The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-15


for grAatsd that 1siversai p~aoe
will be good for trade. We hAvsat
. doubt, IN feet, TIA; their oonels.
Sons have been reached BY la,'
such argumeefs rs are suggested ~
the World itself IN issa. ot Tuesday
morning. We shall ok. these prop
ositions seriatsH
The wo.h has made u plain
that vas; ma !ori'y Of the people o.
the Union favor the ratification o.
the arbitration treaty Substantially
- il Vas signed"
The World has done nothing o!
the sort II is not plain" that .
vast majority Of the people favor
the ratification. When and how
has Any such conclusion been var
rAnt'sd' A. . matter OF fact, there
has been nothing 10 show that any
considerable numbsr Of the PEG, le
want the country to enter into fueh
An arrangement. The World Is
simply making its own rromi~s-a
favorite device With that as'ourd
ing newspaper. Again
why, then, is The treaty IN peril,
after being amended TO meet every
possible cavilf What is the nature
OF the combination that threatens
this great civiliIing compact o..
peace which embodies the traditional
American principle and which our
own Congress invited"
why, theni" Oh, yes: bu, the
"then" has not been established.
The deduction 10 not justified. since
the premises are false. The World
then proceeds to explain:
The treaty is in peril because the
fundamental Democratic principle
of ms jority rule upon which the Re-
public is founded does not govern
the ratification OF treaties. The
vote of two-thirds of the Senate is
required for this purpose. Such q
proportion is required for no Other
purpose except the impeachment OF
the President or the passage of bills
over his Veto"
But if the treaty is longed for by
"a vast ms Jority of the people," why
cannot his friends get q miserabl,
two-thirds of the Senate to supper
i'll Public sentiment is as iphuen
tial with the Senate as with thu
House. II there were q strong feel
,, ing throughout the country, such q
the World pretends there is, doe
any sensible human being doub
that the Senate would respond to il
? All this, however. does not proven
: the World from asserting:
a &C. <lnx -k,la - 90 cnpcoAol IN n
; there is q majority Of about twent
: in the Senate for the treaty, it ma
yet fail for the lack of the requisit
two-thirds."
Who comedies thisi Who know
that there is a majority of twenty i
favor of ratifying the treaty. Th
Worlds Especial commissioners
J and "staff correspondents" perhap:
. 3 but who elsei
u The truth is that this treaty is al
= = proved chiefly by persons who hay
u either not examined it at all or 81
l, incapable of understanding it aft
q examination. 1t is . Transporter
9 humbue, devoid Of usefulness in al
. really important respect, easily a
y Unstable to maudlin enthusiasm, b
p not susceptible of practical apple
% ton to any serious emergency. v
As feel, with reference to the ride
40 lous opera bouffe of compact
40 eternal brotherhood, very much
y Senator Hawley said he felt sor
70 weeks ago-it may be ratified, as
y. concession to the noisy and hystei
70 cal demand Of q clamorous minorit
10 but it will never prevail to preve
war in any case where war is pos
Up BILE, and it will figure in internatio
~ al aft airs as the merest metaphor
n ss fatuous Mugwumpery. Our CHI
~ ~. objection to it,ratlfcation, howev
e is that we shrink from the specra
~ of the Senate as an object of e
-. tempuous merriment.