Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-11-08

There are but two ways to end the war.
The rebel rams with the iron fleece having
failed. the rebel anaconda is taking his turn.
jeff Davis having told his men that they had
tried to hold too much. they arr now trying
to hold more. In the nature Of things, the
strain upon upon the country Of the rebellion
being exhaustive. they have gathered their
force for one desperate and furious blow. feel
ing that what they demand from Europe will
not be refused them If they demand It from
Washington and the soil Of the free States.
Lately they threatened both the capital and
the northwest. The barbsrous hordes Of slave.
ry menaced Ohio. the fres.fruits Of freedom
under the American Union. With military
skill and bravery to which we can not refuse
admiration, with rapidity of movement and
power of concentration which accord with
the audacity Of their effort, they have driven
our armies across Eastern Virginia and to the
Ohio river; and while few months ago we
were asking how soon.we would be in Rich
mond. we were lately wondering how soon
Washington would be secure.
Behind that army we see the sources Of its
strength. We see a perfectly united popula-
ton. There arc no quarrels about Generals,
for the successful General is by acclamation
called to tho head. Jackson is everywhere /;
Bauregard. tho idol of last year. nowhere.
Thers is no dispute about policy, for their pol.
icy IL to strike and wound whatever and how
ever they can reach us. There are no party
f4uds. for the overwhelming party is that Of
Southern separation, and all other voices are
forcibly hustled There is no leakage of i'm
portant information, for the Union men arc
paralyzed and war correspondence is practice
ally forbidden. The Southern region is a
camp. The Southern whites are an army.
Not word is spoken. nor thing thought nor
prayer prayed, nor deed done, but for the
success OF the war which is consuming their
very vitals.
But allowing it all. why. with our over
whelming numbers, with our amazing power
and resources, with the essential splendor and
inspiration of our cause-why have We not
long ago swept them away a. the red leaves
from the trees Why are we not this day
watering our horses in the Gulf instead Of turn
ing their heads to the Snsquehanna?
Simply because. while we are confessedly
fighting for the Union. we are not united. BIZ.
cause whils tho enemy has one purpose, We
have two. Because we have had to bs trught
by tragical and bloody experience that fifty
thousand men. fired by terrible earnestness
Of purpose, moving with concentrated unity of
thought, and handled by skilliul leaders, who
hate the cuxse of their TOE more than the foe
himself, will beat aud rout five times their
number Of doubtful, hesitating, quarrcling op-
pODents.
Why. with population so disproportionats
to ours, have the rebels met US everywlere in
such forcel Simply because We have allowed
them to. Simply because we choose to sup
mort their armies. Simply because We choose
to send our best and bravest against guns
which VIZ have ourselves loaded.
Long ago, just after Sumter. Braxton Bragg
told US why they would beat us. Last month
the Richmond Examiner told us why they
would meet us man for man wherever we
came. The South, it said. will send all it's
vouth. The women and old men can take
carc Of the crops and the slaves who rnise
them. YES" said Braxton Bragg. the
Nor,herners can't come; they must look out
for their crops and home work."
They say it to our faces. and we fall back
stumbling over our mountains Of dead. They
saw it to our faces, and the world roars with
contemptuous laughter at this people which
insists upon helping the asaassins who seek its
life. which boasts Of breaking the backbone Of
q rebellion which It does not dare touch.
What is tho consequence The rebcls see
We are not in deadly earnest. The whole
world il forced to allow it. We ourselves
fesl it, and how can VIZ help falling back
For the rebels mean victory at every cost
whatever. Wo mean victory If wa can have
II without frseing tho slaves. We might az
we'll say that w mean v'ctoty'h We can nave
il by squirting molassss at the rebels.
Mr.. Thomas, at the Boston meeting. says
that the war can b. endrd only by fighting ;
that talking will not do it. nor voting. nor con.
fscation bills, nor tax bills, nor emancipation
bills. But why did hs not finish bis ssntenc
-6ghting will not do it, Eunboats will not do
il. nor Armstrong cannon. nor Colum6iads.
nor shot and shplI. No ore method will end
Il. but all combined viii crush It. And the
failure or unwillingness to employ every means
paralixes all that arc employed.
Our own knowledge and experiencs. the ma
ture Of things, and their own frank and def.
ant co,ftssiou, show us that slavery is source
Of immense strength to the rrbsls-a thousand
fold more than any fort or city: or any dozen
forts or cities in the South. Well can We at.
ford to present them guns and ammunition
WHY not Why not give them guns - well
"a M men 10 uss those they hav~f And w do
eivs them ,nsn to uss their guns % long "a
ys do mot force those mon to stay ct home
and hoe corn. or look after those ssAo Do.
Iet M resolve that il there b. any strength
for ths fov IN slavery " will dsstrcy i. And
th.t thsr. i both strength and terror for them
IN l. ths late orders of JEFF Davis abous Gers.
Hunter II and Phelps chow plainly enough. He
Who whispss the word Freedom tc the slavss
shall be hung Of hand. says JEFF Them sood