Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-10-12
AKDY,S RECORD.
Prom OFFICIAL Sources.

Prom official Sources.
Mr.. Brigadier General Andrew
Johnson in his appeal to the soldiers
against the officers says:
ssAIr. Cheatham can with poor
grace ask for seat in Congress af-
ter having attempted to break up
the Government, violate the consti-
tuition, trlmpling the laws under
foot, and seeking to disOrganize, and
pull down the Government ITSELF"
He has not forgotten that cry that
"none but the loyal must rule" lie
would not allow the Confederate
soldier Office, even though the am
mesty bill be passed.
Since this Brigadier is moved to
tears by the woes of the Confeder-
ate soldier, did he ever vote for one,
or appoint one to Office? We know
that he voted against the cOnstitu-
ton which enfranchiscd him.
A BRIGADIER RING.
Is he attempting-this Brigadier
General and Military GOvernOr-tO
form military ring of which he
shall have exclusive privileges, that
at 4 time when the people are tired
Of politics, when they are tired Of
politicians and their watch cries, he
comes prating of the constitution,
finding fault with all things, and
yet suggesting no remedies? When
the people desire above all things,
peace, quiet and the development of
their resources. immigration, the
building of factories, cultivation of
waste places and repair of ruined
fortunes, lie is prating in general
terms of constitutional rights he
has violated himself, telling of ''his
policy"
Seeking Office and to reopen his
way to office, he tells us that we
were wrong, as he said during the
war, it was wicked, unhOly re-
bellion." We "guilty of an infa-
nous crime, and our loved ones
sleeping in ignominiOus graves" p
He retracts none of this, and boldly
asks Ips to indOrse his course, and
saws, "All would have been well if
my advice had been taken"
WAS THE SOUTH wRoNG?-GEN-
ERAL LEES OPINION.
1t is better, however, to deserve
success than to win it, and we pre-
fer General Lees testimony on that
point-General Lee of whom Rev.
erdy johnson said when President
johnson refused to pardon him:
General Grant transmitted to the
President the application of Gener-
al Lee for pardon, indOrsed with his
most earnest approval. No pardon
was granted. He did not need it
here, and when he appears before
that great tribunal before which we
must all be called, he will find he
has no account to settle there. p
Reperdg JOhRSO1t'S address before
the Lee Monumental Association
(see Popular Life Of Lee.)
That Lee, whom Greeley proposed
to Mr.. Johnson, should be called in
as an adviser to aid in the cOncilia-
ton of the South, a wise prOpo-
sition which was refused, gave his
opinion to his soldiers:
'You viii take with yon the salts
faction that proceeds from the coll
seiousmess of duty faithfully per-
formed, and l earnestly pray that a
merciful God will extend you his
protection. With an Increasing adj
miration for your constancy and de-
Yotion, and grateful remembrance
of vourk kind and generous consider
alton of myself, | bid you an aflec-
| ti0nate farewell" II. +. LEE.
y APPoMATTox, Va, April 10, '65,
Joseph Z. Johnston said:
You will return To your homes
with the admiration of our people
won bv the courage and noble devO,
/ ton YOU have displayed in this long
war. JOSEPH L. JOHNSTON.
! NEAR GREENSBORO, May ,, 1865
His own speeches of 1859 aud 1866
are full of expressions which attest
! the Justice OF our course did we
choose to rely on that. Bat we dc
not. We have preferred digaitied
silence.
POSITION OF TENNESSEE.
There were grave questions To bC
| settled. and we have always al.
mitted that they were settled and
our Willingness to abide the result
obev the laws and look forward, for.
/ getting the past. The prosperity,
peace and development of the coun.
trv require no admissions from US.
! They are only demanded by an am
bilious politician, who has sworn
/ that Tennessee2ns shall endorse him
+, For this he said:
TRAITORS and rebels shall not es.
ercise power in the State. Power
is for The loyal alone. ."-EaShUiAt
! Union, January ,, 1868.
For this he said:
"Tenuessee hates the rebellion, ,and
| warn rebel leaders of it."
He came home in 1869 not know.
ing whether succeeding years OF
tyranny had wiped out the memory
of his terrible reign. lie was very
humble and assumed the part oI
Cardinal WOolsey, saying he had nc
Office to ask; he had climbed to tho
top of the ladder; his race was run
and the sands of his life nearly eX.
| hausted-an old man bent, if not
broken, by the storms of State, com.
ing back to ask a little earth fOl
charity telling that pretty story
about the successive steps from Al.
derman to President, and, to save