Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-03
THURSDAY. MARCH 3. 1921
WOODROW w tIstN' :

T. % only natural that in nearly all /
reviews Of tho notable administration
woodrow Wilson "a President OF
the United Statos. which comes 70 " +
ono At ,oon tomorrow. there will be
..,nd an irresistible inclination TO com
arc his personality. his official record /
and his accomplishments with those ot
~ two rnoat distinguished and honor"d
- his p,7rd,~ essnra. gorge Washington
aYd Abraham Lincoln. Tor these IVY" ,
or occnny much larger space IN tho
history Of our country than any other
~ it, honored sons the former by rea-
san of what he iii II give birth g the
,,,orican nation through the stress
,r5 turmoil md suffering q revolution,
and What ne iii as its ohief guide
,.o,nsol,or and CAPTAIN when 4 took is
frat fcebic and uncertain at"p" into
ill., aeld ~ World Powers. and the
after for hts amazing success IN meet
H. mo Nations grayest crisi@ that
the cvn War and avert'ng the
threatened dissolution = thr Federal
n,on = states
Washington and Lincoln sre e.
.ured fot MI time 10 com" g The places
r. honor and distinction they haze
org held Yet each. in his time was
he object II hitter calumniation. r
partisen Misrepresentation. sni oi
malignant edorts to discredt his most
unselrish and patriotic performances
for IN. benefit of the people and the
countrv. waahinston lived long
ano,sh after his retirement from the
,>re,idencv 10 witness = substdence of
the wave of malignant partisanship
that rousht to srnirvh hts splendid pub
Iic service and dim the glory 81 bis rec
ord. and had the plea sure and salts
faction Of looking upon the discond-
t,Ire OF his partisan enen7las and The
overwhelming ~ their poisoned invcotive
bv the great wave of popular onth"si-
ASH. appreciation and favor tha+ b'o*@ed
ana enriched the evening q h'e ife
Lincoln had triumphed over HE partisan
tradrcers IN the test q an appeal y
hts fe!low-rftfzens that resulted n his
,o-eIectfon. hat they were stiH oNerttrs
,b,.r powers ~ evil 70 bring rcp-oach
aud failure upon hm Whom ne hand Of
tho crazed ASSASSIN aid him low Then
the halo oe the martyrs crown cast
about him a vcsture Of glory that the
shafts oe malice could not have pen
Grated had they been hurled and only
the voice az sorrow and the wall ot
,ao,rrirs we're heard throughout the
lard Hor was II long before the rc-
,raachee that had beou cast upon him
vf5lo ~ was is ne vere d5sQelIea and
tho truths x history revealed 70 all
.ae world h.s ability his prescience
and .aaetere1i comprehension " the
rations ore trouble ard the needed
remedies that he alone foresaw. Since
then his place IN history has been Sc
cIre-in some respects that Of the
greatest of our Presidents.
As il Is given to MIR. Wilson To step
from highest political station in the
world into the ranks Of private cit-
zenship. his situation will rot compare
with that Of the lamented Lincoln but
is largely akin 10 that Of George
Washington when he set aside the hon
ors Of high official station 70 seek re
pose and recreation among the allurine
precincts Of his Mount Vernon home
A. the rnnledictions OF hatred, envy anc
partisan rrlaMgnity mingled with the
warm congratulations % persona
friends and the enthusiasts plaudits q
the people when washington retired
from Office. 30 VIII this mixture ~ evi
and good fall upon the .ehrs Of Woodrow
Wilson today and for some time 4
come. And II may with conndenc,
be predicted that as quickly as the Sian
ders Of malice Were shattered IN th'
time Of Washington. and his eminen
services and brilliant achievements rec
osnized by all. SO viii II Be win Mr.
wilson.
II is not possible at this time, Or Il
the limited space Of ordinary news
paper consideration 70 present a re
vealing picture Of Mr.. Wilson as presi
dent or OF the great work nc performed
Perhaps one Of its most conspicuou
features will be that his administra ttor
one Of the most notably brilliant an
successful in oil our country's history
was the product Of a mind that pre-
viously had been subjected 70 very Iittl
training IN the ACTUAL experience n pull
Hc station As student ~ history. a