The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-03
IsNs OF TEE pAY.


union can think aud act IS he r
she plea.e', provided always OF course
he or she does not infringe upon the same
blessed privilege and right of somebody els''
We are not prepar TO say thst this phase
and feature of our form Of government leads
to the numberless isms, PHILOSOPHERS and
doctrines tha! have following vi over our
land, for quite as many of the same and OF
different kinds are found in the most despot
ic countries, hu! they cettalaly under our
free government have more room for ozpsn
sion, moro opportunity tor vigorous growth,
than elsewhere, Not only do these isms, no
matter what their nature, tlnd space in The
daily and weekly papers Of the country for
the dissemination of their teaching, and in
the magazines, but they have papers OF their
own sent broadcast hither and yon through
out the states finding their way into oil
households and being read by oil flresIdes to
inculca.o their tenets be they good, bad OF in
different, DO they enuobling or deprSyed,
elevating aud moral Or poruicious. We SEQ
so gren, aud Influential magazine ss the
North American Review publishing the IL
| lltel teachings, the anti-God, auti.Bb' @
arguments, if they be arguments, Of Colond
Robert lngcrso!l, teachings and arguments
couched ia such fascinating language toe;
put in such plausible shape as 10 charm Il 0
intellecLs and roach tho hearts of all tie
readers who caro- for them. 1t is true tbnt
with these teachings gooa tho Gntidote, the
solid snd convincing answer OF Judge Jere
Black, but il is questionable If his overwtelm-
ing and .pondoroua logic h1ds the came
readers that Colonel lngersolPs more beaut~
full and rhetorical towering does. Amorg
the many isms of the day there is not ono o
captivating, especially TO the Imaginative
mind, as that of spiritualism. 1t numbers
ts followers ard believers by the thousands,
throughout the length and breadth OF the
country, but we are glad to know that they
are comparatively fow in the south. We
don't say this in any spirit of disrespect TO
those who believe 10 epiri,ualism, for there are
thousands md thousands of good mon NJ d
women In tho north and east and west WHO
are as honest, rs oOrnes,, rs conscientious in
the belief Of spittualism Us tho most devote d
christians are in their faith. We say we arc
glad thore are but few spirtaAssta in Il o
south, because we believe the philosophy,
the doctrine, or whatever you may call il, is
false, Is pernicious, is dangerous indeed. We
read the Banner of Light, published at Bos-
ton, the centre of culture and of learning and
of isms too, and wa aro astounded nj the 30
manifest folly printed in its columns, and
would DO amused, If It were not too serious
a matter at the wild, visionary, impraclcable
iless advanced in every number, both by its
editors and its contributors. We scan its
page devoted 10 the communications 70.
c'ived every day at tho "Banuer of Light
soaDcoS" from tho dead, and we arc amazed
that intelligent people can believe such
twad lle such inane iusipiditics. The
proprietors and editors of tha Banner
of Light and the yourg woman
who Is tho medium At those scancos IN be
perfectly sincere, perfectly honos', end be.
lieve with all their hearts every word they
publish, but II saom' 10 US that thoy ought to
500 Cor themselves that tNcre is nothing but
rubbish In Hose sosIsllad communications
from the deal, They ara All alike md not
one Of them conveys an idea contains a
thought or impNrts information of any kind
TO anybody, not even those to whom they AFRO
addressed. They aro aot IN cd, that lie.
puro English, and every ono Of them is
phra cd in the idiom peculiar to New Eag,
land. Ii IL not nlblu III II southern
born mud reared mAn or woman would, re-
turnirg from the spirjt mnd, converge in IL
language that is \ verbiaga dillerout from
that thoy used in ito. II tho provnoslisms
of this lifo ara retained ia the spirit
world, 1t is reasonable that each spirit
will uso that ono VCculiar to
him IN life aud not tho onl peculiar
TO tho Now Eaghnd states All these
Sn'rlis use tho Locm'"l toat to speak and
~ seusc' to do this, that or tho Other. Who
eVOt hoard II southern or wJs.arn raised man
" woman use such Words Furthermore
iha lndians who return TO talk all have tho
dime novel names Of above Eve" aud such
i'b, ind they spesk in style of expression
kncwn to no Indian except those that fl EURO
in the dime aud nickel novels. la a pur-
ported communication from the la,o Colonel
Fhsrasher, OF Galveston, which appeared in
tho Banner Of Light short tmo ago, be
uses the expressions ~ feel to do SC md SO,
and IL sense" to do such and such
thing. Such words were never
In Colonel Thraaher's mouth in HIS
lifetime, and why should he murder pure
English after he is dead! These little things
We have enumerated arc n dead give away"
10 thosu communications. The humbugpery
of tho whole spiritual nonsense is patent on
its face, and the wonder is that sensible peo-
pie can be deceived by II. Aud 8, is il with
all these isms and new tangled doctrines.
They are but the means by which the shrewd
and unscrupulous enirsp the unwAry, tho
crcdulous aud pluck them, 1t is good
thing to have church and state separate, bu,