The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-09-22
WHICH rs THE SAFER VOTE
To CAST.

All this talk about his indifference
to the Constitution Is sheer and
pueriIe CANNON. Whenever there
Il . strong man In the presidential
chair he il accused Of wanting 10 be
emperor. The cartoonists pictured
Mckinley with . crown They
made carscitures OF Cleveland on q
throne. They called Lincoln q ear
again and again No President WAS
ever go attacked for being "uncon-
stituttonal" as Lincoln, except, per
haps. Andrew Jackson. Yet, when
IL came TO fac.s nobody ever pre-
sented an Impeachment The only
President against whom charges Of
impeachment were brought was one
Of the weakest-Johnson.
"a tendency to unconstitutional
ism" Is the most ancient and
habituai cry raised against a strong
| President. When q strong man
Performs q duty he does 1t In q
prompt, decisive manner. Aud in
stantly weak people and enviou.
people cry: "Behold q giant Win,
Will trample u.s."
But God be thanked we have q
strong man who can properly up
hold the high duties imposed by
the Constitution. Roosevelt isn't q
fool to butt against the Constitution.
Great events constantly ari -
when are not covered by specifi-
cation In the Constitution. What
is President then to do? jeff rson
had the chance to make the Loui-
siana Purchase by which he added
an empire to our little republic. He
had not received permission to do
80, but the Constitution did not
forbid the act. So he did it prompt
ly, and Congress approved his act
aflerward. Yet he was called a
} usurper and an upsetter of the Con
stitutiOn. Jackson and Lincoln re-
peatedly acted promptly in great
crises, and Congress approved theil
acts afterward but there were
always shrieks from the opposition
party that now at last had come g
Caesar who would trample On the
Constitution
Sensible men, in view Of all this
ought only to laugh at such jabs al
a President, of whatever party hi
, is.
But it is serious mark of weak
2 ness for Judge Parker to say 81
1 much about "CcnStitutiOnalism
l Too much talk about "Constitu
; tionalism" at time when nobody
] has attacked the Constitution i'm
plies lack of aggressiveness. II
geeat cries we need a President VIII
first cOnsults his Constitutions
e duties and then is not afraid to act
t Thi. Leads me to the big Stick
e Who has ever seen the "Bi
6 Stick"?
6 Roosevelt has been President 70
8 three years. When has he eve
q used club? Seldom have W
l. had President whose acts hav
q been more constantly the acts {
IS the man Of peace.
a Did you ever observe that ma
g who can fight, who is never afrai
d to fight, is often the most Col
y tinually peaceful man in action
d For one thing, he knows what
1t terrible thing q fight is, and h
S. avoids it. For another thing, h
antagoni-t thinks tiwce before
1T stirs him up. You can trust
Re strong man to keep the pr ace.
n Jackson was a most belligerel
Is person for a President. He WI
Il, having personal encounters and /
in often seemed to itch for figh
al He certainty used big stick ov
W Frauce when she refused TO pay tt
ry ten million indemnity, add he r
x. called our minister. He used
bigger stick over South Carroll
when she nullified law Of Congre
But there was never war; he W
e strong enough to avoid it.
Cleveland certainly used b
" stick over England when he actu
IS lily threatened her in 1898 over t
y. Venezuela dispute. 1t was da
OF gerous as we'll as undignified thi
NJ to do for we were wholly imp
hts prepared to make good. But
mt himself was strong, and even In
tie land liked hisn erve.
'Iy We have always liked our b
u stick Presidents-JeffersOn, Monr'
rim jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Clevela'
al, McKinley-they all brought
BE- honor. !. for one, would not be
iai ore hensive if Roosevelt some til
should pick upa good sized stick
time of need, for John Hay
there, tao. ! would consider
chance Of peace better with q st
In in his hands than with bend
ons twip in the hands of veal
President:
lost AS for honesty
L 4I~ T.