The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-30
Meeting Of The LegisIature.

The mongrel horde composing the so-called
legislature Of Tennessee have been notified
by the bugler Of Stevens, Sumner & Co, to
assemble at Nashville on the 4th Of July /;
yes, BrOwnlow has blown his horn and the
dogs are on their way to the kennel Among
the high-sounding notes which appear in his
proclamation Of the 18th, is the following:
"In view Of the rebellious conduct Of so
many of our people, and the treachery of
those who controlled her action, Congress
has deemed it necessary TO require Of as GER
tain conditions precedent as guarantees for
our future loyalty. To this end it has been
deemed necessary to the future security Of
the whole country that the State Legislature
should ratify certain amendments to the
Constitution Of the United States which may
be briefly stated as follows:
l. Equal protection of al citizens In the
enjoyment OF life, liberty and property.
2. That classes who are DISTINGUISHED with
out crime shall not be taken into account in
fixing the basis Of Federal representation
3. That certain persons who have proved
themselves dangerous to the peace of the
country shall not be eligible to Office
4. The validity Of the National debt shall
not be questioned, while ali debts incurred
in aid Of the rebellion are illegal and void.
these terms are mild in the extreme; and il
Is hoped that there is nothing in them repug-
nant to the sentiments of the loyal, or if
there be, that all objections will be yielded
apOa the altar Of our common country.
Tbad. Stevens enabling act," it will re,
membered, has just passed both houses Of
Congress and is now a law so far as that body
can make tit requires ratification by
three-fourths of the States which, in all pro
liability it will get Brownlow has been called
upon to play his part in the dirty role and
answers promptly to the call Here is asection
Of the enabling act which relates espe
cially to this State, from which it will be seer
that negro suffrage is the cornerstone, and
that Tennessee can get her Representatives
into Congress, provided all the negroes in the
State over % years Of age are allowed to eE-
ercise the elective franchise:
Therefore be it enacted That the State
of Tennessee may be admitted to represen
tation in Congress, and her present SENATOR
and Representatives if found to be duly ap
pointed elected aud qualified, may be ad
mitted TO seats on taking the oath provided
that unless said State of Tennessee, shall BE
PORE THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT, eithe,
by LEGISLATION or constitutional provis
ion enfranchise all classes Of her citizens
and extend the right Of suffrage impartiaH
to eueTy class, and shall give 70 every person
within her jurisdiction an equal standing
In all her courts Of law and equity, both a
suitors and witnesses, and shall ratify th'
addition to the Constitution, article II, pro
posed by this Congress, then the provision
Of this act 30 far as they relate to the State
of Tennessee, exclusively, shall cease, ant
be null and void, and said State shall no Ion
ger DO represented in Congress"
As soon as this outrageous insult to ever
true woman and man IN the South, or eve
the North, is acted upon as desired by tn
miserable white men haters and negro woI
shippers who have stole their way into place
of power, the representatives of Tennessee
will be allowed to take their seats in Congress
and not before. Why not leave this grea
and vital question to the people themselves
If the people desire representation unde
such humiliating conditions, all well an
good; but it is not right for few irrespOl
sible persons, coming from no one know
where, and claiming to be clothed with al
thority that was never delegated to them
take it upon themselves to actin the premise
There is no doubt but what the legislatul
will comply with the portion of the enablir
act which we print aboHe-but it will on
be the concurrence Of the legislature ar
not that of the people of Tennessee.
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