The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-07-17
JEFFERSON DAVIS.

JEFFERSON Davis is woIthier than his
more patriotic, more
honest, and better friend to repub-
lcan institutions. He has performed
his part, and calmly abides the judge
ments of history. His prosecutors,
for blse partisan ends, are attempting
to poison the channels OF truth and |
prevent the just judgement of history
jackson Tribund and Sun.
1t were better could the miseries
which Mr., Jefferson Davis caused,
and the part he acted in bloody ma
honal drama. be forgotten by young
men like the editor Of the paper quo
ted. There is not a fnger-length in
Mr.. Davis record since 1859 worthy |
of being taught to the rising genera
ton. He proved an arch traitor to
the Union in its direst need, a wretch
ed failure as Chief Executive of the
Confedracy, and has, since the close
of the war. Uniformly refused to- &C
cept the decision of the stern arbiter
to which he forced a submission of
the momentOuS issues. The blood of
thousands of Federais and Confeder-
ates speak curses upon his memory
from unknown graves, and Gods
eternal records take cognizance of no
blacker crime than that of which Mr..
Davis was one of the chief pcrpetra-
tors. His friends would do him
service by pulling the dark curtain of
forgettulness over the chief events of
/ his life.-NatiOnal Review.
The above article is clipped from
the National Review, the organ of the
republican party of Tennessee.
1t has been now 20 years since the
the war cloud, Without discussing
merits of issues long since dead, and
about WHICH all good and true, and
brave men have ceased to have any
bitterness of feeling. it Is perhaps we'll
enough to say in reply to such an
article as the above, that Mr.. Jefferson
Davis was simply the chief exponent
and representative Of the the opinion
of some 10 or a dozen states in the
| American union in 1861. The people
2 of those states then and now cheer
fully and willingly assume and hold
themselves responsible for his acts as
their chief executive. He was their
representative and they stand by him
) as such. The war has long been over;
1 the states are reunited and no people
= are more true to the country OF which
they are part than the people the
r late Confederate states. They do not
a deem it a part of their duty however
e to forswear and abuse the representa-
r tives of their choice in the struggle o
t their choice in the struggle of 1861
e 50. The men chosen then Represented
j. THEN people, and they represent then
n nolU, and will continue to do so. The
e good men of the North and the brave
y soldiers Of the Federal armies hav
: recognized this and would not hav
y it otherwise. They know it is bette
e for the country to hrve an honest an
e true man represent it in any capacit
if than to seek the services of a snea
y or cowarn.
re Mr., Davis is quite old and has n
De connection with public affairs. Sue
to filings as are INDUCED in against hi
o. as the above in the Review are tt
is basest and lowest of insults to Il
if people he represented and serve I
G. good purpose. The men who fougl
es for the Union of the states recogni
" this and appreciate the fact that tt
ne victors can afford to be generous n
ty only in act but in feeling and in b.
n Ing so, bring about true brOtherhoo
al 1t is reserved only for the buzzar'
as and the jackalls, the hogs and hyen
and the turncoats, to indulge IN t
littleness of personal abuse and t
attempted REVIVAL of sectional pre-
O. JUDGE. Who is the editor Of the n
eo tional Review?
iSI The country is at peace and go
s. feeling prevails, the Review to Il
IL contrary Notwithstanding.