White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08
I'll coNsTlTUTIoN AND LIE UNION.
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1855.

del did not think of his impertinence at first
bnt answered him voluntarily al1u
80 I am writing plannOf the dissolution oil
the American Union (You know, gentlemen
that / am expected to produce aplan Of dissOlu-
ton, in the event of certain cOntinEencies.) 81
g ."To this the intruder replied. in the coolest
manner possible: , v7utI .59Gr1-.oi1i
Ex-senator from South Carolina, viii you al
low me to look at your hand-your right handf'
81" He rose, the cloak fell, and beheld his
face. Gentlemen, the sight Of that face struck
me like thunder Clap II was the face Of a
dead man, whom extraordinary events had call
ed back to life. The features were those Of
General George Westinghouse, gentlemen,
the intruder was none other than George Wash
ington. He was dressed in the Revolutionary
costume, such as you see in the Patent Office"
Here Mr.. Calhoun paused, apparently agitat-
ed. His agitation, need not tell you, was sha-
red by the company. Toombs at length broke
the embarrassing pause:
swell, we-e-l, what was the issue of this
scene?"
Mr.. Calhoun resumed:
"The intruder, as have said, rose and asked
me to look at my right hand. As though l had
not the power to refuse, extended it. The
truth is, felt strange thrill pervade me at his
touch; he grasped it and held it near the light,
thus afFording me full time to examine every
feature. 1t was the face Of Washington. Cen
tlemen, shuddered as beheld the horribly
dead-alive of that visage. After holding my
hand for moment. he looked at me steadily,
and said, in quiet way:
",' And with this right hand, Senator from
South Carolina, you would sign your name to a
paper declaring the Union dissolTOdf
al answered in the affirmative. 'Yes, I will.
If certain contingency arises, l will sign my
name to Declaration of Dissolution
"But at that moment a black blOtch appeared
on the back of my hand-nn inky blotch, which
I seem to see even now. what is that' said
I, alarmed, knew not why, at the blOtch on
my hand.
"That,' said he, dropping my hand, is the
mark BY which Benedict Arnold is known in the
next world - ...--.
"He said no more, gentlemen, but drew from
beneq F cloak an object which he laid upon
the tSD.Nlaid it upon the very papt- on which
Twas writing. That object, gentleman, was
skeleton. '--.....r --
"'There,' said he, sthere are the bones of
Isaac Hayne. who was hung at Charleston. BY
the British He gave his life in order to estab-
lsh the Union. When you put your name to
Declaration of Dissolution, why you may as well
have the bones of Isaac Hayne before you; he
was South CarOlinian, and so are you. But
there was no blotch on his right hand
with these words, the intruder LEFT the room.
| started back from the contact with the dead
mans bones, and-awoke. Overworn by labor,
l had fallen asleep, and had been dreaming.
Was it not singular dream7''
All the company answered in the affirmative,
and Toombs muttered, "Singular, very singu-
lar" at the same time looking curiously at the
back of his right hand, while Mr.. Calhoun plac-
ed his head between his hands, and seemed bu-
ried in thought.