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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-30
Negro Freedom.
From the Old Guard, edited by c. Chaun-
ccy Burr.l

From the Old Guard, edited by c. Chaun-
ccy Burr.l
Ex-senator Clingman, of North Car
olina, is reported as having written a
letter to somebody, in which hc admits
that what is called "thc freedom of the
negro has been determined by the war"
If that is so, then We advise Senator
Clingman, and every other white man
and woman, to get away out of the
South just as fast as possible. The ne
groes must either support themselves
or be supported by the whites. But
that they will ever support themselves
by any system of voluntary industry,
is an idle dream. The whites must ei-
ther support them, or compel them to
industry. Never, never, never can the
South be place which will be tolerated
for white men, until perfect negro sub
ordination is again, in some shape, re.
established. Logically, what is called
the "freedom of the negro" is neqro
equality with the white race. The ne.
gro must either be permanently subor.
ainate or permanently eqaal. There
can be no such thing as half. way sub.
ordination. The white man must eli.
ther control him, or admit him to equal
ity. 1t is surprising and mortifying
that southern statesmen do not see
this, for there is no possible escape
from one or the other of these propo-
sitions, unless it be that of the annihi.
lation of the negro. Eitherhe must he
put back in;o subordination, or go on
to perfect equality with the white race,
or be exterminated. This latter prop
osition is too Internally cruel to he
thought Of What, then, of the two
other propositions? That of putting
him back where the Providence of the
Almighty has placed him, into su6ordi-
nation, implies his happiness and use
fllncss, while the one to allow him to
go ON to perfect political equality
with the white race implies the final
overthrow Of our own civilization, and
the everlasting ruin of our country
And there will never again be so good
time to meet these issues as the pres
ent. Indeed, now is the only time
when they can be met The public
mind of the North is right on the sub
ject, if rightly led. The popular feel
ing undoubtedly is for negro subordi-
nation everywhere in our country. And
in no class is this feeling stronger than
among the soldiers who have survived
the Abolition war. 1t is therefore
great mistake for the southern people
to conccde that what is called s'negro
freedom" is either tolerable or pos
sible thing. Such concession is Civ
ing aid and comfort to the Congression-
al Mongrel party; and it is about all
the comfort they do receive at the pres.
ent moment.
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or down below zero. wondering where

ter down below zero, wondering where
their supper Is coming from, are alto
gether convinced that the continuance
of the Freedmen's Bureau, and those
Military Despotisms, arc essential &c
"the life of the Nation. We do no,
believe that the crushing Taxes, big
bounties, &C., which are levied, to
meet the appropriations necessary to
their maintenance, are looked upon as
"blessings in Disguise" nor anything
ofthe sort,-and hence, we feel pretty
sure, if IL were possible to-day, to ap'
peal from the Rnmp Congress,the SER
wants Of the people, to the People them
selves, such q judgement would be the
result, as would sweep like whirl,
wind that whole Military Reconstruc,
ton -Freedman's. Bureau Rubbish out
Of existence.
1t is consolation to know that the
time is rapidly approaching, when that
appeal will duly be made,-and that
while oppressed labor and industry are
waiting for the verdict, there can be
no reasonable doubt rs to what the
decision will be.
Meanwhile, let the Rump vote these
appropriations. Let them pamper their
shoulder.straps, keep up their military
monarchies, hold on to their Freed
mans Bureau, and take their Pound Of
Flesh
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POPE

Hi9 AL..-I ...g 10 !. A.. dona pono
= Nnoto'' pYY' ,"N'sD .n;.i
late mihtary commander or 'u~ ''s
Southern satrapy: :o1'i ~ F- I9{g
.Hat. os., IN the crowd Sprescnt arms II
z % the line! }5l' pi 'Np-
Let hestandarl all bow, and the sabrel
Incline anaa , Jt3 i'f,i
Roll, drums. the Ropue's March, while thi
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-30

