The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-10-19
selYidoro Correspondence.
BEINDERE, Tenn. Oct II %

P'umed and belted Knight with lance a
rest, he seems to have become SO terror
stricken that his later utterances hay,
been mere gibberish to the newspape,
reader and the general inquiry is
What does all this vaporing amount
tor There certainly is in it neither
Wit, argument or elegant diction.
After bcaboring us for weeks fol
casually referring to some local Incl
cents relative to the past and present
condition OF things, he comes up with
hands full Of ancient sediment and poIts
lis, and cries, You fought MS to com.
pei us to let you stay here" o tenn
pora' . morcs! Why, Mr.. Editor,
we never fought him-hc never fought
anyJo,y
We would not care to discuss issues,
if he has any, with him longer; but his
conccitcd thought Of conSenting for us to
live here demands word or two. We
desire to have "Rustic" informed that
we ask no mans cOaaM to be where we
are. Our lands are not acquired by
Agraran laws, or by fraud or conquest.
They were purchased and paid for with
due forms Of law, and we are here. by
the divine right Of every American citi-
1en--to purchase and make home in Il
lawful way wherever the American flag
waves. Our obligations have been met,
our doctors bills have been paid, and
no man has the right to say he has con-
'""ted to our citizenship-it issimpIy ar
rogance, AS well might we consent to
MS application Of Il mustard-plastcr On
he spinal column Of some one Of his be-
owed " adopted citizens"
What is all this jargon about, any
way? Why consume himself in wrath
or the saying Of Il word or two, of what
he Tennessee press spends columns in
aging every day? The Nashville
Fortd says, "The South has, in the last
cw years, walked up from its lcthargy,
nd is exhibiting some spirit in the way
4 manufactures And again: "l'ho
low-golng people Of the South have
much to learn by coming in contact
With Yankee pluck, push and enter
rise. There is no doubt about it,"
he Imerjcan has said the same thing,
n different words, Il hundred times, and
ct the bowels Of" Rus;ic's wrath are
eNt.
And now comes Exit" from Salem,
mindful Of this great journalistic Oc-
opus, and says that B2lvidcre is the
nest farming district in the county,
hen IS years ago it would not
sprout speckel peas" Alas! poor
kit sigh for thee, wIeA Rustic "
urns the hose from his ink-bottle upon
our devoted head and quenchcs your
ital spark-when the autopsy is past
nd your bones are left bleAchng along
he hcathery fields.
And then Rustic" amblcs along
nd talks Of friendship, as though Il lit
lie newspaper talk would blast the
friendship Of cultivated mcn-and that
y learning the ways Of the people here
little longer We would be all right.
Why, Mr.. Editor, We know the people
# Tennessee from Garter to Shelby We
AVE broken bread with them in every
condition, from the hut to the palace.
We know a hundred people where
Rustic " knows one, and no doubt we
layo really hundred times the respect
or them that he pretcnds to have.
He wrings his hands and makes gcs-
urcs as though some one had struck
Billy Patterson" or had denied some
hing. We have never denied that the
daughters of Tennessee were fair, or all
hat fancy can paint them. We gave to
me Of them the deepest affections Of the
human heart We have not denied
hat her sons are brave. Have we not
cen them, in the smoke and flame Of
,attle, 20 down in blood for an idea, or
or love, or home, or country? Have
yc ever said that their fame will not
i've as long as the annals Of mankind
ndure? Nothing Of the sort. You
night as well blot out the ornament. /
What then! We have simply said that
}2lvdcre had 4 place on the map Of the
world; that it was Il good place long
yavs ahead Of what it was Is years
20; that Sharbcr had conquered the
i'd fields at last; that L" Rustic" had
ospaircd of in AUD Lang Syne," and
D I! Rustic" wakes up in an ossiiicd
ondton from a Rip Van Wrinkle sleep
nd goes on 30 rave Of everything back
. the time Of Pompcy and Cesar Au- ;
ustus
Now, whatever lesson this cores
ondencc may teach d" Rustic" it may
&c inferred that he will hereafter exam
ne the windmill he sets out to tear
own, or he may find that underneath
IS shattered wings there may be
elmet and a drawn sword. |,
We sincerely beg the pardon Of the
ouRNAL for all this wordy war. We
ad laid out simple path to walk IN
nd to tell of our domestic concerns.
We did not expect to meet this voc'iGr'
us Don Q charging up the lane lie
as diverted us from the path OF our
,,t,, and nur rhnicp We have been