Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1860-11-30
THE WASHINGTON STANDARD
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1860.
Division of the Union.

VI tiat l''i'H AWAY " ~ ASpicHNHu tiIS
opposition of the North as disposed to
aSSail the constitutional lights of the
South. This has been kept up, until
it has been believed there. Large
masses of the people of the Southern
States are impressed with the convic-
ton forced upon them by Northern
Democrats that the Republican party
are aiming at the emancipation Of the
slaves III the Soutll-that they are, i'll
all ways possible, striving to do the
North injurcs-havc agents there to
encourage negroes to rebellion, to MUIR
der whites, and to destroy the improve
mcnts of the country. Believing these
things, can it be matter of wonder
that the Sont! talk of rebellion, and
that they should be disposed to sepa-
rate the slave from the free States with
violence?
We rest our hope, manly, on the
forbcarancc of the South, on the ground
that there are sensible men enough
there who do not believe the l:,nnablc
flseloods OF Northern Democratic pol
iticians, to permit this glorious Union
to be destroyed. That is our hope;
and for that reason will we rejoice to
sec heavy vote given in the slave
States for Boil and Nouulrs.
Our attention has been especially
called to this u!jcctby MI article copied
into the Pioneer and Democrat from
the New York Herald. The article is;
headed, consequences Of Lincoln's
Election" The desi gn of the article is
to create the impression that the first
object of the new Administration will
be to appoint to all offices men of the
political stripe of Mcssrs. Lloyd Garri-
son, Wendell Phillips and John Brown.
Now, if this can be believed in the
,South-if the people Of the Southern
States can be fully impressed with this
belicf-how can it be expected that this
Government will stand! The Pioneer
does what it can to force this belief on
our Southern misunderstanding that
the imputations thus made arc int;,-
mous-knowing that the only object Of
their original publication was to fam the
cmbcrs Of treason and rebellion.
The Republican party have no more
desperate and unprinciplcd enemies
than the abolitionists of the North
such men as are here named by the
New York Herald, Garrison and Phil
lips. John Brown has righttully paid
the forfeit of his life for his treason;
and though every fact in relation to his
foray was thoroughly canvasscd for the
purpose of connecting some members
of the Republican party with it,
Southern committee pronounced that
there was no cause of complaint against
any Republicans in connection with the
IIarper's Ferry outrages. We have
said that the abolition party are more
thoroughly hostile to the Republicans
than to the Southern Democratic party.
This hostility has uniformly existed.
Mr.. Polk was made President by that
party, which gave him the vote of New
York, in opposition to HENRY CLAY,
Garrison has laborcd hard against the
Republicans during the late campaign.
Wendell Phillips has attacked the Re-
publican candidate with the most vim
dictive malignity. lie all the while
preferred the election of breckenridge
to LINCOLN, on the ground that such
election would soon bring about dis
solution of the Union, for which Yam
cey and Garrison, and Toombs and
Phillips souls pant.
A few weeks since Phillips came out
in Garrison paper, the Boston Liberia
tor, in an article denouncing Mr.. lin
coin. The character of that article can
he estimated from the following extract:
81 think it probable that the Washington cor
correspondent il right, who tells us that .thc
friends of Lincoln in Washington are earnest in
declaring that If he should be elevated to the Pres.
idency, his administration would be so conscrva-
tive that in six months after his Inauguration no
mcn would be found ohjcctng to it on account of
the slavery issue. Mr.. Lincoln, judged by his
past believes in slave hunting Judged by his
constitutional oath he would be pcrjurcd if he did
not. The saacrty which vouneersto DO a base
set, and wins office thereby, has right to turn
into indignation when spectators bcstow on it the
name it has earned. Mr.. Lincoln il q willing Com