Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-17
Aliscellanu.
MIR. Lincoln's Remarkable Present..
ment.


Lincolns remarkable presentiment of his
own death:
Gentlemen now come to an act
in the great drama which, though strange,
is not new. So wonderful is it that it
seems to us to come from beyond the veil
which separates us from death. As |
have already said, all government is of
God" The powers that be, are ordained
by God, and for some wise purpose which
we do not understand, the great Ruler of
all, by presentiments, by portents, by
bodings, and by dreams, sends some shad-
owy warning of the coming doom, when
some great disaster is to befall nation.
So it was in the days of Saul, and SO was
it when Julius Cesar fell soft was when
Brutus died at Phillippi; SO was it when
Christ was crucified, and the wife of Pom
thus Plate said to her husband Have
thou nothing to do with this man, for ]
have suffered many things this day be-
cause of dream Of him so it was when
the great Henry ", of France was as
sassinated so was it with Harald,' at
the battle Of Hastings so was it when
! the Russian Gar was assassinated so
was it on the bloody day of Bosworth
| field so was it, and so has it ever been,
When men in high government places
have been stricken down by the assas-
sins hand so was it before the death of
Abraham Lincoln, the President of the
United States.
In the book which / hold in my hand,
in this life of Caesar, by DeQuincy; in
this life of Pompey, by Plutarch; and in
this presentation which is given in Ju-
lius Cesar by the great dramatic Shake
spear, are related portents which came
to warn Pompev when he left the ship,
and landed on the coast of Egypt; and
the warning given to Julius Caesar, not
only in the dream at Calfurnia, but in
his own dream on that bloody day when
he was assassinated in the Senate The
same was true when the Prince of Or
ange was assassinated; and equally true
in this historic fact, that never in the
whole history with which we have been
familiar has there been a single instance
of the assassination of the head of gov
ernment in which the assassins have not
all been brought to justice. 1t is terri
bic thing to fight against God. Govern
ment being of God, any attempt to throw
a people into confusion and anarchy is
fighting against God, and in no instance
has he ever suffered man guilty Of
such crime to 60 unpunished. Though
he may take unto himself the wings OF
the morning, and flee unto the uttermost
parts of the earth, yet the eye of God
will follow him and the hand of justice
will eventually be laid on him, and com
pei him to give rendition of his bloody
account.
On the 18th of April, 1865, Abraham
Lincoln called together his Cabinet. He
was in good spirits, for, as you well re-
member, we had at that time been re-
ceiving the most gratifying and cheering
news; but still upon his soul there was a
very heavy gloom, and he remarked, 81
am very anxious to hear from Sherman,
The reply was, You will hear good
news from Sherman. There can't be any
doubt about that" Gen. Grant was
there, and he knew Sherman. He took
occasion to assure the President that the
news from Sherman would be all right
at don't know" replied the President
and repeated what he had before said
Il am very anxious to hear from Sher
man." adding the remark, al feel somt
great disaster is coming upon us. Las
night was visited by strange dream
the same dream that in the darkness o
the night, when deep sleep had fallen oil
me, has before visited me. Before tn
battle of Bull Run, before the battle o
Stone River, before the battle Of Chan
celorsville, it came to me in the sam
Identical distinct form, and the following
day came the news of the disaster. As
stated, this same dream came to me las
night in my sleep, and Ifeel that som
great calamity was TO befall the nation
of which l am part. The members c
the Cabinet who heard that will neve
forget it. In few hours afterwards {
pause) he did not hear from Sherman
but there came a realization of the drear
and his spirit was led to the eternal Goo
head"
THE HAPPIEsT SEASONAL a festivs
party of old and young the question wa
asked: Which season of life is most hal
; py2 After being freely discussed by til
guests, it was referred for answer to th
host, upon which was the burden of fou
score years. He asked if they had nc
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