Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-11-04

coalition as that / have described
proper for this or any other occa.
sion.
But now comes sadder tale
| said before that last night the
election of Mr.. Johnson was a
fixed fact. I mean that enough
votes were assured TO elect him /;
but, of course, it was not expected
that those who had been leaders
in organizing his forces should de-
sert him when the hour of battle
arrived. Foremost and most truts-
worthy of MIR. Johnson's friends
was Edmund Cooper, gentleman
upon whom Mr.. johnson had be-
slowed many favors, and who, l
take pleasure in stating, had
shown himself worthy of such
consideration. Now, in all the
combinations attempted against
Mr.. johnson, it was found neces-
sary to make a breach in the line
of voters who had already enrolled
themselves for him. This neither
Brown, Ewing, Stephens, Peyton,
nor any one else that had been
tried, could do. The vulnerable
point of Achilles was found
Henry Cooper was taken up, and
Henry being the brother of Ed,
the leader of the column gave
way. With him went three or
four of Mr.. Johnson's friends, and
his defeat was sealed iOiM the aid
of the Radical rotes, which was
readily granted as a matter of
course. That Mr.. Edmund Coop,
er should have voted for his broth.
er, under ordinary circumstances,
was TO have been expected. But
that be, knowing as he must have
done, that a coalition had been,
or was to be formed with the Rad.
zeal element of the House, and
that the object of that coalition
was the defeat of Mr.. Johnson,
no mater who might be selected
as the instrument, it was more
than Mr.. Cooper's friends expec-
ted that he should feel called up
on to aid the combination, simply
because his brother was selected az
the instrument and selected 70,
the purpose of gaining his personal
support and influence. This may
be fraternal duty, but it seems to
ne that there are. times when
such considerations should be lost
in devotion to those higher duties
which should always command a
patriots attention. / do not wish
to write unkindly about Ed. Coop
er. certainly have no reason to
do so. and only wish / could say
that the censures now being heaped
upon him were undeserved.
But the die is cast, and Henry
Cooper is our Senator. While ]
write, the personal enemies of
Andrew johnson land Nashville
abounds with them) are tipping
and blinking their glasses, and
making their souls merry over
what they call his Everlasting
death" Such Civilizations signi.
fly nothing beyond mere personal
qualification. There is no zeal re-
ioicing over the fact, or the pre-
tended fact, that we have a Sena.
tor whose elevation the people de.
sired. Much rather had l that
Emerson Etheridge was elected
And the friends of Mr.. Etheridge
find nothing to occasion rejoicing
in the result. If Andrew John
son has fallen, SO, too, has their
loved chieftain. All parties are
indeed, defeated, and the rejoicing
that may be spoken of, in the tel
egraphic dispatches, is simply of
the character have mentioned.
/ Of Henry Cooper, the Senator
elect, | have not a word to say in
derogation, as a man. He is n
gentleman Of amiable disposition,
of agreeable manners, of fair intel.
lect, of good culture, and is by
profession, a lawyer. He was
made a Judge by Andrew John.
son, while Military Governor, and
hence is better known as Judge
Cooper. The decision most nota
BILE among his judicial acts was
that in the case of Ridley u.s. Sher,
brock, in which he not only deeid
ed the franchise law unconsti:u
tional, but held that the Leglsla'
ture which passed it was an un'
constitutional body. He may
make IA good Senator, and hope
he will, as he is but about AZ year:
of age, yet, in all kindness, mus!
say, land do it without any dis
respect whatever that as an old
countryman is reported to have
said of one of cur later Presidents,
when he was proposed as candi.
date, she may do pretty well for
a Circuit Judge, but when you
come 10 spread him all over the
United States, he aoiU be powerful
thin"