George Boutwell: “Such a ruling, if applied to cases of public importance, might lead to very serious results.”

By the Ordinance of 1787, freedom and full right to self-government were made secure to the coming millions who were to occupy the States northwest of the River Ohio.

President McKinley and his supporters demand subserviency of all who are not within the lines of the American seas.

They assert supreme authority over their fellow-men for an indefinite period of time, and they promise therewith good government.

Here are the assertion of power and the promise of goodness that have attended the origin and movement of every despotism that has risen to curse mankind.