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

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IT viii be seen from the following, lsieh
take from the Memphis Daily Ayalanche
Of the 10th, that J. N Campbell. local edi-
tor Of the Avalanche, has moved his head
9aarters 70 a sequestered and sgest scented
spot within the walls Of the Memphis jail f
We would Ike very much to express our
opinion Of the dear old girl for whose sake /
aud on whose account this change has been /
made, but our senior editor Is now in |
Memphis, aad as our opinion of tie dear old
gal is not entirely void Of eoatempt she
might signify her intention and desire Of
seeing lin in secluded place, and of
course In that case NJ Sc would certainly go
to Hunt-[ hJa.
SHELBY CoUNTT jan,
" nday egening March Q e.
+ We are bat an safon3-an iota, but. at this
minute we represent the great power Of the
/ American press, attempted to be crushed
/ beneath the heel OF judicial arrogance ard of
judicial dishonesty. We have held aloof for
Ia week or so from xposing the teening ras-
calities of the day who at present TaanipuIates
/ the Criminal Court of Shelby county. We
| have done 50 from no personal fear, but
/ from a desire that the case should 20 up to
the Supreme Court simply upon its merits
/ We had before this time su Ihciently held up
1.-THE leperous disgust to public scOrn, without
further turning it over, and causing It to i'm
4 pregnate in a higher degree the publican
4 We had shown him in all his leprousy and
i disgrace, until IN the community he now
stinks like 70 ten maekerel by moonlight
81 worse, we might say, than the c0ncen-
4 tratedl essence of cI0aca. A card was pub
hshed in the Public Ledger of Friday or
Saturday, we have forgotten which On the
street we met scverI Conservative negroes,
4 who requested Us to copy it from said pa
per which we promised to do and so we
did. twas a card published over a genuine
signature, ana no doubt told genuine truths
J and that is the reason it hurts So bad. The
card accuses BE0ter and Lewis of stealing
from the signer Of the card his money. How
does Hunter or Lewis answerit7 By inear-
cerating US IN cell, from which we are new
: writing, forgetting, no doubt, Intentionally,
that the same publication was made in the
ledger asd in the Appeal Hnnter did not
want to recollect this fact; he wanted to
, make scape goat of u.s. Let him do it.
D He has US now in his loathsome cell. but we
e tell him we will fight him on this question
. until the regions over which PultO presides
are frozen across, and then viii give him q
good time on the ice. We now propose to
: tell how it all happened. In all the inno-
+ ceuce of our souls. we Yesterday approached
;. the neighbOrhOod of the Grepniaw Opera
House, IN the search of election news, and
were most afabiY informed by Mr. Pat Win
e ters the Sheriff OF Shelby county, that he
It wanted our corpus. We laughed at him,
thinking it one of bis after-electiOu
jokes Seeing, however, serious twinkle
. IN his eye, we questioned further, and then
/ we realized the fact that we were under ar
, rest for #" CONTEMPT committed by publish
:, ing a genuine card under a genuine sigma
ture. Soon after Deputy Sheriff Lanford
: came up and showed the official docu
o ment commanding him to take Us to the
a Shelby county Jail, and there Tinearcerate
= US. Lanford was busy just at the time, and
: he turned US over to Deputy Sheriff Marsh
{ Taylor, who duly Installed US into our quar-.
IS tiers. We had not been there long wher
droves of our friends came along, and theil
expressions of sympathy and prOfers Of helE
were most encouraging and made US feel il
our utmost heart that we were right anC
that the petty tyrant, though he nigh
q through his infamous ipSe DIRT cOnfue Oul
d body, that to our minds the eternal realms
1t of truth were free, and that the claims o
d friendship could not be shut out either by
F the mittimus of Judge Hunter committing M
a to prison, or by the iron grating through
st which we now look at the glorious sun. IL
E. has done his worst, and we would not th
IT instant exchange places with the cowardl7
y yagrant for all the fabled wealth of Aladdin
d cave. He has put his Shiny foot upon tn
press Of Tennessee. Like a second GessleT
Ie he has placed his cap upon pole and sough
to make US bow to it, aud we have refused
=, We have fearlessiy, on all occasions, toll
re the truth, and full into the teeth of the mis-
as cradle thing. Personally we hurl the ep
" thets liar, co10ard and thief He may kee
: US here in prison, but here with the drea
vengeance of the law hanging over our head
ne like che sword of Damoc!es, we tell him tha
7e the American press is not to be curbed b
ye any such metal as he can put in its mouth
1t is . heavensborn institution that tn
~ wealth Of the indies, much less the pusril
attempts of an old dotard, could not contrC
CT it. And we tell him further, that If ever
- cylinder which leaves its characteristics in
- press upon the virgin paper was silence
'' and closed tomorrow, the Avalanche, unde
as It's present management. would continue
y, to hold him up to public odium, and to pull
q lie reprobation. Let the CALLED jade vince
our wethers are uurung.