Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-09-10
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Whatever opinion We may entertain Of the
radical notions of the Garrison Philips elan,
ve have given them credit for . kind a buI-
hesded consistency. Not this, however. can
ve Alarm Of their candidate Of woolly-hons
fame. xescrai Fremont. In his desperate
zr.l to reach the coveted goal, the White
House. he quite loses -igh, Of all party tesets.
and puts hims-lf f,rward as the champioa Of
any party which may %pr,frr by their votes to
aid him along the rugged road Of ambition.
I, i plain to the most casual observer that the
Fremont faction. Previous TO the holding Of
the Chicago Convention, earnestly expected "a
endors-sn-n, OF ,h-ir candidate from th,i body
as the OILY available mesns Of securing Q
shadow Of . chance to defsai the baltimore
nominees. The .Ne,c Nation, the leading
Fremont organ, avows this TO b. the policy
which i, was anticipated and desired the
the Copperh-ad party would adopt. and that
il would declare the L. Pathfinder" to combine
all the requirements which either party might
consider neutrality-suspicious. to Mr.. Lidcoln
and all his measures for the suppression Of
the rebellion; and what was the main consid-
Grafton, secure TO the outs" a picking at The
public crib.
Mr.. Heinzen, editor Of the Boston Pioneer,
n German paper. gives an account Of a recent
conference between Fremont, Wendell Phil
lips and himself, which fully substantiates this
position. lie says:
"Gen. Fremont was especially earnest as to
the necessity of combining all the elements
of opposition in order to defeat Lincoln, and
of these elements. he said, 'the Democratic
party furnishes the largest contingent This
is the idea that lies at the base of the Fremont
movement. 1t is not n radical Republican or
anti-slavery enterprise; on the contrary. it
sinks and belittlcs tho anti~slavcry idea in
order to make n coalition with pro-slavcry
Democracy possible"
This is but in keeping with the whole life
of the man Fremont. Elevated by circum-
stance to n position where he has been talked
about, with a few bangcrs-on ready to magni-
fy and applaud the most trivial achievements
into deeds of national glory. he owes his prom
iucnce solely to luck and brazen im~pudence.
This is known nowhere so we'll as upon this
coast, where his renowned exploits are divcst-
cd of the tinscl which popular credulity else
where has attached to them. lie is known to
them as the would-be explorer, with no more
practical knowledge of the country over which
he has passed than is possessed by thousands
of men who make M display; tho ass-piring
military commander who never won u battle
the aristocrat the spendthrift the roue ; the
hair-braincd fanatic, who owes his notariety
solely to the fact that he is n son-in-l law OF
Benton. The superficial character Of the
man, and his love of intrigue, is we'll shown
by his willingness to abandon all principle. to
advance his personal ambitious ends. There
is now no excuse for anybody 10 be deceived
in him. A knowledge Of his acts only is nee.
essary to show to what extent he is entitled
to tho confidence Of the any party. He is as
good a candidate rs the crew who nominated
him deserve; but we cannot bnt believe that
even they will repudiatc him as his qualifca-
lions become better known.
WILL GOETHE Alexandra will go to the
Sound today. We learn that Collector Gum
will give no heed to the injunction served on
him by the owners of the Eliza anderson,
and will give the Alexandra a clearance
Victoria Chronicle.
We rather thought Uncle was g putting
his foot into it," when he assumed the func'
ton Of instruc,ins a Government officers in re-
gard to his official duty. We had supposed
that that power could only eminatc fro"
Washington City. The grand clique seem
to entertain very extravagant notions of thci'
powers. We expect they will enjoin us from
criticising any of them or theiracts next.
~ We now know what is meant by the
Cops when they prate about violations Of the
Constitution. The Chicago Convention gives
the explanation: Resolved, that we are il
favor Of terms of settlement and union on tn,
bnsis Of the Constitution Of the Confederat
States" We thought it WASN'T tho Old Con
s%titution they have been talking about thu
past four years.
We have a few words to say to ou1
contemporary in regard TO the removal of Post
master. which for want of space VIC must de
fer till next week. The exp. NJ. il too small
game for any one to suppose we seek to make
. martyr Of him WI only wish to c%onvinc,
Our contemporary that he has stumbled upot
another "dry boiler" That's all.