The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-04-18

rioua calHngs The Bolivar Bailstia has
always been hateful in The eyes Of radicaiisn
and seoundreIisn, and nothing would please
such wheips as Brownlow and smith better
than the diseontinuance of this paper. Let
US have the support Of all who oppose the
miseFeants who are lording it over US, and
we viii continue TO expose the misdeeds Of
tue damnable crew who have, for the time
being, their guilty hands around the throat
Of struggling Justice again We ask The
Conservative, Democratic. anti-radical masses
to give US their support and we viii strive
to stick thorn in the rotten side of rotten
ness every Saturday morning
A WoRB or CAUrIoN-For the future
welfare of this community and the peace
and quiet of Hardeman county, we wish to
say a word or two in regard to the forming
of genuine or bogus secret societies for po-
litieal purposes, or the avenging of wrongs
already endured. For the past three years,
ever since the close Of the war, this county
has sustained a reputation for obedience to
law and order second to none other in the
State; indeed, at home - T5arde
man has been called
cause here no
wrong-doer, wa
radical, went d
capped the penalty
residence in the coue
be borne out in the assert
full man or woman in the
the sheriff, with his efficient
always enforced the law wit
ing on any portion of the eit
Here no murderers, no thieves
characters abide. Then why 81
portion of our people, young or old,
form Ku Kiuz or any other cls
sibly. in some portions of the state, "a
Organization might right wrongs and hold
rod Of terror ever before the eyes Of n
lost to every sense Of justice aud human
4 OF the 4IG Kluz Khan we know nothing, but
suppose that such an organization exists in
certain portions of this State as well as in
Others, and naturally infer that the society
has for its object the counteraoting Of loyal
leagues and radical midnight conolaves. In
this county there are no legal leagues, and
consequently the K. K 3s-are not needed.
j The good, sober, common sense of honest
men prevails here, and no secret combina.
ton can ever work a change for the better.
As to the influence the X X. ks would
haze on the freedmen, we will say this much
4 The idea seems to prevail that the klan is
composed of pretended ghosts Of departed
Confederates, and that at the noon of night
when grayeyards yawn,' the mystic band
rises from mother earth and walks the
world apace, and that spirit members of the
circle are ever lowering about where FIRE d.
men meet for The purpose Of concocting
schemes for the pursose of crushing the
whites. In Hardeman there is no earthly
use fer such childish, nonsense; the negroes
here, as a general thing, are sensible and
intelligent and uniformly work in concert
with those of our citizens who have the best
interests of this community at heart As
evidence Of this we will state that the most
popular radical in the State could not be
elected to any position within the gift of
this people. Nevertheless, if such a person.
we're to come among US, so long as he obeyed
the laws, he would be respected and
treated as good citizen should
be. Hence, we say the K K. ks
nor no other secret order is needed or de-
sired here AS we are, lei US remain, and
the future viii not bring with it mysterious
strangers, fears nor strife. Remember, we
had better bear our present Ills than fly to
those We know not o"