Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-03-22

The Oregon Statesman and tAs UAisa Re-.
clutieas.
We have been very much surprised 10 find
tina, s;aunch. and hitherto consisseaa. Union
sheet, the Orreos Ssatesmas, taking sides
with majority Of the members Of Ssr Leeis-
lature and jussifying their action - The I'm
ION resolutions Of Mr. Griswold. We are sat
is6ed that the editor Of that paper. contrary to
his usual custom. has based his opinion. upon
the statements Of others. without troubling
himself to inquire into the merits of the case
at issue. liz appears to take it for granted
tina, we have wiifully and malieiouzly mis-
represented facts. for the purpose Of fixing
upon honest. loyal Democrats the chary. 81
disloy atty; and, like his contemporary Of the
Portland TSma, in his anxiety to find an
apology for voting down the resolutions which
stand at the bead Of this page. he creates
an impression probably uninssn,iona') that is
entirely contrary to the facts as proven by the
journals 81 the Legislature. as viii be- seen by
the following paragraph which we copy from
his paper of the 10Th instant:
As to the grsa; evil which NAV result to the
cause. by undescrved attacks, we commend the
Orcgos.as To a reir@ciioa of its own TRADE and
charge Of disunion. made against members Of the
Washington Legislature. Of uEqaesiioned log atty
because, voting for a set Of sound Union resola-
icns, they saw d, not TO vote for another set not
sounder'
The impression created by the above ex-
tract is that as 4 series Of soSsd Union resolu-
tons were passed by the Council. land which
the Times falsely assumes were passed by
the Legslature.) We have improperly charged
members of that body with disloyaly, because
"they saw fit not to vote for another set not
sounder." Had it been true that the Lcgisla-
ture had passed a set of sound Union resolu
tons prior to the introduction of those of Mr..
Griswold, there would have been some propri-
ETY. in the deductions Of the Statesman. But
they had passed none, and the vote shows that
they did not intend to commit the Democratic
party of the Territory to any support Of the
war measures of the Administration, and this
emily in voting against the resolutions. The
secession leaders were engaged in rallying the
Democracy on the Peace Platform" of the
advertiser, and the vote OH these resolutions
furnished good opportunity to further their
base schemes. They knew that if these reso-
lutions were defeated none would be passed.
They knew that none had been passed. and
that unless the same set of resolutions were
adopted by both Houses, none would appear
on the journals as having been adopted by the
Legislature. The journal of the House sim
ply shows that tho third reading Of Mr..
Griswold's resolutions relative to the Union,
the yeas and nays being called, resulted in
their rejection. Eight Republicans voted for
and sixteen Democrats voted against them.
The Republicans voted for them because they
approved of them, and it is certainly fair to
presume that the Democrats voted against
them because the disapprored Of them, and
hence the efforts Of our Democratic friends of
the Press, Telegraph and Herald, to justify
their vote on the ground falsely assumed that
the resolves were Of partisan character.
We will keep the resolutions. just MS pub
lished by the Public Printer with the vote
thereon, at the head Of our columns for few
weeks, SO that no question may be raised as
to their being correctly quoted. The people
are competent to judge of the loyalty Of those
men who deliberately voted against them.
If any Of the gentlemen plead ignorance Of
what they were doing, as an excuse for voting
against them. and will publicly avow them
selves in favor of the resolutions VIC will give
them credit for loyalty, whatever we may
think Of their ability as Legislators. OF the
four gentlemen who did not vote on the reso-
lutions, we are confident that Messrs. Will
hanson and Ferguson would have voted yea,
had they been in their seats. How lessrs.
Yantis and McLane would have voted We
have no means Of judging-they can answer
| to their constituents.