Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-01-16
President Lincoln on tho Mexican Cues.
ton.

President Lincoln on tho Mexican Cues.
tion.
Mr.. Lincoln has determined to take no Of
fetal notice at present Of the French inva-
sion of Mexico. Our President, with that
shrewd common sense which distiuguishe1
him, asserts that we have enough on our
hands at present without getting into further
trouble. When We are prepared 70 nay ouf
undivided attention to the Mexican question,
and act upop it With viaer ard dscisios thsn
we will take up the affair and bring to beat
Our present duty, says the President b to
put down the rebellion. When that is done
we shall be at liberty to assert the dignity Of
spect us and obey our demands. In this
fully vindicatsd by the people. who. although
most anxious to save this continent from tho
disgrace of foreign invasion, are yet more
anxious to see the Union restored to all its
great power.
Mr. Lincoln asserts that the people u
Mexico have our good will, and that we
sympathize with them, and would gladly see
them freed from all oppression. In this he
but repeats the sentiments Of our people, who
are all statesmen. and fully understand the
Mexican imbrogio in all it's bearings; but at
the same time the loyal citizens Of the North
are fully aware that our first duty is to crush
the rebellion. This we are in fair way to
accomplish. It may be said that with an
iron clasp we clutch the throat of secession.
A few more struggles, few more throes.
and the monster shall lie dead at our feet.
On all sides the people Of the South are wax
ing up to the dreadful reality of their posi-
ton. They are now aware that in Europe
they will in vain look for friends. England
has abandoned them. She seizes the rams,
and thus gives to the world a proof, that -
far as she is concerned, Davis and his COM
peers need expect ct-no further sympatA3.
France dare not act alone in favor of tho
South and thus Davis must fall. He has
no more inen, no more treasure lie must be
defeated. We, on the contrary, have on all
sides evidences of an increasing prosperity,
and determination on the part Of the peo-
pie to support the war policy. We are prov.
ing this by the assistance given to the Ad.
ministration in a financial sense. Tho daily
sales of fve-twenty bonds are now enor-
nous, as, for instance, last Thursday, nearly
$4,000, 900; Friday, $6,500,000; Saturday,
probably more. ais
OF these bonds the people have taken AID
said for. at par, 1926, 100000 since April,
and it seems certain the whole issue Of $780,
100000 will be taken before New Year.
Then, from other sources, the Government
receives monetary aid. The cnstom 70.
ceipts, which are payabls in gold, average =
quarter of million daily at this port alone.
From this source the Treasury Department
has accumulated already twelve millions in
gold. These are encouraging facas, and.
when con:rasted with the utter misery Of
the South, foreshadow its impending ruin.
/ We are much mistaken if, in the long run,
the Emperor Napoleon shall not find President
Lincoln more than match for him in thie
Mexican business. Whilst the one. years
since, was splitting rails in the far West, the
other was splitting sixpences in the couiis.
ses and billiard rooms Of London. The ono
exercise is far more conducive to health and
mental vigor than the other, and we venture
to predict that Old Abe will prove match
for Nap. Just as the Russians allowed the
armies of the first Napoleon to penetrate far
far into tho interior Of their cold and bleak
country, knowing, as they did, that the FIR.
ther he went the more difficult would be his
retreat, 80 will We allow Napoleon the Third
to sink deeper and deeper into his Mexican
slough, from whence, at our good will and
leisure. we shall drag him forth. and tor
him, covered with filth and disgraced BY
failure. back to his own dunghill, where he
may, If he choose, crow until he burkts. On
this continent We cannot have him Aapping
about. The eagle does not consort with tho
rooster.
I France mus. not mistake our policy: slst
she will have bitter waking from her ORION
IN. Y Herald.
s.WIxDs UP THE WAR,-1n August Last,
a toraging party. numbering about afty meu,
ander Lieutenant, went into Helena, Ark.
loaded with "mementoes," moro than forage.
General Curtis, hearing how the party was
loaded, rode out on the road toward the pick
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