The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-02
JEFFERSON AND BRYAN.

According TO the Democratic dehni-
tons now In use Thomas Jefferson,
founder OF the Democratic party. was
an "imperiallst OF the impcrialists." In
1906. In the course OF his second inau-
gural address the great commoncr said:
I know that the acquisition OF Louisi-
ana has been disapproved by some. from
candid apprehension that the enlarge
msnt % territory would eudanger its I'm
ION. But who can limit the extent 90
which the federatlve principle may oper-
ate effectively The larger our associa-
ton the less will u be shaken by local
petElons.
III Mckinley was to urge that the
larger the country the better for its
peace. every Democratic paper i'm the
land would shout Empire" with one
voice. And suppose he should say
thing like this. which we take from
letter written by Thomas jefferson In
1857
our coufeicracy must be viewed as the
nest from which an America. North and
South. IN 90 be- pcopled. We should take
care. too, not 20 think ~ for the interest
OF that great continent TO press too soon
on the Spuniards. Those countries can
not be In better hands My fear Is that
they are too feeble 10 hold them til our
population can be sufficiently advanced
10 gain u from them piece by piece.
TO gain u from them piece by piece"
That would be- too rapacious even for
the Democratic idea 81 Mark Hanna.
Here is another gem from the casket
where the great Democrat Kept his
principles.
However our present interests may re-
strain us within our own limits. II IS inn
possible not TO look forward 10 distant
tines. when our rapid multiplication will
expand itself beyond those limits, and
cover the whole northern n not the south
ern, continent. with people speaking the
same language. governed la similar forms
and by similar laws.
That IL from letter written TO
James Monroe In isOi.
Apropos OF the time-wOrn Democratic
contention that the Constitution goes
with the flag. witness this excerpt from
JeffersOn's letter on the subject written
90 Albert Gallatln In 1903:
There In no Constitutional difficulty a.
TO the acquisition Of territory. and wheth-
er, when acquired. % may boz taken into
the Union by the Constitution as D. now
stands VIII heroine a. question OF cXppdi-
enCy. think n will De safer not % per-
nit tho enlargement Ct the Union but by
amendment OF the Constitution.
Here is n Jcffersonian sheer at the
Idea that an inferior people. coming un-
der the authority OF the United states,
ought 10 have home rule.
Although u is Acknowledged that oar
new fellow citizens are az yet as iucapa-
Die OF scif-Eovcrumcnt as children vet
some In COnEressl cannot bring them
se'Ves To suspend its principles FOR a sin
gle moment The temporary or territor-
Ia Inv FHH.f.F Ia.H.H Of 3
VII encounter great difficulty fin Con-
grCsEl
The Democratic -down-th e-nag-
gers viii hardly relish this letter firm,
Jefferson TO Alexander Hamilton i'm
which he discusses the alienation Of
American territory.
The power 90 ALLEVIATE the unpsoplei
territories % any state Isl not among the
enumerated powers given by the Cousti-
tuition to the General Government. ana II
We may go out Of that instrument AMI
accommodate 20 cxigcnCies which may
arise by alternating the unpeoplcd terri
tory OF a State. NE may Accommodate our
selves little more by alternating that
which H. pcoplod, and sim a little more
b. selling the people themselves a shade
o. two more In the degree Of exigencv f.
all that will be requisite. and Of that de-
gree We shan ourselves be the Judges
NtNNfNfEf may W not De nnNfl tnNt these
questions are forever laid 20 rest by the
amendment 20 the Constitution, DECLARING
expressly that "thc powers not delegated
20 the United states by the Constitution
are reserved 20 the States respectively
Ana n the General Government has no
power 90 ALLEVIATE the territory Of n state.
n r. too Irresistible an argument 20 deny
ourselves the use % u on the present oc-
Jasion.
A Democratic study OF these points
o. Jefersonian doctrine may account
for the failure % Mr.. Bryan 90 arouse
his party with his anti-imperiallst
bugie calls for retreat. Democrats are
Americans as much. In their way. as
Republicans are In theirs. They love 90
see their country grow; they revere the
principles % jefferson and Jackson.
both % them great expansionists: they
have the race instincts OF acquisition.
That - why. n we do not mistake their
meaning, the haul-down- the-flag policy
does not appeal % them and why Bry-
an. In his formal letter OF acceptance.
ala not touch the "imperialist" issue
10 would not be surprising n. before the
campaign Is over. he had dropped IL
out OF his speeches and turned his en-
tire attention 90 the trusts