The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1862-06-25

one and indIvisibles 'ns supreme law" this
i the grand Object, the One thing sought b. y
every loyal man. not only in this House, b. 4
10 the country. This 10 the object for which h
your soldiers rallied around the Dag OF The
Union when Il wss thrown to The "battle
and the breeze" II 10 The one and the sole
one for which they are shedding their blood
like wafer on every battle field Of your coun :
Try. I, s for this. and this alone. they Icy
dead and buried 10 your fields end forest .
far from their homes. filing . soldiers grave
or are now maimsd and wounded laying In
your hospitals by thousands.
Sir. there are now fifteen hundred Of these
noble fellows. many Of them from my own die
'rict. laying In the hospitals at Evansville.
where I reside. cared for. attended, and
nursed, ~ IL they were their own relatives.
BY my own fair countsy-women, Indisns's
dsughtsrs-friends and foes equally csred.
for. War 10 . terrible calamity at all times
How much more 50. when carried on be-
tween father and son, brother and brother,
uncle and nephew, ss is now carried on by
Us. Ate:rible vengeance awaits the authors
Of il. not only here but hereafter.
Sir, the man who dreams OF closing the
present unhappy contest BY re-conssruc'ing
this Uuion. upon any other basis than that
prescribed by our fathers, in the compsci
formed by them. is madman-sve. worse
a traitor. and should be hung as high % Ha
man.
when man tells me that the object ofthe
war is (and without that object. "he would
not vote. single dollar nor . single man to
carry It on") the abolition Of slavery, wher-
ever Il exists. in the United Ststes IteII
him he is making war upon the Constitution
Iiieelf. and is dangerous to the peace and
liberty Of the country o. the veriest seces-
sionist in the rebel army, and should meet
with the same punishment At The hands o.
the loyal men Of the country. Slavery
must exist. and will exist, 10 every State
where il 10 now allowed under the provis-
ionr OF the Constitution, bv force Of that in
strument, and until il is amended. and until
the amendment is made 40 prescribed BY
the organic law, the right 70 hold slaves u
a. clear and defined AZ the holding Of any
other species Of property. The right of,hese
men 10 their slaves IL vested in them % ful
llv and clearly as any other right they pos
ess, and this view Of il has been ssnciione5
and sust aimed by every jurist and Statesman
of any eminence. from the formation Of the
Constitution 10 the present day. Sir. the
prc position for coniscatng the entire prop
ertv Of these men. real and personal. not
on " OF those in arms. but Of those who aid
,hem-o. the whole property Of eleven
States and six millions OF people-and, a.
the same time. emanc,psiing their Slaves.
without ascertsining whether they are gull
lv or innocent, is, to my mind. the most
shocking proposition ever submitted 70
assembly since the world began
No inquiry 10 made into the different de-
grees Of guit-no inquiry whether the par
ties organized the rebellion. or were forced
Into il sgsinst their own will, because you
we're utterly power!ess to Protect them
within twenty miles OF the city. Why, cir.
we're not we. the representatives. ofthe peo-
pie, sitting here within these halls, almost
within hearing Of the enemy's gune,
not year since. end doubtful whether we
ourselves should not be obliged 10 sbdicste
the Cspi,o'. Yet. BY your act, without In
dictment. you punish whole People-the
10 nocent ss well g the guilty-snd apply 70
them not even the same rules Of evidence
you would require 10 convict . felon-
By such an sct, you will defeat the great
end 60 desirable 10 be accomplished. snd 20
acc omplish which we are now carrying on
the war: "The restoration OF the Uuion q
liz was-the Constitution 40 It is." You
[llake from the rebels every inducement 70
sol omission, and give him the strongest mo-
lives for resistance. Sir. pass these acts;
conHscste, under these bills. the property
Of these mens emsncipste their negroes;
place arms in the hands OF shese HuHA :
'IcuERILLAs to murder their masters. and Vi
loIate their wives and daughters, and you
\ will have . war such ss wss never witness.