The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-03-08
Wait Till the Flood
Gate is Lifted.
JEREMIAH BLACK BE
FORE TIE FRAUDU-
LENT TRIBUNAL.
Extracts From His Fearless and
Whitening Speech.

Whitening Speech.
am, suppose, tue very last mas il
this whole nation who should be called
| upon 70 speak here and now Everybody
has suffered more or less by events and
/ proceedings of the recsht past, some by
wear aad tear of conscience aud some
| by a deep sense of oppression and
wrong But perhaps L more than most
/ others, have felt the Consciousness that [
have lost the dignity of an American
! citizen. |, in commsn with tha rest, am
! degraded and humiliated. This nation
has got her great big foot in trap. l.
| Is VAIN 60 struggle for her extrication.
| am 50 fallen from the proud estate
| OF free citizen, you have so AFFECTED
me that AN ft for nothing on earth bat
% represent the poor, defrauded, broken
hearted Democracy And because [
| suffer more, they think me more good
for nothing than the rest, and conclude
| TO send me out on this foTIoFn hope,
judging, no doubt truly, that it matters
not Hng what becomes of nae. | ought
to go gladly II anything which | can do
or say might have the effect of mitigas
ing tie hJFrible calamity with which the
country Is threateRed a Presidsnt de-
F.ulag his title from shameless sWindIe.
not merely fraud, but a fraud detected
and exposed. [ know not how | would
feel IT oaIled upon to suffer death for m
Country an O5.tae stuff tnat mar
/ tyrs are made of, but if my life could re-
, deem this nation from the infamy with
which she Is clothed, | Oughs to 90 TO
the grave as freely as [ ever went to G1y
! bed see, however, no practical good
that can do and it is mere weakness
to cOmpl lln
I This great nation still struggles for
Justice; million majority of white psa
/ pie send up their cry, and a majority of
more than, a quarter of a million of ali
eolors demand it. But we cannot com.
plain; l want you to understand that we
do not complain Usually it IS SAID that
The fowler setteth nOs forth his net in
sight OF the bird, but this fowler -et the
net to the sight of the birds that went
into It, 1t Is largely our own fault that
We were caught.
We are promised-and | hope the
| promise will be kept-5hat We snail have
q good governments, fraudulent Though il
/ be-; that the rights of lhe st ties shall be
respected and individual liberty be nra-
tec@ed. We are promised the same
reformation which tae Turkish Govern
men Is now proposing to its people. The
( Sultan promises that if he is sustained
IN his present cOntsst, be will establish
and act upou certain pr nciPles.
First, the work of decentralization
shall commence Immediately and the
autonomy of the provinces shall be care.
/ fully looked after.
/ Secondly, the people shall be governed
by their natural judges; they will not
send MOhamm edans DO Christian rene
gades from COnstan, iaopls down on
them, but they sball be governed by pso
pie of their own faith
/ Thirdly, ne subordinate officer, when
! ne commits an illegal act, shall be per-
mlttod TO plead Ia justification the orders
/ of his superior. How much we need
exactly that kiad of re- form in this coun-
! try, and how glad We ought to be that
/ our Government is going to be as good
! hereafter as the Turks1
They offer Us everything now. They
! denounce negro supremacy and carpet
bag thieves. Their pet policy for the
! South Is to be abandoned. They offer
us everything but one; but on that sub
| ject their lips are closely sealed They
refuse TO say that they will not cheat us
hereafter In the elections. IF they
would only dgree to that. if they would
only repent of their election frauds, and
| make restitution of the votes they have
! stolen, the circle of our felicities would
be full
If this thing stands accepted aud the
law you have made for this occasion
shall be the law for all occasions, we can
never expect such thing a. an honest
election again. If you want to know
who will be President by further cleo
ton, do not inquire how the people of
the States are going to vote. You need
only to know what kind of saoundrels
constitute the Returning Boards, and
no" much 1t Will take to buy them
Bat L think that even taat will end
some day. at present you have US down
and under your feet Never had YOU n
better rigat to rejoice Well NAV Won
say, we have made 8 covenant with
death, and with hell we are at agreement.
when the Overh0wing seourge shfll pass |
through, it shall not come TO US; for We
have made lies our refuge, ana under |
falsehood have we hid ourselves But |
nevertheless wait a little while. The
waters of truth will rise gradually, and /
slowly but surely, and then look out for |
the overaOwing soourge. "The refuge !
Of lies shail be ~ pit away AID the hi
ing place of faisehOOd shall be uncove.-
ed This mighty aud puissan, nation |
will yet r1iss herself up like a strong
man after sleep, and shake her nvincibie
locks in 6 fashion you little think of
now. Wait, retribuJicn vii come in
due time. Justics travels with : ieadeu
heel but strikes with 40 iron hand
God mill grinds slow 0uc dread fuiiy
fine. Wait till the hoodgate Is llfse,f
AMI full head OF water CONES rds1fng
on. Wait, and you will see fne grinding
then.