The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-06-02
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Treaty and the League of Nations
while another man will as readily con
denim Mr.. Lodge because he insists
that there shall be reservations to the
Treaty and the League Of Nations.
The truth of the matter is that both
Lodge and Wilson are playing party
politics and a certain amount of per
sonal pride and narrowness influences
both Of these distinguished gentlemen.
The Lodge reservations are nothing
more nor less than well known con
stitutional principles, which have been
established in the United States since
the enactment Of the Constitution, and
these principles will continue TO be Il
part Of our constitutional history.
whether they are rc-cnactcd us rescl'-
V@tionS TO the Treaty ana the League
OF Nations or not. The Lodge rcscr-
vations are both entirely unnecessary
and at the same time are entirely
harmless, G-,2.@2 said reservations
are already part Of the Constitution
which Is of more paramount impor-
tancc than any League Of Nations
WilSon does not object to the Lodge
t.scrWatiOns, if Lodge will let Wilson
put the reservations in Wiisonan
rhetoric, but Lodge of course prefers
his own rhetoric. The difference be
tween Wilson and Lodge remind me of
an experience OF mine during my
career at the University. The head
the history department instructed
me to prepare thesis upon some sub
lcct, which il immatCrial, ami some
where IN this thesis, ] had occasion to
use the expression, THE cat jumped
over thc fence Now, this Oh teach
er of mine was Il very lcar.;el man,
bat at the same time, a sticEicr for
the letter Of the law, and he very ind
ly told me that my thesis was GOOD
one, h"t IN lieu Of stating. The cat
iDmpc! over the fence" shout have
stated that the fence was jumped
over by the cat
writing to some Of his fellow Saints,
advised them not to become stickicrs
for the letter Of the law, because the
letter Of the law killcth, but the spirit
maketh alive. 1t should become plain
/ to every intelligent voter that both
Wilson and Lodge are sticklcrs for
the letter of the law and it should be
equally plain that both Wilson and
Lodge have thus far killed the Treaty
and the League of Nations.
When You come to think Of it. all
Christian denominations were inau-
guratcd and are now maintained by
numerous good people who are moth
ING more ror less than Sticklcrs for
Tor the letter Of the law, because it
is a well known fact that Jesus was
neither Methodist, Baptist, Prcsby-
terrain, Episcopal or Roman Catholic
Throughout the world, one eternal
purpose runs, and right makes prog
reSs from sun to sun, and the Treaty
and the League of Nations will be rati-
fled by the people of the United States,
despite the sticking for the letter Of
the Jaw by both Wilson and Lodge.
Lodge of course wishes to catch a
number Of votes with his blanket res
crVations, by pretending to Amcri-
canizc the Treaty and the League of
Nations, whereas all Of said rcserva-
tions are already in the Constitution,
while Wilson wishes to be renominat-
ed for the Presidency and at the same
time catch q number of votes, by pre-
tending to save the Treaty and the
League Of Nations for the benefit of