Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-10-12


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Mr.. Dickinson shows the absurdity
Of the jeff Davis government:
A Government purporting to be Of
the people without permitting them to
have voice in constructing it; with
out I" local habitation of departments
in the abstract, and Offices with moro
titles than duties president without
an election, treasury without money
or revenue, . navy without clips, .
post-ofRce without mails, = minister of
foreign relations, whose relations
abroad decline to acknowledge the con.
ncctiOn. a department OF the interior
representing nature sbhorred vacuum,
III attorney general without law, and
q patent Office which in the absence Of
other business. should issue letters Sc
curing the exclusive right OF this new
fledged confederacy to those who in-
vented it. for its extraordinary novelty
rather than its acknowledged utility /;
that it may he preserved to after times
in the worlds curiosity shop, will:
Laws scheme of banking. the moon
hoax Of Locke, the messages Of the
President and Queen over the SUBJ
marine telegraph aud Red-heifisrs per-
pe,ual motion.
He reminds jeff. Davis of the fate of
Absalom.
Let all such remember the wood of
Ephraim. the wide.sprcading branches
of the oak. the painful suspense which
came over the author Of the rebellion,
the darts of Joab. the pit into which
the prince of the royal household was
cast for his folly, his madness and trcach.
cry.
Describes as follows the storm that
was raging here when Sumter fell:
A sheet of zimmerman darkness near
midnight, hung like pail of death
over the eartl,-thc winds moaned
heavily. like the wall of spirits lost
doors creaked and windows cluttered-
driving currents and counter currents
of seet and rain descended like roaring
cataracts; but the hoarse and startling
shrek OF the New York newsboy rose
above all the cry, "The bombardment
of Fort SUMTER" and
"Gavc signs ofwoc
That all was lost"
The blood fiend laughed loud; the
evil genius of humanity clappcd his
hands in triumph: Monarchy grinned
horribly CHASTITY smile" but Liberty,
bathcd in tears, was bowed in shame,
for the madness of her degenerate chill
drcn.
Charactcrizes secession as political
free love:
The advocates of the right Of seccs-
sion in claiming that State, after its
solemn admission and while enjoying
the protection and participating in the
fruits of the Union, may at pleasure
and by it's own act scccde, to be con-
sistcnt should hold that nation may
at pleasure withdraw from its treaty
obligations without previous provision
or consent of the other side; that one
who has conveyed an estate and re-
ceived the the consideration, may re-
sumo it when it suits his necessity or
convenience; that the husband or wife
may rcpudiatc the marriage obligation
without detrimcnt, or n disregard of
marital faith +; and in short thata COW
enaMt made by two parties, and in
which both are interested, may be can
ccled by one.
The right to invade. must rest upon
a political. free love, where States I'M
equally united may, on discovering
theirtru atfimitics, Dissolve the first con-
dition and becomes called in confederate
wedlock to their chosen companions
during pleasure, and the authors of the
discovery should go down to posterity
as the Brigham Youngs Of modern
Contedcracics.
Explodcs the nonsense Of the South
about defending it's fresides, aud tells
the rebels how to get peace.
You propose to defend your home
hearths, your firesides, your porches,
your affairs, your wives and your child
rem, your household gods, aud these re-
solves sound we'll indeed, even in the
abstract; but practically, the defense
will he in time when they are assaulted,
or at least threatened. And you may
rest with the assurance that when either
of these sacred and cherished interests
shall be desecrstcd or placed in danger
az in jeopardy from any vandal spirit
upon the globe, you shalt not defend
them alone; fsr M army from the free
States, nightier than that which rose mp
to crush your rebellion. "aye. a great