Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-17

Jefferson exactly and precisely as the
Philippines have been acquired by treaty
and purchase under President Mckinley.
The doctrine OF the consent of the gov
erned,' the doctrine previously enun-
ciGtea by Jefferson in the Declaration
of Independence. vas not held by him
or BY any other man to apply to the
1nGian tribes in the Louisiana territory
which he thus acquired, and there was
no vote taken even of the white inhab-
itants, not to speak of the negroes and
lndiars. as to whether they were willing
that their territory should be annexed.
The great majority of the inhabitants
white and colored alike. were bitterly
opposed to the transfer. An armed force
Of United States soldiers had to be
hastily sent into the territory to pre-
vent insurrection. President jefferson
sending these troops to Louisiana for
exactly the same reasons and with eN-
actly the same purpose that President
Mckinley has sent troops to the Philip
pines, Jefferson distinctly stated that
Inc Louisiar2s were not fl or ready
fot salt-governnent.' ana years elapsed
before they were given self-governnlent,
jefferson appointing the governor ana
other officials without any consultation
Nith the inhabitants of the newly &C
CURED territory. The doctrine hat the
reconstruction followed the flag was not
then even considered either by Jefferson
or by any other serious party leader. for
Il { ,cr entered their heads that a new
territory SHOULD be governed other than
in the way in which the territories Of
C1io ana Illinois had already been gov
e.nSd under Washington and the elder
Adams. The theory known by this utterly
false and misleading phrase was only
S5ruCh out III political controversy at q
much later date, for the sole purpose of
classifying the extension of slavery into
the territories.
HISTORIC PARALLELS.
The parallel between what Jefferson
Gid win Louisiana ana what is now be-
Ing done III the Philippines is exact.
Jefferson. the author of the Declaration
OF Independence ana the consent of the
goVefred' doctrine, saw no incongruiIy
between this and the establishment of
a government on common sense grounds
in the new territory, and he rallied at
the stlcklerS for an impossible applica-
ton OF his principle. saying, in language
what the present day applies to the stu
alton in the Philippines without the
change Of a word, though it is acknowl-
edged that our fellow citizens are as
Yet as incapable of self-government as
children, Yet some II bring them
selves to suspend its principles for a
single mcment.' He intended that ulti-
mately self-government should be in
troduced throughout the territory, but
only as the different parts became fit
for it, and no sooner. This is just the
policy that has been pursued. In no
part of the Louisiana purchase was
complete self-government introduced for
a number of years: in one part of it, the
Indian territory, it has not yet been in
~troduced, although nearly a century has
elapsed. over enormous tracts of it, in
Guiding the various Indian reservations,
with q territory in the aggregate as large
as the Philippines. the constitution has
Gy-ay wet ttSnlOoyrnl tIn fa~.ss u 49,
officers and the civilian agent still eXer-
else authority. without asking the 'con-
sent of the governed" We must proceed
In the Philippines with the same wise
caution. taking each successive step as
1t becomes desirable. and accommodate
the details of Il policy to the peculiar
needs of the situation. But as soon as
the present revolt is put down and order
established. it will undoubtedly be pos
sible to give to the islands a larger
measure Of self-eovernment than Jefer-
son originally gave Louisiana.
SEMINOLES AND TAGOLS.
The next great step in expansion was
the acquisition of Florida. This was
partly acquired by conquest and partly
by purchase. and Andrew Jackson being
the most prominent figure il the acquisi-
ton. 1t was taken under President
Monroe; the after-time president, John
Quincy Adams, being active in securing
the purchase. AS in the case of the
Philippines, Florida wasacquired bypur-
chase from Spain. and in Florida the
Seminoles, who had not been consulted
in the sale, rebelled and waged war
exactly as some of the Tagals have
rebelled and waged war in the Philip
pines. The Seminole war lasted for
many years, but Presidents Monroe,
Adams and Jackson declined for a mo-
ment to consider the question Of aban-