Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-06-12
THE SPIRITUAL CONVENTION.


he speakers on that occasion were Mr.,
"a Pratt, and Mrs. NJ. S. Townsend Til
!. latter as a pleasing and effective speaker
and, after admonishing her audience tina
: she is going to, she say some vcry plat,
things. She scolds about the wrongs o
}. her sex. in the married relation, like q
very termagant; doubles up her LITTLE
fist, and stamps her little foot with greaI
energy. and her lustrous black eyes Aash
Gre; yet all the time she tells US she
, loves US so much, that we like to hear her
scold. She knows we are pleased, and
, "sails in" with will. She does not ap-
pear to speak under immediate Inspiration.
Commences her talk like any other per-
son, without affecting to 60 into tranced
condition, and uses Language that denotes
considerable culture and refinement. She
is decidedly the best speaker we have ever
heard belonging to this sect. She breaches
such transcendental philosophy says
her heart has no condemnation in it for
any one. however bad; believes that no
one ever means to do wrong and that we
ought TO have perfect charity for every
body and every thing. that we wonder
why she does not live with Townsend. her
husband. Wonder what the poor man
has done that such charity as she breaches
can not cover, or what she has done that
looks so badly to Townsend that he can
not forgive her? We noticed that
in coufessing herself free lover (accord.
ing to her own deination) she enumerated
among the objects of her love, almost ey-
cry body except her husband. We could
not help thinking that, according to her
own prescriptions, the poor fellow should
have come in for mere mention, and as
be was so studiously omitted, we almost
,ame to the conclusion that she could not,
WITH all the love and charity which she
orofcssed, love him. We do not desire to
ind and fault with Mrs. Townshcnd.
she certainly is lady of far more than
rdinary talents. and, we judge. cultiva- |
ion but we cannot understand how
ady imbued with the philosophy she so
loquently breaches can be estranged from i
er husband. For every human defect. e
nd human crime, her transcendentalism n
nds a ready cause ard consequent apollo. [
) and with great energy she tells us
ow the hanging of murlerers makes more C
lurderers, and thar all evil and wicked il
css must be overcome with love and char il
y. Indeed, so abundant and all abound A
e Is her charity, by her own account "
lat she says =e are all, more or less. a
urderers, thieves and robbers. What, Ii
IN poor Townshend be worse? When IN
e read little law, we were taught that Il
e intention made the crime. According T
her preaching there is nevrr an inten. Ii
IN to commit crime consequently no m
inc. Now, my dear lady, if your nus. &c
na mas Gane wrong. according to your te
m theory, he is not to blame, and you s,
ould bless him with the warmest love n
that warm heart of yours, and by your at
Instant, loving prescnce. If some of his tr
lbs-to use your own simile-grow to
'oked and lop down too much to suit in
ur present fancy, you knew it before er,
took him. and you would not cast crj
n Oft on that account. If his spiritual tn,
re IS too coarse. yon know how to refine otl
if it ID twisted and gnarled you have tin
skill to straighten 1T, and you ought, we
the charity and love you preach, to do iur
Until you explain to US how such lor
Ictice can be reconciled with such civ
aching we fear our advance in spiritu. tic
sun will be slow Remove this stumb. inn
3 block and VIC are ready to progress. it
4 Mrs. Manchester was present as wa
ging medium. AS her singing was est
first specimen of vocal music we ever the
I'd from higher sphere. we cannot ris,
&c of its qualities as we ought. We trol
only say that, to our uncultivated
earth-music we have heard sounds -
III better.
the
iaying SAID this much we feel bound ~:
add that we believe the convention
productive of a great dea of good
ing. Those in the faith seemed so
Getty happy that We could not doubt :,
honest sincerity. Indeed. this =, ~
now numbers among its votaries :,
y of the most intelligent and worthy :
ems OF our county, and cannot be :,
ted otherwise than with the respect 80
to an established institution. y