Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 10, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 February 1868 — Page 1

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y o- II THE JASPER WEEKLY COURIER. VOL. 10. JASPER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1868. NO. 2.

f ! PUBLISHED tVEKV FK1DAY, IT J ASTER D0BC18 C0UNTV, INDIANA, BY CLEMENT DOANE. OFFICIO Wtt Mai Street.

TÄRMS oTRICTL IN AÜVANCK j N.n.rU riubBcriwiiun. lor fifty Nos., fcl M' Fur ix moullu, 1 00 BATES Or AUVRnTISIKO. Forsqun'eof 10 Hops or lens l week! Ol Kacli subsequent IMffUuti, C,,;E. Longei advertisement?, at some rale- j A fraction over even sqimre or aji -i counli'J ia o nquure I ...v.- are im "'"" - tor transient advertixi'iiiriit ; h rciiM nable

deduction will be trade to regular edtrtle.atttS

inente. ... Notiere of appoints! ol adminlalratoaa and legal notice ol like Clieraoiei paid io advmiee. A N N " JN'I NC C A N I I PA TIS ' For Township ollir.c-ra, eich For C-unty nr IMetrtot, flwettlt, er Fate, to tu 11.00 0,00 h. F. Mnt'il'T T i. O'LB. J. C. MHAKI-H-MALOTT, C331 ft SCUFF:.!. JASPER, INDIANA, Wiw 1'aAcnci w thk Coomi of Dubois Count. Special attantioa givon to the Collection of CUiii.H. Ulli ujl the Etat el Io of the Publie Square, Jörns L'i. li'-T. It. aiTWa .. 21X3X2. mOHXEI AT L11T, And Notary I'ublic, Will irctica hi ;v''i Hid Cotirti ol

Dllboja iiii 1 IVrrj CotlUtieä, lndiaUM.ms hold? That iajuat what the Demur a

Julv 19, I87-1 v Clem I'o sue, . T T 0 at N B V A T L A Y, JASPER, INDIANA, lrlhh ottoal promptly to aojp bwaiiioa r lotrtaatos to aim to aajrof loe OMttia of Ifbooia eonnty. Offieo In Ifco Cjurier a idi ii it, i) it Wt street. Um T. Cut, ATT07.N LY AT L A 7 . jAslT.n, IMUIAHA. Will rrserir.e in all tiie Court e-f DuOol an I a.ij im jr aeon i let. oyü.H -O on S U l lii of the I'tttlit S-ju-re. S n. 20. '(7. L'. 32 v fiSJi 5L at. FORWAP.DIflG & CCMVISCION M E HC HANTS, DEALERS IN Prodnr", Brley4 Oats and Lime. Lower V Larf-liuatr Proprietor!. TUOY. INDIANA S-P'.'JO 'C7-0O, otiuFcTur;i:R ami hkd r ia HARNESS AND iSADDLKS, 8":!h Kant Corn.-r of the Tublic Square lASfrKt, IND., iFFRRS hia thank totllteitlfiOOaof Du boia county nnd Vldinlly t)r iheit pnoi patronae, and anlictta n contin un nrV- nnd extension of the s a tne, fee ling ieoS4aol t hut Iip can make it to the loterOal ol peraiiim in want of any thinj; in his line to sttfOl with him, as his motto iV'stnal I profile am'quick sales." I May 15. 62 CH.ULSSBaJal, eis ii i a mAcmn 9 East Side of the Puhlic Square, JASPKR, INDIANA. R ESPEGTr'ULLY inlorma thp public that he M prepared lo manufacture cigars of all kind in ihe heal style to order, on cnmmi"ion. or for caeh. A good stock of all kinds nf elgara constantly on hand and fnr sale on rpasoiiablc lerm. July 26, 18(i7-tl CH. ULRICH C.STRSt- H. RKILINR. JOS. HAXTHAÜBER STEGE, REILING & CO., WHOLES ALE DEALERS Iff Groceries FroviNion, Ten. TOBACCO, CIGAItS, MARK KT STREET. North Side, between Second and Third Sirs. LOUISVILLE, KV. P. S. Prompt attention to ordera from the country. eep. 12, 1861 tf.

