The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-05-15
Suspension of the Winchester Home


from republishing it entire.
It is our determination to continue the
CITIZEN as long as it continues to pay ex-
penses, and we hope our friends will con
tiuue to give us that encouragement which
will enabls US to keep it afoat, that it may
fiaunt in the faces of the poor, NANCY. half
starved ours who have sought and are still
seeking. by every disreputable means with
In their power, to crush US out.
We hope to see the white people of Frank
lin County yet rally to the support of their
paper. It was not only worthy of their
support, but an honor to their town and
county. The while people of TeHnes-
see owe it to themselves, to their publish
ers, and to posterity, to sustain the conser-
Vative country papers of the State. They
are the salt to. save us. The journal says:
with this issue of the Home Journal we
bid farewell for awhile, perhaps forever, to
Its readers. Considerable regret and lit
tie natural bitterness, we most undoubted-
" feel as we write. Regretthat honest effort,
worthy perseverance, and true adherence
to prinoipls must be forced into abnormal
channels for livelihood aud bitterness
that legalized robbery and partizan vindic-
.tiveness ride Fough-shod over US. While
it is possible that the proprietors of this
paper might continue its publication with
out much, il any peeuniary loss, outside of
their time, enough has been developed to
sfspe5oTs . shameful robbery which
20 Eall the legal advertising viii
no profit, and for good practi-
10 exc out such an existence is
TPested. They have managed
rs far, all the expenses of publ
lzsgd realize comfortable support
5thing more. To hazard an effort against
the unserupalous Legislation Of uumitigated
spartizan tyrants and robbers, would be
the scme Of absurdity, go far as their peck
cts are concerned, which are not plethoric,
most assuredly, nor should be by means
unworthy of gentlemen.
The times are out of joint--bad men
bear sway--raseality rules--tyranny rides
rampant over our land, and while honest
worth and noble intellect seem to slumber
under vile oppression, pigmy politicians,
with LiIliputian ideas of government, and
dressed in a usurped authority, strut like
Brobdiuags over every instinct of humani-
ty and principle. How long these would
be Caesars, of mushroom greatness and
proven littleness. shall be able to continue
their work of deviltry. God only knows.
But We have ever observed that tins darkest
clouds break and pass away, and glorious
sun and healthy atmosphere succeed. This
ia no truer in regard to nature than it is
fguratively in regard to human affairs
Even while we write our own individual
distress, our heart is full of hope and proud
satisfaction as We see the vile usurpers
struggling, like drowning men, to hold on
to the reins of government, which are slip
ping from their unhallowed hands. Under
the unskilled management of these politi-
cal Pb@tons our country has been driven
almost to ruin, but ths late elections up
North indicate a stun bering power like that
of Jupiter which will send them bowling
back to that obscurity from which they
have been brought by the corruptions of
war just as the filth and scum will rise to
the top of boiling water.
We regret, honestly, that Franklin coun-
ty and Winchester must do without a pa
per, unless, indeed, some other persons
than ourselves. can publish one. We
think good paper is mouth-pieee for
the county. Properly managed, it can be
made mighty auxiliary towards building
up the interests of the whole community,
aud we have always thought that if indi-
vidual capital were lacking, the people, re-
gardless of politics, would act wisely 10
uniting az body in establishing a county
organ. We believe that under the control
of the County Court, paper could be
made source Of revenue, and at the same
time be made potent towards encouraging
emigration, stimulating enterprise, and cor
recting social and business evils. The
truth is, every gentleman or lady who comes
to this county, or any other, is benefit
Population is what we need 10 enhance the
value Of our lands, and by a combination
Of labor and capital add wealth to the coun-
/ ty. Without people and wealth to tax, we
can have no revenue. Without customers
there would be no inducement for mer.
chants, mechanics or professional men,
Impressed with these truths, we have en-.
deavored to make the Home Journal some
thing more than cypher in the eommuni.
ty, and have cheerfully devoted all our pro.
/ fits to improving it little beyond the ave-
rage of country papers, we candidly think
And ne claim to have succeeded where
every other newspaper attempt had failed