The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-29
MIR. y8iIxsoN'skfUTuRE.
me Next Governos And senator

Nv fhrxeroN.; Jan. 10.-Few Of our
HoesiS snts hsve ever retired from the
Wits House with less OF real regret
Than will accompany Mr.. JoAnson's
farewell on the 4th of March. And
with equal truth 1t may be. said that
TOW, in retiring, have ever batter -ds-
served the thanks and good wishes of
the American people for sincerity of
purpose and an honest desire to adj!
minister the ONCE for the best interests
of the. country. In saying which l do
not mean to be understood as express
never had better Presidcnt-but that,
judged by the purity of his motives and
his unselfish intentions to do his whole
duty, he far surpasses any of our recent
Executives. That he has committed
great errors, he himself will, suppose,
not be disposed to deny. 1t could hard
ly have been otherwise with man sur
rounded by the adverse circumstances
that have beset him since the beginning
of his administration. For some of
these he is responsibilities, for what
may be called the father of them all.
which was the failure to surround him
self with cabinet of strong, vigorous
men in hearty accord with instead of
retaining the evil counselors of his pre-
decessor. But il is easier to criticise
now than it would have been to act
then. Judging his administration as a
whole, the conservative people of the
country must indorse it and thank him
for it. -..sis-- % a..-
In a former letter intimated that ID
was the intention of the conservative
party in Tennessee to nominate Mr..
johnson next fall for Governor. This
| understand now to be fully determin-
ed upon. Little doubt is entertained of
his election. At any rate, he has al
ways been extremely popular in Ten
nesssee. He knows the people there,
and they know him, and believe him to
be sincerely and honestly devoted to
their interests. / do not know who will
be his competitor In the race, but proba-
bly, some carpet-bag scrub from Massa-
chusetts. or some Radical convert of
the Stokes pattern, who wanted him
hung in 1861 for being Union man. If
elected Governor, he will undoubtedly
be chosen to the Senate in the place of
Fowler, whose term expires in 1871 (;
and then we may look for lively times
in that Chamber of gilt-edged imbecil-
ity and loyal CANNON. 1t will be worth
while to 90 to some trouble to elect A.
j. to the Senate, just to give him a
chance to vindicate himself and his adj
ministration, which understand to be
his sole object in remaining in public
life after the 4th of March. His natu-
raj combativeness. not always in place
when exhibited from the Presidential
Mansion, will have full vent in the SEN
ate debates, and 1 know enough OF
what it is in his power to expose, to
promise some rich developments in his
"bouts" with some of the leading Rad
icals. He will exhibit some of the re-
cent inner workings of the Radical
party, to the intense delight of all but
the Radicals. So let every COnserva.
tive man in Tennessee and elsewhere
put his shoulder to the wheel and give
A. j. all the help he can to get him into
the Senate. If he does not pull the
mask of patriotism from off the hypo
critics in that body "then l am a soused
gurnet." MACK.