Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-02-10

VI Na1N " -ANAN NheNN AAeRA idli AANN
our hands while contending with
any foreign power or which we
may conquer) "in order to form
a more perfect union, establish
Justice, insure domestic tranquil
ity, provide for the common de
fence, promote the general wei
fare and secure the blessings OF
liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity," (as well as to the inhabi-
tants of said islands and their
posterity) "do ordain and estab-
lish this constitution for the Uni
ted States of America" land for |
such other peoples and territor-
les as we or our posterity may |
assume dominion over by treaty
or conquest).
lfit is the purpose "cthe pres
ent day to abandon the original
purposes and designs of the gov
eminent, to discontinue the pecu-
liar experiment of selfgovern-
ment which has been begun, let
it be done squarely by adapting
the whole constitution to the
new enterprise. There is no need
of being impeded and hindered by
those old clogs if this departure
is to be made, for it certainly
never entered the minds of the
constructors of this government
that they or their posterity
should ever exercise dominion,
either directly or indirectly, over
a people subdued by force and
arms, or that people in any
other hemisphere should be slaves
or subject in any way to the do
minion of this people. If dicta-
torial or imperial policy is to be
adopted let the fundamental law
be so shaped as to authorize 1t.
II those barbarians are to come
like and equal with the inhabi-
tants of any other territory let
. them come under the law. Let
} them come and be controlled in
their coming by that preparatory
system which the courts speak OF
i. and which is used only for the
purpose of fitting and emitting
them to statehood. If some
) Rehoboam with the younger i'm
: pulses of the nation, tired of old
men and old things, are remov-
ing the landmarks of the fathers
! and the people of this country
! say amen to it then it is all right
But let it not be done by any in,
direction; especially let it not be
= done in violation Of fundamental
= laws or in the absence of laws
: regulating such actions.
: 1t is pretended that no one de,
: sires to incorporate these islands
+ into the statehood. Then what
} are they to be taken and con
! trolled for? How are they to be
t disposed of if the country once
} assumes the custody of them
t No one has yet been able to make
, a single suggestion in respect tc
Y it. Tired of the farm, the boy
/. dreams of the sea, of romantic
' experiences, wealth and power
! the man, steadily and surely in
t creasing his reasonable store ant
| developing his acres in comtor
' and sure prosperity, seeks wealth
in some more attractive locality
: or desires something new, an(
S even the romance of the very eX
+ istence of these hitherto almos
e unknown islands and the mys
l. teries of their conditions hav
r stirred in the minds of a hitherto
d stable people visions of milltar,
/ glory, unbounded wealth and
n proud desire to rank and mlngl
l. with the nations of the earth ant
e send her gallant sons through
y blood, slaughter, pestilential dis
ease and murderous contention
: for a quarrelsome position
t. among the nations of the earth
I. THERE'S no doubt at all that it cal
s be obtained if it is the desire O
o the country. ltcan win the glor,
n of conquering barbarians and oc
lie cupy a high position in conten
r ton with the strongest nation
E. of the earth. The flower of tn
l. country can win great militar,
n renown in this way and continu
t. to quarrel with each other abou