The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-11-11
Andrew johnson.

The following article, although written
prior to the election, and evidently with
partisan view towards that event, con-
.tainis such an admirable and truthful
tribute to President Johnson as to render
it worthy of republication at this time.
The writer IS the able and distinguished
editor of the Mobile Register:
When the clouds were blackest, and
the boldest knew net whore to reach out
in the darkness for the hand of friend,
one mansstood alone, staunch, and undis-
mayed amid the storm.
: In the beginning Of the encroacbments
of Colfgress-upon the rights of the peo.,
,ple,fA ndrew johnson stood alone, unalded
oand unsupported, save by his own will
and his own sense of inalienable right.
Congress in the plenitude of ususped
power, with it's malignant two-thirds-
secureds6qta,s actual n,inorityo Of the popular
s,ote. ecen of the North-had nocheck upon
its brutal assaults upon the time.honored
Drero eatiyesl of thes President. His own
supporters fell away from him; and the
Democratic party-dissevered, discordant
and almost belligerent-had 10 force to
preserve its own integrity, and no spirit
to rally to the support OF the man who
,sio id ready to sacrifice himself for its
principles.
I'VE of; the South, gagged with the bay.
@oniet, bound in iron bands, and crushed
sundsrs the mail-clad heel of military des-
potism, could. only look through ourPrlson
tfh,aairs and nray for. the struggle of Right
against Might.
.sssAlone Andrew Johnson stood while
every en- CINE of savage warfare hurtled
around him alone he de6ed the brute
force ,i,s that essayed to overawe and to
eoeree,. him; and alone. he proved that
truth is mi ghty and will prevail, even
-againstlthc violence of fanaticism and the
power of fraudulent vcnality ; and when
the fe6t, was over, when the rabid yells
of tue anclean foe were silenced, end.
when the shattered weapon of bafded ma
!. lignity had shivcred against his armor OF
proof; Andrew J johnson still stood alone.
buf victorious. As the white plume Of
5 Navarro waved over the field. as the
cehtfefor. the wearying knights to rally
round, SO did the vindicated Executive
stand as the nucleus for the party OF
:: Right to onco more collect and battle
= assainst aIight- :,
sj7a..5EVeado not go Too far whom we say that
NffrE johnson saved the Democratic party
s2sl from decentralization and destruction. Had
II.a~been beaton--hnd the strength OF Bad
icalism coualIed Its violence aud hurled
him from! bis seat, the, party opposed to
st would have meitod like mist. we
sssss,oaid -sevcr .,e.1r have been able to make
head arainstan enemy actually in power
zinagevels position of offence; and the
victory of the Radicals wonld haSc been
assured iu.def:iut OF organized resistance.
The great and glorious fight the North
er,nDemocracy has. just made tor prlncl-
pies sake would at best have been hot
and inefficient skirinislI; and the chances
however small they may be thought by
some. of a victory next week. would have
ncver. Iaeen considered even.
1t was once tho fashion 20 sneer at Mr.
johnson; to refuse to endorse him, and
to wash our hands of his election and OF
his course. But reviewing that course
hy it's proper lights; weighing the vast
Inducements he had to betray his princi-
ples and barter US off for the enemy s:
support; and refecting that Andrew
.Johnson-alone. and pported-was
the bulwarls Of constitutional freedom
md Of the South. we should be recreant,
indeed, did we not support him, and ac-'
knowledge the debt we owe him.
LatterIy, too, in the full heat of this
.canvass-which could never have been.
made in all its great proportions but tor
Ills victory-surs have been cast upon
Mr.. johnson by the partisan press. 1t
wasurged hc dared NOT speak that he
was .coauetting with mis- enemy and ours; ];
and even that he would finally come over,
with all the great weight of hispatronage
and influence, to tho support OF that
enemy,
Mr.;Jobnson waited. He did not speak
when his voice would be wasted amid the
unmcaning cries of partisan rage. But
now, in the very darkest hour OF the par,
tvs tortunes-when he has all to lose and
nothing to gain-when his influence and
name might incline the wavering beam
now he speaks in calm and thoughtful
words that shall live so long as pure pa
triotism shall be thing of praise among
aus These are his words:
-. aExEcur1vE MANSION,
Washington, October %, 1868.
ssHon. Horatio Seymour: I see it an
nounced in the papers this morning that
YOU will enter the Presidential canvass in
nerson. I trust this may be so, as the
present position of public affairs justifics
and demands it.
at is. hoped and believed by your
fr;ends that all enemies to constitutional
government, whether secret or avowed,
will not be spared, and that their arbitra-
.rvf and unjust usurpations, together with
their wasteful, profigate and corrupt use
/ ~. r,rill la Gil ni il1-