The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-03-27
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E7i This .p1re, Upright, and noble
hearted gentleman filled, with dis,
I.tinctionylmanysspublie,-ef
South Caroline. Justaft his ad.
missionto the bar, he was elected
"A member of the, Legislatures then
Solicitor Circuit Judse,o Appeal
Judge, Chancellor, and. Governor
'of nthe State. : He was, Il think
born . in Virginia, but bis, parents
moved whilst he was an infant, TO
,Unionri District, South Carolina.
where he lived during his. whole
lite, and died in agood old age, full
of honors and distinction. He
read lawsw with Judge Mott, and, at
forwards the, preceptOr and stu
dent were selected, ffothho all our
Judges, on, the REORGANIZATION of
the courts, to fill seats son, the Ap.
peal bench with Judge Colcock.- =
Ny acquaintance with Judge
johnson commenced with my ad !.
mission to the Bar, and his sigma.
,ture is to my commission as an At
torney, at,law and in ?, ',Eqnity;.,---22
During the DAYS of Mobilization.
being both Union mefi, we were
thrown together very ! often i in i>,c,u our
conventions. caucnses and consul.
tations. ! was a good deal in his
company afterwards, up to the ex-
| piration Of his Gubernatorial :erm.
He told me a great many Incl,
dents of his life and early histor y.
bra w hen he became a candidate
fort Legislature, lie was, avery
young man, and not inueIl, known
in his District, to the great mass
of voters. gIn those days. there
was but one box in the whole Dis
tlictss1 aud all Voted at the Court
House. lie was oretnrring to the
village OF Union on the morning
,efitlle election, having been ont
eansassing the District, when lie
fell in Company with one or two
hundred voters, all Oh horseback.
riding in military order to the
Court House, for the purpose of
depositingi their votes. He rode
up by the side of the Captain of
the company, who told him. that
they had made up their ticket, and
his name was not OH it. This was
rather cold comfort, and johnson
knew it would be decisive of the
election He, however, bore it
calmly, and continued his conver.
sation for some miles with the
Captain..iJnst before reaching The
village, they called halt for the
purpose OF taking a drink, most of
them. having a" chunk bottle of
whisky in their overcoat pockets.
After a little chat, all being in
good humor, the Captain proposed
that they should change their tick
ct. strike OFT the name of one cam
d'date, and put that of Johnson's
in its place. The motion was car
ried and the change r!ade This
secured his election, and bnt for
this lucky accident, he would have
oeen defeated: E1e was elected
Solicitor OF his, circnit during this
legislative term; ~. smss s'r -,rr,rs
whist hewas Solicitor, there was
a vacancy on the bench, and Col.
onei Joseph'G Gnist was q candidate
to fill the vacancy, With ever, pros.
pect OF being elected. johnson
had taken avery active part tor
him, and was very desirous of get.
| ting him out, Of his way as q pracs