The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-10-25

First. the vibrations Of the air
waves have scarcely died out on
Mr.. Nixon's words that John
Kennedy's and my goals are the
same. though he qualified the
statement by saying the means
of reaching the goals are differ
ent. The nub of that remark.
however. unless Mr.. Nixon has
changed his mind, is the state
ment that Nixon and Kennedy
goals are the same.
Mr.. Nixon had the colossal af-
frOntery in Richmond to attempt
to peddle his own brand, the Re-
publican brand, of what is good
for Virginia and the South.
Let's see what the Republican
party has done for Virginia and
the South.
Though Alexander Hamilton,
who collaborated with Madison
on the Federalist and became
George Washington's first treas
urer of the United States, was not
technically a Republican, he is
credited with founding the Fed
eralist party, the basic concept
of which was strong central gov
eminent as contrasted to the
states rights theology promul-
gated at that time by Thomas
Jefferson.
Mr.. Hamilton, who up until re-
Gently was the almost hallowed
patron-saint of the Republican
party, which largely based its in
itial program in 1856 and after
wards on Hamilton's Federalist
concept. was political anathema
to Thomas Jefferson as was JEFF
ferson to Hamilton.
Let us examine the record of
the contribution Of Mr.. Nixon s
party to Virginia and the South.
It was the Republican party
that gave the South the Cicil
War.
1t was the Republican party
that gave the South that tragic
era, Reconstruction days.
1t was the Republican party
that treated the South for some
fifty years thereafter as a de-
feated nation.
It was the Republican party
that gave the South and the ma
ton the evils of the Smith-Hoover
campaign in 1923.
It was the Republican party
that gave the South and the ma
ton Mr.. Hoover and the Great
Depression.
| 1t was the Republican party
that ordered federal troops to fire
on the Bonus Marchers in Wash
ington. Not only were they
Americans, but many of them
had fought and bled for this ma
\ ton.
1t was the Republican party
that has given the South and the
nation the Eisenhower Admins
tration which has left this coun
try with rapidly diminishing glob
al prestige ard an administration
apparently impervious to nationa
insult.
President Eisenhower recently
acclaimed Mr.. Nixon as taking
major part in policy making il
the current Republican admins
tration. How can Mr.. Nixon di
vorce himself from Mr.. Warren!
appointment as Chief Justice o
the Supreme Court of the United
States. Justice Warren is said t,
have been largely responsible fol
the May. 1854 desegregation de
cision. We heard no states right!
then from Mr.. Nixon and his Re
publican administration which
saw that decision stun the people
of Virginia and the South. W.
saw no advocacy Of states right!
by Republican Nixon on thu
events leading up to and during
Little Rock when Federal troop!
were ordered by a Republican
president to bayonet or fire OF
their own people.
But the Republican party gave
even more than that. Mr.. Nixor
is quoted as saying the curren
Republican Platform is based OF
principles of Jefferson and Viii
son, who often are cited by Vir
ginia Democrats as being wha
they stand for.
Now who was that Wilson? HI
was Woodrow Wilson, Demo
cratic president of the United
States from 1912 to 1920, whose
flaming spirit for freedom Of the
peoples of the globe carried him
to unprecedented heights of ad.
miration throughout the known
world. It was he who by his in
spired leadership organized the
League of Nations. What happen
ed to the League of Nations? The
grandfather of the man whom
the television audience saw af-
fectionately embraced by Rich
ard Nixon at the recent Chicago
Republican convention was the
Senator from Massachusetts in
1920 who crucified President Will
son and his League of Nations.
He was Henry Cabot Lodge, ST.,
Mr.. Republican Of his day; the
leader of that little band Of will
full men who torpedoed the
League of Nations and possibly
fastened Woodrow Wilson'S de-