The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-14

the people of the United States would BE-
come subject TO an emperor and that 't
would be ruinous to the Republic and prove
the wreck of the Constitution
We have heard a good deal lately about
the Constitution following the flag. NOW.
wnat IS really meant by the doctrine If 9f
the Constitution following the nag IL
II means anything according 10 their IN
depreciation OF il. IT means that IL follows
the nag in its entirety. What nonsense
that Is. The Constitution did not f0lloW
the flag for thirty-three years into Alaska
We have had the old Indian Territory VIII
US for ninety-Seven years. and the Con-
stltution does not apply TO the Indian Ter
ritory yet.
There is another doctrine they have in
voked suddenly, and that Is the consent OF
the governed-'that no man shall be gov
erned without his consent That Is. wheh
IL applies 10 the Philippines, but 1 nave
seen no word that he has said in reference
TO North Carolina, where the Constitution
mas just been amended 10 provide explicit
iy tnat the black man shall be goVerneo
without his consent by the white men. II
Mr.. Bryan is sincere in his upholdings OF
the words of Lincoln, If he is sincere IN
his upholdings of the doctrine OF independ-
enee. let him cut himself loose from the
association with those who trample under
foot those doctrines at home Let MIN
cease TO base his chief hope OF election TO
the presidency upon violation here In Amer
lea or the very doctrines Wmch ne mas mas
falsely invoked in the Philippines. The
consent of the governed doctrine was IN
voked from 1861 TO 1865. and the gentleman
who chiefly invoked IL was Jefferson Da-
Wis. President of the Southern republic,
who based his argument in favor OF seces-
sion upon the fact that you could not gov
ern the Southern States or keep them IN
the Nation against their consent, because
1t violated the principles of the Declaration
OF independence.
WAS CUSTER AN "IMPERIALIST?'
I'VE are not being made war upon by the
nfaA fGlo
but by only one-fifth OF the islanders. We
are asked to surrender to the tender mer-
cies OF those men who have been shooting
down our soldiers. all the rest of the
Islanders who have confided in our good
faith and have come TO accept the shelter
OF our flag. Fifty years ago all this great
country where you dwell through which
have been travelling to-day. and the coun-
try south. and north. and west OF you was
inhabited by Indian tribes. We had exactly
and precisely the right 10 come in here and
take possession of these lands that we
have had through the treaty that gave us
the Philippines.
s.If it is Imperialism TO keep order in the
Philippines and put down the Tagalo
bandits, then IL was imperialism when
Custer and Crook moved against the Sioux,
Comanche and Apache; 1t was imperialism
when the regular and volunteer troops
were called. out ten years ago at the time
of other Indian outbreaks. Liberty can
come TO the Philippines In only one way.
and that is under the American flag. IL we
finch from our duty, II we go back upon
our announced policy and abandon the
islands we cannot keep order there unless
by embarking upon a career of militarism
that would be militarism indeed. We would
see those islands turned into a state of an
archy which would not close until some
other power, some other great nation with
the power and will to do so, stepped in and
| failed 10 do and what we had proved our
selves unable to and unworthy to perform.
| We should not allow these that come after
us to say that we did not perform our duty
| well. Ii should not be said that We. in the
| pride of our strength, were inferior 10 the
CONTINTrE,D ON E-IV,TIl PACE