The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-05-19
FREE SPEECH NOT TREASON.
The American People Do Not Approve
Of Mckinley. -ssn-s1ient
Assimilation

President Mckinley wanted the Fill
pino2s .rlently that lie paid spain S-O.-
lau.Jyl for them- Ills purpose was -
- himself assured the world by procla-
nation. Theoretically To assimilate
Them OF course. be- could DO nothing
Else. lecaus.. there j. provision in the
constitution u the L nited States
agains, making them or anybody else
slaves Benevolent assimilation in ef-
feet takes the form Of butchery- \ dead
Filipino is a benevolently assismilated
Filipino
There are fellow citizens Of William
Mckinley v no do NOT like the situation.
and have no hesifancy in making their
opinion public We are ASSUMED that the
cabinet has lyern seriously considering
what IL OLD Roman and imperial days
was called lese ma jcstc- We are as
suresi. further. that what the president
niil DO with citizens who oppose him IS
lot vet decided. but II Will not be sur
rrisinr II a warning ia the shape OF
message, viii remind FREE critics charac-
ierires - raischief-.nakerS that there
IS q serious law against TREASON which
will be enforcetl il there j. any further
utiemr- 10 tanp~r with the men ~ the
front. Free discussion Of William Nc
. Kinlrv-s US. Of American millions 10
purchase brown men Of the autipodcs
and murder them j. described as tam
F perinr with the men Al the front" We
a NAV feel reasonably sure that the pres
Z ident. sworn Is h. j. 10 support the con-
sriru;ion and hoping. as he does. that
Z lie NAV BE- reelected chief magistrate
year hence Will not be unrAlntful OF
certain provisions in the fundamental
law. One - that congress shall pass no
layv abridging the right OF free speech
another j. a lucid definition OF treason
which shall consist only Of lcvxing war
against the United States or adhering
to their enemies giving them aid and
comfort Incidentally. there are Other
provisions which the president must
regard He cannot clap citizens of the
United States who DO not agree with
him in Fort Lafayette or amy othes
stronghold OF the nitcd States. but h
must proceed. unless he shall suspend
ih. wrii of habczs corpus. in due &C
eordarce with law. No conviction foi
treason can he had unless on the teSti
rnonv 81 swo witnesses Of the same
overt act. and II VIII hardly be con
tended that I declaration that il was :
r-ionstrous mistake 20 pay S-0.0op-vN
for ia. 005. 200 OF people ard use -hern 10
targets j. reasonable act.
Criticism OF President Mckinley j
not treason " 10 not even sratutcr.
, ofrerse. for while Al common law II D
an ofTenSe TO libel the govern rnent con
s.itutiOnal systems have ignored thi
, provision a. inconsistent with IN
genius II free institutions Mr. Mekin
, lev is shrevyder than John Adams. VIII
, served bat q single term in the chic
I ui1gistracv- The initial triumph OF d.
Inocracy in the republic grew out of u
c tvrannou< absuriitv of the feslerais {
John ADAMS time. who insisted upo
! tie Tassace and the rigorous cnforc'
D ruent OF drastic alien and seiirion lax
/ since when il has not been popular
D talk as President Nckinley-s friend
are row talking III the admInistratio
: r-lM.AU sA--Na4t AAAeAA AA-Na tAtA@-NAA - ~
7 United states who viii not durbly :.
sent 10 al that is going forward in q
Philippines shall IT, subject 10 Ears
treatment there viii BE- such bencv'
. lent assimilation OF tie Mckinley q
rririsrrasion next year Is viii dest.o
= IL Mckinley Viii De- spared turtle
wo-ry alsouI expansion and imperia
i ism. For him the rain< season Will s.
: in With vengeance. and instead OF slil
{ ing with comfort upon such rnir1cl
{ Ious draft Of fishes a. fell 10 him
1896. he Will bc doomed 10 diet OF III
d smnalmesl bee. which he permitted
!. be fed 10 the soldic-y- who no long
e relish the task Mckinley sets for the
4 in an archipelago Of the distant seas
Il McKinIev's advisers may make I
g their minds that The American citizen
bound TO avail himself in mighty vc
urle IL his fundamental privilege
d free speech before the major work
K ..bencsoicnt assimilation" Of the IRA
= .Jorrcnson rife kind j. fully ccnsur
e mated in :hc Phiiirpines--chica!
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