The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-13

Of peace and humanity. 1t was not the
least of his contributions to the welfare.
not only of this country. but of hu
manity.
PARALLEL FALLS TO PIECES.
And when we find in this action of Mr.
Jefferson any precedent for the enter
prise of Mr.. Mckinley, we must con-
TESS that we look at nothing except the,
mere taking of territory and find in that
respect the two proceedings are wholly
dissmilar Mr.. jefferson took contiguous
territory, While Mckinley has taken re-
mote territory. Mr. Jefferson took terri
tory in order to prevent war. Mr.. Nc
Kinley is making war to seize that re-
mote and worthless territory. CGreat
appiause)
Jefferson took territory in order to OBJ
viate future provocations to war: He OBJ
waited necessarily, the maintaining OF
line of forts along the Mississippi
Mckinley has seized this island over the
sea, and If he be successful in his pur-
poses of conquest We must maintain
armies there. He is sowing the seed for
future wars. Jefferson took the terri
tory of Louisiana under a special proViS-
ion that it should be Incorporated into
the states of the Union and that it's peo-
pie should be admitted Immediately to
citizenship. Mckinley has sought to
take these islands, not TO admit them as
states, but to hold them as dependencies,
not TO confer the privileges of the con-
sutution upon them. but to hold them as
subjects, not of us, but of certain office
holders to be exploited for their pur-
poses. (ApplauSe.)
So much for the precedent. But they
tell us that it is fanciful and absurd to
attribute imperialistic tendencies to them.
II IS ABSOLUTE DESPOT4SM.
They tell us that imperialism is a bug
aboo, creation of a disordered MIND.
hallucinatiOn, or else a scarecrOw erected
TO delude the people. / begun by saying
now dlfhcult 1t is for us to discuss the
issues of this campaign, because the Re-
pup1canS will give us no definition of
their purposes and they resent every
detnltion which we attempt to supply for
It'll but there Is one thlng certain.
They mean TO govern these Islands out
side OF the constitution. If the cOnSt1-
tuition applies. nobody wants them; If
they are to be governed by the constitu-.
tlon they agree that the quicker we let
go the better. Democrats and RepuD
lIcans are at one upon that proposition.
therefore, we have but to consider their
policy in the one light, for they Them
serves aVoW that the constitution does not
apply to them. Now, l submit ladies and
gentlemen, that the scheme of govern
ment outlined in that description en-
braces the most absolute despotism ever
known in this world. 1t is the most alb
solute despotism conceivable to the mind
OF man. II these islands are to be gov
eTned outside of the constitution, then
plainly, the limits of the constitution do
not apply to it, and if the limits of the
constitution do not apply, then there are
no limits whatever. II there are no limits
L
person TO show me parallel for it any
Where in the world. ApplauSe.)
TWO FORMS OF GOVERNMENT.
There are but two forms of government
known TO man, in the last analysis. One
is government by the consent of tue gov
e1l4ed, the ocheI by force. Despotism is
government by force. Democracy is gov
eminent by consent. There are various
shades of despotism, but they all come
back, III the last analysis, to force, yet
that it rules by force. The despot, not
being able 10 plead human consent for
his authority, inVOkes an assumption of
divine interposition. Since he cannot
claim that he governs by the consent of
the governed, he claims he governs by
Divine right and despotism, IN the last
analysis, is theocracy. You never
heard of q despot that dn't assume some
spiritual functions in addition TO his tenn
poral powers. The car of Russia is not
merely the head of the Russian state, but
he is the supreme pontim of the Greek
church; the sultan of Turkey is not
merely the chief of the Ottoman empire,
but also chief prophet of the Mohamme-
dan faith. The head of the Chinese po-
htlCal establishment is also the patri-
archat chief of the empire. do not know
what Spiritual functions Mr. Mckinley
will annex to his authority in the Phil
lppine island. (Applause) But | do know,
sc1ously he is already beginning to find
the necessity of it. You will see that
whenever he talks about destiny and
prophecies and the strange manifestations
OF Divine will that he claims to have dis
covered, that he is quite uncansciousiy
setting up a claim of divine right, Just
as the other despots have been compelled
to set 1t up. (Applause.) But if MIR Nc
kinney really claimed to govern by Di-
vine right, it would be much better than
the hybrid system which he processes to
ment by Divine right the divinity which
creates the despotiSm also imposes GER
tam responsibilities, and they are lirnI-
tauons. The subject is enjoined to ODE
merclful and just
These are. reciprocal obligations none
the less SO because the duty, of the SUBJ
Iect can be enforced and the duty of
the king cannot, but when the king takes
coronation oath he acknowledges obi
cations which it embraces as binding
at least IN morals, but these unfortu
not have the benefit of a coronation oath
under the system Mr.. Mckinley proposes
Tor them The only oath which can be
imposed upon an officer of the United
States is to support the constitution. but
under this system the first duty of the
Office holder will be, not to support the
constitution. but to exclunde it from the
sphere of his jurisdiction. Well, with the
constitution excluded, on what does the
right to govern the Philippine islands
rest? On nothing but force. There is
no pretense, as yet, of divine authority
except III the vaguest form. Mr.. McKin-
ley cannot claim a right to the Philip
pine Islands from long line of ances-
tors. He has no proof, as yet that I
know of, of the consent of the governed;
then, on what does his government rest?
On no moral basis whatever On force
alone, and that force is the army of lhe
United States. Applause.) But If the
constitution does not extend there. nv
what right does Mr.. Mckinley Issue ali
order to a single soldier CHARTERED there i?
If the constitution extends to the Phil
nc inv
ing It's powers it must extend there equal
~ Tor the purpose of enforcing its linn
itations. That Is logical proposition
and that is logic. He wants noise and
he wants to carry on this campaign with
noise and shooting revolvers and yelling
unturled being incapable of being hauled
down again.
IMPERIALISM NOT THE WORD.
1 have some sympathy with his obiec-
ton to accepting the word imperialism
as descriptive OF his policy. I do not
th1Ek this plan of Mr.. Mckinley is i'm
periSlism. do not think imperialism de-
Scribes it properly. but L think imperial
ism is the best word evolved from ex-
Perlence to apply to it, It does not de-
history that will describe or parallel It,
When ! say that imperialism is not The
proper term, mean, not that Imperialism
eXaggerates it, but that imperia ism falls
short of describing it. applause J.
Roman Imperialism to the last .preserv-
ed the outward respect for the constitu-
ton, but here there is In attempt to
erect government, not upon the consti-
tuition, for the constitution Is deridcd and
rejected. 1t is claimed to establish gov
ernment upon a combination between Mr..
Mckinley and the army to desecratc the
organic law under which both have been
created, and established, over the seas
a form of government, wholly ipconsis,
tent with this, and, therefore, hostile TO
It, (Applause) Well, we are told that
all this only applies TO the Philippine
islands and, adopting the language of
an illustrious statesman in congress.
what is little thing like the constiflI-