The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-03

compelled the Sheriff TO deliver
keys. They then took the sixteen
negroes from the Jail. Four were
killed and two MORALLY wounded at
edge Of town, They then rode of
with the other ten, and are supposed to
have killed them. Nothing has been
heard from them since they left. There
is considerable excitement among the
negroes there, and the whites are
taking defensive steps in case Of any
outbreak"
1t turns out that f ourtcen were kill
ed, aud two who were wounded are
getting well, and they c]orroboratc the
statement that the negroes were plan
ming 4 general massacre Of the whites,
and that Gen. LGrant would sustain
them. W. do not know what evidence
they had ia particular that Grant would
sustain them in this matter, but the
Spencer rifles ia their possession create
a suspicion in our mind which would
make US refrain from joining too hasti'
ly ia the almost universal condemna.
ton of the men who were desperate
enough 10 take the law into their own
hands. The protection OF our fami-
lies is the first law uf nature, and the
Southern people have been goadcd to
desperation almost. 1t seems 10 he the
purpose Of The Federal Government to
torture our manhood to death by indi.
rect means rather than come up boldly
and put US TO death at once For the
s. Ike OF political power the party in
authority has resorted to every scheme
possible in order to humiliatc US and
drive our people into some excess
which could give it a color Of an ex.
cuse for sending bayOnets into our
midst to overswe US at the
ballot. box. 1t has murdered our
liberty already, and striven to enforce
upon us Il social equality worse than
Our appeals have been as inef,
as
"the bleating
OF the lamb to the butcher, or the cry
Of scamen to the surge"
1t has strained our heart-strings to
their utmost tension, and in a cry for
lash equality has forgotten even the
distinctions as to rae and condition
made by God himself,
Does not the law of Heaven say blood
for bloodI
And he who miuts Kills more than he who
sheds it!'
The party in powcr-the advocates
IF the Social Rights BiIl--are respousi,
dc for desperate actions in the South
to Heaven the blood of every one
Who advocates such n bill could be
titled in his veins forever. Even if
pit upon the ground, the vampires
you'd but be giving back a poor re-
.uital for the blood Of hope and pow
rty they have drained by cowardly
means from the suffering millions Of
he South.
And yet, we condemn most unquali.
eddy the action at Tlenton. After
he prisoners were in Jail, it was an out
age TO violate the peace by forcing it
nd taking the prisoners hence. This
7as taking the law int their own
ands, and they are murdercrs, and the
Wearing of masks only adds to the
darkness Of the wrong. Yes, it was u
rhine, but We shall waive n definite
until the facts are all known.
t was u crime, but whence did the
rime arise2 "There are crimes made
cnial by the OCCASION" and it may be
this is the beginning Of the opc-
atoms Of the Social Rights Bill. 1t
time that the party in power should
ause, and remember that the de-
truction Of the States means the de.
of the Federal Government,
nd that it is not in human nature to
ear forever the operation of laws
in a spirit of vindictiveness
'hich would assume the sanction Of
egality because they are passed by a
majority, without any regard to the
lights, the hearts, the homes, the edu-
and religion of the minority.
Chancellor A. ). Marks,