The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-03-25
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHWARK.
REN-..OUR PEOPLE.


nouncement Of the pro ect. We fol
proud that among our own peopc-pco
pie Of the South-was to be found bold
er spirit on the sub ecl Of Education thar
had been exhibited in the United State
tina. our people had conceived an,
projected plan OF establishing a Col
ege on larger scale than had been cs
tablished in the United States. And in
deed truly were we deeply interested ir
this enterprise when it was located in GU
own county, on our own beautiful noun
tain. We felt that the people Of Frank
lin had indeed been honored beyond theil
brightest hopes. We would have been
proud OF this Institution even had 1t been
located in the farihest corner OF the far
thest Southern State. We believed our
neighbors in the adjoining counties and
throughout the limits Of Tennessee, with
the manliness Of Tennesseeans, would
come up and rel dice with US. In this we
were in part mistaken. In one OF our
eighbor counties, Warren, we find pre-.
valing spirit that is rarely to be seen
among the liberal and high.toned sons Of
Tennessee. At one time Warren was a
competitor for this location, but the ques.
ton was decided in favor Of Franklin
purely upon natural advantages, without
the shade Of unfairness by the people Of
Franklin. And now Warren says, GAS
we could not get the location we do not
want you to have it," "As we cannot
eat hay, we will not let you do it,
And to effect their object and drive the
enterprise out of the State, some Of the
citizens Of Warren--and, we take it for
granted, with the appreciation of others
have been for weeks constantly engaged
running about over the country hunting
up and peddling out rumors about the
people Of Franklin, their county, its
health, &c.,-tale bearing and tattlins.
Certainly this is small business, and
small men only engage in such things -
A heightened, liberal gentleman, even
when he fails in business, has no inclna.
ton to desttoy the prospects of his neigh.
DOR who has uniformly treated him kind.
ly.
But when we look upon our people
and see the spirit in which they are meet.
ing this low and wmanly attack by War.
rem, we feel proud Of our citizens. We
see the citizens Of franklin coming up
to the support Of the University in such a
way a. to make its friends feel that the
people of Franklin will stand by them
Especially are we delighted at tbe bold
and manly manner in which they are pros.
ecuting the var against Warren. But for
the unmanly effort on the part Of War.
rem to in ure US because they could not
be built up, our people, we feel confident,
would have made no exertons to taxi
the travel for Beryheba away from Nc.
but seeing that everything
would be done that could be a, Mem,
to poison the minds of travellers against
Sewanee, our people have gone TO work
in earnest and have made all necessary
arrangements for the travel to Bersheba
10 pass over the Sowanee Rail Road in.
stead Of going by McMinnvile. a good
house will be prepared at Ccwan, good
car put on the road with a line of coaches
from the coal bank TO Borsheba, and the
advantages OF this route over the Nc.
Minnville route are SO great that without
doubt the entire travel will be turned a.
way from Warren. This will be giving
them just what is deserving, for certainly
" ''''o ""JusthhuIC uHti lHeACuSHDIe al.
tack was never made by the people of
one county upon the people of another.
But we are gTa,iiied to be able to state
knowingly that tho efforts of Warren
have only had the effect to arouse the true
friends Of the Institution, and that mon,
the only difficulties which did exist ara
settled. The slanderous charges Of War.
rem have had the effect only TO unite the
real friends Of the School, and what a,
one time seemed to be difficulties between
the friends Of the School, have been set.
tied. =
Notwithstanding we can bur feel indig.
nant at the motive which prompted the
attack, we are really under obligations to
Warren.