The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-05

| IiCst times, have been anti-COnstitutiOnal
in all your proclivilics, Coutcmptuos
disregard Of constitutional obligations is
not now the mere germ Of 4 doctrine; it
is 4 part Of your settled creed, Before
the war, and since, you have troddcn un-
der foot every provision contained in the
great charter Of our liberties, ! do not
speak nj random challenge you TO
designate single constitutional right of
the states, or individuals, which you
have not at some time, or in some way
deliberately violated,
LAwLE-sNEs- AND "LoYALTY.'
This contempt for the constitution
this practical denial that an OATH
to support it is sacred, implies n disrc-
gard Of all laws, human and divine, aud
when adopted, it left nothing TO guide
You except the propcnsitcS evil or good
Of your natural hearts, Many Of you
(and notably you yoursclD contracted
no individual guilt, because you wcrct0o
proud for petty larceny, too benevolent
for hgh-handcd robbery, and too full Of
kindness to break wantonly into the
tabernacle Of human life But generally
the moral principles Of the ultra aboli-
tioni,ts Cif they ever had amy became 80
wholly perverted that they saw nothing
wrong in the worst otlcn-eS that could he
committed against their political oppo-
ncnts, In their eyes, theft and murder
not only lost their iconious character,
but became mcritorious, if the victim,
lived south Of Mason n nNons line.
When John Brown stole horses in the
peace Of Col and the state of Missouri
he was taking his lawful booty; when he
,ncakcd into quiet Virginia village ON
a Sunday night and as'assnatcd defense
less citizens, he was hero; when he
died icIon's death ON the srallold, to
which he was justly condemned, he be-
came martyr.
THE DEMOCRATS or 1llE NOETII
You persist in misunderstanding the
anti-hclmm attitude Of the northern de
mocracy. We stood StcadIiwty Ivy the
union against all attrmptS OF the New
ENGLAND PARTY to break II up by Scrcs-
sion We sustained the constitution
against the lnrocouS assaults OF the abo-
Iitionists; we Iahorcd earnestly TO save
republican institutions ir"m lh' "'H'rU'-
ton with which they were threatened ny
YOU; and n long rs the southern people
acted with Us, we gratefully accepted
'ht,r "'' IT, ','r Wv" ,,,t "1' Mo l,rooro,i,
party desired the aggrandiHcmcnt oi
slavery, and "ylrlae1 'h'lt toil''''''''9
ON that subject TO the soU'h, IS grossly
4. l.., /,
unjust, If you mean TO '!,lrH' 'l''U' WIN
anything more than Willingness 10 pro-
tcct the southern, as W''' rs lhe 'or'',cr'l II RI.
and middle states IN the exercise Oh 'll'lI
constitutional rights we IA" "'Tl"H'u
of slavery within our own luri''Ic,!"il
according to our sense "l Houi' F"Il'Y
and justice hul we ,''' ,I'''' ',1 ~
press compact WIN I'' ","?l I''''' ~
leave the entire control OF lh'Ir domestic
affairs to themselves. we h'P, our GOV
Cnant, simply because IT, "o''" nave n'T"
groS. dishonesty to pft"N IT, ne "oo''
tioni>tS took diiieftm' Nl'M' ""' ,''"N',
to keep the ialih lh'y S"T,r ,,, ,,,,'l 's So',
'mnIy MS we dId |" o'NrIN' '''' 't,'',, y,
the bargain puV "t'2a',''E ';',, W rho r tct !.
II was Slh "1t 10 ,''I;, ~, ,;,,h, ,ncn,
.Iue I i, ,'.', W, ~ yh"nt nr stronrIc the men
N women OF inc NoT'l' w ",'',, ",t ~,
negro slavery hN' 'n3V Is It" "a,IvI,," ;olIoJ anr
If your assertion 'haV W.T. l''''' ""'
'onscienccs to them, l,,o nor,horn
Again You GhatHc tt: N,,'L "T,,I,,m ai,iaa
democracy with having ElyGn HI u; oa" @ ai'taGG i,T
to the southern pcoPlG' iu'H m '';i,',I,u ~ I
YOU say, in assuring Ii'Gh' I'a. !, ,,,, ,nry
ccedcd, we would take % Ilr,' PnIi"s',,HT n @'lain
my attempt TO '3r't t'''n' .1 ",'vH o,rnr "n"'"
nto the "n!%"' ~, !, ,,Lcn In rcraII vomr
md you will see II "%I'y, % Il, '',,, ,,r ,""' Lor
ttrntlon to tine 'acl', III a',n;m, a." "", .nrn. ,"
ations to southern h',' "E',',,' ','n,...i,n'
ion we were meV NY ti,v ,i,ni.,l pin,rnJcJ
heir fear that the a'"''i''o,,,I' I 'I,n,,Itnr
II amy event, to lhVWr lhr .n;, T"' n""ro%cn. n'"
hem some reason ~, Nv sor.o a", ,hrcots of
sion was gwen ny 'nr "',, n,nor;aIlv Inv
your leading 1,.',I n;,1 "I' admiration Of