The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-27
The President On0the Stump.

Tennessee, his neighbors say he had
the reputation of being the best county
wire7WNorker and cross roads election
eerera In all that region. No man I'M
derstood sthe tricks of conversions,
and the artful lodges for popularity,
as well as ANDY JOHNSON. And, in
this way, he, rose, from the humble
position of alderman, of which we
havesssReaard to be the leader Of the
Democracy of Tennessee.
Profting by. his early education, he
planned and carried into execution
the Philadelphia Convention, as the
crowning act of his political life. In
the whole Of its proceedings we can
detect the hand of the, accomplished
demagogue, who has raised to the
repectability Of national importance
the tricks and ledgerdemain of
East Tennessee county politics. We
see the influence of ANDY of Green
vile in the silencing of debate, in the
exclusion of all Objectionable ele-
ments likely to weaken its influence
with the public, the pantomime of
national fraternity by the Massachu-t
sets and bSouth Carolina delegates,
the speech. of the President in .recefYt73
ing the Committee, the tears and the
palayer;o all show the hand of the
master workman, \. But JOHNSON
knows full we'll that the work is but
commenced, when the Convention is
over. To secure the. success of the
scheme, it must be followed up by
vigorous and persistent stumping be-
fore the people. And we find the
leader in the movement preparing to
lead off and Igiveuthe keynote for the
rest of the performers, He has in
duced some of his ofiee-holding.
friends to invite him out to Chi
cago to lay the cornerstone of
the DOUGLAS monument. - Thus he
has pretext toeommencelthe canvass.
He takes with him a vast retinue of
ofhcials, aud is preparing for a grand
triumphal march-,ra presidential cam
paign tourvTwhichr is to extend from
the East to theoWesb during which
MY Policy is to be pressed upon
the people BY its distinguished author,
assisted by his constitutional advisers
and political attaches. We see by the
dispatches that his avaunt coureuris now
passing by the principal cities of the /
West, making the necessary arrange
ments for the speeches and receptions,
and setting his adherents to
work to. drum up the crowds,
and manufacture the. enthusiasm,
always necessary to make political
gatherings pass off Nth effect. It is
the intention of the campaigners to
stop a day or two att every important
point where it is thought CT <wd can can |
be assembled, and where the political
situation needs attention at the hands
of the Leader. twill no doubt be
great success, as it is backed up by
the National Treasury, and the orator
has the prestige of a national official /
pre- 7eminence to draw out, the people,
for everybody .wantso to see a live
President, without, the expense of |
visiting the White House. !, The
consumption of rockets and ro-
man candles, the blowing of
brass bands, the burning of pow
der, the display of bunting, the
obsequiesness of office hunters, and
the iglorifcation of my Policy"
by the humble individual" will be
The. canvass will without
doubt surpass anything ever before
by the East Tennessee |
county wire-worker It is said the
in Cleveland, Chicago,
Indianapolis, and other cities
in the route of the grand
political caravan, are working
like beavers to. get up tremendous
demonstrations Already we hear
the notes of preparation from Wash
ington. The electioneering party are
about ready to start on the canvass,
and this week we may expect the tele-
graph to be burdened with the glori-
fcation of the ex-alderman. We have
not been favored with list Of the
appointments, and do not know where
the President makes his first speech,
but we will be fully informed by the
as it is announced that