The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-10-12

Colonel Roosevelt made the most telling speech
of the campaign at Battle Creek Mich, last week.
1t was an old-time Roosevelt audience of o.
600 that heard hm-an audiance that cheered
every point he made and which stamped and
shouted its appreciation the Colonel concluded:
Among the companions of Lucifer in Millions
mighty epic there none among the fercer
1ends dangerous than he who
with words clothed in reasons garb,
60 'Counselled ignoble and peaceful cloth,
Not peace. y
Calls Wilson Shfty.
1t was the Colonel of old who spoke. He struck
out from the shoulder and each blow teller.
He pictured Mr.. Wilson shfty, unreliable,
political OppOrtunist, a persistent employer of
weasel words, hypOcrite. He characterized the
Wilson Administration one which brought the
derisiOn Of mankind upon this country by 1.-The
policy of buster, hypocrisy and unpreparedness
The COlonels audience, which sat under big
circus tent, was the envy of patient crowd of
several times their number who stood outside
thousands of whom marched in Michigans record
breaking parade And the Colonel had parade
of his own, riding for two hours through streets
filled with multitudes whose cheers kept his
CombrerO waving from side to side the entire
time.
Flags Policy of Surrender.
The Colonel spoke for two hours, devoting con-
siderable time to an analysis of the Presidents
foreign policy and his policies in general, which,
he declared, were dictated by a policy of craven
surrender to whichever side has the superiority
of brute force. He directly charged that President
Wilson coWed by the big labor leaders in the
Adamson eight hour law he had been by the
MeXiCans and Germans.
The Colonel said, in part:
cat the outset wish to say word as to the
protests that we must not criticse the President.
The newspapers and individuals making these pro-
tests are, for the most part, the very who
and which when 1 President spread every
species of calumny and SANDER about I then
President, took the view that had
right to speak untruthfully of the President of
any else, but that less than any
else ought the President to escape from truthful
criticism. I complained of any attack on
unless it false. l apply to others only the
standard by which 1 asked that 1 myself be
treated.
cit is the Presidents duty, less than it
Mrs. Caesar's to escape reasonable suspicion of
wrongdoing; should he or any other official tell us:
If you knew the facts you wouldn't blame me-,
we have ready answer: Give us the facts and
well see
81 never uttered one word of criticism of Presi-
dent Wilson until year and half after he
elected President. If he had stood by the honor
and the interest of the American people I would
have thrown up my hat for him and would have
supported him heart and soul l not merely kept
silent during the first g months or two years;
tried actively to support him. The only errors
have made in connection with Mr.. Wilson
due to incautousy accepting his statements and
supporting his policies in the effort to stand by
the President 1t with deep reluctance that
I was forced to the conclusion that the effort to
stand by him was incompatible with standing by
the interests of mankind and the honor Of this
nation.
Refuses Peace at Any Price.
"The supporters of Mr.. Wilson say that the
American people should vote for him because he
has kept us out of 1t is worth while to
remember that this is a claim that cannot be ad-
vanced either behalf of Washington of
Lincoln. Neither Washington nor Lincoln kept us
out of war. They Stunned unjust or wanton
reckless war. But they possessed that stern valor
of patriotism. which bado them put duty first not
safety first; which babe them accept rather
than an unrghtcOus and disastrous peace.
There were pcacc-at-any-prce in the days
of Washington. They the Tories There
were pcacc--at-any price men in the days of
Lincoln They were the Copperheads. The men
who with IilniA hnarts md in