The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-09

There seems to be an almost uncon-
trolable desire in the human family to
interfere with, regulate AMI control the
affairs of others 1t probably springs
from that ugly feature in humanity-'I
am holier thaa thou better, smarter,
and therefore more fully capacitated to
mark out what is proper in other peo,
pies business; TO advise correctly, to
admonish Extensively, and if perchance
these all wise, would be models had the
power they would enforce their
superior wisdom in the affairs
OF others with all the impeA
robustness of a relentless autocrat. This
Is the tone which has peFVaded the writ
lngs of many of the Northern newspa>
pers, and none more completely than
the Chicago Tribune This infallible
sheet Extensively undertakes to speak
| &c cdthedrG, Of the short comings, fall
ures and faults of the Southern white
man; aud in 4 very self~complacent ar
ticle on this subject, gravely and falsely
| asserts, "No white man is willing to ac-
cept social degration by working in the
| field" while it is we'll known that the ag-
riculturalists Of the South are now pros
pering fully as much as at the North,
I and that in most of the agricultural dis
tricts this is due to the indu stry and toll
of him who is slandered by the asserS
ton that he is unwilling to work in the
field. Why should this editor misrepre>
sent our people, who, since they have
been robbed Of more than So 900, 100000
worth of property, have covered them
selves with honor in not only making a
living for themselves and their little
ones, but in producing annually g.
90, 100000 (half Of all the exports of this
country Do not the facts abundantly
contradict all such reckless ASSERT ons ?
The larger part of the cotton, tobacco,
rice, ect, made in many parts Of the South,
is the product of white labor. The white
tiller of the soil in the South has shown
himself entitled to the respe ct and grat-
itude of the whole country; and it is
just to the coIored iaborer to say that
be, too, Is doing his best to recover the
country from the condition into which
the war and its consequences plunged
our whole Southern country. The plum
dering rule of the carpet baggers was in>
fnitely more ia tai, both to the white and
coIUred man, than even the war itself
They stripped the land like the locusts of
Egypt, for wherever they went, desolation
and almost hopeless indebtedness marks
ed their presence. These bloodsuckers
were upheld by such papers as the Chica
90 Tribune, and now this print has the
shameless audacity and utter recklesness
to assert that 'no white man is illing to
accept social degradation by working in
the field Here is still aDoth er false
statement saying we look upon work as
bringing upon Us "social degradation. "
Here we look upon labor as honorable,
and honoriug-decreed by the Divine
mind, it brings untold blessings with its
practice. Human experience testifes to
this, and human observation upon the
wholesome effects of labor, has promul>
gated the axiom that "An idle brain is
the devils workshop
The pluck, energy and unha ging iRdus~
try of the Southern people have brought
plenty and prosperity out of ruin, mis-
rule and oppression. They are entitled
to the highest praise for their heroic en-
durance under the robbery and degradao
ton heaped upon them since the late
ruinous war, and for the manner in
which they have re~conVerted ruin into
prosperity by their industry and patient
labor Our women-God bless them -
as well as our men, have deserved the
highest praise and honor for the manner
in which they have met and conquered
difficulties more stupendous than any
which have fallen upon any nation in
modern times.