Transcendentalism
- Th8 is a longuru, uut ii is oecotningcommon, especially in Ãie New Eng'"! popo re. Lockc'o philosophy was based on the proposition, ihat all knowledge is receiyed into the soul rough the medium of the senses. The anscendenialisis hold thai the highest and ost universal truths are revealed within e sou! to a faculty Iranscending the underj anding. This disUnct faculty they cali ure Rcason or "the God witbin," and ihey lieve that all perceptions of the True. theood and the Benutiful are revealed through s faculty, wliile ihe understanding-, willij its ñveeenees, is cotifined to external thingg, as facts, scienlific laws, &c. Il bears a resemblunce to the Quaker idea of an "nward voice," this last being a religious idea, and Ihe Ãbrmer a philosophical one.Qj. C. Jackson 6ums uptJie doctrines of the Liberty Party in regard to voling, as folio ws: recapitulatioit. Ist. Slavery is sustaincd by Lavo. 2nd. Law la mude by Law-makers. 'ád. Law. makers are made by the votes of tiie people. 2.D PROrOSITlON. Ist. Both parties are Pro-slavery. 2nd. We cannoi thereÃbre, vuie for their candidatos. 3d. Must have our own.ORD PUOPOSITIOJT. lst. Must agree to et together, or, 2nd. Eacli vole ibr JiimseJf. 3ó. Union s strength. Are any ofiheee positions doubtful?