Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-05-16
Union candidate for Delegate, to receive the

Union candidate for Delegate, to receive the
support of loyal men irrespective CT party,
cannot but meet with the hearty endorsement
Of every well.wisher Of the Government. 1t
is terse and to the point, employing NO m're
words than are necessary, and requests that
loyal men-aud loyal men only-will meet to-
grther, laying aside all party prjudice and
party feeling. and take counsel to secure true
expression of the people upon the vital ques-
ton of the day. The language of the call. un'
qualified as it is in support Of the Government
in the trying ordeal to which it is being SUBJ
jected; unqualified in its advocacy of prose-
cuton of the war until the rebellion is wholly
subdurd; uuq ualifed in the expressed deter
mination to preserve the Union intact. it left
the delnagogups. who care not upon what is
SUE they ride into power, to raise some local
question, or frame platform capable Of an in
| finite number of adaptations, to win the sup.
port of malcontents, and raise an issue upon
which to found glimmer Of success in the ac'
compli:h,nent Of their selfish purposes. Both
alternatives have been brought into requisi-
ton. We have Democratic" call for n
Convention, the projectors of which rely upon
a euphonious name. and distinction between
the Government and the Administration, to
unite enough strength TO elect their candidate.
The leaders in this movement claim it as their
right, while protesting great devotion for the
Union, to differ with the Administration in
regard to the means of its restoration. Accept
ing, therefore, their protested love for the I'm.
ion a. its full value, no language escapes them
which would justify the belief that snch par
tizans would not depose the President Of the
United States aud place any one Of the prime
leaders of the rebellion in the Presidential
chair, if by so doing the Union could be
"botched" up to suit their individual ends.
Can there be doubt in the minds of loyal
thinking men as TO the identity, at the pres.
ent time and under the present circumstances.
OF the terms " Government" and "Administra-
ton! Who will attempt to draw the dis,nc-
1
that an opposition which Injuries the Admins
tra,ion does not injure the Government Mel
Their the President, nor the Cabinet, nor the
Army, nor the Navy, constitute the Govern
ment but they ale all that render it vitality.
a government cannot exist without consti-
tuition and laws, of some form, nor can it cx-
list without accredited agents to guard pro.
trct and enforce them. Ii there are those who
honestly hold to tho opinion that thereis prac-
tcally difference between the two terms.
while the destiny of the nation hangs upon
slender thread, they cannot but detect their
! error if they give the matter Il thorough con.
sideraiion. No man can shirk his duty and
responsibility to the Government, upon the
specious plea that the Administration is not
one of his choice. The Government is put
ting forth supcrhunan eXcrtiOns to save itself
from utter humiliation, and as the only YES
tagc Of popular freedom it claims the sympa-
thy and aid Of every free man. Shall, then,
party prejudice, blindly adhered to. separate
us so far from our duty as guardians Of the
priceless germ ofliberty!
Another call has been sent forth, purporting
to issue from the people, couchrd in about the
same language as the Union call, but dpnounc.
ing the latter because it is charged (einous
offtnceD that Federal official had a hand in
getting it up. Granting that this was even
Al, ~, m l..
a finger in the pie, ms was charged at first,
what does it signify? Should it cause any
loyal man to hesitate, when by delay the OPP
ponents of the Admnisration-we might say
Of the Government-may achieve triumph.
attributable alone to our want Of harmony
But, WE have the best of means for knowing
that no public officer in Olympia saw the call
until it was resolved from Vancouver. and It
had previously been extensively circulated on
the Columbia river. where it originated. 1t
will BE- readily Seen that this is but another
trick probably of some brokrn-down politician.
who previous to going East of the mountains,
arranged the programme and left it in the
hands Of plant followers to execute. The
object sought is to set the river people and us
by the ears, and ride into office while our eyes
are blinded by the dust arising from the con-
flict While these shallow wire pullprs are
moaning and lamentins that the people are
about to be "driven like sheep to the slaug',.
ter" are the pledged victims to the aggran-
dizement Of political renegades." and using