The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-07-05
there is no other alternative for set
ting the border troubles.


ready to sacrifice - own political tor'
tunes in order to carry out his con-
yictions as to what would be the Just
course to pursue in the situation.
cambridge Colby. who placed The
odore Roosevelt in nomination for the
presidency at the Progressive Con-
vention at Chicago, paid President
Wilson high tribute in an address, but
did not declare unqualifiedly that he
would support him in the coming
campaign as it was reported he would
do.
In his address President Wilson
said:
81 realize that I have done a very
imprudent thing; I have come to ad'
dress this thoughtful company OF men
without any preparation whatever;
. But gentlemen, as a matter OF
fact, I have been absorbed by the
RESPONSIBILITIES which have been so
frequently referred to here tonight
and that pre-occupation has mace II
imnossible for me to forecast even
what YOU would like to hear me talk
about *~* Mr.. Colby said some
thing that was among the few Things
7 had forecast to say myself. He SAID
that there are some things which II
6 really useless to debate. because
they 20 as a matter of course.
"Of course, it is our duty to pre-
pare this nation to take care OF us
honor and OF its institutions. Why oe'
bate any part Of that, except the oe-
to;] except the plan itself, which IS
always dehatable?
."of course, It is the duty Of the
which it will never over
look. to defend the territory and peo-
nle of this country. 1t goes without
sowing that it is the duty Of the Ad-
to have constantly IN
mind with the utmost sensitiVeness
every point of national honor.
But gentlemen, after you have
said and accepted these obvious things
YOUR program of action is stlll 10 De
formed. When will you act, and no"
will you act?
"The easiest thing is to strike. Ine
brutal thing is the impulsiTs lhlAs'
No man has to think before he taxes
aggressive action but before man
really conserves the honor by reallz-
ing the ideals of the nation, ne mas
to think exactly what he will do ana
how he will do 1t.
no YOU think the glory Of Amerl-
~ would be enhanced by a war OF
CONQUEST in Mexico? Do you tnlnA
that any action of violence by pow
erf,, nation like this against weak
and destructive neighbor would re.
feet distinction upon the annals OF
the United States?
"Do you think that it is our duty
to carry self-defense to a point OF oic'
tation into the affairs of another peo-
ple? The ideals Of America are WITT
ten plain upon every page OF Amerl-
can history.
"And I want you to know how fully
I realize whose servant l am. 90
not own the Government OF the Unit
ad States. even for the time being
7 have no right in the use of 1t to e2'
press my own passions. l have no
right to express my own ambitions
for the development Of America II
those ambitions are not coincident
with the ambitions Of the nation IT.
SELF
and I have constantly to REMIND
myself that I am not the servant Oh
those who wish to enhance the value
of their Mexican investments, that
am the servant Of the rank and ME
of the people of the United States.
u get great many letters my fel-
low citizens, from important and IN
fuential men in this country, but
get a great many other letters. get
letters from unknown men, from hum,
BILE women. from people whose names
have never been heard and never Will
be recorded and there is but one
PRAYER in all Of these letters MT
President. do not allow anybody to
persuade you that the people Of this
country ~ant war with anybody
81 got off train yesterday and as
I was bidding bood-bye to the engl-
neer. he said in an undertone, 'Mr.
President, keep out of Mexico And
if one man has said that to me
thousand have said It to me as
have moved about the country.
IF l had opportunity to engage
them further in conversation they say
of course. we know that you cannot
govern the circumstances Of the case
altogether. and it may be necessary,
but for Gods sake, do not do it unless
it is necessary.
81 am for the time being the spokes'
man of such people, gentlemen. l
have not read history without obser7'
ing that the greatest forces in the
"OTlQ anu llIS OI4lS pei o4AAASAAs NN-
are the moral forces.
Force will not accomplish any
thing that is permanent I venture to
say, in the great struggle which ls
going on on the other side Of the sea-
The permanent things will be accom-
plished afterward when the opinion
of mankind is brought to bear upon
the issues, and the only thing that
will hold the world steady is this
same silent. insistent, all-powerful
opinion of mankind.
Force can sometimes hold things
steady until opinion has time to FORM
but no force that was ever exerted ex-
cept in response to that opinion was
ever a conquering and predominant
force.
q think the sentence in American
history that l myself am proudest OF
is that in the Introductory sentences