The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-04

$500 SONS If their chartered liberties OF
,,sj4+g h the Declare Ton OF Indepenu ence
gives a long list, that justified the Amer
:can revolt against British authority IN
111G. W5Itlout these grievances, the coloH-
ISIS neve: would have thought OF insttut-
ing a government Of Their own. lnCeed
the Declaration lays down the rule that
The right of u people TO alter or abolish
7l2e,!r government should not be invoked
for Eight and insufficient causes II
American control Of The Philippine Isl
a,15s s;,auld prove 10 i9e cruel and 6ppres-
sIve to the natives, they you'd have q
right 10 throw off the yoke, not other
wise.
Th, preamble 10 the Declaration of In
dependence is merely rhetoric. the logic
follows. And that logo does not justly
the assertion ti2;.t we ought 10 give 10
the F5i.pinos Their immediate am entire
independence.
If a participation i'll the national SOW
ereisllty s,y representation in Congress
and IN the electoral college IS essential TO
citizenship. the Inhabitants Of the District
OF Columbia (2SO,009 in numberi more than
sufficient to make St;tte. are not citizens,
of the United States Thet are Ger
tafllly subjects. however. The republic IS
moi i2ounG,. then, to grant ultimate state
hood TO ali its subjects.
That the Filp:nos will be invested with
the rtghtS 10 manage their own intefila!
affairs, with governor and JUDICIARY :2-
pointed By The President and Senate OF
the United States may be taken as a fore
gone conclusion. The Republican party
Will certa MY do this mulch, and it is not
likely that a Democrats Administration
would do ans1Sf ng more. The discussion
OF ..srlperials!ll' is like the discussion of
the silver question under present condi-
ton, ;yurely an academic discussion.
The election of Mr.. Bryan would not
change either our financial or our lorclSn
policy.
But viewed simply as an academic cues
ton. his theory OF government IS as I'm
sound as his financial doctrine. II is not
sustained eoy any reasonable construction
of the Declaration of Independence The
stat -ment that ''all governments de-
rive their Just powers from the consent =
The governed refers only to the coEstlt-
uent act by which constitutional govern
1nents are BROUGHT into being. III COS hot
forbid the employment OF force TO eStap-
fish a government where n2le eX SIS or 10
reduce refractory subjects to Submission
In q state of nature. or (what is the
same thins) in a state Of saVagery, there
are no rights except the right OF the
strong 10 rule the weak-the right OF
the tiger 10 carry his victim lnto ne
jungle and eat him. As society advances
III. weak become less weak; they venture
10 dispute with the strong Inc tigers
are attacked; first with bow and arrows
afterwards with improved weapons. IA
some cases the tiger consents to NAY
his teeth drawn and his claws blunted'
and is permitted to survive in the shaps OF
n constitutional monarch with such mint
;ltions to his power that IL can 20 no
harm. The various enactments. consatu-
tons. and charters, by which the respec-
;ivt, rights of sovereign and subject are
,iefin d. make the consent upon WHICH
civilized governments rest
The abolition of llinsship does not 90
away with sovereignty. 1t transfelS y
the people entirely what had formerly
been tn province of the Crown atone, OF
had been shared by the Grown with th-
people or a portion of the people. Neitner
does the establishm mt of republican
institutions do away with SUBJECTS. MT
Bryan asserts that republic mas ~
subjects, but that all its citizens are
sovereigns This is Impossible; Tor tAete
cannot b. sovereignty without its correla'
tive SubjectiS1n.
TIC truth is every voter is bound by
tho laws. whether he assisted in making
them or not; and he is only soNeH slSi
20 that fractional degree IN Whlch ne
helms TO compose the dominant party II
I'M state. And the dominant party i:
M. absolutely sovereign: its power is
no -, 5Sonstit7ltion framed by
ON. ANCESTORS, to which we are ali subject
Within the restraints OF me Soh7 =. ~ ~,
it is the will of the majority that Is the
.supr> me powe: in the land: the minority
are hound to obey. In most Of the Soutf
American republics nearly every presideh-
.;al al,s.tior i followed by an armed
- ,,;,r,.i.,- 4. This theil
voiL oI the ~! ,.a,.,s ,,;a,7,o So+ Il
natural anu !H,t,ie.s'tto ,,,,,,,,,
Mr.. jefferson told the truth IN ms 1hausu'
raj address When he said that "acquies
cence in the will OF the majority is the
f,,,,dsn,- 11tal principle Of democracy"
II is ,,lear then. that the consent Of thu
eoverncd NAV be a forced consent. The
.beoI.ricai mart Of the Declaration of In
that contract between the people and a.t tbs