The San Francisco call., 1898-12-13

States or the union. In favor of what ! he termed this monstrous proposition ' | he said the expans4~-lsts quoted Daniel 1 Wooster, for whose opinions he himself
 had the highest respect. The argument of debate with John c. Calhoun when slav- cry was a dominant issue Calhoun had maintained that inasmuch as slavery was recognized by the Federal constitution it's extension into the territories acquired by | the Union was constitutional. Then it was that Webster had declared that the con- stitution applied to the States alone
 'Fo say" declared Vest, that citizens Of Territory are excluded from the priv l tege guaranteed by the bal of rights and are merely the subjects of the arbitrary will or Congress is a monstrous proposi- l tion; but fortunately the Supreme Court had determined that question in many cases
 T do not deny" continued Vest. .'the power of the Federal Government to ac- quire territory, but l do deny its power {o,a fo acquire tit territory peopled with mill 1 intention of conferring upon them citi- zenship. l may be answered that the polnt Is not good; that it may be evaded by the taking in of vast tracts of lands peopled with barbarians to be held merely Tor commercial advantages. When the congress of the United States shall be- come so degraded as this 1t is only a come"
 Plattt of Connecticut in expressing the hope that Vest would not ask for imme- 6late action upon his resolution said he desired to offer some remarks upon it, IIa put was not prepared to-day to do so. ne old not, he said, acquiesce in the law as stated by the Missouri Senator He believed that the power to acquire terri tory was inherent in the nation and was not subject to limitation. In the re- marks he proposed to submit he would endeavor to establish this 2 belief He ff4n9,QaghIt, {, It perfectly evident that if the Cnlted states in fighting a war came into possession of territory the progress of ifs i army and navy could not be stopped until Je f6Snstituted 6nr authorities should declare Wnelher It was the purpose of the Gov ernment to hold the acquired territory With the ultimate intention of conferrfng statehood upon its inhabitants.
 danIarP l6i response i to an inquiry by Hoar Platt decIared that the power of the Govern plenary W Morgan called up the Nicaragua canal i' pin' when was read in extenso, and Tur- Pte tneTeuIon suggested to Morgan the ttd tu lsaolILly iy or postponing the considera- ooG1a ol3n or the Dill until after January 1. He called attention to the fact that the Pres ident in his message suggested that mai lers should remain in statu quo untii tba epIet made Gf Tt tRe Wes Canal Commission was that tbe c,,,,1 Mas an open secret, he said, erat iret oFe commission would report by the ilsI 1I oi the new year. The report wouId GeIt porton with questions timely and vitally i'm Wond ,fcIiI ren. III connection with the bill It f m9tiu tb report officially upon the feasibility t Oa tne enterprise, the practicability If routes and the estimated expendifnreS 6nar+on nOtA e oA tne commission had cost a go if hliOdS' 0d q million. Why not wait? Why d9frgan said that the country had ana TdcIeu IDo,Id a conclusion upon this q1estion en u M%0ulu not be satisfied he thoi1pht to see thls session pass without tbe snoot c, ~ ne uient or legislation which would secure Gns+o 1!le +DuiP5qlng Pg of the canal. Nicaragua and Nosla Rlca recognized what was fha ,'nt Versal opinion of mankind that tbn oe,1aI dcross the isthmus must be built nndar of same 'eu.loh, r,1a1it,; control and management the Menocal-Cardenas concessiopS ,irs,od i,is o5 rlais. iaxt me two sovereign republics became draele;s paTeies 10 stock stock in the company when organized, Nicaragua retaining 6 nar ca,t of the paid up stock and rnssts Pgr Rc. cent 1it per cent. They had waived their sovar2 etlghfy rights in favor of the Congress- of for the benet 9 they had waived them ger 10 accomplish that without which dof tne most minute, microscopic pledged in inc +batp map t or the world; It was to protect the canal. Our armies mnst go there If the rights .of the canal were tar lra1ea, me rights of an exclusive char ter possessed under the treaty of 1867 were m violation of the Clayton-Bulwer trestv M Mltu Nlcaragua, Identical in terms. so isbed Lsa tHe into treaty had van me main difficulty that confronted us arose out of the fact that when CIeve9 !and withdrew the Frehlinghuysen-C brilIo treaty he expressly took the ground that | 1t established an entangling alliance taiSS and violated the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. ''10 dead e9aid said R9t Mdrg violate treaty that was land, by his first diplomatic act, against the Judgment of Congress, gave vitaIitv to a treaty onss;yiot that t,yn was dead;
 ttaIlguage or the bill guaranteeing the neu- 1raLty of the canal in case the United states was at war with another country
 norgan said that the language of the bil specifically excepted such case
 1r5ifsd taT sfa1es f5ftered from Morgan. If the ana England should dispatch a hostile neet to San Francisco, could that aeat pass through without interruption? ask eG es +doat. + tf Dla the statement of the bill protect the canal in time of war pive us the right to say the canal was moi neutral? he asked 4io' stand the language of the bilI. but he was willing to accept any language that would make our right more specific.
 Hoar suggested that the clause relating amended so as to read, '.Except as fo nations at war with the United Stafes '9 7
 Morgan said he would accept the ame;ndment ann n;I1d1 tT No Senator should vote against the bill on tnis account. Morgan said the President. in whom Congress had so wisely and confidlngly intrusted a eund of s50 900 900 to be used ''at his discretion" termine the objections of Nicaraei1a or Costa Rica or the stockholders of the Maritime Canal Company. He said his plea was for action. This bin did not seek to build the canal It simply places the question in the hands of the President
 In reply to question Morgan said that he did not believe 1t would be competent for the United States, independent of any corporation, to proceed to the construc- tion of the canal under the treaty of 1867
 At the conclusion of Morgan's speech the Senate, at D. m., adjorz'ned.