The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-09-13
AEDY JOHNS SON.
What They Think of Him ABroa l..

W mar -1eY 4Alnk OF him Abroa l.
" copy s6o following article from tn.
Ri5hmsnd HRig, che Of tEe ablest, most
ardent ond unfinohing supporters of
Greeley and Brown in the South The
EieNsof 50 die q Newspaper as the Wig
entirely removed from our local contest,
AMI unaffected by the passions it exeites,
are OF peculiar weight at this juncture.
Here is the article, and we bespeak for
1t . careful perusal
| There seema TO be some men sent into
| this world 70 make as much trouble and
! mischief as thew can. Mr. Johnson
! seems to be ore Of these fate3 indivii
! uais. He has been in hot water all his
/ hfe--never satisfied with Anything, and
| quarreliing with every body around him.
BY chance or fate las be announces in
| speeches be Iaakas) he has filed every
Office in the land, from the loves to the
I highest--aud in all, his quaVrelsome
characteristics and his ineficiency have
been conspicuous A President Of the
United States, att n crisis without prece-
dent, he possessed extraordinary powers,
which, judiciously employed. might have
|
welfare Of the country. But his wrang
ling spirit and narrow views and selfish
asriratioRs rendered abortive whatever
efforts lie made for the public good, and
| all the vast powers with which he was
; invested, were frittered away, and his
career closed in a miserable quarrel,
: which ruined the country without bene'
. filing himself One would have supposed
that his utter failure at Washington
would have cured him Of ambition, and
= reconciled him to the walks Of private
:, life. But his restless nature, his pugna>
cinus instincts, predousinated over all
sense Of prudence and proprlety. He
had scarcely reached his home from
Washington when he began to intrigue
for sn election to the United States Sen
It ate Bafled in that aspiration, ne now
l. seeks To crafty his mahgnity and hi'
IT ambition by thrustinS himself forward
t. as candidate for Congress. Always tht
y demagugue, and adroit IN stirring thu
r dregs, he has recently gone to Nashglll
d and got up an ovation. He delivered
d one of his wonted haraugues-tOl1 0
Sc his devotion to the people ami to tn
rs C6nstitutinn-of his wrongs and the In
W gratitude to which he had been subject
W ed-of his disinteresteduess and lon
suffering; protested that he was no can
didtte-wanted no ofice-and, in tn
at same breath, begged for a nOminatiO
y from the mob-and abused the COnven
1T ton VIII ch refused to nominate hII
IS Seeing the popular feeling for Greeley
70 las an honest man, who could not b
Il brIbrd," bat, at the same time, took
course best calculated to leopard tn
Of success Of Greeley. After all his pro
testations of disinteresteiness and dego
ton to the people--Jeiug no candidate
and wanting 10 ofhce-he announce
at, himself an Independent candidate fc
Congress, and promised to carry the fla
into the hottest Ofthe fight
l. What renders the conduct Of this il
-. contrived man more remarkable Is tn
10 his special friends-thOse who have bee
~, foremost in conderning his past-are I'll
o verv persons who got up the COnventiC
which nominated General Cheathal
=: and whom and which he now bitter
- assails The Nashville Union al
- american, whose editor is tie chalrml
-. of the Democratic Committee, und
W: whose auspices the Cheatham Conve
~ ton was held, and who guarantees tt
>, fairness Of that Convention; the Men
~ phis Appeal, the Chattanooga Iimt
- and all the old Democratic organs in G
a. State, which have been paIliating \
7,S Johoson's PAST offences, and striving
, ,o1 open a fresh future for him, fall und
"a - his malcdiction. He talks of ingratitu
o 80 to himself, but, ike a genuine dem
80 | gogue, he forgets his ingratitude to OF
.La crs
' n9 The course Of this mau produC
81 on great confusion in the canvass in Tt
~ nessee. 1t is not believed, however, Il
he can seriously affect the success OF
Liberal movement. The worst result
pretended is that by disorGanizing
)m- rout-, - No., .,,ocen5 in eIectinr T
nit r. t5rao Radicals tn C,ongress'
ltes