The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-17

crafty Of means or tlhlr, or abor, ~ ofd'r
to carry out orr desire. and We only ASK
that cncouragemcnt which gives viGor to
cxcrtion. VIII the people give II?
THESt. Louis Ucmocr0t Republican,
calls the mass meeting at Nashville on
the 22d Of February, and the audience
who heard President Johnson's great
speech, in which sumner and Stevens
were mentioned rs traitors, and Forncy
as a .sdead duck'-calls these meet
ings "mob y~othn'ings.' If they wcrc
mobs. they reflected the sentiments Of
NE ycoglc, and Andrew johnson is Il
"pcoplc's man Did the cditGr ever
read the speech Of Lord byron in the
English Parliament, February u, 1872?
The debate WAS upon the Frame W ork
BIZ, while the country was SUFFERING
from a double infection OF IN idle mill
tary, and a starving population, Just AS
this country is Suffering now, LORD
Byron was defending fellow citizens
who had banded together for ONT
relief from what thry conceived TO be
unjust oppression, The distinguished
poet, whose efforts in behalf Of Greece
that classic land of frccdom-hayC
gratefully cmbalmcd his namc in the
memory Of millions present and to
come, remarked, in the course Of his
~s,crcll, rs follows: "iou ca! these
men a mob, desperate, dangerous, and
ignorant; an seem to think that the
only way to quictthc "BeAlaa m"Loram
cptum' is to Top or few Of its su-
perluous heads. But even a mob may
be better reduced to reason by n mix
ture of Cancellation and iirmness, than
hy additional irritation and rcdoublcd
penalties. Are we aware of II obi
cations to mob? 1t is the mob that
labouri in your fields, and serve in your
houscs,-that nan your navy, and re-
cruit your mmy,-that have enabled
yOu to defy all the world, and can also
defy you when neglect and calamity
have G II them to despair. loH mdy
raN tie people a mot: but do not. torgo
Mata mob tao 9thn $peahS the sentiments
Of he peopie.'
There are other things said in that
speech which should enlist the attcn-
ton of the mad fanatics who would
s11k the Constitution aud the last YES
tiec Of republican liberty in order
themselves to ride upon the wave
With what aiacrity do they iy to the
relief of the "poor freedmen who has
been wrenchCd from good homes and
the comforts of life, while outrage5
perpetratcd upon white men and their
inilicnablc rights, are passed by I'M
h cdcd. Who ever heard Of II negro
in the South starving before the war:
How il it now A few months since
we saw two in our little town Of Win
chester who would have starved bu. for
the timely attention of Il few of ourc cit
iz,ns. We do not object to attention
being given to the freedmen. God
knows we want them all to prosper,
and we do hope they will get along bet
ter than our fears predict. Bat there is
something of deeper concern to our
mind. II is the liberty of the white
race. The Fletcher. Brownlowites Of
Tennessee, and the Sumner ~Stevensitcs
OF the National Congress, would com.
nit a whole State to prison-would
erect a gibbet in every field, and hang
up white men like scarccrows. They
would dccimate our land of all it's res
probability and pride. They would
tamper with the minds of men, irritatC
and agitatc, and because the poor be.
ings are not tranquil under such q
fiendish policy, they would hang US, OF
wear out our patience by unjust taxes
upon God-given rights. Dcath-bill ia
freedom must be passed oifhand, with
out a regard to consequences, provided
The guilty exccntioncrs a hold place
and power. Yet the men who have
brayed the bayonets Of overwhelming
numbers in the field are expected to
throw themselves with Hindoo alscrity