Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-06-20
WHY THE DEMOCRATS
SHOULD NAME WILSON
R. F. BGaSIay, Prominent Editor,
Gives Strong Reasons,
BY r. r. 5EASLEY,

N'S Wv ~
A dozen years ago Judge Walter II
Neal sent me a book by Woodrow vii
son which was my first acquaintance
with this student and statesman. The
~clearness of statement and the vigor OF
the ideas of that boob marked. to my
mind. the work OF a man who was
some day to be a great force IN this
country. Since then / have been Il
Wilson 4 only waiting the time
when the circumstances and the de-
mands of democracy should press into
service the master character that was
then in the course of preparation I'm
erson said that the world would sooner
or later make u beaten track TO the
door of the mar who knew and did
well his job, no matter what that work
might be nor what the situation of the
doer.
Graded in the pure ideals of south
ern Anglo-Saxon democracy, Woodrow
Wilson has all his life been a profound
student of the science of government
and the principles of real democracy,
and it is not singular that Il man OF
this type, having had the rare oppor-
tunity of developing his administra-
tive and practical abilities in the man
agement OF a great university, where
he was called upon to fight Il trCnen-
dous battle in behalf Of practical de
mocracy against ]intrencheG privilege as
'nsistent for udyant@ge Is l. is in the
governments Of t.e Juitel States,
should be revealed n the world as the
master mind iii tine ln'C. Nrat"GoH and
application of the democracy thai is
today struggling 10 throw of the band.
ages that privilege and shOrtsiglted-
ness have fastened upon this great
democratic land literally while it slept.
That he is the master Of his job, mas
terful in ideas and ignorant of the
mere phrasings and chickering's of poll
t~icians. explains why the heart of de-
mocracy, burdened today us never be
fore with the longing for light and
leadership, mas turned universally to
this man of the hour,
In the light of the breadth. the depth.
the understanding and the sympathy
of Il man like Woodrow Wilson the
effort to tag any man southern,
western or northern" seems puerile.
The problems Of democracy are not
sectional. Indeed, only in a narrow
sense-national-they are worldwide
The man whose vision is too linn
tied to see this is no democrat
OF oil nplu n M PfiSnn md haaauSa
Woodrow Wilson is such a man the
darts and sings of petty welfare have
fallen harmlessly from his and
the sun of his democracy day by da
penetrates deeper and deeper the re
cesses of the country. These are the
Woodrow Wilson.
The next reason is that he is the only
man who can win. No man with a 10
cal tag can ride the gale in the coming
crisis, The current of rising democ-
racy is too strong and deep to be di
verified into sluice gates and stagnant
pools. The people will not be divert
ed. If they can't get the genuine ar
ticle that Wilson stands for they will
grasp at the shadow in the form of
Theodore Roosevelt. With the Demo
cratic banner in the hands of a real
champion it will make little difference
whether the Republicans nominate the
progressive counterfeit Roosevelt or
the genuine standpat Taft.
The battle today Is for equality
against privilege. not for party against
party. section against section or parti-
san against partisan. and the people
will follow only that leader whose
face is set toward the citadel and not
on the retiring skirmish line. The
mar and the occasion have met. The
opportunity of the Democratic party
consists In its ability to recognize the
fact. z .#t 1855. *-
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