The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-09-09
BELIEVES IN WAR.
What Roosevelt Says in the Variou,
Books He Has Written.
TEE KEYNOTE OF HIS POLICY.

46G AG 4NVxh OE h16 fOL1C I
He Says in Great Crises 1t May Be
Necessary to Overturn Consti-
tutions and Disregard
Statutes.
What Roosevelt Says!" Is the title
Of little four-page leafiet which the
Democratic national committee is cir
culating throughout the country, the
| first copies Of which appeared Wed.
nesday. The officials of the press
and literary bureau Of the committee
have bsen busily reading the works Of
the president lately, and the quota
tions in the circular all are taken
from various writings from the Roose-
velt pen during recent years.
The keynote OF the Roosevelt
policy Is taken from the presidents
"Oliver CROMWELL" on page so, 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.
1t then is shown that President Roose-
velt, In the course Of his writings, has
taken occasion to excorlate each OF
our chief executives from Jefferson to
Lincoln with the sole ex option of
John Quincy Adams, 1T 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 his opinions Of those who
created those precedents.
Then comes the following list of
quotations, with the works aud the
pages Of the works Of Roosevelt where
the sentences occur:
Jetferson-"Timid and shifty doc
trlnairc," (Life of Benton, p. 1879
The most incapable Executive who
ever filed the Presidents chair"
Naval War Of 1872, p. 455
Madison Incapable" "(Naval War
p. 1859 results of his administration
! brought shame and disgrace to
America" In the War OF 1912, (The
Winning Of the West, Vol. w, p.
1861
Monroe With mo special ability !"
(Benton, p. 470 as Secretary of War
under Madison, triumph OF imbe-
cility to the last" (Naval War, p.
1865
Jackson Ignorant" Denton, p.
73.)
Van Buren," Faithfully served the
mammon OF unrighGeousneSs lie
succeeded because Of, and not in
spite Of, his moral shortcomings. F."
Denton, p. lS7.)
Harrison. Taylor Fillmore : Small
| Il
Tyler-"He mas been called medi-
ocre man; but this is unwarranted
tlittery. He was a politician of mon
umental littlenesS. His chief mental
and moral attributes were peevish-
ness, fretful obstinacy, inconsistency,
etc. denton, 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," (Benton, p. 292)
| 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
tike 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 1t is a
little Soul-harrOwing to have tC deal
with cattle who take that view Of the
responsibility OF the nation. "-Speech
us 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
unwhuleSome moral Tone Life or
Benton, page 81.
The q lakerS-"A class OF profess
Ssional non c)mbatants is as hurtful
to the real healthy growth of a ma
tion as is class Of fire. eaters, for a
weakness or folly Is nationally as bad
as vice or worse, and in the long
run Quaker may be quite as unde-
slrable citizen as is duelist. -
Benton, page 81.
Laboring Men They (cowboys)
are much better fellows and pleasant
er companions than small farmers or
agricultural laborerS; nor are the me-
chanics and workmen of a great city
to be mentioned in the same breath" )"
Ranch Life and Hunting Trail,
page 10.
Good" Lynch LAWN many of
the cases OF lynch law which have
come to my knowledge the effect has
been healthy for the community -
The Winning Ct the West, Vol. L.,
page l32.
All Selii,h-"A merchant or man
ufacturer works his business, as
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)litical
economists have pretty generally
agreed that prot6 ction is vicious in
theory and harmful In practice. y"
Thomas ii. Benton, page 81.