Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-10

the election of Mr. johnson as one of the Ten
nessee Senators. 1t is a consummstiOn deveut-
ly To be wished for. The Senate needs asst such
live earnest and able statesman. The con-
stitution needs just such defender. and the
Democratic party in Congress leader so wide
awake and cOmbatiye. With more parliamen-
tary ability than any man in the Senate; with a
public and personal integrity uostained by even
a faint of suspicious; with the zeal of patriot
in times of general public Generalization; and
with convictions Of duty, to constitutional lib
erty burned into his soul by the fires of perse-
cution, he will be both sentinel and champion
in a grand Geld of militant usefulness. We long
TO see him turned loose in that body, to confront
his imp eachers. No wonder the JacObins are
uneasy at the prospect, for he is the man to
make their black wool hy.
A NEW YORK JOURNAL OK THE QUESTION.
From the Albany Argus. Oct 6.
The Radicals all over the country are becom-
ing more than usually excited over the prospect
of Johnson's selection By the Tennessee Legis-
lature TO represent that State in the Senate of
the United States, although for weeks past they
have attempted to extract some comfort by
pooh pooling the bare idea of such result
Having ilI.treated johnson. the Radicals nstu--
ally hate him, and they would rather see Aud
CloOtIe" himself among them than the indi-
vidual whom they have done their best to (pOli-
tically) aSsasslnate. But the eX-President is of
Steiner stuff than they have imagined, and he
will not consent to be consigned to oblivion
without protest or struggle. The Radicals
have been prOfuse in their threats as to their
course in case Of JOhnson's success, but they
sre probably as harmless as were those of the
BALD Eagle of the Mountains" that Radical
lumnary Stokes who protested his intention of
seiZing the reinssof government and holding
them by force IN case OF bis defeat. and who
has subsidized into such exceeding insig nifc
ance of late.
1t is not only for themselves that the Radical
leaders deprecate the election Of job sOn, and
pray for his defeat-thoUgh we think that is
past praying for'-but they are exceedingly
concerned that he should be permitted to again
annoy Grant. All, that would be very sad and
shooting. certainly; so much so. indeed, that
we too are almost inclined to think that john
son really ought not to be permitted to do so.
Perhaps it is not right that johnson should be
permitted to go to Washington in an official ca
pacity and annoy the man who tried hard to
make him out q liar, but succer ded only in
proving that the boot was on the other leg"
To annoy such a good man, such an innocent,
unselfsh. free hearted, high-minded darling as
/ this is really too badl Has he not annoyances
enough in the present, and has he not had
enough in the pasi2 Was he not afflicted enough
during the past summer by the death of Ada"
sole darling of his heart and stable: and is he
| not annoyed enough at present in being forced
| to give certain amount of attention to mat
tiers which he knows nothing about? To have
johnson. the one person for whom his hatred
| is the most intense, and whose character he has
| done his best TO blacken, sent to Washington to
| complete his confusion, Is really too bad, you
| know.
If johnson is elected, however, it is quite
possible that he will not cOnlne his attentions
| to Grant, but will use the whip unsparingly
/ upon other shoulders The gentlemen who did
their best to effect his overthrow will probably
| hear from him. He may possibly be inclined,
in case the Tenn ssee Legislature sees lit to en-
/ trust him with their interests, to pay his re-
i spects to honest Ben. Butler, and to assist
/ Schenck in busting worthy Benjamin'5 jacket.
| We should be pleased to see johnson elected,
| for the rafting among the dry bones" which
/ he would cause could not tail to hiring to light
| many of the peccadillOes of his Radical adVer-
1 saries, and then be of benefit to the country,
4 But we protest against his annoying Grant
| That worthy is in such bad way at present that
L q very little moro would completely undo him.
4 and we must all shudder to think of what might
occur if we were deprived Of the guidance of h,
colossal intellect or the benefit Of his llustriou
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