The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-08
THE TGECTION-ITS LESSON.

us lhal nuUIullty Hlusl SluHu dSuust AZ
such hideous dissertations Of every
right known to n republican form OF
government, and in a government which
w had been taught to believe WAS has.
ed upon the right Of men to govern
themselves. The love Of power has
ever been the banc Of human govern.
mcrt, and We have heard it said that
mcn have been 50 dcbascd as to prefer
rcigning in hell to serving in heaven.
We believe the Il scrtion. The Radi
Gals have made q shell on earth in
which they are determined to reign
The Conservatives struggled for equa
riohts, and here we must confess, hricG
is, why we took q part in the struggle
agNinet the kAaycry and Ignorance
which have prevailed for q while. GA
course was not voluntarily chosen. W.
could sec no justice, no craftsmanship
and no earthly necessity III extending
the right Of suffrage to the ignorant and
excitable negro who could be and would
,oc made the plant tool Of designing
denagogacs. We knew too, and knew
it as perfectly as we know that Intelli.
gence created Heaven aud earth, that
the Radicals gave the ballot into the
hands Of the negroes simply for parti-
IAN purposes. Indeed, We saw, and
everybody else must have seen, that
the most blatant Radicals had been The
worst Of ta3k-masters, when slavery was
in existence. We saw the infamous
game ,Ee Radicals were playing in or
der to retain power, aud after much hes
i,otiun We entertained . hope that knn-
very 80 very palpGblo could be made to
rccOiI upOu its authors. II was IN *
pertinent, and we entered the lists, and
if we were a fool for it We console Uir.
self with the reflection that in the school
Of experience only will fools learn
The attempted reconciliation of the
two races has been n failure, and We in.
tend to take the lesson well TO heart.
It has taught rs that intelligence, yir,
tue aud property are the only SURF props
Of government. At present these are
ynst aside hy The knovcry Of lcma-
Go.uc5 who have succeeded in manipu.
luting at will the ignorance ofthc coun
try. But we believe such a policy can
have no stability in it, and the proper
policy for Conservatives to pursue is
to refrain in future from any "entan-
Cling alliances for the sake Of success
in the name Of eternal truth and prin.
cip.c, let us never more torsakc for a
moment our honest convictions in the
hope tLat a"quiescencc will bring us
Justice. Let Us never attempt to pr
chase Constitutional rights, but dc3aund
them, and upon this demand survive or
perish. Humanity is too sacred MOTTO
have the sympathy Of all good men in
such a struggle. 1.-THE union Of these
States is to be attained agar, and the
liberties Of the people preserved, it
must be by q return to the true idea of
our form of government, under which
it grew to splcndil proportions, and
which no one but u QGixotic mailman
would cast aside for an experiment.
W. must unite hands with the partial
democratic power of the North, The
Republican party brought on a dissolu1
ton of the government in order to
break down the democratic party. They
raw that SO long us the almost entire
democratic sentiment Of the South was
united to the partial democratic sent
mcnt OF the North, the opponents Of
democracy would be pOwerless, and the
doctrines of Privilege would fall still
born.
Now, as to the Lesson referred to in
our heading. We must holdfast TO the
Constitution. The letters OF Hon. b.
II. Hill which we continue to publish
the Home Journal, are letters Of
iglt, calculated to lead us safely
the sea Of Radica!ism. Long
approaching, the hour oftravail comes
!. last, when the slowly matufed doc
rine Of Democracy shall, though on
! with ~iiercest throcs, assume vigor-
,us and triumphant life. The heavens
nave long been dark above us. and it
may need the thunderstorm to clear
the air-to bring serener skies.
And all 10 weli--though Faith and Form
~ severed IN the night of fear
wei roars the storm to those that hear
y deeper voice ACROSS the storm.,
hmid all the darkness ostle present.
high above the roar Of the factions
the Ignorant schemers and brutal BAY.
onets Of unlicensed soldiery. banded
together agains. the Peopls--lst that
deeper voice speak hope, and comfort,
and confidence. Now comes the brill
liant aeted commentary on the immoral
axiom Of MISUNDERSTANDING must
have an end, but the People is eternal"
The detri' Of disappointed politicians
and rcnegades, making war upon popu
var nights, upon sacred contacts, and
law sud order aud peace, viii rrecipi