The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-05-29

Touching Letter from John n. Bolts.
The distinguished vhginisn. Hon. job
NJ. Bolts. recently addressed . letter 10 Ed
y ward Bates. Attorney General Of The Unite
States. from which we extract az follows:
] need hardly ssy that no man in this na
tion has held in higher appreciation the val
no Of our blessed Union; no man has labor
ed more constantly and earnestly for .is per
pe,uation than /. No mans heart can blee,
more freely for its lose than mine; no maj
can mourn moro sorowiully for lie overthrow
than will No man can condemn more
severely the immediate causes that have q
unnecessarily led us into this awful and ter.
riblc catastrophe than do. Yet. for the
first lime, after M entire night Of slsepless
reflection, when prayed as never prayed
before for wisdom aud strength TO do my
duty. my mind has been brought 10 the con.
cIuson that dissolution 10 On inevitable
decree OF fate.
ON satsfi ID that contest on the part
feet military organization, powerful naval
forces, iis command Of money, and is cred.
II Without limit, backed by eighteen or TWEEN.
" Millions u people, against eight millions.
without military organization. wiihou, nsva
forces. without money or credit, is not like
ly TO be OF doubtful result In The end; but nf
Ter iha', what then! Can the Union be IRE.
served on such terms. or would il be worth
preserving II j, could! After the best blood
u The country has been shed in war which
has passion. prejudice, and unnatural but
mutua! hate for lis foundation. intensified BY
The conflict. could The two sections ever be
brought together ne one people sgsini And
would It not require large standing armies.
"a constant active service 10 conquer and
maintain peace! And would that not end
It least in hateful. loalhsome. military dss
,o,isml
II ! an right in all this. would not
peaceful separation, not o. military neces
ufy, but os triumph OF reason. order, Law,
ibe-iy. morality. and religion owe. passion.
ride, prejudice. hatred, disorder, snd the
orces of the rob, be . far wiser and mere
desirable solution Of the problem than such
scene as will result from purely section
! warfare. (rcsult as Il may), and from
ghIch the heart sickcns. snc the soul reco Is
Win horror!
Yon may cut. main. kill. and destroy; you
my sweep down bauslions with your artI.
Fry; you mas block up commerce with your
eei; you may starve out the thousands and
rns Of thousands OF the enemies Of The
government; you may.overun. but you can
OF supjagaic the uriied South; and il you
culd DO oil this. you could not do |, without
nfl flicting an equal amount OF misery upon
Rose who nre its best friends. and who have
TODD ss long ss there was . plank 10 stand
pom BY the side Of the Union. the Consiitu
On and the laws. Our streets may run red
i'h blood; our dwellings msy be levelled 7
ith the earth; our fclds msy DO laid waste; 7
nr henrihstones may be made desolate, and
zen. at the last. whs, end has been aaineol
Thy, the Government has exhibited i,s pow. =
:, which has never been questioned but BY
'e idle. the ignorant, and the d~ludcd, and y
= the dispIay Of which there will be sbund y
NJ opportunities without sn effort now. on
,her side. 10 cut each Others throats.
So for from i,s being regarded a. a be- c
ayal Of weakness BY the other powers Of .,
'e globe, will It not be Iooked upon 10 the rs
'esent emergency ss an act Of magnanim- F
Y and heroism on The part Of the more D
'werfui party TO propose terms Of peacei
Ct me. then, - strong, devoted, unslter. ii
'le friend Of the Union (if il could DO main II
incd)-let me, % . conscientious and un. 81
angeable opponent Of the fatal heresy OF pr
cession. urge upon THE Administration the as
'licy Of issuing another proclamation pro 10
sing truce 10 hoslilities and the immcdi. fe
Q assembling Of National Convention pi
recognise the independence of such ol al
. States as desire 10 withdraw from the 10
nion. and mako the experiment OF reps. mi
10 government, which Il will not, a. lire
ink. take them long 70 discover is The mos,
regious error that man, Ia bic hour of mad. ,ic
o. ever committed. ,h