The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-23

t law to punish for an opinion and its :
zee expression, then let us be punish
d--punishcd outright. and not by q
indirect attempt to rob us OF our
location by which we obtain bread and
neat. This ia cowardly II is not an
argument TO the judgment, but what IS
an Argumentum od crumenom-
about the only argument used ny kaa'
icals, in their wild and oppressive strna-
Gle for power. We have been taught
to regard political opinions as beyond
the cognizancc Of law in this once free
country. Even ryou think our words
lead to sedition, there q be no
punishment before an illegal or overt
act is committed. Why. sir, If dcclar-
ing the legislation OF opponents in pow
er to be unconstitutional is a crime
then are Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland
Kentucky, California, New York anu
Connecticut just as much in state OF
hostility to the general Government as
any of the States now grooming nnaef
the iron heel of Military and Negro
power then Chatham, 'when he 'hua
dcrcd at the Ministry on behalf oil 'he
RIGHTS Of the American Colonies was i
rebel, and all who voted with nun were
amcnable only to martial Law
But, see how the poor Republican
conyicts itself; see how hard 1t IS Tor
corruption to show Il healthy font. 1t
SAYS the legal advertising has been
done BY di,Ioyal hands"-that "htnese
rebel!lous sheets ntU persist IN the1'
mad career, lie, them DO it on empty
stomachs," &c. Now, here Is an AIRS
totle for you. Yet, we presume to Ask
if such argument from the Republican
qoes to prove that it IS for the "pGoiIc
interest" thst the law was passed ;
Wa, it not, according to your o"n ar,
1ymsHt lin courtesy well call il ar-u.
ueutJ tor the purpose Of gaHDdtng ~'h
an en- pty stomdch those who entertain 8
different poIi,ica. opinion from you;
And u0ou the Ter ~tq!i0nts principle
which require, IN eye for IN eye and a
tooth for L tooth, the Democratic par
tv. when it gets into power, as IT" ci'
rgqdg numerically, should starve you by
euactiug Il r~etaIiatory law. But mind
you, the Democratic party will never
follow any such infamous precedent,
and if it did, would deserve and expc
ricnce defeat, for just such extreme
persecution for opinion sake is running
your party, and herein lies our chief
hope for another and nobler party.
And don't you know that money
sent from this county to the Republi-
can is thrown away, so far rs benefit to
the estate is concerned! We repeat
the assertion, and contend that if youl
| charges were only a thousandth part o
ours, the guidproquo VIC return is atho'
sand times mo- evaiuablc than what y0'
can return, for you send only a few cop
les of your paper to this county. GA
Clerk a. Master, our Circuit and Coun
ty Court Clerks, our Sheriff, and our
sclf--5 persons in Winchester are all
we believe, who get the Republican
and you know why they get them.
You allude to n sale by decree o
Court in our paper. The same advcr
tisemcnt is in your paper by Tar 1t is
put in ours, and paid for out OF thu
private purse of the adults interested
in the case because they regarded tho
advertisement in the Republican a'
perfectly worthless. This of itself vii
convince any well. balanced mind tina
party and not principle was at the bot
tom of the late legalized robbery.
Why, sir according to this law, ant
your W construction of it published
in your paper, and posted on the street
Of Winchester flor your paper had NJ
circulation here and bills had to be re
sorted to a notice Of n Dissolution o
Partnership must be put in the Repuh
; lican. So must statements required
5 from Insurance Companies. and Mott
+ ces of meetings required in Charters o
Corporations, Rangers Notices, &c
Instance-Thc Scwance Tanning an
t Manufacturing Company OF Winches
I ter must advertise in the Republican Il
S%helbyvilic, where not a single stock
S holder lives, in our opinion. An in
surance agent at Winchester, asking tn
patronage Of the people OF W%inchesteI
and not of Shelbyvillc, must make hi
r statement to the people Of Wincheste
$ through the columns Of the Republica
t in Shelbyville, and this in face q
the fact that the Home Journal ha
over $50 subscribers in this town an
the Republican not n bona tide sui
scriber! Two men in Winchester dir
solve partnership, and want those il
| dcbted to them to pay up, and those t
whom they are indebted to bring fol
!, ward their claims. They must max
, the announcement in the Shelbyvill
Republican!
- Dl E-. III,