New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-17

my DE Q2TkeIinE COUNSEL achieve Tor Ihefn-
selves a spurious reputation for wisdom No
good whatever is sHbseryed ~ indfscTiminate
cenuncfation of corporations generally, and OF
ali forms of Industrial combination in particu-
lar, and when this public denUnciation r. &C
cszpszisd - private mem 5ership in the great
corporations denounced the effect Is OF course.
10 give ar q iBzsnceTfIy 10 the whole move
ment Nevertheless there are reef abuses. ana
there r ample reason for striving 20 remedy
these abuses crude or I'll considered eGort 70
rsraeay them would either be absolutely with
aut effect OF else would simply co damage
The first thing 10 do - 70 find UuI the facts:
and for this purpose publicity as 70 caplta4lza-
tscn profits and al else OF importance 20 the
public IS the most useful measure The mere
fact % THIS publicity would IN EseH reEE,eoy
certain evils. and as 70 the others i would IN
some cases point out the remedies. and would
at least enable % tel whether or not Ger
tasH proposed remedies would be useful The
SAFE acting n rs collective capacity would
thus first fra OFT the facts and then b able
10 take such measures wisdom dictated
Much can be done BY taxation Even more car
b. done BY regulation. BY close supervision and
sEructlve and sutf-sOcial elements The sepa-
rate state governments Han do a great deal
and whsre they decline cooperate the Ma
tiouaI Government must steD in
THE HISTORY OF EXPANSION.
VILE paying heed 10 the necessity Of keeping
CIR bsuse n order at home the American people
cannot IL they wish 70 retain their self-respect
- r. Torid The hISyory Of the Nation is IN
fzrzz rar1 the history 81 he Nations eXPan-
sso1 uyhe,z the arsf Continental Congress met
n Liberty Hail and the thirteen original States
declared themselves a nation, the westward
Omit q the country was marked by the Aile-
ghzny Mountains Even during The ReEoll-
tiozary War TIE work q expansion went on
Keurucky. Tennessee and The great Northwest
then known the Illinois country. were con-
queTeA from cur white and Indian foes dUrlhg
the Revolutionary struggle, and we're eor1r1lled
70 rs by the treaty of peace in l'S3. Yet the
land thus confirmed was not tHep gwen % -
7 Was EeId b. alien foe Until the army Under
General Anthony wayne freed Ohio from the req
man while the treaties q Jay and PlnckneE
sacsf-z9 from The Sganish and British NatcFeZ
In ISsc under President Jefferson. the great
es- sfugle stride II expansion that va ever took
Wzs taken BY the purchase Il TIE LoutsIara ter
TiIOTy. This sO-caLIed Louisiana, which inciId-
ed Thar are EOE the States Of Arkansas, 5.iS-
sOzlrl. louisiana Iowa. Minnesota kansas y
bFasks- North and South Dakota IDAHO Non
t2Hs and iarge part q Colorado and ! tsA.
was acquired 5y treaty ard purchase Gn4-f
President Jefferson exactly and precisely as the
pEfIppiEes have been acquired y treaty ana
pErchsAe under President Mckinley The doc
Tr5no II The consent Of the zoyerned.T the doc
-rE-se previously enUncfated bv Jefferson II ta@
Declaration Of IndeUendeEea vas not Eeid b.
h5-a O b. any other sane man 70 apply % me
InGisn tribes n the louisiana territory wien
b thus acquired. aEI there T2s 10 vote TAKEN
even 4 abe white 5nha bitauts- not 70 SPEAK o.
