The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-05

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iE2l ne viii gsre So nse wisznns
ssrsag gfn ard fsxseaisg ansi 20 cur r~exs
ple : syEfst OF fr4ss-nzI and rIxhszuzz
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This 9crasi0a derives peealiar inter
eSs from The Fart that the rresidsntia
Il I'm WhaEA begins this 3aY i the 95ss
] o. our constitution The hrst nauzss
ration % President Washington aysl
place IA New YORK. where cangrez.
n ~ then sitting. On the 39sh day o
April. issa. havIEg been 1eserreG 5,
reason CT delays attending the ofvan
ration OF congress znzi the Csn Tass o
the. electoral Tote. Our r@onse hsy,
already saDrshiiy observed rbe eentsn
nsals OF the Declaration of fnaeneu
cenee, of the hattie OF Yorktsswr. mgss
OF the adoption OF the constitution
and viii shortly celebrate in Nea
York tbs institution oE fssa secoal
great department OF 8ar ss<szsssssrls
scheme of government. wness ssas
centennial e the constitution OF ia.
Judicial department, es tie urganir.s
fiou OF the snprenae court. sASti hav;
been suitably observed. as trust i
VIII be. our nation viii have fully en-
tered IT'S ssscond century.
vii not attempt 20 note the mar
yeious ariei III great part happy con
trzstS between 0ur eouatrr a. il step:
over the threshold into IL second cen
turs Of orlganixesi existence under siss
constitution and that weak hsis sissesy.
ordered yaging nation that looked IN,
dau1tediy down the ssrss century WITH
all ms years stretched ont before. ON
people wlll not fail 81 this time 10 re-
cali the inrEssentS which acrosnpaaiasl
the institution OF the government
under the s:onstitntfon. or to I5us in-
sPiratlon and g1iaAncs in the teach
inEs and example OF Washington and
his great associates, ani hope and
courage in the contrast which the gs
populous and prosperous states oaer
10 the Is sEstes. weak IN everything ex-
cept courage and lore Of liseFtxs that
then fringea our Atlantic seahoa.6.
The territory os D4kota has now 4
population greater than that of any OF
the original states except firgiri4. aud
greater tsaaia the aggregate af Eve of
the smaller states IN i73o. The center
OF population, when osir national cap
atal was iockted. vas east aI baltimore,
and IL was argued by many weli-in-
formed reg,SoEs that il would move
eastward rather than westward. Yet
IN Iss0 il WAS found 10 be near Cinzin-
natl. and the new censHs about 10 he
taken viii show another stride 70 the
westward That which was the body
has come 50 be only shn rich
fringe OF the nations robe.
Bgat ouT growth has nos been limited
to territory and population and aggre-
gate wealth, marvellous as il has been
IN ezeh OF these directions The mass
e OF our people are better fed, clothed
and housed than their fathers we're !;
the facilities for popular education
have been greatly enlarged and more
generally diifased; the virtues of coar-
age and patriotism have given recent
proof OF ihelr continued presence and
increasing pDwer in the hearts and
over the lives o. Cur people; the infiu-
ences O; religion have been multiplied
and strengthened: the sweet Offices OF
charity bay. greatly increased; the
virtue OF temperance Is held In higher
estimation We have net attained an
ideal condition: not ali OF our people
are happy ard prosperous; not all of
them are sirtziaas and sax-AtsIding
bat or the whole the opportunities or
Tered TO the industrious 10 secure the
comforts OF fife are better than else
where, and largely better than they
were leo years ago.
HOME MANUFACTURES
The surrender oI large measure Of
sovereignty 70 the general govern
naert, effected by the adoption of the
constitution. was not accomplished
until the suggestions OF reason were
strongly reinforced BY the more inn
peratiye voiee OF experience. The di-
vergent interests OF peace speedily
demanded ..more perfect union
Merchants. shipmasters and mann
faeturerS discovered and disclosed 10
our statesmen and TO the people that
commercial emancipation must be
aided 70 the political freedom which
had been 80 llrayeiy won. The com
inerelai policy OF the mother country
had rot relaxed any of its hard and
oppressive features To hold III check
the development Of orr commercial
marine; 20 prevent or retari the eStall-
iishment and growth OF manufactures
In the states. and so 10 eecure the
American market for their lnannFHe-
tnres and the carrying trade for their
ships was the POI Y of European states
men. and was pursued with the most
selfish rsg-r- Petitions poured in upon
congress urging the adoption OF dis
crimiRarion that should encourage The
production of needed things at home.
The pagri0tisHa OF tlse people. which
no longer fonlad a field Of exercise Ia
war, vas energetscaily directed 20 tie
duty OF eqaiplang the young repghllc
for the derezzss. Of ass Independence by
making lis rseops4 sell.indeTenslen
Societies for the promotion Of home
manufacture and for encouraging tge
use uf domestic goods III the dress of
the people were organized IN many
states
The revival, ct the end OF the cen
tury, oi the same patriotic interest In
the preservation and development of
domestic industries and defense OF our
working people from the injuries OF
foreign competition IL an incident
worthy OF attention. 1t is not rs-
parture. bit return, that We have
witnessed I'ae protective policy had
then its opponents. The argument
Was made, as now, that Its benetIfs
Injured 30 particular classes or sections.
Ii the question became in any seine or
al any time sectional, il was only be-
cause slavery existed IN some of the
states. But for this there was no
reason gky fbe cotton producing
states shousx not bare led o.
walked abreast with the Nsw England
states Ia the production Of eogEosa fab
rics. There WAS this reason ossiy whs
the states thas divided With Pennsyl-
vania the mineral treasures % tise
great southwestern and oeAtras nsssiFa-
tain ranges should be 80 raFdF Ia
bringing 10 the, smelling furnace ard
to the mill cosd and iruR from t8sir
near opposing. hiiisides- The B1ill
fires were hghi~a at xhe fanerAs pyFe
of slavery. Tile emancipation pfoelA-
nation was heard IN the dspssas o. the
earth, IS well SIS IA the sky. Men
we're made free and material things
became our beifer servants
The sectional element has hsppsls
been eliminated from the szrlH dasesis-
sion. We have no longer states thai
are necessarily only planting states
None are excluded from achieving
that siiversiscatioa oi pursuits aasozsg
the tectAe whiish brings wealth ans
contenszuent, Tue cus ton . psfltasa0si
wia be no iesk valuable wtssn the pre-
ance is spuE IN the c1angry towns By
e.-srzfiyes whose neoessarse$ CAL for
saiysrsisiei crops ard create :sofHe
demand for garden Ezsd agricultural
rsr1sfuc1s. Every ncS uiae. fuTnAzs<
srsd factory u an exsenssOa os sfss ssT0-
siuetlre capacsty Of = ate more real
and valuable than added seTs1t0ry
shall the preJnsisces ard paralysis 81
slavery continue 70 hang upon The
skirts of p-osiresss HoS iosg VIII
sa,..sa vhn rpiatce thai sIasrrf 30