The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-03-12
CIVIL RIGBTs-Ten per cent.
BY JOSH.


WHAT is the use of any restrictions
HpOn anything in this free country
The civilized bill is passed, and white
folks are nov gracious permitted to
eat, drink, ride, cuss, smoke and other
wise 'sociate wild cullerd pussons oh DIS
tinguishment, unattended by any hlrm
OF trouble. save a slight shock to sen
-ltIve OF fdctOry Her0eS, especially In hot
weather-and IA more than usual fire.
quency of reference To a fine edition Of
GOmbe on the Head, also, an unwnntN
ed amounts of loval itching and rnyHl
scratching. Let US be truly thankful
that, even these small faqors hav. been
Granted Us, and may we be permitted
tn swear, ar otherwise asServate, that he
cup of our JOY had run over, had run
even down our boards to our shirt bos-
"ms and unstarched them, as cold wa
ter doth on thirsty occasions, had the
authors ard finishers of this great boon
taken up their abode aiming US for the
summer The joy and stencil had then
been insuferabe But they have not,
and will not, HiRc Lachrynaae.
The lOg'c Of events is proving to the
dear people of Tennessee. that some of
the SOlOns sent by them to Nashville
TO make and unmake laws, were at some
unknown period of their lives, severely
bitten by SolomOn's celebrated dog, VIII lst
some others, it seems, never entered the
yard where this canine roameG and rul
ed This latter class, not having the
fear of the metropolitan thunderer Be
fore their eyes, insist upon repealing
the ten per cent interest law, and the
former class lin whom wisdom is dead
ripe) want to let il alone, or if anything
be done, to do away with all laws fixing
the rate of interest, and let the high CON
tracing parties agree upon a rate In
support of this position eloquent, and
exhaustive arguments have been adj
vaneed by the Bench, Bars, (both f
them) and counting rooms, exploring
the profnundest depths of political econ
omy, reducing Adam Smiths Wealth
of Nations to the veriest rudimeuts Of
the science, and erecting a platform on
which MammOn, and ShYlock, could
meet and embrace, Vieing with each Oth-
er /" expressions of tender regard for
those purely unse!fsh and very liberal
mortals, whose scintiIlations Of wit and
wisdom iilumiue the darkness of the
closing quarter of the nineteenth centu-
ry. Bot all this array of reason and
rhetoric was, aud Is, last upon the I'M
bitten multitude, because, as is alleged,
OF the absence of that contemplate in
gredlent-commnn sense.
am shocked beyond illustration.
when l see body of men intent upon
liking the rate OF interest upon the mons
| ey OF the capitalist.
Why not make it lawful for him, when
! he finds a poor fellow in a terrible
t,Hr fnr. &, I II
! receive, 25, IT even SO per cent interest
on his loan? Why this restriction 7?
/ Remember, ye who are opposed To the
capitalist taking ALL that a poor Dor
ROVER can make to pay the interest on
few dollars. that you are occupying
/ exceedingly dangerous ground Venus
may be restricted to one Irritation IA
! century with Did Sol Saturn not allows
| ed to sport hot seven moons and II
! couple of rings; Jupiter, four moons
and few old belts; our little establish
| ment pushed into society with but one
moon, and one man in it, and our scar
may be felt red bv the law, Thus far
shalt thou come and no farther with
! out any serious Consequences To any OF
| them, and without any very great shock
! to the sensbiitias of aur choice or cnm
!
/ by law. To the rate of intere t. Is an
act of such monstrous injustice and
! wickrdness, that the whole world Is
brought To IA stupid stare, and the eyes
! Of the man in tn" moon are popping out
/ Of his head, IN shere astonishment
! There are any other laws passed in
! the days of old, ere the voice Of Wis Tom
WAS heard in the land, that shuu & now
/ lie repealed, and others passed. emhudv>
! ing the broad and liberal views of tie
! age, entirely free from the narrow mind
/ ed restrictions that cripple the energy,
! cool the ardur of those who have the
J gOod and prosperity of their cuuntry at
/ heart, after their own. ESpccial~
/ ~ do l want those abOminahie Old laws
! repealed, that fix the per diem of mem
bcrs of the Legislature at tour dollars
the fees of Sheriffs, clerks and orher Of
fcers Also, those that regulate tue
toll allowed to millers, ferrym n, aud
bridge keepers. Let all be increased
in the same ratio that the interest on
money Is increased, and happiness will
dwell IN the h' mes of the rich, ami want
and misery where they beIong-with the
poor.
P Sit is rumOfed that joint se>
lect committee of the Legislature is pres
pairing a memorial to the Sun. praying
him to charge the following rates OF in
tercst on all light borrowed by the moon
of him.
From the 2Oh Of 0farch. the 22d Sept I6g4 per
'' % Of Sept. to the 20th March. 20 Ct
1t Is under~toOd that the earth will
pay all the interest that accrues during
lunar eUlipses
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