The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-04-08


of their allegiance to the appointing
power. Appointed not from our
people, but sent from abroad. Sell
ected because of their fitness and
Willingness TO do their masters bid
ding and to serve him at all times,
III any way and under all circum-
stances.
There are SO counties in Tennessee
to be thus differed.
There will, of course, be differences
between these agents, and the lie
positors or borrowers of money aud
the mortgagors of land. Of course
controversies will rise that must
be settled by some judicial tribunal.
The deposition or mortgagor cannot
sue the government. the law does
not permit it. He cannot sue a
Federal agent in the courts of the
State, and is, therefore, without
remedy, and If any shall be given
him il will be in a court of claims
at Washington City, appointed
by the Government Tor their poll
teal value and not for their legal
attainments.
Every one feeling himself ag-
grieved will be compelled to resort
TO that tribunal and none other.
Some of you have had experience
In such courts, when you tried to
get pay for your property taken or
destroyed during the war. You
remember the redtapeism, the strict
rule, the technical objections, the
long delay and the final refusal of
such courts to allow your claim, or
the ar bitrary and unauthorized cut,
ting down of your claims, however
satisfactory the proof of their right
and justice may have been.
The borrower of money On land
security would become at once the
tenant of the government, and if he
at all failed TO comply with the
terms of his mortgage and pre-
sumed to entertain political Opin-
IONS adverse to the ruling power,
his mortgage or trust deed would
be at once toreclosed and he tur
ned out of house and ne.
The whole demand is a plan to
sell all who might avail themselves
of Its provisions to the ruling party
to make them its slaves and compel
them to go to the ballot>box and
by their suffrage uphold their OPP
pressors.
The demand requiring the circu-
Iating medium to be increased to
not less than $50 per capital would
require circulation of three billion
two hundred and fifty million of
money. All to be derived from
taxation, our census report showing
about 65,000,000 people. Make
these demands law and you there
by enjoin yourselves forever from
free speech, free thought and fee
ballot; you are tied as galley slaves
to the will and behests of the car
of the consolidated government, once
known as the Federal Union"
Judge Turney read the following
editorial which appeared in the
TOlIer of March the 2nd,
The government should obtain,
by a judicious methsd, the railroads
and telegraph lines of the country,
and operate them as Systematically
as it does the postal system. Let
the employees be DISTINGUISHED, as
are the members of the army and
navy, and it will not form a combine
behind an administration. 1t will
prove better system than the pre-
sent, by which the giant monOpo>
lies have vast hoard of employees
armed with a ballot to form a COM
bine at their backs. The adyan-
tage is very appcarant, and moth
ing short of ownership will cure
the abuses of the discrimination In
treights." He then said:
While preparing for almost any,
thing that might come from seem
ing and designing men in their eff
fort to destroy democracy and turn
the government with the rights of
The people over to usurpation, L was
a little startled on reading this.
Here we have an organ protesting
to labor for the laboring man, pro-
posing to disfranchise him, to take
from him all voice in governmental
affairs. Are Alliancemen so alb
sorbed on the principles of the st.
Louis platform that they are willing
to disfranchise themselves and their
sons that it may succeed? | speak
to people who have had experience
in disfl anchlsement. A people who
were long sick and sore under its
rule. Are you ready to renew it?
Many of your sons are railroad men;
are you willing that the rule pro-
posed shall be esta blished and that
then your sons may 60 the gov
eminent and say: | want employ
ment on your railroads; give it to-
me and | will renOunce all right
to think, speak. and act as a free
man. 1 will obey your behests
whatever they may be? !
There is as much intelligence, as
much honor, as much patriotism
among the railroad emploYesln len
nessee as is anywhere to be found.
Must that class of men be husheI |
for the sake of employment?
| tell you no! neverl There is no
one In the State who would submit
to such degradation and disgrace.
These men are the men and the