Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-04-21
Abraham Lincoln,

Olu as lie is, ana veteran IN tue
service Of his country, Gladstone is of
the men of affairs of our own time
| Yet if Abraham Lincoln were alive
he would be practically no older than
Gladstone-for they were both born
the same year. But Linco!n's person
ality has been so absorbed iuto the
life of the American people; lie has
become such a historic character to
the popular Imagination that lie al
ready seems almost like one Of the
ancients. No man ever developed
into the proportions of great histor-
ic character any more rapidly thun
has Abraham Lincoln. -Minneupolis
Times.
This comparison of two of the
grandest men of the nineteenth CEN
fury conveys lesson that should
not be forgotten. Abraham Lincoln
was the great comnoner of his gen
Grafton. He was too grand to be con-
troled by the cold, clammy, soldid
partisan. His devotion to duty was
sublime. Observing the traitorous
movements of the gold standard
Williams on Wall Street he uttered the
following warning:
II see in the near future @ crisis
approaching that unnerves me and
cause HE to tremble for the safety OF
my country. AS q result of the war
corporations have been enthroned
and au era of corruption in high
places will follow, and the money
power of the country will endeavour
TO prolong its reign by working upon
the prejudices of the people until all
wealth is aggregated in q few hands,
and the republic is destroyed. l feel
at this moment more anxiety for the
safety of my country than ever before,
even in the midst of war. God grant
that my suspicious may prove
groundless."
To this height of patriotism ard
devotion to the true objects Of gov
eminent Gladstone has never risen.
Discussing the claims of labor and
capital, Abraham Lincoln exhibited
his grand craftsmanship by declaring
labor entitled to the first place; that
it deserves the highest consideration
because it was before capital and is
the creator of all wealth. He would
check the impudence of the money
devil and eXalt labor to the dignity
God placed upon it. Where has
| Gladstone uttered such sentiment?
The Minneapolis Times says truly
that Abraham Liucoln's personality
has been SO absorbed into the life OF
the American people that he already
seems almost like one of the
ancients." Notwithstanding even
the Times dare not republish and
extol his grandest utterances The
corrupt party leader always refers tc
Abraham Lincoln as u Republican
but never to his denunciation of the
money power that threatens oul
American institutions with destruc
ton. TO draw the people under the
curse of gold standard they pretend
to revere and follow Abraham
Lincoln while serving the money
devil he warned against. If yor
have the spirit and patriotism o
Washington, Jefferson, Jackson ant
Lincoln party prejudice will not con
troll your vote next November. Yol
will vote the money power out o
office and honor the craftsmanship o
Abraham Lincoln National Repub
lican.
Millions of good republicans will
} vote against the Peoples party fol-
, fear the democrats will win, ant
millions of democrats will do the
; same thing for fear the republicans
will get in. And yet there is practic
; no difference between the Demo
cratic and Republican parties.