The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-03-29
THE PREsIDENTs POLICY.
General Inpreasion that the Mich
ellis and Hampton GoVeRnm ents
will be Ultimately Rec
~ ognlzed-
Prospective Organization of South
srn Parties on New Issues

CA1 GASS Va &GH 488&G6
While there is as yet no authoritative
annoUneemsnt as to the details Of the
Sou sheFn policy OF the neW Administra-
ton fhs conviction seems so be growing
Ia Washington that in some way or an-
ether Il. npton and Riehclls will before
long obtain complote Possession of their
States. Every Southern man eho has
had sn interview with the President be-
lisVe this. Several who have seen him
sssert it with great positiveness The
President iS also represented as being
very confident that he can bald up
Wing Republican party in I.ouisisna
That is one Of the States where the W hiE
traditions and faith ara moat strongly
rooted. In spite Of sae continned m is
gOVeYnmsHt Of that State during the last
sight years, and the constantly recurring
conflicts, the Democratic party has never
been firnly uuitsd. A considerable por-
tioa of it has always Insisted upon being
known - the conservative party, and
has repudistsd the Democratic name
, Each division has besa represented BY ii
seParas0 neWsp4per organ, and whenever
It has not been necessary for tbs white
people to be wholly uniis Ell, in ordsr TO
prevent the carPet-baggers and negroes
from controlling certain parishes OF the
State, the contest between the Conserve.
tiVes and "last ditehers"-as the Bourbon
Democrats are callsd has bssa an sx-
eeedmgly sharp and bitter one. Nothing
bat feeling of the necessity Of . union
for selE-defenss has prevented political
division of the white people Of Louisiana
Already the Conservative portion of tho
party shows an inclination TO cut loose
from their more ultra associates, and 10
give an earnest and honest support 60
President Hayes Administration. Gov.
Nichols represents this elemsnt in the
Democratic party, and it IL reported shat
hs sent word to President Hayes som E
tune ago of his intention te support bis
Administration and to do everything in
his power to lead HE party associates 70
do the sane. II Ehs troublesome qgss
tiOns nSw Ct issue in that State can be
adjusted in . manner that is satisfactory
so she Conservative wing of the Demo
cratic party, there is little reason to
doubt that the next election Will find the
/ Whits people divided, the better class Of
them acting in sympathy and scOOrt
| With the National Administration Sash
division will be she more easily effected
because the people of Lnuisiana, as we'll
IS OF other Southern States, sre no lOngel
Hxious about the control Of national af
fairs. provided they can have local self
governments founded HpOn the scquiaE-
csAos Of the better classes Of ths white
people.
The President has been great,
strengthened in his proposed Southern
policy since the Inauguration ~ the re
ceipt of tslegraPhis dispatches from AL
sections of the country and from PeOpl
representing every shade Of party OpiniO'
enthusiastically approving his course
Representatives of tka L1uisiaaa De
mOerAts now IN RashingteR have bees
unanimous in thsir recommendation
that the Legislature during it's pFesen
extra session shouli not elocs a Unite
States Senator Word has bsen received
| tonight that this Recommendation ha
besen Rctcd upoo, aud that the Legisla
turs has adjourned without making an
ehoise.