Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-08-22

| LNrt MtNOr. ueCititu th"U hi'oNiy "-""' "
| existed [Derlsive laughter So it did,
! and so IT would until men followed the
commands cf Him whom the Bishop ol
Bedford professed to follow, but whose
Gospel he did not preach. That was not
the GOSPEL of Christianity, il WAS the Cos
pei ofJudas, who sold his Master tol
thirty pieces of silver.
Let them distrust the men who wanted
simply 10 be kind to them. Kindness
was good thing in its way, but what
was needed for social regeneration, t.
raise wages, and 10 put en- end to pau
perism, and to give every man an oppor-
tunity of earning a good living by his la
Dor, was not kindness but justice.
would, therefore, call upon you to
stand up and demand your Fights-to ask
not for charity, but to ask for that which
| is YOUR due-that which the Lord intend-
ed tor YOU. God had not brought men
INTO this world, Mr. George went on to
! say. that one man might be charitable to
another, but that every man should work
| for his own living: and how could men
work unless the natural opportunities
were open to them? The priaciple which
| went to the very root and centre OF all
reforms was this--that all men were crea"
ted equal, with equal rights to the Land
on which they were born. Let them
stand M for that and assert it IN every
way. If they were in earnest, each man
in his way could become missionary iof
this truth. They must show the govern
ing classes that they had right to be
considered in this matter. and that 1t was
one Of vital importance to them; ana ne
believed that if they were of one mind,
and determined that they would have their
rights, they would be sure to succeed
There was power which, it once awoke,
all the forces of the State must quail be-
tore it-that was the power of publ ic
opinion. 1t would be worth fighting
for, even though this great city were laid
in dust and ashes; it would be right If
that was the only way of accomplishing
these reforms, and of putting an end to
that iuiquity which lodged one man in
palace and another man in hovel. But
until men knew what they wanted, and
how to obtain it they could not fight; and
il they stood up like men there would be
no occasion to resort to any violent mea>
sures. 1t only the workingmen of this
country were determined to gam their
rights, no one would dare to refuse them.
Charity could not aid them. Al Glasgow
the merchants raised $4,000 by charity,
but that only amounted to about 2s. per
head of the unemployed, and that did not
include women and children. Let them
stand up for right and justice, and they
would not only be standing up lor their
own rights, but for the rights of meE all
the world over. He came TO them from
Skye. The men OF Skye--the crofters-
whom their policemen and soldiers went
to coerce were standing up for the rights
o. those whom he addressed as Well as
their own. They asked them to maKe
this great question united workin9map'y
question in this country and all over the
world. Loud Cheers
The resolution were then pat. aud car
Red, by SCI. OF upltted hande. In re
ply toe vote pt thanNs given him with
enthusiastic cheering.
Henry George again said h. would take
up the paraple IF the last speaker, who
had pr y.d that the Lord would take all
the landlords up into heaven. Let them
just think of that Supposing the Lord
did take them, and they We're to lay out
heaven as they had the earth. and were
10 claim it for themselves, what chance
would any one else have who camc there
after them? Laughter and cheers1 H
thanked them Tor their cordial greeting
He was now going away into the North,
TO make two or three speeches, and he
should then return to his own country,
on, and this same cause was commanding
the same enthusiasm. he hoped to hear
from the men of London. not merely of
their speaking about this matter, bur
voting for it. What they should do was