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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17

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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17

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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17

WE are authorised to announces ALEX
w +. YOPP as a candidate for the
of5cs of Sheriff Of HaEdeman county.
Election August next.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17
NOTICE.

All perGons indeb TO me will please
settle at once and save costs,
frb3-tf J. w. NELSON.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17

No assignments this week.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17
Announcements.

WE are authorised to announce w. w
" FARLEY as q candidate for the
oRoe of Sheriff of Hardeman county, 81
the ensuing election August next
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17
Pullman and Wagner
Palace SIeepers
Without Change.

This is the only line running its en-
tire trims from Louisville TO Cincinnati
and the only line by which passengers
from the South enroute tn Eastern and
Northern Cities can avoid a tedious
haul through Louisville by changing
cars at Short Line Junction, with l. d
G 3. r. r., three miles south Of the
City wherc they can be served with an
excellent meal as Buffers Dining Hall, at
all hours Throgh sIeePers from New
Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville, Atlanta
Little Rock, Memphis, Montgomery and
Nashville, make direct connection at
Short Line junction with through sleep
ers TO New York and other Eastern
Cities via this Line
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17

Joha Pankey, appointed sdminisira-
tor c Panksy. deceased.
Mrs. s. J. PiTtls, appointed sdminis-
traitor Of Tennessee Pirtle decesae d.
Jasper Shelton, appointed administra-
ter Jacob Shelton, deceased.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30
GIVE US A FAIR COUNT.
Lincoln's Opinion ON the Power of Congress
to Exclude Illegal Votes.

to Exclude Illegal Votes.
In 1860 Congress- passed a, joint res
olution, excluding the electoral votes
of Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee
and sent it to President Lincoln for
his approval. The message of Presi-
dent Lincoln in reply may be found in
the Congressional Globe of February
10, 1860, and is as follows: a. -,
To. the Honorable Tie. Senate and
House Of Representatives.:
The joint resolution entitled, "Joint
resolution declaring certain States not
entitled to representation in the Elect.
oral Collage, has been signed by the
Execu i've, in G ereuce 10, ;hc view of
Congress implied in it's passage and
presentation to him. In his own view,
the two Houses of Congress
under the twelfth article of
the Constitution, have complete pow
er to exclude from. The counting all
Electoral votes deemed by them ille-
gal and ii is not competent Tor the
Executive to defeat or obstruct that
power by veto, as would be the case
il his action were at all essential in the
matter. lie disclaims all right OF the
to interfere in any way in
he matter OF canvassing or counting
electoral votes, and he also disclaims
any opiniOn.cn n the recitals of the pre-
amble or any Judgment of his own
upon the subject of the resolution.
tlF sHi ni1i ABRAHAM LINCOLN. -o
MANSION Feb. 8, 1865. fa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30
"Radical BulldOzing."

