The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-06-10

cStADllsnlncnts ol NcW LnSHtiN' HHNc
held in terror Of dismissal from employ
ment if they refuse TO give their votes.
like their labor for their wages. There
was no gushing sympathy for the proud
son Of labor, whose heart was brtakitg
under the hard necessity Of sacrificing
his manhood, and giving his vote at the
dicsation of his cmpolycr. or being
thrown out OF employment. carrying
suffering to wife and child ut home. All
such sympathy has been reserved for the
new class of voters.
Shall the States, in their essential fea-
lures and powers, be preserved! This
question is now upon Us for practical
consideration. To preserve the States
with powers 10 regulate all the domestic
and tiresidc rights and interests OF the
people. has been estimated during all our
history. as Of the first importance. Many
of our wisest men have thought that We
can not preserve liberty in this country,
unless we preserve the States. In let
ter written last month, as see it pub
llshed, one Of the leading Senators ut
Washington said: Had | my way.
would so reconstruct the Government
of the United States as TO form "A strong
central Government here in the District
lof Columbia, and organize the States, rs
SO many colonial corporations, as abso- /,
lutely dependent upon, and subject to
the will Of the central power at WASH
lingtOn as are counties to States.
| While ] only speak
for myself, believe that Congress and
the country are looking in the same di-
rcction." Why do they wish to take
control of our elections il it be not to
carry out the purpose so declared p
II Whenever power can pcrpetuate itself.
flwithOut the consent and choice OF the
Ipeople, expressed at free election, We
|, have dcspotisnl, byswhatcvcr name it
may be called. My countrymen. in this
Iage, when
), 1.-The spirits tba, iifls ,hc slave before his lord.
81 Stalks through the capitals Of armed kings
! we can not, we must not, allow the cause
! of mans safety of his rIghtfiIl control,
fIin the affairs of his Governments the
|. .causc OF liberty itself to be lost, or to go
! backward in America. fY
Al ] know hat many Of you regard the
: declared adoption Of the fifteenth amend
: lmcnt as national calamity. You be-
sllieve that the political union of the two
races can not contribute to the strength
LAND stability of our institutions. Ihave
.lOllGu cABItsrtu tlltl OiSiHiOhs tHN oiNAb-
:, fore did all could TO secure to the men
!. of Indiana hearing upon the question,
bland my convictions are unchanged. But
ali feel that may warn You that the evils
Ito be apprchended from the vicious leg
'Iislation OF Congress under the second
= section, and the spirit that forced the
- ~ ratification, are four fold greater than
: : from the amendment itself. / can not
~ Inx s,,,t.nrtnnt / fnnl
Z Ito be- the l.s Conservative sentiment Of
= the COUNT, shall once more control the
> House of Representatives. Will you
= fight for that. it is for yourselves. for
- lvour children, for your ballots, and for
tho States.
&c ar You believe that the declared ratifica-
m ltion OF the fifteenth amendment was a
- wicked violation Of solemn pledges that
oft the rights of the States Of the North to
:, ,lrc9ulate suffrage should not be impaired,
Is and you also believe that it was not FAIR
: Ily and honorably obtained. New York
y" was counted, vet she had Withdrawn
:.lhcr ratification, which il seems to me
at the clear right to do at any time be-
4, fore tie proposition became part OF
~ the Constitution. Virginia, Mississippi
!, land Texas were forced to ratify. The al-
II 1-ltCr1litlNc W tuCIbi w 40 ShC ttuu
10 ratification or military rule: ratification
.' a1 or court martial and military commits
20 sions; seizures and arrests: impris0n
-" w rnent, trial and death. Indiana wa'
nj counted, yet she did not ratify; and thu
~. means used to make it appear that sh'
~ did was base fraud. Our State ha
.os been stripped of high prcrogative, o
7 an important and valuable right express
=, ly reserved to her under the old Coilsti
on tuition and the perpetrators did that II
,ho the face of solemn pledge given beior
i their election, and i'm defiance Of th
M prayers Of the people first 10 be hear
,,,t upon it. In such case. what actio
! a. becomes the rights and the dignity Q
,s the people? They are the guardians Q
-. - official integrity. and public virtue an
,cr morals-and they can do no less than I
70 administer the penalty Of political deaf
10 upon all, who, holding positions of pull
- - lie trust and confidence, deceive, betra
Ia 10 or defy the people. They denied vow
III, rights. and deficd your wishes, that the
'oli ,"i might make political gain. and hold o.
COS flee and profit by means Of the colorc
md vote, and appeal to all whose love Q
NE country is broader and deapcr than IN
In, attachment to party, to decide whcthc
- ai they shall make their anticipated gain
oct i'm their neiarious venture.
~ The new adjustments of the relation
! !. between the white and black races In
hat progressed by stages. At first IL wa