Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-18
How IL Might Have Been.

Fresh from the perEsal Of nawspapers printed IN
AZ psrts Of the loyal StEtes, must declare that
the general feeling occssioaed By the Impeachment
seems % be one Of relief Il is ussies % deny tia.
for more than rear The country, wit5out norsel
Of confidence in either ths ability OF the integrity
Of AT. johnson, has suffered extremely from doabt
and apprehension and If HIS talents and ambition
had been sqGs, II the Asjor Generals had been less
sterniy ino0Eruptiole II the Executive had been as
/ lucky ss B0lsparte on the 9th OF November. l7se
he Capitol might have been empty this morning
szd is ksT IN Lord Professors pocket. When
he tiusid shsksn By spprshsasons Of danger 70
be Uess Jet them refresA their aoas by eonsliers-
I ton q danger surDoUntsd Now VIXEN i hzS been
stoTn bow inlosiibie Il IS fST Eicksdly smbi-
l n0ut usn 20 .aDPer with the military power Of
he Republic, when cur Ge0erAls have smiled con-
teEpi1OUsly st Establishments and bEihss, when the
laEE have heen TiD5icAisd End our Liberties pre-
ssyve3, ne c2n calmly Aad iutslligently ealcalAte
tks probable upshot II Er. johnson lad been a
OEEer Cromwell OF General Grant Col. Pride
I II or CoEgTsazs1 hsd bean towards and or s5ls-
dieTs mere msrcs1sriss As il is We have only an
O.asr beautiful illustration nf TIE tFatS 81 the az
I ion Tie tools % hin who can uss them. A
seak uzsn, attempting % carve siE Rsy with The
public sword, will simply CT bis 1agsrs We may
hank starr ibAt TIE TeT hrst personal attempt
70 grasp a. s1tosrAtie poEsz. II oar history, was
uroertszen b. one Ebose 9eakDess saade an igno-
ni1ious failure pFs6estiasts. We hsTe 50 often
sighed over Mr. John5o1a nedioeTity, - apparent
rot sEsily soeomnodats ourselves 70 thls nev esti-
nsts Of the EAlos Of bis EorthlessEssi; bat now
begn better 70 appreciate ths way Ct Providencs
IN permitting shE frat attack zp5n The public lib
srisl % Be made nOt Sy 81 s4oq9sat lsarDsd, po-
- - Ts-nss1i,s Tsa bssy roltsfs zEil szv Is
prentice kand o1 him. and he Will at lsssk con-
fsF Up0z ths countTy the ohligsti0n os furnishing
prsesasnA fos snlsEgs1eies whieh maJ Be more
Justly slsrning-
Il rrouid nos be dihcslt 70 draw picture Of Ehat
might noE be tbs attitude Of 4SaiEx Il Mr.JOhnson
had besn Gszsrzl jackson, without General Ja5k-
sozs reEsrAini1g viri1e zad o0rnuoa sense. In
s1ca case We DO not pretend 20 ss7 how Dekrly
through he night. By ciEtOf viii and military pop
glGvity, have e1ginssrs1 his cap q etzts but BE
cartSinly would nc: have tsnblsd hzsdlong 81 TIE
Ts-y Era. into t1Sh sn inP-0mPt1 cziastFOphs-'
Hs wo1id hsFs sErights3 the country for st lses
t~szty-toar hozrs. Es woalS probably have OBJ
tsinsd possession Of ths Var O6ce BY some opera
iion q b1rglETio1E nature. He might even have
F&llisd Arsund hiE s.Ardsrd couple Of regiments,
snd intrsaehs5 himself IL The Whiss Ho1ss for
wsak or f0- fortnigkt- What johnson really did
Go Exs 20 teod rsibsr q gsak-hsAded General soli-
i&ry zn1 alone, 70 storm the Var ooe and 70 scars
5 uan ike HdEin 4 StSntcn, backed by ne SEN
sts G.1 f1s HOzss int Al u1oonditsoasl and igno-
1inBocs szrrendsf. Gothing 50 ssTiors vas ever %
Elly-nO.hing 20 silly ever cane hall 80 near being
ssriO1A
Tuning from shat might hsEs been 70 What l.,
ws sss thkt sFe-Ttnl1g 1As bses1 iCEt51siely Or
dsrss. T. would hsse besn lard 70 make a car
iious sn6 peaos-l0Ting psopis c0upTehsns that the
PFssi6s.t 6sssrsz lapsseAnerL ~ vii say for
ths New Orleans infEEy, q foT he corruption q
ths RsTsnEs service; bzt noE Eis Ofs1cs hzs come
ia shAps which Al uen can undsntHnd-his crime
Il nkEs5. pAtszt. sinPss ds4ancs Of iSg-hs lsA
Conxrss 10 sl.s-nativs-ke seemed % court one
SnAl ard 6espsrsss Etrrggis and lke Othsr zupTin-
psd Iosz bstoTs hirn BE has found ruin IN the op-
p0gs1nity. 40 wonder ttss al Tia reports from
Wnft ng.0z co1cs. il tie assertion hat Re kas 70
fieaSs Isf for aos0dF esrss % mite his fOFtznes
hCEsTsr 6sspsEzse Eilk tboseo one who hss played
tis azs carl and E.4ked his lkE shilling and lost
Hardly o1s q those DsTspSPe- coUHpcrdsrts Tko
have bes3 honorsd 20 ofsss by the Prsei0enss 10
ezsci0za Gzd in1issTinizAta eo1Edsnes seems dis
posed pss IL kEr6 70 oor.s ts his rsseDs His wise
mex gll1 sEsy. His tyzstisss o0u1saioT seems 20
have gsze ito hiding We 20 nct sTe1 hsar q
any elsTsy woman wbo is lsr6irg bsT soa And
hslny EssiEEssos. Tbs DsnoEfstic party shv1ld
IN honfr, Stand by he Prsidszi, 0F. 81 lest make
listls s6os q syupzsSys bzt the leaders q that
svses sEgE1izasloa kroH by hsng sTpssie1es lbs
I pseelte Tzlea q z 1sn n Ia position, and EE
hgzot, tssy is1g ago ceased sTeE - tsls sbout e.
Al rs.zss V - B0rzizz vel z1d We sss 70 rsz-
sthez tos fear dsspon6s1ry-ai shs-s csTsAin-
u would hare bsSu kao aks HossEe q Rsprsssu.z-
tiFs teen = l1e leasi iss prcscpt ard decisive sr
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