The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-06-11

"'''s" h"'e o0e" ~ raoiy totuiuneu oy IN
shufiing and cowardly policy Of the as
three years.
Give US change. II is'he prayer Of IL,
people. even II il is mol their hope. Ye
there are signs in the irmament which glad
den the souls Of men. There are sign
which hundreds OF thousands watch a. ,h,
last opportunity Of the nation. God gran
that they may not fail.
\
"PuRPosEs or THE War. Under ihi
title IN the official report OF The proce eding
Of Congress. we fud The following resou
ton, together with the proceedings touch
ing It
| Whereas II was solemnly declared b,
this House on the 22d day OF Iuly, 1861
speaking in the name of the people OF III,
United States and in the face OF the world
that the present civil war was waged for M
purpose Of conquest or oppression, but solely
to restore the Union, with all The rights OF
the people and Of the States unimpuired; aud
whereas a civil war like the present Is The
most griryous Of all national calsmities pro
ducIn2, as i does, hloodshed spoilation, and
anarchy, public debi, official corruption, ndu
general alization; aud whereas The
American Government cannot rghtfuIy
wage wnr upon any portion OF its people
except icr the sole purpose OF vindicsling
The Constitution and laws; aud whereas o
restoration Of peace is essential to the per-
petnusion Of a system Of repub lcan govern
men', Il Is now eninenlly belitting Chris
tian aud bomope neous people, in the triumph
Of our arms and in The exutaiion 81 victory !,
to tender the Give branch as substitute
for the sword: therefore.
Resolved, That the President be required
10 make known by public proclamation, 0.
otherwise, TO all The country, that whenever
my State now ia Insurreciion shall submit
hersslf 70 The authority OF the Fedora
o. defined by the Constitution
al hoSi,Ities against her shall cesse, and
such State shall be protected from a,l ex
ernal interference with her locslsIaws and
institutions, and her people shu be gusran-
lied 10 the full enjoyment OF all those rights
which The Federal Government gave them;
md 10 the exercise OF = sound and patriotic
he shsII proclsim general an,
nesty To oil those who, by false counsels
nave been induced 10 engage in the work
n rebellion.
The resn'r o. The proceedings touching
his resolution was The laying o: the resou
lion On the table by the Republican party.
Thus has The Republican party declared
snew, that. so far as depends on itself. the
purpose Of the war il not the restoration Of
the Union. but The destruction Of il. The
Republican party renews this declaration al
every tnrn of events, meanwhile excrtingils
whole strength 70 carry the declaration into
effect. Surely il i high time the honest
lovers OF the Union in the Republican party
had opened their eyes 20 the moDstrous
treason Of the party. The victory OF The
Republican party 10 November will sound
the knell Of the Union as sure as the victo.
~ is compassed.
OF this we have no more doub, than we
have Of our existence. In the event Of Re.
publican victory in November. the sun OF the
national hope will 60 down in blacxncss and
blood. Let patriots work. we again imPlore,
while il is yet day; the night come,h, when
no man can work.-Louisville Journal.