The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-02-23
Universal Amnesty and Negro
Suftparp.

W w HVt puilcNc thNI "iy NuaVN
medicine ofihis sort is being compound
cd between Southern men and Radicals,
or by the President at Washington, IF
it is so, somebody will be cheated
There will be no universal amnesty at
any time hereafter, unless the Prcsi
dent, convinced Of .Ao injustice OF par
doning some prominent leaders Of Sc
ccssion, Generals in the Confederate
service, and members Of the Coniode-
aate Congress, and Withholding par
don from others not one whit moro
worthy Of punishment, himself grants
it, as we think it would haze been more
just and polite for him TO do months
ago, He has weakened his own potion
without ccncilating single Radical,
Withholding general amnesty. When
it was determined to pardon one Of the
leaders, all should hayc been pardon
ed.
If every Southern State were to-mor-
row to grant the right Of suffrage to
every negro within its limits, they
would be just as far from conciliatInT
the Jacobins rs they now are. The
Augusta Consttutionalist well says:
Sidney Smith once heard two wo
men quarreling with u fence between
them. GLOW shall they agree sad
the wit, "thcy argue from different
premises" And so, Southern gentle
men may whisper meek supplication
between the crcvices of the national
fence forever, and yet do no possible
good. They can stir up a aconsideraolt
amount of ridicule at the North and
get caricatured in the filthy picture pa
pcrs. But such encounters are rather
to be avoided than otherwise. Shy
lock is not to be cheated out OF his
pound Of flesh by the notes OLA wood
pigeon. If the rapacious North IRE
determined TO have their pound OF flesh
let them come and take it. Tho chances
are that we will get oil with whole
skin. But, to go to the eNecutloner
and lend him scaipel for the dissec-
tion-that were u leprous modification.
John Quincy Adams, son of the pres
ent Minister to England and one OF
those incredible contrasts which Bos-
ton occasionally rcproduces for the
astonishment of manliiud--John Quin-
cv Adams recently made y glorious
speech Upon the issues Of the day
Coming to a discussion Of the Consul
tutional Amendment he said: II am
GLAD the Southern States rejected 1t
and refused to dishonor their leaders
dead and alive. Iwould hare de$pised
them lad they acted differently" We
would rather have the stamp than the
snally patronage OF the Radical host
This constant succession Of pilgrimage
to Washington is cmincntly contYibu,
tive Of a loss Of respect and may well
make sturdy defenders OF our faith wa
yer in the problem rs to whether we
are worth saving or not.
/ is imputed to Gov. Orr, with what
truth we know not, that he is consult
ing with other prominent politicians as
to the plausbuity Of an acceptance OF
impartial suffrage on the part OF the
South, in exchange for representation.
Mr.. johnson and Congress are said to
favor this plan of adjustment. 1t may
be that the President hopes to save him
self by such L diplomatic move. As
for Congress, we do not believe they
would be satisfied with any concession
of the kind.
Heaven forbid that there should b0
any personal application on our part,
but the following paragraph from the
Cincinnati Enquirer may demonstrate
how Ohio Democrats regard the SUI
pcrviccablc zeal ofsome political cru
saders. The Enquirer says:
I'VE do not know what politician
there arc Of the South who counsel ,
settlement upon the basis Of suffrage
negro suffrage. There are doubtles.
IN abundance OF bankrupt politician.
in that region, who, for n chance o
!, setting up again in business, would b
glad to levisc anything under the pat
ronage of the President. That the al
herents to q scheme, which offers moth
inc more than that to which the peo
t pie of the South are entitled, and de
r mands that which il would be equal
, disgraceful and destructive for them
t concede, on the part of the South, ar
+ in any sense representative men, we d
not believe. They represent but the
n own desires for place, notoriety an
$ mint juleps. There is no telling VIII;
9 a playcd-out politician will not do Il
A a return to good clothes and unlimitc
c whiskey and the very concoction
y such plans as we have noticed, is
n sorry indication of the style Of M
&c who surrounded Mr.. Johnson, or
rs whom he has surrounded himself; m,
ID whose counsels are weakness, who
le devices are puerile or mischievous; wi
ce will intensity every one of his iollis
b. aggravate every one OF his weaknesse
he mislead him 10 his destruction, al
as abandon and yillify him in the das
or his mistortunes.'
The Rome Ga. Courier states Il,
,s- the unprecedented large crop of whC