The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-08-17
ENIPORIA KANSAS, SATURDAY.AUG II. 1861

Sharp nashes OF lightning now CLEANED
throughout it at intervals, and heard the
smotheIed groans and cries of the Ameri-
can people. ~.t ~
- 9. "A second time the angel dipped from
the ocean, and sprinkled It out as before.
The dark cloud was then drawn back to
the ocean, into whose heayipg waves il
sunk from view. A third time l heard the
mysterious voice, saying, "Son of the Re-
public. look and learn
8. i cast my eyes upon America, and be-
held villages, towns. and cities spring. %
up, one after another, until the whole land,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, was dot
ted with them. Again heard the mystic
rious voice say, ''Son of the Republic, the
end of a century cometh-look and learn. -
q AT this the dark, shadowy angel turned
his face south ward, and from Africa / saw
an i'll onened speeter approaching our land.
Itfnted slowly and hearty over EVERY vii
lage, town, and city of tie latter, the inhab-
itants Of which presently set themselves in
battle array. one against the other. AS
continued looking. saw bright angel. on
whose brow rested crown of light, on
which was traced the word UNION, bearing
the American flag. which he placed between
the divided nations, and said ''Remem-
Der. We are brethren u
Instantly, the Inhabitants, casting from
them their weapons. became friends once
more, and united around the national stand
ard. And again I heard the mysterious
voice. saying, Son of the Republic, the
second peril is pafsed-look and learn
land l beheld the villages. towns. and
cities of America increase in size and nun
bers, till at last they covered all the land
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. and their
inhabitants became as countless as the stars
in Heaven. Or as the sand on the sea shore.
And again l heard the mysterious voice.
saving. 'Son of the Republic, the end of a
century cometh--look and learn"
"'At this. the dark. sbadowy angel placed
trumpet to his mouth. amp blew three dis
linct blasts, and taking water from the
ocean, sprinkled it out upon Europe, Asia,
and Africa. a.-..- .....-..
"'Then my eyes looked upon fearful
scene. From each of those countries arose
thick. black clouds, which soon Joined into
one; and throughout this mass CLEANED a
dark red light, by which saw hordes OF
armed men, who, moving with the cloud,
marched by land and sailed by sea TO Amer
lea, which country was presently envet"ped
in the volume of the cloud. And dimly
saw these vast armies devastate the whole
country. and pillage. and burn villages, cit
les, aud towns that I had beheld springlng
up. As my ears listened t" the laundering
of cannon, clashing of swords, and shouts
and cries of the millions in mortal combat.
| again heard the mysterious voice, saying,
"SOn of the Republic, look and learn
"'When the voice had ceased, the dark.
shadowy angel placed his trumpet once
more 10 his mouth, and blew a long, fear
full blast. '
".Instantly a light, as from thousand
suns, shone down from above me, aud pierc
ed and broke into fragments the dark cloud
which enveloped America. Al the same
moment l Jaw the angel upon whose fore
head still shone the word UNION, and who
bore our national flag in one hand and a
sword in the other, descend from Heaven.
attended by legions of bright spirits. These
Immediately joined the inhabitants of Amer
lea. who, perceived. We're well nigh over
come. but who, Immediately taking courage
again. closed up their broken ranks and re-
he wed the battle. Again, amid the fearful
noise of the conflict, 1 heard the mysteri-
Gus voice. saying, ''Son of the Republic,
look and learn
GAS the voice ceased. the shadowy angel,
for the last time, dipped water from the
ocean and sprinkled it upon America. In
stanLly The dark cloud rolled back, together
with the armies ii had brought, leaving the
inhabitants of the land victorious. Then
once more / beheld the villages. towns, and
cities springng up where they had been be-
fore, while the bright angel, planting the
azure standard he had brought in the midst
of them, cried in a loud voice to the inhab-
itants ''While the stars remain and the
heavens send down dews upon the earth, so
long shall the Republic last -
"'And. taking from his brow the crown.
on which still blazed the word UNION. he
placed it upon the standard, while all the
people. kneeling down, said. Amen ~
'|rhe scene Instantly began 10 fade and
Dissolve, and at last saw nothing but the
rising, cuiling white vapor had frs be-
held. This also disappearing, found my
self once more gazing upon my mysterious
visitor, who. in that same mysterious voice
had heard before, said: ''Son Ct the Re-
public, what you have seen is thus inter-
preted: three perils will come upon the Re-
public. The most fearful is the second,
passing which, the whole world united shall
never be able to prevail against her. Let
every child of the Republic learn to live for
his God. his Land, and Union % '@
"'With these words the figure vanished.
I started from my seat, and felt that had
been shown the birth. progress. and .desti-
ny of the Republic of the United States.
In UNION she will have her strengh, in DIS
UNION her destruction
''Such, my friend" concluded the ven
cradle narrator, "were the words heard
from Washington's own lips. AMI America
win do well to profit by them. Let her re-
member that in UNION she has her strength.
in DIsuNIos her destruction" = Wesley
BRADSHAW.
We often live under cloud and it is