Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-06-22
What Andy johnson Says.

The following i'll reference TO Andy
johnson we clip from the New York Her.
| aid, being the observations of its Wash
ingtOn correspondent:
Ex-President Johnson, during his recent
visit to Washington, seems to have stu
diously avoided all opportunities to give
himself the least publicity, and it has ap-
parently been his most earnest endeaVOr to
abstain from accepting any prominence Ee-
fore the public that might have been in
tended for him by his more Jealous than
wise personal friends. He has remained
quietly at his hotel, occupying himself
with calls on intimate friends. He, never
theless, expressed himself in private con-
versatiOn with characteristic freedom, and
gave his views regarding pending political
complications. Referring on one occasion
to the nomination of Mr.. Greeley, he said
to a friend that the Cincinnati movement
had a most cTeditable and patriotic incep-
ton; but the result has not been such as [
myself would have desired. Certainly [
did not fOTesee it when [ gave the move
ment all the encouragement | could con-
sistently yield. | am positive in the Opin-
ion that the nomination of some other
man than Greeley would have collected
the Democrats around the platform which
was there adopted with such rush of
disatfected Republicans, we would
have carried the elections beyond
the possibility of q doubt. Mr..
Greeley has much latent strength,
which lies in the fact that his reputation
for honesty Of purpose has never been i'm
peaChed. He must now be careful to re-
strain his friends or his organs, if he has
anythingOf the latter kind, from too enthsi-
astiC adulatiOn of his new adherents. We
nave men in the Democracy who have
great influence over the masses, and who
still remember and repeat to the public
the numerous vigorous assaults of Mr..
Greeley on the principles as well as the
personnel of that party. Now if Mr.. Gree
ley or his friends change to the right about
and are equally vigorous in support of his
old opponents, people will make cOmpari-
sons sdamagingtO his reputation for consist
ent honesty.
Remember that he supported bayonet
legislation for the South against me but
the Tribune opposes it now against the
majority of Congress. The tide of Radi- |
calism in this country is on the ebb. 1t
has reached its utmost height, and the re-
vulsiOn has come. | see this fact in the |
failure to complete the radical intention |
regarding the KukluX and AmendatOry |
Enforcement bills in the House. The |
current setting in the other way is very |
feeble Just now, and yet sufficiently strong |
to be perceptible. 1t is carrying with it |
many Northern Republican politicians, |
who have wit enough to see the change in |
public sentiment, or who have commenced |
to think for themselves, instead of blindly |
following the dictates of a Congressional |
committee. 1t has been impossible up to |
this time since the war for the Democrats !
to succeed, but a golden opportunity is now |
before them. They must act wi h united |
decision, however, or they will fail again. |
Mr.. Greeley will doubtless be endorsed |
at the Baltimore Convention. This may |
be bitter pill for some of us to swallow; |
but we must not show our grimaces to the |
public. l intend to take the stump N.Y.
self, in my own State, and perhaps in 9TH !
ers. against Gen. Grant. l shall oppose |
him on grounds of public policy, no mat |
ter who may receive the benefits of that |
opposition it may be Mr. Greeley, but if |
will certainly be intended for the benefit of |
the nominee at Baltimore.
On another occasion, while discussing |
the subject of his own future, Mr.. Johnson |
disclosed his willingness to remain in the
seciusion which he now enjoys, unless his |
friends decide to bring him forward again |
as a candidate for public office. 'In the |
latter event." said he, II would of course |
prefer reelection to my old seat, in the |
Senate. 1t has been suggested that l shall |
run as a candidate for Congressman at large |
in my State. do not know now that | !
would decline the nomination for that posi- |
ton. Of course | am not in position TO |
say that it will be rendered to me. Nv |
name has been used thus far in connection |
with it without my authority, and perhaps
[ had better remain silent on the subject, |
leaving those who have commenced the |
movement to carry it out to suit them
selves"
The foregoing utterances from the lips of
the ex-President are given in the language
of the friends to whom they were spoken. !
Some of the opinions and criticisms thus
reaching the public were undoubtedly in
tended for private ears alone but they are
authentic. and may be ac-
cepted as reliable by all who have any in
est in the views of the great East Tennes-
ter SeeaD.
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