Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-05-07
HON. ANDREW JOHNSON

Just now fer some cause it has pleased great
portion Of ae opposition press in this State to make
their columns TEEN with paragraphs Of great malig-
nifty and Of coarse aud unseemly abuse and rdieuls
Of Tennessees able and only Jaithtu! Senator, An-
drew johnson.
These now at least uzaserited assaults on Gov
Johnson have doubtless their origin, in a great
measure, in desire 60 oall of public attention and
scrutiny from the course of the Hon John Bell and
the other South Americans who followed his lead
Indifference to Kansas affairs; and to prevent their
ID b adherents from coolly and deliberately reflect
irf 81 the consequences that may follow such per-
verse and inexeusable opposition TO the adminstTa
ton, in the present important crisis Of public
affairs 1t may also be that the intense, rabid, and
remorseless hate that soma folks bear to any body
or anything that has ever powerfully contributed to
the success Of what they are pleased to term modern
Democracy, has something TO do with the matter
too but Whatever the causes may be thai has led to
such wholesale abuse, extending as ii has in some
instances to- the gorthy county Of Green, the
home Of our Hon. Senator; yet there is one thing
certain. it will fail to accomplish any good to the
country unless il be to endear Gov johnson but the
more closely 10 the hearts Of the people who have
ever delighted to award him their SURFACES when an
occasion presented itself
The assaults vary in their coarseness and bitter
ness, as do their authors in the degrees Of their
hatred towards every thing democratic and doubt
less prove to an admiring and approving Northern
sectional party that there is sill hope for sympathy
and support, aid and comfort, TO be had and De
rived for their cause from high minded cool polite
| and conservative gentlemen South Mean, low,
coarse, vulgar demagogUe the kinds Of
epthets applied TO him by the Nashville Banner,
Western Wsskly ReUieo and other newspapers of the
rabid opposition school. whom it pleaseth to ap
prove or excuse the course Of Senators Bell and
Crttenden, in such contest and crisis at present
exists involving il does great interests dear to
She peace and prosperity Of the South
Gov. johnson is able and faithful represen ia
tive Of that political party which early took its rise
yes, even existed az the formation of this govern
ment-the Democratic party. A party that has al
ways proved true to the great and good political
EXON Of " the greatest good 10 the greatest number
party that has always, since its existence taken
the side and advocated the cause of the hepe0ple
never at any time doubling their honesty, and
capacity to govern themselves, rightfully and wise
ly. It has always regarded the common sense of
the Masses when obtained, the surest and safest
guide to be followed in the administration Of the
government And there has always been in this
country party opposed to the democratic party,
whose great lights in earlier times if not now uni
formly doubted and dstrusted the capacity Of the
people to govern themselves
OF the DemOcratic-of the peoples party is Gov
Johnson-the sworn foe of all monopolies and all
systems that look tothe ACCOMPLISHMENT of one class
at the expense Of another, and always on the side
Of the people against the power Of capital
% lOuB as OOF, JOhhsoh lalthluly lhteTPrets well
aud wisely, rs he hitherto has, the great popular
heart, and listens Of the people to the beat
ins of the same in his breast, will the people
stand by him Until he forsakes the people, they
will not forsake him, though he be not % Man Of
Rhetoric and of pure and unmixed ." tropes and
Representatives. will they complain of his rhymes"
so long as they have reason" in them, or perhaps
of his blunders" if they do not pitch him into
the Of Black Republicsnism," like they have
done some of his reUilers.
The whole truth is, many hate Andrew johnson
because of his bold faithful and fearless advocacy
Of the cause Of Democracy Merchant princes
capitalists spectators, without works" and
the whole tribe of Banks, and all who do obeisance
10 them, and all intense haters of Democracy hate
him with a remOrseless hatred but the bone and
sinew of the land recognize in him a faithful
champion of their rights, and Democracy every
where great representative man of the party
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