Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
President Johngon,a Future.

smack" the Washington correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Enquirer, says some kind
words about the retiring President. They
are well>timed and worth reading:
"Few of our Presidents have ever retired
from the White House with less of real res
greet than will accompany Mr.. Johnson's fare
well on the 4th of March. And with equal
truth it may be said that few, in retiring,
have ever better deserved the thanks and
good wishes of the American people for sin-
certify of purpose and an honest desire to ad-
minister the Office for the best interests of the
country. In saying which do not mean to
be understood as expressing the belief that
the United States has never had better
President-but that, judged by the purity of
his motives and his unselfsh intentions to do
his whole duty, he far surpasses any of our
recent Executives. That he has committed
great errors, he himself will, 1 suppose, not
be disposed to deny. 1t could hardly have
been otherwise with man surrounded by the
adverse circumstances that have beset him
since the beginning Of his administration
For some of these he is Responsibilities, for
what may be called the father of them all,
which was the failure to surround himself
with cabinet of strong vigorous men in
hearty accord with him, instead of retaining
it is easier to criticise now than it would have
been to act then. Judging his administration
as whole, the conservative people of the
country must endorse it and thank him for it.
In former letter / intimated that it was
the intention of. the Conservative party in
Tennessee to nominate Mr.. johnson next
fall for Governor. This understand now to
be fully determined upon. Little doubt is
entertained of his election. At any rate, he
has always been extremely popular in Ten
nessee. He knows the people there, and they
know him, and believe him to be sincerely
and honestly devoted to their interests. | do
not know who will be his competitor in the
race, but probably some carpet-bag scrub
from Massachusetts,, or some Radical convert
of the Stokes pattern, who wanted him hung
in 1861 for being Union man. If elected
Governor, he will undoubtedly be chosen to
the Senate in the place of Fowler, whose
term expires in 1871 and then we may look
for lively times in that chamber of gilt edged
imbecillity and loyal CANNON. 1t will be
worth while to 90 to some trouble to elect A.
j., to the Senate, just to give him chance
10 vindicate himself and his administration,
which | understand to be his sole object in
remaining in public life after the 4th of
March, His natural combatveness, not al
ways in place when exhibited from the Presi-
Dental Mansion, will have full vent in the
Senate debates, and know enough Of what
it is in his power to expose to promise rich de-
yelopments in his ''bout" with some of the
leading Radicals. He will exhibit some of
the recent inner workings of the Radical party
to the intense delight of all but the Radicals.
So let every Conservative man in Tennessee
and clsehcre put his shoulder to the wheel
and give y. j. all the help he can to get him
into the Senate II he does not pull the
mask of patriotism from some of the hypo-
critics in that body ''thcn am 1 a soused CUR
net"