The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-26

saw the heart r6nOluB eiBusS "a
black men, women and children
sold at the block. While he was
gazing at the auction, one OF his
friends asked him what he thought
about it, and he replied most We
hemently: "It is cruel and 1t is
wrong. "And," he continued, III
i could get stroke at slavery, by
G., I'd hit it hard"
South Carolina and the other cot
ton States seeded. 1t was then,
nv friends, that you responded to
your country's call. 1t was then
that you took your lives in your
hands, and faced the cannon's
death dealing presence, facing all
the horrors that are in war and all
the terrors in untimely death. You
left family, friends and home, and
waved them your last adieu, not
unmindful Of the possibility that
that farewell might be each soldiers
Illast adieu to those he dearly loved.
1t was a few minutes before tour
; o. clock on the morning OF the l2th
of April, 1861, that Edmund Ruf,
a fin, at the command OF General
r Beauregard, fired the first shot OF
the civil war. As that shot crashed
: against the walls Of Fort Sumpter,
i, il echoed around the world. IL
) awakened in the hearts OF kings ana
e potentates of the old world thoughts
i of great Joy, for they hailed it as the
i death knell of popular government
It and an Endorsement OF the correct
le ness Of their form. But they reckon
l. ed amiss. That shot caused another
A. and different awakening through
l. the North. 1t awakened you, citi-
n zen soldiers, to the high resolve 70
ID stand by the Constitution, the Un-
H. ion and the flag. 1t was then you
ID resolved to do or die. You deter,
t. mined to offer upon the altar OF
in your country the fullest measure OF
re patriots devotion, the last drop
or of blood that bore tribute 70 MS
rs heart. :,
lie The South called the North
ar .sYanks" and the North called
re- them "Johnnies;" but these cpl
ng Ithets became meaningless when the
carnage of battle was on, and the
ro- world then saw that it was legion
,ur Of lions against legion OF lions,
On armies Of giants hurling themselves
S. against armies Of giants, tor none
in Int Americans could have resisted
as they Of the South resisted, and
ee- none but Americans could have per.
sisted as you did. My friends. II
on was tournament at arms, the like
my lof which the world had never wit
his messed, and he who participated II
avelits grand accomplishment may viii
and pardonable pride arrogate to him
at II self the palm Of victory. Ever.
on Nation has its problems to solve
the and il is doubtful if ever more sc
rious problem fell to the lot OF
generation for solution than the on
cd which you saw solved in the lat
civil war.
ssti- When we look at the war from q
bip, unpreiudiced standpoint 1t appea.
lori AZ causeless as it was successful.
sim NAV well be asked what legitima'
right Of the South had been invaded
.bric what plea Of justification can 81
very present for plunging into interneciI
hose e|war. President Lincoln assurs
new them that with the institution
ture slavery, where it existed, he had
adic intention to interfere. When 81
,ern- demanded slave importation, It W
aved granted for twenty years; when 9
eless asked for three-fifth representati'
! of|for her slave population, It v
the granted; when she asked Tor I
SELF passage Of the Fugitive Slave -
srs ofit was passed in her interest; wh
gov she as ked for more slave terrific
! the she received Louisiana, Florida .
crisis Texas, and very few Of her stern
vhich mands were denied. Why did
ncoln not hearken to the voics OF All
ant Of ander II. Stevens, who when spe'
|, the ing to his excited fellow citlz'
were said: "Pause, my countrym
who ere vet it be too late. When
The shall see our lovely South dc
ip Of lated by the demon Of war; vi
split, we shall see our golden fields
For corn, cane and cotton trodden dc
this by the fiery car Of war; when
olent. shall see our temples Of jus
tween smouldering in ruins and asf
began when your sons are slain and ,
se and womanhood is in tears, who, ans
, Kan me, who but this convention,
Dred be held responsible by posterit,
truces the general devastation that
r. In action here is liable to call q
Presi- upon US.
saw The citizens Of the South rea
ton Of the prophetic character OF
ch she Stephens description, when
cL,a.oac,a march tn the eea. Q