Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26
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tion has q sovereign, Inherent right
and control outside Of the grant OF
such power in the constitution. This
is notaan, essential element of nation
aiity so far as our nation IL concerned,
although it may 60 in England or
Russia, where the nationality and
sovereignty incident to it are not
created and limited by q written con-
stitution. >, ;a
81 do not, however, controveft the
proposition that the United States
have the power to acquire territory
by conquest, purchase or otherwise,
and to govern the same under the
grant of power contained in the Con-
stitntion. I do, however, deny the
proposition that territory can be ac-
quired and permanently held as such
by the United States, of course, sub
jec to the exception of small tracts
acquired for specific governmental
purposes, like coaling stations and
the guano islands, under the aot of
1856. I think Hawaii comes under
tho ex> option of a military and COM
mercial necessity" s.. ..
NOT WORTH CoLoNIzINa. ,...'
After further discussing tho con-
stitu!ional points of the question Mr..
McLaurin said it was idle to speak
of Americanizing tropical country
5000 miles away. Our people would
never consent that the people of that
far-off land should have q voice in
the affairs of this country. "How-
ever," said he, II believe the time
is not far off when our flag will float
over evey foot of North American
soil, but it must come naturally and
peacefully by the consent Of the gov
erned, not by the rude hand of war"
Government by force was despotism,
he maintained, and if this country
was to establish despotism it must
DO prepared to maintain great and
enormously expensive army and navy.
1t meant never ending strife with
the nations of the world.
MIR. MoLaurin claimed that the
commerce of the Philippines was in
significant, and he therefore doubted
the advantage of tho islands to this
country from financial viewpoint.
"To become colonizing power"
he said, eve must abandon our re-
publican institutions or be paralyzed
by them. The creation of offices,
the extravagant expenditure of
money by Office holders, and the ac-
tual corruption creeping into any
colonial system will sooner or later
sap the foundation of any govern
ment."
Discussing the inhabitants of tho
Philippines, Mr.. McLaurin said: "Of
one thing am sure: The American
people will never consent for these
inferior races to flood our land and
add another complication to the labor
problem. To permit cheap, Asiatic
labor to come" into competition with
our Intelligent, well-paid labor will
be to degrade and lower Our civiliza-
tion.
off we embark in colonial sys-
tenn it meane the inauguration of a
despotic power in Washington. 1t
means large standing army, that
will not only be used to rule outly-
ing territories with an iron hand, but
that, sooner or later, will be used at
home to overawo and override the
popular will. An imperialistic
democracy, like an atheistic religion,
is an impossible hybrid.
"Better than wealth, better than a
territory upon which the sun never
sets, is the transmission to our chill
dren of republic built upon the in
destructible rock of constitutional
government.--The Washington Star,
January 18th.
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