Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-03-16

m(lnic;ttlnT the request OF the Grand
Jury for Il copy of the Charge delivered
to the Grand Jury at the present term
of the I'd Judicial District is before me.
You will find herewith a copy of SO
much Of tie Charge as relates to the
unfortunate difficulties existing iii our
Federal relations.
Respectfully, Your Obd't Scrv't,
q. b. McTADpEN,
Chief Justice OF W. II.
GmHmW Of tie Gr"nd Jny:-In
addition to the specific instructions
which | have given to You. | deem it
not inappropriate to add Il few words
upon the unhappy difficulties which at
present threaten to involve our gov
crnmput in ruin. The Grand Jury
system is strongly characterized by a
feature OF conservatism, and in these
times OF violent political excitement
and sectional conflict, when there APP
pears to he Il general u%phcaving of the
most Violent elements of society, and
~l0oscniny of the bonds which have
heretofore bound our people together
lis Il band OF brethren uf one blood and
one destiny, whatever of conservatism
there NAY be in the country. is strong
" appealed to by the highest conside-
%rations of honor mml patriotism. to up
hold and create public sentiment in
support of the supremacy OF the law
and the legally constituted authorities
OF the country.
y strong public sentiment must be
created and sustained in favor of law
and order. Anarchy is ruin beyond
the possibility OF redemption. A spirit
of cancellation should be cultivated,
and 1t strong and vigorous effort should
be made 10 restore tr%atcrnal relations
which have heretofore characterized
.!ic members OF our al present unhappy
country. Let it he the aim OF all to
labor within their proper sphere to re-
store that spirit OF harmony, h%rothcrly
affection. and public confidence, which
50 long characterized the members of
this great Coniclvracy, and which it is
necessary should be again developed if
we would render impcrisllablc our once
glorious Union, which has been. consc-
Grated at the expense Of so much blood
and treasure.
There can be no better starting point
than with the grand %juric> of the Il
try. Selected from among the best
men in the community, for their intel
liYcncc and the conservatism of their
character, much may be done by them
towards fostering a proper public SEN
timcnt. The spirit of discomfort and
revolution is rife throughout the land:
let it be the highest and noblest work
of all to cast oil on the troubled waters.
Cancellation, harmony, and concession,
may vet save our beloved country from
the pcrils which are impending yer
her.
There arc those on this Coast who
are seeking for Il ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the American Union with a view to cs-
Enlistment of what might be termed a
Pacific Republic. | need not say to
you that the projectors, aidcrs and abet-
tors, of this scheme are guilty (perhaps
unwittingly) of a high offence against
the majesty of the law and the Consti-
tuition of the country. Every move
mcrt having for its object the accom-
plishment OF this reasonable purpose
so destructive to the best interests of
the country, should he Indignantly
frowned upon. Unfaltering tcalty to
the American Union, and an energetic
support of the legally constituted au-
thoritics ofthc country, arc most imper-
atively required at the hands of every
true and loyal citizen. .
Perhaps l cannot do better than to
call your attention to an extract from
one of Il series of charges delivered to
Grand Juries as early as 1892, by a dis
tinguished jurist of a sister State, and
which received at the time the highest
commentator from the "Father of his
Country"
Judge Addison says: "Crimcs which
tend to the dissolution of the govern
meht, are of all others the most heinous.
The government being an abstract cx-
istcnce, its dissolution may not so much
shock the feelings of the human heart,
as the destruction of II man, the OBJ
icct of our senses. But when we re-
fleet that government is necessary for
the happiness of mankind, that this
crime tends to unhinge every society,
(for society cannot exist without gov