Cañon City record., 1900-09-20

most eminent leaders the Democratic
party has had. describes 1t in his
Thirty Years In the Senate" as a
new dogma" He says that Mr.. Web
stsr completely exposed the fallacy of
the proposition. and that the doctrine
had never been heard OF in the coun-
try before.
The bred Scott Case.
In the Dred Scott case. decided by
the Supreme court in 1856. Judge Taney
followed Mr.. Calhoun. and announced
the same doctrine. and the pro-siavery
party persisted in II until 1860. wheh
1t nominated Breckinridge for the pres
idency and declared In its national
platform that during the existence OF
. territorial government all citizens
of the United States have an equal
right to settle. with their property. in
the territory. without their rights.
either Of person or property. being de-
stroyed or impaired by congressional
or territorial legislation
"The Republican party accepted the
gage OF battle. thus thrown down by
the pro-slavery Democrats. and an
nounced In its national platform for
the campaign of that year, that:
"'7. The new dogma. that the con-
stitution of its own force carries slav-
cry into any or all OF the territories
of the United States. is at
variance with the explicit provisions
Of that instrument itself: is
revolutionary in its tendencies and
subversive OF the peace and harmony
Of the country
Eiectis. Of Lineois.
Upon that proposition Mr.. Lincoln
was elected president The slave states
seeded because of this proposition.
now again announced by Mr.. Bryan.
following John C. Calhoun and Judge
Tansy.
That the constitutional guarantees
do not go into the territories until con-
gress SO provides BY express legisla-
ton. has been announced by Chance
lor Kent and by Mr.. Justice Story in
their commentaries and by the Su-
preme court of the United States. both
before the Civil war and since. except
as to the Dred Scott case. and perhaps
some ceses which followed It. while
Of the Supreme court.
ut would seem that the re-
suit of the war. would have settled for
ever that Interpretation nov sought to
be revived by Mr.. Bryan. Its only ef-
feet would be to interpret the eonsti-
tuition In such . way a. to diminish
the power of the federal government
to deal with its enemies in time OF war.
'Mr. Bryan has misstated the doc
trine. II was the doctrine of the Cal
houn-Dred Scott-Judge Taney pro-
slavery Democrats. and for the pro-
motion of slavery alone. You can zee
the discussion in the second volume
of Benton's Thirty Years in the SEN
ats-'"
Bryan . xsiss Prophet
What do you think OF the other
propositions advanced by Mr.. Bryan
His principal propositions are all
equally fallacious. He asserts that the
administration has wilfully violated
the principles of liberty and has de-
prived the Filipinos Of their freedom
and that history furnishes no exam
pie Of turpitude baser than ours II We
now substituts our yoke for the Span
ish yoke All Of Mr.. Bryan's large
professions of generosity OF sentiment
and principle are based upon the as
sumption that. having gone to the
Philippines. we can just as easily come
away again. or as Chairman Jones is
said to have expressed II = short
time since. We went there In ships.
and l suppose we can come away In
ships'-or perhaps he said boats
Those who are not responsible need
not be defihite In their plans or propo-
sitions. The country has had great
dinculties to deal with. and somebody
has had to deal with them. not upon
glitterinE and rhetorical propositions.
but upon the facts and the law.
ut would be a great qualification to
many curious observers to see Mr..
Bryan shufne together ali the noble
and irrelevant sentiments which he has
quoted from others and the large and
generous and Irrelevant sentiments
which he expresses on biz own ac-
count and be compelled 60 mix these
up E'ith the actual facts OF any given
case and see what would come OF IT,
When Mr.. Bryan bsgins TO soar. II he
would only start from the facts and
conditions which have to I've dealt with,
or when he comes down and lights II
he would sometimes light on the facts
and conditions which have to be dealt
with, we might guess how he would
act In a given case II tho management:
should be actually intrusted to him.
Dewey 1T Manila
When Admiral Dewey destroyed
the spanish navy the Spanish sever-
ciEGty was obliterated. The obliga-
tion to protect persons and property
on the islands. and preserve order and
force obedience 70 law upon them,
passed over. under :he Jaw OF nations,
and devoived upon the United States.
This country became. by conquest
and by the treaty which Mr.. Bryan ad-
vised, responsible to all ixw-abiding
citizens upon the islands. II Is 8 siea-
pie principle OF international lar, tnat
the sovereign is bound to protect ev-
cry person who obeys the laws and re-
mains in the country. Any neglect to
do 20 is breach Of international Law.
and gives to the nation OF which the
person IL a citizen Just ground of COM
plant. and. satisfaction being refused.
for war.