The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21
he Is loyal to the Constitution, and III
Stfls trinity Of Jetfersonian virtues he
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All sorts OF stories are coming out
OF oyster Bay and Beverly these days,
the newspaper reporters having deter
mined to make the Colonel ana the
President fight whether they want to
or not Colonel to Flight Latter
Beverly May Speak soon--D Quilted II
Roosevelt Break Can Long BE IL.
nored !. Roosevelt Lays Down Law to
Taft Roosevelt Sends TAFT An fUltf.
matunl. These are only few o. the
headlines picked up at random from
newspapers. and 1t is doubtful that
there is more than a very fine grain
Of truth in them. Yesterday the Col
onel denounced as 70 tissue OF lies
from beginning to end the story OF
the New York Times, which prints
only the news that Is fit to print that
he had sent an ultimaturn to the Pres
ident demanding that he throw sher.
man overheard or take the conse.i
quences. and doubtless there will be a
great many more denials of othct sto-.
ries before the atmosphere Is cleared.
We do not know what the Colonel
will do with the President, or do to
the President, and we don't care; but
IL we were the President we would
make a few remarks about the Colonel
that would Identify that parsonage. It
hns said good many things that he
ought not to have said; but 1t Is GER
tain and sure that he has not gaid
anything and will not say anything
Is persistent statement that he does
not like the way Taft has been run
ming things; but the story never goes
any farther. we wish he would speci-
~, and in that way add to tho gaycty
OF these times when everybody in the
Republican party appears to be blam-
Ing everybody else for doing things
which everybody on that side claims
has never been done at all. We havc
not the least doubt that the Colonel
will do the President II 1t comes
handy and there is anything to be
made out of 1t for the Colonel; but, SO
far, the Colonel seems to have de-
pended upon the unwarranted state
ments Of those who have visited him
to keep him near the front Of the
stage.
There never was Just such a condi-
ton in the politics of the country, and
1t is all very interesting to the Demo-
cratic watchmen on the tower. If the
Democrats could only get together and
stay together until after the next
Presidential election. behaving IN
4 seemly common sense way meanwhile,
we should not be bothered any more
after that date with either Roosevelt
or Taft
LEE, THE CONSTRUCTIVE LEADER
/ OF THE SOUTH.
"southern Leadership Since the Civil
War" is the title of an able paper In
! the current number of the North Amer
lican Review. Its author Is Professor
Garland Grcener, of the University o.
Arkansas, a native southerner and the
| son OF a6Eonfederate soldier. The ar
ticle was called forth by the recent un-
favorable comments upon the placing
OF the Leo statue in the Hall OF stat
uary at the National Capital.
II Taking up, these protests, Professol
Greener, declares that they indicate
tendency in the North ito consider the
achievements and the spirit Of the
South as in no sense forming part OF
our national heritage The conditions
resulting from the war are briefly
discussed in the article. The socia
and political upheaval is commented
upon and explained, and then Professor
Greener asks:
ITO a problem so stupendous as this
who in the South brought the mos
charitable spirit, the largest outlooi
and the MODEST solution? With VIVA
Leadership of lower conceptions has M
| spirit been forced to combat? In the
ultimate light of history, how shoule
his labor be judged? shoult
say that the man who
most fully cXemplifies the lofties1
leadership In the South since the wal
lis 49,. Robert Edward Lee-not only
1.-THE consummatc flower of the ole
South. !. !. also the beacon and pro-
Iphet of the new. AZ. I believe that
|ifs the American people would repair
their greatest neglect of the legacy
derivable from a single character In
their history. they would have to nc
quaint themselves thoroughly with the
real nature Of Lee And the
lperiod most worthy of emphasis-the
one which is generally overlooked-is
that IN Lees life which followed the
collapse ofsthe Confederacy."'
4 Intdirect contrast to the patient, wise.
lbroad leadership OF Lee, Professor
Greener sets off the spirit represented
| in the writings of Thomas Dixon and
( In the poetic works Of Father A. ].
Ryan The "v!triolic'' note struck by
Dixon. he says, is the natural outcome
| of narrow spirit of resentment and
bitterness at the wrongs OF the days
1 of Reconstruction. He laments that the
spirit of Father Ryan's poetry, which
he takes as expressive of q large body
jof Southern sentiment past and pres
ent. is so pathetic. SO mindful, Of tbs
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