The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-07-09
Battle Monument at West Point-Ad
dress by Gen. Mcclellan.

'or Tie Bai'le Monument. in commence,
tIon Of she Officers snd rriyates Of he roo,
'a' army, who have died IN tile present "a
Gen. McrLELLAs delivered The address ma
'be occasion We republish The concludi,
/, portion, which presents his views cf
The cArsR FOR wHIcH VIZ Frcnr
} bu' ~nai is the honorable and hulv ems
iof which these men have laid down ,hei
llyes. and for which the nation sun demand
me sacrifice of the pres ious blood Of \,
many Of her children!
Son atlrr lhe close Of the Revolutions
fy War i wa- found lhat The coniederac,
which had grown up duriu, That mcmors.
ne contest, was falling to pieces from ~
own weight. The central power was ros
week. y conld recommend 10 thc ditferen,
states such measures az seemed best ana i,
possessed 70 real power 10 lecisIate. b..
cause y lacked the cxecuiive force 10 com
PEI obedience 10 it's laws. The na,iorat
rrecli ana self-respect had disappeared. Nd
y was feared by The friends Of human liner.
~ throughout The world that ours was 81,
another added 70 The long list Of frafless n,
fnmpts AZ seli-goyernmenf Tbr ,s,;.n
"oS evidently on The brink of ruin and di-so
uten whsn some eighty years ago many n.
ne wisesi aud most patriotic OF the lspa
ne' 70 seek remedy for the great owls
I. .4.I
Vh'rh threatened to destroy the great work
y me revolution. Their sessions were lopc
10 o''cn stormy; for lime The most san.
'n'ne doubted 'he possibility of success
~ termination ~ their labors. Eut from
midst The conflict % sectional interests. of
ar'y prejudice and Of personal selfishness.
le spirit Of wisdom and Of concilia,ion =, !.
'ngth evoked the Constitution under wbicb !,
e have lived 20 long II was not formed :.
DAY; but was The result oI practical IA. !,
~ oi lofty wisdom. and or the purest pa,.
otlsm u ~as al last adopted by the Dec. !,
z O all the Sta'es-slthough BY some 70 i
c'aDtiy-noi Us being cxacily what nll dc. :.
RED, but the best possible under The cir. I,
instances.
u was accepted Is giving rs form M l.
vernmen' under which The nation nigh,
2 happily and prosper, so long u The peo.
sAou'd continue 70 be Influenced bv The
me sentiments which ac,uated those uhc N
med n; and which would no, Do liable ~
-"'' M me
destruction from internal caurcs. SO Iono
the people preserved lhe recnllec,ion IN
miseries and calamllies which I'D 10 its I,
'pton Under this beneficial Cuns,i,n.
= The progress oi The nation was ups.r-
sed ~ history. The rights and liberties !.
e citizens were secured al home and
oad; vast territories were rescued from
control oi the savage and The wild,;o,
SIS, and added 70 the domain OF he ~
on and civilization. The arts. he III.
es, and commerce grew apace: our a,o
'ed upon every scs. aud we took our
e among lhe grest nations OF The earth.
under this smooth surfpce of prosperity
which we glided swiftly. with al the !. !.
set before the common breeze, danger. \.
reefs were hidden winch now and Inc,
ed rIpp'es upon the surface. md made :
ons the more careful pilots. EIated by
css the ship swept oD--ihe crew MI n
ling The warnings they received, fcrget- Mo-
y fhe dangers escaped at the berinninc y.
e voyage,and blind to the hideous msel-
a,ama '"e"' i"e purp
interests and institutions which bsd I'M,
cred The formation Of The Constitution \,
iiicult. threatened more than once 10
oy i. But for long time the nation "
50 fortunate a- 70 possess a series of
clal leaders, who TO the highest abiIi-
united the same spirit OF Cancellation
animated the founders Of this repub. ,''
I'D thus for many years the threatened
were avericd. Tine, and The long
'uancc Of good fortune, obiterated the n
ection of The caamities Of years pre- ~.
2 The adoption Of the Constitution.
forget that Cancellation, common in !,
:, and mutual charity had been The a
alton, and must be The support OF our -',"
nmeni, and all the relations OF life.
sna aa..a.s, ,-.s.,, ~ -..se' 'e0- nppla,
Ighing all considerations Of The gene n.