The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-08-06

Pitzer Miller, ESQ. was called to the
chair. The Chairman on taking his
seat briefly announced the assem- bly,
ready to carry out its object by paying
the last tribute of respect to one of the
greatest men in the world. On motion,
R. S. Hardy, James B. Harris and James
Fentress were appointed q committee to
draft appropriate resolutions for the oc>
casion, and submitted the following:
WHEREAS, it has been made known to
US, a portion of the people of Harde-
man county, in convention assembled,
that Ex~President Andrew Johnson-one
of our standaed bearers in the Federal
COngress-has departed this life:
Therefore, be it
Re8olUed, That the death of this great
and incorruptible man, SO soon after he
had entered upon the duties Of his posi-
ton in the United States Senate, VIII ere
the country so much needed, the bene~
fit of his large experience, his great
ability and undoubted honesty, can be
regarded only as a public calamity.
ResOlUed, That the example of Andrew
Johnson as an enlightened, fearless and
Innorruptible statesman, should be held in
honorable remembrance By posterIty IL
Illustrating as it does that private honesty
and personal honor are not inconsistent
with long and successful political life.
ResolUed. That whatever may have been
his real or supposed mis- takes in his ex~
tended and vigorous political life, that
his heart was never sulted by dishonesty
his head by treachery, or his hands by
bride. his enemies themselves being
judges. And that by common consent
Of friends and foes he deserves the CRATES
full remembrance of the people of the
United States whose interests he never
betrayed for power, nor sold for money.
ReSoLUeG, That a copy of these resOlu-
ons be published in the BOLIVAR Bull
LETIN.
On submitting the report Judge Fens
tress said that while he did not endorse
some parts of Mr.. Johnson record, that
the grave was the end of all opposition
that good that men do should live after
to EN-, and the evil be inferred with their
bones. That, whatever his faults, AM
drew Johnson was great man-great
in his will--great in his bearing up I'M
der defeat, and in his power oyer the
popular heart-but that the greatest
honor that posteritY would accord him
was the fact that in a long and sues
cessful political life, 10 q corrupt age,
he had demonstrated the truth Of the
ldage honesty is the best policy"
Hon. Il. NJ. Polk seconded the resolu,
ions, and spoke pointedly of the ability
that characterized Air. johnson while
living, and of the loss the country has
sustained in his death Like Judge
Fentress, he did not think We were CALI
I'd upon to san IN every act of depart
I'd statesman's Ire. No man was always
tight, and the wisest human being was
olten in error. when death interVenes
The mantle of charity should cover hu~
nan fadIts- Of their virtues we are allow
ed to speak.
That the resolutions might have been
made fuller, and it was eminentIy prop
er to have inserted that ANDREW Johnson
was emphatically friend of the people
lie vas fully and thoroughly imbrued
with the spirit of popular liberty, the
rights of seif~government,th the recognition
to its fullest extent, that government
sPFaug from the consent of the governed
belOn gee to the people, and was made
for their good, and when it ceased to
perform these functions, it ceased to be
the peoples government. He was emf
nently a constitutional man, and took the
Constitution for his guide in all ques~
tons affecting the inter ests Of the Amer
lean people. He was man whose name
throughout a long political carSer his
hi Interest opponents had never attempted
to connect w!.h corruption. He had az
iron will, and was infexible in what he
thought his duty. Hence we find him
daring to oppose the fanaticism of those
who had elevated him to the high Office
of President Of tie United States, IN
their efforts te crush the Southern
States by the unconstitutional enact
ments called the reconstruction measures
This he dared to do in discharge of duty
with a full knowledge Of the consequen.
ces it would entail upon him, and for
which he was impeached whilst Presi-
dent of the United States.
Had he co-oporated with the party that
elevated him to the position of
Chief Magistrate of this great nation,
by a base departure from fealty to tie
Constitution he might have rested upon
q bed of roses whilst President of the U.
S Did he do so He rose superior to
the Establishments of party and the se'
ductions Of power and chose What he
knew to be the path of duty beset
with difficulties and danger For this
noble exhibition Of moral courage, he
was impeached and sought to be dis
Craced. The contest involved the very
vitality Of the Constitution itself. The
question of free government to the pco~
pie of the South
The State papers emauatIng from his
Office, in defense of the Constitution,
and the the rights of the people Of the
States, are among the ablest that have
ever been issued from any Executive Of
cur country. The young men who have
crown uD since the var should read