The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-02
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BY 2. p. Lewis, Sioux City. Ia

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Henry Ward Beecher had attained q
reputation In this country--at least In
New York--as a great preacher pre-
vtcus to 1853. but II was his mission
10 Great Britain In that year which
gave him q national and international
fame.
It was said by those who opposed
Mr.. Lincoln,s administration that
Beecher was sent and paid BY the
government to sentiment for
the north. Had hat been true the
result would have amply Justified the
measure. But It was not true. Mr..
Beecher went or his own motion and.
at least so far as the government
knows. at hts own private expense. But
he had 1t In his heart to attempt great
things for his country.
Great Britain had freed her own
slaves years before. But wilberforce
was dead and a new king arose who
knew not Joseph"--King Cotton. The
looms OF Lancashire with tens Of
thousands OF operatives were abso-
lutely dependent upon the cotton or
the southern states. As month after
month passed n the severity OF emo
cotton bore harder and harder, the
pressure OF Manchester became insup-
portable, and Mr.. Gladstone-just man
though he was--could no longer see hts
own people starving without making
the effort they desired. So the British
cabinet was preparing to recognize the
confederacy and get slave rown cot
ton although the pride OF England was
that n slave could breathe the air
OF Britain without becorning q free
mar"
Mr., Beechcr went at this critical
1uncture to marshal the conscience OF
Great Britain upon the question or
slavery, to set England against her
self. to contrast the spirit OF the Ala
bama and 1853 with that Of 80 years
before; to appeal from Philip drunk
to Philip sober and right grandly did
he accomplish his mission. When he
arrived there he found the feeling so
strong against us that he could with
difficulty obtain leave to speak. He
stood before a bowling mob In that
great Manchester gathering and de-
clared that he would not leave nutil
ne had q hearing. And he had 1t.
though sometimes the reporters were
the only ones quiet enough to catch
his words, But those six ~Ooarvelous
addresses vent out through the lam
and laid hold of the better heart or
the people. Queen Victoria read them.
and learning that her cabinet intended
the recognition of the ~confederacy, she
sent the premier an emphatic message
saying that she never would acknowl-
edge a nation whose corner stone was
slavery. EG @4S
Great B~ritain's recognition of the
confederacy would have meant to Mr..
Davis government what that OF
France did to the colonies In the revo-
luton. The value OF Mr.. Beecher's
services annot be the subject of cold
mathematical calculation, but when
he threw all that was best OF him
every fiber of nerve and heart and
soul-into that great struggle, and
with such wonderful success, he surely
earned the lasting gratitude Of his
country. .ast#
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WILBERFoRcE.
Some 60 years or more & George
Barnett. a young Scotch mason. came
to America. He had quarried granite
at Aberdeen and built sea walls
lartic, Landing at Quebec he found
the government wrestling with the prob
lem OF building a new customs ware
house, the foundation for which must
be laid In the water where the tide
name to a great height oftentimes, and
lanche.i
Several contractors had failed by
reason OF the receding waters shifting
the blocks OF stone. The commission
ers We're at their wits nd, and young
Barnett offering to undertake the job.
was at c giversa chance, unknown
though he was, He employed his men.
procured his material and soon the
great blocks were disappearing be-
meath the surface OF the water. The
payments came regularly for a while,
nothing appeared above .he surface.
the commissioners, recurring to their
previous experience, declined to ad-
vance any more money until they
could see something above water. Bar
nett knew the work was going all right
but he could not convince them.
Saturday evening came on with, no
money to pay his men and Barnett sat
upon q block OF stone with face rest
Ing In his hands as he gloomily con-
templated the situation.
Suddenly he was aroused by soma
one putting q hand upon his shoulder.
L0oktng up he met the kindly smIIa
Of an old gentleman who said. INV
young friend, you seem to be In tron-
Die, what Is the matter?"
encouraged by the question and tho
benevolent appearance of the man.
barnett opened his heart n told him
the whole story, ending with tina
words; II know the foundation A an
right. but they will advance no mora
money and 1 cannot go on. i ann
ruined III money and in business repu-
Not at all" was the cheerf,I
ply. How soon do you think Won can
bring the walls to the surfaceP' Rar-
nett told him, and his i~nterlocutor
taking a card from his pocket. wrote
q rev words upon IL and handed IL
TO him saying. IT have beer watchinr
you Tor some days, as those great
stones have been going down. I have
faith In you and In your work. Take
that card and go to the bank OF QUE
pee get the money you need every
Saturday" -
Barnett went for the money, and the
work progressed, Within the time he
had set, the walls doomed above ira
water-solid enough to bear ND the
plains of Abraham, and the govern
ment officers sen word that Mr.. Bar
nett could have more money. Barnett
consulted his friend, who was none
other than the president of the bank
but he told the young mar not to take
q dollar until the work was Completed.
In due time the building was finished
and Barnett had laid the foundation
OF his own fortune and entered upon
q career so successful that when sne
Prince OF Wales came on his visit to
this country and hunted over an IlI-
nois prairie, George Barnett, OF Lock-
port. was his entertainer in hunt and
home.
He put his heart into his. work. He
was thoroughly honest In ali ne M
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