Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21

ing vote, All baill to the immortal
credit OF the Legislature of 1879. OF
the Territory of Washington
To my three hundred and seven
ty-nine petitioners l would say.
that my high expectations of i'm.
morializing this Legislature, in their
passing the Model Asylum Bill, "
have failed, / regret to say, to be fully
realized in this regard. This high
honor awaits somefuture Legislature
TO secure, by passing the model
bill, refused by this. But a bill
has passed both houses by large
majority, and been approved by the
Governor. Yet, / regard it as grant
ing only half of what you requested
for the relief of your unfortunates.
BY this bill, the inmates OF insane
asylums can write out without CEN
sorship, but their return letters have
the censorship still retained.
The original bill, before it was mu-
tilated by this amendment, would
have been n "model law" ha1 it
been passed, and it lacked only one
vote of its being passed, as it ought to
have been. This one vote was con-
troled by some influence, outside ct
the Council, over which, I had no
control. I have been informed,
from various sources, that this in-
fuence came from Governor Ferry.
And I fear it is SO, from what l
know of the man. Governor Ferry
proved traitor to me in his promise
to recommend the removal of this
censorship in his message, and I
have been jealous of him ever silce;
for q man who will break his prom
ise to a woman, is one who may
prove traitor TO his own honest con-
victions, or, at least, he is not proof
against his conviction being con-
troled by policy. I say such man
ought henceforth, to be watched and
trusted just so far as his own con-
duct commands confidence, but no
farther. A
Of my ignoble prosecutors, whose
influence las been so clandestinely
at work to defeat my humanitarian
work in this Territory, I would say.
that it is not only unchristian, but it
is ignoble and mean to attack me
and my Christ-like work in this. nm
.derhanded and clandestine manner,
BY cifcuinting, secretly, their-hig
defamatory documents, and thus by
this mean and cowardly assault de-
prive me of any chance to meet them
by an open and fair battle.
1 do say that even the fllibuster-
ing scene in the Council to defeat
my measures thus, as described in
the Daily Experiment, of Nov. 4th,
under the heading Of Exemplary
and Disgraceful Legislation" ap-
pears even tolerant, in contrast with
this ignoble, mean and disgraceful
attack upon the unstained character
of Christian woman, who, by her
most self-sacrifcing efforts, is trying
to put into practice the very christ
ianity which they preach.
Is this Christianity? Or is it hy-
pocrisy and blind prejudice?
From tho source from whence it
springs, viz: the ministers and
hurch-members, it ought to be
Christianity. But so far as these
acts determine the character of their
actors, instead of bearing the Christ
ian mark they SO loudly preach and
profess, viz: To do unto others as
they would wish to be done by,"
they would seem to be Justly classed
with those of whom Christ said that,
" The publicans and harlots and
drunkards shall go into the kingdom
OF heaven before you."
Yes, the preaching of Christianity,
enforced by such exhibitions of its
spirit, in such deeds, has become
like sounding brass and tinkling
cymbal." Taking deeds OF actions
as the true type or test of Christian
lty, where are the followers of Christ
to be found? Are they all inside the
Christian pulpit and the church
roll of membership? Or, has not
Christ some true sincere follow ers
outside the pale of any church?