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COMMENT
f
on
Men & Things
By J. K. BREEDIN
Too much of a thing is
enough. Someone said that and
he spoke a mouthful, I've heard.
\V e seem to tv in a world of
turmoil, .-tniggle, strife, hiund-
ering and all that blundering
can tie the cause of serious
t rouble.
Beyond a doubt America sav
ed Russia and what and how'
And so!
First we poured guns a nd
ammunition and other requi
sites into Russia from the
N<>r! h
when
t he
(humans w
ol'“
i*n th
r ver^e
of
t h res
hme R
. us -
Ha. How did
all
that
result
*1
A Major <>
f artdler
y, now
:n
a thi
uving 1
ms moss.
'told
mo
that
his command wa
> orde
red
out O
f (inm
any
so that t
h o
Rush
ans might
s o 1 /. o
and
no-
cupy
Berlin.
How did
all t
hat
oinf?
Russia
i lee
upiod
and >
.till
holds.
about
t \Vf
i-1 h 1 I'd
s of (
ho -
many
. Still
ba
it.
A nd
WO.
having some
rn
ild g
rip mi a
part
of Bor
lin,
arc
about
a
hundi
■od mil*
l'i oru
the t
'p'o
(Urm
any lim
. 1
n othor wo
rd ,
A mm
leans \v
ho
todav
have
ftf
oasion t
O go to Po
i ini
n m - 1
proceed
about a hundred
mile
on Russ
ian occupied
(hu
many
oven to
get to Boll
ll and
t ha!
continues,. What * Is-
o has
R11 s -
Ha? <
/.eeh ns lova k
:a, P*
dand.
Rumania
and smile
otic 1
V as*
a rea.
Mr.
R mi -c\ e! t
miiiod
ill-
wav and thought his .-mile
i otild roiP rol t tie world. So yo i
f
> r < •.
And as to ('tiina! rtiina wa>
threatened by th- Reib. Mr.
Ro i i > e V o 11 sent one of has aide
lieutenants to >mile to smile
a way
H
le
t hrea’
and tlie
end
was
th;
it
the R i
od- took
and
.-till
1)0
Id
( 'huia.
Our id
ietid -
fled
t"
Fornm-a
and we
pr.e
toot
tin
in
with
the g n
■at e.'t
fh et
i l;
tii
world
An
1 e ! |
ran- dm
ve tin ;
dpati-
ia 111'
mi
t i
*f < ulia
and set
u j) a
oil Ml
i
nv
eminent 'lime.
We
i e-e r
v i n
g
'In- r.g 1
it to into
rYeUn
to 0 1
lit'
ct
( tiba'
fn ednm.
Our
1 0 1 d
v,
; i s
tie !
Matt Amend
men’
a
nd
t bi ll
Ml. Roo-eV'dt
■in to
d :
l g c
lin and
quashei
i Hie
Platt
A
me
ouliinoit
\V1
ion
y
o l| n g I
’resident
K.n-
1 edy
St
Olt
an
expedition to
( u ba
Wt
■ 1
lad a In
■ady dismissed
all e!
aim.
No
u
We
rush
f orward
five
tlroii and miles to Asia to curb
Beds, although Reds flourished
in Cuba, less than a hundred
miles from the United States.
Who appointed us as World
Protectors? And if our miss
ion is a sound one why do we
go to Asia, while the Reds flo-
uri.di one hundred miles away?
So now!! We are in Vietnam.
Why, bet some one tell us.
Can any Congressman tell us
why we wage war in the name
of amiable interest 7 Why has
Congress rt'Ver declared war?
Having m mind the Constitution
of the United States, what leg
a!
id
ght
have
we in
Vietn
am ”
If
Wi
c an
■ not
at war
what
leg-
al
id
ght
have
we to :
spend
hill-
ion
-
of
dol la
u.-, thousands
i (tf
mo
n
and
t hou.-aiids
of pi
aims
m
a
fo|i
c | gl 1
land?
k
f [tea king !
rankly
what
leg-
al right has our Congress t>
throw billions of dollars all a-
round the world while coldly
planning to increase the taxes
hen' at home?
Since Vietnam has a govern
ment North and South whom
are we fighting and why?
The papers tell us that young
Mr. Kennedy will contest with
President Johnson. Mr. Kenn
edy is a resourceful man: how
he became a Senator from New
York almost challenges my
credibility. But there he is.
Even so!
And much about President
Johnson taxes my imagination,
as how he persuaded the Con
gress to enact all the tax-eating
programs until it almost chal
lenges our credulous natures:
but the facts stand out and
how a body of Americans in
Congress can be so subservient
as to groan and struggle and
yield almost everything.
You may join me in wonder
ment that the Senate of South
Carolina yields to the Federal
court in the organization of
the Senate.
1 marvel that John C. Cal
houn and Wade Hampton don’t
rise from their tombs and lead
a revolution.
The State of South Carolina
has been a sovereign state
.nice the treaty from Croat
Britain recognized the indepen
dence of U) states, among them
South < a rol i na.
Speaking- -is a lawyer. 1 mar
vel at the readiness of Federal
('oiirt s to assume, or accept.
in i i diet io*i on a thousand and
one trivial causes, not real
cans''' as we old-timers were
taught the law.
Senator Edgar Brown, as I
teca.fl, is now not only Senator
from Barnwell but Senator
from about three counties.
