The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-01-25


war dnring our Interstate struggle,
and the little less destructive conse-
quenses that Immediately followed,
crippled the material resources; par
alyEed the energies Of our one ballot
denied people, and gave additional
weight to onr burden of debt-yet,
let us not at time like this sing the
Had of our woes, but be done with
tina past, save to profit by it's history;
for Hope, with pleasing prospects
beneath her bow Of promise, smiles
as she beckons us TO the future-that
future is the path we have to tread,
and il should be done With unfalter-
ing step.
Then let us, like the antique wrest-
Ter, when thrown in the struggle, rise
the greater for the fail. Let us prog
ress and develop according to our
means and opportunities.
We have here, in our own Ten
nessee, gigantic mountains, in whose
bosoms slumber III told treasures Of
the finer and bases metals-while,
invitingly near, are fuel deposits,
with which these metals can be redu-
ced and utilized; valleys, rich and
extended, that yield readily to the
touch Of husbandry, and render back
to tho toiler, In rich abun dance, ma
lures kindliest gifts-intorspersed
with highways, natural and artificial
through which tn e blood of commerce
flows, as it enlIvehs and vitalizes thu
elements Of development. Near ths
centre OF a great country, whore the
| throbs of her mighty heart beat Ia
unison with the cxtrenities; where,
from her geographical locality and
diversified interests, she is necessarily
sympathetic with all parts of the
country; where climate while it ri yes
strength and vigor to the sinews of
manhood, invites the rose of health
to nestle and blush upon the cheek Of
beauty; where college and schoo.
scatter the gold-dust of knowledge
DER the budding intellects of rising
generations" as the church, in FREQ
faith and free speech, sanctifes and
blesses it; where liberty's box is no
longer guarded by bayonets, as the
ballot, unobstructed, falls in Its
sacred Precints, and with talismanic
power, executes a freeman's will,
as lightning does the will of God"
(Applauss
Through this silent. but mighty
genOy, the ballot, the people have
voiced their will, and babe Tennessee
return from her wanderings. and
stand, ence again as one of The no.
nina clara among a uBion Of demu-
cratic sister states, IApPiause.)
These lnou'.tlInE, these valleys.
these ci,urche this sacred ballot
box, indlssoluJIv connected and IN
tcrwoven with the honor and glory of
Tennessee. have been for the next two
years been placed, leEislativelv, uu-
der your curc:-That the trust re-
posed, free from undue combinations.
or faint of lobbyism, will be carried
out i'll good faith, To the people who
gave it we are assured, from the
high character Of those who compose
this legislative body,
(APplausc.)
with thanks TO Gov. Hawkins for
the terms in which he has allnded
to me, and for the graceful mInuer
in which he bows 10 the people. md
with the hope that he may fad In
Huntington that quiet and joywhich
are found 10 Il greater extent in the
sweet domesticitiss of home than in
the turmoil and uncertainties OF
public he and that he may live long
prosperousIy and happily; thanking
you, Mr.. President aud gcntletne"t
of the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives, and this vast nssem blRge
Of citizens whose hearts so out for the
good Of Tennessee, am now ready
. 10 take the obligations required by
the law as governor elect Of my mo
Their state.