The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-12-06

e and should have just share ia the respos
'lsibiliv for its baneful result. Under thss
!. influences cotton became I power In III
'snd. Il was proud arrogant and clsime
/. to Be king. Il dictated its terms an
ihrestend war unless lie imperious dema nd
were granted. Il claimed the righ. = .
where It pleased. and to extend itself owe
such lands az Kansas and Cali fornis. no
adapted 70 Il. or to slave labor at all. and .
last Il rebelied and set up q government Q
\ i own. whose corner stones were cottor
and slavery.
! Nothing on earth could Justify such q re-.
bellion, and ! only msonon these facts in
the past to show that others than the peop 10
Of The South were partially responsible. and
should share the nstura. consequences Of
their own acts. IApplsuse.1 And I, born
OF Connecticut parents, bearing in affection
ate remembrance the virtues Of my hooored
ancestors, and yielding to no man in admi.
ration Of the intelligence. refinement, in.
dustry and thrift Of the people or New Eng
land. DO honestly believe thst they. in com.
mon with all the great North. who shared
n the original causes. and enjoyed q large
part Of the potts resulting from cotton and
slave labor. should be charitable and liberal
IN the final distribution Of the natural De
allies. lApplsuse. II slavery then was
the real cause Of our civil war. or even the
prstextf for X. and il the children must Ia.
herit the sins Of their fathers even 10 the
third snd fourth generation, then none Of
us Who trace our origin back TO the earlier
days o. the Republic can escape this mathe.
matical and philosophical conclusion, or 10
the language Of DR.. Draper: "Guil,v III e n
both Of in the sight Of God. Let Us no,
vex each other with mutual elimination but
bear our punishment with humanity"
How has this punishment been partition ed
lby the result Of this war! We OF the North
have TO mourn the loss OF fathers, brothers,
sons and friends, and are burdened with .
vast national debt. binding on Us in fact, 10
law, and In hono-, never hope 70 be ques.
toned BY any honorable man Ia America
Iull every centis paid.
Look to the'Soulh, and you who wen.
with me throuh the land can best soy II they.
too. have not been fearfuIIy punished
Mourning in every household; desoIation
written II hard characters across the whole
face Of their country; cities In ashes, and
fields inin waste; their commerce gone;
their system Of labor annihiIated and de.
|sroyed; ruin, poverty and distress every
where, and now pes,Ience adding The cap
sheaf 10 their stock Of misery. her proud
men begging for pardon, and sppeslirg for
permission 20 raise food for their children n !,
her four millions OF slaves free, and their
value Lost TO their former masters forever.
How any Southern gentleman, with these
facts plain and pslpable everywhere. staring
him in the face and recorded forever 10 the
book OF history. can still boast OF his .iost
Cause" Or speak OF Il 10 language other
than ths, Of shame and sorrow. pssses my
understanding; and instead OF being revived,
know thst their lost cause will sink deeper
and deeper inioinfsmy ss time more keenly
probes is hidden mysteries and reveals
them 70 the light Of day. Loud spp'soss. II
Now that slavery Is gone, and gone for.I
ever, with its unhappy wrecks left behind
and al dsngeris passed Of any set Of men
appealing 10 wsr when they have courts toI
secure their rights and redress their wrongs,
l would trust our national devtiny sgsin TO-
those grand old natural laws which raised
our country through the long, tedious vas
sslsge Of colonization; which carried us
safely through tho ordesl Of our revoiuiion-
sry war; made osr fsg famous on the high
sess Of 1912; led our conquering army to
gates OF Mexico In ls47; and has borne us
gIoriously through four years Of g hsrd v a.
ss ever tested the manhood Of any people.
Let us revive. % far % lies In our indi.
vidusI power. that system which, Bancroft
tells us. guided our fathers before the rsvo.
lution-"ihe system which has been reveal.
"a in Judea-,he system which combines
and projects the symbolicsI wisdom Of the
Orient and the reflective genius Of q reece
the system conforming 70 reason. yet kind
ling with enthusiasm, always ,eninr re.