(2) There is a minister who thinks God has conferred upon man instincts, etc., to secure as an END sensual enjoyment; and another, who contends that such a view is derogatory to God, and degrading to man. The former is ACCEPTABLE, and the latter is unacceptable, MERELY because he declares that Phrenology teaches a man should "walk in the spirit, and not fulfil the lusts of the flesh," etc. Which of these views are most favorable to the "pureness of heart” that qualifies men for the enjoyment of God here and hereafter?

I have been very SERIOUSLY opposed in the circulation of phrenological works this winter. My BRETHREN (?) think they are calculated to impede the progress of pure Christianity. I have no fear. Truth must stand—error must fall. When I cease their circulation, the blood will cease to circulate in my veins. Your's, etc. R. WALKER.

West Bloomfield, March 11, 1847.

ANSWER 1st. That tobacco exerts a pernicious influence on both health and morals, we shall soon endeavor to PROVE; and hence, to promote its use is WRONG.

That the circulation of "Love and Parentage" should be condemned by corrupt minds, in the Church as well as out of it, is to be expected; yet no sign is more sure of perverted Amativeness or sexual depravity than such opposition. But does it contain any sentiment hostile to the teachings of the Bible on this point? Does it not enforce RIGID CHASTITY, in the strongest manner, and denounce every departure therefrom as a violation of the laws which govern this department of our being? Is it not pre-eminently calculated to promote that pure and holy LOVE between husbands and wives which the Bible so often and so forcibly enjoins?

But perhaps they object to the PLAINNESS with which it treats its subject. Then let them look at any portion of the Bible which speaks of this sin, and behold there a boldness and freedom far exceeding that found in "Love and Parentage!" Let such bigots make the most of their day, for it is short. Nothing can as effectually show that they are "none of Christ's," as such persecution for righteousness' sake.

ANSWER 2nd. No sin is greater than sexual carnality, not merely on its own account, but because it is the great breeder of all other sins; a point fully established in the work alluded to, and the physiological reason given. Nor is any virtue greater than sexual purity. These are cardinal truths of Phrenology and Physiology. Are they not also of the Bible? If not, then have I read that book wrong. And if it taught the licentious doctrine inculcated by this its professed expounder, I would unceremoniously reject and condemn it, as contrary to the constitution of the human mind. Unblemished MORAL PURITY is written in that book, and this lustful divine ought to be turned out of the Church —and would be, too, if that Church were pure and holy—instead of approved by it. Than such doctrines, what can as effectually disgust men with religion, and almost DRIVE them to infidelity? But, "whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad." This destruction the bigoted portion of the religion that is, is now fast bringing upon itself. “Wait a little longer," good brother Walker. The odium now cast upon you, will soon be converted into blessings.

MEDICINES IN SPRING.-During the change of the season from winter to spring, many are accustomed to bleed or take cathartics, or both, in order to carry off spring diseases. Of this there is no need. It is, moreover, positively

injurious. The cause of these spring diseases is usually this. Food does not digest as well in warm weather as in cold; for reasons which we hope to give before the close of the volume. Yet most people keep on eating in the spring as heartily as in winter, and thus, of course, oppress the system with morbid matter. Eat less-because digestion is less vigorous—-as warm weather approaches, and you will need no spring medicines. And in general, when the system becomes oppressed, the best way to unload it is to give it time to unload itself, by eating less, and thus allowing it to work up the surplus materials which clogs the vital process, and is a prolific parent of disease. Try a light diet before you take medicines. "He that is wise, is wise for himself."

NEWNAN, COWETA Co., Ga., March 1, 1847.

MESSRS. FOWLERS & WELLS :

GENTLEMEN: I have the pleasure of forwarding the names of thirteen more subscribers to the Phrenological Journal. I had determined to make up a club of twenty or more before writing; but from the anxiety of those subscribed to receive the back numbers, I give you these names, and hope to furnish many more in a short time. The Journal proves to be such a powerful engine in dispelling the thick mazes of superstition, and in erecting the beacon light of true mental philosophy to guide the rising generation in the study of man-that it should be circulated "throughout the length and breadth of the land."

The teacher, who shares in the great work of training the minds and forming the characters of our youth, should be a practical phrenologist;-his efforts then would be directed with as much certainty in their results as the calculations of an experimental engineer. And more especially should the mother, who has the first fashioning of the infant mind, drink deeply at the fountain of Phrenology, that she may become more seriously impressed that the influence she exerts upon her little charge, whether for happiness or misery, ceases not to the end of time. Yours, respectfully,

O. S. FOWLER.

M. P. KELLOGG, President Mt. Pleasant Academy

SIR-I beg to propound a question or two. How do you, satisfactorily, account on phrenological principles for those, almost, instantaneous changes that daily occur in the moral habits of individuals, as well as whole communities, as for instance in the temperance reformation, and other moral reforms; from habits of intemperance to temperance, from cruelty to humanity, and from the sinful to the religious. We are told the organs become enlarged in proportion as they are exercised; this being the case, I would ask, in view of these moral transitions, would not the preponderating organs, thus enlarged, predominate and be rendered immutable? Yours, truly,

D. M'NOUGHTON, P. M. See answer in "Phrenology, proved, illustrated, and applied," page 410, and "Natural Religion," page 111.

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ARTICLE XXV.

THE PHYSIOLOGY AND PHRENOLOGY OF THOMAS H. BENTON, ILLUSTRATED BY AN ENGRAVING.

