The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-11-08

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Human progress exists only under
the outspread wings Of the angel Of
peace, and MIR. Wilson has kept your
peace with honor to yourselves, your
wives and children. So it is quite APP
propo that his name should be pro-
posed. | could take more than the
time we have to speak of Mr.. Wilson's
achievements, as Governor of New
jersey, as President of the United
States. | might dwell on those acts of
domestic Importance. | might dwell
upon his diplomatic eXertions which
have resulted in keeping your peace,
my, peace, our peace.
The Bible says, BLESSED is the
peacemaker, for he shall see God"
/ There is more in that phrase than we
see when given perfunctorily from the
pulpit / want you to follow me in
this picture l will not draw it, but
try to give you mental picture. Cast
your eye upon Servia. She was in
vaded because half-crazy man as
sassinated a grand duke. Then, cast
your eyes upon Poland, the fair land
of Poland. Through no fault of her
or her people. lands were devastated
! from both sides by all the armies.
Then, saddest Of all, Belgium. No
body even pretends that she gave any
provocation to anyone. Her lands
have been plowed with shells, her uni
versities and schools closed, the
priests driven away from the church
es; all because she lay between two
powers geographically, these powers
that were at war. Then, South of us,
in Mexico, these people densely igno-
rant, then picture her. And here saw
ings banks full, all people employed
and people in contentment more than
any other period in this country Just
as long as that picture is remembered
so long will Mr.. Wilson be remember
ed trust he will be. A brave man
does not mind being called a coward
provided he knows he is not one, and
yet, the man who has been keeping
your peace has been charged by inn
pulsive Armageddons with being pu-
silanimous and that he has wasted too
much black in on white paper, when
he should have wasted red blood upon
brown soil, | suppose. And these same
persons charge him with taking Con-
gress by the nose and leading them.
He is one of the few leaders we have
had in the White House. (Applause.)
America has never had too many
leaders. They have had too many
bosses, | know. But the real leader
is the man who persuades mems
judgment and their will; that sort of
a man was Washington, jefferson was,
Abraham Lincoln was, our own L. Q.
c. Lamar was, In fact, a leader is
one who hears not leads. He who
keeps his ear close to the ground, and
then tries to do that which will please
all Of you generally winds up by
pleasing not any very great number
of you. once told man that almost
any man had conscience enough and
common sense enough to find out what
was right and then do it, and If he
had sense enough to get the people to
see it, that constitutes leader. !
then told him that God never made a
man with sense enough to see what
would be popular, And / told him
that was his province, because he
dares not do what he thinks is right,
but seeks to do what you want him to
do. We have had a few leaders,
twelve to fourteen, or twenty Of them.
Woodrow Wilson is one Of them. He
has acted without regard to the popu-
larity, And he knew that If he was
right and had brains enough to ex-
plain it to the people the people had
brains enough to understand 1t. That
ia what constitutes a leader.
| can see in the future good roads,
in the future asphalt, brick, macadam,
and what-not, and | can see the chill
dyen saving Woodrow Wilson institut-
ed that. can see that they have the
Federal Reserve Bank system; get
ting away from fixed indebtedness
and contraction, adapting itself to
contracting business, and it now auto
matically expands to and automatical-
lv contracts with the depressions. You
haven't known you moved cotton
crop this year or last. 1t is the first
time you have had it moved that you
did not notice a contraction of the cur
rency. can see the farmer boys put
up houses, barns, tile drainage on the
money they borrowed on forty years
time, with the amortization of inter-
est. so that they could pay it up prin-
cipal and interest with half payments
that would not amount to interest
now
| am not going to keep you here to
tell you the various things that Mr..
ur;,son has done. | might dwell on A