yankee features Of the elongated Or
der TO lowed Mrs. Bliss. He recited very
eloquent poem, In which he alluded to the Or
thodox doctrines Of the Christian religion. en-