The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-05-09

Whea Dupont eighteen months ago, clcc
Itrifed the county with his brilliant success
10 The capture Of Port Royal thus Sc curing il
South Carolina harbor for our ships O
war and transports, and at the same lime Z
base of operations against that State, the
naws sounded like death knel 10 the hopes
OF rebellion. No doubt the insurgent lead
ers felt that II would soon be the turn oi
Charlt s,on and Savannah TO share the same
fate. Aud who can doubt that, If the blow
then struck had been followed up immedi-
ately by an assault on Charleston by land
and water, that city would have fallen, as
did Beaufort by The capture Of The fo,rfca-
tions which protected Il? Al that time
Charleston was not fortified 70 any great cx-
tent Now il is a stronghold greater than
Sebastopol and Cronsadt. But why was
not the victory in Port Royal harbor taken
advantage Of. and fleet collected there az
once 20 operate against Charl sion! Or
why v as not sufficient army sent 10 secure
base, aud take il in The rear, as it was
taken by the British commander! shy
were the engineers Of the rebel army per-
mi,led deliberately to make il impreonablel
And. v hen that worse than crime WIS com
mtteJ by the authorities al Mayhir gton.why
were the works q. Charleston attacked a,
all! This was only TO heap bluader upon
bunder, like Pellon upon Ossa
But why was the first blunder perpetrated.
that which was The parent Of SO nan, oshersi
Why was not Charleston, when il was weak,
asssulte d immediately after the capture OF
Port Roysl! II was because Mr.. Chase
and he fanatics, Of whom he is the Il pre-
sentative in the Cabinet, coacsived ,hc
idea Of elevating the negro to socisl and
political equality with the white races Of The
United States. and determined that expert.
merits should be made Oh the coast under
the guns VI our war vessels and Tie Iouifi-
cations Of Hilton Hcud. The negroes,
young and old, must be Taught the alphabel
and educated so as to read Hutton r wan
Helpers book aud The Tribune new -paper.
before Charleston 10 attended d, or any
other navy or military operations undertaken
10 South Carolina. To make white men
out Of blacks, dyed in the wool. was som
thing far more important ihan The military
and va!results which would l,w from the |
'sI oi the city where The "a bel ban.er wa
first raised. aud tho flag Il IL Uuiun irailed
~ lhe dust. Teachers and preachers Of
both sexes. Gideonites, mcmbers oi the
Ffecdmen's Associate on. et hoe genus ON
ne. nom Boston, New York and PhiInde-
ph;a. took The negroes 10 hand under the
auspices 10 the War Department, and the
Secretary Of the Treasury. The Generals /
Of The army, and the army iissl', were made
subservient 70 the grand design helps to
missionaries and angelcals-inslcad Of
marching against the enemy. Meantime
the people have 70 pay the piper.
All this folly u consummated ot The ex
pense Q: Uncle Sam, and Sambo begins 10
think he Is not only as good as white man.
bui great deal better. Gentlemen OF col
Or, about whom the Government aud the !
army were making such fuss. surely could
mol be expected 10 work. Iienceiorih labor
was TO be for the white man and the negro |
was TO cat the bread Of iJeucss. The |
schools failed, the negro was neither will |
ling 10 work nor to fight, Attempts we're
made 10 organize brigades of blacks; but
that device broke down. Cation raising
was inaugurated; but that, too, Is a failure.
Meantime no small amount of private i'm
morality and public piundsr were carried
on at Hilton Head BY the agents oi the pro
cess for whitcwashing the negroes. The
experiment TO change the laws OF nature
totally failed. But meantime, while The
army and It's generals were engaged in this
business, Or were resting from inactioD, Or
demroalzcd aud divide q in &c entiment by the
6rebrand Of the negro question sent in
among them, the Rebels were working hard
at their Notifications in Charleston harbor,
and the opportunity 20 take the city passed
away.
BY the resul, Of the late futile attempt TO
capture Il, the army. navy and country are
In the eyes Oft civilized world.
lSuch are some Of the bitter fruits Of The Ia
IL aticism which from first 10 last hns con-