Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-23

II Is Impossible 10 secure title TO q
people by force or by purchase" asserts
Mr.. Bryan, and asserts it every day.
This is a phrase hat is evidently dear
to his heart, and he is sure that it will
bring about his election, just as he was
sure in 1896 that "the crown of thorns
and the cross of gold and '16 to T.
would do so. Mr.. Bryan is a very good
talker and a man of literary ability, nc
doubt: but as a historian he is away off
indeed. Impossible" means something
that cannot be done. When Mr.. Bryan
says that title, by which he means evil
IDENTIFY sovereignty over a people, can
not be obtained by force or purchase,
he is woefully wrong, and history for
the past few thousands of years is full
of cases wherein title to a people by an
other nation Or people has been OBJ
tanned by force OF purchase.
In the history of the United States
certainly there are several instances Of
the kind and they must be familiar to
Mr.. Bryan. No doubt they. are.
In 1903 this republic purchased the
Louisiana territory from Napoleon b.
naparte and France; Thomas Jefferson,
then president and the great apostle of
Democracy, paying SIS, 900. 900 for the
great territory and it's mixed popula-
ton, and telling the Louisiana creoles
who wanted to remain under French
rule, that 1.-The consent of the governed
did not count an iota.
In 1919 this republic purchased out
right for the sum of $4,000, 900 from
Spain what is now known as Florida,
and this republic did not care a CONT
mental red cent for the consent of the
governed" but sent General Jackson
down there with al army, and General
Jackson governed the purchase right
imperially for some time without "the
consent of the governed"
In 1S4S this republic acquired what is
now New Mexico, Arizona, California,
ETC., for $1S. 500, 900, and through force.
To be sure, the consent of the gov
erned" was asked so far, hat some of
the citizens of New Mexico were hanged
because they insisted on the consent
of the governed principle. 1t should
also be remembered that for several
years thereafter New Mexico was gov
erned not "by the consent of the gov
erned,' but by a military governor, and
not a Democrat cared a snap for the
consent of the governed"
In 1853, a Democratic president pur-
chased, under the Gadsden treaty, what
is now southern New Mexico and
southern Arizona from Mexico, paying
therefor $40, 900, 900. This president was
Franklin Pierce, and his secretary of
war, Marcy, sent troops into that sec
ton to establish the title of the
United States thereto. This was also a
Democratic president, it will be remem-
bered.
In 1867, another Democrat, Andrew
Johnson, as president of the United
States, purchased for 81, 200, 900 what is
now known as Alaska, and which has
been governed for years, and until
within a few years, in the most arbi-
trary n
These cases are absolutely similar to
the cases Of the Philippine islands and
Porto Rico, and certainly every fair
minded man of average knowledge
must SO admit.
In addition, it is we'll to call to mind,
that without the consent of the gov
the territories Of New Mexico,
Arizona and Oklahoma are being gov
arned by this republic at this very date,
although the governed" in those ter
ritories have asked numerous times to
given self-government. MI. Bryan.
his advisers and followers, and the So
called anti -imperialists and anti-expan-
care not that New Mexico, for
instance. has been governed by the
United States for ffty-two years with |
out 1.-The consent of the governed" of
not. To cite New 'Mexico's case |
does not suit their purpose. But never
it is a case in point and a !
strong case, and made stronger by the
fact that the people of New Mexico are
civilized, progressive and loyal to the
by the fact that New Mexico fur |
1ished more than it's quota of troops
the war of the rebellion and dur
ng the Spanish American war in sup
bort of the Union and to fight the
Jnion's battles.
Mr.. Bryan and his supporters and ad-
have grave and great concern
or the poor, downtrodden. honest,
a~w-abiding, peaceful, intelligent, pious,
'rave, patriotic. liberty loving, great
nd good Filipino, who robs, assassinates
nd murders the soldiers of this coun-
ry whenever and wherever he cam, but
s far as the rights of the peoples of
few Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma
re concerned, they have no rights that
fr. Bryan and the parties who have
ominated him for the presidency need
aspect or care about.