The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-02-23
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/ Life, which is not only the true anC
only American Charivari, whose hu
NOR and satire are perennial, bu
which has acquired the knack of ad
ministering to its readers each weeF
I homeopathic doses of wisdom as wei
Life falls in with the notion thai
when our excellent and admirable
Teddy goes out of the Chief Magis
tracy, he can, if he likes, solace his
strenuosity by a term or two as Sen
ator from the State of New York in
what used to be called the Upper
House of Congress. The Courier
Journal had something to say yester-
day in depreciation of this concelt,
which Life might peruse not without
profit. We took the ground that the
Senate would prove mighty dry do
ings" after the White House. Also,
that it would be a trife undertone
with respect to dignity. But, let Life
have the floor. We quote:
why do the newspapers and so
many of their readers who ought to
know better talk nonsense periodical
" about the possibility that President
Roosevelt will run for President in
1908? What Mr.. Jacob Riis was think
ing about when he lately made this
suggestion we cannot imagine. ia
cob's heart is in some particulars bet
ter than his head, and he can afford to
have it so, for his heart is very wise
and effectual. But he ought to rec
ognize, as everyone should, that the
President, of his own volition, has
passed a gentleman's word that he
will not be his own successor and that
he could not even if he wished, VIC
late his purpose SO proclaimed with
out loss of honorable standing among
men. What his reasons were for de-
clining a nomination four years ahead
we have never fully understood, but
that they were satisfactory to him a
year ago, and are now, and will be
binding on him whether satisfactory
or not in 1908, we have never doubted
for an instant. If he does not get
tired before 1909 of being the govern
ment, and is rich enough to afford an
expensive luxury, he would make a
very proper Senator from New
York"
The Courier-Journal has never
doubted the personal integrity of
Theodore Roosevelt. We believe him
to be a man of his word. We do not
believe he would be a party to any
uncleanly or dishonorable proceed
ing. But in matters alike of public
policy and individual aspiration, am
bilious men are given to setting them
selves as law unto themselves, cas-
lily persuaded to believe that the COM
mon veal and their preferment are
synonymous terms; in point of fact,
one and the same. Nevertheless and
we agree with Life
that the President having voluntarily
given his word of honor, must and will
abide by it.
There are always overzealous
friends to rush in where the angels
Of patriotism and good sense burst
not tread, with talk about a third
term for those who have been fortu-
nate, or popular enough to obtain a
second. General Jackson put them
aside in his peremptory
way. Had Mr.. Lincoln lived, he would
surely have found them importunate
enough. They bobbed up about Mr..
Cleveland like corks in Hobe Sound
Dr. BuzZard's Bay. All the same, the
George Washington tradition is In
grain. There are enough of sturdy
Republicanism, there will appear at
he polls thoughtful Americans in
sufficient force, to put a quietus on
any such nonsense in case 1t ever is |
seriously attempted.
There may be wisdom In making