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BOW 8PIBITUALFSM APOUS11F.]) SLAVERY.<br />
qUe-,UOh. lIIy senses and reosonlng powers<br />
were coDvlnced beyond a doobt, IUId 1 bad<br />
obUllDed ~hat I bOove eo.mestly sought for<br />
some yenrs, the conviction thOot 1 had , wi&<br />
nessed genuine form manlfeR&o.tions. It will ,<br />
-- -_ .. _-_._.. _--<br />
be 0111' provioce IlDd gOod fortuoe ro'mlte))<br />
this medium ID tbe future, And to chroDlcle<br />
the • results thlllt are obtained. Our I'e:1ders<br />
cao ...... t lIsSured that wbatever Is stated cnn<br />
be relied upon.<br />
HOW SPIRlTUAIJSM A BOLlS II ED SLAVJo:RY IN THE UNIT.F .. l)· STATES.<br />
Mocb hns beeD said and writteo CODcern<br />
Ing the part that Spiritualism played In prodUcinll<br />
the emancipaUoo proclamation. Tbat<br />
Robert ])a1e OweD .... d other promineut Spi ...<br />
ituslisur wrote of teD to President I.im:oln<br />
regardiug the freedom of the slaves i8 well<br />
known. We do not remember, however, of<br />
,baying read such a eoliueeted and well au·<br />
thenticated narrative of an impor&o.ot Inel<br />
dent as the following, wblch I.. taken from'<br />
the report of a. lecture by J. M. l'eebles io<br />
'tho I m d '408. lie Bald:..,. '"<br />
., '1 have another lllustratioD 01 .the iloOd<br />
, nSe! of Spiritualism. '1 would refer to' the<br />
. means brought to bear on President I.Intoln '.<br />
mlnet, resulting hi the ~maDclpatiou of lour'<br />
, millions of Blaves. I personally know Ihe<br />
',meu alld mediums. S. P. K""e, }O:Sq.; of<br />
l'blladelpbia, Is one of the American "rail<br />
'road,klngH," having aided in theeonstructioD<br />
. of five, railw&ys"alld was at olle time pre>i·<br />
dent of two of them. Thi. geutleman. visit<br />
Ing WashlDgwn, n. C., in the Autumn of<br />
186:1, during our civil war, was w~lking along<br />
Pennsylvania Avenue wben. he bappened to<br />
, .ccu.e suspended sign of the medium, Mr. J.<br />
B, Conklin, and simultaneously," on s"elng<br />
U.e sign, be heard a volee saying, ''Go In and'<br />
see ConkHI!; he Is III the room. oceupled by<br />
, you twelve ye&l'll.inee." Mr. Kue .tepped<br />
in and lonnd lIlr. Conklin in a balf abnormal<br />
state, dlret:!.ing a lettor. wrltteo under spirit-<br />
,: !ntluence, to I'resldent Lincoln.<br />
, "lIlr. Conklin .... d, ~'l"ou bave <strong>com</strong>e Iu juat<br />
at the time needed. I want you to take- thi.<br />
to the I'resldent."<br />
:.,' "Well,;' replied Mr. Kase .... ! bave no o~<br />
'jccdQnS If you will ac<strong>com</strong>pany me."<br />
They'weut to the presldeDtlal maJlston, alld,<br />
•. Mr. Kaae, bavlng f, bis name by the servant-US. P.<br />
k""e." ~hlch' tbe Preolde'nt, unden.ood as<br />
.. "15. 'I'. Chase," tor Salm~n 1>: Chase was at<br />
that time a member 01 the presidential eabl·<br />
net. "Bring 111m up," said the' President.<br />
.Reaching the dra1V1ng·room, the roJstake 'Was<br />
e:isily ex plni ned, by the carelessness of the<br />
servanL<br />
"Take your &eat," said Pre-ldeDt L1neolb<br />
to Mr. Rase; "I know yoU well, and appre~<br />
date the senice that your railways are dolDiz<br />
io transPorting our troops to tile Soutb."<br />
After &orne convel'll&tlcin about tile contend·<br />
ing armies, and the condltJoo of the country,<br />
Mr. Kase said, "1 have a letter for you, Mr.<br />
LincolD,"-handlng It to him. The President<br />
reading ,aud readlug It, tlimed to Mr. Ka.se,<br />
a.lld 881d; "This Ie very $lugular":"t.Wa lette.<br />
pnrports to be f~m splrltS-tbe fathers of onr<br />
countt); do you know anything about Splrlrr '<br />
ualism?"> ...<br />
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