The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-08-30
BOGIE ARGUMENT
The Antl-Expansion Cry Was
Used in Jefferson's Day.
Reasons Now Urged Against RetaIn-
ing 1he Philippines Are RepetI-
tiOnS OF Those Given Against
Every Acquisition OF Ter-
ritory Since the or.
ganlzation of the
Union.


opened the door the grinning skelc-
ton; with candle lighting up its hid
eous jaws, swung into view. He fled
precipitately.
A few weeks afterward the doctors
assistant, who was conyalescing from
an attack of typhoid fever, was sitting
by the door on a. bright day, wearing
his winter overcoat with the collar
turned up. He was hollow-eyed and
very pale. AS the same boy came by
he called to him, Here, my boy, do
an errand for me-"
mo sirree," answered the boy, shy
ing off. "You can't fool me the second
time. l know you, if you have got
your clothes on!"
The people Of America can't be
fooled by. the ''bogie" arguments
OF the past resurrected for the
present day service of the anti
expansionists, even if they are direct
ed against the acquisition of the Phil
lipines, instead of Louisiana, Califor-
MIA or Alaska, as they have been here
tofore, Solomon said: There is moth
ing new under the sum-" There are
some things more antiquated than
others. About the reasons urged
against the retention of the Philip
pines there is an odor of decay that
makes it impossible to mistake them
for new product.
1t is highly amusing 10 the students
OF history to hear democrats in and
out of conventions talk about the
duty of the United States ''to adhere
TO the traditional policy" of anti-eX-
pansion. There is no such thing.
There is no traditional policy of anti
expansion. The history of the United
States has been one of continuous eN-
pansion for century. TO oppose ex-
pansion is TO oppose the traditional
policy" of the fathers.
The territory originally included i'll
the thirteen states contained only S27,-
S41 square miles, with coast line of
1900 miles.
In 1903, fourteen years after the
adoption of the constitution of the
United States, began the traditional
policy" of expansion. 1t was then
that President jefferson, the alleged
father of democracy, through Mr..
Livingston, our minister 10 France,
purchased Louisiana, whose territory
aggregated 1,171.03t square miles, for
S15,00O,000, from France. With this
territory there came TO the United
States about 125,000 population, 10000
of whom were negro Slaves.
President Jefferson at first thought
nn amendment to the constitution was
necessary to authorize the acquisition:
but he ultimately concluded it was not
and the territory was acquired, annex
ed, and the inhabitants became sub
ject to the United States without
amending the constitution.
During the discussion in congress
regarding this expansion policy, Rep
resentative Griswold, of Connecticut,
said:
at is not consistent with the spirit
of republican form of government
that its territory should be exceeding
ly large; for, rs you extend your linn
It's YOU increase the difficulties arising
from want of that similarity of Gus
toms, habits and manners so essential
for its support. 1.-THE vast and un-
manageable extent which the acces-
sion of Louisiana win give the United
States, the consequent dispersion of
our population, and the destruction of
that balance which il is so important
TO maintain between the eastern and
western states, threaten at no very
distant day the subversion of our
union"
Here we find the origin of the rea-
sons against acquiring the Philip
pines Not consistent with the spirit
OF n republican form Of government"
to increase its territory. 70 10 so
is to increase the difficulties arising
from want of that similarity Of GUS
toms. habits and manners, so essen
tial for its support" The territory
would be ''unmanngeable;" our peo-
pie. wonld be "dispcrsed." the balance
Of the union would he destroyed.
Representative Griffin, of Virginia.
said in opposing the acquisition of
Louisiana:
81 fear the effect of the vast extent
Of our empire. ! fear the effects Of
the increased value Of labor, the de-
crease in the value of lands and the
influence of climate upon our citizens
who should migrate thither. ] fear
that this Eden of the New World
Uouisiana Territoryl will prov n r m
etery for the bodies of our citizens"
There we find a fear of the evil eff
fccts of "imperialism;" the evil effects
on labor, and the evil effects of climate
on our citizens, all of which are now
urged against the acquisition of the
Philippines.
Representative Josiah Quincy, Of
Massachusetts. arTnr'l V, EN- ntly
against the acquisition of Louisiana
on constitutional grounds, going so
OF the union are virtually dissolvcd.P
far rs TO say in doing so '','e bonds
In discussing the matter he said;
"Why. sir, have already heard of
six states, and some say there win be
more. / have also heard that the
mouth of the Ohio win be far TO the
east of the center Of the contemplated
empire. You have no authority 10
throw the rights and liberties and
property of this people into 'hotch
pot" with the wild men on the Mis-
souri, nor with the mixed, though
more respectable race of the Anglo
iIispnno-Gallo-Americans, who baslS
on the sands in the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi.. do you suppose that the