Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-05-22
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY %, 1856
Our "Countryman's Lofty"

Our "Countryman's Lofty"
We last week pointed out the close rescm-
barcs in the matter Of immodest and extrava-
PANT pretension, between the circular Of s.
Garfelde, and the ordinary advertisements Of
euacks in another line. This week we are fur
Aished with evidence that the parallel does not
cease at this point. The Republican has long
string of certificates and letters, published for
the purpose Of proving that Mr.. Gariede is u
genuine patriot, one who has always been de-
voted to the Union and the purity whose con-
idence he is now seeking, and that he is not Il
humbug. We ask every man of genuine con.
victions, who says things simply because he
believes them, to decide for himself whether
the mere production of this kind of evidence is
not of itself an admission which their contents
can never remove. We do not say that pat
riotic man, one who has really loved and served
his country, may not be misrepresented, SIAN
dered, and yilited by his enemies; but such
SO by pointing to some act of his life which ST.
fently but unanswerably confounds the tongue
Of SANDER. II Mr.. Gsrfelde's opinions are is
sues Of fact, to he determined, like the color Of
horse, by the testimony Of experts, his own
statements can no longer he received as conciu-
size evidence Of what his opinions really are
upon any subject; his own statement that he is
loyal to day, is Of no more value than his state
Ment that he was loyal six or seven years ago,
and he is in just as much need of producing the
proper certificates and afldavits that lie is not
incorporating himself in regard to one point
As he is in regard to the other. The certii-
Gates are merely SO much nonsense ; the tcsti
mony of a number of persons to the fact that
they never heard the accused make use of sim
gle disloyal expression, and ofthc nature Of
defendant to clear himself of the charge of
horse-stealing, which had been fixed upon him
BY the testimony of five witnesses, who swore
positively that they saw him steal the horse.
The defendant met this with six other witness
- who swore just as positively that they never
saw him steal the horse, and the weight of ev-
idence being in his favor, the defendant was
acquitted by the Dutch justice.
We never, Ike some ofhis witnesses, slept or
nj up eli night with our illustrious country
man, or had other special and personal means
Of knowing every thing that he did or did not
Say whilst he WAS up in Cariboo, but we do
know that he had the general reputation Of be-
ing . rebel sympathizsr about those times,
and II he was indignant about it, We did not
Hear Of n until he came up for office, says
judicial one, not long after his "trooly loil "
letter to Mr.. Evans. Watson, in his introduce
ton to the certificates, says that the charges
Of Mr.. Garaelde's dis'oyalty " were based solely
on the bare assertion Of Copperhead hirelings,
who never told tho truth in their lives if they
could help it," and speaks them ms "Coprer-
head lies" to be "damned with the miserable
Scoundrels who utter them"
The following extract from tho Oregonian of
June 2s, 1862, and the 7. S. Herald, which
copied and endorsed the article, with the en-
phasised statement, that, "the people Of Oregon
are veil acquainted wih Mr.. Ga.6eide, and they
stamp him az a secessionist," will show who
those Coppcrhead hirelings were:
"Hs spsseh ,oas digest of all the secession ayym-
sse,Hs s;ncs tie days Of Calhoun. The only differ
ence between Breckinridges great reasonable effort
on his taking leave Of the Senate and Garcldes Of
last Saturday. is that the former avowedly OPP
posed TO the Government, while the latter the
livery Of loyalty. Although his talent for
eophisty proverbinl he could not conceal the fact
that he unequvocaly in the interest Of the
sionists."
The article may be found entire on our first
page. Now what are We to think of these fell
lows, WHO titus hunt mp and publish certi6-
catss - inpsach their own testimony. We are
satis6ed from fir survey Of the evidence,
that, il Gar6elde we're running against himself
alone, upon the issue between loyalty, and dis
loyalty tho result might be uncertain; for it is
by NO means clear whether majority of the
people, would find him patriot or secession
int, but as there is another candidate in the
6eld, who does not have to produce certificates
Of what he did, or what he did not say six or
sever years ago to prove his loyalty, it is not
worth while to pay serious attention to spe-
eies Of evidence which is so easily nranufac-
tured, and which, admitting its truthfulness,
proves nothing so clearly as it does the want of
nor,l responsibility in those who produce it.
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PuBLIc SPBAKiNG.-Hon. Marshall F. Moore
The Democratic nominee. and Hon. u. 3. Me-