The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-06-29

The Press and Times OF the Z4th says:
DAT Purdy, on Saturday week Etheridge /
made some gross MISREPRESENTATION, when /
Judge Hurst arose in the crowd and de-
nounced him as d wilful falsiier Etheridge
promptly crawfshed and retracted."
For detailed account Of the occurrences
thus alluded to, we are indebted to the Mem
phis Avalanche, of the 22d inst And first,
WHO IS JUDGE HURsT2
1t is we'll known to ali that doughty war
rior by the name Of Fielding Hurst, the
valiant commander of the notorious rob
bing, burning and pillaging 9th Tennessee
cavalry, now wears, as a mark of BrownlOw
favor, the judicial ermine of the 8th district,
once presided over by such good and true
men as Haskili, Turley, Reed, Totten and
others. His Interpretation Of the law and
administration Of justice is huge burlesque
upon the perfection Of human reason" and
would be a source of amusement to the en-
tire legal fraternity, if not often accompa-
MED by the most deyilish and disastrous re-
suits to the innocent victims of bis brutal
ignorance, prejudices, and helish instincts
Narrow minded, of deficient education,
without legal or other information drunken
and debauched, this bloated Brownlow APP
pointee sits on the bench to administer jus
tice Of course with him the BrOwnlOW
code is the only law, and killing " Rebel
not being recognized by that code as n crime,
seldom meets the least notice or punishment.
Ia McNairy he is monarch of all he surveys,
which, by the way, extends not far beyond
the outskirts Of Purdy, for, made craven and
cowardly through contemplation of his own
villainies and crimes, he Is known never to
leave home without body guard Enthron
ed, as we say, upon an usurped bench, trem-
fal
Of BrOwnlow s power, he naturally feels IN
easiness at the mere hint of danger from any
quarter.
WHAT OCCURRED AT PURDY, AND now.
Mr. Etheridge, in a most powerful and
scathing speech on Saturday, as above al
iuded to, afforded Hurst and all like him,
ample apprehension that the sun of Brown
lOwism, usurpation, outrage and wrong, was
rapidly fastening to set in the black dark
ness of eternal oblivion. That Etheridge
should even attempt to make speech on
reserved radical ground, was hardly to be
tolerated, but that thousands of the misled
followers of Hurst should quit their farms
in remote sections of the county, and come
and quietly listen to a Conservative (rebel)
speech was not to be endured for a moment
Hence the angry and defiant scowl this great
and pure Judge cast upon Mr. Etheridge as
enthusiastic cheers of HIS many friends and
admirers.
Mr.. Etheridge had not proceeded in his
mastery dissection of the sinking putrid
carcass of BrOwnlOwism more than perhaps
half or three quarters of an hour, when he
noticed bleareyed, hurley, blasted looking
| individual manifesting signs of considerable
uneasiness. Not knowing Hurst, Mr. Eth
eridge thought the fellow before him one of
the many benefciaries of Brownlow's par
Looming kindness, as he was making some al
fusion to the penitentiary and horse thieves
at the time. Changing the subject to the
fraudulent and extravagant expenditures of
the State government under Brownlow rule
he showed how the people Of the State had
been swindled out of $4,000 in the one
item of extra pay to the members of the
Legislature. The pay Of a member is four
dollars per day they voted to receive this in
gold, which amounted to nearly seven dollars
| per day. The Radical membership main
supporters of the measure-justifed it on
the ground that any body could demand
gold and silver IN payment of debts, and
| the State owed them, and like Others they
simply demanded what everybody was en-
/ titled to- This doctrine, he said, was even
yet seriously maintained and no doubt be-
| lieved by q large majority of the Radical
members Of the Legislature, notwithstanding
| greenbacks had been made a legal tender In
the payment of debts by solemn acts of Con
! gress. He said that many members that
voted to pay themselves in gold, were not so
| dishonest as ignorant, and he believed there
! were some of Brownlow's Judges sufficiently
| ignorant of law and to hold the same opin-
ion. Here the bleareyed individual in ques-
ton became fdgety and apparently considera-
| bly, excited Mr.. Etheridge now believed
/ h 70, hn rToh1 10 III g I
| too strenuously insisting on receiving a small
| debt In gold and silver He said: "These
Radicals will have the unblushing efrontery
/ to tell you that you have right to demand
! gold and silver in payment of debts, and
/ so had they-hence their justification; but
/ such is not the law, nor would it be justice"
/ At that moment the bloated countenance
/ cleaned like a red hot furnace Leaping
! wildly up, swinging his arms back and forth
ike the levers of windmill, he furiously
roared out:
That's a id rebel lie, III bet thou
sand dollars. Cd d-n the Rebels /
h-h-h-here. sticking his finger under
/ his right upper Hp-see-see-see-
the God d-n Rebels s-n BIS shot out two
of my teeth. God d-n the Rebels" my
| friend, said Mr. Etheridge, still not know
| ing that he was speaking to the Judge of the
Eighth Judicial Circuit {" My friend, you
/ are here under a Masonic Lodge, IN the
sacred precincts Of a church" God d-n
/ the Masons; they murdered John Morgan ;
they are all Rebels. God d--n their souls.
/ God d--n the Rebels to hell" Here he
! stuck mis- finger IN his mouth and said as be-
/ fore, "-S-ssee h-h-here, my teeth out God
/ d--n the Rebels" By this time Mr. Eth
eridge had inquired who the wild beast was,
and being informed that it was Judge Field
ing Hurst he turned upon him a most with
ering look of contempt and scorn, and said :
You are Judge l believe. You are
sl0orn to preserve the peace, sustain the dig
nifty and sanctity of the law. Are you not
now peruring yourself, here before high
| Heaven-here in this sacred buildiag-here
: before this altar, where all meet to worship
! the one living God, regardless Of ali politi-
! cal differences a nd animosities p
Here Hurst took a worse fit than ever.
God d-n the law If anybody said he
| purjured himself, he told d-n lie. God
| d-n the church; d-n the preachers-all
were a d-n set Of canting, hypocritical
Rebels God d-n the Rebels There he
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