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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02
The Fruits Of Oppression.

The Cable brings us news of dar-
ing and desperate attempt to release
Col. Burke. rscently arrested Fenian,
by blowing down the wall Of the Clerk
cnwell (London) Prison, in which he
was confined. This is but another in
stance Of the widespread disailection
consequent upon English mismanage'
mcnt of Irish affairs, and the determ!n-
ell spirit Of The champions OF Irish
freedom.
Whatever may be said as to the wis
dom Of the Fenian movement, or the
extravaganza Of some Of its paltlsans,
the world cannot but feel that all these
disturbances and cXtravagances, ana
even crimes, can be traced directly to
the treatment which Ireland has receiv'
ed, and is still receiving, from the En-
glish Government
Ireland, hundreds Of years ago, was
an Independent nation. ltbecame after
rds a palt of Great Britain--a part
only in theory, subject nation in fact
Ever since, the policy of England has
been to form Ireland after It's own mou.
el, without respect to the habits ana
desirns of the Irish themselves, Eng
lish laws and English institutions have
been fo"ced upon the Irish people at
the point Of the bayonet. Inc result
has been the desolation Of the most
fertile and beauti y Of the islands OF
the temperate 70, c the emigration OF
its people at such q rate rs to thre ten
the to depopulation Of the country /;
the depreciation Of the property Of all
residents, English as well as Irish; n
fearful increase of crime and violence,
and disconj 1t periodically growing
into rebellion,
There is in this history 4 lessq
which we in America would d. we'll to
learn. English rule in America is 4
frightful example which to us now
should be a warning, We, too, have
an Ireland. States but lately free and
sovereign, ruled BY their own people,
establishing their owa institutions, ma
king their own laws, everywhere recog,
nizcd as powers co o-equai with our own
are held bound and muzz!ed under ou'
feet. Passing by the question Of right
letus ask. Is it oNpedient and safe
And in answering that question, let US
not neglect the lessons OF history~--e
pecially this lesson, now written IN let
ters Of fire and blood before onr eyes
We are striving to shacklc the south a
IEuglaul has shackled ireland. W.
have said, our laws and institutions an,
social customs are better than yours
and YOU must be ruled 10y the bayone
until you accept them We have The
RIGHT 10 command you have only th'
light to obey. Aud then we eXpec
peace aud prosperity, and conlentment
and social order rs the result Of on
policy. Can we expect it? Does no
, lreland tell us that oppression CA
never bring peace! Hundreds Of year
of English domination have made Ire
land an in,ormittont volcano, who's
only quiet is the interval, long or shor
: between the eruptions. And ii this
5 50, what an We expect of the Soutl
/ where every man has fresh in his men
orv the time when he was free, an
| where oppression is the more insuIer;
; bic, because its victims have taste
the sweets Of liberty :--Ncc lork l.,
DreyS
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02
THE PRESIDENCY.
What old iiardeman Says.

The last issue of the Bolivar Bulletin
drops the following large grain Of com
mon sense into the political scales:
Up to this time VIC have expressed
no preference for Presidential candi-
date, knowing full well that our voice
would scarcely be heard amid tie din
and strife attendant upon the clash of
more powerful! and influential pens. At
this late hour we step forward and drop
ourgrain inlo the great political scales.
While we speak for ourself, We hope to
reflect the sentiments OF the people who
compose the producers and consumers
Of the good old county Of Hardeman,
acounty that has always led the van in
this State, not only in the walks of ora
tory and legislative ability, but in all
that goes to make up community
firmly devoted to the welfare peace and
happiness ofall men. Our people want
no "war men, ,hey da5irc u clear head
ed, unbiased, consistent, union man,
one who, by his past record proves the
gentleman, scholar, statesman, and pa
lriot; one WHO thinns OF the labor9r in
the field, the mechanic in the shop. the
professional gentleman in his Office, or
the poor bcggar in the streets. In
fact, we want, and the country needs, a
statesman, linaucicr. Politics, as
generally understood, is as dead rs
death itself. Finance is the qucstio
now. Reconstruction and the Internal
negro question will fade before this
great and all important feature. Show
us the man that gives evidence that he
| is in favor Of crushing out the lyrran-
nv practiced by the party in power for
/ he hast four or five years one who is 4
/ Union, constitutional, law abiding, con
sistcnt man. and Hauleman county will
cast Il solid vote for him We want
no Georgia raiders, no Grants, no wi
sha washa samples of spring mush-
rooms, but asold, liberal thinker like
the Hon. George II. Pendleton, oil
Ohio. man who is, and ways has
been, friend to the lalsoring class OF
the American people. John Quincy
Adams, of Massachusetts, would fill the
ticket, the people would vote the tick
ct, and the two gentlemen named, up
on platform Of white mans Gov
crnment, full representation, and cqua
taxation, would as surely be borne intC
Office as the sun shines.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

