The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-06-30
Reconciliation.

We have at no time since the surren-
der of the Confederate armies, doubted
the truth of the professions of many OF
the Northern people ola desire, on
their part, Of witnessing a true ana
honorable reconciliation between the
masses of the two sections. These
friends Of right, however, do not ap-
pear to understand the propriety OF eX-
crting their influence and energy Tor
the accomplishment Of their desires
They lie supincly upon their backs
and hope that, by some means unknown
to them, Providence will do the work,
or that the Radicals will relent-turn
from Meir ways and, for once in Their
lives, do right. What fatal deluslon !!
God never helps those who do not help
themselves, and the dominant bloody
party of the North are utterly incapa'
ble of taking, voluntarily, a step in the
RIGHT direction. Surel y men Of reason
cannot even hope that the Southern
peopl, will do more for the sake OF a
national political peace Than they have
already done-that they even can en-
tcrtain kind feelings towards those who,
in Congress, daily insult and oppress
them Ly speeches and laws, or seek to
degrade and humilate them by legisla-
ton, tie spirit Of which is to enfr.'n-
chise the negro and distrAnchlse his
late master, and in other respects place
him above or on an equality with us!
Again the tax gathercrs are sent to
our doors to gatherin the small remain
der of our substance that escaped the
general wreck of the revolution; this
money, too, is partly appropriated to
educating and paying bountles TO ne
groes Of which we were deprived with.
out any compensation whateycr--all
this, too, while our Representatives are
denied in Congress. Say, yc fair mind
ed men of the North, could you ever
be rcconciled to such fate as this, and
love from your hearts the vile and
wicked authors of your rnin? %f you
could not, why do you look to find Il
different spirit in us? Can the Poles
love Russians-thc Magyars AustrianS
the Irish Englishmcn, or Southern
men Radicals =? A more improbable
thing cannot be found in all nature.
You Of the North, then, who dc
really desire to cultivate spirit OF jus
ticc and reconciliation towards us, ge
to work-arousc the votcrs-eXpos'
the Radicals, and earnestly strive tc
give the nation pAite nuns Congress
and there is no danger of Americans
ever again trying the experiment OF
negro W orshipping one If the spir
of unity and concord that once act'la-
ted our people is not thoroughly re-
yivcd, still the many ills and hardships
that have fallen or may fall to our lot
will be borne uncomplainingly. Undel
such circumstances, if we could not
love, we would not hate-if we could
not forget the past, we would not re
paint its sutIcrings, sorrows, msfor-
tunes and wrongs-ifwe could not re
yivc the memories of f'76, we would 50,
"pcace, he still,' to those of 65-it w
could not cherish the blue, we woul(
lay away the gray-if we could no
view with transports Of delight th
Stars and Stripes, we would take dow
"the tattered, conquered banner" an'
view it only as Il relic of the past--if W
could not feel satisfied and like rejoicing
we would be composed, quiet, modest
unobtrusive, and, we might say, recon
ciled.--Newnun Ga. J Hera|d.