The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-08-15
WINCHESTER, TENN.
Notes Oh the Situation.-Eo. IL
EY HON. =. II. HILL, or GEORGIA,
! have now shown that the Military

I have now shown that the Military
Bills arc unconstitutional. There can
DC noting claar2. Dam Chs, Tor they
are ia the most diGget conflict with thc
very language and purpose Of tue Con.
stitution, and the position is conceded.
Or course there can be no possible
good reason for violating the Consti.
tution, for, to say so, is neither moro
or less than to say tic Constitution i
wrong, and the Government organized
under it ought IN be Snjperica! And
This is exactly what every man WHO vo-
ted for OF approved these bills did say
and does say and cvory nan who
votes to carry out these bills, roles 10
set aside tho Constitution and Subvert he
Government. Icarc not what his mouth
says or his lips profess about loyalty,
his heart is far from the Constitution,
and his act is to destroy the Govern
mont. The poll lists Of registered vo.
tiers will tell Us precisely who is for The
Constitution, and who is against it,
who is for the government Of law and
who is for anarchy. In plain words,
the question VINO is "for q Convention
and who is against Convcntlon,'
means precisely "who is against the
Constitution, and who IA for the Con-
stitu.ion.
But ! have shown that Ill the excuses
or apologies made for these bills are,
like the bills, also unconstitutional 4;
and are untrue in themselves, arc con
trary to the laws of every cftiiizcd war,
and are founded in false prcten1es, and
are insincere in purpose, anu really
tend and Intent to su6vcrt the Govern.
ment, and degrade tho white race, IN
order to prolong the existence Of the
poriy that is thus faithless, dcccitful,
oppressive, and dishonoring to both
Government and people, and to their
own pledges.
In the face Of thi, plain statement Of
the issue, the correctness Of which
statement no true man a gajnsay,
and no honest mind viii galMsay, if
there is still to be found a man in
America who can see IN these Military
Bills any safety for property, or life, or
liberty; or any protection in the enjoy.
ment oftither; or any elevation for the
black race; u anything in government
but anarchy with its long ordeal Of
blood, aud robbery, and factions, and
havoc, and spoil, and waste, and cripc
in every form and grade, until power or
powers shall ari and proclaim the
peace 10 y dy,Jl.l, exhausted and
ruv4od iopk!o through IA empire or om
pl.es, Il 0-3pJ.ism or 1c-go,isms such
II man IS simply given W "to believe
IL lie that he may be damned )" yea,
and TO act 4 lie that his country may he
damned!
The next question, in the natural OF.
der of argument, is this: In what way
go,
shall these bills be resisted, or By what
remedies shall their enforcement and
final establishment lie p~reyantcd2 en-
ter upon this branch Of the discussion
with pain and plcasuro--with pain be.
,caugc shall consider it ny duty to de
Glare some given srievous errors com
mittcd by friends Of our side Of the
Constitution errors, too, which amount
to nc less than q surrender Of some of
the most effective remedies AGAINST,
these measures; and with pleasure be.
cause | can still see remaining to us
remedies ampie'to save the Con stitu.
ton, the country and liberty, if, as III
lers and people, we still have even a
moiety ofthat glorious moral courage
which makes US not afraid to tell the
truth and defend the right. NeAer,
never had any people in any age Of the
world such an occasion such nccessi.
ty-for moral courage as have now the
people. not only of the ten States on
which rape is being pcrpetrated, but Of
the United States, who are all involved
in the crime and must pay its penal
ties.
That devilislI spirit OF treason, which
comes not with arms and open, manly
warning, but creeps and hides ITSELF in