That is terrible story, about the
mother who attempted to poisson her
self and her children, in this city, yes.
terday, to escape a slower death from
staryation,- - right in the heart OF this
great city, and within sound too, of
church bells.
There is severe and widespread dis
trcss among she poor, not only in this
bu. other cities, growing out of the
prevailing stagnation of trade, and the
resulting lack Of employment, and this
distress, we fear, will increase rather
tLan diminish, as the winter advances.
Never was the duty ofgiving, and Civ
ius freely, more obligatory upon the
wealthy and the well todo that is at
Nrcsont; for certainly never were there
more objects Of charity, appealing to
them for assistance, not only on the
high ways and by-w0ys Of the grca.
city, but in the out.of sight tolemen
houses, where Poverty at this season
holds her almost perpetual court.
When such narrowing scenes as those
which were witnessed in the Boone
case, are coming to be matters OF re
cord, il may well he asked if it is not
time to have White Mans Bureau
here in New York through the winter
to keep helpless women and helpless
little children from starving !-Neu
York Express.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

Rack PoMERoY, in late letter e.
Pollard says: I'VE are lighting he
publicans in the North we ask You 'i
the South to keep still-.o cndrt hut
not indorse the power that would mar.
der YOU and rob us. We havcas Dem
ocrats-as pcoplo--no bitter words
for the past We are working for the
future, as our forelathers did. We
ask YOU to raise corn instead of cotton
We ask you to endure, to live poor
to support your families, to honour
your dead, to obey such laws as are IN
force till the coming sense of the land
will do away with illegal ones and make
hottcr ones. We ask you to raise for
consumption more than export. Il
YOU send nothing to New England ex-
cept negro paupers she will soon lei
Won alone. 1 would, if had the pow
or blast your cotton crops for the next
five wears, till tho hum of the cotton
mills of New England had stilled, and
iii her voice was. one of supplicatior
for fibre to make her machinery profit
able"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

A negro went to the Mongrel speak
ing at Campbellton, Ala. few days
since, and for some reason carried a
pistol, which, for convenience, he placed
in the leg of his boot, already cooked,
with the muzzle up. In walking around
the trigger was struck, and the con-
tents OF the pistol forced into his leg
and side, from which death ensued
shortly afterward.
There is general demand for guns
among the Georgia negroes, and ma
ny of them, in some way, have procur-
ed new army muskets. Where'did they
get them7 - 80 >t,..'.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02
NccroGS and" Democracy.

We like and endorse the following
remarks Of the Nashville Gazette, pa
per which, almost alone, battled in the
past for correct principles without bias
for policy. The Gazette, in answering
4 contemporary which thought the time
had not come for negroes to accept
democratic principles, ssays: "lf the
Democracy must,,wait until Its prinai-
pies be accepted by the negroes, be.
fore entering the field, we fear it must
fall stilI-born. In what sense can princi-
plies he accepted by class who CAN
NOT underSt,n3 them =? This question of
negro suffrage is altogether a local al
fair. The Democracy Of Tennessee
can decide it one way, AZ thc Democra-
cy of Ohio decided it the other way
What the party insist upon s that the
people shall regulate the matter for
themselves. AS apub!icist, we hold,
iu respect Of the country, that it or the
negro must 60 down. Asrespects the
state, We are Of the same opinion--the
State or the negro must be sacrificed.
Inside of Democratic principle, howev-
cr, there is room for the opposite opin-
ion. The Democracy is broader and
more liberal in principle than those un.
acquainted with it are disposed to i'm
agne."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02
a Good One.

