Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-04-06
UNION AND AMERICAN.
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Thursday April @. 1899
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THE VISION OF WASHINGTON.

Inc lOllOWlnP description Is re-
lated by Anthony Sherman, a gen
tleman of ninety years of age, who
had it from the General himself.
The darkest period in the Ameri-
cali REVOLUTION, was in the year
Ill., when Washington, after
dreadful reyerses, retired to Valley
Forge to eucamp during the winter.
y1OftghH did, see the tears OF dis
i'tress course down lie checks Of.
the loved commander, when be re-
Slfected on The sttfferings of his
% brave soldiers. o. Washington had.
tile habit Of praying to God for
bHheIp and prosperity. A certain
day Washington spent BY himself
alone in his, chamber, and when he
81 Game bnt he looked unusually pal
-'2Iid. Then be replied as follows;
GAS | sat this afternoon writing
DsJand my,mihd was deeply weighed.
. down with trouble, / discovered
1'Hdbpposite me a most Beautiful le
male form. 40 was much surprised,
~ FOR Ihad given most peremptory
-slofders not to be disturbed by any
a one Z could not for the moment
l9ifnd words to inquire Of this I'M.
~ looked for visitor Three or four
Dc ttfihntts I ih,dtiifea without recci"ing.
AN ahswet.!. She only elevated her
s'Heeyees h little. I now felt a most eX.
~ tfhotdinary sensation throughout
my whole bodya.o"I' would have
risen up, but the staring Of my
m~y;stefious Visitor made me dis
o. pleased With her. II attempted
40 again to address her, but my
tongue was tied. "a certain un-.
,,'' known mysterious, irresistible
." power overwhelmed me. l was
''l8 Unable to do anything more than
" stare at the apparatiop.. BY de-
s"' grees the room became filled with
10 q remarkable light; the image her
gl' self became suddenly luminous
10 and bright, I now Had the feeling
~ Of q dying, person. 1could not
Think, reflect or move. i am only
con Scious of the. fact that | looked
sternly on the vision.
''' Here / heard the voice saying,
=" son Of the Republic, look and
learn at the same time the figure
1"' Stretched out .her' arm and pointed
I'd with her finger to the eastward.
." Transparent clouds rose IN the dis
tance; and these lifting themselves,
-" there was formed a most astonisE-
Inc figure Before me there was
VT spfeaa all The Countries Of Europe,
s"' Asia, Africa, and America. Before
ON Europe and America I saw tire
inendous waves Establishing; and
also between America and Asia,
Again the voice repeated, 'Son of
3 TIE Republic, look and learn In,
stahtly 1 beheld a darksome'image
as Of An angel, poised between
o." Europe and America. He dipped
''' WATER with both hands, and with
his right hand he poured it on
F"DA America, and with his left hand
y he poured III on Europe. In a mo
Smleht Black clouds arose from both
s'I ~coouhtries, which met half way upop
10 the Atlantic. Here they tarried
awhile and then moved westward,
u" ana then Covered the terra firtha Of
~ .Amelica.i ILivid Dlightiiings Hash
nQcd through the dark clouds. ]
heard the deep groanmg Of the
'' Anieritan people '3.'l''
r''| '~.Asain the angel dipped and
q 81 sprinkled water as before, then
the dark .cloids receded and sank
~ INTO tie ocean. Now for the third
j" time I heard the voice, Son Of the
=. Republic, look and learn i look
-" ca up and saw in America nu-
mferous towns - cities, and i'm
-" prbvtements spreading from the
borders or the Atlantic to the coast
OF The Pacific. Upon this the an
y gel turned toward the South; and
I saw a horrid grizzly spectre APP
ST preaching from Africa to our own
lands! The population now part
one against the other. AS | con-
templatedt this scene, | discovered
al d an angel OF light, and on HIS head