The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-11-10

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/ 1t may not be fattering to our pride but
/ these impostors, though reeking with cor
ruption, are doing the cause Of the Presi-
! dent more good than his most able and zeal
Gus friends Their beastly behavior in pres
! enee of good society, to which they were
/ wholly unaceustomed, has disgusted all dA
/ cent men, regardless Of color; while their
/ bigoted ignorance has exposed the fell pur-
/ poses of the Radical party, and VIII awaken
/ the nation to a sense of its real danger
/ Thus viii the madness of our enemies con
/ tribute to the triumph of our cause"
/ These and such are the men who are now
/ leading, or rather driving, the Republican
party to 6heir inevitable destruction; and
/ though bind prejudice may, for time, OBJ
scure the fact, we may rest assured that the
/ Intelligent Northern mind VIII not be slow
/ to appreciate them according to their merits
/ and when done, even the negroes, for whom
/ they express such devoted Affection viii re-
/ pudiate them, for, if there is any sentiment
/ above all others Ia the negro mind, it Is the
! feeling Of supreme contempt they entertain
/ towards white man who thinks himself no
! better than negro.
! Ia this connection may also add the ne
/ groes are not slow to learn who are their
/ best friends, and .Ehen one party proposes
/ to let them vote and starve, while the other
/ purposes giving them good wages, and pay
ing them promptly, and then protecting them
/ In the enjoyment of the fruits Of their labor,
and otherwise dealing honorably and fairly
with them, they will soon make a sensible
selection Of those to rely on, and will promptly
show the world the choice they have made,
/ as well as the reasons therefor
/ need not remind Southern men of their
duty to this unfortunate race, beyond saying
that we must by open kindness and whole
some advice, win back their confidence, and
| thus rescue them from the misery to which
| their pretended friends, for base and selfish
purposes, are driving them We owe them
| this for innumerable acts of past fidelity,
and for their more than exemplary conduct,
to- and ours, during the dark period through
I! which we passed.
| There are but very few negroes land these
/ few notoriously the most worthless to their
/ own race,) who care, or say, anything about
/ the elective franchise and it would, in my
| opinion, bo an easy task to convince the most
intelligent, and through them the masses,
that they are Cat least during their transi-
| ton atage,) better off without than with It !;
and, if we believe they would be, Gas all
practical minds must admit, the duty of so
| convincing them cannot be neglected with
{ impunity, seeing they are, and must remain,
an important element in our midst, it Is to
the interest of all that they be made con
lGuJcU anu nupily, anu LnuS LuGy VIII De
/ come prosperous and useful
| Having shown on whom we must RELY for
the most speedy development Of the desired
! revolution in the Northern mind you ask
/ What then are our duties? In part reply
to this, allow me to relate brief portion of
/ q conversation had with the President last
! spring, In course of which said . In reply
to numerous inquiries from my friends, ask
Ing how most appropriately to support your
/ policy, | have answered: Let politics alone,
| and make a good crop" To this, with evi-
dent approval, he replied That was the
! best advice you could have given them, and
l hope they will adopt it
This is the key to the entire answer: We
must simply attend diligently to our various
voeations cultivate our rieh lands develop
our dormant resources open additional
! channels of Recommendation build up
manufactures, and encouage our people to
! practice In peace the valuable lessons of
seli-reiiance, taught them by necessity dur
ing the existence of the blockade and inter
! diction of trade with the Northern States.
Throw politics to the dogs, and make
money, which viii do US more good, and
make us more independent
This IN the North Is no political contest,
as we understand politics.
There politics Is q branch Of regular busi-
ness, and positions are the commodities
dealt in. At present, the Radicals enjoy the
monopoly Of this trade, and reap large profits,
and are making death struggle to retain
| their power and, unfortunately for the speedy
success of Conservatism, the politicians and
manufactures are mutually interested in
maintaining Radical supremacy; the politi-
/ clans of that school thus retaining the lucra-
tive traffic in places, and the manufactures
! enjoying the benefits OF u tariff and revenue
law, each equally disgracetul to our statutes
and oppressive to the people.
Fortunately we are able to appropriate to
! ourselves the benefits OF this sectional legis-
| lation, by simply developing our natural re-
I sources for the manufacture of the articles
now so unfairly protected.
We possess equal energy and ingenuity, and
| a soil and climate favorable to the production
in rich profusion and at small cost Of all
the necessaries that they produce, while
they cannot produce our ruling staple and
/ the lessons Of the past five years teaches, not
only that American cotton Is indispensable,
bat, that like the SybiIs bOcks leaves it be-
! comes more valuable, as it diminishes in
quantity; so that, in fact, one million bales
/ VIII sell for as much as four.
If the cotton States viii only produce one,
or one and a half million bales of cotton
per annum, and devote the remainder of
their labor and capital to the production and
/ manufacture Of such articles as they have
heretofore bought from the North, they will
not only supply their wants at home, but viii
compel the purchaser to pay at least four
I times as much for cotton as they would if q
crop of five million bales had been produced.
This is the argument, and the only one of
sufficient weight, to arouse the sensibilities
Of such as are influenced alone by pecuni-
ary considerations.
We need not say this policy cannot be
practically adopted when it Is remembered
that this same people ceased the production
of cotton till it advanced from eight to one
hundred and ninety cents per pound, and
that in spite Of most effective blockade
they provided themselves, for nearly five
years with all the necessaries, and many Of
the luxuries Of life.
1t can be done; and the numerous manu-
factories that are springfng into existence in
various parts of the Southern States, and the
attention that Is being directed to the pro-
duction of grain and grapes, and the raising
of cattle, sheep, hogs, mules, etc, show that
it will be done, and that promptly, till legis-
lators, heretofore unable to rise above sec