Lincoln – a Good Guy
I liked a reader’s links which corrected a lot of the misinformation and incomplete information in DiLorenzo’s and other anti-Lincoln writings. I was concerned about DiLorenzo’s writings for the same reason the author of the rebuttal was in that he presents a distorted picture of the guy by leaving out much essential information.
If you ever have the time I would recommend reading the unabridged version of the 6 volume Lincoln biography by Carl Sandburg. By the time you are finished reading that you will have a pretty good feeling for the man.
The best book I have found on the Civil War itself which also gives good information on Lincoln is Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson. One of the things that McPherson does well is to dispel the myth that slavery would have just died a peaceful death if we had not gone to war. He points out the many expansionist plans the South had in mind for slavery including exporting it to Cuba and central America as well as the western states.
To compare Lincoln to Hitler doesn’t make any sense at all to me. When in a war fighting for survival extreme measures are always taken and the criticisms aimed toward Lincoln could be made as much or more toward Jefferson Davis. This is a point Dilorenzo seems to be mysteriously silent on.
If one had a grudge toward George Washington he could also make a case that he was a tyrant for he used strong authority when necessary.
I receive a positive vibration from Lincoln when I read anything about him, even from his enemies and especially from his own words. I am certainly in good company for DK calls him a “Racial Avatar” on the side of light coming forth “from the very soul of a people, and introducing and transmitting racial quality to be worked out later as the race unfolds.”
White Magic Page 298
He also says
“The power which the New Group of World Servers will eventually yield, will be drawn from two sources: first, from that inner centre or subjective world government, whose members are responsible for the spread of those ideals and ideas which have led humanity onwards from age to age. This inner centre has always existed and the great leaders of the race, in every field, have been connected with it. The great idealists and world workers, (such as the Christ and His great brother, the Buddha, and those lesser workers, such as Plato, Spinoza, Abraham Lincoln, or Florence Nightingale) have all been associated with this centre.” Esoteric Psychology, Vol 2, Page 664
If DK is truly a Master working under the direction of the Christ this would mean that even the greatest of us all sees Lincoln as a great initiate.
Jesus said that we can recognize true workers and teachers by their fruits. “By their fruits ye shall know them.”
Here are some of Lincoln’s fruits.
(1) He is the most quoted president or world leader of all time and many of his words stir the soul and almost have the ring of scripture.
Many quote Lincoln’s words. Who quotes Hitler or any other tyrant?
Next to Jesus he gave the most famous speech of all time, the Gettysburg Address.
Historians almost universally rate him as our greatest president.
He freed the slaves. This was one of the greatest accomplishments by any man in history. If we had not fought the Civil War I believe the slaves would not have been free until about the 1960’s. Instead of struggling for civil rights we would have still been dealing with the slavery issue.
He preserved the Union. If we were a divided nation during World War II it is quite possible Hitler would have won the war. It’s also quite possible the South would have sided with Hitler.
He supported the construction of the first transcontinental railroad.
He supported for the Homestead Act. This act allowed poor people in the East to obtain land in the West and greatly increased the wealth of the American people.
He defied the national and international bankers and refused to borrow money at high interest and issued greenbacks that cost us no interest.
He set an example of honesty and integrity that has inspired millions.
He initiated Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
He signed a proclamation for a day of national fasting and prayer.
There are many stories giving evidence of his kindness and compassion. He planned on being forgiving and compassionate in victory – not something a tyrant would have done.
He had a great sense of humor and told many funny as well as teaching stories.
The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
April 16, 2011
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