The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-10
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D. PENNSYLVANIA "a

Confederation, drafted by the very same
men who signed the declaration, were found
to be wrong. The Declaration has no appli-
cation to the present situation. Ii was
written by self-governing men for self
governing men. 1t was written by men
who, for a century and half. had been
experimenting in self governmnt on this
continent and whose ancestors for hun
dreds of years before had been gradually
developing toward that high and holy es-
tate. The Declaration applies only 10 peo-
pie capable of self-government How dare
any man prostitute this expression Of the
very elect of self-governing peoples 10 a
race of Malay children of barbarism.
schooled in Spanish methods and ideas?
And you. who say the Declaration applies
to all men. how dare you deny Its applica-
ton to the American Indian? And IL you
deny IL TO the Indian at home. how dare
you grant il to the Malay abroad?
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED"
The Declaration does not contemplate
that all government must have the con-
sent of the governed. 1t announces that
mans 'inalienable rights are life. liberty
and the pursuit of happiness; that to Sc
cure these rights governments are estab-
lished among men deriving their just pow
ers from the consent of the governed; that
when any form of government becomes de-
structive of those rights, it is the right Of
liberty and the pursuit of happiness" are
the important things; consent of the gov
erned" is one of the means TO those ends.
If ''any form of government becomes de-
structive of those ends, IL is the right or
the people to alter or abolish II" says the
Declaration ANY form includes all
forms. Thus the Declaration itself recog-
niZes other forms OF government than
those resting the consent of the gov
erned. The word consent itself recog-
nizes other forms for consent" means the
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consent - is given; and there are people in
the world who do not understand any
form of government. And the sense in
which consent is used in the Declaration
is broader than mere understanding; for
consent in the Declaration means
participation in the government con-
scented" to. And yet these people who
are not capable of "consenting TO any
form of government must be governed
And so, the Declaration oontemplates all
forms of government which secure the
fundamental rights of life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness; self-government
when that will best secure these ends as
in the case of people capable OF self-goy-
eminent; other appropriate forms when
authors of the Declaration themselves
governed the Indian without his consent;
the inhabitants OF Louisiana without their
consent; and, ever since, the sons or the
makers of the Declaration have been gov
erned not by theory, but by practice. after
the fashion of our governing race, now by
form, now by anOtner, out always lOf
the purpose of securing the great, eternal
ends of life, liberty and the pursuit OF hap
piness, not in the savage, but In the civil
lied meaning of those terms-life according
TO orderly methods of civilized society,"
liberty regulated by law; pursuit OF hap
piness limited by the pursuit of happiness
by every other man. III this Is not the
meaning of the Declaration, our govern
ment Itself denies the Declaration every
time it receives the representative or any
but republican form of government, such
as that of the Sultan, the Car, or other
absolute autocrats, whose governments
according TO the oppositions interpreta-
ton of the Declaration. are, spurious gov
ernments, because the people governed
have not consented To themE
CONSTITUTIONAL POWER
Senators in opposition are estopped from
denying our constitutional power to govern
the Philippines as circumstances may de-
mand. For such power is admitted In the
case of Florida, louisiana, Alaska How.
then, is it denied in the Philippines? Is
there a geographical Interpretation TO the
Constitution? Do degrees Of longitude fix
constitutional limitations? Does a thou
| sand miles of ocean diminish constitutional
| power more than a thousand miles of land?
The ocean does not separate from the
| fed of our duty and endeavor-it joins US,
| an established highway needing no repair.
and landing us at any point desired. The
1 seas do not separate the HnlllpplneS
| from US or from each other. The seas are
| highways through the archipelago which
would cost hundreds of millions Of dollars
| to construct If they were land instead OF
water. Land may separate men from their
desire; the ocean never, Russia has been
centuries in crossing Siberian wastes; the
Puritans crossed the Atlantic i'm brief and
flying weeks. If the Beers must have
travelled by land, they would never have
reached the Transvaal; but they sailed on
| liberty's ocean-they walked on civilza-
tons untaxed highway, 6he welcoming
| sea. Our ships habtually sailed round the
| cape and anchored in CALIFORNIA; harbors.
before single trail had lined the desert
with the whitening bones % those who
| made H. Mo- No, The ocean unites Us:
steam unites us; electricity unites US. all
| the elements Of nature unite us 10 the re-
| gion where duty and interest call u.s.,
There is, in the ocean, no constitutional
| argument against the march of the flag
1 for he oceans, too, are ours. With more
| extended coast lines than any nation OF,
| history; with commerce vaster than any
| other people ever dreamed OF. and thar
/ commerce as yet only I'm it's beginnings.
| with naval traditions eQualing those OF
England; or of Greece and the work OF oup
| navy only just begun; with the air OF the
| ocean I'm our nostrils and the blood of a
| sailor ancestry In our veins: with fha
| shores Of all the continents calling us the
great Republic; before ] die, will be the
| seas. And over them, the Republic viii
| hold dominion by virtue Of the strength
God has given IL. for the peace OF the world
and the betterment OF man.
| No; the oceans are not limitations of ths
| power which the Constitution expressly
| gives Congress TO govern all territory the
| Nation may acquire. The Constitution de-
| clares that Congress shall have power
| TO dispose or an make all needful rules and
| regulations respecting the territory belong-
ing TO the United States" Not the North-
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