The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-10-20
a Gloomy Prospect.

n 1iooily IrOsICti.
The indications North arc decidedly
avcrsc to not only the cause OF tn
South, but to the cause for which the
Federal armies profess to have fought,
They fought rurthc Union oithc States,
and when theirobjcct seemed about t.
be realized, behold their defect ~ The
Success ormaIigHmt JacoDiaisln which
has carried several States in oppoSi
ton TO the comparatively mild. 0nt
certainly N~Iate,Man!ikc policy of thl
President, And there is Il universal
gloom manifest in the faces Of thc
Southern people, They see with an
gu,sh Il policy which would have bet
tered their political Il not pccuriary
condition, and ncccssarji; haye added
to the glory and stability vi the Amcri
3 CnI1H, east aside for course 0
acton ahia 10 ifnot t. ,tdc a'miIe OF old
]t.yrOnuic%l persecution aHd short sigAt
cdncss, and which has cvcr resulted II
rain; which has uulona The ]prUulcstoI
Kingdoms, AZ il will undo TIE Amcri
can Union 1t nodi.tant day !. is re
mHr%ab!c that he American people, il
their boosted enlightenment, with 50
much history to guide them, Should
suffer themselves to he led hy design.
ing dcrnngogncs to blindl,y adopt =
course ~ action towards Il conquered
section calculated to alicna;e rather
than win anu cement the affection of
that section. That the wisdom whirl,
enabled Romulus to make n Great en-
pit" hy making citizens in tlr evening
"fthosc conquered in the morning, and
Cyrus to found the mighty Persian
dynasty, and which was the secret Of
the success that attended y itl.2M the
Conqueror--,hat al this should 20 ~
hec,lcd, WHOM it is known that a con
trarv policy has invariably resulted in
dislntrgration, is really marr2l!ons,--
Sarclv the masses must need cluca.
ton. Surely the American eop!c are
not fitted for a Republican form Of
government, and we to wonder
that men now cry out fora monarchy.
They see how rrpuDiicau,sm can ran
riot, how the uamc caI become only
anothcr title for oppression and mis-.
chief. Verify republication has fed
from the councils ofthis !aaa. "Wo
70 the conQrcrcd,' seems to be the
watchworl ard ral!ying cry ofthosc in
power. No longer does it seem OBJ
noxious for the american people to
demand taxation without representa-
ton. The consent Of the governed
seems to be q vapid Thing, that once
was considered the Corner Stone of our
political fabric. These landmarks are
ignored by the Radicals, and some day
the country must reap the bitter fruits
thereof.
Jnnius never uttered wiser words of.
warming than when he said to the En-
glisl people ".Ncrcr suffer an inya-
sion Of your political constitutions,
howcvcr minute the instance, to pass
by withou, q determined pcrscyering
rcsistancr.' One precedent creates
another. They soon accumulate and
constitute law, What yesterday was
fact, to-day IS doctrine, Examples are
,,,n,aoJ, m ;,s+;rv tho mac, r,roo.,rg
ueas!yes, and when they do mo- suit
exactly the drrec, is yuppl,cd by anal.
nov
Our consti,n,ion il NOTHING now but
y mass Of mnnndncnts and palpahlc in
,,oc,ione Coucrrsa sccms :, b., Y,s.
.oi,ch lac ,bc nconlo of fine North in ali
.ho ,yrrr,,i,na ,f w5ich !, L.s }no,
ouiy,y. and tho Southern patriot be.
ho,1s f.. ,fctu,, Of ,hc fptnra with
.oa,os. II. ..os !, ,ho l,u,fol ,fI
the South III, COON ofthe North, and
hardly asrovs II no hn a citizen Of the
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