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TERRITORIAL EXPANSION.
Since the close of the war, and the
conclusion of the treaty of peace, with
Spain, we have heard much about the
matter of “expansion.” We hear it
said that the United States have no
right to the new possessions or ac
quired territory of Cuba, Porto Rico,
or the Philippines. We hear of some
such thing, or “bugaboo,” as “impe
rialism.” We are not disposed to un
duly criticise the fair discussion of
the subject, by those who may be
prompted by a proper and high regard
for our republican form of government,
hut we do not entertain a verj careful
or high regard for the silly pratings of
some who cry out in a foolish fear of
imperial power, or with a pretense of
a more earnest or more exalted patriot
ism than others who may not accept
their views. The blatant babble
about imperialism is nonsense. The
matter of expansion is not a new idea
at all in this republic of the United
States.
We have always progressed by ex
pansion, from the lauding of the Pil
grims on Plymouth Rock to the acqui
sition of the Philippines, from Provi
dence plantations to the coffee fields
of Porto Rico, from the gold mines
and luscious fruits of California to the
abundant special products of Cuba and
urn ibe jiines and everglades
and fruits and flowers of Florida to
the unlimited productive resources of
the prolific, plateaus, of Oregon, from
the Louisiana purchase of the great
country of the northwest on to the
gold fields and seal furs of Alaska,
one continual growth by expansion.
"Expansion” has ever been our method
of progression. We are what we are
by virtue of physical and political pro
gressive expansion of territorial do
main. As we said before, the subject
or question of expansion is not new
matter in our government. Those who
may desire to study the subject from
a legal or judicial point of view may
find much to interest them in the cel
ebrated case of the Dred Scott decision,
by the United States Supreme Court.
Det us ask, for the sake of gratifying
a curious wonder, how many of the
present day politicians have ever read
that famous decision? How many of
these latter day lawyers have ever read
it? How many of our readers of The
Georgia Recobd have ever read it? It
is still a great decision, containing
good law, notwithstanding the assertion
of abolitionists that it was a decision
to the effect that negroes in the United
States had no rights which the white
man was bound to respect. The de
cision is an exhaustive treatise on the
powers of Congress as to territories,
the expansion of the republic, by form
ing territorial govenmCnts in the orig
inal limits of the United States, and
by acquiring other territory outside of
the original limits. Chief Justice
Taney made an extensive decision in
which he says in part:
“This brings us to examine by what
provision of the' Constitution the
present Federal government, under
its delegated and restricted powers,
is authorized to acquire territory out
side of the original limits of the
United States, and what powers it
may exercise therein over the person
aud property of a citizen of the
United States, while it remains a ter
ritory, and until it shall be admitted
as one of the states of the Union.
“There is certainly no power given
by the Constitution to the Federal
government to establish or maintain
colonies bordering on the United
States or at a distance to be ruled and
governed at its own pleasure.
“No power is given to acquire a ter
ritory to be held and governed perma
nently in that character.
“We do not mean, however,to ques
tion the power of congress in this re-
spect. The power to expand the ter
ritory of the United States, by the ad
mission of new states, is plainly given
and in the construction of this power,
by all the departments of the govern
ment, it has been held to authorize the
acquisition of territory, not fit for ad
mission at the time, but to be admitted
as soon as its population aud situation
would entitle it to admission. It is
acquired to become a state, and not to
be held as a colony, and governed by
Congress with absolute authority; and
as the propriety of admitting a new
state is committed to the sound dis
cretion of CongresSj the power to ac
quire territory for that purpose, to be
held by the United States until it is in
a suitable condition to become a State
upon an equal footing with the other
States, must rest upon the same dis
cretion.
“A power, therefore, in the general
government to obtain and hold colo
nies and dependent territories, over
which they might legislate without
restriction, would be inconsistent with
its own existence in its present form.
Whatever it acquires, it acquires for
the benefit of the people of the
several States who created it.
