The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-04-02

gazing on the heavens, sparkling as it
were with diamonds, and Illuminating
on the destiny of the Confederacy.
How long continued thus know not,
but stealing over my senses, as it ap-
peared to me, instantly came a clearer
perception af our oause from the be-
ginning. thought myself in Wash.
ington, in that room where we all met
that night to perfect our plan for the
destruction of the great Republic. /
thought that you were there, Toombs,
and breckenridge and all the rest, and
/ seemed to live over again the closing
scenes which were enacted in Congress,
and was startled from the contempla.
tion by low, deep, solemn voice close
bv my pillow, saying, Jefferson Davis,
Jefferson Davis!" This was the be-
ginning. started and looked around
to see who it was that spoke in those
awful tones, and cold chill of horror
crept over me as saw dim, shadowy
figure disappear in the distance. Pres
emily my gaze became fixed, and before
me passed the whole Southern land,
one State after another. Maryland
heaving and tossing as upon the waves
of the ocean, doubling which way to
plunge; Virginia had smiling exteri-
or, but the most deadly, damning hate
ranking in her heart; Georgia, crazy
with the enormous weight of her sims
and her passions, anxions to give them
vent in the warm blood of the North
ern heart, and SO passed they all, one
after the other, the last appearing still
more hellish than the first. No sooner
were these ended, than by some singu.
lar change in my position | imagined
myself standing on the top of Bunker
Hill, and once more the, panorama of
the North. But why enter into the de-
tails of this vision for / saw them in
all the beauty of their free system the
children on their way to school, the old
people to the MONDAY prayer-meeting,
the farmer in the field, and the scholar
in his study. All this passed rapidly
before me, and / felt fire in my heart
that to my disordered brain threatened
to consume me entirely. q Again the
scene changed, and ] found myself on
a height overlooking Charleston's har-
Dor, just at the precise moment the
Star of the West was attempting to
carry provisions to the starving garri-
son within. / saw the fatal shot fired,
forcing her to return, and my heart
sunk within me as / heard that deep,
solemn voice close beside me say, "Jef-
terson Davis, Jefferson Davis this is
your preparation for the halter! %
Again, saw another fleet sail to the
reliet of Sumter-saw the lombard
ment and it's fall. Once more / imag-
ined myself standing on the summit OF
Bunker Hill, and the whole North lay
spread out at my feet, and, my God
the change that had come over this
land. Where, from this very spot and
extending out to its farthest corner
there was hurrying to and fro, mer
shouldering their muskets and all tend
ing to one point Washington. My eye.
fairly blazed from my head when from
the clear blue sky above me, / heard
: once more again the mysterious voice
ringing in my ears, Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis! behold the armed le
: gions of the North, see the agony o
r parting, see the misery and desolatior
! that are to folIow!' My limbs trem
) bled as heard those awful tones. M,
+ brain reeled and l fell headlong from
my position. ii 9e..i ss.faazs 81
, At this point jeff D Davis stopped talk
ing and wiped the cold sweat from hi
brow. Toombs remarked that it was I
e most wonderful dream, most wonderful
!. when Jefferson resuming said, 81
: thought that my fall was not sudden
y but that occupied some months in m,
e descent, and during those mouths
2 could see the Mcclellan Anacond,
: lightning its fold all around the Con
e federacy, and / felt the certainty tha
= all was lost, and we should be crushed
4 i'm one common destruction. saw tn
o capture of Forts Henry and Donelson
y and thrill Of horror crept over me, a
o / saw the traitor to the North and South
n Floyd, steal away in the darkness Q
the night, leaving the rest to destruc
a ton. All along the lines / saw ou
Sc armies possessed of fearfnl dread, fly
i ing from Nashville to Columbus; IA,
IF the battle of Pea Ridge, and almost !
|. the twinkIing of an eye the great arm
. of the Potomac, in all its might pre-
y portions appeared before me, and ] fs
# THAT all was lost. Again the soIem
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