The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-07-11
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.r...s}y take a wider range, the imme
4 h suppose is to examine the pend
rng fn Il Q ofthe rcyolution-thc Mill
t nr Bills embracing what is called tho
congressional plan Of reconstruction
Ihays given these measures luil' lalf
and mature consideration. entertain
"nt tho Slightest doubt that the conclu
sions / have reached are correct, and
r1t icthose proposed measures shall.
Iprome laws, the future development
Utmost a~bundantly prove this cor
.t,,a,s Before proceeding with thf
ana ysis of the character Of the bills,
uIcjr effects, and the apologies offered
for them, | desire to announce the con
cIusions which the reasoning VIII es-
tobIish and the events will confirm, as
thc certain results Of their acceptance
and of the incorporation OF the plan
and principles proposed into the Fed.
eral Constitution and State Constitu
tons ofthe ten States:
|. They will consummate the sub
version Of the republic; the destruc-
ton of the Constitution; the annihila-
ton ofindYvidual liberty, and the ulti-
mate but complete change OF all Amer,
lean government from the principle OF
consent to the rule Of force. And
these results will become permanent
and absolute and i~rremediable.
., Before this final contamination Is
reached, the country will pass through
an ordeal of anarchy, This ordeal will
be prolonged, and the most bitter OF
any in history-becausc anarchy IN II
r,public is like fever with an inhlvldu-
81 and violent with the most vigorous,
will not cease until strength is reduced
or de. troyed, and no people even had
such strength or material prosperity
for the prey of anarchy as have the
people of the United States. Besides,
in the transition, two races will stru9-
ole for the mastery, greatly increasing
the horror of these writings Of llber'
ty in her passage to death.
8. Ineed not, and cannot 1t is be-
yond the power Of the pcn--enumerate
ihe terrible evils that will spread over
all the land during this reign OF dlsor-
der, discord and decay. Among them
will be the prostration OF commerce,
the paralysis Of all industrial agencies
and pursuits, the reputation OF all
1chts-National, State and individual;
the disregard Of all legal sanctions;
fine removal ofall restraints upon the
wicked the withdrawal ,of protection
from the helpless and the good; the
generalization of men; the prostitu-
SION Of women; the starvation OF chill
lrpn the rise and fall Of factions: the
burning and sacking Of cities, and the
General devastation Of the county
Robbers will fill our mountains and
r,rnsts nssassins will come boldly from
all hiding places civil wars and lnsur'
r~rctions viii multiply; leaders and fol
lowers oil STAY and be slain; clans. OF
burglars and thieves will hunt the rlch
q. 6eards Of Buffalo huntA he green
pastures. and Insulated ~wlckedness Will
s,nd and tear all that is pure and good,
as the hungry lion when tleshing his
tooth in the Young and tender inwn.
/ But there is II feature Oh ui,s
urIo,I Of nDarchv--onc result OF this
lpyii,sb choice to destroy the Const-
+oiion by those who take solemn oatns,
and make sanity prctcnsions to pre-
serve it, which i, distinct from all oeh
ers, Involving Hypocrisy without exam
mic, dpIisjon without limit, and cruelty
Without parallel, and which | cannot
contemplate without feelings of pecu-
liar sadness. Imcan, OF course the
effect upon the African race, 49,.
A separate note must elaborate I'M"
noint; but as l am announcing gcner
n conclusions, | must not omit the re
suit which will be, must be, the most
certain and inevitable Of all. "A war OF
races will come, and come curly, IN 'nis
hidcous programme OF ruin. ms war
will he produced by three chief causes
The ignorant, vicious. imaginative
and exceedingly crcdulous habits and
passions OF the negro. =. lhc oel''-
sions practiced npon this imaginative
and ]crcdulous nature by cmissarles
from tAe North, aided BY bad men at
thc South, some of whom will act from
mistaken notions of phllantlropy' some
with wicked purposes OF s~elllshheSs' DIT
the most dangerous, with views OF par
tv o~scoodency. 3. The protection to
thn white race and to every interest OF
person and property, and me- when
Ills nature. thus dcluded, shall render
absolutely necessary. The resuI oil
this war will be the substantial eXter
minotion oftlpe negro race in the Uni
trd States or its exclusion thereirom
and final barbarism or its practical re,
~enslayement under the government OF
force which / have indicated.
The giddy and the foolish w'i say
+his niciure of result is overdrawn,-
Such creatures never believe horrors
will como till they are felt and are past
remedy. Some t%houghtlcss and good
people will say God will interfere ana
snare us such evils, as though God ev
or interposed to save a people who per
sisted in destroying themselves.
The ambitious politician who has dc
termincd to support these measures,
because they are proposed by the
strong party, will close his cars anu
nnss on. lie cares not for the suffer
mos of the people, orthe subyersion OF
tie government, SO he may reap ana
rule. He was a traitorto the Uhioh' a
,reaitor to the C~onfederacy, and would
sell the houor Of the people VINO trusV-
cd him--all for greed and for piace-
first: from his o&n people and then
ftom his peoqls's."oppressors; ilow
can sucl a man be moved by the voice
ofbonor or b. maze to listen t nj ap-
peals Of patriotism? How can ne
whose ambition seeks only his W