Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-04-05

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their deficiency. Since the outbre,lr
We do not suppose that the keel of ,
single ship-Of-war has been laid. IN.
few vessels stolen from the Uu;teS
constitutes their whole Aset and vhs.
these are captured, - they are be;n~
one after another, NIT q vessel will he
LEFT to them.
This illustration will serve for ths
whole case. We need not question
the personal bravery of the people Of
the South. We may admit them to h.
entirely earnest and sincere. But such
qualities have very little to do with the
results of a contest when waged ae,;nst
a people equally coura seous and ain.
cere. and who add to these qualit;c.
mechanical skill and wealth, Abundance
means Of locomOtion, With the hiehe.t
capacity for the administration Of Al.
fairs. To determine which il to be tAs
victor, We have only to ascertain wbicS
can best feed. arm, pay and move Il.
soldiers Here is the whole science Of
war.
The discontent is becoming univer.
sal at the South that peace is not con.
quercd upon the euemy's soil. III"
says the Charleston Mercury, Tour ad.-
vice had been followed, and MARYLAND
and Washington had been seized We
should never have seen the enemy in
Port Royal harbor." Of course not
Maryland was not seized-not that the.
necessity Of such step was not as ap.
parent to the Confederate Generals ~.
to the literary gentlemen of rebeldom.
but they were held by want of means
to move forward, which all rebeldom.
could not supply. Why, is it not yet
understood? Change after change has
beer made in the Southern commissari-
ut, which comes in for the blame, but
no improvement is visible, simply be-
cause none is possible. The hands of
the rebels are still uplifted in astonish-
ment at their own inaction. The truth
will ere long flash upon them, and
when fully realized, the rebellion will
really be at an end.
The South cannot contend against US
with any hope of success, because it
cannot meet US on equal terms. It
can no more excel us in arms than it
can in wealth and the arts of peace. 1t
Is in our superiority in these that our
strength lies. 1t may and will take.
time to prepare these for action, but
when the preparation is complete, we
make short work of the job before US.
Since August we have been subject to
the taunts of the world for the want of
progress in putting down the rebellion,
its independence pronounced un .tait
zccompi. But the world overlooked
the ginboats which were being quietly
in our shipyards, and
which, in few hours after they went
into action, struck a blow which has
really brought State at our feet, and
sent thrill Of terror through every
rebel heart. We were content, be-
cause we understood the work in which
we are engaged. We take time for
preparation, which, when made, can.
not be resisted. Every day we arc
growing stronger Ivy the construction
Va Out AAuiSuoS 81 ut0uiCuI9s AINCiy
lay is the South really growing weak
er, because it is consuming what it
with, much faster than it is
We are moving forward
with an accelerating pace; the rebels
are retrograding with an equally rapid
one.-N. Y. Tines.
Our ExonAxoEs.-A few days ago
the Oregonian, a sound Union paper,
took the Vancouver Telegraph to task
for being rather lenient with the Adrr.
tiser, which asserted in substance that
one who rejoices over the success of the
Federal arms is worse than a traitor.
We confess that we felt little anxiety
to see how the Telegraph would reply,
for we have sometimes been almost at
a loss to know whether it was really
sound or not. So when the Telegraph
Of March 21st, came to hand, We
it closely, and could not dis
cover the smallest item in that number
that would give either aid Or comfort
to Secesh. In fact we found the true
Of the right kind of Union
We do not know whether
It il owing to new and ADLER editorial
pen, or to our former obtuseness, but
we do hope that each succeeding num-
ber Of the Telegraph will ring with the
same tone Of this one, and W ore sure
that no one will venture hereafter to
call its loyalty in question.-Ory0a
Ndate Republican, 20lk 6se(.
CnAxes o. TAcnoA-The Sh.ta
Csswier says that H. rshsl plan::of fight
ing malrss N important cAange in drill,