The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-06-20
what Gen, ID. III. Hill Saws,

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'he Southern Home, n newspaper a
Charlotte, North Carolina, edited b,
zen, d. IL, Hill, one Of General Lee
most trusted lieutenants, which show
what an old "rcb" thinks of the stu
alton As is well known, Gen. Hill /,
I'D Old North Carolina Democrat, O
the strlctest pcrsuasion-a real ole
"l'a!d SheIl,' 1t occurs'to us whcl
such a man as Gen, ull can see til,
night IN supporting Greeley that the
balance Of us cannot be wrong in do
my the same thing. He writes:
We give to-day the letter Of accept
ancc Of Hon. Horace Greeley. Their,
are some expressions, which we wOult
Ilks To see struck out. But On the
Whole. it is liberal, catholic, frank
generous and manly, We think tha,
the Baltimore Convention can safel,
accept him with this letter and the
platform upon which it stands, He
has come more than halt way with cX
tended hand TO meet the cstrangcd aud
oppressed South. and VIC Fan consistent.
", with our IDEAS Of honor and chival.
~, step forward to welcome him.
1t is simply prcposterous to say this
Is al abandonment Of principle or a
qualification of our ur.vious action
The true men Of the Sou,b rejected
the XVIII Amendment with seam if
Was callinp upon them to h9n ,I,cir
most trusted sons, whom they had mt
forward to be leaders in thoir socrni
cause. They could not have sanction.
ed this measure without incurriur the
rrprobation Of all honorable men and
without consiuninp themselves 70 ever.
lasting infamy. The South rejected
the XVIII Amendment, She was pre-.
pared to grant equality before the law
in the courthouse, but she knew that
unlimited suffrage among the negroes
would make them the dupcs of de,iou.
ing kuavcs and result in carnrt.6o
rule rogucry and ruin. II the true men
Of the South had to vote on these
wicked measures to morrow, they
would reject them with the same scern
and Indignation. Bat disapproying A
ihiup brtorn i, hrrnmos Iaiwr onI Oh
hitting to it afterwards, arc vcry diff.
tcrent matters. The noblest spirits Of
the South resisted for four yeais the
yoke Of tAe North but when thc Irish
and Germans in the Yankee army
proved too powerful for them ,hcy
submitted in good faith and have been
the most law.abidiuo ci,izons nr tho
whole United States, The landed
property of Great Britain uoes mn rur.
lIIcr back than the Norman connur.t
II was then acquired NV troud and via
lcncc, but the title 10 that pronrrtv is
now held to be indispu,able. II wnuld
he a Greater wrong 10 ut,rmut to ri,h,
the wrono than TO lot i, olnnn
The Liberal Kcvublirons hova f,rcod
NIIHlll 70 abandon The MYTH AmnDl
mcnt, and we could not, # we vnnIJ
fine RIGHTS ,r,u;r,L nnl.r Ill.,,
XVIII without ~noi,n,iuy t,n whnlo
and drstrovino thn ,oonn nr
society, Let il ms. 0It !, nn, nnr
sin.
Let an era of rood ror,iur >o ;,,,.
nv tbn oIpc,inn nr N1p r,"'5
Wcmust oc, rid of thi. thio,isL Lan
net rule. elise the South viii hncn|noo
desert. The Dcmocrocy or,ha N'n,T
understand our rnsi,i,n ra
they knoy uolhin, ohont i, Tn",
not see dojIy orros,. or ann l', ~
zcns upon the tes,imouv Of hrntiYh ~"
orocs or marc hrn,i.h Villas m, w.
do not see officers nI tho .rmr ','
IIrmcn by birth aud oIunn,inn H.'
bum haiIi0s +, ,ro,Iry ,hn mnno r''I' "I
If dniv Iui,oI S,.In, Mm""oIl' TT,,,''
To- not see ihn ioIn.,r, nr,La ',,
,aralyzal the fields and r,r,,a 'I''9
homr.,c,ls doyc,,oI on, ,
.rty and ruin s,o,;nn =, ,h'a p''