Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-01-26

orv of the Heroic Dead for his tirmncss
and patriotism in strangling nullitica-
ton, learn for the first time that he was
not worthy Of that praise. He had
only to deal with " small wcuk State,
supported by the whole power Of the
Union. f,hc Ftunccr suys- things are
now changed. We ask whether it is
true that eighteen States are now ar
rayed against fifteen! Wcscc nothing
to justify such Il charge. South Caro-
lima has declared herself out of the Tn
ion. Violating the 10th section of the
LIST article of the Constitution, she
boldly and dctiantly invites sister States
to enter into agreements and compacts
with her to resist obedience to the Con-
stitution and laws, and yet none of the
eighteen States alluded to by the Po-
neer, have attempted forcibly to keep
her in. Name the Northern State
which is arraycd against her. If this
evil were as great as represented by the
Pioneer, how much more occasion for
tirmncss and energy in its suppression.
And vet see the contrast or comparison
sought to be made by that sheet be-
tween Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Duchan-
II lie says jackson was firm because
being backed by all the States lie sub
ducd one weak state, therefore Buch-
anan is brave, firm, and energetic, be-
cause having fifteen States to curb,
he .justifics these reasonable plottings,
and having said the South were .justi-
fed in their disloyalty, asks Congress
to tell him what to do. We were no
political admircr of Gen. Jackson, but
Heaven forgive lis if we eve Islander
his memory so villainously as to COM
pare him with James Buchanan.
Now what are these wrongs under
which South Carolina and all the other
Southern States suffer! Docs the Po-
nccr believe that had the candidates of
his choice, III the recent Presidential
Canvass,-Brcckcnridgc and Lame
been successful, this heat of passion
would have been displayed? lie knows
it would not. What has recently trans
PRED to induce a rebellion, immcdiatc-
ly on receiving intelligence that the
people of the United States had under
the forms of the Constitution, elected
ABRAHAM LINCOLN? If other than that
election the news has never reached us.
All the grievances now complained 4
existed for years before, and no nv
act had occurred to provoke this an
duct. That sheet will hardly dah as
sert, that such an election .justiees the
course of South Carolina, aIA yet it
must admit, that had its Candidates
been elected, that State wou)Anot have
kicked up this Disturbance! The de-
feat Of the candidates of Nc Secession
ists .i is therefore the s%lf cause of the
Here is the remainder of the .Jcrcmad
of the Pioneer.
''Bcforc these Northern oppositionists eau con-
denim Mr.. Buchanan, with a clear conscience, let
them first look at home and Fcpadiatc the rebel
lion OF the North-thc section that has now turn
ed to be such a strict constructiOnist Of the Con-
s%titution, where she finds it to her advantage.
The North by accepting II higher law than the
Constitution, have completely nulliiied that instru-
mcnt for the last ten years; and until now have
been "inscnsible to the cry Of anguish from the
South, that its iron frame had been so distorted
that it was crushing them. Return to the Consti-
tuition"
The North has been true to the Tn
ion Of these States. She has never
violated the compromises enacted from
time to time, to restore harmony be-
tween sections of the Confederacy.
Who demanded the Missouri Com
promise, to gain slave representation
in the Senate? The South. Who main.
tanned it with all integrity? The North.
Who demanded its repeal in order to
facilitate the extension of slavery over
Territory dedicated to Freedom? The
South. Who passed the Kansas ebras.
ka Act to open the door to the erection
of two more Slave States, under the gil.
ded pill, of allowing the people to settle
their own affairs in their own way =!
The South. Who denied the people Of
Kansas the free exercise Of their own