Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-22
THE SENATORIAL QUESTION.
The spirit of the Press-Upon WHOM
i5alS shall FowIer's Mantle Fall.

| The Spirit Oh ING OPvu WINS
l - shall Fowler's Mantle Falls
IfraiE From the Bristol News. Aug. 20. ssios
| IT, Ere the smoke of battle has lifted froI
the field Of Tennessee's fairest victor,
there is a mad rush Of the yictors them
selves and fierce contest for the spoi
| Just won. Who shall be our Senator
lis the cry that mars the harmon.
| and disturbs the rejoicing of the PEG
| pie. A quadrangular contest begins
| Andrew johnson, Emerson Etheridge
Bale Peyton. and Dewitt C. Sen.e
himself lean into the ring. Each ont
has his friends and opponents. johnson
\ is most spoken Of and most feared BY
his enemies, while it is the universe
hope ofthe opponentof the Radicals thatht
NAV be sent back to the Senate terrible
thorn to those who so bitterly perse
cuted HIM That which works mos
against him in the contest is the fact
| of his being from the same section o.
the State as Senator BrOwnlow, and in
this connection Mr.. Etheridgeis avery
| formiderable opponent. But since the
party in power did not elect Senator
| Brownlow that matter need not weigh
heavily. Mr.. Etheridge deserves to be
remembered for his sacrifice in running
against hope and battling for the Gov
ernship when there was no chance Of
obtaining it, and will likely be the next
Governor of the State. Should john
SON be sent to the Senate, then Ether.
idge will likely fill the place now held
by VIM. G.. Brownlow. This, while it
would return Mr.. johnson and Vindi-
cate his course, would restore the SEN
atorships to the sections to which they
properly belong. Lad
From the Lebanon Herald and Register. Aug.
q.
The election being over, the news
papers are now discussing the coming
man question. 1t is hardly necessary
to say that the press are not SO unani-
nous upon this as they were upon the
question of universal suffrage. One pa
per says johnson is the coming man;
another that Etheridge is the fortunate
individual; another says that Hon. Ed.
Cooper is the man; while still another
insists that some man, not yet publicly
mentioned, will bear off the palm and
represent Tennessee in the next United
States Senate. At present the fight is
mainly between johnson and Etheridge,
with the advantage in favor of the
latter, that is, provided the newspapers
correctly reflect popular sentiment. The
argument in his favor that he is from
West Tennessee, and that division Of
the State never having had Senator,
is having q wonderful effect in his be-
half Every paper in West Tennessee
we believe, without exception, has openly
declared for him, while several in Middle
Tennessee take decided ground against
johnson, though expressing no preference
for any other man. In order to be elected,
however, Mr.. Etheridge must rally to his
support considerable strength from
Middle or East Tennessee. Whether he
will be able to do this remains to be seen.
Mr.. johnson has his friends, and they
are very warm and devoted. The princi-
pal argument in his favor is that he is q
man Of acknowledged ability, and that
the people of Tennessee owe him debt
of gratitude for his steadfast opposition
to Radical misrule during the last two
years of his administration. This argu~
ment is having its influence, but whether
to an extent sufficient to counterbalance
the fact that he is from East Tennessee
(if elected, both Senators, the Governor,
and Secretary of State will hail from that
division Of the State,) we are Of course
L. L. oil M
rest assured; the Legislature will select
the man best calculated to promote the
public welfare. And with their choice
whether it be johnson, Etheridge, Cooper
or some other good man-we will be
satisfied.
From the Murfreesboro Monitor. Aug 81.
The Radical papers are terribly exer~
cised at the prospect Of Andy Johnson's
election to the United States Senate.
They fear his trenchant logic, his out
spoken, clustering honesty, and, above
all, his inveterate hostility to the Radical
leaders, who were his bitter enemies IN
| the days of impeachment. Some of them
predict with undisguised terror that ne
| will become "a leader, and not fol
| lower" in the Senate. OF course he will
| johnson has nothing to follow except
the peculiar views which made sc
| marked a chapter in the history OF bis
declining days of power. These views ne
has since ventilated on the stump and viii
no doubt urge with sledgerhammel
force from his place in the Senate
That he will go there the results of thu
Tennessee election have made almost
fixed fact. 1t is no wonder that Andy
Johnson's presence in the Senate cham
Der should be a terror to the Radicals
but then he is very likely to be sen
there by his fellow citizens for all that
and we hope he will. A little leayel
of Andy Johnson's spice will do tina
august body no harm, while his whole
some ventilation Of many public cues
tons, such as the limits of lsgislatlV
authority, the privileges OF the execu
tive, to say nothing of the farcical phase
of impeachment, will undoubtedly prov
very interesting and instructive to tn
people at large.
From the Fayetteville News, August q.
There is much speculation among tn
newspapers throughout the State, as
who will be Mr.. Fowlsr's successor
| the United States Senate. AndreN
, johnson and Emerson Etheridge are pre-
minently spoken Of in that connection
but strong objections are made to IL
| former gentleman, on account OF d
| known hostility to Grants ADMINISTERS
L - W. oonfaoS that fhara are 9TH
men in this State, whom we would pr
/ fer to either Of the above named gentle
. l men, but so far from any hostility
| Grants administration being an obJectlo
| to either of them, we feel more incline
f to consider itin the light of recemmen
| alton. We have no desire Of maklr
! | factious opposition TO the administrator
i | and will not do so in view of our la
y | success, but we would like to know t
8 | extent of the homage Tennesseeans a
= expected to pay to that excellent jud
of horse flesh, who occupies the pre-
Dental chair. Must they consult him
Il WAYS before they hold elections, and
70 his preference to be made the qualifiC
W ton of a candidate? The people Of TIE
10 nessee, Judging from the result of thu
IN late election, don't seem inclined to
p gard the wishes of the administration
to the least, and we are truly rejOiced Il
i thew don't. 1t is well known that CIR;
is the plant tool of the most extrel
Radicals in the country, while the sec
IN of his own mind not being wider tina
10 Irvine string, he has imbibed prejudi
Is: that make him our inveterate ener
y Therefore we hope whoever the Sena
=, is, that he will be made to underst;
y, that the people of this State do not 81
10 him to Washington to truckle to G
~ Grant or his policy.
3 As we said before, there are OF
men in Tennessee whom we wo