Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-02-13

ton for the purpose of expressing 'i'e . -. ~.
trolling IN any other manner the'r ues,ihy' ~ 49,,
sEut1,nean po,yer IN any other light than as the
apifestatior OF mn unfr iendly disposition toward
the United States 4epsl4l1,..3. ,,,ia l.,
TheIpromtnence given the Farewell, Address IN
this public discussion of the treaty snouiu' MY MY
ever, surprise no one.u Examination OF american can
state papers shows that Washington's pohcy mas
figured largely in many periods Of our history and
often IN connection with the Monroe Doctrine. =
President Grover cleveland said: -
+. SIT Is the policy Of pence suitable TO our IN
: terests. ut is the only policy of Monroe and OF
Washington and Jefferson; = eaeecommerce' ana
honest friendship with all nations; entanging 81
X President Wilson was In full accord. with
. Grover Ceveland-that there was no change OF
conditions justifying our abandonment or the
policy OF ''non-interventon" when, in his speech
in Washington, on May 16. 1914. he said at the
dedication Of the monument Of Commodore John
Barry :--- ~ bpsUea gsga. s.ls sis44 >. ,tsaas
'sThere are just as vital things stirring now that
concern the existence Of the nation as were stir
ring then--tC w.t. in Washingt0n's time-and
every man wlse-sEap.hily. stands In this. prsence
should examine himself and see whether he has
the fun conception q what u rieahs. Amerisa
should 'lvef; her own life HSyaehlngton saw At,
when he wrote his Farewell Address
In this nationwide debate, George, Washington
has received many an el6duebt s4pteeht ion-t ops,
Of the finest was contained In an address by SEN
ator Borah of Idaho on the treaty In, the senate
in November of 1919. He said, Arn6ng oti1er
things:
u what is the test of craftsmanship 4 Iskit che
formation Of theories, the ufferance OF abstract
and ncontrovertble truths, or is 1t, the capacity
b and the power give ID b people that cpnfret4
thing called liberty, that vital and Indispensable
thngsin human happiness called free Institutions:
and to establish all and above all the blessed
and etenialr reign of order and, law3l 1ss. a., I
~ sIf this be the test, where shall we find an
other whose name is entitled to be written beside
the name Of Washington? His judgment and pose
In the hour of turmoil and peril his courage and
vision In times of adversely, his firm grasp Of
fundamental prnc!pes,l his .a4,9st Inspired power
to penetrate the future and read there the result
the effect Of policies, have never beef exceedt If
equaled, by any of the worlds commonwealth
2 builders Ssettt. l11iiftiI IL Ss&4
'1tefiect for moment over 5hisi achievements
He led the Revolutionary Army to. victory. lie
was the very first to suggest union instead of a
s confederacy He presided oyer and counseied With
great wsti0m the convention which framed the
Constitution He guided thesgQsernpent through
its first perilous years. B saseidi9Ats sahl stat
1billty and honor to that which was looked upon
by the world as passing eSpern4ert and finally
as his own peculihf INT fe6iaf contrlb6tf0f I'd
tile happiness q bis cQuntgymen and 70 tha4 calsa
of the Republic. he gave us his great foreign pol
Icy under which we have lived and prospered and
strengthened for nearly century and a bali"