Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-06-25
johnson and Bcownlow.

At Nashville, while on his way to the
North, Par>on Brownlow met Andrew
Johnson. 1t WAS singular meeting
The two men had been bitter enemies for
twenty-five years, never speaking to one
another in all that time. The quarrel
arose out of the partisan warfare wageol
over the names OF General Jackson and
John Quincy Adams johnson siding with
Jackson, and Brownlow with Adams
But at Nashville the two met face to face.
each offered to the Other his right hand,
both sheil teIrS, neither spoke 4 word,
: and instantly separated. mutually recon
ciled! 1t WAS honorable to both men
the grudgc of lifetime Inelted away 10y
one good act of mutual nagnanirBity.
These are the two men who now repre-
; sent before the nation the spirit and tenn
per of the people of East Tennessee
That mountainous country is guarded by
Il hardy race, accustomed - toll, owniEc
few slaves, eager tliSlutan.S in political
struggles, and proudly jealous of their civ.
| il rights. Unlike the orH ~ pr. ions oi
the State, where slNvcry has more com
: l.letcly an;g'ap,cd the people. labor is held
honJrable, and lazincsS tlcspiscd.
! Johnson, like BrowHlow. is man WHO
| has grown up with Il loyal respect ful
work. As BrownlOw came from one of the
''sccODi families of Virginia" Johnson
camo from similar family in North Car
DINA. lie was Il tailor. Think of it the
I military governor of Il slave State having
+ been \ tailor, and not Il cavalier, III,
walked, as a young man, across the noun
tains into East. Tennessee, carrying hi,
needles and scissors in a pack over hi,
! shoulder lie could not read, but soon
rrilrriiv,t :sood woman who IaugIIt him
how. lie bent over his seams in the day.
time, and over his books at light. join,
! ing debating society. he soon began the
art of thinkin. on his legs I'm due time
he went to Nashville, first a. legislator
and afterwards rs governor, returning
home in the intervals of public business
to make jackets and trnw>erS for an hon
est living. The town of Grecnville, among
the mountains, still shows the sign, An.
drew Johnson Taylor" Shortly after
rising from the t,tilor'S bench TO the gov
crnOr's chair, an early friend who had
b en- blacksmith, bee. me Judge PepI er,
clIicG-iuSticc of the State. The governor
made with his own han Is a suit Of clothes
and presented them to the judge, and the
judge made his own hands Il shovel and
tongS and presented them to the govern
or.
The secret f the steadfast loyalty o!
Fast TcnncSSe lies in one fact: The peo-
pie own few slaves. and have never learn
ed to despiSe Labor. In all the states. and
sections of states, where labor ha; been
h, ld honorable. and the labnrer has no:
been degraded, there has been no rebel
lion against the Government. In all the
States and districts where the prevailing
spirit of the people has been of subscrvi-
ency to slavery. the sentiment of loyalty
has been tainted. and the rebellion has
been welcomed. The fact is full of sig
nticance. 1t demonstrates beyond queS-
ton that the great struggle now shaking
TIA land is unliSgui oily between livery
and freedom. All mems eyes are open
ing t. this fact-even Mr.. Brownlow 8
For though he has never been an abOli-
ZIONIST. yet his late wounds AMI sutferingS
were inflicted 10y slavery. IN | he knows
it, We were not surprised, therefore to
hear him make singular confession in
his Brooklyn speech. If the issue, said
he. ..were between the Christian religion
and the Union. | would 90 a;gaint the Tn
ion: if it be between the Union and Slav-
cry. will 90 against slavery, thus un-
conriously putting slavery at the third re-
move from the Christian religiOn-and
that Is where it belongs ~. j. I"dcPe',d-
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