The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-06-28
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guaranteeing the work to be equal in
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city.
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it, circulation and growing in public
favor We shall labor to give our
our readers an orthodox Southern
Democratic Journal, ardently devoted
tothc material prosperity and CONNER
cial independence Of this section, not,
though, by unfair determinations
a@aint other communities. Our cdi-
torial uttcranccs will not be the cheap
spawn of other mems brains but digni-
fed and fearless statements Of public
questions from Il standpoint of adhcr-
cncc to principle and devotion to the
public good. Our selected matter will
not consist in detailing horrible crimes,
thus corrupting the public conscience,
but Will be Of general interest, elevated
i'll sentiment and entertaining in spirit
Hence we seek to place the BULLETIN
in each family rs Il tcachabIc compan-
ION for the old as well AZ the Young.
Short, pithy correspondence is in
vitcd from every quarter. We hope
the labor and painStaI,ing expended
upon the BULLETIN will he generously
appreciated by the public and still
further increase Of its circulation be
our reward.
From this date the subscription
price of the BCLLErry viii be two
dollars per auuun. This increase will
not affect subscriptions already on our
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and Few subscribers
This increase is the price Of all
the wcckIics in the State and no paper
Of the size Of the BULLETIN can be
published at any lower rate without
loss. Each section of the country will
be visited and an active canvass in the
interest Of the paper will be made.
BOUT OF $50.
I'm the next National House of Rep
rcscntatiycs there will be $50 Demo-
rcrats, of this number 81 will be from
the New England and Middle States
and l lG from the South and West. In
the presence Of such fact it Is oppor-
tune to inquire, Shall the Democrats
Of the South and West bride their
tongues ndallow thcirEastcrn brethren
to shape the policy Of the party and
parcel out its houOrs to suit their own
local and personal interests? There
was a time when the South and West
were forced TO nip short grass upon the
political commons, but that day Is
passed. The sccpre Of party suprs-
macy has changed hands and this
changcsh inurc to the direct mate
rial good Of thcpcoplc whose patriotism
and partly lcalty have effected such a
marked revolution in Congressional
Democratic representation.
When the producing sections were
in the minority they had to he content
with the crumbs dolcd out to then
while the East Toasted and flttcncC
upon luscious tempting federal Wand.
in the shapcofspccialappropriationspro
tcctive tariffs and colossal subsidies
We turned the grindstone while the
Eastern TX was being sharpencd.
Let Il measure come before Congress
affecting any material interest in the
North and we see Northern rcprc~cn
tativcs, REGARDLESS Of party affiliations
voting Solidly in its support The en-
tire East Is a close political corporation
ON every question Of material impor
lance to that section.
1t l. high time for the South an,
West to be similarly united in protcc
ting and fostering Southern and West
orn interest. Democratic aSccndcnc,
- fine council chambers of the nation
,,r-t not be used IN favor of any par
t,.uIar people 20 thc neglect or iuiur,
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