| Show A prediction REALIZED A FEW days beffie his death president lincoln wrote a letter to mr taylor of illinois Illi aois the contents contente of the communication showed that the writer was filled with gloomy forebodings regarding the future of the republic this relic of the murdered patriot and a statesman ta has recently been made public and we quote a prophetic passage from it it has been a trying hour of the republic but I 1 see inthe in the future a bricis arising which unnerves me and causes me to lo tremble for the safety of my country As a result of the war corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow and then the money power of the country will prolong its reign by working upon the prejudice of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the republic is destro destroyed I 1 feel at this time more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before even in the midst of the war god grant that my fears may prove groundless the situation of the country to tobay jay combined with the outlook of the future shows that the shadowy anticipations of mr lincoln were based baled on a correct conception on this point the atlanta journal says with striking truth Is not the condition of the countr country at this time very nearly such as mr zin lincoln a quarter of a century ago feared that it would be we have the corpor eions enthroned enthrone dl organized into monopolies and trusts and protected by laws that shut out foreign competition we have not only corruption in high places but high places bought by corruption and the reign of those in office aged by the money power such an aggi aggie aggregation gation of immense wealth in a few hands bands was never before accomplished in so short a time in this or any other country what caused mr lincoln so much anxiety in its contemplation is now an actual condition of the country and its reality does not apparently excite so much alarm as his dim perception of it in the coming future |
