New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
COUNTY MIN WEpNEsDAY NUMBER llsI
Consent of the Gov
el.ned,

The defenders of the administrations 8
course IN the Philippines, which has
caused a bloody war in which the lives
Of many brave. American soldiers have
been sacrificed on the altar of imperial
ism, find it extremely difficult to make
the Mckinley policy agree with the prinA5
ciple Of ssthe consent of
the governed, and they are always
forced to fall back on the silly assertion
| that the Indian is governed without his
consent. Exactly what this has to do
with going thousands Of miles from our
shores and trying to conquer a people
who desire to govern themselves does
not appear clear. The relatlon.ls appar-
ent only to- the Mckinley organs. Yet
no longer ago than March 18, 1888,
President Mckinley, then member Of
congress-, addressing the house in oppo-
sition to the Mills tariff bill, for which
Knute Nelson spoke and voted, said:
"lt is fortunate that our government
is founded upon the consent of the gov
erned; that every citizen has voice in
the making and unmaking of the house
Of representatives every two years, and
Ieven if it is deprived in the interim of
a hearing, there is one day when he can
speak and when he can make his infiu-
ence felt" (Applause.) j
AS he does on every other question
that ever came before the people, Mr..
Mckinley has completely reversed his
ideas, in regard to the consent of the
governed. He no longer regards consent
as necessary. Embued with the spirit
Of imperialism, he wants to rule 1O,OOO,-
900 people 5000 miles away, as colon
lists, as Subjects, as slaves, and winks at,
indeed perpetuates, a harem and pays
the harem keeper $75 per month out of
our lll-gotten revenues. The courts all
hold we have no power and no right to
|hold "colonies" under our system. He
condemns Secretary Seward, great Re-
publican, who in the senate on July 26,
! 1850, said this:
"It is remarkable feature of the con-
/ stitution of the United States that it's
trainers never contemplated colonies or
provinces or territories at, all. On the
other hand, they contemplated states
only, nothing less than states, perfect
states, equal states, as they are called
here. Soverei gn states. There is reason
|-tliere is sound political wisdom-lr
this provision Of the constitution exclud-
ing colonies, which are always subject
to oppression, and excluding provinces.
which always tend to corrupt and en-
feeble and ultimately to break down tile
! parent state.'
1t is also worthy of note that co lonial
possessions are condemned by the words
of such eminent juusts aud constitution
al authorities as Judges Cooley, Brewer
Taney, Curtis, Mclean, Kent and host
of others, and by the teachings and the
example Of the actual builders of this
republic. II we add and hold as empire,
as colonies, our new possessions, how
soon will it he that we will turn our
| backs or Oklahoma, Alaska, New Mexi-
co and Arizona, that are near us? How
soon will our republic start to decay at
home? Our only hope of preventing
this danger is to put stop to the policy
that creates it" perform '''our plain
duty" and elect William J. Bryan to the
presidency.-Duluth Herald. r..
Republicans are trying to disown the
Des Moines Globe, because it is honest
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