The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-01-03

while thrse ou'rages have beet committed ~
upon the rights O our people. no resistance n
has been oGrsd. no violence done. and no's
life he's been taken as The penalty OF 'heIs
wrong The desire Of the people to pre-
serve the peace in their own midst has Q
restrained them thus far from the commits. :
sion Of violence.
Attempts have been made 20 intimidsse
our people az she polls. Provost Marshsls
have been sent everywhere. and yet our
people have not been provoked !" violate
order. But the are in earnest. They mean
20 preserve their liberties and their rights
The results Of the last elections were Of no
temporary character. Such triumph has
never before been witnessed in this country.
There 10 not . man who voted the Demo
cratic ticket iast fall, throughout the coun.
trv, who is not prepared, when the proper
time comes. 10 lay down his life rather than
sacrifice his liberty. We may aswell UNDER
stand this Let Us talk plainly about il. Let
us not try 10 deceive our selves Or others.
We are no assassins. We ere no law
breakers. Our people have endured a great
ideal They have submitted 70 arbitrary ar
res,s and imprsonments Bot let me say
Ito you, in Gods name, "pausc, stop; you
can not 20 any further +" Our people are
I resolved that you shall not They ere deter
5 mined. Do not mi-understand them. We
are for union. We ore for liberty -cons'i.
|, Isu,ional liberty. Our ancestors, in oil times
past. have vimdicated j, +; and Their desceo-
E ldants, after long suffering, will. II need be-
/, vindicate il befo:c God aid the world.
repeat, M. Chairman, our people are in
essnest They mean all that they have
: said. They love tn Gag. because L repre-
: lsents constitution. order. law. They DO mol
o wish to be slaves, aud do not mean to be
q made slaves. We have had bill passed
. here to-day. under whip and spur. without
debate, without inquiry. extending amnesty
into IN ose who have thus wronged our PEG
Il pie. think you had better also pass bill
" extending amnesty 10 those Of you whom
q. the people have condemned for your cours
d. here. 90 that you can have political re
n sur, ection heresfter. That 10 the only wa
10 YOU can ever have il done. l, il the on'
.. way 10 which you cen ever have forgiveness
in IJf you expect that when The courts cam
adI,o look At the monstrous bill which 20
h lhave passed to day, wipng out oil the righ'
|, . Of those who have been immured in prison
n. ,hev will hold il as constitutional, you a.
,mI greatly mistaken. No court Of jrs'icr vi
an hold that that gives indemnify for u
he wanson, reckless. tyrannical exercise
power. II 10 not justice on earth. Il
4, not Justice before God in Heaven. N
"a opinion about Il IL that you bad better ha'
ia. left the courts open 70 our people, and
ra,hose men who had ruthlessly and reckless
l :, violated every precept. law and cons',u'io
ion take the legal consequences Of their acts.
csc But, Mr.. Chairman there l. no excuse
ohpaliation for the arrests that have be
nv made. Il care not whether you take I
Ell. case Of the old man like Mahony totteri
}. Ito the grave; or the little boy IN New En-
on land, who sells newspapers for living;
the men Of high and spotless character and I
lost voted fidelity to the laws. like Judge D.
for Of Illinois. OF the unfortunate boy who y
the confined ia Camp Chase. who could not ,
.antlhis wssheswoman's bill, and was, thereto
accused Of disloysl practices; or take
que, msn Of great intelligence, like Edison
two Olde, Of Ohio, or the unlearned squirrel hu
re- er from my friends Mr.. Robinson's] dis'r
uire who did not know but that JEFF. Davis I
this Lincoln were on the came side: or the
, thetermed;ste between these extremes-th
.eso.lis not one Of them that could not have b
uses tried In the place where the ofense !
10 have been committed; and, II TO-
were guilty. correct public sentiment would b
60 IL seen that the penalties Of the law were
"a on forced upon them. In all these cases
By slhave violated the Constitution and laws
for You have disregarded them both. And |
,se ID you turn around and pass an act Of ind
part. nifty 70 al concerned In inlciing these
o. bic RACES and wrongs. You have had imm,
10 prison men equal. aye. superior, in Ia
word lect TO- the President or any Cabinet off