The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-31

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Below we publish another sweet batch of
union saving balderdash from the Prince
/ of Darkness, as reflected. through his shin
ing light, our most excellent q Governor -
the Man of Much Suffering and Great Trib-
ulation, (0ids Fleming.) BE squirmeth much
ly, and speaketh yehemently; yea, he slash
eth around hugely, even, as the tones of a
tyre he speaketh profusely, and sayeth many
/ things, the which we knew not of before,
and nither" dove know them as a verify
until this late hour He speaketh thus
wisely, or, rather atnl0isely
--'1il[s -i'i'''- 4 NAsHvILLB, March g.
Hon. ". D. Kelly, House of Representatives.:
DEAR SIR Inelosed | send YOU a copv
of my proclamation, from which you will
learn that fraction Of twenty>one disorgan-
izers here, in the true spirit of the late ins
iquitous rebellion, have withdrawn, and re-
duced our House of Representatives below
a quorum. l need not add further remarks,
as the proclamation fully discusses the
points at issue. T
On Friday. last the elections of county
officers took place throughout the State, such
as clerks, sherifs, justices, trustees and tax
collectors and in Middle and West Tennes-
see the rebels have made a clean sweep
turning the Union men out and electing their
own candidates, who electioneered for Office
on the ground that they were rebels, and
had either served IN the reble army, or in
some other capacity had given their inhu-
sence to the cause of treason and traitors
When Richmond fell and Lee surrendered
rebels, and many who sympathized with
them, were very respectful to Union mem
often obsequious guilty culprits l. they
svid emily feared arrest and punishment and
felt that to be let alone and allowed to live
was all they had right to expect But
since pardohs have been multiplied, and no
man is punished, they have everywhere be-
come impudent and defiant, until in most
counties in Middle and West Tennessee it
is disreputable to have been Union man,
or, as a southern man to have served in the
Onion army. And matters are growing
worse, the reconstruction traitors openly
cursing legal men, and threatening them
with shooting or hanging. bOasting that they
have the President on their side, while we
all feel that the Presidents policy is ruinous-
to as ~ A5z+t S'S4rE 24@ 4"
When I put the President in nomination
at Baltimore tor the PRESIDENCY, felt
that he had so thoroughly committed himself
to the Union cause, and bad been so badly
treated by the rebels, it was impossible for
,
but give him up as lost to the,Union party,
and as thetman who is to head the rebels
and Democrats. Every rebel in all this
country, every Mcclellan man, and every
ez-suerFilla chief, are loud and enthusiastic
in praise Of the President. The men who
but few months since were cursing him as
an Abellsionist and traitor, and wishing him
executed, are now for executing all who
dareSte oppose his policy or even doubt
-
There is twice the amount of bitterness
and intolerance in the South to-day toward
the Union, and everything Northern than
there was at the time of Lees surrender.
Abuse of Union men, of the Radical major
/ ity In Congress, and self-assumed superiori-
ty on the part of Southern chiValry have
arisen to such a hight that loyal men can
not travel on steamboat or In a railroad
car, without being insulted. AS it was dur
ing the war, soft is 5IOw-all concessions
from the North, or from the majority in Con-
gress, are regarded as evidences of fear.
All the old rebel papers of 1861, and many
new ones, are in full blast, threatening Con-
gress and the North with ultimate ven
geance, and bOasting Of Southern prOwess
| The most popular men in the largest portion
of Tennessee to-day are the men most dis
tinguished for their hostility TO the North,
and what they are pleased to call thee Rad
ical Congress- and they are the class of
men selected to fill Offices, as the late county
elections show The same is true Of the en-
tire South, onLV 10 q greater ertenti In a
/ word, they are resolved upon breaking up
| the Government, and they expect to carry
| out their scheme through the ballot boz.
And how-men of candor and intelligence
can represent them as loyal and kindly disS
/ posed is mystery to me, even in this. age Of
| rebellion and treachery / do nOt-under-
stand them, and my opportunities for learn
| ing their temper and ultimate purposes are
as good as those of most men. r5
Why, sir, many of them are expecting the
president to disperse Congress with the
/ bayonet, as Cromwell dispersed the long
/ Parliament The Southern heart iS-rapidly
being fired to deeds of war, and all this, and
more as believe, has been caused by the
mistakes of the President His plan of
trusting rebels with their state Governments
has had an effect exactly the opposite of
! what he intended. 1t has ruined the pros
poets of UniOu1men, and they feel that there
y is no safety for them, unless Congress shall
lzchoOse to protect them Even three days
s ago General Thomas had to send troops into
Marshall county, some sixty miles distant, to
protect loyal men and freedmen, who were
I fleeing for safety, and coming to this city.
So far as | am individually concerned, the
incorporate abuse of rebels, the denunci-
alton and blackguardism Of their recon
structed journals, the threats of1persohal
violence from the amnestied patriots, and
I the Anonymous letters of towards threaten
Z ing my assassination, all fall harmless at my
feet No eagthlv power can drive me from
the support of the men and party who
fought the battles of the late war and put
4 down the rebellion. ~ :
t Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
w G. BROwNEOw,
Fl Governor of Tennessee.
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