A friend amused us with the follow
ing which he got from witness on
the occasion. We have al exceeding
great penchant for passing good things
around, and must therefore beg to be
excused for inalAging onr disposition
to give this publicity:
Madame Acklcn, very wealthy Ia
dy residing about three miles from
Nashville, Tenn, was recently mar
ried to man by the name Of Chealhom.
A very large and gay assembly attend
ed the wedding, and every thing was
done up in the mostly costly and styl-
ish manner imaginable. Madame La
Vert was also present, who is one Of the
gayest and one of the most accomplish
ed ladies extent. AT the banquet, after
all parties had done perhaps more than
Justice to the delicious yiands, etc,
Madame LeVert, who sat near the head
of the table, took up a little silver bell
and rung it, thereby attracting the atten-
ton of the guests, and remarked, Amy
young gentleman wishing to converse
with my daughters in Spanish, Italian
or French can now have the opportu
nity by Withdrawing to the por'
lor" No one responding the drink
ing and jokes went on for awhile Ion
ger, when the brother ofthc groom,
another MIR. Cheathap,, all at once
took up his cane and gave several lout
raps on the floor, bringing the whole
assembly to dead calm, and exclaim
ell, "Any young lady seishing to eonuers
with me in the English Language co@ nor
Aase Tie opportuaiy." The r'ar4 .
laughter that followed this admirable HI
may possibly prevent the Madame 'foa
indulging in such another freak Of van
ity.-Nashville Gazette.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02
FOrcible and SententiOus Ian
guage.
From the New York Express.l

= '''h WV A'S" WIN SAPiS'''J
THINK OF IT! Fifty thousand me.
chanics and working people to day out
of employment in this city, and that
too before the first blasts of winter are
heard around the corners.
Yet the Negro Constitution .mongers
down in Alabama and Virginia,-we
see--are complacently voting them
selves ten and eight dollars per day.
the money Of course to come in due
proportion out Of the white laborcr's
pocket.
If the laborer and mechanic, who
can scarcely find the ways and means,
in New York to day, to keep their wives
and little ones out ofthe aims house,
had but black faces, our Radical law
makers would probably have some
compassion for them. Then they
might be supported by the Freedmen's
Bureau, then they would get eight or
ten dollars per day, then they would re-
cevc the benefit of the Two Hundred
Millions ofDollars per annum, which
the President, in his last Message says,
it costs us (the tax payers) to maintain
military dcspotisms in the Southern
States.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02
The Letter Of Governor seymour
.4 ON the Presidency. >

The following is the letter OF Gov
crnor Seymour on the subject OF the
Presidency, to which allusion was made
In last weeks journal;
"UTIcA, Monday, Nov. %. 1867.
"To the Editor Of the Democratic Union,
Oneida:
"SIR-I see Tint you have put my
name at the head OF your paper rs u
candidate for the office ofthc President
of tho United States. Other journals
in this, as well as in the Eastern and
Western States, have also thus express
ed their wishes for my nomination by
The Democratic National Convention.
These marks of good will and. conf
dence give me great pleasure, but am
compelled to say that l am not anu
cannot be candidate for the Presideh'
cy. As my reasons for saying this arc
personal, it is not necessary to state
them. They in no degree grow out OF
waning interest in the great and Sc
rious questions which divide parties in
this country. On the other hand,
feel that we are about to enter upon
an earnest and thoughtful discussion
of public affairs. The passions and
prejudiccs excited by civil war are dy-
ing out All now see that the ques'
tions of finance, tariff, the rights OF the
States, and the powers of Government,
cannot be settled by clamors and cal
umnies. Both parties feel that the
grave problems growing out OF the
disordcr.d state ofthe country must be
confronted, and that due respect for
their organizations demands an earnest
and thoughtful inquiry as to the best
modes oflightening the load of debt ana
taxation which hinders to business OF
our land and weighs down with heavy
sAacklcs the arms Of labor. In try
inc in the future, MS have in.the past,
to uphold principles which ! deem to
be right, can do battle with more Wig
or wEscn | am not candidate for OIL
ci9l position.
"Vcry truly yours. &c,
"nORATIO SEYMOUR"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