BUTLER AT RIcHMoND.--The Rich.
mond Enquirer thus noticed the entry
of Butler into that that city few days
ago:
Ben Butler, "the beast" arrived in
this city yesterday from Washington,
on the 80 p. NJ train. He was met at
the depot and escorted TO the Ballard
Housc--where some committee had
succeeded in obtaining rooms for him
by Mr.. Burnham Wardwell, Brooks,
the negro hackman, and fellow named
Cuthbcrt, correspondent of the New
York Herald
Mr.. Liggett, in view of his arrival,
offered the following preamble and res
Olution in the Convention yesterday :
Whereas General Butler is about to fa-
vor Richmond city with visit,
Resolved, That the citizens thereof
be requested to observe more than or.
dinary vigilance in the preservation of
their plate and silverware.
1t was stated OH the street yesterday
afternoon, that Messrs. Tyler & Co.,
and other leading jewellers, had employ
en- extra policemen, in view of the adj
vent of the "Beast"
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1a,-wm. Blunt Hu. williamson and
Richard d. Slight, Of North 'Caroltna.--

Own. Blunt Hu. Williamson and
Richard D. Slight, Of North Carolina e
Chas. PlnckH, G. c. Pinckney, J. Rut-
iedge and Piee Butler, Of Sou,h Caroline
VIM. Few nd Abraham Baldwin, o.
Georgia, how, 1t, we say -ifthese makers
ofthe Constttuon could rise from their
graves this molent and look In upon these
UsURPERs, thy must be told that there
were no such SITES in existence as vir-
ginia' North Cailina, South Carolina, or
Georgian \ g e'aa7"' o''l s!nai
What would tose shades Of the mighty
dead say, or thin; to see the work Of their
hands so compleqy destroyed, as 1t Is, by
the political lsmies of the present
Gould they recoeize In these usurpers, q
Congress, Constitutional Congress, ofthe
United states Of 4merica. The thought Ia
not TO be entertaied for moment. They
would view them,as we living men are
now coming to vie them,-a body mere
y Of usurping dengogues, who are act
ing without the C0StitutiOn, and, there
fore, without legal rrht. The usurpation,
however, must be bone with as much pa
thence as q wronged and betrayed people
can exercise, until thtime comes, AS hea-
ven be thanked, 1t Is ow coming.-when
public Indignation wldeal with the usur-
pers ana the traitors athey deserve.
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.NIOngrel Brutality.

From the New York Day Book.l
The New York Tribune says: 1--WE
proclaim that the South is wretchedly
poor, and that many Of her people are
now, or soon will be, suffering for want
offood and still We say, Root Hog, or
dicw The cold inhumanity, nay, the
horrid brutality Of this sentence, passes
comprehension, unless we consider that
the writer is actually demented with a
segro.mania. He does not hesitate to
confess that the let loose negroes "will
not work." but he apologises for their
idleness and vagabondism, by laying it
all to the "demoralizing influence OF
slavery" And yet he cannot point to
spot on tho face of the earth where
what are called "free negroes are
providcnt or industrious. Go to
their own native country, and tell lis
whera, in five thousand years, a negro
ever made, or earned by industry, so
much as q shirt2 When, or where did
hc, in his native land, ever possess him
self of SO much as pint Of beads, ex-
cept by the sale of his wives or his chill
dren9 Where, on tile face ofthc globe,
can the editor Of the Tribune point to q
spot of what is called free negroism and
industry, hand in hand2 There is no
such spot. The negroes of the South
ern States, before tho abolition OF aoh'te-
supremacy, were the only !men of that
race excepting in the Spanish colonies
where they ore held as suGsns) Oh the
surface of the whole earth, wo were
either Industrious or happy.m their con
dition. And these southern negroes
will grow less and less Industrious,
year by year, as they recedc from that
happy time, when they were forced to
work and cared for by the whites. 1t is
what is wrongly denominated "eman.
cipation," which has demoralizcd and
destroyed them. This blackguard
Tribune phrase of "root hog, or die
so inhumanly applied to the southern
people, isa good deal better hurled in
the teeth Of the brutal northern mon
grels! .t
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-01-30

