Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-06

victory. And while we dcplorc the
horrors of war in which kindred will
meet kindred in the death struggle, we
can have the proud satisfaction of know
ing that we are in the right, and that a
Just God, who holds the destinies of
nations in his hands, will defend Ills
people.
THE New SrATE.-Poor Kansas has
received rather a sorry welcome into
the sistcrhood of States, compared to
the rejoicings usually attendant upon
such an occasion. The only notice we
see taken of the matter appears i'll the
telegraphic rcports-"kansas is admit
tcd'-or few lines in some of our en-
changes merely announcing the fact.
Everything in the line Of news, just
now, must yieldto details ofthc progress
of treason in the South, and it is not
surprising that she should be forgotten
at IL time when she should receive the
most hearty welcome. We have now
no Foreign News, Napoleon and
the Pope" Movcmentsof Garibaldi,"
or under the caption of " Interesting to
Ladies', an exact statement of the num-
Der, quality, color and texture, of the
dresses worn by the Empress, nor would
these notwithstanding subjects find
readers if We had. We are an excita-
bic people, and if when an European
Prince, or a delegation of barbarians
from Japan pay usa visit, we arc thrown
completely off our equilibrium, it is
not to be wondered at that the existence
ola disunion plot should cause us to
fly off in a tangent, and forget our pro-
verbal courtesy to strangers. So much
by way of explanation to our new State.
But few words" Miss Kansas, with
you: We honor you the more, now
that your matronly sisters of the South
are putting on "airs'' and wish to keep
house for themselves, that you arc not
contaminated by their influence, and
embrace the earliest opportunity to
show your devotion to your mother
country, by hurrying into the family
circle. Although you may have to oc-
cupy back scat and receive but little
notice until the family difficulty is over,
be not discouraged, you will in due
time be cherished as is only the "last
in family"
Long live Kansas The last in the
Union, may she be the last to abandon it.
"BETwEEN Two STOOLS WE CONE TO
THE GROUND. We really pity our
friend of the Pioneer. lie has neither
compass nor chart by which too steer
clear of the hidden shoals. One week
he rather leans to Douglasism and the
next he inclincs to the Democracy, and
hopes by these meanderings to bcguilc
the time till the meeting of the Con-
vention. Now we would like to know
something about our friends "position."
We would have been inclined to class
our friend as rather partial to the De-
mocracy. had he not participated in the
action of the Union meeting on the 14th
ult., and had not the pub. finnc. been
charged with corruption in the last is
sue of that paper. lie said that he be-
lievcd the pub. func. had performed his
high duty but impertectly at times; but
that whatever faults arc charged against
him may be traced to bad men, whom
the memorable nur'ten rites Of partisan
policy had appointed to office by en-
dorsement! lie added, "when cit
izcn is President, he has no reason for
acting otherwise than as a patriot"
OF course obeying the "unwrittcn rules
of partisan policy" canno. be construed
to mean patriotism, and our cotempora-
ry condemns the Administrator there
for. From these tokens we are GER
tainly encouraged in the belief that our
friend is not so bad as other evidence
would make it appear. "A man can
not serve two masters" and we there
fore respectfully ask to which party he
processes allegiance.
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n1" The Republicans won't be very strong on
| the tariff, we imagine, as they refuse protection