New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-03

mediumlstic Transmission of thought IN the
columns of the New Orleans Times, as
quoted, in very light spirit, by it's contem-
porary and apparen: rival, the New Orleans
Bulletin. Here it is:
MACHINE EULOGY.
Kansas City lMseoun) New Orleans Tines on
Times on the nomiDa- the nomination of Gen
1ion OF Mr. Brockmeyer eral +. r. Nichols for
tor Lieutenant Govern Governor Of Louisiana.
OF missouri He is man OF culture
He ia a of remark and intellect, a fearless,
able culture ard intel firm, honest and positive
lcct, fearless firm hon man, who does his own
est. positive man, who thinking and does enough
Goes his own thinking 0f it to furnish ideas tor
and does enough of il TO whole brigade OF ord.
furnish IDEAS tor q whole mary politicians
brigade OF ordinary pOl He belongs TO the Iber
tciaEs. el conservative school of
He belongs to the lber thought, 6L in his Char
al conservative school Otacter and aims is true
thous ht, and in his char represent Stive OF the
acter aud aims is true practical common SENSE
represe ntativo OF theitbe earnest patriotism,
practical common sense the kindly spirit of tolera
the sturdy honesty, the ton and unwaverug de.
earnest patriotism, the vot!on to the rights of
kindly spirit of federation personal liberty that
and the unwavering de- so prominently charac
votion to the rights oflterstic Of the thorough
personal liberty, that are bred Southern gentle
go prominently charac- mar
teristic of German Amer
leans.
Now, Mr.. Editor, l do not think the
Bulletin should assign such ridiculous
cause for this almost literal identity. 1t is
not the heat of the weather, nor the coin
cidence OF great minds. The BnlLetin un-
consciously, aim ost innocently, approaches
the reason when it attributes "the remark
able similarity" ito that happy communion
of sympathetic souls that from founts of
inspiration well through our fancy yet"
I ruua< rofor Won <o m nraviOur cnnrn,,.
nication for the true and scientific cause.
You remem 0er that in my last intervened
to defend the Times from the imputation of
plsgiary in having published an editorial
literally identical with an article in the
CorrahiH Nagasine. vindicated the Tines
cent victim to the power of the spirits. The
Times writer is an unconscious medium.
His brain was saturated and exploding
with the sympathetic eulogy Of great and
good men which emanates from the spheres
where benevolent spirits congregate. Think
you, Mr.. Editor, that these spirits have not
their bureau of correspondence" as there
is in Washington City or New York 2 Is
there not there, as here, tympanum into
which all rays Of intelligence pass, and
from which they may be transmitted to
every intelligent being. This tormulary de-
scription of the good qualities of distin-
guished candidates were spirit thoughts or
flaments which traversed space and we're
impressed upon the brain OF the medium
for whom they were intended. The rays Of
spiritual communication which emanate
from the unconscious brain of the Times
writer, cross the track, so to speak, of the
inspiration transmitted to the Brockmeyer
medium. This message was then tapped.
l had defended the Times against the
criticism that the identical publications
were not synchronous. / adopt the same
solution. When this message was per-
forating the pericranium Of the Times
writer he felt them not. They passed into
his brain by insensible absorption. They
were impressed upon the senscrium. They
were insensible, invisible, as the tender
communication in sympathetic ink may be
made legible under light or heat, as the
forgotten legends of childhood may be re-
vived by word or sound Of an old tune,
as the words on the palimpsest, though
written over with new thought, may be re-
vived and made again legible. These
words we're innocently in the brain of the
the Times man; they were at q proper
time, and by the same inspiration
which brought them ont for Brockmeyer,
developed for Nichols. 1t was but
an inspired circular of the spirits. 1t was
what We Spiritualists call Unconscious
cerebration." The formulary thought die
tated by the spirits was there, the only
brain effort of the Times man was to fill the
blank with the name of Nichols. am using
this extraordinary case of clairv0yance
and formulary repetition as prominent
example of the truth of science yet in it's
infancy. 1t is spiritualistic telegraphy. l
do not know the gentlemen to whom these
charges OF plagiary have been SO shame
fully attributed. l would like to see his
head. for know its developments must in
dicate the fervid imagination displayed by
his identity with spiritualistic revelations.
Oh, how should like to know him; or even
to get photograph of his noble brow. A
plaster cast of his scholastic skull would
be a treasure to our circle. l shall move
at our next circle that the secretary CORES
pond and secure all the facts of this mar
velous mystery; indeed, am almost
tempted to call mysterious marvel. You
may not comprehend the difference be-
tween this transposition of the adjectives,
but he will, with the intellect which feel
distinguishes him. In closing / repeat |
there was no plagiarism either in the Corn
hiH case or the Siamese biography Of !
Messrs. Brockmeyer and Nichols. Both |
were cases of unconscious cerebration, and |
if the Times writer will only sue the Bulletin
for libel will convince any jury that the |
identy of words was beyond the control of |
the Times man. and that he is innocent OF |!
the eloquent words which he has uncon- |
sciously adopted. E. H.
These articles have been attributed by |
some to Mrs. Emma Harding, the cele-
brated Psychologist. We regard them
anonymous.-ED1ToRJ
Strong efforts are being made to read the !
New Orleans Bulletin, out of the Demo |
cratic marty Tho A1avondr;a Dpmonrot