The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-09
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by Washington along the line of this
large subject is found in the farewell
address, that greatest of all state papers,
unless we except the Constitution itself.
This lofty patriot declares: "One Of the
eXpedientS which the partiSans of faction
employ towards Strengthening their in
fuence by local determinations is to
nliSrepresent the opinions and views of
rival districts. The people at large can
not be too much on their guard against
the jealousieS which grow out of these
misrepresentation They tend to rem
der alien to each other those who ought
to be tied together by fraternal affection.
The people of the Western country have
lately had a useful lesson on this sub
Ject. They have seen in the negotiation
by the executive, and in the unanimous
ratification of the treaty with Spain by
the senate, and in the unusual satisfac-
ton at that event in all parts of the
country, decisive proof how unfounded
have been the suspicious instilled in them
of policy in the Atlantic states, and in
the different departments Of the general
government, hostile to their interests in
| reIetio to the Mississippi"
In these parting words the first presi-
dent refers to the San Lorenzo or Pinck-
ney treaty of 1895. Although issued from
Philadelphia, like all of Washingtons
papers, it is GATED from the Omitted
States,'' to show the unchanging nation-
alism of the man.
HamiItOn's Prophetic Utterance.
Il
Country most leaned upon and most low
ed and who was placed nearest to him
self in war and in peace, was Alexander
Hamilton: On page IA of Hamilton'S S
| Works, Vol. f. issued by the Putnam S,
we ind these pertinent observations.
who can say how far British coIoniza-
| tlon may spread southwark and down
| the west side of the Mississippi north
| ward and westward into the vast interior
| regions towards the Pacific ocean? Can
| we view 1t as matter of indifference,
] that this new world eventually is laid
| open to our enterprise, to an enterprise
| seconded by immense advantage already
| mentioned, of a more improved state Of
! industry? Can we be insenSible that the
| precedent furnishes US with cogent and
| persuasive argument to bring Spain to a
| similar arrangement? And can we be
! blind to the great interest we have in
! obtaining a free communication with all
| territories that environ our country from
the st. Mary's to the st. Croix?''
On Jan. rs, 1879, Hamilton writes a. let
| ter from New York to Harrison Gray
Otis in which these remarkable thoughts
occur:t AS 1t is every moment possi-
bic that the project of taking possession
! OF the Floridas and Louisiana long since
! attributed to France, may be ATTEMPTED
/ to be put in execution, it is very impor-
taft that the executive should be clothed
/ with power tie meet and defeat so dan
| gerous an enterprise. Indeed If it is the
| policy of France to leave US in a state
| of semi hostility, it's preferable to Term
| mate it, and by taking possession Of
those countries for ourselves, to obviate
the mischief of their falling into the
hands OF an active foreign power, and at
| the: same time to secure to the United
STATES the advantage of keeping the Aey
/ OF the western country. I have been
long in the habit of considering the ac-
question eof those countries as essential
| TO the permanency Of the Union. which I
| consider as very important to the well
| rare OF the whole. Here our Wisest
prac tlGat statesman lays down, four years
l and three months before the Louisiana