The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-09

piled that, when the Irish and German
discovered that they had been fghtin!
to reduce themselves, and other whit
men, to the status Of negroes, l hat
no doubt they would feel profoundl.
grateful to the party which had ST
abused their confidence. In this grea
shame and disgrace of negro equality
the poor laboring white man is the grea
sufferer. 1t is by the side Of the labor
ing white man that the negro is to stant
as the equal, and not by the side of the
rich politician who places him there
It is the social plane of the white la
boring man that is to be Africanized
and not the parlors and saloons of the
rich. You will remember, fcllow-citi
zens, that when about three years age
asserted that one Of the objects of the
war was negro equality, ! was denonuc
ed as "an enemy Of the Government" T."
1t is not pleasant to recall those days
Of violence and Of brutal stupidity
But your call upon me tonight is evi-
dence that you consider my position as
being yindicated by the present atti
tude Of the country. So, my friends
without the least spirit of boasting,
may say that every one Of the issues ]
made against the W. is vindicated by
its results, and by The no longer dis
guiscd treason Of the Black Republican
party. appeal to you tonight whether
/ did not speak the truth wien l told
you the war was not for the Union, but
for the negro, and to revolutionize and
overthrow the free government of our
country? You did, you did. The
reason | opposed the war was that |
was satisfied with and loved the free
voluntary system of government Of our
fathers, and despised the bloody Euro
pean system Of force which the war was
meant to establish. Now, my friends,
after the results Of the war are before
the country, tell me which one Of my
positions during the war have to re-
cant. Not one, not one. No, you
say well, not one. But do not allude
to the matter for the purpose proving
that l am no. very liable to make mis-
takes, but for the purpose of reimprcss-
ing upon yoar minds those great and
sacred principles of government in
which our liberty and our safety alone
reside. see no other way to save our
country but to return fully to the old
landmarks. TO be as free, happy and
prosperous people rs we were, we
must retrace every step we have taken
since the negro party came into power.
If there is q single act of theirs touch
ing the character of Government that is
not wrong, that is not a violation of
the Constitution and spirit of the Union,
what one is it? challenge the editors
and orators of that party to point out
single one Of their party measures.
which cannot show to be violation
of the Constitution and a crime against
liberty. Some one in the audience
said they saved the Union. No, they
have not saved the Union. And Pres.
ident johnson himself says that they
are determined the Union shall not be
saved. That is just the fight between
the President and the Black Republican
party. The party is consistent--it has
not changed its course hair. 1t is
contending now for just what it was
fighting for during the WARRIOR the
overthrow of the Union and for cen
tralized American despotism. Do you
call this abolnination a Union, which
is held together by the bloody point of
the bayonet, and where one-halfis plot
ting to keep its bloody heel permanent
ly upon the necks of the people of the
other half? If there is any man in this
crowd who is fool enough or knave
enough to call this accurscd product
of the Abolition war Union, l wal t
him to stand out there, so that | may
see how he looks. Why if this abom-
nation, as it now stands, is a Union,
then hell may set up fog a place of vir-
tue and happiness! will 60 further
and say, if there is in any world worse
hell than this, then / pity the condition
OF the Black Republicans hereafter.
Dives bowling for Il drop Of water to
cool his burning tongue was to be en-
We'd in contrast. Read their newspa-
pers! Read their speeches in Congress
Nay, read the prayers of their clergy
men. And where, out of Belzebub's
kingdom, was there ever such an infer
nal spirit before? Hatred, spite, NAL
ice, revenge, all larded with such in
comprehensive lying! And this is to
be called Union-a free, happy, uni
ted country! God have mercy upon
us if we are such fools as to think so!
Look to the once proud and honored
Capital of your country, and behold it
now, after this Abolition war, degraded
to baudy den Of negroes, absolutely
unfit for the residence of decent white
men and women. The cushions in the
galleries and saloons of the Capitol are
actually swarming with vermin, the
natural product Of the wards of the
nation" as the negroes are POLITICALLY
called, and the morals and politics OF
the leading members are as lousy as the
cushions! Only last week one OF the
Congressional mouth pieces Of the ne
gro party declared that "They would
never consent that Congress should
put liberty to sleep upon any Proorus-
team bed made by the fathers, much less
strangle it in the cast off garments OF
its own childhood" What does this
meap2 Why, in plain language, that
the government made by our fathers
was q Procrustean bed for the inglOri-
GUS sleep of liberty, and that the ne
gro party has stripped the government
Of its original clothing, and determined
that It shall never be put on again.
This same confessed traitor, Patterson
Of New Hampshire, calls the principles
of the Constitution of the United States
F." musty precedents." and says they
hold them "in healthy contempt"
guch In the nroaent langu and atti.