The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-08-08
A NEW DEPARTURE.

Southern craftsmanship has too
much of the fourth-of-July spread
eagleisn about it to be able to
meet and arrest the ruinous rule
of eastern money influence. Mere
defamation and Bohemian rhet~
oric do not constitute the stuff
out of which is made the sturdy
craftsmanship so sadly needed at
this time. Too many Of our Con
gressional leaders fly like fright
ened rats to their holes when
some Eastern Democratic or Re
publican bondholder champion
flaunts before the country the
bloody corpse of secession. Such
timidity and cowardly conduct on
the part of a majority Of our
statesmen Is the prime cause of
the present restlessness among
the masses Of the people. The
money power uses the old thread
bare cry Of rebellion" to divert
public attention from John Sher-
mans organized crime Of con
traction, and to scare Democrats
from espOusing the cause of tax
ridden and oppressed labor. The
very reason Of the rise Of the Ma
tional Greenback party is found
in the patent fact that neither Of
the two great national parties
has afforded that legislative relief
to labor which was demanded.
Legislation has been in the main
in the interest Of untaxed, usuri-
Gus capital. The guiIt-edged
bondhOlder has so manipulated
State and Federal legislation that
it is as if the hand OF 4 murderer
were around the throat of Ameri-
can labor. We have no room for
the National part III the South if
Southern Democracy in its prin-
ciples and practices will plant it
self squarely along side Of the
people in the defence of the life
and imperilled rights of labor.
The money changers have sacked
the Republican party and now
aspire to revel and riot in the
citadel Of Democratic strength.
Look at Bayard, Butler, Hill,
Randolph and Lamar, Democrats,
in that crucial issue between
the money power and the friends
Of the people. 1t was in the Sen
ate where that pitiful substitute
was proposed by the committee
in lieu Of the House bill, repeal
ing the resumption act. The syn
dictate and resumption party tri-
umphed by the aid Of the votes
of these very Dem, Gratis, the
vote being thirty to Twenty-Five.
These very Democratic gentle
men must take the responsibility
of perpetuating this insane poll
cy of forced resumption, which is
bringing so much distress upon
the country.
This vote was in the interest of
untaxed, usurious capital and a
death-blow to the taxable wealth
Of the country. For one, we de
mand a halt in such Democracy.
1t is no Democracy but simple
and unwarranted Bondocracy.
We contend that our party as a
national organization shall not
be surrendered into the hands of
money rings. The traditional
policy of the party is to stand by
the people in every emergency, !
and now in this trial-hour we
contend that the party is fully
able and fitted to meet every de- |
mand OF the people in their strug-
gle with the money power. We
want no political trimmers and |
gO-betweens in Congress-nO /.
weak solution Of craftsmanship. |
but that pure, sturdy, national
which, while it seeks the /
general good, has the nerve to 1
demand through constitutional /
measures equal-handed justice I
to every section and condition of |
people. Inter bargaining and |
swapping Of influence and inter
selling Of votes are compromis- |
ing and disreputabIe makeshifts. /
Send men to Congress who will /
dare stand for the right. Send /
men there whose characters are /
as pure as the mist that crowns /
at eventide our mountain peaks. /
Men of intellectual breadth and |
moral depth, whose wcrth in the !
near future Will give birth to a
craftsmanship as pure and spark
ling in its outlines and as rich in
its fruits, reminding us Of the best |
days of the republic.
We believe that there is
wrapped up in Luke +. Wright !
just such eminent worth as the
times demand in a Representa-
tive. Because we prefer Gen.