The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-01-08
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GOVERNOR MANNING'S ANNUAL
MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE
The Suffrage Question.

In my judgment Ine question: VI 81 Oh
ing the suffrage to women is one that
should be under the jurisdiction OF the
States, and not the federal government.
The right of the State to regulate the
suffrage is a fundamental principle OF
local self-government, and the State OF
Soutb Carolina should reserve this right
| to herself.
Let US turn now to the war. do so
, with a full heart, and I know that, with
out any word from me, the war presses
! upon your thoughts night and day. II
| is not my purpose to recount at length
| the reasons for our entrance into IT,
They have been given clearly by our
great and trusted president.
Each State must do it's share IN the
| unifcation of the nation, and 80 II Is
| proper for me now to place this subject
before you, as the law-making BODY OF
South Carolina, to the end that we may
do with a clear understanding what
conceive to be our duty in placing this
State and each county and township
upon war footing.
+ Our country endured much and en-
dured it for a long time before taxing
ND the challenge so often and so wan
tonlv flung in her face. We were chal-
| lenged on the high seas by the destruc-
ticn of our ships and the cruel, mercl,
/! less slaughter of our men, women ana
children; we were challenged abroad %
assaults and indignities to our diplomats
and consuls; we were challenged at home
by the secret, malevolent agents OF me
ambassadors Of Germany and Austria
But the challenge that moved us most,
the one we have taken up without re-
serve, was the challenge that Germany
has thrown at the whole world. we
are not fighting for some small Indlvla-
ual advantage; there is no such aoVan-
tage conceivable that would be worth
the cost. But, as President Wilson mas
said with force and directness, we tight
to make the world safe for democracy.
Weighing CAREFUL every word, but
remembering the horrible atrocities III
BELGIUM, Poland, Servia and Northern
France, say, too, that we fight to make
the world safe for self-respecting and
honorable men and women, for L can
not see how under victorious Germany
free people, who respect themselves and
each other and live under Christian
code of ethics, could find decent place
to live.
It is for these things and for these
neoples that our sons have gone forth
to the war, which is now more than
three yca4s old. Our men know lts
r.o-,n. is .,,acnitude and its overWhelm-
ino hardships and horrors; and we know
thai with unspeakable pride and courage
thc7-thc volunteers and selected men
have come forward as champions select,
ed to do battle for us. Having. counted
the cost, they have pledged themselves
to service and row they wais, w&-ch-H>|ss
eagerly day after day for their orders
to "proceed overseas" Day after Day
in small ships and large ships, in ships
taken from our enemies and IN ships
built by us with urgent speed, our SOL
diers and sailors 60 to form a vital part
of the mightiest army for the greatest
cause the world has ever known. III
our soldiers and those of our allies lie
the safety of the world and the preserva-
ton of our ideals Of freedom, hoerty
and righteousness. Theirs is the great
adventure, their is the supreme sacrl-
fee. which are denied to us by age, per-
haps by infrmity, by lack of training,
by civil position or by circumstance
Yet these very reasons make our oDn-
cation the stronger, and we, you and L,
are bound to increasing effort, to IN
creasing thought by words boldly spoken
and to increasing action by resolution
and self-effacement. We must see that
they are properly fed and equipped, and
hold up their hands to strengthen their
arms while they fight. We must put
their home thoughts at rest. 1t IS Tor
this and this only that we are extempt-
ca. Permit me to say that l aim con-
scientious objector to. any other e1'
emption.
The heavy task that confronts us calls
for the united strength of our country
and it's enormous resources thai must 60
for the joint support of the armies OF
our allies and of ourselves. But these
resources, as we'll as our modes OF
thought and living, have been developed
through fifty years of almost unbroken
peace. We are not "too fat to fight
and the battle we are now fighting we
will win.
The immediate task before US, who are
the body corporate of the State, and be:
! fore similar bodies in other States, and
| before the national congress, is to. give
this spirit definite expression by con-
verting these stores of great wealth
from their accustomed channels and
! turning them to martial purposes. Con
! dicting interests must be brought TO-
| gether and the competitions which we
! once encouraged as the life of peaceful
trade must become friendly rivalries in
order that the greatest good may come
TO the cause of America and her allies.
The necessity is absolute and vital; the
task is gigantic, but it is definite. There
,nrst not be moment lost in taking
steps towards its .fulfllment, and SO
We must start now and make no halt
lntil orr goal is reached.
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