The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-04-05
Abraham Lincoln.

we take lne following aOie ana tTuIh
ful article from the Watchman and Re.
.Rector, published at Boston. Mass. 1t is
The first of series written by Harriet
Beecher Stow, on tho Men Of our
Times -
The revolution through which the
American nation is passing is not mere
local convulsion. 1t is war for a
principle which concerns all mankind
l. is the war for the rights Of the work
ing classes ofAnankiud, as against the
usurpalion of privileged aristocracies.
You can make nothing else out Of it.
That is the: reason why, like shaft OF
light in the Judgment day, it has gone
through all nations, divid ng to the right
and the left the multitudes. For us and
our cause, all the common working class
es OF Europe-all that toll. and sweat,
and are oppressed. against US, all priv
legged classes, mobiles, princes, bankers,
and -manufacturers, and all who
live at ease. A silent instinct, piercing
to the dividing OF soul and spirit, joints
and marrow, has gone through the earth,
and sent every soul with inetinctive Ger.
tainty where it belongs. The poor la.
borers of Birmingham and Manchester
the poor six weavers Of Lyons, TO whom
our conflict has been present starvation
and lingering death, have stood braveIy
for us. No sophistrics could blind or
deceive them they know that our cause
was their cause. and ev have suffered
their part heroically, as il fighting by our
side, because they knew that cur victory
was TO be their victory. On The other
side all aristocrats and holders Of exclu
sive privileges have lelt the instinct OF
opposition, and the sympathy with a
struggling ars'ocracy. for they, too. feel
that our victory will be their doom
THIS great contest has visibly been
held in the hands OF Almighty God, and
is fulhlmen. Of the solemn prophecies
with which the Bible is sown thick as
stars, He would spare the soul of the
neely and Judge the cause of the poor.
Ii was He who chose the instrument for
this work, and He chose him with Wis
BILE reference to The rights and interests
Of the great majority Of mankind. for
which he stands.
Abraham Lincoln Is in the s,ric,esl
sense man of tie working classes. All
his advantages and abilities are those oil
man OF the working classes all his dis
advantages and disabilities are those Of
man OF the working classes: and his
position now at the head Of one OF the
most powerful nations Of the earth, is A
sign to all who live by labor that their
day is coming. Lincoln was born to he
inheritance OF hard work. as truly as the
poorest laborer's son that digs in our
fields. AT seven years Of age be was
to work. axe in hand, to clear up farm
in Western forest. Until lie was seven.
teen his life was that of a simple farm Ia.
borer. with only such intervals Of school.
ing as farm laborers get. Probably the
school instruction Of his whole life would
not amount TO more than one year. AT
nineteen he made trip 10 New Orleans
as hired hand on fiat boat. and on his
return he split the rails Tor log cabin
and bulii it. and enclosed ten acres Of
land with the rails Of his own handiwork.
The next year he hired himself for twelve
dollars month to build a fiat boat and
tako her to New Orleans, and any one
who knows what the life of Mississippi
boatman was in those days. must know
that il involved every kind OF labor. In
1889. in lbe Black Hawk Indian war, the
hardy boatmsn volunteered to 8gh, for
his country. and was unanimously elect
cd a captain. and served with honor hon.
or for season Of military life. After
thif. while serving as a postmaster. he
began his law studies. borrow ing the
books he vaf .tQo poor TO buy. and stu