The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-04-11
Torch and TUrpentinr.

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Torch and TUrpentinc.
We observed upon our streets last
wednesday morning a pumkin colorcd
recruiting officer, who was dressed in
blue and wore 4 bayonct scabbard
about his waist. lie seemed to feel his
importance, and drew his "papers"
upon every darkcy he mct--an act
necessary, it seems, to convince the
doubling freedmen tllat he was clothed
with authority TO take them away from
the noble pursuits ofpeacc and good
order and put musket on their Shout
dc"s in these "piping times Of peace
Our negroes who have hitherto acted
in q manner TO obtain the good opin-
ions Of us all, and who are doing well
enough If let alone, didn't seem to
"takc" very readily. We heard one
say to the recruiting snuff, colored i'm
portant: "Damn your papers. I'm
getting twenty dollars n month from
my old master, and that's better than
you are doing" The molasscs-h ucd
individual was not disposed to yield to
discouraging signs. We saw him Wis
ting the residences Of our citizens and
forcing conversations upon the scr
wants. Leaning majesticalIy upon the
paiiing at Hearts Delight, he held q
fill and free converse with our" john"
a clever black descendant Of Ham, who
was born free al an c0yly 0ge Of lis life,
in Columbus, Ga, and cmigratcd to H.
linois, and there enlisted in the Fed
cral army, as musician, for three years
or the war, AT Chattanooga John was
mustered out, and by II of those
mysterious occurrences of intricate
life, which some c,ll special providence,
John came to Winchester, bringing his
wife, and both ofthem now have Il good
home as servants %forour" unco squad"
at Hearts Delight. Why did John
who was raised in the land of moral
ideas, leave there and conclude to
abidcin thi South among rebels is Il
question VIC leave for the Press and
Times editor at Nashville to answer
But sure we are that John didn't give
much encouragement to the brass col
orcd recruiting cmmissary Of the Torch
md Iurpcntinc party,
AS we looked npon this admixturc
Of black and white blood, arraycd in
-hc uniform Of soldiers who fought for
Ne Union, and wearing at his waist Il
Dayonct scabbard, our mind was filled
with u few sensible thoughts. We
that in times Of peace u hoe,
scythc, or some Implement Of az
'iculturc would have looked better ,
han n symbol of tyranny asd out ,
age. The sand papcr-colorcd recruit. {
ng officer would have thought us we :,
id, no doubt, but that fellows with j.,
ayOncts in their hands, or uniforms OIL -
reason. OU thoughts were old u
acknowledgment back to the DAYS Of T.
ladlson and JcilrrSon-to MAGMA
Junius, and the Constitution of G.
lc United States as Jefferson, Mad \
on, Franklin, Calhoun, and Others IL
ldcrstOod it. These were old fashion !.
| thoughts, it is true, and not in vogue .,
'w-a-days. Bat thank God for the N
d fashion. Thank God for the older
5Aion oftlinkiug that might does II
1t make right, NC. 9,
don't know what success this n
aw-coIorcd plcnipotcntiary Of hell. If
mcndacity will meet with. Ourim.
vcrishcd people, including the freed
N of our county, are busy at work.
at something far above the idle
| ignOble occupation Of tie soldier in .
es @peace, and are not disposed to u
ste much time in enlisting in Brown %
vs. or any other PERSONS army. !"
We observed n freedman disposed "
rs ociatc n little with this convert to =
lallowed schemes. but the associa- y
II was son the sly" We didn't ~
nder, for we know there are mean III
iggers' as well rs mean white peo- P'
we think thercis blessing that ~
| attend the visit of this military col "
ID minister to our quiet, ~gcaceable, VI
abiding section. W. can well af- ~
d to spare all whom he will enlist, if -
succeed in getting n single negro Sc
doubtedly he will get only the lazy, IL
rthless ones, whose absence is to be t!'
ired, not regretted.
s..I !
Wendell Phillips, We see, is drum ant
G up for his usual anti,slavcry an mo
'rsary in New York, next month. the