Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-11-26
Political THANKSGIVING.

Il fc1TluuS obSclNHuon, Il lcllpu OF
devo,it reflection, humiliation and
PRAYER. ur il its modern acce,tance
of feastin9 and ninth, sense OF
prop,icty sHuull suggest that its
annual Remembrance, be attended
with the widest possible suiit Of
bcncyuicnct and charity. Like our
cherished national n,vcr,arv.-thc
4th of Jul VT should hc Il season
when people of al creed, ana forms
Of political belief, can meet at II
common shrine and return NdHis to
the Supreme Ruler OF tie Universe,
fer such individual blessings aS each
may have enjoyed throughout the
year. No uortrinal ,lugmns should
oitrulc 10 mar the unity q. feeling,
no partisan ranrpr lie manifested
tia; might serve to inilme the pas
siprs or prcluiiccS Of those who APP
to notes o: reverence and love. Ii
it be observed rs Il Christina holiday,
the spirit Of Christ should actuato
those who invite the people TO Join
with them in suop!icating the throne
of grace; if rs Il secular means of
knitting more closely the ties of Il
common kindred, the duty is no less
imperative that ali subjects upon
watch strife and ill-feeling may be
enyendercd, should be bunished, ,or
the time, from the words spoken, the
acts performed, if they may not be
altogether ohliteratcd from the minds
of all devout worshippers.
1t is more with u feeling of regret,
than of resentment, that impartial
duty impels us to note a wide lepar-
ture from this generally accepted
duty of universal brotherhood, at
the Union Thanksgiving service, in
the Congregational Church yester-
day. Rev. G. \. Huntington seemed
to forget that the day was one of
general thanksgiving, i'll which "a
united people were enjoincd, q" with
one voice "to accord devout homage
to the Oliver of all good. He seemed
to think that the Republican party
alone were included in the term " a
happy and united people," and not
outstanding personal solicitation
was made by him for leading Demo-
Gratis to be present and unite in
thanksgiving, he so far forgot the
common rites of hospitality as to
array the North aud The South in
hostile attitude and obtrude his
opinion of "Copperheads," and
forgels," and Ku-kluxes" and
Moon-shiners," with various other
pet terms, which even the Oregonian
did not stoop to handy in its Thanks
giving editorial. He then brauched
off on the Chinese question and held
up the Monaghan race as patterns of
sobriety and worthy exemplars of in
dustrious habits, while right be-
meath his nose, every day, are waited
the fumes of the opium smokers
pipe, ten-fold more degrading de.
bsuchery than that produced by
rum; and he cannot be oblivious of
the fact that dog-tish and rice consti-
tute diet at which the Caucasian
stomach revolts, and this is why II
dozen or more washerwomen cannot
earn livelihood in our. town, and
the reason that market gardening
has passed almost exclusively into
the control of the copper-coloreI
race. Those who earn Il precarious
livelihood by hard labor; those who
have been brought into direct COM
petition with the idolatrous race to
earn the common necessities of life,
will require something more than
Mr.. Huntinyton's bare assertion
though he may be of the Lords an
nointed-to believe that God sent
the Chinnmen" to these shores, or
that He has decreed "they shall
stay"
After this trade, We were not sur
prised that Mr.. Huntington should
proclaim himself a monarchist. He
deca. ed democratic rule unstable,
at best, and affirmed with ponder
Gus vehemance, that it would be far
better for nation TO be ruled by IA
good king than an uncertain major.