The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-10-10
AN COUNTY, TENN, October 10, 1868.

oIusiyeIy for the maintenance Of. the Govern
ment and the preseryation sOf the Union
under the =Consttosion.
1t has Eepeateal violated that most sacred
\ pledge under which was rallied that noble
( yoluntee er army, which carried our flag to.
victory.
'iusfea5 OF restoring the Union, it has, so
fan a. in its power, aissolEedit aud Injected
ten States in tine Of peace to desPotisn aud
negro snPremaeys
e has npl6Hed there 5tbe right=of trial by
Itbas abolished the habeas corpus, that
most sacred writ Of liberty.
= has oTerthrUwn The freedom Of speech
aud the press.
Itbas substituted arbitrary seizures and
Chamber lnQulsiGons5 for eonstitutional tn
bunals.
# has disregarded in time Of peace the
right of rhe people to be free from search
and seizures.
has. entered the post and telegraph Of
Hses. a7d even the private rooms of indi-
viduais, and seized their private papers and
letters. Nitsl6;lt airy specification or notice of
afidavit,as required by the oEgaTic4la7T =
into q bastile.
E 1t has established a system Of spies and !
ofie 81 espionage to which no ecnstitutioual
monarchy Ct Europe would now dare to re !
sort
It has abolished the right Of appeal on
important coRstitUtional questions to She
supreme judiciary tribGnal, and threatens to !
curtail or destroy It's original Jurisdiction, 4
which is irrevocablg vested bv the Constitu
ton, while the learned Chief Justice has
been subjected to the most atFocious /
caiumnies, merely because he weuld not |
prostitute his high Office to the support OF /
the false and partisan charges. preferred |
against the President
Its corruption and extraFagqnce have Hex-
ceeded anything known in history, and by /
its frauds and m0EOpolies it has nearly /
doubled the burden Of debt created during |
1t has stripped the President Of his con
stitutonal power of appointment, even Of
his own cabinet
Under its repeated assaults the pillars Of |
the government are rocking on their base, |
and should it succeed in November next and /
lnauguTate its President we will meet as a |
subject and conquered people amid the ruins |
OF Liberty and the scattered fragments ofI
the Constitutions and we do declare and re-
solve that ever since the people of the /
United States threw ofs all subjection to the |
british Crown, the privilege and trust of |
suffrage have belonged to the several States,
and have been granted regulated and con-
troiled exclusively by the political powef of |
each State respectively, and any attempt by |
Congress, on any pretext whatever, to de- |
Priye any State Of this right, or interfere /
With this exercise, is a fragrant usurpation of |
power which can End no warrant in the Con /
sutuuun, and, If sanctioned by the people, |
will subvert cur form of government and /
can only END in a single centralized, con I
5olIddted government in which the separate /
existence Of the States will be entirely alb /
sorbed, and an unqualified despotism be es- /
tabished in place of a Federal Union Of !
equal States
That we regard the reconstruction acts of /
Congress, sOcaled, as usurpahons, Uncon, !!
stitutional, revolutionary and void and that I
our soldiers and sailors who carried the flag /
OF our country to victory against a most !
gallant and determined foe, must ever BEL
gratefully. Remembered, and all the guaran- /
tees given in their favor must be faithfully /
carried into execution.
That the public lands should be distrib- /
nted widely among the people, and should !
be disposed OF either under the pre-emption /
or homestead laws, and sold n reasonable /
quantities, and to none bat actual occupants /
at the minimum price- as established by the |
Government When grants Of the public /
lands may be allowed, necessary for the en-
couragement of important public improve Il
ments, the proceeds of the sale Of such |
lands andanot the lands themselves should /
be so applied.
That the President of the United States, /
Andrew Johnson in exercising the mower /
Of his high Office in resisting the aggressions /
OF Congress on the constitutional rights of
the States and the people, is entitled to the !
gratitude OF the whole American people, !
and on behalf of the Democratic party we
tender hlm our thanks for his patriotic
efforts in hat regard
Uron this platform the Democratic party
appeal to every Tatriot, including all the
conservative element and all who desire to
support the Constitution and restore the /
Union, forgetting al past differences of
opinion, to unite with Us IN the present great
struggle for liberties of the people, ana that !
to al sech, to whatever party they may have
heretofore belonged, we extend the right
hand of fellowship and hail all such co-ope-
rating with as as friends and brothers
The revolutonin Spain has been success
full. Queen Isabella fed the country and