Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-11

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sumption Of lag, IL hostile 70 tss mr..
ests Of the creditors. whose rights Soc
CSuTs - bound 70 preserve Nos les
strong - tee presumption that the inter
esss OF cnsoitors are 10 harmony With
ias and Its faithful enforcement. Be.
pess.
Tne editor Of toe cLr04sel> dfscysi,,.5
al intent 20 counsel dIsobedIeuce 70 Iav
Very we'll. The Csur. aud a tolsrs,,
ssd liberal public acsep.ed his diss,.i,r,'
er as made IN good faith.
l atm proad to say that NOT a single
lav and order man or woman Ia this
city astsnpted ~ e ooycos" the CET0sfcf.
fer he course.
There Is another paper Published in
TINS eIts - the Posi- IsrEL.rIeKScxR-a
| paper edited With ability, Of large cireu.
iati0n and commanding influences. ia
oosrse was 20 conservative for q long
time shat nefther friends nor foes Of
the Sunday Law knew hoW It ssosd. II
freely published ali veil written coin
aIHFiossI0ns on both sides. At Last IL
mildly said il was in favor Of the suo-
day iaw and tts obssrvanas, becAa=s IL
vas law. For this advertisements must
DC wIthdraEn--subssriptions stopped
aud an impotsnt Unrest Of financial ruin
. soauaed along the line; bat tna PoSr-
lsTELLIoESozE still lives and viii i've.
oeoaase Il - champion of las and 81
al tbs conserving forces and constitu-
tionsI guarantees embodied therein.
Here II tolerance on one hand and
Intolerance on the other. Here Ia ill.,
crafty Of seutimsnt-here Also il the
most narrow iIliberality-herais a broad
| catholic gpirit-here also il bi0otrv for
| yon- Look npon these two pictures.
Amerlsans' and tell me waieh you most
admire.
THE PRINCIPLE.
Every man s0st aims two relations
one 20 bis CFeatsr, the other to the Gov
eminent. Inc duties growing out OF
the relation sustained 10 hIs Creator are |
enforced by tae sanctions Of religion; |
tbs dusiee Rrowing oui of the relation
that be snstains TO his Governmef.t are |
enforced by ths sanctions Of Law. The |
lines OF obligation sometimes coalescs,
~ that tas duties are enforced both by |
tbs sanctisns OF religion and of law. |
Bot this adds nothing 10 the validity or |
binding faroe OF Law. The mandates of |
Law would be Just as imperative without |
this csralescin2 as with 10. The divine |
sanctions may add to the tmpu sion 20 |
obey Law, bat add not one i0t or title to /
It's validity. Law gets its power from /
tbs fact that IL is the sovereign will ex |
pressed in doe form. IN this oouutry il |
IL the will Of the majority.
Human laws do DOT attempt 20 enforce
the duties growing ont Of the relation |
existing betwsea man and his q ID. Tue |
80 called Sunday law has no sash par
pose OF object. IL has broad aud dsep |
foundation IN humsnitg--in the wants |
and necessity OF men. NJ "a needs g.
from toil-aeeds eorest,bD-8eeds ~ /
eiai improvement and eni pyment. ihe
objecs " the SnAd y las Il B. give him
thls, sud 10 release toe hard hand %
capital from its grip on bis tired Inuscu-
lar energies. ID says TO grasping and
nnrslenting capital, IN its work of coin
ting dollars out OF the mascle and brAlns
Of the sons of toll: +" You shalt let 20
your bod every g. yensh day, so thst the
labores may enjoy the company and
society of his wife and little onss whom
God has given him, and 50 that he may
ree1perate his muscular forces for th
impending battle of life" u IL not be
cause tiod commanded it, bat bss4uss
human wants and necessity demand it.
that the Legislature has said. mau shall /
have rest from accustomed toll 70 day /
In seven. such Is ths voicA IT Reason,
Of humanity, of PHILOSOPHY and ai
ststsananship la this eIvins "a age |
pns lAw does not say Won shall attend
church. oF do this or do that. T. sim. |
ply gives the benignant boon OF rest
Tor tbs weary. Abolish this dag If
rest, and what have you donei Yau
have turned the life OF the msn who 1
earns bis bread by the sweat OF bis
brow into q period If unceasing toll.
Yon have diminished this sun Of hu-
man happiness - y0u have struck a
deadly blow as the dignity OF labor and |
tishtened the grasp OF avarice On the |
wasting muscles Of humanity.
Then, again, human experience teach |
es as that ceaseless LABOR Is oeasele,s
wasfe---thAt man aud bsas. with days of |
rest will accomplish A. much, whether |
the labor be manual or meutal, ss by |
uurAmittine toil--henos il is toll without |
object, aud At The fearful sacrifice of so |
cial enjoyment and human happiness.
These are among the considerations |
that induced the Legislature to adopt |
the Sunday law. II IL a day OF rest and |
social life; no more, no less.
THIS AGE.
am Of those who believe that dollars
Ia not the only benehceni principle IN
DERIVING the civilization Of tnis age.
There are great economic laws founded
In the Ratare and wants Of man--gFsat
moral forces iyiHg At the fouadation OF
all human advancement and Orooress-
educational and religious forces of po
tent inilusnce aud commanding power |
in iifting man 10 y higher and noblet
plane at civilization. These forces and
/ laws demand recognition by those en-
gagged In the work Of laying broad and
deep the foundations OF the future me
tropoiis Of the Pacific coast. would
not ignore the potent influence of the
dollar. bus must remember that IL Is
net wealth producing, and that muscle
and labor are the only wealth producing
| forces of the world. ] wou,d preserve
them eaa the Que hand from TIE saerya-
| ton OF vice, and on the other from de-
siFucsie,n by over exeFtion. Huch Is
the obfsct Of the day Of rest with its pro
hihitionisis.
LIBEErT AND LAW.
| This iaa government of the largest
liberty to iss citixens, bat 10 h govern
meat in which liberty 10 regulated by
law. In obsdienes TO law there Is secur.
ity 20 rights; disobedienee IL not only q
cfime--it Is anarchy. When men no
longer respect and revere the majesty Of
lac, IL will be dark day for liberty and
human rights. When the barriers
thrown by lAv around the rights OF
property are broken there will be car
/ nival Ell blood. The most astonishing
thing Of ail Is that business men--men
/ Of wealth and propsrty-Bhould lead the
van in showing their contempt tor Law
| and iss protecting poseF. Know they
not THAI there burns irl the thfobbing
! hearts Of untold thoaasnd 10 day, a
| deep ssnss Of wong orer thu uaeq AL
| div siorl af this worlds gssadsf There
| i a breeding impsti noe with the pres
emf condition Of shiuGs. There u ter
rihie conflict hasween capital and labor
| impsndlng. Its vaielnga are heatd ali
over this land 90 das. Iae forces ara
/ gathering for the confsct. Under this
coadttian Of things do basinsss- men
prAposa, % lay the powder train 20 ths
naEaEine OF humanr nhts. To shaw oy
sxsHlrae their contempt for lac and Us
sustaining feFeess 20 shsw that thFy viii