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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-23
Call for a Conservative G State Con-
VentiOn.


NASHVILLE, March II, 1867.
The undersigned Conservative
members of the General Assembly
of the State of Tennessee, deeply
impressed with the dangers which
imperil our beloved country, from
the reckless disregard upon the part
of the majorities in Congress and
the Legislature of our own State. of
the sage counsels of the founders of
our government, and the funda-
mental principles of our Constitu-
ton, respectfully propose, that there
be held in the city of Nashville,
on TUESDAY, THE 18TH OF
APRIL NEXT, a convention of
the true Conservative Union people
of the State; of all who wish, in
the language of the Father of his
country, that our Union and broth
erly affection may be perpetuated !;
that our free Constitution may be
sacredly maintained, that its adj
ministration in every department
may be stamped with wisdom and
virtue, that the happiness of the
people Of the States, under the au-
spices of liberty, may be made COM
plete by the careful. preservation
and prudent use Of this blessing
in short, a Convention of all who
oppose the tendencies and r-uinous
policy and practices of the domi-
nant party for the purpose of tax
ing counsel for the common good Of
all the people of the State, and to
select standard-bearer, in the APP
| proaching canvass for Governor,
who shall be true, loyal Union
man, a firm and determined de-
fender of the Constitution and laws
of the land, and around whom may
rally all the people of the State who
desire the full and complete resto-
ration of peace, prosperity and hap
| r,innas- Of ON. hnlnved State
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-23

The incorTigible wag, VIII Hays, local of
the Louisville Democrat says: We have
party who asked take US for a theft We
pick our company. COngressl Git Out
We'd as soon be caught stealing a sick
chicken on a wet night from n blind niger
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-23

At a recent festive meeting a married man,
who ought to have known better, proposed I;
" The Badies-the beings who divide our
sorrows, double cur joys, and treble our eX-
penses.
Upon which a lady proposed;
The Gentlemeu-the sensitive indiyldu-
ais who divide our time, double our cares,
and treble our troubles.
The married man passed out
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-23

Bro1vul0ry's 5 Opp9neHt-The New Orleans
Times thinks the proposed nomination Of q
fuli-blooded negro for the gubernatOFial chair
ofTennessee, IN opposition to Parson Brown
low, is an event Of probably deeper signIh-
cance than would at FIRST be supposed Huge
as the Joke seems, its consequences may be
serious and weighty IN the scale of our poht-
ical destinies, and even in its present state OF
inception it is fraught with interest, az point t
ing out the current Of the popular mind IN
the Southern States.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-23

LADY CoarPosIToRs- The Cleveland (East
Tenn-) Banner thus -chuckles over its fair
proportions;
The Banner Office" has four female
eompositors-the " old Banner woman, and
three daughters, Annie, Beekie and Mollie,
who do all the house work, and then set an
aggregate of sixteen thousand Ms of type
per day If any printing Office in these dis
United States can beat this we would ike
for them to turn them loose The Banner
Family are eompositors-Only seven in
number and six type-stiekers, and the baby,
Only nine years old-knows all the techni-
calities Of a printing Office" quads "
" leads" squOines, and sheep foot etc
are familiar terms with her. If any print
ing Office in the world, numbering the same
in family, can beat this we would ike to
hear from them We don't think it can be
did
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-23

Sweetly sleep in your humble graves,
H-# Slesn, martyrs Of a fallen cause.
Though yet M marble column Graves
The pilgrim here e pause.
Iu seeds Of laurel IN the earth, - -
The garlaud5 q your fame are sovns
md somewhere waiting for its biTths
The shaft is in the stone
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-23

French scientific men predict that the
summer of 1867 viii be cold and wet ike
that of 1866, and they base the prediction on
til fact that immense masses Of ice have
broken, or are about to break away from the
extreme north, and viii drift to warm seas,
where they viii melt, producing cold and
varsor
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
The Trial Of Mr.. Davis.

