Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-22
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..,a,yH IN this busy region Of Poees
-. vhsre sctive business eompsti- !
=. mskss tha bread and butter prob |
., .se u,oss Important affair Of life, it
.,ans dscidsd gain for our eommu-
- and people, Individually and eol-
,.~tsvesy. The value Of rest and recrs-
80 h disputsd By no reasonable being.
. thsre we're lays forcing 1s TO work
!. supdsys, limiting our hours Of rest
"A sassiiae OF all oppor.anities fOr
,.,..sI asd mental respite from work,
-, q united howl would 90 up from
4. slsssss whose liberties Of rest and
,ua.nsps we're thus limited against
49, uho might instigate or become
,,srumeusal In passing such tyrsnnical
,.v. 10 America or in any other civil
"a coantry general popular reyelt
.r,iast snch unjust and rspfsssise mss-
.u,.s sosld be inssitabIe. To preserve
suudss 10 he free action Of the indi-
,;aasl. bsyond the control Of the capi
ssIist aad the taskmaster. voald become
~ ssasimsnt Of the millions without
,ssuecf 20 religious opinions or political
sssss Pope BOB, Sp1rReoR and Tai
s,1es voulG join hands With Gladstone
sDd Cleveland 10 behalf Of Sunday, up
- as sheJ would bc by the hardWoFk-
n miilions Of their oouatrymen.
II any proof were needed Of the di-
tinity Of Sunday % q day of rest, it
syaid be found in this universal CONSENT
4 hnmanisy 20 the decree. Who rises
a 10 pabliely question the uses, the
.dysnssae, the necessity of sunday
Ws are al one On this question in sen
tauaut, however much We NAV differ in
o.,snlon ~ 10 our own asses of the great
ksisday, or our Ileiahbor as to Its proper
stssrvsnee. Having outgrown the idea
tlat conformity Of thought, speech and
sorahip u absolutely essential 10 healthy
ocisty and good government, Ne have
sined Ia the spirit Of liberation within
10 limits Of lau and order necsssAry.to
- sxistenee Of triis liberty, the wisest
ssd msst practicable solution OF the
Sunday qusstien. Were there even a
E<<Xl-4t4 A8tAkNAAtAAtA bA&4A NAO gA0 9AAS
h.s" Of the East might be useful, as
smsasare Of reIRsssion Of irrsverenee.
hair inconssnienOe and olumsineas as
ssAielss Of reform you'd SGT the average
AMERICAN mind strongly against their
~ Il would be too much trouble to
sltsmpt 10 make rsen religious by stat
uiA IL We have not already reached
ihs phase In sslf Government when peo-
10 can be trusted with their own no
iiees and left fisa 10 eniOy themselves
kftsF their own fashion and methods,
within the legal hmits which define and
protset the right. Of all, IL must be cou
ieased thas freedom and republicanism
are ghastiy failures.
while contsndinQ for the most per
fees freedom Of all men, women and
skildren within the boundaries. of good
government. we should remember that
p<ze Of those who declsim the most
badly In behalf OF Individual liberty
d sciion, and atlainst every species of
legal repression, 'sven in the interest Of
/ peaceful and orderly Sunday holiday.
1se this plea rkkher as a cover TO the
elfah and nnreHtrained exercise Of de-
pursuits and avoeations,
shioh, II nos regulated by Law, woeld
nrn our cities Into hannts Of Pande
aonia and subject the homes OF quiet
nd psaeeful citnssns 10 the influence Of
he noss Fepuhii,e and obnoxious sights
nd scenes. Thus the liberty OF the
would become q license for
he unruiy and lavless 10 distarb the
light Of the aw-hbiding and ineffensive
D the exercise td the methods Of the
AlEsr for their erioyment. recreation or
susship; In effect destroying all Sunday
ftsedom.
The people Of this new west. We knOw,
haEu O mAnligE, mere sensible and patri-
Gle idea Of sunday than that inspired
h the slnns of society by those who
bok upon the day rather IN the light of
profitable pcrqaisite than ss an essen
nal bene1cikry factor In the mental and
material pfugrsFh Of civilization. As
eommnnitiDs we cannot Afford TO teller
ats ianatieism that Is degrading to
Humanity nor encourage q sentim8nt
fAz3 voaid ignore Ia its methods and
sxalaples The liberty OF sober, RESPONSE
". ihinIkiEs mefi and votsen SO live
iesir pe6csini. harmonious lives unclis
tzsbsa " broils and hfefheis and untiis.
maYed By vicious men who. under The
sesef cf freedom, claim the liberty OF
nAkipk The day OF ress q hicleous oFsde,
szoss Influences TIL respectable people
VII sann.
kii tea lats In ahe era Of civilization
lsx THIS limited aad restricted idea Of
hbesty 10 prevail. especially when II
hsaa IN O direction that takes us away
nezi ihe great moral buiwarks of state,
ndtsg and ehurdh. away frem the vir.
ssak eraces and blessings that beautify
aaiI sdesn eivilizalien.