No constitutional power to conquer foreign nations and hold their people in subjection against their will; Speech of Hon. George F. Hoar, of ... Senate of the United States, January 9, 1899 - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... legislative power over the inhabitants, and were only thinking, so far as the inhabitants of a territory were concerned, of the transition or expectant period while they were awaiting admission to statehood. And, Mr. President, you are not now proposing to acquire or own property in the Philippines with dominion as a necessary incident; you are not thinking of the ownership of land there. You propose, now to acquire dominion and legislative power and nothing else. Where in the Constitution is the grant of power to exercise sovereignty where you have no property? When they come to provide for permanent government, for lawmaking, for the rights of citizens not in a transition state, although it was in a little tract not to exceed ten miles square, the framers used a very different and a much more dignified language. Then comes the phraseology, apt and fitting for dealing with manhood and with human rights, the language in which lawmaking is provided for: Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district--Not to exceed 10 miles square--as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the scat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be. for'the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards and other needful buildings. This is the only exclusive legislation granted in that instrument, except as an incident to ownership of land. Now do you believe, Mr. President, that these men, who after making this provision for making rules and regulations for territory or other property--they had already got the vast N orthwest--when they came to speak...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... legislative power over the inhabitants, and were only thinking, so far as the inhabitants of a territory were concerned, of the transition or expectant period while they were awaiting admission to statehood. And, Mr. President, you are not now proposing to acquire or own property in the Philippines with dominion as a necessary incident; you are not thinking of the ownership of land there. You propose, now to acquire dominion and legislative power and nothing else. Where in the Constitution is the grant of power to exercise sovereignty where you have no property? When they come to provide for permanent government, for lawmaking, for the rights of citizens not in a transition state, although it was in a little tract not to exceed ten miles square, the framers used a very different and a much more dignified language. Then comes the phraseology, apt and fitting for dealing with manhood and with human rights, the language in which lawmaking is provided for: Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district--Not to exceed 10 miles square--as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the scat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be. for'the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards and other needful buildings. This is the only exclusive legislation granted in that instrument, except as an incident to ownership of land. Now do you believe, Mr. President, that these men, who after making this provision for making rules and regulations for territory or other property--they had already got the vast N orthwest--when they came to speak...
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