The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-04-25

that our late lriumphs are not On invitation
20 Intervention. or an evidence Of division
/, among our people upon tie Proprety Of ,h'
prosecution OF the war sor The restoration 0
the Union.
The readings or explanations Of the lst'
l Dsmocra'i 'ic cue cesses have been various snt
opposite. by the Republicans Il is said ,hs
by these elections the people have con
demned the tender mode in which the wa
has been prosecuted, although this il direct
~ opposed o their position before the elec
iion. Ia Europe they were a condemnation
Of the war and vote for separatiop--sdop
ting the Republican theory during abe can
\ VASE. The South is silent on the subject
awaiting events. Now. the true mode Of On
derstanding the meaning OF those elections
is 70 read their antecedents. Not what the
Republicans or Abolitionists- -sald'of Us. foI
hat would sustain the foreign explaa alton
But what did our lriends sayl What did the
pn''t proclaim as its principles. 70 the sup
d, u j.. which il invited and claimed the suf-
irsges oi the people! These were sustained
by the popular vote, and these tell with IN.
erring certainty what these elections mean.
Did any representative speaker, 20. did any
STANDARD paper, advocate dissolution q The
Union. or peace upon the basis Of scpsra.
toni Chr enemies said this Of Us; bu' we
denied il sehemenily, east and west and ev
cry shere. They knsw, md we knew. that
= conviction ol these charges vas our Ger.
t.in defeat. All know now, and knew then,
that no snI-war party could succeed with
The peaple-,ha' The popular vote could only
be secured upon the war platform, and the
only difference which we admitted or recog-
niz4d, was The principles and purposes for
" ubish the war should be prosecuted We
an inssie ed. papers, orators and conventions,
aud proved. too. that our;enemies were pro-
scouting the war for Unconstitutional pur
poses, and by Unconstitutional mesns-thst
the emancipation proc ciamalion ~as uncon-
stilu,ionsl, and that arbitrary arrests. and
pension, or rather suppression. Of The
writ Of hsbeus corpus. BY The Executive and
hi. sabordina,es, was equally a violation Of
taat instrument.
II wus upon these measures We took issse
with our opponents. aud not upon the prose-
cution of The war, and upon these issues
the popu ar verdict has been rendered Both
parties went TO the country admitting and
advocating he propriety and the necessity o.
prosecuting the war The whole country
ihen--boih parties-were Tor the war. There
we're ID 1ividusl exceptions no doubt, on both
sides, buiuhcy entertained their opinions ia
silence. and voted for thst party which sP'
,roached nearest their views. There were
no duubt some few who voted with us who
have ever been disgusted with the war, who
have even sympathized with the rebellion
and think ihe South has right 20 .. parats
and 90 10 peace, but they are very few
There are many more sbolitionlsis who fee
that the South can never be conquered bu
b. determination, which the history Of ths
world shows 10 impossible, and that pro
lIongalion OF the war will insure Democratic
lascendancy, and result in q restoration o
1.-The Union as II was under the Constitution
as II il, and hence they are for separation
IIsnd peace at once, which they deem prefer
able 10 the old Union. Neither party coun
ltenanced these extreme views. and 10 have
done 90 would have ensured certain defeat.
Where, then, did we get our votes! Ther'
were not enough old Democrats 10 give VI
the victory. We must and did get scces
sions rom the RepubIicans-from those ~h'
voted for Mr. Lincoln who helped 10 place
The present standardization, including Con
rress in power. How did he get these votes
y why did they leave The Republicans sns
come to u.s. II wss because the Republi
Ican pariy--the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 4
represent their We've. They disapprsved
L, is true, Tut still tolerated arbitrary ami
iliIlegal arrests, perhaps because the Confed
crates Did the snme thing in most arbitrary
manner, with Union men in the South. Bu
/ il was the Proclamation which produced Ii,
revolution in tho North--a peaceful and
1 Constitutional revolution. The process o
reasoning which brought 70 our ranks suei
} laccessions Of patriotic men, and will bring
, lus mary times more 10 The future, was no
luniIorm among those who deserted the op
pcsIis party and came 70 us; while slI yer,
Influenced BY substantially the same cause )
: AZ lhc human mind tif'rrs II different men