The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-10-10

purpose and is withdrawing its support.
We are to feed the y%ultnre that tears
our flesh; to enrich the robber who
takes our property to strengthen the
hand that deals our stripes; and to pct
the monster that brushes our life!
The negroes and those who are in
suited BY being deemed worthy to act
with them in the unholy work, are to
uphold the tyranny that tramplcs on
all American liberty, and perpctuate
the power that subvcrts all government
under written Constitutions.
In thcthird place, l have shown you
the arguments which have been offered
to induce you to aid in the wicked work
Of carrying out the Military Bills.
|. Your tears arc appealed to. You
will be required to do something worse,
it is said, if you reject this iniquity.-
What can be worse than your own dis
honor Incorporated in the fundamental
laws Of your land by your own con-
sent, and through your own perjury
O., Then your helplcssncss is appeal
ed to. You are told you cannot pre-
vent the thing from being done, be.
cause if you withhold your consent
Congress will carry out the plan with
out their consent. Well, let Congress
do HJfu en-. Why require your con-
sent ri is not needed? If Constitn.
tional liberty must be destroyed let
those who desire to destroy it TO Tie
worh. If dishonor must be inflicted let
only dishonorable men infict it. If the
white race must be degraded lot those
only who are unworthy to be white
men, and who admit that they are no
better than the negro, monopolize the
foul apostatc job.
3. Recently, as ] have shown you,
your avarice or dishonesty has been
appealed to. Secret circulars have been
issued from the very shadow of "hcad-
quarters by tools there employed,
whispering that Republication can he ac-
complishcd through q Convention.-
convention and Relief is the last eli
matte note Of the seducing serpent. |
have shown you how deceitfully wick
ed this prctcncc is. his the Constiu
ton of the Unitel Stats which forbids
reputation. Our State Constitution
only conforms to that. Now can a
State Convention change the Constitu-
ton Of the United States; No; and
the poor creatures that seek to have
you deceived know it. This is a snare
as a snare, They know that
Il clause in the State Convention de-
stroying or "mpairing the obligation
OF contracts" would be in violation Of
the plain language of the Constitution
Of the United States, and M@ clause
would be declared void. l have also
shown you that the very Radical Con-
gress which is to pass on your Consti-
tuition has been furnished more new
remedies to facilitate the collection Of
debts through the Federal Courts-es-
pccially those in favor of Northern
crcditors--than ever before existed
Our people are not only to be alarmed,
threatened and forced, but also deceived
t their own dishonor. They are to be
cnticcd into Il Convention to get repu-
diation, and no Repatriation or, if a
clause be inserted to help ratification, it
will be with the distinct knowledge that
that particular clause will be set aside
as void. 1t is the spiders invitation
ton to the fly the devils soft offer to
the tempted and tried. Don't trust ne
groesand their hclpmates to settle your
debts, my friends. They will take the
you have left, and leave your
debts unpaid and still open s.. lie
them yourselves. In view Of our mis-
fortunes, let creditors be satisfied with
as little as possible, and let debtors pay
as much as possible. Let us be kind
to each other, and neither debtor nor
creditor ask the treachcrous help of a
common enemy.
Such are the pretended arguments to
induce you to accept these Military
Bills. There has never yet been an ar
gumcnt offered in favor Of this Radical
scheme of Reconstruction which was all
dressed to the Judgment, the conscience,
the mando0d, the honesty, or, the patri-
otism ofthe pcorh-Not one!
In the last place, l have endeavorcd
to show you what you ought to do to
prevent the scheme of these Military
Bills from becoming permanently fixed
upon the country:
/. WIhhoM your consent. Never I'm
der any circumstances, yield your con-
sent, but, under all circumstances, re-
sist rs you may. 1t is certain the
scheme can never become valid against
your will mean the will of the quail
fled voters of the State. If suiterirgs
bear them. Any suffering which
others may intict will be light when
compared to the heavy and ever pre-
sing burden of your own self-intlictcd
dishonor. No mar ever yet suffered
for the right who was not ever after
ward loyed and honorcd by all men.
No man cver yet yielded to wrong, UNI
der the whispers Of policy, who did
not lose respect for himself and the re
gard Of all honorable men.
. Let us, at all times, show our viii
lingness to obey the Constitution and
in good faith, in the Union under
it, and tearlessly assert our ieyal rights.
3 Let us be kind and just to the de-
luded negro, and, as occasion may serve
seek to show him his true interest and
his real friend.
Thus, in patience and frmness, resis-
ting the wrong and doing the right, our
final triumph shall be sure. Triumph
is coming. The dark clouds of wicked
receptions are being swept away and
the sweet sunshine of real peace is
breaking upon us. The Northern peo-
pie cannot be always dcluded, and