Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-31
THE SENATORIAL ELECTION.
Comments of the Press of Tennessee

THE SENATORIAL ELECTION.
Comments of the Press of Tennessee
From the Clarksville Tobacco Leaf, Oct IS
We are sorry to be compelled to ehroni
Gle the defeat of the peoples will, in tn,
defeat of Andrew johnson, by coalition
! formed between the two extremes in thu
General Assembly, wonderful junction
of opposing forces, brought about by the
mediation of a newspaper scurrility thai
would have disgraced a bar-room contro.
yersy over a contested constahle's election:
and that too on the part of journals
who but lately applauded Johnson 10
the echo, and held up 10 admira-
ton the heroism of his contest
with the enemies of our government
journals which claim to be guides for the
people, and vet retract to-day the well
| considered utterances of yesterday We
would not recur to this subject, but to
warn against such journals and the coali-
ton they have formed. Our people de-
sired to forget the heart -burnings of the
past, that all classes might unite in oppo-
sition TO Radical measures and misrule
and yet, by the resurrection of old preju-
| dices, and compromise with Radicals, a
| Radical victory in effect is gained. The
Radicals were willing TO make any COM
| promise to compass the defeat of Mr..
| johnson -r
His administration and his measures
and his defense of the constitution, and
they alone, were on trial. On that issue
olOpo ha chn-,lJ hava haor1 VI He "a
defeated and it goes forth that Tennessee
has repudiated his opposition to the recon-
struction laws, to the freedman's bureau
bill, to the impeachment, and to all high
handed, lawless acts and illegal measures
of a corrupt sectional Congress. Our peo-
pie are almost unanimously opposed TO
these measures, they are firmly |
united against Radicalism, they |
neither desired, nor would have sane
toned any alliance with Radicalism unless
it renowned its peculiar principles; how |
does it happen then that the Banner, a
journal protesting TO act for the good of |
the people and to carry out their will, con-
spires with their enemies, to defeat their /
will. How does it come about, that the
Radicals, who are willing to defeat Mr..
johnson at any hazard, because he is the
strongest opponent of their party, even
though they support Mr.. Cooper, who de-
clared their Legislature of which some of
them were members, a bogus concern,
find such ready sympathy in the Banner?
Why does their vote against Mr.. John
son meet such hearty approval, and their
patriotic devotion to their own party, such
warm commentator Why does the
Banner so laud the immortal twelve2 Is
it because they knew the requirements of
their party and did its bidding? Is it be-
cause Grant will approve their course 2
He signifed, forsooth, his approval of
Virginia's choice; perhaps the Banner
also desired TO prOpitiate, in our behalf,
his royal clemency and his royal favor
From the Gallatin Examiner, Oct Is
The election of Hon. Henry Cooper to
The United States Senate on Friday last is
now generally known to our readers, The
ballotting had continued each day from ,
Tuesday, Mr.. johnson, from the first, :
having received a larger vote than any I
other, and at all times decided majority I
Of the Conservative members of each {
House By all of the recognized rules of I
parties, having developed this strength,
he should have been entitled to the
united support of every one acting against d,
he Radical party, but the opposition had
attained such a degree of bitterness that it
became impossible to concentrate a ma !
Ority upon Mr. johnson. We DO :
not, however intend to quar- :
rel with those OF the Conserva- !
i've party who saw fit TO pursue the course
adopted. We think they did wrong, and | a
nope that the future win not Justify our {
present apprehensions that mistake has | c
,een made. Some weeks since we took
occasion 10 express the opinion that Mr..
Johnson was not the man to send to
Washington in the present condition of
.ffairs; not from any want Of apprecia- :
ion of his great abilities, but from fear :
hat the dominant party might make $
lis election even an occasion for an I
,ther excuse to irritate and Cypress the t
people of the South. Many of our friends j
condemned the logic of the position as sub t
nissive and we soon found out that the t
people of Tennessee had made up their t
minds that nothing was to be gained eX-
,ept by hard and vigorous blows al the c
calling despotism which is crushing out ;
he life of the nation. From this stand I
point We saw the impOtency of electing
my other person but one who could WELD
IN arm of oak and hand of steel, and {
We knew of no other man in the whole :
Union who possessed so many requisites I
With which TO enter into such an arena. I
From the moment that we saw that the z
people of Tennessee had laid down the | 5
policy of nOn-resistance and determined | '
upon something more aggressive, than the
anne submissive, almost humiliating en- q
lurance which marked their conduct in
ate years, we had no difficulty in casting
our lot in the same venture. And the
more we reflect upon the subject, the
better satisfied are we that it was an i'll |
lays work when the Legislature voted
not to send Andrew johnson back TO
Washington
From the Athens Post, Oct ..
To say that we have not feeling of re- :
yret and disappointment, in common with !
a majority of the people of this part of the :
country, at such termination of the ex- :
citing contest, would be to stultify ourself | !
But il will avail nothing to dwell on the =
subject now, or to indulge in ordinations
" DIOlIdCb lub DlJbCA lCG1ASo | q
already engendered by the struggle and the I
and inexcusable course which
one party to it thought proper to pursue. !
They have extended too far already, and :
their effects will probably be more apparent !
next spring and in the congressional cleo
tons Of the ensuing fall. 4
Judge Cooper is said to be a clever man
of sound antecedents, moderate capacity, I
plaoG ont and ouniabla in diSDOSltlOu and | 7
with but little of the positive and ruggedin '
his composition. He has filed the posi-
ton of a Circuit Judge quite creditably, !
and is favorably known and respected in :
several counties of Middle Tennessee His
election will not be hailed with any de- :
of satisfaction outside of Nash :
vile, while the defeat of Andrew johnson +
has caused a thrill of intense delight to per
wade the Radical heart throughout the
Union.
From the Memphis Sun, Oct. Is.
The Radical press are in ecstacies over |
the defeat of ex-President johnson for the I
Senate. Congressman r. r. Butler was I
orator at a recent jubilation of the malevO- !
lent Stokes-men. But they are growing :
too soon. Ex-President johnson will be '
in the next Congress. He viii be elected !
in Buffers place A violated constitution, !
and the cause of constitutional govern
ment, as we'll as the entire Democracy of !
the Union, require his services, and in due I
season he will become the leader of the
Conservative hosts in the House of Repre-
sentatives. This is ex-President Johnson's
proper position, and he will go there, at ,
least until BrOwnlow gives up the ghost.
From the SheIbyyille Rescue, Oct. %.