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The Georgia Record. Published Weekly—Every Saturday—T»l Austell Building, Atlanta, Gn. Entered at the postoffice at Atlanta as mail matter of the second class. subscbiption: One Year SI.OO Six Months 50 Three Months 30 One Month 12 Printed at 116-118 Loyd St. Advertising Rates Given Upon Application. Remit in stamps, cash, money or express order, or bank check. Address all letters to ' The Georgia Record, 721 Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga. 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. 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