The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-02-26


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The Constitutional C sBEehtiou o has met
and 2adjnurReda ssinelodios stlKhatsn has b. It
done24 In siours humbles7iidgment three
1hings that itaonght5 not to hayeodonn, and
there are three feasonsa why, thu, people
odghtsto voteEthe amended scdussitutien out
Of sight 4nid5on 7of sfts4,. 49, faf-ii
In the first place. the Convention was in
f fIP5 l BY, menP9Fs Of Congress, ana re-
used toaTsqbmisothe question 0faRegro
ssffrage1tOothe peoples.as a Separate tissue;
Tits denying to- the voters Of Tennessee
tbaafnr IL 5fqrq9dd5Pgo ,s92aa5G9 1910 hs-s1tr9z
L8ss3sslq9Ea Fal9lsShT s.i5 q .55.das stne!4 ryal
bdn the. second place, the poll tax .aualiiitii-
cntion, sGi3hlq ri. bssGs 81 va~' -liu1i Iscla
77fhs tie third 'paes{ the srieiaa tax on
merchants -
AgdaiOst tResee three obldBndeF55 stands only
me good move: The Election of tie
Judiciary by the people. "' . a7''~9*
of the Convention stands the four proposi-
tiena named eboys, and they .areto Devoted
op.by the people,B WeeeaRuot but compare
the first three to cup of 7aloes,e while the
fourth IS only thin layer of sugar around
itsffh, fi-.1.'3 .. 800 &C.,. - ! lo-A g 'i'a
What if the party in Power shqnla tear
thes4 G0hstitutiOnioof 1.-the United States to
aeSaas; INSULT trample upon, and iatterly
dgsH65 the Supreme Court, and at ar
haz9Bds force the detested Fifteenth z mend
Iaehhnron the people, is,it meet and proper
befdfes that is doue for the people Of a
sovereign State, who have always i6athed
the foul teachings Of radical demaEognes, tc
bow4down dnd kiss the cioTeh foot as long
as hope -haDgs ike a beacon 'ov6r-the N tirky
waves of tHeopolitical ocean p Not a Bit Of
It. for the higb-toned, intelligent and pndis-
mayed Democracy of -gQQda Old Hardeman
cepntYs and not an atom. of it for the voter
who, desires the RpEity79f his race, the homer
Of his family, or the peace, prosperity and
happiness of his county, Let pollen and
policy men ialQne, Stick to principle and
stand by the truth pntil thellqst. The Wild
fanatieism that appeFt4ins. day, cannot
last, fer it's champions are mot endorsed sby
the great majority Of the 'Ataerioan..o people
It IS the time.ser7fng zeal Of interested
ofice-holders and ppscfqPq Ions Office seek
eFss who are g continually sscreaching 1.-THE
Uhioh must be saved. God help such
salvation 70 as these cormorants would
administer 100.
(sFhe poll Htax qualification What Of
that2ye sd, si,vsH 3. z.a- 5.serss Ss,. .
sJdsBithis: Under the old law persons DE
tween the age of twenty one and fifty paid "a
tax for exercising the elective franchise;
AID all those whouwere voters before and
paid their poll tax, were exempt from fur Shel
pOliztaxa upon reaching fifty years of age
and were stilIaalloRed thu use of the ballot
eiConvention proposes1toI 7dod away with
this timelhonored ,landuEfrB3 and make il
incumbent upon all personsloyertweh one
yearsUf age, no MATTER howodold athey, may
be, evsn if their. years nun Der an hundred
toiprOduGe a pollItaK receipt7 before acastins
their Votes5s And how fOrlthe sr6ttgness sot
white and 5b1ackIss are amost respeUtfull II
requested to endorses oIrthe fourth SatardaI
IN 1fafol9 aInd make it spfandamentalI Law
oGithes auds 81 ovsiIlos mitigate against ttht
evils Of universal suffrhgo lands Ee6p down 4
large proportion OF negro votes Why
Because the negroes ia great ppmberS
wohldastay away froR the polls enJeIeetior
day, rather than PAT TIE poll tax.'' If chi,
is n5t 4 Sicily way to Whit the devil ar6dht
a stump we do not know ,whieh way the
wind blows. Out with all such pretense:
and hollow heartedness. Nine ,tenths Of, the
members who voted against submitting th|
question of negro suffrage as a sep2rat e
issue, know in their hearts that the quoted
answers given above echoes the sentiments
they entertained when they cast their votes
Why, then, did they not come up to the task
ike representatives z, Simply because they
ancied the jqckalI at Washington wa:
squirting one Of its military eyes at them
and was sputtering about naturalization
the 'sheerest hnmbug sinIagihabfe L. Nc
wonder Gu5W- iJones, ,of7d4ineoIh, def tho
body in disgust. .andsif he is not Sustained
by the peoples hB ought to be ito say the
leastsof it iaiW nai-n5iieroJ -; svz5za1-
}5The9msrchahts' tax siW hat af that25 3.
a,I51,ist useless ito comment upon the mon
strocity 1t is fatal thrust atcommSrcesr0
iTHe election & of Judges byathe people
What ofthati? sI7L'a9Ti esd !Eaf heansonnl
IT is.a coed tthing tigb and proper, We
Yepld like to- have a,smalln pisee.gf chicken
pie ,aba6 do BOT hesitate to say that it can be
dibpenSssfi WI h -If.thfee tedlhot gFidir5ns ate