RICHMOND, May 13.-The United States
Court room was packed this morning. A
military guard was placed around the build
ing and strong police force inside about
twenty ladies were among the spectators,
and also fifty negroes.
At II O'Clock. Mr. Davis was brought
in and took his seat next to the prisoners
box with Gen. Burton and the United States
Marshal Sturdevant who accompanied him.
Mr. Davis, who was sitting by an open
window, remarked. ''It's little cool, isn't
/. it," and he was removed to a seat ner his
counsel, and 10 front of the Judge.
Gen. Burton's return to the writ of ha-
beas corpus was read, and the Judge com
plimented Gen. Burton for having obey ed
the laws, and relieved him of the custody
of Mr. Davis The Marshall Immediately
served on him bench warrant to answer
the Norfolk indictment. Mr.. O'Connor
spoke of Mr.. Davis long imprisonment
and feeble health, and asked that he be
bailed. There being no opposition on the
part of the prosecution, who fixed the
amount of bail at $4,000, the Judge an
nounced his readiness to accept bail. stat
ing at the same time, that the responsibility
of delay in bringing cases into court, rested
on the government and district Attorney
He also stated that half of the amount oil
bail should be given by persons residing in
the State of Virginia.
The surities then came forward, Horace
Greeley being among the first, followed by
Mr.. Schell, of New York, and Mr.. Back
man, of philadelphia, and others. A num-
Der of gentlemen residing in Virginia Of
fered their names as bail.
Mr.. DAVIS was congratulated by several
friends, but there was no demonstration OIL
nois of any kind. After giving bail to ap-
pear at the November term of the Court
Mr.. Davis was taken in coach to the Spots
wood House.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
Colored Voters.
our people

Tide following is the advice of the Nash
Vile Press and Times to colored voters
We endorse every word of it, and would
like to have it read by every colOred voter
in the South. Listen to what the great Or
gan of the colored man says. Take its ad-
vice and stick closer than brother to your
old, true friends:
Beware of the men who tell you that
mo man who ever owned slaves can be
trusted in office and that Tennessee
Union men are hypocrites and not to be
trusted
This is sectionalism of the meanest sort.
tits the language of narrow-minded bigots.
The men who use it will rule you with a
rod of iron if they ever get into power.
because they are the sworn enemies of all
meD, white OF colored, who we're born IN
Tennessee. These bigots would chain
you with fetter as tight as the 10th Sec
! tom
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
For the Citizen.1
History Repeated.


Plutarch in his life of Sylla, says "In
civil broils the worst of men may rise
So it was then in Rome. The people were
so corrupt and the Republic in so sickly a
condition, that tyrants sprung up on every
side, Nor is it any wonder if Sylla gained
the ascendant, at time when wretches
like Glaucias and Saturnius expelled such
men as Metellus. When men supported
their sedicious purporses with soldiers pur-
chased with money, and laws enacted by
intrigue, and every species of corruption %
Such was the condition of affairs in
Rome in the days of Sylla, and before the
Christian Era and such is the condition
of affairs in Tennessee, in the nineteenth
century of Christian civilization.
In the primitative days of the Republic.
before the minds of men were perverted
and corrupted, the public concerns were
committed to men of age and experience
men of truth and wisdom. But now this
great commonwealth is in so depraved and
desperate condition, chat power is no ev-
idence of merit, and senatorial and legis-
lative dignity Is not always connected with
justice and wisdom.
When the joyful sound once thrilled
through our land that America was free,
no doubt the brave old soldiers of the Rev
olution who bad so nobly fought for free
dom, wept for JOY as they thought of the
glorious and happy future that awaited
coming generations. Yes, ours aOas once a
happy country-a land on which the sun
of Heaven shone with uncommon reful-
genoe.
But there has been a terrible revulsion.
An epidemic of treason prevails, and men
seem in haste to prove how false hearted
they can be. Children Of men who fought
at the battles of Lexington, Trenton, and
Brandywine, and whose blood made fertile
the fens of Saratoga, and the summit OF
Bunker Hill-children of men who signed
the Declaration of Independence, there is
foul stain upon your escutchen +; yonr
fame is furnished, and dark spots, clouds,
and shadows hover our sunny land.
PULASKI, May ID, 1867. J.F.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
Old Mullins.

