The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-02-20
Cabinet Excursion.
Il is said that President Grant and

the Southern States very
soop, to see into the condition of af-
fairs, and whether the people are loyal
and "accept the situation" DC, In
view OF their excursion the Boston
Post says:
"After four years ofsuch destructive
work as the Administration has
wrought in the South, it is very fitting
that it should start out ard make q
personal review Of the general result.
The two Hundred millions aggregate
Of debt that is piled upon Southern in
dustry, at the unfortunate time when
their entire labor system is thrown in
to q state of confusion, will not fail to
show itself in every county through
which the Presidential party passes.
Deserted fields and abandoned dwell.
ings, whose owners have become dis
couraged and pushed on out Of the
reach of past misfortune and misery,
will greet the eyes of the official travel
ere IN every side Gladness may
shine ont of the eyes OF marshals and
deputies, and gratitude leap from the
lips OF Government supervisors and
cavalry captains, around whom may
gather an irresponsible body ~ofpeople,
black and white, with no particular
sentiments and wholly without influence
on the public mind but President and
Cabinet both will delude themselves il
they accept such tokens for the sincere
expressions Of q satisfied and selt-act
ing peope. The visit to North Caro-
lima, which was the key to the Presi
Dental election, must give great salts
faction to the Executive conscience
and heart. The Moses and Patterson
plantation, 4 formerly South Carolina
and one ofthe original Thirteen can
not but excite the l~ivelicst reflections
and disclose to the distinguished ex
cursionists the evidences Of q politi
cal depreciation that lacks little tt
make it complete. And so through
Georgia and Alabama, with their SQUAD
, blcs over Senatorships and obstinat
quarrels between duplicate Legisla
; lures, it must strike the minds Of tn
royal party that some strange ~latalit.
has befallen, besides the scathin.
. stroke of war, 20 SO alter the social as
pect Of the country.
1t is in Louisiana, however, tina
the President will receive the war;
welcome that he raves. Casey Wi
be there, with the whole ring, to gree
bin. The Custom House party will
he drawn up in the public square, sur
' ported by Calling guns and hanked b
Federal infantry. A revenue cutie
! will ply up and down the river in sigl
=, of New Orleans, to show that the part
: machine is all in working order. Il
make the affair complete, Pinchbac
' should be Of the company. The Pres
idcnt and Cabinet should be the guest
OF the new Legislature which Durc
= created and the former promptly recog
nized, and thus set the seal Of oflicia
{ appreciation in q double sense upoI
, work which would then be comncnde,
i. to the faithful imitation Of the Soutl
at large. TO make the tour perfect, i
should take in Arkansas and Clayton
!, and the sharp Grant politician shoult
be interviewed who set a party Of mill
tia upon a peaceful citizen. to murde.
him on the highway and excite fresI
alarm, for political purposes. A Pres
idential excursion Of this charactc
might produce feelings of poignant re
greet in some officials, but nc particula
apprehensions need be felt on tina
score for the present party, Were til
President seriously disposed to tur
such u visit to gool account Tor tn
whole country, he could make it a sue
cess indeed. Republican as we sti.
claim that our system is, it 80 happen
that II few words from one man at tn,
t critical time, after the vote cast by tn
Southern people last fall, are capabl
Of great effects. Could Presiden
Grant 60 among them as he went di
rectly after the war. when he reportc,
their peaceful! and fraternal d~ispositloI
: TO his predecessor in office, which DIRE,
/. down upon him the charge OF white
washing he would see what the peo
4 pie Of the rest of the Union would b
only too glad to hear reported agail
and what they believe exists throug
the South and ought to be allowed tn
u controlling influence. Why will nc
I, the President take his Cabinet throug
the South to show them that it is quit
. time the wounds of war were heale
/. and the work Of plundering tue cam
:, ended This wonld be something lik
craftsmanship, AMI the pleasanlest oil
Ir ject of general expectation"
'Moses is the negro Governor of Sout
Carolina, and has made himselfrich by a
sorts Of pcculation and official dishonesty
| Patterson has taken his seat in the Unite
vcstisation into the method Of his ele,
: ton, the negro members of the Sout
Carolina Legislature having made a clea
breast Of the fact that he purchased The
votes. That he was able to purchase a
the votes Of such members is mantle,
from the fact that the Charleston journal
r. speak bitterly of manner in which tina
city has been defrauded OF its intcres
amounting to a million dollars, In tn
Blue Ridge Railroad, the interest of IT,
l State In the same road, amounting to
9 million and three hundred thousand dol
lars, being bought in by Patterson aud hi