The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-05-30


will take its stand upon the eternal. immu-
table. everything PrincipDs Of right and OF
liberty Ito do right By truth
and justice, and leave to righteous God 10
shape the consequences In the future. II
this Union 10 ever 10 be restored, il will be
done BY doing rieht-by preserving tho
Constitution. the bond that made Il. This
lie my only hope for my country. / follow
il as the children OF Israel followed the pil.
lar Of cloud by day and Of Gre by night.--s
II, and Il alone, will lead Us through this
wilderness Of war, and blood, and dcsola-
tion; and If Il is preserved the time will
come when the sky will clear away, and
In brighter. better. and happier land we
will look back upon this scene with proud
tion, % we reflect that we did not
bow the kuce in the hour Of trial 10 base
tyranny and lawIess usurpation.
| In the meantime. what do we expect! Do
we look for ease and comfort Do you, 20.
day, expect me 20 tell you OF On easy way
to haven Of safety, where these troubles
and dangers shall no more bcset and nfIlict
us' II you do. l can not crafty you. You
are not to repose ON 1owery beds Of ease
while others in times past fought 10 win the
prize Of freedom and sailed through bloody
sens. We may suffer. Some OF us may
lsnguish in prison and in chains; We may
feel tho iron fostering in our flesh, because
I'VE assert our rights as frccmen. We can
afford oil this; but we can not afford 10 live
one day or one hour beneath q sense Of
personal sbasemens and disgrace. A man
Ican die, and his memory be crowned with
the bencdictions Of mankind, eve,greens
rlmay grow about his tomb, and The lips Of
generations 10 come may bless him. A man
lean die in . cause like this without grief or
sorrow; but 70 prolong life Al the expense Of
! liberty and self respect. is what q proud
race can not and will never do.
9 There has never been time In my On.
J. |perience when Il was % easy to determine
what was right and what was wrong. The
!; mark i broad and plain between tbs svo
: principles. The path Of duty l. plain before
us. The voice Of past ages comes to %
sppealingly in this crisis. The agcs in
Z which generous. high.sould.men hsve suffer.
ed and bled for the maintenance Of their an.
: slisnsble rights, implore us in this hour Of
: trial not to falter on the plain. bright and
shining pathway Of constitutional liberty
: because we hear the clanking Of chains.
As remarked before, Il u not ny pus.
on this occasion TO discuss Ia detail
. any Of national policy measures merely, bu,
y to allude to these few plain and general
q principles which Il was due TO myself, due
el 10 my country sud due 10 the gallant and
. glorious Democracy Of the State Of Indiana,
. should be uttered in your hearing.
p One man there would have been in our
!. lmidst TO day an invited and an honosed
-|guesi, ono whom you al expected 70 SEQ snj
b. hear upon this occasion, but that he hsl
D. fallen, little sooner, perhaps. than The rssl
'e|of us, victim to the base ssurpstion which
has taken the place Of popular rights and
DeIof sho Constitution. ] should feel that
'gI was guilty Of injustice 70 gallant, . bOli
Al and constitution loving citizen Of America
ed did fail here 10 utter IN the name Of lhs
y, Democracy Of Indiana. my solemn pretss
nd against the tyranny which places CIemcn
all. vallsndghsm within the walls Of ,
sc prison.
.. My countrymcn: Our proceedings herr
etto-day will, trust. bc characterized B,
be prudence, irmness and justice. Prudence
ls- consists, In times Ike these, In bold ID
us| herence 70 truth and right. invoke upol
he this meeting The spirit Of good Tor our owl
tolSta.e. the spirit Of peace for our people
for The spirit Of union for all the States 3
America; and trust in my heart q hearls
'se That the result Of your deliberations vii
tOcondscs 70 the prosperity and glory Of d
t. whole people. .er
ion The Commislce on Resolutions, b. thei
llChsrmsn. reported . follows; NJ YY.
,ne REsoLu1loNs. aiH
hty WHEREAS, Il wss declared By our father
heslshat to secure ceFtsin unaliensble right
ore among which ore "life. liberty and the pur
has suit Of hsppin ess. J" "Govsrnments are instl
in tuted among men. deriving their juss power
are from the consent Of the govessed;' and,
J to WHKREAs, In obedience 70 this principl
tisin the Constitution Of The United Siates. y