Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-09-15

governments is iupeIldllSu, bldG ne REGARD
/ brute force as the equivalent of right, and
his will as the equivalent of legality. Are
these qualities desirable in President of
the United States
ABUSE OF FORMER PRESIDENTS.
President Roosevelt, in the course of his
writings, has taken occasion to excoriate
each of our chief executives from Jefferson
to Lincoln, with the sole exception Of John
| Quincy Adams. His apparent disregard Of
our national presidents and traditions may
possibly be explained by his opinions of
those who created these presidents. The
following quotations are from the latest
editions of the presidents book, and may
be easily verified by referring to the pages
cited:
Jefferson Timid and shifty doctrin-
aire." Life of Benton, p. 73); ''The most
incapable executive who ever filed the
presidents chair, Naval War Of 1912, p.
1857
Madison-' Incapable Naval War, p.
1867 results of his administration brought
sshame and disgrace to America in the
War of 1912. THE Winning of the West,
vol. 4, p 1867.
Monroe With ''no special ability"
Benton, p. Az; as secretary of war under
Madison, triumph of imbecility to the
last" Naval War, p. 1867.
Jdcksoa-''I Ignorant Benton, p. 10,
Fan Buren, Faithfully served the
mammon of unrighteousness He succeeded
because of, and not IN spite of his moral
shortcomings" Benton, p. 1877.
Harrison, Taylor, Fillmore = Small
presidents" Benton, p. 1922.
7yler-"He has been called a mediocre
man, but this is unwarranted flattery. He
was a politician Of monumental littleness.
His chief mental and moral attributes were
peevishness, fretful obstinacy, inconsist-
ency," etc. Benton, p. 1897.
Polk-"E Excepting Tyler, the very small
est of the line of presidents who came in
between Jackson and Lincoln" Benton,
p. 1927
Pierce - Small politician, of low ca
pacity and mean Surroundings Benton,
p 1851.
Buchanan Zone of the smallest presi-
dents" Denton, p. 1922.
CONTEMPT FOR MANY OTHERS. CONGRESS.
"Just at this moment congress, in Wash
ington, seems to have made up its mind
that having provided for the fact that we
must take care of the Philippines and of
Cuba, there is not TO be any army with
which to take care of it, and that the armed
resistance is to be made by proclamation.
Well, it is little soul-harowing to have to
deal with cattle who take that view of the
responsibility of the nation Speech as
governor of New York before Syracuse
Chamber of Commerce, 1899.
NEW YORK.
'New York has always had a low
political standard, one or the other of its
great parties and fractional organizations,
and often both or all of them, bearing at
all times most unlovely bodies of excessively
unwholesome moral tone. Life of Benton,
p. 81.
THE QUAKERS.
"A class OF professional non -combatants
is as hurtful to the real healthy growth
of nation as is class of fire eaters, for a
weakness or folly is nationally as bad as a
vice, or worse, and in the long run A
QUAKER MAY BE QUITE AS UNDE-
SIRABLE A CITIZEN AS A DUELIST. y
Benton, p. 81.
MORE TERsE THOUGHTS GooD LYNCH
BAw.u
In many of the cases of lynch law
which have come to my knowledge the
effect has been healthy for the community.
The Winning of the West, vol. /, p. 1872
ALL SELFISH.
"a merchant or manufactures works his
business as a rule, purely for his own
pcuCAt, WloHVuo any tcSdlu WHdteNeI lUl
the community at large.-Essay on "Ma
chine Politics. in American Ideals, p. 100.
OPPOSES PROTECTION.
Political Economists have pretty gener-
ally agreed that protection is vicious in
theory and harmful in practice. Thomas
H. Benton, p 81.
AMERICA AN INTERN ATIoNAL CONSTABLE.
''Any country whose people conduct
themselves well can count upon our hearty
friendliness If nation shows that it
knows how to act with decency in in
dustr;al and political matters, if it keeps
order and pays its obligations, then it need
fear no interference from the United
States Letter to the Cuban dinner, May
Doth, 1904.
''soUND POLICY FOR A NATION.