The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-11-18

| oU Oiio VI tu6 edlS-SGdKuo dSd1uSL over"
powering neighbors. Then foreigners
were looked upon with jealous eye, by
those who could see no good reason for
their presence among them, except to
spy out the land, and discover its practi-
cability for conquest 1t was the custom
of over-populated countries to make pro-
vision for its redundant and restless
horees by conquering a neighboring State
and appropriating its territory to their
own use
Commerce, civilization, and christian
ity have long since blockaded this naugh-
ty practice, and home-seekers go forth,
nor with war-clubs and boom erangs, but
individually glide in, take back seat, or
any other that is convenient, soon, how
ever, to come to the front, and take a
prominent part in controlling the desti-
MES of the countries in which they cast
their lot. l should have said countr J,
for this Is about the only civilized one
where there is scarcely discriminate ng
difference is made between the citizens
and the last arrived subject of saw
age chief, or eastern despotism. A
page of written fools-eap being all, here
called a declaration of intention of be-
coming citizen. Since the beginning
Of the 18th century, America has mainly
relieved the oyer-stocked Kingdoms OF
Europe Since the United States have
become a Federal and Confederate re-
public, we have willingly received THE
| material, good for republican govern
ment, as they we're desirous of more in
dividual freedom than they had IN the
| Old Country. We're educated, iudustri-
Gus, moral, and brought wealth and
strong arms to uphold popular institu-
tions; we're christians and of the white
race The yellow man of the East is
what we dread more than the AsiaUi c
cholera.
The AngloSaxons ESQ called) brough;
with them the civilization and love OF
liberty of their fathers. They conquered
the forests, instituted governments based
. upon popular rights, even more largely
than their fathers enjoyed in the liberty
! loving land of Britain. Fought for aud
! maintained their movement in this direc-
ton, by establishing government ii
which the largest amount of popular lib
erty consistent with law. and -cOnstitu
. tionally regulated government was com.
patible Up to about this time, good ma
terial has been received from abroad, and
we have done well, and grown great. Bu
our doors have recently, by the 14th
amendment to the constitution, beer
thrown so wide open the hinges have
/ been strained the latch-string heretofOF,
: hanging on the outside, has been made
= as long as plough-ine, or a Chinaman'
pig-tail, and everything that walks up
; right and has it's thigh bones inserted IN
j to a human pelvis, is invited 10 the high
est seat in the synagogue, and the Oh
fool cry of France rings throughout ou
land, liberty fraternity equality
But, says one, the 18th amendmen
only made the black man a citizen, an'
q took from the States the right to say
4 what should be the qualification of its vo
,ers 1t makes the world aRd all tn
rest of mankind citizens. Aye, there
the rub-took from the States a poweF
retained there by our fathers in the co Z
vention of States which formed the Con
,- stitution under viii i;h we are noW
as wa were then living. Our fa
: thers in said convention ,votin
down twice or thrice a proposition
TO confer this power upon the ger
eral government We sincerely hop
this change may not prove in the futur
the direful spring of woes unnumhered
} We believe the federal government wi
, care but little who are citizens of far o
new States, or near old ones. Local gov
eruments alone will feel an interest i
the matter to them so vitality importau
and in which under the l4th amendmen
they are powerless to act for their ow
good. We are not after the black mar
but the yellow heather. The black ma
believes in christianity - has bee
brought 10 in the tents of Jacob, and
70 to the manor born. Our Institution
have stood the strain of putting the ba
lot in the hands of 100000 of this rae
of newly made but poorly inetruete
freemen. There VII be no accession
, to this race from Africa The celestial vi
be the coming man. Africans never en-
igrate except upon compulsioD, an
should the grasshopper crop upon ii
soil of that attractive and interestir
region fail, they will soon eat each Oth'
= up. Liberia is now shaking (if she h'
not been already destroyed before So
cor could rea, b her) from the warlil
preparations Of the neighboring chic
to have big barbecue soon. The colo
ed man with Us has been born and rea
ed among us-knCws that Mr.. Grant
no king, and Zach Chandler no sair
That like others he must be 8 law-abi
" ing citizen. That he must qualify biz
self or his children at leass to discharl
intelligsntly the duties which deFol
upon him as a freeman. lie hopes son
day to understand the theory aud wsr
iugs of this wonderful peoples Cover
5 ment of which he has been made ci
zen. VIII hereafter realize that Was
ington was serious in believing that !
r II.