Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-11-22
OLYMPIA. WASHINGTON TERRITORY, NOVEMBER o.

railing against the President and tho admin.
istration for violating personal liberty in the
use Of the means by which they are strug-
Cling to subdue them to obedience again {;
and exerting depressing influence upon
those who would otherwise fly to arms.
know that there was a large portion of
that convention in favor Of the war, and for
sustaining the president in it's vigorous prose-
u,sonsxahd who desired to adopt resolutions
to that effect. know that very carefully
prepared resolution Of that character was pre-
sented to the committee on resolutions by
Mr.. Il. Ormsbee, Of Freeport, and rejected by
them. ! say to the war democracy that it
is due TO ourselves, and the noble old party
we represent-and it is due to our noble dem
ocratic compatriots in arms and now absent
in the field, that We call our own convention
ct the true Democracy, and express our own
sentiments, where party gags and tramrnels
shall not stfic. nor suppress them.
Three fossilized pariizans will not wake
up to the knowledge that we are in the midst
of great revolution, until they are over
whclmed with perdition. If we do not guide
and control it, we shall be crushed by it aud
ground to powder. They stand higgling
with the fanatics of the North over constitu.
tional techncalities and personal liberty, while
armed rebels from the South are overturning
tho government, destroying personal liberty,
and cnslavins the people, driving them at the
point Of the bayonet into their armies. thus
destroying personal and constitutional liberty
together.
l hey stand quarreling with the Abolition
lists, for defacins the ornamental wreaths and
embellishments on the arch of the citadel by
scribbling their fanatical dogmas over them,
while traitors with their besieging hosts are
mining its foundation. The true war Demo-
cyocy can hare no xnion. no sympathy, witA
tie antt-War men, VhctAer Democrats or Re
publicans. We can and ,vW mite wIA cor
soratire mar Republicans. and cannot and
mM not uMite viM anti-mar Democrats.
They have chosen their position let them
keep it. We have taken ours beside our
brave comrades in the field, and We stand or
fall, live or die. We rush to the field. to res
cue them from an outnumbering foe. The
war-.he war only-and the best and only
means of making speedy end Of this rebel
lion, shall be our first and only care, until
tho peril is passed, and the good old ship
rides safely in the harbor, with its triumph.
ant old flag still floating to the breeze
Ii anti.war men and bastard Democrats
take advantage Of the true. while absent in
the army, 70 pack conventions and misrepre-
sent and disgrace the old. true, loyal Dcmoc--
racy, Ihare only this to say, that there is a
day efreckoning coming. When We have
taken care OF our armed enemies in tho field,
we will return and take care Of those at home.
IXry may profect those now who hNrrah for
jeff Davis and his minions, while wc fight
for then,-but on our return they will find
their hands full to take care of themselves. /
was for peace while there was hope for com.
promise But tho angel Of peace took his
flight from the battlements OF Fort Sumpter;
and now, with my consent there shall be no
peace, short of unconditional submission to
the constitution and the laws. While would
preserve the institutions of the States, can
most heartily say with the President. "whetd.
er slavery shall survive or perish, is ques-
tion. not for the government, but for those
engaged in rebcllion"-for would destroy it,
or any other species of property. if neee5fal
to preserve the government and tho Union.
Let the conservative war men, theu--Dom.
ocrats and Republcans-hold convention
excluding Observation-Disclosures and
and anti-war Democrats-and pledge the On.
tire resources of the States, both men aud
property to sustain, aid and assist tho gov.
erninsnt in this gigantic struggle for existence.
Ten days is long enough-say on the Gath
Of this month-to congregate the war men.
who will como ready, not only to pledge
their all but to enter the field to drive back the
invader. WALTER b. ScATEs.