The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-05
To the People of Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. May p, 1874-The
Executive Committee, appointed by the
Democratic State Convention held May
| 9, 1872, has, by resolution unanimous
| ly adopted, called 4 convention to Assem-
| BILE IL this city Wednesday, the 18th of
! August next, for the purpose Of nomin.
! ating candidate for Governor, and to
! take such other action relating to the
next State election as to that convention
may be deemed most advisable. The
committee earnestly urges upon the
/ Democracy of every county of the State
! the Importance of at once beginning the
work of organization. 1t with pleasure
/ extends a cordial invitation to all Con-
| serVatives, 20 ali who oppose Radicalism
/ to unite with the Democracy IN this
| work of organization, that thereby q
united, harmonious and wellsSisciplined
/ front may be presented, and thus an
emphatic victory in the approaching
election made certain. The result Of
| the recent State elections in New Hamp>
shire, Connecticut and Ohio, and of mu-
nicipal elections in some of the other
States Of the North and West is full of
| encouragement to the friends of Con-
| stitGtional Rcpubicanism throughout the
| Union, and appeals with peculiar force
at this time to Tennesseeaus, IF they
would escape the depotism which rules
and the desolation which pervades our
| sister Southern States, South Carolina,
/ Louisiana and Arkansas, to array items
| selves IN unmIstakable opposition to the
National Administration which has es-
| tahlished that despotism and encouraged
| that des0latiOn.
The gratifying fact that the great agri-
! cultural States of the South and the
| West are recognizing, more and more
| clearly, the unity of their interests, and
| that there is in the States of the North
| and the East noble band who favor q
| perfect guarantee and the full allowance
| Of impartial rights 10 the oppressed and
| pluLdered of the South, that there is in
| each and every State an increasing num-
Der who spurn monopoly, whether bank
/ ing or q railway, who hate class legisla~
| ton, whether Il appear as a discrimiH~
ating tariff or in other guise, and who
| demand with potential voice q reform
| of the official corruptions which riot in
| every depaI tment of the General Govern
/ ment, not as simply charged by partisan
malice, but fully established to the sat-
| isiactiOn Of all men-each and all of
/ these bid US not to despair Of the Re-
| public, bur TO strive for victory "like
men " no know their rights, and knowing
| dare maintain. Though the recent past
may be dreary and discouraging, the
| future Is full of hope. The fruitiOn of
our efforts after repeated defeats In ma
tional struggles ard in many of the State
elections, is about to be realized in the
restoration to power Of the party Of Con
stitutional principles.
The State Commit. urges the necCs~
sity Of organization by civil districts, by
wards, and by counties. The Congress-
ional Committees shonld look to the
thorough organization Of their respective
Congressional districts Each commit
tee should see, as far as the power in 1t
| lies, that defeat shall not occur by a
multiplicity Of candidates CT Discussions
in our ranks It is the duty Of every
| citizen to feel an interest and take an
active part in our political struggles.
| The good men Of the State should see
| that only the best men are brought
forward for Office, Uhcth 1t be # low
! or high degree.
| 1t Is in The highest degree important
! that the various county and Congress
| ional Conventions, and more particularly
| the state Convention, shall be fully at
/ bSiiNGG " NCIS s-sLAGo LtttL ~ oGltCtt1 rum
| the body Of the people, that these con~
/ vcDtions nay be in TACT as well as in
| name representative bodies.
Letaii remember that the interest and
| honor of the State aud the welfare OF
the citizens are largely dependent upon
the result of each eIction. Impressed
! with this conviction lot all unite with US
in the good work of perpetunting genu-
/ inc rePuhicanism ard promoting the
| general good of all the people
JNO. e. RURCH, Chairman,
JOHN BLEVINS,
W ID. VAN DYKE,
JAS w. NEWMAN,
THOS. B. MURRAY,
F &. DUNNI\GTON,
LUKE f. WRIGHT