Show I EXPANSION vi VS IMPERIALISM i iTo To oppose expansion in the abstract j jas as the wording of f the resolution dis disI discussed cussed at the contest cont st the theother theother other ther evening obliged the Nevada de do debaters deb haters baters b to do is to fly in the face of or history and to almost deplore ones ons on s citizenship Expansion made Utah and Nevada parts of the republic sis sisters i tom tern of the Union But American ex cx expansion carries the constitution with It That expansion which acquires terri tern tor tory ory by force and rules unwilling peo people pee pIe by the sword defying and denying the he constitution as u the administration administrations is s doing in relation to Jo the islands wrested from Spain is Imperialism im Expansion is a policy of the tIle Democratic party Democratic ad administrations administrations administrations ministrations have added adde every foot of contiguous territory which h extended the domain of the original states In 1 the United States contained squire miles Thomas terson Je bought from France square miles ot of territory more than them doubling the area of the republic This purchase caused the occupation of Oregon and Washing Washington ton In 1819 the Democratic party un under under der tier James Monroe bought Florida from Spain Between 1845 and und 1853 Democratic administrations purchased and annexed quare miles mUes oil Mexican territory The States of Florida Louisiana Arkansas Missouri Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Texas T Colorado Wyoming Montana Idaho Utah Nevada Call Cali California fornia Oregon and Washington and the territories of Arizona New N w Mexico Mex o Oklahoma and the Indian have been built in the regions an annexed anne annexed ne ed by the oct itic party But the constitution l all aU It was extended el over ocr them according to the ruling of or the supreme court by the act of ratification No special legislation was needed to carry the constitution within WIth whose limits limita limitations li ita even congress must act and be beyond beyond beyond yond which the president has h s no legal le l authority There is a difference between expansion expansion expansion sion and imperialism Expansion Io 1 goes with the settler Imperialism Imper with tho the soldier Expansion rests upon the the con constitution c constitution n Imperialism goes beyond and disregards the constitution Exan Expansion Expansion sion peopled the American continent Imperialism rules East India and is 1 reaching out for fOt other Asiatic peoples to govern in spite of themselves There is such a marked difference bei be between between tween the expansion of Jefferson and 1 Polk and nd the imperialism of Hanna and I McKinley McKinle that he is dense indeed who f fi fallS ils ls to note It Had this been the th topic of discussion Nevada would have had a better chance although there are arc orators in the University of Utah hard L to beat on either side of any 1 question |