The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-30
SUSPENSION OF THE HoME
JOURNAL.

with this issue of the HOME JOURNAL
we bid farewell for awhile, perhaps fOrev-
or, 10 lie readers, Considerable regret,
and a little natural bitterness, We most UNI
doubtcdly feel as we write. Regret that
honest effort, worthy perseverance, ana
true adhcrancc to principle must be forced
into abnormal channels for Il livelihood /;
and bitterness that lcgalizcd robbery ana
p~artizan vindictivcnes5 ride rough-5hod
over us. While it is possible that the pro-
prictors of this paper might continue lt'
publication without much, lfany, pccunl"-
airy loss, outside Of their time, enough mas
been developed to prove that the shameful
robbery which takes away all the legal
advertising will leave them no profit, ana
for good practical printers to exc ont sl'clI
an existence is not to be expected. 1hcy
have managed to pay. thus far, all IN" eN-
penses of publication and realize n com
Portable support.-notlling more. To haz-
ard an effort against the inscriptions
legislation of unmiligated partizan tyrantS
nnd robbers, would he the acme of absurd
ity. so far as their pockets are concerhcd'
which are not plclloric, most asslrcdly'
nor should be by means unwoIthy OF gem
:, tlrmen.
The time, are out Of joint bad men
bear sway--rascality rules-tyranny rides
rampant over our land, and while honest
worth and rOble intellect seem to slumber
under vile oppression, pigmy politicians,
with LiIliputian ideas of government, and
dressed in Il usurpcd authority, strut like
Brobdinags over every instinct ofhnmani-
ty and principle. How long these would
be Caesars, of mushroom greatness and
proven littlencss, shall be able to continue
their work Of dcyiltry, God only knows,
But we have ever observed that the dark
cat clouds break and pass away, and a
glorious sun and healthy atmosphere sue
coed. This Is no tr,lcr in regard to nature
than IL Is iignra,ively in regard to human
affairs. Even while We write orr own in
dividual distress, our heart is full Of hope
and proud satisfaction as we see the vile
Usurpcrs struggling, like drowning men
70 held Qp to the reins OF government
which are slipping from their unhallowet
hands. Under the unskillcd management
oftlese political PhGtons our country ha'
been driven almost to ruin, but the lat,
elections up North indicate a slumberinl
power like that OF Jupiter which will scnc
them bowling back to that obscurity from
which they have been brought by the cor
r%uptiOns of war, just as the filth aud scum
will rise to the top Of boiling water.
We regret. honestly, that Franklin couH-
iy and Winchester must 20 without II pa
per, unless, indeed, some other persons
than ourselves, can publish one. W.
think u good papcr i y mouth-piGce foi
the county. Properly managed II can DC
made a mighty auxiliary towards building
up the interests of the whole community,
and we have always thought that if indi-
vidual capital were lacking, the people, re-
gardless Of politics, would act wisely in
uniting asa body in establishing a county
organ. We believe that under the control
ofthe County Court, II paper could be made
a source of revenue, anl at the same time
be made potent towards encouraging en-
igration, stimulating enterprise, and cor
rccting social and business evils. The
truth IL, every gentleman or lady who
One to this county, or any other, Is /;
benefit. Population ia what we need tc
enhance the value OF our lands, and by q
combination Of labor and capital adC
wealth to the county. Without people anc
capital to tax, WI can have no revenue
Without customers there would be no in.
duccmcnt for merchants, mechanics, OF
professional men. Impressed with these
Home journal something more than Il
cyphcr in the community, and have cheer
fully devoted all our profits to improving
it n little beyond the average Of country
papers, we candidly think. And we claim
to have succeeded where every other news
paper attempt had failed, which Is Il graft
ilcation most assuredly. February the
18th, 1856, the writer, In connection with
Geo. L. Purvis, one of the present proprie-
tors Of the Nashville Banner, commenced
,he publication OF a paper IN winchester
and, except an i%nterregunm during the
war, in which the material of the office
was st9lln by Federal soldiers who chose
this methOd of fighting the battle for prfn-
cipies, the Home journal has been kept
alot. hayipg been r~e-establisbed after the
war by the purchase of new material, and
under It's present prOprietorship. OF
course. then, we will be excused for in
slulging a little pride over its age, and a
little regret that 1t must suspend under the
oppression OF unmanly and vindictive per-
~sccntion, which, God knows, can not make
US love the prosecutor one whit more, or
less, either, for the ultimatum of human
contempt has already been reached in our
heart.
TO those who have %patronized us We re-
turn opr thanks, and to those who have
not, our regret that they stood in their own
light BY . mistaken regard for dollars and
cents which would, we think, have helped
Us and helped them. Hefeln lie. the beau
~ Of commerce and exchange, for the
nembers Of society are Tiks bricks ip ap
arch-one supports the other, and the
downfall Of or. Ferden re balance lc:s
hrm.
allow well ] whistlsrs so the Wind
10 the Keyhole.
.well, n that isn't richr r. said the Key
hole to the Wind; "you mea bow well !
whistle"
''Get inc some paper" said the old wo-
man. "and stuff up that key.hole and stop
the draR.e
And 10 neither Wind nor Keybole whis-
tied sby longer.
saska''" and F'er'e US, wan. of