Most people think the selection of
suitable matter for newspaper the ca.
sicst part Of the business, How great
an error! 1t is the most difficult. To
look over and over hundreds and hun
dreds of exchange papers every week
from which to select enough for one,
especially when the question is not
shall, but what shall not, be selected, is
no easy task. If every person who
reads newspaper could have edited
it, we should hear less complaints. Not
unfrequently is it the case that an edi.
tor looks over all his exchange papers
for something interesting and can find
nothing, and yet something must be
had, his paper must come out with
something in it, and he does the best
he can. TO an editor who has care
about what he selects the writing that
he has to do is the least of the labor.
Just as many subscribers as an editor
may have. so many tastes has he to
consult.
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A Presbyterian clergyman in Missis.
sippi writes to the Christian Observer
an account ofthe way negroes vote in
the South. lie says:
81 was at this place on the day of the
election. Not single white man vo-
ted. The negroes generally voted on
that day, and since, l conversed with
many negroes on the subject. l was
anxious to ascertain what knowledge
they had of what they were doing.
perfectly satisfied my curiosity-not O
single negro could tell me who he vo.
ted for. The process of voting wa.
exactly this: the negro handed the Ger
tificate of his registration to the judg,
of the election, who at this place haC
been captain in the Federal army
from a distant State. He made out the
ticket to suit himself, and most Of the
negroes left the polls, and to this day
do not know whose name this man
wrote on the ticket. The voting at this
place was a specimen of the voting
over the whole State"
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There is an engine on the Mississip-
pi Central railroad which was purchas
cd before the war, and named "W.
Booth" in honor of gentleman oftllat
name who was. many years ago, Sher.
iii of Carroll county, Mississippi. Ap
order was issued by the military to stop
thcroad from running it, We under.
stand, OH the ground thatit was nam.
ed in honor Of Wilkes Booth, which,
upon explanation, has been rescindcd
The lie has gone North, however, IN
the interest Of tho Radical party, a.
showing the continued wicketlness ant
audacity Of the rebels.
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Old Papers.

Perhaps if the many persons who
continually send to us, whenever they
want to cut patterns, put down carpets,
pack goods, &c., tor few old news
papers, knew, that in the course Of a
year we get papers enough to bring Jus
over one hundred dollars at one cent
each, and yet that we have given away
all we have received so fur, they would
cease to send for them unless they sent
the money. Any way, after this we
will send no sold papers" to any one un-
less he or she sends the pay for them.
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The New Rebellion.

From the n. Y. Express, in regard to the
infamous vote of Congress to enslave the
last prop of our Government.i
In view of what transpired in the
Rump Congress yesterday, there is 10
use in mincing words. We are in the
midst of another rebcllion,-and the
Rebels, this time, are not confronting
us, man to man. and face to face, as
Davis and Lee did, on the battle field,
but in the ignobler, though not less eff.
feclive guise, Of sappers and miners Of
the Constitution, with the apparent in
tention of subverting the government
of our fathers, (what little there is left
of it,) and setting up some arbitrary
government, or system, Of their own.
There is not m ,mber of that Rump
Congress, who voted yesterday to re-
constitute the Supreme Court, who in
our Judgment is not a rebel at heart
We do not say this unadvisedly. We
mean just what is written. The oh
ject of that proceeding is to prevent or
anticipated decision By that tribunal
against the Military Reconstruction
Bills. They want now to make two
thirds OF the Judges necessary to de
cision,-and no., as now, simple ma
jority. That will enable them to carry
their point; in other words, it will en-
able them to effectually nullify, in ad-
vance, the judgment of the Court and
make that tribunal, in all future time,
as much of q partisan body as Congress
itself.
stituted, and with their new Southern
Dictatorship in operation, there is but
one step more that these audacious
dcmagogues can take,--a that is, the
formal abrogation or the Constitution,
altogether.
They have already usurped the func.
tons ofthe Executive Department of
the Government, and now that the Ju.
dietary is under their feet, all that they
have to do is to abolish the mere forms
of Constitutional Government that are
left, and then their work will have at.
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The Right kind of Immigration.

We learn that in Franklin County, a
colony of German Immigrants have re-
Gently settled upon upward of 5000
acres of land, which has been purchas-
ed BY an agent sent in advance Of their
arrival. The new cOmers represent a
capital of S1OO, 900, and it is anticipa
ted that, within a few weeks, an addi.
tional tract of 1000 acres will be
bought for the same purpose.
Our informant states that the settlers
are wonderfully we'll satisfied with the
climate and soil of Tennessee, and es.
peoially with the hospitable treatment
which they have received from our
people. They hail from Stark County,
Ohio, and although, without an excep.
ton, sound Democrats, they had imbi.
bed good deal Of Northern prejudice
against our ideas and institutions
Their brief residence in Franklin Conn.
ty has. however, induced them to, 8.
lieve that they have fallen awongstSthe
cleverest people ntLe fac III the cath.
1t is not likely that'theVSill find occa.
sion to change their oPinion...NasA.
vile Banner. u
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The "Shut Up" nd the Tie up
Princile.

