The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-22

10 the country. Natural conditions viii
prevail. health and happiness result. and
the oppressed 80 free. The oyercrowded
ranks % labor seeking employment would
be thinned. and the opportunities OF him
who did not wish 10 apply his labor 70 land
would be UNNECESSARILY enlarged, and the
star Of hope again rise ia the mental hori-
zon OF him who is now ready 20 faint with
fear and apprehension OF the future.
Every cIyti right is based upon a natural
right. and natural rights must be FIRST con-
ceoed IN any system Of free government
oar system OF government Is based 0pon
this idea: We hold these truths 70 b
sslf-evldent: that al men are created
equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator not by society. not By any com-
binatiOn Of men. but by the Creator-''wiih
certain inaNenable rights. among which
are life liberty and the pursui; OF happi-
ness This Is the base and foundation or
cur goYeEnIssnt-tne natural and indiEid-
ual right OF man The constitution Of the
United States carries out this theory Ger
tain rights are delegate 20 an agency de-
nominated government and certain IN
alieuable rights are reserved to the lndl-
vfdual. and were never delegated or given
~, but remain today IN the possession %
the individual citizen, whenever he has the
virtue and the courage 10 demand them OF
those who iu the name Of rights OF prop
erty have denied the rights OF man.
Our form OF government Is suEnclenl
for al these things. In its nrst intent
and basic form OF today IL is all We
could ask. l. gives all the laborer could
ask when properly construed. WHAT We
n0w lack IS men who have the coura &c,
the knowledge and psrststency TO de-
mandi day after day and year after year.
that our government be administered ac-
C0rdlng 10 its original intent. We have
no room for men who talk OF a resort
TO force when the ballot box Is open.
At the present time the efforts OF the
enemies Of American freedom seem 10
be directed toward one plain end. The
denial OF mans natural and individual
rights, and the assertion that whatever
r a. l.
zens OF 2 state or q nation may have
and enjoy they have them from the clvl
power, or government. deny this Win
all the energy Of my being. II IS a most
fatal and destructive heresy, contrary 20
our constitutions. fatal TO liberty and
tntmical 70 the genius Of our institutions.
From this un-American theory come that
centralizing tendency, that reliance on
government force: that resort 20 extra
judicial power. that dependence upon in
junction; that plain drift OF our admin
istratIon OF government backward 10 the
paths OF iespoiism which We had begun
TO hope were forgotten. This theory OF
government. upon which our national au-
thOritles have begun 10 act, Is most
essentially retrogressive. IL leads back
to the days OF savagery. where the tribe
was everything and the individual noin-
ing.
Men who would keep their freedom must
retain IL IL their Own hands II entrusted
20 others X VIII little by little De- losl- Let
Us then wiki all cur might reJ c. and deCry
the unconstitutional assumptions Of pow
er by which il IS proposed 70 deny indi-
vidual natural and inallenable rights.
There are but two forms az government
possible. In the one, rights, powers and
privileges come from the chief. from the
king. from governm NJ. In this form and
plan il Is denisd that the people are The
source OF civil power.
In the otner these same rights powers
and privileges are held 70 come 20 men by
nature and from the Creator. they are In
herent Ia the individual and do nos need
10 alter through any king. poteu;ate or
judge. This Is the American system. hall
lowed by the tears and the blood of our
forefathers-
Let not government Invade. or allow spe-
ciaiy favored individuals 10 invade the
natural rights of Gen ard all will Ne wei.
Labor viii be protected By being made able
30 protect itself-the only way il ever was
or ever will be projected. Then tne Till r
81 the soil. tcsf creator among men. Will
occupy the favored position watch JIG his
due. be only having follow the COM
mandment Of nature and % revelation 20:
BE fruitful and multiply. and repieui=h
tne ear.h and sutdGe h."
Free him from the claims or tHe tax gath
erer from the impositious Of the landlord
from The demands - tle money lender
and the eXactious of The railway tuagnate.
Iet so~sety render ,acss services az cost
and a. las as the browning acl Of the
ages man viii be free