Cañon City record., 1900-09-20

u1Ost s1Stnent Sea1Ss6 tno DemocrAtlc
party has had. describes 1t in his
Thirty Years in the Senate" a. .
new dogma" He says that Mr.. Web
stsr completely exposed the fallacy Of
the proposition. and that the doctrine
had never been heard OF In the coun-
try before.
The bred scott Case.
I'm the Dred Scott case. decided BY
the Supreme court in 1856. Judge Taney
followed Mr.. Calhoun. and announced
the same doctrine. and the pro-slavery
party persisted in II until 1860. when
1t nominated Breckinridge for the pres
fdency and declared in its national
platform that during the existence Of
. territorial government all citizens
Of the United States have an equal
right to settle. with their property. IA
the territory. without their rights.
either Of person or property. being de-
stroyed or impaired by congressional
or territorial legislation
THE Republican party accepted the
gage OF battle. thus thrown down by
the pro-slavery Democrats. and an
nounced In its national platform for
the campaign OF that year. that:
"7. The new dogma. that the con-
stitution Of Its own force carries slav-
cry into any or all of the territories
of the United States. is at
variance with the explicit provisions
OF that instrument itself: 10
subversive of the peace and harmony
Of the country
nscttsa Of Lineolas
Upon that proposition Mr.. Lincoln
was elected president. The slave states
seeded because OF this proposition.
now again announced by Mr.. Bryan,
following John c. Calhoun and Judge
Tansv.
That the constitutional guarantees
gress 80 provides BY express iegisia-
ton, has been announced BY Chance
ior Kent and by Mr.. Justice Story in
their commentaries and by the Su-
preme court OF the United states. both
before the Civil war and since. except
~ TO the Dred Scott case. and perhaps
some ceses which followed II. while
Judge Taney remained a. chief Justice
OF the Supreme court.
1T would seem that the re-
suit Of the war would have settled for
ever that Interpretation now sought to
be revived BY Mr.. Bryan. It's only Of
feet would Be to interpret the consti-
tuition in such . way ~ to diminish
the power Of the federal government
to deal with its enemies in time OF war.
"Mr. Bryan has misstated the doc
trine. It was the doctrine OF the Cal
houn-Dred Scott-JudEs Taney pro-
slavery Democrats. and for the pro-
motion Of slavery alone. You can see
the discussion In the second volume
Of Benton's Thirty Years In the SEN
ata.'"
Bry.a . IAass PropAet.
What do you think OF the other
propositions advanced BY Mr.. Bryant"
His principal proportions are all
equally fallacious- He asserts that the
administration has wilfuliy violated
the principles Of liberty and has de-
prived the Filipinos Of their freedom
and that history furnishes NO exam
pie Of turpitude baser than ours II We
now substitute our yoke for the Span
ish yoke All of Mr.. Bryan's large
professions OF generosity OF sentiment
and principle are based upon the as
sumption that. having gone to the
Philippines. We can 3uBt As easily come
away again. or a. Chairman Jones is
sid to have expresfed It . short
tine s:ssce. We went there In ships.
and sa:sgpose We can come away In
ships'--or perhaps he said boats
Those who arc not responsible need
not BE- dethits In their plans or propo-
sitions. Tho country has had great
difnculties to dsa4 with. and somebody
has had to deal with them. not upon
slittering and rhetorical propositions.
but upon the facts and the law.
ut would be great qualification to
many curious ooseryers TO see Mr..
Bryan shunie together all the noble
and Irrelevant sentiments which he has
quoted from others and tho large and
generous and irrelevant sentilients
which he expresses on hia 1rSn ae-
count and be compelled TO nix these
up with the actual facts Of any gt1ea
case and see what would come OF Il,
When Mr.. Bryan begins to soar, II he
would only start from the facts and
conditions which have TO be dealt with,
or when he comes down and lights II
he would sometimes light on the facts
and conditions which have to bc dealt
with, we might guess how hs would
act In q given case II tho management
should be actually intrusted to him.
Dewey n Manila
When Admiral Dewey destroyed
the Spanish navy the Spanish sover-
eighty was obliterated. The obliga-
tion to protect persons and property
on the islands. and preserve order and
force obedience to law upon them,
passed over. under the law OF nations,
and devolved upon the United States.
This country became. by conquest
and by the treaty which Mr. Bryan ad-
vised, responsible to all law-abiding
citizens upon the islands. II IL sim
pie principle OF international law that
the sovereign IL bound to protect ev-
cry person who obeys the laws and re-
mains in the country. Any neglect to
do 20 Il q breach of international Law.
and gives TO the nation Of which the
person II citizen Just ground of COM
plant. and. satisfaction being refused.
for war.