Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-05-10

The last attemp, of the editorial clique was
to traduce our Surveyor General, whose duty
ii was to decide. upon evidence already collect
ed, conflict of title between the proprietors
of the Vancouver town site and the Catholic
Mission.
We have enumerated the principle charges
made BY the Telegraph to show that the peo-
ple of Vancouver have cause to be thankful
that the paper died ere it could further jeoP-
aIiiz. their best interests. We hope that it
the citizens Of that place commence the pub
LEGATION Of another paper they will adopt
broader platform than the corporate limits OF
the city Of Vancouver. aud that j, will recog-
nize the fac, il,.., people may reside outside OF
thos.. limits and have interests in common
with the whole Territory. Until such jour
nal is established, We viii continue TO look
after the interests of our friends on the Column
bia river aud We nov tender them the use Of
our columns for fair and temperate discus
sion Of all questions bearing upon their local
and general welfare.
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.-Dur readers will
ob>,rv. ly reference to an extract We make
from Paris paper, published On our fourth
page, that England has endeavorcd to induce
France to join with her to obtain the recogn-
-. -, ii IA. RMS
the blockade of the Southern ports-in other
words. TO join the South in the war upon our
Government. Fortunately for us, France in
disnanily rejected the proposition. We con-
gratulaic our country on the prospect we now
have of being in condition to properly recip-
rocate the course England has seen fit to pur-
SUE towards us in this terrible crisis of our cx-
ist"nce as nation. While every patriotic
heart throbs with gratitude for the noble and
generous conduct of France, it will be impos-
siblc to suppress the feeling of ineffablc con-
tempt and scorn which pcrvades the Ameri-
can heart in view of the sordid selishncss
that has characterized the action of the Brit
ish Government for the past few months. 1t
is hardly possible that the people of the Eng
lsll nation have thus bowed themselves in an
ignoble submission to king Cotton; but on
the contrary, we believe that the aristocratic
sentiment represented in tho government has
prompted a policy which will be overwhem-
ingly rcpudiated by the masses of the people
by hurting from power the present hypocriti'
cal administration which has so grossly out |
ragged the moral sense of the nation. II they
fail to do this at their next election, the Eng
lisl nation, wi ose boast once was that "slavcs
could not breathe their air. will richly merit
the scorn of every lover of Republican liberty.
and they will become as noted for avarice
and hypocrisy as they once were for their
love of civil and religious liberty.
GuBERNATORiAL QuALIrlCATIoNs-1fth the
remark of an aspirant for Office, "once upon
a time" that he desired any office in the gift
of the Administration, except that of Govern
Or, as anybody mas qualification Gorynor, be
really true, we cannot find much cause for
surprise that the secession party in Oregon
should bring out n candidate for that position
whose literary requirements are scarcely
eclipsed by those of Oregon's Scenator, Jo-
lane. We presume, however, that he is a fit
representative of the party which places him
at their head. If the few oflice-seekers in
the secession ranks be excluded, the remain
der consists entirely of those who have had
the benefit of three-months' skulin'." In
agine proclamation written in the following
style:
AMlTy May 2sth 1861
Editor Sentinel
Sir have been n subscri-
Der to the oregon Sentinel from its first issue
up to the presant time and have been pleased
with its politics up to the present time. But
from the presant tone of the paper l. think it
would suit some free Negro in Massachusetts
better than My Self So if you are willing to
risk him for the pay you can do as you please
about Sending it to him. but do not Send it
to me agane. Yours in hast
john MILLER