Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-26
I Had Dream, That Was Not all a
Dream"

OIOhms
! stood on The moon, with a sorrowful look,
And opened the folds Of wonderful book,
l read and behold twas the record Of
time,
The past and the present, Of every cline,
The iutuEe, likewise,--Ws in il explained,
With nouldering ruins and cuts Il contained,
or Empires aud Kingdoms tyranny vile,
Add modern Republics, in one common pile.
Machines Of destruction Of every invention,
Mems faces distorted,- TOO fearful TO mention;
or strife and deception, Of passion and rage,
] found IN hisfaeOrd, on every page.
OF religious disputes, aud moral pollution,
False oalhs and falseYows in vulgar proiusion,
TIL the flesh Of my body eonvulsiYely shook,
With horror aud fear gHEed ou the book.
Wolves in the garb Of the inroeent sheep,
Serpent-like humans, who slealthily creep;
10 vivid description the record portrayed,
or virtue discarded. OF honor betrayed;
OF natural ruins, Of social despair,
VI widows and orphans, = dishonOred grey
on church and Of state .--eontepding 10 range,
The record was full on every page.
Intent on the scene, 1 stood in my trance,
I'LL the clerk Of the universe, bade me advance:
Unconscious strobe, with the book In my hand,
TO the foot Of the steps that led TO the stand
Behold l-said the clerk-I see by your looks,
That you are from earth, where papers and
books,
Are records Of lics,--of fanatieal fools,
To blindfold the people thew use a. their tools
But since you can read said the clerk with
smile,
Come up to my stand aud III teach while;
And as went up he turned to psgs,
The heading Of which was Passion and Rage
In letters Of FIRE | saw on the earth,
The time and the place Of Washington's birth;
In letters Of blood, near by saw written,
The time aud the place, where the traitor was
smitten.
From this, said the clerk, wish you 10 draw,
An inference AZ 10 word higher. Law;
Shapes rifle sermons hereby you msy see,
Are not very potent the bondmen 10 free.
And here stands the rock whero the pilgrims
did land,
And there is the gallows where the witches
were hanged.
Yon pillarOf GRANTEE the traitor bedecks
Where the fame Of a Webster Is fallen to
wreck
Thus standing 10 awe, amusement and won.
der,
Still on the record Of time, did ponder;
When river Of blood fell under my view,
Which the axe Of disssntion had riven in two.
This, said the clerk, is the work Of your preach,
ings,
With SbHrpes Rifle sermons, and higher law
teachings;
The North aud the South you attempted to
part,
And here flows the blood of your Unions
heart.
While shudderng with tear sight struck my
eye,
Twas nstion in anguish preparing 10 die;
The Doctors dishearten, d. and fairly outcions,
The House with its mourners. completely DER
run.
The preachers were sent for,-whils life lin
Rered nigh.
TO pray for assistance, from the ruler on high:
But since they expected DO pay for their tolls
They soon got to growing concerning the
spoils.
But while they were quareling about the es |
Their noise and confusion. the dead did awake;
When the spirit Of Douglas walked up TO the
bier,
And said to the sick in voice very clear,
Rise ur and rebuke those hyocrites all,
Expuuge all this fllh from the national hal n;
while the suckers and dronos Of the national |
hives.
Out dirt in a streak, and run for their lives.
This stampede Of preachers, and doctors Of
lore,
PILED the whole nation with terrific roar;
While the spirit Of Douglas kept close in their
wake,
They run like shot. through hedge, wood and
brake.
md the nation recovered 10 spite Of the quacks,
md venom they left in their poisonous tracks;
] heir noisy retreat filled the ears Of my head,
50, AwOke from my dream, and was laying
in bed.
PROF. DOVE.
DAYroS. Jan. IS. go.