Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-01-04

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race. II this continues. it mus, become
wo,sc and worse. until all order will be
subvcrtcd. all industry destroyed, and the
fertile fields of tho South grow up into .
wilderness. OF al the dangers which our
nation has yet encountered. none are equal
10 those which must result from the sue
c. ss of the effort now making 70 Africanizs
the half Of our country.
THE COST OF THE PRESENT PLAN.
l would not put considerations Of mon
cy in competition with justice and right.
but the expenses incident to teconstruc.
tion under the system adopted by Congress
will aggravatc what regard as the in.
trinsic wrong Of the measure itself. 1t has
cost uncounted millions already. and If
persisted in, it will add largely 10 tho list
Of taxation. already TOO oppressive to be
borne without j'st complaint, and may
finally reduce :hs treasury OF the nation to
a condition Of bankruptcy. We must not
cclude ourselves. 1t will require strong
standing army, and probably more than
two hundred millions Of dollars per annum,
to maintain tho supremacy of the negro
governments after they are established.
The sum thus thrown away would, if pro-
pc'ly used, form q sinking fund large
enough to pay The whole national debt in
less than fifte'n years. 1t is in vain to
hope that the negroes will themselves with
ou: military power maintain their ascenl-
ancy; they are wholly ihcap,Ll Of holding
in subjngation the white people Of tho
South. lsubmit 10 the judgment Of Con-
gr. s. whether the public credit may not
Le injuriously affected by a system Of
measures like this. With our debt and
The vast private interests which are com:
plicatrd with it. we cannot be too cautious
Of policy which might Ly possibility i'm,
pair the confidence Of the world In our
That confidence can only
be retained by carefully inculcating the
principles Of justice and honor on The pop.
nlar mind, and by the most scrupulous
fidelity to all our engagements Of every
sort. Any serious breach Of the organic
law, persisted in for considerable time,
cannot but create fears for the stability of
frte institutions. Habitusl violation of
prescribed rules. which W. bind our.elves
10 observe, must demoralizs the pcopl:.
Our only standard Of civil duty being SIT at
naught. the sheet anchor Of our political
morality is lost, the public consciencs
,wi IS from its moorines and yields to ev-
Fry impulse Of passion and interest. live
tepudiatc the Constitution wv will not be
* prcted to care much for pecuniary obli-
cations. The violation Of such pledge
,s VIC made ON the 22d day of July, 1861.
assuredy diminish the market value
,f our other promises; besides. il We now
acknowledge that the national d-bs va.
.reatrd no, to hold the States in the Ia.
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