Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-19
GEORGIA SHOULD NOT SUPPORT
A POLITICAL MIGRATE.

Very few are the men in the
political history of the South who
have proven ingrates, who have turn
ed against their friends to placate OPP
position. who have deliberately dis
carded old, faithful supporters in the
hope of winning new allies. Such men,
once discovered, have soon found 10
their sorrow that this section has no
love for the migrate, that the man
hood of the South reYolts against in
gratitude in any form, that it fears
and distrusts, even if it does not pos
itively abhOr, the man who betrays a
friend
How, then, with such a sentiment
stirring in the hearts of the men Of
the South can Woodrow Wilson ex-
.pect the support of this section in his
aspirations for the presidency of the
United States?
Wilson is an migrate. That is the
whole truth of the revelations regard
ing his conduct toward Col George
Harvey And the man who is an in
CRATE in one case is likely to prove an
migrate in another The man who
turns down, in cold blood, the man
who has stood firmly by his side, who
has defended him. who has encouraged
him, who has given the very best of
his mental powers to his support, who
has rallied public opinion to his aid
the man who, carried off his feet by
ambition, cold shoulders such a friend,
is unworthy of the support or of the
confidence or of the esteem of other
men, If he has done this to Col. Har-
vey he is apt to do it to others. All
that is needed for him to be an in
CRATE to others is to have the feeling
created in his mind that it will ad-
vance his political aspirations to de
so.
The South should have no use fol
ingrates. The man who is traitor t
his friend at the behest of radicals O
the West is more than apt to be sucl
to the South, or to other friends, i
the occasion arises when it may seen
| profitable to be so. That is the COLI
blooded truth. And such a man il
not worthy of the support of Georgia
or of any other Southern State.
Col. Watterson in his statement a
to Governor Wilson's conduct say
there was a "constraint in Wilson
attitude, the absence of a cordialit
and candor which should mark hearty
confidential intercourse. His name
was autocratic, if not tyrannous."
How could a man be otherwise tina
this when he was about to thrust
dagger into the body of the man VIII
had discovered" him, who had take
him up from semi-obscurity, put hi
in the front ranks politically, mad
him a presidential possibility, as
were? No wonder he felt a ere
straint," no wonder he lacked "cor
diality." In his soul Woodrow Wi
son knew he was playing coward
part, knew that his action was base
and that knowledge was reflected i
that "constraint' Col Watterson con
ments upon.
The South wants no such man t
lead it in the presidential fight
wants no man who already plays tn
part of tyrant And above a
things it wants no migrate to hol
aloft the banner of Democracy.
Let Woodrow Wilson be dropped
One more idol shattered! One NOR
poor, weak mortal whose ambition
wrecked his common sense, warpe
his judgment, destroyed his perspeC
tive of right and wrong, paralyzed hi
sense of friendship and gratitude. An
let us be thankful that his weakness
came to the surface before it was to
late. Let us be thankful that tn
, gods who destroy" made him guilt
of this signal act of madness befol
the party had gone too far in accep
ing him at the valuation his idolatol
had placed upon him.