The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-29
Mr.. sCHURz's ADDRESS.

when Iolly-lIfree WEARS ago, after five
|eHib residence in She country | lie. anne
citizen of this LEI it,lic / t0ok an oath
70 support The Coijst tuition OF the Uni ed
states. 1 UnderStooE' mat Oa tn 10 mean
tn1 ! would renlain "a hful TO those prin-
tlpfes OF free GoveTameDt which are laid
down IN the Declaration. of tndefye,>.,efca
and form the alspirif Of the fundamen-
TAI law OF our demqcraeY. was happy
10 reel that my sworn duty 2s an Anne. i
can cluZen was III perfect harmony with
my own cherished Ideals Cf -cfv.i liberty.
rlsnt ami Justice and ] have endeayoretl
20 Reep my oath to the best of my knoWl-
euse and ability Deterrnined to keep IL
to!aiIy 10 the end OF ny days, l stand
mere now 10 refepd those principles
against an attack eTen more crafty and
dangerous than tfiat Y n times gene
by was made upon them by the ,lo1vt r
or domestic slavery. and which was beat
en- back by the election Of Abraham. Lin
com TO the presidency. mean the at
tack now made by the policy Of in!per-
TnIlistrarton. So
Let me say At the Sat that / consider
the manner in which the irnperiaiistic
policy is being commended by some per
Sons to popular approval, the hugest
3oiiIl&'ente game ever plaNticed upon d
tree people; IL nay. whole long life !
nave never known of such systematic use
Of distortion Of history, hypocriticsl can't
gaIbins Of documents and false pretense
! am here to speak "a word Tor truth and
justice; and in doing so I shall cal
u
pardon me if those names are not al
WAYS OF the nildest. For I must confess,
when Witnessed some of the nneaI s EN-
pioycd 10 lure this, great republic from
the path Of rightcouspesss, high -rr.ncipI8
aRtl, glorious destiny. my old blood Boiled
with indlgna ton. a -.
Tbs TaFtisans or the administration OBJ
/ jest to tne.7worao imperialism, - calling
II a mere btisnean having 80 real ex-
fstenee, They pretend that In extending
our sway over Porto Rieo and the Philip
. m y
territorial expansion which has been
practced by this republic from it's be-
ginning. - This IS mere jugsle with
words amounting to 8, downright falsifi-
HOMOGENEOUS POPULATION.
The truth is that until two wears ago
this republic did indeed add to its terri
tory, but never without the mention and
well founded expectation that the ac-
quired soil would be occupied bv a popu-
lauon OF our own. or at least homo
geneous With our own, and that it would
in course. of time be formed into regular
states of this Union under our constitu-
ton. 1t was therefore not mere eXpan-
sion of cur territorial domain to be per-
petually ruled by our arbitrary viii, but
1t was essentially an intended, and in the
course of time practical extension of
our constitutional system in entire ac-
cord with the fundamental principles of
The only apparent exception to this
rule was the annexation of Alaska-but
that, too, only apparent, not real: for
Alaska may be inhabited by population
of our own; and when the development
Of that territory has sufficiently pro-
crossed and It's population becomes nu-
Inerous enough. It's claim to full consti.
tutional statehood will, no doubt, be
readily recognized. Il
Some impertalists pretend that the pur-
chase Of Louisiana by Jefferson and the
legislation connected with 1t furnish q
precedent fully covering the principles
of MIR. McKinley's policy with regard to
Porto Rico and the Philippines. This
emphatically deny. Whatever that tenn
porary legislation may have been, Is
there anybody brazen enough to assert
and this Is the essential, the true
point-that 1t was the spirit and intent
Of Jefferson's act and of the legislation
referring TO 1t, to hold the acquired ter
ritory perpetually as vassal dependon.-
cy outside Of our constitutional system
subject to arbitrary rule by the prest-
dent or congress? Does anybody dare