Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-08-24

favorites upon whom the Government
has bestowed her positions of honor
and profit, no., upon the appearance
Of danger, whe4they above all Others
should be II Der interests, aiding
nd abeiiing her eternal ruin. Such
men be,ray morbid disposition, too
base to be classod higher than that of a
traitor. No matter what may be the
limits in Which treason is legally con-
sidered, we spprehend that there is no
man who is himself free from reproach
but who will give ii as his deliberate
opinion tina. no distinction should be
made between those who "give aid and
comfort and those who strive 10y word
and example to accomplish our nation
al ruin. "Thc pen is mightier than
the sword" and Intimately more may be
effected to encourage treason, and disaf-
feet those of unsound faith, by daily
TRADE of falsc,iood and defamation, and
the demonstrations placed upon every
official act of the President, than in
literally taking up arms and joining
the rebel hosts.
Foremost in this list of sympa1hi<ers
we find Geo. L. Curry, editor Of the
Portland ADVERTISER, formerly Governor
of Oregon, and an aspirant for the U.
S. Senate at the late Senatorial contest
iii that State. Day by day, and week
by week, does the Adrertiser assiduously
persevere in doing the bidding of the
handful of traitors Oh this coast, head
ed in Oregon by such men as Whitea-
ker and 10 Lane, the authors of the
crafty scheme by which the Pacific
States would have been made the field
ola bloody conflict, and still in the
same breath, with the effrontcry Of Sa-
tan, shouting forth the insidious cry of
"Peace -" Peace -" Compromised"
-" Reconstruct the Union -" Let the
South 60, and guarantee her rights!
Not word has ever appeared in that
journal censuring the course Of the
Confederate States; that sheet never
attempts to tell You what grounds the
rebels have to ask for compromise; it
gives no plan for reconstruction ex-
cept that the Constitution be amended
by the rebels to suit themselves, and so
as to ensure the perpetual reign of the
jeff Davis clan. On the other hand,
IT is surprising with what facility every
net OF the Administration is seized upon
by these hirclings, and construed to be
"base usurpations of authority" The
stealing of U. S. property, the firing
upon Sumter, the murder of our citi-
zens, and every act of the Conthievera-
cy, either meet their indirect approval
or are passed in silence; and when jeff
Davis so vauntingly declared that the
Imperial flag should ere long wave over
our national Capital, when his clan pro-
posed to dictate terms of peace in Phil
adelphia, when pirates were invited
by official proclamation to prey upon
our commerce, when after these out
RACES, the President sends supplies to
a beleagured garrison, and calls upon
citizens to prOtect the Capital, then these
tsaitorous sheets teen with denuncia-
tions, and proclaim the Constitution
assailed and President Lincoln usurp-
er. They do not stop here, but later,
when Congress authorizes an expendi-
turc Of money to carry on the war COM
mcnced by the rebel lcadennKAf find
no word of censurc in the DUtStr for
those who voted against the measure;
INT an appeal for the people to yield to
jeff Davis, for tic war wM be a costly
one!
Had the Southern mob have taken
Washington, as they undoubtedly
would have done had it not been for
the vigorous measures Of the President,
il would have been just what the Adj
rer6ser desired. Behind the mask Of
. devotion for the Constitution, lies the
real object Of the AdrrEsT-to create
4 dissatisfaction BY constantly DINING
10 the ears Of frcemcn that that
s-hich they SO jealousy maintain
the Constituencies been trampied
under foot, and thus induce them to
Swallow the ciided pill of " recoustruct-