The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

having anything to do with the legislation under
which they live.
“Against taxation without representation our
Fathers fought for the first four years of the
Revolution, struggling against the system which
England then attempted to impose upon them, and
which was graphically described by Thomas
Jefferson as the belief that nine tenths of mankind
were born bridled and saddled, and the other tenth
booted and spurred to ride them.”[21]
While it is true that this nation originated in a
struggle against the colonial system, it is also true
that the nation or the government is not prohibited
by any natural or human law from acquiring
territory, but always within the limitations of right.
All territory that is acquired outside of the seat of
the national capital, dockyards, arsenals, etc., must
be acquired with the idea that it will be admitted to
statehood just as soon as possible, and the
government has no right to acquire territory with
any other purpose in view. This is so in the very
nature of things; were it otherwise, there would be
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