The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-23

On tue Gay following, IN the iousei 4
Mr. Beck also rose to agpsrsonaL expla-
first received the uuaai
moas cansent ofnthe House there to-in
to the deRiaL by Senator Brown
low of the charges maize against him by
Nj Beck, Of having nisgoveroed Ten
nessee during his occupancy f the GU
beFnatorial chair Of that Stat. MIR.
Beck .'exPanationed' TO some extent,
and ffr want of space We are only ena
bse,b % extract a few Of the ca ,icest bits
for the interested our readers. Ga aare !
Prefaciug his remarks by saying THAT
he did not intend tnrdeseeRd to- she use
Of zbiliingsgate or Slang, OF TO degrade The
House by any allnsiJn which the mess-
bers could say was not eIhitently proper,
Mr.. Beck said of the remarks for which
he had been arraigncd by the Parson:
i In that speech said that Governor
Baowulow had made OF feuhessee a pam
demonium / was on a.committee tom
yestigate the condition. OF the South, and
when / came to lo5k over the, eondispon
Of things IN Tennessee, fun thsaciSse OF
tie war until1lS6S, ! saw sHeh asstate oil,
affairs as existed nowhere else ron the
Americrn continent aud it was because /
fund that, state of things so exlsung that
made the remarks .te which exception
has been 'takeu. lfthe facts did net ex
ist. tiien am guilty of SANDER bHtsIf
( the facts did exist, and if shall prove 70,
she House that the State OF Tennessee
WIS by misrule made = pandemOnlum
for four years alter the T&r ~esed, then
am not guilty Of slandeF {}wlIi either
stand before this body willul aud NAH
| cious Gbelier, or sill stand continued by
! facts in the statement thrp5h made i
| wish 70 show the condition oElthIRgs IN
| Tennessee from 1855 to 1868 How lag
| islation, by a. series of acts Unparalleled
| in A m erican history, constituted itself
body not represe ating. one teuth Of the
/ papu latidn; how sediiOus laws were
passed how persons were arrested for
| speaLing disresp ectluily of the1ioveEfiOV !;
IhoW there was an outlawery Of persons
and an outlawery Of the press, an out
tlawery from franchise; IA dutlawery Of
| everything which did nos bJW to the
mandates of the men in power; how
seventy thousand citiZ as of che Sta te had
been 'dislrlnenised by law5 bow the
Governor had disfranchised twenty igat
| conutIes in Tennessee becau e they hal
elected to the Legislature men who were
! hostile to HIM how he had eduGed the
vote of the State from ope hundred and
/ fiftv thousand 10 th,rty nine thousand;
how he lad only allowed fourteen men
| to register in i've who's c6auty OF flenryI
| how no man was Allowed to vote VINO
| was not known to be In favor ofthe Lfg
| isiature ard Governor and everything
else The great point winch L desire to
make is that have not falsely charged
anv man when / said that a pandem9-
mum, existed IA Tennessee If 81 had
said that the condition of things IN Den
nessee was a he'll | would have beau
nearer the truth. say Now Jhat no man
| can read the record of Tennessee and
? see hew, step by steps that condition OF
things Was prUdpeedThoW men were
ldisfranehised, h,AY d militia was organs
lied and LuC oyer the people, how nilli+
tarv orders we're executed, how proela-
masi0ns we're issued, how martial law
} Vas declared and executed-wiJhsut see
ihs thaG what said Of the State Of Ten
nessee in that connection was strictly
true, and that it was the worst governed
State on toe continent
| was e<arged with being the-vllest 0l
men. with having left a livery stable anc
taken % the slave drivers lssh, and WITT
/ deserving the scUrn and Contempt VI a
: honest men. | would notIDOlce IT 3bu: To-
the faet1hat what has been said agains
me will go to all the world. am VIII
ing 70 stand, on MY record before my
vuoblerat hume. They know me- tiey
havs trusted one, but they cahnOs speaL
| to the whole 4 iheric'tn people as car
sueak to day from this place, and WheL
!, nsntlgnen rise in their p4aees-Rny-
:. / where, Fd0n't care wheFe-and charge
that 4 am a man = ho is not TO be trusted
because am 20 yiie AID e'tne from .suot
i vile quarters, deQounce lt -heFe anas DE
5 Bounee it everywhere. J know WAY a
these charges are made. ~ mas 4 salt
about a mathematician in Tennessee wa!
J said about ali other Southern states, ahd
RI a good deal more about snne OF them
/ One man DaSssi Of Ifexes was lo"kin.
; me in the lace wheuI said It, aud sale
,nore against Governor Bullock of Geor
ria- who rat by my SHE. and they are
NOT All crippies mot all i'm bcciies
: no e never told "a lie, aI.,l am prepared t
p+aye every fact stated here OF elsewhere
They tboughJ they would put man L
! Espeak ag,sinst Re, Of whom they coulC
lAsay that he-is q cripple that he canno
f wri.s. th,tA he cRrnOt re.tdl ami canno
yv,ik and t!sa siiieid themselves benin.
y,i1,. they are not all crippled the res
of theua can waikiki will prove what
saif, nqaiust eyerY, one % them, and It u
. hsea.Ise they know will DO It. tt 7
! bea,1se Reid OF Ftori3a, scott Of ,S,sutl
II C,,rnlina and Davis Of ltxGs, AMI al o
tban Know that have been rFromiiieh
/ i IN teS ting Gpoa r9PFts which will be be-
81 fore t6e SsuntrY jns3sss taan a week r,an.
IL thee are trying -tnE blackenr me, fF2 tha
D When fbe people take PIP ne rFP .lI-s. an
E read IL they may SAL On, IT. Ia
E falluw Beck, who was a negr,a ariV6r ma
: 4 says this IS That Is their gstlnbi that
/, the reason v y = tkey1 eisesett poor.pi'
9 imbetile 10 altar / ma $50 - eisT
The people of Inyu-3istict have sent N
/ 70 Congress- three, tjEies-the last 4im
y agaiass my protest eVd after nv writes
+ dsclinstiun They had met him viii
" ovstions when he went home II wa
. WiItin2 TO stand Oh Their kn0wledgs o
j .lhiEI ana his char,lctsr ~ q
Il Asto Btownl0w laying the lash, on hi
g ( Beeksi back Is he ware stronger thai
d. ne was, no. a aa ever had lGi3 lash Of
U his lack or 'ruck hiIa a blow, and n
h man syer should AID iIvei BTewTlOE
,, could not say SO tnurh for himself. q
e Fayet5e Mem d1Hn Enevv. 2 Yet he Beck
20 was no braggart and no b'aekSuala ran
e FISH woman could beat him at abuse
, - ~ X 1t humu a.ed him g stand q
p before. tie iuentefs Of the Hopse an
d So these things. bat he felt c,fitd On {
q rerei with honest iiAdignatjon the charg
"a made against him that he had ever bee
is guilty Of anything unworthy of himse
Al or his family or his people. If he ia
been, hs would not be here. He repre-