The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-05-06

Gates. There may be pssdon, but no con.
cession. fGrest sppIsuse.1 There msy b
smnes'y End oblivion, but no honeyed CON
promises. The nation day has peace ios
the peaceful. and war fos The turbulent.
The only condition Of subnission 10 70 sub
usit.
There 10 The constitution, and there ere
the laws. there 10 the government. They
rise up Ike mountsins Of strength that shsll
not be moved They are The conditions Of
pesce. We 10 no, wsnt your cities nor
yonr fields. We do no. envy you your prolific
soil. nor heavens full Of perpesusl summer.
Let agriculture revei here. let ms,u.sciuses
mske every siresm musical. build fleets 10
every port. surprise the arts Of peace With
genius second only 10 that Of Athens. and
we shsII be GLAD in your goodness. and rich
in your wealth.
All ihst We ask 10 unswerving loyalty and
universal liberty. end that in the name Of
this high sovereignty Of the United States
Of America. we demsnd. snd that with the
blessings of Almighty God. we will have
Rsverentiy, piousiy, in hopeful patriotism
We spresd this banner on the skv, % OF old
Ihe bow was planted on shs cloud. and with
. solemn fervor oeseech God 10 look upon il
and make II the memorial Of sn everlasting
c covenant snd decree that never again on
his fa: land shslI deluee Of blood prevail.
Why need sny eye turn from this spectacle!
Are there not ss-ocisticns which. overIeap.
ing the recent past, carry us back 10 times
" hen over the north sYd south shs A y wss
honored alike BY ALL In ell our eolorisI
days We were one in the long revolutionary
struggle. snd in The scores Of prosperous
years succeeding.
When the pssssss Of the stamp sct. Ia
1765. sroussd the colonies. il wss Gsdsdes,
Of South Csrclins, that cried with prescisn'
I'VE stand on The broad rom
mon ground OF those natural riRh's that W
III feei and know .. men. There ought "a
Re no New England man. no New Yorker.
he. Americans" That was the voice oI
Souih srolins-thst shall bs ths voi~e Of
South Cssolins. Faint 10 The echo. but Il
- coming; We sow hear il sighing ssdIy
through the pines, but il shaW yet bresk "
on me shore-ao north. no wes'. M south
bot one United States of America Is ths
awful convention Of var. the people Of the
U..ited States have debated. ses,Ied and or
dsinsd certsin fundsmenisl truths which
must hencefor,h be sccepied snd obeyed;
nor is any sisse OF sny individual wise who
shall disregard them. They are 70 civil a.
f-irs whs, the natural laws are 10 health
indispensable conditions Of pesce and hap
pinsss. What are the orcinsnces given BY
the people. speaking out o. FIRE and dark.
ness Of var, with su,hori'y inspired BY shs,
same God who gave the law from Sinai
among thnnders Of trumpet voices!
/. Ths' these United States shall be one
and incivisible; ?. That states ere not sb.
solu,e sovereigns. and hsvs no right 70 die.
member the republic; 8. Universal liberty b
indispensable % republican government. ssd
that slavery shall be utterly nd forever
abolished. Such ere the results Of var;
these are the best fruits cf the wsr. They
are the foundations Of pescs. They wiII
secure benefits 70 oil nations % we'll % %
%. Our highest wisdom and duty b 10 sc.
cept the facts % the DEGREES Of God. We
are extortsd 10 forget 81 that hss happened
Yse, The wrath. The conflict, the cruelty. but
not those ovsrruIiog decress of God which
this var hss pronounced o soIsmaly . On
Mount Sinai. God ssys: Remember. %.
member, hesr Il 60 dsy. undes this sus. %.
der the, bright child Of the summer banner,
vish the eyes Of THE nation and d The
world upon us. Wssepsss the syIIsbles Of
@ od's providence, and reei.s the solsms De-
crees-No more disunion. no more secss.
sion, no more slavery. ! charge The whole
guilt Of this var upon the ambitious. sducs.
ted. plotting. political leaders of ne scosh.
They have shed this ocssn Of blood. They
have dssoIa,ed The south. They have pour.
% poverty through q: her sowns and cities
They have bswiIdsssd The imsginssios oi
The people with Phsssssns. and led them %
believe they we're 6ehsing for their houss
: n lihertx. uhosa homes we're moi ihfasi.