Show ANltCONSTlTITI < l > tIritorO < < lTl The Springfield llepulillcan lias It that the administration la conlempat o IOL ta Ins an amendment to the Hawaiian an ncxatlon treaty which shall rroMe that the Islands after twins made apart j ° a-part of the dominion of the United State shall never Income a stato In the Union Such a proportion ought not to be listened to for a tingle mo rnent nvery American statesman and central cen-tral from the birth of this Ilcpubllc until now has held It to be the supreme mlslqn of the American Union to maintain a republican form of govern 01i ment not alone for the benefit of the people dwelling beneath the Stare and Stripes but as qn Inspiring example to all > manklnl Of the highest form of human rule The record of Consrew and of the Tederal and state courts l ° t ° ore replete with ileclarallons tint show the Jealousy with which American ttrlesni nod Jurists have guarded the right of the people to govern them eh When the United States abridges this right the Utndcl of liberty Is Irre trlcvablv inv adcd When tho American e I nation acquires territory whose Inhabitants I Inhabi-tants by tho terms of the acquisition are permanently deprived of the privileges privi-leges and blessings of local selfgov fi lii crnment a dangerous and preposterous preposter-ous anomaly Is introduced Into our national e na-tional body politic netter a thousand tmes to utterly abandon all purpose of adding to national territory than contemplate the making of ouch additions I ad-ditions at the cost of national stutllfl s callon l If a people is l Incapable of selfgov crnment the land In which that people lives I should never belong to the United Slates There must ncer be t ova kinds o or government unller tho American fltg and any proposition looking to the fastening of carpetbagUm upon the oJteS American Bystem as a permanent feature 9gb l fea-ture should meet with unalterable op losltlon from Congress the administration administra-tion and the whole American people The spirit nnd tho letter of our national na-tional charter guarantee n republican system of rule to the Inhabitants of all American territory The creation of territorial governments which has been t mattes done la t an Infringement of the tIe Constitution Just to the extent that the people Inhabiting the territories are deprived of a vole In choosing their own omers and mnklng their own a lots but this Infringement has never gone eo tar ae to prevont tho voter residing In territories from electing members of the local legislature and f most of the local olncets nod It has I been justified to the limited extent to kl iIii1 which It has been carrl d by tho plea that a terrltorlnl form or government Is only a temporary makeshift and nn unavoidable necesultj for tho time being be-ing lOut now It has been proposed to piijhiu govern Hawaii after annexation by a 11e iaflti commlielon appointed by the President and confirmed b > the Senate 01 constituted con-stituted In some way other than by > tho franchise All such schemes fehould be abandoned Ihev are unAmerican unconstitutional and unjust If the 1 Hawaiian Islands are to become a part r of tho United BUtes they must bt come such on the same footing us did Texas f f the Louisiana purchase nnd all the other acnulsltlons of territory dur country I fli1 coun-try hoe 01010 Th America Union wants no subjects who are not citi I zens In every sense |