The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-09-28

deemins that they may. by darkening
counsel. achieve for themselvess spu-
rious reputation for wisdom. No good
pronunciation OF corporations generally.
and OF all forms of industrial combine
nation In particular: and when this pub
vate membership in the great corpora
lions denounced, the effect Is, of course,
to give an air of insincerity. to the whole
abuses. and there IS ample reason for
striving to remedy these abuses. A
crude, OF. ill-considered effort to
remedy them would either be abso-
lutely without effect or else would sim
ply do damage.
The first thing to do IL to fnd out the
facts; and for this purpose publicity as
Importance to the public. Is the most use
ful measure. The mere fact of this pub
Lefty would In itself remedy certain evils
cases point out the remedies. and would
at least enable US to tell whether or not
certain proposed remedies would be use
capacity w sSs tSas arss nd 'o out the
facts and then be able to take such
measures az wisdom dictated. Much can
done by regulation. by close supervision.
and the unsparing excelsior of all un-
healthy. destructive and anti-social els-
can do great deal; and where they de-
cline to Cooperate the national govern
msnt must step in.
While paying. heed to the necessity Of
Keeping our house In order at homo, the
American people can not. II they wish to
retain their self-respect. refrain from
doing their duty as great nation in the
large part the history of the nations
expansion. When the first continental
congrss met in Liberty Hall: and
selves nation, the westward limit of
the country was marked by tbs
Allegheny mountains. Even dur.
expansion went on. Kentucky. Tennes-
see and the great northwest, then known
as the Illinois country, were. conquered
thu revolutionary struggle and were con-
firmsd to rs by the treaty OF peace in
17S3. Yet the land thus confirmed was
alien foe until the army under Gen. An
thony Wayne freed Ohio from the red
man. while ths treaties Of Jay and Pinck.
nsy secured from the Spanish and British
In ls0S. under President Jefferson. the
greatst single stride in expansion thai
we ever .ooH was taken by Inc purchase
I'd Louisiana. which Included what are
now the states or Arkansas. Missouri.
Louisiana. Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas.
Nebraska. North and South Dakota,
Idaho, Montana and large part OF Col
orado and titan, was acquired by treaty
and purchase under President jefferson
have been acquired by treaty ana pur-
chase under PRESIDENT Mckinley. The
doctrine OF the consent or the governed.
the doctrine previously enunoiated by
Jefferson In the Declaration OF lndepenu-
ence, was not held by him or by any
other sane man TO apply to the lnAian
tribes in the Louisiana territory which
he thus acquired, and there was no vote
taken even OF the white inhabitants, not
to speak OF the Negroes and Indians.
Is to whether they werS willing that
Ihair farrtrhHv
great majority OF the Inhabitants, white
and colorsd alike, were bitterly opposed
TO the transfer. An armed fore. OF Unir-
ed States soldiers had to be hastily sent
into the territory TO prevent insurrec-
ton, President Jefferson sending troops
to Louisiana for exactly the same
reason and with exactly the same pur-
pose that President Mckinley has sent
troops to the philippines. Jefferson dis
tinctIy stated that the LouisianianS wore
mot ut FOR SeiI-gOvernmenl, and years
elapsed before they were gwen selt-gov-
ernment. Jefferson appointing the gov
ernor and other officials without any con-
ly-acQuirsd territory, The doctrine that
the Constitution follows the nag was
not then considered either by jefferson
or any other serious party leader, for il
never entered their heads that new ter
ritory should be governed other than in
the way in which the territories OF Ohio
under Washington and the elder Adams;
the theory known by this utterly false
and misleading phrase was only struck
out in political controversy at a mucA
later date, for the sole purpose of justi-
Tying the extension OF slavery into the
territories.
did with Louisiana and what Is now
being done in the Philippines is exact
Jefferson, the author OF the Declaration
OF Independence, and Of the Consent OF
the governed doctrine, saw no incon-
gruity between this and the establish
ment Of a government on common sense
grounds in the new territory; and he rail-
ed at the Sticklers for an impossible ap-
plication OF his principles, saying. in Ian
guage which at the present day applies
TO the situation in the Philippines with
Is acknowledged that our new fellow Cit
liens are as yet as incapable of self-gov-
eminent as children, yet some can not
bring themselves to suspend Ats prin-
clples for single moment" He intended
that ultimately self-government should
be introduced throughout the territory
but only as snd h9 no . IS
the policy that has been pursued. In no
part of the Louisiana purchase was COM
piets seif-government introduced for a
number Of years; in one part ct 1t, the
Indian territory, 1t has not yet been in
troduced. although nearly century has
elapsed. Over enormous tracts OF II, in
Guiding the various Indian reservations
with a territory In the aggregate as large
as that OF the Philippines, the ccnstitu-
the army efticer and the civil i agsnr
still exercise authority, without asking
the consent of the governed" We must
proceed in the Philippines with the same
wise caution, taking each successive step
as 1t becomes desirable, and accommo-
dating the details OF our policy TO the
peculiar needs OF the situation. But as
soon as the present revolt is put down and
order established, 1t will undoubtedly be-
possible to give the islands a larger meas
ure OF self-government than Jefferson
originally gave Louisiana.
The next great step in expansion was
the acquisition Of Florida This was part
ly acquired by conquest and partly by
purchase, Andrew Jackson being the most
prominent figure in the acquisition. It
was taken under President Monroe, tho
aftertime President John Quincy Adams
being active in securing the purchase.
AS in the case of the Philippines, Florida
was acquired by purchase from Spain,
not been consulted in the sale, rebelled
and waged war exactly as some Of the
Tagals have rebelled and waged war in
the Philippines. The Seminole war last
ed for many years, but Pr esidents Mon
roe, adams and Jackson declined for a
doning Florida to the Seminoles, or to
treat their non-consent to the govern
ment of the United States as a valid
reason for turning over the territory to
them.
Our next acquisition of territory was
that of Texas, secured by treaty after 1t
had been wrested from the Mexicans by
acquisition Of California, New Mexico,
Arizona, Nevada and parts Of Colorado
and Utah as the result of the Mexican
war, supplemented five years later by
the Gadsden purchase.
The next acquisition was that Of
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