The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1866-09-15
NO. 80.


Bcic'y -uo r-osdly Acknowledgment
ins forth lar t<yonc I'll other fnestioos
nov s@icre the Am~ric,D people; the one
shieh. IKE Asron's rod. s~slIoss ug ali
others. = 'he nniiy % ths Sss,@s. One
u eli ne mss-rsai ~esiIh Of the Whole eoan
ny. Nsrsh end south, ws. spesr. wasted
and crsntyed. Near one aIllivn II men
laii co~n hesr lives in The srmi~s. b, vir-
lence sno css~sse; hnntreds Of thousands
others s,me home snslmed. crippled, ~ their
health forever gone. whoI- b-I,s of com
uy were ws-sed. Villages rszet. hsusr.
burnt. and fields laid bare; on~-nsls u our
part- we're closed 'or ysAr.. our commerce
driven Va der foreign u =. sa.iynat debt
piled "? msun'aia high. % great that gene
ration alter renersiion ot people xin ps
born. live and pass sSsy. and slilI u viii
remain. burden upon their bssks and
YOKE upon thsr nteks-
Wat was ell ihs. fsr, Way xs- lhe ark
u ) .is launched upon the bois'eros. waves
and turbusnt Sea q JiscoEdt Why wss The
gentle dove Of peace driven for,h 10 buffet
the sid winds Of ps-sion md of death A
Thousand. yea ten rh0o-snt times dursne the
black nights Il hideo1- xsr, ~ were tod
ihst u was the unity OF she States that ~aS
liavoived-sbe lie Of the nation that 49, a
STAKE. Tie Struggle ~as promoted. nigh
ny, tear'vi- Those ~ ho attempted 10 s1nd~r
terrisorisi onIry sisimstris went down tr
tore the mghIy and sarlike hosls sho net
them IN lhoe-snd ssnguinsry s,rurgIes.-
:, Tie armies that were launched forth upon
the 2iea of maintaining me unity Vi the
elSsstes. st length waived siofi their proud
a,gs - viciars in the bloody strife. end
: h9sannsts we're sung 20 the salvsrion %
lThst UNITY in ell the land Those Who svopht
10 read THAR territorial url,y. put aside tle
bold sES brszen front Of war, and .ssumet
( the humble. mosrst garb Of pssee After
: al THE mighsy struggle. this pouring foflh
- treasure aud u blood. the sbsclu'e unity
' o. the Sssies ass ssunsirgIy froclsinrd 20
= Flhsve been msistssned. ~ dsrp mou,hed
cannon End ersxsn shrcsis u rumpers. and
ihe whole people responded IN one mighty
/, amen. From Maine to Oregon. irum Port
/. land 10 San Francisco. Was proclaimed
sishsi forces of arms eauld not. .nd h,d net,
lseseret ghs lerriiori-i uaity ~hch -osl shi )
4 see 81 blood and mSuriaip ol treasure.
/, Eighteen months Lsse come and gone
=. sines these glad ttings acre hsraidrd forth
81 % the ends u the earth. and ysE Ins unity
~ u the STATES 10 In iscl broken. Arms
=, could not DO this deed Forcs could moi
accomplish this end TDen. hos and b.
.. shom has This mighty wrong heea perPs-
- irsted! A faction Of bold. veGsI. eorrup,. us
serspuious. perJsreo miscresnfs hsd. dsria.
be the ss1rgi1g. seeshinr. eidying Hood o. ~sr,
~ been thrown upon the sarfsce and place.
n in power. 10 sbe Legislative department y
1.-The Government. There they stood i0l
:, eight long months dividing the sections an.
"a refusing 70 listen 10 any terms "a recoscilia
.slion Stood Iike the pillar " sslr. -
\, monument % The psrversny and crruPsIoI
BE- hieh tsey represented. This great os,
,s,rsge upon the blood that xss shcd. tie live,
90 that we're spent and tie Treasure shs, ~si
n. wasted 10 msintain unify. Gas PerPeuste'
~, in lhe name Of liberty. A. sell mighs hsr
49, IStry br called ebss sity; - sell might v.e'
a. Ioe ssled virtue; - well mig ~ tle higb~sl
=. robber receive the conmesdssi0a of ~
y. good ssm.ritsn. . % truthfoIly preten
= that ihe men who thus div ided IN tSsia mi
y. mi s,s'y country. are the friends of our Con
N, stifnlion and Union. They stand fosIh %
IN day. a. ihc followers si thst fend in hums
form. who declared 81 the Smi'hscnian Ia
ssituse. that Tor nineteen years ne had lab y,
Y. Cd 20 drive fsees States cst Of tue Union
n. and from tie delivery Of shst moss iniamou
address, he wss insirei 10 the halls u lhs-
wretched mock Legislators - 80 horore
liriend and renowned stsse-man. Tais vrEl
~, aud corrupt ere~ snd their tosdieS A.
-, lusversng the country from end 70 end. =
tsmpiing b. every los s0bterfugs and mea
en- syssem oi ehicsasry % sithtrag. and dive
lN-l :ss sstsntion d bsssSyst people IRON the
'ess un pstrsotic. ssj tastsSdiy conduct, condos
lon which hss endangered our Tree Institutions
-. cond1cs which would have dissraced Rom
- \, hsr derfsnr ~ enc Eveura Ranusf.r n