Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-01


A nsv ssa has davusd IN the polisaeal
aiatogy Of our Territory. The ve0eo
4 Washington Territory havs q Ieo9sa
,esn fully roooani1sd - Amc91cao c1sE
PENS, and clothed with Al tns fs9nu
privileges and respousibilisaes ees:so
lore only enjoyed BY men. Inis -
Triumph in the path OK human p!o&
worthy of the name q Wssnlne'o1
wyoming can claim the honor OF Ieao-
mo in this noble Gauss. with TITS exoep
lion, in Wyoming woman snnrs9e ~
obtained BY strategy and mos IN IN opSn
manner. while Washington ciaims toe
honor OF being the hrst TO grant ~
right upon its own merits. after yeen OF
patient and earnest stru2RitnR oy sns
friends Of the cause. -
"A one of the pioneers OK tois IeII
tory, and a. a pioneer IN openly aosO
eating in this Territory eqoai f'eI.s !o'
all regardless Of sax, II may not oe "
on this OCCASION 20 Pfoses
a few ideas for your consideration, 10.
that in the journey OF uuMAn
ity from the cradle 10 the grave wner
ever and whenever any INDIVIDUAL - Ao.-
tunaie enough to discover a way "
which the journey through me eau DC
d easier aud pleasantsf tuan -
in travelled BY the masses OF tue uumnu
race. gratitude alone should pfomps
that individual to do all In nis or IeI
vower to keep that way open LOT al VIZ
,nay wish TO follow 1t. Ia the iass cen
;ury the journey OF the American GU
zen through life has been over Pieas
anter road than that traveiieo oy any
other people on earth, and grasiseoe on
their part to the power that directs ana
controls human events, as Wen a. snoiI
duty to postsritv, should induce every
American citizen TO preserve the means
of making the journey as pieasans 1oI
generations yet unborn as II mas Desn 70
them. The causes that have 30 iaf
made the United States OF America the
terrestrial paradise of the working man.
namely, free homes for those VINO oe-
sired them. and labor and recompense
within the reach Of all, are rapidly
raising awav, and the period for the So
intion whether man Is or is not sufn-
ciently advanced for self government Is
fast approaching. and it is the women
Of America that will decide whether
that problem will be solved IN the mega
tive or in the Affirmative.
It is a very different affair TO govern
a nation where the governor mas the
mower to enforce his DEGREES, wnicn the
coverned cannot resist, from what 1t Is
To GOVERN a nation where the governors
DEGREES can only be carried into efiect
by the voluntary consent OF the gov
erued, That consent necessary 70 carry
a decree into effect can only be obtained
where all the governed have q voice IN
giving it, and where a majority OF the
Governed are satisfied with it. Tho
DEGREES of a government may be sub
mitted to, although disapproved OF oy
majority Of the governed, because hu-
man nature is more apt to submit to
evils produced by existing customs, so
long as those evils are bearable, than to
seek redress by q course which might
produce greater evils than those they
are endeavOring to redress. The proof
of a people's capacity for self govern
ment is whether they can remedy all
evils or grievances IN q peaceable ana
lawful manner or not.
Our political creed teaches Us that our
Creator has endowed every one of as
with certain rights, and that 1t 10 the
dutv Of government to secure these
RIGHTS to every individual within the
area over which the governments ex-
tends. Among those rights are the
rights to life, to liberty, and TO the por-
suit of happiness. The right 70 life car
ries with Is the means OF sustaining lie.
and q reasonable continuation OF ina!
language il that every individual should
b enabled BY his own labor TO procure
all The neceasariee OF life. Inc United
States 10 the only country where that
condition has ever existed, put the
causes which enabled that condition e
be In existence in the United states ar
rapidly casing away. The pubic de
main, which stretched across oonti
nent and was open for everyone 70 -
tablish home thereon, ts melting awa1
into private property, and the principles
Of equality and fraternity which lonf
we're the boast Of America are nov be
ing displaced by caste and the oIassia
cation Of society.
Tue sesult of this will b war o
classes, which will end in the establish
ment Of governing power that will On
force it's DEGREES without the consent o
the governed. Az We are now going, ]
will not be many years before . major
1 itv Of the people Of the United State
viii be totally dependent upon tn
caprice Of others, for permission TO carr
the means Of sustaining life BY thei
own labor, which viii either sink tn
laboriuv class into state Of abjeot Ger
witty; or Il will rouse the latent spiri
of indereudeuce within them, and oaus
them TO eudeavor to burst the bond
that hold them in such an unnatura
condition; but to be succes8ful their ct
forts must be Q7idod by reason, 1ustiC'
and intelligence. Il 10 conceded max
i'm that m ounce of prevention 10 wOTtl
q pound Of cure, and IL Il far better 4
prevent diesase, II possible, than r.
resort b the trouble and expense Of our
ING It, after Il has como into existence
So With the body polite; II disease O
danger threatens IL, IL will be far easiel
70 prevent it II steps are taken In time
than 70 endeavor 10 cure II after It haa
eommenced its havoc.
Il may sound excellent for Q person
70 exclaim, II am free ~ the eagle; NJ
one can bind me. / can come and 90
and do a. please !" but he who % OK
claims must remember that TO DO fret
a. the eagle, he must live a. the eagle
lives, BY himself. Were every member
of q community to % exclaim and &C
upon that feeling, chaos would enaue
IS il contrary to the welfare Of human
IL for individuals to be A. solutely free
every member of q community must b
fesleYed to q certain extent for the ben
eEt Of all, and it becomes the duty oil
the authority that imposes the letters 4
uee that eli are fettoeed alike. that none
are allowed 70 escape being fettefed
and none are fctterod more than thoy
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