The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-02-13
Hcsitating.

1hc NIuIalS, DaltOnS anu CfOmWCllS
of the Rump Congress are h~esitating .
little about abolishing the Supreme
Court which MAS created to decide upor
the Constitutionality of the acts 0
Congress--of a legitimate Congress
and surely it can decide as we'll upon
the acts OF an illegitimate one; Public
Opinion, doubtless, is having something
to do with this hesitation. The Usur-
pers see that they are not rejecting the
will of onc-third the people, and vet
they arc in the condition of q drowning
man-ready to catch at any straw to
save themselves. They have been gull
ty, before high Heaven, and in direct
violation Of the Constitution, of the
most diabolical crimes, and know full
we'll that if the s%tupefaction, which their
continued excesses Of outrage have
deadcncd the public heart with, should
give way to the invigorative influences
Of reflection, they must be sent back to
%obscurity and deprived Of the public
pap which supports them. They have
done that which they believe the Su.
preme Court will undo, and although
five Of the eight members Of said Court
are the appointecs of Abe Lincoln, still
it has leaked out that five of tue eight
believe the acts of the Rump unconsti-
tutional, and with such a decision
against them they are afraid to enter
the next canvass Tor President. Hence
the proposal to require a vote of six of
the eight Supreme judges sseessary to
decide any ofthe Rump's acts !uncon-
stltutional. Upon the same principle
they could abolish the Supreme Court
entirely. One Senator Chandler, in al
letter Of reproval to the Chicago Re-
publican which dared to suggest that
the existence of tue Supreme Court was
paramount to the question ofparty sue.
cess, boldly admits that Eve ofthe Sui
preme Court Judges look upon the late
OF the Rump unconstitutional, and
therefore, in order to prevent the nm.
lolng of what has been done in the in
.erests solely Of the Jacobin party, the
ieclsion OF three of the eight Judges !
must be made superior to the dsei.ion oil ,
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Was there ever such audacity-such ,
'ecklessness-and yet in the opposition ,
Which the Home journal makes to sucb :
aameless subversion of government. ::
UGH wanton strides towards civil war. ,
are told by policy men that we ought =
o accept the situation and keep mum
thereby get u rights the sooner,
that as long as we oppose the Con.
reconstruction so-called, so q
'ng will Congress Cypress us. Such Z
NY stuff is beneath the dignity Of al.
ument, albeit it has been acted upon n
y some OF the most noted Rebels, Who'll Y
ould obliterate all honor they won, in II
shting for the Confederate States, sim. tt
y to appease the Jacobin desire to "
lie. Such time serving men would "
'ucify Jesus for thirty pieces Of sill.
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We say for the Home journal that it ic
ould not give a fig whether Radicals To
Democrats rule, il that rule be Con. VI
tutional. We are old enough, andl
hope sensible enough, to not bel
sled BY names. You might call the D,
n q lamb, and he would be . lion vi
L. Indeed the first act, generally, of 3,
amous conception is to invoke the us
OF q good name to further It's de. to-
For instance-the Loyal League IN
he Rtpskiean party, DC. We hayelori
objection to the Rsdisals holdMpG No