The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-03-26

ceiVe this dogma of RAdicaIism-
! assert, sir. that no government ever en-
dorsed the mad cry of the French reVold
tioniets-"liberty, equality, fraternity"
| without beiBg earsed with disorder and con-
| fusion. Il 10 revolution itseIG-stFife is ite
compsnion, and aaarchy its end. IL means
| the breaking down Of all the barriers which
| wealth, intelligence OF moral worth have
erected-the destruction Of all Distinctions
! in society-and the utter ruin Of sH that is
pure, peecesble and good. If this be 30
| where the people are Homogeneous, and the
| distinctions ObliteFate1 we're those which
/ were the result of circumstances, how shall
We escape If We receive into politicsl equal
ity the negro; who is Of diEerens and in
feri0r race, withOas the intelligence to knew
or the virtue tO DO what is Fighs and. Who
| from tie earliest history Of HE race 70 the
present time, in his native Is nd OF elsewhere,
hes never manifested . capacitv 90 erect or
| maintain . we'll ordered government, bnt
who with all the restraints of religion, o:
education, of association, i essentially in
the anarchy of heatheni>m in this christian
land. There is still higher reason Why
zs shou'd not embrace this dogms. Is Il
clear violation of the Divine Law. II - An
attempt by man to make equal what God has
declared sBeQual Does nOt our knOWi-
edge of the negro race, ss we'll a. his history,
assure ua by 9 natural lag he is n0S our
| equal. He ie not our equal in the power of
phvsical or men q endurAnes; he is OF
different cOler, and especially - he our in
feFiOP in capacity for self government; sad
vet, shsll We, in de6Anee Of the natural lAW
of our Creator, declare this HsgrO our pOliti
cal equal, and place IN his h2nia equally
| with the white man the control BY ballot OF
. governments of lsw and order, and expect
= tiessinK un it 7 ! tell yoH no. For Whist
q 1tiOn or people have ever violated revealed
o. Ratural lsw Of God snd pFospeFed? Who
Aaa Eesisred bis will and tFiumphed
But Scms delegstes though sheV agree
thas in def ing and dIsregaFding the natural
distinctiOB bstWRea the white and the RegTO
race, aud declaring him the political equal
of the white man they Vi0lsts abstsAes truth
still thev say Is is ths Pa&d ~ pRses IS 10
the say TO svOid the dissstFOUa consequences
~hich would follow from doing what is
right
deny it, still. if it were true thst good
RoRld certainly come upon our tFsEsPlDg
upon truth and doing whst is confessed to
be evil-shaud But Re, elstion which eE
pFe@aly prohibits dOiRE ~rong thAt good
NAV csJss. eaHss 's- ~ pause
But, siV, no living ta~n can tell what 8 day
NAV brissg f0Fth With ell his wisdom he
cannot wsigA the eOaseqHenoea Of = single
act of sn iadiviiu,l, much lees can he predict
with truth che esRsequsncas of . fch a steT
a. is pPopOAsd to be taken in ths maj nrity
report Of Stie people of Tennessee.
The creator gave man the powers oi
memory that he might call up the past, and
, reaaon-thSS he hiEht use the light of the
Past in discovering what is right an the pre-
} sent; but he has given him no p0wef to divine
the truth or control consequences. Now,
r sir, shat lesson should We people and
as individuals learn from these natural
l.
: what day may bring forth, much less con
troll consequences for a series of years it is
eur highest wisdom to do what We know t,
, be right-to set forth in this Constitution 81
1 true those things which We know 90 be true
n and leave consequences and the control C
= them where they belOug-in the bosom OF
+ Infinite Wisdom and am sure, if We act
) we'll our part. We shall have no reason !.
:, complain of Him who does control, and will
q in spite of u.s. control the results. Now,
+ it is wise to hesitate, to pause before doin;
J wrong that present good may come, even |
q we know (which is impossible) thatit WOul'
e certainly follow, surely the folly of doinl
n wrong would be made more manifest in pr,
% portion as il Was uncertain whether eTei
e present good sr peace would follow. And
Il sir, deny that any good or peace, whlct
70 deserves the name, can follow the adoption
d as q fundamental truth in our Constitutio
u
2 in political rights of the white man, and !
Le extending to him the elective franchise
le Judging from experience and history, wha
rt will be the result as TO the white man an
ir the republican government which his tathel
., gave him Will not the 40 600 negro voter
ut hold the balance of power as between th
Or two great parties who will be str gglIng tC
50 place in this Stste2 Will they not eas
th trifie with truth and their honest conviction
IL = uslkTr
nF power, and thereby lift themselves INTO Oth'
mt until public virtue and good morals are de
lis troyed, Wty, sir, in our palmiest day
lis have you not seen an honest politician bea
Du en- by 3 mere demagOgue, whose on
of strength was in his corrupt paDdering TO Il
is prejudices of the ignorant Sec the milti'
of money which yearly expended
or common schools, in order to raise the ignO
or ant above the disgusting level where d
"a demagugue is master of the situation. ;
ur the number of States which, for fear of rui
ii from the ignorant white man, have attemE
Ity ed by property and educational Quallhcatio
-0i 70 deprive him of his voting tower, and a
I'D the politicians of the present purer til;
on those Of the past? Are not the degrees
,al this State far more ignorant and eorru
,us and easier to be guiled by demagOgues, th
FOR the white people ever were2 appeal
nd delegates on this floor IL 1t ID not true tl
is even the county delegates vie with ea
other in bowing to negro voters for th,
ten vote Has not every candidate (since t
of negro was illegally declared voter, ev
yro those wro were running for high ana T,
Of punsible Offices, instead OF denOubcing {
the radical Legislature. who IN violation of I
or Wi Of the people ana the peace and " ella
.ed Of the State, declared the negro d otter; T..
uas dered to this power and used all his sxerti
de by nd coptdatduDa rutgHs arguments To c,
.ud v ace the negro that he was Their eEpee
me cIam pion, and Eh3le he would Confess
or private thai the negro was whully unfit
,pt exercise the elective franchise, and had
ave legal right tO da So, yeS IN public attempt
gro to persuade the negro that lie Was ute
hat opposed 20 his ever being denied the Ell, ct
e OF franchise, sad il he got IN power he wo
md confirm it In him