The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-05


heave the foundation elements of society.
that fAe1 may enjoy their tsleaguewith heli,'s
WesGo not wish 10 be understood as an
plying cGarss or personal remarks individsa-
ally 20 the persons wh0se-names we have
mentioned. We have higher objects Per-
sonal5E We regard these men really as be-
meath eentsnFt; but IS rspreseneative men.
IN thels e bed eminenoe they possess e
pewer which Is alarming, and which must
be checked and which viii, sooner or later,
be checked, and they and their eoadiutors
be brought, ike RObespierEe and Marak To
condign punishment Their doom Is fixed
But IN the meantime, Watchman. what of
the night Where are the safeguards
Where the Tigilant sentinels Where the
ramparts, and how manned to meet and hurl
back the apps caching shock2 Shall the
President fail2 Shall the people be en-
slayed By their own passions7 Shall the
States Z. bow down and worship these saw
age pagOds, and do service to the viOlateFs
of hbeRty1 Shall the Constitution be made
a wax parchment, pliable IN its folds and
faeile IN its Impressions, to be sported with
in idle wantonness by its betrayers2
We hope not We trust not. Yea we
VIII venture to say, we know Eot-iF the
people are firm and regaFdfal of the teach
ings of history; the men Of worth firm. an
yielding and affirmative In their exertions.
ali men. Let It be enforced Let the dis
tUrbers of the proclaimed peace feel the
weight Of their own fniquities. Let the
teachers Of the law Of peace feel the full
weight and swift blow Of the power whose
province It IS to enforce the law. Let the
people, the States, the courts the "Wise men
expert IN the doctrines of the Constitution,
see to it, that these madmen are silenced or
punished. The period for action, decisive
a-sr 4 hrslr
the country may be ruined. ai1i h1f.sI
But we must bring this article, already
too extended, to a close. Before doing so.
however, we wish to remind our readers of
one or two leading principles, now too much
OgerlOoked. A Union without a Constitu~
ton is chaos The Constitution unviolated
10 the hands Of honest men and willing
hearts is the only pledge of such a Union as
Is worth preserving. Congress represents
the general interests OF the Government,
which is nothing more than the organized
will of the people 1t has nothing to do
with the States and the local interests Of the
people. It legislates for the united people,,
and can never touch the interests of the
State jurisdiction The President is the ex-
ecutor of the laws, and as such, the protec-
tor of the States when their constitutional
rights are invaded. A majOrity5 or the en-.
tire body, of Congress has no Constitutional
power to strike down the inalienable vested
rights Of the people, or States r A
And yet, all this has been done by Con-
gress now in session. The proclamation of
peace, ,byhthe President has unhinged the
cOnscieneesf and minds of the radicals,
They proclaim an approaching carnival, and
are lsgisIating to produce IL Where is the
remedy 2 When bad wicked, and violent
men, fatally bent on mischief and ripe for
treason, seek the disintegration of the Fed
eral and State governments, is it not time
for the real power of the country to rise ea
nasse and command peace in the name
of the Constitution 1t seems so to us.
One Of two occurrences is close at hand
Either the President viii be sustained or
oyeFpowered. If sustained; we shall have
real peace If oEerthFown, we she'll have
'' league with he'll" and the worst men,
under the darkest passions Of the human
heart rnling the country in blood, carnage,
and universal ruin. May God in his mercy,
and the people in their wisdom, secure the
first as their only safeguard against the lat
ter it