The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-11

Monday, Feb'ry IL. 1878.
THE NEW DEAL.

There is. beyond q doubt, coming
change in the political aspect Of affairs
ON the Pacific coast. The question of
freedom or slavery-a conflict d ire
pressibIe - when Seward sounded the
keynote that gave the South its pre-
text for rebellion-is now fairly before
the people Of the Pacific States. end
will be made sn issue in the elections
in Oregon and this Territory during
the coming eanpaign. just - plainly a.
It already has been in the Senatorial
election in Alameda county, California
There were cast ct thst election nearly
$500 votes, of W hich j. W. Bones, the
Free Labor candidate, got within 800
votes a. many a. both the Republican
and Democratic candidates combined.
In 1875, the same county gave Page,
the Republican candidate for Congress,
clear majority of over 700 votes.
1t is idle To seek to check the move.
ments Of this party by references to the
iDosndisry speeches of such men -
Kearney. Wsilock and Knight They
bear the same relation to the coming
struggle that John Brown. Of Ossawst-
annie, did to tho great political whirl.
wind which seated the honest old Prai
RE Giant in the Presidential Chair.
Al 4sszini and 0aribaldi were the sgi-
tators of the divorce of Church and
State in Italy. % Dennis Kearney. the
srch-agitstor Of The present great tidal
wave. has accomplished his purpose
and inaugurated . movement 90 great
that its control nust necessarily pass
into other and sblsr hands. That this
state of sentiment i not confined to San
Francisco. nor tho whole of Cslifornis,
for that matter. we will nsrrate . cir.
cumstsnce that recently trauspired =
little nearer home.
Puget Sound has no citizen more On.
terprising than Capt. William Rsnton,
Of Port Blskely. and none who surpass
him in foresight aud sagscity. In .
conversation with . friend the other
day, the latter remarked:
i see you have been turning Oh
your Chinese help end employing In.
dams in their place r.
mot ct ail," replied Capt. Renton
II did not believe in dischareing one
class Of hesthens to make room for
another. These few Iadisns you see
here. came here by accident; and, being
here. asked for work. To have refused
them under the circumstances would
have shown . want Of humanity. l
discharged my Chinese to fill their
places with white labor Our first duty
Is to our own people,"
In this the Master of Blaksly hss
shown the same sagac,ty which has
characterized al his business opsra.
tions; nor was Madison anywise slow
in following HE example. Himself
blind. he has seen further than most
men who enjoy all their faculties, and
has prudcntly anticipated the coming
struggle, instead Of waiting to DO
coerced by Il.
The people have evidently become
disguised with the machinery Of both
existing political parties, and have ct
about . new departure. All the lsais-
lation of the past eighteen years has
been sxerted in the influence of corpo-
rstioas. with no other apparent object
than to earich the wealthy and addi.
tionslly impovsrish tho poor. The
party Of the future will b the chosen
instrument for the redress Of these.
wrongs and before two more yeass
hare passsd viii dictate the terms upon
which tho PaciAo States shall b. gov
srned and kept In order. In the Ian.
guags Of the Gan Francisco Stock Board
It Is about time tor . new deal.