The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-17
War TO The Knife.

Ii the Democrats intend to elect
the ext President OF the United
S:at9s, they may rs well make up
their nip Is that they have got to
do it.
And they should understand, bet
ter now than later, that they lave got
to fi"ht inch by Inch the strongest
corrupt power that can threaten the
p, ssibi,ity Of free Government.
On whatever issue the Democrats
may 60 into this campaign, they will
have the vast m0nied monopoly Of
the country arrayed against them
and opposing them 10 the death.
Tn 5 power, always the enemy Of
Democracy, because Democracy in
it's very nature as its enemy, Is more
bitterly hostile to the party Of the
people to-day than il ever was
1t las reason to be. Not for many
a year has the Democracy shown
such a bold front to lis overweening
foe, nor exhibited 80 openly Its de-
termination to dispute It's suprema-
cy.
BY its election Of a tariff reform
Speaker of the House, it drew first
blood, and pierced the monOpolists at
their tcndcrest point.
They are not fully aroused, and
every step that we gam henceforth
must be through the b..se mire of cor
ruption, with which they Will attempt
to impede our progress.
Already they have shown their
spirit and their strength, and this
should only make Democrats every
where the more res0Iute to crush the
encroachments of this INSCRIPTIONS
element on popular government.
1t should only fire the heart and steel
the nerve ofevery Democrat to a war
i'll which he shall neither give nor
expect quarter.
The fight is to be between Demo-
crdcy and monopoly, and The tariff IS
the issue on winch it will be made.
1t is an issue which will call out all
the immense power Of the subsidized
oligarchists against us; 1t will Impel
them to stop at no cost or crime to
accomplish our defeat.
L uClI DUN u can not DE lOO " Gil ull-
derstood. To-day they have their
representatives in the highest legisla-
tive branch Of Congress. The letters
of Huntington illustrate the extent f
corruption OH our law makers which
may be exercised by only one mon
led enterprise. Legislatures are the If
prey. That bought tbs last Presiden-
tial election. They will buy the next
one if they can.
There IS only one power greater
than theirs. 1t is the power Of the
people-of the people when thorough
" aroused. There is no wIthstanding
such a power. The most gigantic
despotisms go down before it. The
shackles Of wrong and oppression and
mammon are broken like straws.
: The voice Of such a people is indeed
the voice and the might Of God
Men may be bought, but the masses
cannot. Once alive to the true con-
ditiOn Of affairs III this country to-day
and they will sweep these cOrruption-
lists from their path like chaff Their
gold viii melt before popular wrath.
mere uCN II WIS Il Il1llP zen the
people we're 50 nearly aroused on this
subject. The discussion of practical
politics within the last few months
has widely spread enlightenment
and intelligence among them. Day
by day the appreciation Of this sub
iect grows broader and clearer. It's
only necessary for the Democrats at
Washington to continue the straight
forward course they have 50 wei be-
gun, and, sooner or later, the triumph
Of right IS as sure as fate.
But this IS no time for hesitating.
Quibbling, trucking, time-serving
can only weaken the cause. Our
purpose has been disclosed, our foe
has been forwarded, and all the am
buscades and flank movements Of the
timorOus could not now deceive him.
We are fighting for Justice; we are
not trying to tilcll it. It's worth win
nng, and to be won, but it cannot
be stolen. We must take if; we can
not sneak into 1t, success is to man
hood, courage, conviction; not to fear
inactivity and deceit.