The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
BELIEVES IN WAR.
What Roosevelt Says in the Various
Books Ee Has Written.
THE KEYNOTE OF Els POLICY

Ha Saws In Great Crises il May he
Necessary 10 Oyerturn Consti-
tutions and Disregard
Statutes.
what Roosevelt Says" is the title
of little four-page leatiet Whlch tne
democratic national committee is cir
culatins throughout the country, the
first copies OF which appeared wed
neS6ay. The officials OF the press
and literary bureau of the committee
have been busily reading the works Of
the president lately, and the quota
lions in the circular ali are taken
from various writings from the Roose-
velt pen during recent years.
The keynote OF the Roosevelt
policy is taken from the presidents
"Olirer Cromwell" on page 50, be-
ing: ''In great crises it may be nee
essary to overturn constitution, to dis
regard Statutes" etc. This is given
as the first quotation in the pamphlet.
It then is shown that President Roose-
velt, in the course Of his writings, has
taken occasion to excoriate each OF
our chief executives from jefferson to
Lincoln. with the sole ex option of
John Quincy Adams, it being stated
in the introduction to these quota
tions that the presidents apparent
disregard OF our national precedents
and traditions possibly may be ex-
planned by bis opinions Of those who
created those precedents.
Then comes the following list OF
quotations, with the works and the
pages of the works OF Roosevelt where
the sentences occur:
Jetferson-"Timid and shifty doc
trinaire," (Life Of Benton, p. l30
THE most incapable Executive who
ever filed the Presidents chair, :"
Naval War of 1872, 2. 455
adison-'Incapable, (Naval War
o. 1863 results Of his administration
brought shame and disgrace to
America" in the War of 1872, (The
Winning OF the West, Vol. w., p.
1856.
Monroe-With mo special ability, -
Denton, p. 40 as Secretary Of War
under Madison, triumph of imbe-
cility to the last," (Naval War, p.
1861
Jackson-s'Ignorant," Denton, p.
49,
Van Buren-"Faithfully served the
mammon OF unrighteousness. He
succeeded because Of, and not IN
spite Of, his moral shortcomings" F"
| Denton, p. 49,
Harrison Tay lor- Fillmore Small
Presidents" Denton, p. 292.
Tyler-"He has been called a medi-
ocre man; out this is unwarranted
hattery. He was politician OF mon
umental littlenesS. His chief mental
and moral attributes were peevish-
ness, fretful obstinacy, inconsistency,
etc. (Benton, p. 239.)
Polk Excepting Tyler, the very
smallest of the line OF small Presi-
dents, who came in between Jackson
and Lincoln" Denton, p. 1922
Pierce-"Small politician, OF law
capacity and mean surroundings >
Denton, p. 345.)
Buchanan-One of the small Pres,
idents," Denton, p. 2e2
OF the Presidents miscellaneous
Characterization Of men, things and
institutions the following are clipped
Congress-''Just at this moment
Congress in Washington, seems to
have made up it's 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 a
little Soul-harrowing to have to deal
with cattle who take that view Of the
res possibility Of the nation. Speech
as Governor OF New York before
Syracuse Chamber OF Commerce, 1899.
New York-"New York has al
ways had a low political standard, one
or the other Of it's great parties and
factional organizations, and often
both or all of them, being at all times
most unlovely bodies Of excessively
unwholesome moral tone. Life OF
Benton, page 81.
The Qaakers-"A class OF pr0fes-
ssional non c)mbatantS is as hurtful
to the real healthy growth Of ma
tion as is class OF fire eaters, for
weakness or folly is nationally as bad
as vice or worse, and in the long
run a Quaker may be quite as unde.
sirable citizen as is duelist. y
Benton, page 81.
Laboring Men-"They Cowboys
are much better fellows and pleasant
er companions than small farmers OF
agricultural laborers: nor are the me-
chan cs and workmen of a great city
to be mentioned in the same breath. "
-Ranch Life and Hunting Trail,
page 10.
"Good" Lynch Law-"In many OF
the cases OF lynch law which have
come to my knowledge the effect has
been healthy for the community. y
The Winning cf the West, Vol. l.,
page l32.
All Seltsh-''A merchant or man.
ufacturer works his business, as a
rule, purely for his own benefit, with
out any regard whatever for the com
munity at large Essay on Ma
chine Politics" in American Ideals,
page 100.
Opposes Protection - "P olitical
economists have pretty generally
agreed that prote ction is vicious in
theory and harmful in practice. y
Thomas H. Benton, page 81.
America an International Consta-
Bile Amy country whose people con-
duct themselves well can count upon
our hearty friendliness. If a nation