Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-10-29
Ex-Governor Andrew johnson

Ex-Governor Andrew Johnson
Ex-Gov. ANDREW JOHNSON, recently
elected to the United States Senate from
Tennessee, is, in many respects, a most
remarkable man, and his career is well
worthy to be held up before the youth
of Ireland Itshows what can be eac-
compIished by energy and iudomitable
industry in the surmounting what were
apparently the formidable obsta=
cles in the path hat leads to honorable
fame and worldly success.
ludrew@Johuson was born Of hum
BILE parentago, and so inadequate were
the opportunities he enjoyed that it was
not until after he was twenty-ene years
of age thst he learned to read and write
his wife being his instructor in those
essential rudiments of education. He
was a tailor by trade, which avocation
he. followed in East Tennessee. Pos
sessing naturally the abilities, he set Sc
riously to work to give them polish and
cultivation, instead of quietly folding
his hands and acquiesoing in his codpadi-
ton, which would have been the dicta-
ton of Incidence and sluggishnessi but
those qualities formed no part Of his
character: I'm a:few years the self-edu-
Gated and Industrious young man began
to reap the fruit of his toll and. to be
known as a mai Of. note, and markin
his section 1offthe country g sszee-
His; sympathies and convictions were
with the Democratic party, as might ma
turally be expected. in the struggle
Iwkichiit was then making against the
imonied power, and they recognized Ills
talents by elccting him to the Legisla;
ture. From thence ne was transferred
to the greater arena of the National Ca
pitol at Washington: where he continu-
ed for ten years. In that body he took
a high rank a; an able and practical
statesman, He was ready and quick in
debate, and was industrious and efficient
as alegislator. From Congress he was
recalled home and made Governor. He
was elected oyer one Of the most clo-
quent Wings in tho State-Gustavus
y. Henry-in 1888, although it had
given it's Presidential vote for General
Scott the year previous by several thou
sand majority. In 1855 he was r~e-elec-
ted. over Mr.. Gentry, who was consider
cd the bestlspcaker his party had in the
State. Mr.. Gentry ran as a Know
Nothing, when that Organization was in
the full tide Of it's success, and felt sure
of being chosen. Mr.. johnson mado n
most brilliant canvass, and by his for
midable ~onslaughts upon the order, eff
.fectually stayed. its march, when it
threatened to ovcrrun the State. %. iii.
Tennessee, under Mr.. Johnson's ad-
ministration, became permanently Dem
~ocratic, and, in the Judgment of his
no one contributed more to the
result. Hence his election to the Uni
ted States Senate, the most able and dig
nlhed body IN the world. What a trl-
umph Of energy and courage does this
of his career afford !! Few
men ever commenced life under more
Advantageous circumstances, and yet,
thanks to our republican institutions,
which recognize no distinctions but
merit, and his own industry and enter
prise, he has attained a position second
only to that of President of the United
States. Let the youth of our land, who
are inclined to despair at their fate and
think that they have been hardly dealt
with by fortune, study the career of
Governor johnson, and they will see
that everything is possible to those who
have thu requisite industry and the in
domitable will that never despairs.
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