Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-11

1 1Ot 4. Ills NOOpcI tleCllOll was
secured BY a combination of the
Etberidge men, with the twelve
republican members of the Legis.
lature-which certainly gives it
! the coloring Of a radical victory /;
at least they controlled the cleo
ton of Mr.. Cooper.
From the Cleveland Banner.
In order to defeat the wish of
the people Of the great liberal par
/, ty of Tennessee, two Judases had
to be found to accomplish it.
They were found in the persons
of Henry and Edmund Cooper.
Had either one of them been of
! the right kind of stuff ex. pres
ident johnson would now be one
Fof our Senator's. One week ago
who would have thought that
these men would go into a caucus
with radicalism to defeat the great
champion of the people? Henry
Cooper ought TO have said to the
caucus what Dorsey B. Thomas
said to it. Thatwould have proved
him q high-mlnded honorable gen.
tleman. But instead of acting
thus he suffered himself TO be used
as tool to defeat the wishes of
his party. The conduct of Ed.
Cooper is still worse than Henry's
He nominated Mr.. Johnson for
Senator, and he should have stuck
to him to the bitter end, brother or
no brother. Johnson MADE him
what he is, and ought to be very
proud of the job at that. By the
operation one OF the Coopers has
been elevated to the Utited States
Senate. but at the same time we
know of couple of gentlemen by
that name who have greatly low
cred themselves in public estima-
ton. =
From the Columbia Herald.
Mr.. johnson was our choice
against all the gentlemen that
were balloted for, because he was
the ablest of them all, and would
have done more for the Democrat
ic party, but Mr.. Cooper is far
preferable to Mr.. Ethridge or Mr..
Brown. He will make good,
earnest working member, and
though he cannot hope to do asmuch
as Mr.. Johnson to destroy Radical
ism, he will accomplish probably
more for the maternal prosperity
of Tennessee. We do not believe
that he shares the Banner Re-
publicans' hostility to the Demo
cratic party, (which hostility was
the cause OF the conspiracy, etc.
and we are confident that he will
cooperate with it, on all occasions.
He is doubtless as Jealous a Dem
ocrat, but far from being as able
and experienced a statesman as
Mr.. johnson, and this constitutes
the main difference between them.
From the Franklin Review.
The Senatorial election is over,
and Andrew johnson retires from
the field defeated by an alliance
effected between a minority of the
Conservative party and the Radi-
Gals from East Tennessee. The
deepest chagrin and modification
were felt here on the receipt Of
the news, at the unnatural man.
ner in which ii was broughtabout.
When. it is fully understood
throughout the State how the will
of the people has been set aside
by the opposition TO Mr.. Johnson,
we predict the indignation will be
overwhelming in the popular
mind against the men who left the
ranks of their own party and form
ed an alliance with the enemy to
strike down a hated and victorious
rival In many cases the wishes
Of constituents were openly and
defiantly violated and unregar1ed
This is especially true in regard to
Senator P. P. G. Nelson, who was
pledged to support Mr.. Johnson.
The same may be said of Senator
McFall from this county, who not
only pledged himself tosupport Mr..
johnson upon our streets, on the
Railroad and in the Senate Cham
Der, but even voluntarily told that
distinguished gentleman, a day or
so before the decisive ballot, that
be wonld vote for him. Notwith-
standing he made these solemn
pledges; and declared that nine
tentbs of hisconstituentS in Will
hanson were for Johnson, he failed
to cast single vote for him during
his election. We will not trust our
pen to write further about him,
but leave him in the hands of an
outraged constituency. Nearly |
every one Of the IMMACULATETwELvE
were pledged to their constituents
to vote for Andrew johnson, but |
disregarded their pledges and vo-
ted against the man whom thew |