The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-05-18
An Appeal to the People.

The Winchester correspondent cf the
Nashville Uuion and Dispatch, SAYS:
The letbargy, the inaction, in fact the
! cowardice, (for that is the word } of the Con
] serYative party in Tennessee, is not only
surprising, but is absolutely disgraceful and
/ slaYishi the cry of some, that it is no use to
labor, the eOlored man is with the Radicals.
we can't secure his support, is contemtible
nonsense. Men who give in to such despon-
| dency are crOakers, and hardly entitled to be
! free. The writer of this communication has
had some experience with the colored man,
and can say for each of the many he has
talked to, he finds him not only a thinking
| investigating man, but anxious to pursue and
! prosecute the course most promOtive of the
| welfare of the State = he is not to be gulled
/ with the falsehOod that the Brownlow fac
| ton is the instrument of his liberty; they
feel under no obligation to that party for
their present privileges; only show the his
! tory of the matter, and they at once see the
duplicity and the mean selishness that
prompted the Radical to give, or claim to give
the right of suffrage; they listen to the
record and messages of BrownlOw they read
them for themselves, and te-day, there are
two colored ministers of the gospel in this
county, one a Methodist and the other
Baptist, ready to take the stump for Ether
idge and his cause, and | promise you they
will do good work; they are men of sense
and honesty, and have the confidence of the
white man and the black Now sirs, will
you tell me why this is not so in the other
counties L know. 1t is because the men
who are most interested take no action or
pains; they give to neither the white man
nor the black who is disposed 10 work, and
to make sa acrifces for the right, any encour-
agement; they are whining no use, no use
Such contemplate stuff ought to, and will,
damn the political life OF ali who persevere
in the course
This county is alive to her duty, and will
tell a good tale in August We are going to
work in earnest; we ask none of them odds
we plant ourselves upon the laws of the land,
and we intend to have the law through the
land. The franchise law, we are resolved,
shall be executed by virtue of itself We
are men, not beggars, and intend to demand
and have what the law gives us We have
right to talk out to the people; we are doing
it. and mean to do it to the end.
l appeal to Conservatives to wake up
appeal to you to arouse them by the power
of the press. If we are active, honest and
faithful our deliverance from the Internal
BrOwnlow despotism is sure. If we are idle
and crOuching, our chains are multiplied,
made heavier and fastened harder uEOn US.
What has become of the genius of Tennes-
see? Whittier has she fed, and left US to
look to-day upon that multitude Of once no
bic and manly men who now sit In supine-
ness and with folded arms, and permit, by
their own folly, the richest prize for which
men ever contended to slip their grasp with
out a single effort to secure it? Come, Ten
nesseans, arouse put on your armOr-your
fate is in your own hands Gentlemen, turn
upon your own party and lash it-yes, lash
it-into a sense Of duty. Never let them
rest until every man is at his post and in
line, and don't allow US TO loose this fight be-
cause we are an organization of towards.
The cussy Parson, William Grumbling
Browlow, Commander-in-chief, etc, has ad-
dressed and printed letter to his friends.
In referring to the anticipated speeches of
Etheridge, the very thought of which makes
the yellow bones rattle beneath the wrin-
kled hide of the political preacher, Brown
low says:
Wherever these violent speeches are made,
infaIning the bad passions of bad men, [
deem 1t myduty to station troops, and shall
do so, let the consequences be what they
may. And although the greatest imagina-
BILE freedom of the press and of speech
should be allowed to men of all parties, and
the conduct of public men and their meas
ures should be criticiZised without reserve, |
10 nOG COnCIeF6 IL TO De the QuIy OF Jn6 CCaC6
Guards to stand quietly by and hear any
man excite the mob spirit by donouncine the
Federal and State Governments-resistan
to the courts-and the setting aside of their
decisions by force or mob violence.
intimidation will avail you nothing. Your
threats of great violence but serves your own
party badly. Etheridge viii speak in every
county in the State-and he will peel the
hide from your party at every point
A NOBLE SENTMENT.-Some true heart
has given expression to its generous nature
in the following beautiful sentiment: "Never
desert friend when enemies gather round
him. When sickness falls on the heart,
when the world is dark and cheerless is the
time to try a true friend They who turn
from scene of distress betray their ny
pocrisy, and prove that interest moves them.
If you have a friend who loves you and
studies your interest and happiness, be sure
TO sustain him in adversely. Let him feel
that his former kindness is appreciated, and
that his love is not thrown away. Real
fidelity may be rare but it exists in the heart.
Who has not seen and felt its powers They
/ l.