The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26

srv and 4usy e2a IL II the power wszsch
imh<re< In ard II part Of government ~
seis- And the constitution d0es mot d~ry
the government skfx inherent power ress5-
tag III shs very nature ct al government
Who tksen can eenr II These Who %
write y new constitution og taesr OWE. an5
Interpret that. Tnose nD do dispute his
sary. Thoe. xsso DO are ssss@s 70 the In
sssEcss 81 our race.
An protests sxaisss; ire greater rsysDlr
are s1seraEs~ exeeg1s this constitutional CIR
5~cssors- Bas Trey who resssS tis- rega0sses
career Is sss name Of tie constitution are
not 70 b. endured. Tasw are y1xgsers OF
wsTsis. Tassr COURSES Il the wisdom u
vsrbsage. They DIAL aes+ wish realities.
nsssh~r give heed 10 vital sainxs. TIE msssz
magniGeens fact Is nszsors = shs mighty
movement ard mission 81 assr rscs. ard
;fs nsesf spieszed asase 81 tfsav world re-
fleming movement IL the entrance q the
American people as lie gr-a:~ss force IS
all sae earth 20 DO sheav part In admins
fsving civilization among MANKIND Ard
they are a0t 10 - hslxsrs by a faNk Of
words called constitutional arguments
Prsssrs2etx 10 legal learning have always
1ea1uneesa ali yfriIe sssssr,sre satissxEs II fhs
constitution. The su-sszt~a constitutional
lawyers il MagshasEs day sud gsas be
cousa not understand the constitution be-
suf Surveyed sne ssAose instrument ard
ss-fsesd. In It's profound meaning ard an
sssaiss xeope the sublime human processes
Of which In IL the expression. Tss eo1sfs-
tuition - nos prohibition OF car progress.
II ~ nss an AntsrssssE so eur destiny. IL IL
nos treatise Oh geography. Let the flag
advance. IN. word retreat s rot sr the
constitution. T1e; the repabssc govern AZ
conditions demand. sns Constitution DOES
nos benumb its brain ncr palsy It's hand.
s~sf-G~versment.
The Declaration Of Independence applied
orig 20 peoples capable az sfif-governnefit.
Otherwise how dare we administer the at
fairs Of the Indians. How dare we ~ COR
tinne 20 govern them today preeeaefs
s.oes not impair natural and Inaliensbae
rights And how h The world 10 he pre-
pared for sslf-go-ernmsnts Sassgefy can
not prepare itself. barbarian must he
assisted toward the light Assuming that
these peoples can be made capable Of self
government. shall we have no part ia this
sacred and glorious cause
And IL seif-goseTnnanE is not possible
fer them, shall we leave them TO them
Selves snail tribal, wars scourge them.
disease waste them ssyaGrry brutalize
them mare aud mere Shsil their fields
he failow. their forests rot. their minis
remain sealed, and all tfss purposes and
possibilities OF nature puiiiaeds II not,
wsso shalt govern them rather than the
kindest and most mercifuI OF the world
great race OF administrators. the people of
the American republic? Who lifted from
Us The Judgment which makes mea OF our
blood our Brothers keepers
I'VE do not deny them liberty. The adj
minlstration OF orderly government Ii not
denial Of liberty The administration OF
equal justice is not the denial CT liberties.
Teaching the habits OF industry is no. de-
NAL Of liberty. Development OF the wealin
Of the land is not denial Of liberty IL they
are. tiren civilization Itself = a denial OF
liberty. Denial az liberty 10 whom There
are l21s3.ooe people In the Philippines, d.
yisicd into thirty tribes Agulnaido Is OF
the Tagal tribe OF 100000 souls, and he has
an intermittent authority over less taan
seaa Of these To deliver these continen-
tai Islands 10 hfm and his crew would be
10 establish an auEocraey ot baroar.sni-
IL would ha 10 license spoliatlon. IL would
he TO plant the republic of piracy. for such
a government could not prevent that crime
fin piracy's natural home. IL would be 10
make war certain among the powers Of the
earth, who would dispute wfth arms eaen
others possession Of a Pacific empire from
which that OCEAN can be ruled Tn. blood
already shed is hus a drop 10 tha. which
would now II America should desert It's
pest In the Pacific. And the blood already
spilled was poured out upon the altar or
the worlds regeneration. Manila il as no.
BILE as Orndurman, and both are hoiier than
Jericho Retreat from the Philippines on
any prstexs would be the master eoUardice
OF history II would be the betrayal OF
trus. as sacred as humanity. 1t would be
a crime against Christian civilization. and
would mark the beginning of the decad-
encp OF our race. Ard so, thank God. the
republic never retreats.
THE servent moral resolve throughout
the republic is not "A fever Of expansion.
II l. a tremendous awakening Of the peo-
pie like thar Of Ellxabeshan England TX
IL 10 fever. but the hot blood of the most
magnificent young manhood or all time:
a manhood begotten while yet the splendid
.onrat .aSxfa1 of the war FOR national life