The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-04-27
For Congress,
For she Legislature.
RICH SCENE.
a Spokesman Of the Radical PARTY
IN Bad Box.


Last Tuesday one week ago, twill be
remembered, the State Conservative Con-
Vention assembled at the capitol, Nashville.
After the business to be transacted had been
gone through with, it was announced to the
large concourse Of people present that 1.-THE
nan would be lit up, and that several dis
elhgulshed orators would ventilate the
broWeIowites in a handsome manner
Accordingly the house was filed to is
utmost capacity, and as the appointed bour
ureW near loud'calIs were made for aC,oI
yer, whereupon tall, shrewd looking gan
'leinan arose and walked up to the sneolars
ss'lna. de was none other than Col. CoIver.
OF winchester. In an instant the tuu1ult
ceased and the gentleman proceeded to take
ms 1e1t-Freedom Us. Tyrannv-and so
Wen directed were his statesmanlil-a bIo,y,
that the Radicals present began to feel nm
easy Tor the safety of their miserable craft
Ior the great pillows of truth with which he
lashed their main-stayes proved irresistible
ana bid fair to part it from its "sbeet.
%nchor negro suffrage and negro support.
ne, at this moment, was speaking partieu-
lariy TO the darkies in the eastern oaIIar1
and was convincing them that the Radicals
only clothed the negro with the elective
franchise that Radicals might be kept in
once The speaker proved this point be-
yono all doubt for he had only to refer to
the law itself, which denies the negro the
right to sit on jurics or hold Office. He
then stated that the reason this was done
was because the Radical champions were
AFRAID that some intelligent, ambitious
darkie might successfully compete with
some one of their number for a pavino
posltlonIand as they were but few in number.
did not care to take any risks. Hence the
exclusion. This was stumper. and the
freedmen cheered the speaker with hearty
good will Radieal Mullins, member of the
Legislature, being present, could "hoId in"
no longer, and interrupted the speaker by
'o1ting that it was the Conservative mem
5 that passed that portion Of the bill
as thought, Cor Colyer drove this as
IN into the teeth Of the Hon. Mr.. Null
;, ) by simply asking him to state how it
was possible for thirteen or fourteen Con
sentative members to control the votes Of
three times that number of their mortal
enemies. Following this, Col Colyer
charged Mullins with being on both sides of
the question, and by gentlemen present
proved that he, Mullins, had made speeches
during the war, and urged it upon the ladies
to use their influence in inducing che vouuo
men to fight the battles of the South.
Turning from the disconnected interIoper
he put this question to an old gentleman,
sitting near, and who was an honest Radi-
cal-that is, in opinion and money matters
and an intimate acqgaintanc and friend of
Mullins, ask you, Mr. -, which YOU
had rather trust the rebel soldier who
fought on principle, who stood to his post as
soldier should do, and when he could fight
no longer laid aside his gun, was paroled, re-
turned to his home, and has been a peace
full, working law-abiding citizen since the
war, or the intriguer who had been on both
sides during the struggle ~ Said the
speaker, f." / ask you these questions because
I know you are an honest man, and that non,
t5iH tell the truth p The gentleman an.
swered, unhesitatingly, that he WOULD
RATHER TRUST THE REBEL SOLDIER p Il IS
useless to add that the answer was greeted
by shout upon shout until the very columns
that supported the roof of the hall seemed
to fing their shadows at Mullins, the dis
oomfeited. As soon as he could do so, the
Hon. Mr. Mullins withdrew, and no doubt
rushed off to den of the loyal leaguers,'
and bathed his aching temples in vinegar,
while he swallowed pint Gf braudy in the
vain hope that it would act as n powerful
astringenk