The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-15
TON BoYERs Bolt
He Indignantly Repudiatas the Ac
ton OF the Colyar Clique.
A seataing Expose Of the New Far
u Conspiracy.

'SteIy say without the least etfeetatiOn,
: that have the greatest aversion to APP
I pear IN the newspapers, or to engage in
4 pubic controversy, and this reluctance
Is not at all abated by my connection
with the press for many years. | may
be penetrating an Irish " bull in this
remark, but the fact is mono the less
! true.
! was induced to attend the political
meetings of various gentlemen, held at
Nashville on Monday AMI Tuesday last,
! IN response tn a call from Cob 4. s. COL
var, the Chairman CT the Johnson State
Executive Committee, for a conference
more especially of those who were sUpa
0Ortcrs Of ex-President johnson in the
last COngr essional election. What the
precise object Of this conference was to
be, | was not informed but | supposed
that it was intended 20 haTnOnize the
differences that had sprung up in our
State. Certainly, there was no intima~
ton that a near party was to be formed.
had been quiet active for several
months previous, II trying 10 p3ur oil
over the waters that had been dashed
into foam during the las; unhappy roliti-
cal canvass, and | went to the meeting
to help paeifcate, close up and heal the
discordant members Of the same family,
who, III an evil hour, fell cut by the way
side and quaireled, not oyer principles,
but over men. had liked t. see t! e
evil effects # the bitter canvass, and
longed Tor the restoration cfthe unity Of
the grand old marty in which was born
] had no reflections 70 make upon the
patriotism of tha adhereats &C Gen.
! Cheatham, and had 10 apologies to
make for ny ardent support Of MIR.
johnson, whose election advocated with
all my might and for reasons Sufficient
to myself. ! wanted TO meet and shake
hands with those | had opposed, and
must say right here that the recODcilia-
ton was Fast becoming assured, and that
| Cheathum men met he with cans
dor and Willingness tdat was both pleas.
ant aud encouraging. 4 vast majority
! Of the voters Of either wing were in full
accord as 10 the necessity and wisdom
! OF a complete oblivion OF the ras5 and
union against a common antagonist
! What, then, was ny surprise to find
I that the conference was war meeting,
and not u pence meeting, and that its
! leading members we're bent upon ell
sorts Of mischieyous action; that it was
designed TO make 4 platform to commit
! the party to opposition to the Funding
| and Assessment laws, and make this
! the test Of Democratic pr ncipIe. And,
! to make still greater mischief, the throat
/ of the Democratic party was to be cut,
and Il new party was 70 be bora and
/ baptized.
Now, considering that the conference
was merely an assemblage OF gentlemen
! who y ere called together % confer and
not to tinker up platforms, who had no
J delegated authority whatever from any
/ human being, and that the situation was
made still more gloringly absurd and in-
! consistent by the fact Of the body being
| com posed wholly of men who were con
! spicuoCs as Authorization ard anti
/ caucus men, the situation of the gcntlc~
men, was to say The least, anomalous in
! the extreme. The great objective point
/ TO be accomplished was the inauguration
! of q war upon The present State Admin
J istration, and upon all WHO voted for the
! Funding and Assessment bills. CCCsid-
/ ering that these acts were voted for
! without regard to party-by Chatham
! men By Johnson men" and by Radi>
| cats-what but disaster could grow out
Of this TentOu attempt to again diTiae
Our people into factions? They were
| measures about which the best men Of
the came faith could honestly differ, as
about any matter Of business, or policy,
or any other subject of local legislation.
/ They stood upon the same footing as a
| Free School law, Road law, u Whisky
/ or any other general law. They might
J not be the Wisest or best laws, but they
were not questions of principle that
! could determine the souudneRs of ones
! political faith. Of course, the members
who voted for or against them were re
sponsibIe Individually to their constit-
| uents, but not to the Democratic party
nor to any other party, and their actor
could in 10 wise bind their party as
party.
Now, l have no right to charge, 10
do | charge, that the object Of those who
voted for the resolutions that were final
IL adopted by the meeting was to spii
the party into pieces. / do know tina
many who so voted had no such inten
ton But do say that if any consid
cradle number Of our people should
. unfortunately, fall into that way c
thinking, It would he an evil day for us
hope, and believe, that all such idea
will be choked to death all over the Stat
, before they fairly get to breathing. Tn
: der the speciOas and deceptive pTetens
Of relief to the people, their lies concca
cd the hidcous monster Repudidtiol
which will soon rear its head and strik
It's faugs deep INTO the public as we'll 4
5 private credit. The prosperity Of ou
state, verything, depends upon on
good name. Rob us Of that, and "
drop back into poverty and disgras
= Whisper the fell word, and enterpris
- and capital vanish from our border
- Oar vust coal and iron mountains, th:
now throb with the pulsatiOns OF . ne
l life, viii be as still as before the h0Ot
J, We must keep honest-if not for hoI
. esty's sake, for Our own interest. One
! uuchain the TePudiati0n-an
down topples all credit Counties an
: co porations would catch the contagio
- and ruin would be universal. The woI
I. should not be even whispered
?, When all these things happened,
is recorded above, fels like "bolting
but saw it through, and l now bolt
: am with my Old party; and, regardir
e the defeat of the Radicals a. our fir
a duty ard chief end, / desire thorouG
union of cur people. That aecofnplishe
{ n sweeping victory this fall will be Il
I result Pretermitting all the objection
:. that | have heretofore had 20 conye
Z tons, favor the most thorough organ
zatio8. Tie emergencies Of the ho'
demand a sinking CT personal view
2 aud unhrokeR front in our ranks il y
e would preserve our escendaaey il Tenn
>. esSee.
Your obcdieut servant.
J Thomas BOYEES.
The Nashville Bulletin, the radio
: organ at Nashville, repudiates the sent
- ments Of the late negro contention