Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-10-26

game was reYealeu In ali It's subtle
ingenuity.
Sallie was not Utica girl, how
ever, so she Just went to work and
effaced the figure '%0," leaving the
81" standing solitary and upright
which you will observe made a few
hours difference in her bedtime.
That night, as usual, Sallie received
a visit from her young man which
his front name was Henry-and his
paternal parent attached his string
to G.. W.'s portrait and retired 10
his doWny couch
About 10 O'Clock, while Henry
and Sallie were deeply absorbed in
some knotty problem, with their
heads so contiguous that you could
not insert a piece of tissue paper
between them, the father of his
country turned his face to the wall
as if he was ashamed of such do
ings. Henry, with 4 sudden start,
glanced at the picture and saw the
handwriting on the wall, as ii were,
which read: "a O'Clock is Sallie's
bedtime" Then Henry looked at
Sallie with an interrogation in his
eye, which was partly dispelled by
the fair maid murmuring, "It's all
right" Henry said, of course, it
was all right-that he had long
known one o'clock was her bedtime,
anu he thought it was plenty late
enough for young girl TO be out of
bed, but what business, he said, had
George Washington's portrait to be
looping about in that way? Then
Sallie explained, and the twain re-
sumed work on the problem, Henry
putting his arms around Sallie to
prevent her falling off the chair.
Meanwhile the old man was lis
tening for the front door to open,
and his would-be son-in-laW's foot
steps pattering over the pavement,
with the toes of his boots pointing
from the house. These sounds not
falling upon his ears, and thinking
the old thing didn't work right, he
gave the string another pull and
George Washington again faced the
audience. Then he listened; but he
heard no footsteps-nothing but a
peculiar sound, somewhat resem-
bling the popping of champagne
corks.
Then he grew cross and gave the
string another jerk, causing q. w.
to turn about with violent sudden
ness, just as if he was dreadfully
out of humor, too,
And still all is quiet below, except
that popping sound.
Then the string was pulled again
and again-and again-indicating
that the old fellow was just ready
to explode with rage. And for fully
fifteen minutes did he have the por-
trait of the man who could not tell
a lie turning excited flip-haps and
things on the wall, like a bewitched
gymnast, until he fell fast asleep
not the portrait.
Henry kissed Sallie good night at
one O'Clock A. NJ, remarking as he
did so that it seemed like a long,
long weary year ere he would see
her again-because, you know, he
did not expect to sec her until the
evening of that day.
The next morning her father eX-
amined that portrait, and when he
fully understood the situation he
was panied. He shed a silent tear,
detached the string, sponged out
the inscription, and walked away
with the weight of fifty-five years
on his shoulders-thatb being his age.
He says that a girl who would go
back on her father that way would
JUST as lief as not disgrace her pa
rents by marrying a Congressman.
c. That sterling paper, the Lou
isville Courier-JOurnal, in a some
what lengthy review of the illogical
and unreasonable cOnrse of An
drew johnson, in conclusion has the
following manly and sensible para
graph. We heartily concur with
it in the belief that "'if lie is the on
ly hope, it had better be defeated
until it can do better ;" and we re-
joice to be able to say, with absolute
confidence in its truth, that he s0iIl
be defeated by such a majority as
has not been recorded against any
man heretofore:
Liberalism in Tennessee can new
er thrive through Andrew Johnson.
1t cannot even exist if he is placed
at the head of affairs. If he is its
only hope it had better be defeated
until it can get n better We are
earnest in our Liberalism, and we
have thought, despite its bilious and
fretful temper, that the Memphis
Avalanche had the same general
purpose at heart. Its narrowness in
this campaign suggests a different
train of reflections. Be this as il
NAV, the Avalanche can rest assured
of this, that it is not preaching the
! Liberalism of Horace Greeley, nor
following III the wake of that move
ment which-not by prescription,
nor through such shameless hunkers
as Andrew johnson, but by the re-
/ vivifying influence of a fresh cur
rent of national principles and the
pressure OF Young manhood-is TO
marshal the new South upon the
prosperous highway of the future.
| We utterly repudiate the illogical
| Liberalism 1t Is preaching; and,
| though ii may succeed, it will set
| Tennessee back a decade, sowing ii
| broadcast with q crop OfdissensiOns,
| the proceeds of which will all 90 to
one man, selfish and false, who has
/ AGAlChCNA AuA 4bA pun
/ the people, and who never, at any
time, turned out of the path of his
| own interests to serve them. His
/ election to Congress will be a ma
tional misfortune. He has power
only TO disgrace and embarrass Us.
IRoNY.-Thc Union City Courier
has this piece of bitter irony in re.
gard to Brisadier-General Andrew
Johnson. The last word is sugges.
tive:
Mr.. johnson and his friend:
/ claim for himself an exalted degree
of greatness. What is greatness
Does it consist in words or deeds
| If in words, assUredly he is entitled
to the highest honors. Ifin actions
we have failed to discover them
During almost an uninterrupted pc
riOd of forty years of public service
Mr.. johnson cannot to-day point t,
a single monument of his greatnes.
I that has been engIafted upon tht
statute books, or the Constitution
of his country. Perhaps his great
ness consists i'll his goodness
The Appeal says there is nothing
so much wanting in Memphis jus
now, as about live millions of dol
lars. Half that amount HyCuId rrp1.N,