The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-25


1t is a fortunate-t nfng, for the oppo-
nents of'sonr sSol&ys III tht Ahiibpines
tiiet-thies average ,AdnstIcah Is sotiss0e
fAamRAf*with thserecdrds W Utrspast
asd the debates that accompanied the
es1abnshrssdt n fatioAal 'splieleS yhe
a1ti-expansionists are assins sg1imuni-
TIN that sbsktsits fStcs' sinost cen
tiry,ago Z" $3.50 = " ~ -s.ss VI,
fhis should pe bf5dsht Suss 81 the dls-
cJssfon IL the'bnl introduced sshator,,
spoohsar.s or Wisconsin. Il hssyhs . ees,,-
far merit 81 that measure that 1t lis
Substantially Identical with the bin
pasaed,by the Eighth CONGRESS tot1roy.de
tor f6t kdserAmeAt ofsattsrnefy 4 NJ,
CURED Ah6& zEhe lLouisian spuritss
The substitution of shAs1& ppines s<sr
louisiana is aboutape ehsy ssaffensncs,
and thus the country is made aware of
what 1t ought to know; that the adfAin-
istration policy s-sidsnticAl tststhS3 me
pSlicy-of thu cssstsx fpraths au4slihnsr
dreu years. ana that the Democratic
uEffy of today Is arrayed in direct OPP
position To- the doct1nes;laid down byH
ID patron saint, sJ@rsrsdp ana, htst1ol.s
lSiwers. as+r N n iii,
Noe onlg y stf1isstrue. sbut there ~ 81
striking coincidence between the argu-
naents used by Democratic senator's ana
cpngressmen today and the opponents
Of the Louisiana gvrsIhasseas, We can
tUrn-t to THOSE old records and find the
vRrylcharges that are being made now
against the acquisition sofi sthe, Philip
pines. We sppjoin few extracts from
history. reviving the passionate asser-s
ttonsvmade ethenss ,co nea1ningsa policy
and = treaty rrhiebs It was. held .graNely,
contained the seeds of death for pop;r
,har institutions They1a may all Nba.
fpunA in the. third volume. tok MciMass,
ters:. 49,, 4
gThe treaty is unconstitutional and Inn
polite 1t is unconstitutional in the. first
place, because the treaty-making power
does not extend to- the aincorporatiQn tf. apr-l
ejgn soil and foreign people iiAos Abe
United States. Tt II inipoltic becfdHe We
c4hnot govern so vast q wilderness and 4
people sciuhtiiss ohr own in language, man,
nsrs and religion. , t{f ,El
TBetween the dSy when the United States
taxes possession and the day, when gem
gxess provides a. teppprary ,,yoyernYept. fpe
tie country some time mist necessarily
elapse. The president takes fhel placer bf
t4e. king. @ Spain and. without ,eyens can.
splitting the SENATE. fills every Office In the
pfovince with ei'eaturess of his own. The
soA form OF, governments ibassds upon the
worst form of SPANISH despotism Is to be
cohtinued<aifd government Under which
the people possess no civil rights. nay. even
cSn be punished for wishing to en5oy~thern.
~ to be lsxelizsas apa AZ AM M ehs
ssThe ast Mblates zve'fiy principle ' III W.
ppblicsx gevernmerk att Knows not 'aone
trace Of liberty. u .lashs. ppi ses,csnR'ess
1;his might be Bryan or .Hloar Or even
Ps!HgEsY IT, the tsSt s als insRrss siR
last year. lis the dismal Spf sarnssf
forecast Fl men who sew SnlyelouagEssne
darkness il the Louisiana purchase were
ratified and the act 'ofs so3effnment {of
fie Northwest Territory Received app::
provsl by. congress, Yet. NJ Lying
American will fail to admit that this
set was. wise statesmanship; and that
It's rejection would have been disaster
second in Consequences only to the fri-
unph of British arms in the revolu-
ties "F ~
1nere are a rev other gems from this
old-fashioned casket that we bring to
light today because they prove. that the
Declaration of Independence, too. was
completely untitled at that time. We
commend to every reader the absolute
literal correspondence between the argu
ments heard within month from oppo-
nents of the administration and the FOL
lowing sentences, gathered at random
from these ancient and forgotten de
bates: sN' hftsle1-e =. b l94 ss
~ "The sacred principles of the .tecisratioI
OF Independence are ruthlessly trample'
~, =. I. + b.