Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-15
Mrs. sIocum Reply to ur. Bailey.

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Mrs. SIoCum Reply to ur. Bailey.
Edjt0r R1ltldnd Her0ld As Mr.. Bal
ley feels himself so much aggreved at
your publication of the extract from my
last article in the MiddlebHry Register,
and as he deplorcs the fact that your
readers have not had an opportunity
through the columns of THE HERALD, to
judge for themselves Of his style, his eX-
cellent logic, and his purity of language,
and [ doubt not also of the Christian
Spirit therein manifest, he will perhaps
be grateful for the insertion in your col
umns of few extracts from his recent
letters in the Register. | have selected
choice specimens.
Mr.. Bailey's reply to- "A fair defen-
der of foul thing, and that foul thing,
and the foulest Of the foul of all modern
infidel and hcathenish development, II
Spiritualism, or, more properly speak
ing, Spiritism, cursed of Moses and st.
Paul, it remains under the curse of
Jehovah still"
To you then, Mrs. H. NJ Slocum
address this article. With you, person
ally, have nothing to do, further than
to urge YOU to come ont of this refuge
of lies a defender of
spiritism, alias witchcraft, alias NEGRO
NANCY, alias sorcery, and as maligncr
of christianity" Il build my church,
and the gates of Hell, such as gen spirit
uaLatS open ami Wt ut, shalt never pre-
vail against it.
This Pantheism has rottcd and pu-
trifed among the worshipcrs Of cats and
monkeys, and holy bulls and bits of
sticks and stones, on the banks Of the
Ganges, for more than two thousand
years, yet is now hooked up out of its
dung hill and hawkcd about among chris
tian people as prime new discovery of
modern philosophy, or as new reycla-
ton of Spirits for getting rid OF AL
mighty God "Wby then,
unless they wish and intend to deceive
do such persons with JcsuHluI hYporyixy
pirate about God, tn Divine Father
ana $" 1orth'
Don t 1t look as II the tangible some
thing some people see in this dcluSion,
was atief all nothing more imam the
caSt-oB Dlen&tro,ls rags Of til" hirthdayof
faGalliSil' ail'l"oN Il'>' II IL may 'I"i II II
nothing else. And s" these people who
clam th'E nave investigated spirit
uaIlNh I'"f""2hIE once year. 'fa'ri
Gown an" up the N'"'e /" TINS
't We Oh lh''f '"n'f"''"n9' /" pt'''Ie
", 1ri ''''N'' 'i'"H anu ,"',''''' 2'''''''''S
'''l' ""''''' 'ii'"''' ~ '''' AZ, cunning
i"r 'helf laS''. II we ha' not Il! loi-
h't[ "['''Ir' hSLlf1 up out "' '"''r cess
pools 'he olr'F F""S'
'Thc only thing that redecms them
from universal obloQuy. and prevents
their foul stencil from being seen and
smcllpd. is that these skpptics cloak
tbarn with Same half Truths .to,on from
'''t Dl"It ana from HIlS''
W e are neglllh'hS TO "h''I9'"hu 'nc'e
'P'''''' - w ~ on Wv - '''
"a" ore" " 'i'o.'l "fl' 0'"'| '''9'r "'-
'','NlN''S p'''''''o"N '''"'I 'l's ",'' .,
'>'''''' "'''''''5' - - =, '"''' ''''' ''''
..rrn,,. .on;o+v is,,+ , .,,ool snoci
ou,. oonstrnn+od - r,...;,,o ord rotoin IN
its noxious deptbs the sewerage Of the
community, as Spiritualism is. Decent
organizations will turn out and exercise
from their membership, any one who
may die to morals, and putrify to relig-
ion, but whoever does 50 may lind
home in some Of the many base corners
Of this habitation OF demons.
readers will he satisfied that Mr. Bailpv's
louic is clear hi, arguments unanswrr-