On the eve of the election Grant
sent Federal troops to South Carolina
for ihc purpose of controling the vote
of that State. This was, done not
withdrawing the President Of the
Chamber of Commerce, the Presidents
Of all the banks, the ministers of all
the churches of the City ofCharleston,
and the judges of the Courts of the
State declared that peace prevailed
:thron ghodt the State and that there
was no necessity for military interfer-
ence. The heartfelt dcsires Of Cham
berlain and Grant that a collision
would occur, and that the people
would be irritated ITO commit some
outrage that would zfurnish an excuse
for the military intervention, were not
realized; With q patience and calm
ness that challenges the admiration of
candid men throughout civilization,
the people bore the insults and indig-
mites that were heaped upon them,
they quietly went TO the polls and cast
their votes, carrying the State for the
Democracy. Smarting under this re-
buke, the Radical robbers, determined
that the will Of the. people should be
thwarted, brought to their, aid the
State Canvassing Board. and, notwith.
standing their own count showed that
Hampton was elected Governor and a
Democratic majority on Joint ballot in
both branches of the Legislature, ar
bitrarely threw out the votes of the
ID. mocratic counties of Laurens and
Edgefeld, and declared Chamberlin
and the Radical State ticket elected,
and issued certificates to the Hayes
ELECTORS This was done i'm open de-
hance and contempt Of the mandate of
the Supreme Court of the State, com-
posed of three Republican Judges, s,who
had prior 10 this action of theCanvass-
ing Board, issued its orders to them
forbidding them to act iudicially on
the election returns or to give certifl-
Gates of election to, State officers or
Electors For this disre-
gard of the order of the Court. this
flagran, contempt ofits authority and
insult To i's dignity the members, of
the Canvassing Board, were, on Sat-
urday, brought before the Court and
fined in the sum of :$15OO each and Or
dered to be imprisoned to abide the
further order of Court, But Grant has
determined to thwart the will of the
people and to aid in destroying the
supreme judicial power and authority
ola soyereign State, and to uphold the
will of q wretechedly .parti-
san Canvasslpg Board, and for the
purpose of"bulldozing" the people in
TO submission the army of the nation
is to be employed To accomplish
their hellish purposes Constitutions,
and laws and Courts, and every bar
rier interposed between the liberties
of the people and the usurpers is
crushed and thrown down, and yet the
Republican press and leaders stand
tamely by and applaud the murderers
of the Republic. ai .ro1u gin
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30

.'INCIPIENT rebellion in South Car
olina," is the cry of the Radical papers.
Yes, and the rebels are those who de-
fly the law as declared by the highest
judicial tribunal of that State. Ex-
ecutive officers and Legislative bodies
may usurp authority, and imperil the
lives, liberty and property of the citi-
zens, but in all ages and all civilized
g countries the supreme judicial authori-
ty has been the palladium of the liber-
ties of the people, the tribunal to which
the citizen appealed when his life, his
liberty or his property was imperiled
by tyrants and usurpers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30

ILLINOIS, it seems, has a case also.
In the recent memorable Presidential
contest the adherents of Mr.. Hayes
divided their votes forElector between
James j.. Castle of the Nineteenth
District. and Joseph J. Castles, of the
Eighth District, two very distinct in
diyiduais indeed, and neither of them
received a majority of the votes cast.
Both of them, it seems were voted for
Intentionally, the people of each of the
two Districts. mentioned believing
they had the particular man who was
a candidate. It's a case that goes be-
iyobd the depth ola Louisiana Return
ing Board to fathem. AS neither OF
these men received as large vote as
the Democratic candidates for Elect
Ors, the natural common sense view
OF il would be to give the certificate
to the man of the Democratic ticket
who received the highest number of
votes. 1t might be proper to remark
at this time that Mr.. Tilden already
has lS4 Electoral votes secured. The
gentleman from Illinois may yet be
able TO supply The lacking ingredient.
Il Enquirer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30
What Will Follow the ''Counting In" Of
Hayes.