It is the trustee acting for them
and charged with the duty of promot
ing the interests of the whole people
of the union in the exercise of the
powers specifically granted.
“At the time when the “territory in
question was obtained by cession from
France, it contained no population fit
to be associated together aud admitted
as a state, and it was therefore abso
lutely necessary to hold possession of
it as territory belonging to the United
States, until it was settled and inhab
ited by a civilized community capa
ble of self-government, and in a con
dition to be admitted on equal terms
with the older states as a member of
the union.”
The decision goes on at length to
discuss the character of the holding
of acquired territory by the United
States. It seems to be peculiarly ap
propriate to the present status of our
government, as to our newly acquired
territories of Hawaii, Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippine islands.
In his dissenting views in the same
case, Mr. Justice Curtis also rendered
a very elaborate opinion on the powers
of the government to acquire territo
ry- We oommend it to readers who
may wish to study this subject.
Os course we know that the Dred
Scojt decision has long ago been over
ruled or reversed by the force and
logic of subsequent events, so far as
concerns the status of negroes as
property or slaves, but the reason
and logic of the general principles
with regard to our government and
expansion are still as sound aud true
now as when the decision was render
ed.
We commend the readiug of it to
our readers. It is the case of Scott
vs. Sanford, in 19th Howard’s Reports,
of U. S. Supreme Court decisions,
page 611. On the question of powers
to acquire territory, another decision
my be of interest, in 1 Peters, 511,
where it is decided that “the Consti
tution confers on the government the
power to declare war and make
treaties. Consequently the govern
ment possesses the power to acquire
territory either by conquest or
treaty.”—“The power to declare war
carries with it as an incident there
to, aud inseparable therefrom,
the right to prosecute the war by
all the means known to and recogniz
ed by civilized nations. This in
cludes the power to confiscate the
property of enemies, to provide funds
for defraying expenses, and to this
end to make aud issue legal tender
notes.”
See 12 Wall. 457; 11 Wall. 305; 11
Wall. 331; 2 Black, 635; 2 Wall. 404;
13 Wall. 604; 15 Wall. 195.
As to this constitutional power, “it
carries with it as as an incident the
right to aquire territory by conquest,
but congress has no power to declare
war for the purpose of such acquisi
tion. ”
See 6 Cranch, 332; 1 Peters, 542;
9 How. 603; 19 How. 611.
In view of the law as stated, and in
view of the situation of affairs now,
we are in favor of expansion, and we
approve aud endorse the acquisition
aud holding of the territory which has
come to our government by result of
the war with Spain. It is a trust estate
in the government in its progressive
development for the benefit aud gen
eral welfare of the people of the United
States.
Mill Hands Again On Strike.
The hands at Chaffin & Co.’s lumber
mills at Milton, Fla., went out on
strike again Thursday because of the
refusal of the company to discharge a
non-union boy.
Letter from Genl. Wheeler.
Our readers of the Georgia Record
will remember that in th’e issue of Sep
tember 2nd we published, for first ap
pearance in a newspaper, the Resolu
tions of Confidence in Genl. Wheeler
by the brave troops in his cavalry com
mand in 1865, just before the surren
der of Genl. Johnston in North Caro
lina. We sent a copy of that issue of
The Georgia Record to General Wheel
er at Manila. We have received an
swer from him as follows:
Headquarters First Brigade,
Second Division, Eighth Army Corps.
Angelbs, Luzon, P. I.
October 14th, 1899.
Robert L. Rodgebs, Esq., Atlanta,
Georgia:
My Dear Sir—Your kind . favor of
September 2nd is received. I thank
you heartily for the copy of The Geor
gia Record, containing the resolutions
of my old command, expressions
which I appreciate most highly.
I am very much better pleased with
this country than I expected to be.
