The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-24

Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati,
through the columns of the Cotholic
Telegraph, pays a high tribute to Horace
Greeley. Among other good and appro,
pirate things, be says:
The nomination of Horace Greeley to
the Presidency by the Cincinnati Con-
vention, in spite ofthe political maneu
vers to confer that honor upon some am-
bitious asniranb less worthy, more plant
and more easily managed, is strong in
dicatiOu of a more healthy change in the
nation The bare nomination, even If it
be not followed by an election of the
chosen candidates, viii strike all who
watched the plans and plottings of Sec
tional cliques to force their favorite for
selfish purposes upon the people as not
only a staggering rebuke to political rob
berry, the great curse of the country, but
most cheering sign that the reactiOnary
movement against official corruption and
| disgrace will have victorious force and
enduring influence.
It is rumored that the German vote
will be withdrawn from him On account
| of his views on thu temperance question.
| We.dO not credit this As a body we
/
and are 700 deeply interested in the pros
| perity of the country to be led astray by
| empty howings of the Grant party on a
matter of minor, or rather of no impor-
lance in this political contest. If they
submit to the sophistry Of the corruption
! ist, which is already making itself heard,
aud approaching to them for ind -rsment,
| they will be guilty Of the greatest folly
4 tl,ovv could voosibIzy com, If dafo
| comes the guilt will be Justly charged to
them, and be at their doors Equally
/ foolish and calamitous will be any separ-
ate action of the Democratic party The
| only wise course open to it will be to
unite under the leadership of Greeley in
| relieving the country from the horrors
| of repetition Offour years more of mis-
| rule. There are strong signs on the po-
litical horizon daily growing more clear
and distinct, that the coalition will be ce.
mented Such an event will at once
| dispel all fear of defeat, and give u5 po-
liticaI redemption,
| On no tenable grounds can those who
| sincerely desire reform refuse to support
the man who during the course of long
| life has shown even in the errors of his
judgement upon some political issues, a
! constant enthusiastic and disinterested
| devotion to the welfare Of the whole
country. By industry, tFuthfulness and
| loyalty to principle, thai no selsih interest
has ever been able to shake, he has risen
from obscurity to honorable fame. He
has never espoused cause which had
nothing to recommend it bVt the pressure
of false public opinion, and he has never
refused to champion a movement that he
believed would be beneficial to society,
because the political party to which he
was attached opposed it. He has never
worn the collar Of political slavery to en-
/ rich himself or secure Office Rather
he has has cast away tue brightest pros
peet of preferment, and estranged himself
from those VINO would have conferred
hOnors upon him, because he indignant
| " refused to purchase them at the exo
pense of his integrity. He has always
| been the open-banded and free~tongued
! friend of the migrant, and the outspoken
| enemy of every Institution incompatible
/ with the wi dest civil and religious liberty.
1t will be a refreshing change when
honesty, sobriety and old fashion repubN
lican simplicity eXpel bribery, drunken~
ness and Gncouth mimiey of loyal digni-
ty from the Presidential mansion: This
ehanch hangs upon the fusion Of the best
elements e. all parties to elect Horace
| Greeley