Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-25
,.<p Grant Tu."LoGsCAIIS
The CONslDEKED.
TKaRA DEI, Snoaualmie.
Nnn 20 Anil II. IrS4.

King sD-s hpii' -@' -
7, does the heart Oh an o'' ''
-. see that at last tue people are
.tsnipc p to the fact that tt"re 10 10
~, freedom whioh Is not founded on
ie'' "a. N ace that the tOliing millions
'''' .o,.,miued to maintain their rights
coil ,hev till. Speaking OF rights
,.rd the first point -, VT" owns
,bs soil: Tho'e "ho pluLo-f 'ns,h o'
wv 8 the inheritance ord lined by
o,. NAY. verify. And, further: 1t
.,,sts Oh esrtn such thing aS
.;.,. 10 ownership Of land, ! have
,.arn II: but find this IN Black
ines Commentaries on Lngi sh law;
.p,.assa As they are with tie potsrs-
~, I.rdi We seem afraid u look
saou' ,he means by which II was ae-
oao. ga 4 fearful Of some def c. Ia
quieu, We think II enDaRh
yui ', nn, title ia derived by the grant 81
WA ts,aer V proprletor. by descent from
'uo ~, oas.nrs or by tie las, viii and
,aetameut Or Tue uN'"S
sa,,po to reflect that, accurately ana
s,r,,aiy 5p.aking, there Is no i""huatiotl
natrre or in natural law why s5t "i
I'D opon parchment shnnid convey
,ha dominion Of land; why the son
'ho,ld have right To excluoe his ieil""
a.a.,nres from "a Discriminate spot oi
1onnd I,ecause hi. father h'd done 80
49, ,,,o. or why the Occupier OF n
,;or,.r field. wrea lying upon MS
ppa.,bb.d aud 30 longer able To main
.s;,, ,,oss.s.lon. should be entitled To tell
va. ,ea, of the worli "hich OF them
shonld enjoy 1t after nun -,
E,cenent and reliable aut oflty. bu!
,o,,.r still. the Bible gays " he cattle
Uoon a thousand hills are tire I)ri i.
0uss,ion-Does He pasture EiA cattle
0n railroad land? The Bible answers:
1" The earth IL the Lords and the full-
,.ss tLereof.'' Until He thunders from
S,na; that odd numbered sections shall
hsIono 10 the Lohdon syndicate for Yer,
The toilers OH which land shall be seris.
honest men must accept his authority an
recorded IN Holy Writ.
From these reInises We reason thi,t
no man or set Of mer can own the SOIL
Each man has natural riPht 10 u III"
lease of "A piece of land large enough |"
raise = subsistence for his faMiiy, but
the ownership remains WITH Ioo' VINO
created IL. Whence, then, caine tn.
rioht of Congress tn grant lands to any
company? Not from the people, Tor me
mople only hold the land III trust f'r
fntnre generations. II wing no night to
Grant these lands, 1t r. cams for that
body to restore the property To the real
owner. and thus clear th.Ir skirt" rom
implicitly with pirates. .
The talk of Eastern capitalists cpu-
trolling the land grant. DC does not
cover the ground. | speak with ttc an
thsrlty of hls late Majesty. king iienry
the First. when | shy /: Il the London
syndicate which claim title to oar 'nds.
On. shades OF Bunker Hi, Who calls
tie roll of his II YES III Tia" shadow of
,by protecting monument! lsl Mason
or 1oombs of Georgia. or creatures ot
the british Crown. known A. Boston
agents Of the Northern Pacific kailioadf
Splrlt of l776 and 1861, shali the Amer
lean flag fly at halfnast. | mon Gown,
while the Cross ei 81. George hohta III
triumph at the mast head!
Land pirate ana tieif creatures h'N
laugh nj this, hui let them remeinht
the spirit OF American Independence" l.
rot vet dead. In proof OF ihis witness
the q. A. Il. St vens Post Of Seattle III
the stand they have token, and learn
also that they have u million old veter-
ans at their haot reinforced by iniiliohs
Of sons of veterans. Slaughter IL not
argument. Let them slow some rigtt
In their claim besides the tashionahie
motto, Might makes right, because
even there We will eventually beat them,
for the God of Israel IL On the side "t
His creatures, and He Is no respecter II
persons, and
Right Is right, since God Is God,
And rip ht the day must win,
10 doubt would bo disloyRltv,
To falter would be slo.
A. j. SToRY.