the Eegr1es and fHalazS. zs 70 %He1a~t ny
we're wiling thai their territory should BE- an
ueEed- The great Ha}c-1ty q IA E9i-&',I-aIL-s
wn5re ard coiOrsd alike we're bitterly o2EJs1n
q he transfer Al armed force CT nitsd states
s0IdIerx had . - hastily sent into the territory
u preTsnt instruction. President JEFFERSON
se-sfnz these troops 70 louisiana fer exactly
TIE same reasers and With exactly the same
rr-rr<e tEszt President Mckinley hss sent troops
10 the Philippines. jefferson distinctly stated
rtzt The LouisiaBiaEE we're not 1t CT ready fof
self government" and years elapsed before they
were gwen seif-gvveFHnHeat jefferson appoint
Ing the Governor ard otheF OTllcials Without any
consultation with the inhabitants Il the newly
acquired territory The doctrine tHaI the Coh-
s-irution follows the tag was not theh even
considered either b. Jefferson or by any other
serious party leader. for il never entered their
heads thar a rev territory should be governed
Ea~ rFzT ? h
Of Ohio and Illinois had already been governed
under Washington and the elder Adams: the
tEeoTy known by this utterly false and mislead-
tng phrase was only struck out in political con
troveFsy At much later date for the sole pur-
pose of tustfying the extension Of slavery INTO
the Territories
FOLLOWING JEFFERsoNs POLICY.
The parallel between what Jefferson did with
Louisiana and what Is row being done in the
PHILIPPINES - exacE- jefferson, the author Of the
TSeclsrat.on OF Iudepeudence and Of the "cor-
sert u the governed doctrine. saw 10 neon
gTuity between this and the esta biishment OF
government common sense grounds IN the
new Territory: and he railed AZ the stieklers for
impossible Application Of his principle, say
ing in language which at the present day aD-
plies 70 the situation in the Philippines without
the change q a word. though IL IS acknowi-
edged that cur new fellow citizens Yet as
incapable u Enforcement children yet
some cannot bring themselves 70 suspend its
principles for a single moment He intended
that ultimately seIf-g government should be in
T-q4r,ce7 tErCrsggo1ff The Territory tlIt only as
the different parts became IT for IL. and
sooner This Is Just the policy that has been
pursued Ia no part II the Louisiana Purchase
was complete self-government introduced for
number u years IN one part OF H. the IHdian
Territory il has not yet been introduced. al
though nearly century has elapsed Over
enormous tracts Of IT, including the various Ind
ian reservations. with a territory in the aggre
gate as large that q the Philippines, the
Constitution has never yet followed the flag;
he Army officer and the civilian agent still ex-
erctse authority. without asking the consent
q the governed" We must proceed in the Phi
c--r.. oh
successive step as Il becomes desira bic. and
conmodating the details Of our policy 20 the Pc
cUlfaF needs q the situation. But soon the
present revolt IS put down and order established,
auds q larger measure Of selS-governraent than
Jefferson originally gave Louisana-
The next great step IN expansion was the
acquisition q Florida. This was partly
CURED by conquest ard partly By purchase
Andrew Jackson being the most prominent fig
aFe II rbe acquisition II was taken under
Quincy Adams being active in securing the
purchase As in the case Of the Philippines
Florida vas acquired by purchase from Spain.
and n Fl0TlGa the SsznlnoIes, who had not been
eolEulted IN the s2le, rebeIed and waGed war
exactly some q the Tagals have FebelIed
and waged war ia the Philippines The Seminole
Var lasted I0T many gears, but Presidents
Monroe, Adams and Jackson declined for mo-
ment 10 consider the question Of abandoning
Florida the Ssmineies. 10 treat their non
consent 20 the Government Of the United States
as valid reason f1r turning over the territory
70 them.
Our next acquisition Of territory was that Of
Texas. secured By treaty after il had been
wrcsted from the Mexlcars By the Texans them
selves Then came the acquisition Of California
New Mexico Arizona, Nevada and parts Of Col
era5C and Utah as the result Of the Mexican
War, supplemented five years later By the Gads-
Gen Purchase
The next acquisition was that Of Alaska. Sc
cured from Russia by treaty and purchase
Alaska full Il natives. some OF whom had
advanced well beyond the stage Of savagery
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