The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-11-07

Notwithstanding the result Of the
election in Ohio on Tuesday. we firmly
believe that the late civil war In Amer
lea will one day end II may not be
In this day and generation. but that war
will some time close. We have faith
Ike quart Of mustard seed-a faith
surprising that Of sacred history. We
say this, not unmindful Of the faith of
Gideon, and Of Barak. and Of Sam
son, and Of Jephtha. and Of David.
and Of Samuel, and Of the Proph-
cts. who through faith subdued
Kingdoms, wrought righteousness. OBJ
tanned promises, stopped the mouths II
lions, quenched the violence u fire. es-
capped the edge Of the sword. out Of
weakness were made strong.
waved valiant in fight. and turned
to high the armies Of the aliens. We
have no wish 10 underrate the in
stances Of faith that float down 10 US
from the days Of Abraham We
only desire TO emphasize our own.
We arc inclined TO take cheer
full view Of things. Almost
half generation Of men have
come and gone since the war closed.
and still the war is not ended. This
would discourage people without faith
but II does not discourage Us. There
are little boys and girls prattling in
play-yards, riding in baby-carriages,
nursed beneath the pine or swinging in
hammocks, who cannot read the news
papers OF to-day. or Of the day before
the last election. who win grow up and
become voters, or the wives Of voters,
who will look upon the war Of 1861 as
ended. As these babies get older they
may sing together, beneath the same
apple-trees.
My country. It's Of thee" &C..
and
Away down South I'm the Land Of cotton &sn,
and the childish voices NAV chime to
gether just as though there had been no
civil war. And a. little bows and girls
grow older they may mingle together
in the same schools, and attend the
same church. and look AZ the same pic
lures. and read the same books side by
slde- without knowing that some are
Montagues and some are CapuIets. And
BY and BY rhe luStrous-eyed. tropical
girl may be wooed and won by the
manly Northerner. and through nu-
nrerous romances the opposite banks Of
the Ohio may be more closely welded.
and the war may become tradition.
Even if this is too severe strain upon
the imagination, our faith stretches
out and sees children vet unborn
who viii surely grow up. and in
the professions Of seed-time and
harvest. as life and love and death
run on. as marriage and business and
society draw closer together. the peo-
pie Of the orange and the palm and the
people Of the hills and the hemlock will
certainly discover that the war of 1861
Is ended. Or. even II these unborn
children do not consent TO regard
the late civil war as closed. their
children or their children's children
surely will That war is bound to end
Our faith tires not We are the more
encouraged about this because the
beauties Of this social. and commercial
and political Union have really attract
ed the attention Of the politicians. The
Administration saw them more than
two years ago.
We have faith. also. that the time
will come when valor and heroism for
the Union may relieve Democrat from
the charge Of treason, and when the
loss Of two legs and an arm in the fight
for the Union will be considered priw0
tacie evidence Of devotion to il on the
part Of Democrat. Ii is already
demonstrated that the loss of one leg
i Insufficient We have faith, further.
more. that the day will come when men
will not be afraid - vote for the Decla.
ration Of Independence because il hap
pens to bear Democratic label. We
oIEs. hnIfnrn h.f ho
when the people of this country will not
be anxious 20 hire and subsidize corpo-
rations to loan their debts.
But we see these things only BY the
eye Of faith. The blessed time Of which
we speak Is not now. The people Of
Ohio have just voted upon some Of these
questions. They have said that they
don't want Union soldiers to be at the
head Of the State Government. They
have said that they wish to retain the
National banking system in power; or,
If they do not 80 wish, they have suc-
cumbed TO the seductions Of the s.spe-
cial measures which the National
Banks announced that they would take
to carry Ohio for Mr.. Foster. The
voters Of Ohio. az all events. have said
that they prefer National Bank notes to
greenbacks and silver. and the chast-
ened but indomitable people Of this
great State have voted that the Secrc-
tary Of the Treasury spans the heavens
with his right hand. and balances upon
his finger the sunshine and the storm.
exercising. in some mysterious way. .
controlling influence over the soil, and
being himself the industry. and enter
prise. and energy Of millions Of men,
which no vicious legislation could alto
gether overcome. Sometimes intelli-
gent men are incapable Of rendering
unto Cesar the things that are Cnsar's,