Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-15

/ they say, don't want johnson because ne WIZ
| stir M strife They know very well MI. J ohm
son has no personal quarrels to settle. The law
| suit has been tried, and Mr.. johnson gained y,
and the successful litigalt is generally in good
| humor. ,r-
| Johpssn? Not, as is foolishly said here. to see
the bears fight. Mr.. Pendleton and Mr.. Hen
/ bricks and Mr. Packer and Gov; Holman are
| NOT IN the menacarie business. They are hight
| inc for CONGREGATIONAL liberty. They are backed
| by party that had even 10000 voters in
| 1884, when the war. was raging. They are
making. a life and death struggle. Iney %
! save the constitution. Our crippled condition
/ makes us a weak ally. The clothes which our
| people wear are mistaken for rebel garments,
| and the enemy does not allow us to approach
| near enough to get into the fight, but our
| friends North are in close contact, fighting
| knife to knife. and hilt to hiit. The hight Is
Intellect and reason against power ana preJo-
and from every part Of the field the cry comes up:
| Give us Johnsoa. Does Pendleton know what
| he is about in this contest? Is Hendricks; the
| great Indiana statesman. a good Judge OF the
| contest? Are these men good judges Of the
| kind Of help they needy Who does
| not admire the perserverance and great
| ability of thess men in this unequal hgntE For
| wears defeat has only been the signal for re-
organization stronger and more compact than
the 6rst and to day their camp-hres burn more
brightly than at any period during the long,
| dark, struggle. Because the voice Of these men
is heard in the din of battle asking help, and
suggesting the man who can do them good,
some of our people who profess frlendsnip' In
their luminosity to johnson, cry out dlctaoon-
Copperhead dctation -dictaton from men who
didn't stand By us in the war and in order to
defeat Mr.. johnson. the whole Democratic party
North is assailed; and the preJudices OF old
sanity, and the man who would do It would stop
to quarrel with his wife while his house was on
IRE.
Being an old line Wing myself. can make an
appeal to their good sense, aud ! do so with
confidence. The appeal made TO the preJudioes
of old Wings reaches the point OF condemnlnG
the present Northern Democratic party. Ger
tainly old line Wings in Tennessee will not be
betrayed into this trap. No new party can be
organized, and il is By no means desirable to do
it fit could be done. The Democratic party IS
organized, and intact, is a powerful party, and
is stalking all on the overthrow of the Radical
party This IS our fight, and to make an issue
with the Democratic party of the North. and
sever our connection with 1t at TINS time, IS
madness. If the Democracy of the North can
not overthrow the Radical party 1t has lease
on the country fer many years to come. and all
must suffer together. Ii we cry out against the
Northern Democracy as being Copperheads,
unworthy of our confidence, and not TO be con-
feIred with, haze We not taken the Radical fight
off their hands?
=, What the country. needs IS the over
throw of the Radical party and the
breaking up of its rings; its whisky
rings its railroad rings its gold rings. its bond
rings, its tax on labor and exemption OF capital
this. If Mr.. Johnson can do more in exposing
these cOrrup ions than any other man will We
reject him because we were old Wings and he
was a Democrat. this would be insanity. Pa
ttiotisn, pure, unaiIoyed patriotism. requires
that we all at present act with the Democrat
ie party Of the North. We can't afford to do
aHrthirg else. We would weaken their cause
and strengthen the Radical party by organizing
third party, and standing aloOf from the
Democratic party North in this contest would
be little better than going over to the enemy.
TX
tutiopal government This is the whole issue.
They have carried California elected thei
Governor in New York and their Legislature
in Ohio, ana are c0ntestlng the ground Tor Gov
for supremacy. A complete victory in these
two States GOw would mean relief from bond
age. and it would only be question OF time.
1t is amistAke to suppose that Tennessee must
stroke the lion and not enrage him. This would
do no good. The Radical party means power
AID it must be ovsrthrOwn, or constitutional
government is overthrow.
View Mr.. johnson in the Senate not to
attack Gen. Grant or to defend my policy"
but we want him there 10 defend the cOnstitu
ton and to expose to the gaze of the whole
American people and all Europe, how men in
tle name of loyalty and liberty, under the cry
of Union, can obliterate the constitution.
The truth is the picture Of the contrast
between practice and prscapt in the Radical
party has never been drawn. 1t would BIS
worth SenatOrship to have johnson draw it
in the Senate. The man dOesn live who can do
it so well. What the country needs is a com
plete expose Of political cOrruptions, ths whole
country is not corrupt-it is only set OF poll
ticians and the rings theS have formed. These
must be exposed. The gallant Hendricks and
PendletOn are fghtiBH-Rll over the North men
are spriugins up who are taking the stumU-
Some of them are getting into Congress. This
is fight upon principle. These men look TO
the people for a reformation, and it must come
from the people. To arouse the people they
must be informed. This is the ground upon
which our friends in the North with
one voice ask for johnson. His unequaled
industry and energy, with more knowledge tnau
any living man of these corruptions, his power
10 debate and his hold upon the people, all,
combine to make him the man of all others to
enter the held. Not in malice for the sake of
malice-not in strife for the sake of strife-all
who know Mr.. Johnson well now know that he
has passed this pOint in political life-but be-
cause necessity REQUIRES that it shall be done to
save the constitution. Mr.. johnson is devoted
to the constitution. lie has devoted his whole
life to its study. Upon the guarantees OF the
constitution, its checks and balances, the rights
of the citizen under it, especially the latter Mr.
johnson has no superior among American
statesmen. 1t is Mr.. JOhnsOn's power which
we need in the Senate. not his cOnbative pow eT
particularly, but that power which
whole life times study, coupled with
great ability. and concentrated on a
given subject always gives. In the North,
among our friends, there is great apprehension
of a subversiOn of the government; that money
and political power will OgerthrOw the cOnst-
tuition. The contest is upon this point, and so
regarded. Can constitutional liberty be pre-
served
Now it is a very general opinion that Mr..
johnson has more elements of success which
would or might finally draw around him the
good men Of all parties, and save the country,
than any Of the preSeat American statesmen.