Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-07
Andrew .Iohnson.

When ANDREW JOHNSON was Governor
OF Tennessee, early in 1854, the present
senior editor of THE STATESMAN wrote
Biographical Sketch of him for periodical
shat was then edited and published by a
friend of ours, which closed with the fol-
lowing paragraphs ! t.1 4sag
"ANDREw JoHNsoN's life has been one of
usefulness and honor. 1t has been marked
by industry and sobriety, and an enlarged
ard liberal view of mankind. 1t has ex-
hibited q degree OF ability which may
proudly be compared to that Of men who
have been the favorites Of fortune from
infancy, and who have profted by all
her adventitious aids We present him
to the people as the peoples friend' We
present him to all classes, high and low, as
just and liberal man, without narrow
prejudices, sectarian, political, or social. We
present him as no leyeller-as no agrarian--
but In his own eloquent and feeling Ian
guage, as one 'whose policy is to elevate,
not to pull down. and who feels anxious
In the very depths of his soul to adopt
system that will take the man who is untor-
tunate in society, and elevate him to the
condition of those who have been more ia
vored., We present him to the Nation as
man loyal in his very soul to the great
and liberal creed of Democracy. And,
rising above party trammels, and the con-
siderations of the hour, we present him to
the World as legitimate result of our In
stitutions-A TYPE OF THE sELF-MADE MAN
oFouR FREE AMERICA. .....-.-s.
.But it is not possible for us to follow.
with any degree of particularly, in the
course of hasty sketch, one whose services
TO his country and to mankind have been
30 varied and important as those of ANDREW
JOHNSON, of Tennessee-one whose charac-
ter will be loved and admired just
as It shall become known to the American
people, and whose fame is destined to be
co-extensive with Republican Liberty. We
are not mistaken, when we predict for An
DREW JOHNSON an cnviable and an honored
name in the annals of the proudest states
men of this country. We selected him as a
subject for sketch, because he is the un-
compromising aud fearless advocate, every
where and at all times, of those great prin-
ciples of progress to which we are irrevo-
cably committed, and for which we expect
over to contend. He stands far above the
vast crowd of political cormorants and
Imoneyed aristocrats who have pros
tituted their talents and their gold
In vain to the vile purpose of
blasting his honest fame, and checking
his rapid march to political distinction.
The graves that politicians have digged for
AxpREw JOHNSON, they have been buried
In themselves; those that have hurled their
missiles of infamy, have been killed by the
rebound. The character they sought to
blight, has only shone with more luster as
1t has passed the various stages of the se-
we're ordeal of politics. With the illustrious
patriots Of this country; with those that
loved their fellow-men,' ANDREW JOHNSON
win find anobler Monument than West
minister or the Memnon, in the hearts of a
grateful people. His name will 60 down to
future times, not as that of warrior-chief
thirsting for the blood of the innocent and
the pure, nor as cognomen for the me-'
teorie splendor of some useless Philosophy;
but twill be blazoned and heralded as a
talismanic appellation for character that
gave q home to the homeless, clothed the
naked, fed the hungry, and dried the orr
phan's and the widows tear" irs.i