The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-24

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OVR DUFY.-We are in the midstof chaos,
Indeed, upon the brink Of the long-talI,ed of
impending crisis We should strive with
all oar might to ward Off the great and
threatening dangers which encompass, uston
ssssry handle Jladiealism and fanatieism are
working day and night to accomplish for us
what we failed to do, only in a moro aggra
waited form. We OF the South considered
our rights ipfUipged upon, and our manhood
-defed The terrible arbitrament Of the
sword was resorted to. Through the hor-
irors Of fearful civil war we continued to
exert our mightiest efforts to sever our cor
ncetion from those who hurled millions Of
men md expended billions of money upon
our doomed but lion-hearted soldierY We
wanted ,seperationj VIC fought long and
we'll those who denied us the right to secede.
In the awful struggle we were beaten, and
with modification saw our sinews Of war
laid upon the gory. altar of a hopeless eause.
We were told that that the war was waged
against us because we were the aggressors
and THAT so soon as the men of the South
laid down their arms and returned to the
peaceful avocations Of life, SO soon as we ac-
lknoHledged the supremacy of the laws and
ceased to contend against the forces of the
United States We would be forgiven and that
tho rights formerly enjoyed under the Con-
stitntion and the law would again be youeh-
'ssfcd to as We gave up the contest We
Acknowledged our defeat; and frankly ad-
,mitted that further contention was vain.
And nov, that the South has no longer an
armed hand to lift against those with whom
she so molly eontended what dove see
a disposition to drive u.s. as it were, to the
verge Of desperation. Itis said that we can
not be trusted 1t IS said that Andrew John
son cannot be trusted Men Of the South
we havea duty TO perform, and let us do
tshat duty sEell-and truly. The President o.
the United States stands. between Us and
those who would strike us to the heart de
tenceless as We are When we strengthen
his hands, we DO but our duty All over the
land the people are moving aud working
with an earnest determination to perpetuatC
the Government in its pristine purity We
tHsve ceased to contend against the Govern.
IpenE and pledged our word that hereafter
.ise .weuld Protect and remain loyal and true
20 the Government of the United States An
s;tresr johnson Is the leader Of the host tina
is to save the land of Washington from fan
,1fialsm. Let. US como forward aud lend al
tbesRid aud encouragement we can % thc
noble Chief Executive and tho consent
ati*e mon r.oc the North that are backing
linn in his ihcrculean task Of plucking til,
star Of liberty from the mire of lanaticisn
whittier il has been dragged by Ignorance an,
unmanliness A over the country, -espoci
sslly "a the South, Johnson clubs are bein,
organized let US not be backyard in tl5i
Prudential step. Andrcy johnson stand
sbetmesn us and these wbe would forever en-
slave .Gae5 prostrato sPeopic. Of the South
we call upon the agod and long trusted get
tiemen OF this county for m expressi0:
There can be nothing lost and every thin
gained by sus tanning dbhose who are 9shtin
tho battlssoF citizenship for Us. -l.et us-oor
suit one with another, and devise some quie
and. speedy means bY which We can sho7
10 the President % the nited states tha
va are even more than verify ee The nan
of fellow citizeRs.-let psshoW 10 him-an
the conservative hien Of the Nerth that W
are their friends, az We hope and trtts Z the
are ours Eet us not Be asha5ae5 to NOV
we owe it to ourselves, we owe II 10 poster
u, and Ne oEe-it to those champions Of tra!
aud its cause that have stood betweep I
aS1d.our fha1 eAslavsnentby a'eowardly IN
narrow minded Set of blinded fapatica wl
lerept into place. and power while true nc
were On the 6eld 81 manly. contest ~ b
gay the men Of Hardemap county, o.
as,ipnns .aRoi dpen- -yFfisa and VS. Willpu
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