Mach of shai burning zeal which
l>a.se. aua.r ihe name OF energy. Is
si,a,,,N ,aasiaesa and The whi;! of mis-
aispasei power setting oha'io. wheels
~ hand. harrswS. and driving golden
rlaws over sea sands, II is pi,lahlo,
indeed. 10 think how much eC the work
going on IN the world Is merely the
Watering or dry sticks, aud how people
cling ~ these dry sticks rs to living
trees. pitching their tents beneath them
as complaecntly as it they were en-
eampcd beneath the ocdars OF Lebanon
or tho vineyards Of Italy, AL tie Year
Roaga.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

III tho course of ono or two days
there will 10 about thirty female clerks
dismissed from the Redemption Divis-
ion and Secretary's Office ut the Treas
ury Department. This reduction is
necessary on account of the scarcity OF
work done in those Offices. 1t is
thought that there will be about fifty
female clerks dismissed from the variou
bureaus in the Treasury about the last
of the month on account Of the work
being rapidly on the decrease.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

The Mongrels of Congress are like
ly to split on the question of the man.
crof paying off tie war debt. Ifthey
had the justice to pass bill to pay il
Off in spoons and ratches, which should
at the same time compel their military
officers to disgorge the plumber stolen
from the southern people. it would re-
licvc the burdens Of the people ut once
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

Bleeding Kansas" has bled the Mon,
grels badly this fall. The Democrats
have in the Legislature 2s, the Mon.
grels "a, the "Indepcndents" 3. On
an average Of the county tickets, the
Democrats have q majority in the
State. 1..1 ,.i t,,..
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

The Tribune threatens that manhood
suffrage, alias negro rOting, shall be
pushed rs long rs anything of the Re
publican party remains. 1t will be a
good deal more difficult for Dir. Gre
ley to find the remains Of the Mongrei
party af .er the next Presidential cleo
ton. than was for Austria to get the
remains of Maximilian away from the
Mongrels of Mexico.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

A negro witness lately swore posit-
vely that he could not tell whether a
certain mau was blac;; or white, al.
though he admitted t,at he had a fair
look at him. That is not strange, for
SO many white men are now behaving
like niggers: that it would require more
than darkey's sagacity to distinguish
them apart.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

A "loyalist," from Vermont, has been
selling stakes, painted red, white and
blue, to the negroes in Alabama, for
three dollars each, promising them
that, wherever they plant them, they
will hold the land by coniiscation
The word "confscotion' is as great q
charm to the negroes, as the word
spoons is to Ben. Butler.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

The landlord ofa hotel in Lynn, Con-,
recently seized the carpet bag OF a de
iinquent lodger as security, and on ex-
amining the contents found his own
coat, which had been hung in the lod-
gers room the previous night.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

Mr. Sumner is to give his lecture
"Are we q Nation p in Harvard, Hin.
Ois. The Democrats of the place have
engaged c. Chauncey Burr to give his
answer, "Are we Union9" Those
who hear both will have to confess tina,
the Copperhead is a Unionist, and the
loyalist a disxsionist.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

A resolution was introduced in the
negro Convention Of Louisiana, Of
"thanks to God for the success Of the
Radical Republican majority" A vote
Of thanks to Congress and the devil,
would come nearer the true sources Of
such success.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

A good conscience is the best look
inc glass of Heaven; in which the soul
NAV see Gods thoughts and purposes
concerning it reflected as SO many shi-
ming stars.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

