Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-07
COMMUNICATIONS.
Ex-President Johnson for the Senate.

Tvs ~ ~ SNhNANa
New YORK, September 2, 1859.
Editors appeal: Having recently
journeyed through kentucky, Ohio
and New York States, l propose to
lot a few items for the readers of the
old standard of democracy. All along
the route, and at every stopping place
| was met with ~rejOicings and eOngrat-
ulatiOns on the recent victory of the
white men of Tennessee. And every
where L was asked, /" VIII you elect
Mr.. johnson to the Z. s. Senator"
Trusting the wisdom of our incoming
Legislature, l could not do otherwise
than encourage a hope that seems so
universal among the friends of our
State.
The election of Mr.. johnson to the
a political necessity. The Democrats
of the North do not desire MOI expect
him to 90 the Senate tG be a thorn
in the side of the Administration" or
to Wrangle or produce diScOrd IN the
councils of the nation, but with his
great Mind and POWER, to resist Radi-
cal usurpatiOn and bring back the
Government to the law and the Con-
stitution. While he was President,
the Radical Congress usurped the
powers of the Executive and reduced
the Office to a mere cypher (Which
would have been very proper, if done
in anticipation of the election of Gen.
Grant, and now the people want
him sent where those usurped
powers were lodged, so that ne
Will still be at the head of the
Government. Massachusetts, will send
Beast Butler to the Senate, and, say
what you will of him, he is a man of
great force. 1t is believed that An
drew johnson is the only man in the
whole country capable of putting the
old beast at bay. There is no use for
pigmies when giants are wanted. Let
us not deceive ourselves. There are
men in Tennessee who have some rep
utatiOn for satire and bufiOOnery on
the stump, but what would they be in
the United States Senate? Some of
them, with more wit than discretion,
would buck up against some of the big
dogs of Radiealism, and suffer such a
tCsdriRq out as would rebound to our
infinite modification, and to the injury
of our cause
Besides, to whom are the people Of
Tennessee indebted for their redemp-
ton? Who throttled the monster,
devOured Our OppreSsors and indicated
to Gov. Senter the course to pursue?
Does any man fail to recognize the
Moses" of the white men of Tennes-
see? But it is not as a matter of graft
tude, butOfsef-interes and selEprotec-
ton that Tennesseeans should refusetO
throw away their richest jewel in the
hour of their need. The Democrats
of the North. and especially in this
heart of the nation, are not more con-
cerned about our Senatorial election
than are the Radicals, who dread and
fear the election of Johnson as much
as Conservatives desire it.
The wolves of Wall street howl
over Mr.. JOhnson's Knoxville speech,
which they say squints at reputation.
Let them howl! When Andrew
said that ne was no abolition
list, but if the destruction of slavery
was necessary for the saving OF the
Union, let slavery go, all Wall
street shouted. And now if Mr..
johnson says, as reported, that it is
necessary to repudiate the gold bonds
in order to save the Union, Isay,
"Save the Union, Mr.. Johnson"
These bonds cost the holders no more
than our slaves cost US. 90 |
This money question is to be the
main issue in the canvass i'm
Ohio. 1 was gratified to find
the Democracy of the Buckeye
in fine spirits, and encouraged
by u election, they are determined
to elect Pendleton Governor. The
and the wOrking-men's
parties are in solid column and are re-
cruiting from the ranks of the enemy.
You have been SehSGtioned by reports
the Interfering of the President
by Senter and Stokes. 1t is believed
here that Grant viii sag nothing in
the Tennessee press, albeit some of
the 1" faithful" have suffered. The
truth is Grant is not thinking much
about Tennessee, or the country, or his
just now. He is on a frolic, and L
let him sport.
1t would have been better for the
country if more of its rulers had been
sat Ethe Springs for the last FIVE
years. ~Grant came to New York
and toady Bonner, of the Led
ger, took him out "a driving" behind
An enterprising artist caught
an Impression, and now in the shop
windows may be seen the three nOta-
Dles, Dexter, Grant and Bonner,
grouped in one picture. You may dis
them by observing that the
igure with a cigar in the mouth is
Grant. The one which shows blood
md wears no fet-locks is Dexter. The
)ther is Bonner. TENNEssEEAN.