Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-26
ANpREr IoHNsoN N r,sNNEssEK

ANDREW JOHNSON IN TENNEsSEE.
1T was the remark Of the lamsnted President
PoiK-wh0se widow slin survives 10 guard his
honored grave from the footsteps Of the invader
that he had never held any but an elective Of
fee. il was to the Voluntary suffrages of the
people or their representatives that he was in
debtsd for his elevation and his honors He
never held foreign appointment, ministerial or
consular aud never occupied a position in the
Cabinet or upon the Federal bench All the Of
fees be ever filed were the gift Of the people
the free-wil Offering of his fsllow-citizens, who
hoporej his virtues and confded ia his pstri-
ot,im
Such. too, was once the boast Of ANDREW
JonSsoN There is harilya valey or hilltop
in. all this great State, where he has not been
hssni to ezeiaim that all power resided in the
psopie-tliat ours was the peoples government
that al offices were created for the good OF
she people .-and that their viii, when legally
ascertained should be the law of the land.
Such was his boast; what has been his perform
ance
President Polk Was a virtu0us salesman
great and good nan-whose life VAS made to
square with bs public professions Can the
same be said Of mr. JOHNSON Has he not
~~shown himself 90 Be pretender--a mere politi-
cal hypoeriie. who sought to win the confidence
of ths people for tbsis own ruin
After bgasting from every stump in the State
that be was tae peoples friend and had never
held any Office that was not bestowed upon him
by the people we now fnd him coming to Ten
nessee. surrounding himself 10y an army Of for
eigners, aad seeking to overthrow the govern
ment Of tine people He claims the right to fl
the ofics Of Governor; but who called him to
the ofiea Rot the people surely. Nor have
they voted to overthI9lv their regular State gov
eminent, and to reduce me State to the condition
OF a Tsrritgry- Such, however, are a few OF
the changes which JoHNsoS has come to insu-
glrste.
Who-appointsl him Governor OF Tennessee
Mr. LuseoLN-not the people Who maintains
him ID his Office Northern soldie.s-not tie
people. Who has planned the overthrow Of
the soveTei igllty of the State Surely it was
not the people. but the Federal Government.
VIII the people tamely submit to see their
proud State converted back into miserable ter
ntory are they prepared to foTego the right
to choose their own rulers, and 10 have dis
gustiug brool Of Federal offce hoiders-Gov-
en0rs, judges, marsials, surveyors, clerks,
etc-pIaosl over them by their foreign mas
ters2
Mr JOHEsOE has abandoned al the teachings
of bis life He has shown himself to be pitt
r tul trimmer. shutting demagogue, a brazen
hypocrit7. pretending TO be the peoples friend,
and yet overtbrowing their government and i'm
posing himself upon Them when they have not
elected him.
The right of State government Is the dearest
right the people of Tennessee ever enjoyed. 1t
is the sheet anchor Of all our Political hopes, and
when that IS lost, all is lost It is above al
prices-of iuostimable vsiue-aud far excelliug
al other rights and privileges. 1t is worth
more to as than the old Federal Union ever was,
on than the new Confederate Union ever can be,
og than both combined. Destroy the State gov
erumeat. and we become slaves and our rulers
despots. We viii have no Legislature, but a
council appointed BY cur masters no Governor,
but a sstrap sent = uile over Us. The council
that frames cur laEs. the governor or vicegerent
who executes them, ana the judges who admin
lister them, nill al be our enemies-our masters.
An, prepared for such degradation
: u were better that mill stone were hanged
about cur necks and the whole State drowned in
mid eeean, than that this thing should be.