The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-01-18

Justly administered, because he has
never seen suck government. He
must be shown the simplest results
of good government by actual ex-
ample in order that he may begin to
understand it's most elementary prin-
ciples.
Such a government will have its eff
feet upon us here in America, too.
Model administration there will be an
example created by ourselves for mod
ell administration here; and our own
example is the only one Americans
ever heed. 1t Is not true thet charity
begins at home. Selfshness begins
there; but cnarity begins abroad and
ends in it's full glory in the home. 1t
is not true that perfect government
must be achieved at home before ad-
ministering it abroad; it's exercise
abroad is suggestion, an example
and stimulus for the best govern
ment at home.
Mr.. President, self-government and
internal development have been the
dominant notes of our first century;
administration and the development
of other lands will be the dominant
notes of our second century. And
administration is as high and holy a
function as self-government, Just as
the care of trust estate is as sacred
an obligation as the management of
our own concerns. Cain was the
first to violate the divine law
of human society which makes of
us our brothers keeper. And admin.
istration of good government is the
first lesson in self-government, that
exalted estate toward which all civil
ization tends. Administration of
good government is not denial of lib
erty. For what is liberty? 1t is not
savagery. 1t is not the exercise of
individual will. IT is not dictatorship.
1t involves government, but not nee
essarily elf-government. 1t means
law.
The declaration does not contem-
plate that all government must have
the consent of the governed. 1t an
nounces that mans '.inalenable
rights are life. liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness; that to secure these
rights governments are established
among men deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed;
that when any form of government
becomes destructive of those rights
it is the right of the people to alter
or abolish it," "Iife, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness" are the impor-
tant things: consent of the govern
et, is one of the means to those ends.
If "any form of government becomes
destructive of those ends, it is the
right of the people to alter or abolish
it," says the declaration. "Any form"
includes all forms. Thus the declara-
tion itself recognizes other forms of
government than those resting on the
consent of the governed. The word
consent" itself recognizes other
forms. For consent" means the un-
derstanding of the thing to which the
consent" is given; and there are peo-
pie in the world who do not under
stand any form of government. And
the sense in which consent" is used
in the declaration is broader than
mere understanding; for consent" in
the declaration means participation in
the government CONSENTED" to. And
yet these people who are not capable
of "consenting" to any form of gov
ernment must be governed.
Power Implied to Govern as We
Please.
The power to govern all territory
the nation may aequire would nave
been in congress 1, the language af-
firming that power had not been writ
ten in the constitution. For not all
powers of the national government
are expressed. It's principal powers
are implied. The written constitution
is but the index of the living consti-
tuition. Had this not been true the
constitution would have failed. For
the people in any event would have
developed and progressed. And if the
constitution had not had the capacity
for growth corresponding with the
growth of the nation, the constitu-
tion would and should have been
abandoned, as the-articles of confeder-
alton were abandoned. For the con-
stitution is not immortal in itself, is
not useful even in itself.
BY the same reasoning that Hamil-
ton, Marshall, Washington and Lin
coin employed, we could infer our
power to do the work of administer.
ing government in the Philippines an
the situation may demand, even II
that power had not been affirmed In
express words. We could infer IL from
the purpose of the constitution to
provide for the common defense and
promote, the general welfare" Of the
nation and the power given congress
to make laws to secure these ends.
For the archipelago 10 . base for the
commerce of the east. It IL s-base
for military and naval operations
against the only powers with whom
conflict is possible; q fortress thrown
up in the Pacific, defending our west
ern coast commanding the waters OF
the Orient and giving US q point from
which we can instantly strike and
seize the possession of any possible foe,
The Whole Question Elemental.
Mr.. President. this question Il
deeper than any. question Of party
politics; deeper than any question Of
the isolated policy of our country,
even; deeper even than any question
of constitutional power. 1t is ele-