The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-04-24
SPEECH OF EX-SEN. JOHN |.
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failed of it's immediate purpose, be-
cause of the lack of some concentrat-
ed power to protect the weak against
the strong. When this war is over it
will find great army commanded by
Gen. Foch which will represent all
the nations; it will find the council of
Versailles composed of the wisest
statesmen from all the nations. 1t was
Wilson which gave us this council
with an armed force to back it. Here
is the machinery developed by ne
cessity to hold fretful realm in
awe. The time has come when the ma
tions "shall meet in the parliament
of man the federation of the world"
In one hundred years from today
when the history of this war is being
written and the eyes Of men are not
dimmed by the carnage and smoke
of battle, it will be realized that this
action of Presi dent Wilson is the
most important in it's effect on the fu-
ture of mankind of any one thing
that has occurred since the crucific-
tlon of Christ. 1t was an inspiration
from on high, as much so, as any mes
Israel through the mouth of Moses or
Samuel. l look with dread on the eff
the midst of this great crisis will de-
prive us of the wisdom of our great
est prophet. We have with wonderful
adaptability broken the political dog
ma embraced in Washington's fare.
we'll address and the Monroe doctrine.
If this war goes on the wisest thing
that the people of the United States
can do is, for the time at least, to re-
fuse to be hampered by the custom of
not electing an executive for third
term. Woodrow Wilson was elected
the last time not by the Democratic
party but by the uprising of the peo-
pie which carried nearly every State.
l belleve that if the Democratic party
Will meet in it's national convention
and adopt a platform with Just one
single plank in it, Woodrow Wilson,
that the common sense Of the people
otthls country will assert itself as it
did In 1916 There is great deal of
truth in the saying "never swap hors-
es crossing a stream" Conscription is
becoming popular in this government.
President Wilson is conscripting our
boys to fight the Germans and think
we ought to conscript him to tell them
how to do it,
This war can only be won by
great statesman, combining the ideal
ism of Kerensky, with the prac-
tlcal wisdom of a Bismarck Our
school teacher president is filling this
role. He is something more than
president of these United States; he
is spokesman for Democracy the
world over. He is the only man to
whom all the nations listen. He will
be needed when the terms of peace
are to be settled, and we owe a duty
to the balance of the world. In every
great movement, the ideal of man is
always embodied in human form.
Woodrow Wilson is the embodi-
mcnt of Democracy, the Kaiser of
mllltarlsm, just as was Washington
OF the revolution and Luther of the
reformation.
There is no middle ground. The
eyes of the world are turned on Will
son as the exponent Of Democracy.
No man is to be trusted who talks
patriotism and in his heart hates
Wilson. He cannot strike Wilson and
not strike the cause for which he
stands. My friends, say let us make
the test in South Carolina. | am
willing to stand or fall with Woodrow
Wilson.
There has come down tie ages the
spectacle of Nero fiddling while Rome
was burning. Our men are dying on
the battle fields of France; the world
is on fire with a fever of lust and
hate. What do our petty personal and
factional politics amount to compared
with the great issues at stake. I
would rather die than remain safe at
home to take advantage of the situa-
tlon to make money or win cheap DO
lltlcal glory out Of the blood of our
youth and the sorrow of our land. No
man has a right to be governed by
personal hate or political ambition. In
times like these true man will rise
above it.-Sumter Item.
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