The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-14
GENERAL SHERMAN.
Noble scntimcnta from a Waryl

not gone. You IN New FORK have every y
thing that PHRASES the palate and satisfies
tie imagination, but there is still large
part az the country such as Plymouth \
Rock was then. | can take any Of YOU .
60 place IL YOU please. TO where u part
of The army is Tonight. where they will \
be perfectly satisfied with their pint of
rurn for their meal. Distance and time \
Rrc the same every where--they have 10 I
change. The SIM H. the same rs il was
when Plymouth Rock was first trodden
uuon. The cold pinches rs il did then. !
Hunger is the same. The principles
which underlie human nature are the
same as then. and the laws which gov
crned our fathers. our Pilgrim Fathers.
govern our people now. You IN New
York are favored very much. and Won
ought 10 thank God for it. hope YOU
do. Bui the little array Of the United
States which YOU have toasted Tonight
il not as Won are. IL j. small i'm num-
bers The soldiers arc upon tho front
Ter. scattered here aud there. aud many
in some towns. as our friend Porter has
said. where they have 10 import men
with dropsy Ia order 20 get water. This
country which We have inherited j. n
very large country. II extends from
ocean to ocean II extends from tho
ifrgid to tie toirii zone. lis people are
scattered l varions parts. aud the little
army OF 2s.1U0 men whom Congress has
consigucd ~ MS is the connecting link
between the future and the past. They
: have task just rs difficult AZ our faith
ers had. just g. important; and TO them
: some future generation will look 10, a.
heroes for q en- 10 initiate. And hope
: the time will come when in their hard
place there will he such banquet ms l.
/. here. We welcome all civilized races
and men Of all kinds. The black j. ~
tree As | am. Our Japanese friends arc
: free 10 come and join us in eur civilixa-
r ton, be they what they may be. Bun
Y lust so sure as there is God IN Heaven,
. that civilization, founded on Plymouth
| Rock, j. 10 govern the continent oi
North America. Applause The wal
of ls6l-lse5 was war Of races. Ii wa
/. a war between two civilizations and tht
0 Northern race prevailed. Not the
o New England men and don't pretend
q TO say those who are here but all tLs
O English speaking races. the German
o races. those who believe in civilization
q those who believe in family. those wh'
o believe in education. those who believe
q in honesty, those who believe in fidelity
o oil contracts. those are the men who nv,
q bound 10 govern tie continent, aud thes
o will do it..
O And appeal 70 you all and TO th'
% world at large to- say that there nevel
NJ was such al example since The time o
: Christ Himself when o conquering race
a gave TO the conquered the same right.
# that they themselves possessed. APP
.plause We Of the army. The rc..~ nc
lment the war ceased. the very momen
!. our foes laid down their arms. We SHARE,
u with them orr food aud said. TAX
! what we have. 90 home, 60 to work
and help ~ IN The future destiny Of til
Hand. which IL 10 make that flag IL.
COMMON flag of our whole country.
70 Applause. say to-day, 10y 10
lie night. and believe ! say what other
% will echo with me. that every Soniheri
man that will 90 with Us heart aud hand
:" and make ii. a. ii were. the yery pcrfe,
:, lion OF All civilized nations. where prop
sr erty j. secure and contracts are en- orceC
ar aud honesty enforced from the hghe-
!, to the lowest. ] say they are welcome
: Just as III they were born on the surtac
relof Plymouth Rock. Applause. al
,r cries OF Good Good."l But let ther
al cherish one thought of hostility, Az
81, boast Of their old Confederacy. y storr
: will rise over their heads ten-fold 8
y fierce as the last one which swept owe
IN the land. Loud and long applause
ne Gentlemen. am speaking now of -
\. army greater than that All army whic
!, is scattered over this whole continen
- Not Of the regular army. for that il
OF small body OF men NOW. but of ~
Y. army OF men the muscle. the bone an
:. the brain. which now sgitate Americ
We see ourselves in n sort of pathet
~ condition. hear more complaints thA
st ever heard in nv liie--and used
pd live herc--of hard times and dull time
But I have not had the means OF lookii
behind the counters and into the ledge
~ Of your business men. But the coun Il
ID. ia not unprosperous. There is mo
to land cultivated than ever before The
M are NOR. men developed every day ,h;
}, ever before There is more room Il
~ the unorcupied than ever before. | wi
w guarantee honest employment to 4oOct
TO 600 more people IL they come over 4
IN day-not If they hang around the citI
!. and want TO be clerks, but If they 90
" work upon the soil. There is lsr
sa- enough TO give employment for half
bic Europe. and now the trouble Of Ia
raj country is that the people have focke
- into the cities. Come out West.
!, Greeley said. IApplause.l We ha,
'ne no trouble in st. Louis. There is plen
of IN eat nleuty Ia drink lGraat la,,,,l, /, .