The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-03-27
e BOldness of Villainy.

nv " who felt ed to the press for his position
F1 lnpdoa love power, and then went on TO argue,
fby" y 1 NJ, ,natrJstantially, that the press should be
- 7 fit on sssI OPPRESSED And Bingham, Of Ohio,
IthoHe who slose connection with the Credit Mo.
al ss .nrs g n Ter affair shows bin to be about as
~ ~ 1 MS wh9 g%g n scoundrcl rs Beast Butler, also
q sS ~ s yr { ook it upon himself to indulge in n
Lpcn sorrow rade of abuse Of the Press. II is a
fd from little remarkable that nobody in this
Hhou, sastorio called land Of liberty wants to'put Il
'' legal muzzle on the press except thieves
IrbpoS 81 s oTySS.nd tyrants. Freedom Of the Press is
XIV n , osif ~ pne of the articles in tke liLsny Of cy-
Ana n v PUHt tbery State, and wherever you find the
freedom Of the press denied there you
H0R will find a despotism. And no one
Tributneed fear the freedom Of the press cx-
4 FIRST saw !ccpt such tarn coat sccessionists as
when was Butler, Longslrcet and others of like
pheo " MN calibre, and whenever you hear a man
ry.S " Vs. lalk about putting the press under
n.L..;r,o La. governmental surveillance, you may very
~ tbem 4 reasonably conclude that such q man
long enough 10 fearful the object Of his displeasure
me, and if may diIulge his own villainy, Why,
letters, w it has not been a great while since the
nearly n ye ,yrant Brownlow, who now disgraccs
''V'of'' '" a seat in Congress which Felix Grundy
we're shall 20. ,u
what miglf N"' 'Nor'SN'
his warnii press VI ien"''Se' ~ 'N"s """''
roword most outragcously, the public printing
engaged and advertising from all papers that
of trying dared to oppose Radicallsm. The
Phnnixy Winchester Home Journal was forced
him-for to suspend, and other papers of far
asking more value and importance, And now
u'erarS that the free press darcs TO show up
D' the rascals in Congress, you find the
pntI u scoundreIs coming out in favor Of sup.
Too lone pressing the press. The shameless
in New efYrontcry Of these Credit. Mobilicr
story Q thieves is really astounding. Just
peated think of Bingham. with Amcs' Glvi
cnce' bends sticking out Of his pocket,
SAD making q furious onslaught upon the
! "e"f press for daring to rebuke the venaIity
DIX orthe implicated Congressman, Ben
lp Butler, or, Beast Butler, who, with
al mo n~ his $4,000 railway fee, joined Bing
ed hard ham, with whom he never before agreed
mer OF upon anything, in arraiSning those
somme' journals which had brought The Credit.
one ia Mobllicr frauds to the light.
10 my In view of these facts facts the New
sno"o York Sun (which, by-Lhe.by is one Of
best exchanges the Home Jourdal re.
,oa1 ceivcs) has "A few words TO say to these
tprn. Senators and Representatives, and all
be in other congressman Of like mind. Says
Ith, the Sun:
time, care they so blind that they cannot
not cna thpnQplvp9 ag Dlhprl see them Z
some Or are their skins impcrvious to the
alw,y shafts Of al indignant people! The
bly, , exposures Of the pnst 'wclvG months
roo have proven that the two Houses OF
bat Congress are covered I'll over with
Yin jobbcry, vcDality, bribery, and almost
vor every form Of corruption that the pnr
;rdiono, chase Of seats in The Senate is becoming
.;., q common practice that both Senators
, and Representatives are IN the habit Of
=" accepting the shares, the bonds, the
your dividends, the rctaincrs Of great cor
WIZ porations, In return for votes and
tot other services given and rendered in
ing the halls Of legislation; that clerks Of
ter' important committees demand and re-
poe ceive large sums OF money for promo
rhf ting pri, ate schemes in the two Houses
ac that u distinguished lobbyist, who
mi holds a high judicial position under
q the United Stat,s Government, AMI
sustains close relations to the Chair
T man Of the leading committee of the
y" Senate, makes merchandise of his in.
ma Huence in that body and SO on to the
ma end of the disgraceiul chapter.
Now. do the gentlemen first named,
rel or any other Senators aud Represcn-
On tatives Of high or1ow degree, imagine
off that in the face Of these damning facts
inn they can Brighten the people or COW
,b the journalist who arrai9n these hon
Orable' culprits at the bar Of public
tea --:.o w..a,.. all whom i ,,,y
ups Concern ,ba, Couyress has lost its
sen character, and that the mode whereby
lea il can regain it is not that which Mcssrs.
cal Carpenter, Nye, Bingham. and Butler
fro are pursuing. The honest members
an had better take the back track without
me delay by turning out the inside rascals
an ut the earliest opportunity, and then
m taking heed that they themselves do
n not yield to the temptations which
m have undermined the integrity Of so
!. many of their fellows.
"a when Henry Clay and Silas Wright
were members Of the Senate how long
-" would men like Pomeroy, Patterson,
Caldwell, CLAYTON, Jones, and their
corrupt associates, have been allo wed
"a to remain there2 When John Quincy
Adams and James X. Polk we're mem
IrIo beers Of the House, would they, after
IA the proofs were In, have tolerated for
W. a single day the presence of men like
Amet, Kelley, Bingham, Garfield, aud
4ot their Credit Mobilier accomplicesT
We have indeed fallen upon evil
" times when Senator'S and Representa-
t;voo wbo have bpen convicted of bride.