The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-04
BACK FROM LOUISIANA.
"wlth thee, my bark, III swiftly go

Tue greatest poc,, without exception,
that the world has any knowledge OF,
wrote the above to express his feelings
upon leaving his native shore And
1t is well, perhaps, that he died in a
foreign land, whittier he went to assist
in the cause of freedom, Whatever
others may think of Byron, 1 shall al
ways couple him, in my love and adj
miration, with the gallant Lafayette,
who left his home to help the colonisls
in their struggle for freedom, and upon
his second return to America was wei
coined with ovations from liberated
people just as lovers Of eloquent poe
Try will welcome Byron forever in the
walks Of literature. Byron had his en-
emies-we all have. The very rirtaeS
of a man will raise up enemies for him,
even as it was with "our blessed Sa-
yior," who had not a single human
foible, and yet He was crucitied, AND
even to this day, with the same beau''-
full world spread around us thal
was spread around the gardens OF
Paradise; the same heavens, sparkling
with their myriads of stars above US,
that lowered over Bethlehem even
unto this day there is no abatement OF
the necessity for 4 Savior, and some
times grieve because the life OF Christ
was of so short u date. Oh! to have
Him here, invulnerable to the designs
of any Judas, to make all things right
which now are wrong; to purify the
laws enacted by men and to topplc the
"courts Of Justice with that indigna
ton which drove money changers
from the Temple! Then, perhaps,
poor men would not be sent to the pen.
itentiary because they are unable to
hire big lawyers to plead 70: them, and
lawyers would not want II thousand
dollars Tor services far less in value
than an hours work Of some poor me.
chanic. ON for Christ again! Verify,
| fear He did not remain long enough
with us before. and | am SO thoroughly
convinced Of the necessity of His sec
ond coming that if He should not
come soon, | will turn Israelite and
put my faith in the true ChIist-to
come.
But. l have different feelings, upon
my return home, from those which
gave bitterness to the iambics of By
ron, Thank God
There Is an eye, whose partial glance
Could ne'cr my numerous iailinSS see ;
There is an ear tina. hears untirrd
when others speak in praise OF me.
There is a heart time IS only taught
With warmer love tor me to burn;
A heart whcnc'er from home | rovcd
Would fondly pine for my return.
There is a lip which always breathed
Fen short iarewellS in tones OF sadness !;
There is u voice whose eager sound
Ny welcome spoke with heartfelt glad
ness"
And there are little precious hearts
And there are little SPARKLING eyes
That WOO me back with childish arts
From pleasure meath bright Southern
skies.
God bless the childrcn-one, two three
A trinity of lovely flowers
To others. wife. howc'er they be,
To us they're sw Get, for they are ours.
Yes, it is pleasant to return to your
native home when you are sure to
meet some one you love, and this love,
like blessed charity, doth render endu
rable if not beautiful, a thousand faults
in others who would not sigh if you
we're brought home a corpse, except
for fear your death would be the pay
mcnt of some filthy lucre you might
owe them. Not young Foscari loved
his ungrateful Venice more devoted!y
than | love the hills and hollows. the
rocks and rivers, the plain old man
ne.s of dear old Franklin county. And
yet. | have been intoxicated with the
beauties of the far-OH South, Away
down on the coast, mid flowers and
foliage of every hue, have certainly
enjoyed myself even while attending to
urgent business. and had my early days
been spent there, l should not wish to
live elsewhere. The planters make
their homes more attractive than we
do in this county, but | am constrained
to believe that the free ard frequent
communion Of Patrons of Husbandry
will soon effect a change for the better
among us. We want attractive homes
throughout the land, and then young
men will not sigh for the wilds of Tex
as and other Western States. We can
not wonder at their desire to leave an
exhausted soil and move farther West,
when there is nothing to bind them to
tho spot of their birth. We talk of
learned professions. and if there is a
son in a family that exhibits signs of
unusual promise, he must be made a
lawyer or doctor. And it is a com
mon notion. if q young man goes
through college, and gets the little
smattering of learning that is commu-
nicated there. he has too much knowl-
edge for a farmer. Was there ever a
more preposterous opinion afoat in a
communityp What! a man that has
under his control all the varied condi'
tons of animal and vegetable life
does lie need no mental power? God
fitted one man for the most responsible
station Of life. He made him wiser
than all before or after him. We have
no account Of his bestowing upon him
any of the learning of the schools.
But in what was he learned? In ma
ture. He spoke concerning the trees,
from the cedar that is in Lebanon even
unto the hyssop that springeth out OF