The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-06-07

boarders that a new life in en-
terprise may be vouchsafed to
our stricken section, the Appeal,
it seems, believes it can best
promote these high ends by de-
flaming and fighting Hayes. We
leave it to the Appeals Mem
phis constituency to decide the
question whether the Appeal orl
theBULLETINi is more consistently |
Southern in its Democratic
teachings, and whether the
policy Of the Appeal is as likely
to prosper an impoverished
South as the course Of the Bull
LETIN.
We conceive that our true
work as Southern Democrats is
to maintain the tenets Of the
party, demand their recognition
by the government, and when
Mr.. Hayes, as he has recently
done, enforces a Democratic
theory, we are justified not only
as partizans, but as patriots, rs
good citizens, in awarding him
commentator. But the Appeal
( says it's Democracy urges it to
teach the Southern people to
esteem Mr.. Hayes a cheat, a
fraud; and to be consistent the
Appeal thinks it must work to
| dig a gulf Of fiery hate all
around the administration in or
der to preserve the oneness of
the Democratic party. What a
mistaken conception Of the
strength of our party before the
country! Such a position clear
Iy establishes one thing, that the
| Appeal is not a safe representa-
tive Of Democratic interests.
We found this out some time
since, and hence our opposition
to its late course, and as a con
| sequence, its violent denuncia-
ton of the BULLETIN.
We deem that the BULLETIN
is qualified to construe Demo
cratic usage, and show what
should be the policy Of the party,
without consulting the oracles
of the Appeal. AS provincial
| Democratic journal we utterly
irepudiate the arrogance Of the
| Appeal in assuming that the
| BULLETIN is Republican because
| forsooth, it has independence
and moral courage enough in
its composition not to re-hash
! second rate, all the Bourbon
| spleen lately circulated by the
| Appeal as so much eX-cathedra
| Democratic orthodoxy.
That peerless and fearless
champion of Southern Democra
| cy, Alexander II. Stephens, gives
the heartiest endorsement Of the
| Presidents policy. He says that
| Hayes'S0uthern cou4se SIS a con.
cession Of all that the Democrats
have asked. Occupying the
same ground exactly, they can
not afford to abuse him." How
do you feel, Mr.. Appeal, in the
face Of that statement? Don't
| you feel condemned out Of the
mouth of this ruling elder in oul
| Israel? Moreover, Mr.. Stephens
says: II am greatly pleased Will
| Mr.. Hayes, because I think he
wants to do the fair thing. He
has come up to the principles o.
the Democratic party in relation
! to the treatment Of the South
| To be consistent the Appeal mus
say that Mr.. stephens, like the
! BULLETIN, is drifting toward the
Republicans.
We could never have a proper
conception of the true worth o.
| Democratic principles by look
ing through the green goggles
Of the Appeal. The truth is
that that paper as far as its inilu
ence extends is doing more harm
to the Democratic party thar
Mr.. Hayes. The President has
affirmed and re reinforced a Dem
ocratic theory while the Appeal
has amazed the party that a
leading journal could be sc
blinded to its own and its party's
interests as TO war upon the al
ministration for doing the iden.
teal thing for which we wanted
Mr. TiIden elected to accomplish.
The Appeal in the South
and the New York Sun in the
! North, are in their utterances
most inimicaI to general peace
and thrift in the South. Just as
our section starts forth to renew
her commercial and political
strength, and be prepared for a
future of extended usefulness,
these Bourbon journals are s;riv-
ing, like scuttIe fish, to muddy
the political waters that their
ambitious plans may be hid.