Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-29

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happen than JohnsOn's election to a sea
/ in Congress. He would make 4 prett
savage Watchdog upon his old enemie
especially upon one 3. +. Butler. A
all events, he will make a lively fea
ture" IN the campaign.
From the Union city oourierJ tsHst {
! We nail to our masthead to-day tn
name of General CheathaIn as th
choice of the Democracy of Tennesse
for Congressman from the State a
Large. For thirty years his name ha
been identified with the history Of Ten
nessee, and with the honor and renowl
her sons have won on every battlefield
from Monterey to the City of Mexico
and from Belmont to the closing scene
Of our dreadful civil war. Foremost il
war, by reason of his high courage, wis
dom and sagacity, and patriotic self-de
! vOtiOn, point him out as eminently quail
fled to be our standard-bearer in the civi
strife now waging for the restoration o
the rights and liberties, peace and pros
4 perity of our country. A Democrat o
Democrats, brought up at the feet o
Jackson, and an original seeessionist, h,
/ vet appreciates the changes wrought by
our civil war He would bury out o
sight the dead issues of the past, witt
all the animosities engendered by them
and unite with all honest, patriotic -anC
unselfish of every name and section, t
root out the evils of the times, and re-
store again the fair fabric of natiOna
and constitutional liberty. With him
Democracy is principle Of seif-sacrific.
ingdevotion to the best and highest in.
terests of his country, and not Il
the petty purpose of any party,
From the Nashville Banner. - r-u1
The canvass for Congressman for the
State at Large continues to be the all alb
sOrbing topic of street discussion. Else
where in to-day's issue will be found
expressions of opinion from such of the
State exchanges as have reached us
since Mr.. johnson was announced. The
general impression at home and abroad
seems to be that it will be a spirited
canvass on both sides. A. J. is famous
for going into a contest of this sort with
his coat off. General Cheatham, though
not enjoying the same expeTiencein the
hustings of his opponent, is, if We may
judge from his tasteful little speech to
the convention which nominated him,
likely to prove an effective speaker, in
his own unpretentiOus, frank and
earnest way. Besides, so far as the
rhetoric of the canvass is concerned, he is
not likely to be without very efficient
co-labOrers, in the persons of ex-Gov-
ernOT Harris, Generals Bate, Jackson,
Savage, and Others, who so eloquently
and warmly espOused his cause and
claims in The convention, and none of
whom are supposed to have any very
strong leaning toward Andy. This
will equalize the discussion in a great
degree, and the result will be instructive
to the masses who are already interested
on the topics likely to be treated upon.
Mr.. johnson viii speak at Gallatin next
Saturday morning at eleven o'clock, by
invitation of the citizens of that place.
1t is understood among the friends Of
the ex-President that this initial
speech Of the canvass will be very
voluminous, furnishing the full text
and programme of "my policy for the
campaign Johnson is very strong in
Sumner, and the county paper there,
the Erunli71eT, was bis first advocate for
Congress from the State at large Quite
a number of people express the opinion
that Cheatham, besides the convention
vote, viii get large proportion Of the
Republican vote of the State, and also a
big share of the cOlOred vote, if the Re-
publicans should not have a candidate
of their Own-whlch we should surmise
would not be likely to occur under the
The committee who took
an active part in getting up the grand
procession of Saturday night, called on
Mr.. johnson, yesterday, and spent a
pleasant hour. Quite number Of col
ored men, also, called upon him and as
sured him of their hearty support. Il
From the Louisville Ledgerl l-.s.-l. sAi
.Ex-President Andrew johnson on
night, at Nashville, announced
himself a candidate for Congress for the
State at Large-accephng what
termed the nomination rendered by the
people. He promised to make an ac-
tive and thorough canvass, inviting his
to go with him. General
Frank Cheathan is the regular nominee,
and game 20 the back bone, so that we
may expect lively times in our neigh
boring State. 1t is no affair of ours.
We are in favor of State rights, and
therefore willing that the people of Ten
nessee may select their own representa-
tive in Congress.
From the Nashville Correspondent Of the
Louisville Courier-J ouna1.1
The old citizens say that they have
not seen such a demonstration in Nash
vile in twenty years. It reminds one
Of a sort of political spontaneous COM
DustiOn. johnson thinks that il is q /
ground swell, q tidal wave that will
sweep over the State, and bear him in
triumph to the halls of Congress. He is /
janguine of victory whether Radical
candidate comes out or not. And his |
opinion seems TO be shared by majority |
lere. He is all-powerful before the peo-
Die, and when once before that tribunal |
he man does not walk upon TENNESSEE
oil who can defeat him y JG4 ca
The Cheatham party made desperate
ihorts to keep him Off the track, but to
10 purpose. Come out he would, and
le did. They now regret in their very
,ones his defeat by Cooper, and if that
lection was to be held over again it
would turn out quite differently. The
tone which the builders rejected thenl
las come back upon them like hun
red pound b0mbshel with q red hot
use leading to fine let of powder
veil packed. They tried to buy him off
nth a promise OF a seat jim the Senate
fter BrownlOw, or give him any
hing else that he wanted, but he did
iot appear to be in a bargaining frame
( mind, and politely refused to sell out.
And now you may look for the live
lest canvass that has ever taken place
n Tennessee. johnson will GO to the
Ills and the bottoms, and stir up the
eOmanTy as they have never been
TIRED up before. As there is no one in
be Cheatham party who can stump
nth him more than week without
eing left for dead, 1t is evident that he
7ill have everything pretty much his
wn way in the speaking line.