Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-12-06
NO.. 4.
(From tho Portland Times.
Hypocritical Sympathy for Mcclellan.

Hypocritical Sympathy for Mcclellan
A few months ago, and before the idea of
McClellans removal had been lnooted, tho
traitors in the South, as we'll as their sympa-
thizcrs in the North, were extremely bitter in
their denunciations of him and the soldiers
under his command. They were s.ig,natized
in body as " abolition hrelings,"" Lincoln's
minions," and many other opprobrious cpl
thets, such as could only have originated in
the minds Of men capable of treason wrr,r
freely bestowed upon they. Not word Of:
sympathy ever escaped the lips, or appeared
in any Of the newspapers of these howlers
for peace. Pick up one of their journals. and
the chances were that you would find it filled;
up with long windy leader, descanting upon
creating and the frightfuness of the national
debt quotations from the Richmond E1an-
incr and other rebel sheets, giving glowing
accounts of rebel victories, and terrible state
mcnts of the "crueltics" and cowardice" of
the abolition hirclings;" add to this few
contemplate, scurrious squbs, characterizing
all Union men rs abolition. Cnon savers"
and You have summed up The contents of any
Of the "peacc Democratic" papers which have
been disgrace to the Pacific coast for the
last eighteen months. But this is an age of
revolutions, and it would seem that our 1,cucr-
fill friends are determined to keep pace with
the times. They have suddenly became ter
ribly alarmed for the safety Of the Federal
army. Mcclellan, the "bcst general in The
field" has been removed from the position Of
General-in-Chief of the army, and mart
placed in his stead who is only naval Off.
Ger" and "totally unacquainted with army
tactics" They are nearly frightened out of
their wits lest our troops, led into battle by
an inexperienced officer, may meet with dis
aster and defeat.
What is it that has so suddenly produced
this miraculous change i'll their feelings
Can any body tell 7 Any one with common
sense must know that it is not because they
really fed an interest in the welfare of our
army; ON the contrary they would rejoice to
see it cut to pieces AMI utterly annihilated, 10
matter under whose leadership. The most.
reasonable conclusion at which we can arrive,
is, that they preferred Mcclellan to any other
man because he was slow in his movements,
and they fear that Burnside may move more
enorgetically and slightly disarrange the well
laid plans Of the rebel officers; or, taking an
other view Of the subject, it is highly proba.
bic that while they bitterly hate every officer
and soldier of our army, they hope, by pro-
Tossing little hypocrtical sympathy for Nc
Clellan, to accomplish the double purpose of
creating diversion in public sentiment with
regard to the lattcr's removal, and induce
weak minded people to believe that they are
as good Union men as any. But the dodge
won't take; they arc too well known to have
any weight with men of sense. Were it not
that they have so recently become interested
for the welfare of Mcclellan aud the it
might be possible for them to convince some.
that their sympathy was real. As it is, we
feel quite sure that their i'll will is more to be
desired by any General than their friendship,
and we have sufficient confidence in the loyal
ty and patriotism of Mcclellan to believe that;
he will spurn alike their society and hypo-,:
critical fawning.
The ENGLISH pRHss ON EMANCIPATION.
The London Dispatch speaks Of the
threatened emancipation in the following saw
age manner -
Lincoln cannot meet Davis in the Open
field, therefore he will carry the war into the
boudoir and nursery. lie is defeated by,
Southern men, therefore he will attack their
women and children. He cannot fight, but H.
can assassinate. He is unable to meet his en-.
cp,Y man to man and foot to foot-a man IL
too manly, soldier is too strong for HIM.
But llc can do-he, the fountain OF tho law,
tho first officer Of justice md ordcr--ths
Minister who claims the South as his Em-
piro and its inhabitants as his sulicas-,rM
do-he will put torch in the hand Of every
servant to burn down her masters lE,me---.S
dagger in the grip of every foot 10y to stab
to the heart the mistress who has given him
food and shctcr-a knife into tho nurses
clutch to cut the tlroats Of the Children in
her charge. Anything for the Union. Car
~ the war not into the camp, the fortress, the
river, the field, but into the iirr-side. ,lic.
kitchen teach every dependent TO betray his
master-cvery mcnial to be an assassin
every footman to become II footpad. Tear mp
society by the very roots--n,urdcr all the
middle and higher Glasses, and deliver up the
lives. property, land, everything, to incc,,di-
aries and marauding butchers and when
nothing remains but millions of numLclless
and masterless slaves, why-rcs:orr tile Tn.
ion - 'r
SINGULAR ARTHMETICAL FAcT.-Anv
number Of figures you may wish to multiply
by s will give the same result ii divided by
Pa much quicker operation-but you must
remember to annex a cipher to the answer
when there is no remainder, and when there
is remainder, whatever it may be, to annex
five to the answer. Multiply AGA BY s..
and the answer will be 2320; divide the same
number by 2, and you have 2s2-and. as