The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-27


IMMUNITY. But the editor says ut is
noticeable that we hear nothing Of black
men knocking white men down for in
'soIcnce." Perhaps he has published
nothing Of the sort, for his time is too
much occupied in looking after the
freedman to the utter neglect Of thc
poor whites, but We tell him TINT never
before the past year OF 80, have We
heard ofso many outragcs committed
throughout the country bv negroes,
and for which the Radicals arc rcspon.
siblc. Negro soldiers on the train
from Huntsville. Ala, shot into private
houses on the way, and killed an old
lady who was standing in her door.
Negroes raped u white woman, and
killed an old man near Chattanooga
We could enumc crate a dozen cases. il
we chose to do so, in which negroes
have mistrcated and murdered, and
robbed white persons. Did the Press
and Times publish those cases?
The Press and Times denies it has
heraldcd every private difficulty. We
would not do injustice to the editor,
We do not wish to make accusations,
or deal in epithets, or use unbecoming
language. This is all wrong it is
lHle. But we could refer to a Difficult.
ty that occurred in this county, and
which the editor ofthe Press and Times
dd herald rs originating in the union
ism Of the sufferer, which was not the
case. And here, in all respect, we ask,
Why does not the editor animadvert
upon the insolence offered by the Radi-
Gals to Conservatives in the Nollh--the
insolcnce and mob violence offered
Gen. Blair, for instanceY Come, let us
reason together, and be careful of the
clouen toot in your own paper.
We quote the closing part of the
Press and Times article. 1t says:
"Thc truth is, there has never been
an invitation to settle in this State
without an intrnnchment behind its"
and butts" Men are not accustomed
to accept shaGowy assurances Of safety
to their lives, their persons and their
property. Immigrants in doubt on
these essential points, W II invariably
leave Tennessee out of their pro.
gr"mme. Capital is timid, and loves
not to take unnecessary risks. When
every State in this community shall
hunt down every violator of the law,
and shall visit witt its dire displeasurc
all persecution for opinions sake, then
the tide will turn, and settlers will
swarm over the land like busy bees.
The question ofthe material prosperity
as well ~ the moral advancement Of
this commonwealth lies in the hands Of
the people themselves"
We only desire to say, in response
to this quotation, that we, too, want
every community in this State to hunt
down every violator of constitutional
law, and visit with dire displeasure
all persecution for opinions sake And
who, we would ask, are being pcrsecu-
ted for opinions sake? This is an I'm
fortunate desire Of the Press and Times
In itself the desire is noble, but i'll
comes from 4 paper that advocates the
persecution OF n Large majority Of our
fellow. citizens because Of ,,ieir opin
And We must deny that The
question ofthe material Prosperity, a.
well as the moral advancement: Of this
commonwealth, lies in the hands Of the
themselves" The people have
no voice; they are cut off from the
box by AS odious, as infamous,
rs %tyrannical, as uncalled-fo as impol.
tic, as utterly foolish, conceived in as
much hatred and mmanly animosity,
and passed by as unscrL pulous and an
Ii, republican means, as the most diabol.
cal law that ever disgraccd the reign of
Nero, or entered the brain of Tibcrius
his self. banishmclt t. the island of
...,
Now, in closing these remarks, we
will say to the editor of the Press and
Times that if he would go among The
%,eollc ofti.is State, he would find that
heir acts and opinions are'not so an.
to immigration, and negroes
ire not so badly treated. His head is
1t fault. He has been imposed upon.
All honorable men fnd q cordial wei
at the South, we believe. We
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