The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-04

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Timely Suggestions % Jes~
serson Davis
MANI gkis fR-r'-sc.
TO old Coafederates Who fcuxh
through The civil var Il looks - y me
cause Tor which we fought u pfrus
thoroughly dead. There 4 no nou"
that negro slavery i dead. and y y ee''
tain thar Il will never hc revived ~ snl
,h~pe- Ii that wasn't the rruse ~.
Which ~ fought. hut simply - ,ne'oe"'
out Of which the cause gres' 'nen ~
may inquire = nat Was actually sne eau.~.
Wss II the right u secession rom ~
Cnions But Il happens shss A.os
hss placed Ia her Constitution snor.rn
nv the Democratic Convention o. I1'f'
: elsusr declaring that there can - ="
secession b, th~ State from me tn'o"
~ far as this Stale Il coneerneh' there
fore. the rxr,~e Of secession y aesn-
l~ve sekpow iedked that te;4s sAr the
St~te cannot apply remedy 'or rup'
rosci or scinxl grievances from ne
peaerxl ssovernmrnt. MI Davis may
believe thai the right i not lost 90 ne~n
In, when the remedy y iosi Or dcsu
- hat becomes Of the right. II y Smp's
whst old Governor Allen. o. Ohio
ropId stxle - d--d barren ideai'ts,
the urlv word being in this instance
xerr ecrrect and not offensive adjective
A. slaverv Is dead. and secession y AIS
de.d- Ana as re cant carry any negro
sl.ves 70 the Territories. Il i rather at
frul, 40 get a Mr.. Davis meaning, y
~ lsnvusxe has any meaning. y y ~
~erv velI - sav that the lost cause y lis
rsuse ~ constitutional liberty, which
~.n mover die /. buf clearly such state
ment l. g broad and general - 70 y
absolutely devoid Of ansly<is- !; an ni'
S,onsederste had been asked what n
~.s lighting for he would have a.
e~erei and very properly answered
a., ~ vas fighting because bic state y
-. ,f~.f...r t.-.s decided that the feuers
S...x.r.,.rnt. In H. attitude toward sis
~.vx rs importing the safely u on
reon,e and had asserted the reserves
r;rht ~ secession. II he were sske'
- that he lost by the war, ne wou.e
xerv property say that bis State lost ~
,.ssitution Of slavery and lost the rign
~ secede from the Union That y q
,h.f fbere Il in the matter Mr. D1s''
.l;,ferinr rhetoric can make notnih'
s.,ore ouf Of II. The cause was lost AM
will sfsv lost hut. that other cause. Q
strict construction Of the Constitution
economy OF administration. and nom
rule subject TO the Federal Union; = %
dead and perhaps may never dle-
lives not alone 81 the South, but A.. owe
ne land. 1t lives not alone win y
1O)oOO0 Southern Democrats o. me 81
.usederacy. who voted for NJ: Ieve
N. but with the 100000 Of Nortner
.-mocrats who also voted for Dim
e also very strongly with me nsPu.
"a party. II Mr. Davis means slInp'
liz, az never dies, thai governmsu
n~s-r dies he Il perhaps correct 2:
- truth which re would incuicste
,.r,tv much as though ne we're 20 asee'
sud reassert that the offceholder nese
fies snd that The process q coiiecun
6uties never dies The North sno =
entire Republic may rest satisfied ~
The south. and the old Confedera.'
e-pecially. regard the lost cause - Y
riebt Of I State to secede from the IS
ersI Government q pleasure. ane t1s
regard that cause - 80 very -. :.
dead that they have rtpudlAied y - :
press language in their State Const''
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