Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-01-20
Consent OF Governed

some OF the ani- Joint statehood papers have recently
been making q great roar about the consent Of the
ovorura IN connection win the admission Of New
SEQ and Ariaona state d ia really astonishing
how iong al old gag can be made 70 do business Tne
poopie are pleased with oti,Ah coeo'lon oi 49, 49,
With Jingle we'll oEcthcr and they 80 on using tho
phrase or utterly OhYous OF the fact mat u s
sound without sense Really their laos Of both truth
and reason d what cummends the Of these old gags
10 many who thereby enabled 90 get on iot Of rot
undor TIE gulno Of argument
one of ne oldest ana certainly Of tho cmpilcs
a. these hroadharo phrases tha about the consent
OF the goyeroued" Il had application al The time OF
Us invention nid the In this country consent
90 any Kind OF government down 90 the emancipation
prociamation7 Did he poor people and the ignorant
when almost every state had property or an educa-
touai uuallncauon3 Did the Indians consent when the
white people concluded 20 take their lands and 20 gov
them chiefly BY killing them7 u q by the consent
tho governed ia country when the president may
"a any time and has been az several times elected
BY minority voter 10 II along the lac OF consent by
the governed when the supreme court Of the United
states appointed without the Of the poone
income tax passed by the representative o
enc pooploY the consent Of the governed wren
minority representation Is unknown from corner stone 20
pinnacle of political eihco3 Ia n consent 81 the
royorned when the rural and village population Of
state adopt prohibition Instead ii local option, against
the wishes Of residents ~ ccsg we-e the south
brought back into tho union By consent Of the
governed by the power az powder and eady are the
Philippines, BY consent Of the eoverned held a. depea
81 tha country. denied alike sogoyornmont and
tho privileges Of American citizenship pd the pro-
elnoa Of Nov MoHico become United states property by
consent OF she governed by conquest from Moxco
Was territory of New Mexico split IN twain and the
name Arizona bestowed upon part by thg consent
the governed or by few broken down ONCE holders
making places for memsoves7
uut Why multiply questions2 Though you bray
certain class " people IN mortar. their folly viii not
depart from them and doubt this houry headed abb
aurdy will continue % bob up seronoly long derth
thought and lack 81 ideas shall render b. useful TO
Duhlc diapnanta.
The fact s that a territory knows nothing about the
consent Of the governed lf congress shouid will,
Ara1na could be- hl0ed on the face o. the map. parts
N Il being given 20 California and Utah. aud the re-
mainder pa. back into the territory % New Mexico.
New Mexico herself might be partitloned between Colo
RADIO and Texas Nor need there be- in thus getting ria
"a the troublesome territorial question tho least aen.
t0n paid 10 wishes OF the people In the territories
the mere viii Of congress hong a that 10 needful As
IL. our chief oahoias selected without our consent
and our laws paper until congress confirms
them. Go TO- thon and lei ~ hear no more twaddle
in this Important matter about the consent OF the gov-
rrned
The United states are closed corporation. Those
Who arc ON the ousdo get only by the consent
Ut the corporation That corporation la willing TO give
the southwest admission Ia she corporation allowing u
two directors or ono-wouty- Of the whole power
but they say aud they a. that they will see ~
egcraatugy IN hotter country than this rather than
give us eight diI6ctors one-twolfth Of the entire
power Unfortunately hey mean what they Say, and
they have tine power 20 carry 81 out.