Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-12-24

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Cascad,-. was engineered through ike Iioase
by the Speaker, who introduced the IN assure
and who is said to be peeuniasiiy interested
in tie charter We don't know whether ac
is TO lie paid for his services in railroad stock
or votes for next Congressional Delegate. 1t
will probably prove an improbable invest
mcnt for the Wa,la Walla gentleman in either
case. The only measure ofimpor,ance which
has vet come before the Legislature is the
Special Contract Act, which, on Friday,
passed the House by strict party vote, eve
ny Democrat and only one Union man
Mr.. Sextant, of Walla WaIla,-voting for it.
Mr.. S., we understand, alleges as an excuse
for his COURSE that his constituents demand
such law. 1t seems never to have occurred
to that gentleman that his constituents may
lack that self-sacriiicing patriotism which
their country in this trying moment requires
of them, and that ifihey are disposed to defy
the supreme laws of the land for selfish OBJ
jects, he is not bound TO follow them beyond
limits of true duty and allegiance to his coun-
try. Whether this Copperhead Legislature
shall successfully defy the national auhori-
ty on the currency question remains to be
seen. The bill has passed the Lower House,
and will probably come up for consideration
in the Council to-day. where, we are told,it
will meet with a strong opposition from the
three Union members, and also from the
" Democratic" side in the person Of Coun.
Gilman McFadden. While the. Judge is a
bitter and uncompromising enemy Of the Ad-
ministration, he appears to have fallen. de-
signedly or by accident, on the right side of
of this question. He has everything to gain
and nothing to lose by the course he has
chosen, and if he holds out will become the
most popular man ofhis party. In the present
crisis of our country, true Union men will not
stand upon triAing party issues. The man
who honestly stands by the Union in its time
of need, 'abides tho laws of the supreme
power Of tho land in veal or woe, will not
fail to find friends in the ranks of all parties
The democracy will drag Judge McFad-
den down to a level with itself, or he will en-
alt and redeem it from the mine of treason in
which it has been wallowing. In the mean.
time, "The longest pole knocks the persim-
MONS" and if the straight-out Union pole
docs not bring down the fruit in the coming
campaign, Judge McFadden's probably will.