The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-06-22
8RowMnoWEsnE.
A View Of its Enormities from
Dispassionate Source.

The Baltimore Sun, a moderate and inde-
/ pendent Journal thus speakesoF our '"Fen-
nessee Troubles -. w hen viii the wicked
cease from troubling, and the weary beat
/ restf Is the country never to be freed from
. the eTcitements and agitations, stirred up and
/ instered by men who seem to be sent into
this world for no other purpose than to act
as irebrands and incendiaries The pub
llc miGd Is wearv with the constant turmoil
and confusion. the inferminaBle intrIrues
and the unlawful actions of politicians with
ont principles, and with none but the most
dlabolcal p0li3y Scheme after scheme has
been Matched in Tennessee, at the instance
Of men who have no ends to subserve but
private ambition and personal aggrandize-
ment VINO seem 10 be reckless of the claims
OF the country upon their patriotism, and
the right OF the people to enjoy repose. In
iact reasoning upon all far principles Of
evidence, We might conclude they were ami
mated by 30 better motive than au insane
dlabOlism-a preference to rule dcsnotic in
hell rather than serve in Heaven They
seem to be utterly unfit for the peaceful en-
lOyment of calm and benign government
exteE ding equal protection 10 all, as it de-
mands equal obedience from each They
seem unhappy unless riding on the VbirI-
wind Of political fury, lashing the human
passions into rage, and directing fiery ele-
ments to the overthrow of all that Is good In
governmental that is sacred between man
and man-all that IS holy and respectable In
religion, and ali that Is dear in the social re-
lations of life. To set brother against
brother, friend against friend, and one form
of organized government against another,
whose rights are equally guaranteed and
acknowledged, seems, indeed, to be the mis-
sion of such men.
We feel painful sensation Of melancholy
rtr7A rF.F fi~.e.
to us, indicating that there exists IN the coun-
try men who are determined to keep up a
constant and recurring agitation They
seem bent on raking amidst the ashes and /
revlvlng the sumbering fTes-fanning them
into a flame that may yet, with its fierceness, |
burn up those who viii not let them alone.
How mournfui, too, when we see one who /
claims to be the representative of the
Prince of Peace, the man Of sorrows." I
who came into this world to proclaim peace I
and good will unto all men, heading the fac
ton disorder and oppression. His noble /
olIoe would be to urge proclamation Of that /
good herald. Peace Is the earnest cry-the /
angulshing prayer Of all good and patriotic I
men. Repose Is the one thing earnestly de-
sired and coveted by the people Of the South, I
(at all events Rest is the language of the /
great true heart Of the people Business I
calls for It. Religion demands it. Society
- ~ - " 'Ot''O oli oo-4N DelSAS u6IedlL6i,
positively requires it.
Get that arch agitator Brownlow viii have |
none Of it. In order to stuff the ballot box
es of Tennessee, and choke off the people |
from the polls, to prepare fresh crop Of
treasOns and assassinations-to drench the |
country with more blood, and baptize his
own name in a new food Of the crimson
tide, he is marshaling his military Would /
he register with the bayouet the behests of
the party, rather than protect the purity Of |
the ballot and stand by that bulwark Of lib /
erty The best evidences that his motives are
revolutionary and his designs bad is to be /
tOunt IN the fact that the people, have /
called on the Federal government 70 protect ]
them by military force IN the exercise Of /
their rights against the hirelngs of their /
Governor. When the Romans left Britain, /
then came the Picts ana Scots in their airy |
costumes to rob and murder the poor, sub /
jugated people. Their wall went forth to
Rome for iegions to protect them The +
barbarians forced them into the sea; the sea /
threw them back on the barbarians Such /
a wall has come from Tennessee to the au-
thurities at Washington Fortunately, the 1
Federal Executive has the power, and, if the /
necessity shall continue, will probably WELD I
1t to protect them"