The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-01-09

by military Law among cyiliz.sl ma
ticns, and that the sole anil great OBJ
jccts Of this war are the rcstarntion Of
the unity a the nation. the ,,rsserva-
ton Of the Constitution, and tie su-
Ipremacy Of the lave Of the land.
Resolved. That re hold shs party nv~ 70
power responsible for the sisrsinr. saf-
fering and dying u cur brsre and gallant
scIdisD. whs are prisoners Of var 10 South
ern prisons. and that their refusal 70 ex-
change for them because ske rsbelsious .u-
|thorities rris-c 60 exrhsrgs the negro
prisoners 10 shsT poss~s.scn i On osher
evidsaes u the determination Of the rernb-
iiesn party 20 bring the t~c races opoa m
eqosli,y. and is inhunss end nnr ierDus- .ud
should meet the condsmnnlion o. sIi humane,
conservative and Union loving citizens.
Resolved. That xe believe ihst the con-
stitnsion Of these United St.ses, a. trained
By our sstherss contemplated . gUvcrnme1t,
the cisizenshiPsf which should Dc elisyed
only b. the white race and that the battles
10 defense Of our fsg should b. fought on
~ b. those wko are allowed % enjoy lie
privileges and blessings - ci.szers, rni tl4at
the osgssizssion Of negro rcginenis 70 Do
placed slsngside Of our brave soldiers sni
upon IN eqnrl footing with them. and thss
they are spplsueed % being aesuaI 10 the
white soldiers 10 al respects" By The chief
executive Of the nation j. disgraeciul hu-
Initiating. and : stigma rPop the gsiiani
voIun;eers in the field.
Resolved. That ~e tender 10 The soldiers
and officers Of our army our heart ssI' hanks
for the brave. daring. and self sacrificing
msnser in which they have on 81 occasions
and on every bsttle field met tie zsnsborn
foe with dsunsles- and undis chiaa courage,
and we sssure them that while they are on
The tented field fighting sor cur common
esuss ~e are ssesdfssl In their support aud
ssehsnssbly attached 70 our roantry.
Resolved. That The delegates chosen a.
shis eonyentioB % attend The district con-
vestios u vincsnnes on the S.h OF J,nus-
Iv be. sud they are hereby instructed. %
vote for delegates to the National CoEve-ti a
sho wiII support Msjur Geseral George y.
Mcclellan for PresidsBL
On motion. the Chairman appoint
ed two delegates from each township.
- follows, to represent this county ia
the district convention ct ViDcenncs,
|on IAN Sth.
Columbia-R. NJ. DAVIS. ~. Mich
olson.
| Harbison--W- Gray. S. White
BainbridgeJ- Weikel. &. Duane.
Hall-E: Buchart, A. I. Fleming.
Patoka-H- Manntel. WIN. Brctz.
Ferdinand-M. Kempi, w. schun-
hermann.
| On motion Il was resolved that any
other democrats in the county who
may attend the district convention be
requested to oct as delegates.
On motion, it vas resolved that The
Chairman he authorized to appoint
Central Committee for the county, %
consist Of three from Bainbridge. and
two from each of the other townships,
and announce their names in the Jas
per Courier.
On motion Of s. Williams. G.
Doane was chosen Chairman Of the
Central Committee
! On motion, the editor Of theiCcur-
ier was requested to publish these pro-
Iceedings-
| On motion, the meeting adjourned
A. J. BECKETT, Chairman
A. LrrscnGI. Secretary.
nTJudRe Laird made an excellent