The Worthington advance., 1900-09-21


at least enable US to tell whether or not
certain proposed remedies would be use-
t1 The state scting r its colisctxe 1Se
facts and then be able to take such
measures as wisdom dictated. Much can
be done by taxation: Even more can be
Se ay By sSes sn
healthy. destructive and anti-social ele-
ments. The separate state governments
can do a great deal; and where they de-
me mt must step In. s7@sr L.
While paying heed to the necessity Of
keeping our house in order at home, the
retain Their self-resp@ect, @ refrain @ i from m
doing their duty, as a great nation in the
,y. Tcrld. The history Of the nation Is IN
expansion. When the first Continental
congress met in Liberty Hall. and
thS thirteen original states declared them.
9sves fSs countaH nation the westward limit of Of
ing the Revolutionary war the work Of
expansion went on. Kentucky. Tennes-
as the Illinois country, were conquered
from our white and Indian foes during
the revolutionary struggle and were con-
1888. Yet the land thus confirmed was
NOT then given to us. 1t was held by an
allen allen foe g. until the army under Gen: An; An;
man. while the treaties treat % Of Jay % and RI PincE. eIc
4sy S secured from the Spanish and british
sreatss &c., single stride in expansion % thai hal
we ever took was taken by the purchase
OF the Louisiana territory. This social
ed Louisiana 'Ss WHICH inc,nded what are
Nebraska, North and South Dakota.
1dano. Montana and a large part Of Col
and purchase under President Jefferson
exactly and precisely as the Philippines
nave been acquired by treaty ana pur-
doctrine ot the consent OF the governed"
the doctrine previously enumerated by
Jefferson In the Declaration OF lndepenu-
ence, was not held by him or by any
tribes IN theo Louisiana territory which
he thus acquired, and there was no vote
taken even OF the white inhabitants, not
as to whether they were willing that
their territory should be annexed. The
great majority OF the Inhabitants, white
70 the transfer. An armed force or Unit
ed States soldiers had to be hastily sent
into fRe s.Sn4 tssritofy TO- preysnt insurrec
to Louisiana for exactly the same
reason and with exactly the same pur-
pose that President Mckinley has sent
tlnctiy stated that the Louisianians were
mot tit for selt-gOvernmenl," and years
elapsed before they were gwen selt-gov
er'rnent. Jefferson appointing the gov
ernOr and other OhlcialS without any con-
sultation with the inhabitants of the new
ly-acquired territory, The doctrine that
the constitution follows the nag was
or any other serious party leader, for it
never entered their heads that a new ter.
ritory should be governed other than in
and lillnOis had already been governed
under Washington and the elder Adams;
the theory known by this utterly false
out in political controversy at a muct @
later date, tor the sole purpose OF justi.
Tying the extension OF slavery into the
territories.
The parallel between what Jefferson
did with Louisiana and what Is now
being done In the Philippines is exact
tas autnos a%S Of
gruity between this and the establish
ment or government on common sense
grounds In the new territory; and he rail-
ed at the stlcklers for an impossible ap-
pitcation OF his principles, saying. in Ian
guage which at the present day applies
10 the situation in the Philippines With
is acknowledged that our new fellow cit
liens are as yet as incapable of self-gov-
ernment as children. yet some can not
cans for snss He its Rfa
That ultimately self-government should
10 introduced throughout the territory,
it at o9 only t. as and dhs no Ss % s
the policy that has been pursued. In no
part OF the Louisiana purchase was COM
plete self-government introduced for a
number OF years; in one part of it, the
Indian territory, 1t has not yet been in
troduced, although nearly century has
elapsed. Over enormous tracts OF it, IN
with territory in the aggregate as large
as that of the Philippines, the ccnstitu-
still exercise authority, without asking
the consent of the governed We must
proceed IN the Philippines with the same
as 1t becomes desirable, and accommo-
dating the details OF our policy to the
peculiar needs OF the situation. But as
order established, it viii undoubtedly be
possible to give the islands a larger meas
ure OF self-government than Jefferson
originally gave Louisiana.
the acquisition of Florida. This was part
ly acquired by conquest and partly by
purchase. Andrew Jackson being the most
%as taRen % "nder 2 Presdcnt S %onroe the
aftertime President John Quincy Adams
being active in securing the purchase
As in the case Of the Philippines, Florida
and In Florida the SeminoIes, who had
not been consulted in the sale, rebelled
and waged war exactly as some of the
the Philippines. The Seminole war last
ed for many years, but Pl Residents Mon
roc, Adams and Jackson declined for a
donns 9e the ef ep
treat their non-consent to the govern
ment of the United States as a valid
reason for turning over the territory to
them.
Our next acquisition of territory was
that OF Texas, secured by treaty. after 1t
had tSs been wrssted from the Mexicans BY
acquisition. OF California. New Mexico,
Arizona, Nevada and parts of Colorado
and Utah as the result Of the Mexican
the Gadsden purchase.
The next acquisition: was that Of
Alaska. secured from Russia by treaty
some OF whom had advanced we'll beyond
the tn stage @ OF savagery and were Chris
tians. They were not consulted about
the purchase nor was their acquiescence
men who had just put through a tri-
umphant war to restore the union and
free the slave: but none of them deemed
consent of the governed" to conciu-
sion so fantastic as to necessitate the
turning over Of Alaska to its original
thirty years the United States author
tiles, military and CIVIL exercised the
supreme authority in tract Of land
n1aHy IMeS i4r8eT tndn lne FnlllpplneS,
In which 1t did not seem likely that there
would ever be any considerable body Of
white inhabitants.
Nearly thirty years passed before the
next instance of expansion occurred,
An effort was made at the end Of Pres
ident Harrison's administration to Sc
cure the annexation of Hawaii. The
effort was unsuccessful. In debate in
congress on February 2, 1894, one Of the
leaders in opposing the annexation OF
the islands, stated. 'These islands are
from our extreme western boundary. We
have q serious race problem now in our
country and am not in favor Of adding
to our domestic fabric q mongrel popula-