Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-09
HARDING'S CREEE

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people who arc willing 10 work to have
brea d1"
Does not physical isolation mean
moral ISOLATION The acceptance Of the
creed of the Senatorial candidate Is little
less than notice to America To cloee our
churches, our schools and our universities,
10 think only Of self, to deny the soul any
right In future determination.
sconp.s POLICY or fELrfsHnEss.
'To reach such n gospel OF selfish.
ness is an offense to the deccncy OF
America. Such a proclamation OF pro-
vincalism il little short of treason to our
tradition. Tho spirits OF the just men
made perfect, our pilgrim fathers, who
thought they were building on this CON
tinent n country dedicated to the practicc
of the principles of religion, must have
turned in their graves. II our nation were
to heed the pagan oounsels OF the reac-
tionary candidate, we might as wen con
fess ourselves a pagan people, whose only
God is Beelzebub. On us would be the
mark of Cain. who was driven out of
the Garden Of God be ecauae he denied any
moral obligation or social responsibility
Arc we to substitute the creed of Cam for
The creed of Christi The Founder pf
Christianity preached The doctrine OF
mutual service, affirming the duty the
strong owes to the weak and the duty that
those who are happy and prosperous owe TO
those who are sad and 10 those who
suffer.
'If we were 10 heed the preachment
Of the Prophet Of Marion, we might
Just as wei make our Declaration OF
Independence q scrap d paper, We
might Just NJ wei burn all our great
Americans, past and present, m. eihgy:
we might just as well close the doors Of
all our universities; we might Just - well
make n bonfire of our Bibles and tear
down our family altaTs We might Just rs
well begin now to train orr future citizens
10 believe that greatest among MS are
thoee who recognize eelfshness rather
than service rs the creed Of America.
WONDER WHAT TAFT Wilt SAY.
II am curious to see what ex-presi-
dent Taft now viii say about II all. In
the face Of open prom ouncements ~ the
Senatorial candidate to Senators Johnson
and Borah. ex-preaident Taft has attempt
ed tn persuade the friends Of the league
that hia candidate after all viii be all right.
Now let us anaIyze that. We have the
definite statement of the Senatorial candi-
date that he n against the league now in
any form. regardless Of anv kind of reserva-
tions. Are we tn understand that IN the
fnce of those public avowals. Judge TAFT =
candidate IL giving him an entirely
different assurance II that be true, can
Judge Taft worthiiy continue part ot the
conspiracy Of deceit? He owes much tn
the American people They have con-
f-rred upon him the greatest honor with
in the gift of the people. In common gTatl-
tide. m common. good faith and IN Self
resneet he should tell IN front a the
curtain what il going On behind. THIS IS
no time for assembling
Tho Democratic candidate brought
from his great audience last night deep
and avmuathetie roar of approval by .
feeling tribute he paid % President Wilson
He called attention 10 MIR HardiBg's be.
lated admission that the League of Ma
tlons has no right 70 declare war, ~ was
asserted by the President. lie char
aeterired as equally untrue the latter :
statement that the President would not
let the senate dot an Il or cross ! u
| the peace treaty.
How unfair that = 90 the stricken
man IN the White House, said Governor
| Cox Their malignant spite was directed
! at him from the very day he WAS stricken
W Hfn ! HtAF3i bY Afst AtCN AAe@att
weeks ago | realized that he was the VIC.
/ tim of the war as much as any wounded
soldier in any hospital 10 America.
The governor then eIted the President
/ letter 10 senator Hitchcock instancinf
/ his acceptonce If the FIVE reservations
proposed bv the Nebraska senator, g.
| tahlishing the incorrectness Of the chargs
made by Senator Harding.
is WARMLY RECEIVED.
Governor Cox devoted most Of his az
I trntinn to an explanation ard champion
/ ship Of the international aspects of tbs
| roftical contest in al Of the speeches
/ he made while iourneying from Nasii-
vile To Louisville He was IN splendid
| form and was accorded fattering recep-
/ tions everywhere.
The title of White Hope Of Southern
! Womanhood. Z conferred on him yesterday
at another Kentucky town, was so called
/ at him 81 one or two places betweef
/ Paduach and Louisville, showing that
news travels rapidly even IN the heIltuekJ
/ tobacco belt The governor talked 70 10
| cal clubs of new women voteTs-al
| whites at one or two Of the towns.
At Princeton, a white-halred woman
who told hun her son had been crippled
for life. added to the information tina
| mo Kentucky woman viii vote agalns
| the League Of Nations 4 PresbyterlaI
| clergyman at one of the small towns tol'
/ the candidate that ne had poiled IN