What Will Follow the s'COunting In" OF
Supposing it is deteFmined that M,
Hayes shall be counted in alter this
style, the first obiacle tozbe encsonter-
ed will be the deternafBed 0BIstenceH
of theHouse of Representati YES, W hieh,
by every legal exereise oflits power,
will strenuOusly endeavor to defeat
what is regarded as an unparalleled
wrong. Investigating Committees
will at once be sent down to the dis
puted States, and the whole proceed
ings of the election and OF the canvass
will be thoroughly explored from the
Democratic standpoint; while, on the
other sidey the -6enate VIII send~tiOwn'
Republican Committees. These Com
mittees will report, and the public ex-
cltement will be Increased and naam-
ed. Then, in February, will come the
final opening and counting of the
Electoral votes by the two Houses,a and
the contest over the disputed Sta'es
will there be renewed and stil1 further
embittered !; and howit will end no
one can forsee. But during all this
time and this agitation, what becomes
of the business interests OF the country !?
Whose property is not diminished in
value by the uncertainty and the fear?
What enterprise ia therefhat will not
be stopped? What employment for
labor that will be continued? What
capitalist that will get income from
his capital? What laborer9 that Rcau
earn any thing by his work |? ;rsrs =
Nevertheless, if the scheme. is, car
ried through, and if, amid all the
doubt, conflict and alarm. Hayes is
proclaimed President, we have no
doubt that such result, if accomplish
ed with the forms of law, will be sub.
mitted to by all parties. There will
be no Mexican outbreak, no attempted
insurrection, no matter how great the
wrong done TO the convictions and to
the conscience of a great proportion of
the people, no matter how enormous
the dam .ge Unlisted upon business
and property. %" i'''i' - Ai''" .
3 But In what kind of attitude viii the
Republican party stand before u the
country, having scared the Presiden-
cy amid such circumstances and by
such nieans2 How can it be expected
to carry on the Government or to go
through another eleciion25 Which of
the States would il be able to hold af-
ter such proceedings2 Even Iowa.
Vermont and Massachusetts would
turn against il: and its final ruin
would be without hope of recovery.
Meanwhile industry, and commerce
would lie dead and evils far greater
than any that labor or capital haye \
ever experienced would sffiict and de-
press our whole people, bi9ow lol
d For reasons like these every wise
and thoughtful Republican must earn
esily deprecate the counting in of Mr..
Hayes IN. Y. Sun. '''''' /" ''ii
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30

For party possessing "all the intel
ligerce of the country the Radicals,
in their squirming and twisting, pre-
sent 8 most iudicrous aspect. Speak
ing of their acrobatic performances in
the matter of the Verin ont Postmaster
Elector contemporary says:
ssLast week we were coolly told by
some of our contemporaries that the
Postmaster-Genera had accepted the
signstion ofth Vermont postmaster
thereby enabling. him toserye Repnb-
licanism in the Electoral College; la
ter it was said that the econstitutionally
qualified electors of Vermont had
power to fill vacancies occurring in
their body, and would remedy the
mistake OF The ambitious Solace. Now
we are told that the State Legislature
has passed an enabling act under
which it may fill the vacant chair OF
the disqualified elector.' All this is
very profound. If the Postmaster
General can remove constitutional dis
qualifications, we may in many cases,
dispense with the national Legisla-
ture /; if the majority of States dele-
CATION to the Electoral College have
the power to till the vacancies caused
in their body otherwise than by death
or resignation, why nominate the full
number of electors to which State ID
entitled, or why. in case one fall be-
hind his ticket, should not the elected
majority fill his place by choosing an
other2 And if the Republican Leg
islature OF Vermont can make law
enabling it to appoint q Presidential
Elector, after the election has passed,
why may not the Republican Legisla-
ture OF Indiana make law by which
it will be empowered to give the elect
oral vote of the State to Governor
Hayes? The many and futile expedi-
ents to which the friends of misgov-
ernment have recourse to extricate
them from their blunders show how
desperate they are, and what little
faith they have in any expedient they
have as yet devised. The Vermont
postmaster was, when elected, dis!
quail fled from being an clector and
neither the Postmaster-Genera his
successful fe.low-candidates, nor the
Green Mountain Legislature can now
qualify him." rss.I s.t5
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30
l.fft t-
FOR HAYES.
The Reason for IT..

