Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-13
The Democratic Barometer.


The Pioneer has accused us of incon
sistencv. Let us see if there is not 8
huge "beam' that obstructs the vision
of our contemporary. The following is
from the last issue of that pink of con.
sistency:
"Mr. Lincoln's policy of enforcing one law and
ncgccting another will not do. If they are in the
Union and he refuses to place Judges, Marshals
collectors and other federal officers them. and
refuses to execute the laws and put down the in.
surrcCtOnary State governments with bnyOnct
cannon and sword he stands before the country Il
perjured man. Nay, more even if he collects rev.
cnnc, and does not execute every other law, he is
guilty of perjury
Buchanan in his last annual message
took unequivocal ground against the
right of secession, utterly refusing to
acknowledge the nationality of any Sc
ceding State or States; yet during the
remainder of his term-morc than three
months-he did not attempt to "put
down the insurrectionary State govern
mcntswith bayonct, cannon andsword,"
and therefore, by the Pioneers own vcr-
dict, he stood before the country, from
month to month, ca peVured man,"
Compare this with the above, and with
the character given the late President
in previous number of that journal:
Reason rcgaining her throne will assert with
truth and candor that Mr.. Buchanan had the sim
ccrc welfare of our whoie country ut heart, and
that he rendered equal and exact justice to both
the warning sections. '-Iionrcr, March, %.
Again, the following cocrcivc Ian
guagc appears in the last issue of that
paper:
"Thosc cotton states must he recognized or
fought. They are in the Union or out oft. Ifin,
there is no alternative but to execute the laws, no
matter at what cost Of blood
In the week proceeding was the fol-
lowing anti-cocrsivc paragraph:
g There are three papers in Oregon advocating
coercion, which means the rule Of banditti, ruin,
dessolation perpetual civil war;"
We might cnumcmtc many more
instances in which our friend has shown
a devious record, and still he accuses us
of the same foiblcs. lie has a MODE of
anything, however, which
is tosubmit it to the test of the "ineXor-
able unwrittcn rules of partisan policy"
w. +. 4 Co. $ EXpREsS.-It is an I'M
pleasant duty for us to ccnsurc any
man or set of men who are guilty of
culpablc negligence in the performance
of their legitimate busincss-thc faith
ful execution of trust committed to
their care. In order to supply our pa
irons with the Inaugural Address as
soon as it was received, we ordered an
" extra" sheet to be printed for us in
San Francisco. This, we are informed
by our Agent, was done in twelve hours
after the receipt of tho Address in that
city. Yesterday the "cxtras" arrived
at this express office, hori"g been omonM
on the routc-two weeks after the re-
ceipt of the Address by mail, and one
week after we had given it in the STAND
ARD. We would feel inclined to over
look the failure, had We not in innu-
instances been served in like
manner. We have had packages sic
,rcfks in performing the transit from
San Francisco to this place! "a word
to the wise is sufficient" Our patrons
must take the will for the deed; our
efforts to furnish them with the Inau-
gural without delay were frustrated by
negligence of Wells, Fargo 4 Go. $ Ex-
press Agents.
ToorlNG THEIR IIoRNs.-Wc are sur
priscd to find that we have several per-
sons in our midst who delight, on every
available occasion to show their love
for the South and her traitorous con-
duct. We advocate freedom of speech,
as one of the blcst privileges guaranteed
by Freedom to her chosen people; but
we do think it in decided bad taste for
men to publicly offend the ears of loyal
citizens by such verbiagc. One claims
to be South Carulinian, and "to the
manor born" Now his manners do
not comport with our ideas of what
shouH be, hence the character
must be assumed for grandeur" An
other processes, "not to love Caesar
less, but Rome more" Verify, that's