Year: 1866

Farming Prospects-Anticipated Return of the


Good Old Times ''-Returned Confedcrates


Hard at --PoIitics-President Johnson's


Policy, etc.. etc.


LEwlsRURG. Marshall County, Tenn, March q,
ls66.-fse condition Of things in our County in
these times Of unsettled political excitement, may
NOT be without interest to some of your readers ;
hence propose saying few words touching our
Affairs. The people have resumed. with more en-
ergy than at any time before or during the late
war. their farming interests, and if stock was su-
cient. we might expect with q coed season a
greater yield in the way Of produce than we have
had for many years. Cotton. as the only means of
bringing in the Greenbacksv to pay old debts.
and meet the necessary expenses of family and
Government. will be planted and cultivated to q
greater or less extent by all the farmers. Some
stock is being brought to our county from the
Northwestern States, and bringing good prices.
We hope thereby in few years to be able to re-
turn to our usual former habits of grass growing
and stock raising, as Of old. We hope the sad
experience Of the last FIVE years will develop
more attention to these things and awaken an en-
ergy amongst our people. which will produce the
legitimate effect of more grass, grain, &C., finer
and better stock Of all kinds. greater real yield
to the producer less exhaustion to- and neglect of
the soil, more dense and industrious population,
school and church interests revived mechanics of
all kinds take higher and more permanent place
in our county, and thus render families and COM
munities more homogeneous and, consequently,
more happy-and our children who are soon to fol-
low and take our places, We hope will be prepared
to meet with courage and moral firmess the duties
of life, better prepared to work out their destiny
than their unfortunate predecessors have done.


But | set out to say something about our poll
tics. Well. TO be candid we have none-but we
trust that this political chaos will not last much
longer. Whilst all other Interests are being re-
vived from a state Of chaos, certainly those of
State and Federal interests are not less important
than they. The war is over-the negro is free
the United States supreme. We all believe and
admit that a few of our noble sons, whom we love
not 50 much because they were rebels as because
they are of us, sprung from and part of our own
nature-haye returned, whilst the memory looks
over the many fields of blood and carnage, sad
dened with gloom and deep sorrow for the bleach
ing bones Of many weloved. But | say some have
rsturned and all nearly all have gone to ,oork.
some in the field of cotton and grain, others in
their shops, and officers and others to their ner-
chandise-and all with al honest desire to recu-
perate from losses and damages of tCdr. The rebel
sympathizers who were at home and voted in the
elections of February March, and helped to elect
our Governor and State Legislature. talk politics
little, and begin to feel like having some former
rights restored to them and are rather desirous to
have their sons and neighbors who were less for
tunate than themselves restored to the same high
privilege.


But of the originally loyal citizens of whom
there are few. must say. that as general thing
they are industrious. prudent, kind and familiar
and desire with all of US to see the happy days
Of peace and prosperity once more. All are alike
tired Of strife and war, and want peace, perma-
nent substantial peace. peace from which there
can be no more reaction to tcar All regret any
reason for disagreement much less disruption in
State or National Councils. Our able and labori-
Gus representative, A. A. Steele. who may be re-
garded as the leading spirit amongst loyalists-
has, aud is laboring hard to heal former dissen-
tiOns, and conciliate the people upon basis that
ought and will satisfy all reasonable thinking
men in our country. and we deeply regret that
any necessity should arise to keep him out of
position in which his labors has ben so useful and
to which he has given the energies of his mind
and soul. (and they are by no means ordinary. He
will, doubt be reelected on the 3lst and if so,
we hope that a more cOnciliatory spirit will per-
wade our Legislative bodies and thus avoid any
necessity for trouble in the future. If so and our
great national councils can be harmonized. we
may soon hope to have peace, quiet. good order
and uniOn-and our successful brethren Of the
North can then come down and feel that they are
Of us, and may. | hope, soon become citizens
amongst us, and assist in reinspiring d" the dead
bones" in these beautiful valleys, once more to
bloom and blossom as the rose. Why not? echo
answers whyl-Let the Conservative answer why.
Let the Radical answer why? let all answer why?
All acknowledge or should, and / think will if
prudence prevails-that the United States are su-
preme and that loyal men should govern Amer
ica-and when we say this we mean those men
who are sincerely and honestly loyal to the Gov
not prefering the success or perpetuity
of party OF party interests, and men who are
qualified. and honest-and of that number we
arc slow to believe, but that his name North and
South may appropriately be called Legion
and although many may perish as many have done
in the process ofreorganizaton. or Reconstruction
\ ct, as Mr.. Seward in his wisdom and far sighted
sagacity would say, "0thers equally qualified and





policy Of President johnson meets with general
favor in this country. Union men felt proud of
him as a champion and leader during the dark
hours of rsbellion-the man in whom they can
confde now as they did when the ship of State
was well nigh wrecked, whilst former rebels re-
cognize a magnanimity and generosity, far ex-
ceeding the hopes or expectations of the most
'anguine; and as they honored him during the
halcyOn days of peace. they feel again to return
grateful Acknowledgements for his generosity and
raternal kindness, in this their hour of need-all
ook hopefully for a successful triumph his poll
especially so since many of the great
md pure of the North and of the Government
'uch rs Seward. Bates. Blair and Others, are Civ
ng him the full benefit of their counsel and
cordial cooperation. Then let us not be despond
mt distrustful. but look to the all-wise Cover
nor not only Of governments and kingdoms. but
1f the universe. that He may use His agents in
his h.<ar of disquiet and unrest to the American
eaders and American people. that the old ship
4 state" may make safe and happy anchorage.
,ither by direct entrance into the harbOr or if
iced be. by more steady and careful avoidance
II breakers ahead. go around and make the land
ng safer STILL In either event. the good people |
will all say well done; come in and take shell |
er under the old tree of liberty once more, and |
'eneath the folds Of the star spangled banner of
once wrecked but resucitated Union" To those |
# our people in this county--for / write for them
who have lately been in rebellion. If l had but |
ne sentence OF advice and encouragement to give |
would be that they take the late speech of Hon. |
l. II. stephens to the Georgia Legislature, read it
t home around the family hearthstone to all the |
members ofthe family after night fall, then read |
chapter from the Bible. and; if praying man,
and every head of family should be-. say your
'rayers before going to rest, and repeat il until
hey can fully understand its meaning, and be-
ONE thoroughly infused with its spirit.


NJ.


8asa $685.


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