The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-26
S0NE PLAIN TALK.
ex-Pfesident Harrison Speaks on
Out insuiaT P1ticY.
IMPERIALISM ATTACKED
A Speech That Puts the D s.
tirguished Gentleman Cus e
Harmony Wnh Mis- Fay

tion appea:s 20 the UDited States. *
elusive Of pu: RIO Rico AID The Phulp
p,oe Islancs. He declared that these
islands are part # the United States,
and that the cors.iiuMon extenos 70
tht N in spite Of aay treaties or con-
gr. r.s>ivoal legislation. Geu. Aair:soG
spoke uude- tie auspices OF the Lee,
sure Association of the UGlve!slry 0:
Michigan, ard 3, 600 persons heard him
The g. bjsct OF / is tecture was IRE
Status Of Annexed Telri;o'y acd OF lis
CivIi7ed Irh,bl,aoss. He ois.IalmeG
any Intention Of making gal Q. any
thing but popular discussion OF his
sui jsct. He SAID that recent annex
uon OF territory by the Unlled States
was souewbat out Of Ike with Anecl
can tislor,, and proceeded as follows:
We have now acquired insulsr terri
tory unsuitable for American settlers,
even if they Nere Lot populated IS they
are. We have taken on peoples rather
than lands. The nstlVe labor IS cheap
and threatens competition. We have
sa.d that the Chinese will rot anal
sauste, AID the Filipino Will De equal
" SLOW at least. Il is not open to
question, think, that If Ee had only
taken over the Sandwich lslaLds ana
the West Indies, tie questions would
have been otherwise.
Tie Supreme Court has said thst
constitution gives power to make var,
and that carries with II the power to
ACQUIRE territory. The people, then,
have delegated TO congress and TIE
president the power to acquire tern
tory. as We have acquired the Hawaiian
Islands, Puerto Rico, aud the Philip
pines. These islands have been taken
over not Tor the temporary purpose, IS
we have taken Cuba, but to have and
TO hold for ever. Indeed, We have no.
yer maoe up our MINDS what We Will 90
with them, arG only claim now that
they are part Of the United States and
its y, ople must obey cur authority.
u ls urged that Spain was not II
possession when she solo the Philip
piues, but this is not proved. There IS
no doubt that any international uibu
nal would affirm our tIlle to the Philip
p,nes. The question which troubles
as is their status. Are these people
eis,zens or subj =cts, which! a recent
newspaper heading attrscsed my atsen-
ton. Citizens Of Pu-rto Rico Not
Properly Citizens Of the Uoisec States.
Are they Improperly citizens or cltlzsos
Improperly? There seems to be come
thing lmyroper about 1t.
4 treaty Is part Of the law IN tue
same sense that an act OF congress IS,
snc Lot as the constitution Is. II the
constitution leaves The subject open as
70 whether the people OF fuer.o h'oo
shal, Be cIUzsns after annexation, tnen
the president and COL gress mag deal
with them as they see Ii. II the con
stiru,ion has lett no such controversy
then the constitution muSV stand no
matter what the ;1eaty may say.
here are TWO views to Dc taken:
Eust, tha, all aoyer1neRtsl powers are
oe.eya, ed by the constitution, that
touSI ts1alon applies 10 every mai
aud woman within the nation so,er
elxniy: second, that the term United
S,a,es defines only those reglons auo
people NlLhlp the organized States, ana
that the seve-nmenL Of The territories
il su aosolu,e gcyelDneut and noi COZ
sululopal, sno We are Uuoer no ooil-
ss,,un 10 test as cltlzons those living
IN The ,errltories. This IDEA seems &c
have found It's birth within a CONNER
elal necessity. Ihe Ian Wlo entlrsi Is
depend upon the benevolence OF aaotiel
is slave. A government " Unlimited
ana absolute executive power Is not 81
An,rlcsn government. For one, &c
nos beaeye the makers OF our coosti
tutior ever intended to confer the
power Of soy such government o7ei
any ore IN the conslliuuon. IL Is moi
nsht 10 say that because uf slavery oul
fslhers olo LOT q, sp all msn. 1t l:
different thing to allow an existing
eono,llon TO conaEne s1om crealtS al
en,ue.y olfererr CONDITION TO NEE
eommerclai necessity.
Perhaps it should be asked turthe
whether tie rule Of equal tsxaloI
nu.t apply toa.l people. The instruc
tons Of tie president TO tha Phlllp
pine Commission seem to indicate ina
the CONSTITUTION must apply 70 an.
government that should be established
there. The provisions our father
fought Tor were ioc rights, not to
pr,ylleses. No man can read shs
scheou.e Of rights wlicn The presloen
gave 10 the Pnlnppine Conmlsslvn, |
sn inverse orcer, without horror. Ul
xou ever read one Ct the treaties mac
by the uplieo States with an ..
World Power? o. ole side they spes
Of the ''su, .c,s of her Majesty, an
an tbe other The cl,lzens Of tie In
ted Safes. Nov Il these PROVISION
guaranteed to cl,iz=ns Of the Unite
Safes do nos apply TO citizens Of II
ph,.ipoiue IslaLos, 1t Is time for Us
amend these treaties By adding an
subiects' after the words 'cit:zens
tie United S;aies.
The constitutional provisions req
lating the c-lue Of treason seem to a!
ply 70 these people. We have new
had any trouble with this question
our government Of tbs territories D
fo1e. Wrat have ve been doing? Ha'
We acquired ,bese territories thaa
1igh, holo them for Clown eoloDie
There wss only one oo9r Of esca
from the provision for uniformity
,avation in the constitution, and th
I.,,.-e1 ,bs, Puerto Rico was Q
part OF the United Sts,es, II wou
seem thss region where the eou?
tional and sanitary and other regu
tiops are of interest to :hs Uo1'
States is Of i,se:f portion Of the I
ted s:sses. II would seem that
should seek 50 6n4 way to COVE
this .e-ritory that Providence ba.thro