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V * V' € ■ Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 21, 1954 COMMENT ON MEN AND THINGS By The Spectator or twice. ) He does very well against speed artists, but he fans on the cuTves. And it’s the curve pitchers he must watch — those men who throw!'that twisters -that don’t come across the plate. power and sails, was the type to college in ( 1926 and shortly ^after- whom nature gave the laurels of, ward*’went to Barzil for five years success. Seme have felt that in of educational work under the For- primitive civilizations, the reason eign Mission Board of the Presby- the warm countries were al ways on the top was the fact that without proper fire, - clothing and housing, civilization could not ex- h6 ro- terian church, United States, returned to Peace college as fessor of Bible in 1932. The tragic accident took place dn 1st in^the colder areas of the world, highway 264 e»t of Wilson, N. C„ Be 7that as it may, we saw the when Miss Steele's automobile was center of power shift westward ta i n collision with a bul What think you of President Eis- -enhower? We’ve had him a year. Any general estimate. of this Na- t:onal Administratipn will show quite a bit of confusion. The Presi dent has ideas and ideals, but he; wavers sometimes in applying | ?hem. That is to be expected in Ih-s time of pressure*. Only a tuper-man can drive ahead in a, straight line when so many opin-, iers are twisted and tangled. We are becoming, or have be come, a Nation of special interests. This time it isn’t Wall Street or ether financial group*; they have been given a back se*t, although semeone howls about Wall Streetj re-w an dthen. The special interest which are always up in arms and lighting are various organizations r4 all kinds, creeds, colors'and f>PO- gjrams. Probably all mean well 'ard probably all do good in some measure. However, they are full of real and crusading spirit and com mand a lot of attention and consid eration. President Eisenhower is inviting vpposition needlessly, at times. It cannot be doubted that he will em broil this Nation in difficulties at ( V-iinc that will remind the world of t England’s years of strife with Ire-, jianri.. ^ 3f President Eisenhower had not fallen under the influence of some fanatics the racial problem would not have become so alarming. If he had read the Constitution of the L’mted States with historical per- ‘pective he would have seen the States have' vast reserved powers. 1 repeat that: the vast rseerved powers. are not inherent powebs of the National Government, but re. served powers of the States. Let .me quote what I refer to: "The powers not delegated to the Unic-td States by the Constitution, ro prohibited, by it to the States, :.is reserved to the States respec- iivelyvor to the people.” It is a rule of interpretation, -her^fore a' rule of law, that any rt-triction on the powers - of the, States must be. closely, strictly con strued. . for the States volunarily -nrrenderca cerain powers in order 'e forrg the Nation.——*- ■ - ---■ -; And the States tried to say clear ly ’what powers they conferred on the National Government.’ Then the States, on thinking it- over, adopted an amendment which I have quot ed, in which they clearly reserve to themselves all the powers not granted by them to the Nation. Unfortunately, we have adopted the idea that the'‘Supreme Court .t’an make the law, for if the Su-, pi erne Court may turn and twist ebviou.s piovisions of the Consti tution then the Supreme Coiht is making a Constitution. Frankly we n^ed a check on the Supreme Court, or we may find ourselves' pilgrims in ,a foreign land, by edict' cf a court. The Supreme Court itself, in 1911, said: "Among the powers ofj the State not surrendered—which] power therefore remains with thej State—is the power to so regulate the relative rights and duties of all w:thin its jurisdiction as to guard ♦he public morals, the^ublic safety s-nd the public, health, as well as to, promote the public convenience and the common good.” - Some suits before the Supreme Court of the United States are clearly suits against the State. The 1 Eleventh Amendment forbids that. While nominally the parties are irom this State the real party is a National organization. Reading the interpretations off the Court, even under the spell ofj the hysteria following the , Ciyil War, we find that the Court was in-; dined to interpret the law as law,' .instead of as a political procedure to promote political parties, or in dividuals seeking favor. In 1874, 1896 and 1917 the Su preme Court considered the "privi- 'eges and immunities of citizens _of ♦he United Stiiies", when certain State laws were Under challenge. 