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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07

VALENTINES Jimmie Osborn, at the
Book Store, has sent US, in advance, spe-
cimen of the fine lot of Valentines which
be has Just received for the l4th. 1t re-
presents a gas bag filed to tightness, and
we suppose he desires US to turn 1t loose
in this notice. Not being very familiar with
the subject, we have appealed to wiser
heads for information, and find that the
custom of sending valentines, which is Of
very ancient date, was derived originally
from Pagan nations, aud finally, like many
other customs, became engrafted, with
come alterations, upon the Christian church
by which it was encouraged, especially,
during the period Of the Troabadoure.--
Though it has of late fallen into disuse on
account Of some unpleasant features which
have been added to it, there are still many
persons who derive much pleasure from
the custom, and ou- young people will be
on the lookout for the largest supply and
the incest selections. To all such we will
say that Osborn has an extensive stock OF
sentimental aud comic valentines, to suit
the fancy of every class Of persons. Rush
frantioally to his store and make your Sc
leetions before they are pic ed over.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07

That popular and energetic firm. J. D.
Flautt d Co.. come out with new adyer-
tisement this morning. 1t will be seen
that they have dropped the grocery bust
ness, and are now doing hardware, cotton
and commission business. Each one of the
members Of this firm is whole team in
himself, aud big dog under the wagon.
while Mr.. Andrews, their accomplished
salesman and general superintendent Of the
hardware line knows everything connected
with the business.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07

TIE WHEAT,-Fortunately when the late
hard freeze came on, the ground was in ra-
Their dry condition, and 80 far as we have
been able to ascertain, the wheat of this
county was not damaged seriously by the
freeze.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07

FoR TAxEs.-A long list Of lands. town
lots 60, are advertised for sale IN this pa
per BY the sheriff for non payment Of tax
es See il your name appears in the list.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07
The eewhilikin !

More good shoes for men. women, boys,
girls, children and babies, to be found at
Ward & Shapard's, st rates to compare
with the low price Of cotton. dec 90
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07
Will the Ladies Eneourage Us.

By the next regular night of The Sons of
Temperance the ritual and instructions for
the initiation of Lady Visitors into the Sons
of Temperance will have been secured, and
on that night the Division will be ready to
receive ladies' as members of the order
May we not hope that scores of them will
lend the encouraging influence of their
presence on that occasion. Without the
encouraging smiles of women all onr bright
schemes of reformation are blasted. Every
lady has a sweetheart, a husband, a broth
er, father, son or a friend. whom size
would like to see walking in the path Of
Love, Purity and Fidelity, add viii use her
influence to bring them within the folds OF
this redeeming and purifying institution.
II the ladies desire the gentlemen to be
temperate men let them prove it by their
actions.
This invitation is not extended to young
ladies' alone. but to young and old. Every
mother or wife whose son or husband be.
l-ngs to the order, aud every mother and
wife whose son or husband does not belong
to it, should feel it her duty to encoura. {
the association and attach herself to it.
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The GewhilikIns 4!

Hoops, doll babies, coffee mills. sugar,
ribbons, coffee, aud shawls 10 keep YOU
warm at Ward & Sbapard's. dec 90
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The Gewhilikin (!

Solid and figured wOrsted, calico. do
mestics, easimeres, sattinets. james, tweeds,
plaid linseys and fsnnels. selling at Ward
and Shapard's at low pressure prices. 90
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07

In JA1L.-TheIe are only six persons
confined in the Jail at this place now two
whites and four negroes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07
The Gewhilikin +!

Did you ever see the like 4? II Ward d
Shepard haven't gone and filed their Big
Store house plum full of new goods /! 20
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Tie Gewhilikin !

Ward & ShsPard's is the place to spend
money and get cheap goods. deco
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TIN-WARE, GROCERIES, &c.

