The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-06
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- .x~nss and the hand Of fate as
!. he uazs by the word Of prophet.
~rs than twenty years Cuba has
- "a vainIy for help. We would
.sr A heavy hand was laid upon
afesessou vas ours. The Maine vas
4. havana harbor. Then the voice
....s,x 81 as forced as to action. But
- vas DOT predieatec upon knowledge
-flssnxnew 70 SERVE the cause Of hui
sav was forced upon U.s.
49, af.erward. as another link In the
-. etain Of events. neither end Of
- 4 ever In view, Dewey was sent 10
go the Spanish feet. which IL waa
- might attack the cities upon our
-. no, ! soul in America knew where
-saN 5ad the Spanish ships. Not a
- s. tae United States had vision OF
!. ~ million F1.ipinos that by that vic
= .sse to be given into Our keeping.
- susdreds Of years they had been tor
49, sy crtse! master ImplorsnK mercy
- received the lash. Asking for re-
- tsssY burdens ~ere doubled. At last
:. msss,re Of fiie crime of their torment
- vzs filed and dei!yerance came
cssre Dewey was as truly their de-
r~srsr as we're Caleb and Joshua the
.rs,srz Of Giant Wrong in the long for
sssssn past. (AppsauSe.) God delivered
.a.m. Destiny has spoken to them and
= 70. The oppressed have gone free.
J sssa We now recofsecrate them 10 Span
s bar5arism7 / answer. no. {Applause. }
thinking only OF our ease. OF our own
mscth and placid content shall we stop
"a sars 10 the call OF duty From coral
rsp.3s they call us TO deliver their land
nxn s.ror'a dlasns. Shall We 10 men be-
sxsied the hoon Of life deny? And what.
4 this particular case. IL the hoon OF life?
Answer. Frsedomi Freedom is the end
81 asns OF all mans struggles upon the
mssh Let me gay to those who. fixing
Ter gaze upon themselves. who turning
sssct tbs eye Of contemplation, fix their
aesshts only upon their own wants and
s5sa@s, that {; il written In words Of truth
asl he vito would in this way preserve
sas NE and his ease by the neglect Of duty
ass aSsurediy lose both his ease and his
xk Look at China for an exemplifica-
san Of tfls policy recommended TO us by
.aae fearful souls who fear to tread the
psss Of duty and OF destiny.
But. you viii say TO me, what has all,
~ 70 do with the cause OF organized la
ht' ! answer, Much. II has everything
b 80 With II. Labor has risen 10 higher
paiform. ard I believe that IL will as sure
4 fsaca its proper position az that God
sses or that there is power In the uni
ssr higher than nature. Two mighty
usseiss have In the past lifted man. from
ts plane OF the savage; education and
| tmaerce. In every nation II has been
! tas same. The course OF history Is easiiy
ssssd. Up to five hundred years ago.
id later, our fathers In England. France
cd Germany were the mere slaves Of
fssdslsm. They were bound for life 10
fas soil. II baron disposed Of his es-
ls's or II was taken from him by the for
tues OF war. the serfs upon IL. the hu-
nan cattle. passed also under the rule
nd The whip OF the new master They
vsre not allowed 20 leave the land upon
wA!ds they were born. Their lives. their
psssns, their all. was as much the prop
es's Of their lords as were the very trees
growing from the ground. The first step
o modern civilization was taken when a
Eng arose powerful enough, to break The
rae Of the baron that no man should leave
rs native heath. The kings highway
lie public read. until that time unknown,
allowed men for the first time to travel.
travel NJ IN Educator.
This was the opening wedge. Here
cir modern civilization began Men be-
gan 70 iniorm themselves Of the world and
~ inhabitants Here, too, was the origin
u Modern public education. Travel is
| a Efficient educator We all know men
sae hecause of the fact that they have
assslel much. are well educated without
slshg ever learned from books The study
mankind is man. This and the book
gtatare In all It's varied teachings Is the
aElnaing OF knowledge. Having gained
ns much. more necessarily followed And
~ early az the eleventh century. almost
ssai hundred years ago. we begin 10 see
'ae rise of that vast force In the affairs
q nen which We call commerce. or for
agn trade, Gradually the cities OF North
era Europe banded themselves together
and sent cut their ships. Building the
] SHIPS and furnishing the cargoes for sale
asF0ad employed their citizens and edu-
Gated heir people. knowledge Increased.
ana With IL ensne power. for knowledge IL
0*er After tiTe there was formed a
sssue offensive and defensive. between
wat had become known ms the HanSe
ssshs and the cempacr written down in
ss'orf "a the Hauseatic League was en-
sssa INTO Cologne. Hamburg. Bremen,
Hasssick, panzg and Lubbock became
psefful, and mere than that and better
Vat 'aat, they became free These and
Sasfs were known as free it.es~the
- traits az modern freedom And their
saom caass from the education which
rs 'he result OF foreign commerce. Here
saese cities we're formed ths first trade
~Aseas Here for the first time In the
.-s'u "eFtd labor was protected by law
.Assa''oa ana freedom IN oar modern life
- eaas mite being as the creation OF
hnsfee' Men tell Us that modern civil
.s4i9R began With the renaissance or re-
IVA Of ciasical learning IN the flfteenth
a'0fy' Others date Il from the rcforma-
80 u Erasmus ard Luther In the six
Eau century. Others make stiu other
go hut when those various events
"a Pace civilization was already far ad-
49, ~ The free cities OF the North. In
investigation viii show that these
- events sprang frt.n and were a part
- movement taVlng It's rise In the
- ~ foreign trade by the Han
<sEae as cary as the twelfth CEN
So 4'ae renaissance ana the reforu1a-
sae use az eunpawder whtsn finally
We aFuoTvd knight, the inyen-
-. s'S!aChg ana the whole train Of Inn
. k''asn' which followed had their o.
- source = btiuS hundreds ~ years
/ - N TIE free cities - Northern ser
- tare told you how they became
g. 4"sSe tAne4 catss BECAUSE a. free