North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-04-05
CIVIL Law.
Parson Brownlow's Opinion of Plebian
johnson.

1OuHSOHs
We have before us a volume of 208 pages
written by Parson Brownlow and published
at Nashville in 1856. On pages 68, SO, 70,
II, Y and 73 of the book the Parson at
tempts description of the character of An-
drew johnson. This part of the book was
delivered as public lect ure, in Nashville,
the city of Mr. Johnson's re sidence. 1t
seems that Johnson had sandered Major
Andrew Jackson Donelson, and to save him
self from chastisement, denied his own
words. So says Parson Brownlow. We
give below q few passages fr m this lecture,
as published in Brownow's book:
Did he lie out Of the scrapef He did !:
Ave, he ingioriously lied out of what he had
said-leaving Major Donelson no ground for
any difficulty with hIm. although the Major
had right to suppose that any man base
enough to make such charges would have no
hestancy in lying out of his disreputable
and cowardly abuse. I, therefore pronounce
johnson, here in his home, an unmitigdted
liar and calumniator and rilaiaous condrd,
wanting the nerve to stand ito his own
words. And from johnson to Shelby
counties, during the entire summer, this
lotv flung and M'bred scoundret pursued this
same strain OF vulgar ard disgusting abuse.
With him, riie denagogue, whose daily
employment is to administer to the very
worst sppetites Of mankind, no honor, no
truth exists anywhere but such as are cor
rupt enough or fool enough to follow him.
For such wretch | have no sympathy and
no feelings but those of scorn and contempt.
II 1t would be both cruel and unbecom'
ing in me to speak Of what the dishonest and
vilI,inous relatives of johnson have done, II
he conducted himself prudently and dId MOI
abuse oth hers with such great profusion. he
is a member of a numerous family of john
sons in North Carolina, who are, generally,
| there's are liars and though he Is the best
| of the family have ever met. with, unhesl-
| tatinalv affirm tonight that there are bet
Ter men tndn AndrelD Johnson IN our Peni-
tentiary His relatives in the old North
| State have stood in the stocks for crimes
they have committed. And his own rn
cousin, Madison johnson, was hung in Ra
| leigh for murder and robbery. We
do not make the point of mean kin against
johnson, only so far as it may Offset hi:
abuse of Others. But one point in his de
Hberdte lying before Jonesboro audience.
1t seems that johnson had publicly denied
that he tried to induce the Governor to par
don his cousin, and the inexorabe parsor
produces in his back a mass of letters and
documents to nail the lie upon him. Brown.
low closed his remarkable speech by saying
| IF johnson or any of his friends in this city
| think have said anything offensive they
know where to find me. When | am not or
the streets can be found a. No. 43, on the
lower floor of Sam Scott's Hotel, opposite
the ladies' pdelor. shall remain here for
the next ten days only, and whatever pun
sbment nny one may wish to inflct upon ire
| must be done in that time. I say this not
because seek difficulty, but because I
don't intend 1t shall be said that made this
speech and took to fight.-Oid Guard.