Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-04-15

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lAmscra'ie party. as wh0lr ]; Was Owned
and controlled by seccsssonists and seces-
sioa synpathi1-rs- From the Cd ,ody in
the Presidential char. vho vink-d a;
;reasoe unit; il had s--curcd firm grip,
down 10 the individual on our streets who
bu, few days ago declared Abraham Lin
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Wis, the party is controlled by unsound men.
The issue has been too plain to be misin-
;erpreit.d, nor have many Of tn. leaders
sought to disguise the fact. The question
was too plain to be successfully evadcd.
1t was, Shall the Union be sustained ard
are you willing that the President shall
employ all the means necessary to attain
that object: There could be no middle
ground upon this question. 1t Was we'll
known that at several times during the
history of the past four years, the fate Of
our Nation hung on but slender thread,
but during all these critical stages, have
these men wavcrcd in their devotion to
party, or has that consideration ever turned
the point Of their lampoonry Oh, yes;
they were all Union men from the outset,
but the President had no power to cocrcc
S:ate-hc now has no power to keep
freein' niggcrs, when the Constitution
guarantees "our brethren" fugitive slave
law. That is about the whole sum and
substance of their argument. They have
niger on the BRAIN" They are Union
men, but slavery should not be sacrificed to
secure it. Their ultimatum was, Slarcry
first, and Union afterwards. We could
seize forts, arsenals, guns, munitions Of
war. horses, cattle and jackasses, and ev-
cry species Of property by the rules and
proccdents of civilized warfare, but the
negro. who they have spent SO much
breath in attempting to prove to be the
very same kind Of property, must be held
sacred If negro escapes from the fort
ifcations, where he renders more efIectual
service in prolonging the rebellion than
any one of the noble scions of chivalry, he
must be returned to his masters or Copper
headism is not satisfcd-thc Constitution
has been violated. BY the way these
men talk of violations of the Constitu.
tion," one would suppose it to be written
on sole-leather, or these constant " viola.
tons" would have torn it to sbreds long
ago.
The Union, however, is restored, not
outstanding the distracting counscls of
bad men. Slavery has gone under, de-
spite their anxious solcitude and carc.
The issues which agitated the country be-
fore the rebellion are no more. The re-
bellion is dead. Our Southern breth-
rem" are about to make the best terms they
can to get back into the Union. What do
you propose to do, Democratic friends
Will you stick to the shred of party so
identified with secession and disloyalty
that the very term democracy" has lost
its musical cadence. You may strive to
purifyit, to regenerate it. to get it upon
the popular side of some new issue. but
the stamp Of infamy is indelibly fixed
you never can reznimate its rotten corse.
Perished it has, a. must everything which
strikes at the germ Of liberty nurtured by
the blood ofpatriotic freemen. Its friends
will soon abandon it to its fate. and it will
speedily become damned, dishonored and
disowned.
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