The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17
Editorial Correspondence
CINCINNATI, Aug. 18th, 1871.

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City this coming evening, and il it were
not that the newspapers are full
Of accounts in regard to the reception
yesterday at the Tennessee Press AS.
ISOLATION, | would write q long letter
to the Home journal. But ii Is Sun
day, and ! don't want to violate the
Sabbath day, want to keep ii wholly
as q day Of rest. But ] must express
qualification at the enterprise and liber'
atty Of the Cincinnatians. They nave
pleased every one Of our Press gang
and made rs feel at home. Twas not
so in Louisville. We went there,
and they received Us nol--at least not
as the people Of this great city received
us. | have always heard that pretty is
as pretty docs, and from this standpoint
| feel like tossing up my cap in air ana
shouting three cheers for Cincinnati,
and wishing for her continued pros
perity and Il handsome trade from the
South. But | must be very brief. lest
| violate the Sabbath. And yet, / can
see no sin in writing on a Sunday, and
therefore, according to what | have read
i'm the Good Book, there can be no Sin
for only that is sin in 4 man which ap'
pcareth to him as sin. CCrtcs.
there is just as much wichcdness in Il
merchant Mtnking Of q Sunday how
much he will sci! on the next day as ii
lie opened his store at nee and com.
mcnccd measuring of his fabrics. Can't
we find out some method for Furnishing
wicked thinkers Can't we bring them
up and nake them swear what they are
thinking about? Perhaps we might
catch some fellow who was mcditating
a burglary, or u murder. And we
might find out some pious, church,
going man or woman, who was guilty
%ofthinking evil things Of a ncigabor
on some blessed Sabbath. And we
ought to stop all sorts Of cooking
~Sclf-denial is q christian virtue, and
people ought to fast all day Sunday.
And we ought to stop tc~lcpraphing,
and reading, and stop everything ) ii
possible, stop tie world from turning
over, the flowers from blooming, the
rain from falling, he wind from blow
ing, the sun from shining. AT last one
would think ali this should be done,
judging from the fuss now made in
this City about Sunday laws, and the
attempt of certain preachers TO ct civ
il sanction to ecclesiastical authority.
BIT the race Of bigots will never die
out, and men will still be born who
shall set up certain crceds and say to
others: Believe rs we do, or, be
damned, and, ten to one, will call upon
God to do their bidding in this last re.
spcct. Now, am opposed to all pro
scription, and nm truly thankful tina
the Constitution Of the United Estate.
recognizes no religion, but leaves al
such to the individual and his Maker
If Il German wants to drink lager beer
or whisky, on the Sabbath, let him dc
50. He has just as much right tt
please himself in this respect rs | hav,
TO please myself by going to church
But this subject is not giving US
trouble in Winchester, and so I'll drop
it for the present Besides, ! might
be misapprehendcd, and called irreyer
cnt. or irrcligious, when, in fact, it is
only because | have such al abhor,
renee for all sorts of puritanism, sec
tionalism, bigotry, etc, and because !
was long since impressed with the
truth that however august be the oh
iect we propose to ourselves, every
less worthy path we take to insure it,
distorts the mental sight of u ambi,
ton, and the means by degrees abasc
the end to their own standard. There
are many men trying to reform the
times, but the times have corrupted
the rcrormers until it would be like
jumping out OF the frying pan into the
fire to follow then,
But Cincinnati! 1t is a great city,
and her business men are full of ener-
gy, and take n world of noble pride in
all they do. | rode through the city,
in company with the President Of the
Chamber of COmmercc-Mr. {. w.
Northumberland visited many places Of
interest. At the City Work House /
was especially entertained, and but for
the disgracc.,of the thing would not oh
ject to lining there for a little season.
Surely Charles Dickens had " seen
any house of correction conducted as
is this one, else he had never written
Oliver Twist. Everything is so neat,
such perfect order, such splendid reg
ulations for mental and moral i'm
%provcment! / want to say n good
deal upon this subject at some future
time, and say II good deal about Gin.
cinnati and her Improvements and adj