Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-05-30
SATURDAY, MAY so, 1868.
En- ylish "Ncutrslit:."


"T,t the ra,rn people are heartily SICK md tired
Of cont .st which cost, them much in bleed and
treasure, brought misery aud nDon almost every
h,useh DID, and suit ID in nothing TINT can be viewed
as compcns,tiny f}r the sacriac m1dc, is bee min
every dly and ,pp,r mad however llins
it may BE- tn, pra, of Nj. Lin )ln aud his C,bnett
fail in the ,hmant Of IN, task of subluin5 Il,
South and swing the Union, growing w INT OF CONT
dence among tn, people in their ability I, d, 50 will
compel them to listen 70 tn. VOICE Of reason and from
necessity conclude peace "h,a from cajice~taey
could never ent ut ia"
Th, abovr precious mor,aau appears in the
Victoria Chronicle Of late date, and undoua,-
cdly por,rays the wish, which is father to I'll"
thought, entertained by portion # orr lig.
oted English nriahhors to see the Govern.
ment destroyed. We long ago ceased to look
in that quarter for thu sympathy which tho
business Of our cause and the magnanimiy Of
liberal and generous people, would naturally
incline lis to expect. and such inu,nIos as the
above show that the opinion WAS no; ton has
tily formed. That "l,e Northern people are
heartily sick and tired of contest" for tho
supremacy of these principles We lav" Lrrn
taught by eighty wears experience to revere.
for the liun pr of free government, founded
on "rqual rights, equal laws, and equal JUS
,ice to all men," is rs unr,," as the implied
assertion that Restoring the onion is only n
PET scheme of the President and his Cab.
net! Nor are thu Northern people" in the
least convinced Of their inability TO subdue
the rebellion, and the writer Of the paragraph
shows n lamrnialle ignorance of American
character when h. assumes that they will
readily conclude peace which from choice
they never could entertain" 1t may b. true
that the RESOURCES and endurance of the South
were greatly undrr.stimated in the onset, but
it must be remembered that the North did
not consider the bare possibility Of the South
finding faithful allies in England to fit out
pirates and assist in running the blockade in
vessels heavily fr+ightrd with the means Of
sustvnancs and munitions of war, including
those famous Armstrong guns. over which the
British, have chackird SO much, and for which
such great results were predicted III piercing
the sides Of our Yankee iron-clads This
continued sympathy aud aid has materially
le,,g llenel The con c;t. and brought misery
and woe" upon many a household. but it only
nerves our people t" more determined re-
sistanc. against all Efforts to overthrow our
Government, let them come from armed trait
ors. or foreign t;ps who back them. The
Chronicle certainly d"s not forget th't Eng.
land maintained a gigantic war against the
French more than twenty years; will it not
grant that thu American people are capable
Of enduring VIZ much, suffering as many hard
ships, AMI rossrss ns unlimited financial re-
so,rcrs az those Of Great Britain When
this query is answered. VIZ would ask. Why
was the war against Napoleon continued for
the lrng hy period it WAS. when it result d
in nothing that can be- viewed MS compensate
ing for the sacrifices made!
Oar British contemporaries fill t." allude to
the many brilliant successes Of the National
arms, the many slnnglmlds recap"red' and
apparently go into Mysteries because our iron
clads failed in their first attempt to take
Charleston. fortified as it is with Immense
works, bris,lins with th'ss same British can
non. Will they but d-isn, WHEN they agair
refer to like matters. to reflect for Il m"n.en
how long it took the great navies Of Englant
and France to capture Sevas:opoll W.
- crca,fallv acknowledge Tie c0iGp'i:acnE PAT