Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-11-08

just causes which have made their place on
earth of those which are such in the eyes of
the world. History is full Of just causes
which have waited, which have suffered.
which have been pertdiously t,odden under
foot, which have been defeated times without
number. These will also have their turn /;
it has not yet come. They manifest their
superiority alone in the inmost recesscs Of tue
souls by whom they are believed; they win
only internal ,riumphs. But let the day
come when. by force of internal triumplls and
external defeats. they will have constrained
the public conscience to give them recogni-
tion, and woe to those who shall wish tlience-
forth to check their onward movement
"Ab0lition is one Of those just CAUSES whose
advent is accomplished. Tho champions Of
slavery are lost in advance; they feel that tho
world goes against them.
This is why l ain certain Of success !;
this is why, having proved that the great
American people has taken side against slav-
cry, call it great people uprising. The
difficulties are great who doubts it ! Princi-
pies take time to pass from the domain Of
ideas to that of facts Who denies it 7 Mil
itary operations may faill Who disputes it !
NV confidence would BE- weak, indeed. II it
rested on the skill Of Mcclellan; on that
great army. marvellously created in few
months. and stretching farther than the dis
tancc from Madrid to Moscow; OH the pros
pprity of the North, Oh the ruin Of the South,
on the discrrdit Of its notes. which already
are Mt discount of torty-tive per cent. for
gold, on the need which it will soon perhaps
experience Of exporting its two cation crops.
and of profi,ng. to offer it to our furnishing
manufacturers on the ports which the Union
fleet will. doubtless, occupy and open within
its limits. The reasons of my confidence ara
different. l reflect that just cause is in
qupstion-a cause which has gained its snit |;
l look Mt tho unanimous convictions Of tho
nineteenth century remember, above all,
that there is a God.
"Yrs, you will DO the stronger generous
defenders Of justice; you will be stronger, it
YOU ally yourselves to justice and to God.
Hopc God himself has implanted the need
of encouragement in the inmost depths of our
soul. Hope! Cling TO hope; preserve a
serene and imprrgnabe faith in tho triumphs
Of eternal right.
"Danton said - Audacity. audacity. and
again audaci'y! l say, willingly - Hope,
hope, and again hopc! This crisis, despite
the suffering that it includes, will be- the hon.
or and consolation of onr times. Never, per.
hrps. were matter and spirit SO directly at
strife the question is a moral one; it is for
America to know whether the Puritan ele
mcnt will win-for the whole world to know
whether liberty and justice will finally pre-.
vail.
"Tle whole world, have just said, is en-
gagged in the contest. The uprising of this
people upraisps us also this spectacle Of suff.
erings nobly accepted does us good. We feel
that one of those storms which purify the at
mosphere is passing at this moment over the
globe.
"Those over whom it passes have to suffer;
but after the tempest come fine weather; and
like that feet which. after having been dis.
persed by the storm, found itself again entire
in the smooth waters Of Port Royal. Amer.
ica will seem, perhaps, almost to sink beneath
the violence Of the winds until it attain the
end. This end is peace.
"Having once succeeded in supprrssing
the United States will not feel that their pres.
ent sacri6ccs are disprop'rt oned to the pro-
gress accomplished. Acquired at this price.
the abolition Of slavery will not have been
bou:h too dear.
"Ihe question in the end is second cr-a-
tion of ho United St t,tes. This ia carried on
by the American method, that Of Washington
that Of the 1872. that which .brgins in weak
ness and ends in grandeur.
"No. tho sixteenth President Of the United
States will not be the last; no. the eighty.
fifth year of this people will not be the last |;
their flag will come out Of battle pierced with
bullets aud blackened with powder. but more
glorious than ever, without having let fall, as
hops. in the melee. single one out Of it's
thirty-four stars"