The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-06-05
rhc Presidents Southern Tour.

The Buffalo Courier" kecnly re-
grets that the President could nothaye
found time to undertake the Southern
journey which he at one time proposed
tor himself, But the Courier" is
disposed to take a very unitarian view
Of the matter, and intjmates that he
might thus have earned some part Of
lis increased salary. 1t says:
"But President Grant AZ $4,000 a
year Is quite as little disposed to waste
his time in devotion to public duties rs
wps President Grant at S2J, 900 aycar
Early in the year the President an
]uounccl his intention to make q tour
Of the Southern States. Anxious to
testify 10 the President, personally and
directly, their sincere desire for the
restoration Of kindly feeling between
themselves and the Government, and
believing that the evils Of misrulc IN
der which they suffered were, in large
measure, due 10 n misunderstanding Of
their condition and sentiments by the
President, the people Of that PROSTATE
section hailed the announcement with
the liyclicst satisfaction. Such n visit
could hardly have failed TO be produc
tive Of beneficial results, unless, IN
decd, the silent rebuke Of his policy
conveyed by the spectacle Of plumber
ell communities might have sourcd the
Presidential bosom with suIIcp resent
mcnt instead Of quiekcning 1t with a
generous desire 70 remedy abuses,
But the hospitablc response Of the
South to the announcement Of his con
templatcd visit seemed to be the signal
for its abandonment by the President,
who improved the opportunity to re
spOnd TO q courteous invitation rom
the city Of Charleston in u manner 50
enthusiastically delicate and era
ciou5 that William Cullen Bryant dc
acribe5 it as equivalent to answering
an invitation to dinner By a slap in the
face. His subsequent visit ~ loln
Murphy, followed by the trip to st
Louis and Colorado, aud the cuoto
mary yindicatcd' recreation mt Long
Branch, show that it was not the pres.
sare Of public duties that deprived the
South Of its coveted desire for per
sonal intercourse with the President. W
The Register has expressed 4 pro-
found Indifference to the proposed
Presidential visit South, except that it
might make the occasion for Il di5a.
greeablc scene Of the lowering Of
Southern dignity. That his minIons
should lick his boots, is to be expect.
ed when he comes. But that any
Southern gentleman who has been Il
living witness to the cIucl and re-
morselcss contempt with Which this
man has dealt with the dearest rights
Of this people, should DO more than
treat him with the respect that is due
to the dignity Of this office, we should
be sorry TO see. And why are We,
otherwise, indifferent to his coming
South ? Is it because he IS the head Of
4 hostile party because he w9s the
successful leader Of the Federal forces
in the overthrow Of the Southern Con
icdcracy Not at all, for those or any
similar reasons But it is because Of
the slOlld character and hard nature
Of the man. 1t is because he would
make Il tour Of observation through
our country with about Us much heart
and sympathy, and kindly intent to do
justice, MS u butcher would survey a
herd that he proposed to buy for the
slaughter pen. Grant has done things
that prove him, TO our mind, to be
utterly destitute Of principle or human
feeling and eve Il rough sense Of JUS
tjcc. There is but one loop hole that
we can see Tor his escape from this
condemnation. 1t is that he is an
idiot and strikes blindly and in the
dark. That we do not believe, lie
knows what he is about, and self is
his god. If Grant and Grants own
are provided for, pcrdition may take
the rest for all that Grant cares. He
is a man without a soul, and he is an
enemy to our people, and therefore we
trust that be will spare our people the
sight of him. Mobile Register
Our sentiments "to a t." Here's
our hand, Mr.. Forsyth.