In his speech here on Saturday last this
old sinner told the colored people that he
and his party were their best friends, and
that they had not only given them their
freedom, the right TO vote, etc, but that
they intend to do more, they intend to con-
fscate rebel property, and give each one Of
them forty acres of land. Let not the ne
groes be deceived by this old slave owner
and negro hater. He cannot cOnfscate,
and will never redeem his promise to give
you land He only wants your vote.
The Murfreesboro Monitor is eredibly
informed that Mullins was the last man
who sold a negro slave at public sale in
the town of Shelbyvilie, aud that he re-
ceived Confederate money in payment !
Mullins is now protesting the greatest
friendship for the colored man, and boasts
Of his record. He is specimen brick in
the temple of Southern Radicalism-and is
now trying to ride into Congress on the
shoulders of the negro.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17

Sheriff Of the county and one Of his depu-
ties. Here is a case. if one has occurred,
for The interposition Of the State guards
But no, the guards have not been organized
for this purpose it is for the encourage
ment. and not for The suppression. of the
lawless assemblages Of the Governors
friends. Since the mob, and since its gen
eral publicity 10 this town, where the Gov
ernOr was, the public arms have been sent to
Maryville, and placed in custody of Mr..
Parham, the head and front Of this dis
graceful breach of the public peace. An
other one of the active participatOrs, who
was for time in the Rebel service, and
who was recently indicted in the Circuit
Court at Maryville for stealing corn, aud
under this charge fed from the county un-
| til the prosecution was adjusted by the
payment of costs, has been commissioned
by our most excellent Governor Captain,
aud authorized to raise a company for his
Excellency's service. most fit representa-
tive for such a cause
Thus the Governor has made himself
for more than forty years, the evil genius
of East Tennessee. By his low and vul
gar abuse, nd has lowered the standard o.
religious, moral and political controversy.
degraded our literature sown the seeds O
bitterness and strife among our people
provoked and encouraged the baser pas
sions of the people; demoralized the cOun-
try, and substituted violence for law, and
deserves, as he will receive, the execratior
of every. good man in and out of the State
and by his present elevation afixedsa fOu
stigma upon the history ofthe times, which
can scarcely be atoned for in hundred
years by the most exemplary conduct 0
our people"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
"a. D. 81. -. =. Vi.

"a. D. Bull, admir-, DC, ys.
james y. higgins and others.
\ this cause t appearing to the satactior or he
i Clerk and Master from the returns Of the Sher-
ifs Of Bedford and Marshan counties und from aid-
davit fled that the defendant Lucihda Jones is q
nos resident of the State Of Tennessee that the
Of Tennessee, that the ordinary process Of this
court cannot be served her: On motion II IS
therefore ordered that publication be made for four
weeks IN succession in the Citizen a Newspaper
published III the town Of Pulaski in said state,
featuring said defendant TO be and appear on the
rst DAY Of the next term Of the ChanceTy Court n
be held for the county ef Giles at the Court Home
in Pulaski. on the fret Monday ia Suly next. aud
aassFer compliments bill, or the same Wil be
taken for confessed as 20 him and set for hearing
e, Payts. may 10, 1857. A. cox, G. d-Ma
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
BRowNLow A REBEL.
He Advises a Coalition with France and
the Invasion of New England.
[FrOm Letter No. 81

Dissolve the Union, you infamous vii
lians, and we will make this proposition at
once to Louis Napoleon, most sagacious
monarch, and he would quarter at New Or
leans 900. 600 Frenchmen and Chesapeake
zoo, 900 more; we would then command
the Mississippi valley, whip the Northwest
ern States into our Southern Confederacy,
and we would then turn upon the New
England States, and cause the hurricane of
civil war to rage and sweep from Mason &
Dixon's line to the cod fisheries of Maine,
until we would extinguish the last Abo-
lition foothold on the continent of Ameri-
"a 20
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
BrOwnlOw Endorses Etheridge.

