The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-06-26
oh! The Copperheads.

held az military dependencies, used this
language in reply TO Senator Browning o: II.
linois.
~ said dis'inc,ly that il wss not the pur.
pose Of THE wsr to suijdgaie S,s,e.s polii.
icsl community; but ! will 70 as for az he
or any other living man TO uphold the Gov.
ernment sysins; ell rebelIous citizens,
whether there be one o! many OF tl'er in
S'ste. II nine tepihs II the peopls OF shy
State rebel spsinst ,be authority Of his
Government. tho physical power OF This
Govern merit should be brought TO redpcs
those citizens TO subjection, the State sur.
vives.
Thst wac when they wanted Democrats
to 90 into the service. IL Sas necessary 'oI
pretend, st least, TO prosecute the wsr for
= Iegl,imsie purpose. The position OF the
Senator was correct-however much the
people may rebel. the S;sies survives.
Senstcr Trumtuil. of Illinois. during the
same debate, said:
II, has never been proposed. 90 tsr Is ]
know. on the part of III Union people OF
the United S,sies. TO ru'jugste S'Hes. or
coerce States l, IL proposed, however. To-
-utju.s,e citizens who are s'sndirg out 10
| defiance OF the laws Of the Union. and 10
coerce them into obedience TO the laws Of
the Union. dislike ths, word 10 this con.
rec,ion In iis brosdesI sense ! sm opposed
TO it,"
| Our defeotu' Bull Run had sottened the
Ideas of Senator Trum5n!l - we'll ss these
.. The Senator from Ohio.
Senator Fessenden, Of Maine. also spoke.
lie said
"I do no, wnnt 10 carry on this wsr for
the purpose Of eubjugs,ing The people o.
any State in any thspe or form; aud IL 10 .
lse dsa, gotten cp BY bad men for bsd
purposes, that II ever hse been the pur pose
Of sny portion Of the people Of this country.
am willing TO meet them face 10 fsce
and ! say ] never had that purpose, and have
i, not now. But we essy-noiwithsta ndfhe
we have not tbs, purpose, end distinctly
svu. i. we 1--we purpose and ,hst 10 70
ide fe nd the C,ns,iiuIion and the awe c' The
cors,ry. and put down this revolt at what
lever h,z-rd."
During the whole war ,his was all the
IDenocrstic party esksd Of their radical op.
I lponen,s- prosecute the war for the cup
preston OF the rebellion end sslvaiion OF
the Union. rc, for the propagation OF par
l,isan idess Redeem your pledge made 10
he country on the 26 Of July, 1861, in
'j,he sdop,i 0 n Of the Critenden resolution -
Cary out the resolution ss interpreted BY
Senator Sherman. one Of youi leaiing mem
bers, when he said.
can this clap trap abon, sutjuestion. i
scenes TO me ought to be Dismissed from
1.-The Senate. Ttese men must be suhjugaied
TO ODE edience to the Constitution, and when
I,hat is accomplished, then this resolution
declares our purpose to be TO give them oil
the rights conferred by the Constitution"
For demanding ,has the radicsl leaders
ehcuid be faithful 10 their pledge they had
nj ade TO the country, the Democrats were
denounced os d.cysl Those leaders did
!: no, redeem thfh pledges TO the people,
They were fslee to them during The ws'
and they are false 10 them still. The De.
mccrscy etill demand OF ,hsm . redemption
: Of their pledge thn when the rebellion
ehculd be pu, down the rights and dignity
J OF the States shonld remsin unimpaired.-
That wss their pledge. II has not been re-
deemed. The people went into the war Il
y put down the rebellion and preserve ms
= upion OF the Ststes. not for the building "
= Of tie radical party in the South through th'
=" cid Of negro suffrage, not 10 snnul or sbro
gs,e III. Laws or the CONSTRUCTIONS OF ih'
Southern States. not TO suhjoga'e ,hee'
y Sistee. but 10 preserve and keep them q
: States Of the Union. IN Ter The eupremacy
. OF the Constitution CT tie Uaioo. Thel
' had n idea Il IN aking military depcndencie
Of them under the lave pasecd, ar acknowl
y edged by the great leader Of the raticsI par
S,y-Thad. S'evens- ou,side OF the Cons'i
'e ,u,ion. II the radicals will reedem this an
:" other pledges TO the country, made in 1851
" .han the war hrs commenced. the Unio
I'd .;, l.. ~as,cved and havoYouv md uon