The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-18

of whom believed in the spirituaHstic doc
trine. The President and Mrs. Lincoln
were together, with a number of people.
ror while tue conversation was general,
and nothing unusual happened. Suddenly
| young girl about Is years old walked the
length OF the drawing-room to where Presi-
dent Lincoln sat, and, stopping in front of
MIN, she looked into his eyes with pc
cular, rapt expression upon her face.
PRESIDENT Lincoln" she said in a clear but
not loud voice, "the liberty of our nation,
conceived In the womb of oppression, aud
BORN IN the throes of revolution, can never
De crowned with wreath of immortality
until each and every human being in each
OF these United States is free. Slavery in
any form musG not exist. So says that
spiritual congress, which in this dread time
OF menace and danger to the nation watches
over It's affairs with even greater care than
90 the representatives of the people, |
nave been CHOSEN as their medium of COM
muhicatlon with you. Before you can hope
70 bring about the great and lasting glory
OF this republic you must make every man
within its boundaries free. You must
emanclpate all its slaves by your pen, and
| your arm must indOrse your action with
| the sword.n
She talked to the President in this strain
for some time, clothing her thoughts in
language which, in her normal condition,
she could not have understood. When she
recovered from her trance condition she
knew nothing of what she had done or said
This child was Nettie Colburn Maynard,
atterward recognized as one of the greatest
trance mediums in the world
The President seemed greatly impressed
with what the girl had said. A short time
before he had said to those urging the eman-
clpatlon idea: II hope it will not be lrrev-
erent for me to say that if it is probable
that God would reveal his will to others on
point so connected with my duty it might
be supposed he would reveal it directly to
me, for | earnestly desire to know the will
of Providence in this matter"
The author declares that numerous
seances were held in the white house during
the war, under the leadership of various
mediums, the most prominent of whom was
one Mrs. Nettie Colburn Maynard, a trance
medium of peculiar power and ability.
This hdy is now living in a village near
New York city, and from her own lips, as
well as the testimony of others, we have
CLEANED information of remarkable char
acter which will have a marked bearing
upon the history of spiritualism, especially
at the nations capital. That Abraham
Lincoln should have been a believer in or
follower of spiritualism in any form will be
startling and unusual statement;
and, to use the words of an editorial
writer of a leading New York daily:
''If it could be proven that Abraham Lin
coin was in any way connected with spirit
uallsm, or did take counsel from any me-
dunn at time when nations veal or woe
hung in the balance, or was in any manner
governed by such counsel, it would be the
literary event of the nineteenth century,
and the most astonishing statement OF mod
ern times"
In conclusion the writer says:
"We have looked into the character and
reputation of Mrs. Maynard, and after ex-
aiming her correspondence, covering a
period of thirty years, ascertaining her
friends, their character and standing, and
looking over letters that are in verifcation
OF this peculiar subject, we must confess to
finding no record or evidence of any mis-
statement or untruth on her part, or any
thing that would be subject of reproach or
censure. unless it be the actual crime in the
eyes of generally accepted and professed
Christians, of being spiritualist and trance
medium In pursuance of which we shall
give to the world these statements, circum-
stances and experiences as they have taken
place. together with the dates, localities and
the names and addresses of witnesses who
are living to-day"