The Chattanooga american Union has
an industrious but awkward habit ofprob-
ing the sore places in the Brownlow re-
cord. In its last issue that doughty jour
nal Ono offense to the gentleman from the
Pine woods, jerks the sold man. on his
weakest suit. It quotes his own endorse
ment of Etberidge. 1t refers to page $50
of his book where the following may be
read by inquiriBg minds:
might before last heard speech from
Etheridge. delivered before an attentive
audience Of twelve or fifteen hundred per-
sons. He spoke over two hours. never
heard him in a regular stump speech be-
fore. 1 saw at once the secret Of his great
success before the people. He is the peo-
PIES man, and keeps up the interest all the
time. He was severe on the leaders of the
rebellion, but not more so than they de-
served and his blows met with heavy
response from the crowds
This was written in March, 1859, but il
is no less true at the present time
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17

The Radical Organ is the title of new
paper which made its appearance in Nash
vile Saturday last. 1t contains nothing to
indicate by whom it is published or how
often it is to appear, but it leaves no one
in doubt as to the preference of its con-
ductors in the Trimble-Lawrence race. It
pitches into Trimble with a vim and ven
tilates his record to the admiration of the
La Trenceites, while it tells the Radicals
who and what John Lawrence is. The
fight wakes warm Union and Dispatch.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
Crushing.

The following is an extract from one OF
a series or articles from Col Baxter, of
Knoxville, now being published in the
Commercial of that city. It is significant
and crushing, and ought to be read by or
to every colored man in the land. Col
Baxter IS a gentleman of known loyalty
and intee rity, and was the close personal
friend Of Brownlow during the war
Seeing that they (the uegrOes) would
be emancipated by the operation Of civil
war, he consented to fall in with the cur
rent and in his Wig of May 28th, 1854,
he gave the following reasons for his
change:
"'We have never differed with the
South upon the abstract question of slave
ry, and do not now differ, and we are free
to say, that the condition of the slaves,
when liberated, if left in the South, will be
worse than ii has been during their servi-
tude. And we are for emancipaGng eve
ny negro in the South, notwithstanding all
this. For taking this ground we have
two controlling reasons first, 1t will be
the severest punishment Of the Southern
Rebels that can be Inflicted, and next 1t
will be the very means of extinguishlng
the negro race, as the removal and ciyiliza-
ton Of the Indian tribes have tended TO
extinguish them"
Here again the popularity Of the Gov
eruor's humanity is made prominent. He
does everything to punish, and proposes
nothing for the benefit of society. 1.-TWO
controlling Feasous''--one to punish the
white people and the other to extinguish
The negro race. What a relief it must be
10 the Governors mind to advocate poll
cy which would involve both races 10 the
South in general and Unbelievable ruin.
AS evidence Of his sincerity, in the
same number Of his paper from which the
foregoing extract is taken, he demanded Of
the military authorities of Knoxville an
order to the effect chat no contraband
shall be allowed to remain in the city who
is not employed By some white person in
some Legitimate business, who does not re-
side at the domcile of his or her employ
er, and 30 contraband will be allowed to
hire any premises in The city for any pur-
pose whatever;'' " hich, if he could have
effected, would have reduced the negro
population to a more abject state Of slavery
than they were in before imposing upon
them all the burthens, and leaving them
without their former protection.
And it would seem from his policy that
he is still bent on the extiuguishment Of
the negro race. He is using all his infiu-
ence, personally. as an editor Of a public
newspaper and as The highest official of
the State. to array them in hostility to the
white population. in which he and Sis fol-
lowers here have been partially successful.
On Sunday, the 2lst OF April last. few
Of his most honest followers at Maryville
inveigled about forty negroes to join them
in mob to expell minister from the town
Tor no other reason than that lie belonged
10 the Methodist Church South, which they
did under Tie most aggravated cireumstan-
oes. Alter dong this, portion of them
wen, INFO the country and dispersed a con
gregati5n Of the same church assembled
Tor Divine worship. The mob, headed BY
Nj Puham, was also encouraged by tbs
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17

With regard to The complications in Bu-
rope the London Times of the 22d of April
foreshadows the formation of what it calls
a '.Western Confederation, to be compos-
ed of England, France, Holland, Belgium,
Sweden and Denmark" 1t adds, signi-
fcautly, that ''po part has yet been assign
ed to the United States in these imaginary
eombinations'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17

The New York Times gives the following
mysterious and fearful announcement
''We have received, directly from the
police authorities of the city, information
of recent organizations which are now in
progress for the purpose of resisting, by
violence and bloodshed, if necessary, the
execution and enforcement of the excise
aud other laws, which are obnoxious to a
large class of our citizens"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
Mr. Etheridge.

