The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-02-17

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EgOn our fourth page will be found
two articles, relative to a new national
party, and taken from the La Grange
ga Rcporter. We advise u careful
reading Of these sensible documents.
The Rcporter uttered q truisln which
human nature and human experience,
from the days OF Adam, have attcstol,
when it said sit is not in human ma
tIrc to defend that government which
Expresses YOU Dryden said that
love Is loves reward" If the Coy
crnmcnt Of the United States pursue a
kind and ~magnanimous policy towards
the people who were lately in rebellion,
those people will instinctiycIy feel that
they were blind to their own interests
in attempting TO free themselves from
Snch a government, and in like ratio
will they struggle to dcmcan them.
selves 50 that the most cens9riOU5 and
U%iorgiying could not fad fault. True
and loyal citizens will thus he the fruit
Ola conciliotory policy. But if the
part now being played By the bigots
at Washington is to become the rote,
then we assert, and time viii prove the
truthtulnoss Of the assertion, that our
country must forever remain Gisuui-
ted III .to@ rnot in farm. II will be
contrary to The feelings which Cod
has planted in the human breast for il
to hc otherwise, 1t is antipodaI to all
The revolution Of history. Hume tells
u5 That the Roman empire, which spread
lis dominion over Europe, left the
rights Of individuals in II great meas.
ire untouched; and those civilized
conQuorors, while they made thcirdwn
government the scat Of empire, found
that they could draw most advantage
from the subjected PROVINCES, by Sc
to the natives the free enjoy
mcnt OF their own laws, and of their
private possessions. And this was the
action towards ,foreig0 countries con
quercd, and in it lay the secret Of the
greatness to which Rome attained. 1t
brought about u union Of Hearts as well
IS hands. IN short, IL made the van
quishcd, endure, respect, admire and
finally lore the victors. Can we not
have such u display of craftsmanship
in this enlightened age? We cannot
believe that all the great men are dead.
cannot believe that such dcma-
cogues ~ Sumner, and Stevens, and
their small fry followers, like Brown
low, are to ruin the country which it
has cost 50 much blood and treasure
to ave Hence we sec wisdom in the
necessity Of Il national party, as urged
by the Reporter, to sustain the Tresi-
dent in his noble, statcslnanlike bolicy
of restoration. In him We find u true
Union man-- one who looks beyond
and above the ianatical, blood thirsty
hrawlcrs who howl about him, seeking
to deter him from the only plan of re-
construction that deserves the name
founded as it is in humanity and wis
dom, with history to establish its prac-
teal workings. '''-' ".'.'.
We have no doubt of the united
support of the whole South for Prcsi-
dent johnson, and we hope and be-
licvc that ut the North he will find n
large majority to stand by him. We
trcmblc for the consequences if he
should fail tllis. once in his judgment
of the minds Of the people, The con-
test is between him and the fanatics
who hope to retain power by keeping
up the i'll will and hatred engcndered
before and during the war-mon who
%wrangling for Il chartism would rem
der Us chartlcss, ALLEVIATE the affections
Of the South which might, as the Re-
suggests, become very necessa-
~ ina certain contingency. Already
.ilc promises made to the South on
condition of her laying down arms and
hostilitics, have been grossly
violated. State governments have
been ~disregarded, save when they sue.
in out-iIeroding Herod in their
outrageous usurpation of power, as
HE course pursued in this State fully
illustrates. Yet still, the South is
begging, rs IL were, for the privilege
ofliving in peace. She has been true
to all she promised. If she COMPLAINS,
what people would not under similar
Under the most len
lent government we know that rigors
are inseperablc from conquest, but we
certainly ought to expect kind treat
nent as the northern soldiers and of.
icers gave Il prisoners, with some
EXCEPTIONS, during the war. The Re
porter susgesta o railying round the
resident We seceud> the sugges-
ton.