The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
GOV. sHX MOUR.
The Sage of Utica Speakers Before
the New Yerk Electoral Col
lege.
EXTRACTS.


10 elect men 20 govern the u mon
against the will of the people by unfair
methods is revolution Such plOts in
vOlve anarchy, distress and dishonor.
Those who engage in them, when they
have taken the first steps, must go on at
all hazards. They have staked their pO-
iitical lOrtunes-it may be their lives or
iiberties-upon success. Fear gOads
them on to darker acts of treason. The
Erst false step forced reluctant South
iRto rebellion. In the same way they
now impel desperate politicians who
upheld usurpati0n in Louisiana in the
past to stand by them now, regardless of
the honor and safety of the American
Union. Will a free people trust such
men with the Feigns of power? Will
thsy consent to be dragged into danger
and dishonor By men who are gOaded on
By fears which always haunt the guilty?
GRAVE PROBLEMS.
The glory of this Centsnnial year thus
fades away and darkens into this Ma
tienal shame aud reproaeh. Aroused
pstrIotism can crush resistance to law,
but corruption kills honor, virtue, and
patriotism, saps the foundations of So
ciety, and brings down the structure of
States and nations IN ruin and dis
honor.
We find ourselves confronted at the
beginning of the second century of oar
political existence with problems as grave
as those which faced our fathers at the
outset of our Government Have We
their wisdom, patriotism and virtue2
This is great crisis IL our public af-
fairs Upon the conduct of. our people
the world will decide with regard to the
character Of American citizens and
Ameriear oatrio ism
The events of this day viii be recited
through the centuries. We are making
chapter in history which will teach
either good or evil to those who will
cone after US If We have the patriot
ism to rise above party interests and
passions and to do what honesty demands
we shall lift our people to higher point
in the eyes of the world and in our own
regard than we have ever yet reached
| If We fail, when the lessons of this
| Centennial year should teach us virtue;
| when the varied interests of labor, of
commerce, and of capital all urge US to
q line of conduct which will inspire the
world with confidence and ourselves
with the highest sentiments of honor,
then our failure will be long step to-
ward national decay and degradation.
APPEALING TO THE BUsISEss MEN.
Rising above all party consideration,
/ We appeal to the men of business, of
| labor, and Of capital to assert their rights
at this time, to admUnish their leaders
not to 90 too far in tFampliBg under foot
rights that are vital TO the security OF
industry aud of property. such men
can, if they will, by clear expressions of
their opinions in ways customary In the
ussgss of our people, settle this question
in accordance with right. Is is not a
subject which belongs alone to those
| who are actively ngaged in political
affairs. 1t is great American question,
which concerns every citizen and every
home. They can make a grand exhibi
tion of the genius of our Government,
and Of the power of its citizens by a
calm rebuke of frenzied rulers. Even
those who desperately seek ta hide the
Fechrds of past misconduct from the
knowledge of cur people, will quail be
fore an aroused public / have moi
uttered one word Of reproach to the Re-
publican candidates for the Offices of
President and Vice President 1 have
too much respect for the characters OF
| MessTs. Hayes and Wheeler to think
that they wish to be put at the head of
this Union against the declared wishes
of a majority of the American people.
do not doubt that if this is 10 be done
~ men in Louisiana, of whom the7
think as Ill as We do, that they would
feel that tbs highest Offices Of State
Would be for them not positions of honor
and dignity, but political pillories, in
which they would stand to be pointed at
now and hereafter, as the represen ,atives
of fnul fraud One thing all men zee
The Republican party cannot decide IL
0'0n case an its Oi0H .fevor against tht
AlG1Ortty Of the american people, upon
the certificates Of branded men iR LOuiSi
ana, s0ithOut making the body IF OH
citizens and the l0Orid at large feet thG
Il as corrupt and pGrtisGR decision
} Such Judgment Hil not only destroy oul
hOaOr aud credit for the day but vii
be precedent for wrong dong 10 the
future E cannot have Mexican poli
tics without Mexican finances auc
Mexican disorders The business mer
in all civilized countries have been taugh
by recent bankruptcies and disorders II
Governments. made unstable by asita
, tions, to be watchful and distrustfu
when they see the slightest deviation
from political honor, without whieI
there can be no financial honor. o.
; the other hand, let the party now il
power yield to the popular viii, deman,