The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-10-13
REPUBLIC OR EMPIRE. WHICH?

Any one who viii examine lD.o
the question at nli i, bound to reach
the conclusion that lie question
which now faces the American Union
in tie disposition Of the PHILIPPINE
Islands is purely and simply = Ques
ton Of Republic or Empire. Oar
opponents cites The acqu slt'on Of
Louisiana during the administration
OF Thomas }, tt~reon in support Of
their PHILIPPINE policy and claim
that they a.o Huir. now 20 more
,lan Jefferson GiA. when le entered
into q treaty with Napoleon bN which
In. %n.Iel States added 10 lis terri
,cry inc vast domain covered by the
Louisiana lur.hasc. aud some pco-
ole ;.cleve them and !hat they do is
the str#ru.Sl p.irnumerOn connected
with DE wtuic question.
A slight reference TO tine history
of ,l.. Louisiana purchase viii rrfute
the ci:lim ci Inc .mp"rlal!sts OF to-
day AM ou4h to sQurlch lis mention
hereafter. Louisiana was purchased
from France OK mere properly ceriva
by France t. tl,o UI:,ed States md
the treaty Of c"ss;on expressly Sit
pulate,l that the people Of the coded
territory should Enjoy All tie rights
Of the American citizen under the
Constitution and Laws Of the United
States. Lest some one will asl, for
the article, We Civ il lierr:
"At.iclc III. The inhabitants of
the ceded territory shall be nicer
porated in the Union Of the United
States and admitted as soon as pos
sible; according 10 Tie principles q
the federal constitution, to the en-
ioyment of all tie rights, advantages
and immun,es Of citizens Of the
United States; and in the meantime
they shall be maintained aan pro
tected in the free enjoyment of their
liberty, property and the religion
which they profess
This article was made part of
that treaty by the representative Of
the two governments, Robert r.
Livingston ard James Monroe for
the United States and +. Burbe
Marbois for The Government of
France. Mckinley who used to
boast that he looked like Napoleon
will have to let UP en- his boast some
what or follow more truly in the
Footsteps of his iih,strious example
We did not come into possession
Of tie PHILIPPINES and the Filipinos
by a treaty in Tie time Of peace
We have them both, if we have
them at all, by conquest and YOU
cannot make anything else out of it
cavjI as You may. You can no,
thea set up title TO the Philippines
aud introduce the evidence of the
Louisiana purchase to prove youl
claim. 10 the first place. it is no,
in the nature Of Our institutions &c
acquire rule over people By conquest
We do that by consent. Their con.
sent first, ours next. When we
have both consented, they NAV then
come into the American Union.
This was done in Tue treaty by
which Louisiana became part of
our national domain. Tie two
governments having the right to
agree. agreed. But when we threw off
tie rule Of Spain in the Ph'lipjnes
after treating the Fnipinos as allies
we had 10 other course to pursue
but 10 trea' with the Fiiipinos, if we
wanted them 70 be a part CT The
American Union. Spain had no
= right, rs ma'ter Of fact. shen We
treated with SPAN, in the PHILIPPINES
and VIC cou!c acquire he rights from
her. We 10 not get cur rights f,om
SPAN, ,hen j: We exercise any at all
over the FiI'vinos, but We Get them
wholly by virtue Of our power to
whip both lie Spania.ds and Fill.
pinos. Recognize the doctrine that
we, as 4 nation, can afford TO .n,or
upon career of conquest and your
title to the FiIipinos and their conn
try is settled by the rule of Intar
Dstional Law, the rule tia: the his
nation can take the property Of the
little nation, when the other nations
will let the big nation do it,
The tenth article of the treaty or
the United States with his sinner
hnous highness. the Sultan of SnIu
reads as follows: "Any slave In the
archipelago Of Snlu shall have the
right to purchase freedom by paying
to the master The usual market
value.'
As Mr.. Bryan has we'll asked
how long will it take slave working
1t nothing day to buy his free dom |
It the nsua! market price? You !
lad just as well put into the treaty |