Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-04
NO. Ill.


ing in such life TO shield and protect it +?
Think Of his uncomfortable hope, as he
struggled manfully against the obstacles in
his pathway, caused BY poverty and want.
Think Of young heart aspiring, vet
wrung, and chafed, and sorely tried-stiIl
mistaken and undismayed, always striv-
ing-untl to-day he is the President!
Picture him as boy, feeling with what
energies he was gifted, controlled BY the
three great friends Ged has given to the
poor ..- .....
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faith in the divinity that was within him,
energy to perfect its development, aud
time in which its great aims eOuld be
wrought out. These talismanic words
were indelibly stamped on his memory,
and always chesred him through hardships
and difficulties.
Surely such life, instead Of exciting in
the hearts Of the great and good feelings
Of envy and jealousy, should only make
them feel that through such life, enjoyed
as the energetic and robust enjoy il, Coda
great principle Of success, moves and
breathes; and that taus are we taught how
much Of aid and solace the HsGny derive
from the everlasting gsaius Of the few.
The President has undergone serious
trials. His strong and selfreliant nature
has never been Tapped in ease and luxury.
They who never suffer pain or encounter
opposition know nothing of the exquisite
pleasure incident from the repose from
toll The duty Of the noble on earth falls
not amidst the rosy garden Of the epicu-
rean. We may eovet the man who enjoys
and rests, but the smile of Heaven settles
rather on the brow of those who labor and
aspire H
Success engenders in the minds of the low
and groveling, "envy, hatred, malice, and
all uncharitableness." They would destroy
what they cannot rival or corrupt. They
would undermine, BY "stories Oft repeated"
which have no existence except in the
filth and slime Of their own hearts Ken
nels, rank with corruption, where young
dogs are fed, #
Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart
To bark at his heels"
And such men dare to question the integ-
rity, character and political honesty of An
drew johnson. ..,........ .t
q An esgIe in his pride Of plume
Hawed Rt by housing owls q
Crime we know is punished from without
by the strong arm Of the law vice is only
punished from within. The ISLANDERS Of
this hollow world are not to be petted with
the soft roses of poetieal justice. If no
thunderbolts from Heaven ever fall on
their heads, if they are destined still to eat
and drink, and live on, they will grow old !;
their infrmities of temper and passion will
increase upon them; their resources Of
pleasure will be dried up; and for them
there will be no SAVIOR in their food, or
sparkle in their wine, because they will be
tormented by conscience for having en-
deavored, without cause, or reason, or pro-
vocation, to destroy the character Of the
great Tribune of the people" from mere
peasonal or partisan considerations.
In word, nv fellow-eitizens, they will
sink so low in their own and the public
estimation, as to beggar poverty and shame
disgrace.
And now, in announcing myself as a
candidate for reelection to Congress from
the fourth district, | submit my claims to
the consideration of the qualified voters of
the district, without regard to race or color,
and can only refer them to my past politi-
cal career as to what it will be in the flu
ture, and with the confidence Of having
endeayored 10 faithfully perform my du-
ties, will retire to private life, if 1t should
be your will,
like one who wraps the drapery Of his couch
About him, aud lies down to pleasant dreams"