Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-03-20
"a DREAM THAT IS NOT ALL 4
DREAM"

EDITORS INTELLIGENCER: | have
just dreamed very remarkable
dream, and thinking perhaps, you or
some Of Your readers may be possess
ed. as Joseph and Daniel of old were,
with power to interpret dreams, I
herewith submit it for your ccnsid-
Grafton: as for myself. it has left such
an impression on my mind that like
Antigouus
dreams arc toys:
Yet for this once. yea supprS,itiously
will be squared by this"
l dreamed l saw great and pow
erful State, through which ran large
rivers, upon whose waters glidcd
counties steamboats, and other crafts.
heavily ladcncd with the rich pro-
duets Of her soil, bearing them away
to sell TO every nation in the world:
and railroads running through it TO
every city on the continent.
1t appeared in iny dream to be a
very rich state. whose resources and
products were so varied and abund-
ant. that were it cut off from the
world, might subSist Independent of
all mankind. Its soil was of the
richest, producing any and every
staple for food or manufacture: tim
Der, the most valuable for naval ami
other building purposes. mexhausti-
BILE coal beds of best quality; quar-
ries of granite and other valuable
stones: lead and iron ores amply sutii-
cient to supply the world; great and
numerous wafer powers: rich sand
beds and potter's clay of supcrio,
quality, slate &C.: everything to make
Il state wealthy and its people happy
| saw also in my dream this state
densely populated with All lntcliigcm
and refined people. her vast and ricl
resources having drawn entcrprisin:
and Industrious people from ever,
nation in the world. thought wha
Il great State and what Il happy pco
pie, ''full SURELY
saw in my dream great commo
ton amongst her inhabitamt.. win
were running to and fro. some mad
some glad, some weeping, som
swearing and saving hard thing
about each other. distincly heard i
my dream such words as corruption
rings. theft, dishonesty, perjury
bribc, loval. disloval, rebel, usurpa
ton. scoundrel. liar, villain, old
fogy, radical. democrat. conservative,
and many other hard names an
odious epithets.
wondered in my dream why n
this. and learned that for about tcl
long wears that this state had bee
ruled and governed by one party onl,
and that every department., trol
lowest to hi CHEST. had been filled wit
, men of the same party namc,and tha
during the greater part OF this tim,
from various causes and excuses. .thrr
forths of her citizens had been lepri,
cd of tho privilege of voting.Nt bcin
| 4 republican govcrnmcn). and tlII
l the great confusion and cUmmOtiO
was caused by AN cdict having ju:
gone forth all over the state, that Il
we're restored to citizenship, and IL
to the right of suffrage.
!. heard the recent disfrancli>c
party say. that the others, while
power, were not satisfied with I'll
laws as they found them, and accuse
them of doing as the Duke of Su
folk when he said.
"Faith l have hccna triiant IN the Law.
And never yet could frame my will 10 it,
, And therefor" frame the law unto my will,
and passed amendment after amend
mcnt, and changed law after law
until hardly Il vcstigc of their orig
| iginal constitution and laws rclnaiuc,
e that they had PASSED law, taxing ever
department of industry, created Il
enormous debt unconstitutional,
and that vile and dishonest men ha
] formed rings, corporations, &C.. an
voted tax after tax upon the poor all
!, working class, until every depar,
incnt of industry was crippled I
that degree that no vocation woul
pay.
! saw in my dream n sudIc
/ change, caused by the aforesaid cdic
, and smile came over their faces AN
Joy and gladnc>s seemed to ill thci
hearts, and | thought | heard thcI
say, ''now we will have change, W
t will stop all this cxtravagant Use @
] money, and incrcaSin. taxation; W
Will have no more corrupt or dis
/ honest men in Office: and from tn
Il grcai number thus SAYING. though
so too. and that this state would nov
- return, i'll a great degree. to its for
mcr greatness, and that this long di,
tractcd and unhappy people would b
made happy and prosperous, an,
that all her institutions. political. re
: ligious, moral and social, hcretofor
: broken up and destroyed, would nov
/ be reorganizcd and restored to nc
as in days of yore.
saw great uneasincss and dissat
isfactiom among those giving up I'll
offices and going out of power, an,
heard them bcwailing as Lewis, tn
Dauphin
There's nothing in this world can max
me JOY;