The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-10
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place. must Fever be taken down ~ i, has
a.ase noated. Whether tfsat ne the righ;fus
lfs&st Or lsot-a doctrine wslsca t. rsnf egfsy
"2Inols Justification II aHfer gf3r,af Lsa
Jul x r. wsre Implanted there w9aEg III sse
| * every war between civilized ard poxer-
Ia4 aA44gfsE a var Of sXterussrsaf ton or a
war u disaoncr 10 sss2e party OF the oensr''
siosF snen entered upon critical Azaasy-
-. .a ~ Piaii speech After summarizing
TIA constttuIl oEaI argument for ssaTery
xas ten times as strong az the argument OF
~ ar r1 LAT To- as sss master sad &c swn-
their good"
He set forth his constitutional doctrine.
WhEca ne dsslred 10 oppose to thas OF Mr..
Pat he declared that the people %
tsis country had not deposited all soyer-
sguty anywhere. and had used no agent
q shairs 10 exercise all sovereignty. un-
limited and uncontrolled.
De powers not delegated 10 the United
states BY TIE constitution or prohibited hy
msflts article 10.
The sovereignty which can be exercised
by the naison as unit IL only that witch
IS necessary for accomplishing the pur-
poses of the constitution. and must be
ether expressly granted therein or necez-
sary or convenient In the judgment OF cnn-
gress 30 accomplish the purposes expressly
declared therein. All other sovereignty =
reserved 20 the states Or the people.
ne power 10 conquer alien peoples and
hosd them In subjugst!oa IN nowher. i'm
piled rs necessary for the accomplishment
Of the purpose declared by the conStstu-
ton
lit is clearly shown TO he one that ought
not 10 be exercised BY anybody-one that
the trainers of the constitution thought
ought not TO he exercised by anybody
because IL is immoral and wicked in stseis.
and BECAUSE II II expressly denied In the
declaration OF independence, the great in
, 'crpreter and expounder % the constitu-
/! ton. which owes it's origin to the Name
generation and largely TO the same raen
IT Is confirmed thag IL IL immoral and
unit To be exercised by anybody
In numerous Instances by contemporary
state constitutions and by contemporary
eols writers and authorities Or public law
who express the opinion Of the American
j peop.e In that generation who adopted the
constitution as well as Of the men who
framed it
CURED consst!tutionaliy by the United
States. Hoar said: "If may also acaslara
adjoining or outlying territory. dispose of
II. make rules and regulations for it, for
the purpose OF national security ard de-
Tense. AS In tho case of Hawaii. although Ii
may not BE expected that the territory 50
acquired. held and disposed If sinai! ever
come into the Union a state
However. immediately following this state
meni, iIoar sss the Philippines agains; liza
wall In this declaration;
Mr.. President. you are not now pr6nos-
ing 10 acquire or own property In the phil
iPpines, with dominion IA necessary incl
Grns; you are not TO oaa a foot OF land
there. You propose now 10 acquire DONNA
ton and Legislative. power. and nothing
else. Where In the constitution IS the era Mt
Of power 10 exercise sovereignty where you
have no property
In support Of bis Interpretation of the
constitution, Hoar cited numerous author
tiles. among them Charles Sumner ard
Mr. Justice Matthews He then appealed
To senator's who are hestiiating as to
what their action upon the question OF
ton that has ever hcrn or ever win re put
To them Ia their lives. the question of not
n year or a century. not of generation.
bat question pertaining rather to the
great period of an national iife'-not to
commit themselves In principle TO such a
policy by supporting the peace treaty and
then say they viii consider hereafter how
they viii act under IL. In tae course OF
his appeal 10 the senator's Hoar said.
when you raise the flag over the Phil
ippines as an emblem OF domain and ac-
QUESTION. you take IL down from INDIE
pendenco hall"
lie exsolied the statement OF Louis Ma
poieon made In t~A tina; THE time OF con
quest y past. never 10 return, for n IA not
by extending the boundaries OF Its territory
thar "a nation can hrneeforwaru be hnn-
ored and powerful. but by placing itself
AT the head ~ generous IDEAS and spread
sng rverywheFs the empire of right and
Justice" and added. Napoleon forgot what
he had said when he grew s~isttla stronger.
lie raw his opportunity in Mckee. as our
friends think they sfe ours In the Philip
pines But The sure and terrible feet cs
destiny overlook him III the midst OF his
pride and power.
+'Our commissioners come back from
Paris. bringing with them the cas.or cloth
Ing OF this pinehbeck Napoleon. and ask
u~ who have seen his tate 10 discard Yer
them the spotiess robes in which oar fathers
arraycd the beautiful genius % America"
a year ago last December the pres heat
OF the United States sent a message 30
congress- In that message he said: I
speak not Of :arclb3e annexation. because
that IN nos 10 b. thought o., and under oar
code 81 morality that would he criminal
sgggressior.'
The time Of ssofsaaeSt IN past" said
Louis Nanoiecu.
ssAh Mr. President. President NJ Risslsv
ban repeated Louis Nagsoleens thought in
louster ami clearer voices.
president Mckinley when - spoke
Vas net thinking ~ homer or Of power
inspiring ard siiursrZ. as are honor ard
Power HE placed himself ans placed tae
American people Oh the stern. enduring
and perpstpsi rock - rls iltt~sglsncSs. fhas
fsgciale annexation - not 20 hv thouxfs
of slnder eur cote AZ morality: thai would
De criminal aggression.
Woo shall haul aim DOWN. Who shall
hau! Down the codeg Who shall haul
.iown the president -
Mr.. Hear dwell; with emphasis upon ne