Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-20
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And nov comes Mr.. Henry George,
fmmsriy Of California, more recently
Of the Casters States, at present we
think somewhere in Europe. and makes
, formal demand on the Government OF
eha limited States to the effect that they
enquire into his recent incarceration by
the British Government, ETC., .efc.
If Mr.. Henry George has been 'iiee.
.,lv arrested and illegally imprisoned
by a foreign power. he being an Ameri-
.en citixen and entitled 70 the pfotec-
t;on of the American Flag, We hope that
The proper authorities will calmly and
dispssionateIy inquire into the matter
and dsmsnd and enforce redress even if
Il comes 70 throwing 1.-The ~oody
British Lion. Ker Slump upon ms
knses.r The authorities of this country
have dealt lenjently with foreign NAL
contents, the subjects Of friendly powers
who have come to this country and have
done their little level best TO stir mp rue
tons among Us. Witness for instance
the blatherskitinQ, blackguard Liver
oool rsnter, Wellock, who three or Tour
years ago rode about the streets Of OAK
Ind and San Jose in an open baronche'
dangling 4 piece Of hemp with rope At
the end OF it, threatening death BY
straneulstion to all who opposed the
yin Of that worst played out OF all
eructatious Of the body police.
ENGLAND might perhaps afford TO deal IN
= similar manner with the redoubtable
Nj. George, but then they do these
thinas differently in France. you know,
and exc in England.
MI. Henry George is a chronic NAL
content. He il . Welshman by birth,
An American citizen by adoption and
naturalization, and, until he wrote a
hook which attracted some attention,
vss mot syerse TO few slices Of the
losvss and a few plates full Of tho fishes
OF official life. He was Superintendent
OF Gas Meters, or something OF that
sort, in San Francisco for quite while
All Of Q sudden he developed a r-,"v-
anos. Things did not go to suit hi'n at
Ill. at oil. In 1877 he delivered n Ice
turs In several Of tho leading cities OF
California entitled "The Coming Stru2-
aIe." Il was regular jeremiad. Ac-
oordinp TO his theory this country was
coine 20 the 'demnition bow-wo~s'
faster than the medicinal trees OF
Arabia drop gum. Tho downfall OF
Rome and tho decadsnce Of Greece
were to bs duplicated and reduplicated
in this country, and no charge for re-
served seats for anybody who wanted TO
- The show. He out did Cassandra in
his prophecies Of woe and was infinitely
wiser than all the Cum@n Sybils in his
knowledge Of coming events. Finding
scant sympathy with his vagariss in
California, be went East and instead OF
predicting tho early downfall of this
Republic, he complacently announced
its utter failure, and, taking his grip
sack in ono hand and We presume a
copy Of his celebrated work Progress
and Poverty" in the other to read, per-
haps, to the bsfore-t he-mast men in tho
dog watches, be crossed the seas over
leaving behind him very deep seated
feeling Of disgust among his adopted
oountsymen, who have not seen any
thing 10 this day Of tho shattered frag-
meats Of the country which he insisted
before his departure had been "all broke
up"
Mr.. George has made himself quite
conspicuous by his vaRariss since he
crossed the Atlantic.
In the course ef his career since 1877
Mr.. George has lost sight Of two things.
Fint and foremost, he was color blind
20 the course Of events when he an
nouneed the approaching downfall Of
this Republic. To say nothing Of the
war for freedom and perpetual union,
which the American people waged to
successful issne less than twenty years
ago, they have since that time showed
Themselves At the polls, where all the
great battles Of tho future are TO be
fought, the most self- poised, self-roliant
psopls in tho world. fully able to pro-
tsot themselves, rsbuke The wrong and
maintain the right. In 1874. when the
dominant wing Of tho party which won
ths fight that commenced at Bull Hun
and ended At Appomattox, undertook to
rush their forcs bills through Congress,
and make q little Poland Of every South
en- 0tats, the people quietly releRated
them to private life, and put the men
whom thsy had reason TO regard a. their
hsreditazy fosa, In full charge. and gave
thsm complete control Of Affairs. The
civilized world looked on In amaze
msnt whom they cav this action. The
result h we'll known. The nineteen rebel
bsigadiers and their adjutants, who
hAppened By That singular action Of the
peopls TO b. invsatsd With the manage
ment Of a6airs, proceeded TO make asaes
q themaslvea, q they sssm to have .
chronic diapoGtion TO do, and the Same
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