The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-10-17
THE LATE ELECTIONS.

The late popular rcacIloh III o"e
great States Of Pennsylvania and ONO
the second and third Of all the States
Of the Union in wealth, population and,
we might add, intclligencc--has caus'
ed a shaking Of the dry bones in Jaco'
binism. Jacobin leaders and ncwspa-
pers arc silent as the tomb; or, if they
speak, it is to animadvert upon what
thew choose to call the laundering Eof
their party. The poor Press and Times
editor says in his issue Of Monday that
"thc Republicans ofsomc ofthe North
ern States have Numbered shameiully
Of late, in their local canvasscs, and
have suffered in consequence and
adds that "thc chastiscmcnt has been
received in good time, both for 'leln
and our warning" We agree with the
Press and Times. in part. It's party
has blundcrcd. Its party was built up
on the meancst Of passions engcndered
during the war, 1t took advantage OF
the influence of those PASSIONS, and by
CRYING out "rcbcl,' 'coppcrhcad,'
"treason," &c, gullcd the masses into
the belief that the war was not ended
that we were It'll ycbellious in the
South, and in order to give the sem
llaucc oil truth TO their assertions, made
all sorts of base attempts to goad the
South into some act of resistance to
ty"rannical measures, that M Reuse
might be had for keeping %bayonets
among us to oycrawc civil law IN
this poor, down-trodden State they sue,
cccded, alas,'too well. God forgive
The action Of the Jacobin party III this
State! it is not in the nature Gilman to
do it. We confess despair scizcd up
on us, and all was dark, when VIC saw
the utter subycrsion Of all law, and ne,
arocs, 1renzicd with crude ideas Of lib.
crty, led on by corrupt white men to
vote for the cnslayemcnt Of all who
were too honest to forsake principle
for the sake Of party. But the dark,
forebodiug clouds are breaking away.
Our heart is thankful. In all sincerity
we thank God. II there ever was a
time when old men and women, maid
ems and young men,-whcn all who
love peace and prosperity and good
law, should congregatc together and on
bended knees lift up their hearts in
humble thanksgiving to the great Gre
ator of Heaven and Earth, that time is
now. We want no bonlircs, no fife and
drum, no pyrotechnic displays. Such
demonstrations will do for the patriot
ic Conservative party in the Northern
and Western States, where the issue
was not so fearlully pregnant with RI
in and degradation. But with usi t was
different. We were conquered. In
good faith we had returned to our dc
vastated homes, relying upon the prom
Uses and the belief that the victorious
party would be, as it could well afford
to be, m~agnanimous in its treatment of
US. Could q fair expression of public
opinion from the North been had, we
believe our hopes would not have been
nearly crushed. But demagoguos,
who never scruplc at the means after
they have conceived the design, seized
the opportunity for pcrpctuating an I'M.
holy lease of power by cverthrowing
the public welfare. Under the cry Of
loyalty" they became indeed the ba-
sest Of usurpcrs and disnnionists, and
patternipg after the followers of Ma i.
carried their faith ut the point !,
Ofthe bayonet. AS crimes succeed by p,
hurry and dispatch, they rushed from
one extreme to another, riding rough
,hod ovcr all civil law and human rights
until there was scarcely q vestige of
Constitutional liberty left, gathering
nth them as they went the debris of
he country-disappointed politicians,
|eserters, turncoats, and men whose ,
rinciplcs might truthfully be labeled ,
To let" Blind to the general good :
nd intent alone upon place, and pow .
r and profit, they plunged deeper and II
ecper and deeper into crime, until, :,
lie a man whose pride has been drown Il
4 by frequent draughts at the bottle, =,
ley sccmed reckless of consequences.
his is nc idle sketch. W. family state u
that every urfprcjudiced man knows to !,
'e the truth. Aye, w believe the time :,
will come with many of the Jacobins
themselves, when they will wonder at "
he amazing extremes Of political cru. ~
lily and fanaticism to which they went, p
ither as leaders or followers--when, u
q this State, men of high moral worth, !.
and property, had to stand
IS silent spectators ofignorant negroes, .
Imported by partizan bayonets, voting =
and slavery upon white :,
men, and all for the awfully wicked
purpose Of keeping a party in power. l.,
Then !. and you. and all Of us fell down n
whilst bloody treason fourished over u.s." q,
A We have .lready said, the voice S,