Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-18


"ssw States may De admitted by Con
gresR into this Union - whAt tfte con
ssttutioa says on the snhieet. aiid tnat
this olaase IL not understood ~ sinootiy
ing Q preceding snsbiinS act. or 10 the
purely optional ssEise, ~ eyloent irotA
Inc fast that the people 81 thirteen tsf.
ritortss of this unions having fof nsed
state eoustitnGiors Of tnias oHn vii
and accord. aDd having PCT into opera
ton State governmental, have otsp sd
mittsd 20 the Union By Congress, begin
ding with Kentucky IN l7sk III. people
u the teFritories of sae United otales
are rset 10 the condition ~ she people
OF q Turkish pssbsiic or an OriantAl
sstrapy; bat. By Sue very nat1re OF toe
repnbiican form OF government nndef
which they live, possess innsrertly TIE
poser 20 form R1vefnments, ana, IA thS
terms of the ancient bill OF FiRhfA. have
at eli times an tnalienabse and 'sds
feasibls right 10 alter, fsfosTn or - iiish
sheif governments 10 such manneF as
they may think proper" This fonda
mental prop0s1tine esnnoa De saseess-
falIy combsted, and q people who's.
numbers, material wealth. and moral
and political interests are sneh 40 TO
make Btatahood the most favorable con
dition for tbem have oeffeet right TO
make q State constitntIOo emboayine q
Republican form IT government; and.
having eompiisd With the fnnda@eniai
oynditions. no Congress Gao hxfnily
hinder their progress into The Union.
SO says the 81. Paul Pioneer Press
by ali precedent, and by the rights
aG,csrded TO she people Of the Northwest
aiuea shs ordinance Of 1851, By the terms
Of the treaty BY which the vast territory
Of Louisisna wa acquired from France,
and BY every principle OF iastsce. the
pe,ple Of Washington should be vel
armed Ia the Union e. q State. The
Territory Ut Washington, with North
Idaho annexed. 10 a magnificent region
of 5000 square miles. reaching from
the Paaific Ocean TO the Rocky Meult-
aiua,. and extending north and south
thruuQh three degrees OF latitude. IL IL
not n region Of fluctuations, Of mining
excitsmeuts, OF bubbles or Asetine
shall0ss, bat il and has been from the
beginning IN permanently peoplad 80
the New England States themselves.
Way back forty years ago the people
beSi.a coming here 10 live. Thsy came
at arsi In ANAL numbers, 10 be sure, bot
they came steadily, aud In ten years had
gathered in 10 ths number III about 1000.
Their then, In 1865, were organized into
q TtFritoFy, md u is this Territory
which nov, after thirty one years weary
waiting, seeks admission 10 the CON.
pany of States. The 1000 residents of
1888, despite q fierce indian var. Ia
creased In number 90 1900 In 1860, to
1900 in 1870, TO ~ 900 IN 1870. and now,
In 1888, 10 not leea than leo, These
people are no longer scattered and poor
They have built considerable cities, nn-
mercua iine and honrishinR towns, have
magnificent and exceedingly productive
farms, have opened coal mines aud have
the h,Fpest lnmberisg establishments In
tho world. Five hundred miles Of rail
road have been bnilt for the purposes OF
their transportation, while the ships
engaged In THAR ocean commerce are
among the finest sfioat. sixty uewspa.
pefA are printed in the Territory, and
oolleses and high schools are 10 be
found in dozen places. Tue Territory
Is cut Of dsbt, and has been for years;
iia Institutions In the meantime being
suppeeted by tax Of 2h mills on the
dollar. rs wealth IL represented by a
taxable valuation Of 81, 0o0.00. Its
commerce includes a vast number Of
itanaa, chief among which are shese:
Goal mined, 10000 tons per annum;
lumber cut, a6OO0000O feet; salmon
canned. 10000 cases; wheat raised. g.
OOO.0O0 bushels; oats, i.COuu bushels;
hops, z, 200 bales; wool .O00, 600 pounds;
hesidta vast quantities Of potatoes, hay.
frutta. oysters, live stock, gold mined,
vessels built manufactured goods, Re-,
worth In the aggregate almost as much
M The articles named, II NOS actually
more.
There Is no reason 10 doabt that We
will 20 on increasing in the future a. in
the past. In 1880, al the takinR OF the
next national census. population wlli
Be shown here of Al least 10000. and
poaaikly $4,000 or more, and NOS less
than soo,OuO Ia 1900. dur past growth,
ear present. soliditJ, oar fatnrs outlook,
justify these hopes.
No other Territory haH been kest back
like Washington. Ii has been cus down
and denineered over, has been falaified
aud insullsd until fasbeAranoe has ca.a. a
10 be Q virtue; and cur people, lika those
Of Dakota, are almost ready 20 Is into
open insnrree,ion sgainst the Ills thar
best them. The temper % the people
must nos be tried too far. There to no
reason why washington. Dakota and
Montana should ba treated In Q niAnneF
dtfsrent from The earlier rsrritoriva-
Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan, Oregon
er Nevada. They were not keps In this
condition thirty o. forty years. ner we're
they required 10 have any zach popula-
lion ~ seems 10 he nsqaisiie with " ash
inRson and other Territories ct TIE pres
ent day. Ihe peopla have rights which
neither political patsy can afford b trifis
with, and which she nation ~ large
ahoaid go 10 10 are no longer ignored.
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