All the evils of this country are great
ly exaggerated in the States. During
the month of September there was a
heavy shower for several hours dur
ing the day, most of the days of that
month. This shower was usually in
the afternoon, and while it kept the
rice fields in a swampy condition, it
did not interfere with travel on many
of the roads, all of which were pass
able for Cavalry and Infantry at any
time. Altogether the month of Sep
tember was not an unpleasant month.
Since September Ist I have been at
Angeles. This city occupies an ele
vated position near the mountains.
The weather has been rather warm
during the late morning and early af
ternoon, but the nights have been
very pleasant. Rains are already be
coming infrequent, aud there is every
reason to believe that the climate of
the coming six months is just as pleas
ant as that of September.
The months of May and June are
said to be the hottest of the year.
An active, energetic campaign
should bring the insurrection to a
speedy close. The people of this
country would make great advance
ment under a good government. The
women are very industrious, and are
devoted to their families.
Thanking you again for your kind
ness, I remain, with high regard,
Yours very truly,
j Joseph Whebler.
CONFFWERUTEARMY
Outnumbered By Foreigners and Ne
groes Alone In Federal Army.
Richmond Dispatch.
Statistics in the war department at
Washington show that the foreigners
and negroes alone in the Federal army
during the war largely outnumbered the
whole Confederate forces from first to
last. The figures are: Union army,
2,700,000 men, of whom 500,000 were
foreigners and 178,000 negroes, the
foreigners and negroes combined mak
ing 678,000. The Confederate army
numbered less than 600,000.
Commenting on this the Alexandria
Gazette well says:
“The more that is known about the war
the more glorious appears the magnificent
heroism and endurance of the men who
wore Ihe gray. That they should have de
feated in so many battles and withstood for
four years an army so large that even the
foreigners and negroes in it outnumbered
them, leaving out its contingent of over
two million native born soldiers, is almost
incredible, but facts cannot be successfully
refuted.”
This is all the more striking, too,
when it is remembered that, accord
ing to the Pension Office statistics,
over 600,000 Northern soldiers were
disabled,'thereby showing that every
one of the Confederate 600,000 left his
mark. No wcnder the G. A. R. is op
posed to “fusion” with the gray.
[The official figures by the records
in the War Department in Washing
ton show the exact number of men
engaged in the Union armies were
2,865,028. The Confederates, in all,
were less than 700,000. So it appears
that in the Civil War it took a little
more than four men four years to
overpower one man.—Editor Geor
gia Record-. ]
INTEMPERANCE AND THE LAW
Our legislature is getting up consid
erable excitement amongst some of
our people about the liquor prohibi
tion law. It may not be quite possi
ble to legislate sobriety into every in
ebriate, but it will do good to the
greatest number. It will be a blessing
to the women and children. It will
help the wage earners and business
men of every line. There is no deny
ing the truth that a sober man is bet
ter qualified for business than a
drunken man. The object of the law
is good for the people. Now if there
could be a law, and it be properly en
forced, against the sale and use of
cigarettes, it would be good progress,
to prevent the making of idiots and
imbeciles of our boys and men. Os
these two evils, we believe the cigar
ette habit is worse than whisky.
DEWEY IS ANGERED.
Admiral Bitterly Resents Criti
cism Imposed Upon Him and
Is Greatly Grieved.
A Washington dispatch says: Ad
miral Dewey is deeply grieved as a
result of the criticism of his course in
giving away his home, and in an inter
view he says he is cut to the quick
and feels as if he would prefer to go
on the retired list, and leave this
country, "There is not one who de
fends me,” is his cry. “The people
who done the most for me two months
ago seem to be my bitterest enemies.”
The intensity of the feeling against
him is shown by the fact that the bio
graph managers have had to take his
pictures off the plates, as they met
with such adverse reception.
His home is flooded with letters and
telegrams. He says they are insult
ing and humiliating.
As deep as the resentment was to
him, it does not begin to be as deep
as it is to his wife. It may be unchi
valric to put all the blame on the
woman, but the idea has taken root
here among many that it was only
upon the advice of a vain and foolish
woman that he consented to part with
the gift the people gave him. Appalled
at' the consequences of the act, Mrs.
