The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-02-02


heartless, the most cruel and
sickening, and the biggest war
that the history of the world has
ever known. And thus far,
Woodrow Wilson has done itand
our national honor is still IN
stained. All praise to him. 1t
is true we are suffering from the
effects Of the war, but greater
would be our suffering if we
we're engaged in it. The ques-
ton is, can we always stay out
of it and maintain our national
honor. Woodrow Wilson is the
greatest advocate of peace with
honor in this country today, and
if we can be kept out of war he
will do it. But have you ever
thought of this, that man when
mad is as great savage today
as be ever was. Modern civili'
zation has veneered him some
what. but human avarice. human
greed, the love for money: and
for power, are just as strong IN
the world today as they ever
were. The thing which protests
and guarantees US in the engage,
ment Of our lives and our prop.
erty is the strong arm of the law
and it's power to meet out pun
ishment. This is true locally.
It is equally true nationally. and
internationally, where our coun'
try has to reside among, and
deal with, nations which have
not the sense of justice and lib.
erty that we have. and whose
highest conception of national
morality is that might is right
and whose greatest national idea
is the conquest Of other terri
tory. There is no better student
Of human nature N the mass
than Woodrow Wilson, and no
body knows these facts better
than be does. The speech which
he made at Cleveland, Ohio, last
Saturday, on the subjectof pre-
paredness, should be read by
everybody, and should be print
ed in the school histories for the
education of coming generations
of American citizens. It is one
of the greatest deliverances Of
Christian craftsmanship that !
have ever read. Our president
saws that the world is afiame
with passion and with war, and
that the time has come for US tc
stop sitting in our serenity and
thinking that the flame may
never spread to US, even against
our will. and against all our hor
orable efforts to stay out of it.
He is absolutely right. Ofcourse
he will never know that I ap'
prove his position, and my ap'
proval will have little effect up
on it. but I am glad, as an hum
BILE and obscure citizen, to ap'
prove his course.
Woodrow Wilson's position is
that we must maintain peace,
but that peace with honor is BET
ter than peace at any price. Our
country was established on that
principle, and it is a fundamen-
tai idea IN the Declaration of In
dependence itself.
I have never been able to un-
derstand or respect the advo'
Gates of peace like the W. j.
Bryan type. The man who goes
out and lectures on "The Prince
of Peace" aud demands a certi'
fed check before he goes upon
the stage, has not my respect.
The men who established this
country in l776 held some things
higher than dollars. Forum
ately for our country the llnea}
descendants of these men still
survive, and with them survive
these same principles: a love for
liberty, for peace, for the pursuit
of happiness, and for religious
freedom. Woodrow Wilson rep
resents that type of American,
the type who believe that God
enjoinsupon man the giving OF
love, the doing of justice, and
the living in peace, but peace
with national honor. In advo-
eating preparedness for our coun
try our president sees dangers
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