The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1866-09-06

man; he talks like man, he acts like
man, and by my faith believe he's
nothing bit man after all ~ So of
the Copperheads. They looked like
rebels, talked like rebels, acted like
rebels, and by his faith, he thought
they were nothing but rebelsl
If there were any soldiers in his au-
dience, as he had no doubt there wero
many, they knew what was meant by
being "cut OFF, from communication
with their lines. So it was with Val
landigham and Northern Copperheads
during the war; They were sfeut OFF,
from their friends, the rebeHsy{fy the
gallant "boys in blue" who Were be-
tween them. Gen. Burnside took pity
on poor "Val." and sent him down to
his friends. The Copperheads and
rebels had lately fused at the Philadel-
phia Convention, just as they would
have done in 1861, 2, 3 and 4, if tho
Union soldiers had not been between
them, and prevented it.
At one time during the war thero
were $500 Union men in prison in East
Tennessee for their Union principles,
When the Union troops at last entered
Knoxville, they were welcomed by n
procession over mile long, composed
of Union women and~ children Who
sent these troops? Was it Vallandig-
ham, Pendleton & Co.? No, it was
: the Congress of the L. States.
: We see President johnson supported
by every rebel and bushwhacker--by
r "Sons of Liberty" and "Knights Of the
r Golden Circle" The same papers in
? the South that supported the rebellion,
are now supporting his "pOlicy." All
# the Southern delegates to the Phila-
y delphia Convention were bitter rebels.
On the other hand Congress is supported
d by the great Union party. Can we
: hesitate which to support? No, Wo
l go for our d2liverers. -s.
5 Mr.. Fletcher said just here he must
"tell little story" A friend of his
who had always been great admirer
l of Johnson was asked how he liked
e the Philadelphia Convention. He
j said it reminded him of the two broth
s ers who had flock of sheep to divide
u between them. One of the brothers
l. was half-witted fellow, and among
q the flock there was a pet lamb to which
70 he was greatly attached. The other
y brother divided the sheep into two
lots, placing the pet lamb and all the
e good-for-nOthing ScragS in one lot, and
e all the good sheep in the other. Then
IS he told his brother take his CHOICE
e He looked at his pet lamb very fondly
e for minute or two, and then said,
e II love you dearly, my pretty lamb,
n but we must part-for d. such a
u crowd as you are inr' When he saw
|. johnson smiling on crowd, composed
of Gen. Forrest and 500 other rebels,
d he too said, awe must part"
!, II Mr.. johnson never was a favorite OF
mine. never had the disease called
= democracy" Until last February
y Johnson was the most Radical man in
1 the country, not excepting Thad Stev-
e ems. He was ultra Radical until he
: found that the Radicals would not
II nominate him for President in '6S.-
, We in Tennessee had no confidence in
II his fidelity or consistency, but we did
Z think he was mad enough at the reb-
Z els to stag mad for four years.
le Mr.. Fletcher said he knew him we'll
They lived in the same town, when
Mr.. Johnson was on the tailor's bench,
though that was no disgrace to him
He set out in life a Whig, and was
lie first elected to the Legislature by that
lie party. A railroad project was being
l. agitated, and he opposed the road be
le cause it would throw the wagoners ou
ID of employment. He was elected on
r. that issue. In June 1882 the Whig
IN refused to renomipate him, and IN
le turned Democrat. lie was violen
a. Democrat up to 1916, when he mad
re a speech in Congress denOuncinl
lie IOlk's administration as corrupt. Ill
e. came home, offered himself as. an in
~ dependent candidate for Congress, anC
to tried to cajole the Wings into his sup
ey lport, but they refused and nominated
j a Whig candidate. Thereupon h
ry "crawfshed" back into the DemOcrati
Ia, fold, explained away his denuncia
he tions of Polk, and remained Demo
ed crat till 1860 He was a Breckinridg
Ill. Democrat in that year, and mad
to speeches denouncing Lincoln as
cir sectional candidate" He was in tn
Die habit of asking his hearers if ther
ir- was any man $50 base as to submit
,se Lincoln was elected?' Mr. Iineol
hO ,0aS elected, and then Mr.. johnson
ed true to his character, abandoned th
ng Democrats as he had before left tn
ng Whigs! Mr.. Fletcher here related a
EN- anecdote of rebel young lady |
or, Nashville, to whom he showed apo
all trait of Mr.. johnson, remarking thf
nat fthere was her President" fA
D. ] President ~ exclaimed she, Indignant
ese ly. ono, sir: He betrayed the Sout
de- in 1860, and the North in 1866; an
bel meaner than all, he betrayedithe JsO'
the nigger! He's not my President, sir!
i've y Mr. johnson WAS the first To Ady'
the cate the Abolition of SlNveryin Tel
ry, nessee, long before the oEmaneipatio
ore proclamation was issued. lie w
of then, fishing for the nomination e
,,n Vice President, and of course use
rth S'Tadical'' 'bait.d In his address to IL
ter colored soldiers in Washington la
18th summer, you remember he told the
ark that ''Daerit, not color, was tile test
red respeCtability.p He was still uaiE