Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-21
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On board the steamboat, on the return of
President Grant from his trip into Con-
necticut to celebrate the 4th of July, 1870,
the conversation of himself and several of
the distinguished party turned to the sub
ect of dreams. \ gentleman asked Presi-
dent Grant II he had noticed the published
statement copied from an English paper,
that Charles Dickens had given Secretary
Of War Stanton MS authority for the fact
that Mr.. Lincoln, at one of the cabinet
meetings, had told dream Of his own,
which subsequently held no little signif-
cancc AZ bearing upon his assassination.
"Nes," said the President. II read the
article, and was much interested in it. Mr.
Lincoln was undoubtedly dreamer, and
from the circumstance told by the English
paper, should judge that he was a belle
yer in them. BY the way, have had some
strange dreams of my own. had several
while | was hammering away at Nicks-
burg, that l shall never forget,
BY this time the attention of the whole
company was drawn to the remarks of the
President
Relate them said every one.
President Grant smiled and then said:
"When | undertook this trip to spend
the 4th of July with the good people of
Connecticut, did expsct to be called upon
for a speech, but scarcely for my dreams"
"Give rs the Dreams. urged an ox-gov-
ernor.
"The deans the dreams r. cried all.
Thus besought the President remarked:
"Well, you shall have them. | never
told them before TO any one but Mrs. Grant,
but I confess that it made great impress
sion upon me-
The distinguished company now dis
posed themselves about the President in a
manner which would enable them to hear
what he was about to say.
''.Ns preiude,'' continued the President,
Il must give you little war history. ON
the 2d of February, 1868, / established my
headquarters at Young's Point, on the
Mississippi, short distance above the city
of Vicksburg My army was already
there, and at Miliken's Bend. sherman
had met with his ropulse at Vicksburg,
and was about to try other plans to take
the place, without which in our possession,
the war could not be ended.
81 Lad several plans" continued the
President, (which | tried. one after an
other they all failed. When tried canal
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lhis one l never once dreamed OF cahal
or my naval expeditions, nut always TINS
one daring plah ol whl'h sometimes
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Al lehSth theso uica"'S' "hu hothIhI ei>e'
induced me 10 look over the maps ana see
II there was not some element oi good III
TINS wild Plan confess That whlle TO the
soldier, seeking fame 1t looked brilliant IN
the extreme, still, to general having an
army to care FOR, 1t appeared Ike sending
them 10 destruction turned troh the
maps ana continued my hlsgihS' but thls
one was war IN whlch only hghllhg could
WIN. rms was my conviction day ny DAY
ns ! saw more ana more clearly the failure
oi our WORK oi making new water rontes'
ana II was my dream ~ "Ilen ~ caught
ie" hours sieeP' II See'leu 10 'ahe pos
session OF me- me more thou@ht aoout
and studied II at thS llme, the moro he
came conNinced 'hW II was the only ieasi-
BILE plan. bnt J knew lhat my generals
would approve oi H. Al length however,
l Suhmltted II TO thoh'' ana even "eneral