The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-03

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and that Congress cannos loEallv ozejads
them because they claim to be repres .nta-
tives OF 2 States lately in rebellion Con
gress has a ri.shts-eaeh house acting for IL
self, under the Constitution, 70 decide
upon the election aad Qualification of It's
members.
& That the people Of the respectivs
states nave the right to regulate their own
domestic aiiairs as long as they act ctJnsis-
tentiy with the Constitution hence hia op-
position 70 any attempt on the part Of Con
gres5 70 t0r6E negro suffrage upon the peoplo
~ such policy Is calculated 70 widen rather
than to heal the- breach between the North
and South- ard to imp3re rather than bsne-
81 the negro.
s. Opposition to-any Interference at this
time wi5h the Constitution of the United
states, it being unsvise stltesmanship to en-
deavur to change the Fundamental law OF
the land IN the midst Of nigh excitement,
and not naegRGhip30us to do SO, when tho
people Of eleven of the States upon whom
the amendments are to operate have no repre-
sentative viii IN the Congress of the nation.
6 The guarantee of the payment of the
public debt incurred fer the maintenance OF
the Government
Z. The freedom of all the inhabitants of
the land, AMI their protection, by law in
the enjoyment Of life, liberty and prop
orty
We further resolve, That the present ad-
ministration Of the Government Of this
State, through informal in It's origin, was ess
tablished under circumstances and which
justified its creation, aud which, in tho in
terest OF peace and order, Is still entitled to
recognition and support; but it is due to
truth to say, that to receive that cordial sup-
port which good citizens desire - yield t.
government, It's measures should be temperI
ste, tolerant, aud healing IN their character,
just to ail, and vinidietive toward none;
earnestly striving for an early resumption,
both as regards the State and its people, Of
their proper and normal relations with the
Federal Government and such q restoration
Of law ana order "a viii relieve the people
ot the presence Of the military a0thoities,
andoE disquiet0de.
Thatwe approve most heartily, and en-
dor5e most fully the policy OF President
johnson in the administration OF the Coy
ernment and especially his recent message
vetoing the bill amsndabory to tho act estat-
fishing the Free linens Bureau.
Hons. Jordan Stokes, John S, Brien and
Neil s Brown also addressed the meeting
and were loudly applauded by the vast
assamblage. The proceedings of the con-
vention were marked by an eminently con-
ciliatory and conservative spirit. The
country, says the Nashville Republican
Banner, win be all the better for It. The
fair fame of the people Of Tennessee has
been vindieated Letters cordially endorsing
the objects for which the convention as
sembled were received from some of the
ablest and most prominent men the State,
as follows Hon Edmond Cooper, Hon.
Cave johnson, General Frank Cheatam,
Andrew Mccain, w u Dewitt, W w.
Hon. Jno. II Savage, Hon.
Jno w Leftwich and others
The convention. on motion, adjourned
sine de on the afternoon of the same day
on which it was Organized, and By the ev-
ening of the Esd most, if not all Of the del
egates, were on the way to their respective
homes
During the sitting of the convention
there was some disposition shown by few
radicals who had erept into the hall to ere
ate connection but their efforts were in
vain, as the great mass of the delegates set
their faces firmly against all Il. easures that
were calculated to divert the minds of those
there assembled from the canncls Of reason
and purity Of purpose.