The Uondholding QllCHtiOll. nected with the government (or the pet Ueven yeare, end not inlereated in any 'rings' The difli-rence Iwtween Riptiblieanlj,, Conurese or any comrecta out of . atl'i Democratic Build holders, might Ultimately have had aome properly. THE QUESTION ORDERED FROmH J ,0 ,,v"1 in ff? i.vuniMiATfn aAttriUALMBte rtt.ea aid, it may be assumed, thai he ap-

STANDPOINT. Edgerton's Reply to the Lafayette Jour nal.

Zmmerman, Ivq , Editor of the Förthen in possession ot money ne oesirea to

Wayne DeOsOCrat. Sib: The fellow Inf note from you war ..., ,., ... .,. u ; tiw vwsfsj n v Fort Wavne, January 24 1863. linn. A . P. Edtferton: .. mm . . . mm Dear Sir: hnebmed hand you an ar itelo froaa ihO Ltfavette Jourual. and wold rtapeetfulty ek you to give me your viewa iiii the queatioiia aakeii therein, in order 'o aiiawtr the Mine underatandingly. Youre, etc , E. Z MMtBMAM. TV. i.i ilio nnpalinn nreaenlid imiv bi lllliv ... .. . . I . - l . . . : I mini: Ilm .PI li Ü ll. v. il I VI. II iiiiri?iuuv. i i-uti in. .iii.iw i." allude: DXHi CliATIC ABnOBRBNCC Of THE B I HOLI'KR B. rni f. . 1 1 1 . I. -. iL.l I.e . ,rt ayiie u.eUe ..y. Demoera'Oi tw abow iheir nbhorrenre ol In Boadnoidatf, have nominated one of ihe largtat buiidholders in the lStae aa ibeir eandidata lor Lieutenant Governor. Lai him low advocate hi parlyV docrinea and bela on to hia bond, and he will be poor oiiotigU one of theee dava, if hla (in. n ein I viewa prevail. Lafayette Journal. Soppoee, lor the e-ake of argument, we vere to admit Ilia". 51r. Edgerlon. the Demuraii' eaixtidnta fur l.i-uteiiant Governor, in a bundii ilder what of tba., il he i wil ling to Hike yreenbacke for ihe bond he ry ia advocatitu'. J hey want the ooniir lHid in jreenbacka, and if Ihe holders there

sr WiniOg to rxcnangP mem wriati ;,, accompanied by the high patioeal leorreaey, the matter ia nettled. Out that toL-i ubllfB,jon. jmpii; if no, exore-eed.

.... . - - . . .I not vv dat a tlie matter " J na Dondnoidersrao gold greenbacks are not good OOOOfl lor that clan of bondholder repreaented dv LftoroltO Journal and For' Wayne G tfUe lltOOfh CoOgraai haa made lliem ihe legnl rtuler nionev ol ihe country. Now, if Hilgert en, a bondholder, U willing to ttki irreeiibMck' lor the bond he hold, he de rven creiiit therefor, and is just ihe urn lliO people of Indiana ougbt lo elect lor Lieutenant Governor. -J Fort Wayne Dem We iinderaland lba Mr. Edgerion ia n large boooliolder. Now we aak him re fpectfully through ihe D-Nnocrel, or any other public BOOT 60, lo state if he would be billing lo have Ihe intereat on his bond toppe', ni d the prinripsl pid hirn in von merest paying greenback, the paynrni be mudeout of ihe $1 700 000 000 new wsue proposed by his party? In utherwode, Mr. Kdgerton willing to f.ke. sy cents in greenbacks lor one dollar's pre.ent worth ol greenbneke bearing aix per OvOt. imerert in gold? If so, he is willing loeu'rend.r two.tbirds and more of hi bonds for ih pood of Mecountry. This would be patriotic; but doe Mr. Edgrron think it aTbaJd be very honorable in the G vernment vho borrowed his money to compel him to make surh sacrifice? We venture lo predict lb" 'hr Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor,

the moment he eeea his policy about otrom the Secretary ol the Treasury some prevail, (which we iruat he hOOOf will.) will ric! iration ol opinion lo that rff et. Il there

e'l every bond he has, and let the blow ot

repudiation fell upon other and softer heade.!ihit the hood were payable in coin." in

