The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-05
BRYAN AS PRESIDENT.
An Enthusiastic admlrer If tie
Nebraskan Hop. That He May
Have the Opportunity, AS Pres
ldcRt. to RI dinsI Present Con-
diIIOnS and Safeguard The Fu-

To he Editor Of The ROBE sonian
Thu many revolu ions and
str ,nge facts record d by histo-
rians indicate a steady evolution
towards certain unalienable
rights, among which are life,
liberty, and the pu' suit Of happi-
ness" for all loyal citiz. rs
Pr judice, int lerAnca, and an
hnnesT dIstrust OF uutcied meth
DDS are human limitations which
sometimes hold in check un wise
leaders in pursuit of these bless
ings, till their ideas can be COL
sidered in the light of public
OpiEion. J, tfersnn wrote, all
experience hath shown, that
mankind are more disposed to
suffer, while evils are sutferabl',
than to right themselves by abo
ishing the forms To viii n they
are accustomed"
With "a clear vision he saw that
the worlds political conditions
were no longer Sutferablt As
Llther led Il successful revulu-
ton against The lnane customs OF
the religious world. So Jefferson
led the unframed masses to a
higher civic life.
Educated, wise aud cOnServa,
tive men usually oppose agrees
i've leaders, because, too often
personal am bition has led to uu
happy results; Notwithstanding
this fact, it is by the inspiration
aud guidance of men who were
once considered dangerous that
present civilization has been
achieved.
At the beginning of the nine
teenth century the followers of
Adams and Hamilton believed
Jefferson to be the most danger
Gus of men. THE pulpit and
press accused him of being a
leveler, a revoluli9nist, and an
advocate of mob government. -
the conservative Federalists, led
by Hamilton, were afraid to ser
arate themselves entirely from
nOnarchical forms of govern
ment for an untried Democracy,
but the United States, as an ex
preston Of Jefferson's wisdom
IS an answer to their fears.
Andrew jackson, "A man OF
the people, safeguard against
an srlstocracy which the people
feared" was considered a dan
gerous man. mo man haG
more bitter enemies, or warmer
friends" Elk, President Jeffer
son said to Daniel Webster, :"
feel much alarmed at the pros
pect of seeing General Jackson
President; he is a dangerou.
man." Jefferson, with many
other true patriots. anticipated
serious trouble should 80 impes
. u)us a man become Chief Execu
tive; but Jackson's ideas. lik,
Jefferson's, are interviewer il
the fabric of our government
Each of these great men was one
rejected by the people for thei
President. Each was the cham
pion of the people against tn
tendencies toward an Aristocrac
that inveterate foe of life, lib
erty. and the pursuit of happi
ness" Government by an arts
tocracy and that of the peopl
are not compatible. The struy
gle between the two is the histc
ry of the race. When the voic,
OF the people is not heard in tn
councils of their country, thei
petitions may be heard from
their huts of poverty.
Jefferson, jackson and W. J
Bryan e1ch in his time sounde,
the tocsin of alarm that evil
are sufferable" no longer. Man
hope that Bryan, like his protc
types, as President, may have a,
opportunity of readjusting pres
ent conditions to safeguard tn
future.
Effective reformers are of ne
ceSslty agitators and aggressive
Bryan is not an exception.
Few men have ever served on
country with such fidelity an,
ability as did Henry Clay. H
stood between two waripp ia,
tons as the great peace-maker
but he was not an ideal leader {
any party and was four times d,
feated for the Presidency. n
matter how much we may desir
peace, the forces of a CROWN
and developing national life ar
as restless and resistless as tn
waves of the ocean, but
There is Divinity that shapes our en-,
: Rough-hew them as we will"
n r. Edo,~