The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-21
FATE or THE rnAopMAkrn.

FATE OF THE PnAoDMAKER.
 Blessed are the psaesmaksrs." said
 the Savior. but plainly He was not ai- luding to those who try to make peace and fall. At ell events. we are being
 blessed" in quits different way from the way Christ blessed those who made peace among others. Some days ago. as our readers will remember. we vol unteered plan for settling the con- troversy between North and South Carolina over Jackson's birthplace, and see what we get for our kindly inter ference. From the Tar Heel side of the line. for example. comes The Char lotte Observer with this ungrateful hunch:
 Here comes The Montgomsry Adysr. dyer. and South Carolina have their Legis- latures fence of portion of eacn state taking in all the territory clam This ~ region ss Would 1sGHse" Be erected into a new state and named .waxhaw," the two parent States uniting in formal declaration that old Hickory was born credit to The Advertisers heart than to its head. We agree with 1t in de- siring peace. especially a peace which would give our Waxhaw friends two Senators in Congress and a Represent ativelsquire Mcwhorter, the ceiebrat- ed custodian of Jackson traditions and foe to agents, would become United peace without honor North caroiina own own IsxsG besides s'ss soutR caroIins Would be claimins. the other two North csrolina posa1 reveals itself upon close exani- nation as we'll meant but impracticable. If peace can be obtained by the as- sailed Soriinonweshith % on ,g',1 g1 nv oettsa so ons
 Is not that q politely plain intima- ton that The Advertiser was de trep. or something about as bad. when 1t interferedl Then from the Palmetto side of the line comes The Charleston News and Courier. starting off in the following biggetty style:
 Before sticking its nose into matters with which 1t has no business, The Montgomsry A6ysstiGes ss. hs. snou,a tn do wifh what 1t is pleased to call .the peren- nial, perpetual and perplexing contro- versy between the carollnas about the birthplace of Andrew Jackson" and if "the newspapers of the respective States, like the famous character in Goidsmith's Deserted Village, who cen though vsnauished could argue still; .l. our contemporary to lose sleep about It's suggestion, therefore. that the Leg isaltures of the two Staes pass reso- and declared q separate State in which the late Mir. Jackson was born" Is im- pudent and oficious, and its assumption that any rail Is felt in these regions regions prematurely is wholly gratuitous.
 wouldn't that jar you2 Then 1t goes on with what Shakespeare calls "damnable iteration" along the same lines usually adopted by South Caro- linians when this subject Is up. con- cluding It's diatribe with this voluntary advice:
 This question about Jackson's birth 1 place is already answered and it is go- Ing to stay settled (not determined), but we have no objection to the pro- longation of the controversy. Were the controversy ended we do not know what we would do-to our North Car olina contemporaries. Let The Mont gomery Advertiser arrange a contro- versy with the Georgia yellow journals and not interfere with our usual and wholesome occupations.
 Of course the question is already set tied. but the mischief of it is that 1t is settled in different ways by the op- posite disputants, and of course each | would suffer electrocution before ad- hitting that he is wrong. How any thing can be settled when it Is plainly | is one of the eonundrums that cannot be solved by any but a bumptious Carolinian. However. we've had our lesson in peaee-making and are not again likely to attempt a good deed where 1t Is sure not to be appre- riated. They may initiate the famous cats for aught we care and we shall not try to separate them. We should have remembered the words of tome old poet
 When married folks fall out
 I'm sure to get 1t tweaked fo~ my
 pains.
 md kept out of the absurd quarrel. but we've had our lesson. We don't care ! hang if the old fighter was born on 10th sides of the line at once. or if he vas first born in one State and then n the other. We don't care if he was 'orn on a raft in the Atlantic Ocean. lang 1t! we don't care whether he was 'orn at also there now.