The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-01-30

previous "a the call made on him BY o
state Board ho had not personally taken Il
leld. The work has beeu hitherto condnr
ed and reported upon BY his brother, ID
Richard Oven, whose report is herew
submitted 70 y1u with the necessary ms
diagrams, tables Of analysis, ETC.. connect,
'ltherewih.
~ y now seventy-one years Stree n
present Federal Constitution was sdopto
'nd The Uni,ed States formed into one ns,io
under iis provisions. In that time unds
tho benlgninflnence Of our Federal Unior
oor advancement in all the elements Of ma
'ional greatness and power, has been On
lparallellef; and now, il the very zenith q
our power, IN the morning Of our nationa
existencc, with all The elements Of our IA
'ioual and individual wealth in rapid process
ol development, We fad ourselves on m.
brink Of dsunicp; aud rom lie high pos
tlon we have hitherto nj9ycd ss q pow q,
among the nations Of the earth, ge seen
about 70 fall into the falbomess depths oi
anarchy md ciYi! wsr. AS one Of the mem.
ee'a n 'hls great ccniederacy Or States. i,
u our Imperative duty 10 carefully ana hon
esily consider Ihe CAUSES In Il have SO much
disturbed our Federal relations. and IL any
remedy can Be devised 10 stay the progress
q dsnnipn, Indiana shoold Be willing 20
'rlzc upon 4 az once, and use that remedy
. heel The dlssfnsi0ns existing between the
Northern and S,u'hern S'a,4s. The Fed
'ral Government, based as ~ upon o written
formed Of delegated powsrs
rom ne several Safes, ani possessing NJ
awsrs ibat are not federal in their charac-
er, necessarily leaves untouched aud 10 Be
xcrc'sfd w he several States alone, all To-
s' righsso' persons or property. Its.mi--
lon y @ regulate our intercourse with for.
lgn nations, q promote and scrure domes- 4
X tranquility. rs strength rests with lie \
nsciiops q 'he people OF lie several
'aies. 4 IL government or affection. and
O. of force. and the dangers that now sur
'und us. arise from 'hs fact that The fra
'rrnl bonds thar have thus far held us To-
''hetss nation, have been growing weak
until they nre shout 10 break ssunder
" causas hat haze Produced this slisna- 4
m ~ affection between ihc people of The Ii
daren' sections ol ths Union, Ia my jaJr- h
eni ere III 'rscehble 70 the unwiss, and III
many instances fanatica agitation Or the h
''siloo q domestic slavery. .
The very form of our Federal Government q
esupposes dtfrrcnce ID lie local and DO /,
pstic insii'uricns os tie several Slates. andlis
3 wisely left each Stste 10 the undisturbed q
'ht e control ~ domestic policy. AT the 81
ne The Federal Constitution was adopted. Al
elve of he thirteen originsl States recoc- lis
:ed slavery. But The institution was then T
ils infancy ~ this country. ard had been b,
ced upon the colonies hy the mother fe
lnlry. Most Of 'he leading mcn, both fh
r'h and South. then looked npon lie OK. III
sncs 81 cphemcral, and contemplated th
=, u no great distance, when Il would bt
oily disappear from our system. Far see. nr
ae the founders 81 this government, th
re, they did not estimate rightly he future an
this institution, Subsequent develop. M
nis have fixed The line of demarka,ion slr
wecn free end slave institutions. This co
has been established BY self interest. ia
not BY any principle OF religion or phi, be
ihrory The Northern States relieved fut
mselvss from the tirthen when they dis the
% cf their slave property to iheir South. uli
neighbors and abolished The iostitution, Law
The Southern States found ia the grow. Gle
demand tor the peculiar productions pro
Z climate and soil, profitable field FOR be
employment Of this species Of labor, tor
they have cherished and maintained il, the
] II has become the basis or their social bet
cm as well ls the handspring Of their ful
lth, and iis productions nov form The pro
lie Of the worlds commerce. the
rom the time this line was formed foil
Iual out preceptible change in the tone late
eminent, both North and South, began dill
snifest itself. Ia the beginning Of the the
,,ion Of the slavery question in the free thar
&c, the advocstes Of anti-slavery sent. reg,
Is found but few synpsihizsrs and The date
ition lecturers met with but an Indifferent que
ption q the hands Of the people. The emn
'st instincis OF the masses rscoiled from sgai
anger with which these sentiments were the
nsnt, and the fear or the popular mind ing
,een fosffully verified in the events that viii,