Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-10-09
"ANDY's RECORD

article which it styles "Andy's Record, -
in which the illustrious ex-President is
handled with gloves off. He is character
lied as the "defamer of Tennessee women,
Tennessee soldiers and Tennessee states
men," He is characterized as the man
"who imprisoned and insulted preachers
of the Gospel and levied unjust taxes"
The AppcdJ claims that the "record' is
borrowed from his speeches and official
documents, and will be found the most in
teresting reading the canvass has develop
ed" Speaking of it, in a double-leaded
editorial, it.says:
He has invited, sought and courted response;
he has compelled an answer in kind and forced
from us what we had hoped would have, like all
other thing of its sort, lain in the tomb where
lie buried all we lost He has it. We give it
in the best way we could and as best we could
1t is unanswerablc and if i! do not bring every
voter in the State to the aid of Cheatham, 1t
must be because they are unworthy of him and
deserve to be represented by the murderer of
Mrs. Surratt. The Presidential contest is one
Of forgiveness, forgetfulness and reconciliation
and we would gladly let Andrew Johnson's re-
cord slumber in its own seething iniquity. But
as he has revived the past; desires an indorse-
ment of his career as Military Governor of
Tennessee; call rebels TRAITORS" pardoned for
IredsOH, ana prOnOunCes dcnerAl C0eatnam
unworthy of support because he was Confed-
crate soldier, the people of Tennessee will not
shirk the Issues of his own creating.
The Record" is as the appeal claims,
made up of Johnson's speeches, messages,
letters, &c, land presents a political n1eIdnge
such as is scarcely ever spread out before
the readers of newspaper. 1t is exhaus-
tive, and we should not wonder if Isham
G. Harris had something to do with get
ing it up. Among the divers sayings pre-
sented we find the following in reference
to some of our "home. folks.n 1t was writ
ten by friend to Johnson and pleased him
SO well that he had it published in the
Union, as the appeal says. ITO
be enjoyed by his loyal friends"
The new prison at Knoxville was filed
when left; Cummings, ,Branner, Mabry and
q host of other id rascals were in. Burnside
is going to arrest old Bob Mckinney; 1 hope
he will be in jail when l get back. Hundreds
of the scoundrels are gone, old DR.. Ramsey
among them"
AS an evidence of Andy's loyalty"
a portion of his Knoxville speech deliver
ed in the spring of 1864, is given. That
speech was heard by a large number of our
people. He said
The time has arrived when treason must be
made odious. When traitors must be punish
ed-impoverished, their property taken from
them, whether it be their horses, lands or ne
groes, and given to the innocent, the honest the
loyal upon whom the calamities of this wicked
rebellion have fallen. 1t is easy to stand here
and declsim, but am not declaiming. 1t is
easy to utter bombast, but l am not uttering
bombast. ! on know something of what have
already done for East Tennessee. You must
join hands with me, and with one arother and
swear to do what l have already told you must
be done-to make treason odious-to make trail
tors suffer as you have suffered, as your wives
and children have suffered.
Again, October "a, 1864, A. j. gave evil
dence of the loyal zeal which burned in
his bosom by saying as we find in this
a record -
Henceforth all men shall have a fair start in
the race for life This corrupt slave aristocracy
negro equality. Walk along High street,
among the people whose sons are now skulking
in guerrilla bands close to our city, robbng and
numbering, and you can see as many muatto
children bearing unmistakable resemblance to
some OF Nashville's aristocracy,
We do not wish TO be understood as tax
ing any part in this unplessantness be-
tween Mr. Johnson and his political friends.
In the language of Horace Greeley, Shak-
speare, or some other man, we can say:
Fight dog, fight bear,
There's 70 dog Of mine there"
We can view the conflict from our stand
point with perfect serenity. When Andy
says that those opposing him are mil
itary ring" of rebel officers, we can say
amen When Cheatham says that Andy
wants office and opposes conventions only
when he fails to get nominated, we are pre-
pared to believe it. The State will not
lose anything from the castigations Andy
gives Cheatham and his military friends
and the public peace is not likely to be ma
terially disturbed by any exposures of
Andy's crooked record.
One thing is very evident now, and that
is that A. j. is to have warm reception
throughout the canvass, in the Middle and
Western portions Of the State. He is to
hear of things long since forgotten. He is
TO be held responsible for great many
things, he would gladly get rid Of before
the people from whom he expects votes.
He will find before the canvass is over, that
he has gained no strength by taking up
end supporting Greeley against his better
judgment. He will find, II he has not al
ready found, that he never caa regain the
position with his party that he lost by his
loyalty to the Government.
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