-
hsi-.t - The Il eason for It, t'''i ~
The Radical papers pretend to be-
lieve that South Carolina, Florida snd
Louisiana have no treason" to lie
Democratic. Let us see.
In South Carolina the actual and al :
jnsted debt in 1865 was $I3 03S 964 !;
+, 1871 it was $22, ,4SO9I4; increase
$94H,55 III 1860 the property val
u ,tion amounted to $49O,O0O, coo; ia
1870, $l7O,OOO,OOO; decrease 81 psr
cent. The tax levy in 1860 was $5t o.
600; in 1873 S2,7OO,OOO; increase 200
per cent. In 1860 the Legislative ex
penses were 5000; in 1879, S2oO,OW; ;
increase nearly 100 per cent. 'l9o''i %
In Florida, in 1865, the actual adj
justed debt was $l,3o76l7; in 1870,
$l6,556, ,072; increase $l5.lS5.455. go
In Louisiana the actual and adjust
ed debt at the close of the war was
Sl3,357, ,999: in 1872, S4t, ,St7, ,473; in
crease, $2S5OG, ,f74. i 90
No "reasons" for being Democratic !?
Reasons enough, say we!
These are the fruits Of Radical, tyr
annical, carpet-bag government in the
South. Does any man in his senses
doubt that these three States, which
Grant aud his crew have been "bull-
doing" for many years past, voted the
Democratic ticket ut the late election
And did the people of any civilized
country ever hear or read of SO bold
and daring an act of revolution as that
by the Csnvassing board
of South Caeolina in setting at def
ance the mandate Of the highest judi
cial tribunal of the State for the pur-
pose of defrauding the people of the
State and nation out of their fairly
choice? 1t is an infamy un-
paralleled in the history of flee gov
ernment.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30

MATT CARPENTER, in his speech on
the Louisiana case, January 30, 1874,
gave pleasant picture of the working
of the Returning Board which is to
count in Hayes:
"One pleasant little gentleman
swears, with smiling face, that he
himself forged l,2OO affidavits in one
day, and delivered them to Mr.. Bovee,
sitting in the board, and Dovee said
that he was shell of fellow" and
asked if he could not get more of the
same kind, and lie said he could get
800 or 400 more of the same kind by 8
O'Clock the next morning il necessary"
Shall this same class of men nullify
the Presidential election and endan-
ger the peace and perpetuity of the
Union3 ,.a..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30
An Election Lie.

80 Why did not Gov. Kellogg prevent
e the fraud and intimidation of which
3 he makes 80 much complaint in Lou
isianar He is at the head of the State
: Government. Ali subordinates are
tJof his appointment. All the machin-
81 cry of the election is completely under
his control. The Federal troops can
SDbe had at any time for the asking.
Prot. Sumner, of Yale, i'm his recent
letter, says that "the election was held
under complicated and elaborate
corps of officers, appointed by The
oiStdte Government, and free from any
of those popular checks, which we in
the North regard as essential to self
Government" Further on he says he
sees "no guarantee against fraud, ex.
,ii cept in the vigilance and interest Of the
a opposing parties" "Such guarantees
exist in Louisiana, with the vast pre-
3h hponderance of the chances in favor of
" the party in power, which appoints
Z all the officers of election, has the Fed
'n erai officers on its side" & *'Ih = and
sc6hfroIs the Fed eral troops. "The
election law is intricate, and, while ap-
parently adapted to provide for all
contingencies, really creates a hundred
technicalities and machinery which
render popular elections impossible.
Q The Ingenuity with which devices are
planned and practiced for producing
fraudulent results is simply diaboIical.
The party in power, having control of.
y this machinery, can make any eie >tion
r or mockery, and the community finds
itself locked in network of crafty ar
rangements from which escape seems
impossible. Against this prodigious
tyranny the people of Louisiana have
made one more united and determined
effort" -
fh Remember that these are not the
words of politician or a stump
speaker. They are the deliberate ex-
% preston of a scholar, a professor in
one of the first of American colleges, a
man with only patriotic interest in
politics, and a man, too, accustomed
to study and weigh his words. Re-
member this, then try to believe that
Gov. Kellogg, with all this tremendous
power, could not have prevented the
frauds and violence and Intimidation
that he pretends characterized the elec-
ton in the .'bull- -dozed" parishesI Yes,
and prevented them by raising his lit
tie finger!
The truth is that they did not exist,
not even in Gov. Kellogg's imagina-
ton. 1t was not till after election that
we heard anything of them. The
whole story is an election lie, born of
defeat and framed to secure fraud.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30
Protest ofrIie Democrats a gainst the Pres
ence of Troops In South Carolina.