The "Shut Up" ad the Tie up
Princile.
Gag and bind! Gs and bind! The
mongrels are laborinenore assiduous-
ly than ever, with thesthree words for
their motto, to rule an ruin. In the
Rump and out oft, the"great moral
idea" party are usurpine binding, op-
pressing, gagging and inulting all who
arc presumed or known I, stand in the
way of their designs, but le people are
beginning to feel that the. arc reach
ing rapidly that point "beond which
forbearance ceases to be irtue." 1t
is now almost impossible ,r white
man in the South, who does not bow
down to negro supremacy, ad frater-
nize with the freedmen, to d or say
anything excepting at the poit of the
bayonet. And no matter wh,a mill.
tary satrap, or his minions, ,ay do,
there can be no redress, at lcasat pres
ent. Georgia has just been ,vored
with orders from the War DEPARTMENT,
forbidding any interference, and' color
Of State authority, anddy State ourts,
with persons in the military serve, or
the Negro. feeding Bureau, for actsone
under the orders of General PopelWe
are told that considerable excitcmnt''
is the result. Exactly. This kind of
excitement will increase, until evry
vestige of Radical rule will he oblitea-
ted, and the country will once agn
stand forth a shining example of fire..
dom, civilization and prosperity
"Therc's good time coming,-wait
little longer" These true words al
taken from the New York Express.
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Our Railroad.
From the Lincoln Co. Observer

From the Lincoln Co. Observer
A meeting of the directors
Winchester and Alabama Railro
held at Salem, on Saturday, the
inst. -
For the sake Of harmony, an
forward work as speedily as poss
the States Receiver, Mr.. Davenp
was appointed Receiver Of the Com
ny also. The bonds will, therefore,
received by him from the State autho
tiles, and used furnishing and equi,
ing the Road. He says, VIC understands
that the track will be completed to,
Fayetteville in thirty days. The long.
est date that we have heard allowed
for its completion, is until the first Of
April. Sufficient iron is now at Dech-
crd, to lay tile track this side Of the
river. The bridge across Elk river is
now being framed ut Decherd, and
work would have begun at Brighton,
IL miles from Fayetteville, last week,
but for the wet weather. Altogether,
therefore, the prospects of the Road
are moro encouraging than at any time
since President Russey's blundcr with
the bonds.
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The Negro up for State Offices.
His Steady Tramp towards Com
gpcss and the White House.

Ills StCduy lfdup tONuINS SOh.
grcss and the White House.
From the New York Express.]
The fate for which we've Of the
North-are reserved, by the miscegen-
alton party, is foreshadowcd in the
proceedings of the Louisiana Conven-
ton for nominating state officers. This
was held yesterday, and the telegraph
brings us a record ofits salient points.
The nominee for State Treasurer is
q negro-one Anthony Dervalet
Dumas, white man, in whom some
remnant of self-rcspcct was left, declin-
ed the nomination for Lieut-Governor
and it was given to Oscar j. Dunn, a
black man, who is now an alderman of
New Orleans. He is sandwichcd in be-
tween II. G. Yarmouth for Governor,
and George Bovee for Secretary of
State.
What will be. the next step? Ne
groes will be sent to Congress, will be
delegated to Presidential Conventions,
and will, to all intents and purposes, in
fact and in: spirit, help to govern the
North, as they now already entirely
govern the South.
This is not an exaggerated view of
the shape to which political affairs are
now tending, under the guidance of the
plundcring, law destroying usurpation
lists who have control of the country
and its Government.
The whites Of the South cannot aid
themselves or us-they are chained
hand and foot. We mast awaken to Il
sense of the dangers which menace us !
We must arise. We must work, work,
work, or negro supremacy will not only
be seen literally in the halls Of Congress
and in the White House, but in the ev-
cry social relation to which we look
for our purest joys and chielest happi-
ness.
The gravity of our position should
now take precedence of its atrocity, in
our actions and deliberations.
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JacObin Desperation.
Om tho Chicn on TiAnas.

