Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-26

.soUra y. 40. 1890

tion has Q sovereign, inherent right
and control outside of the grant Of
such power in the constitution, This
is not an, essential element of nation-
ality 40 fer as our nationis concerned.
although it may, be in England or
Russia, where the nationality and
sovereignty incidienSF to It are not
created and limited by q written con-
stitution. +. s .a@ a.
81 do not, however, controyert the
proposition that tho United States
haze the power to acquire territory
by conquest, purchase or otherwise,
and to govern the same under the
grant Of power contained in the Con-
stitution. 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
1855. : think Hawaii comes under
the ex' sption of a military and COM
meroial necessity"
NOT WORTH COI,ONIzrNG. s0s'ss .
After further discussing the con-
stitutional points of the question Mr..
MoLaurin said it was idle to speak
of Amerioanizing tropical country
5000 miles away. Our people would
never consent that the people of that
far-off land should have a voi.s in
the affairs Of this country. "How-
ever," said he, IL 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 forco was despotism,
he maintained, and if this country
was 70 establish despotism it must
DO prepared to maintain a great and
enormously expensive army and navy.
1t meant never ending strife with
the nations of the world.
MIR. McLaurin claimed that the
commerce, of the Philippines was in
significant, and he therefore doubted
the advantage of the 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 the
Philippines, Mr.. MoLaurin said: "Of
one thing I 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 Cur civiliza-
tion.
III we embark in O colonial sys-
tenn it means the inauguration of a
dospotic power in Washington. 1t
means a 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 overawe and override the
popular. will. An imperialistio
democracy, like an atheistio religion,
is an impossible hybrid.
"Better than wealth, better than n
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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beauty upon digestion. DIR. NJ. A. Sim
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