Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-11-12


Of the Dtnoraf, 20 IL who ar not in favor o:
srikin- at al hazards ev,ry gun belonging
to our gallant army. aud also IN dcnouneIns
President Lincoln as al usarp.r. Wei. a.
tar as We arr ooaerrne,i. VIC have considered.
and sriv-d a, the fvlio~ing conclusions:
Tha; Bro. Hicks wiIl find ], harl 10 =. kick
against the pricks-' A man Of has ability
and energy o1-h; 70 te ceraged in a more
ho'sarabl, ard rr f'atl.- husine-- iLeR tia; Of
,liiin- papr uhsre II VII require the as
suraace of I'll. d-vil and al III. the ~ophi,;ry
o; Ilavrd oui" Democracy. 20 make it an
acceptable sh-., TO its hungry patrons We
do ~; write with The expectation Of etllsA:-
ming the editor # the Dr.socraf. la: simply
10 inform those of lis rradrrs " 10 sill vote FOX
Jacksoa. and who believe that thu =. p,no-
cratic party is the only party capable Of saw
ic the country. tia, ,hrir lord and mas,e.
has ano,h-r axe TO grind. and d,sires you all
TO turn We alsa d-sire you TO turn. no; for
Hicks. for be x.>h.s 10 d-ceise YOU, but from
yoCr evil thoughts ard Gislpyal sentiments.
We assure you that b. is false friend and
peruicious counsellor, who a, the present
time would seek TO TO advance P rsonal or
party aims, by sowing the seeds Of jealousy
and diseord broadcast throughout the land.
Why do you still long TO board the old Dem
ocratic ship, when You know that her last
h-lmsman strcrcd her straight into the vortex
of disuuion! Why still persist in calling your
selves democrats" II You are Union
men. as you claim to be, why not join those
who, in a partisan sense, arc Democrats and
Republicans no longer, but earnest supporters
of any and all honorable and lawful means
whereby this cursed rebellion may be put
down and our country saved Democracy"
is what's the matter! You all started in with
the determination to find fault with every act
Mr.. Lincoln might perform, and well and faith
fully have you carried~it out, and by so doing
pleased your friends in Dixie. Suppose Mr..
Lincoln, in a single instance, has acted indis-
crcetly. Why condemn his every act, and
throw your whole influence in favor of those
hell-hounds, who only wish to use you as tools
in assisting to destroy the best Government
the world ever saw. No man calling himself
"Dcmocrat," can point to single instance
wherein the Constitution has been violated,
nor single instance where Lincoln has shown
the least disposition to favor any party save
the Union party. Now, gentlemen, we ask
you to examine either issue Of your paper,
and tell us, upon the word of honest men,
whether you can find the first word of encour-
agement for those brave men who have for
long days marched from early morn till
dewy eve, sore-footcd, weary, worn and faint,
who have staggered month after month under
the weight of the musket and knapsack, and
who are willing, at any time, to sacrifice their
lives if by SO doing our country may live
Not one word of encouragement for that Ad
ministration which has never called upon you
to shoulder the musket, but allows you qui-
city to remain upon your farms or pursue in
peace your accustomed vocations.
We say these are facts before you. 1t is a
fact that ABRAHAM LINCOLN will be our next
President. 1t is fact, the statement of the
Democrat to the contrary Notwithstanding,
that the Crittenden Compromise might have
been passed had Southern members voted in
their places. 1t is fact that no propositions
for settlement have ever been offered by the
South, save such, only, as the acceptance Of
which would have forever disgraced us as
nation. 1t is fact likewise, which has been
Numbered into the ears of every man, both
loyal and disloyal, North and South, that Az
rican slavery in the United States is dead
died at the hands of its own friends-and that
all attempts TO reanimate its rotten corse will
prove as futile as would ar attempt to crowd
a full.Aedged American eagle into the shell
from which it sprung.
Democrats, these are stubborn facts staring
you in the face. You might as well, there
fore, come right up to the mourners' bench
at once. Invite your friends TO come, for now
is the accepted time and the day of salvation.
Another year in the " Democratic ranks, and
your memory may be handed down to poster.
ity rs having been a tory Of the great re.
bellion.
THE NATcHEz MINEs-Our town was
thrown into all intense excitement during the
past. regarding the discovery Of rich ledge
Of gold-bearins quartz in the vicinity of Nat.
che. Pass. about 20 miles from this place,