/ 7 is their intention to transact a General rvD
L Goods and Grocery Business in all of its details
and the public respectfully invited TO call and
examine theil stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Jan 5, ". X col
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07

We would call attention to our stock of
Hardware & Cutlery,
EN- oracng the best brands and approved patterns OF
Carpenters
Cabinet Makers
Wagon Makers and
Coopers' TOOLS
Saw Guntme' Sc
English files
Double Barrel Shot Guns7
Colts, Sharps, and
Smith & NELSON'S Pistols
Metallic Cartridges-all kinds
WOstenholm's Genuine
Pocket Cutlery
Fine common Table Dc.
Spear & jackson and
Henry Diston's Hand Saws
CrOss-cut and Tenant Saws
Locks, all kinds
Hinges, all kinds
Bellows, Anvils
Vises, Nails, Iron
Horse Shoes
Mule do
Powder
Shot
Caps.
Hand Axes
Broad do
Coping DO
Hammers
Dies and Stocks
Draw Knives ~
Hoes
Shovels
Spades
M1ttocks
! Pickr
ShoveIs and Tongs
! Candle sticks
| Wagon Boxes
Always pay thehighost market price for
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07

and anything slse you may call for IN our line, =
OF which We propose 70 sell at very small advance
for cash. Sold, Silver and UueuTEeut Money taken
AZ Nashvilfe rates We ask en- ezamlnatIon Of our
stock BY 0tr friends and the public generally
novo-tiau WARD 4 sHAPARD
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07
Ha1e's Dar1y,

Which ripens two or three weeks earlier than any
other variety.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08
Vote Against the Constitution"

If the constitution now before the people
had been framed by men chosen according TO
the statutes of the State, our objections to it
could not be less than they are. Its illegitl-
mate birth is by no means the only objection
to it nor the only reason why We should vote
it down.
The Jacobn Congress has by its legislation,
backed by bayonets, settled for the present. tor
all practical purposes. the question as to the
civil rights of its trainers. While we, as white
men, object to the accouchers who attendedlts
birth, We can not, as long as trucking party
ism keeps these great constitutional questions
in allegiance before the Supreme Court, make
legal fight on the question Of its legitimacy ;
vet We can and must strain every nerve and
energy, resort to every strategy known to po-
litical warfare, to vote it down. 1t is leveling
and agrarian in its general features, and pro-
scriptive in its articles on personal rights /; it
makes war on our long established usages as
to the rights of property, and invades the sane
tity of our social hearthstones. If adopted, it
will destroy that amity which does in truth
exist between the white man and the black
man, and will engender hostilites that will not
down at the bidding of the miscreants who
have thrown the apple of discord into the
midst of a peaceable and good-natured race.
The pendulum is rapid in its return-retri-
button follows swiftly in the wake of revolu-
tons. The leaders, who, in the calm preced
ing the outbreak, may protect themselves from
the vengeance of an outraged people by reason
of their personal paltriness, are often the first
to pay the death penalty and fall beneath the
retributive hand of the conqueror.
Miscreants, who distort the amiabe qualities
of the colored man and distil into his ear, by
falsehood and deceit, an antagonism, are to.
day in our midst, protected by their own in
ignifcance-the negro when a slave would
have spit on them J.; to-day, the white man,
from a dread of pollution, hesitates 10 call
them to that account which will be reckoned
with them in earnest, if their ilegtimate work
is made the organic law Of this State. Their
paltriness will not always protect them. If
they Cypress US, by the passage of this thing,
We warn them solemnly of the day Of retribu
tive reaction. Vote it down.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

BRIEF TENuRE.-The colored people have
been misled, by men who are using them for
party purposes, into fearful mistake as to
their own strength, and the power of the party
now counting their support All the indica-
tons from the North show wonderful change
in public sentiment there In the elections last
fall the fact was demonstrated, that an actual
majority of the Northern people were Demo
Gratis. That majority has been steadily in
creasing, and will continue to increase, until it
reaches majority that will this fall take con-
troll of the government The attempt 10 force
Radical constitutions on the Southern people
is watched with the closest interest and if it
fail, as fail it will, the political power of the
country will be transferred from fragmentary
Congress, to great party, composed of white
men, who are determined to administer the
government for white men. Even in the South
ern States, the blacks number only three and
half millions against eight millions of whites.
Is it the interest of these people-we mean
the colored-to put themselves in opposition
to the whites, to provoke their resentments or
to invite the exercise of their power against
them? No, surely. Let them then be eau
tious how they sell themselves to the enemies
of the Southern people-to those cheap fellows
playing politicians among them, who are here
to-day, but in the day of retribution, will not
he here
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08
The DISTINGUISHED.

