The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-03-15
AN ANTI-GRANT CONVEN-
TON CALLED.

To the republicans of Kansas: s,gss
The undersigned appointed By meet Z
ing Of Republicans, held at ths city of
Topeka on che 23d inst issue the follow
ing address to the people Of the State Of
Kansas. This action is preliminary to
the contemplated Organizat Of a move
ment having for its object the union of
the people of our State in a concerted eff
fort to rsbukS the corruptions and usur-
pations which have characterized our
State and national politics, and brought
disgrace upon US asa people aud as =
party. .rr4f. .-rT .T
The purposes and practices which AMI
mated and controlled the conVen ton
which net under the call of the Republi-
can State Central Committee at Lawrence
February 81, 1872 have in the main ami
mated and controlled ali the Republican
State conventions. The pHrpose has been
the nomination Of President Grant for
re election, and the PerpetuGtioR ef the
corrupt rings that are sdppiRg the life.
blood of the nation. And SO far az the
enuncistiou of platforms and resolutions
by these conventions are concerned that
has been their only purposes state Of
things through the existence of which
the Republican party, so long the domi-
nant party of the nation, is losing its vi
tally, its Eower for usefulness, and even
its very identity We are required 20
believe that fealty to the President is
above feRlty to the party, and that fealty
to the party Is above and beyond fealty
to the principles upon which the party
was founded.
These facts are the eulminstion Of the
history of-the past three years. They are
the outgrowth of that species of PERSONAL
ism usually an accident to the admins.
tration of government by purely military
characters, which Was inaugurated il
this Governmet ct the accession OF Gene.
raj Grant to the Executive chair. 1t is
from their influences that We have the
greatest evils to apprehend.
1t is through their deadening effect
upon the public political puise-a stiff
ing of that vigilance which ever has been
and ever must be the price Of political
hberty-that We have seen the President
successfully demand at the hands of Goa
gress the enactment Of legislation giving
him the power, upon mere Pretext, to
place a State, or any part Of State, Of
this Union under absolute, memorable
martial Law. u. "l>-f .
d ~ 10 70 EuC 20 AhCts -1k4N We may SAFELY
ascrIbe the. existence of that public bpa-
thy which has permitted great encrOach-
ments upon popular liberty, which has ae'
euStomed the people to lean for protee-
ton in theirIights upon the arm Of Fede'
raj power rather than npon those agsn-
cies so much nearer and more accessible
to them-their municipal and State orr
ganizations. .-- mo-. .....-s- -- rs.i
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times which enables the President to de
mand and receive the authority Of Con.
gress, practically at his Cacn pleasure and
of our States or cities with the bayoRets
Of the army, and thus control iTTeUoca.
big the declarations of the ballot boz or
the convention.
tits to the existence of these facts
that we may ascribe, In large part, the
successful public robbery which has char
acterized the official career of many now
in high public station. To that degree
has this ne@ dogma come to prevail
which places fealty 70 the President be-
fore fealty to the party, before feRlty to
principle, that excessive obeisance to the
wishes of the President first and the par
~ next has been sufficient 80 command
the beStOWal of great powers and emolu>
ments, and to silence, almost in infamy,
with the stigna of disloyalty to that great
parsonage and party all who have pre-
sumed to indulge Ia unfriendlV criticisms,
or to intimate that the highest concep-
tions of purity did not prevail in the nd
Ininistration of public affSirs.
It is to check this dangerous and grow
ing spirit of absolusisn, to correct the
rapidly spreading eIils of personal ans
bitiOn and public corruption which neces
sariIy arise from it, And to summary
and effsctusily rebuks the instigstors Of
these wrongs that we call upon Ghs Re-
publicans of Kansas to unite in an effort
to repress this growing evil.
To put stop to the insidious encroAch-
ments of the military upon the civil func-
tions of the Government: to bring to S
sudden and severe termination, By the
apprehension and punishment Of the Of
tenders, of the gigantic system Of official
robbery which has so long been prsetised
IN the name of loyalty. to the PresideBt
first and the party merit. -
TO establish Wholesome and effective
service reform, which shall serve TO pro-
tect in place the competent aud honest
off ciai, and prevent the appointment to
places of honor, trust, and profit, for par.
tisan or other purposes, ef iReompetents
and knaVes.E7L ala1ol aega.g L-H."
To effect modification Of our revenue
system, 60 that no class or special interest
of the country shall be encouraged at the
expense Of all the rsst to save the pub
lie lands FROM the CO pacisy of corpora
tions and mOnopolies, and secure them TO
actual settlers to establish. as a gaaran-
ty against the corrupt use of the Execu-
| tive patronage, the restriction Of the
Presidential Office to q single term.
To place the United States in sympathy
with the spirit of liberty and reform
wherever it may be found to extend a
godspeed to all peoples and ali nationali-
ties who are. struggling to emulate our
| own glorious example Of self governments
and the sehisVemsnt of political inde-
pendence, - .gsa III
ID. J. PARRoTT,
S. A. RIGGs,
n. A. ADAEs,
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