The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27
a ELOQUENT appeal

exchange, ls tfoEH the pen OF sir. Taylor,
recently elected to the Congress of the Uni
ted States, from the State Of Alabama It
is the conclusion Of series Of articles, writ
ten for the National 1ntelligeneer, entitled,
The case ofthe Southern Members Of Con-
gress."
these articles evince a thorough knowI-
edge Of the various theories Of government
which have agitated and divided the public
mind Of the country from the foundation Of
the republic, and have already given Mr.
Taylor a fine reputation as profound think
er and an elegant writer. Some years ago
Mr. Taylor contributed a series of articles
20 the Home Journal entitled Tales Of the
South, ~ which we're graeed with every orna-
ment Of style, and established the fact that
his literary attachments were of the highest
order If admitted to his seat in Congress-,
there Is every reason to believe that Mr.
Taylor viii add another cubit to his stature
by proving himself a worthy successor to
such men as j. L. NJ Curry, L @. G. Lamar
and Robert Hatton, who before the.late war
reflected so much honor upon themselves
and upon the South by their parliamentary
efforts in the capital OF the Nation
But it is time, Messrs Editors that I
should bring this, fear, too extended dis
cuss;On to q close ] cannot do so however
consistently with my sense Of duty to the
country, without presenting, IN a condensed
and somewhat rhetorical form, and an ap-
peal both to the judgment and the sensibili-
ties Of the public, the case Of these South
ern members.
Far away IN the South, there lies a beau
tiful land, warmed by glowing suns, and
famed by cooling breezes from the sea. Its
soil is fertile, its air is pure, and its produc-
tons rich and varied as those of the tropics
The bravery Of its sons has become proyerb-
ial and It's daughters, fair as the danes of
Caucasus, are as yirtuous as they are fair
This glowing cline has born its full part in
the perils of the country, and contributed
its full share Of glory and of fame to the
nation. It's heroic dead lie buried on all
the battle fields Of the Republic The fiery
genius of It's sons has added to the paria-
mentary and forensic glory Of the land. Its
morals, like its intellect, are vigorous in
type. It's social life is pure. Over this fair
and abo, nding cline, IN an evil hour, the
fell.spirit Of sectional discord brought the
sweep Of the hurricane breath of war The
earthquake jar Of contending hosts shook
its hills, and the plains ran red with the
blood Of its slaughtered people After the
desolation had spread far and near, the
plague Of war was stayed. It's smoke lifted
from the battle-felds Of the strife, and it was
seen that the fair and fruitful land which.
four years before, had entered into the arena
Of the conflict almost paradise of lowell
ness and plenty, was no more. There stood
IN Its place a charred and desolate Iand-a
land riven by the bolts Of war, drenched in
blood, and filed with dead mems bones
Myriads of its noblest sons had gone down
to the red burial Of the brave on the battle
fields of the strife, or persisted by the varied
casuali of war Widowhood and orphan
age filed its habitations In every house
hold there was gloom; IN every heart a grief
fatal blight had fallen upon all its mate
rial interests and pursuits Its fields were
desOiate, It's villages waste, its proudest cit
les in chains AL but the fragments of its
wealth. the virtues of lis women. and the
heroic resolve of its men to bear and to con-
quer an adverse fate had persisted To this
sorrOwing and stricken land there came
from a benigant Government voices of en-
couragement and words Of cheer It's peo-
pie were invited to political resuscitation
under new order Of things, and to seats in
the family circle of the nation. Accepting
the summons, they have beaten their swords
into Ploughshares and their spears into prun-
ing hooks. To every requisition Of the Gov
ernment they have yielded full and unre-
served obedience. Acquiescing in all the
results of the war as final and conclusive
upon them both in honor and in fact they
have ratified the sternest issues of the stru9-
gle by pulling down their social and indus
trial fabric, and laying its cornerstone ON
the foundation of new and to them, an
untrled policy. They have modified their
organic laws and helped to modify the or
ganic law of the nation, adapting them to
the new order of things They knew no
other purpose, they cherished no other re-
solve than to be true to their plighted word
with the nation, and henceforth loval to its
flag and obediant to its laws That their
former relations with the Union of their
fathers might be restored, they have, in com
pliance with express invitation from the ma
tional authorities, recognized their State
governments and chosen representatives to
both branches of Congress. Some Of those
are now in this CITY, More
Of them were present in the Capitol halls on
the day the Congress opened its session.
They stood and knocked ut the door of the
family mansion of the Republic, demanding,
as the family birthright, admission to it, FIRE
side and participation in the inequalities of
its board. The door has been shut in their
faces. With a grief too deep for tears many
Of them have already gone, and soon all Of
them viii go back tn their wr0nged and
people to tell them the tale of the
scornful rejection of the proffered hand of
family reunion. Upon the heart of that
pecOlei brave ana noble as they are, viii de-
scend a sorrow to deep for utterance-sor-
row for their desolate homes, sorrow for
their wasted land given. over again, and for
how long they are unable to know, to the raw
ages of peace that Is war in all but the
name. But their grief viii not be accom-
panied by unmanly repinings From it
there will spring no revolt in their outward
allegiance, no appeal to the sword as the
avenger of their wrong Their purpose in
that regard is F" nominated in the bond n' of
their honor, and that bond they will keen
inviolate forever But from the agents who
merely hold the keys and occupy by per
mission the flnily mansion Of the ration,
they will appeal to the principals of these
agents, to the real owners of the mansion
the people, the whole people Of the United
States of America The decision which
they will render in the case may be collect
ed even now from their antecedents ard
character. 1t comes in the prophetic utter
ances of the popular wish, which reach this |
city from far and near through the land It
is syllabled in voices from the pulpit and the
hustings. Is is heralded by that portion of
the press that is conservative in character
and national in spirit. Its solemn tones