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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. She|
operation of boats using only hand became a teacher of Bible at Peace'
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