The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-02-01
TooR MEMPHIS.

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The City beside the Sea is about to
lose her Municipality crown. A large
number Of her properly holders and
other business petitioning the
Legislature to revoke the corporation
charter of Memphis and return the peO-
pie to the simTle rule of county manage
ment They prefer to be governed. by
i've police and ERE commissioners elected
by the County Court. The present mu-
nieipaI arrangem in its complex relt-
tons is too costly for the enterprsing
inhabitants of this trade metropolis
Taxation has and is seriously Gripping
the energies of Memphis The people
are driven in selfdelence to extren-
itY.. They choose, to be reduced to the
rule of a mere county organization
-Fy5-i rather than undertake to Sustain the ne
cessarffy expensive outlay incident to the
= ~ = = present surroundings ofsthe city, ss
ZxGapital. viii Rever seek tax-ridden
place. t.preGers the genial atmosphere
of low taxes and healthy commercial
development. We don't blame the
Memphians for making effort for
.gTa-k cheaper and simpler government Now,
that mportant rail and river trade
rt.-fvea terprises are in embryo which should
- rebound greatly to the up building and
developing 6aIl adjacent valley towns
and cities, it would be suicidal 10 Mem-
~ i1-h phis to continue to be paralyzed By
ycessiRe municipal taxation ana to be con-
sidered by capitalists p'ague-stricken
spot for profitable investments
The truth is that at this day all kinds
of governments are too expensive. Il
costs too much to run the mere ma
ss--l p chinery incident 10 the regular organizl-
ton of the counties Wherever you
look, either east or west, you see towns
aud cities grooming beneath the burden
some weight Of municipal taxation and
large interest bearing indebtedness
1t IS high time to return to eFst prIn-
ciples and 60 slow in development rather
thC n attempt ell at once 70 throw around
our cities the eonvenienees and trappngs
that should be the labor of years in wise
and economical administration.
We cannot expect to build mp in our
day aleng the stretch Of the Mississippi
river such commercial esnporiums dot
the great rivers of the Old World. We
must, as the people of Europe have done,
be content to grow into a well-sustained
maturity and not PUT on the overgrOwn
and deceived proportions of a bloated
and equity manhood
THE ELECTORAL BILL ADOPTED
~ BIZ THE SENATE,
Reawakened patriotism ike wave OF
light is mantling the country with its
beams of benefcence and peace. Party
spirit has been inundated upon the altar
Of conservatism, and as devotees of
popular rights and free institutions, we
congratulate ourselves that the crisis is
over and the country is safe. The Sen
ate in adopting the Electoral bill by a
vote Of Al ayes to II nays has shIvered
into atoms the vicious designs of those
political mountebauks, Norton Chaud.
Ter & Co All of last Thursday night
was consumed by The friends of tho bill
in meeting and defeating the maehina-
tons of Republican Senator'S and by
seven O. clock in the morning the issue
was joined, the vote taken, victory won,
d thus a mountain weight of gloon
was lifted from the hearts of American
freemeR. 81. -satzfs va
The House has promptly taken the bill
under consideration bale and Garfield
are wagpg a Ruthless opposition to it,
but Hewitt, Hoar and other distia
guishd leaders areezseeting them in
firm, earnest debate. The Senate vote
win be ctriumphantIy endorsed by the
House At this time the public pulse
heats with full hope fer the future. The
chasm is spanRed Conservatism bridged
the gulf. fa
HEWITT NO TRAITOR.