Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-10-19
OLYMPIA. SATURDAY MORNING. OCT. 10, 1872.
FALsIrIEs THE RECORD.

us from renewing an article published
in the Courier of the 4th inst, under
the caption of "The Records Com
pared and we are reminded of the
neglect by that journal assuming that
our silence was an admission that its
position was impregnable. We quote
from the article:
THE STANDARD has good deal to say about
Mr.. Garfelde going to i!rif1sh Columbia dur
ing the war of the rebellion instead of stay
ing at home and aiding to fight the battles of
his country. Mr.. Garfielde did go to British
Columbia and staid there for year or two in
the cndeavor to repair his fortunes. which
had been wrecked by the trcachery OF the
very party that nominated him for Congress
i'm 1861. But where was Judge McFaaden
during that dark and bloody period of our
nations history? We have a distinct recol-
lection of seeing paraded ut the head of the
editorial columns in the STANDARD. list of
names consisting of the Democratic members
of the Legislative Assembly, who voted
against the resolutions endorsing the National
Administration and also against the resolu-
tons favoring continuance of the war to
put down the rebellion. These names were
published by the same editor, who now sup
ports Judge McFadden, for the purpose of
perpetuatng in history their I'M fanny i'll refus-
ing to stand by the flag of their country in
its hour of peril.
II,
ready to prove it by the record, that during
the time he was member of the Legislative
Council from Thurston and Lewis counties,
from 1862 to 1865, he voted against these same
nounced by the STANDARD editor. who then
presumed to be the leading mouth-piece of
the Republican party in this Territory"
Fortunately the files of the STANDARD
have been preserved, and we have it in
our power to refute the misstatement
of the Courier, and in this instance it
must accept the entire record or place
itself in the rnenviable attitude of I'M
peaching the testimony of its own wit
ness.
In our issue of March 9th, 1861, we
find call for Union Mass Meeting,
signed by upwards Of 200 of our citi-
zens of both political parties-about an
equal number of Republicans and Dem
ocrats. The name of o. B. McFadden
is second on the list, and at the assem-
blage held at the Capitol on the 14th of
the same month, Judge McFadden was
chosen chairman of the first and larg-
est Union meeting held in the Territory.
The following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted, Judge McFadden and
other gentlemen, addressing the meet
ting at considerable length in their sup
port:
Resolved, That rs citizens of Washington
Territory. hailing from various sections of our
common country, we do earnestly denrecate
anddeplore any and every measure cafc,il ated
to dissolve or loosen the strong ties of frater-
nal political unity which have hitherto bound
together our happy country into one grand
and prosperous nationality,
Resolved, That there are no existing causes
for the dissolution of our Union on the con-
trary, we are of opinion that all present ag-
CARNATIONS and entertainments, both real and
imaginary, can and ought to be amicably ar
ranged by mutual compromise and cOnces-
sion; and we think that such settlement is
imperatively demanded by the magnitude
of the vital interests now involved. >''
RESOLVED, That our attachment is uninl-
paired, steadfast and immOvable. and that
our hopes for the future destiny of this Terri
tory are inseparably connected therewith
Resolved, That we utterly repudiate, as
stain on our patriotism. as destructive of our
future material prosperity, and as reasonable
establish a Pacific Confederacy. or to dissolve
or diminish our present intimate connection
with the Mother States.
This indicates the position of Judge
McFadden in 1861, the same year thai
Selucius Garfielde ran as the Demo.
cratic nominee for Congress, and was
defeated by the combined efforts Of
Union men, irrespective of party, pro.
ceeding which that pink of Republican
ism, the Courier, denominates eth,
treachery of the Democratic party"
The resolutions rejected by the Leg
islative Assembly of 1862, originated
in the House of Representatives ant
were never voted upon in the the Coun
el-the branch Of which Judge Nc
Fadden was a member-and hence tn
Courier's assertion that during tn
time he was a member of the Legisla
tive Council he voted against thes
same resolutions, is unqualifedly false
The resolutions were defeated in tn
House, and never presented in tn
Council, and the " list of names para
ded at the head of the editorial CO.
amns Of the, STANDARD" does not COZ
tain the name of Judge McFadden c
any other member of the Council. On
files are open to the public, and a
may easily satisfy themselves of TIL
deliberata attempt on the part of IL
Courier to. falsify the record.
The Courier dOes not exhibit it's O
binary prudence in asitating this que
ton OF the loyalty Of the candidat.
now before the people, during the da,
hours OF war. The proof against NJ
dar6elde can be obtained on every sid
Aside from his acceptance of nom
nation In opposition to the Administer,