Posted on 02/15/2016 3:17:52 PM PST by jessduntno
The Visions This afternoon, as I was sitting at this table engaged in preparing a dispatch, something seemed to disturb me. Looking up, I beheld standing opposite me a singularly beautiful female. So astonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed, that it was some moments before I found language to inquire the cause of her presence. A second, a third and even a fourth time did I repeat my question, but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of her eyes. By this time I felt strange sensations spreading through me. I would have risen but the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible. I assayed once more to address her, but my tongue had become useless, as though it had become paralyzed.
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Just curious, what’s a Visisons ?
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If a current presidential candidate confessed to having experienced such a thing, they’d be mocked as creepy and a “preacher” ...
Even on FR, Christian politicians are mocked because of their faith in a supernatural Being.
The internal references to the Union give it away (plus the fevered mid-Victorian writing style.)
The article is totally confusing. Is it trying to say that George Washington had this vision? Or was some hippy on an LSD trip?
A Convention of States is greatly needed to reign in the movement of power toward the judiciary branch (the making of laws by judicial activism) and administrative branch (the making of law by Executive Orders and regulations).
Restore Our American Republic!
ROAR!
EPISODE 1: "The Reluctant Revolutionaries" 1763-1774
In 1763, the capitol city of America is London, George Washington is lobbying for a post in the British army, and no one thinks of Boston harbor when they hear talk of tea parties. In a dozen years, the colonies are on the brink of rebellion. What happens to bring this country so quickly near war with England?
EPISODE 2: "Blows Must Decide" 1774-1776
A total break from Great Britain remains hard for Americans to imagine, even after shots are fired at Lexington and Concord. Words push matters "Over the Edge" in 1776. Common Sense argues that it is the natural right of men to govern themselves. The Declaration of Independence declares this same idea a "self-evident" truth. For Americans, there is no looking back. There will be war with England.
EPISODE 3: "The Times That Try Men's Souls" 1776-1777
Days after the Declaration of Independence is signed, a British force arrives in New York harbor. Washington and his troops are driven to New Jersey. With only a few days of enlistment left for many of his volunteers, a desperate Washington leads his army quietly across the Delaware River on the day after Christmas, 1776, to mount a surprise attack on a sleeping garrison in Trenton.
EPISODE 4: "Oh Fatal Ambition" 1777-1778
The "united" states remain in dire need of funds and military support. Congress dispatches Benjamin Franklin to France in hopes of creating an alliance which will provide both. Meanwhile, a British army marches down the Hudson River trying to cut off New England from the other colonies. The British are crushed by Americans at Saratoga. The French enter the conflict on the American side.
EPISODE 5: "The World Turned Upside Down" 1778-1783
The British hope to exploit the issue of slavery and to enlist the support of loyalists in the south. They fail. After a series of brutal engagements, the British army heads for Virginia, only to be trapped by the miraculous convergence of Washington's army and the French fleet at Yorktown. The end of the war is at hand.
EPISODE 6: "Are We to Be a Nation? 1783-1788
Peace comes to the United States, but governing the world's newest republic is no simple task. Congress is ineffectual and individual states act like sovereign nations. By the time the Constitutional Convention convenes in 1787, many wonder if the country can survive. The long ratification process helps define what sort of nation the United States is to be a process that continues to this day.
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EPISODE 1: "The Reluctant Revolutionaries" 1763-1774
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR_lTDD6jpw
EPISODE 2: "Blows Must Decide" 1774-1776
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIT_GL-Y5hQ
EPISODE 3: "The Times That Try Men's Souls" 1776-1777
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSAtHAb1xC4
EPISODE 4: "Oh Fatal Ambition" 1777-1778
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae6XknOqceI
EPISODE 5: "The World Turned Upside Down" 1778-1783
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suiPcydMBd8
EPISODE 6: "Are We to Be a Nation?" 1783-1788
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-PShTiGk9g
Note: should any of these episodes be removed or otherwise inaccessible, try this link to the Y.T. search results for the series:
https://www.youtube.com/results?lclk=long&filters=long&search_query=liberty!+the+american+revolution
IThe article is totally confusing. Is it trying to say that George Washington had this vision? Or was some hippy on an LSD trip?”
It’s what some people call a Religious experience. No drugs required. Our founders had experience with them. George Washington had this vision.
If a current presidential candidate confessed to having experienced such a thing, they’d be mocked as creepy and a “preacher†...
Expected momentarily...
I've had a similar vision on numerous occasions. I too demanded not to be disturbed.
In his farewell address, Washington spoke of several avenues of tyranny, including selfish ambition (with pretended patriotism,) collusion of powers, usurpation and precedence of usurpation, debt, foreign influence, and rank party politics.
As for collusion of powers, he warned, “The habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.”
On usurpation, he warned, “If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield.”
George Washington’s last words were “Tis well.”
I do believe in this vision, it is a forewarning. No doubt something catastrophic event will occur where the American People shall rise up and overthrow any threat toward our nation.
Where are your references to these ‘so called’ visions that George Washington had?
I've had a similar vision on numerous occasions. I too demanded not to be disturbed.
+1. You win the thread.
I think Hillary said she talked to Eleanor Roosevelt.
Thanks, this fake has been posted before on FR.
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