The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-09-19
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We have for some time believed that
The very xce of wicked u%surpations
by the Radical, or Jacojn party, would
lead to its ruin. True, VIC were aston
ished that a people educated, as The
people of the United States had been,
in all the rudiments Of liberty, verscd
in the glorious and sacred benefits flow
ing from strict regard for Magma Char
ia and the guarantees thereof, and with
national greatness and prosperity loom
Ing up constantly as consequences OF
such regard--wc say we were astonish-
ed that they should so quietly submit
to the establishment Of military above
civil power intcn Of the States, to the
almost total demolition of every de
rartpent Of government intended to
operate rs 4 check against the usurpa.
tions Of Congress, but gradually the
fact was impressed upon us daily, un-
til, rubbing our youthful eyes, as ifjust
aroused from q stupid slumber, we be.
came passive as our establishment aba.
ted, and seeing that the d~estroyers OF
our country's liberties were banded TO.
gether under the name Of Radicals, ant
had succeeded in fastening their rult
upon a submissive people, we Of course
began to look if there was to be ali end
to that rule, believing that with an end
Of such rule would come q change, and
any change would be favorable to CON
tiuuation. WecOnsidercd the elements
which nade up this party called Radi-
col, and in that consideration was much
relief. 1t gave us consolation on the
day of the great election burlcsque in
Tennessee, when VIC saw in the town
Of Winchester scenes that made the
b art of every honest man heave asigh
for the wickedness of his fellows. Yes,
sirs, on the first day of August last, VIC
stood a silent spectator of political
crimes unparalleled in the experience
OF our life. Miniature Robespierres
and Dantons, without, however, the
least approach to the intelligence ofthc
French dcmagogues, were engaged in
the vindict.ye work of driving Ameri-
can white men from the polls to make
room for slaves by birth or slaves by
nature ignorant roughs armed, by au-
hority Of n Governor, under the plea
Of protecting "loyhr' men, so-called,
standing guard over the polls, while
gray haired worth and ripe wisdom
stood of as if attending the burial OF
all the principles and hopes which they
had inherited from the glorious found.
ers of the Republic. 1t was q sad day
indeed---a dark day-whcn the stars
and stripes were marched around oul
town and cheers were given over q re,
suit calculated by demagogues and bas-
ed with mathematical certainty upon
the operations Of al iniquitous scheme
that DISTINGUISHED seventy five or eigh-
ty thousand white men who could read
and write, and admitted in their stead
as many negroes, stepped in ignorance,
and manipulated by designing men in
the dark recesses Of loyal leagues. God
forgive the wickcdness of. which these
leagues are the progeny if it be a pos
sibility in Thy bountcous and wonder.
full plan of redemption! But it does
seem to us that the swearing in of ig
noranoe and s%emi-human capacity, in a
plot to overthrow civil rights in order
that demagogues and adventures nigh,
rule, is a crime akin to a sin against the
holy ghost, and not to be forgiven.
Bnt ever on that dark day, while oul
heart was bowed in grief more than an
ger, as we seemed to stand amid thu
wrecks of liberty and dethronement OF
reason, We felt relief in the thought
aye, the Jact-that Time is always hold.
ing a high Court of Appeals. Time,
We thought, will reverse the false dc.
crees of selfishness and demagogism,
and strip from its busy actors the va
rious DISCUSSES cunning, fraud and &C
cldent may have thrown around them.
AS in other Courts, the progress is
somewhat slow, but it is certain. The
mills of the Gods grind slowly, we have
heard, and it is true, but then they grind
surely. 1t required more than q hun.
dred years to inform tho world that the
trusted counsellors of William the
Third were traitors in constant CORES.
pondence with the abdicated monarch,
But retribution will not be so slow in
this instance. We see evident signs
that the Jacobin party has commenced
it's downward lOuse. The clap trap
cry Of traitor will not much longer
serve their purposes. The personal
of each member of the party
needs but to be scanned we speak now
especially in regard to Tcnncssee) in
order to excite disgust for his incon-
sistcncy, il not yenality. A little quiet
is ruinous to such q party, for men who
hsse been deceived into its support be-
gin TO find out the object of its loyal
militia, loyal leagues, &c. The ignor-
ant negro a eve sec how he follow.
ed like a sheep to be slain, and underl
A. n-ns&o~nut ~ 1r,n &c. n.i n !