Mr.. Etheridge began his canvass at
Union City yesterday. He speaks to-mor-
row at Trenton, Wednesday at Browns
vile, and Friday a. Memphis. Thence he
will come Immediately to Middle Tennes-
ssee, and speak in this city. In private
letter Just received. he says, 81 am well.
full of energy and hope, and intend to do
nv whole duty. ''-Banner 18Th.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
To Colored Men

The Paris LnteI5igencer generally speaks
its mind with force and brevity worthy
of imitation. Here is a sample
Radical newspapers, speakers and lay
men, without the fear of God or Truth be-
fore their eyes, are manufacturing and
retailing wholesale lie, that the Consarva-
tives wish to re-enslave the colored people
again. They know this to be as base
falsehood as ever came from their putrld
throats.
If the whole earth constituted ons en-
pire. and we were Emperor, we would not
re-enslave single human being that has
been freed by this war.
Not only so, we claim that the interests
of the colored man and those of the Con-
servatives are identical; one is necessary
to the other.
COlored men look around you; who are
your best frieds Who credits you p
Who endorses you? Who furnishes and
supplies you with provisions, utensils and
teams with which to support yourselves
and your families Look to your inter-
ests.
There is a volume oftruth in there pithy
paragraphs, and we commend them to the
colored people, and say to them, IN the
the words of a true friend, ''You have
been allowed to vote. This was done be-
cause it was expected of you all to vote
for Brownlow, and his friends and followers.
You have, however, been prohibited from
holding Office and from sitting on juries.-
In word, you are allowed to vote for
Radical to hold Office. but you are not al
lowed to be voted for. You are also ex-
pected to pay State and county taxes. You
are also required to pay, under Radical
legislation and requirements, three cents
per pound on every pound of lint cotton
raised. Now, Mr.. Etheridge, who is the
Conservative candidate for Governor in OPP
position to Brownlow, is in favor ofrePeal
ing The three cents tax on cotton. Brown
low and his party are for still making you
paw the tax. Etheridge is willing for you
10 hold Office as well as vote. You are
lust as we'll qualified to hold office, many
of you, as the masses are to vote. Mr..
Etheridge is in favor Of your voting and
holding ofiice.-Banner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17

LIMB or THE Law IN LImBo.-Deputy
Sheriff Davidson yesterday arrested law
yer, named ]. P. Rexford, charged with
stealing 3 watch. lie WAS released Oh give
ing bonds.-BaaneT 5kh.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-17
Pertinent Questions

The Knoxville Commercial propounds
these pertinent questions
Is our State government republican and
constitutional government, or has it been
subverted to despotism
Will the people let politicians and their
mobs destroy the State government
Is it the peoples business to provide
bread for Office seekers, bread for lazy 10y
al militia with nothing to do, when they
are already grooming under taxation. -?
Are the people of Tennessee going to
be led into a revolution because certain as
piring oficeholders cannot hold the reins Of
government unless they can bring about
such condition of things
Do the people intend to be cOerced by
loyal militia into submission
Are the people ready to bow the knee to
military rule at the ballot-box?
Is there DO other interest to subserve
but that of few interested offceholders
and Office seekers
| Is there no other interest in the govern
ment to protect but that of rebels who have
turned radical for the sake of power and
place and are determined to hold the reins
or ruin the State ?
Is everything to be permitted by the
people to go forward in its present chan
mel until all is lost, and the State disgraced
in the eyes of the world?
A citizen of Tennessee recently declared
that by some means he was in the Idomin-
ions of Paudemonia (passing strange).
The news had been received that En-
erson Etheridge was the nominee for OUT
Governor. His Satanic Majesty called to-
gether cousel of the imps of he'll and
consulted together. A committee was ap'
pointed to go to Tennessee to electiOneeI
for the Radical party. They started, but
they had not got far on their journey ere
the old Devil sent his messenger after them
ordering them back, saying, eff the Knox
vile Wing, Nashville Press and Times
and the Memphis Post are not enough to
beat Emerson Etheridge, all the devils IL
hell won't save Brownlow."