The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-03-14


Every one knows that tAsre are base men
scattered all over this once happy country
but few, we imagine, ever supposed that 50 /
many could be found who were willing, not /
only willing but anxious, to make a record |
Of their baseness- and villainY Since the /
commencement of the late unhappy war, the !
list OF those ssho haze enrolled ghcir names
in iniamy aud disgrace, g to be read Of al
men, would fiji our columns twenty times
over So numerous have become the Sign
ers Of that list that future generations, when
they come to read the history Of our times,
viii almost naturally conclude that our m
ton was a nation Of thieves, banded to
getheF for tie destruction Of public peace
and confidence, and for the CELEBRATION Of
al! marks or footprints Of true worth and
honesty. Especially viii this view Of the
case apply to our present Congress Of the
Quilted States and to the present session Of
the State Legislature, Broaniow included
No matter how base and infamous the prop
osition offered to the present Congress If
they can be convinced tiat It's adoption viii
prove burdensome and oppressive to the
white portion Of the late rebeIlious States
It Immediately becomes a Law, and the only
question with them seems to be, Z" is there
not something stilI more oppressive that can
be brought to bear upon them" We grieye
to say that men, claiming to represent the
interests Of Tennessee once proud State,
but now orc sunk low IN humiliation
can be found base enough to take part in
forwarding and carrying out these hellish
designs. Thank goodness but few Of them
are. smart enough to concoct these schemes
however willing they may be to further
them on when proposed BY their infamous
I associates.
! We greatly fear that our present repre-
! sentation in Congress, by their appearance
] and lack Of ability, have done more to im
press such men as Thad. Stevens and suct
: ilk with the idea that We are only the equa
of the negro, and deserve just such treat
ment as they are now meeting out to US, thar
: by their counsel ard advice
Had our people had free voice in tn,
election of their representatives, and then
, sent such men to Congress as Butler, May
na.d, Stokes, Arnell Num-, etc, then surely
} we would have no right to complain of negr,
equality But such has not been the case
But what shall we say of our State Legisla
: ture 2 Surely the English language will fai
: to do them justice Such a 1nongrel set ha
never been witnessed outside Of recon
struction convention, and such set vii
never assemble again outside of the region
Of the damned Were Satan to calIupol
!, us to summon his agents and their dupe
= to his satanic presence, we should immed
aely take the train to Nashville, in CON
pany with Sheriff MeCarley and his sabl
CONFLICTS, and upon arrival there immediatel
inform Gov. BFownlow of our mission, an
order him to call the roll of his friends j
> the Legislature and penitentiary, and motif
them to prepare rations for the journey
We hope this call, if come it must, viii com
- before sire adjeearAnnant of this dishonorabl
= body, and before the large majority of tAieye
murderers, etc, are pardoned out Of tn
penitcntary, so that we should not be put
!; the extra trouble Of telegraphing to then
and Of hunting them up in the many dar
holes and corners of the State, and also th'
= they may not be enabled to take part in tn
. coming Presidential election, which is
n, take place in November next. Unless h
P satanics majesty does summon these partic
to his presence in time to prevent such a
y Occurrences we venture the prediction th,
|; not less than three-fourths of all the thIeve
murderers, etc, now in the penitentiar
D. will be pardoned cut before the day of ele
T ton in November
r. Surely Tennessee is blessed (?) with h,
N, full share Of bad men, and it seems they q
= have positions, either in or out of the Stat
- prison.