The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-03-28

Thu RSDA y II NE
nal at Washington as swift and rs sure
as from the far famed "Council often
4 came to the mandate that consigned the
unsuspccting citizens to one ofthe mil
itary hastiIcs oiythis government, il
might be Fort Warren, II might be Fort
Lafayette, Then timed men =. went
about "with batcd breath, and whisper.
ing humbIeness," not Knowing who was
70 be the next friend struck down nj
their sides. ,Ambulatory military tri-
bunals in States where the courts OF
law were open, and the processes OF
tho courts unrcstlained, established
their drum head court martials, whose
despotic cdicts sent men to hanishmc,it
and death with an pQuanimity. and an
exquisite joyousness on the faces Of
their bclted judges, that might have ex
Hcitcd the envy ofTor1ucmada himself
These military satraps imagined that
the courts were camps, and the admin,
istration of justice n campaign Hon
est men could not reconcile these acts
of wrong and outrage yiolative ofcvery
principle Of constitutional liberty with
the smoothed-tongued, honeycd pro
tcssions Of love for the Constitution
and the Union, that were ever upontht
lying lips of the authors and vindica
tors of all these wrongs and outragcs
They had u right to suspect the honesty
and question the integrity of the mo-
tives of men who could thus exhibit
such glaring Inconsistency between
their acts and their professions. There
fore, when the war was over and the
South had made manifest, by all shc
means in Eer power, n. desire to come
once more under the protection OF The
old flag, and to atone for the errors dot
the past, no honest discerning man,
who had realizing sense Of the arch
| Hypocrisy Of Radicalism in power, was
surprised to find thsltnow the war for
ltho, Union was over, the war against the
| Constitution had commenced, or rather
| shoul! say was to be commenced
And now in the face Of their solemn leg
islative resolutions, not only in Con
grcss, but in every legislative body Of
lAe 1'oit'', ~ u'loo' '''.S n'.s'. w ".o
sen chiet--with the memory Of the fer
vent patriotic appeals fresh in the minds
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WAS 70 ENJOY anu ''''' W. .n1Se tt 'a0-
lfihccs nave heeh ,'"' uhuot l"lee pc
tences that kept thc wore ol promise 10
the ear 10 break II 10 us nope "'' eH
pcctatlon.
There IS n ing'i''''l danger impena
ing over us at TINS moment-all sisns
indicate 1t, and every hour increases IT,
OF a complete consolidation ana cen
trallzatlon OF tins government haci
successive Radical encroachmcht has
common origin, and points to com
mon OBJECT, namely, thc lrm cstaDllsll
menl oi the haoical power ny 'hc SUD
Jectlon OF the late rCV0lted States 10
military despotisn, and the last cnor
now pending i'll Congress, among it
varied schemes Of reconstruction, i
proof strong rs Holy Writ ofits truth
Like the tracks OF the lions den, thcs
all lead in one direction, there is no es
cape, no departure. no return. If til
/ people OF this country do not rise tc
the heighth OF the opportunity offered
and resist these innovations and usu1
patlons, peaceably if they can, forcibl
II they must, then the yoke will be upol
their necks, and they will have becom,
the serfs OF the vilest despotism tn
world has ever known. The Jacobin
in Congress VIII fullylgnore the con
stltutlonal rights OF ten States i'll th'
Union, and would wiring from then
such concessions as will III the end de
stroy our whole system OF representa-