The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-13

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The position which the Southern States
are to occupy in the Union henceforward
appears to be the rat hole at which the
wOrshippers of negro-equality, free-loye,
miseegenation amalgamation, and every
other "ation that 90 to make up the pre-
cepts and examples preached and practsed
by Thaddeus the Great and his Tx, are
barking at. Without regard to their past
declarations and herculean efforts to impress
uponss,,the mind and understanding of the
world, in the early part Of the late unhappy
strife, that the spirit and letter of the Fede-
raj Constitution expressly forbade secession
that each and every State in the Union was
firmly and indissolubly bound, and that no
act either Of the State itself nor of the Uni
ted States could sever the political bonds
which cement them together with all these
solemn declarations which were emblazoned
upon their banners, and which ere Haunted
70 the breeze from the masthead Of every
blatant sheet issued within the borders of
the New England States, and proclaimed
from the pulpit, the stump, the housetop,
over hill and dale, in every nook and corner,
throughout the whole length and breadth Of
the land from the Potomac to the Green
Mountains, and from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, invoking the assistance Of Almighty
God in crushing the rebellion, and asking
His blessing upon their efforts to maintain
the Union Of States as a Divine ordinance
win all these facts staring them in the face,
they perform one Of the most stupendous
summersanlts in political history, and with
an eifrontery Of which the devil or the editor
Of the Knoxville Wing would blush, pro
claim that the States lately in rebellion are
not known as having voice in the legisla-
tive halls Of the nation, because, they argue,
they were recognized as beligerents, and
thereby lost their status in the Union, and,
to use Mr. Stevens own words, were pre-
cisely in the condition of foreign nation
with whom we 1.-THE United States Govern
ment) were at war" What strange ideas Of
consistency emanate from the brains Of
these fellows When, at the outset and du-
ring the existence of the rebellion they held
up the Federal Constitution, and with all
manner of entreaty and Importantly appeal
ed to the yeomenry Of the country to fly to
arms, and annihilate the heartless wretches
who dared assert the right of secession; and
no sooner than the angry tide of war was
rolled away, and the States in rebellion
again beneath the folds of the Star Spangled
Banner, the air is rent with their. cries that
the Government is dismembered; that the
rebellious States cannot be known as mem
bers Of this Confederation And why Is
it that this great political light has flashed
80 suddenly upon their vision2 Why is it
that when the nominations for President
and Vice President were to be made, and
Mr.. johnson, citizen Of one Of the States
in rebellion, was selected as coequal with
Mr. Lincoln to bear the standard of their
political religion, with " 1t is the doctrine Of
the Federal Constitution that no State can
go out of this Union" emblazoned on it as
the leading article Of their political faith
why could they not then see that the Union
consisted only of those States that did not
pass the act of secession2 Their reasons
are plain. Whilst the Southern States were
in rebellion and had Withdrawn their repre-
sentation from the national legislature the
power and influence Of their fanatical puri-
tanism was largely in the ascendency; the
public treasury and the patronage of the
Government were at their disposal they
knew that so long as the angry pillows Of
war were kept boiling and tossing, and the
Heaven-born angel of Peace alienated from
our country, they were in possession of and
could continue to hold on to the helm Of
Government They cared not for the seas
Of blood and oceans Of tears being shed ;
they were Indifferent to the suffering and
wholesale carnage which was decimating the
brave and true sons of this once proud and
mighty nation they were upon the throne
and welded the seeptre of power, and were
10th to yield; and have now inaugurateC
this new era in their political history, while
they have the power, to shape and establish
n Government, with their own damnablt
heresies as the controlling spirit Of its insti
buttons; with the influence of their owl
ideas Of what Republican Government
should be, forced upon a majority Of Purel
and truer patriots then ever Massachusetts
or her sister New England States coulc
boast. So far as the Constitution served
them, so far they made it their instrumen
Of faith; but now, the war being over, anc
the Constitution once more extends its pro
tecting arms from ocean to ocean and from
the gulf to the lakes, overthrowing thei
power, crushing their fabric of usurpation
they cast it aside, ignoring the very princi
ples which have been such powerful tools il
their hands, and presume to advance tnei
ideas. and issue them as edicts, in opposition
to the President, a,yho was placed IN powe
nv their own influence upon the very prin
oiple which they are now trying to abrogate