The acknowledgements which the proposed
constitution, if adopted, will inhct upon the
people of this State, together with the dlsqual-
6caion for holding any Office, either State or
national, which is imposed upon the white men
Of Louisiana, by what is known as the 18th
amendment TO the Constitution of the United
States, will subject the intelligent property
owners of this State to the absolute control oil
non-taxpaying and wicked Northern adven-
turers, whose control over the blacks has, so
far, been complete, and if this constitution is
adopted, will be perpetuated. The adoption
Of this constitution will secure the passage OF
the l4th amendment.
The following persons are declared by this
constitution incapable of voting or holding
Office:
/. All persons who held Office, civil or mil
itary, for one year or more under the Confed.
crate government; 2. All persons who regis
tered as enemies of the United States; 8. All
leaders of guerilla bands during the war; +
All who, in the advocacy of treason, wrote Or
published newspaper articles, or preached SER
mons during the late war 5. All who voted
for or signed an ordinance of secession in any
State:
The following persons are declared incapa-
Bile of holding Office, civil or military, under
the United States, or any State, by the 18th
amendment to the Constitution All persons,
who having taken an oath to support the Con-
stitution of the United States. as an officer
either of the United States or of any State,
shall have engaged in instruction Or rebellion
against the same, or given aid and comfort to
enemies thereof.
These acknowledgements and Disqualified
lions will include nne-tenths of the people
competent to administer the government in this
State. Thousands of us in Louisiana, who
have now the privilege of voting, will be dis
qualified if the constitution is adopted, and
with it the 18th amendment is passed. While
we have the privilege, let us exercise it, and
vote down the constitution.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

SECRET CAUSE.-THE mere existence of Sc
crct political societies in any country is proof
Of trouble. When we were great, united
and happy people, political affairs were dis
cussed in open day. There was no need OF
resort to dark rooms, to hear the infammatory
eloquence of club orators. These clubs are
the favorite resorts of irresponsible men, and
the favorite means, in all ages, of badly dis
posed men, to foster revolution. They destroy
public confidence, impair public credit, ruin
industry, and will overturn the Government
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

TAxAr1os-Of the money which is collected
by taxation for the support of this govern
ment, ninety mine dollars in every hundred are
paid by those who will be disfranchised by the
adoption of this constitution. Will the tax
payers submit to the burdens of supporting the
government of the State, in all the extraya-
gance which this constitution foreshadows,
without voice in the affairs of that govern
ment? There is but one means Of escaping
constitution
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

To THE FRoNr-In the coming election
every man will have an opportunity, and it
will be expected of him, to show under what
flag he fights. Those who are not for US are
against US; there is no halfway ground to
stand upon, which would not condemn the man
who occupies it, white or black in this contest
The colors are positive there can be no mis-
taking those of the enemy, In political parties,
as in armies, there are alwas class of men
who, like suffers and camp followers, may be
reckoned only in ostentatious enumeration as
a part of the solid ranks but who remain in
the van only so long as there is no danger in
front. These men give no aid to the opera
tons of an army, and often dishonor its flag
by lax discipline and impolitic dissentions.
They are as ready to cut the Threats and rifle
the baggage of their comrades as they are to
join in the spols of victory. The whole State
should be alive to the Importance of the issue
every precinct, every village and town, and
every household should muster its entire
strength for the contest. Bring in the re-
serves-take the sick and disabled men to the
field in ambulances, and let them assist in
voting against the constitution.
GRADUAL CoNFIsCATIoN.-This constitution
will surely, if adopted, gradually accomplish
the confscation of the property of those who
are now the owners of it. The taxes will be
paid by the dsfranchised, the burdens of tax
alton will be imposed by those, the great mass
of whom have nothing to tax. Systems of
universities and primary schools may and will
be established, as contemplated by this consti-
tuition, at the expense of the property owners,
and without expense to those who vote the ap-
preparations to them and those who pay for
these schools will be excluded from participa-
ton in their advantages, because they cannot
consent that their children shall be brought
into social intercourse, in these schools, with
the blacks.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Gazette says
that the following correspondence recently oc-
CURED between Democrat of this city and
the White House:
To His Excellency Andrew Johnson President of the
United States
I am ready to assist you with men and money
at moments warning. The Democracy Of
Whitley county are with you.
COLONEL M
To this offer the presidents private secretary
sent the following reply:
To Colonel -~s
Dispatch received, Who the devil are you
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

