The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-11

to you SO often Of the importance Of your
standing by your personal liberties, have told
you 70 often that that was the foundation
principle Of . free government, epd when
that was gone al was gone. that xnesd not
repeat it again. To have the psiy2efes Of
stiiutional right, - AL that ~ soait ssks
simply to reclaii The 06SssniDspE = Rounded
BY our fathers. and akayo1 and amended by
the late civil war. Whnk b tbo meaning OF
Democrats and Libenl Republicans coming
together in this wayf Il fs the ample fact
that peace has never ensued. that reconciha-
Sa has s.ns Ssa .nOn esa
the party OF Reconciliation. The Administra-
ton members Of Congress deny that peace
States y ID IL G16 aA1 Ills Yin be kept1
mp until after the election and then, il Gen.
Grant is reelected, Won may thank your God
IL YOU ever have another election. l tell you
that you have . chance 30 70 stop this thing
on the threshold without surrendering your
political ipducnce bgsacriieing yeur YsejS-
dices and toianjg yOos brethren
tn is papeYApG1lnsaf ninsxl talked Of
this years befdeeA - g war ttoke out.
saiAS thae INC tSoGbae - der wasnbt
the slavery Question. but that it would break
down the whole fabric Of our free govern
the local State governments. The Admins
trati0n party have endeavored to establish
the doctrine that no State government has .
right to resist anything that Congress may
choose 10 do. That can be read in al their
acts since the close Of the war. This union
Of Democrats and Liberal Republicans means
that We are determined to make this country
der heaven but that patriotic desire could
have brought the whole Democratic party
down to the feet Of Horace Greeley. Though
a lifelong Protectionist. his name went TO
Cincinnati and conquered tho Free Traders I;
and his name Was then carried to Baltimore,
and all my power could hardly keep the last
remnant Of the New Jersey delegates from
going for him.
WHAT POLITICIANS DID NOT DO.
Does any one dare now to say that his pom-
nation was the work Of the politicians
never saw politician who wanted it. 1t was
the work of the people. 1t started ct the
South and the Northern people took up the
cry, and it rang from the Lakes to the Gulf
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The
Democrats from California IN the Senate come
to me and whispered that the news had gone
to California By telegraph, that they had gene
for Horace Greeley and we whispered among
ourselves what a terrible thing 1t was that the
whole party was going for him. No, Dir.
Greeley's nomination was not the work Of
politicians; it was the voice Of the people
CRYING out against a corrupt and incapable
Government. Since have been in Congress
the Administration party have done everything
by caucuses. and they are absolutely so dicta-
toriai and arbitrary that they are really impa-
tent il ANYBODY wants to say anything in OPP
position. 1t is true that this thing was
changed, and my hand Is not stretched out to
the South any more than to the North. Even
YOU. INV felIOw-citizens may vet need the pro-
~ ~ l1S,.
eminent, and when you do you will need 1t
more than the South does at the present time.
would remind Massachusetts, men Of the
object of their forefathers in coming to this
country. Some people laugh at Plymouth
Rock and its associations. but like to look
back to il. do not want to forget single
instance in our colonial or revolutionary his
when they talked about moving the capital
from Warrington, "Move it and you move
| one Of the bufwarks of the revolution. It wa
established with the approval Of the Father
Of his Country, in the most beautiful spo'
that God made for . cspital and II you 70
the country. and the good book says, Cursed
be he Who removes landmarks."
CIVIL LIBERIr N DAscEA
trust that this meeting will be the Begin
ming Of nv conversion to the truth that no
his country are in danger. tell you this con.
test is not merely for liberty in this country
II is . battle for freedom throughout the
world. II you fan here in your free Govern
ment, as other republics have failed. when
will another republic raise its headi What
| brings the German here from his fAtherland,
and the Irishman from his Green Isle? They
| come here for freedom from oppression. be-
cause they do not want to be drafted, or made
to pay taxes to religious denominations OF
which they do not approve. And you have
| invited them here, and promised them person
al security and religious liberty and then
you cay to one half OF the country, "we will
govern you BY the bayonet law" Better far
that the country were sunk IN the depths OF
the sea than that the people should shame
themselves by uttering such degrading sent.
ments, than that they should insist upon main.
tanning this autocracy, this military Govern
ment. II we mean to submit to this, that
YOU ehall not be the Governors Of your OWE
country; that they shall tell You whom to
vote fog hare in New jersey; that at you
township and county elections they are tt
rect every man who will not vote to suit theil
purpose If this should become q practica
question to you, then you will begin to recall
some things that have lately occurred in |
Southern State. some indictments in the dis
trict courts, some OF the operations Of the In
ternal Revenue laws, and you win put you
hands on your pockets, and cay. Take m!
pocket-book, take all have, rob me ~ the!
have robbed North Carolina, but for Godi
cake do not bring an indictment against me il
the United States Courts by the District At
torney, for know to what that leads"
Twas in North Carolina during the battl'
there, and have heard from other States
and I know that il it is in the power Of thu
Government to carry this election. il will b
carried Ton Gen. Grant but notwithstandint
this. predict that HOr1ce Greeley Will b
elected by the largest majority that An,
i President has Lad yet; and the ground of m.
confidence is not because Tom Jones ant
Dick Jenkins have been round with book !
n because Of that movement which captures
those two conventions, which captured me
sullen and stih-necked as Saul himself. an
brought me hefe TO talk to You and beg you
| 90 into this ruovement., II by little emerged