Thia whole miserable greenback sch me i gotten up to catch votes, and no man nt Hendricks' or Edgerton's sense intend

it should ever be reduced to practice, to b'"ie pracice of Mm G ven mnl, and u ve

caught with bonda, or even ihe present is !n upinh n uimn which he be n call-d the sue of greenbacka and national bank OotraLotd paying argaaaent. The practice ,.i in

in their hands Lafayette Journal It seems ihe Lafayette Journal and n any other Republican papers in the S'ale losdjfi upon making me a "large bondholder 'h Their purpose is to show that a United States bondholder ought not to be s cndi date of the Democratic parly; or, if he per. aisted in being a candidate, it must be at the eacrifice of hia peraonal interesia. Tsking the position assigned me, of a bondholder, and being a candidate of 'he Democratic party and standing on its plat form of January 8, 1868, I will treat lbs question presented from a Democratic boad holders' and candidate aland-point. It may ba alated that a Democrat not eon -

plied to In investments 'be average intelligence of men who had accumulated property by yeata ol labor, and not sudden ly, by government contracts. Finding hiui

mvest si piying rates of intereat, be goes! 1010 market to aeek satisfactory securities. II. find hm iri.vernmenl in ti,e mark! aa a & .-.... ... - borrower. Hp may have had hi own idea' aa to ibe n ceaiiiee of the government, and ft lu WOafaVef they were not occasioned :tv reekbaa j;ptadiiure, and fraud and - r . . .1 . U . L. 1. . et .' .ry or pontic te create a lunaea aeoiai all, e-pecially a funded debt to be ruatained und paid by the induir;al pursuits of the Cuiiiry only B-ing poverieat lo effect any chengOtO loa p hey o ' the Government, or in Hie eaiatlNg ataie of thmge, he 'ac aa- - . . 1 J I . leeats the eiiuutiun,' and in 18b4, invea'g, T 1 i i JIWWu HI ijuiu in )i ntTwaWBI ircumiri, vtfiiihiie (Oiained at prices varying trim 162 " 256 tor his golO, ihe average be i u lie; ii b i is, ne u'iiainea jifruw in .m . a a . i a An t .r QmmM curit.ee or his lOO.OOO in void the bonda bearing aix per cent, inten 11, pay able in gold semi annually, andix mpt from all laxea. He could have aol if he hid managed a little closer, his gold on ihe 7 h day ol Ju'y lor 273 on ihe Lfc ior 282--which would hsve paid atiil bemr huen an inveatim nt, lor the purpose of inron e, was decidedly advaniageou aa lo ii aa i lie Government could afiurd o pay the interest. But, st the lime the loa i in whtch he invegied, waa on the mark it, there area sa under current of doubt aa lo its ex act ch .racier. It waa not expresaly paysble in (.old, and the Government had reserved the nght lo change ihe investment to re deem or aubatitutn some other lor it; al

that the creditor should lose nothing by hieiding to agreement, I h money it borrowed loan, il in the power ol the Government loiwhen ita very existence was in peril, am;

BOetoct him. This induced him o tske ihe nun, koOWinf he would lose lolhing in any

Vi nt, as he o uld change his investment nook advantage of its necessities and pur when nereaiarv. II dd not understand, chafed it aecuritiss al les tha- the' ' il

the (J. vjrMii-iit aa noPoinir to contract - - BT w w ith the lender as speculator upon t b neaeoeiliea. aviso woi-.d demand mure than hia money and a rae of interest, in gold, which no other inrestment would ptoduce. L waa underwood at the lime theae loans w ere put upon the market thai some change would e made in Iheir character after a de--ignitt d time. Doub less there were false representations made lo some, in the aale of ihese secuniies, by those ready lo profit by wrong doing; and, it is possible, Ibal Government ag nie went ouiside of their authority and deceived eome purchasers. But the great bodv of purchasers weie not il. i iv d, lor it was patent that Congress could change ihe loan. In what mannor. and to what ex ent the change would jbe made, il was let: to Ihe future lo dis c'oee; every one believing that in whatever Congress might do, abundant, opportunity would be affoidrd lo make the change without hast, It ia true that many hoped and were anxious hat the loan should be l onstrm d as payable in go d, and iheae im mediately commenced their efforts to obtain . a) ihe lim, "a delln.l understanding ih Wotd a the 8ecrtry, why apply lo him ,,tUi q .eniiy, 'or his opinion! In the ab Hiaoajoo of a y p' Binv law, he referred to G 0000000 1 was nut il law, in could it hoOOSBi prec edent to be l. llo d h oe mili'"u, not borrow, d never ree. ived from he G vmnKnt er ui betaken from an overtaxed people, it waa a national wrnny, ,n a case of doubt, to gi a eiBoairavtloa to a law or o assume a condition ol things againat ihe lax payera and in lavor ul Ihe bondholders. Il Ihere were doub's, why make them dollar to te taken from the 'people to go into the pockets of those from whose pockets the dollars never cam-1-That iha people have made aa issue upon ihia queation, sod are construing all the doobt lo their lavor, fa eVery day demonjtraud.

