The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-07-13
The Departure, &c.

government, namely, Monarchy, Aris-
tocracy, and Democracy, any one of
which. taken separately, is defective.
Polybius assigns the reason. Monar-
chy, lie says, though conducted accord
ing to right reason, viii, ii time, de-
generate into ~dcspotism. Afistoeracy,
which means a government OF tbcbcst|
men, will be converted into an Oligar.
chy, or the tyranny Of few. Democ
racy, in its original and purcst sense,
implies a system under which the PEG
pie obey the laws established by com
mon consent; but such q government
is soon changed into tumrlt, rude
force and anarchy.
Now, history has proven eic force
and soundncss OF what Polybius says,
and actual experience, dcduced from
the history of nations, Is the surest test
Of the truth or flschcod Of any doc
trine Of politics, and history shows
that many monarchics have failed
where ono Republic has failed. 'sTbe
according music Of q well-mixed
Safe" has elevated the character ofthc
English government until many in u
country were clamorous a few years
since for u monarchical form. We
rccollect how Andrew johnson, in his
last speech in Winchester, raised his
voice in warning the people against.
this tendency Of public opinion, and
exhibited II copy Of q newspaper called
7He hnperialia which had just been
started in New York City, and which
boldly advocated such n form of gov
ermen', And il was said that this pa.
per was Published in the interest of
Ulysses S.. Grant. Whether the paper
has died the death it deserved, VIC
know not, but we firmly believe it was
put forth as n "rceler,'' ard that with
tolerable encouragement our military
President would have suffered himself
to be used BY his fanatical partizons
for the ignoble purpose OF securing
perpetual power in Office. Ifthere is
any political infamy of which he has
not been guilty, it was because he was
not sustained by partizans who feared
to be too bold. He has been as reck
less in taking all the power n s%ervile
Ramp Congress would give, as lie was
in having his soldiers butclerod in the
fights Of The Wilderness. lie was
bold enough to defy Andrew Johnson,
who, as President, was Commander in
Chief Of the armies Of the United
States, and he actually went so far MS to
demand of Congress a change in the
Constitution of lie United States, IN Or
der that he might make one A. II.
Stewart a renegade like himself,) his
Secretary of State, and simply because
said Stewart had given a few thousand
of his millions to purchase Grant a
residence. Such selling of Cabinet of.
fees would have caused an uproar in
the times of Washington or Jackson,
and endangered the life of any Presi-
dent who had dared to prostitute so
basely the trust Of the people. And
this is the nan The Radicals talk oil
making our next President-a man
who has used the immense patronage
and power of government TO influence
and decide elections in States that once
were free, aud in the disposition of
place and power within Executive con-
troll, has most shamefully abused his
trust by a species OF ncpotism and TO-
Voritism unheard Of before in this
country. In morals lie stands con-
demned as a devotee to whisky and
tobacco, and Andrew johnson knew
whereof he spoke when he told a news
paper reporter that Grant was nothing,
and had no sense.
Now, we want to see Ulysses S..
Grant defeated. If It be true that the
Radicals cannot get along without him
that he must remain in, and hopes to
succeed through the patronage of the
Kuklux law, which President johnson
calls a "damnable infamy that twenty
years ago would have shocked the
American people like electricity" is it
possible the democracy "a coun-
tenance any division in their ranks by
which the Radicals shall sncceed? As
far as the Home Journal can exert an
influence, 1t shall be exerted in behalf
of a union Of Wings, Democrats, and
Conservative Republicans, to the end
that q republican government may be
perpetuated and the States restored to
their rights under the Constitution as
it was, and we shall not falter in our
effort because a few newspapers accuse
us OF departing from the doctrine on
State Rights. There would be just az
much sense in saying that a command
er should not flank his enemy, or gain
a victory by some stroke Of policy but
march his men boldly up, as Grant did