1 It ruled in one case "The subject involved was one affecting the < t:/.en of the Stale and not the citi zen ef the United States’ • The Fourteenth Amendment did' not transfer protection of all Civil rights to the nation,”’said the Court in 1872. If we would study, interpret and zipply the l^w, as lawyers, not as, .social theorists and propagandists; £nd not as ambitious politicians seeking votes, we should find that ♦he States, all States, have exercis ed the prerogative to protect them selves even against Constitutional requirements. What about di vorce? Have you read the case of McCreery vs Davis? What says the Constitution? “Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the' public acts, records, ana judicial proceedings of every other State ” South Carolina, ^ and most other States, have protected themselves by adopting conditions and restric tions, as all lawyers know. President Eisenhower has done much to purify the atmosphere, po litically, and I regard him as ah honest man w r ho seeks to serve the Nation patriotically and helpfully. In general, he Jias made a promis ing start, with o?!e’ or two home runs, a couple of base hits, several bases on balls, one or two long fouls; and he has struck out once ‘if we may depend on one thing in life, it is that nature never stands still. The conditions for - success yesterday were complete- the Mediterraneans countries, such. Funeral services were held for ly dtfferent from condition for os .he Roman cvd.zat.on^ But ^ lr^,“eriS success today. Empires and cities! kept on the ruove ai^d, it that were powerful and rich in the past an^i believed that their day in the sun were destined to last for ever are today, in the majority of cases, either backward, deserted, or a shadow of their former self. The whole secret of success in practical life is, in my opinion, to find out the trends of nature and adapt yourself to tnem. Looking at the long-term march of nature’s empire, in my mind two things stand out: (a) That the seat of dominan* power in the world has been con stantly moving West. (b) ThV in nature s particular pe riod in which 'we are living, the rewards for success are given to those in the cold, stormy climates’ ^ church here. It was one mo “intryT Hoi-1 ^ M- hard by 1760 the litUe country oi nui-, n a i ei * h V hi i torv land wis the most powerful eoo- Ka ^ eigh s nomic center of the world, with 1 Survivors include two sisters and France running her a close second. * .brother. By the year 1815, the center of economic power had moved on ti> * ra 1 ^ w f^ known jin South Carolina Presbyterian cis mass production. The more you study earlier civ ilizations, the more you find the dominant powers were located in areas of warm climate. This was true in the days when countries like Babylon, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Persia and China had cul tures that each in its time was the greatest then existing. But na ture is always changing the cli mate on this earth and with-it ‘the rules.of the game.’ For example, in the eras of history when the fkrm countries were the dominant powers, what were the types London and we were tp see a new type of skill demanded by nature! for world leadership. We were to see, also, the rise and development of a great generation of English dustrialist merchants and worln traders. Now, it seems strange ta many of you to go into all this to determine the trends of nature in the future but, to undersand future trends, we must understand also the past strange work of nature. The rise of England to the greatest position in the world about a cen capable of mastery over the art of tury and a half ago practically ush ered in the beginning of controHmg power by cold, stormy civilization, as nature gave the rewards of lead ership to those who could master the many arts of the new industrial age. cles.. She had taught Bible courses for the women of various presby teries and a few years ago led a course of study fa? the First Free- byterian church of this city. She led a similar course at the state Presbyterian men’s meeting - last year at Myrtle Beach. Miss Lucy Steele, Noted Bible Teacher, Killed In Wreck Raleigh, N. C., Jan'. 14 — Miss Lucy Steele, well known professor! of Bible at Peace College'here, who| of was fatally injured January 11 ln| skills that nature demanded from an automobile-bus collision, was' her leaders? History shows us that laid to rest Thursday in Myrtle Hill the man capable of working skill- cemetery at Rome, Ga. Her age fully with his hands, whether it be was 53. in the making of hand-made pot- Miss Steele, one of’^he most out- tery, metal wares, ships, farms or standing Bible teachers in the homes, was the type that collected Southern T^esbytepian church, was^ the rewards of success. In the easy-! bom in Georgia and educated at ^ going, quiet tempo of these warm; George Washington University, Co weather civilizations, the poet, the lumbia University, New York Uni-' philosopher, the man skilled in the versity and Oxford University. 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