The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-29
A case Under lac Ku-KImx Bid.


The passage of the Ku-Klux Bill was op-
perfume. There is likely to occur case in
the State of New York which will come
within It's purview. As we have mentioned
before, the Hon. o. S. Winans, Republican
member of the n. y Legislators, from the
city of Dunkirk, saw proper, for reasons
satisfactory to himself, to vote with the De-
mOcracy on n number Of bills of political
character. He exercised a right which has
been supposed to be inherent in every citi~
zen of the Countrywide right of independ-
ent political thought and action. In the
exerc Use of'thls right he violated no law,
and consequently incurred Ho penalty. Yet
the radicals Of Dunkirk threaten him with
condign punishment in case of his return
to that city. They have sent him rope
and q copy of the Bible, accompanied by
note informing him that should he return to
Dunkirk they will try to have him viewed
from the standpoint which he deserves. The
standpoint from which they think he de-
serves to be viewed is indicated by the rope
and the Bible. The rope is typical of q
dance upon thin air, and the copy of the
Bible is suggestive of the preparation that
persons who are cast for leading parts in
such performances should make before their
appearance.
The pious inclination Of the Dunkirk Ku
Klux, as manifested in sending the Word OF
Life to the victim whom they had doomed to
death, is good, being method of pointing a
pratcal KuKlux joke never thought of by
their less facetous mystic brethren of the
South. We can form no conjecture as to
how the Honorable Representative from
Dunkirk will regard the pious attentions of
his Radical constituents, or what he will do
in the premises. If the position of the par
ties were reversed, and it were Radical
who had received these ominous emblems
from supposed Democrats, the course to pur-
sue would be obvious and Mr.. Winans need
not hesitate moment as to what to do.
Under this state Of case he could 90 to
Washington and be sure Of a first class con
sular appointment and he could be revenged
upon the Dgnkirk people for their threat to
suspend him, by an order from the Post-ofice
Department to suspend their mails for an
indefinite length of time, or by having in.
ficted upon them some other equally appro-
pirate punishment which radical ingenuity
never fails to suggest.
Now as we have bill for the suppression
of Ku- Kluxism, upon the execution of which
President Grant proposes to enter vigorous
Iy as soon as he returns from his visit tC
Missouri we direct the executive attention
to Dunkirk as furnishing an inviting field tc
try his hand ut the business And we insist
that Democratic communities alone shall
not be prescribed and denied the privilege
OF indulging in little Ku-Klux facetioGs
ness when they are in the humor for it, bu
that the prohibition shall extend to all alike
and these Radical pleasantries shall be in
terdicted if necessary by an executive proc
lamation.- Louisville Ledger.
The Memphis Avalanche of the Goth inst
says
1.-THE weIlknown and successful fruit
grower r. y Barbour, sent 4 box of luscious
Strawberries to the Avalanche Office, yester
day. for which he has the thanks of severa
reporters. They were delicate specimens o
the Wilson Albany variety. Some wert
larger than birds eggs.
MIR "Bob" Lightfoot wants to know
whether the Avalanche means goose eggs
or some other bird Apropos to this, Mr.
d.. Wells, who, by the way, raises NOR
strawberries than any other t1cO men IN til
STATE, sent us some the other day, several 0
which measured four and one-uuarte