The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-26

there" The administration clsims the
right 10 punish the PHILIPPINES iof fesist.
ing the authority Of the United states,
and ct the same time contends, that the
constitution does not extend over our is.
laud territory.
Hon. NJ. NJ. Estee. one Of the leaders
Of the Pacific Coast Bar. a life
long Republican. and corporation
attorney, has decided that the consti.
tuition covers the Sulu Islands, slavery,
poligamy and all. Senator Hoar Of Mass,
is also Of the opinion that neither con.
gress nor the president has any right TO
govern the territories or the people out =
side Of the constitution.
Sir James Mcintosh, one Of the great
lawyers Of England, in reference to the
partition Of Poland, said: "There is no
political doctrine more false or pernicious
than that which represents VICE IN
ITS INTERNAL GOVERNMENT as an
extennation Of unjust aggression agains {
a country, and a CONSOLATION to
mankind for the DESTRUCTION OF its
independence. As no government is
without great faults such a doctrine
MULTIPL1ES THE GROUNDS OF
WAR, GIVES AN UNBOUNDED
SCOPE TO AMBITION, and furnishes
BENEVOLENT PRETEXTs for every
sort Of rapine." This is the kind Of
rights Mckinley claims in the Philippine
Islands at the present time. In his
letter Of acceptance, Roosevelt Gays:
that the Administrations policy in
the PHILIPPINE Islands is identical with
that OF Jefferson, in the purchase and
early government OF Louisiana. Every
student Of United States history knows,
that Jefferson doubted his authority TO
purchase Louisiana, that when it's ter.
ritorial government was organized, the
Inhabitants we've recognized as citizens
Of the United States, and that the whole
OF this territory was afterwards admit.
ted as states Of the union. No such pol
icy is even limited at by the admins.
tration in the matter OF the PHILIPPINES.
II Mr.. Roosevelt, with his public ex.
perience, does NOT know any more
about constitutional government, than
his letter Of acceptance implies, he is
too great fool TO be vice presinent Of a
cross roads debating society; and II he
DOES know better than he said, he is a
dishonest demagogue who ought to be
defeated for misrepresenting the facts.
Mark Hanna and the rest of the Re.
publican leaders contend that the con-
stitution do3s not follow the flag.
Daniel Webster thought il did; the
Supreme Court for one hundred years
has thought il does; George F. Edmonds
thinks il does; George f Hoar thinks it
does; NJ. M. Estee thinks ii does; Jos.
Simon thinks it does; II. w. Corbett
thinks il does; Sec. Seward thought it
does; yet against all this array of talent,
we have tie opinion Of those two great
constitutional lawyers who are respect
lively, Chairman, and candidate for Vice
President OF the Republican party. II
should not be forgotten in this dscug-
sion, that one of the principal objects in
drafting the constitution of the United
States was: "to form a more perfect
union" and NOT TO have foreign coll
onies scattered throughout the world,
and governed under various systems OF
law.
Being constitutional government,
the United States has no powers, ex.
cept those prescribed in thecCnstitution,
and policy Of exercising other powers
will, II persisted in, overthrow the con-
stitution, and the government created |
by IL. JoHS A. JEFFREY.