It may he that we tire just
realizing the truth that a Sen
ator is a Senator of all t h e
State, and his compensation s
by the State. Of course, as we
all know, a Senator's power is
not as a member of the Sen
ate. but as the real dominating-
authority of his county.
However, in my youthful ig
norance, I’m just beginning c>
>ee the real inwardness of
things—-as they are, ratln r
than as they should be. Even
so!
For more taxing of my imag
ination is the battle in Viet
nam-- which is not a war, at
least not yet. So far as my
reading goes the Congress has
novel
• declared w;
ur and so I
ma rv
el at the ;
authority to
send
great armie
s fivt
* thous-
and
miles away.
I am
willing
to so
e tin* light if
some
one will
t urn
on the light
, for
I grope
;n dr
irkness.
Wl
hoi is a war
not
a war?
And
what constitutes a
war?
What authority
have
we for
maintaining- our
gu eati
‘st fleet
five
thou.-and mill
i ■ s a w
ay ?
TF
e mo-t calamitous
pa.rt of
my 1
ild- is that I 1
mow
less and
) . .
i r > "
a the da\s
pa-s.
\\d
■ arc ui a
muddl
e ovu
miid.
Thu! IS Hof
Id- wii
le. But
v. by
are we so di
•r|'ly
cion 'u n
> d a
i "m t ad !:. e
rest
of the
v, oi;,
1 ? 1 - ' he !'. •
am i
i .-pond
tdi' \
i m r in \*
tier ca
which
can
He o’ Ini
'll Cl
uici rued
tor
\ 1111 • i i e a ?
lie
|e He are d
c ply
; n (1 e n t
am!
plan uiiig \\ ■ t i
i one
hand to
Coll' .
mie g ; v , :ig 1
uli .mi
-, wl; b
mo tv
a nig tiie
tax
burden
boi iii
■ b\ olir pen
pie here at
home
? H tea by
fiaiin
ts cotn-
nion
sen-e in the
face.
doesu't
: t ? Th ink a bit: he re we a r< ■
giving and giving lull ions all
over ’lie world and preparing
•o ineivaso the burden borne
by our own people. Is it com
mon sense? Well, no wonder it
is said that common sense is
far from
being- common.
it is
the rare.-t
thing in all
t h e
world.
All the
way from the
Gov-
ernor to and thru the Legisla
ture meikly, mildly, subserv
iently how to the national gov
ernment and even solicit.-, its
approval to the organization
of the Senate after more than
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“WHATSOEVER
THINGS”
By DONALD E. WILDMON
Several years ago there was
a boy up in Decatur, Illinois,
who was very much interested
in photography. He ran across
an ad in a magazine that offer
ed a book that told all about
photography for only a quar
ter. He sent his quarter to the
address that was listed and
waited for his book on photog
raphy to return.
The folks at the other end of
the line made a mistake, how
ever. Instead of sending him a
book on photography as he had
ordered, they sent him another
one. This one was entitled “A
Manual on Magic, Mind-Read
ing, and Ventriloquism.” Well,
most of us would have fussed
and fumed and written back
and let the business house have
a good tongue lashing without
ever looking at the hook.
But the youngster didn’t do
it like we would. He opened the
hook and found the section on
ventriloquism very fascinating.
He began to practice "throw
ing his voice.” Well, sir, he
kept practicing and before long-
lie became pretty good at it.
Fact about the business is that
he became very good at it.
He made himself a dummy
to use the "thrown voice" with
and then set out on his trail
to entertain people. Before long
millions of people were listen
ing to those two on Sunday
irghts and later were viewing
them on television. What had
begun as a bad break ended up
as a way of life for Charlie
Mc( 'art hv.
don’t find life to be exactly
like we ordered it. Sometimes
the breaks seem to go against
us. Sometimes we order books
on photography and are sent
hooks on magic. But the test
in life comes with what we do
with what we have to do with.
There was a fellow named
Paul who wanted very much to
go to a place called Bithynia,
hut was prevented and went
rather to a place called Troas.
He didn’t get what he wanted
but he used what he did get
to his and others advantage.
And using it he was able to
change the course of the world.
Most of us have to live like
that. We have to do with what
we have to do with. Sometimes
it is a second choice, or third,
or even farther down the line.
Very rare, indeed, is the person
who gets exactly what he wants
in life.
There was a song not long
ago that went something like
this: "Do what you do do well,
boy. Do what you do do well.”
Well, it is a good philosophy of
life in that little tongue-twist
er. We can’t all do what we
want to do, but we can all do
what we do do well.
Now this brings us around to
a Cross. The Book tells us
plainly that He didn’t want that
Cross. But He took it, mastered
it, used it, and is conquering
the world with it. He didn’t get
what He wanted, but He used
what he got.
When life hands you a lemon,
All of us could profit from ll 10 thing to do is to make a
a century of self-government.
So you see: there is surely
more in our philosophy than
tongue can tell or our privilege
can divine. Even so! But if Mr.
Johnson and Mr. Kennedy en
ter the ring like two gladia
tors of ancient renown; or as
two game cocks. If as game
cocks let us hope that when
the fray is over both will have
lost all their feathers and suc
cumbed to inevitable retire
ment—if a game cock ever re
tires.
I have been lamenting that
we have no Patrick Henry to
sound the alarm and I now wish
for John C. Calhoun or Wade
Hampton. However, “lives of
great men all remind us we can
make our lives sublime; and,
departing, leave behind us foot-
prints in the sands of time.”
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