Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-11-28


u--ia tia; .tae-;i..a. l. !, that Of the Ee-
I.a';i~aa party 81 i,-i-y, II thn-e were
vnr -e..tsal,n.. III n. sre Ne In IT, deemed
ia.as,-i>sen- bcrsi-e 40 c7EnJs believe d.
reri.s the oJ,=Iiic noE' Then sgaiR the
l'r- ,ica; doeb,T.l h. Prpo.-ns=;'"n that
.sst..- couli nr' sever thor c"nney ton
with the t'niou. and tina. when onc-;en'h
the I-rple If TIE in>urrecti"nAry Stare-
c.st.l members &c Congress they should
l. a.lmittc & an clual Voice in the e,an-
ril- &C the nation. We believed tha, to- lie
.,,p,l I nrui~,u then. Are We inc"asi>i-
en-; in belsyin. the, States in the mon
AMI entitled To- their Constitutional right.
now, Congress repeatedly declared dur
int the war the same rs,licy. Here i the
prof:
R~saJye ~ That in this national emergency Con
rre.. banishng al feeling IL mere passion or re-
.eu.msn will r~coliect only its duty To the whole
country that this IL not ssgcd. ON our paf'.
in Any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose ~
conaues; 90 suAingsfon nof purpose Of oserthrow-
ing OF Interfering with the rights % established M
s,tufisas Of those States but to defend ana main
tain the supremacy Of the Constitution, and 10 pre-.
serve the Union, with all the dignity. equality: and
rights Of the several States uniinpaired and, as
soon as these objsc;s are accomplished, fhr war
ought to cease.
In 1854. Mr. Lincoln of Republican an
,ecedents. and Mr.. johnson, Democratic.
were made the standard-bearers Of the Tn
ion party, nominated by the conservative
men Of the nation. Where were Wade,
Sumner. Phillips, Stevens, Ashley, aud the
other disscntionists who have controlled the
Republican party? Not at Baltimore, but
in the Cleveland Convention, forming an
opposition to the Union party. We de-
nounced these men then. so did all Union
men. Are We inconsistent in denOuncin.
the same men and the same hercsies Iow
The Union National and State platforms
declared the sole object of the war to be to
restore the Union, and thousands of ballots
and bayonets we're called to their support
by that declaration. We had faith in it
but four years have passed and still tho
Union is unrestored. Are We inconsistent
in prcferring to stand by our declarations
of 1864? Now VIC ask, who has changed
the party or us!
1t is true, as stated by our contemporary
that in 1865 We rcjoiccd in a result w
believed would secure to the nation all the
promises and guarantees made by the -Ad
ministration during the war; But how
have these promises been kept? Has mo-
the life, the essence, the very name of thu
Union party departed? Is there single
remnant of the fabric left? Have not thu
very men who cursed, maligncd, and sough
to destroy it, complete control Of the Re
publican party now? Has not their life
long creed become part Of its being
The alternative was before us, to drift will
the tide, to sacrifice principle to Mammon
but we did not falter in what we conceived
to be duty. Can we give better PROOF I"
fidelity to principle than this? Men ant
parties may change and pass away, bu
principles endure forever We claim to be
a consistent partisan, for no way can w
better demonstrate fcalty to party than by
keeping it true to the principles which give
it vitality, true to its destiny.
ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE.-The ole
block-house on the Public Square wa.
RACED last Monday, and the lumber used t.
plank Main Street, in the vicinity of Mr.
p. D. Moores residence This leaves thu
town without Jail Of any sort. We thinl
some of our people have been rather hasty
in dcmolishing the nuisance as they
have delighted to stigmatizc this vencrabl.