La Junta tribune., 1900-09-29

acquired Dy treaty ana purchase uD0et
President Jefferson exactly and pre-
cisely as the Philippines have been ac-
quired by treaty and purchase under
President Mckinley. The doctrine Of
the consent OF the governed" the doc
trine previously enuncIated by Je6er-
son In the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence. WAS not held by him or by any
other sane man to apply TO the Indian
tribes In the Louisiana territory no
vote taken even OF the white inhab-
itants. nor to speak OF the negroes and
Indians. as TO whether they were Will
Ing thar their territory should be an
nexed. Tia. great majority OF the In
habltants, white and colored alike.
were bitterly opposed 10 the transfer
An armed force of United States sol
diers had TO b. hastily sent into the
territory to prevent insurrectiOn, Pres
ident Jefferson sending these troops 10
Louisiana for exactly the same reasons
and with exactly the same purpose
that President Mckinley has sent
troops to the Philippines. Jefferson
distinctly stated that the Louislanians
were mot III or ready for seif-govern-
men,." aud years elapsed before they
We're given srlf-government. Jefferson
appointing the. Governor and other OIL
inha abItants Of the newly ter
ritory. The dociriue that the ''cons,i-
tuition follows the mag" was no; then
even considered either lay Jefferson OF
by any other serious party leader. for
II never entered their heads that new
territory should be governed other than
In the way in which the territories or
Ohio and Illinois had already been gov
erncd under Washington and the elder
Adams: the theory known by this ut
teriy falls. aud misleading phrase was
only struck out In political controversy
mt a much later date. for the sole pur-'
pose OF jus;ifying the extension Of
slavery into the territories.
Th. parallel between what Jefferson
did with Louisiana nnd what is now
being done IN the Philippines Is exact.
jefferson. the author OF the De.lara-
tion OF Independence. and Of the con
sent of the governed dcctriue. SAW no
incongruity between this and the es-
tablishmerd OF y government ON com
mon sense grounds In the new territory:
aud liz rlil,Ad AT the sticklers for an
impossible application of his principle
saying IN language which AT the present
day applies to the situation in the
Philippines without the change OF
VI
our new fcllow-,.itizpns are as yet as
incapable OF self government as chill
dren. yet some can not bring them
selves to suspend Its principles for u
single moment He Intended that
ultimately self. government should be
Introduced throughout the territory.
hut only as the different parts became
tit for IL. and no sooner. This II just
tine policy that has been pursued. In
no Part of the Louisiana purchase WIS
complete self-government Introduced
for number OF years: In one part OF
IL. the Indian Territory. II has not yet
bees introduced. although nearly n CEN
tury has elapsed. Over enormous
tracts OF ii. including the various
Indian reservations. with territory in
the aggregate as large ~ TINT pf the
Philippines. the constitutions has never
yet followed the fiag": the army officer
and the civilian agent sfill exercise
authority, without asking the 'cunseu'
OF III. governed We must proceed
in III. philippines with the same wise
caution. taking each successive step as
IL becomes desirable. and accommodat-
Ing the details of our policy to the
peculiar needs of the situation. But
ms soon as the present revolt Is put
u
,loubiedly be possible TO give to the
Islands u larger measure of self-goy
ernmcn, than jefferson originally gave
Louisiana.
The next great step In expansion was
the acquisition OF Florida. This was
partly ecuuired by conquest and partly
by purchase. Andrew Jackson being
the most prominent figure In the ac-
auisition. II was taken under Presi-
dent Monroe. the aftertime President
John Quincy Adams being active in
securing the purchase. As In the case
of The Philippines. Florida was acqu!r-
ed by purchase from Spain, and In
Florida the SeIninolcs. who had not
been consulted In the sale, rebelied and
wagesI war exactly as some o:S'the
Tayals have rebclled and waged war
I'm the Philippines. The Seminole war
lasted for many years. but Presidents
Monroe. Adams and jackson declined
for II moment to consider the question
OF abandoning Florida to the Semi
noles. or to treat their non-consent to
I've Government Of the United States MS
n valid reason for turning over the ter
ritory to them
Our next acquisition of territory was
that OF Texas. secured by treaty after
It ,,ad been wrcsted from the Mexicans
by the Texans themselves. Then came
the acquisition OF California. New
Mexico. Arizona. Nevada and parts Of
Colorado and Utah ms the result of the
Mexican war. supplemented five years
later by the Gndsden purchase.
The next acquisition was that Of
Alaskn. secured from Russia by treaty
and purchase. Alaska was full of ma
,Iv,S so,n,. of whom had advanced
well beyond the stage of sayagery and
were Christians. They were not con-
suited about the purchase nor was
their acquiescence required. The pur-
chase was made by the men who had
lust put through triumphant war to
restore the Union and free the slave:
hut none Of them deemed It necessary
TO push the doctrine Of the consent Of
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