The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-12-07

Slfc, ana lnaSnlucn rs lOley nau twice
proven its inability to keep him "in du-
rance vile," the Court now in session very
generously and properly, mayhap. allowed
ToIny to select the Jail to which he would
prefer to go, always supposing, we sup
pose, that the selected prison would be u
secure one, as they supposed the Winches-
ter jail was. eve after its insecurity had
been plainly demonstrated. Be this rs it
may, Toney elected himself, unanimously,
tor the Nashville iail. 1t would be pre-
sumptivc judgment and in violation of the
great writ which demands trial previous
to conviction, to say that Toncy based his
election upon any scheme entertained
whereby he can make an hegira from the
prison house in our capitol. Such a hasty
belief might be arrived ut if his former
successes in our home Jail were allowed to
have a bearing. But we opine that To-
ney's decision was in accordance entirely
with that natural love we all have tor kind
treatmcnt-th that perpetual anxiety in the
human breast for the best condition under
hard and unavoidable circumstances.
Even If our Jail In dear old Winchester
was n safe one from foes without or foes
within 4 prisoner Is not provided for as
he would be, or is, in the Nashville Jail.
and Toney's decision in his extremity was
a compliment to Nashville's humanity.
In our Jail there is nothing calculated to
favorably impress an inmate. Per contra,
there are damp walls and great iron bars
through which the cold air rushcs as il
to mock the unhappy occupant with a
foretaste of the icy GOODNESS of the grave.
And why should he not brave death in Or
der to escape? Who knows but that a lit
tie better accommodation might reclaim a
poor devil from his sins, since in the va
rious contacts o fife we have all seen that
! kindness wins its way more readily to the
heart than coarse austerity? In the Nash
vile Jail Toney finds c%onveniences scarce
ly within the reach OF many who find this
wicked world 4 prison-housc for soul that
finds no congeniality; a prison-housc
where worth is estimated, and influence
and power procured by dollars and cents ;
where n lack offinancial ability and a pow
erty Of purse force great and good intel
lects into unmerited obscurity; where
sordid and materialistic views keep worth
in the background while brass and chica-
merry occupy the front seats. In the Nash
Vile Jail Toney can make himself Il man.
Mr.. John II. Martin, who was deputised to
take Toney back to Nashville. tells us that
Toney's cell is quite commodious, and fit
ted up with 4 large stove, and plenty OF
coal convenient. And the Jailer supplies
him with the best of books. What Il
chance for Toney these long winter
nights! He might read law, and by it
reach p%referment. Might qualify himself
for a self-defence like that which Eugene
| Arem or Paul Clifford made. But if his
mind is inclined to lighter literature, let
him bcguile his leisure moments with
Dickens, who will translate him, in Il
twinkling. from mirth to pathos, from in
dignation to tears. He will learn, per-
haps, to abhor such worldly villains as he
| will find portrayed so accu rately in Dom
hey & Son, Nicholas Nickleby, Oliver
Twist, and other of Dickens works, and
fall in love with simpler characters. ever
Peggoty and her husband. If he should
love philosophy let him read Thackery
and learn to pity, endure, bear, iorbear
forgive, and still love on. In the language
of another, Toney, Do you want to weep :
Visit Little Nell' and Paul Dombey''--
poor little Paul! What mothers heart has
not achcd over that little body? If you
wish to live over your first love again
make the acquaintance of Florence, poor
little Dora and her David. the patient Ag.
mes, Sweet Emma, and that charming Dol.
ly. You will be sure to find your owr
love among them under another name
The Jail has been the nursery of som
great men, Toney. Napoleon the First
and his nephew but lately dethroned, EN-.
ploycd their time when in prison. Raleigh
wrote his noble History of the World
Tasso's most beautiful Lament was the
product of prison life. If we mistake not
one of the greatest law books was com
posed under similar circumstances. Thi
is good advice, Toney, even if it does come
from us, and it would not hurt some whit
are out of prison. 1t would not hurt SOM
who are seeking no higher emjOymen
than the qualification of their propensi
ties--some who are FORGETTING health, NOR
ais, and their hopes of Heaven in havin:
no higher objects than the qualification o
appetite or the accumulation of wealth, OF
maybe, dawdling away the precious frag
ments of time, called odd moments, in do
ing nothing to benefit either themselves o
the world generally. But, enough for thi
time.
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