XXX K.-He thrice armed is whose quarrel
isJust The moon bathed in blood. Stars
shine in ghastly glimmer. The avenger stalks
forth and crime shudders. !" Hole in the bluff
eleven O'Clock, when ehurchyards yawn. Be
pigilant be brave. The future is.our By
order Of the Grand Cyclops
P. Y Y. LIZ
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

Behind the scenes: Stage manager ohn
go and see if the ballet are all dressed, for it
Is time to ring up the curtain" Boy returns
F" About ready, sir: got most Of their clothes
off -
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WAGEs.-Wages depend on the mainte-
nance of order and public tranquility, the
security of property, and general prosperity.
Secret clubs never pay wages The colored
people of Alabama and Arkansas found out,
in time, that loyal leagues would lead them to
ruin, and abandoned them. They are told in
Louisiana that, by voting for the constitution,
they secure homes for themselves. This is a
bait to catch gudgeons. If every acre of land
IN the State were offered for sale o.day, COM
blnatlon of the whites could defeat the sale of
single acre to any black man. Like the So
clal equality provision and the educational pro-
vision. the small tract provision is mere hum
bug, and designed to impose on ignorant ne
groes and to catch their votes
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

,ro, nc and to suffer the constitution to be re-
iseted BY RETAINING from casting our votes
since Congress has just passed another law a, oe-
cIaring that majority OF voters Will su',ice 70
ratify ibe constitution. We must ac'' lhefe'.
fore if we are not willing to let the govern y
n,ent Of the State and the occupancy OF an
the offices, State and parish fall into the hanoS
Of ignorant negroes, and defeat the had'cal
constitution, that condensed charter OF all tn0
turpjtrdes and monstrosites which negro de-
pravitv, Radical rascality and fanatlcal partl-
sanship are attempting to impose upon, US we
will not enumerate the enormltles and crimes
against reason, against religion and against
nature engrossed in that hellish document II
will suffice any honest white man to know tha1
it is the produce of ybrid convention OF ne
oroes and Radicals, in order to induce him to
make every effort to destroy it. From such a
source nothing good can come.
Let every white voter of the parish who has
not yet been registered make it his duty to 60
to the bureau of reg lstratlon as soon as the
same will be opened fourteen days before the
election, and prepare to vote against the rat'
6caton of the constitution and when the
election comes let no man, with white skin on
his flesh and bones, who has at heart to pre-
serve the purity of his race and the honora-
bililv of his name in the future, remain away
from the polls on that day let him also make
it his duty to see that his neighbor vote like
him, and we may be assured of success
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pnhIic Schools.

