The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-02

WIE or ~ es-EE sIGrsoF Cen I
gs o. eeons Ue
opy ann bs.rep "a s 3 mac
ta aE at Wesl IAha asoned
for its delay and hesitation of eighteen
meEthE }5y aels Uhi6l trsa5ce16 "a Eeei<las
energy and fer-reaehing consequence, any
thing done ~ the american Legislature foz
Fifty years. .EoWiez Sc IN it
tient contempt, al tnoueut IF nodsEasion
zsEl 19E-4 o11ssI-
Fesentatives has decEeed b. overwhelming
maloEitiea. TINT the three fealoging things
Ail the sodihsrn sfes shalf BE pus'
uRder martial law
9 All tss negroes ID the Southern States,
over twenty one years Of age, shall be I'D
ynits6a % suffrage.
8 hlf sHe whites ID the Southern States
Hho bad ahyshihg 70 do with the rebellion
shall be excluded from voting e
What else refaaias b Ee done We fnd L
impossible to guess. Possibly i may BE-
deemed worth while 30 c0nfscate the prop
cry Of the Southern people-but that viii
very speedily take care Of itself It im-
possible that property should continue to Be
worth holding eE Stealing for any great
length ~ time 1IdeE such 8 Te9ssse as seems
about b be iHaug zra5ed Coz the South That
whole secslon Of country Is 60 Pass again IN
der the yoke OE military power. The avoWed
object 81 the Authors Of this policy e to put
back matters 81 the South to lust where tley
were when Lee safEsndsEss' 81 a: britassier'
general s. to bs sbs0iats s0{efeign Of sch
distfies-+the source Of law foF an Is peos
ple--ssie sole sadge Of rights, the sole gu
shority IN al their social, efFii and politIe
FelatiOhe. Unless human nature Is very DIFF
ferent in the Southern States from wfias e
is anywhere else On the face Of the earth. :
such policy mnst pEosnee resultss e viii
either ALLEVIATE the people from the mild and
pateERal rule thus extended ever them. or it
Wall quicken their deyOeion snd strengthen
Their attachment to its sway. We are not
anxious 70 predict which vii Be the result
the future Wiil disclose It quite soon enough.
ln more than half the Southern States the
negroes over tWenty-one number two to one
Of the whites who have taken no part il the
I FebelliGns s necessary consequence. the
political power Of those States viii rest solely
snd exclusively ID the hands Of the negroes
I fhis is expected TO "paciiy'A the South. Il
/ s upon TINS basis that a reconstFuctiOn which
is>to be peFnanenis peacelIi and Just IS to be
reared Possibly the whites, being n0ner-
! Gus, heughty, and still g s1nrspentant," Of
I. their rebellion, may resent and possibly re-
I sist being Thus placed under the abaOlate
/ and Unrestricted power of their forner
slaves but martial law provides for this cons
The baypneb viii settle ali such saueaTnish
scEuPles 1t is not worth while to be mealy-
ni0uthea ia dealing with rsbels-the7 went
into rebellion alx years ago, and they have
no right TO complain ct ANYTHING that may
happen IL consequence. They viii submit
/ 20 whatever government we see TT "a. fnu0se
/ upon them-Whether il be the despotism Of
/ martial law 81 the aristoeFacy Of eoiored
suffrage; and & they dc not submit we must
4 L. - y ~ - 80 aa
1 OF - 1he process is perfectly simple
merely calling th Is tadster-rcli, fTing by pla-
tOons and charging with the bsYonsE In
that way republican ms tutions cen easily
be guaranteed T. every state in the UnieH.
NO years ego Wendell PliIlips Tenturea
7 k4 demand su1sage t0F NEGROES aa q result Of
the yer, But even ne Q id not insist On TEX
cluding - ehitss fron the ballok-b0x. Last.
winter both Houses Of Congress- struck out
Q provision e. ssIsErs qphige The whites e the.
.soetsh eyer. III ~ lsoWs overwhelming
e kae = nloq n EaE y enact Pzoyis-
ions on beth subjects which Noeid sbase
ago, te this peoeFesa 3. OF y i nadRass--
or eQEgflEllse scores io4 17eEalers sIgh8'
voted toE these bllls DC not hasitass - pFi-
-Ysse r. pTand them IS mgnssrsusf II 1srinei-
I pie and 1atal IN tendency - o man supposes
for q moment that these laws can be en-
| forced Riskout- FgslyincTeasing the sla.ss-.
ing Not less than 2s(2 e9ls)sas zli
be- res1sfed tor zs5eh sseFEiees glhstsld Of
paying of our debt we must i1suf 6aFsones.
viii Our people pay heavy taxes with the
same alaersty When they see the proceeds
devoted, mo- . iighteniug the burdens Of the
nation, bqt 70 enfescing martial law nR6a
Qne-t alfa Fl its people, and maiR tainiRg the
civil and politics supremacy Of the GoloFed
race 4 such 9 policy IS, this sOWs the seeds
Of .diseppteptf sof civil dissension, and Of ma
/ tl0nsi weakness and peril "a s Thousand
quarters 20 WhieA the rash neain. Congress,
Yll25 have started p idolRst aesss oaRable Or
wiling 81 eve Q mOnent'a thOhghk. - s.g,l,
It g grged that Law IS not inforced - The
Southern States--that life ibsrtv and PREM
! eFty are not safe. Grant Il is shere 10
ether E99dslof euEings tnis defsek but ~ rush
ing g re eNsrenfe remedy Of. tyranny and
Imbeeiltv Has our stasema1shiD no r.
s0Urces bus.such as the King cf Dah0mev
can also fail back uP0n9 3s brute force e1P
only method Of s0iKiRg the prohlsnas Of dis.
tpTbed States and disoEgnnized s0siety9
rights Biis and itesdmens b1Eeae BILL
both Tor che sez press 1lIFpOssi 81 sscoFise the
r51ts az1 protesting sse liberties o. the PEG
pis ID the ss1sherA tstatse Both are laws
toaay and shez alaehi1eEg OF both Is fully
adSquato 60 the WORK required. tFhVnoE "a
force Ghens EosE2e 1f aoFs VigoEs IS required
81 their execution why not sappfg iia II
El0Ee troops EEs seeded So lseiss 1osgsnGsrs.
Why iao5 send then. O. 1f i1cfzbasl, shefils.
Judges rola5s g ls0atheir duty, SHY n5t a.
sand sllaiE izssaelame1t and fe1i5 la8
ll sae Rr65ident 81 slts Unitsd States refuses
toss.ogeFste 81 such Just ard sneessszv
ls.sdslaesg why not held hiEa te ass response
bilisy before the laa HS0thi1sk soff Ill this
has been done --uz attempted Congress at
enc boand, diszaayed a. diibcuitios IL Is in
eauE TO grasp throws one.thira Of the
nation into ths aEzns cf bE1ta force. and
talEes rsfugs from 8 political bzoable behind
the cannon and. bay0neis zOG the regular
army. ~ sissas s|sssau saf
slk seems tosus thai, sVEith q very plain aulli
easy path before &C. Congress has done the
EsEg worst thing possible undsF the eireuu.-
stances Of sths eass.l .It 1s5Ght hazs 80
strengthened thea szzas Of the eiisiil I1i1ss as
GO make life and property perfectly safe IN
zse Southern States, and se che s6zle siElo
give tas southeFa people tlle sanss 81. ETotss-
ton and shslteE under squal lava assz bsne-