Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-11-26
SATt RDiY MORNING. Nov. II. 1864.
The Walla WaIla statesman On the Late
Election.


We are much pleased with he tone Of an
article in the Wala Wal,a Statesman Of the
lltl inst. 1t mauifcsts desire to submit
gracefully TO the popular will, rrirains from
proph. syinS all manner Of i'll to the Admins
tra:on, and even grants that Mr.. Lincoln may
be the man. alter all, to whose potent sway
the Government shall owe its life. The tenn
per of the article is so admirably .l;lerent from
that of nearly all the Copperhcad sheets,
and even SO different to what we expected
from the Statesman, in view of its past re.
cord. that we transfer portion Of it to our
columns. 1t says:
ITO believe that the American people are
capable of maintaining Republican form of
government, carries with it also the conviction
that they are able TO discriminate between
right and wrong, between false and true theo-
RIGS. and between correct and long established
principles and new and pcculier doctrines.
Having weighed thoroughly the issues pre-
sented for their consideration, and conscien-
tiously made up their verdict for the best in
terrsts of the nation ond the citizen, the pco-
pie assembled at the balot-box Oh Tuesday
last to give expression to their sovereign will
by their votes. Presuming that the express
sion Of the popular will of che majority has
been fairly arrived at at the last election, or as
fairly as could be expected at time when the
public feeling was at such pitch Of excite
ment, we conceive it to be the duty of the
minority party to submit as gracefully as pos
sible tc the party that has gained the ascend
ancy. 1t matters not whether Lincoln or Nc
Clel!an is TO lie our next President, so far rs
the duty of the minority is concerned. In
either case, we are bound by all rghtful pre-
cedcnts to submit to the lawful will of the ma
jority; we are forced 70 acknowledge, if in
the minority, that the popular will has been
fairly expressed under the forms prescribed
by law, and charity and every principle of
right and justice should bid us acknowledge
that our opponents We're endowed with rea-
soning powers and that they were actuated in
their aims, in choosing for a President, from
sincerity of purpose and from convictions that
they were acting for the best interests of the
country, like ourselves. Doubtless many
persons who have acted with the respective
parties in the Presidential contest, are disloy-
al to the core and have lost no opportunity to
promote tho destruction Of the Republic Still,
we must concede that the masses of the pco-
pie are homes aud that they have labored ear
nestly and faithfully in the ranks of either
party to promote the general veal and for our
selves, we are willing to abide the result of
the contest, whichever way it has terminated,
and accept it as the verdict OF. the American
people," VIZ.
We hope and trust hereafter to find the
Statesman aiding in building up, instead of
overthrowing the Government which it pro-
fesses so much to love. The people have
conscientiously and deliberately made up
their verdict" and it is plainly "the duty of
the minority to submit" Such language
from the opposition will do more to bring
about the peace for which many OF their par
ty have expressed such an earnest desire, than
all the insidio1s plans heretofore employed
1t will not. however. he such peace as the
controlling element in the party have sought
"A submission to the demands of rebels ::
but peace bringing with it the blessings of
a Union restored. "a lasting peace founded upon
the immntable laws Of progress and civi.iza-
ton Those in the ranks Of the opposition
vino desire sseh pea-e, ~ilI uni,e with The
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