Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-31


fruif win every vfStns fer tha henefi
and isF q car TaKrilofy aHd Nation,
] an aiad 70 think tkak ehis eammef
has been q thrifty ore forpafricftsm and
foR has civio love Whiah bin1a citizen
70 citizsu 10 WoFk toeetheE and II enc
diros1ion for the oomDon veal Il
unioa- Firruena unien- nnissn With God
and ns snofhnr, il TIE sarenRth. soeial
and political, thst overa0ues and pros
pGEs. and shall eAdaKe.
Lea ns rsioise especially h fhs psrfasl
puiitiaai freedom which car organic
avs are eaIenlalsd 10 aaosd. I sap
peGe a. one tinne and another my aaknn-
ton has hean led 10 o0utamplate aim0ai
every form of Rovernmsnt, realized o.
aeem 10 mo that the form e0mm0n 80
the States and Territories Of this Union
h The freest IN TIE world, and oxeaptiDQ
shs disfranohissmeut Of wemen, the
ffeesE possible undeF the pfssens eo1di.
tons q the Faca. II there e any op-
preston o. tyranny am0Dg us. i 3 not
due - Cur fern 81 political Rogsfnmenk.
but 10 the snderanee Of the peo-
PIE Ia allowing selfish and designing
men 20 ssiza and handle the machinery
Of government. Oar psopis ars beyond
dispute sovereign. Thsir laws and con
sfIfuii0nal formule are really perfectly
plant IN tkeir hands. There Il no
grievance o. mia1hief that they cannot
FiRht speedily and By perfectly paaeaful
means already provided beforehand.
There b 10 deprivati0n Of liberty. ne
eBnroaohment upon liberty whioh the
people are not able and expected 70
correct upon "a appeal made - them.
Eseh individual Is taught thai be haa q
right 10 Be frss, end = right both 20
complain and 10 Be set free e be 4
oppressed.
That freedom which our institutions
are intended 70 promote and conserve
Is Of the hiehest sort. For there are
different things, As diverse e. wolf is
from sheep, that pass under the much
abused name Of freedom. II one means
By freedom en- unregtrained power 10 DE-
as ho pleasea, he has ia mind seuething
utterly hostile 10 the true American
idea. The free man Of his imagination
ia the autocTnt and degpot Of history.
But the idea OF freedom which under
lies an our American institutions is that
exalted conception Of individual kinRli-
ness which Christianity has diHnsed
throughout the enlightened peoples Of
the world. Oar national ideal Is M
ton Of hnga, royal people. every man
OF ue . king, every woman OF as q
quoen. Nov, . king has bis STATEN,
bic proprietary rights and his great
ohoioe and range Of exercises, not for
his selfish pleasure but for the good Of
8 eiely. His days, II spent rightly, are
spent for the general welfare. Lt b In
that direction that bis life finds It's
greatest expansion and bis powers the
most multiplied and f. reaching 70
suits. So, then, thia, take it, ID the
true American idea Of freedom.
Every citizen should be free 10
do good 20 the utmost Of his capacity.
He should be free 10 work on all the
true kinglinegs that 10 in him. All old
operate like prisons and shnekles 20 him
must be done away. Scope for eniey-
ment Of hia freedom must Be opened
out before bin and kept open 20 him.
To this end, be has his personal and
property rights most iealoualy guaFan-
ted. For who can be kinRly, who has
not control Of hi own person and has
no property be can justly call bis own
On the basis Of this idea, the freedom
OF each citizen consists with the freG-
dom Of every other. There is no diaoE-
der, no discordance Of interests. Bot
the other sort Of freedom is consistent
with nothing bat constant tnRmoil and
endless pivate wir. II there 10 any tyr
amy OF opprsasion IN this country by
any powerful individual OF combination
Of individuals, Il IL nothing more nor
less than q practical assertion Of she au-
tooEatio, desp0tio and false idea Of lib
srty. Morally and logically such con-
duct stands on the same level Is larceny,
robbery or murder, and lacks only q law
10 put it on the same level Of cgiminality
No citizen or person, therefore, In this
country, according 10 the Fundamental
idea Of freedom underlying our political
system, ia free 20 do as be pleasos unless
be pleases to do good and not evil, with
reference 70 the needs and interests Of
all others In the commonwealth. II IN.
der this rule any citizen ID net free to do
a. be pleaees, II the criminal Law, for
example comes along and trips him mp
10 bis doings, 10 may be unfortunate for
him, but 10 is decidedly fortunate for
the comu onWsalth. He was free 10
pursue that line Of conauo3 wherein for
him, ~ for ell, lay the greatest possible
achievement and success. He not only
refused 10 follow that line, bat entered
instead upon its opposite. He il, In
fact, then, punished for acting contrary
TO true freedom, refusing 70 enjoy e
himself and inteEEuptinR the enjoyment
Of others.
Ladies and gentlemen, g e Of The ut
most concern fer tue peace and pros
peFity Of s0uiety that the sovereign peo-
ple maintain their Authority. That Il
only TO DO done BY doing what ia their
law thew have said they woula 40, 10
cases Of disobsdienoe. You know how
Il is In case Of the family. A mother
gives q command 20 her Boy. He, per.
hapss q inclined TO disobey, and says 70
himself, Mother sdvs ! must; but
must ], geatyf She says she viii pan
lsh Il ] dlsobeyi bat will shs DO what
she eaysf" be procoeds 70 test the mat
ter, end unless the mother meets him
reeoiutely and oompels obedienos, not
only q bic respect for her gons, bat
quite likely the tables ere turned, and
instead Of her ruling him, be hence
forth rules her. Something analogous
happens when the psopls say 3 thing IN
their legislature and fail 70 do Il In their
courts. Respect for the people &c q gov.
erninR power wanes and disappears, and
q man OF airing, manipnlates the people
a. II they were his slaves or hia asa, 10
make htm rich o. 20 carry bis burden.
Even an tmpr0vioent law, like en- indis-
cEeea command from Q parent mast DO
enforced. Snoh Law q q had thing, a
very bad thina-bnt want % loyalty 10
The sovereignty Of The people Is worse,
and 30 long as that Lac remains unFe
pealec, there Il no Wiss course hnt 10 In
aist that - IN utteranoa 81 the peoeis
Is shall rooarVe the Fospeot dos 70 the
people themselves. 10 is 81 paramount
Importance IN oaee Of every lau thai
The auth EitT Of the people Be main
tanned. Iha only normal, quiss ana
steady way of maintaining Il 4 by ~
action 81 The iuries IN cur O0nrts. ST.
tina an ex9mple Of aubordination h
lay and compelling others 10 the liks
aubordinatioa.
Rhere seems 10 Be no class Of cases
requiring 10 be given yoa specially "a
charge. bnt II any shoald oeouY q ne
4 viii Be- brought 30 y0aR Attention