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ANDREW 3oHKsoB.
a despatch from Washington an
nouncea 'thkt Andrew johnson, late
President Of the United SAFES, d,eA SUD
denly, on Thursday, OF paralysis, a. his
home, In Greenville, Tennessee. A bfiet
preuon1tory despatch had announced his |
dangerous illnets, followed within an |
hour bY the intelligence OF his death. 4
The intelligence may be prenatuie ur..
incorrect; but VIC shall venture to epCAk: !
OF him a. though 1t we1e tue. The
leading facts in his early career have
been SO often repeated that no hing VT
could say would aid to The re4let's,
familiarity with them,- while his
biography ftr the past four pears Is the
hissey Of the country itself, in one OF
lis ncst revolutionary and evtnfu'
epochE. Now that the volume Of hts
struggling, sturdy, and stormy lite Is
closed forever, the wcrld is prepared to
put the question "Who and what wss
het" We can Answer 1t NOW mcre i'm,
partially than in the heAt, toll and pss-.
sion OF his life, and with snme.hi1g Of
the Judicial ealmness with which poster,
lty will fix bis place In history. Be-:
even pcslhumous fame or the universal
-k e. ht%% t..r ~
t1ibunal-the dim earthly shadow Of the:
final ard perfect judgment Of The Most
Hteh. Andrew Juhrson's stre1 9Th snl
wsakEets lay in his character. His abtl-'
ilcs were average, but net great 4,
his at'ainneuts 1ere respectable only;
in one wlo hkd 70 opportunity 10 Learn
until he arrived st manhood, who was:
taught the alphabet By hrs wife Alter.
marriage, a3d who lived and rose TO,
power as The representative Of rude,
unlette1ed people, upon whom refined
distinctions were lost, and who e1asped,
rightly or w,orgly, only the PLAIN diff
OF common things. With this
stsrt, had his character been
wholly right, OF had the tares
which sprsng up with the wheat
been OF less raLk and vigorous
growth, johnson would have stood among
cur Statesmen as the American CaLo or
Cromwell, rude but grand, arbitrary aud
inpelu1us but trusted. Pe,hsps when
tie lesser details Of contemporary criticism
hare faded from their present distinct
ness, when thc.e acts which seemed 10 q!
crimes in eur zeal for some great Cause
whose Success he thwarted, have tAdes
into hlundere, and these at lass into CT
TOTE, Ind then into coz flies OF oppcsipl
Interests, the better features Of johnson
character may be better remembered
But the mllGest verdict OF the pIeser
tay is that Ard1cw Johpson's faults wer
more prominent than his virtues. H
WIS eeli-reliaut to the ex'reme Of self
worship; but had be not been, hos
could be have stood like The Rick o! Glib
ralter ior the UnioD, when six millions q
the people OF his section swept BY, Il
surging ard angry bl1lows, into secession
ard he the sole Southern statesman O
Senatorial dignity who dsred buffet an
defy them, returning Ecorn ior scorn
He was rude in speech, often crude Il
plan though strong in resistance, Al
wholly lacking In The logic TO SEE, or th
philanthropy 10 desire, N at race ~hor
!, he had frcm birth regarded az specst
Of castc should become c,tizeus an
yote1e But hsf he been Of diGtIen. TO
sLa dSs 1S1,a:ne s. how coh,se.na ne aase essl w
,he respect, still more ,ht ssnnesnee,
the people OF Tennessee : TIE chaIESSss
fAlsehoe which have beea made agaln
him doubtless hsve basis Ct truth, b
much OF their superss1uctu1e will
found 10 consist in tco scsdy al
eG-hsrd mtce of promAlng
do more than he cou
remember or perform, CT more lhl
wten it came to the test it seemed desir
BILE to fulfil. II was doubtless An err
for him 10 promise unwlsely; but not
great an erIor as 10 pk1ttrm An unw1
promise. His VICES were those OF Tou
ard hurry politician, whom lorg leads
ship amcpg ,he Ignorant aLd shre
contact with tie great had made hsl
temagogue AID halt a sta:esnau.
had seen much of that grade OF hum
nature whose hiebes, wisdom is cuIni'
He wAa inclired 10 judge all men
this familiar standard. He expected Il
policies which were cunnirgly adspl
to et1ike the judk ments Of the ''lo
down" whites OF the 6eutt, or mount
Cnicnists OF Tennessee, were absolu
" wise and would be popu
throughout the United States. ]
grade OF intelligence and morality VIII
, A1d1ew Johnson WAS sklllec in handl
Was Tot 60 high "a that OF the aver,
{. OF the American peopse-ss least not
high az the average Ct the Repuolt
party. Hence the error In his polst
calculations MI. Joh1 son was not p'
nor nicely conscientious In the le
rcaus by which he would pursue
end, but he WIS for the most part +
:: est in the ED ITSELF Doubtless he
IN esolist. "I, Andrtw johnson, Pr
dens,"" "My person" My policy" IT
tricrda," these were the ruling, abs
irc thoughts Of his life. In the mid
Overwhelming opposition they u
; him exultanf, and in the
:, hour OF defeat he WIS SAVE
irdouitab1c and vindtcsive
cession utder kicks. was 10 him as in
sible As 1t is for . mule TO go ahead U
blows. He did not yield 70 oppos
=; not because be dieeenled from rs Wis
j.. which he did not weigh. but bccsu!
' could Dot. The faculty, If be hsd it
:, lain dormant from his birth, until
/. he could not have exercised It If be II
: This eRotism AID pt rsisteuce are gu,
without which no man can be pow
which combined with sagaei.y N,
statasmau, vi h courage hero, and