Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-12-20
VIVA. would Happen if the Rebels become
Iudcperdent.

The London DaHy Ncws draws this pie
fur, Of the character of the South and the
rrol,ablc Consequences which would follow its
achievements Of " independence
AS FIR as England is concerned, we may
iulsc from the past. Many people say i'll eN-
,,,sr for their state Of mind about the war,
that .hrv dctcst the Americans. Very well
and what does ibis mean! 1t means an as
socaiion Of ideas made up Of troubles about
search of slaves at sea, and bra@ about the
Monroe doctrine, and threats of Canada, and
SANDERS about our cruisers in the Gulf and
outrage upon san Juan, and the bullyings Of
i'll, Gen. !Iarncys and the sharp practice OF
cahinets at Washington, and aggression of our
seumrn in port universal rutcness TO our rep
rrscntatiycs in the States. and to our govern
,nrnt through American representatives in
England. All this, with impressions OF Ill.
lhusicrinm, threats about Cuba an unrcpresscd
clandcsinc slave trade, lynch law, maraudng
in Kansas, hrag about liberty together with
TAR and feathers, cowhiling, SLAVE markets,
human stock breeding, and all the res. OF IL
,llrsc combine to make up the sentiment cN-
pressed bv the avowal IL dcest the Amer-
cans" I;ut for every element of this impress
sion Confederate society Is anSwrrable. 1t
WAS the South rcignng at Washington, the
South importing negroes, the south covrin%
Cuba and Canada the South sending Walker
and Lopez into the territory of an ally to stir
m instruction, the South sending Gen. l!ar-
nry to San Juan, The South getting up the
Monroe doctrine, the Soa.h lynchng clergy
men, and burning alive travellers suspected of
disappearing nlavcry-ihc South as unireEsal
a..rrssot, bully, bra.ggait, traitor mischief ina
kcr and thorough, borc-:lat society WAS get
ting to dcteat more and more every year
What follows, il tlis same South. inflated
with pride and rcyrnge, would actually recov-
or her dominions!
"The bred Scott decision would be active
" enforced, and the whole territory of the Tn
ion made slave soil. The popular vote would
be overrulcd or practically prcclnled, Us hitll-
crto in tho South and rights of education, Of
free speech and free press would be cxtin-
:snisrd. Labor being discrcditel by the cx
tension OF slavery, the paup"risn and degra.
da,iou of the free workers Of the North wonld
corrupt society to its core. The concubinase
Of the South would spread beyond the present
dividing line, and the morals of the whole ma
tion would be in danger of becoming like those
of the slave States, glosscr tlan can lc
conceived of in any other part of Christendom:
Every other nation would be perpctually on
tho verge of war, Or engaged in it, because
the slave power cannot abstain from aggrcs.
sion, nor maintain its possession by the arts
of peace We should see rctrograde period
arrive more disastrous to civilization than tho
first Napoleon. We should see buccanccr-
Ing nation turning the progress Of political
liberty into a mockery, destroying the free
dom Of the seas, and the security Of territory,
and the prosperity of labor. We should see
the natural laws of industry and trade tam
perd with, civilization turned back, Il canting
laganism set up in the same Christianity, and
tho Old World infested with the pirates of
the New, in every department of politics, Of
business of territorial possession, and of intel
lectual and moral intercourse. If the Confcd-
crates could prevail, and reinstate the spirit
and policy Of the South at Washington, it
would be the greatest calamity that has be-
fallen the world for centuries. BUTT will not
be. The American people will not permit it;
and the rest of the world, once aware Of the
danger, will not endure it"