Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-19
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i0&s u 94ANAKu NFSHHfAAS@ stafAsEfs y
shas called pasernas. This tsndensEs 10
10 b seen Ia she drift Of pablse opinicn
IN tbe yuost adxaan,d nations. Il ie
sesn In shs postal savings banks aud %
the governments telsEFaph syssena pf
Great Britain; in tbs postal sysssass o.
all civilized nations; In the government
s.,ufrog of railways wsiiah various e0s11-
ssiss OF Esrops have isscpsed- u - setn
most eEe&rIy In the system Of insnfsnee
upon shs lfsss Of workingassn snd the
public Support cf the aRsd. whssh snder
shs auspiees Of Primes Bismarck h bsiss
ingrsfsed apSn the ptilitseai system Of
Germany, and which In srush i nothiDR
snoss shan q vast scheme Of es-opsFa-
tive Insurance under government aus
psoss.
AZ people realize tie fAes that sbers
10 indeed 9 ssndsrsJ, ai0~. II mss Be,
bat powerful, Ia this direction. shsrs
viii b. nose aad more diseasssoh 10 70
eara 10 The ultimate saeass Of shs move
aAsrt. and on the outooms Of thai dis
eussion vill deIpsnd wary largely The ma
sars Of future government. The term
spaternAl government II must b I'D
snsissd, hss an aaly sound 81 Arss. Il
snegsats donioa towsrs, iEnplerosnts Of
torture. Spanish Inqcssssioas, the hanh
Laws ef Puritan Ensiand and other OBJ
sogsts thinxn which saver Of tyrannieal
and religious intoisrsncs. And IN one
sense she tsfm deserves 70 have IN ugly
sound. 30 lohR ~ We face the pssss,
psssrnal eoss ramsns b hidsous; - deal
with the question inselligensly, one
muss tarn hia hasa sou srsly 10 the past
asd stand face b fase with ths ftssure.
The psisruai Rovsfnaent Of the flu
ture will diilss from that Of thu past -
broadly a. ids,as can differ. Both tie
theory ssd she application viii b. fms
removed from thoss OF the other age.
We can regard ths present historic de-
ysiopmsns as ssastkns from the poin,
when tho lord, ths shlsf. the thegn. Of
whatsoever ons might call him, was ths
impsrscnstioA Of government itsslf
Each Skisi ruled absolutely, and raiss
On The theory that the people wh'
obsyed him existed only for hts ssnses
The people existed Tor the convenience
Of shs governments, not The eovssnmsn
for che eonvsnien,ss Of she people
Thas tkis waB est Tho original iass o
aovsrnmsnt IN certain, bat Il dominates
che world al The time when the dsyslop
nsnt al paiisisal liberty began. A
this time personal liberty was NJ ID
xsro point and the powers Of govern
meat u the highest psint Of the scais
Ever sincs there has bean vaesd
struggle 10 rsssa Tie point 81 persona
liberty and Ioses thai Of governments
power. Tho history OF the past thou
sand years ID nothing more than ID
story Of thla struggle. II has ragged o.
every censihant and every isiaHd Oh
which European civilization has securs'
. footing. The Reformation, the Civi
War; Of Esalaad. the Thirty Years
War. tke Americsn Revelation, wet
bat Important infasisnts Of this ssruR
Rla. Simon 10 Mentfort, Jacob an,
Philip Van Artevslsie, Lusher. Hamp
den. Cromwell and Washington yer
simply the fRominsnt leaders. tn
esntinnity Of history ali rests Ia thi
struggle. There weEs eide incidents
bat never . sliazessisn.
Az the results Of this thousand sears
eoniiici. the powers ,,f government hav'
boon bsoaahs down in the scale. ant
personal liberty has been raised unit
their positions are precisely the oppo
siss Of what shsy weie when Earl Minor
hrst Summoned the Commons 10 esnn
oil The ruler Of today who would any
am the asata.n would BE- sishal
laughed ii d. thrust into an insane
asslan. Today, kings admit that shs
aosesnmeni N for the convenience oi
The people. res sha people for thu oon.
vsnlsiae VI he RowsrnmsnI 30 cam,
pietsly hare tho people Won the bassle
thai iAess = nuw no mors danger IL m
unnecessary intsrfensnce on The part oI
Ressrnmens With personal rights and
liberties. Than there b Of reversal Of
nj Ia~ u arlfisstiln. 80 far "a The
moss advanced natsails Of The world are
eoncsszsi ths struggle Is ended.
Tie psteraAl eovel'nmsnt Of the m.
surs. u thsra IN 10 b, snsh. win be- Il
different from thas q me past a. the
tventieth century viii be different frum
ths seslsh. AZ the sisae The struggle be
ma pAiesnal anvsrnniens was simply m
snserfsrenss nj the assirs 81 intlivia.
aals b. power which vas essentially
sxsrAnecus 10 soeiesss ard which lasss
% was saphonioustr known as She
divine rixha " kings 10 sais.s Ths
present tendency h Inward ~ intsrfer.
anoe n Ne affairs II the individual
By power exested BY society issels
and exercised oaly 20 far a.
= hees tor he s,sneraI good. The peo-
pie. Aavine secured absolutely the rights
II The ipdivi6aAL may noe tasn X, pro-
teetin9 is.sif fissm ne indisieasl. The
fsadai chief, vtils be raisd ths pssopie.
also exsscissd i care sser them. Thss
care h roe exercissa by no one. To
sapply that ss1s h she probaena. The
stsn1xle viii be ovet the qcsssiun Of
whether she individual can take care If
htnself - wsii ~ sosaesy cah taks care
a. kin.
The slatA which means sirapsy The
eomhisad poser Of she psepas under
shs Ssase. iaksa eA2Ipe of The insane ;
4 aArss fes ~ hslplhss and defsrmea /;
= guards tie property II The sasner
md Me inbseils. siAsald q s0s aise
sxsresse csse, alsheulsh IN a iess ds9sse,
ovsr ssaah indAsIdnAl | Prince Bismarck.
she most rretlsAi sAssnomi<f ard tn
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