Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-06-07

public characters. Will the liberation of the
slave property be conducive to the suppression
OF the rebellion! II it will, We cannot con-
ceive why it should not be made operative.
and by such actioa We contend that there is
nothing in the fusdamcn.al charter that would
10 violsaed. In time of peace such interic-
| ysuce would meet and should receive the con-
1ernation Of veg citizen who has the least
reverence for the laws and respect for the
rights ef his fellow citizens. lat in reference
20 Gen. Hunters proclamation viewing it as a
practicable mode Of >upprcssing rcbellion. and
for the punishment of treason, We lock upon
| il as q just reiributiye measure. And W. will
here state, speaking as a partizan. without
! fear of successful contradiction. that ten out OF
twelve Of Union Democrats in this section
will endorse the proposition TO c"niiscate the
slave property Of every traitor in the .and.''
In another ar,clc, on The same subject the
same paper says:
| I'VE are opposed to the wholesale at
trinp,s Of !iLe.s,inc slaves. but we hesitate
not TO sanction such acts in South Carolina,
where the slave is the property of Secession
lists. Wrwill ask some parties. who look upon
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who are in arms against the Union as most
heinous offence, whether such action is more
horrible to contemplate than the prrls which
our brave soldiers are daily subjected 70. The
soldier bears his frame to the cannon. musket,
sword and bavonct. for the purpose Of putting
down the rebellion. and certain class cannot
afford praise for such conduct, bu, ii the prop
ertv of secession STAKEHOLDER is contisca,cd.
for the same purpose that the soldier risks
his life, viz the Gueling of the rebellion.
then they raise howl Of violation of the Con-
stitu'icn, while they appear to pass nrno.iced
the fact that American citizens who are fight
ing in defence of their country, are jeoparding
their existence. These an,i-cofscation gentry.
who are not confined to the secession party,
make noise over the negro, but have little TO
say about the confiscation of the lives of white
men at the hands of traitors. Who are the
real negro wolshippcrs!
The Yrelia Journal says:
"Slavcry has "gone up" for good, no mat
ter how much policy is used to cool the prcu-
dices of the people; and the time is approach
ing fast to solve whether the Union can sur
vive with slavery or whether it cannot. The
North mover desired to interfere with slavery
where it existed and the slave States by
this rebellion, have lost the confidence Of the
North towards protecting their slave property.
If the preservation Of the Union depends on
slavery we say let the institution persh-tho
Union must be preserved at any sacrifice.
An officers position on the field of battle is
precarious one, and he needs to use every
advantage to tcrroy hi. enemy, IS he expects
the same in return. The nobody peace men
have only one ilonnby-the niger; and they
stand ready to fall in line with any side willing
to give them official station where moury' can
be gained without fighting These peace
men show more sympathy about the conlisca-
ton Of one negro than the death Of u thousand
white men"
AS having direct bearing on this subject
and Calculating in mastery manner the
the powers Of the Government over rebel ter
ritory, We quote the following extracts from a
speech of the Hou. John A. bingham, of Ohio,
in the House Of Representatives. The prin-
ciples here cnm.ciatcd may be little too ultra
for ncgro-worshiping old fosics, but they are
all within the pale of the constitutional rights
of government, and if they are not yet sub
stantially enforced against the rebel States it
will be only because the exigencies Of the
case render them unnecessary or inexpcdient.
The power Of government to do all that Gen.
Hunter has assumed the authority to do, is
thus ably argued:
"Now, Sir, it is the duty and right of this
Government to use whatever force is necessa-
ny to crush out this treason, and to crush out
everything that stands in the way Of our arms;
to use whatever just means will tend to
strengthen the Government, and whatever
will tend to weaken the enemy. Does not
every gentleman know-I pity the intelligence
of the man who does not know--that here are
Four Millions of enslnved men, who dig the
trenches and build the Notifications of the
enemy, who cultivate the fields, gather their
crops, and furnish them the bread on which
they live. l would like IN see the man rise
here in his place and say that it would not
weaken the enemy to take from them these
four million Of men who thus furnish their
support. l would like TO see the man who
would express it as his conviction that it
would not weaken the enemy to take from
them onc-,hird their population. and that por-
tion Of their population whose labor provides
solely. and exclusively, almost TO them the
means Of subsistence. They might almost as
well undertake TO 1--we without the bright
heaven above them. flied with the liie-givi ng
breath Of the Almighty.
On the subject Of the constitutional rights
al States which some maintain would lie vic-
lated l.y such action as Hunters procln-
nation poposss, Mr. bingham says: