The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-26

sistent with liberty. When Camhyses
invaded Egypt, knowing that NV
worshiped cats. he had eseh soi,isr 3
the front rank Of his army take in his
left hand. in the place O2 ehieId :
sacred cat The Egyptians dared nos
strike lest they should kill god and e,
the invaders conquered them without !
blow. We are being invaded by an
army OF confinentals who desire b.
break down our institutions in the
interests OF their own Iusfs. ard who
march in upon sf@ with oar snrred
word. Liberty . as their shield Tfex
offer themselves n teachers Of liberty
TO Americans As usual IN ssich cases
We ask these professors of liberty.
Where did ron graduate. Who was
your feacher7n They answer. s.Bls-
marek.- Now we understand whaf
. they mean by personal liberty. the
/ liberty OF Bismarck. the liberty Of one
person 10 do y hat he likes regsrdies.
of the rights II sill below him. The
reversed 'BiSrnarcks" who come II
this country believe in personal liberty.
that il liberty OF one person 70 do
what he likes regardless Of the fights
of all above him. We believe in
popular liberty, the liberty OF the
whole people. and the liberty Of each
person only so far a. IL is consistent
with the liberties of Others. The circle
is a symbol not of eternity only. but
also OF liberty Personal liberty Is
the space within circle bounded on
all sides smoothly by the rights Of
Others.
The principle that underiies all civil
laws WAS well expressed in the card
which hung on the steps Of city hall !:
Gentlemen will not and others must
not loaf on these steps" Law Is the
pfoclaimer of what gentlemen will not
and Others must not do.
The Sabbafie Eden OF the working
men can only be protected By the
angel OF Law, az one has said standing
At the gate with flaming sword 20 keep
hack the spoiier. Louisiana for many
years had ever increasing SUNDAY dis
sipation and SUNDAY toll because there
was no Sunday law, "a the Seventh
Day people desire should be the case
every where. In iss6 the people gave
up The Seventh Day Advent plan Of
the iawless Sunday.
The proposed national Sunday rest
law, at the utmost, would not affect
more than .9s1 of these Seventh rav
people. as they cannot be In the mail
and military service and interstate
commerce and vet keep Saturday. and
the further jurisdiction of the Law Is
only in the District of Columbia and
the territories, in which very few Of
them reside.
A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE.
There il question OF conscience in
VOWED in this matter. 1t is the aues-
ton OF 100000 people, as many as
were delivered from King George by
the revolution, who are now in a more
serious bondage, the sunday slavery
oil king greed, working on the Sabbath
with uneasy conscience. At York
town, ia the very shadow of the mon
umcnt that celebrates the close of the
Revolution. ! asked colored man
gho was in charge Of the adjoining
farm, pointing to hole in the
chimney, evidently made by grape or
canister, Was that done In this last
war or in the Revolution ?" He an
swered, II don't know; how long ago
was the Resolution ?" There was a
good deal of the revolution in the Rev
olution, otherwise the bare-footed sod
diers in Valley Forge would never
have trod in triumph the fields of
Yorktown. Victory came not by
such good resolutions as are made on
New Years day and in religious con-
ventions. 1t was resolution without the
IS" that delivered those . .o0e 600 FROM
King George, and like resolution will
deliver the 1000 900 who are i'm the
worse bondage OF Sabbathless toll to-
fau