Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-06-21

I. is an insult to the intelligence Of our peo'
pie to ask them in the present trying condi-
ton Of the country. to rally around the
Democratic or any other party standard, and
on the second Monday in July next they will
rebuke the insult. if not by rs large q MAORI
ty a. has been lately given By honest Union
men in Oregon, at least. in . way not to bs
misunderstood. This game Of fred on the
peopae By panty lsaden and whipprst-in "a
subssrvv theis swn selhsh psrposss, ifnot "a
hide their treason. is abont played out" and
we only wonder that sensible men should un-
drrtake the game here with the fate Of their
brother conspira;ors in Oregon b. fore them
We are the more surprised as their reckless
folly when We reflect that the opportunity was
offered them Of an honorable union with all
good Union men. with but one plank in our
platform. and that the Union. We believe
.ha. We lave Just cause to complain Of bad
faith on the par, Of some Of our Democratic
friends who now support partisan call mad"
in direct violation Of our understanding with
them. But this is matter of very little i'm
poriance one way or the other. and We only al
lude to it by way Of showing TO our Democratic
lIaion friends throughout The country that il
was no fault Of ours that their leaders have
seen fit to "ay the track" upon which they
originally started.
The Union call will be- found at the
head of this page. 1t is signed by n large
number of our best citizens, both Democrats
and Republicans. Contrasts with the Dem
ccra,ic call in our advertising columns.
We expect all Union men to be- present AT
the convention on Saturday next. Let all
come who can from each and every precinct
Let lis nominate Il ticket of sound Union men,
irrespective of former party associations, and
let us elect our candidates, and show our Tn.
ion friends in the States who are ST. nobly
battling for the old starry flag, that we love
the Union more than we love party.
"WELL STICK PIN THERE"-Tho lit.
tie old man who fathers nondcscript ;,Lortive
"cifovts" in the Nouh-ucst, has seen fit to
strike at us again in giving full vent to his
spleen against Victor Smith. lie has in his
issue Of the l4;h four or five columns Of bal
derdash siigmatizing Victor and lauding the
little bag of conceit, for his wonderful fore.
sight exhibited in declaring Smith defaul!er
few months ago. John WAS melted to this
simply because Victor refused to keep him in
the custom house employ, and il. he has hit
upon true state of affairs it has happened
by chance. Nothing that the NortA-mcst has
said against Mr.. Smith, has the least weight
with lis. knowing as we do the mental ard
moral status of the little nan Of lit,le..mind."
He may be detaulter and villain in the
bargain, and if such an assertion was found
in any other paper we should certainly believe
it, rs circumstances can he adduced indi-
rectly corroboiative of such an assumption,
but appearing as it does in the NofA-uest
we attribute the violent language of the wri-
ter solely to maligni'y. Poor John. your
pigmy efforts are too much for you; you can
cover paper but not with sense. Sic transit
gloria ignoramus. Rest qxict cat in peace.
That NOTICE.--Wc observed on the streets
on Thursday last mammoth sheet, calling n
primary meeting of the Democracy in tho af-
ternoon. The wording Of. the call was pccu-
liar-wery pecooliar. Instead Of the Democ-
racy calling UPON. all sound-anatrue Union
men to unite with them" the poster SIT forth
that a Union Conrextion would be held at one
o'clock, under the Gull of the Dem. Committee,
to select delegates to the county Uhion Can.
rcntion, etc. Why wasn't the Union rs con-
spicuous in tho call of June 9th. Hadn't
some OF tho whippers-in been talking around
A WHALING" FELLow-A large fish,
weighing 1900 pounds, and measuring IA feet
in length, and twenty inches through the
thickest part. was captured one day this week.
His fish-ship had run aground upon the mud
falsan was Aounderiug about at n terrible
rate when he was lassocd by his cartors and
hauled ashore. He is pronounced by compe.