The Mongrels used to talk with glee
abou, the lost cause" but now, when
ever such thing is mentioned, they
shoot OFT into horrible rage, declar.
ing that they "want no more of that
stutF." The chickens are coming home
to roost.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

A clergyman in Ohio is "shocked''
at Ben, Wades profanity. 1.-THE 49,
is anything like as great as old Bans
profanity, it would break the head Of
the general run Of ministers,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02
Gen. Grant and the Presidency
From tho Round Table,

The Willingness OF many NePuui'0nh
TO take up Gen. Grant as apresidentiai
candidate in the absence ofany definite
knowledge whatever as to bis polltlcal
views, is d corroboration of what SO or
ten has been alleged of the technically
dominant party, that it prefers party
success to party principles Il Gener.
al Grant favors universal negro SUI
rrage, We do not believe, as we have
said before, that with all his popularity
he can be elected President II he
does notfavor such suffrage, we fail to
see how he can accept the Republican
nomination. Tho device OF leaving ev.
erything in a state Of indefnitcness, OF
going for General Grant as "a great
popular candidate" as the inspircr OF
ia great uprising people" and all that
ad captandum nonsense, will hardly suit
the present situation ofthe country or
the present temper Of the people. We
have been and still are in Il perilous
condition. condition critically near
financial disaster, threatening anarchy
in the South, the prostrallon OF indus,
try in the North, universal dlstrust and
commercial paralysis. Beating drums
and sending up rockets will not relieve
the country from these dangers. W hat
il needs is, first and foremost, hard
common sense. Theorists have brought
us into our strait; practical men must
Get us ont of it. We need deliberate
discussion, frank and explicit state
ments of opinion, and political leaders
who are capable Of looking at all sides
Of question and not at one or two
sides only Military glory is very
ine thing, but there are some once
lions, under q republican system, to
govern rs President the section he has
conquered by the sword. There may
be countcrbaIancng advantages, to be
sure, but Of these we can only judge
when we know what they are. 1T is
easy to get crowds together to halIoo
and cheer, and cape at lireworks--Fcr-
InandoO Wood did that in his late can
vuss for the mayoralty--but the subse-
'quent action Of intelligent voters is not
70 he nrmnrn1 from such demonstra
lions as IN tbisycry case we have seen.
We hsvn No wish fo deprecate national
yraf;,o,ln toward General Grant Tn.
I1ouhlrd,r he ia 4 GREAT ana deserving
Io)tbouoh, ,hrough Time and circums,an.
ces pcrhops en- oycrratcd, soldier
Hut we do most heartily deprecate anc
IosDjse tbe sycophautic odUlation, the
affected enthusiasm, which bursts f)rtI
IN certain quarters over his meme, ant
which is so palpably dictated not by
attachment TO principle or person, bu
by Q confidence tha, General Grant, i
nominated. is certain of election, aal
? that it i, cxpcdicnt to hal. the rising
. sun.
Judging from the debates and reso
: iutions sSfar, the majority in Congress
- is likely to construc late political event
e more wisely than from its past histor
seemed probable. The extremists hav
3 been taunht q bitter lesson and it ina
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

Anna Dickinson is out with Q new.
lecture entitled breakers Ahead" II
this nasty scold's language were as sol.
id as it is violent, she would indeed
6rssk every AsaS she came ip contact
With. r. -
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

The New York Herald says Dickens
will call his next book about the Uni
ted States "Greenbacks," instead of
/ American Notes"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

The negroes of Nashville pronounce
the woid police as if spelled perlice.
An excellent name for Brownlow's yer.
min.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

The real champions of the ring-mota-
ers with daughters to marry.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

Why is a lame dog like a hillside Z
Because he's aslow pup, (slope up.)
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

When does family sup on music 2
Whenft has q piano for e. fts -
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

What length ought a lady's crino.
line to be2 A little above two. feet.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-02

Aftse January lst It will cost but IA
ssoss TO send alstter to Europe.
5000 Whites and 1000 negroes o.,
on the point ofstarvstSbn Ia fouisian~