Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-05-01
Mr.. Lincoln's Remarkable Present.
ment,

in the Surratt trial which related to
President Lincoln's remarkable pre-
sentiment of his own death:
"Gentlemen: | now come to an act
in this 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 We do not
understand, the great Ruler of all
by presentments, by portents, by bod
ingS and by dreams, sends some shad-
~rsy-- -1,4-s-ao w. S~.-z:4.1,as doom
when some great disaster is to befall
nation. So it was in the days of
Saul and so it was when Julias Caesar
fell and so it was when Brutus died
at Phillippi; SO it was when Christ
was crncified, and the wife of Pontius
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 assinated; SO it was with Harald
at the battle of Hastings; so was it
when the Russian Czar was assinated,
so was it on the bloody field Of Bos-
worth, SO was it, and so has it ever
been, when men in high government
places have been stricken down by the
assassin's hand; 50 was it before the
death of Abraham Lincoln, the Presi-
dent OF the United States.
In the book which | hold in my hand
in this life of Caesar, by De Quincy
in this life Of Pompey, by PIutach, and
in this presentation which is given in
julius Caesar by the great dramatist
Shakespeare, are related the portents
which came TO warn Pompey when he
left the ship, and landed on the coast
Of Egypt; and the warning given to
julius Caesar, not only in the dream
of Calfurnia, but III his own dream on
that bloody day when he was aSsas-
sinated in the Senate. The same
was true when the Prince of Orange
was assassinatcd; and equally true
in this historic fact, tnat never in the
whole history with which we have
been familiar has there been a single
instance of the assassination OF the
head OF d government In which the as.
sa8sins have not all been brought to
| Justice. 1t is a terrible thing TO fight
against God. Government being of
! God, any attempt to throw people
/ into confusion and anarchy is fighting
against tod, und IN no instance has h'
ever suffered d man guilty of such
: crime to go unpunished. Though b
r may take unto himself the wings o.
, the morning, and flee unto the utteI
: most parts of the earth, yet the ey
; OF God will follow him and the han,
} of justice will eventually be laid O
| him, and compel him to give rendt
: tion OF his bloody account.
r On the 9th Of April, 1865, Abra
, ham Lincoln called together his Cal
met, He was i'll good spirits, for, a
t you well remember, we had at tina
time been receiving the most crafty
t ing and cheering news; but still upol
. his soul there was a very heav
gloom, and remarked, 4 am YER
, anxious to hear from Sherman Th,
| reply was, You will hear good new
from Sherman. There can't be an
doubt about that. Gen. Grans wa
, there, and he knew Sherman. Ht
, took occasion TO assure the PreSiden
that the news from Sherman would
be all right. i don't know replied
the President, and repeated what he
had before said, L am very anxious
to hear from Sherman, adding the
remark, 4 feel some great disaster
is coming upon Us. Last night | was
visited by a strange dream, the same
dream that III the darkness of the
t night, when deep sleep had fallen OF
, men, has before visited me. Before
, the battle Of Bull Run, before the bat
, tie of Stone River, before the battle
, of Charlottesville, it came to me il
, the same identical distinct form, anC
5 the following day came the news of
the disaster. AS | have stated, this
same dream came to me last night il
my sleep, and l feel that some grea
calamity was to befall the nation, of
5 which l am part. The member
? of the Cabinet who heard that vii
never forget it. In few hours after
: wards Ga pause) he did not hea
> from Sherman, but there came re
: alization of the dream, and his spiri
was led up to the eternal Godhead." "
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