The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-01-29
The Senator.

preferences as TO who shonld occupy
that exalted position, We have endcavor-
ed to abstain from obtruding them upon
our readers, being satisfied that any one
Of the gentlemen mentioned in that con-
nestion would reflect honor upon the
State as Senator in Congress. Even while
We pen these words it is impossible for
US to say with any degree of certainty
who will be the choice Of the legislature.
We some time ago made up our
mind to be content with that choice
That this contest has assumed too
much of personal nature there will
be found few to deny. We labored hard
to elect a democratic legislature and
persistently resisted the bringing of the
senatorial question into the canvass. We
do not regret this course, be cause if the
friends and opponents of Mr.. Johnson
had become involved In contest which
would haYe been, as we believe, a very
bitter one, the conservative element,
not only in Hardeman but in the whole
State, would have been so much divided
that the radicals, ever watching for an
opportunity, would have had no trouble
in electing their candidates It would
in all probability have resulted in the
election of a majority of radical con-
gressmen from Tennessee and a radi-
cal legislature. In word the result
would have been even worse than that
of 1872 divide and conquer" is3 a
we'll studied maxim of radical tac-
tics, and here would have been their
opportunity.
We have not said anything to our
representatives as to our personal choice
for Senator. We used our best efforts
to elect them and determined to abide
by whatever they thought best to
do in the, contest We expected, Of
course, that much excitement would be
occasioned among the respective frie nds
of the aspirants, but that the people of
the State will very soon become recons
ciIed to the choice of the legislature, we
have nc doubt. Looking at this guess
ton in this light, we do not propose to
listen to anything that looks like disor-
ganization, because the campaign Of
next year, upon which depends the
hopes Of the. whole south, if not of the
whole country, is to be provided for,
and a disruption Of the democracy in
Tennessee now upon mere personal
considerations would be suicidal If we
had been disposed to grumble, We should
have begun it some timo ago. The
senatorial question is one about which
there is much difference of opiaiOn.
Therefore, many will be disappointed
in not getting their choice. This can>
not be helped and as, before said, any
one of the aspirants would reflect credit
upon the State and himself, we can af-
ford to be content with the choice OF
the legislature
Since the above was set up, we have
advices that Andrew Johnson was elect
ed on the 56th ballot on Tuesday
last We can say ia the outset hat the
election of Mr.. Johnson will give heart
| felt satisfaction to thousands of good
citizens throughout the republic. AS
Tennessee's most distinguished son be
will add new lustre to the fame of the
State and in many respects will be the
peer of any man in the Senate. That
Mr.. johnson has committed political
sins in the past is no Just cause, now
that he has been elected over his dis,
tinguished competitors, why the peopl.
of Tennessee should not hold up hi:
hands when he meets IN the arena the
black knights of radicalism, who dc
not hesitate to outrage the plaines
principles of that cons titution of which
he claims to be a most earnest exponent
Those Gins are Of the past and he i,
cur chosen Senator. That he has, il
the opinion of very many, departed
from the recognized usages of whole
some party discipline should be no cause
for fault finding in the future, as tht
numerical AMI moral support that hi
has received in the late contest goei
very far towards showing that thousand
of people WHO did not support him il
1872 have turned their hearts toward
Andy as the political Moses to lead thi
country out of the wilderness OF corrup
: ton into which she has been driven b.
the reckless administration of our mod
ern Pharaohs