Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-08
DIMY POST IHfELLIGEHCER

nALY POST IHfELLlGEHCBR.
AFrKR THE BATTLE
Az Ne indite this article, the people OF
Washington Territory are expressing
their opinions at the polls; registering
ttsfr individual resoripts for the men
AZ their ehoios. Everybody has had q
~ IN The matter, and, whatever the ~
suls may -, IT - hsps thas n vii %
fof ths bet. Bat before thsss pesssnss
shall eoms greeting 70 tbs readers OF
thu Poer.IrrrrxIoKxcn, II will b the
dav afser the battle. The ins vii Dc
celebrating another glorious victory
and the outs will b heapinR maaeoic-
tious upou what the young Lord Hamlet
nh. we're still alive, and had failed 70
rsoeiv, a sufficient number OF votes 70
entitls him TO a certificate Of election,
vould doubles charaetsrizs as"a most
damned dsfeat."
Keep cool, gentlemen. The lee'sla-
tive halls may not become resonant with
your hsry phillipios; you may not have
an opportunity 10 move all hearts with
vour passionate utterances Of thoughts
that breathe and words that burn; you
NAV mot be able TO earn the thanks OF
grateful constituency for your purely
didntsrestsd labors as Watchdog OF the
treasury, or 90 down to posterity az the
initiative author Of . joint memorial 70
Congress insisting upon an appropria-
ton of Ave hundred dollars for the re-
lief Of the sufferers on account OF q
spring frsshet ON Mud Turtle Creek, but
an the same, dear Statesmen, Who. 90
oordina to your idea. ought to have been,
the revenue bill will pass both Houses
rsosiys the signature Of the Governor
and become q Law. and you will be
called upon TO pony no your little dab OF
taxes, lost a. sure az death. You re-
member the old saw about death and
taxes.
Il ID the day after the battle. We ex-
tend oar condolences 70 the unsuooess-
ful. We feel it 10 be our duty, however,
to notify them very distinctly that the
grand army Of progress has disbanded
it, ambulance corps, and really has no
time TO look after the dead and wound
Cd. These unfostunatss must come TO
life again. and take another whack at
their remorseless slayers. What bust
nsss had Q self-willed majority to put
thsss proper men in such condition,
~ should like 70 knOw1 This il ques-
ton which goes ringing down the ages
like . sonorous blast from foghorn, or
melancholy toot from q stranded
bugls, picked up from the desolate
chores Of disaster. It il q oonundrum
which gives u pause. We give it up.
Ak % IN easy one.
Il ID the day after tho battle. and We
have no time to 20 TO the funeral. New
duties imperatively challenge the best
efforts Of tho journalist. the merchant,
the manufacturer. the politician, the
citizen Of whatever kind or degree.
New duties did W. sayf Rather the
Same duties 10 which We have devoted
our snsrgies hitherto, presenting them
solves and urging us ON In new and con-
SANITY enlarginQ scope and purposes.
Il may be possible that King county has
established her claim 10 pre-eminsncs
BY polling several hundred more votes
than any other county in tho Territory,
and that Seattle has fixed her status az
Queen City Of the Sound, by registering
vote which entities her beyond ques-
tion to that appellation but. fellow
citizens, whether your name be Smith
or Jones, or what not, let us assure you
that II you sit complaoently down and
gloat over the spoils, or get your wife,
daughter, sister. cousin. aunt or
sweetheart. to paint your proud name
On tinted satin, In BEST English water
ooloss, or even oils, and wear it as
phylaotery on your Sunday Ro-to-meet-
Ing ulster. Jon viii, instead Of going
forward In the raos. or even keeping up
With The procession, commence in short
order 70 90 backwards like crab. AZ it Is
eSTonsously said 10 do. This il sol
emn and IN inoontrovertible fact.
OuA Il out and paste It in your hat for
fssQusnt reference.
The people Of this city aspire to pre-.
eminsuos - commercial. munufactur-
ing and intellectual center. They have
apsftsct right 70 do %. Geographical
location, the propinQuity Of vast and
practically unlimited resources in
vhieh Ash. lumber, coal, iron. marble,
eoppes. dairy. grasing and agricultural
Lands, ~ merely finger posts pointing
70 What remains bsyond and untouched,
Rivs them that right. But there is no
sxosllsncs without labor. no road to
permanent success but the hard, rough
one It Toll. Tho tree never grew that
faahinnsd itsslf without the aid Of the
work ce human hands into bedstsad.
chair a. table; the iron mine never vas
Discovered In which nature. cunning a.
shs d. bad. without mans aid, shaped
. piston rod or even camp kettle; the
marble quarry furnishes only the
ro1sh ashlsR; il 70 the sculptor Who
svokss the Antinous. The Venus, the
Apollo Bslvidsrs.
u = he day after the battle; and
farming asids With Q feeling Of mex
peeasible relief from the consideration
Of W merits or dement's Of Smith,
Bsovn. Joass and Robinson. and all the
other gentlemen Of that ilk, let N each
ord III sddEsas oursslvss 10 our several
tAaks - becomes Amsrioan citizens.
Piov and anvil, pen and yardstick, lap
s1oos and throttls-valvs, composing
seaek, plane and jaok-sav. azs the instru-
nsuls given - 70 work out The dsstiniss
Of 1roo oommouvealth. Than which