The Jasper weekly courier., 1865-09-23

The South began The wsr. You know il.
!. end millions " others living In the South.
know il. bu, the people Of the North we're
% innoeensof is ssyour IiVIs grandchildren.
Even after forts had been taken. pubic
arms stolen from our srssnsis and distribu.
ted among ,hs angry angry mIiiis. the
brave snd honest frsemen ofihe great North
could NOT EssIizs the fact. end did not. until
Besuregard began TO 6re upon gsrison Of
United States troops. in . fort bull, By the
common treasury Of shs whole country.
Then. . b. . mighty uphssvsl. The people
rose and bessn 20 think ofvsr. and not IN.
al then.
Irssigned my post in Louisi sns 10 March.
1861. becsuss Of the public act on the part
Of the State 10 seising the Uni,sd States
Arssnai n Baton Rouge, end went 20 g.
Lois. where readily got lucrative EMPLOY
mens. hoping that some change would ysi
avert wsr. But il came. and I. and all Of
military education. had 70 choose. Irspsst.
that then. q nov, had q much love fov
the honest people Of the South. o any msn
living. Hsdihey remained true 10 the coun.
Try. would have sssis- ed. even with arms.
any attack upon their righis-evsn their
slave rights. Bot When, q . people. they
tore down our old 6sg. andsp upon IL. snd
| called Ne cossrds, and dared us to the con.
sesi, then took up arms 10 main,sin the
Integrity Of our country. and punish the men
Who challenged Us 70 the eosflicl. IL thIs
not true picture? Snpposs the North had
patiently submitted. what would nave been
the verdict Of history and the world. Moth
ing else bot ihst the North we craven and
coward Will you ssy ihs North is craven
and coward powl
Cruz land iphumsn % this wsr has been.
and may ssiIl eonsisss g y. is vss forcsd
upon %. We had 10 chs sies. And we have
no ehoies ys.. We euss g o.. evsa % the
end q sins; even u is result 10 sskisg )
aiIIiss q iisss. al dssolsting The whoIs
'Isu6 fe4vfngr 6essEs ssAind. ~ msss
msinssin the integrity Of our county. And
the day viii come when the liuIe grand
child you love 90 we'll. will bles us Who
fought that the United Sis,es OF Amsrics
should not sink into infamy snd worse than
Mexican anarchy. BY the act Of Southern
politicians. who care no more for you, Or
such % you, than they care for Hot;enfoss
I have never undenated the magnitude o.
this war. for know The sire Of the South
snt The difficulty 0. opers;ing in il. Bu,
alec know that the Northern races have.
ever since var began, shown m ore patience
and perseverance than the Southern race.
And 90 wiil !, be nov; We will perssvese 10
the end All IN Dkind shall re cognize in us
. brave end stubborn r ace. nor 20 be deter
red BY the magnitude of the danger. Only
three yesrs hsve passed. and thsi s but
minute in . nsiion's life. and zee where We
re. Where are the hauehiy planters Of
Louisiana. Who compared our hard .wor king.
. tslIieent whites oi the Nonh-wiih their
negroes!
The defeats we have snstsined have hard
y made pause IN our course. and the v.uns-
d braves cf Tennessee. Mississippi. Louis.
ans. Missouri, &c. instead Of y aiking rough
'hod over the freemen Of the North, ere en-
ragged in steslin4 horses and robbing poor
I'D people for : living. - hile our armies now
tread IN every Sou,Lern State. and your
biggest srmies in Virginia and Georgis lie
behind forte, and dare not come out and fight
~ cowsrds Of the North. who have cone
i've hundred miles into their county to &C..
rept the chsIlenge.
But, my dear old friend. have bored you
loo much Ny hsDdwrisingis not plain. but
you have lime TO study Ia out, and, % you
cen understand. have : great deal Of writ.
ting TO do. and II must be done in hurry
Tnink Of what have written. Talk u Over
with your seighbors. and ssk yourselvss IL,
ID your trials. you have suffered more from
'hs Unlon soldiery ihss you would had you
built your barn - here lightning wss sure 70
burn or tear IL down. Their course has
provoked fhe punishmens o. en- indignsntI
God end Govern nmenl ! esrs not straw
'os niggers- The moment the master rebels
Inc negro 10 free, Of course. for he s slave
,nIy by u .. and the Isw broken. he 10 free.
command inslI TENNESSEE. Kentucky. Mis-.
'issippi, AIabsma and G Ceoreia. The paper