New York, November
21.
My Dear Sir:
Although I am not personally acquainted with you, yet your history, as given
through the public press, your letters, your stern integrity and unconquerable
zeal for what you deem to be truth and righteousness, enlist my sympathies for
you in your present trying situation; and also in the Spirit World into which
you soon expect to be ushered.
So far as I
understand your principles in regard to freedom and physical slavery, I think
you are right; but, at the same time, my present view of the case is, you was
wrong in the method by which you proposed to incarnate your principles in those
who enslave and those who are held subject to bondage. But whether I agree or
disagree with your method, it is of no consequence now. My chief object in
writing is, first, to inform you that I have abundant evidence that hanging
does not kill a man, or prevent his influence in urging forward the worthy
humanitary purposes of his affection in the earth; and I write now to solicit
from you this favor, namely, if you go into the Spirit Realm before I do, that
you will from your new and elevated position, and with the aid of a broader
comprehension of man's nature and relations, and of the consequences of this
life on the Future One, review this whole subject of physical and mental
slavery, and communicate the result, and your final conclusion of the whole
matter, through some medium of your own choice, with directions for them to
forward the same to my paper, The Spiritual Telegraph, or to The Tribune, or
some other widely-circulated paper for publication.
I suggest for your
consideration as a medium for such communication, Mrs. J— S—, No. —, S— D—
Street, Buffalo, New York; or the medium at the circle where I attend every
Thursday evening, at the corner of —— Avenue and M— S—, in the city of New
York.
I am not aware that
you have any knowledge that spirits communicate with men, or that you have any
sympathy with Spiritualism now, but I know you will have when you go hence; and
then, if not now, please take these suggestions kindly into consideration for
the edification and elevation of humanity, and the incarnation of the Divine Order
among men on the earth.
You are at liberty
to make me instrumental in forwarding any communication you please to make from
the Spirit Land to your loving family, or friends on earth.
Now, sir, I bid you
an affectionate good-by, until I hear from you in time or from the Spirit
World, or meet you there and perchance make your personal acquaintance.
May you, now and
ever, have the consolations which flow from a true religious life and
humanitary motives and efforts, which lift men above the errors in judgment,
methods, and temporal consequences, into the comprehension of the Divine
Beatitudes which overrule all things to the glory of God and human progress.
Charles Partridge.
I mail to your
address a few copies of The Spiritual Telegraph, for your perusal.
