The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-08-30
NO. 90.

'l''f'' '''N' ''tHr - wv fuir " &HtlF CON-
duci--ihe guide Of their action. Toey hsya
never appreciated i,s wisdom, They hsvs
never cultivated respect Tor ia binding OBJ
llgasions and 80 they have never stud ed i:s
spirits or is latter. Whatever they desire
TO 90. whether from sincere blef that The
good p iha couniry dem ,nded IL. or that
their party interest rsqaired Il. ihst they
have aiwasa done. Their own will, no.
the Consliip'ipn, has he.n ,heir rule. Aud
70 this -tsndsfd. an none other they have
always been perfectly True
Ia 1870 they oppo.ei the establishment.
oi she Missouri compounds linz. 10 1854
they opposed its abrogation' II 1860 thew
opposed i'a re-ea,ciment.
10 1915 iiisy refused Ihe u.e ot state i,ils
srd State msgsrstes 70 tx .cu,e ths fucl.
tive slave law, on the ground that the re-.
turn q fngl'ivss was the du,y u The Fsder-
Al Gsernnlsnt IL 1850 they refused a.
20 vote moro stringsat Frderal lew On
The ground that tho return Of fugitiyss w..
me du'y n the State O G,vernmsnfs. Ia Is.
W they pss-sd personal liberty bulls. Oh M,
ground 'ha, The State should not assist ths
Federal ipvefnmcni. aud IN 1881 ,hsv ~.
Pesied all l,ws on tho subject, On ths
ground that neither State nor Federal G,y.
-rnol-st should execnIe the Constitution.
ln 1855 they hsd ,ossc-sipn of the S,a,e
Governments; they magoifi-d sra,e,'
rigsi'-. adopted ,hr resolution of l79s and
i1aJ a. their conventions. sx,lted ths idea
OF collaboration a. sgsin-t unity, and pre.
pared' 70 array the States in armed coofie,
with Federal authority Ia 1862 they bad
possession Of ,hs FeceraI Government:
they denounced States rights. csilsd ,he
Kentucky resolutions freason. and have A.
iar as 10 their power. hy mere brute force.
as well a. BY Legislation. reduced and DE-.
graded he State governments.
10 1856 they declared that mo war cooIs
De right, and no peace could be wrong" I'M,
i he South desired to change poIiticsr rel..
ions and form Of government. their rich,
could not b. denied. In 1859 they declsrei
'hat The trinity Of our salva'inn was .t.x..
lion. emancipation snd wsr"
10 1854 they deciared that the in,erca,of
ne country required the restriction Of sud.
rage. snd tbs, the Germans and Irish Ana
English and French ought 20 be dishanchi..
3D.. In 1857 they declare that the interes,
OF The country requires its extension. and
hist i must be given even 10 The negroes.
In 1859 Mr. Chase, then Goyerno, -
Ohio. sr-frted: I'VE have rights which the
Federal Government must not invade. rights
superior 90 is power, on which our soyer-
Ieign'y depends; snd We mean to ssser. these
rights sgainss al tyrannicai sssu u ptions Of
authority" II 1867 General HAYES. wbo
sspres % be Governor OF Ohic, asserts ths,
the States have no suvereignry whatever.
In 1864 they asserted that the President
had the poverty proclamation. % emsnci.
pate tour millions o. slsves. In 1866 rher .s.
ny thss he hssihe power to remove mem.
Der o. his CsbIns,.
10 1862 psriy purposes required them %
consider The Unioa unbroken IL Louisiana
me Federal Government had possession Of
New Orleane alone. They admitted Hahn and
Flanders 70 their -esis ~ Representatives.
from that Stale. II 1865 il has possession or
every loot ~ The State: lirsse sane men
presen, themselves ~ Scnsiors, mud they
sre y i'cied becs,iSa the State of Louisiana
bss ceased fotxis'.
IL 1861 they desired 10 create We., viz.
mus, have the consent 81 n.
oi Stsie--elect Governor Pierponl and q
Legislature. aad ,ase heir lav " tho sol.
mn sct of The S's'e q Virginia ssentiug
2 ~ own di-mcmberment. IL 1866 they
'et up m''iisfy government ove. pcrpont
md his Lrrisla'u'e % no ground lhat pr-
y % hi' election secession hsi Destroyed
hs State.
IN lsfl snd SCI snd 1863 qua 1861 AMI
s6j sad 1866. during ,hc wsr and after TIA
ssr, thew admitted Representatives from
ien'ucsy snd now they reject them unfii
omniuee can inquire WHEELER Ken.
icky his republican government.
In lso3 they established military commis-
ons in Ohio ~ 'he Trial ~ sit zens. and