The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-10

modern miracle turns serpents into men,
deserts into gardens, famine irto plenty.
England's work In the land of the Sphinx
has solved its profound riddle, exalted not
England only. but all the world. by its
noble example. and thrilled to the soul
every citizen Of Great Britain. with civic
pride In the achievements of the greatest
civilizing empire of the world. "Cast
thy bread upon the waters and after
many days 1t shall return unto you."
with what measure yc meet, 1t shall
be mcted to YOU again.
Dominant Notes of Our First and
Second Centuries.
MIR. President, solf-government AMI ia
teinal development have been the domi-
nent notes OF our first century; ndminis-
tration and the development of other
lands will be the dominant notes of cur
second century. And administration is
as high and holy IA function AS self-gov-
ernment, just as the care of Il trust es-
tate is as sacred an obligation as tho
Management of our own concerns Cain
was tho first to violate the divine law
of human society which makes of us
our brothers keeper. And administra-
son In self-government. that exalted es-
tate toward which all ci>ilizati tends.
ADMINISTRATION of good government is
not denial of liberty. For what is lib
exercise Of individual will It is not die
tatorship. 1t involves government, but
not necessarily self-governmcnt. 1t
means law. First of all, it is q common
within It's limits. Liberty means protcc-
tion Of property and life without price.
flee speech without intimidation, justice
without without purchase or delay g0ycrnment
best give all this to the people of the
Philippines? American administration
developing them gradually toward self
government. or self-government by IA
mo- hnr hat al
crnmcnt means?
True Interpretation of Declaration of
Independence.
The Declaration of Independence does
not forbid us to do cur part In the re-.
Declaration would be wrong. just as the
Articles of Confederation, drafted by the
very same men who signed the Declara
tion. was found to be wrong. The Dec
laration has no application 10 the present
situation. II was written by self-govern-
ing men for self-governng men. 1t was
written by men who. for a century and
"a half, had been experimenting in self
government on this continent and whose
ancestors for hundreds of years before
had been gradually developing toward
that high and holly estate. The Declar-
alton applies only to people capable of
prostitute this expression of the very
elect of self-governinE peoples to race
of Malay children of barharism, schooled
In Spanish methods and ideas? And
you, who say the Declaration applies To
all men, how dare you deny its applica-
tion to the American Indian? And II
YOU deny it to the Indian at home. how
dare you grant it to the Malay abroad?
Phrase, Consent of the Governed"
Misunderstood.
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 cs-
tablished among men deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed
that when any form of government be
comes destructive of those rights. it Is
the right of the people to alter or abolish
it, Life, liberty and the pursuit OF
consent of the governed" is one of the
means to those ends. If "any form OF
government becomes destructive of thos,
ends, 1t Is the right of the people to alter
or abolish it, says the Declaration
ANY form" includes all forms. Thus
the Declaration itself rec, gnizes Other
forms of government than those resting
on the consent of the governed. The
word consent itself recognizes othel
forms. For consent means the under,
standing of the thing to which the .ccn
sent" Is given; and there are people in
forp, of govarnpoont nj tha sanua a.
which consent" is used in the Declara.
Tor ."onsont - a., tha nao,nrati To-, n,nnc
nart,cinat lion IN the rovernment "consamt,
pd' To- And vet t6osc yvhn nv. not c.,
nabIe of "conscntinr' +" nnv form nj
government must be governed, And S"
rnvcrnment which sar,,re the I iorS rmnda
mental rights of life, liberty and the
pursuit or happiness; self-government
when that Will best secure these ends
as In the case of people capable of self
when people are not capable of self-gov
ernment. And so the authors Of til,
Declaration themselves governed the In
dian without his consent; the inhabitants
OF Louisiana without their consent: and
ever since. the sons of the makers Of ,ht
Declaration have been governing. not b!
theory, but by practice, after the fashior
Of our governing race, now by one form
pose OF securing the great. eternal ends
OF life liberty and the pursuit of harpi
ness, not in the savage. but in the CIV
ilized meaning of those terms--life ac
cording To orderly methods OF civilized
society; liberty regulated by law: pursui'
OF happiness limited by the pursuit ui
happiness by every ether man. II this
Is not the meaning of the Declaration
our government itself denies the Dec
laration every time 1t receives the repr"
of government, such as that Of the Sui
tan. the Gar, or other absolute auto
Gratis. whose governments, according tc
the oppositions Interpretation of th'
Declaration, are spurious governments
because the people governed have moi
"conseEted' to them?
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