Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-17

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rec silsetisns. Nsarsy - regular = II
e'esock sash day i rssoh<d NE Posr-
fsxxExsoEscxx poss in IN sppesfasee
"a oar Wasbinesan Terrssory hsadqsas-
tess - The Expossiion. i sssd and
placed % &c. B1s ss did have the
pssssare the other day o. selsominp .
| friend, OF rather frisnds. from Seattle.
sFr. and Nfrs. Gsirsss. vbo spent f-w
days IA thss city. ard, cf coarse, . psrt
of tbe tine ~ knEae With rs krfe IN
| Washington Territory AZ the kxpo~s-
ttea.
pronissd fsiends 10 vrite regularly
| taxough The pzblic prints, 20 ibs end
thai they msehs hear from the Exposs-
| ton and what - sac snd heard here.
have not weft flushed my promise.
Tke fact is. this 10 no holiday under
taking. the care Of IN exhibit here, the
| instaliatssn, the slowing Is mp 20 3D.
vantage. meeting visitors and explain
nag 8 all about COR Territory % that
in fact I hzss found my hands pretty
full wlfhsas mach writing other than
THAI connected win The immedists wofk
III hard.
The Exposition 10 nov drawing 10 3
ciese. Last Tssscay 1906 people en-
tered the gates % Womens Day.
and yet IL u coahtfni II Ne received as
much sttenfion or - much bcne1t from
VISITORS as on aoms days when less than
Thousand were IN zttendanos-when
these tnat we're bare came 10 see the az
hibiss and 81 stsdy them, not simply
Idle sight sesinc.
Believing the work not fully eomplste
without n, I have had . catalogue Of
our exhibit printed. and BY this mail
send you eopy. also send yea pho
tncrxph Of toe Washington Territory
exhibit, 10 give yen q faiut idea Of how
orr Territory appeared In public.
lie catalogues xiii be sent free fresn
Puyniiup 90 any address upon sppiscs-
ton By letter or postal card. IL car
tainiy answers IN nnmistakabls lam
eusee, By over three hundred Witnesses.
numerous questions asked By irquirias
strangers
mis- Exposition il little world within
itself. We here have branch postpfhee
witnsn the buiicing. with the carrier
service we'll performed; telegraph Of
dee, a spesial IRE department, police. On
the arounds an independent system OF
water works, electric light, railway
Transportation. landscape gardening,
silk Misunderstanding, art gaiiery-weli,
what is nes here TO be fonHd 10 less
tedious to mention than what 10 70 be
seen.
All this grand display. true enough,
has not rs yet drawn great crowds. bus
il has shown what wonderful land the
United States Of Amer rios h; how Won
csrfpily rich 10 resources; how varied
her products; how great her develop
msnf.
Ever since .boyhood, through the war
and since, dnring reconstruction inbib-
lug the pfej1dicss incident 10 tie anti
slavery strife, IL has been my desire TO
Wait the south. see the former Southern
shareholders IN their homes. the negroes
in their cabins and the poor whites In
their ehantiss. Having ROW sat ct The
tables OF the frst and enjoyed their
ossitAlisy, entered into oonssei with
| them In business and socially, c0nverssd
| freely on the incidents and effects OF
| the var, must confess to some uodih
cation Of the feelings Of resentment
nartured these long years. Not bat
there are anTepsltHnt rebels here vet,
msn and women, too. who pine for the
old days of slavery, and yet feel that the
South and Houthern people are ruined,
and Who would rejoice TO see slavery re-
established; but must say that the great
mass Of ths intelligent southern people
now rejoice 10 their hearts that the re-
| beilion was not suecessful and that
slavery IL abolished. Not that this cen
timent il founded always, or. In fact,
| often upon the broad Rround Of hn-
mainly and justioe, fer the teachings
of lifetime aud for generations Of
lifeiirnes csnuot be ohliterated In day;
bat now they see their great and fearful
mistake, and that their interests ars on
| the side of fresdom-that Is in the sens Q
Of no legaiized slavery.
/ In thls city there are seventy thousand
negroes-coiorcd people. We are taught
| 10 say, IL we do net mean TO give oiiense
who earn their livelihood By daily
labor. will not say they are entirely
shiftiess, yet IL sonld be no wonder II
they we're, nufsured 40 their race has
becn % long In slavery; Jet candor com-
pels the admission that great percent
age are without ambition. without hope,
| without aspirations other than for the
| immediate present. There are notable
exceptions of thrift and intelligence,
asd these are beco1sing more freqaent
each decade.
At the Exposition on Emancipation
day several thousand participated in the
Gers monies, sang IN the chorus OF free
dom, shouted at the name of Lincoln
and cried at the references to their for
ner misery. On the platform was q
life sized portrait OF Lincoln; side by
side sat white and black orators; side
great audience. Oae of the most scaih-
ing arraiRnments of slavery and euls-
eies OF the present happy state Of free
crater a. IL has been my fortune In
lifetima to listen TO, yet tots man vas
| rs black as tho see Of spsce-so black
thai his skiu fairly " ssined." He speke
huentiy, used elegant bat plain English.
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Of their former wrongs. spoke % Liza.
soln as the martyr, of the war of the
rebs lion as their dstiveraner, and In as
plain tsrms OF condemnation Of slavery
and race prejudiees 80 ever did CARR
son. Phillips or Sumner. While depre-
eating the slev progress made by the
negroes. lfor h@ used The word neeror
sne eloried 10 ia yet be gave cat some
encouraging facts that showed grra,
changes from the times Of slavery.
Then blacks were without property:
| new they are assessed for over tvo hun.
dred million dollars; then they were
forbidden TO learn TO read; row they
are all taught IN the common schools,
and have founded colleges. universities
and other institutions Of learning in
numbers sufficient to sstonish them
selves. 0oe Of these 10 In siQhs Of
where ! urlte--was buiit wholly BY ne
gro eontritntisns and energy, and,
mast bear witness. wouid do credit to
/ enN rre4