Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-09

claimed by the states must be expressly
prohibited or they do exist. And there are
States and prohibited to the states which
are reserved to the people; that is, there
are powers which the people of the United
States mean shall not be exercised by any
body on the face of the earth, so far as
their jurisdiction and authority extend, I'M
less they shall hereafter change their mind
and grant them.
What, then, becomes Of these sentences
| have cited from the speech of the honor
able senator from Connecticut? They are
not supported by single one of his author
tiles He cites authority that Congress may
admit new states. He cites authority that
Congress may acquire territory, and he
cites authority that Congress may govern
territory. And l admit frankly that the
authority he cites is ample and abundant
to establish all these postulates.'
The Declaration and the Constitution.
THE great contemporaneous exposition
of the Constitution is to be found in the
Declaration of Independence. over every
clause. syllable and letter of the Constitu-
ton the Declaration of independence pours
its blazing torchlight. The same men franz
ed it. The same states confirmed it, Thu
same people pledged their lives, their for
tunes and their sacred honor to support it.
The great characters in the constitutional
convention were the great characters of
the Continental Congress. There are I'M
doubtcdly, among its burning and shining
truths. or two which the convention
that adopted it ware not prepared them
selves at once to put into practice. But
they placed them before their 'countrymen.
as ideal moral law to which the lib
crty Of the people was to aspire and to as
cend as soon the nature of existing con-
ditions would admit Doubtless slavery
was inconsistent with it, as jefferson its
great author. has in more than one place
left on record. But at last in the strife
of a great civil war the truth of the Declar
alton prevailed and the fa1SehoOd of SiaV-
cry went down, and at last the Constitution
of the United States conformed to the Dec
laration and it has become the law of the
land, and its great doctrines of liberty are
written upon the American flag wherever
the American flag floats. Who shall haul
them down?
Senator PIatts Argument.
THE senator thinks he finds a justifica-
ton of his doctrine in the constitution of
Massachusetts, which does not permit Grim
mails or persons who can not read or write
to vote.
In the constitutional provision by which
Congress exercises exclusive jurisdiction
over the District of Columbia.
In the Louisiana treaty.
IN the government of territories before
they become states, and
In the acquisition and government of
Alaska
Having completed this argument, my
honorable friend from Connecticut joins
his fellow eXpansonists in their enthusi-
astic chorus, reads me a lesson on fear
and doubt and seeing lions in the path, and
ends with a pious prayer for the faith and
courage of the fathers. The great doc
trines of the Declaration and of the Con-
stitution, which. 1 think, are lions in the
path, he says are chained now, and that
he can go quietly by them to his Malay
Castle Beautiful in the distant oriental
seas.
The District of Columbia
In reply to Senator Platt's citation of
the District of Columbia in support of his
argument. Senator Hoar said:
Now, Mr.. President, the senator from
Connecticut, who is trying TO get some an
swer to the objection to his claim that we