Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-10
"cur1ous Frcolx of Magnetism. :"

The Marysville (Cal.) Express says:
The subioined was written through a spir-
itual medium in this city. His hand was
moved involuutarily, and the lines were writ
ten quite rapidly. OF course we do not i'm
ngine that disembodied spirit had anything
to do with it ; but that it was written with
out any conscious mental agency of the me-
dium, we are well satisfied The signature
was appended at the bottom, as 1t appears
below. We present it to our readers as a
curiosity:
Hear. then, the reason Why the spirits love,
Shall reach to man from farthest realms above
The golden chain that links US, soul TO soul,
Grows bright in life, nor yields to deaths eoniroli
The mighty germ Of love within the mind
Seeks Will new ties willing hearts to bind
Love- scaling thus the breadth and depth, and height
Ilumes each soul, and gives each spirit light,
Which, shining downward on the spheres below,
Resin in effort till their brothers know
That where the glitterng stars Of morning glow
Where restless mortals delye in realms below
Where man or angel treads the vast abode
The love Of fellow comes from love OF God
A. Pope
Our cotemporary isn't prepared to admit
that d.sembodied spirit had aught to do
with the above production, but thinks it a
curious freak of magnetism " Perhaps the
editor looks for the time when magnetism
will do his thinking for him, and save him
the trouble of writing his leaders. Poor fel
low Wisdom will reach him in due time.
Banner Of Light
The above, which is thus copied and COM
mented upon by the Banner of Light, spir
itual newspaper published in Boston, ap
peared in the Express at the time we were
hnmbly endeavoring to keep that journal in
the straight path of Democratic principles,
from which, we are sorry to say, it has since
sadly wandered. But that is neither here
ply to take upon ourself the responsibility of
our own acts, and inasmuch as the Banner
of Light is after us, with the whole power
of spiritualism at its back, we desire to let
our readers know it, that they may be aware
that we are of some consequence, for, we
take it, man is of considerable consequence
when he gets any sort of notice from the
recognized organ of the disembodied inhabit
ants of the spiritual world The Banner of
Light is supposed 10 speak for the upper
spheres, and the spirits of dead men make
heard through its columns. Ba-
con, Swedenborg, Washington, Patrick Henry,
Franklin, Shakespeare, Ben Johnson, Byron,
Curran, Moore, Burke and host of distin.
guished departed, are its regular contribu-
ors They write through mediums and
,harge nothing for their communications y
The Banner of Light, therefore is not to be
,ontemptuously treated and, far be it from
us to undertake it. If we have offended the
Spiritual World 10y attributing to magnetism
what is due to a disembodied spirit, to-wit
Mr.. Alexander Pope, we humbly beg pardon
of the Spiritual World in general and of Mr.
Pope in particular. Mr.. Pope is one of our
favorites and we have his works. which are
" of the earth earthly" now on our shelf in
the selectest part of our Sapct'tm sdnctorun
We were not aware that he was still cultiva-
ting the muses., Cup yonder," but it seems
that he is, for the Banner of Light knows,
and we make no further question of it, The
editor intimates that, perhaps, we look for
he time when magnetism (disembodied spir
its, as he thinks) will do our thinking for us,
and save us the trouble of writing our lead
ers, God send that that time would come,
nlth- ugh we certainly do not look for it
Would we ha' the presumption ?" If we
were medium, and any dsembodied spirit
wanted to write our leaders, or anything else |
or us, be assured, he would be welcome
ilways provided that he preached good
ound Douglas and Democratic doctrine If
le did not, we would throw him higher
han a kite" though he were Lord Bacon or
Alexander Pope himself When it came to
hat, we would do our own thinking. But,
It does strike US forcibly, that if We could
just sit back in our chair, deliver up our
hand to an invisible thinker at our elbow,
If he didn't smell of brimstone,) and let him
dash off, without the trouble of any effort on
our part a. ALL column after column of the
right kind of stuff, it would be decidedly
luxurious state of existence But we dare
not hope for any such good time