The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-01-18
Political Matters.


INC lHlllflGt w h"N
hes been, and still ls' very
nreiudicial to immigration IN l'e
So1lhern States. Ifit had no! been
far iLis influence, we should nave Sc
cured a much larger immigration t''"n
wc did last year, II our Northern
people only knew the true condition o.
things South, and the true sentiments
orthe great mass orthe Southern peo-I
nle, they would feel just as safe IN inc
South as in the North, and certainly
see less excitement, and feel less cause
| o. alarm at the final result i
The fact is, the Southern people, OF
all the people in the United STATES
have had enough Of war aud its terri
bic consequences; II, therefore, mere
is auy collision-an and we have no iears
ofi,--the North must bear the reSPon~
sibiljty this time,
1t has been the universal testimony
OF every one WHO has come down since
and before the election, that they 40
not see one tenth part OF the excite
ment or solicitudc about the lina' re-
suit, in the South, that they saw mani
tested in the North. In fact, they are
perfectly surprised at the qulctude ana
apparent Indifference as 10 what Tie
| decision will he, so an impartial ana
faithful count is had. They say, too
that "You S%outherners seem 10 have
more confidence in the sovereign peo'
pie than we Of the North do"
Now we wish again to say, what we
have often and repeatedly said to our
Northern friends, that the great BODY
Of Southern people invite all good pco,
pic to settle among them, and they VIII
receive them cordially, and treat them
Kindly, il they prove themselves worthy
of such a reception and treatment. Inc
same course Of conduct that makes Il
rood citizen in the North will make a
FOOD citizen in the South. There are
those. in both %sectians, who are never
in fellowship with their neighbor9-
} those "whoso hands are against every
, man, and every mans hands arc
AGAINST them"-busy bodies, tattlers-
Jealous, notwithstanding is rlgh'
unless it conforms to what they have
! been used to. Such people will be II
/, bad odor, and unpopular anywhere
! II does not stand to reason that an.
people would not gladly receive goo(
| citizens, that come with capital ant
skill, ready to unite with them in dc
| veloping their resources, and in build
ing up good institutions. The onl,
} dividing and dis urbing element-6la
! very--is gone, and that forever, an
, to day, we verify believe, and we hav
taken great pains to inform ourself o
| that subject, in our extensive travels i
; the South, we verify believe, if it wer
nut to Il vote as to the e.establishmer
of slavery, more votes would be cas-
l for it in the North than in the South.
We have heard the leading men O
the South, from the stump, in the leg
~islative halls, from the pulpit, and i
private conversation, and the languag
Of ninety nine one-hundredths of then
breathes the same spirit rs the follow
ing from n speech Of Hon. Ben. Hill
Of Georgia, at \ thens, q short time ago
} My Southern cOuntrymcn, the op
| p%ortunity for our revenge has come II
last, and let it be thorough and com
plete. But how shall we take rcvcng'
, upon oar enemies? Not by invadin!
their country, nor burning their house
nor insulting their women! Not b.
placing disabilities upon their grea
men, nor by DISTINGUISHING their PEG
pie! Not by placing them under tI'
rule OF ignorace and crime, rcconstrnc
ting their States, and using the army
to protect their robbers! No, no W.
will do none of these things. We shall
take revenge by giving them what theiI
own Republican leaders have been I'M
able and unwilling to give them--hon
est. peaceful, constitutional govern
mcat. We will labor for our whole
country, and Cypress no part of it! We
shall guard sacredly the public credit,
and pay faithfully the public debt. We
shall make every foot of our soil sa.
cred to freewen, and every freeman
proud that he is an American citizen
Finally, we shall now build up again
our dcsolate South, and make it bright
err, happier. Our children shall love
it as the dearest land under the sun
once deceived and often w%rOngrd, but
always honorable and brave and for
giving"
OF course there are ~ire-eaters in tho
South, as well as in the North, and we
protest, as do all good citizens in the
North, against this class being taken
as the standard of public sentiment.
IT. conclusion, we would say, and VIC
stake our reputation upon the assertion
Come South in the true spirit Of an
American citizen, that loves the Union.
and is ready and willing to labor to
cement its people into q band of loyal
and law-abiding citizens, and you will
find the South ready to receive and
welcome you.
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