Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-07-06

strictiOns upon tho popular francnlse
by the suppression Of the freedom Of
speech and Of the PRESS, by Ae terror
ism of Lynch law" or tyfsnnical en-
actncyts, b6SkA bg.sta16ing aimi
Ito crush ont the inde eN1cnce OF
thouglt, To inuradfcatlp insti - of
OUT world wide. humanity wit the
atxDcious dHgma tint nSgro tlavoy y
the ouly> h,sis of real conservatism and
progrcssiy, civilization, and that the
true solu.;.,n of the contest Of all time
between ! .5or and capital is, that capt.
tai should own the laborer, whether
white or lack.
Tho sue ,ess of ouch demands would
send the t:Ac of barbarism not only over
the .millieas of the New Need AHdlss
isles of tl,s Western oceans, but roll it
back over England and emancipated
Europe, and blot out from history this
the greatest glory of our times.
2. "But can you subdne the revolt
ed States?" Of course we can. The
whole seven revolted States e, ia, 000)
have not as much white population as
the single State of New York (3,S6l,-
563) BY 100000 people. If all the
Slave States were to make common
cause, they have only {, 907 1894 whites,
with 1900, 900 slaves, while the Union
has about go, 200, 900 of homogeneous
people, as powerful in peace and war
as the world has seen. Intelligent,
hardy, and ''many-sidcd," their late ap-
parent lethargy and weakness, was the
self.posscssion Of conscious strength.
When they had made up their minds
that force was necessary, they moved
upon Washington with such speed,
numbers and steadincss as is not eur
passed in history. We have themoncy
ut lower rate of interest than ever
before, the men, and the command Of
The seas and the internal waters. We
can blockade them by sea and invade
them by land, and close up the rebel
lion in a single year, if we are "let
alone ~ For the population Of the
Slave States is divided perhaps equally
for and against the Union-the loyal
citizens being, for tho time, overawcd
by the organized conspiracy Of the
traitors, while the North is united to
man-thc late allies OF the South, the
Democratic party, being now more ear
nest for the subjugation Of the rebels
than the Republicans. f
3. "But can you govern a snbjuga-
ted people and reconstruct the Union?"
We do not propose to "subjugatc" the
revolted States - we propose to put
down simply the rebel citizens. We
60 to tho rescue of tho loyal Unionists
of all the States. We carry safety and
peace, and liberty to the Union-loving
people of the South who will of them
selves (thc tyranny overthrown) send
back their representatives to Congress,
and tho Union will be reconstructed
without q change of a letter in the con-
stitution of the United States. Did
England subjugate Ireland and Scot
land? Are the United Kingdom less
homogeneous than Of old, before the
wars against rebellion? So will the
United States rise from the smoke of
battle with renewed stability and pow
er. Tn turn, now let us ask the Brit |
ish public some questions.
Where should British honor place
her in this contest? We overthrow
that political element in America which |
has all through our history been the |
studied denouncer and real hater of the |
British nation, while we have been al
ways from the beginning, the friends
Of England. Because, though under
different forms of Government, we had !
common eympathics and q common
cnnsa nnI thorof:,ro n ic1,mmnn infn,,.