The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-23
We are Drifting into DcspOtism.

'Sc"e" p''N'@"1 matters o the col
'''"'7 u ''e Home journal, ahd have
carefully """c So iuHoSh we believe,
J" Tile c"''''ual principles OF the Dem
"o''''c purify rs 'oN2hD ny M@"inNn,
Jefferson Al" tltlr romvatripl,, and rs
our reaolhS has influenced u, yet in u
party sense we are ihaI'lcrrhl aS 10 the
terms whtg and dcmocrot The var he.
tween the NGr.h aad South oh!itcratr!
cliec'uaIly Ill purely parlizW BIAS from
our heart, for We saw wings anl demo.
ocralH equally patriotic and equal per
Adious. But in cscHcwing party jcul.
ousy and contention W. DO no! mean
to ignore politics as 4 science Of GOV
eminent. Perhaps herein lies the mis-
take Of men who are Disguised with
mere partnership they unthOughtcdly
become guilty Of moral cowardICc III
.'cfusing to give that attention to the
affairs Of government which "ctcrnai
%vi1ilaucc,' the price Of liberty, so i'm
peractivcIy requires, They stay at
home, refuse TO "turn out TO the polls,
and the consequence is that bad men
obtain sway and in the end there muSl
be Il public uprising and blOOdshcd,
perhaps, in order to restore good gov
eminent. There was a 8ood deal OF
truth in the remark OF Henry ara
BcccIicr IN plymouth church u ie"
Sundays since when he sad our
troubles DO not spring from I9noraHer
Mt the polls, but from The shameful, IN
cXcusaDle, wicked IaZIncss or 'hoIIIer
cncc Of intelligent, rcilncd, ana IeiI
sIouS men 1t IS not al the bottom q
sJriety that we SHALL ilnd llc cause Of
the evil, but at the very top, ana 'hat
the indifference OF the rcllurd, lhc ed
ICatcd and the religious people OF every
community should he changed into tie
most intense interest IN the safety OF
the ballot. Whatever may be the
h~ctcrOdOxy and incXcusablc politicO.
r~eligiOnism Of Mr.. Bccchcr. he certain
j. is correct in his verbal castigatioM
Il the refined and educated for the in
dihcrcuc. they manifest in regard to
elections. And he also maniiests 4 re.
turning sense of political necessity in
the assertion that we must not give
way to cowarlice 10y saying that the
Republic is n failure. Nevertheless,
we think he is too late ia his warning.
The RcpuOlic Is a failure. The lue5.
ton is Shall we restore il? Itmay
not BET future vet, 50 far As the North
is concerned, but the man must be Il
fool, or Radical biuot, who asserts that
that national government is Il Rcpub
lie Of States rs II whole. What do we
see in the South ? Look at South Car
DINA, where Federal military govern
mcnt j., no more necessary to preserve
order than in the Middle States, the
West, or New England We see a
perfect reign 0 ftcrror. We sec lin the
language Of the New York Exprcss)
respectable Republicans, whites and
heroes, remOnstrating AGAINST this
usc Of powcr. We see Il Governor
fleeing from impcacbmcnt in Georgia,
charged with higl crimes and INSIDE
mcanors in the form Of positive cor
ruption. We sec the late impcachcd
and convicted Governor Of North
Carolina not only attcmpting to divert
public opinion at the Capital of the ma.
ton, but the chosen organ of the Pres
idcnt and his advisers. Even the local
Republican government there, is be.
coming but IN imitation of all that is
denounced here. Since the civil war
ended We have seen the carpet bag
governments Of the South increasing
The debts and taxes Of the people be
You'd all precedent, and to an extent
that in States like North Carolina,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, Louis.
lana, is making even reputation almost
popular. Bad rulers in the highest
places have destroyed what we so long
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