Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-10
SALES.

WE speak to-day, and, Tor the nrst
time, decidedly, for ANDREW JOHN
soN for Senator. Whatever personal
preferences we may have, and how
ever we might, with a clear field,
contend for another nomination, we
recognize the duty of the public jour
nalist rather to represent public senti-
ment than private wishes, likes, dis
likes, or antagonisms. Representing
a no inconsiderable portion of the peO-
pie of TennesSee-the patrons OF the
APPEAI-and believinga majority of
our public desire the election Of An
DREW JOHNSON TO the Senate, we
have no disposition longer to stand
neutral in the political arena wherein
our friends are arrayed on one side or
the other. The Democratic North
asks the return Of Mr.. JOHNSON with
one voice,and the Democraticparty of
Tennessee chooses him rs the ablest
and most efficient man who can be
selected to promote the interests Of
the State. The chief objection we.
have urged against him that he would
90 TO the Senate to fight the battles of
ANDREW JOHNSON rather than to
look after the interests of the
State and to support the Con-
stitution, are removed by the
information that this is no part OF his
purpose, but that he will go rather to
win the proud name of Defender of
the Constitution. 1t is this for which
we must battle, if we would have the
blessings Of free government restored
to Us. We must look to the great fu-
ture, and not to the dead and wretched
past. We must let by-gOne5 be by
cones, and forgive common errors, as
we would be forgiven. We have
elected to Office on that principle Off
GERS from the ranks of Il late enc
mics, having no questions 10 ask of
them but whether they are u friends
and will endeavor to serve us now.
The interests Of the State are above
all personal considerations, and these,
therefore, we should cease TO enter
tain when the public good for any
reason requires their surrender. We
have no mauin the State free from
disabilities under the fourteenth
amendment, and who can therefore
90 unchallenged to the Senate who is
40 well qualified to serve it as Mr..
JOHNSON? From the day that he
predicted that g secession would be
the death Of slavery" and exhorted
Southern men TO fight for their
constitutional rights on the battle
ments of the Constitution, " and plead
for the Union, and declared duties
are mine; consequences are COPS"
He has stood firm and true 10 the
Union and Constitution. Whatever
else may be said of him, and however
he may have erred with other men, |
this at least is true; that lac has not
departed from the Constitution i'm any,
thing but some past war emergency
and supposed necessity. He will sup
port it still with that courage he pos
sessed when tainted, and brought to
bay by his antagonists, he declared
with a firmness and dignity not to be
forgotten, "There are men who talk
about co~wardice, towards, courage, |
and all that kind OF thing; and I'm this
connection | will say, ones for all, not
boastingly, with no anger in my
bosom, that these two ives never
looked upon any being, In the shane
of mortal man, that this heart of
mine feared" The hope for Liberty.
without license or anarchy, rests on
the strictest observance Of the Consti-
tuition, and he who will plead with
eloquence, power and effect for that,
is the peoples champion, and will
have the peoples support.
Mr.. JOHNSON Is now the strongest
of the candidates before the Legisla-
ture. Ifhe is elected by it, the enemies
of the Constitution, the men of the
"higher law" will quail before him,
and a man will be placed in the Sem
ate who will vindicate the South in
that for which alone the South now
asks vindlcatiOn-the observance of
the rights o the people which have
the guarantee Of the Constitution.
But there are besides other conside-
than those which pertain ex-
.lusively to ourselves. There are
duties we owe to the whole country,
and to our friends who stand in the
North battling for Constitutional lib
srty against its natural and vindictive
enemies of the Radical party. We
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