4
The desperation to which the Jaco-
bin party in this country has arrived is
comparable to nothing so we'll as to the
wild and bloody desperation Of the
French Jdcobins when that party ofan.
archy deliberately plotted the arrest
and massacre of the Girondists.
The question was one Of partisan sr-
premacy. TO prevent the overthrow
of the Jacobin party, the leaders of tina,
bloodstained faction enacted not only
the destruction of the national liberties,
but the butchery Of the men on whom
the maintenance of these liberties de.
pended. So it is in America to day.
To continue a bureau for the subsis
tence ofidle negroes at the expense Of
industrious white men;
TO seize all noccupicd lands in the
South, and parcel them out in ten acre
lots to negroes;
TO declare a proposed amendment
of the constitution to be adopted with
out the ratification of three -fourths o.
the States;
TO punish and degrade the only
Major General of the army who has
dared to recognize the subordination O
the military to the civil power;
To reinstate the worst enemy o
American frcedom-the greatest butch
er of civil justice under the code o
military dcspotism-in the exercise o
power from which he had been right
fully deposed;
To subordinate the judicial to tn
legislative power, by debating an arbi
trary and unheard OF rule of action tt
the Supreme Court;
And to place in the hands of the mil
itary chieftain the authority of q die
tator over the constitutional executiv
and laws 0fthe nation. f....
All these measures of revolution the
Jacobin dynasty will hasten to carr
out. Not to preserve public liberty
Motto restore peace. Not to haste
reconstruction" Not to establis
!usslee, or promote tranquility, No
to'relleve an orerburdened people Q
onerous taxation. Not to brina, bae
private prosperity. Not to assur
public welfare. But4-this, and this on
Y.to rescue the dynasty Of .Jacobi,
tneft, robbery, plunder and destruo
!lon from impending overthrow by 4,
'nd'snant and suffering people. 4
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tanned it's legitimate foreseen, pre-or
dained result. The Rebellion and the
Usurpation will be complete
One Is amazed at the serenity Of the
People, in crisis like this. 1t can OH
ly be accounted for, on the the theory
that they are either dumbfoundcd or
bewildcrcd with what is passing before
their cyes,-or, conscious that in the
course ofa few months they will have
an opportunity to sit in judgment upon
these Rebels and usurpcrs, their wrath
is restrained only in order that when
the time comes clean work may be
made of them.
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From the New York Albion.]

from ttlc NEW LOTS Aluioii'J
"Forgive me, but needs must press
One question, since love you so;
And kiss me, darling fits Yes.
And, darling, kiss me fits No.
1t is about our marriage day,
| fain would have it even here;
But kiss me if it's far away
And kiss me, darling, fits near!
All! by the bushes crowding so
On cheek and brow, It's near, II guess
But darling. kiss me If it's No,
And kiss me, darling, fits Yes!
And with what flowers shall you be wed
With flowers of snow, or flowers offame
But be they white, or be they red,
Kiss me. my darling, all the same!
And have you sewcd your wedding dress
Nay, speak not, even to whisper low!
But kiss me- darling, if it's Yes,
And, darling, kiss me if it's Now
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fRocLAxAfIos.-Brownlow the bias.
Pnemef. mas issued . procl6mstion d
Siaring g null and void all reelstration n
Sneiby county, Tennesses. The ssme
dl:patch that embodies this inteIlicence =
brings word Of two despersae and n.
taiafirays in that III. isted State Il
could not be wondered 1t II IA an. m
are population were TO enraee IN !.
connlct, Tor the oppressive conduct AZ
the parsop aud his colleaeues 4 eronoh !,
70 inciss wrath u : saiut-X Y IL.
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General Grant is opposed 10 redu.
cifi9 the standing army. He Is an a.
mighty believer In numbers. Give him
tsessty men to his antagonists eas, aad
he will 60 to battle and fight it out a
that line as long As his. men win con.
sent TO be slaughtercd.-Oi9 0sss5.
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ov7, a washington letter: writer saya -
Gss. ~ssssyss S;ss :Sl :SS sssf ssfIPs sses9s ssith
~ ~ snaagss t4s subject - horses. >
lnn 10 ueeh ID Geuecal 0t6ntr 49,
u, eeesase be known all about horses.
'snd pseious hstls % politics. STf1~'
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Plantation Bitters-NcgrO suffrage
in the South.