The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-05-17

What shall we write about? That
the question. Not that we've run out
Of something to say-don't think 50 fol
u moment. Butdid you never sit dowr
TO Il table loaded with good things
where plenty existed in the greatest
abundancc-aL II party for instance
where cakes of every sort, candies
nuts, pies, custards, and all the gooo
, things in the edible line, were piled ~
t around you--did you never sit down
under those circumstances and feel q
s~nricit at your stomach before You haC
eaten one fourth rs much rs was usnN
udcr other circumstances, when moth
ing, perhaps, but II few slices Of ricI
juicy ham, Il paunc Of I%ightbread, II cul
Of coffee, and some more plain food
were all that tempted your appclitcs
Well, just in such Il prcdicamcnt we fec
now, having more subjects than arc
wanted.
VI shall say nothing Of the adjourn
ed Charleston Convention that failed to
do what it went thereto do, that is
nominate II candidate for the very higl
and extremely laborious office ofPrcsl
den. The Convention will meet again
in Baltimore the 10th Of June next, anC
perhaps Douglas will be the nominee
but not by the vote Of the Southern
States, unless they are more submis,
siyc than they were at Charleston, MOI
do we suppose the Northern Delegates
will yield and thereby will hang Il tale.
The Democrats South are fully awak,
to their dues, and seem determined tC
have them. If they fail to agree Will
their brethren at Baltimore, they viii
have an independent candidate o
course. They certainly could not unite
on Bell and Everett, who have just been
nominated by the American party, ana
nominated without u platform. lhcy
wouldn't know the principles they
were going for. !Soa IN independent can
| didatc would be put up. Then the Re
pubIicans will have Il candidate, the
democrats will be split NJ, and, the
Bell and Everett party with u candi-
datc-so the thing will work until the
farce ends in the tragedy of a disolu-
ton. And this tragedy the North will
force upon US, for certainly it is but JUS
ticc for her to yield, and failing to do it
is but justice for US to resist. And Why
Bdcausc orr rights are inlractcd, not
the rights Of the North. We are on the
defensive and have been too much so
in days gone by. Longer submission
will be destruction. With the Consti-
tuition ON the side Of the Southern pco-
pie, AS interpreted by the Supreme
Court, any Northern decree against the
extension ofslavery will be resisted to
the death. Disunion or civil war will
follow. Ict, we hope that Il true sense
of %asllce may possess the minds of the
Northern people, and our gIorioM ship
Of State (a5 it used to bc) sail proudly
On to the destiny we used to hear pre-
dictcd for her by fourth of July orators
Submission iSdcStruction, and the only
way to keep the troubled States togcth-
cr is for the South not to i;lltcr in main
tcnancc Of what she knows is due her.
There now. we have gotten into poll,
ties, but we couldn't help it. Our feel
ings ~N out, and now they may go
for what they are worth. Rest assured
that we are honest, and never take back
what we say if anybody don't like our
views. We started to say II while ago
that politics was out of our Iinc. We
work especially for the good of our
town and county. We want to see
health, wealth and happiness abound
in our county especially above all 9th
or counties. That's the reason we adj
vocatc the building Of the Turnpike
That's the reason we are for tax. 1t
will increase the wealth Ofour county,
its health and happiness. What poor
father would not be glad to have a
school in his midst to which hc could
send Il child of his to be educated,
even ifhc could not pay for the cduca,
ton? The Southern University under
such circumstances will Rcrcr turn a boy
from It's doors. Alas, that avotc should
be east in our county against such an
institution. Poor widows with chill
drcn to educate, may well sigh that men
for the sake Of a little forcthought, 9th
crs on account Of prejudice, Others be
cause the thing was first brought before
the magistrates others because it vii
take Il icwccnts from thcir,pockcis, vii
against the grandcst enterprise
that has cvcr been brought before our
minds. But we shall await the clcc-
lion day, and fthc people should re-
fuse to aid in the construction of the
Turnpike, we shall indeed feel like Ia
men ing that they are so lost to their
own interests. Gentlemen, what are
you thinking OF, when you say you are
opposed to building u little turnpike to
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