Extraordinary efforts are being made to IN
duce colored men to believe that the constitu-
ton has provided we'll for the education of
their children. We are not surprised that
many of them are deceived. The provision,
requiring the Legislature to establish, at least,
one free school in each parish, may be like
keeping of word of promise to the ear, but,
in effect, it is the breaking of it to any reason
able hope. For, in the first place, the treasury
of the State is now bankrupt. To supply the
means of paying public officials, Gen. Hancock
has been compelled to order the collection of
taxes in currency-the money of the State be-
ing almost worthless. Can the country stand
heavier burthens in the way of taxation There
is already tax of forty cents pound on to-
bacco, two dollars gallon on whisky, two and
half cents pound on cotton, and other pro-
ducts in the same proportion. And yet the
public debt is increasing. We cannot meet the
necessary expenses of the Government and
pay the interest on the public debt. How then
can we stand additional taxation now for pub
lie schools? But suppose we had the means
to carry out plan Of public instruction; with
population so widely scattered as ours, the
attempt would be a failure, just as it was years
ago when it was tried in this State. One pub
lie school in each parish would not accommo-
date one child-or one person between six and
twenty-one years of age-out of every hundred
in the parish. 1t would necessarily be located
at the parish seat, to supply the largest local
need. In Caddo, it would be established in
all probability in the town of Shreveport Now,
to support this one school, at least, in each
parish, the constitution provides, that every
male inhabitant in the State shall pay a poll
tax, which shall not exceed one dollar and fifty
cents. In other words, every male inhabitant
of Caddo may be compelled to pay that sum
for one school, established at Shreveport, and
to which ninetynine out of every hundred ed
ucable persons could not be admitted, because
of the inability Of their parents or guardians
to pay for their boarding in town. Is their any
Justice IN thls Inc ruin is, IN the lace OF
the bankrupt condition Of the State treasury,
and of the taxation of the whole for the bene-
fit of the few, the proposed public school sys
TEN is sheer humbug, and was SO known
to the trainers Of the constitution. Its inser-
ton in that instrument was designed to de-
ceive and mslead the colored people, merely
to secure their votes for its adoption.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-04-08

PROTEST ExTRAoRD1NARY.-It was the tele-
graph, we believe, which the other dav brought
to light an old letter of Molasses S. Grant
written to somebody in Mexico, and proposing
to 60 out there On fishing excursion after the
present Presidential campaign. Not to be
behind the telegraph, we have also Just resur
rected private and strictly con6dentiar'
epistle from Moasses to his father. 1t is dated
"Old- Covein-to KY" and reads: Dear
Papa-Dry up! Your ID twaddle in the
Ledger (pardon the unflial irreverence, is
making me the laughing stock of the civilized
world. DO you suppose, you cussed old Jakey,
that anybody cares how l used to mount mules
haul logs, ride bareback and play marbles :?
Why do you let your mouth 20 off so fast :?
Can'tyou see IN keeping mine shut to keen
from catching Democratic neuralgia and a
severe Copperhead- ache What does the
Ledger pay you, for PHYS sake ? I'll cover
the pile with whole years salary to keep
out the history of my life. l am willing to
die natural death, but your life of me | fear
will be the political death of me. But if you
will write another letter about me-say YOU
amt my father. Say you are id old bas-
tard, or anything, to turn the conversation. If
| was an lcelander your affectonate biograph-
ical epistles would make me perspire all the
blood out Of my system and smoke forty cuba
SKIES minute. Your affectionate SON.
i" Molasses." Nashville Banner
TOUCHING AvE-TAK1NG-The ST. Josenh
(Mo. } Herald reports an elopement case A
Mrs. Carson has left with doctor, frs. adj
dressing the following to her husband
DEAR HUBBY You're played out. |
like DR.. - so we'll that prefer going with
him rather than staying with you-ycu good
for nothing degenerate cuss. It's none of your
business where we're going to. 1t won't do
you bit of good to follow US, for l wouldn't
live another day with you to save your life.
You made mistake in thinking loved YOU.
never did. married you merely for conve-
nlence sake. | take the baby along, and III
take care of it. You can sue for a divorce, or
get married as soon as you please. The woman
who gets you next will have healthy old
prize. Good bye. Be yirtuous and you'll be
happy. Your LATE WIFE"
A man in one of the Hartford cotton mills,
opening bale Of cotton the other day, found
9 wallet containing s5,ooo-in Confederate
bills,