Dewey has given the home to the son,
and it is understood that she will re
fuse to live in it any longer than it
will take to get into her own house.
Unfortunately the idea has become
fixed in the minds of the people that
the transfer was with the understand
ing that Mrs. Dewey would, in time,
give the house to the Roman Catholic
church which has been anxious for
some timeto acquire it as a parsonage.
She is a Catholic convert, which mag
nified the part she might have played
in the transfer and to accentuate the
feeling against her.
The resentment against Dewey per
sonally has given way to regret and
sincere pity.
WHITE GIRL MARRIED NEGRO.
For So Doing She Gets Five Years In the
Penitentiary.
Annie Foy, the white woman who
recently married a negro near Key
West, Fla., has been given a sentence
of five years in the penitentiary on the
charge of miscegenation.
The marriage occasioned much ex
citement and comaent when it oc
curred, and the sentence in the crimi
nal court at Key West puts an end to
the much-talked-of case.
The negro, Will Harrison, was tried
on the same charge, and was sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary.
The minister who married them,
Rev. Mr. Kerr, came out in a card
vindicating himself, as he claims the
couple had a legal license, and the
church only asks if they had been
married before. It is likely that in
quiry will be made as to who issued
the license.
FUNSTON’S PARTING SHOT.
He Brands Chartres Against Himself and
Fellow Officers as “Malicious Lies.**
A Kansas City Star special from San
Francisco says:
Before sailing for Manila General
Frederick Funston took occasion to
make definite denial of the truth of
recent stories regarding himself, Col
onel Wilder S. Metcalf and Major
Bishop,in which Lieutenant Callahan,
a former office of the Twentieth Kan
sas, and others of that regiment are
credited with charging these officers
with many sins of commission and
omission.
“But I am not through with this
affair yet,” added the general. “I
know the charges against Metcalf and
Bishop are despicable aud malicious
lies, and I intend to prove them
such.” •
ROBERTS NOT PURTURBED.
Does Not Think the House Will Be In
fluenced Against Him.
Brigham H. Roberts, representa
tive-elect from Utah, reached Wash
ington Thursday night. He expects
io take his seat in the house and says
he does not believe that body will be
influenced by the protests against his
doing so for the reason that the ques
tion of his elegibility is a matter
cLe-.rly outside the sphere of the
churches and because the whole agita
tion against him is based upon mis
representation and absolute falsehood.
DETECTIVE CHIEF DISMISSED.
Atlanta Police D<»»rd Finds Him Guilty o£
Wrong Doing.
After an executive session of the
Atlanta, Ga , board of police commis
sioners Monday night that lasted from
10 o’clock until nearly 2 Tuesday
morning, the board found Captain
Slaughter of the detective department
guilty of some of the charges against
him and voted to dismiss him from
the police department.
"He That Any Good
Would Win"
Should have good health. ‘Pure, rich
blood is the first requisite. Hood's Sarsa
parilla, by giving good blood and good
health, has helped many a man to success,
besides giving strength and courage to
•women <who, before taking it, could not
even see any good in life to win.
Very Dangerous Words.
“Rob,” said Tom, “which Is the most
dangerous word to pronounce in the
English language?”
“Don’t know*, unless it’s a swearing
word.”
“Pooh,” said Tom, “it’s stumbled,
because you are sure to get a tumble
between the first and the last letter.”
ter.”
“Ha, ha,", said Rob. “Now I’ve got
one for you. I found it one day in the
paper. Which is the longest word io
the English language?”
“Incomprehensibility,” said Tom,
promptly.
“No, sir; it’s smiles, because there’s
a whole mile between the first and last
letter.”
“Ho, ho!” cried Tom, "that’s nothing.
I know a word that has over three
miles between its beginning and end
ing.” 1
“What’s that?” asked Bob, faintly.
“Beleaguered,” said Tom. —Central
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