The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-06-20

such copper colored wretchee Dull the Cnrss
tisn charity Of our most psous President.
Al the proposed meeting You should %
arrange matters . 70 secure Ist Of sll who
fail 10 attend or omit TO render suitable
apology, end you should adopt resolutions of
the most "loysP' kind. Allow me 10 sug'
rest that the committee on resolutions be
selected from conuscsoss and o6ice. holders.
ID particularly suggest one Cooper. who hes
recently been appointed assessor for large
rich and populous district Of West Ten
nessee. He wss originally from New York.
True, he was never IN West Tennessee On.
~ sent from this city on his official ersnd;
but te no doub, knows BY intuition The true
value Of the goods and chstteIa, lands and
tenements. &c, &C., Of Q people he never
knew and country in which he never lived. \
But he is 90 10y also much so that doubt
not he is better fitted for the Office than any
one Of the native born sons. brothers o.
fathers OF the thousands Of soldiers who,
before the 22i Of September. West Tennes-
see had furnished to the Federal army
Let the committee initiate the Loyal
League Of Baltimore, and resolve 'hnt you
not only approve oil the present wise sno
pstrio,ic Administration has done, but that
YOU will sustain end uphold il In everything
liz may hereafter do. Let the committee
make an elaborate report, accompanied with
resolutions deuouncing all who find fsul
y ith our most excellent President. For in
istsnce: The last Congress Tin July, 1862
lpassed law 10 conGscste the property oi
|certsin Rebels. That Congress. though
very wise body, did not possess ss much
aggregate wisdom ss our great and good
President. In proof Of this We need but re
Ter 10 the fact that the Congress aicresa's
provided that. under this law, trial shoult
precede conviction and forfeiture, and the
guilt should be proven. not presumed. Wors
s,ilI. il offered an smnesty 20 repentsn
Rebels; il mercifully gave them sixty day
lin which TO accept II; and provided. fur'he
that our most noble President might suspen
|for period the operation Of this Law o ou
: srmiss advanced south ward, 30 ss to sffor
slI an opportunity to accept pardon. Wors
|ssill, this Law actually applied 70 no on
!. |bus he Rebels. And Il b astonishing th'
" he spplies 70 then everywhere, North I
veil % Soush-in Springfield. Illinois.
well % Springfield. Teanessee.
~ But, worse still. !, did not affect the righ
- |os property Of Union men, women end chi
= dsen, or lunstics, 10 any section Of y
- country. That Congress, strange g i mi
!, seem. did not perceive that the WY to q
,.|ths rsbslIioa and restore aGsctionsts ssl
:, l,ions between the sections was to place :
- lUnion men, women and children and Z
= Insane upon perfect footing Of equal
i. with the vilest traitors 10 the land. II
~ Congress believed that the crime Of refusi
~, obedience to the usu, patton Of Davis 4
90 liz Mississippi. Arkansas. North Car. linz
=. leIsewhere, amid The terrors Of military q
! po,sm, did rot merit the same or worse p
!. Iishment than that they had denoon'
n, against titled ard oficial traitors. II
=. Congress spared the women srd ch'ldr'
-. h, slso shielded from harm the Union .
n, who stilI adhered 10 the national symbol
4. Dro,ecsion. Whit weakness: But Cong
=. he adjourned. What wss 70 be done! Th'
49, Heaven, our ssgscious President wss fo'
49,, equal 10 the OCCASION. You will perez
Il. ,hs, on the let Of Jsnusry last. under
80 90 called Con 6scstion Law. the slaves
i.sd every Rebel 10 the United States ~
our 10. accsptsd The amnesty therein -
h;ch were de jure free. But how were We %
vs.,lthis rebellion II then Union men. vol
la. and children In The so.called Conisde
!, !. |S;stes were lsfs 10 undislusbed possessio
,io.. sll their legal and conssiiutionsl rghssl
,hsr. ,hIs policy were adopted. the Rebels n
vho become sngry with these 'monumen'
No. Federal mercy" and Ia that event The
aen, ed monuments sfor ssaid might cling
,o.la|clossly % he Federal Asg. This div
vi,b among The people might cause still
their uahsppy sssss of sGairs 10 Dixie; eur q
To-. there might have 70 bssr additional ind
= a,ies AZ before ssmssksd. Our msrci ifu
~ scensidssass Psssidsnt wss found squ
} csullhs crisis. 4s* M
com. 10 long eonvasssIop with sons ins
y ii. Apostles iron The sanity city of Chicsg
Y belpIscs where Ondsrdonkiag and other '
mso. y smusemssts ars uaksswn-ths Pres
Y ! csndidly confessed that hs wss sndesv