The Saint Paul globe., 1903-11-28
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of which this government has been
guilty for a generation, and it re-
mains to be seen what the American
people think about 1t, and what they
propose to do about it in case of further
emergencies not unlikely to arise.
AS of course every one knew, the
revolution of Panama. was half polltl-
cal and half commercial in its incep-
ton. The managers of it were repre-
sentatives of the French canal COM
pany, who want to get their $4O,000,O0O,
and a few enterprising spirits from the
cities of Colon and Panama, who want
| to get their share Of the $4,000, 900
proposed to be paid for the cession of
a canal strip. These gentlemen laid
their heads together and planned a
revolution solely as means Of getting
at the coveted cash. There was no
patriotism and no public spirit in it.
and nothing else but Doodle.
The execution Of their plans was i'm.
possible without the connivance and
assistance of the United States gov
ernment. The people of the isthmus
knew perfectly well that they could
not maintain themselves against the
power of Colombia without outside as
sistance. Therefore the deal was made
with Secretary Hay; or. perhaps we
should rather say, for this point has
not yet fully developed, Secretary Hay
at the instigation Of the president
who may have been the original mover
in the affair, concluded the deal with
| the Panamans after he himself had
contrived it. The moral aspect of the
affair is the same in either case.
Our government was to stand tech
| nically upon the provision of the treaty
| with New Granada concluded in 1846,
which requires US to guarantee the
neutrality of the Panama railroad and
to protect it's property. It was
possible to stretch this, therefore, so
as to prevent the forces Of Colombia
from making any serious attempt to
| recover their rights or to coerce the
secessionists. There was thorough
| understanding that this would be done.
In one word, the United States, either
| as principal or as accessory in the
crime, became a partner to the division
by cession Of a friendly state. and
guaranteed to protect the seceders
against coercion and to distribute
| among them very large sum Of
money in return for their promise to
cede to it the necessary right for the
construction of the Panama canal
All the remaining details have been
carried out with expedition and with
| out change. The conditions having
been already agreed upon, 1t was a
| matter of a few hours to write them
into proposed treaty. Our state de-
partment carried out the bargain by
recognizing the alleged republic of
Panama instantly. It wrote into the
treaty the amazing condition that it
would guarantee the independence for
the future Of the new republic of Pan
anna. Then the treaty was hurried
down to the isthmus, railroaded around
by special train to get the necessary
signatures, and political compulsion
will now be applied to secure it's
| prompt ratification by the senate. It
remains to be seen whether the de-
sires Of the Southern senators for the
construction Of the canal will be suffi-
c1ent to overcome the repugnance that
| every Democrat and every American
| ought to feel against such high handed
proceedings as this.
There is one more possibility which
may fill every American bosom with
added shame. Colombia asserts her
determination to attempt the reduc-
ton Of the insurrectionary state by
| force, and also threatens to declare
war against the United States on ac-
count Of its attitude. In a military
| sense, Of course, this is no more to be
regarded than the sting Of a gnat. A
single warship of the United States
would be more than sufficient to deal
with the entire naval and military re-
| sources of Colombia. But what will
our people think of it, and what will
| the world think of it, when the United
States is placed in the position of be-
ing obliged to subjugate a friendly
| republican state on this continent to
| devastate it's territory and destroy its
people, because we ourselves were
either originators Of or parties to q
conspiracy to ALLEVIATE a portion of its
territory in order that we might ac-
| quire 1t ourselves?
This is the position in which the
Vaccinations of Republican admin
| istration and those who are to manip-
ulate the canal millions together have
| placed us. It Is sorry plight for the
American people, and one which they
| should resent utterly.