The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-11-02
island adrift. and. while some power -
seixing II. sneak on 10 our honest
The Philippines.

ticaliy the whole population have taken the
oath OF allegiance, and civil governments
Is being everywhere established. to be con-
Quoted almost entirely by the natives. The
governments thus established are. In all
respects. more liberal than any govern
ment they have heretofore known. Indi-
vidual liberty. personal freedom and prop
erty rights are secured TO all. and human
life Is as safe throughout most OF the archi-
pelago as II Ii here. A great majority OF
the inhabitants are friendly to us and en-
treat us to remain and complete the work
we have undertaken for their good as we'll
as for ours.
1--WE shall hall the day as one of deliver
ance from great responsibility when We
can safely iItrust to the Filipinos the nd
ministration OF all their domestic affairs.
eve are making rapid progress In that
direction. Shall this work go on or shall.
II stop? And II weston. what then? Every
body knows that IL We were to retire from
those Islands they would be Immediately
seized by some European power. which
would rule them with far less libercsity
than We have practiced. and which. instead
OF leading them out OF their weakness and
darkness into light and strength and SELF
control, as we are doing, would hold them
In perpetual vassalage to monarchy.
Eyes, these are indeed great tasks. and
they are full OF difficulty. but II we meet
them like men. they are also full Of honor.
who would undo
The spunish-American wart
'Its victories are the common heritage
of the whole people, won by the valor OF
the men OF all parties. Democrats and re-
publicans stood side by side in that strug-
gle, forgetting party affiliations and re-
Numbering only that they were Americans
They should now stand side by side for the
preservation Of the fruits of their victorys
not alone for the territory We annexed.
but also and especially for the advances
ment they accomplished of our good nan,o
throughout all the earth.
"Our prestige and our power are now
everywhere conceded. We stand easily and
prominently first in the council of ma
lions. Our diplomacy as well as our arms
played the most conspicuous and mast
creditable part in the great worlds wosk
Just completed in
The Democratic Party.
"The great trouble with democracy Is In
herited ard radical. 1t Is afflicted with a
transmitted heresy from the doctrine OF
secession and state rights that makes Its
leaders unable to appreciate the place or
the power or the duty of our nation.
with them the states are everything
the nation is nothing, except only as they
find power expressly delegated. When our
fathers framed the constitution. they could
not foresee all the great events that have
since come to pass, and, therefore, our
democratic friends search In vain for some
specific mention OF the emergencies we
have been called upon to meet. Finding
nothing there written. they do nothing.
1t was for this reason they could do 10th
ing to suppress the rebellion. to recon-
struct the states, to abolish slavery, to
foster our Industries or TO change our
standard OF values; and II was for that
reason that, at the close Of our war with
Spain, they could go no further than the
treaty OF peace. That was as far as they
found anything written.
1.-The way was clear to acquire territory
by conquest because that was an undis-
puted incident Of the power to make war:
and the way was clear to take title to such
territory by. treaty. because that power
was expressly given-but that far and no
farther. At that point the path ended
There they stuck, and there they stick
until they take another departure.
'They could do nothing that has been
done in Cuba, because the constitution
was silent about Cuba. 1t gave no direc-
lions for such a case. They could take title
to Porto Rico and the Philippines, but
they could not give them government. ex-
cept only as II might flow from the con-
stitution, which they admitted did not ut
the case.
1.-THE constitution expressly provides
that the congress shall have power to dis
pose Of and make all needful rules and
regulations respecting the territory or
other property belonging to the United
States. But II doesn't say anything about
islands, and hence they deny Its applica-
ton, and seem unable to comprehend that
not only is the provision general, but that
without any provision the power is inner
ent In every independent sovereignty to
acquire territory, wheresoever situated.
and, as a necessary corollary, II must have
power to govern It, And II II have power
to govern, 1t must govern according to the
necessities Of the people governed.
The Republican Party
has no such trouble. 1t believes In the ma
ton and believes that the nationai)govern-
ment has power to do all any other sover-
eign power can do.
1--WE believe that we not only have power
to take, but power to hold and power To
govern. We have acted accordingly.
"Our work has been upheld by the SUI
preme court and indicated and justified
by the results of practical operation. The
lines OF procedure have thus been clearly
marked, and law, order, prosperity, con-
tentment and happiness, with love and
loyalty for our flag, are the constantly oc-
curing results wherever II floats.
"In consequence America Is more re-
spected for her power, her wisdom and
her humanity than ever before In all our
history.
ut is In the presence OF all this, with all
eyes turned upon US, that We are now told
to turn back.
"Are we now to tell the world that we
have come to the conclusion that all these
brilliant achievements are beyond the con-
stitutional power Of our government: or
that we have come to doubt the wisdom Of
the policies we have been pursuing and
that. In consequence. we have determined
to abandon the great tasks 80 happily be-
gun, SO successfully conducted, and %
nearly completed?
And II SO, are we ever again to have thu
respect OF anybody on earth? Could We
ever again respect ourselves? Could We
ever again claim a place In the conduct
Of the worlds affairs, or expect any ma
ton to heed our advice?
at was great thing for this country
when the republican party restored the
protective policy and established the gold
standard. for. without this legislation, our
unprecedented prosperity, wealth. power
and happiness would have been impossible.
But 1t was a greater thing when the re-
publican party asserted and established
for all time that this nation has all the
power that belongs to any other independ-
ent sovereignty. and that among our pow
ers Is the power to acquire. hold and govern
territory as congress shall prescribe, with
out making II an integral part Of the United
States.
This is forcibly illustrated by our recent
experience.
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