The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-08-01
Dissolution Of the Radical Party in
Tennessee.

aspirants were bent upon carrying their
respective points regardless of consequences.
How near we came to the truth We now pro
pose. to prove beyond the shadow of q doubt
The Ulgiiant white radicals, in their wisdom
~ conceived the idea that the negro could
be moulded into any shape to suit the fancies
of those who b9asted of the blue blouse
and faded utra-marine blue pants For
time, the idea took we'll; but time, the true
test Of all things, proved that just here
mistake had been made. Right here we
wish the reader to stick pin and keep
close to facts that are daily transpiring Give
the screw. of memory a turn backward, and
any sensible man, one who is posted, viii
plainly see that all of the radical papers in
the State were IN favor of organizing loyal
leagues, adjuncts of the Grand Army of
the Republic"
Now. we ask, what paper was most zeal
ously engaged in this work. Experience
and Truth unhesitatingly tell us, 1.-THE
Nashville Press and Times, the OFFICIAL
organ of the anti-white mans party in
Tennessee" After long and continued
efforts the leagues We're formed, oath-bound
and secretly pledged Advocates of this
secret clan were jubliant over the boassed
success which had been achieved. Time
passed; forty thousand negroes were en-
franchised in this State upon this It was
claimed and allowed that our State was en-
titled to an extra seat in Congress; aspirinr
mushrooms, white on the outside but black
as the ace Of spades within, proposed to
represent this new element; the new element
objected and unhesitatingly asserted,
through their leagues, that, as the additional
Congressman was based upon negro votes a
negro should be selected to represent Bbose
additional votes this met with disfayo.;
split IN the God and morality party took
place, and the breach widens every day.
Mercer, editor Of the official organ named r
above, and who was so loud IN his advocacy
Of the formation Of leagues. composed of
negroes, now, that he is candidate for
Congress from the Nashville district, and
seeing that the leaguers are opposed to him,
pitches into the "ring, as he calls the
leaguers, and gives them particular hts We
hope our readers viii excuse US for copying
so vulgar an article as composes "a part Of.
the selections below, for we assure them
that We would not do so were it net for the
fact that we honestly believe it viii be the
means Of showing to some the miserable
triekery resortsd to by men who are willing
to accept Office at the sacrifice Of principle
and every thing else near and dear to an
honest conscience. Before quoting the
articles from the Press and Times, we will
state that the radicals of our own district
while in convention at Brownsville last week 8
for the purpose of nominating a candidate
/ for Congress, split all to pieces, a portion Of
the delegates Withdrew from the convention
/ and selected little smith, W. s, while the
respectable (2) wing of the concern went
for Num-. How the breach Is 70 be repaired,
we DO not profess to know, and care less
/ but here is what the loyal glfiailtesB Gays
/ about the greater portion Of his own party.
/ We clip from the Press and Times, of the
| 25th ult.:
THREATS FROM THE CLIQUE.
On Thursday night many Of the dirtier
members of the cliquer squad went through
the bar rooms Of the city breathing ven
geance and splitting fire with the impotent
rage of a mortified rat in the jaws of
| playful bulldog. They were going to fight
for their pap, by Cd No damned set of
| Mercerite niggers was going 70 walk over
/ them. The gallant men who run the Gre en-
gines, the Workhouse. the City Hall, the
scavenger force and the Prosser ticket, were
| a-going TO rule, by Cd. Nobody else had
any rights. The Emerys, and the Kinneys,.
and the 0tIses, and the Aldens, and the
Aliens, and the Flaglers, and the Seruggs,
| and the Scraggs, and the Scrufs, and the
Rufts, and the -Bobtails, and the Rag-tags,
and the Beats, and the Ruhms, and tbe
Rowdies, and The Beggars, and tbe Scratch
pennies, and the Wire-pullers, and the Runa-
ways, and the Roustabouts, and the Raii-
road Defuncts, and the Sutlers, and the
Buffers, and the BTaggartE and the Galens,
and the Kutiers, and GarrOters, and Drunk
ards, were going to run the machine by
Cd. They'd send their man to Congress,
by fair means or by foul They were not
going 20 eat the leek They'd have a war
over it first. BY cd, they'd Kill Mercer
sooner than let himgo to Congress. These
terrible Falstafiian threats provoked laughter
all over town. The people Of Nashville,
both white and cOlored, smell bad IN the
ciiquer nostrils in Consequence ofthe unani-
NOUS, strong and decided Vr0nuaciapie5tto
giyen on Thursday night Some Of the
respectable and learned ~ members Of that
: damnablY iilustrious (illustri0us with
strong sulphur0ss glare from the lower re-
| gions) body were heard to utter the most
VilIeinous, coarse and ribald sentiments con
! cerning the ladies Of the city, and more
, particularly against that class of pure yoHng
women who interest themselves in the cree
ton of churches, the success Of sOrphanages
/ and benevolent societies. The candidate
whose advocates consist principally OF such
2 men was foolish To entertain any hope, and
: be sees his folly now when it is peeloifaftly
l TOO Iate
: MoRE THREATs,-Some, even ot the most
l respectable cliqners, threatened yesterday 10
Discharge a few of the Corporation employers
d because they could not be purchased sy p
, few glasses Of whisky to shout the cii4uer
s cry. These men are worthy Of honor Tor
: their Independence and boidness n kIeking
against the brute coercion Of the city ring.
. We can tell these unserupalous proseriR
5 tionists that they cannot HalS r0ueh-shod
bumblest one of whom has more deeeney
and real manliness than can be found - tie
repuIsiVe ranks 81 the wicked Clique ou