New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1898-07-09
ILLUSTRIOUS DEMOCRATS AND
STATESMEN ON THE POLICY
OF ANNEXATION.


well address to the American pc,
pie, said:
1.-The great rule of conduct fo
us in regard to foreign nations is
in extending our commercial rels
tions, to have with them as littl
political connection as possible
SO far as We have already forme
engagements, let them be fulfille
with perfect good faith. Here let II
stop.
Europe has set of primary in
tereSts which to us have none or
very remote relation. Hence sh
must be engaged in frequent con
troversies, the causes of which ar
essentially foreign to our concerns
Hence, therefore, it must be unwis
in us to implicate ourselves by arti
fetal ties in the ordinary vicissitu
des of her politics or the ordinar,
combinations and collisions Of he
friendships or enmities.
"Our detached and distant situa
ton invites and enables us to pur
sue a different course. If we re
main one people, under an efficient
government, the period is not fal
off when we may defy material in.
jury from external annoyance
when we may take such an attitude
as will cause the neutrality we may
at any time resolve upon to be
scrupulOusly y respected; when belli-
gerent nations, under the impOssi-
bility of making acquisitions upon
us, will not legally hazard the Civ
ing us provocation; when we may
choose peace or war as our interest,
guided by justice, shall counsel.
"Why foregO the advantages of
so peculiar a situation' Why quit
our own to stand upon foreign
ground! Why, by Interviewing
our destiny with that of any part
of Europe, entangle our peace and
prosperity in the tolls Of European
rivalship, interest, hu-
NOR, or caprice!'
In his first inaugural address
Thomas Jefferson said:
Equal and exact justice to all
men of whatever state or persua-
sion, religious or political-peace,
and honest friendship
with all nations, entangling allan
ces with none"
President Garfield said:
81 trust we have seen the last of
and in this remark |
include the whole group of West
India Islands, and the whole of the
Mexican territory contiguous to the
United States, inhabited as it is by
portion of the Latin races, strange
" mixed, and degenerated by their
with the native races-a
population and Il territory that nat
lrally enfeebles man, and a pOpu-
alton and territory that earnestly
nope may never be made an inte-
,ral part of the population and
erritory of the United States" !"
Referring to holding new terri
Ories as colonies, Daniel Webster
aid:
"We cannot possibly do that. The
supreme Court has distinctly de-
Jared that it cannot be done with
'ut violating the constitution"
Daniel Webster, who knew the con-
titution if any of our statesmen
'ver did, speaking against the pro-
'Osed annexation of New Mexico
fifty years ago, declared the same
hing. Arbitrary governments"
aid Mr.. Webster, "may have ter
itories and distant possessions, be-
ause arbitrary governments may
ule them by different laws and
ifferent systems. We
an do no such thing. They must be
+ us, part of us, or else strangers"
Commenting on this, the Balti-
nore Sun says:
"Even if we take no note Of tie
early q, ,OOO,OOO of people of for
ign birth and parentage disclosed
y the census of 1890, it is a seri-
us fact to consider that we have
100000 people of African blood
lready sharing in the control Of
ur national government. Add to
hese the 100000 Of Spanish
alf- lf-breeds-Malays, Chinese, ia
anese, Indians, Creoles, negroes
nd mulatoes which make up the |
ulk Of the population Of Cuba,
Iawaii, the Philippines and the
est of the territory which the I'm
erialists seek to incorporate in our
'nion-and what would be RESULT |
ust as soon rs these newly-acquired
stands were admitted as States
nd their admission could not be
1ng postponed-we should have
s ,OOO, 600 ont of 62, 600, 900, or
pproaching to one-third Of our
hole population, composed Of men