The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-07-31
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such facts b. have oc cured during the recess
aud 10 matters 10 connection with the public
defense. lIs conpralustes Congress on the
accsssions 10 the C,niederacy OF several free
and equal sovereign States. The rnpid pro.
press Of the last few months has stripped the
veil, behind which the Irue policy and pur
poses of the Lincoln Government was pre-
viously concealed. which are now fully re-
vealed. The message Of their President. the
action Of their Congress a, the preseet SEES
sion contesses the intention u sublugaiing
the seeding States by war. the folly Of which
is equasled only .by is ~ickedness-a ~or
by wlich il j. impossible 10 attain the pro-
posed result. whilst i,s dire calam ties can
not be avoided BY US. will fall Gcubly severe
Iy on themselves
Commencing 10 March las, with an lfec
taiion OF ignorance of The secession Of sew
~ States which organized the Confederate
Govefn,nent--persi in April in The nb-
surd assumption Of the existence Of riot,
which ~as 70 be dispersed by posse CENT
alu--cpaiinuing "a the successive months
Of false representation Inst these States in
tended an offensive war in spite u conclu
rive evidence % the contrary, furnished as
welt by The Official action of The President Of
the United S,a,es that he and his advisers
have succeeded IN dccevng the people u
the Uni,ed States.
Fortunately for The truth OF history Lin
coIns m-ssnze infinitely details he attempt
10 reinforce Fort PcAens ia violation OF the
srniisrice' Of which he confesses that he hss
been informed only by rumors too vague and
uncertain TO crsate attention. The hostile
exp dision dispatched 10 supply Fort Sumfe =
il sdniitrd To huve been undertsken with
HE knowledge that i,s success was mpossi
BIZ the sending of q notice to the Govern
Or OF = nth C.rolina Of the intention 10 use
from The lnsugursl that there will De no
cUntrf unless these Sshie- were the sggrrS-
Snrs, he procee sto declare that his conduc.
in Tie past ~ well as for the future was ia
performance ~ shis promise which could not
be MISUNDERSTOOD He cEa-ges these s ates
iwilh beirg The asssliants % the Union, md
"a - hat the world cannot misundersland
iihi. unfuunded pre,ence.
Lincoln proposes o make the contest shorl
and decisive. and confesses that even an in
creased orce j. required. These enormous
preparations are a distinct ayowal that N e
United States il engaged in conflict with
a great and powerful nation. and they are
compelled 70 abandon the pretence Of dis
lpeislng riotsrs and suppressing insurreciion,
and driven 10 The acknow ledgment that ll,e
Union il dissolved. They recognize The
separate existence u the Confederate State.
by The introduction Of an embargo and block
sde b, which All commerce between the two
i cut of lie repudiales the foolish idea
ghat the IDha bitsnts OF the Confede rate State
are sill ciiizens Of the United States, fuI
they IRE now wssing On Indiecriminste wal
upon them with savage ferocity unknow a
TO modern civilization.
tie compares the present Invasion 10 that
of Great Britain in 1891. which WAS con
Quoted Ia d more civilized manner. Nan
KIND shoulders at the ou,rages Committed o.
; deienseless females by those pretending 4
cc f,liow-citzsnr, and depicts the horror d
the deliberate malignancy with which, under
n he preiexi OF suppsessipg insurection, they
make special war on sick women and chill.
Jren BY csretully devised measures 10 pre-.
vent their obtaining medicines necessary foI
ihsir care. The sacred claims Of humanity
are respected by all nations. Men, in tbs
fury or battle. BY Z careful deviation avoid
: an attack on hospitals, which are now out
!, ragged BY . Government, which pretends the
a desire 10 continue frsternsl connections
= such ou,rsges admit Of no retaliation, un
J. less the actual perpetrators are captured.
II Ia reference 70 the peculiar relations
which exist between this Government sn'
,hs States, usually termed Border Slave
states. cannot properly b withheld from
.lnoucs. The hearts Of our people ere ani
mated By the sentiments toward the inhabi
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