The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-10-10
!: sacrinces and dcsufrsaAAEssan

,:,;1. Sacrifices, ands SureHi igs13H7
k''gInasmuch s.as President johnson
never fails to-! ask hisi audiences .this
question: :.H"Who has;sacri6ced :ort teaf!
fered more for his country than tho
humble individual" Before yog i
may bs1proHtable TO review the acts
ofthis particdlarabos s;and heliow,
when, and where be, dufstedlin'the
ssFss & ssSss';z; Z si,lsS
John G. BreckinrTidge for p President; F.;
he was: active against Douglas and
LINCOLN, and was; consequently rex!
Epected to secede from tho Senate, tas
did the other Brcokinridgs Democrats
of the Southern States. He did not do
II, However, but hung TO his seat to
fight, as he said, for slavery Inside 'of
tile UDiom;. .Ho drew his payand'inile.
age promptly, which must have LAGER
atcd bis tender soul: AGATE aRiwerethe
suferings he endured dHingtthis pe:
riod, there wero several distinguished
Tennessceans who would have gladly
relieved him. N..'& ." HI'"'
Tho war progressed the Federal
armies ,.woHE tho victories oof Mill
Springs, Bowling. Green, ForR Hen:
ry and Donelsen, Shiloh, &C., and had
ETennessee. pretty. much cleaned Of
rebels. President Lincoln had use for
a Military Governor OF: Tennessee, and
Andrew johnson was appointed. Tho
position was, o nl;hsrrowin8 one-+:
one involving suffering Of: mind and
body; but it had some pleasant feat.
ures. For instance; the Governor held
tho rank aud drew the epay of'a Brig.
adier-hehad his choice Of tho man.
sions OF. Nashville for his residence
he had Federal soldiers towait. upon
[,hi,ni and execute his orders, reaso sonable
or otherwise-the 'lifsS ahd.l liberty OF
every citizen of'the placewefe in|his
hanis-he could indulge in his:pro-
pensity for speech. making to his
hearts content, for, when other audi
eanuces failed him.. he could order ont g q
regiment Of negro soldiers and hat:
angue them. The position was one Of
sacrifice, no doubt ;Ibut'a5thousand
Brigadiors would each hayo giHon'an
Tho s' next ": sacriBco, ,';a Vas Il tho "a" accept:
ancc of tho Vico' Presidency at tile
hands Of the Uniohists in 1854. He
was elected tothe second Office in the
gift Of theipcople as reward for lris
Unionism, aIdTin" March ho relin.
quished his Brigadiership,to. make the
new sacrifice. ue suffered all the way
from Nashville. to Washington. Az
Cincinnati he was overcome with an:
guisb, VIC suppose, and at Washing:
ton, as will DO remembered, he broke
down entirely; underhis ioad"of suf'
fering. As, terrible as,was tho, suffer-
ing incident to the new,positiop,. Haa;
nibal Hamlin was, we, remember, quite
put ont 'becausc lie was not allowed
to- shoulder it, "A grcst:many men
havo been willing to. martyr them.
selves in. this, manner. Finally Booth
made him President all in ;conse;
qucnce,, Of course, Of his Unionism:
This position'is' tho height of'tlIe am::,
bitionv Of, American politicians and
many of1the greatest intellects of the
country have ispent.. their ,.liyes In,
tricuing for it ; but he achieved; il, Of
two leaps, aud his espousaf 81 Union. :.
ism @was'the spring! board which Hoist.
ed'him. .9ia "2G7 .7''''%""h 1914 ''7 % "
I'VE haxennspped'his su6cringsa and
sscrifces etelersbly full :Ve, ,Athinks
Heavy as were big ,burdsns, -ae.te a.
were ps lis bis alvu;fferriings, j; and bitter as was
hiis aaaIpeaish,l %e Would ::bee Perfectly
wiiliBgto contract to find at leasshvs
men, in2 every scllooFgdisrietf finc TIE
United States: who uwoul4 sbsnHillipR
to eot through. them, all, ald Eha. Nenlbd sn!lbL
also give bonds never e retSi S Siis>t 70 thlss@g ls@g
. f. 10 seiions, lili M'f 81 ttlha Ssad
il, tile mcancst kind :of hnmbng. SiNe
hes been ,ho,tpred,beyond ha 1s:arh,
paid beyond hn sssYjieQe- in! !, sho'h
| The Uniopisln which, he yaanta 2! 1! Z
sacrifice, Was all fkat Iav@ him IRON
p1litical death" Had >he>f followed N his
ImpulSes5: sudr' zone Htbresgh. with
Dreckinridee;, hs;;would" !" lspen aeed
with him in.C Canada: 8, be,dcsestee mm
and is President. lfbs counta hiS Toy! u!
1aairIs' iI' dii'v5orSs from that clais of poll;
Iticisns iss' = tactriifce, Rs eRa 'tohtpie
himself, 'forhis trials ate ot5t' . Il
eoing hack to,thcmiaaifast - ha.can
~ipdeed, ,Aeisgithl them Dews$$ s.,
the sorrows old p !, mar',"MI4sa'i =. ',"I III
Eisda Blatds, 12t1 Ut. = .,' .:aC
1D1ji Drissir1 o. PSFSIiToI.E .ETas psy
v6lnmc of'tLe' British Board ofTfSde
/ Statistical Tab,essgSives TIE: :a) )xiKl
/ Iststemcat ,of,itbeP Popa}st;sa pA:opca'
trie4s si.h ,moraI than ~, ,Mn DhiA
hsbitsnts, according % oths mone mo r