The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-02-01
Current Opinion,

Senator Sherman and his fellow.
patriots of the same school owe an
apology TO the nation for their false rep.
reservations concerning Louisiana, Troy
Press.
II is plain that the southern politicians
mean business. They speak in acts, not
adjectives. Rhetoric they leave 10 their
obedient northern followers.--Forney.
1t becomes the house of representa-
tives " discountenance, resist and defeat
any proposition that looks to the as.
sembling Of the two houses in the senate
chamber, for the purpose of counting the
electoral votes--M. Louis Times.
II radicalism succeeds, the devil tri-
umphs. Henceforth perjury. Truth
succumbs. Right goes TO the wall. Free
dom isa myth; independence a utopian
idea-a fancy, a creation OF diseased i'm
a~gination--the delirium of brain fever.
Liberty has no foundation in America
Indianapolis Sentinel.
As the attorney general argues, the
use OF troops is necessary to free and fair
vote but as the fairness of the court has
come TO be even more important than
the fairness of the vote, n supplementary
opinion on the need of troops about the
returning boards would BIO even mort
valuable. - Boston Post.
II the cross- marked afidavits which
Mr.. Sherman received from Kellogg and
Packard were read to the negroes who
signed them, il Is also safe to Say that
the majority of them would swear that
they did not swear what was represented.
Every one 40 far who has had his affidavit
read to him has repudiated it absolutely.
Here, then, is downright forgery aud
fraud, palmed first upon the United
States senate by a report sent to the body
by the president Of the United States,
and then circulated officially throughout
the country New York Express.
The heart OF the northern democracy
il fixed in its purpose its voice has gone
forth with no uncertain sound. 1t re-
mains for the south 10 declare itself with
equal frmness and emphasis. Our lead.
era in congress must rise To the hight OF
the argument, and brace their nerves to
meet the exigencise of the situation.
They must understand that they are the
servants Of a people who will not consent
TO zee CHER dearest rights bartered away
by timeserving politicians, and who are
prepared for anything rather than a
compromise with usurpation.-New Or
leans Pn0vme.
That there must he an understanding
between the senate and the executive
must be apparent to all men the moment
the %unsurpatiOn Is clearly shaped. The
senate would not dare to venture upon
so lawless Il step unless it lad the as
surance OF the executive that they would
be sustained in it; for it would be an act
OF violence than would not stand a mo-
ment unless sustained by force-by the
bayonets at the command of the execu-
tive. This is the very conspiracy which
some of the wisest Of the fathers of the
republic apprehended; and they thought
they had provided against t-RichmOnd
D$patch.
Everybody who knows anything of the
situation, knows that the republican ne
groes of the south will not tolerate those
of their own color in voting with the
democrats. While there have been
abuses on both sides, in those republican
states where persons and property are
not protected-wherc the executive
officers are most Industrious in shielding
plunderers than in protecting the inn0-
cent--therc is no doubt that ten demo-
cratic negroes have been inundated
where one republican has been induced
to change his vote by anything of the
kind. The carpet aggers care nothing
for the rights of blacks or whites. Their
object is to plumber Hartford Times.
Now and again we find 6ippant para
graphs in the newspapers about the dry
discussions Of the constitutional provis-
ions for the election Of II president which
are occupying 30 much space in the pub
lie prints. Fortunately for the coun-
= try, these discussions are not dry; in
stead of that, they are the most attrac-
tive reading matter which can he fur
nishcd at the drcsent time to thoughtful
citizens. We have often Iamcntcd the
fact that during the war the tcste Of the
constitution was so infrequently-and
often necessarily SO applied TO public
F, questions. 1t is safe to say that nine
tenths of the citizens who have become
voters since 1858 are without that
knowledge of the constitution which was
/, common among all classes before the
|, war.-Mew York Post.