Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-01-19

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of Congress, to accomplish the pur-
poses expressly declared therein.
"All other sovereignty 10 resefy.
ed 10 the States or to the people.
"The power to. conquer alien
peoples ani hold them ia subjuga-
ton 10 nowhere implied as necessary
for the accomplishment OF the
purposes declared by the Uonstitu-
ton.
IL is clearly shown to be one that
ought not to be exercised by any
bodE-one that the trainers of the
Constitution thaaeht onrht III 4
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Il. Because it is immoral and
wicked in inself.
-. Because il 10 expressly denied
IN the Declaration of Independence,
the great interpreter and expound-
er OF the meaning of the Constitu-
ton, which owes its origin to the
same generation and largely to the
same men.
"3. Ii 10 affirmed that il is i'm.
moral and unfit 20 be exercised by
snyoody-in numerous instances
by contemporary State Constitu-
tons and the contemporary writer's
and authorities on public Law, who
expressed the opinion of the Amer.
'can people in that generation who
adopted the Constitution as we'll 40
'f the men who framed it."
Nc Hoar cited authorities and
orecedents, one of the most strik-
ing OF the citations being from Mr..
Justice Brewer. in which he de-
clares that "it is always safe to read
the letter Of the Consultation In the
spirit OF the Declaration of Inde-
pendence." He appealed to Sena-
tors not to consent to the sacrifice
OF that Declaration.
Mckinley and Narslosn III.
Mr.. Hoar then drew q parallel
between the temptation OF Mexico
to Louis Napoleon and the French
: generation ago, and that Of the
Philippines to us teday. After
-aantreasiaG--er-aaa ada by
Napoleon in 1854 with his conduct
when the Mexican opportunity came
10 years later, Mr.. Hoar said
"Our Commissioner came back
from Paris bringing back With them
the cast of clothing of she pinch
beck Napoleon, and ask us, who
nave seen his fate, to discard for
them the spotless robes in which
our fathers. arrsyed the beautiful
genius of America.
ga year ago last December, the
President of the United States sent
= message to Congress. In that
message he said Il speak not of
forcible annexation, because that is
not 10 be thought Of; and under
'ur code of morality that would be
criminal aggression
" The time Of conquest is past,
said Louis Napoleon. All Mr..
President, President Mckinley but
repeated Louis Napoleon, though
IN louder and clearer voice. The
lime Of conquest 10 past, said the
French Emperor. 1T is not by ex.
tending the boundaries Of its terri
tory that @ nation can henceforth
be honored and powerful, bot by
placing itself at the head OF gener-
'us ideas and spreading everywhere
the empire OF right and Justice
President McKinley, when he
spoke, was not thinking even OF
honor or Of power, inspiring aud al
turing as are honor or power. lie
placed himself and placed the
American people on the stern. en-.
turing and perpetual rock Of right
-ousness; that forcible annexation
10 not TO be thought Of, under our
sode Of morality; that would be
criminal aggression.
"Who shall haul him down?
Who shall haul down che code ?
Who shall haul down the President !?
Most Of the remsinder of Mr..
Hoar's speech was devoted TO q pas-
sionate assertion of the principles
Of the Declaration Of Independence,
reinforced by numerous quotations,
both from utterances Of great Amer
cans OF every generation ara from
he declarations made in the Con.
stituti0n OF all the original States