Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-18
DAILY POST INTELuGEAcER
sEArn1E, March 18th

&c. q. a."
sEArT11E, March l5th.
Furros Posr. INzKI1IgEScEE
In reply 10 year Questions, ! beg %
say: Ftrwt. that do NOS endorse Slo-
lance or murder 10 mention sAs na1e
AZ either IN the eiusion Of SaoscnD-
ar which had the Rosd fortune 70 AZ
ford you so mach amissezent Hay !
aak If you are pos sshsned OF ne nlS
en0enaoua estemps 70 make ny .sttst
aspsas 70 refer 70 youf tssos 81 mA.s. -
Isth, white the date anii CONTEXT elsAi =.
sheE Il refers 20 Sutssribers letter ~
Marck i3sh, provoked By your soi1'''A'
of March llth-
seeoed. Do you oonsidsr yooF prev
o,as alIusion 70 shs uisorsAets .. ~
Tower and Abbey eIpitSlorls fss" 1910
h, the cot and bleeding forms ., n !.
ehildrenl a. brave men, 70 %
olain abatement Of fsetsS IL nos Jo4i
stnoeV bat remarkable estimate o. s.as
ery opsu 10 criticism ~ 20 ne slhSSt..J
Ilid yru EXPECT it 70 De taken - ssie
sronessiou Of free opinion sbo
- real conviction A.
ThiFd. Il is peedleai for E- 70 us
caas the policy Of EuelaDd- WhasHsf
NAV Be- ,Ee mistakes Of q great nation,
n 4 urobable that nsitbss the editor Dor
his CORRESPONDENTS we're born 70 ses s.sn
riVht. and zhiIe no exception ntsd %
saksu 20 toe candid expression Oh soI
toriaI or other opinion, irrisasion nss
naturally besn eDgendsred Dy tne poa,
sist1ut and unneoemiar.F dissourtesy o.
All aIIussons 70 Engiish saAirs IN your
oolumps. IL is, I take q, more quest
tiou Of fellow citizenship than iatefnA-
tional policy. .oos
lsstsrs are q reply 10 Anonymous loni-
nalIsm, ana shield sltainst persoaal.
ties Ia no way affecting the question a.
iague. Nv patEoBymio. hg~essf' -
quite at your service II iaeedsa; "A
Yours.
while 1, Ia neither disni6ed nor pTu-
dent 10 carry on controversy WIN 40
unknown opponent, or TO notice 'ns
communication Of one. who while pre-
fsssipe a willingness 70 be known, con
tinuss 20 shrink bsnind anonymity Is
in no NOR, than Just TO ssis shadowy ~
J.M.n that the answers to the questions
propounded by us 10 tbs issue OF March
l5sh be given as vide q circulation ~
vere the questions thesaselves. As We
publiah the answers, we must in Justice
TO ourselves append some remarks Dot
no much in the spirit Of controversy, a.
20 coun,sract any Ease impression
which this second communication OF
20. JIM" would leave npon the public
mind, were IL Published without sota-
ment.
First, then, az 10 whether the arst let
Ter written BY the person Who calls him
self "subaeriber," contained mention
Of either violsnce or murder. the pubic
can Judge. I. Ia entirely aquestion OF
she interpretation TO be put upon slang
expressions which are no lees ambieu'
oua than they are vulgar. Your letter
20. J. NJ" was received through the
pou,office at four o'clock on the after
noon of March ltsh, sixteen hours after
thu publication Of the second letter OF
the person whose sentiments yea en-
dorse, and 1t was certainly fair pre-
sumption that it was mailed, II not
written, after you had read that letter.
This you do not deny. and II Ia still to
be presumed that You mailed your en-
dorsement, having full knowledge of
"snbscriber'sr stupid threats,
The abbey explosion Is sousthinR
of which We have no knowledge. IL
you refer in your second paragraph to
tho comments 10 the Posr IssEI.LI-
oKscKR on the explosions at The Tower
and In the Houses Of Parliament, 10
may be answered shat the editorial In
which they occurred did act pretend to
DO a "plain statement OF facts, as you,
90. J. NJ" are clearly intelligent
enough 30 know. Ii wis an editorial
colnment ON the explosions, aud an ex.
precision of editorial opinion. the SIN
eefity Of which You have no reason 10
question. While In referring 10 the ex
ploaions you are departtg FROM your
original criticism, which rslasei 10 the
article appearing In the i,sue Of March
lith. u may as well be understood that
the PosT- INTELLIoESoER is perfectly
willing 10 defend the views expressed
by IL 81 the time Of the explosions The
sasEy prstense Of your aIlasion 10 ihe
lent aud bleeding forms of little
children" becomes evident when il Is
remembered that In no 0ne Of the dy-
mantle explosions has single life been
lest. A few scratches ANA bruises have
been inflicted nothing ssore. In the
meantime, however, aewMal lrishmsn
have been executed. and others are In q
fair way 10 suffer the same punishment.
SO. 20. ]. NJ yoa $50 tAs experience
Of the past shows Who IL compelled to
undergo the greater risk, and IL is
neither lust nor riehs - brand the men
Who incur that risk ~ EDWARDS. Far.
ther, u may be said thi, yoa seek 10
convey the impression that the Pozr,
IsTauiIsKScss Expressed unqualified
approval Of the work OF the dynamiters.
Thin yoa know net 10 be the case. You
could have derived ne mieh idea from
che editorial on which yoa have nov
fallen back. Il did. however, refer 10
the dynamiters In the following words
Mistaken Ia their iaelA. wrong 10
their methods, they may be, but they
are terribly In earnest and they
should be given cresiis for The eoaFaes
of their convictions. Why should q
man engage In sack undertakings. an
less he believe thai he Ia tallowino tia
path Of dutyf There l. no naoney 10
be obtained BIZ ID. no tAuash no admira
sioni nothin9, indeed, bat danger,
And danger khere eertAsnly H. EVERY
man who attempts TO csrry one OF these
piota into execution, mtss be perfectly
stliies 70 yield NJ biz ni~.
Every N an Who Ia impaled % action
by stern sense of aats, every man
who for his ennssctiens risks his life.
10 entitled 10 respect fos bis devotion,
for his blind courage. eveii thaaeh bis
aenAh Of duty be . missAken 1na, and
hia tsDnFaao h nnwofahay alsnlaFad