The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-05-20

, the one an attractive an interesting
companion, the other the creature O
an iron self-disciplne, made uecessar,
that he might live at all and discharg
the duties imposed upon him by hi
oath of office which oath to him mean
constant and unfalterirG service.
How well do we remember how keen
ly he felt personally responsible fo
every soldier he sent to France. Thu
thought drove him relentlessly in com
plete self-effacement. What The
American soldiers were doing at the
front appealed to him as so wonder
fully fine, SO shot through with the
splendor Of sacrifice. that to him the
Stacker at home Or ABROAD was the vilest
traitor
He was Outward strength and inward
gentleman. He has distinction and
dignity. He has never represented
what is cheap and crude in American
life, but always what is highest and
best.
No other man in the world today is
such a master of English prose, so
skillful in the art of presenting his
ideas, ideals, hopes, arguments and
reasons as is President Wilson, but he
has no gift or inclination to dramatize
events with which he was connected.
He can express what he thinks, but
not what he did in its heroic aspects as
could Roosevelt. When he returned
from Paris, it was suggested that he
''werm up Bit on what he DID and
WHY. He Indignantly refused to
Capitalize his deeds He has pre-
sented the exact results, the hopes,
he idealism, the full meaning of the
Peace Conference, but the American
people have not visualized the heroic
struggle of our great President to
the American idea of disinter-
.sted service for human liberty as
lgainst the jealous and selfish ambitions
# European leaders and peoples. He
lad to fight every step of the way, not
WITH, but AGAINST the other three
members of the "Big Four" Their
'urpose was for conquest, his for JUS
ice and democracy. England clamored
or colonial expansion and commercial
dvantage; France made extreme de-
hands for the expansions Of her terri |
orv; Italy to control the Adriatic-all |
nited in a struggle against our Presl-
ent for annexations, contributions,
nd punitive damag g. Wilson was
he worker, the investigator, the mi !
iator, the leader, the towering person.
ity in the Conference. sHe was the
ne hope of the smaller nations of the
7orld and well did he fight eheir battles.
lie was the friend of the Weak, the
and the poor, the confidant
nd advisor of priest and preacher,
Missionary and martyr, whose mes
engers swarmed about him, their idol,
berator and savior. He literally GAVE
very ounce Of his physical energy to
1eir cause. To these burdens were
a6ed the murderous assaults of raven
lg wolves at home that bounded him
very step of the way in their envenom-
] efforts to discredit him and destroy
IS influence at the Peace Conference
hame upon men in high places in our
vn country who fail utterly to repre-
mt America!
The President, to his credit as the
ternational situation was most deli ;
tie, kept these facts from the press {
lring the Conference and he has never
cited or dramatized them in his own
,fense; nor could he be induced to do l
i. If the American people could
EE and FEEL the details of that
anna, Woodrow Wilson's traducers ,
ould be swept from the earth and his h
'sition would instantly become what a
certainly will be in the years to !
of martyr hero who gave 9
for his country and democracy.
MS great-hearted, proud-spirited pa N
lot, sick and lonely In the White
ouse, chooses rather to suffer in >
ence. firm in the faith that right and N
stice will prevail. Such man not O
ly symbolizes the spirit Of '61 refect-
: the glories of Stonewall Jackson
d Robert e. Lee. but expresses the .
lendor of this day in sacrifice and
rvice.
The man who moves smoothly and
silly through life, making few enc.
es, rarely rises to high station Men
10 serve their country fearlessly and
, really effective are the men who
, most vieiously assaulted, vilifed
4 DETAINED.
Washington was indicted by the
and Jury at Fairfax, Va, for not
rking the road, and for failing to
,ort all his property for taxation.
was charged with being treacherous,
lceited, bigoted, cold, hard to ap-
zach. an autocrat who ought to be :
peached. The Clerk of the House
lrged that Washington overdrew his
ary in defiance of law and stole
so from the Government. He was
Irged with defying the people and r.
ng false to his Government, and -
ally with being a murderer. A year ~
:ore Washington's retirement, Con- =.
IS refused to adjourn on his birth -
7 for half an hour, in order to pay =,
ir respects to him, which had been Z II
custom up to that time. Senator =,
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