The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-16
offspring! WI know that in these pur

offspring! We know that In these pur'
sy times i
Virtue itself Of vice must pardon beg"
but we believe in the immortality ofthe
soul and a hereafter just enough to
prefer honest poverty, though "clothed
in rags" while on earth, to Dives IN
torment forever.
SIN the corrupted currents Of this world
Offences gilded hand may shove by JUS
And oft tits seen, the wicked prize Itself
BUYS out the law But it's not 10 above:
There Is no shutting, there the action lies
In his true nature; and we ourselves COM
pelld,
Even to the teeth and forehead Of our
faults.
To give in evidence"
We tell you, Mr.. Recorder, these
are times when principle is most need
ed and policy most %pervades. 1t Is
sickening to sec the low, spaniel-llkc
crawling for oflce-revolting to hear
the "chink of %importunate grasshop'
pers in the field while the great, the
noble cattle, lie under the shades OF
the mighty oaks and chew their cuds
in silence" We can see it in this very
county of ours, and in this State-ln
the whole Union, so called. And we
who control the columns OF the press
have a chance to do much good or
much evil. "Unawed by fear and un'
bribed by gain should be our Shib
boleth. There is o dulcet inspiration
in the history of a noble Captain who
held his flag aloft while his vessel was
sinking beneath the surging waves OF
Neptune. 1t brings to mind our school
boy days when we read Of the youth
who stood upon the burning deck and
died faithful to the command of his
father who babe him remain. Oh! II
our people will be but true in this dark
hour when nj country is being tossed
upon the pillows of passion; when pol
~iticians are sporting with sacred hui
man rights as if they were chatf; when
the teachings of history are being ig-
nored when social existence is being
sacrificed upon a huge black altar OF
Negro Equality when Procrustean
beds are made with grim indifference
for our patient people of the South
if we will remain true, WI may save the
issue. The worst enemies we have
are the Protean sharks Of our own
clime-men who "move and have their
being among.us, and with Janus faces
watch only. the veering Of the wind to
set their sails accordingly, Such men
are the vultures who prey upon the
dead carcass of departed Liberty or
fallen Effort. THEY arc the Shylocks
who exact the last pound Of flesh, even
next to the heart, if it bring the life.
blood with it, and secretly wink at a
law that would screen them. They are
the Fallstaffs who stab the brave Percy
after he is dead. You can hear them
now like greedy dogs, bowling over
their Unionism, Loyalty, &C., when We
were struggling for a separate national
existence which, had It been obtained,
they would have been the first to fall
down and worship. and swear it a She
kinah to their souls-altogethcr lovely,
DC. How readily they steal the char
actcr OF martyrdom-when there is no
danger of their being put to the test !
How wise in their own %conceit, and
with what a self. satisfaction they say
ave told you secession was wrong, and
you would fail" But did M.y whip
us! Alas! how many who acted with
US have since sold themselves for u
mess of pottage and arc taken into
the arms of Radicalism which courts
the treason but hates the traitor! Alas |!
too true. But, not all this, nor prin.
cipalitics, nor things present, nor things
to come-not mammon, whether in the
shape Of subscriptions, or advertising,
or Office. will make a true man belle bis
nature or his country.
For love of yourself, and our pro.
fession, never make such an appeal
again, MI. Recorder.