Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-23

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c1ndfed ysssn. the do5ss Ueee skeoTn
vide OPEN Hznafeds Of shsanrds Of
peopls hsvs come from foreign lands.
many selaAted b. the trasst sp4fis. Ysa
esn DAD shsm In eli iadossfies, 10 TIE
harvest Aslds. In s1s sosf shops, In
lc5aotica fooEs. and 10 tie dseoezfae Of
sssponsibse pablie tfosts, and tens Of
thousands Of teen. trae to The q q Of
their sdopfsd ceasfsy, gate % ie its
osaels thesf lives q the asl6s u battle
Bat dusio9 the pas fes yesrs asoehss
and diderens clsss Of inmiGsants has
c1ues into car coontsy, co6manis.s.
niki:ists, dynamitess. Their aanbefs
are Increasing. They are . dssusbina
element. Every one knows shss fhss
| essneqs 10 here ac1 fias 10 u danger
os4 I. u kno "a b. tss vosks - yell
a By iss psossesicns. Esssy io,ef Of
Anericsa Ii5sfisiss 10 oppoesc 10 tue
growth 81 this element Every one
knows u ID here snd that u 10 Danger
Gus Every one. therefore. vho 10 .
lover Of oar institusions rails . that
this element should b fnAsoooDd aud iss
evil TIA senees destroyed"
'O,e Of TIE offsets Of The Patriotic
Ssrs Of Auefics," eonsinued he speak
ss; ''ts 70 prevent THIS eiem.pt from
coming into this country. How are Ne
going 70 do IL? There sse several vaya
We viii iEeolcats sooud repoolican
principiss and rsvsfenes for govern
usnt. Self psetse ien u said 10 be tbe
highest law Of nature. Tbs govern
Gent possesses the povzr 70 prevent
foreign eoyerausnts fron. nahinR tbs
coanir1 . dcalpsna place Tor their pau
pefs. IL has exercised this power. Toe
government has the power 70 q1srau
tn /, 20 prevent che spread Of disease
We say IL has the power 20 prevent The
diseases Of lawlessness. disorder, COM
m7nssD, anarchy and Kindred diseases
nnqer vhish foreign aoeefnoenss are
suaafinR, from spreading to the United
States. We propose % quarantine
against those diseases. There 10 10
qasssion - TO the pover Of tbs eovsRn-
tnent to do Il. la LES ccnRfe2s author
issd the president, at bis will and pleas
ore to remove any foreigner from the
United Stsiss. That vas tbs exercise
OF tbs very power nos referred g.. Con
Rress repealed iha; Law because 1t placed
too mush power IN the hanis OF the
president. Bo. that lag evidences
What may be dene nov. There is bill
nos pending 10 eopgress which believe
ell pass, to pEohiois Chinese from emil
eXcluting Asia, let it go q step farther
and sxciads Q more dangerous class
from Europe.
There appssrs 10 be much indioua-
lion among foreign born citizens
against tbs socitsv OF the PATRIOTS
Sons. Why saeuid there be? We
hsve Irish, Fssucb. English and g T.
mAu societies aud societies representa-.
live Of nearly every nation on the fAse
of the Qione, and yet they say the na-
tvs sons II sne cluntTy which affords
these foreign corn citixsss greater pro-
lection and OPP irtnnities than that OF
any nation 10 the world sheGid not DO
likewise. This is not partisan Ioiiticai
organic ssicn. We admit to msmosf-
ship young msn Of sixteen years who
possess the essential qualifications as TO
place OF birth. Gee mere Kep1oiicans
and Dem scrats, members of the feo-
pies party. Prohioi.ionis,s AID anti
Proh,hitionlsfs, and woman soffregists,
too. and auti-voman sadrsQists. ]
do nos think that indicates q parttsau
spirit"
Mr. Ferry then eioqnently referred 10
The nian IN honor Of whoss memory ste
meeting vas hsid; the purity Of his life
and his urselish devotion TO his
couniry.
Tbs song star Spangiei Banner"
vas sang by kobers 3. Stevens, the
choir singing the chorus.
Judge Thomas Borks was then intro
duced as tie orator Of the day. lie
said:
yupos BuRKR's SPEECH.
"Lsmassiue. the eloquent historian
OF tbs Gi,oodisss, In describing the
character Of Mirabeau. borrows an apt,
although somewhat fanciful. illus.ra
ton from the poets: The poets say
that tse clouds take OF the form OF ths
countries which they traverse. mould
ing themselves on shs valleys, on the
claims or ca the mountains, and carry
shsss forms aw,y With them TO the
skies TITS il toe image OF certain
men, whose many sided Rsnins, 50 to
speak, models itself on tbs epoch 10
which they live and ipcsrnsie IN item
selves tbs individuality OF o eatioa.
Mrabeau vas one OF these men. Tnst
the bold. restless and turbulent spirit
of Migabeau was bat q manifestation OF
the feeling of the French people, OF tue
pens no forces OF the French revoiu-
tiop, g no doats true. Ga this side
OF the wafer, aud ccntemposarso1s
With the great Freedman, there ap-
peared a ssnirs o: "a wholly different
bot superior order; calm, firm, serene.
ktlt41t koc---Stak
and a Iarer aaion Of yir,uss than ever
fell to tue lot o. oce man. He was tbs
embodimsnt OF the sentiments. tee
aspirations, the hores and fears. the
love Of liberty. and tie purposes OF the
three millions of Americans. The moral
and intellectual Qualities which made
him great. wnico marked him as the
natural leader Of bis oounsrymen IN
their sn,zeme struggle for liberty. " re
the common inhsrsssnce. tie oownioD
possessions Of the people themselves,
cut voucesssed 10 him 10 soulevh-i
larger measure. To properly sppreci-
ate. TO form a iass sss.mste OF the char
a,ter @. this great American whose re-
nowu has filed the world, W. should
keox something Of those sho we're be
hind him, whose Individuality to Use
Lamartine's EXPRESSION, became incar-
nate In him."
Then followed brief account OF the
colnuists. their training. schooling, bat
itadss OF hfe, acd thus iilastrstioc the
SAYING of Oliver wendsll Holmes, thai
the eaacatlsn 81 child saoaid begin
one hasdred years before is was bore.
At tie brsskipg cot of the revolution
tha .,tNr4sss wera already a botr af