Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-09-15

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have watched with interest the split.
ting Of that territory into two great
safes. / was once a resident Of this
territory, a little farther west in the
COW country, and so I. have in a way a
peculiar right to speak to you tonight.
There is much that I would like to say,
but not having the time for a lengthy
discussion I will speak to you tonight
upon but one ISSUE, and that is
pafnrsion, an which our opponents have
miscalled imp In this state,
it seems to me that no citizen ought
to fail to realize what expansion
means. What is the history of this
state At the beginning Of the pres
ent century, two thirds of what is now
the United States was Spanish terri
tory and North Dakota was at time
part of the province of Louisiana.
From Mexico to the Dominion of Can
ada, Spanish rule was supreme. Spain
even ait this time, very properly had a
high regard for our expansion quail
ties, and thought that by ceding this
territory to France it would act as a
buffer against invasion from the north.
When Uncle Sam wants "a thing he
wants it pretty bad. and he usually
gets it too. President jefferson, the
author of the declaration of independ-
ence, and the first democratic presi-
DENT, negotiated for this territory, and
by purchase and treaty it was ceded to
the United States. The price was $15,-
100000 and this sum, comparing the
wealth Of the country then to the pres
emit day. is much larger sum than the
$4,000, 900 paid for the Philippines.
Jefferson is the man who wrote the
phrase about the consent Of the gov
erned", and it is fair to suppose that
he was better qualified to interpret its
meaning, than some one who lived
many years after. In the purchase Of
Louisiana, -l'' there was no vote Of the
people taken, and not consent asked
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pines were. By every moral, legal
and technical right we have the same
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sup'n eie eeiiieoiy II Wllich you SilVe. I'VE
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psaision ciieh " just a. vigorously as they
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olon ie'iieWins tne nag, anu WISH ' 70
otne oueZWily OUT collsetttl'aon Is d suc7
4 cess' N 8 are 2 common sense people
anu eiat y why our conselttpC al.s''.l'' OF
WORKS. we nave become '1ae' q mighty ma ma
stion ' = W under az ana we nave always real
! izeu 'l caat "nere IL comes 20 the last M re- re-
3 sor3 tt; a ION OF or oraoory was not worth an an
ounce oi nard' snreWa' el,' common sense. =
q askeu ! i y wound not De tne nelenc I
- aps'ilu1es 20 Oeacn5 the savage IL
Sdians 1@ .a or Twenty-Five years ago, the les
son g sooo cltlzensnlp!
" Il is different now and after years
OF teaching they are learning TO exer-
else the divine right Of citizenship.
You can no more take our constitution
and transplant it to the land OF the
half savage Filfpinos than you could
transplant a mighty oak to an unfer-
tile soil.
being in the Philippines by right
of purchase and treaty, it would be the
act Of a craven to recede at this time,
and thus treacherously abandon the
many brave and intelligent natives
who are looking 10 us for deliverance.
We have hoisted our flag and it is not
fashioned of the stuff which can be
quickly hauled down # 4@.. gs. f4