The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-11-17
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Tie interest excited throughout tile
lcIigih ana breadth Of the lanl IN ihe
late savage rencounter between Nor
rsseY and Re nam seems Still II Ne Oh
tie increase. All thcrag Iag and bob
tan ruilians ii the land seem % have
cangh, Tie coniagion and throughout
tie different States Of the Union are
pitching into one another with a hearty
good viii, TO the disgrace Of ia en-
lighfened anu christian age An at-
tempt j. being made w. somc journals
to testify these brutal performances,
By citing the example N England, and
alleging that they exercise useful III
tiuence il developing the tone Of phy-
steal strength AMI rrowcss, and IN pro-
noting "rluck" amongst orr men.-
AA this : pure hamlug- Teaching
and ivarnin', the at N physical self
offence ana prize tiShting are different
things. Prize fl In hAs NJ Eng
land sunk ~ loA ID tic scale Ell Till.
tional amuscmcutS. TINT none Int the
very dregs u grog shops laow any
thing about the ring, Of take any inte-
rust ii It. No man with a shred 81
rcspectability PAYS any attention to
"Bendigo" Or "Tilton Slashcr," and
yet We would like 70 know what cvi
dcnce Of the decline Of pluck the ma
tional character Of ngland has latels
shown. English armies exhibit nov
higher qualities than they did fifty
ycais ago. ii has become well eStab
lished that. in modem warfare, If i
morale far more than physique, whicl
wins the day. Education, ambition
sense Of duty, devotion to the cause
and love Of country, arc the thing
which now lead afmi.s to victory. All,
,l.is j. - well recognized, that III ti'
British service every effort IS being
made to find recruits. not among bnt
iers and rowdics, as formerly, bu
amongst the sober, and the intelligent
and well behaved. 10 tempt TIL
class corporal punishment has beel
almost entirely done away with. bette
barrack accommodations are provided
Libraries and reading arc csial
lsnrd. The man WHO stands upmos
Lrtiinchiugly under fire, and advance
most chccrily to the charge, j. not I'll
bullet headed, thlck-neckcd, hairy
iawcd Lruiscr, who travels On Iii
MUSCLE but the man whose more
training has Taught him that to die j
doing ones duty i a better thing tia
u live. Besides. it j. 4 well know
fact thalboxing j. unknown ia Franc
anl yut w have never heard ii II
French being called bad soldiers. I'll
last and vilest insult which FrvnC
soldier can receive Is q blow in II
face from another. lie returns 1t nj
with his fist but with steel; and yet v
should like 70 know when he Ii;
shown the want Of training Tin Il
manly art Vi scli-deiencc." Tie Pei
Cd in Englana, in which prize iishtir
vvs encouraged ~ tie upper cassc
was one in which tie lower class
were sunk in the deepest dcgrcdatio
in which q peasant "a a citizen "
treated as an inferior animal, in whi
press gangs ranged the streets:
which soldiers and sail.Es Merc ilogr
y death tor the most vcrial iaults;
which county mag strutcs shipped
laborcrs 70 the fleet upon mere susl
cion Of poaching; ii which the mas
only lived and toiled that genilem
might make merry.
With the progress q liberty d
civilization there comes in all COZ
tries the sentiment OF pprFonal lirn