Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-09-27

counsel, achieve Tor themselves spu
r .lSa reputation for wisdom. No GOO
Whatever - subservcd by indiscrlmnat
oenunclatlon OF corporations generally
| ana OF all forms OF industrial combinn
Macon ma IN particular; and when This pub
nc denunciation is accompanied by pri
Vate membership in the great corpora
| .lohs denounced, the effect is, of course
10 give an air OF insiucerity to the who'll
abuses, and there is ample reason TO
| STRIVING to remedy these abuses. :.
rsnas or 1bon ill-e ,ai1 effort t
| lutely without eftec, or else would SIM
ply DO damage.
,a Inc first thing to do is to find out thu
facts; and Tor this purpose publicity "a:
20 capitalization. profits, and all else o
Importance TO the public, is the most use
1 y measure. The mere fact OF this pub
! llclty would In itself remedy certain evil:
ana, as TO the others. it would in som.
cases point out the remedies. and woult
at leaSt enable US to tell whether or moi
ceTtaln proposed remedies would be use
iul; The state acting. m its collective
tfaPacity would thus first find out tn.
facts and then be able to take such
measures il as wisdom dictated. Much car
zone by regulation, by close supervision
and the unsparng excson Of all un-
neathy' ,T Gsestructive ana anti-social ele-
can 90 a great deal; and where they dc.
cine to cooperate the national govern
m W3t must step iE.,
w A.AtS PeAy4Il 1letO 10 lHG necessity OF
keeping our house in order at home the
Amerlcan people can not, il they wish &c
retain their selfrespect, refrain from
world, The history Of the nation i is in in
expansion. When he first Continental
co.., !; r, rs. IN met in Liberty Hall and
selves selves nation, the westward limit of
the country was marked by th.
ih nv {he ya,,o mountains Even dur.
expansion Went on. Kentucky, Tennes-
see and the great northwest. then known
as inc Illinois country. We're conquered
from our white and Indian foes during
the revolutionary struggle and were con-
tirnled to us by the treaty Of peace in
d.ss. Yet the land thus confirmed was
thony Wayne freed Ohio from the red
man. While the treaties OF Jay and Pinck.
ney secured from the Spanish and BIRTHS h
Natchez and Detroit
IN lsU5, under President Jefferson, the
sreatst single stride ia expansion tha,
we , eyer ZOOS WIS taken BY tne purchase
Gu louisiana. which Included what are
now the STAGES of Arkansas, Missouri,
k Y us:sis;l iowa iowa, MINNESOTA, Kansas
luaho, Montana and d large part ot Col
orauo and Utah. was acquired by treaty
ana purchase under Prcsldent Jefferson
exactly and precisely as me Philippines
nave been acquired by Treaty ana pur-
chase under president Mckinley. The
d ,s ns oi the CONSENT OF tho governed. 7"
Inc Inc, doctrine previously enumerated by
J Jefferson In the Declaration OF Inuepenc-
ence, was not he'd by MN or by amy
olner sane man to apply TO the llslAn
tribes in the Louisiana territory winch
ne mus acquired, and there was no Vote
taken even OF the White inha bltauts, not
20 SPEAK OF the Negroes and Indians,
us " whether they We're willing that
their territory should be annexed The
great majority OF tho lnha Dltants, White
ana colored alike, We're bitterly opposed
TO the transfer. An armed 1orte OF Unit
into the territory to prevent lnsurrec-
tl"n, President jefferson senain. troops
TO LOUISIANA for exactly the same
pose that President Mckinley mas sen,
troops TO the Philippines. jefferson dis
thclly stated tnat tne Louisianlans were
not TIT tor self government, and years
elapsed before They Were gwen selt-guv-
ernneAt, Jefferson appointing the gov
ernor and other OPTICIANS, wlthout any con-
sultatlon with tie inhabitants of the new
me constitution follows the nag" was
not then considered either by Jefferson
or amy other serious party leader, tor il
never entered Their heads that Il new ter
rltory should b" governed Other. than in
the way in which the territories of Ohio
and Illinois had already been governed
the theory known by THIS utterly false
and misleading phrase was only struck
Out IN political controversy at a nuca
later 1ate Tor the sole purpose Of lusti.
tying the extension OF slavery into thu
territories
The parallel between what Jefferson
being done in the Philippines is exact.
jefferson the author OF The Dcclaratlun
or lndependcnce, and of the Consent III
inc s"Terned' doctrine, saw no lncon-
eFulty pet tween TINS and the cStuiils h.
lnent OF a government on common SENSE
grounds In the new territory; and he rail-
ed at the stlcklers for AN impossible APP
plicatinn OF his principles, saying. IN Ian
sGase which at the present day applies
10 the situation in the Philippines With
out the change OF 4 word, though it
lzens are as yet as incapable of self-gov-
eminent as children, yet some can not
BRING themselves to suspend its prin-
that ultimately self government should
be introduced Throughout the territory.
but only as the different parts became
~ 1T f ,9r; 1t: , and no sooner This is, just
part oil the Louisiana purchase was com
'lete Self-SoNernment introduce d for A
a NUMBER OF Years; in one part .t it. the
reduced. although nearly century has
Elapsed. Over enormous tracts of ii, in
Guiding the various, Indian reservations.
v!th d territory in the aggregat. as large
as that of the Philippines. the ccnstitu-
ion has mover yet followed the tlag;;"
.he army officer and the civilian agent
he consent of the governed We mus,
proceed in the Philippines with the same
wise caution, taking each successive step
rs 1t becomes desirable. and accom,no-
tatlnS the details OF our policy TO the
peculiar needs OF the situation. But as
'oon as the present revolt is put down and
order established. it Will Undoubtedly be
possible 10 give the islands a larger meas
ire OF selt-goNernment than Jefferson
originally gave Louisiana.
i he next great step in expansion was
he acquisition Of Florida. This was part
y acquired by conquest and partly by
purchase. Andrew jackson being the most
prominent figure in the acquisition 1t
vas taken under President Monroe the
,eing active in securing the purchase
As in the case of the Philippines. Florida
vas acquired by purchase from Spain. /
Ind in Florida the Semino.es who had
lot been consulted in the sale, rebelled
ma waged war exactly some of the
cagals have rebelled and waged war in
he Philippines. The Seminole war last
oe adams and Jackson declined for a
moment TO consider the question of ADAM
lonlng Florida to the Seminoles. or to
reat their non-Consent to the govern .
nent OF the United States as u valid
eason for turning over the territory TO
hem. 1
Our next acquisition of territory was
lad been wrested from the MeXcans by
he Texans themselves. Then came the |
acquisition OF California New Mexico, |
arizona, Nevada and parts of Colorado /.
IND Utah as the result OF the Mexican
var, supplemented five years later by
ne Gadsden purchase.
The next acquisition was that of
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