Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-16
DAILY POST.INTeLLleENc
TRJTH THE TEST.

On Wednesday last, ID. CYonsn- vho
10 somewhat extensively known in Seat
tie, made a speech al Hiilsboro' Oregon
In the course Of this speech, a. reported
In the fndepeE.deas Of that place, &c
made the folI0wine statements
We have drove 500 Cinnamon eat o.
b. attic and Tacoma, and st tEs tine Of
90 trial 10 seattle tao hundred rnsn
sat Ia the Court room witn Loits ss
volvers IN their pockets, 10 see shai we
vent free, no matter what the verdict
Of the Jury had been. IL we nndsr
take to move Cinnamon cut OF Port
land, We will do 10. Ihe soldiers loS
at Seattle are helping rs 10 drive TOE
Chinamsn out of tire country
IL 10 only necessary 10 repeat sacn
statements 10 let tbs vorkisRrsen OF
Seattle knov what 3 eonsamnais lar
Cronen really is. OF course, be did not
expect bis words to be repeated 10 Seat
tie, where the exagRerations and false
hoods which they express are detected
NJ once. This speech was meant for
Oregon ears. II be ever returns b
Puget Sound, be will have speech pre-
pared for the ears OF Seattle and Ia
coma people shieh will contsia an
other select assortment Of lies that
will not be 90 readily detected here.
The man who will lie to the working
men Of Hillsboro will lie 10 the work
ingmen of Seattle. 1t is not difficult to
Gee the ultimate result OF following the
leadership Of such man. Seattle IL
nov feelisg the effects Of such leader
ship.
The essential element OF any move
ment whose real object is the improve
ment of the condition OF the working
man and ultimately the elevation of
mankind In general, 10 truth. Nothing
bat evil can come from faIsehood.
Truth 10 essential to an honest purpose
and an honest endeayor. The man who
makes an assertion believing it to be
true, should be willing to have 1t ques
toned and disputed. and IL its falsity
Ia shown, be should be willing to 60
knowledge his error. A man should be
willing 10 have the fiereest criticism, the
most searching scrutiny. applied to bis
religious or political belief. When Its
correctness IL questioned he himself
should aid in analyzing II, picking IL to
pieces, netting its component parts, and
determining whether there exists In Ii
any element Of falsehood. IL the inves-
tigatien shows that he has been wrong
In his belief, he shoald be most willing
to acknowledge the error. for he, too, 10
q gamer By the discovery Of his own
mistake. Ii not all pure life search
for TRUTH And is not every advance
made toward perfect truth an advance
made toward perfect hsppinessf
No man should knowingly esponse
Gauss founded upon error. No man
shoaid follow leader whose leadership
depends upon falsehood- There must
be something radically wrong 10 the
theories Of the leader who Ia compelled
TO support his Cause in Oregon by false
hoods concerning what be has done in
Washington Territory, and 10 support
his cause in Washington Territory by
falsehoods concerning what has been
done elsewhere. Apply the test OF truth
TO the atterances Of your leader. Never
can better lsst be found. IL What be
tells you is fact, be is leading you Alright.
II What be tells you is falsehood, hs ia
leading you into error.