The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-06-28
DON PfATT on HAYES AND TILDEN.
4 Curious Article.
CTrom the Washington Capital

nc IdcI Il we owe inc presence OF
Rutherford B. HAYES at the national
capital, as President Of the United
States, as much to Mr.. Samuel Tildcn
and his New York friends and supper
tiers as to Packard and Pinkston in
Louisiana, and the two indecent old
men, Miller and Bradley, at Washing
ton. This our readers can appreciate
after Il clear understanding Of the stu
alton
So far as the Southern vote was
concerned in the late election the ne
groes, upon whose ballot the presiden-
tiI question turned, vibrated between
carPet-bagger and the bayonet upon
one side and the shotgun and the
white master upon the other. The
white master and the shotgun won.
We had for the first time Il solid
South in favor of law and order under
a white government The attempt to
break this line subsequent to the cleo
ton was as revolutionary as the means
by which Il solid South had been
gained.
1t does not help the matter to assert
that the Democratic effort was in behalf
of civilization. The means through
which it was accomplished were as
viOlentas our proposition made in what
IS known as the ASSASSINATION article, "
to remedy the wrong through armed
resistance.
This was the situation, and we were
masters Of it. Had the Democracy in
the house Of Representatives refused to
vote for the electoral commission, had
entered up Il judgement Of non-suit,
had they refused to 90 on with the
count, the Republicans would have
given way. The Republican party
represents capital; capital Is timid, and
the moment that it was evident that
we were to have political disturbance
general CONSERVATION would have been
followed by swift surrender. We
saw this, and urged on the fight that
would have made us victorious. The
Republican leaders, however, under
stood our fellows better than we did.
They knew that the old flag and an
appropriation would at any time com
mand the South, while the Democracy
of the Middle States were rs timid
with their bonds and capital as the Re
publicans themselves, and so with their
hands they bought us out.
For ourselves, after our heroic arti-
Giles that counselcd violence, we felt
very like the deaf drummer in the
charge on Slaughter mountain. He
marched on, neither looking to the
right or left, until he reached the
cncmy's brcastwork, where he wa,
captured, and found to his dismay
/ that he was the only man who had
/ charged upon the works, all Of hi,
regiment having run away at the first
/ fire.
Now the men who did not hesitate t
work through violcnce-and Goo
/ knows they were right-to fetch abou
Il solid South, and failed 50 ignomin
ously Mt the critical moment when {
continuation of the same Treatment
would have secured success, had bette
hide their diminished heads and here
after hold their peace. To sit anC
make mouths at Il President the,
helped to create, to be shouting frauC
and using violent language, Is in thu
worst possible taste, to say the least o
it. In that sort Of childish conduc
they must count lis out, Much to on
amazcment Rutherford b HAYES /
CARRYING ont the Democratic policy a
announced in the Democratic plat
form. We who wanted to kill him
as they assert, are now equally anxiou
to give that policy fair trial and OF
that accout have very little Sympath,
with the whitc-chokcrcd Swallow-taii
ed old frauds Of the Club Manhattan