Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-07
WORTH CONSIDERING.

t60N HE surest way TO arrest stop the rot Of ma
i tonal character which has been going for
the past three years is to put the chief contributor to
it out of Office" declares DR. Langdon s. Stewardson,
in one Of the severest and truest indictments Of Mr..
Wilson made public since that gentleman became a
minority President.
DR.. Stewardson was born in Georgia, educated in
Philadelphia and passed through the universities Of
Leipsig, Tubingen. and Berlin, Germany. He for
years Episcopal rector professor Of philosophy at
Lehgh University and president of Hobart College.
In 1912 he was for the election OF Woodrow Wilson.
but he is against him. When man Of such peace
full pursuits spurred to militancy by the spneess
policies Of the Great vacllaor his opinions are worth
considering. DR.. stowardson says
"The time has come, in my judgment, when 1t Is
the duty Of every American who believes in demo
cratic institutions and the principles which inhabt
inspire them to register his solemn protest against
the conduct OF Woodrow Wilson and to do what in
him lies to prevent his reelection.
His foreign policy has been weak vacillating and
pernicious without cr!ticzing this policy in detail
it may be briefly summarized policy which, in
every critical emergency has been policy Of sur
render So long words alone we're required the
smooth and polished periods OF the President Hooded
the country and ran all the world. but when the
action Of a man needed none was forthcoming
When deeds not phrases were demanded the admins
ration at once surrendered To surrendered at Vera
Cruz; IL surrendered when Bemstorh publicly pro
claimed in the New York Sun that severence OF dipo-
matte relations with Germany meant war, and it has
now once more surrendered to the brotherhoods
"The effect Of all these moral capitulations has
been TO undermine the manliness the courage and
the self respect Of this nation Above everything else
the country needed these trying times the tonic OF
moral leadership Such leadership II has never mad
from Woodrow Wilson We have submitted to the
Instania we have submitted to Bernstorh we have
submitted to the brotherhoods, and we have done 1t
all that the people Of the land might eat bread with
out scarceness trade and play without hndrance
and with the added conviction that this gnoble role OF
palterng paci6cism fulfilled the whole duty OF man.
Hence moral deterioration is everywhere. Coarse
self-nterest and love Of material comfort are almost
universally triumphant patriotism and the heroic
quality OF sacrifice The faith that anyone is intent
upon anything beyond his political or financial
fortunes is practically gone. The country has been
counseed to cultivate cold blooded neutrality in the
face OF the beases crimes the world has ever seen
and has furthermore been advised that with the causes
and results Of these atrocities have no earthly con-
Germ In short, we have been instructed to play for
safety and our own bank account, to have no convc-
tons that would bring into conflict with any beig-
erent power and be ready to gather in the dollars
and the trade of all contestants. In such an amos-
phere as this the of national honor is sthed"