Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-09

| lower" IN the Senate. vi course ~
will. johnson has nothing to follow ex,
cept the peculiar views which made 81
marked a chapter in the history of his
declining days of power. These views
he has since ventilated on the stump
and will no doubt urge with sledge-
hammer force from his place in the
Senate.
That he will 90 there the results oil
the Tennessee election have made almost
a fixed fact. 1t is no wonder that Andy
Johnson's presence in the Senate CHAINS
Der should be terror to the Radicals !;
but then he is very likely to be sent
there by his fellow citizens for all that,
and we hope he will. A little leaven of
Andy Johnson's spice will do that august
body no harm, while his wholesome vens
tilation of many public questions, such
as the limits of legislative authority, the
| privileges of the Executive, the reals
ty of the cons .ituion, to say moth
ing Of the farcical phases ofimpeachment,
will undoubtedly prove very interesting
| and instructive to the people at large.
From the St. Louis Dispatch.
kilograms from Nashville state that
Emerson Etheridge and Andrew John
son are the principal competitors for the
Office Of United States Senator. If the
Conservatives of that State are at all
disposed to consult the wishes Of the
Democratic party at large, they will not
hesitate to elect Mr.. johnson. If they
are disposed to take a sweet and saluta-
ry revenge on the Radical party, they
will select Mr.. johnson. Just imagine
how President Grant, Secretary Bout
well, and Senator Sumner will feel if
ex-President johnson returns to Wash>
ington as Senator from Tennes see! The
feelings Of both parties designate Mr..
johnson as the man to be chosen. He
enjoys the esteem and confidence of one
party and the hatred Of the other. His
negative claims are not inferior to his
positive ones-nor has he no other claims
He is just such man as a militant min
ority ought to have for leader. He is
aggressive, indomitable, fearless. He has
that unrivalled knowledge of public
affairs and public men which the presis
dental office confers on its incumbents.
His unprecedentedly able messages
prove that no man understands the
questions Of the day more thoroughly, or
has more decided convictions regarding
them. His whole life proves that no
man is truer to his convictions. He has
ever had the courage of his opinions, as
the French say His acts match his
ideas. His presence in the Senate
would be invaluable, both to the country
and the Democratic party. As legis-
latOr be would be practical and profound;
as party leader he would be superior
to any Democrat now in the Senate
If Emerson Etheridge has any extra
ordinary claips to the senatorship, to
the exclusion of Andrew johnson, they
are certainly local, not national. Emer-
son is gallant fellow and witty, and
makes good speeches. But when this is
said, all is said. He has not the force Of
character, the intensity of conviction, the
singleness OF purpose, the experience, or
the honors and scars Of battle that his
greater rival possesses. We know no
reason but one why the lesser should be
preferred to the greater-to spare the
feelings Of Grant, Boutwell,, Sumner, Ben.
Butler, the other Impeachers, and the
Carpet bag Confederacy. That may be
humane consideration, but it is not, We
should think, vital one.
The country will wait in anxiety until
the contest is decided. There is another
consideration that ought to have its
weight: Emerson is the younger man,
and Brownlow, it is said, is dying fast.
He will not live through half his term.
At least this was the opinion in Washs
ingtOn last winter. The Legislature
chosen a few days ago will probably be
called upon to elect successors both to
Brownlow and Fowler. Notwithstand-
ing the proyerb of waiting for dead mems
shoes, we think Emerson would act the
wiser part in Withdrawing from the
present contest, and biding his time until
Brownlow or his senatorial term ex~
pires.
| From the st. Louis Times.
Upon the newly elected Legislature
of Tennessee devolves the duty Of
choosing a United States Senator to sues
coed Joseph S. Fowler, whose term ex'
pires in 1871.
Various candidates are named in this
connection, whose relative strength
among the people or in the General AS
sembly it is impossible to determine with
any accuracy at present.
We may safely say, however, without
disparagement to others, that none
among them all has the strength of An
drew johnson with the people of the
country at large; and that while the
Radical party is Keeling to its center
with the defeat Of Stokes, the most sig
niicant and fitting sequel to the Tennos-
see election would be the return Of the
ex- President to the Senate.
The rebuke administered to a pros
scriptive opposition by the liberalized
Republicans and enlranchised Democrats
of Tennessee would acquire infinite moral
force in the vindication Of Andrew John
sons policy by his election to that sena
tOrial body which SO recently sought his
degradation and dishonor. In VindI
eating Mr.. johnson, it would also vindi'
cate the patriotic Conservatism OF the
country, Of which he was defender
under circumstances when many were
found wanting, and which was "wounded
with his stripes" 1t would etfectually
relieve his own political record from the
, aspersions of his vindictive opponents
and illustrate, as seldom illustrated be
fore, the truth uttered by the poets
that "Time at last sets all things even.'
1t is only few short months, howev
er, since Andrew johnson, with the uni
versal acclaim of the Radical press anC
, people, was condemned to final impene
trable Obscurity. We were reminded o
, his Tennessee home as a sort of sepul
: chral retirement, where all that wa
! mortal of the great ex-President was T.
! await in silence and gloom, the sum
mons of the resurrection trump. 1t !
= but recently that the pulpit rung wit
, invectives of this remarkable Statesman
The press exhausted the resources 0
!, opprobrious epithet in its attacks uro hi
private and public character. Childre
in the Sabbath schools were taught
: curse him as the arch enemy Of hi
> country. The Cheevers frothed wit
venom the Nasbies OOzed with slime
. the mention of his name.
d 1t was little thought that the ma
d thus designated to political burial an
! private Ostracism should, SIX montl
: later, reascend the eminence OF publ
d life, and be found in the foremost rank
IT of great popular reaction that has jul
o redeemed his own State from bOndag
L. and consolidated its conservative ell
ments for effective campaign service
u the future.
|? 1t was little thought that he, whom
d high court of impeachment sought
'. brand with historic infamy, should
y soon again emerge from his banishmel
Of to become a leader Of a great, trump
1t | ant party.