The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-17

The President no longer makes State
secret of the fact that he viii IN TerF
short time issue IN. olHcial proclamation
that the late eivA war Is ended FNhen he
does he viii have accomplished the last and
highest act which the Executive Depart
ment Of the Government can perform to-
wards the restoration Of peace.
lie cannot compel Congress to admit Re
personalities from the southern States but
his proclamation viii subordinate military
to civil authority, and place all the States
composing the Union upon footing Of
equality Ia that respect
The privilege of the writ Of HabeQs cor
pas viii then be within the reach Of the
humblest citizen Of the South, and our
State governments win become supreme
within the limits Of the States for the pro-
lection Of whose citizens they were organ
lied.
Martial law, which now reigns supreme
IN eleven States will then only be potent
for the control and punishment OF those
who are connected with the army, IN the
manner defined by the Articles of War.
Every great right guaranteed by that grand
and famous Virginia Bill of Rights, which
looks very sadlyout Of place in front Of the
4" Alexandria Constitution" win then be en-
jOyed by our citizens. Particular dear to
every honest, fearless, patriotic journalist
freedom Of the press Is one Of the great
bulwarks Of Liberty, and can never be re
strained but by despotie Governments"
The Southern people, after a probation Of
nearly twelve months, viii hail the prOcla-
nation Of peace with great Joy. And yet
as far as our resistance to the authority Of
the Constitution and laws Of the United
States is concerned, there has been peace
the most profound and uudisturbed since
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wars, ancient and modern furnish no more
remarkable and striking instance OF the
speedy and honest acquiescence In the result
Of a contest than the people of the South
have done since their armies capitulated
The sun of the Confederacy sunk, leaving
no margin Of gradually darkening twilight.
The blackness Of darkness fell upon the
"lost cause as rapidly as night follows the
setting Of the sun In Eastern countries.
The inexorable logic of the war con
WINGED the people Of eleven States with q
rapidity without precedent in the history of
the world No thought Of resistance to the
Federal Government kept single guerrilla
In the field an hour after the capitulatiOn
of Lee and Johnson. The utter futility Of
further resistance was universally admitted
and in the heart Of Virginia and Of North
Carolina, a sergeants guard made arrests as
easily as they would have done under the
guns OF Fortress Monroe. -iF 1893
The good faith Of the people Of the Soutl
has been during the last ten months mani
tested in many different ways. a labor sys
tenn which the habits, customs and usagei
Of many generations had rendered part anC
parcel of the South, was annihilated in
day; but, despite the terrible temporary an
noyances which its destruction visited upol
our people, they bore the change with won
derful fortitude and equanimity.
Indeed, in an infinite variety Of ways W,
have demonstrated to all impartial, UMPIRE
JUDGED persons, our fitness for the judicieu
exercise of those great civil rights which
are so soon to be restored to us by tn
President His forthcoming proclamation
Of peace will be recognized by all conserT
tive Northern men, and by all Christendom
as most wise and statesmanlike exercise O
the most important functions of his higl
Office