The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-15

dicial chair of justice and right
eousneSS and fines CD them on the
| first Monday of each month. For
| twenty nine DAYS in succession our
prostitutes continue to violate the
law every day and our government
does what Who is in control
twenty nine days out of thirty
And then on the thirtieth dav, a
gain, they are fined C)again the
same old sum with th- same rake
/ off fee. And aI' this based on the
eternal sens of justice and
right"
The fact is, we are sold out for
a mess of prostitute pottagc, a.
mounting 20 about or 8 thousand
dollars annually.
Having reasoned from the funda-
mental principles of government,
Il, 1T Ell civil laws are an;c Gated by
the ineXorablc sense of justice and
right, binding, by Divine authority,
upon all alike, we viii notice one
other fundamental Principle.
THE SINGL> STANDARD OF MORALS
From the nature of the first, tn 5
second logically iolioWs. Til ere
can be but one standard of morals.
During the earlier years of our ma
tional history, there came to the
front the question of slavery. One
class claimed slavery to be right.
Another class claimed slavery to be
wrong. III 1880 the admittanCe OF
California to the Union, brought
the question to the front. Senator
Cass was personally interested, i'll
that he was seeking the prcsidcn-
trll nomination. TO vote for Cali
fOrnia to come in free, was to lose
the south To vote for her to come
in slave was to lose the north. Tn
der this pressure he became the ALL
thor of the doctrine of popular SOW
ereignty. An unexpected turn i'll
affairs admitted the state as free,
and this new doctrine rested until
the Kansas Nebraska question
brought it again to the front. This
time the doctrine was Championed
by Senator Stephen \. Douglas,
who also had the presidential bee
buzzing III his hat. In the never
to be forgotten Douglas Lincoln
debate, the doctrine of popular SOW
ereignty was, for the first time
made prominent.
In reply to Mr.. Lincoln for a so
luton of the slave question, Mr.
Douglas said: We will settle that
by the American principle that
majorities rule; and if a majority
want slavery in the disputed terri
tory, they nave a right to it. If a
majority do not want it, they have
right to reject it, ~ This was re-
Ceived with popular favor, and Mr..
Douglas asked Mr.. Lincoln what
he had to say in reference to the
doctrine. Lincoln replied: IT
slavery is wrong, no majority can
make it right; and if slavery is
right, no majority can make 1t
wrong. 1t is not all American prin-
ciple, Mr.. Douglas, for a majority
to rule on questions of right and
wrong.
This was the first great question
of national importance to be meas
ured by the announced fundamcnt-
al principle as stated by Mr.. Lin
coin, and Mr.. Lincoln was the first
man to correctly answer the dccept-
i've doctrine of popular sovereignty.
The agitation attending the ques-
ton of slavery was never settled
until it was settled on the annonnc-
ed principle of Abraham Lincoln.
You could not make slavery right
on the south side of the Ohio river
and wrong on the north side. Fun
damental principle of government
forbids a double standard on moral
questions.
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