The Secretary of ihe Treasury, in , bis last! report, says, ''some five hundred and fifteen

millions of five-twenty bond are now rt definable according to their tenor."

The Democratic party ut Indiana propos";,crifice? Wit it not rather that clan of

o redeem them according to their tenor. It propoeea to givp me for my $100,000 I gold, loaned in 1804. $198 000 in legal tendr notea, which 1 can lu div convert into 140480 in fold; or if I prefer to hold Dm legal tenders. I can use them in all the busi im as relatione of life. In addition to the )J4Q 4eU in fold, whicn could be oDtsined fur my $100 000 loaned, I have received the i teieat amt annually , in gold, and have been exempt Irom all tazea upon my bonda. Now i he question ia asked me, am I wil Ho ta rece ve ihe 113 000 iu lege) tender noteal I anawer, 1 am. Is there any reaaon why I ahould be paid $198.000 in gold? What taxpayer is willing lo be taxed to pay me thia rum in gold? But it may be a'ked, Why pay me auy thing at thi time? Why change my relation to the Government aa one of its bondholder? If my intereat only wera to be consulted, no pay ... , - . mrni wuuiu uc iicima.ii, iui x iiiua. uvry unreasonable not to be aatiahed w.in the m mi annual intereet in gold on my . i t rt t ,rj -. I . . i I ., i siacvw ana ine enure exeropuon n ' um Irom taxatiun, with the asouraoce that ihia condition of things ia to continue lor twenty yeara, al least, 6nd mv bonds to be all the time equivalent to poAL But there are other interests in the ntrion to be watched over and protected, and the irx pay era, who have the det lo pay propose lo consult their interests and pay it now. aa they have the rigat lo do; and hence they eay to me, Yooian accept paymeut or not; we do not propose to pay you interest any longer, nor do we propoee lo pay you $198 000 in gold. I orepoae lo accept the greenbacks. The Secretary ot ihe Treasury ask", 'How would the Government ol the Unit ed State stsnd belore the world hov. would it atvnd in the estimation of its own people if it should decline to pay, accor w,thout wlucli it could not have prosecuted (the war. on the ground (list the lei, der. ue It will not be denied that during all tin war there waa a combination ol moneyed men money lenders persistent in iheir efforts to deprecists the Government seru ritieslor lha purpose of purchasing al less han their value, and yet our Government nnlike any other on earth, in a time of war, permitted tbesa combinations to exist and iia aecuriliee lo be depreciated, and dsre no' exercise the high prerogative of a govern m-nt to lake ihe money of ihese loyal cilixens when it waa daily, by force, taking lh liveaof thousand. In nothing did Ihe Lin coln administration exhibit its weaknesmore than in this. Now, these loyal, go1..' 'Xacting money lenders propose to tske the property left by those whose lives were sacrificed for iheir country. To the) lender of money to the Govern ment when its existence wsa la pe.il. no one hss ever proposed to do less than to return to him t be ""money borrowed," and i's in eres!, according to agreement. To hin. ho "took advantage of Ihe necessities of his Government and purchased its securities al less than their value,'' we propose, lo dt ihe same thing: pay according to law. Now aa every man wants his investments to be aore, undisturbed and paying, wnnld ii not be wisdom in the hrlder of 6 20, ma tured nd maturing, te accept payment while he can make money by eo coing, as I have d- monatrated, instead of endeavoring to (res ihe people to acquieaco in ah unjus' a d illegal demand H - ig answered the question atk'd by h Jniirnsl, from ihe povitinn of a bond holder, which it had assigned me, I will add a few words more: The claea o4 money lenders, to which the S'cretary of ihe Treasury refers, who tke advantage of the necessities of their govern ment, ana "purchase ha securities at less than their value,'' are. of all others, ihe most clameroa for gold, and (lie lou leaf in tnelr protestation of loyally and nf their acrifieee for Ihe Government. Government ia supported by taxes. The blood nnd ihe money of the people vusiain it. Fay thesa foan tn gold, as thy deroind, and whert la thair sacrifice for their Government?

