The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-21
WHAT HORACE WHITE says.
The Protest Of an Honest RepubIf-
can Against the Destruction of
the Principles and Processes Of
fha Government

SdlA a dlnSG GIo OCbLI uCJ1Ou OF
the Principles and Processes Of
the Government
Mr.. Whites Last Lsttsrsts ths Chicago Tribune.
1t | were an enemy of the Union, If /
desired to see the flag torn to shreds, its
honor tTailed in the dust, and its name
blotted out, | should rejoice at y hat has
been done in Louisiana, and pray that
action of Mr.. Wells Returning Board
might receive the sanction and support
oil a natl nal party organization. For
with that precedent established, with
what lie thrust into the dalicate and
many-wheeled machinery of our Gov
ernmeut, should feel sure of it's early
destr iction In place of public discus
sions and other time-honored processes
of ascertaining the popular will, we
should soon have only the competition of
rival Returning Boards and hostile aft
davits Only a few DAYS ago we were
threatened with the throwing out of
votes in Cook county, which would have
resulted IN givin certificates of election
to candidates who were in minority of
moro than 1000 votes. If the LOuisi-
ana transaction had then been an ac-
cOmphshed fact and received the sane
ton and acquiesceuce of the Republican
party of the nation, who doubts that the
votes wOul1 have heen thrown Cut2
And would not the act have been iusli-
fed by the highest pos siUle precedent
Even now we see Democrats moving
heaven and earth to cast out Republican
electors, undoniabIY chos en- by d maiori-
ty votes. In Vermont, in Nebraska, and
in Oregon, seeking to recover by a tech
nicality wnat has been wrested from
them by-let US say by the man Wells,
his character having already been sufi-
GENTLY defined. And so it will 20 on
each party exclaiming:
THE villaipy you teach will szeents.'
until the princinles and processes of
our Government are wholly submerged
and lost sight of. What kind of a spectre
may be dIscerned IN the distance | leave
to the reader imagin alton.
Returning to my original proposition
that intimidation In elections is a matter
of opinion, uncertainty and guess-wl lrk,
and that IN no event can il be made a
good reason for throwing out the votes Of
those who have taken no part in the in
timidatiOn,I repeat that the Louisiana
pTecedent-this being its third appear
ance N our pOhtIcs-substitute its views
of Returning Boards in place OF elee-
tons by the people, and therefore in
wolves me subVers.On OF the processes
by which on. institutions are maintain
ed. There is no reason why 1t should
stop with Louisian; there is every reason
for it to spread and become general, till
every body is "bull-dozsd +" Has the
negro IN the South, in his ignorance and
poverty, anything to rely on, present or
future, except his numerical strength
Cut from under him the fact that he
counts one every time be puts ballot in
the box, and you have taken from him
everything you supposed you had gwen
hia when you enfraaehIsed him. And
this is what you do il every southern
State the moment you substitute the
opinions Of the Returning Boards in
place of the votes legally poIled. Those
who had devised this system ara archi-
tects of their counErFs rum, and those
who sanction it are accessories after the
fact HORACE WHITE.