The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-04-23
Winchester H0iHc journal al"
lie Lcgal Printing.

Winchester Hoi~c Journal and
the Legal Printing.
We occasionally come across u stTuy
cony of the Home .Iournal, publlsiieo III
Winchester in this state. INC hu"'pei DI M
fore as is very abusive OF Eaoicais: "'' w
n,hnrs d,snlrrceiu9 with it in politics. ,
Ia an article relative to the late act OF
thr LEGISLATURE regulating the publlca,ioi
NJ local notices, the editor Is pleaS'u 10
fern IL "robbing estates ana lndl'Ihun,-
10 suuport Radical papers WI 'he VII,
Ter ulrasc inform rs whether or nor ne
would think it "rolbcry" in Dehocf'tlI
legislature to do the same thlhS' HHH
leave the Republican ont IN we Go!u
heretofore Tie legal WORK OF inc 'y4"'
State Of Tennessee has been done .! III
InvoI hands. the lroce 'ds cong 20 hecp W
~iuccudiary newspapers &hu hVtp ~
ANDY johnson Democracy IN lrun'H
I'm a word, the legal work oithe 0'At' uh'
pnnr 10 feed. clotllc, and Keep al'e SL'Ss
~ men at the head of newspapers III -"i'
state wlose only object, glory ana au'Il,
ton Is to abuse tie Government uI4t,
which they are gracious! .y"., Ut.
In their mad career, We "a! let tn'h "" "
~ c,oniv stomachS. and they wil! teeI pct
,.r liz The operation. Had the JQurnal
h.nn sole, ted in this Congrci..oHa! DIS
,r;ct instead of the Republican, ~ 40 'ue
Ieool advertising, we won,d hear no com
nnjo,int. Int as il l.. it Is "throwlng money
rr"ov" to advertise in the Republican,
Ant the Journal says the law I,roh' r>tate'
an ;nliyidu.E." Lets see how that is
In tbr number ofthc Journal before Us are
two advertisements, one a trust sAIe' t'e
,,b.r q sale by decree of Court. For these
advertisement the publisher. ACCORDING 10
his published terms. receives tT'fre aon'!S'
when. If the same had been anVtrtirtu III
the Republican. tie parties "ouiu nav
ONLY been required to pay nan 'ic a.no''It'
and that according To lar. Nto"h VOL
dor at the complaints of our Democratic,
contemporaries. They nave grown III, IN
the uuiortynatss at law, and while me pup
i;.h"rgmoy not like. it. the other parties IN
tcrested may look upon the change is one
ofmatcrial benefit 10 hem'
The above, from the S~hclbyville he
publican, is certainly one o!Me ~eoheS''
Rimsiest attempts to Justify n legalizea
robbery we ever read, 20 the inter
rooaiory whether we would think 1t
robbery for n Democratic Legislature
to pass an act giving us all the legal
advertising OF this district, we answer
unhcsitatingly-y Yes, and we ~ona not
receive the offered cmolumcnt. We
arc Z, dpmocrat-..wc were n rebel
swore before high heaven 10 support a
government in the South that adopted
the old Constitution with only two
amendments which welooked upon as
improvements. We remained true TO
our oath. We, in as good faith, sur
rendered, and gaze up forever all
thouoht of future resistance TO the Tn,
ion forced upon us by overpowerine
numbers. And yc., rcbcl!ious ms We
we're, and all lcprous with treason as
You may say we are now, we do ave.
most positively, in the fear of God, thai
if the Democratic party were to enact {
flaw by which we should receive al
the fees for legal advertising in this
Congressional district, while papers
we're publisLcd in other counties o
.aid district, We should and would re
,use the profit rendered us. You ma,
not believe us, nor do We care, bu
money nor party cannot thus buy on
our principle.
The law passed before the war wa
that the legal advertising of each coun
Is should be done in some paper o
that county having the largest circula
ton, whether the paper was Wing o
Democrat in politics. This law wa
still in force after the war, and was no
enacted to keep alive Andy johnson
Democracy. As to the majority ofth'
papers in this State being 'incendiary,
"disloyal," &c, whose "glory and am
bition is to abuse the Government I'm
der which they are graciously allowed
to live" that Is simply an accusation
the Republican makes, for want of or
argument. W. tell the Republican
that Andrew johnson cut loose from
Democracy and was taken up by the
Radicals who elected him Vice-Prcs
dent, and II he has become so odious
the responsibility rests with the part,
that elected him. If we choose to thinl
that Andrew johnson is a patriot II
struggling for the supremacy Of Civi
over Military power, Of the Constitu
ton over Anarchy and Partizan Vim
dictivencss, Of Union oyer Disunion
IL We choose to think that he as Presi
dent, and one of the triune department.
Of our Government, should be respect
ed a. such and not be denounced as q
traitor and scoundrel; land for such
denunciation Of Lincoln 10 days gone
by Sewsrd's little hill would have con.
signed the offender to death or . dun.
eeon) II We, in short choose 10 exer-
else that freedom Of speech guaranteed
by the Constitution, and which 10 the
Chief Ornament OF q Repnblisao gov.