The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-12

VuOlILcS thSui w p"o" N'N' ihOAo0"SS
on the road, Then, having gi0en them
the right of way, having built the road
for them, and allowed them to make a
first mortgage that will prevent the
Government from ever getting its mon
ey hack, it gives them then about thir-
teen thousand acres Of land for every
mile of road. That domain, about 90
100000 Of acres, that ought to furnish
homes to your children and childrcn's
children, is given to these corpora
tons and when your child goes with
his one dollar and twenty five cents IN
acre to buy tue land he is handed over
to a railroad official with a pen behind
his ear, who informs him that the price
is ten dollars per acre, perhaps twenty
dollars. That is the way your money
and property go, andit has been adj
mittcd by q Republican member ofCon-
gress that the mere stcalings Of one
year are equal to the entire annual eX
penditures Of Buchanan's administra-
ton. They ask you to trust them
They ask you if those who saved the
Government cannot be trusted to carry
it on. But l say, if yon want your
bonds pain turn these rogncs out Of Of
flee, and put honest men Ill their places.
a voice "Dcmocrats" Yes, Demo
Gratis they are the kind Of men. Put
them in; come back to the old days Of
Democratic honesty and Democratic
simplicity, and plain, INVESTIGATIONS
government, tina, don't encroach either
on the purses or on the liberties of the
people. Do that for US and then there
is some hope.
There is one thing more that has to
be done. The Southern country is
kept almost in a state Of. starvation..-
What encouragement has any man
down there. any farmer, to cultivate
the land, when he don't know but the
very next day the Radicals will carry
out their threats Of c%onliscation, and
give his land TO the negro? Would
you labor under such circumstances,
and improve the face of the earth I
You know very well YOU would not
Farms worth $50 or 500 an acre are
sold 10y this impoverished people for
one-llth oronc-tenth THEM value. Thus
a large portion of the country that
might pay its full share OF taxation to
The Government, is almost in q state Of
starvation, and unable to pay scarcely
anything, and thus extra burdens Of
taxation are thrust upon us at the North
Now give lis Democratic government,
and we will give to the Southern pco-
pie civil government, instead Of militia
rs despotism; we will help bind up the
wounds the war has made We will
heal the sore, although we cannot re.
move The scar. We will make them
forget the cnmity existing between us
Then will come a time when once more
this great country shall flourish and
blossom like the rose; then will comca
time when the South can pay her full
share OF the hurlrS Of taxation, and
lift of our shoulders Il portion Of that
mighty load that is now crushingu us to
sthe earth.
There is another point | have not
time now TO speak o%f-t!io policy Of
paying bonds Of the Government in
~greonbaclis. | can only say now, so
far as | can see, there is no legal ohicc-
ton to it., At the same time, as Il qles-
ton Of policy, it requires to be careful
~ handled, and the currency Of the
country should not he improperly and
TOO eudlonly inANtol. Tho question
is, not 10 produce too great an imitation
OF currency. / ain sorry that what !
have to say OF that subject, for puh!ica-
ton, | must reserve for some future
tip,n