The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-16

the year, a recognized tribal GUS
tom. Would a government that inter
Tered with that practice be open to de-
nunciatlon as an usurpation. without
Just powers. and fagrantfy violating
the constitution of the United States,
unless 1t waited at the polls for the
consent OF the head hunters? The
truth Is. all intelligent men know, and
few even In America, except obvious
demagogues, hesitate to admit that
there are cases where good govern
ment does not and ought not to rest
on the consent Of the governed.
Jefferson may be supposed to have
Known the meaning Of the words he
wrote. Instead of vindicating right
eous government under tho constltu-
ton. Did he himself then carry his
own words to such extremes as these
profcssed disciples now demand? We
held the Philippines first by the same
right BY which we held our own orlgi-
nal thirteen states-the Oldest und
irmest Of all rights-the right by
which nearly every great nation holds
the bulk Of It's territory-the right OF
conquest. We held them again as n
rishtful Indemnity. and a low one, for
war In which the vanquished could
give no other. We bought nothing,
ana the twenty millions that accom-
panied the transfer Just balanced the
Philippine debt. That payment was n
recognition OF the sound rule Of inter-
hationai law, obeyed now In the prac-
'1ce Oh Az civilized nations, that where
debts nave oeen incurred by mother
country iesititnately Tor the benefit OF
u colony "heh It's sovereignty Is trans
lerred. Eur Jefferson did, II you choose
10 accept the hypocrltical lnterpreta-
t'on Oh these latter day Jefforsonians-
Jefferson dld buy the, LouIslanians-
even 'hKe sheep In the, shambles." IL
you care so TO describe It; and did
proceed to govern them without the
consent OF the governed. Monroe
po"ght the fior'dians without their
consent. POLK conquered the Califor-
mans, and Pierce bought the New Mex
leans. Seward bought the Russians
ana Alaskans, and we have governed
them ever since without their consent.
Is 1t easy, In the face of such facts, to
preserve your respect for q criticism 80
obviously captious as that based on the
phrase from the Declaration Of indie
pendence?
Present Difficulties,
1.-THE di fIiculties which Mt present dis.
courage us are largely Of our own Gre.
alton, II Is not for any of us 70 thin,,
Of attempting to apportlon the blame
The only thing we are sure of Ia tbot II
WAS for no lack of authority that wa
hesltated and arIfted until the T,c,,o.
We're convinced we were afraid of tbe-,
and could be driven ont before ro,n-
forcements arrived That WINS tho worry
thing our officers had warmed nc
pgalnst-the leost sign or hea,,,t,o, ~.
uncertainty-thc very danror ovorv
European With I,nowIedpe of tbs e,tr-
alton had d.nned In orr cnrs
Mr.. Reid referred to tho onpos,t,o, 30
the anti. expans,on,sta and the,r ,r,,,
ments. He demonstrated tho absurd
ity of some OF their contentious md
among other things said:
IAN alarm Is raised that the In hor,,,,
classes are endangered by compe,lt,on
with cheap tropic,l labor or Ito nro-
ducts. How? The ,ntcrnrc,o,,o, a.,
the constitution which wou,d -or,,,.
that is the INTERPRETATION wh,ch ,,,
been repudlated In an unbro,on lima ~
decisions for three-u,,r,ars y, row
fury. Only one possibility of danger tn
American labor exists In our new pos
sessions-th. lunncy or worse OF the
dreamers who want to prepare for tho
admission OF some OF them as states In
the American Union. TIL then we con
make any law we like to prevent the
immigration of their laborers and INV
tariff we like to regulate the admission
OF their products.
again It Is said Our continent is more
than enough for all our needs. md our
extensions should stop ut the IPncif,c
What Is this but pronos,pp sucb +, mol
icy of self-sut.!cIcnt isolation m China
has been practiclng for thousands Of
yenrs-planning to develop only on tho
soil on which we stand. and cxnec,,,c
the rest of the world to protect our
trade II we have any? Can n nation
with safety snt Chi,oen ,j,nI,, % TO-,