Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-24
THE SENATORIAL QUESTION.
views and Suggestions of Correspond
ents.
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EDNIN III. EWING.

ents.
EDWIN H. EWING.
To the Editors Of the Union and American:
Permit me through your columns to say
briefly that amorg the NAMES mentioned
for United Stats Senator, Mr.. johnson,
Mr.. Etheridge and others, there is another
which must NOT be forgotten.
Among his peers for this exalted post,
Edwin II. Ewing stands like Saul among
the prophets, head and shoulders above
his brethren. Ia the variety and extent
of his learning, and in dialectic power, he is
the superior of any man in Tennessee. As
a lawyer, he is at the head OF the bar, and
superior 10 the bench. lie is Conservative
in the true sense of the word, and above
the aims of politicians merely. ln the
United States Senate he would rank with
the first men that Tennessee has ever sent
TO that body, or with any that now have
seats. As iurist he is equal to any man
that the Senate of the United States has
ever had; and if elected to the posi-
ton he would shed honor upon the State.
He would be Senator indeed. No petty,
personal. or partisan consideration would
move him a lot or title. We want the
best man for Senator; and Edwin III.
| Ewing will not suffer in comparison with
any the Legislature may have under con-
| alteration, TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 20, 1869.
EDMUND COOPER.
To the Editors of the Union and American:
PENNINGTON, TENN, Aug. 2l.-Your
paper has observed an impartiality in Ie-
gard to the United States senatorship,
1 a. fla
of gentleman for that position whose
claims on the score of service, no less
than his qualifications, may not be over
looked. We refer to the Hon. Edmund
Cooper of Bedford.
Mr.. Cooper was Union man, cOnsis.
tent, firm and faithful. Nothing swerved
him from his allegiance to the government.
The war over, he was sent to the Legisla-
ture, and there he led the Conservatism
which triumphed on the 9TH Of August
last The session of 1866 exhibits a
record with that of the lsmented VIM. B.
Lewis, and VIM K. Poston of Memphis,
Of which Conservatives maybe proud. In
all of that contest he was firm, though his
counsels were unavailing. As member
of Congress by subsequent election, he
confronted the Radical majority Of the
House Of Representatives manfnlly. He
was with the minority-with Brooks,
of New York, with Eldridge OF Wiscon-
sin, with Marshall, of Illinois. Who
holder or irmer than Edmund Cooper?
Defeated in 1867 by the registration
machinery, he was retired from Congress
but in 1865 he was in the van for the ticket
against the Republican nominees. He pre-
sided over the State convention Of Conser-
vatiVe Democrats of June 8, 1868, and was
a delegate 10 the National Democratic
Convention of July 4, of that year. He
was with the gallant Etheridge candidate
for Eector for the State at large, against
Grant Above all, he is the Senator-elect
without opposition in our district, because
we feel that he is entitled to our gratitude
for his services, and because We admire
him for the ability, frmness and consis-
tency with which he has sustained the
cause of Conservatism.
His competency, his recognized ability,
and his consistent support Of Conserva-
tism, through evil and good report, none
will deny Without disparagement TO
other eminent gentlemen mentioned as
the candidates for the succession to Mr..
Fowler, Edmund Cooper should not be
ONCIlOOhGus AhSE NONcH-hh n ~
ANDREW JOHNSON.
To the Editors of the Union and American:
Who shall be elected United States Sen.
ator? This is always a question Of grave
importance. 1t is perhaps more 30 now
than at any other time since the admission
of Tennessee into the Union. One of the
most marked results of the war il the devil
alton of the government, both in principle
and practice, from its original design.
This was perhaps natural, when we con-
slider the weakness of human nature,
and its love of money and power.
But every lover of his country and Of
her free institutions, must feel that
the time has arrived when the govern
ment should be brought back to original
principles; when corruption should be
thoroughly and fearlessly exposed, and over
weening ambition should be made to cover
before the strong arm Of true republican
ism. In short and to the point, there has
never so much ss now been a time in the
history of the Nnited States when there
was needed in the United States Senate
such a man as Andrew johnson. There
never was time in the history of Andrew
johnson, when there was place in which
his peculiar talents were so much needed
as the United States Senate. Andrew
johnson in the United States Senate
"The right man in the right place"
Never was quotation more applicable. i
know that we can personally raise objection
to Andrew johnson. | have seen the
time when / thought 1 never would sup
port him for any office. But times have
changed. A totally different state of cir
| o,,r.orp1 oil
which imperatively demand the man for
the place, the place for the man. The
| demand is made upon the next Legislature
of Tennessee. 1t is made by the people
| of Tennessee. 1t is made by the Demoo.
cracy of all the North and the West.
Andy johnson in the Senate, face to face
with Sumner and Chandler, and the
rest of them What thrill of
| 10y would run through the public
| pulsel What shout would go
up from Maine to California? How
Radicalism would quake! Each particu-
lar hair would stand on end like the quilts
of the fretful porcupine. No man living
is 30 thoroughly posted with facts and
figures TO prove the public and private
corruption and ambition of Radicalism.
No man living can do it 80 fearlessly and
forcibly. Let those who fear the wrath Of
Rsdicalism quiet their fears. Let those
whose personal prejudices or private
grievances cry out against him, lay all
such feelings upon the altar of the public
good, and heartily consent to the popular
demand here and everywhere in the
Union.
Listen to what the gallant Ohio cham
pion, Pendleton, says:
Reporter-Are you in favor Of Andrew
Johnson's election to the United States
Senate?
"Mr. Pendleton-Nothing would please
me better 1t would be an act of retribu.
ton to give Andy a chance to pitch into
these fellows at Washington once more,
All the well.prepsred speeches Of Sumner
will melt before Mr.. Johnson'5 Tennessee
oratory. He il more than a match for
them" HAMPTON