Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-04-27

lnson.
An1saw Johasas who, ID vice Pc
dent d. the asskssineiiou M n4ssidd
Lincoib he0om = psa1id snt, Il &natiI
Of KaEsigh, n e., In Which cIfs h6 ~
born on The 10Th Of December, 1903, and
IL row At an age, when this passions and
prsjaaIoes OF etaer days shonld give way'
10 nohisx aud basses faslsag. a. i
time when The fainbow oil pgaIaisa Il q
haahlrasr of better aaEs dawniag upon
the Republle, the Chief ExscsstiYe olhssr
81 Ehs Gallon Ii stsaak down by 10 assass
siuS hApd, and Viee PrebisienR Jphaaseu,
under the express serns os sI1s Opnstifuai
ton il called 10 shs helm 0k Ststa, bus
not wiihoas expaFienve, and cor trust b
not far evil.
! Hhs parents Of Ar.. Johason wess poor.
Ills father, while the subject Of this
sketch was bat ehild, Was drowned
while enaeavoriug 10 save q friend from
she same fate. Tbs cad esens ieEt Al.
dfsw al orphan aad 10 penury, bic mash.
er, from i'll bealsb, nat being sble to
give hiEn tbs advantages of 4 eommen
school elueations The sensation story
10 many Of the papers Of the dag that at
one. sitne ti1ae be aag placed Ia she posr
house Of Wake county as o pasper child
ssems 70 have no foundation in facss~~
Pa inability Of the mother 10 support
her ehtEd and 90 educate hiaa caused Der
70 bind him as aa apprentice to q tailor,
shich business be learnea !; and Long at
Ter be had ceased 10 work at il to gain q
livelihood, be used to raY that his success
lay in gwu resolves, With which be started
| IN life, via: 10 do his work we'll and By
ID time he bad promised il.
During his appFsntiaeship, young Johns
son fals more keeh,y the necessity Of m
education, aad bis leisure hours, under
| The occasional inskEaetlGu Of q iaarneys
maa, were emplnged ia leaning to read.
Ills Favasisa writer's we're there which
spake Of msn famed for eloQnensa ia de-
hate. lie apprenticeship ending be
worked fur time a. iournsgman 10
South Carolina. To bis high credit, be
| il said, bis first efforts wcre 20 place bis
| mother beyond want, and to Fentler Der
as comfortable as bis limited means
would psEmiE, Returning for this par-
pose to Raleigh, ho earned auihcisnt to
enable bis mother and himself to emf
CRATE TO Grsenyille, Tennessee, where, at
ter working ~ jouFaeyman for simes
be comm ,need business. Oh a snail seaIe,
IS . master tailor. and his industry and
attention to hGsiness soon gained hlni
custom. Shortly after this be married,
aud truly 10 Der upon whom his every
az, elton was placed, be fonnd.a sshelp.
mate for mans Better edacalted than
himself, she became 10 part bis inssras-
tor ia the commoa bFaaehes Of an Eng
lish education. Possessed Of shese- bis
reading took wider range, and bis more
familiar a2qaaiatances, say shat bal
few OF his eotsmporariss 10 Goagress
possessed knewledge more prpfound 81
History and the English classics combined
thsa Andrew JohasaD.
| His frat oliaa was Alderman Of the
village OF Greenyiile, hish be held for
| three tsrIas, when be- vas elected Mayor,
which position be held for three years.
la 1885 be vas elected 10 the Legislature
of Tennessee Opp ising an injadieious
system OF iplernal improvements b. The
State. be- was defeated for re- etection.--
| la 1850 be Ras again Q candidate, and
time hasing tested The wia lom Of the
position he had taken, be waa again
elected. By this time, bis talent
as pablo speaker becoming known,
he was ehosea in lS40 an elector
on the Van buren, and Johnson tlekeE for
President and Vice President, sDa stump-
| ed the State agalDst Geacgal Iflrrisau.--
In 1871 BE- vas elected 10 shs State SAn-
ata, aad Gwo yeaas after was elected as
tho randidass Of she nrmvrr@As4 10 tAe
lower brsneh Of Congress, and By sue
eessiEe election represented his district
for the ten years following. Dar;ng bis
eongressi anal career be was warm sup
porter Of the tarltF Of Ie43, wbFeb sabsti-
ted ad naloreas fur specific daslSs, aud
the annexation OF Texas TO tbs Uaited
States. The var wish Mexico wbEeh fol
lowed, found IN him a strong supporter.
He was also The warm advocate vi the
Homestead bill.
la casting srsGaa for candidate fer
Governor Of the State, mona Heetaea 30
unite tha requisites of availability and
talent so well as Andrew J0bAson, end
the Stata Canveneion af the Defnncraey
gave him an aimest unanimous noaalna :
lion. The eontess was an exciting enc,
the candidates making political address
90 10 every county Of the State, and
large sums Of money, set nniy ia Tonnes
see but 10 ether statea were b. upJh iha
result. Ar. johnson was eiestsd By a
handsome majority, and iws years after
was re rlected by largely increased ora.
Before the expiration OF bis gahesnato@
Iial career. Governor johnson ms elacs-
cd 10 the uaised States Senate and took
bis seat in. the session semaf encing on
the 4tA "a March, 1857. Immediately
after the 81 announcement of tbe rebellion
he was Nominated 10 the Senate and con-
6rraed ne brigsdier general of volunteers,
aad vas sent By Abraham Lincoln n
Tennessee as Military Governor. Ia
| 1864 be received tie nomination Of the
Republican, Convention which met a.
Baltimore on the slh Of Jane. fer Fiea
President On sbe ticket with Dir. Lincoln
ms President, and SIS elected. The as
ssssinasinn al As. Lineoin on the eve
mag OF Friday. made Eioe Presideat
Johnsoa President Of the United States.
10 pssaon, the new presideRs is aooat
the middle si1e--in maAAsra quiet and
reserved. When last we saw him, short
ly after bis sleetion to ihe Senate, 70
nanaseemeti to be more free from thai
vice which The papers charged upon bin,
al the time Of bis inauguration. than
ABdrew johnson. Ills personal appear
aace, his actions af1 his private eharao-
ter all ferhada the idea that he drank or
wss aruasard, ana, up n the time Of
'whieh We speak, alshough nsrrswIy
wAschHas 80 all asEHg n1eu aFfS rucn 9
eaasge bad aaver. 10 cur knowledge,
been made agaisass him. " hat his bah
iss aimee he leFs sss senAts aros we have
ens sa~ans af Judging, hst fsssa ahar n
saha tAies cold. ssafnly ssy has pslslEcAl
fsismds, shsrs Ii snach of axHxg ssasion, If
sss eusise unsrnsA.
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