Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-01-05
Senator Trumbull's Speech.

On tile outside OF To-Day issue WIZ
be found the speech of Senator Trum-
bull, on the Goth November last. at
Springfield, ILL.,, on the occasion of a
scrcnalc to ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Prcsi-
dent Elect. Apart from its intrinsic
merits, as the well maturcd sentiments
of an able Statesman and an honest
man, it derives Importance, i'll tile pres
cnt iuncture of affairs, from the fact
that Mr.. Lincoln was present at Its de-
livery, and the inference is sought to
he drawn, that it torcsladows the policy
of the incoming Administration. Talk
ing this view of it, we fcaressly COM
mend it to every candid man, every
lover of his country, as purely national,
cminently conservative, and ably caIcu-
lated ''to throw oil upon the troubled
waters"
We were not Il little surprised by the
last issue of the Pioneer o,M Democrat,
although entirely withholding the
speech itself from its readers, assalling
that speech, garbling its language, and
criticising' sentiments, the promulga-
ton of which, will be vainly looked
for in the speech itself. We invite Il
careful reading of it, and we boldly in
uuirc, "docs it deal in vague general
ties :" as charged by that Journal.
Does sit show either an extreme care
lessness in defining Mr.. Lincoln sposi-
ton or an extreme care in avoiding
that definition 2" The Pioneer SO al
lcgcs. Is this charge true?
We do not care to know Mr.. Lin
coins policy, till his inauguration
makes it necessary for him to announceit.
1t is enough for us to know that Senator
Trumbull, speaking i'll his presence,
assures us what we so we'll believed
before, that "wllen Mr.. Lincoln be-
comes President, he will be the Prcsi-
dent Of the Union, not OF the Republic
can party: that he will protect and de-
fcnd the Constitutional rights of all Of
the States, not merely of those who cast
their votes for him." The careful rca-
der of our Federal Constitution need
have no difficulty in asccrtaining what
"rights' are cedcd to the general gov
eminent; having learned that, he has
sufficient intelligence in regard to the
preserved rights" of the States, so much
prated about by scccssionists and multi
ticrs. 1t was not Senator Trumbull's
business to deliver lecture upon the
construction of that sacred and plainly
written instrument, nor was it his fault
that the editor Of the Pioneer is igno-
rant of what the reserved rights" of
State are. So far as the "ncgro qucs-
ton" is concerned, and that is the great
bugbear agitating the country, Mr..
Trumbull is very explicit; we cannot
see why even the editor of the Pioneer
can fail to understand. lie says, and so
have said all of Mr.. Lincoln's speeches,
"that to the States IS left the control Of
their domestic institutions AMI lint the Re-
publican Party, the citizens Of the North,
ond the general government Itself harc
40 more right to interfere ~th slarery il
the States, ttan rith serftom IN Russia.
The editor of the Pioneer, if he will
study a little of national politics and
what the Republican creed really j.,
and forget the usua! Democratic argu-
ment the last six years of bandying OPP
probrious epithets, such as "Black Re-
publican, fanatic" ''irreprcssiblc con-
tlict," ''abolitionist," ''amalgamation-
ist," &C., he will at the proper time
for Mr.. Lincoln to deliver his inaug-
ural address, know sufficient to appre.
ciate it. That editor boasts that the
Democrats have the Legislative and
Judicial Departments of the govern
ment against Mr.. Lincoln's administra-
ton. Why then this anxiety to force
from Mr.. Lincoln the expression of his
line of policy. while the Democrats still