Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-11-09


without given cause :" but SO closely
allied are the iinmutable laws Of cause
and effect that more than ordinary scru-
tiny is sometimes required TO distin-
guish the difference between the action
and the object acted upon. 1t is gcne--
ally conceded in this country that the
London Times is the cause preceding
and governing the effect produced upon
the great bodypolitic Of England; while
the correct thesis is, that the 7hmder-
er is only partially entitled to the very
exalted praise which is bestowed upon
it by those who have not thought to
lift the curtain and take peep at the
machinery by which tho scenes are
shifted. The effect cannot proceed the
cause, and hence it nationally follows,
that if that journal waits until it can
shape its opinions to correspond with
those of the "English aristocracy," VIC
must repudiate the idea that ii is more
than an oppression ofthe views Ola portion
of her Majesty's subjects.
The Times has on several occasions
manifested its extreme devotion to the
erich or aristocratic stream" by unfccl-
ing veins of sarcasm, directed against
the heads of the Departments at Wash
ington. Secretary Chase's appeal to
the people for q national loan is made
the subject of much comment and ridi-
cule, in this great "manufactury of
public opinion why? Because
it thus sides with the "rich," and capt.
talists in England receive the benefit.
1t occasionally indirectly favors the re-
bellion, under the insidious cry for cot
ton-and why? Because tho aristocra-
cy of England are appcascd thereby at
the success of government founded
upon the abstract rights ofmam. Hence
it may be safely affirmed that it "does
not create, but merely indicates the opin-
ion of certain classes in England n
position assumed. by writer in the
National Republican, formerly cores
pondent of the 7hmdcrcr, who goes on
to say:
"The writer holds the love of truth
and of country to be of higher
obligation than the mere rules Of com.
mon etiquette, as to private convcrsa-
tons. lie therefore nolonger hesitates
to show that, in its present attempt to as
sist IN the destruction Of this Republic, as
the most dreaded silent foe Of the English
aristocracy, and as the great commercial
riral Of England, the Times is not to be
relied on for honesty of purpose. The
writer would not, under less sacred OBJ
legations, make the following fact; pub
lie. Being engaged as a correspondent
of the London Times, in 1852, the prin-
cipal editor (whose name is given you
in privatc) and the writer held the fol-
lowing conversation: The American
said, Il see much in tho Times on the
subject of a French invasion; that is
certainly nero shadow Upon which
the editor and chief director Of that pa.
per answered in substance, we have
no fears of French invasion; but it is
necessary to keep up tho fears of the
English people, that they may more
willingly submit to the taxation neccs-
sary to maintain large war force
"Now, l ask if this confession of dis.
honesty Of purpose could be made by
the man who guides the London Times,
and made, too, to one who was almost
a stranger aud quite an alien, what is
to bc thought OF the more secret morals
Of that great aud influential and almost
universal newspaper!
1.-The most striking and lamentable
feature in the correspondent now among
us is this: his utter seifsknsss, his re-
gard to his own comfort and purposes
only, and the eutire absence of the least
spark Of noble or generous feeling in
the cause of great nation of the same
blood, language. and almost laws, with
his own cOuntry-a country which is
our own venerated aud beloved mother
land. Not one spark of feeling, Of gen.
erosity, of sympathy, Of noble elevA-
tion is TO be found in all the darkness
of his lucubrations."
RHYME AND REAsoN.-While thou