The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-23
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BRYAN on the money question, and the
followers of Jefferson in the campaign
that has closed were not with him, as the
returns prove.
AS to the consent of the governed.
theory, upon which the Bryan Democracy,
in its application to the Philippine Is
lands, staked the success of the campaign,
Jefferson, as a statesman, gave it an in
terpretatan In the case of Louisiana that
cuts the ground completely from under
Mr.. Bryan. Thomas Jefferson did not be-
lieye that every people IS capable of self
government. He believed that the Ameri-
can coioniAs were capable of it when he
drew the great Declaration. He Gid not
believe that the people of Louisiana, when
he bought them and their whole territory
leaual to that of the original thirteen
States from Bonaparte, were fitted for
seif-government, and he did not give it TO
them. he did not even consult them as to
their government
ON AMERICAN LINES.
His great and splendid policy was to
prepare and train them SO that they
should be able to discharge all its duties
and responsibilities on American lines.
And in furtherance of that idea. who was
Jefferson'S first choice for Governor of the
new territory? Not man who was then
a resident OF either Louisiana or of the
States, but General Lafayette, an actual
citizen of France, and a citizen by courtesy
OILY OF tllt ClllSo toidtSS. 11dO YOU
BEEN JEFFERSON wrote to Lafayette n
1851, las l wished, at the head OF The Gov
ernnent OF orleans, BUTT would never
have given me one moment of uneasiness-"
Ii Lafayette mad accepted the place he
would have been the tirst carpet-baS
Governor III our history. and his sponsor
would have been the author oil the uecia-
ration, the 1lrst and greatest OIL Demo-
cratic Presidents.
Against the old Federalist party, the
people OF that day decided that we should
Keep and pay Tor louisiana. Against the
BryAnltes OF the present tlme, the people
have decided that we shall retain the
philippine Islands. That issue must be
dropped. For good and for evil the flag
is there to stay. The consent of the gov
erned'' will come in the maturity Of time,
as it came in the case OF Louisiana.
AS TO IMPERIALISM.
imperialism was another OF the is
Sues so-called. An adequate standing
army has always been a part OF sound
Democratic policy. When jefferson came
into power, IN 1901, the army, it is true,
was reduced to "a mere skeleton; but in
the last year Of his second Administered ton
its strength had been increased TO eight
thousand men, and the population OF the
whole country at that time was only
about that of the State Of New York to-
day If that ratio were maintained at the
present time we should have standing
army of between seventy-tive and eighty
thousand men, whereas the regulars, now
organized, number only siXty-tive thou
sand.
The naval policy was another point of
assault. That was another abandonment
of traditional Democratic policy The
father of Democracy the father Of
the navy. and authority for the assertion
is no less a parsonage than Jefferson's
predecessor in the Presidency. and bitter
politica! antagonist, John Adams. who
wrote to Jefferson, in 1882, that he had