Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-04-26
A Disinterested Appeal.

ieTAllf. v Iih 'inriN ana lIic''S"i IuN.t' u!s
cours,th ~ follows:
Il is IN absolute cruelty f,r any man who
owes another. in III, - times. 70 lrr.nir money
ro H. idle in III, baEds. There are time
when Sin.Ir dollar nTv iifi n r.cuniai.
w.i.h, from the heart oi a man ho j. wrr.li
thousands. Npuhli~hcr narrated III or o;i,cr,
nat lnng a.,. ar incicn, in reference :" him
-ch. .For Il long ,i,ae Lad been prep@rinS
,o meet a bank debt: it WI, large sr:n 70
mc-.le onlv note in the world had against
me. PAYDAY came. and ] WAS no. pr, pared.
VI, vii, anl had talked i, over ,nHny
ti,nr>. She hravri, denied herself even ~
>nnahlr clothing. and arranged things III The
Kitchen - - t. diminish the Indispensable
outlaws ;o tn >lnall-,, possible a;uou,i. Va
rin,- ,.!,pa> who were owing had promised
20 Il" al in their power to help ne in the
emergency. for went - far rs 10 plainly
-.a,r my ease, and almost plead with them to
to ,heir hest. their very best. But when the
morning of tle dreaded day cainc the sun
-honr bright and beautiful, hut there WIS no
brightness nor beauty in it TO me and mine
When the little children came to the brraks!
table there was such an oininous silence that,
without any reference being made to the all
absorbing subject, even they seemed TO feel
the presence OF an iucubus. As Is too often
the case in such emergencies, one reliance
fails, and then another, and finally what a
man can't do himself must remain unGone.
However, there at length remained only one
dollar-a single dollar literally was wanting,
after Gathering up every. penny in the house,
even cn.rnclng on the little savings of ihc
children. Three o'clock was rapidly ap-
preaching, and the dreaded protest. What
inaginings of ruin crowded my brain, coming
and going with each successive turn of events
] could have borrowed the miserable dollar
from any one of multitude of friends; But !
didn't borrow moncy-.hat involves recirroc-
tiles, maguifcd with Lord Ross telescope;
besides, to ask a friend to lend me Il dollar
to have to confess | needed Il dollar so much
i could not stand it! \ neighor had
owed ne dollar for n small book; it had
been due a year; he had often told me 20
send for it, but did not employ collectors.
and to 90 myself to collect Il dollar was Mtia
dg. could no! stay in the House any long
or. The mind wanted relief. | went ont
into the street as ainlcssly as any loafng
s;unterer that ever disgraccd manhood.
Would YOU believe it, met the very man
who owed me the immensely desired dollar,
and before he came within hailing distance,
he began to feel for lis pocket hook and with
apologies for his remissIcss, he handed the
amount! And what do YOU think l did
Why, like many a-don't know what-beforc,
made out as if it was of no sort Of consc-
quence; that any other time would have done
as wel-in fact, if it had never been paid, it
was of no moment whatever; and no actor on
the stage could have exceeded the inmitable
Indifference with which put out my hand to
receive the rag. But as soon as he turned
the corner didn't l clutch that paper dollar
didn't heel it down to Wall street at $40
and better by a bakers dozen! Didn't
l take up that note, and VOW most religlo"siiy
that | would never give n note in hand again
the longest day lived ! Nor have | yet.
But every time think of il there is sinking
within my bosom, and an ahascmcnt at the
remembrance that l was still full Of poor,
weak human nature, in that ! made believe
| did not care about that contemplate dollar"
Reader there are multtudcs of similar eases
taking place in New York and other large cit
les and towns every day. If every subscri-
brr to newspaper or magazine would but
have the hon, sty to remit due subscription
the instant he lays down this raper-aay,
more, if every such person who has the
amount in his pocket or at home, would do
this at this juncturc-an amount OF depression.
il not of agonizing anxiety, would be removed
from large class of industrious. hard-work-
ing, indul gent. and honorabl" publishers of
newspapers, of books and of magazines, that
is utterly incalculable.
- 1hc FLOWING b., Of history is from
the Espress:
The people Of the South regard the re-
publicans as ihcir mortal toes, hecar>e Of
ih.ir bitter hostility TO their institutions
Hence they arr united in opposition 10 the
present Administration. 1t WAS no, The Gov
.rnmcnt against which they r.belled, hut
again>: the republican party. The Govern
,nent he'd m, offended them"
Now. everybody tha, reads the newspapers
of ,!,, times knows that this war had begun
under Jsr.aeratic Administrations and that
beta-e the insult at the Presidential election
Was reached, there had been commenced
conspiracy against The Government hv the
South. and vl,ilc democratic President was
We. in the chair there were 10000 men under
arms in The South. Ii the war was against