The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-08

ocpeTutc OUdJe uCUlOn SUItS tucIh Nety
well when the General Government II
not currying dnt their peculiar views
but If the Southern people eVen tall
about State Sovereignty they are brand
ed as disloyal.
The Southern people had to abandon
the doctrine of State-rights at the poinI
of the bayonet--the Union Is now in.
dissoluJle-and we want to see the Gov.
eminent crush out all disloyalty in the
North as well as the South.
The "LOyal" Governors in COun.
eli at Philadelphia.
1t will be remembered that, in the
fall Of 1852, after the disaster to the
Federal arms before Richmond, and
the reverses in front Of Washington
under Gen. Pope, a convention of the
Governors Of Northern States was held
at Toledo, Ohio. 1t was a period of
gloom among the supporters Of the
Government. The current Of military
events was adverse, and many, previ-
ously confident, began to- despair
There was "hurrying to and fro" among
the leaders, aud the President, "per-
picked in the extreme" to all appear
ances had left everything to Providence
and General Mcclellan. At this crisis,
when the cause Of the Government was
trembling in the scales Of fate, this
,junto Of Governors of loyal States met,
and notified the President that unless
he promptly 'laid astrong hand on the
negro element" and made the abolition
ofnegro slavery the leading object OF
the war, they would, in their respective
States, take steps to defeat the measures
of the Government looking to the re-
cruitment ofits armies, and thus leave
it p~aralyzed, and at the mercy of the
advancing legions of the Confederacy.
In the turmoil of the times, this Incl
dent did not receive the condemnation
it deserved. 1t was rank, unmitigatcd
treason to the constitution and the laws.
1t was fragrant rebellion against the
Government, and none the less so, be-
cause it was successful. 1t was actual
resistance to the authorities, which
threatened in plain, bold terms to com
nit the Government to destruction in
a certain contingency. 1t was undis
guised revolution, wilfully and mali
ciously inaugurated, its authors giving
no i~ustifying complaint of wrong or
oppression, and disdaining to offer any
reason but their fell purpose to coerce
the Government to abandon it's posi-
ton ofthe year before, as taken in the
Crittenden- johnson resolutions, and
convert the war into a grand abolition
raid upon the institutions and property
of the Southern people. This is histo-
r.y; but enough OF it.
We are led to rccur to it, however,
from observing the number of Gov
nor assembling at Philadelphia to
participate in the traitorous proceed
ings which commenced there on yes
terday. One brief clause in the dis
patches gave the names of not less than
five or six who had arrived on Sunday,
and the number will be increased.
They are to be the leading men in the
convention, and will dictate its action /;
and the object Of the present gathering
add that of Toledo in 1862, is similar.
AS, in a state Of war, they compelled
the Government to depart from the le-
Ultimate and declared purpose for
which the war was commenced, and
embark it resources in a scheme forthe
propagation of certain ideas; so, now,
in state of peacc, they propose to in
augurate another revolution, and threat
Ell the destruction of the Government
if it does not conform itself to the
views and purposes of ultra Radicals,
and perpetuate Il condition of things
which will afford opportunity for effect
ing revol ltionary alterations in the
very form of the Government. They
meet to demand that the Constitution
shall be held in obeyance, until Radical
seltishness shall be glutted with the
spoils of one half Of the nation, pros
trate from an unsuccessful attempt at
revolution, and "loyal" vin%dictivencss
shall have wreaked its fill ofvengeance.
They intend to organize for the object
Of obstructing the Government; OF ar
raigning, and if possible, Of deposing
the Chief Magistrate Of the nation Of
exerting an influence to substitute and
oyerawc the judiciary of retaining the
misehevious majority they now hold in
Congress and Of reopening the lately
closed civil strife if it shall be deemed
necessary for the consummation of
their wishes. 1t is morally and essen
TALLY a reasonable assembly, and needs
only the overt act to make it amend
able to the laws, and bring its members
to condign punishment for their vioal-
ton. 1t is u conclaye whose counsels
are seditious, and whose avowed pur-
pose is to prevent the grand object for
which the Constitution was formed
"a mere perfect Uuion"-the preserva-
ton Of public tranquility-the admins
tration ofjustice--and the security OF
well regulated liberty. The spirit
which moved the falsely called loyal
Governors to threaten President LIN
coin in the dire extremity oflS62, with
withholding supplies unless he yielded
to their abolition demands, prompts
the traitOrOus Governors OF 1856 and
their retainers to array themselves
against President Johnson, and to
tlreaten his head if he does not torsake
the path Of the Constitution, and give
over the conduct OF the Government to
the pernicious principles which they
hold.
The time is coming when a stern
judgment will be visited both on the
actors at Toledo, and those now in
session at Philadelphia. The former
forced a compliance from tue yielding
and timid MIR. Lincoln, but they have a
man OF quite different mettle to deal