The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-23
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 To the American people generally. to the Democracy of the country espe- cially, and more particularly, and more particularly to the Democracy of the South, the almost universal express sions of esteem which went out to Grover Cleveland on the occasion of his 10th birthday should be profoundly gratifying. Without regard to party or creed. he is commended for his sturdy Americanism. his infiexibls de- votion to duty as he saw 1t, his fear lessness under all circumstances and his sterling integrity under all dis couragements and temptations. We believe unparalleled history will hold him the greatest President the country has had in at least half century. In nothing was he more conspicuous than in his rigid adherence to all the re- quirements of the Constitution and his oposition to anything that bore even a resemblance to centralization of gov ernmental powers.
 The Southern people generally should hold Mir. Cleveland in the highest es- teem. He was the only President since the war to recognize the South as en- titled to political and official recogni- tion--not as a conquered province, but as co-equal part of the Union. The appointment to Cabinet positions of such men as Lamar. Garland, Francis, Herbert and Hoke Smith, all Southern Democrats of the best type,< showed that sectional prejudice cut no figure with him. The names mentioned apply only to positions in his Cabinet; the list of diplomatic and other places of honor and trust make up a record to endear him to the South Not that he did anything in this respect that he should not have done. but that he had the fairness and courage to do what other Presidents failed to do. And what was his reward? Tn a recent news paper article. pr. Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton, thus spoke of him:
 He retired from office amid a storm of obloquy and misrepresentatiou; but time has brought about its healing and not sntrsly 4 eoad not in single generation, when once such fires of passionate feeling had been kindled: but 1t is no longer a old admiration for the man, their old confidence in his utter honesty and in- tegrity, their love for his downright utterances and clear sense of right, their belief in his honesty, wisdom, have returned with an added force and enthusiasm. because of their conscious ness of the deep injustice they had for 8 while done him In their own misin- formed thought He Is hailed wherever he goes with as eager a welcome and say as is the most pfquant Chief Mag istrate himself
 It is really shame to the Democ- raey Of the country that these com
 nents of Mir. Wilson should be true, 1t is g double shame to Southern De- mocracy that it virtually turned traitor to the man who, above all others, was entitled to their loyal support and to whom they should have felt bound as one of the sonndAst Democrats and truest friends of the South the country has produced since the great war divid- ed the sections.
 And the really humiliating feature of 1t all is that the Democrats turned against him because he was just what should have caused them to honor him. Because he would not jeopardise the interests of all the people to please party or section; because he saw far ther and deeper than many of his party did; because. in short, he was too up- right, too courageous, too far-sighted and too broad to follow popular clamor oan.n n. 1a4ha 4haA he Rnraaa xr r~,aa ,.asSh CT good policy, nor sound statesman ship. he was hotly denounced and con- demned by those who should have been most loyal to him and most ready to commend his course.
 But time at last sets all, things even," or something of the kind we have read, and 1t is being verified in the ease of Mr. Cleveland. The passing years have not merely softened the bitter feelings once felt by those who should have been his most loyal sup porters, but they have done much more. for they have brought the conviction that he was right and that grievous injustice was done him in those days when the wild clamer of theorists took the place of reason and sound states manship. and when Democrats turned their backs on wise leaders in order to follow the impracticable theories of political enthusiasts or misled re- formers. In the minds and hearts of the American people. Mir. Cleyeland is coming into his own again. and Is be- ing assigned his Fighttul place among the soundest and safest leaders De- mocraoy or the country has had in many years.
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