Winchester daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1863-1863, 1863-02-13
From the Chattanooga REBEL
Hon. Mr.. Conrad.

Hon. MIR. conrad.
In recent discussion Of tho Exemp.
ton Bill in Congress, it appears that
tbe Hon, Mr.. Conrad Of Louisiana in.
daiged in q wholesale and venomous
onslaught upon the Press of the South.
Abiding to the journals Of the Con.
fcderaey, he boldly pronounced it as
his opinion, that they had done more
harm than good to the common cause
of Independence, and he therefore in
sisted that all the editors should be
harnessed by the Conscript officers and
placed in positions where they cou.d be
of some use to the country In the
fear that some one would doubt the
sincerity of his utterapes, he said this
would be the opinion he would give,
even if he were put upon his oath.
Personally we have no objection to
offer to Mr., Conrads pooposition. And
while he is in for genera. " "harHesS.
ing" up of the august brethren Of the
quill, we would suggest the present, as
the tittest opportunity, while the rep
rcsentativcs of the Press are in Con
yentivn att Augusta. The harness.
ing" officer. will be able to catch them
Gal in II huddle.' You are perfectly
right, Honorable Nh. Conrad. 1t is
full time the editors were " harneSsed D
and the press of the free South was
muzzled, aud the busy quill Of the
Southern journals, should cease to puff
into celebrity the buncombe nonsense
OF such blatant humbugs as yourself.
The educators Of the people should be
kept from them-t they arc becoming too
intelligent already. Why,.we will ven.
ture to assert tliat even now, there are
afew of your tellow-countrymon tho
wspaper.readcrs, cute enough to see
clear through your "robc of seeming
truth and trust" at this smart effort
to court the favor of "the dear people. .
1t is nothing TO you chat the journal
istic profession has had more dlstln'
guished representation in the " tented
field than almost any other; 1t IS
nothing to you that more than three
fourths of the editors OF the South
have served through ono or more cam.
paigns in this revolution with shout
dered musket, while you were roasting
your Congressional sides before a com .
Portable crate in Richmond, and read.
: ing your harrangue, from the printed
columns, of one of these same unhar-
messed editors; il is nothing to you,
Honorable Mr. Conrad, thas "THE
raEsgg III tila safeguard Of the people s
liberty Nkss nothing to you that the
suppression, OF tho public Journals OF
nation is the first step to its downfall,
and the first inclination of the neck to
the yoke of ,despot.sm it is nothing to
You that the people should be kept IN
formed OF the proceedings of such pub,
lie servants as yourself and should
desire to know in what manner is CON
Quoted the government they are dall y
shedding .fheff BEST 4blood'to establish
All this, ,of course, is nothing to you.
But It is something to the people whom
you would cut off from all sources Of
intelligence IF yoqroIject is to court
favor with your fellow acountrym,e,n
the advocacy of such a measure is the
last one in The world to facilitate those
designs. 1 Congress may hold secret
sessions innumerable, and may adopt
any other means Of keeping intorma
tlon from the people-but it will hard