The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10
SATURDAY. August 10, 1867


FoR Two YEARs-The struggle is over,
and law and justice for a time, falls beneath
the remorseless tread of wrong and oppres-
sion. No matter how much we may depIore
the result of the recent election, we should /
never faint, falter or fag in the high, noble |
work which the Conservative party under |
took to do. 1t must be borne in mind that |
we were striving to overcome, with reason,
truth and justice a set of Office holders
utterly bereft of principle or honor, and
who, with the spirit of the incarnate fend,
arrayed against the intelligence and wealth
Of the land, horde of ignorant and irres
ponslble men just emerged from the bonds
of slavery. The radical party, were they
sincere in their pretensions, might be ex-
cused for what they nave done, but it is a
notorious fact, now known from one extreme
of the Union to the other that they were
not working for the negro's good, but for
the sole purpose of keeping themselves in
power. Soon light will begin to break in
upon the Negroes beclouded mind, and he,
from bitter experience, viii be made to feel
how badly he has been wronged and cheated
by those who claimed to be his friends be-
fore the day of election Then he was
Wanted-he could aid and assist the work
IS over, and now, to use the words of the
distinguished editor of the Memphis Appeal,
like lemon that has been squeezed, he is
OF no futher use, and can stand aside fol
two years uncared for and unknown Now
and then radical paper may devote a lin,
or two to them, as people, when it pays
but no polite, anxious aspirant for Office II
Brownlows Legislature or Stevens Con
gress will take them arn-in arm, kiss thei
babies or grasp them by the hand no NOR,
viii they hear Of Forty acres or the danger
Of reinstatement. These were tricks ant
devices gotten up to humbug them for til
time, and most efectually did they answe
all purposes. Exposure and reaction vii
come; then the hour of victory dawns, an
the man that belonged to a loyal league 0
voted the Brownlow ticket will be ashame
to own it. Inaction and dependency crir
pied the Conservative cause Had the di:
franehised visited the polls and exerte
their influence, as they should have done
W. O. BrownlOw and the long list of rad
Gals elected to Office would have bee
buried beneath the political pillows forever
Those who worked for the Conservative ticke
and just cause, carry with them the cor
seriousness of having done their duty, Will
those who failed to exert themselves in tn
cause of justice and equal laws will hav
ample cause in the next ten years to deepI
regret their inaction. Even in two yeal
hence, if we greatly mistake not, they wi
reap bitter fruit from the seed planted 0
the first day of the present month. VIII;
change in the future can we hope for Pho
much have we just cause to apprehend
To the first question, we answer, none @
earth to the second the answer comes g
swift as the winged lightning verythir
that will 80 to degrade, cripple, rob and plu
der In all candOr, we ask, what does I'll
radical party propose to do that they ha,
not done2 The answer comes Levy a.
ditional taxes, keep the militia upon us, /
jure commerce, pass a merciless indemr
flying bill, and continue to feed and fate
off the hard earnings of an impoverishe
people. If the answers we give to the que
tions are not correct, we appeal to the Rae
cal Press for information, and ask the
wherein they propose to emeliorate the co
dition of distressed Tennessee Will tn,
do it 2 Can they do it, and tell the truth