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.-Tar HEALING OF THE NATIONS"
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.eTHE HEALING OF THE NATIONS"
that the nations are sick. corrupt and de-
rr.ved. there is no manner OF doubt. Ma
.;o,.l rostenness has long since ceased to be
v..nu.r to Denmark. Depravity OF "peo-
liz. " flor which word we are indebted 10
Ko..uth, has become general; and, If they
had their deserts, theirs would be the tate o.
sodom and Gomorrsh, before the falling 0.
sebastopol! At such . period OF genera
,~,ct adness, the advent of somethingto neal
Oh. nations, should be hailed with general
;.,, .hrouobout the world. And will the rea.
der believe It We have it! 1t has been
,oucb..fsd to this country-it has been rap
ned ON. In Wisconsin, and Ex-senator Tail
m.dee has introduced it to the inhabitants OF
this sphere. 1t is nothing more nor less than
. book written by medium--a very rapid
~r;tar. named Linton, who is coupled with the
Honorable Mr.. T. in the publication.
The healing of the nations" is the tue Oh
the book, which is represented to have been
written by direction and under the influence
of the spirits. Mr. Tallmadge becomes It's cd
itor. and he considers it a revelation that will
.'heal the nations tits adorned with por'
traits of the Elk Senator and Linton, whom,
the Ex. Senator says, is a young man of mo-
derate capacity and education. MIR. I. writes
the introduction in which he praisesthe book
to the skies. He says that Linton wrote it
With "steel pen,' and with such accuracy
and neatness that it could not be surpassed.
He declares further that "the style is simple
and faultless, and adapted to every capacity.
The most astute critic cannot strike out
word in single sentence and substitute ano-
ther, which he can truthfully say will improve
it in style or sentiment. Where is Collyer,
the Editor of the amended edition OF Shak-
speare? If the immortal bard could be I'M
proved, we cannot see why Linton might not
be altered to advantage!
This book which we have received through
the mail, with the authors compliments, Tor
which We are much obliged to him, consists
of 537 pages, all of which except the intro
duction and appendix, is devoted to Mr.. Lin
toms production: species of transcendental
morals which the author says the spirits
prompted him to write. They are IS numer'
GUS a. Tupper's proverbs and fully as dull.-
A friend Of ours attempted to read few OF
them yesterday, and was inveigled into SO
sound o sleep that he snored like q high pres
sure engine as he sat with his head on the
back Of the chair. We commend 1t to pa
tients who are wakeful and want repose!
Senator Tallmadge, who is thoroughly en-
thused met from Kossuth) and his protege,
Linton, are decidedly of opinion that all the
preachers and moralists that have lived were
Know Nothings, and that they taught nothing
true but what the spiritualists are teaching,
whether to heal nations orindividuals, is very
difficult to perceive. The word progress '
seems to be the key to their theories-they
believe that man, especially, is progressing
and will continue to progress until he reach
es some very transcendently heavenly posi-
ton. - FE does -.4 ea9r a--
The book contains, besides Mr.. Linton's
inscrutable aphorisms, communications from
Calhoun, Webster, Alex. Hamilton, Lord
Bacon, and other spirits of departed great
men, with when these rappers seem so ia
miliar that they call them up with as much
ease as master his servants. Webster is
made to make an address to the people of
the United States in behalf of spiritualism
Lord Bacon proves to be no old fogy, but
is made to rally under the banner Of progress
ITO what vile uses may we come, Horatio ~
st. Paul, st. John, and others, are made to
take part with the rappers.
Some one tells that the 9TH and 9th verses
of the 5th chapter of Johns first Epistle were
interpretations A communication from Shsk-
speare gives some advice on acting, in the
course of which he says, Beware of imita
ton the grave of all actors who fall hath
been marked by stone upon which is writ
ten but one word, and that is imitation =
The bard was kind enough to settle the ques
ton of the spelling of his name by writin,
1t thus, "Shakspear.'
Those renowned dabblers in isms, Mrs
Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher
are paraded in the " Healing of the Nations
! the former writes upon the administration
of departed spirits in this worldl' If tbi,
nation were healed, what would become O,
thesa B eecher's.
We copy sentence from Lnton's work
which Mr.. Tsllmadge says is little short of 3
miracle:
"e5. The celestial key and chart are given thse
Thou dost see - 1t were, essensic m b.nds 90
principles emanaing from the perfect center 1,h,
rappers 80 spell ~ of all power. Far out tbey =,
unto tho end, which 10 ina atiou alone exisi.b
and they retreat and return again, behold celes
tial motion and celestial music are produced y
This forward and back motion and mus;o
must constitute sort of transcendental 90
tillionl ....
But We have not time or space to say more
of this strange book, whose author, saw. Mr.
Tallmadge, ''never did like to 20 to school ,,
and after being blacksmith and a CLERK
twas developed as writing medium r' Hi,
Healing of the Nations is gotten up with
great parade and published under the DAT
ronage Of "the Society for the diffusion q,
spiritaal knowledgep' We suppose il j.
looked upon As the book of the Spiritualists
Uhafaver tina noyver of these paonIa NAV ~