The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-07-18

Orr PROsPECTs.--At no time since the
war has our heart been so hopeful so tar
as the prosperity Of our country, and our
immediate locality especially, is concern
ed. The i'll feelings that succeeded the
termination of the Wharf.-The bitter re-
proaches between men opposed in poll
tics--have ceased almost to exist. Society
is fast returning to its normal condition.
The demands for bread and meat; the ne
cessity of fraternizing in order to conduct
successfully our commercial business; the
utter disagreement between intense parti-
IAN feeling and the feelings we are COM
manded in Holy Writ to cherish and put
into practice; a thousand other reasons,
also. have shown conclusivcly that we
must give up dead issues and embrace
living ones. 1t is not now so much what
this man or that man did before or during
the war. Old grudgcs should be oblitera-
ted. The Northern man had a right as he
thought, to war against a dissolution Of
the Union. The Southern man had Il
right, as he thought, to secede from the
Confederation, or fight for Constitutional
rights under the old flag. Whatever the
opinion of any man, w are bound in
reason to respect that opinion in so far as
it was merely a different method for ac-
complishing an end desired by the mass
of people. The war has ended, and
now the paramount issue is: 10
get back to former prosperity, and
improve even upon that. We can never
dos by internal pickering. For instance:
We in Franklin county should not allow
ourselves to become bitter towards one an
other because we differ upon national is
sues. The policy should be to agree to
disagree, for no one person can justly as
sumo, in a retrospect of his life, that lie
cannot remember good intentions half
performed and duties left undonc.
We are led to make these remarks in view
ofthe approaching canvass. The election
of county officers will soon be over ana
therfthe public mind will be doubly aslta-
ted by issues calculated to engender heaft-
b%urninrs and bitterness. We deprecatc
any such result. We have already been
disguised with the Incorporate express
ions used in day past. when so hl''cil
valuable time was lost in listening to po-
litical speeches and attending grand raj
lies for the preservation Of the Union and
Constitutional liberty, and half the strlh-
ucncy in money matters was caused by
inst such fanfaronade. But at this time
all things wear a better aspect. All KINDS
of are promising, and the people are
awaking to the Importance of developing
latent wealth. The marble deposits IN
our county bidlfair to draw in an immense
revenue. and if our people will cultivate
public spirit, and unite in efforts TO pro-
duce at home the many articles we sehu
off money to obtain; if they Will utilize
the various elements of wealth in oul
midst; cultivate less land and cultivate
better: encourage immigration; hail eve
nv new conner and make him feel that 1t is
good TO be here, there can be no such
word as tail in our future.
The day of carpet-baSging is past We
think the majority of men Of Northern
and foreign birth in our county are DOING
great good, and Identifying themselve:
with MS. The German element especially
is desirable. Germans are generaiil
thrifty men and develop a country. l
matters not where a mar is born, he l
just as noble in the sight Of Cod is JusI a
worthy, and only selfish ignorance cal
see no truth in the distich
.srJonor and fame from no condition rise
Act well your part, there all the homo
lies"