The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-17
AS THIS EDITOR SEES 1T

This column has been sticking its neck out good deal
recently in regard to certain political matters Recently
have refused to accept claims of the Republican campaign
and have not accepted General Esenhowers appraisal of
his own miracle working powers should he become Pres
dent appraised the speech of Senator Nixon nothing
but planned scheme to emotional jag among
the thoughtess which would obscure the real point which
he skuy lodged Before that took much stock
the hue and cry against President Truman which
ed degree of vndicveness vulgarty and ignorant vic
ousness equaled in history only by similar campaigns
against Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson in their
time For this have doubt been by many considered
small time pig headed partisan who thought party to
be perfect and the other be devish style
for many newspapers to have express opinions that
would not like for my friends who have long read this
column to feel that way about will the opportunity
of saying few words in explanation, not in apology.
have been active public affairs since
the first issue of this appeared February g. 1894
The paper was born in tumultuous political time.
say modesty of these past fy-eght years. some
else said: All of which and some of which was"
have the North Carolina and the world transformed
have espoused from the very beginning every
tended to widen the opportunity of the the people
in health education agriculture industry and public and
social welfare have wished all this to do much
coored people for the white people, have
of these initiated by the leadership the Repub
party in state nation these years have not
only followed such activity and made such observanc
have studied the political history the country to try to
find out why this is true.
cheerfuly admit th.t among the earlier influences
that pressed upon were Mlets picture of the MAN
With the Hoe and Edwin Markhams poem the laborer
Bowed with the weight of centuries his back my
of centuries And then studied for years every chapter
verse of Progress and Poverty that first moral ndict
ment in this country not only of what ancient injustice had
done to the common but what modern progress
repeating And studied the of Andrew Jackson who
the first president of the United States the
idea that something should be done for who with
their hands And notwithstanding the tragedy of the
which seemed to make him enemy enshrned Abraham
Lincoln IN my heart as one OF the worlds greatest demo-
Gratis And when Woodrow Wilson came along and again
cleared the air. gave him my utmost devotion Jackson
an arisocrat by nature democrat by conviction Lincoln
by nature humble arisocrat in sense and HUI
man sympathy; Woodrow Wilson, intellectual arstocrat
turning his intellect to the service of and humanity
am not ashamed of the company have kept
And having kept such company through the years
not easily impressed with the fyby- might political
pagns which come and CO. confuse and msgude the peo
and obscure fundamental facts ignore the teaching of
history sobsster the public and drown goodwill
in of frvoties for moment deluded by
the advocates of socialism and crying out in my lin
tied field against the savage yrrany and fasy of
nism from its very beginning AS to corruption govern
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