The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-31
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/, Emigration from the South,
we axe from The Mobile REGISTER
e and Advertiser the annexed article
\ which is evidently from the pen of it,
; aole and accomplished editor, the Hon
John Forsyth, formerly Minister ia
Mexico:
, We understand that thirty persons
reached this city yesterday, from the
interior, en- route to Mexico, as colo
I nlsts. We arc receiving frequent let
t ters from Georgia and Alabama, ma
KING inquiries touching matters in that
t country which is useful TO an cmigrant
f to know, We have before US, and
Shall publish it tomorrow, n manifest
r from Col. NJ. +. Mairy, formerly Il dis
tipguished citizen Of the United States.
and now Imperial Commissioner under
the Empire. In that paper the cmi
grant n learn everything he desires
10 Know about the country, and il
comes from Il MN whose character
|. gives the stamp Of truth to every word
he uttcrs.
There is something alarming to us in
the spread Of the spirit Of cxpatriation
at the South. 1t has been greatly in.
tensiilcd by recon, dcvclopcmcnts at
Washington. The Radicals are driving
the flower Of our population from the
land. il IL not the needy, the broken
down and the adventurous who consti-
tntc the migrating c!ass--a class here
terforc unknown to the South--but it
is the intelligent, the spirited, the high
toned, the brave, who, born and bred
IN IN atmosphere Of freedom, fly from
the homes OF their children and the
graves Of their fathers, because they
feel that the halo Of liberty has depart
ed from the land. II is well known
that we have steadily set our faces
against the wisdom of the Respondent
Judgment ofour country's future. But
we cannot but respect the nobility OF
soul That dlsdalhs to wear letters for
one syllable Of time. We appreciate
the heart. sickness which comes ofturn-
ing ones eyes to the daily proceedings
OF the Congress Of the United States,
where thoughts and passions are rife
that were once believed to be impossible
in American society, and under the
shadow Of American Institutions. Blu
should not the spectacle inspire u dis
dain to fly the ordeal Of duty imposed
by the country needs?
Shall u. In,l go. 800. ..l.- "
bowling fanatics, and look not behind
nor stay to strike one blow for the re
dcmption OF the heritage Of freedom
our fathers left us? Hope is not lost.
There is ''lile in the old land vet" and
II rccnpcrativc energy in the blood Of
our race that will rise up and throw Off
the party despotism that is using all its ,
power to strangle constitutional liberty. :
That energy exists, but is not yet de-
velopcd. IL is beginning to move in its
slumbcr, and soon we shall hear the
tread Of its millions marching to de
inand the restitution ofthc Constitution
its pristine glory. Who would wish
he absent in a foreign land when
vote and his influence could be Civ
en- to the mighty cause Of Il rcgcncra- r
ted Constitution? We are alive to all +
charms of peace and immunity
from the wear and tear Of the coming
to be found under the orange
md olive trees Of beautiful Mcxico.-
are tired of strife and turmoil and d.
But voices from the graves ~
ii dead sagcs and patriots command
IS to preserve and defend the legacy of
heir toll and blood.
We sought to do it through indie
'cndcncc Of the Satanic influence of
'urilanlsm supported by arms. The -
Hort failed, but the duty remains and
Us to another iield-~tle field of
The pen takes the place of
he sword, and the tongue is to fight, -
ciorc the great forum ofthe Americn
the battle which but lately
oistened the land with fraternaI blood.
e come back to the starting point Of =
$50, where, placing no reliance upon -
e "sccond sober thought Of the PEG.
e, and turning our backs in dispair
help upon the conservative masses of ~
e north, we flew to arms. We como AN
ronger for the lesson of blood and .
nr, for it has written in flaming colors ~
c true character Ofthe fanatical teach.
gs and purposes OF the party that .
owe us to q desperate measure, and Y
written that its hideous mien is visi- v"
C to every libcrty-loving man from
ainc to Texas. 1t has made allies
r us, wherever democratic throb is
It, wherever the intelligence exists to
Iow that, in our Government, soon. ~
lidation is despotism, and confcdera- Il
IN the only hope Of liberty" Let it
4 be forgotten that it is not in the
nth only where the shock of war
5 fallen upon us with its terrific pow,
that the late unparalleled revolution
: been felt.
The tinklings ofthe Cabinet Secrcta.
s bell that consigned II Northern
N (not in rebellion) to a fortress -
son, have awakened emotions in con ~
'rthcrn minds, whose echoes are vet -
be heard. Freedom is alarmed in
North, as it has been Frustrated at -
South for every man of sense -,
)ws these States cannot live long
Ter two governments at Washing
One Republican, the other des. Lew
ic. The gangrene of usurped pow cro,
must spread, and all the States be- n,
nc reduced to the rule of Il single ing
a. These ideas are smoldering in the
minds ofthe trecmen of this conn tOfol
in New York and Ohio, as well a. 'oI,
virginia and Alabama. They will itors
forth with the certainty of cause pcrs,
effect. 1t is impossible that the copi'
nrican nennln whn n,,.o.AI -. nppc