The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-05
30, watohman. what Of the Night !

From the Metropolitan Record.
1t Is difficult if not impossible, for one who
has never encountered at sea one of those
fearful storms, which lash the ocean into a
wild fury" betokening instant death to all on
board, to realise the full import of the words.
at the head Of this article. The helmsman,
in such circumstances feels the Importance
Of their Specification, and listens with in
tense solicitude for the reply Such is now.
the dark night of our adversity as people
as States, as q Republican Government The
vessel has steered clear Of the most appalling
dangers in the past four years but the port
of safety has not been reached The iurid
fash of Gods artillery has passed away, the
" Bow Of Peace spans the heavens, and vet
there is fearful, raging, increasing, widen
ing and deepening chasIn between the hopes
awakened and the enjoyment promised
Brave, TesOlute, far-seeing men stand aghast
at the distinct rumblings Of the fast ap-
preaching moral shock, which impends over
US as a free people, and pOrtends caos to ali
constitutional government The darkness Of
night Obseures the light of truth, and nav
eztinguish the last ray Of lingering hope
When nation, rescued from one danger
now trembles on the verge of a still greater
shUekj when in peace we are at war when
ali the functions of. a constitutional govsfn.
ment are in fun existencej when Federal
and State governments are, under the Com
stitution reunited; the judiciary in unre-
strained OPeratiOnzs the sExeeutige clear IN
his lofty perceptions of duty, stern IN his in
tegrity, and resOlute In his high and inereas-
ing responsibilities, at his pOst-true as
steel and determined to rescue the C0nstifu-
ton from the mad and frspzied grasp of ITS
enemies; It IS a sad and whitening contem-
plation to behold the Legislative department
of the Government occupying oil Of its time
and misapplyings all Of It's abilities for no
other purpose than to distract the peopleF IN
fuTiate their evil passions and force upon the
/ Government the necessity Of stern measures
to arrest the indications of a fearful
revolution. Hence, we say no watch1nan.
what Of the nj ht2 -.sf. rsr er-f.
/ Let this cry 20 up 70 the Executive branch
/ Of the Government at WashingtOn. and LET
/ it startle the Federal and state iudfeiarr
everywhere from It's seeming sleep Of death
! The People Are theg "hewers Of wood
| and drivers Of water" TO the madmen who
/ are now seeking to plunge them into anoth-
-er revolution, IN order to gain power? The
Statesl Are they 80 many prizes to be gam
/ bled Tor IN this miserable lottery, amOnga
, few " bad, eminent men2" The Constitu.
toni Is It to be made a SCOT, a Jest, by
word through the world a mere DLavtHfjio
In the hands Of such ignobIe spirits as sum.
-peT, w ades Wilson, Stevens and Philips
Men as low 10 their aspirations as they are
ignobIe IN their internal propensities to ruin
and destruction. Men, who in 1859, GO
81, pronounced the UBien a s. covenant with
death and league with hell Men, who,
under the instigation Of the devil, succeeded
IN making the Union, for four long years ol
blood and carnage, a " cOcellIAt sctth dgQth
and are now striving TO perfect the 80 Esag5,t
zCith he'll" by mastering the. peoples over
throwing the Government. and gHlsping the
Freins Of power themselves; the living en-
bodiment 0f- corruption, moral depravity and
Euuyielding devotion 10 she devil and hii
imps" Men Who scOrned 70 abide By the
teachings of Washington, but rather studied
the views and imbibed the passions or tht
whose aim is power. 70 crush all heneati
them By unholy combinations, and then Up