The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-12-22
Home Manufacture.

L1OIlC NAttlAWAtsSeNAN b. al ID,
The Lebanon Herald and Register i
copies u platform, pronouaces AZ '
Sound in every timber" and remarks: :
We cordially endorse the platform OF
home enterprise adopted by our cotem' ,
porary the Nashville Gazette on' ,
designation of this journal as practical, {
cmbodics more praise than the casual
reader would suppose. II IS not merely
n conyentionality Of professional cour'
tesy, but Il deserved tribute to common
sense, which Is never content WIN
mere disquisitions Of abstract right.
F The Gazette Is evidently a disciple OF
that law, which boasts u remedy lor
every wrong. We have listened to the
story of oppression, told in glltter'ng
:, cencralitics, till weary with the stale
: Improbable rehearsal. why complain
b. Of Brownlow's tyranny, when you re-
fuse to grasp the proficrcd redress I
! WHY dcplore the poverty and inertness
oftIe South, when the ways and means
of wealth and enterprise are secuted
.'They who would be free, themselves
y must strike the blow" In our hey.day'
d before The trail Of the ~despoiler LETT It's
venom DER our Sunny Eden the
:, patrician planter, rioting in wealth.
solaccd himself in ease and plenty
This was the old patriarchal life OF 'he
u Southern farmer. Revealing IN luxury
J. he was disinclincd to engage in any uh,
a. necessary labor. The cultivation ana
FL maturing of his crops was his sole b'.sl-
II ness, When he stored his bales WITHIN
Is fine commission rooms, his labor was
~ at an end.
Mt INT all this is changed, and we must
&c initiate the example Of the Yankees III
H. d,strv-emulate his thrift, while we
"nnIomu his Political economy
Gu teaches lis that the greatest wealth. Oh Il
IS. people consists in the production. manu-,
ey %tacture and sale ofcommod!lies ny 'he
ne same community. The South has al
Il most q monopoly in the way. OF pro
'p- d~uctiorl-and this prolific luxurianc'
v has been a curse instead OF q messing
A. Content with the wealth extracted IRON
'o- the soil, we supincly permitted ol'
Northern rivals to grasp the cnlif'
OF manufacturing and carrying trade, LII
TO Yankee is naturally shrewd and at ono
took advantage of our inactivity II
nc the early days of the Repuplc on
's, trade with foreign countries was III III
hands Of the Yankee ship owners
zoe Then come the establishment OF Ne'
Fo, ENGLAND manufactures, when the IA
ieo material was worked up and ora 10 U
.se' again with a per ccntage that mas III
ed mp the cities of the Fast and mac
rs verify hcwer5 Of wood to the latter
re- cd lords of the loom, who o" moe
men at our calamity.
tain What is the remedy for our improve
me, ishcd people? 1t is yet in our power
fur we are determined to sunder inc ~
did graceful ties of slavery by manly asse
and lion ofindcpendence. Our soil IS II
wo. exhaustible. Let us hut stop I'll
but coasc!ess drain upon our resources III
heir we will soon regain our pristine super
sion ority. In other words, let us man
see r~actnre what we produce. The capt.
ases will grow ON our hands If we Will II!
hand it. Before the war the annual
comes of our planters were either
vested in negroes or land. Slavery
dead, ard we opinc none desire t a.
rect to their land estate. Then this cap'
HEY which was diverted in other chann(
'Iur- can he applied to manufactures
va suro,v comprehend the amin
Of our enemies now. We will rem:
Ll'' serrs etcrnalIy if we do not learn a
. Inc Inc practice the lesson Of self, reliance.
! ms rs cease to NEEDLE in politics or co
n' n'- plain of fanatical legislation, when
,'' a. are impotcnt to say. Let us reIf
~ .rba within State lines and tell our ehc,l
ny ..thus far shalt then come" we
onths nothing to fear from Congrss'olal 4
~ n;s tation They have run their 'e'Ae
vi ln exhausted all their strategy, and
s11".' powerlcss to rench us further. II
'''eo. Threatened amendments we dispose
> W WV Jrutum fuhaens-the harmless val
@ mos of a balied assassin. Our eau:
'.loln to ignore the madmen altogeth'
,t'. cease to deal with them in any COZ
W 40 gency, bend all orr energies to the
'u'' q auction and manufacture OF all ART
'se".'a ' of commerce we need. BY this pc
v. ms if pursued in, we will yet conquer.
will touch the Yankee pocket ana u
,"s"n, by change the venom OF his heart
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