The sun., 1900-07-07
The Cow and the Locomotive In
1911


Expansion was the locomotive; and that
worthy and respectable statesman from
Massachusetts,, the Hon. JOSIAH QUINCY.
was the beef of the occasion.
Our esteemed contemporary. the Boston
Journal, printed on Thursday an extract
from the speech which Mr. QUINCY deliv-
cred eighty-nine years ago In the House OF
Representatives against the bill for the ad-
mission Of Louisiana. or the Territory OF
Orleans as It was then called. The entire
speech will be found in BENToN's " Abridge-
ment Of the Debates OF Congress, beginning
on page 327 Of the fourth volume. II IL one
Of the finest efforts to block the irresistible
progress of natural development ever made
by bovine genius until the anti-expansion-
lists Of 1900 and the authors Of the Kansas
City platform of the Bryanite Democracy
got in their work. Its persistent arguments
against the inevitable. and Its doleful
prophecies of destruction to Constitutional
government In the United States II Louisi-
ana were admitted, can be read now In
connection with contemporary utterances
of the same sort. with profit to the reader
and likewise to his amusement amounting
even to glee.
The Hon. JOSIAH QUINCY arose to speak
on the question of admitting Louisiana with
a full sense OF impending calamity:
"Mr. Speaker. address you. sir with an anxiety
and distress OF mind with me wholly Unprecedented
The friends Of this bill seem TO con slider II as the ex
erclSe OF common power as an ordinary afiair a
mere municipal regulation which they expect TO see
pass without other questions than those concern.
ing details But sir. the principle Of this bill
materially affects the liberties and rights OF the
whole people Of the United States To me II
appears that II would justify a revolution In this
country; and that In no great length OF time may
produce 1t. when see the real and perseverance
with which this bill has been urged along Its para
mentary path when know the local interests and
associated projects which combine to promote Its
cess all opposition 10 It seems manifesty unavaling.
am almost tempted to leave, without struggle. my
country to Its fate"
But, instead Of leaving his country to its
fate. the anti-expansionist COW Of 1911 de-
cided to face the oncoming engine. Mr..
QUINCY continued.
'Bu, sir. while there Is life there is hope So long
as the fatal shaft has not yet Sped II Heaven will
#, the blow NAV be broken and the viror Of tho
mischief mrditaung arm withered am
compelled to declare II as my deliberate opinion that
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will be the right Of all will be the duty OF some.
10 prepare definitely for a separation amicaby II
they can violently II they must"
Here the ant-expansionlst orator was
called to order, his utterances seeming to
SAVIOR Of treason On appeal from the
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'pe"n', u''e '"o -'"''
when spoke Of a separation of the State, result,
ing from the violation OF the Constitution contem
plated In this blu spoke Of It as necessity deeply
10 be deprecated but as resulting from causes 80 GER
tain nd obvious as 10 be absolutely inevitable when
the eject the principle Is practically experienced
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rouse the attention of gentlemen from the apsthv
with which they seem beset BY the event n tbi, hin
passes. I am willing to be Judged
,..,,.ho In ,,,.,a
danger which the Hon Jos,,u Or,ycv ,-ad
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louisiana. a was tho e,tsnsion uhioh ho
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States Government over the vast area NJ
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