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

From the Interior.
WALLA WALLA, March 25, 1861.
Ed. STANDARD: We have cheering
news from the mines. Two of the men
who led off in discovering the mines
returned a few days since, bring evil
Iences in the shape of about forty-tive
ounces of the dust-the result of five
days work by nine men, and at great
disadvantages, the weather being very
cold and the snow deep, SO that it was
not possible for them to work more
than half the time of each day. They
are candid men, and they are confident
of making twenty or twenty-five dollars
Il day when winter opens. They esti-
mate they have prospccted over an cx-
tent sufficient to work three or four
thousand mon this year. There has
about two hundrcdmcn gone from here
already, and many more are preparing
to go. The Indians seem to be we'll
disposcd-if fact, everything is inviting
to those that are in need of the needful.
could write much more that one is
able to gather from the many rumors,
but l have written enough for the pres
ent. More anon. OCCASIONAL.
THE CoRwIN AMENDMENT.-Wc pub
fish below the import of the Corwin
amendments to the Constitution, taken
from the Portland Times:
The first prohibits slavery in present
territory north of $50 3O', and declares
present statute in regard to slavery un-
changed while Territories. Nor shall
Congress or Territorial Legislatures
prevent the taking of slavery into the
Territories south, nor impair the rcla-
ton between master and slave. Terri
tories to be admitted rs States with or
without slavery.
The second declares that no new
territory shall be acquired, except by
treaty, nor except for naval stations and
commercial houses, unless ratified by
four-titths of the Senate.
The third declares Congress shall not
interfere with slavery in the States, nor
in the District of Columbia without the
consent OF Maryland, nor interfere with
slavery in United States forts, etc, nor
interfere with inter-Statcs slave trade.
The Fourth declares no State shall
be prevented from enforcing by lcgisla-
ton the delivery of fugitivcs from Ia
Dor.
The fifth forcvcrprohibits the forei yn
Slave trade.
The sixth declares neither sections,
except second and fourth, shall be
amended or abolished without the con-
sent of all the States.
The seventh declares Congress shall
provide for the payment to the owners
of the value of slaves recovered from
the Marshal.
LINCoLN's ELECTIoN.-Our friend
"Mud-Sill" seems to be annoyed at
the charge made by the Democracy
that two-thirds of the people have ell
tered a solemn protest against the cleo
ton of President LINcoLN" in not vot-
ing for him. The assertion is worthy
of the Democracy, and shows the nature
of the brute. While treason stalks
openly in the South you must expect
occasional mutterings from Northern
colleagues. TO invaidatc President
LINcoLN's election they must overthrow
the Constitution, which they have been
striving to do.
ED. STANDARD:-I see it stated in
some papers. that Mr.. Lincoln was not
elected by majority of the people OF
the United States; and one paper as
scrts, that two-thirds of the people have
entered their solemn protest against
Mr.. Lincoln's election. Now, if it re-
quircs majority of all to. elect Pres.
idcnt, then old Miss Buchanan was not
properly elected, for he did not get
majority of all the votes cast. But l
never heard anybody complain that he
was not properly elected. Now it hap
pens that Mr.. Lincoln received more
votes than the old Pub. Func. received
when he was elected. And if Repub-
lican papers were allowed to circulate
in the Southern States, Mr.. Lincoln
would have received many thousand
more votes. Such statements are
hardly worth answering, but l like to
see both sides stated. MuD-SILL.
ptSy~ The question now is which do you love
best Rcpublcanism or the Cnion?-Ifoneer.
To make sense of the above we must
understand the editor to mean by the
term "thc Union" the united band of
| nonsn;rufors md thieves who form the