Protest ofIhe Dem oceats a gainst the Pres
ence of Troops In South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, Nov, 27.-The following
dispatch, signed by Senator Gordon
of Georgia, Senator johnson of Vir-
ginia, Gen. Wade Hampton, several
q Circuit Judges,a large number ofState
Senators and Representatives (white
and colored), and many other promi-
nent citizens of this State, has Just
been sent:
To the President of The UnitedS.ates ::
We the undersigned visitors from a
distance, and a committee of theDem-
ocratic members elect of the South
Carolina Legislature, the Democratic
Executive Committee, and citizens,
having just seen by an Associated
Press dispatch that Coy. Cbamberlain
has applied for United States troops,
to be placed under his orders at the
assembling of the Legislature to-mor
row, send this, our solemn protest,
against the troops being placed under
the command OF Gov. Chamberlain.
We have no objection TO the presence
of troops, and will cooperate with
them in preserving the. peace, but we
protest against the use OF the United
States army I'm controlling the organ
E3tIOn vi tEC Y ebd
ing the inauguration of of Governor
Chamberlain, who has been defeated
by the white and colOred voters at the
ballot-box, There is not the remotest
danger of disturbance of peace by the
Democrats. Ii il occurs, it will be at
the instigafion Of Governor Chamber
lain, whose partisans have taken the
only lives lost in the late exciting can
vass i'm this State. Not one drop of
blood has been shed i'm any political
disturbance except by Republicans. 1t
is literally true that the Democrats re-
ceived their reatest majorities in the
counties where the United States SOL
diers were stationed. What pretense,
therefore, is there for Gov. Chamber
lain's demand for troops to keep the |
peace? We refer for confirmation of
these statements to the commander of
the United States forces at this place /
aud elsewhere in the State. 81 '
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30

"ANYrHING to beat Tilden," is the
cry of the Radical rascals and is for
that purpose that the solemn mandates
of courts are disregarded, ballot boxes
stuffed, honest elections set aside and
falsely counted, and men. constitution
ally ineligible commissioned. No out
rageous device is left untried that may
serve the desperate public p.uDderers
to defeat the clearly expressed will of
the people. 'i's if. "a -. ies. 81 ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-30

The votes of these parishes were
not canvassed, there being contests
fixed for hearing next week. When
the returns from parishes mark ed
contested" were opened the Demo
cratic counsel were allowed to be
present. The retnrns, from DeSoto
parish were brought in, and were con-
tanned in one package sealed with wax.
When the seals were broken by the
members of the board there were
found inside consolidated statement
of the votes" commissioners state-
ments and tally sheets. Attached to
the returns were large number of
protests and atiidayits~y g.,.. .,s.,,
The secretary of the Board said the
package had been received on the 1Sih
inst, and such was his entry sen the
receipt book. The returns, he said,
had come by mail. In the course OF
the inspection it was discovered that
one of the protests OF the supervisor,
charging general intimidation, was
dated Noy. 25th, aud sworn To in this
city befOre-a commissioner of the Cir
cult Court. ..,,. ..s.-,.....,,,... .,ff,., =
When called upon 10 explain how q
protest, dated on the 9th inst to-
day). could get into sealed register.
ed package received by mail on the
18th inst, The secretary said he had re-
ctiyed two packages. lie was detect
Ell by one Of the Democratic counsel
present in the act of making another
entry in his bookoof two packages ire
ceived. After some delay another
package was reproduced and found TO
contain q consolidated statement OIL
votes and the commissioners returns
but no protests or affi iavits. 1sy1Ys
The members of the Board were un-
able to explain the matter, and, Sena-
:or Sherman, of the Republican visits
ing committee remarked that there
W. no use to disguisc the fact that
the returns had been opened and ,the
protests inserted after the package, Of
returns had been received
The affair created quite a sensation
among the members of thecommittee
present. The members OF the Demo.
cratic committee were very outspoken
in the opinion that fraud had been
perpetratcd and the Republicans did
not deny that the affair had very pe-
cuIiar aspect.lo The Democratic coun-
sci say that a similar thing has, occur
red in the case Of other parishes, but
that as they were not admitted until
to-day there was no opportunity to.I
discover the frauds, Nfas.z4.-. OF