Who sold Government arruntiee at ea than their slue, and why were

thev eo sold? leaders and Did honest, loval money tax payer demand the men who created governmental necessities, for the Lurpoae of dishonestly supplying' "and taking advantage of them," who opposed a joet ay stem of tsxition, because it would have brought to the knowledge of the people. tb fxtent of iheir robberies; sod who, by all the appliancea of money to corrupt Ipgialaiion, secured Ihe fundiug of nonintereat paying legal Jfnders into a Government security uhicA exempted the holder from taxation; winch security, when offered in the market, rbey immediately sought to lepreciate, until in possession, "at less than itg value;" and now seek tojappreclaao by forced conalruction of the law and by the constitutum of an ut just and unrquaf system of uxatian? Tle charge of bad fai.lt against the adVosOlea of Ihe early redemption of the ma mred and maturing ö 20'a accorditig to lav come from this class of bondholders. Tnev wi!l raise ihie or any other cry which they think will enable lliem to bold iheir bonds exempt frcm taxation. They want the industrial and producing classes of the country t m-ke iheir bonds worth dollar for dollar ia gold. They demand thai si! Itwa shall be such as llaek interest cieiate. It is (Iii class of men, blind to their own iu'erests. really, a well as hostile, ht the interest of the tax payor, and every man engaged in active busincs, which seems anxioua to create a moneyed aristocracy to own a mortgage on iho nation; to be paid, principal and intereat, by Ihe producing masses; a thing which can not exist in a free government without destroying its chsracter. It is easy to forsee what, in this country, where but a emoi.' fraction ol the people are bondholders, must be the consequence of such efforts. Pundholdere should not deceive Ihenahrea aa lo what the people ask. Now they ai-k that ihe mortgage noon their nropprty and their labor shall be paid, when due, tf provided in the bond, and this just demand ia met with denunciation and misrepresentation. B it bonddo'ders will lesrn that Ihe piople know what Ikey Oekj that no apohietry can looger deceive them; thsc no rariy linr i or pirn fi rms can bind an overi.ixed ppepie in iheir euppor', especially vhen iij telic, in some lorm, has surcharged almost every act of legislation of ihe psrty in power. Yours, etc, A. P. Edoertox. Foar Wavme, Lid , Jsnuory 25( jgrJS. Dr. "NV. F. Slierrod is a prominent Democrajic candidate lor Congress in iho New Albany district. The Doctor hss o firai rate Democratic record and is the representative man in the Second district. If Col. Howies dues not want the nomination, Sherrod ought to have i;.-Evansville Jou nal. Dr. Sherrod waa over four year io thn Federal army, during the rebellion, and came out of the war with his escutcheon bright end untarnished. Perhaps fur ibie. the f x-Colonel of the Journal doo'l admits h m. Vincennra Sun. Sebatob Doclittlk, aod Stahtob, fsjpB Sxeax. In a running debste on loyally, fa the United States Senate the oilier day. Stanton, the aneak, was somewhat ventilated. Senator Doolittle, of Witeonaln, declared that "when Albert G. Brown, or Mississippi, withdrew from the Senate to join tho rebellion, Edwin M. Stanton met him ouiside the door ac,; urged him le go on in this course, wishing him 'God speed,' and saying be was right.'' 'Why don't you trade with me?" said t close fluted tradesman to a friend the oiher day. The reply waa characteristic: "You have never asked me, sir. I have looked all ihrotieh ihe papers lor sn invitation io the shape of an advertisement, and found .tone. I never go where I am net invited Grammatical analogy When persona are in mooda, they are usually in terse also. llpnry Ward Beecher has gittn $ 10CO to a fund (or the benefit of Gen. Lee's Col lege. There ia a aolitary editor in tba Maeaaciiuaeita Legislature. New York l. st $5,7! 1 000 by fire last yesr. The hibits of good ociely-F.no clothes.

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