Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1898 — Prophesy. [ARTICLE]

Prophesy.

From the speech of John Bright delivered at Birmingham England Dec., 18, 1862. “I have a far other and far higher vision before my gaze. It may be but a vision, but I will cherish it. I see one vast confederacy stretching from the frozen north in unbroken line to the glowing south, and from the wild billows of the Atlantic westward to the calmer waters of the Pacific main —and I see ■ one people, and one law. and one language, and one faith, and, over all that vast continent, the home cf freedom, a refuge for the oppressed of every race aud. x>f every clime.’’