The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-19

OF coa3srzfa< local interests are iEev1z8>
h1e We had North ard = Soushs aow
Ne are hexinning . hear o. an Ezse and
West He who knows the whole coantyy
and b fausaar With tns people from tn
Canadsan line TO the Nexican bors5sr am
between the two oceans. needs not 70 oe
told that Judged by other rastonaiftseD
the popular bcmeogrnfty IN AmerscA =
little short Of amazing United GsrrszHy.
united Italy, the Aussro- Hunkarfan r.
pare. neither France nor EugizrA nex
even the Sriss confederation. can ooaA
OF anything Ike the oneness Of orsgn:
character ties. aims. hcpes manners ana
crwcns which mark the fnha hssarss q
the United States Of North America.
But the demagogue II Always around
and there Is never = chance 70 stir up
strife between rival communities but BE
ffadx work TO has hands and particularly
10 his mouth. il being with MIN usually
. hand-go-gnoEtfr affair II men worid
stop and think they would offer sorne
check 10 this pessiferous insect But en-
vfronmsnt counts for more than we COM
monIy allow IL. both In human ethics and
action. A few self appointed leaders A.
often compel the reluctant acQuie<rencc o.
a tsmld yarsllatting majority. ard thus
whole communities are driven Hike hsrsf4
OF cattle down the mountain side by .
sort of unconscious isnpuision. ! do not
believed that in 1sse-s1 more than two of
the Southern states actually voted tnem-
selves out Of the Union. certainly tSa
states OF Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee did not. and yet such was he
pressure and infection that the immens4
Union majority of February and Marin
Of the latter year were found In July fisht<
ing the battles of the ccnfederacy.'
do you apprehend the serious growth o.
the new Secti0naitsm. which. with tbs
death OF the old sectionaiism. seems 10 be.
struggling into life In America
a Waraing - C0rpssafe Greed /
..If human experience goes for anything<
and Is even to count for much the world
ought to be wiser for the lessons IL haa
had. am afraid. however that organized
wealth and power have rot yet grown
WISE enough to scent the danger before u
is upon them. The Eastern section Of our
country fs already In danger. I have ar
impression that il does not see this. Ye&
II might with profit TO itself and 10 us ALL
read chapter out OF our own history
and take hint in time from the expert;
encc Of the South. Tho institution of'
African slavery was thought 10 confer
great benefits upon tts pcssessoys- II pro-
duced in the South distinct caste. Rec
ogniSed by the constitution. property In.
man came TO take on . kind Of divine
right. and at last its supporters went To-
war to defend H. England had got rid Of
slavery in her colonies Russia had ex-l
tinguished serfdom- Brasil vas preparing
to emancipate her slaves. Everywhere
except In the Southern states Of the Amer
lean Union the world was set against slav-
cry. To cling with tenacify to 50 unten-
able and. as has since been revealed, to
50 proiitless system OF labor. to say
nothing about morals. was singulariyl
shortsighted in the public men OF tha
South; but to take the field in its behalf
and against such odds. seems inconceiv-
able from the standpoint Of rational
craftsmanship But the South did IL. and
dearly paid the consequences.
Let the East take to itself the lesson
Of the South. In its concentration Of the
wealth OF the country and In its ostenfa~
uous display of this wealth. In the grad
uai cultivation of caste. IN ahe tendency
TO hug it's vast riches ana In the fndine
OF means TO keep Its millions Al home. lei
II behold danger ii will do well TO con-
slider N the ight OF both ancient and mod.
ern history. and u II has any real etafea,:
men they cannot put their Deusua ana rts-s
snnrc1s 70 better uE sh1a ny the con-
struction Of policies which Will bring them
alliances and make them friends-pol!cies
wise and broad. jastify.ng In some meas
ure the unlimited accumulat.ons they
have been able TO pile up in such re.a-
lively short compass of time. Those ac-
cret.ons not only serve TO breed corrup-
ton among themselves. but they unite
against the simple rights OF property an
the forces of cup.dfty and rapsne. operAt-
ing on agrarian and sectional lines States
have been saved before now by timely
forecast Only pride. and very foolish
pride at that. has led Spain to defy the
laws alike of God and nature in Cuba.
Only pride. the pride of wealth and caste.
VIII keep the East from seeing the truth
that IT must make a partner of the rest OF
the country. not only by generous and ex-
pandfng policies. but. above all, by just
policies. harder. perhaps. 10 realize than
any other policies. We can always be gem
erous. but Il is not always easy to be Just.
wisely just. even to ourselves
What would you advise the Democratic
party TO do. Mr.. Wattersong'
What would advise Il TO do and what
il is likely to do. are different matters.
Perhaps IL could not do anything better
by way OF a starter than 10 appoint the
next sth Of January as day OF fasting
and prayer"