Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21

NOlc upon lnc mountainous Oh IrcSl-
settled our troubles by negotiation
just as the President of the United
States is trying to do to-day.
"When Van Buren was President a
detachment OF Canadian militia, dur
ing the internal troubles in Canada,
boarded the United States ship Caro-
lima in the American waters OF Nj
| aga River, killed an American mem-
Der of the crew, fired the ship and
sent her adrift over Niagara Falls.
But we didn't go to war. Van
Buren, settled our troubles by nego-
tiation, just as the President OF the
when jefferson was Presiden
England seized hundreds of our ships
and Napoleon hundreds more.
when Adams was Presiden
France preyed upon our commerce.
! She extended her seizure, searches
and confiscations to the very waters
Of the United States themselves until
she had piled up in our State Depart
ment charges Of over 1900 violations
Of neutrality's law.
But we didn't 90 to war. Adams
settled our troubles by negotiation +,
| just as the President OF the United
States is trying to do to-day.
Han,
when Washington was President t
and, neutrality first declared, war
convulsed Europe, our ships dared
not put out to sea, commerce was
paralyZed and business depressed
American passengers and American
crews were thrown into prison and
deprived Of legal rights.
"But W didn't go to war. Wash
ington settled our troubles by nego-
tiation, just as the president Of the
United States is trying to do to-day.
Administrations Critics.
'Do the critics Of the present ad-
ministration believe that Lincoln
should have risked national disaster
by using the sword rather than the
pen in pressing the Alabama claims?
Are they willing to brand Grant as a
| coward because he kept us at peace
with Spain?
Chief Justice White, of the Uni
ted States Supreme Court, says this
| oi,-
est diplomatic victory Of the past
generation. MaXimilian Harden,
Germany's noted editor, says that
never once has this republic violated
its neutrality and Gilbert x. Ches-
terton, the famous English journal
| ist, says, 1T is the duty Of the Presi-
dent OF the United States to protect
the interests Of the people Of the
United States that he can't dip his
country into hell just to show the
world he has keen sense Of being
an individual saviour.
Doesn't Satisfy Swash Bmcklcrs.
"This policy may not satisfy those
| " uO itFcl Ill NeSlIuCllOH ana HHu
pleasure in despair. 1t may not sat
isfy the fre-eater or the swashbuck-
| Ter. But it does satisfy those who
worship at the altar Of the God of
Peace. 1t does satisfy the mothers
Of the land at whose hearth and fire.
side no jingoistic war has placed an
empty chair 1t does satisfy the
daughters of this land from whom
buster and brag has sent no loving
| brother to the dissolution Of the
grave. 1t does satisfy the fathers OF
this land and the sons Of this land
who will fight for our flag, and die
for our flag when reason primes the
rife, when honor draws the sword
when Justice breathes blessing on
the standards they uphold.
| Peace Our Greatness.
1--WE have built our greatness on
the resources Of nature and the
peaceful toll Of our people. The
ring of the anvil, not the rattle Of
the saber; the song Of the reaper
not the shrek OF the soldier; the
clatter OF the shuttle, not the crack
of the rifle, have won us the place we