Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-08
woRDs OF sosEHyEss To asrsLIy.
GENT MEN.
EDrTss Posi- IsTkLLIeEScEB:

GkST 8ES.
EDrTss PosT IsIzLLIaKScER:
All distinctions asserted or attempted
TO be maintained that one kind Of labor
IS honorable and other kinds dishouor-
able ID false in fac; aud false in theory.
All OF the multiplied operations of hu-
man life necessary for human develop.
nent. progress. happiness. or the scea-
uulaiions Of n steriai wealth, are alike
honorable Each avocation IL bot
branch Of the tremsndous whole, and
are as inseparabiy connected With that
whole as the members are With the BODY.
The bands cannot sag to the feet, be
cause they tread IN the dust. I am more
honorable than you.
Honor and shame from no condition
rise;
Act well your part-tbere all the honor
lea
In America 10 this emphatically true.
With rs. IN all the varied depa rtnents
Of life, intelligent labor IL copqueror.
Blood has no vantage eronnd 10 life's
heated race or fiery conflicts. Mobility
OF character comes NOT BY aescent, bat
- the grand development OF hum n
eDdeavos aud heroic action. Titles are
won on the fields Of psace sble Conflicts
Honors are dragged Up by persistent toll
from the bottom of the great deep.
Men and women everywhere, and from
every condition in life, are marching
forward With qsickened pace TO assume
position a. commanders IN the advAnc-
ina column OF humanity.
We have Learned by bitter experience
that the highest good OF the American
people is prompted by excluding from
es, "a laborers IN every department Of
human industry, those who cannot be
assimilsted by us. They are and ever
will be disturbing element. Their
pfesenoe will be a constant menace to
the public peace aud tranquility. II is
better for Us and better for them to live
apart. They supply fbe place of those
9ho can become q part OF us-eItizsns
whose destiny is our destiny. and whose
government to love and dsfead is our
government.
but this 10 a government OF eonstitu
tions AID laws. Liberty Is regulated by
Law. Security OF person and rights of
property all rest on the frm Foundation
Of lay. The Caucasian Races have won
their wonderful triamphs BY subordina-
tiou to las. IL IL their distinguishing
characteristic. We cannot Imagine the
scenes of violence aud blood which
would result from the overthrow Of the
majesty of Law. Think of sach u con-
ditIoa OF sbiEgs existing bat for a day.
The above are Fundamental and essen.
tisl truths; they sre usE ally assamed
and buf Earsly stat d. Read, ys mer
chants. ys property holders, ye profes
siopal men, bat, above all and higher
than all, ye lAborin9 men vho believe
In Law and order-in the preservation
of the public peace-the incendiarv SEN
timents uttered by the two principal
speakers at Yeslsr's Hall on Saturday
evening last. l will not dignity their
utterances By quotations. Tue deolara-
ton Of sash sentiments sill ever darken
the lives and cloud the otherwise hon
orable osresr of the parties who made
them. Violence seriously contemplated
ss = remedy for grievances. real or i'm
sRinary, IL awful: but violence threat
ened darkly iooals With inaesoribabls
horrors. such senttmsats, carried ont
ts their logical resslis, must pfesiIitate
a conflict. The powers that be must
enforce law and secare guaranteed
rights. We do not believe that an hou-
est laboripg man In shis community
sanctions such sentiments. Beware,
that you do not make the lawless bum.
mer and losfer your agent by unlawful
assemblage and attersnoe.
Tue meeting at the Ocesa House, on
the same evening, was not q Chinese |
meeting or an anti Chinese meeting; 10 |
was not = meeting of property holders,
a. such. but meeting Of those, no mat |
ter whether they had any property OF |
not, who we're IN favor OF AIDING the |
aathorities Of this eouuty |
In putting down all attempts to destroy |
life OF property. lt Was q meeting. IN |
other words, to take means TO Sustain |
the honor and reputation Of this city
to save u from the dishonor of IN 90 Law |
and mob violencs. Hence the dsna |
eoeic vsporihgs Of one OF the speakers |
st Ycsles's Hall about the character OF |
that meeting might have been pleasant |
To him, bot we're false in fact.
Nov. 10 conclusion, let me ash all |
Glasses OF men OF this city What IL 10 |
be gained by lawlessuess and violence!
do not mean % intimate by this Ques-
ton that any considerable portion OF |
any class are In favor of ANYTHING Of
the kind. But suppose that few we're;
What then? Does the history Of the
world show q sieEle instance Of people
and made prosperous by Law
Iessness and violenos! Admit that the
Chinese among Us 10 grievance. They
are here under treaty stipulations. Next
10 the constitution, treaties are the par
amount Las of the labd. Treaties en-
body the pllahted honor sf the Go,ern-
nent. To violate the provisions Of
treaty is to touch the nations houor.
That honor must and will be sustained.
Are ve prepared 10 prscipitate conflict
with that 6overnmentl Do We feel
squai 10 the taskf We have q right 70
present our grievance 20 that Govern
nent. Has her course toward rs here
Iofore been marked by such continuous
injustice and refusals - to make rs
ioobt such lawful and peacsful meth
,dsf Suppose the same condition Of /
excitement exists In China, whsra our I
citizens have gone under /
he guarantees Of the same treaty as
Exists in this city today-excited meet
Iugs are held-a time appointed on or |
before which they must leavs--oommit- /
lees appointed 10 tell them they must |
20, and, II they do not leave within the
specified time. they will not be respen-
sioie for the eonseQuencesg What do
700 suppose our 6overnment voald do?
xhas ought IL to do? You know that
svefy man and every dollar would be
ased, II necessary, 70 vindicatc the honor
of the Government and to protect the
rights Of such citizens. II such 10 the
expression Of your sentiments aud
mine. let me ask: Il there not DANGER
10 our acts 10 our svz citixsns, far
away?
I like the reply Of the Spartan general
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