To give the phrenology of public men, and especially of politicians who have strong partisans and bitter opponents, is an exceedingly delicate task, though no more difficult than to analyze the developments of other

men.

THOMAS H. BENTON has been selected for our phrenological examination in this number, not because we admire or dislike him or his political movements, but simply because his organization suggests some lessons of great practical importance to amateur phrenologists. And we earnestly request both his friends and opponents to lay aside all preconceived notions for and against, and learn these scientific lessons. The editor has examined his head, and will give a CORRECT account of his developments without fear or favor-one on which implicit reliance can be placed. Additional aid is derived from a bust of him taken in 1838, which, as his hair was thin, enables him to state specifically what they are, so that neither friend nor foe can alter the results.

Benton's PHYSIOLOY is the first point of inquiry, and also discloses the GREAT lesson we would enforce. For massiveness of chest, and size and vigor of his vital apparatus, he has few equals. He is a large and very heavy man, weighing probably about two hundred, yet is not-we speak of him as we saw him nine years ago-corpulent, that is, fat or flabby, but is very compactly organized, his flesh dense and firm, his shoulders immensely broad and deep, and his abdomen full, though not unduly distended. The editor has examined many subjects yet has rarely found any one who equalled Benton for indications of vitality and animal power. He is undoubtedly from a very long-lived ancestry, and will live to a great age, unless he breaks down his health by gross and longcontinued violations of the laws of life. He will also bear up under such abuses of health longer than almost any other man, because his tenacity of life is so extraordinary. Added to this, he takes first-rate care of it, at least in many respects. Whether he eats or drinks much or little, one thing he does do-keeps his SKIN clean and active, and its pores--those great sluice-ways for the escape of the waste matter engendered in the vital process-wide open. Those who do this will rarely ever be sick, or feel feverish or weak; because, even if such eat or drink unduly, the system carries off morbid matter about as fast as it is created, and herce keeps the wheels of life unclogged, so that they work easily. Benton, besides bathing often, has a stiff flesh-brush, with which he requires his servant to ply his skin with all his might, at least once per day, and thus keeps it in first-rate order, and thereby fulfils this great condition of health. We wish readers would duly appreciate the importance of this point. To this single practice, as much as probably to any other instrumentality, does the Missouri senator owe his health.

His head is not large, in fact not above the average for bulk, measuring around Philoprogenitiveness and Individuality about twenty-two and a quarter inches. It is, however, more round, and less elongated than most heads, so that a given measure contains more brain than if it was long and thin.

But that extraordinary amount of vitality, the conditions of which have just been specified, furnishes his brain with all the power it can work off, and also imparts to it a power, intensity, and vigor absolutely unattainable without it, by the largest sized heads.

An illustration. Two mills are erected on a stream of medium size. One mill is propelled by a fall of thirty feet, while the other has a bulkhead of only ten feet. Now, though the two mills may be equal in other respects, yet the last will not PERFORM a third as much as the first, because it has only a third as much power, out of which must first be deducted enough to carry the machine” vitality is to his brain what the thirt Besides furnishing his whole body and

But Benton's immense flow of 1 bulk-head is to the other mill. n with all the vitality they can

possibly expend, it keeps a large surplus always on hand, to say nothing of what runs over the dam. It would be hardly possible for one thus organized to become fatigued. He might indeed get sleepy, but never exhausted, and an hour's sleep would again restore to him the full possession of all his powers. Hence Benton's medium-sized brain performs far more than many others larger and better organized.

Probably few men in Congress or the nation can endure more severe and long-continued mental application than Benton. Hence, in part, the versatility of his knowledge, and that THOROUGHNESS with which he investigates subjects. He has always at command an abundant supply of vitality to sustain his brain in vigorous action till he has COMPLETED the matter in hand. His energies never flag. His mind is always fresh and clear, and his mental tools in first-rate order. This immense flow of vitality has enabled him to endure above THIRTY YEARS sitting in Congress without intermission. He is the oldest unremitting member.

To this physiological condition of mental power, Benton adds great Individuality, Eventuality, Comparison, and Language. Form, Size, Order, and Calculation are also amply developed, and the whole of the perceptive group projects greatly, while Causality retires. Few heads project equally at the root of the nose. In other words, the organs which give the various kinds of MEMORY are immense, and accordingly, in this respect, he has few equals, as our engraving fully shows. Accordingly, for statistical and historical knowledge, he probably has no equals in the senate, and few in the nation. None excel him in going into all the matter-offact DETAILS of any complicated subject, bringing together, comparing, and assorting everything which bears upon it, detecting historical and other errors, collecting and collating statistical reports, comparing imports, exports, duties, and the like, and everything which requires perceptive intellect and memory in general.

Behold, then, this marked coincidence between his phrenology and his character. And what renders both this proof and example of phreno. logical science the more absolute, is that both are in EXTREMES, and therefore the less liable to be accidental. Say, opponents, how do you account for this coincidence between so great a manifestation of the ORGANS and the FACULTIES Which give memory, on other than phrenological principles?

That VIGOR of body and brain already ascribed to him, also contribute greatly to power of memory. Notice, reader, the heaven-wide difference in your own memories when you are fresh and full of life, compared with them when you are exhausted or sick. When the brain is active the mental operations are correspondingly clear and the memory retentive, but faint when the same brain is paralyzed by physical debility. We solicit the reader to observe this point EXPERIMENTALLY. If I make an examination when fatigued, I soon forget nearly all about it, but recollect clearly every point of those made when the brain is in a vigorous state. Those