The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-19

aasS - sseys
The great work. so auspiciously begun
ut Cincinnati in MAY. was completed on
the 10th instant. at Baltimore There is
hope for the country when men lay aside
prejudices and passions OF party. and
shield locked with shield. march forth
10 meet a great and glorious Destiny
The political milleuinm has come upon
the land SO suddenly that men are as
founded rs ii at the accomplishment OF a
miracle or the tul.llmcnt Of prophcsv.
Ii has been well said that the dawning
of the greatest events of the worlds his
tory make no more of noise than does
the morning star in rising. Silently. vet
certainly. the good work has progressed
while men slept. Old party hacks stand
aghlst NJ the great moral and political
upheavai. They cannot believe their
own senses when they look abroad and
see those who 'erewllile fought on ou-
positc sides burying the Ratchet and ell
listing under the banner OF peace. The
scales Of the party must drop from their
eyes. Themselves covered all over with
the crusts of prejudice and party spite
they did not believe there was SO much
of patriotism left in the land. They
thought that in this country the moral
courage OF the people of al parties was
too deeply buried beneath the silly pre-
JUDGES Of years to break forth and bios
som in the free air and sunshine of !
noble and independent purpose. Nor
ton and ConklinG. and Ioombs and
Stephens. and the rest dlmb-lounded
before the uprising of the people. They
have told us all along that the people !
Were the soveroigns :. the source OF ali
political power. But they did not in. 4
tend them to 50 understand il in IT,, full 4
.lcst significance. They may crack Their
whips. but there is no terror in sach fol-
" as of yore. For once the cry of orr
common country has been to us as tie
voice of God. and there is no hope Tor
the whole human race. We look for
ward TO the good day in no distant fu-
ture when war and rapine shall entirely
cease. and Justice, with white wings
Out-spread. shall return to earth. The
Radicals tell us "GpEELrY cursed he !
Democrats as horse thieves and williams
how can you vote for him 2" The peo-
pie respond. cit is time such folly shall .
cease. We are children no longer. but
men. We do not exercise the great cleo
tive franchise to advance the interests OF ;
this. or that man or party. but for the
sake alone Of our common country."-
Behold. old things have passed away.
and newer and higher civilization il
dawning! We are proud of the Dcmoc-
racy-proud of those bold and indepcn-
dent Republicans. who say to parry.
" Get behind me. SATAN who burst as
III n. the bands of party and rise i'm the
majesty of their own strong manhood
TO save their land from the canker of
corruption. This is a new era in politics.
Henceforth party shall be held as
means. not as an end. IIenceforth it
shall be country first, party afterwards
II cnceforth we shall be not the slaves
but the masters Of party - and. then. it
shall follow as the day the night, that our
passions shall be our servants. not orr
iiyrants. The good work il begun - let
II go on till the whole land shall be fill
Ell with the promises Of the good time to
come. For six thousand years man has
had dominion over the beastr of the field
and birds of the air-to-dav he trinn,nhs
over the passions that have made him Z
slave.
Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward. forward
let us range;
Let the great world spin forever down the ringing
grooves Of changel
iii the war drums throbs longer, and the battle
flags are furied
IN tbe parliament of man. the federation OF tho word
ineh the common sense Of most shall hold fre,f,, -
realm In ave- r
ana the kindly earth shall slumber lapt IN universal
IN. A. Ledger.