St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-10
"HAREz. FROM THE TOME"

Hereafter the Well-based criticism of
those observers of our later-day mani
festations of spiritualism, that the
communications received through the
various media by which the departed
communicate with those whom they
have left behind indicate no greater
degree of intelligence than they pos
sessed here, and, especially, that they,
In futurity, do not lift the veil
that hides the future from our eyes
and warn us of what dangers it may
contain, viii have nothing to stand
on. A VoiGefre tlfe~temb that does
not alright our ears has spoken preg-
nant--Warning, not to one or two per-
sons relative to their affairs, but to
the whole nation concerning it's inter-
ests. A statesman, the idol of his party,
worshiped by them with a faith that
was proof against all doubts or at
tacks, recently deceased, speaks again
to the people of the country he loved.
and bids them beware Of the insidious
enemy that is robbing them stealthily
of their wealth, their liberty and their
happiness.
If doubting-Thomas world may
credit the statements of a West Su-
periorn lady, James G. Blaine has quit
for a spell the abode of the blest to
visit the inhospitable shores of Lake
Superior in this most inclement sea-
Son; to find. in homer made planchette
board and the English alphabet, e
channel through which he could COM
mun1cate to his late countrymen
knowledge of the danger that threat
ems to engulf them and the opening
through which only escape lies. A
little pamphlet narrates the manner
of getting this highly important COM
munication. In simple, unvarnished
phrase, the preface tells how some
people of the city under the Zenith
City, but by the Unsalted Sea. made
O planchette board for themselves ''by
placing the alphabet on the back of a
common bread board and having for
pointer small piece of board taken
from cigar box" With this simple,
democratic appliance, the departed
statesman began on Feb. 8 last to give
out his warning, which he completed
On March g. Recalling the torrential
pratory Of the departed. one can esti-
mate the patience expended by
Blaine's shade in directing the cigar
box pointer around the alphabet on
that common bread board, spelling out
the eleven pages of his message.
But to the text. This is appropriately
prefaced with that apotheosis of Blaine
delivered by silvery-tongued Towne in
his recent greatest effort of his life.
connection that seems to suggest that
MIR. Blaine, disembodied, thinks that
his mantle should fall on the gifted
member from Minnesota's Sixth dis
trict. This, however, is mere con-
lecture, as there is no hint of it in
the communication. "By all that is
good" is the solemn way in which it
opens. do not neglect this which T
admonish you to do" '"The. country is
in peril" it continues ''The monster
which would tear it in fragments is
abroad in the land" This monster is
drawing all the money from the chan
nels of business; its aim is to par
alyZe business. 1t is drawing all the
gold out to ship it to Europe as soon
as it gets into the federal treasury.
though why it should first get it into
the treasury is not explained. The
country wants more money! Sew
eral schemes this nefarious monster
has concocted. One was the act of
aSG9 to strengthen the public credit"
making bonds payable in coin; another
was the Crime Of 49," the refunding
measures are others, popular loans
another. Mr.. Blaine has evidently
changed his views since his vote con-
tributed to the passage of some of
these schemes of the monster. But
that is TO be expected as one of The
consequences of shufling off this NOR
tai coil.
The remedy, the foil for the mon
ster. What else could it be, coming to
earth in that locality, prefaced as it is
by Towne's eXordium, but the free
coinage Of silver at 16 to 1? We con-