The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-05
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xtyy wont 10 quote that sentiment "Fair and
Enral.y we prove IL from Scripture, history,
Law. human instinct, etc. Yet possibly u would
lie wei for us 70 study this problem just little
Tn The privileges. care provision for and OF Cod
I am eot,a, with my fellows suppose, however.
sparn or rnisuse the opportunities afforded me-
then there comes q sense in which the equality
does not obtain.
What then Is the freedom and equality we ere
rcnsiaerlugz II Ii this: Tho opportunity 70
make the most possible out OF ourselves.
Turn nov 70 our freedom and equality In the
government whose natal day we are celebrating
Its declaration f.. All men are born free and
equal. Have We no laws them Oh. yes. Free
dom and law; how can that be, says the Euro
peap anarchist
what Is law Il Is the boundary line OF cor
rect action. No mans freedom win be inter-
fered with by law. This government Is 80
fashioned that no man can be restrained By any
force outside Of himself
III any man In all this broad land Is ffetting
axainst the bits OF law, IL 10 not because he
would be free, but because he would sustain
himself and possibly others by incorrect living.
Some one says will consent TO that proposition,
bat we are not equal in this country, although
you say equality before the law Ia the corner.
stone OF our government There are inequaii-
ties VIII allow, bat is the government respon-
siblcs You require more food than your fellow
man. You do less or mere work for the same
pay g. another. That man has money, you have
not Can the government weigh ounce by
ounce what Gli her citizens eat and regulate the
price? II you do less work than your fellow
craftsmen. but labor ns long and hard, shall You
have less and he the more? II have no money
aud you have. must the strong hand of the gov
eminent take from you aad give to me?
This Is the Fourth OF July and every Ameri-
ffxohf ~ ho gacff .tex ...d ard r
want you 10 take look at the other side OF the
question. The great trouble Is that this ques-
ton Is always discussed from the standpoint Of
discomfort. There are three classes OF men In
the ranks OF this discussion. Men who have
grievances, men who have torpid liver and
men who are professional demsgogues. Just
now II seems that there is perfect avalanche
OF discomfort and the complaint Of hard times
has become watchword throuhout the land.
There are only few people In any community
hat are independent thinkers. and these one or
two men, or more, If the community be large
enough, are inclined 10 make their living by
their wits. There is this one thing some OF you
may OF may not know: n you put wiz and
bacon on the market, it's a rare chance IL wits
don't get left; or, in other words, the man who
does not depend upon bone and muscle is out OF
employment first; that turns the man OF wits
loose iirst and he goes 10 talking about
a job, aud who has no reason TO
complain, falls In with the talk OF dis
content and soon everybody is talking of hard
times. Men grow cautious, boarding in secret
vaults becomes the order of the day, and hard
times come in real earnest simply because the
man with mouth who-knows- how to use-it
was out Of job.
I'm not certain that this speech win suit some
OF ron, but ] propose to tell the Goods truth
.k.st
there any reason for the cry of hard times In
this country OF ours?
What does the equality OF our form OF govern
ment promise 20 every bouafde citizen?
The right 10 do good work for good pay And
any mnn who wants more than that, and who
stiss up discomfort when he cannot oversell
what he has TO dispose Of, is public enemy
Now for another question. Does any one lis
ten TO me who has any gilt-edged commodity, be
ready market thereto. ut a fair price? trow
not
The fact of the business ia that II you have
anything that is good there IL employment for
II. We have heard much lately about stringency
panic, etc. Gold has been going to Europe by
the millions. and demagogues have been using
IL as a text TO excite action detrimental to our
interests. Now let us look at the other side.
Thirty years ago when we were practically free
from debt and our assets in public lands unsold
were almost boundless, we went into the hearts
OF the world to borrow some millions of dollars
and considered ourselves extremely fortunate
in placing the loan, every cent OF Ii above per
cent. Whit IL the condition now9 Our public
lands practically exhausted, debt of over
VI 900 10000 hanging over our treasury. When
tho secretary OF the treasury comes to New York
while gold by the millions is being shipped
nom that point to Europe, he finds the
financial world urging him to refund our a.
per cent bonds at per cent, and this in the
face OF the fact that $780, 900 of gold have been
taken from us within the last thirty days. This
TO some startling fact is met also by another
statement worthy OF note, aud that is that tbe
bank reserves. Notwithstanding this tremendous
drain, are only ss,000,0Oo less than they were ON
January l, 1891.
Now. submit, gentlemen. that instead of
room and cause for discomfort this country is
the best country on the face of the globe, and
believe honestly II presents greater opportuni.
ties for men OF every class than any other
country in the world.
know that 1t is fashionable to be pessImistic
and we IRE continually meeting persons who
roll up the whites of their eyes aud sing through
their noses:
o, hoatman, come and take me Ger
Across the sun-k kissed, smiling waves.
To meet them on the stormless shore,
Where flowers meier blossom over graves.
and II you would offer these same neonle a
Nance 10 20, with the assurance OF fine turn.
out at their funeral they would be like the old
negro who always wound up his PRAYER with.
''And now come, Massa Jesus, and take poor
old Nose home 10 Thyself quick" and when his
young master Knocked ON the
door and said he was Jesus after His servant.
cried, 20, Lord, Makss. dat niggah been dead
two weeks"
What surprise il would be 10 some peoplo
II God would answer their prayers.
! have several reasons for believing this
country the best In the world
People come here from every other country.
II has been said that there are more Irish in
YORK than in Palestine. / am not certain but
what there are more scandinayians between
fuge; sound and Lake Superior than in the old
home OF the Morse kings
You can see the fee OF the Turk aud hear the
lsnguages Of the uttermost parts of the earth
upon the streets OF New York
To what Cline are Americans emigratiny and
In what nation are they being nAturalizede
IL. then, shis ia not the best country in the
world, ana THIS the hes, government on Gods
why aro the tides OF emigration fiow-
Ing only this way | would not by any mean,
have you understand me ~ preaching the naked
doctrine OF "knownothingism" There are
loo many men upon cur shores who have proven
their devotion TO the stars and s,ripes-soo
r1any men OF sterling worth among the citfzens
af this progressive nation who first saw tho
light in some other land, for any careful stu
lent Go plant himself upon any such platform.
But do object. and desire here and now, under
me shadow of the flag of tho free. baptized in
he blood OF the hrayest of the brave, 20 enter
ny protest against my coantry being a dump
Ing ground for the offensive and purifying
garbage of this whole earth.
II = man comes here TO be an American citi.
cn. 20 learn the American language. 10 become
IDENTIFIED with American interest. fully beDev-
ne in American laws, conforming to American
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