The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-10-28
Andrew johnson.

! Although it was generally supposed that
| Andrew johnson would have been elected
! United States Senator from Tennessee. the
result of the contest has not come up to the
high-sounding tone Of the manifesto. After
.ballotins for four days without choice. the
Legislature on last Friday elected Henry
Cooper, by vote of SIS to 81 for Andrew
johnson. We have frequently expressed
our opinion, as well as our wish, that Presi>
dent johnson would be ard should be elect
ed. 1t is not necessary now to review the
contest, as the proper tribunal has disposed
If the question. Although defeated now,
Andrew johnson is not, as John w. Forney
says he is. politically dead. He will yet lice
and be heard Of in the politics Of the eoun-
try. A man Of his ability, long experience
in public affairs. acknowledged purity Of
personal character and OF indumitable pluck
and untring energy, cannot long be kept in
the back kground. lie is in the vigor of man
hood, ready at ali times for fray with the
enemies of the constitution of his country,
and will yet confront his vile accusers in the
councils Of the nation. OF Mr.. Cooper, a
correspondent Of the New York World
writes as follows
During the late war he was strong.
though not violent Union man, and received
from Gov. Andrew johnson the appointment
Of Judge in enc of the State courts. During
his term Oh the bench he sought several
times to resign, but his esgnaticn was not
accepted and Governor Drownlow in mes
sage to the legislature, referred to him as one
of the purtst and most upright members Of
the State Judiciary and, though opposed to
him politically, earnestly protested against
his retirement. In 1866, however. he ac-
cepte,l chair in the faculty of the Cumber-
land University. at Lebanon. lie was chosen
to the State Senate as a Senter consel vative
at the recent election, beating his radical op-
ponent by large majority. Judge Cooper
has been regarded in Tennessee as one of the
rising statesmen of the southwest. and Is
very widely esteemed for his eminent abili-
ties and spotiess character. he is a personal
friend of ex-President johnson, aud has
voted for him for Senator on every ballot.
His brother, Edmund Cooper. lately mem
Der of Congress and now a State Senator,
was, for some time, Mr.. Johnson's private
secretary. The new Senator is a man Of
small stature, with good personal presence
and extremely affable manner. It has been
supposed that he was unambitious Of the
honor now thrust upon him, for he Is mod
est and somewhat dif1ident, and has not per
mitted his friends to canvass for him as
candidate He seems to have been taken up
at the last moment by the combined oppo-
sition of ex confederates and extreme radi
Gals as the ouly man capable of defeating
Andrew Johnson, and his election was pro-
hably as unexpected to him as it is to the
country at large.
Mr.. Cooper is one of the ablest lawyers
in Tennessee. He was one of military Gov
ernor Johnson's app"intees to the Judiciary.
and was commended for integrity as an ofli-
Ger by Governor Brownlow in message to
the legislature. Tie gave decision in the
Sherbrooke- Ridley case. now pending in the
United States Supreme Court, that our fran
chise is unconstitutional. On retiring from
the bench he became Professor at the I.eba-
non Law School. and after resiguing that
position removed to Nashville"