The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1862-04-02

To Abraham Lincoln. President Of he
United States:

United States:
REFLECTED Sin: In ny last sndesvore
TO show ,hst the cause OF rebellion in III,
South 10 "the pride Of wealth and the lus
lof power" fossered BY the cotton monopoly
mat ue abolition Of slavery could no
abolish that monopoly. which depends OF
principles beyond human control; and ,hs,
u eosson were produced BY hired labor ID
me South. % Il 10 manufactured in ths
North. iis profits would be % great. II no,
gres'sr. than they ere now. generating the
came sniiPsthies 10 ihst section which have
Prodseed our present troubles.
There is party 10 the North, eompsra.
lively email st present. who. for the mere
purpose Of sbeiisbing slavery In the South,
would sscrifce hundred thoussnd North.
srn lives snd thousand miIlions OF North.
ern asoney, without even the hope Of any
advantage to themselves OF The people OF the
States in which they live.
Like the Southern rebels. they assume IN
substance. that the Constitutions no longer
exists. and ssIt Of the reconssruction OF The
Uaios" on other principles.
These men cannot but know shss this Is
nos the view entertained BY the Govern
ment o BY the great msss Of the Northern
people. These believe that we stiIl have I
Constitution; that the Government q
Washingtos 10 not mere provisional gov
eminent; that the var Il wsged in defence
of that Constitution and that Government;
that the Union needs no Reconstruction -
that. II i did. IL would be unsise and dan.
gerous 70 attempt II until the rebels are com
PEELED to sobmit 10 IL q Il 10; that no oct OF
The seeded States. not even repeal Of the
ordinsncs Of secession. 10 necesssry 10 re-
store them 20 the Union. because, being un-
constitutional end void. those ordinances
could not take them out Of il; that, - the
armed resistance 70 the Constitution 10 put
down in State sfter State. they will stand in
The Union With ell ttsir conssisu'ionsi rights
usinpsissd. snd resume their duties a. men,
bsrs Of our great Coniederscy.
Bot the position Of the rebels % individu
ale isvesy different. and nothing but punish-
mesi o. pardon can restore them to the
rights Of American citisens. They have
forfeited their property and their lives, and
therefore 70 eos6scsis their slaves and ,hus
set them free is not violation OF The Con-
s,isusioa. How fsr ,hs, process should be
carried is . question Of expediency and MOI,
u right.
And i is 10 this point Of view that I o.
peal to the advocates Of msncipsiion in the
North 10 be content with the progress which
'hsif principles are msking. not through The
subversicn Of the Constitutions, but under
cover Of its authority.
The leaders OF the rebellion snnounced
their determination 70 conquer or die. and
the principal Shareholders in the Sossh scs
e u they were IN earnest. Look q South
Cssolins. In the violent portion Of the
State the planters 10 man Ay On the sp-
proseh Of the Union army, bsssiae their
cotton. snd 10 many cases their buildings,
and abandoning their slaves. There ere
said 70 Be now sbosi eight thousand sIsves
thus abandoned in the vicinity Of Port
Royal. 10 South Csselias. every one Of whom
may Be eonstisutionsIly sss free By confs.
cation . punishment of their masters
treason. Az the Uaies armies sdvancs In.
70 the interior oshss shosssnds will Be added
% The number " dsssssies Of their mas.
isrs. and finally there will b no resident
population u . large portion of de State
bus deserted slsvss.
IN short, II the masters persist 10 their
osd end csussless rebellion against he Con.
ssitusies, she ssd vill b negro community
along portion Of The Southern coast under
the protection Of the United Ssates
II the var isso Be prosrscisd By The obssi-
nssy d shs cotton planters, shis l. : result
which The Usissd States con not avert Il
they would.
By sos6scssIon shs slsves viii b sss nee,
end through The same process shs lands q
their masters will b surrendered % them
To- cultivation. slI without infdngiae spoa
he CenssIsulion. Even nov there ! ! negro
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