Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-04

ton. If so, we promptly accept the re- |
sponsibility and face the music We take |
the course most consistent with our sense of
duty, let the result be what it may. Hav-
ing acquiesced in good faith In the decis-
ions at Baltimore and Cleveland, we can't
repudiate the action of the State Conven-
tion at Nashville on the 2lst. Mr.. john
son reached every office of note he ever
held in his life through the instrumental
ty of Conventions.
WHAT ANDY WANTS.
From the Memphis Appeal
After saying that Gen. Cheatham is re-
ally entitled to the place and that what
Andy really wants is to succeed Brown
low, the Appodl says:
His first little pleasurable excitementwill
be generated when he gathers little Coop
er by the nape of the neck and seat of the
breeches and pitches him adown the bat
Elements of Senatorial Immortality. Then
and not till then will Andy be happy.
Meantime, the. people begin to inquire
whether the whole political well-being of
the State can he sacrificed on the altar of
Mr.. Johnson's boundless insatiate ambi-
ton. Has not the State done enough for
the "great commoner?n Must every
question of local and Federal policy be
| subordinate to the purposeiof this roar
| ing bull of Bashan?n VIII no man be
10 CultT lDc WHO Is
| not for or against Andrew johnson Must
the complexion and character of our law
| givers depend upon the DEGREES of the EX-
| President? Must we hear no more of
| Greeley and Grant, who sink into loca lin
| significance when the inimitable honey
! fuggler" of the dear "pee-plen comes
| bowling from the East? ? Andy is again,
as in the olden time, the sensation OF the
hour, but Andy's record will beget aHoth-
er sensation. Be patient. 1t will come.
And then men will deny with shame
| facedness that they ever dreamed Of voting
for Andrew Johnson.
From the Morristown Gazette.l
The wild, fanatical friends of Andrew
johnson may cry out, Z" No ability " No
statesman" and all that kind Of stuff
against Cheatham, but we would remind
them that our people are tired of that class
of craftsmanship which works only foi
the good and personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT oi
the statesman's self.n We now want
men who have less brilliancy and more
practical common sense, as our representa-
tives, than those brilliant 80 statesmen ,
who have, for twelve years past, brought
on us nothing but trouble and strife.
How Mr.. johnson can reconcile hi
course with the duty he owes to his coun
try and his party, we can not, for our life
discover. Had he made his "war" agains
the convention system before the conven
ton was called, or had met, there nigh
be some excuse, in our mind, for hi
course, but as the matter now stands, W,
feel it is the duty of every good Democra
and Conservative to stand by the nomine
of the convention, and show to Mr.. John
son that we are as much opposed TO Demo
Gratis who are aiding Grant as we are t
Grant himself.
+ ON the Memphis Avalanche.l
The "organs " are getting out of tune
Heretofore they have sung Support tn
nominee,n no matter whether worthy o
unworthy, or chosen by fair or foul means
: But the organsn are becoming unrelia
BILE.
From the Clarksvlle Tobacco Leafl
Andy Johnson has announced himsel
! for Congress for the State at large, and ev
! cry man patriot, who is for him ever,
= man n dog of the Blanche, Tray ant
, Sweetheart pack, who is against him. H
I is anxious to make the issue, convention
r or no convention; but it is Cheatham, 0
Johnson, or, rather, anti-Johnson-th
/ tue jssue-the plain, honest farmer
against the intriguing political Moses, hid
ing in the bulrushes, shrinking with dis
= sembled coyness from what lie is seeking
He didn't want TO run-was not a can
: didate-hadn't been, but dear people,
you press me, will be your Moses. C;esa
! thrice refused a crown, that he might &c
' a better hold Andy, mindful that Casa
I didn't get it, was not so persistent i'll re
!. fusal.