The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-20

Ors Eo0t0uox OS0SksvOs
EplroR CouRIER Some time ago We
noticed Ia your paper IN article from j.
A. Ferguson, or BIrdseye. which was
both able and srgumentstive. We no.
siced IN the Argus" IN article n reply
10 Il from J. r Faulkner. OF birdseye.
We DO not wish TO engage In lhis con-
test between these two cOmbaiants, Tor
I've think Mr.. Ferguson 10 we'll able tol
handle HE antagonist But In the Drs.
lscurrilous reply he asssiled tho Demo-
cratic party In the most imperative
way Imaginable.
| DR.. Faulkner well knows that u has
been under Democratic administrations
that We have made the United States Ia
power and dominion the mighiiest na-
Iti0n on the globe. and placed ourseIves
Iannong the cancellations OF the nations
|ol the earth. The old Federal party,
'Ifrom which the Dr's. party has sprung,
'lhad control Of this government . short
ltime. Owing 10 iis unjust and Oppres-
lslve legislation the people arose and at
the ballot box doomed this old party TO
,lbe thing Of the past. Every reader Of
HISTORY Is we'll informed as 10 our ter
'Irltorisl dominion at that day. This par
lv was 0uSlCQuVO Oy NASsofSess 49,
liounder OF this "rebel" party 20 the DIR.
would call H. What did Jenerson DO I
lie extended our dominions, although
Opposed by Hamilton, Jay and other
leaders OF the Federal party, and with
'sub-eQuent accessions made BY Demo
cratic administrations. today the
American Eagle has extended her do
d aminions until her brazen break touches
the great lakes on the north the sunny
gulf on the sonth; her right wing reach
lee out 10 the misty Atlantic, and her lei'
wing fans The calm Pacific. Aud yet un-
der the weight OF these :scts. backed BY
history ~ Il II, the nr. has the andacity y
and e6rontory 10 call It "rebel" party
II III Moses and the'prophets were 10 arise
from the slumbering world and preach
these things to the DR.. still his hardness
lof heart aud dullness Of understanding 3
}. would faii 10 comprehend any thing else
hut "rebe" in the folds Of the demo
!. lcratic party. He next savs this northern
l"rebel party prolonged the war for hvs
,ears.r This 10 too Insignificant for us u
Undertake 10 answer. No one but ~
lrsuicsl partisan would dare make suct
I an assertion. Where would the presen
Republican party have been had thes<
lnorthern srcbelsn coalesced with ths
lsouth? Where would the imperial MAJ
!" Iof the republican party, which waves
lover THE country for twenty -four year
: have been2 u would have been ~ chal
before the wind. Let the Dr.. refresl
Ihimself With ngures before 10 pour
} Iforsh bic burning lava Z.
The Or. wsIl knoWs (kat Tile countr'
sIwas dem 0craljc q the beginning Of th
lwar and has been ever since. But BY
|syssem Of atu0lDg the ballot box an
Icorrupsing returning boards the repub
.liican party maintained its supremacy 70
2 ltw cnty-four yearA. In 1860 Lincoln
: received 1865 OOO popular votes; Doug
: Lac received |. 100000. Breckenridge re
|ceiyed I.6OO,OOO The army registe
shows that there vac enlisted tro,n III
!. north TO quell this northern "rehel dem
ocratic war; - he terms II, 2.772,4O
Isoldiers. Iwant the Dr.. TO tell us wher
he got bis republican s0ldiers 10 put !
.AldoWn? And YET, right on the eve OF ~
=. 6ual struRgle Mcclellan polled $4,000
!. popular vOles, when hundreds Of thous
auds Of Democratic soldiers were no
lpermittcd 10 return home and vote
For fear be will not tell, vii: tell hin
where they come from. They come frou
this northern srebel" democratic party
II guess be thinks Hancock wss . rebs
when be was weltcring In bic blood 9
lCemetery heights; when he stood Their
las frm % the CoIlossos Of Rhodes ana =
|fused 10 be borne from the field until 2
Isaw the stars and stripes wave triumph
I, antIy over the hardest fought battle evs
recorded 10 the worlds history.
~, pr, He next says ''let % review the record
the demo mocratic party for the last thrs
uplyesrs.r All right, let him see how man
:. whiskey rings he will find; how man
: sssr route thieves have been prosecuted
How many credit mobeIiers have oes
Iiuggled through Congress, with which .
Immortal Garfield was associated! no
many salary grabs have been pas:.e.f
- How many land grants have been 'oho''
-.lthrough Congress for powerful raiIro'
y, = lcorporasions? Oh, consistency. tnou
ss' Let the DR.. don those green spectsc'
.|of HE and weigh his decisions In > scs
y of justice, and he will never CA! /!
neiehbor Z .rebel." who sacrificed
home. his life, his fortune, and split
blood upon fresdom's altar TO save :
Union.
MExroR, April, 1883.