| Show ABRAHAM LINCOLN NOT A spiritualist fola FOB some time past statements haw have been going the rounds of the near eswa papers that president lincoln was waa Is spiritualist Bpi and was in the habit or of i holding stances in the white house the story was set afloat by a medium named mrs calborn maynard M A yn a rd col OL bu bundy ady editor of the oat journal in chicago offered what 3 he be termed corroborative evidence of d mrs maynardd maynards Mayn May ards narda statement bundy went so far as to say bay that lincoln w advised from spirit land to issue ui we emancipation proclamation bundy also stated that it was a spirit medium 4 who first instructed lincoln to pro ceded to the front and ascertain by per bonal investigation the condition of ag the soldiers during the critical period of the war these reports received so much attention from newspapers generally generall that the washington correspondent ot of the chicago news cal called led on joan nicolay the private secretary and te s dimate associate of lincoln for h hi views on the matter mr nicolay abma recently published what to is regarded a good biography of lincoln he Is 1 19 now about sixty years of age lives N 16 washington D cl C l and is entirely out W in literary work in reply to toa xe the correspondent he stated that thai ho 1 dismissed the tales about lincola spiritualism as idle nonsense he att private secretary during the war sulk abott resided constantly in the white house and he was positive that no seanoa beano were ever held tre there to his bis kaow 6 v ledge edge lincoln never attended A even as a curiosity seeker AS A to mrs lincoln having openly espoused spiritualism after her hall bus bands death mr N nicolay attached no significance to that it is well known that towards the close of her life M lincoln almost completely lost hot h reason she had baj to be kept under re la by guards appointed by her family what she espoused or aid v bated in this condition could have 66 ea brans on an her bet distinguished hush husband anapa offer further states that lincoln W aa the last man to consult a medium ond and if such euch a person volunteered advice tall taj him unless it accorded with his judgment there was little fear ot ol his following owing it attempts to bolster up may cause by trying to make it appear that t great men man now deceased favored AT supported gUD ported it only weakens the cause elfen elf f tn uthe the minds of reflecting people if a religious institutions philosophical theory ry or a political party has no better nt to offer than that some anent person now departed was its advocate comte or disciple it rests upon a very abady eky foundation living issues abound bould have living reasons and living n do for their acceptance by the ting publio public |
