The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-05-05

In the afternoon an immense mass
meeting was held at Turner Hill. Posi-
master-General Charles Emory smith
being the orator Of the day.
Last evening a public reception was
given the distinguished visitors at
Turner Hall. In his speech. Postmas-
ter-General Smith said. in part:
speech Of the Postmaster General.
There is nothing more heroic in
the capture of Donaldson. nothing great
err in the march on Richmond than the
grim courage and the noble impulse
with which Grant. in the very shadow
O. death. wrote the simple fascinating
story OF his life that was to be the sup
port Of those he loved. II was IN the
last pages. just as the darkening pail
was falling on him that lac pennod the
following words:
England and America Natural Allies.
~.England and the United States
are natural allies. and should be the
best Of friends They speak one LAM
gLaee and are related by blood and
4 other ties. We together or even either
$, paratelv. are better qualified than
any other people To- establish COM
merce between all the nationalitirs ~
tie world England governs her osNn
colonies. and particularly those eni-
bracing the people Of different races
from her own. better than any otler
nation"
In course of Retaliation.
THAT splendid vision of the dying
chieftain is in course Of realization
Ii is nearly II years since his eyes
were closed in death. but the dream
which flashed upon the failing
SIGHT on the hushed heights ~ MI. Me
Grcgor is to-day a vivid and luminous
picture. filling the whole front Of th'
national view. We see now rs we ncvei
saw before the higher unity and sh'
broader mission Of the English-speaN
Ing race. That race j. the pioneer D
civilization and the founder Of com
( monwealihs. The grandeur Of its ain
and the triumph Of its energy ar
written ON every page in the gloriou
history of civil. religious and CONNER
cial progress. II has snbdued CONT
rentS and made them blossom like tn
rcsc. II stands for the genius Of Liber
". for Liberty clad in sacred panopl
OF law. which recognizes the equality
protects the rights and executes IN
organized will Of an. Rcprcscntatiy
government. trial by jury. freedom q
speech and Of the press. the right :
worship according to the dictates r
conscience. the csia blishmcnt Of IN
common school these are the cardin;
elements Of its poiity and these az
The bcneiiccnt fruits Of its eyct-Ic
vancing march.
our Country's Mission.
sour country has not gone fort
with ambitious or cunqnering han'
! I'm the little more than 100 years pf i
national existence. il has found i
Youthful vigor absorbed i'm deyelopin
the mighty continent where God.
tie western course Of civilization. a.
placed the seat Of its unrivalcd ~
rire. bat II now arches and fills u
bread space between the Atlantic AZ
!, the Pacific
: Hn,c Heretofore Lived to our~ei,e
!, "For Il hundred years. which are bl
a fragment in the lifetime of natio
We have lived within ourselves. an
! shutting our eyes 10 the growth al
needs Of The coming centuries. sh.
" W. hold that the mctes and bounds
!, The past are 10 be the irrcvocablc iimi
OF the future2
y Tn. New Ern Grant saw.
= "Gen. Grant saw and said that %
country was entering on new -
y Yes. on a new era 81 duty. progre