The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-03-12
Rock of ages.

an the bright lexicon of youth, which !
fate reserves for vigorous manhood, there's |
no such word as fail, says the bard of Avon |
What will the weak~kneed, wishy washy |
third partyites' say in defense of their |
past conduct, when the Democracy rescues
from radical rule, ruin and disgrace, the
American Union, and restores it to all of its
original purity and former glory? Many
there are, we know, whe do not wish for such
q blessing to this country; but they are far
less in numbers than those who cling to the
doctrine of State Rights, equal taxation and
a white mans Government The principles
adhered to by minority Of the late Con-
vention, as enunciated by the member from
this county, james Fentress, Esq, and his
unfinching colleagues, can never be crush
ed; but long before the American people are
debased as the radical power now in force
would have them, will leap, as the live
thunder does amid the craas of Jura, from
north to south, from east to west and dispel
the gloom which has gathered over US as
nation. Hope springs eternal in the human
breast, and as long as there is life, individ-
ually, collectively or politically, never can
the true patriot pay homage to the mishapen
gods who have been placed in power by
fraud, violence and bloodshed In the
South, even in our own State, many former
champions of the Democratic party have
thrown down their political weapons, and
are now embraced in the Shiny folds of the
l. E,l
policy, while others sought money and
position at the sake of honesty and honor.
But thank goodness, the Democracy of the
North and Northwest, are as stubborn to
day as they were five years ago. They are
organized, and gaining strength every day.
Why then should the people of the South
desert them2 Is it because they fear the
lion of the Capitol2 If so, let it be record
ed in a book which should be labeled
Everlasting Shame" The Memphis
Appeal says:
The recently adopted platform of Penn
sylvania Democracy is "repndiatiOn of I'M
constitutional legislation and opposition to
negro suffrage" John Quincy Adams an
nounced the same creed in his recent speech
in Faneuil Hall He tells US that the tide
of popular passion is slowly turning back
wards and that each change recently made
in the character and purpose of the Federal
Government will be rescinded. Shameful
above ali things would be the abandonment
by the South of the party represented by
Mr. Adams in the North We want no
third party of Liberals, or of those who
approve as blessing an uuquestioned curse
and inevitable calamity. In concessions to
Radicalism, embodied in the new State Con
stitution, the conduct of the Tennessee State
Convention was wholly indefensible. Not
the least evidence gifts weakness was deve-
Hoped in its assent to negro suffrage, utterly
repugnantt to the wishes, instincts and opin-
ions of d great majority Of the people.
While there are States in the South ruled
by black majorities we shall never cease to
inYeigh against an enOrmity more intoerable
and calamity more cruel and insufferable
than any ever imposed in ancient or modern
times upon vanquished enemies. The woes
of Africans, civilized and humanized by
servitude, provoked the tears of Exeter Hall
and of Europe. But these Africans, born
savages, were christianized and partially
civilized By the alleged wrong For this
abject humiliation and measureless, indie
fensibe degradation of white men, effected
by savage suffrage in Mississippi and Caro-
lima, there is no apology. 1t is endured-an
unmixed evil and gross wrong-to be re-
dressed at the earliest possible moment.
Such, as announced by Mr. Adams, we
believe to be the ultimate purpose of the
Democratic party.
-