Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-09-14

ures which prepare the people of the
territories to Ebecome States in the
Union.n
y. In still another case it said:
1.-THE territories acquired by Con-
| gress, whether by deed of cession from
the original States. or by treaty with u
foreign country, are held with the
object, as soon as their population and
condition Justify it, OF being admitted
| into tho Union as States, upon an equal
footing with the original States In oil
respects"
In still another case it said:
THE Constitution was made for the
benefit of every citizen of the United
States, and there is no citizen, what
ever his condition, or wherever he may
be within the territory of the United
States, who has not right to its pro-
lection. -
And in defining the rights of the
inhabitants of territories it said
1.-THE personal and civil rights of
the inhabitants of the territories are
secured to them, as to other citizens.
by the principles of constitutional lib
erty, which restrain all the agencies of
government, State and national. "
And Chief Justice Marshall, for the
entire court, defined the term limited
States as follows:
docs this term designate the whole
or any particular portion of the Ameri-
can empire? Certainly this question
can admit of but one answer. 1t is
the name given to our great republic,
which is composed Of States and Terri
tories. The District of Columbia or
the territory west of the Missouri Is
not less within the United States than
Maryland or Pennsylvania y
Judge Cooley, whose commentaries
are universally accepted as conclusive
interpretations of our constitutional
law, summarizes the doctrine as fol-
lows:
And when territory is acquired, the
right to suffer States to be formed
thereform and to receive them into the
Union must follow Of course, not only
because the Constitution confers the
power to admit new States without re.
striction, but because it would be
inconsistent with institutions founded
on the fundamental idea of self-govern-
ment that the federal government
should retain territory under its i'm
perial rule and deny the people the
customary local institutions.
Are these the institutions which we
have offered to the Philippine people?
If so. when, where, by whom wore they
rendered?
l admit that Admiral Dewey orig-
nally offered them the American Con-
stitution and all its guarantees as de-
, fined by our courts. With this promise
they allied their fortunes with ours and
fought for US and with all the zeal Of
new made citizens of the great repub-
|, | lin Whan Manila fall tha tua {
shifted from sea to land. The military
power was substituted for that of the
navy. Dewey departed and Otis came.
: The President lost time in feeling the
popular pulse. He first hesitated be-
tween withdrawal and occupancy; then
between naval station and all OF
, Luzon; then between the single island
of Luzon and the 200 islands of the
! Philippine group. Having determined
upon the entire archipelago, he seemed
to fear the political effect of annexing
, so many Asiatic States. He then
, halted between government Of i'm
perialism and the constitutional rule Of
the fathers. Wearied and worn by
ceaseless search for tho popular will Oh
, these subjects, tired nature sought re.
, pose. The President for moment
J slept and dreamed that fatal dream by
which Jupiter deluded the unfortunate
Romans:
To them no bounds of empire assign.
No term of years to their immortal line.
The mirage OF universal empire
opened up its deceitful beauties to his
, unsteady vision. The sterile deserts
suddenly turned into fields of waving
, grain. Belching volcanoes were gradu
ally converted into mountains of gold
J and precious stones. The untenanted
> oceans grew white with the sails Of
commerce, and new cities, boundless ir
their proportions and Unsuitable il
their consumption OF American mer.
: chandise, slowly emerged from the
niurky and treacherous gloom.
The time had at last come to de
termine the condition and destiny Of
IL, 000,0 900 of people, created by the
same Being who created us, ant
! worshipping at the same affairs before
which we confess the "Fatherhood q
3 God and the brotherhood Of man y
r and where We daily promise to do unto
Others as we would that they SHOULD
3 do unto US.
l In the trenches behind Manila the
5 Philippine people had fought in:tht
full confidence that the victory woulc
. DO theirs--a victory not Of conquest
a but for the freedom and elevation OF ;
race. They now believe that the battl,
. of Manila was fought under secre
Q compact between Spaniards ant
, Americans, by which, after exchange
] OF blank cartridges, the city was TO b
surrendered to us, and not to them
From that day to this they believe W.
J have turned upon them the Gun
9 forgiving eye," and a damned dis
4 inheriting coupJonance.
We found these people struggling
Q against the despotism OF foreign rule
I. emanating from Madrid 1t would +,
a desnotism whether it emanated from
y Washington, from London, or from
!. Paris. They are not rebels against GU
& authority, If exercised under the Con
q stitution-they are rebels only agans
those who are themselves rebels agans
+ American constitutional liberty. The,
d are not traitors against our govern
n ment, as understood and administers
/? from its organization down to tn,
b ratification of the Spanish treaty
: They understood the distinction be
o tween republican government, and th
i tyranny of imperial rule; and Ion,
9 before our commissioners visited Pari
j, to formulate the Spanish treaty o
" peace. the military authorities a
o Manila had reported to the Presiden
J.. the willingness of the Philippine peop
o to accept in common the rule which W
o enjoy. but their fixed determination Il
70 resist the tyranny of colonial govern
r ment. In that report are the followin,
% words:
h There is not particle of doubt blu
Z? that Aguinaldo and his leaders vii