Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-26
SHALL ANDREW JOHNSON BE
ORR NEXT SENATOR

Ii was Thought some tune eipcc, ""e"
We made bold to express ourself con-
demnatory of Andrew Johnson, that 1t
was only the bitterness of the war LETT In
our hearts. We then said to those who
stood ready with hat in hand to do TINS
ex President honor, that he only made
the occasion one of self-glorification,
and to promote his well-being hereafter
and as to the credit that might be
due him for the stand he made against
Congress- and for the Southern people,
that it WAS the merest baldsrdash ever
nut in the mouths of senseless people.
The origin Of the split between Andrew
johnson, the Executive, and Congress
was shown not to have arisen from afiec-
ton entertained for the people OF the
South by the President, but because
Congress interviewed a barrier to his
Exceiiency's ambitious designs. Andrew
johnson endeavored to reconstruct the
South after his own peculiar notions,
which. as the mere Executive, he had
not the color of assurance for doing,
aside from such being contrary to and
entirely outside the Constitution which
he had sworn to support and maintain.
This one individual. elevated as he
was by an accident from tailor's bench
to the position OF Chief Magistrate OF the
Federal Goversment, was the origin and
source from which sprupg our manifold
sad mishsps since the termination oil the
war. Alter it became known that the
Soutb could no longer maintain the I'M
eoual contest with the North, then came
the important tuning point in our his
tory. which required ststesAsp ability
and sagaeity to direct things Ia Aeir
proper chsaaal, so that the blessings OF
peace and good government would result
from the policy pursued.
Andrew johnson then proved himself
wanting in intellect as he was In good
breeding. The exact occasion since the
fapse Of four years can be easily
pointed out, and is nov. no doubt, clear
co the stupid vision of Andrew johnson,
for we have heard that he acknowledged
his own blanaer in the matter, and has
NOT ceased to regret it, We refer to the
treaty of peace concluded between Gen
ersI Sherman and General Joseph L.
] Johnston, which would have, IL ac-
cepted by the President, at once
restored the Southern States to their
proper status, as they were in the
Union, but it was not so intended then,
and hence has arisen our unconscious con-
dition as States out of the Usioa, held
down by the bayonet. All this is owing
to the bad management Of this ex Presi-
dent, who is very much desirous Of nov
representing our people in the Senate Of
the United States. He desires TO 20 to
Washington as a Senator that be may
redress his own wrongs, aud not TO right
the position OF Tennessee, which he him
self, as Military Governor, caused TO fall 50
low. As we have said before, we nov repeat
with double assurance that Andrew
johnson cares for nothing else but TO
promote the interest Of Andrew johnson,
and that the man is as cold-blooded as
a mustang horse. The people Of this
State are already tired with being
harsngued by political demagOgues in
their own selfish interest, and do not in
tend to entail farther evil and annoy
ance on themselves by sending this old
drunken tailor to the United States Senate
from Tennessee. What possible good,
we would ask, could result in sending
this man TO the Senate2 he was power
less when President to afford us any as
sistance because Of the utter contempt in
which he was held by all parties from
every section OF the Union. The day for
political tricksters and low peltiioggers
has passed. The war has been OF one
benefit to our people, and that is TO judge
accurately Of these men, and to think
for themselves The people Of this State
are not DESTROYS that johnson, and Butler,
of Massachusetts, should meet on the
Senate floor to get up a personal
squsbble about which these two are the
only interested parties. We don't care
to smell the stencil that would be
created in such an event. for We
are nov compelled to hold orr honesi
nose whenever il should be turned toward
the Capital at Washington But some Of
the letter-writiHg friends Of the ex-Presi-
dent declare that be has not an aspira-
ton for the Senatorial position, aud il il