The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-11-24

seduce an lnsurrectionary movement
Certainly, ifleft alone---if not tampcr-
ed with, and not attempted to be Sc
duced and debauched by Abolition
emissares and cutthroats-the slaves
of tho South would live forever in
quiet, and peace, and loyalty, with
no wish or thought OF frcedom--of the
freedom to return to the condition of
savages, and to steal, and starve and
die uncarod for, which the Northern
Abolitionists hold out to them. 1.-THE
Aboltionists would let them alone,
and not force or inStigate them to in
surrcction, and pilage, and murder
things they would ntver attempt, or
dream of attempting, without being
insligated by Abolition emmissarcs--
Southern masters, and their families
and ncighbors would repose forever
in state Of uninterrupted and ahso'
lutte security. The Southern whites
would live undisiurbcd, even without
a frc-arm in their houses or lock upon
their doors. There is no earthly dan
ger to be apprehcndcd from Southern
slaves il the miserable Abolitionists
of the North, or their more miserable
and more villainous sympathsers and
abettors in the South--if any such
there be--would just let the slaves
alone, and not try either to persuade
or force them into rebellion to their
masters. Even in the event Of a civil
war between the North and South, we,
for one, should be greatly surprised
and amazed, if the slave did not con.
stitute willing and efficient body
guard for the defense and protection
OF the white families Of the South
We do not not believe that one in a
thousand Of them would voluntarily
desert their masters and mistresseS
under any circumstances, on the con-
trary, they would stand by and cling
to them, through good and through
evil, and rebel the assaults OF our in.
vadcrs with a fidelity and a valor al
most equal to their masters.
The Northern Abolitonsts know
nothing in the world OF the loyal and
contcntcd disposition of Southern
slaves, The wrongs and expressions
which these fanatics "shricll" over,
are purely imaginary. The Southern
slave is the happicst of human labor,
ers, the best treated, the best cared
for. the least inclined to be rebcllious,
and the least willing to exchange his
comfortable condition as a servant for
that Of desperate and starving So
called freeman, which the Abolition
ISIS, in their fanaticsm and madness,
would confer upon him. If Northern
Abolitionists, would examine tho con.
dition of Southern slaves for them.
Sclvcs--would calmly study the phi
losophy and practical workings of the
patriarcha institution itscli--wc have
an abiding confidence that never again
would they indulge in ridiculous
"shricks" or still more ridiculous cf.
forts for the freedom Of Southern
slaves. We believe on the contrary
that all Of them who arc not abso-
lutely maddened by fanaticlsm, would
at once come to the conclusion that
the relation of master and slave in
the Southern States is the best, the
wscst. the most bcncGcient, and the
most necessary that it is possible to
conceive OF. In the operations Of this
humane system Of labor, they would
find no .jarring, no discord, no wrong,
no misery, no unhappiness. no discon-
tent, no dangcr-they would at least
find it lrcer from all these elements
than any other system of labor that
now exists, or has ever existed in the
world.
But, our purpose simply was, to re.
mind the people Of the North, and the
people oi the South, and the whole
world, that the late outbreak at llar-
pcr's Ferry was purely a conspiracy
and invasion on the part of Northern
Abolitionists, and in no sense, nor to
any extent, an insurrection on the
part of the slaves !--RichmOad Wing.
TIE QUAKER IND THE PUGnLsT.-A
genuine bully called upon Friend"
avowedly to thrash him. "Fricnd,'
demonstrated the Quaker, knocking
down the visitors fists, "bcfore thou
proccedcst to chastsc inc, wilt thou
not take some dinncr!' The bully
was a gIutton, and at once consented,
washing down the solids with libations
of strong ale. He rose up again to
fulfill his original erranl. Friend
said the Quaker, "wilt thou mot first
take some punch!" and he supplied
abundance ofpunch. The bully, now
staggering, attempted to thrash his en-
tertainer, but quoth the Quaker,
"Fricnd, wilt thou not take pIpe!
This hospitablc offer was accepted,
and the bully utterly weak, staggered
across the room to chasiise the Qua
ker. The latter, opening the window,
and pulling the bully towards it, thus
addressed him, "Friend, thou earnest
hithcr not to be pacilied; gave thee
"A meat offering, but that did not as.
suage thy rage; | gave thee a drinl;
Offering, still thou vert beside thyself;
gave thee a burnt offering, neither