The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-28

just and proper limits. leaving to tn
STATES that control over Heir domcsti
Affairs which Is essential 10 their happi
mcss, tranquility and good ..ovcrn,n,nt
Everything that malicious in.rnuit,
could suggest has been done to irritat,
The people ot the Middle and SOuthcr,
States. (;r,ss and exaggerated char &c,
OF disorder aud violence owe the T. orr
gin "a the miiscliicvOus minds Of tic 20
litical managers in the Selatr and Ious.
Of Representative, to which the Execu
tive has, We regret To say, lent his aid
and thus helped 10 influence the l,opu'
lar feeling.
IN all this course Of hostile Legislation,
and harsh resentment no word Of con.
ciliatiOn, OF Kind announcement and
fratcrnal fellows ship has ever been spo-
ken BY the rcsilcnt or BY Congress IL
the people OF tho Southern States. They
have been addressed only in the Ian.
guagc Of prescription. VIC earnestly
enircat our fellow citizens in all parts OI
the Union to spare no efforts to main
tain peace and order, TO carefully protect
tho rights Of every citizen, to preserve
kindly relations among all men, and dis.
cOunge any violations Of the rights OF
any portion Of the people secured under
the Constitution or amy Of its amend
ments.
Let us, in conclusion. earnestly beg OF
you not to aid the present attempts OF
radical partixans 10 stir up strife in The
land. TO renew the issues Of the war, or
TO obstruct the return Of peace and pros
perity to the Southern States, because il
IL thus that they seek to divert the at
tcntiOn Of the country from tho cOrrup-
ton AMI extravaganza Of their admins
tratiOn OF public offices and tho danger
Gus and profigntc attempts they are ma
king towards the creation of central
lied military Government.
In five years Of peace, following the
war, the Radical Administration have
expended 81 oOo, 100000 for ordinary
purposes alone, being within $2OC o o.
O0O Of the aggregate amount spent for
the same purposes in war and in peace.
during the seventy-Onc years preceding
June 81, 1861, not including in either
case the sum paid upon the principal or
interest IT the public debt.
It's trifting with the intelligence Of
the people for the Radical leaders To pre-
tend that this vast sum has been hon
estly expended. The expenditures Of
Government for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1861, were only &G2,OOO, 600
while for precisely the same purposes
the civil list, army. navy. pensions and
Indians, $lG3. COO,oOU were expended
during the fiscal year ending June 80.
1870
No Indignation can be too stern. and
no scorn too severe. for assertions by
Radical leaders that the
great Democratic and Conservative parry
Df the Cnisn has, or can nave. aympathy
With disorders or violence in any part
" the country, or in the dcl r.vaiion OF
my man OF his rights under the COnsti-
utIon. II Is 10 project and pcrpetuatc
he right which every freeman cherish
=, to revive in all hearts the feeling OF
friendship. affection. and harmony.
which are the best guarantees Oflaw and
'rticr, and to throw around the hum h
Hest citizen, wherever he may lie, the
protection oftllese safeguards OF pcrso
lai safety which the fundamental law Of
he land assures. that We invoke the uid
= All good men in tie work Of rc,cr
nd rec OnciliatiOn. We invite their
Go Grafton. irr s. ,crtive OF
u former difference If opinion, so that
ne harsh voice Of ,liscOr,l NAV be re-
leved that Lew and dangerous sec
lonal agitation may be checked tina,
he burdens Of taxation, direct or indi-
ect, may he reduced 10 the lowest point
onsistent with good faith to every Just
ati''nal Obligation. and with the strictl,
economical administration Of the Gov
rnmcnt, and that tho States may be re-
iored in their integrity and true rela-
IONS to our Federal Union. Here fol-
'ws the signatures OF all Democratic
cnators and most Of the Representa-
ves.