The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-01-30
een a broken heap Of stones cast up over


the fnal grave Of Human Liberty.
"But her cries have come up out OF
her borders like sweet incense unto Hea.
ven and she will bs saved Thus shall
peace once more come upon her, and pros,
perity Alliher with joy. But her mission
will not then be finished, for, ere another
century shall have gone by. The opprSs-
sors Of the whole earth, hating aud envy
Ing her exultation. shall Join themselves
together and raise up their hands agains.
her -f
"But if SHE still be found worthy Of
ber high calling. they shall surely be dis.
comfitted. and then will be ended her
third AID Last Great Strugg,e for exis-
tencel ''e'' f- .'t ri't'
'Thenceforth shall the Republic go on,
increasing In goodness and power, until
her borders shall end only in the reno
test corners OF the earth, and the whole
earth shall, beneath her shadowy wing, be.
come a Universal Republic. Let her in
her prosperity, however, remember the
Lord, her God; let her trust be always in
him, and she shall never be confounded" :"
"rhe heavenly Visitaut ceased speak
ing, and as l continued gazing upon him
he drew near me, and raised and spread
out his hands above. No sound now pas
sed his lips, but | felt strange influence
pass over me. Iinclined my head to re.
ceive his blessing, the baptism of the spi
.it Of Washington.
"Ths following instant a peal of thuu-
der rolled in upon my ears, and l awoke.
The Vision had departed. and was a.
gain sitting In my apartment with every
thing exactly as it was before l weht to
sleep, with one exception:
1.-The map on which had dreamed !
had been marking, was hterly covered witt
a network of pencil marks, signs and fig
ureS
4 arose to my feet and rubbed my eyes
and took turn Or two about the room, to
convince myself that was really awake
l again seated myself, but the penciIlugs
were as complete map and repository oi
information as though l had spent years
in gathering ard recording in details.
my mind now became confused will
the strange and .pumberless ideas an5
thoughts that crowded themselves into it
and invcIuntarily sank down upon my
knees to seek wisdom and guidance from
on high. AS I arose refreshed in spirit
that same solemn voice seemed to say tc
me from an indefinite distance:
"Tour time is short! larry no,!
'In All instant, thought became clea,
and active fastening out couriers with
orders to have execnted certain maneu
vers at certain points, (guiding mysel
by that now, in my eyes, unearhly map,
threw myself l:to my saddle, and lonl
ere drylight. galloping like the tempest
from post to post, aud camp to camp,
had the happiness to diver: the enemy
from his object, which. my frieLd, l as
sure you, would have proved entirely
successful by reason Of the last piece o
,reachery, had not Heaven interposed.
"Tbat map is looked upon by no hu
man eye. save my own, and, therefore
, tr4 qchery can do US no harm. l have OF
, tevery whit OF information that | need
r information that the enemy would Civ,
, millions to keep from US. The fate 0
the war is sottled.
1.-The rebellion truly feels very formid
! able. but it is only struggling in the pat
of an avalanche. The mighty, toppliuI
mass of National power and retributioI
will. until The proper moment comes, no,
and then let slip down upon its victim
, forerunners of its approach. And whe
the proper moment does come. it wi
sweep down upon and forever abnihilat
disuniOn with thunder that shall rever
berate throughout the world for ages t
:, come.
a "Sir, there shall be no more Bull Ru
. affairs.
Y God has stretched forth his arm, an
9 the American Union is saved. And ou
beloved. glorious Washington shall res
!. again quietly, sweetly In his tomb. unit
t perhaps. the end OF the prophetic centu
Q ry approaches, that is to bring the youn
/ Republic 10 her third and final struggle
: when be may. once laying aside the cert
d ments of Mount Vernon, come messer
ger OF succor and peace, from the GreI
= Ruler Of the Universe who has all the nj
9 lions Of the earth in keeping.
y "But that future is too vast for the con
y prehension; We are the children Of Il
o present.
| when peace shall have folded h'
bright wings, and settled upon our lan'
\. thai strange. unesrihly, wonderful ma
g marked. while the spirit eyes Of Washing
n ton looked on, shall be preserved amor
C American archives, as precious reminC
n er to the American Nation, of what,
their Second Great Struggle for existeu,
) they owed to God and the Glorifed SpiI
j. Of Washington.
1 Verify, the ways of God are above Il
10 understanding Of man."
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