Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-10

nomination OF 1872, whose ticket he
expelled from Tennessee with bayonets.
Finally we find him, not now caressing the
"pee-ple" for sympathy, but occupying the
magnificent bridal chambers of the palatial
Maxwth House, when, in the osden time,
he would have preferred to that select at
mosphere, the hovel of free negro IN the
back slums of Nashville. - sc IS Islil
+ His indiscreet hackers are not less in
consisteDt-so far as that quality amounts
to any thing In revolutionary times. We
find, even now, men vino as Mcclellan and
Pendleton Electors in 1864, signed protests
against his bayonet aggressions driving
their ticket from the field, now playing the
role of his next friend, and performing the
most mental services In his behalf. Such
is the power and influence of this bloated
braggart and bully over weaker souls. On
every hand, and in high and low places, it
is not difficult to confront willing lips that
once reeked with curses for his atrocious
crueIties now lisping in sweet numbers his
constitutional virtues, bis Immaculate hon
esty as an Israeliie Of the name ofs Moses"
in whom there is no Guile.
/ We remember how he was beset BY Con-
gress, not stopping to reflect, as we should
have done, that he invited ther aggressions'
In our distress-littls suspecting that he
was their real author-we sustained MIN,
as the only friend we had at court. Com
ing home we welcomed him as tennessee
usually welcomes the Presidents OF the ns-
ton, and as was their duty, the more
especially to fellow-citizen OF the state.
But he had no right to construe that well
come into such an endorsement OF "my
fatal 'tpolicy" as 10 take advantage OF It, to
make the world believe how warmly Ten
inessee espoused the quarrel OF an inebriate,
who was beastly intoxicated on the very
day of his Inauguration, to our infinite dis
grace, if he had really been native Ten
nesseean. He came home then, secret
aspirant for the democratic" nomination
for Goyernor-and would have led us again
into inextricable difficulties, following the
inevitable iglliS fdtuus of "My Policy" but
that his inordinate ambition, here, was nip
ped ia the bud by a wise determination up
on safer and surer mode of getting rid OF
bis DISTINGUISHING yoke. arst -.
He hazarded our chances OF success IN
that canvass by going abroad through the
State like roaring lion, lsshing his tail and
foaming "My Policy" from the hustings
everywhere, and making, undoubtedly,
more votes for the proscdptive ticket than
its own acknowledged leader, by his indis-
eretion. His purpose was to identity him.
self with that cause, reckless whether he
benefited it or not, so it benefited him,
johnson, in the end; and we even now find
a few imbeciles, within and without the
State limits, who ascrlbe that noble victory
to this stupendous humbug and cheat-and
that was what johnson designed.
No matter how much the people Of Ten
Ressee-ever magnanimous as they are
may have forgiven Andrew johnson, ne was
never known to exhibit spirit OF magnanlm-
ity to any liUing thing, and Tennessees
obligation (if it were true she was under
any to him) was cancelled by his course
and conduct since his return to Tennessee.
The people of Tennessee, with ourselves,
may have Endorsed him, as the Executive
not as Andrew johnson in proprtd persona
but they would not, with their ex-
periences, do so again. They may have
welcomed him to Tennessee, but be 1t re-
remembered, the most prominent and in
fluential and intelligent of those OF our
citizens who participated in those welconi-
ing demonstrations, are now opposed 10
him for United States Senator, as we can
abundantly prove, and we klloao, as he
knows, that if he was candidate for
United States Senator before the people TO-
day, he would be overwhelmingly de-
feated.
The point of all this is that "The Partial
Judge still lives. The moral of it lie: Be
as ready TO do justice to others as you are
to exact it them, whether it be the Ban
ner's OK or Mr.. Dunnington's that be
gored.