The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-09-09
WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE
Thursday, sept 81, 1875.

Ten long and weary years nave
elapsed since the bloody strife ceased
between the Federal and Confederate
forces, and yet wc still see on the part
Of sanguinary politicians an effort t.
keep alive sectional hatred and discord
Like birds Of prey and carton blrda
this class Of politicians gain n living
by the misrOrLunGs Of their fellow.
creatures, II a band Of armed negroes
array themselves against the laws and
peace Of society in the South, and the
whites, in the act Of preserving lheIr
own lives, arc impcllcd to take Ihc
lives Of some Of the scmi-barbarlahs'
then She hue and cry is raised llIat Inc
ucOulc OF the South arc yet dislOyal,
and are seeking to reduce negroes
again TO slavery. II is very easy for a
man who lives in q State where there
is not one negro to fifty white men to
imagine there is no danger to be apprc
hcndcd in the South but il these SAINT
negro sympathizcrs were residing in
the black belt Of Mississippi, Alabama
and Georgia, where the negroes are
largely in the majority, and witness the
workings Of their secret and military
organizations, and their insoIcnce to
the whites, then they would arrive at a
different conclusion. The Southern
negroes are still impressed with the
belief that, iuasmuClI as they worked
so long for their masters with no com
pcusatiou save their food and clothing,
that they are yet entitled to at least a
portion Of their former masters real
estate. The Federal 8oIdicrs-at least
u good many Of thcm-wcre the first
TO inCulcatc this idea, and then the car
p~ct-baggcr has never ceased to do the
same thing, and also to constantly re
mind them Of their inhuman treatment
in order to keep alive a feeling Of hos
tility between the two races. This is
done TO prevent the negroes from com
ing under the influence and control Of
tlG'naLivG whites, 50 that the carpet
ba9gcr3 may monopolizc all the Offices
The negroes also have men Of ambi-
ton among thCm-mGn prominently
bad in every rcspcct-such fellows as
Gems" Morris and Harris, Of Gcor-
ola, who have learned their v]iiiainics
from bad white men, and who would
do ANYTHING under heaven to promote
their own ambitious projects, even to
the sacrifice Of thousands Of innocent
white women and children, 60 say
nothing Of men, to accomplish their
iicndiah schemes. For instance, look
at the recent u~nproyokcd, prcmcdita-
ted instruction Of nineteen counties in
the black belt Of Georgia. There can
be no doubt as to the intentions OF
those black iicnds, yet wG hear of
Northern journals making light of the
whole matter, ascribing it all to Il hoax
or n joke. The only safe rule by
which to judge of such things is to put
yourself and your family III that same
black belt, and then imagine, if you
what would have been your first
on having possessed yourself
Of undOubtcd evidence AS to the truth
Of the reports III circulation. We don't
see how the people of Georgia did res
train themselves under such exciting
circumstances. The fooihardinGss Of
that scheme, deliberately planned by
the negroes, IS proof conclusive that
the African race is no moe capable of
performing the high functions Of SELF
nONtl nIlltIL lulil LIC ilVIlhtlo ! '''uth
America. They are not the docilc in
noccnts which we of the South have
unwittingly supposed them. But
where they have the power, even IN a
small cIrcumscribcd district, they are a
cunning, hypocriticaI, ignorant, cruel
hearted, savage race. As evidence of
all this, juhL think of the purposes
(provcd cOnclusively in open confcs
sion,) to kill, in cold blood, all the
white men and ugly women, and then
divide the white women and the prop
crty Of the whites among the black
devils engaged in this causeiess cru
SADIE. We do believe, had this thing
occurred in any Northern State, the
whites would never have stopped kill
ing negroes until the last one had been
killed or run out of the country. But
the South is expected to keep these
savagcs in her bosom, and TO submit
to all their gross insults, and never to
raise an arm in self.protection and in
protection Of their helpless wives and
darling little ones. Did these barba,
rians think they could accomplish their
hellish purpose, and be LEFT to enjoy
the spoils Of their victory in peace and
quiet' They evidently did so believe,
else they would never have undertaken
1t. This proves most conclusively the
truth of our position, that the ncpro is