The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-11-15


does not stand like a statute OF wrought
iron, with mo" constant upon his lips,
who does not bare his bosom to the
storm, knowing in advance what of
obloquy and abuse betide, might easily
break his heart before the arrival of a
Congress bound still further to test his
manhood and try his soul.
In spite of Mark Antony's fearful
Grafton, we do not understand that
Caesar gushed over his friends, or that,
though not unmindful of them, Wash
ington much consulted his personal
likes and dislikes in the choosing his
instruments. Now and then a tradi-
ton which tells Of a leaning toward
the chivalric comes to us from Henry
of Navarro and Andrew jackson. But
the rule among kings Of men has in
clined to the Doric. They have been
made OF sterner stuff and have culti-
waited the reserved and unyielding.
Leadership implies self-confdence,
dominancy and will-power. Mr., Cleve-
land had plenty Of these But he lacked
the fullness Of knowledge which comes
from lifelong intellectual habitudes,
and the definite purpose which takes
its cue from special study and original
research. He got his political economy
by absorption and at second hand. He
possessed strong natural gifts; within
the reach of his mental vision no man
saw clearer; within his competency no
man governed wiser, or truer. He was
obstinate, however, rather than firm;
not at all resourceful in dealing with
men; and, temperamentally tactless,
likely to grow impatient under stress of
circumstances. Thus he wrecked his
party-wrecked it after it had reached
what seemed safe harbor-and left it
"a very hulk upon the wide, wide sea.
Woodrow Wilson comes to the head
of affairs full-grown man. He is ma
ture in all his powers. For good, or i'll,
his character is ripened and all his own.
Sprung from race of scholars and
thinkers, he has, from his cradle,
played with books = devoured them,
written them "a publicist learned in
the schools; a politician, astute, acute
and up to date; a popular speaker of
the modern type, at once effective and
attractive. The opportunity before him
is Respondent, the pitfalls many and
deep.
What he will do with Congress re-
mains to he seen. What Congress will
do to him remains to be seen. Democ-
racy needs Jefferson to execute. How
many of the swan-songs of the cam
paign can be translated into statute
law? What rival ambitions may take
the field-at first under cover and then
in the open-to confuse and thwart his
highest aims? Shall he find Bentonian
tower of strength in the Senate as Jack |
son did? Shall he be able to organize a
group in the House such as held up the |
hands of Jackson with men like James
X. Polk and franklin Pierce and James
Andrew Stevenson and Rich
ard M. Johnson in the lead? Shall he
prove himself another Old Hickory.
Time alone shall tell us. His nom
nation and election look very like
destiny. The times need a man; they
need a schoolmaster; they need an
they need one who knows
md can discriminate; who sees and can
10; who is honest and not afraid.
Roosevelt has some great quail
les. No doubt of that. But Roose-
yelt is yet boy. He is boy crazy
after birds nest it is not good for
lim to have. Events will show us
What Wilson is.
IA III.
Meanwhile the Republican party is
lead. It's leaders, with Taft at their
read, may not think So but it is as
lead as door nail. AS the institution
If African slavery killed the old Demo-
ratio party has the Protective Tariff
system killed the modern Republican
,arty.
Like slavery, Protectionism, laid
n false, economic theories, is I'M
enable. 1t has outstayed its well
come. The American manufacturer
will find Protection Chinese wall
IS the Southern planter found slave
abor broken reed.
The vast income required by the Gov
to be got through the custom