The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-07-09

Mr.. EDITOR Time enough has
elapsed for all feelings of local and in
diYidual nature since the late county
convention met, to subside- This con-
vention has been fully discussed with
all the pros and cons, and every man
who IS at all disposed 20 be fair and lis
ten to reason has by this time had ample
opportunity 70 have his objections, if
any real ones ever existed, removed.
Those who are friends OF close Grgani-
cation should, with all the lights before
them now, see and know that such or
ganization is the only hope of the con
servative and democratic party.
The disorganizers have also had fun
time to show themselves and their selfish
purposes in their true light, and any one
who thinks but a moment knows that it
is self and self alone thar aet1ates them.
They care not a cent Tor the present or
the future of the country 50 they are
elected TO Office, the fruits Of which
many Of them have lived on for years.
These men are not the friends of the
white man, say what they will. Some
Of them personally are clever men, and
VIII do an act of kindness as readily as
any one, but this will not compensate
for tie political ruin of our county.
They are shrewd wire-pulIers, for al
though they are bound to know that
the5 cannot be elected, they are striving
day and night 10 create the impression
that their boasts of beating the conven-
ton is the easiest thing imaginable.
They know that large number of men
always go with the popular side, and
hence their anxiety to have every one
believe that the sun shinesOnly on them
and clover viii be found in nobOdV's
field but theirs. This is all a delusien
and trick to catch the unwary. Beware
of all such elamOr, for there is nothing
in 1t so tar as they are. concerned.
This is, or claims to be, a free country,
and being such no one man has right
to jeopardize the interests OF our people
By running against the expressed will
OF the people. There is a class of men
who act as though all offices were made
for them and simply because they want
to run no one should say nay.
The negro civil rights men are laying
a shrewd plan-it is to encourage the in
dependents to run on so as to divide. iI
possible, the conservative and democrat
ic votes by votes being pledged to the
independents, and just before the cleo
ton a full slate viii be made up and
brought out with liberal mixture of
carpet -baggers, revenue men and ne
grOes. This ticket, in spite ofan the
boast of the Independents, viii be sus-
who with divided democracy hold the
balance of power. The radicals PLAYED
this game in the last election and every
one knows how near they came Of sue
ceeding. The conservatives and demOe-
racy must stand solid by the convention
or we are beaten, not by the independ-
ents, but by the negro equality men.
The evil, if we are defeated, will not
stop with the county elections. II the
succeed in August there
viii be independents out for Congress /
and the Legislature, and instead of hav-
ing eight or ten members we Will have
again only two or three, and a radical
Legislature that Will send Horace May
nard TO the U. S. Senate, and who will |
do all in his power for the negro equal |
ity bill-a question that the next Con- /
gress Will settle finally one way or the 1
other-fOr US or against US. Then the /
evil instead Of stopping with the /
August election viii begin with It, Let /
he conservatives and democracy see to /
It that we are not thus sold by wolves /
IN sleeps clothing. If we would save /
bur State we must carry the county /
elections. Then let every man who OPP
poses negro equality work with un- /
firing energy from now until the Au-
gust election. Giles is one of the great /
counties OF the State and has done more
% make the history of the State than
my other county, and must not, by the
dleness and apathy of our own people,
et so bad an example To other counties
Is allowing the radicals to win would be-
It is childish and suicidal under any,
ind especially the present circumstan-
,es, to cry out about "party lashes,
dicks and packed conventions" The
ate convention was in the interest of
10 one or a dozen men ;-whatever the
PERSONAL preferences of each may be,
hey must yield for the common good
IL must stand united against the enc
ny under whatever name he may come
The careIessness and indifference of
he last election handed US over in our
department. of the government to the
and if repeated will turn us
'ver in toto to them this fall. The rad
Gals are united and know how to play
heir cards, and whether Intentionally
" not, there is no card in the deck that
will win them more than the independ- !
,nts. There is no earthly excuse for
)eing defeated. The issues before the
county are plain and unequivocal. There
IAN be no mistake, nor can there be any
ioUbt as to how men stand. These is
iues must be met and settled forever,
md the approaching election is the
ime. Will any one flicker and show
he white feathers If such there be,
put them down as disorganizers or ne
gro equality men.
In the family, il, the church and in
politics there is nothing more fraught
with ruinOus consequences than disOr-
and independeney is but an
)ther name for this evil. Giles county /,
should demonstrate at the August cleo
ion with no uncertain result that in her
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place for disOrganizers, independents
and negro equality men.
July Sth, 1874. BOLIVAR.