Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-13
Oh, Consistency!


our language, to fasten inconsistcnc,
upon It's. We only need refer thu
reader to the two editorials from which
the apparently conflicting sentences are
taken, to prove the absurdity of tho
charge. In connection with the notice
of a hellish outrage upon defenccless
Northern woman, in Alabama, we usct
the language quoted by the Pioneer:
.'.We are not surprised that any Northcrncl
should prefer dissolution of the Union. rather
than Il compromise with some Of tho brutcs who
inirst the South"
The very language, isolated as it is
from its antcccdent clause, fully OK
plains itself, and does not in the least
conflict with the conservative attitude
indicated in q former article. We only
referred in the instance cited to the
miscrcants engaged in the outrage, but
we may add to them, as of an uncom-
promising nature, murdercrs, thieves,
editors of secession newspapers, and
Democratic oflice-scckers-those who
acknowledge the supremacy of the Gin
cxorblc unwritten rules of partisan
policy"
We asserted that we were in favor of
a fir compromise to settle our national
difficulties. We will now explain our
position in regard thereto so that even
the editor of the Pioneer can understand
it. We arc unflinchingly opposed to ~
compromise which would conflict with
the cardinal principles of the Rcpubli-
can party-thosc forever settled by the
ballot-box on November last, as we'll rs
with the traitorous instigatorS of the Sc
ccssion outrage, both North and South.
We believe the great mass of people in
the seeding States,-if secession was
by popular vote in those Statcs,-to
have been blindly ignorant of the ten
cts of our party. With these, and the
Border States, we would gladly COM
promise, as far as to assure them of
rigid constitutional protection of their
peculiar institution" in the slavchold-
ing States, strict enforcement of the
fugitive slave law, and modification
of abstract principles, and no farther.
That is what we mean by fair COM
promise. The voice of the people must
rule; and the preference manifested
for the views entertained in the Chica-
go Platform, as shown by the Prcsidcn-
tial vote, must be tho ultimatum until
anotherpopular expression of sentiment
is obtained. In this view, we manifest
our devotion to the Constitution, and
true Republican cannot entertain
views dissimilar. Fea|ty to the Union,
patriotism and Rcpublicanism harmo-
nizc together. A Republican cannot
be q disunionist-a Democrat or an
Abolitionist, the two extremes of ultra
ism cannot avoid it.
This is our platform. Will our CO.
temporary be as frank in avowing his
party proclivities?
THE CoRwIN AMENDMENT.-Thc pro-
posed Amendment to the Constitution
published last week, should have been
entitled the Guthric-Kcllogg Amend
ment." 1t was taken from the Times,
but by some means the various "amend-
mcnts" and compromises" have be-
come rather "mixcd." The Corwin
Amendment, which has passed Congress,
is as follows:
"That no amendment shall be made
to the Constitution which will authorize,
or give Congress power to abolish or
interfere within any State, with the do
nestle institutions thereof, including
that of persons held to labor or scrvi-
tude by the laws of said State"
This is tile whole gist of the matter.
1t ill reality amounts to nothing. 1t
has never been proposed to interfere
with the domestic institutions" of the
Southern States, and we cannot see any
practical good that will result from this
amendment. 1t will now require the
sanction of the Legislatures of three
fourths of the States, ere it is cngratted
in the Constitution.
PATRIoTlc.-An exchange says that
the ladies in the Southern portion of