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

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Politically, dear reader ofthe Home
Journal, the year 1868. is gloomy to
the apprehension, and. this gloom ex-
tends to the household. Give us alice
and happy political situation, and we
will warrant joy a%nd'sunshinc with each
returning christmas. But what do we
find? Negro Conventions to make
Constitutions fUr the Southern States,
the members Thereof elected under n
Acknowledgement that excludes all in
tclligcnce and common sense and all
who will not vote in the interest Of the
party in usurped power, obtained
over men whose sense Of honor led
them to trust the promises Of the con
qucrcr the negroes everywhere inso
lent under the teachings Of the Radical
leaders who give promises of conlsca-
ton ana preach ar equality they shrink
from themselves; those same negroes
idle and attending political meetings to
the neglect Of their engagements with
farmers, playing with their privileges
as voters and Constitution-makers, just
as little children play with new toys;
listening to the unprinciplcd vagabonds
who invcigle them into Loyal Leagues
carrying their guns and pistols to the
dismay Of innocent people; boosting
that they arc us good as poor white
trash iounging about at cost Of mill
ions to the poor white people; crying
ont for freedom even while they vote to
deprive the white tax payers Of the
right to representation; out Of money
and stealing from the whites; banding
together to resist civil and moral law
and INDUCING in every way thar spirit
Of mobism which gous along with ig'
uorancc. Then we have the expenses
Of the Government amounting to hun
drcds Of millions, in order to support
military satrapica unknown and antag-
onistic to RcpuOlicanism, and wherein
the Satraps, appointed ly a Rump
Congress, are empowered to make then
individual viii the law Of the land, even
to the ousting u Con3titutionallv cleo.
ted Governors, the s~iIcncing Of the
Press and the control Of social matters.
Then there is the Frccdmcn's Bureau
which is costing the people millions in
order to support the lazy, ~lounSing Ne
gro, who before the war was made to
produce something to keep him, not
emily from being Il pauper, but to make
him o source Of revenue. Now, these
same negroes are on the point Of star
walton, stealing and begging, and gloat.
'"@ ''Vi '"!'''' l'eSle wv"
the whites. We have New England
Puritan parsons. school marms, and
shoulder strap, TO hello along this work.
Then we have the p%r0hihitory Tariff.
the enormous Dounties, the Deficiency
Bills, Nc., all at the expense OF the me
chanic, the lahorcr, tho a~r'jzan, the
clerk. fine moor sequgtress, and Of all.
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i!'!hS by honest Io'l' ana WHO 'H"s'
take ercenhH"i9 insle&d OF gold'!nter
est having bonds in payment. We
womb refer q, Tennessee, but the roy
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known too Well 10 us an % II Is we
enter upon the New Year. God save
us But what shall we do. We will
oI,,o, o,1 mao tho .o7roor Of fine
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No" io'A H"P'0''' t0l'"
Throw open the ten Southern States
to Northern ana western Napital, IN
and EhterprlSe'~~ny aooi'si''hg
the negro governments which hadical-
ism is setting mp, thefe,-goverhlnents'
under which no respecting "hlte
laborer, or mechanic, or iafh'eF' VIII
ever consent 10 I'VE
Take the wo hundred Milllons OF
Dollars which we are oiiIcially INFORM
these Negro Military Governments
are going to rost us tue next year, an"
apply IL to the cX'Ihctoh o! 'he Iuonc
l'ebl, so 'Aat taxes may pe 'e"uoe''
and bread, ana clo'h'h9' anu mousse
rent me other necessafies ''''e' COZ
respohaih9iy reduced.
Abollsh AZ once l'e rrSeo,neh > n".
reau, so Us 10 coihPc' tnc '"~y 1oune'nS
negroes, II Iuhconaiu9nany ioyai
mean whites "hoih Ne" n."no p".
sons, pon.ic'ahs, sc"1o, 'n"''"S' anu
slo"iaer-sIfaps' MANI W. pTt''nS
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