Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-24
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HOME GOVERNMENT FOB HOME
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In addressing the farmers of Clayton
COUNT, Georgia, the Hon, b. 81. Hill made
the follswing pregnant suggestions: "rhe
first thing TO be done is to secure Home
Government for Home ii fairs. We must
get the control Of our own labor and regu-
late our own industry. This Is our right
and our necessity. Massachusetts and
New York cannot do these things
for Us wisely or well. With State govern
ments for State affairs every other good will
fol ow. Without this, every evil is inevita-
ble.n ~'.-'az ss-' - ?
II wonld be difficult TO compress more
trdta, or trnth of greater Importance, than
is expressed in tbs above few words. 1t is
allimportant that the Southern people fully
understand this great industrial and polit-
ieal problem. a very common opin-
ion exists In the South that, be-
Cause The citizens Of New York and
Massachusetts have acquired more wealth
on an ayersge, asd higher standard Of gem
-erat education among the masses, than the
people Of tie South. possess, they are bet
tsrquali6ed than we airs TO regulate our
industrial and political relations to one.n-
other. the Northern mind assumes this as
3 legitimate corrolIAry, ard with no misgiv-
ings in regard to its righs, is ability and
duty 10 the matter of guardianship over its
black and white wards alike, it enacts laws
Lot TO suit the condition of things in the
planting States, but TO harmonic with its
own mistaken ideas and iacurab ant'pha-
thes. Is it in Puritan blood to abstain from
meddliDg with the private affairs of other peo-
pie? We think not; ard therefore there is the
greater necessity that we guard against both
its open and secret propagaudism. Sin ce
the close Of the war, Northern emissaries
have lsbored to divide and distract South
ern ele tors with such talent, zeal and cue
cess, as to bequeath to our tax-psying indus
try legacy of over two hundred million
dollars of most unjust State debts. This
mountain load of debt is fair sample of
all the good that Southern, industry will
ever receive from Northern wisdom snd |
virtue. It is not in weak aud short-sighted
man in one country, to govern the people |
Of distant country and do it well. |
Hence the storm necessity of "home gov
eminent for homo affairs" But sleepy, in
dolent minds want other heads to do their
,h;pb;n1 and tho xvorlx of oaungu and CfoIo
governments. This throws their counties
and States into the hands of spectators,
jobbers and demsgogues. Stupidity sells
the ballot-3ox and all it conveys for mess
of postage. Certainly this is not "home
g government for home affairs" What is it,
then? We will tell-ths reader if he will
promise not to spread business secret. 1t
is the embodiment of that "higher law
than the Constitution" formed by Wash
ington, Hamil Cd, Madison and franklin.
The higher law doctrine was fully establish
cd by the force of Plumbers and gunpow-
Der, and only few have carefully studied
It's full meaning. 1t fairly authorizes every
nan, from Gen. Grant down TO the most
,tnpid negro on any plantation, to inter-
pref the Constitution as he pleases. Con-
sress cares very little more for any restric-
ions in the Constitution than for waste
PAPER. 1t buys up or establishes by public
,atronage, any number of printing presses
y d papers, ard with these ma ufactuIes
'ublic opinion TO suit its purposes. There
an be no "home government for home
fairs" until This higher law enact
nent is repealed. Can it be repealed?
{ is the law Of anarchy, robbery and phys.
cal strength, to be followed by unmitigated
military despotism. Senator Stewards
higher law" enforced in North and
south Carolins, Florida, Louisiana, and
Arkansas, not to name other States, has
appreciated the value of real estate fly
er cent, snd threatens to destroy its value
together. Mr.. Hill Gays ''proection to
he citizen is the duty of the Government"
'rec;sely so; but protection 10 Southern
griculture and its soil no Northern power
Eill ever extend. 1t may renew the tax or
ur Gotten, and increase that on the salt
hat salts our meat and bread, but its
olicy will ever be divide the Southern
eople, and hold them in subjugation.
ne New York Times takes Mr.. Jefferson
JAWS to task for abiding in recent speech
} the bad faith of the Federal Government
l not complying with the terms of the sur
snder of the Confederate armies. The
lines virtually claims to be the organ OF
Lte, and wants 10 tongue in human head
,uth of Mason and Dixon's line to lisp
,mplaint against Northern cruelty and in
lstice. Endless silence, suffering aud sor
wv are the allotted portion of the Ireland
The United States. Senator Seward was
ne of the founders of the New York Times,
nd it remains true to his higher law des-
otism. Free discussion of Government
rongs is MOI to be tolerated in this age of
le world!