Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-12-05
Crushed HopeA

In reading the accounts IL the condition
Of the Southern people under military rule.
or under Brcwnlcwism. We can but admire
the spirit Of magnaminity which dictates
patience. hope and fcrbcarance toward the
tyrants who are just now lordingit over the
people In Tennessee. We see disposition
ON the part of the Conservatives not to
make canvass, for fear Of producing q
collision between the contending political
parties. thereby giving n seeming cause oi
complaint toward those who have been
crushed by overwhelming powrr. The
great majority Of the white people have
been distranchiscl. thus securing to the ne.
gro and lower classes the prcpondcrance OF
power. which gives full sway to the mcanes,
instincts Of the human hcart-rcvcngc.
Thus We sec one Of the most beautiful. fer.
tile and healthy States in the South, given
over to despotism; her intelligent people
forced to submit to every indignity which
cruelty, envy or malice can invent; men
like Brownlow, elevated to power, incapa-
bic himself Of feeling the hallowcd inAu-
encc of generous impulse of the heart, he
uses his accidental elevation to power for
the bascr purpose of crushing that intclli-
ccncc which refused to recognize in him
the true gentleman, but surrounds him
with the low and vulgar. and stands like
Nero, and bcholds his native land crumb-
ling to ruin under his bcas.ly policy. Such
is Brownlowism-s,lch il the boosted re-
construction of Radicalism, which will. if
permitted to prevail, cause one halfof this
fair land to degenerate into adrcary waste.
The people there feel that their only
hope is in the returning sense Of justice in
the mind Of the Northern people. They
had assurances from the President, from
Congress aud the Generals Of the Union
army. that when they surrendered, laid
down their arms and acknowledged the att
thority Of the Government, they would be
received as co-cqual States, and be protect
cd by the Constitution and laws of COM
mon country. Every promise has been vio-
lated. every constitutional guarantee has
been disrcgardcd; even the civlitics which
should ever distinguish American people.
have been outraged, and noble people
crushed beneath despotism, which, if per-
mitted longer to curse our land, will make
us all Il nation Of towards and slaves.
| When We read Of Poland, of her heroic
men who met the enemy of liberty who
struggled long and faithfully for nationali-
ty, but were ecrushcd by overwhelming pow.
er, VIC shed the tear Of sorrow, and feel
proud of her heroic deeds, and hope that
crushed Poland will yet rise, Ph@nix-like,
from her ashes, and assert her gollikc na.
tive independence, and take her place
among the nations of the earth Hungary
has our sympathy, and Greece, the land Of
poetry and the home of heroes, is our idol
while ireland, the gem of tho seas, the
home Of Emmett and Curran, and the birth.
place Of genius, occupies prominent place
ineach and every heart, and every throb
Of patriotism beats In unison with the spirit
of liberty which animatcs and cncrgizcs
true Amcricanism; and yet, VIC forget
that here in our own land, here under the
benign influence of the spirit Of Liberty,
here in this land Of Washington, Jefferson,
Jackson, and Clay, We have Poland, a
worse than Hungary, and d rival for the
dcspo!ism of n crushed Ireland.
| Men ofthe North, sons Of patriots sircs.
who love liberty and hate Tyranny, will you
longer permit this great outrage against
God and man! Hear the vail II cr,,s he'd
hopes as it comes on every breeze. from the
heart Of suffering, ruined and conquered
people in the South, and while we charge
you to cherish the hope for a rcscnersscd
Poland, restored Hungary and . redeemed
ireland, in Gods name. remember our own
brethren ofthe sunny South, and swear
uron the slsar- ofycur country to redeem
our c~n land from the iyr.nt's grasp or ,er-
in On the field.
Enem'es in var, in peace friends, vas a
n"sse sentiment IN lss6; Ies ID be rrnep-
isrcd IN lsds- Hcshss that would en.l.ve
hrs brother IL Ct subject to he slsve
himself, and shile ue eherish the vsh %
crush our neighbr ~e curselve. NAV he
erHshes; hencs'h the power prepared for
him--Hsrvssossss.
o~ From Isne % jay the na,inusl
debt rose ssS-oo"lVeo. fifiy4hrce mil