The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-31
NOHE PHILOsOPHYF FROM A. ]. =.
FALLS CITY. Oct. %. 1870.

journey, was met by . pet poodle dog
which jumped up for JOY and placed
his delicate little paws IL his masters
outstretehed hand. A jealous donkey,
grazing near. thinking Ike notice due
MIN. advanced ard attempted TO place
his hoois On his owners shoulders. in
which action he was Of course re-
pulsed. Some urchius one is compelled
to pass on the street furnish an sppli-
cation for the above illustration; they
try to force from you ths same kindly
ereetin. you freely give those who
have neither hoofs nor lorg ears.
Their paro.ts rarely reptimand or in
struct them to so demean themselves
as TO be thought worthy Of kindly no.
tice. and in isolated cases, they even
glory in their own shame.
1t requires no very close inspection
to discover ,nat NO have two danger =
Gus classes in onr country. which those
who occupy the middle ground between
able to hold in check; they are the very
rich and the extremely poor The lat
ter are far the most to he dreahed. b.
cause they are completely in the lowor
of the former. and continuity play
ing into their hands The pro.pccts
for the lettering of thei' condition are
amcug the last items which these poor
people are willing 20 notice, which il
the strongest reason why the matter
should b. constantly urged upon them.
A painful wound. i. is said. i, not 50
dangerous as one in which the nerves
have been paralyzei aud feeling dead
encd. So with society. When any great
evil has become thoroughly agitatcd,
thcre is great hope Of its Abatement,
while those wh, point out dagger
ahead will be answ.roi III times Of
moral stupor il the language Of the
slu.gard "a little more sleep. little
moro slumber. little more folding Of
the arms to sleep" or wiseacres will az
tempt to silence the warning voice with
ridicu!e. Monopolists succeed in sow
ing dissensions among those short
sighted but well.meaning persons who
take only q superficial view of the
dangers which beset us. What a sad
hoax was that great ''lsnd meeting"
recently held in Ireland, attended by
fifty thousand people. whom their lead
rrs blk with assurances that men must
own tho land they work. Large land
owners must be forced to sell out. Who
will buy them out. and who will force
them to sell-the great American peas
ant Of the next century only can tell.
A thousand volumes III thousand
tongues enshrine the lessons of expert
ence, yet the workingmen may read
them all and 60 forth none the wiser,
for in his inordinats self-conceit. he
Judges himself superior to all others.
The same causes that deprived the Irish
people Of their land are in operation
here; the land sharks who are constant
ly enlsrging their dominions will on
the 4th of July, or on the eve Of an
election. hsranguc the sturdy yeomanry
of tho country as "fellow citizens.
aud it is only the successful candidate
who will after election. throw off the
mask OF hypocrisy and appear in his
true colors-public servants with ven
geance. The fathers were honest men.
and their blood. their fortunes and
their sacred honor. scaled their dsvo-
ton to tho declaration that "all men
were born free and equal" In England
they GALL things by their right names.
while here. when . gentleman beggsr
from town wishes to secure the vote or
other service of one Of the tillers OF the
soil. he is profuso in his hattery. aud
too often wins. While he excl.ims ''one
man is as good IS another in our glo
rious country" lie thinks yes. an al
mighty sight better. especially if he can
manage to get another mans money on
which to do busines. This hypocrisy
is almos. universal in our country. lis
said labor is honorable. but thought TO
be degrading. and this is the prime
cause OF so many young men strsining
every nerve to live ia town on the
meager earnings Of some honorable
profession, and this is u grand reason
why they should be shown the differ
encc between free ard slavc labor
SAYS one, we have no slaves in this
country, but he feels that the servant
working for hire who wishes early in
the day that it was noon. at noon that
it vas night. and Saturday eve a. he is
being unyoked sings, "Ho. boys. for
Saturday night, Sunday is l-ng acom-
ing" frettins his life away; indeed he
is . slave. Right here, fancy. one of
them interrupts mo standing on his
hind leSs) saying we are not cattle.
We arc free men. Well my good man
Friday, JUS. fill up your shovel and let
me hear no more OF your talk.
The hand writing is on the wall. Our
country is yet young, and our free lands
vet sufficient for Every man to own
the land he works If he wills; but
withou, radical change the destiny OF
our race is something fearful to con-
template. There ara none 50 Diina as
those who will not see. 1t to1k hor'
scs Greeley twenty years TO create the
public opinion which made our home
stead Law. All reforms are necessarily
Of slow growth. ou, ! fear this vital
question will be tritled with until our
nsbobs will defy the people who have
90 long been forging the fe,ters Tor their
own chains. I Iremember in Iowa. when
r-;o. p.c;fn v.a nroiected, some