The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-17
ALettertO Bill Arp through the
Nnw York News.

Mr.. WILLIAM ARr-oiH' = |
,f your letter don't suit my IDEAS o.
.~oyalty. / want to know what rgnt F.;
vou have to speak as You do' about
our pious Governor, Too many men
have got to speaking the same way.
rncss some Of them will get suppressed
thew don't mind, Just like Mr. lhom-
as did, who thought he was elected 70
Congress-. But didn'tthc Governor ~
him nice? Didn't Mr., Arnclrs loyalty
point to him as the most iitten MAJ
n;Jn't he declare that he wished the
Governors family was bigger, that
they might get more offices! o"' 'n's
is the way to speak of rulers
Don't YOU know it is treason FOR u
"reb" to speak disrespcctfully OF a
Governor. mean a loyal Governor
| reckon you don't, for you seem 10
think YOU have a right to speak OUT
lust as Independent as if you had never
been subjugated.
Now. Mr.. Arp, let me ask what you
understand by being subjugated'
don't think you understand it all, &C.
cording to our Tennessee IDEAS. 10
Won re kon all you've got to 60 to be
subiuoated, is to quit fighting, lay
down your arms, take the amnesty
obey the laws, pay your taxes ana at
tend to your own business! II youoo
YOU are nightly mistaken, | tell you.
President Johnson seems to have gov
some such foolish idea into his head'
But. sir, that ar'nt the way. No, sir
Inv no means. Haven't II Governor
and Legislature demonstrated that OF,
ten enough to have it understood! l
tell You more is wanting. You've go2tt
to feel mighty bad and say So. l
reckon vov'vc reason enough to feel
so. Ifyou don't because you did Sc
ccdc, YOU can because you didn't sue
cced because you got SO badly licked
because You lost all your property
especially when>you know that some
other man, who didn't buy it, is enjoy
ing it. And then, sir, you mustn't III
d,lgc any sympathy for any one who
has been Il rebel-never approve al
act Of kindness to any one. DO you
suppose the Good Samaritan was q
loyal man?
What if Mr.. Breckenridge is out OF
money? Amt it treason for MIR. Bruce
to furnish him any? Don't it prove
Mr.. Bruce amt reconstructed that nc
is about to break out in rebellion
again? What if Gen. Lee does need
home? Isn't it proof that the mel
can't be trusted, who help to buy it
What if they did love him, almos'
adore him as their commanders Wha'
if he did do everything in his power tt
promote their comfort, to mitigate
their sutlerings in the dread ordea
through which he and they passed fol
four wears? What if he has lost his
magnificent patrimony in the struggle
in which he and they made commol
cause? Isn't he subiugated now
Isn't it treason still to love and ad
mire him? Isn't it an insult to al
loval men to make him President of
college? What if foreign papers
Journals and authors do unite in pro
nouncing him worthy of universal low
and admiration? Can he vote? Is h
worthy to be trusted as a voter? MI
Trimble's resolution is proof positiv
TO the contrary. No, sir, he couldn'
take our Tennessee oath. There, sill
YOU will find what will make ma
worthy to participate in administering
purified Government.
Did Gen. Lee cver desert? Di
General Cheatham, n Stewart, 0
Brown? No, sir, they held on a littl
too long. Can they vote? My oil
friend Capt. A. d. Scrtor says if the
were considered great men, they wcren
quite as smart rs he WAS. He sa'
more than two years ago, which wa
the cat would jump, and he jumped til
same way, before it did. Now, he ca
vote and they can't. Can'th ne sweart
his loyalty, and more than that, can
J. he prove it? Then, there is DR.. J. J
Kulker, didn't he raise q rebel comp;
:, ny? But, then, he wasn't a fool. \
. soon as We got into Tennessee, didn
I he quit? And now isn't he postma
; ter. Can't he take the test oath? The
; there's all the noble boys, who toe
) the oath at Rock Island and Elmira,
!. keep from freezing and eating rat
/ didn't they show their wisdom, al
I don't they now reap the fruits of il
! Can't they be sheritis, and constable
y and squires? Can't they take the te
y oath, and can't they get two good mt
- to swear for them?
!, Let me advise you, Mr.. Arp, to gil
up your high notions about being
u independent. Come down, Mr.. Ar
Y and say you feel mean, that you a
T. greatly reioiced at being Sc well VIZ
} loped, that you never would ha'
I shouted for Davis and the Confcderac
y if it hadn't been through fear
something of the sort-then, sir, yt
y. vii be in the way Of promotion.
you'll come over to Tennessee and ju
y swear that, you can be elected const
bic in our beat, certain. But you ha'
!. qualms of conscience about it, ha
you? Why, sir didn't nearly all of
over here take an oath to support JEFF
," country. Haven't we proved long a.
that there isn't any binding force
" such oaths-that they have no elfe
upon any, except as may be fooli
;" enough as to entertain religious scr
| lpes about their violation. People n
), troubled with such weaknesses do II
hesitate to take them at all-especial
if an office is the reward of such moi
" heroism.
Il Sir, l beg you consider. this matte
you might be very influential man
you'll only get on the right side, al
: come over to Tennessee. The peoI
like your style. They a understal
y it. / sometimes think of starting
y newspaper myself and would like