Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-28
Is He not Consulting His Personal
Ambition Instead of the Good
- of the STATED
Wilson, Boutwell, g. Co., Coming
TO Meet Him-An Exciting
Canvass Ahead.
General Hancock and Mrs. Surratt
VIII the Tennessee States
man Tell What He Knows
of the Latter !!


From the Chattanooga Times.
We deeply regret that Mr.. johnson
has taken the step shown by our specia
dispatches from Nashville. Wfthou
detracting an iOta from his great abilit,
OF his public services, we believe tina
his candidacy for Congress, under all th,
circumstances, at this juncture, can only
be productive Of evil to the State, and /
may be TO the whole South. If Mr.
johnson had signified a month ago his
desire, or even his willingness, to make
this race, he could have secured the
nomination, and the hearty support oi
the people of Tennessee. He has chosen
10 withhold his name from the con-
vention, to encourage his friends t
withdraw from its deliberations
and after it had nominated the
only gentleman whose name was pre-.
sented, he has announced himself an in.
dependent candidate, well knowing that
such a step must inevitably seriously
disorganize the party, and that, too, OF
the eve Of the most important Presiden.
tial election ever held in this country
How he can reconcile such 8
course Of action with the duty he owes
TO his country we cannot see. Mr..
johnson will make an able and bril-
liant canvass, but that will not atone fol
the bitterness be viii excite, nor for the
damage that viii inevitably befalI the
Liberal party. his enemies have
charged that Mr.. johnson thought oi
nothing but his personal aggrandize-
ment, and that he would be willing to
sacrifice the country for his own ad-
vancement. In view of his present at
titude it win be hard for his friends to
defend him against this charge.
Prom the Huntsville vidette.I
The Radicals proclaim with great
gusto that Henry Wilson, Ben BHtler
and Boutwell, viii soon be here upon
the soil Of Tennessee, and ready to meet
any champions the State cairpit against
them. Wilson is the most effective
stumper in the North. His experience
has been great, and this work has won
for him the second place on the Radical
Presidential ticket. This importation
viii stir the politics of the State TO their
prOf0undest depths. It is said that the
Radicals desire and challenge Andrew
johnson 10 meet Henry Wilson In de-
bate-that Wilson is anxious to beard
the Democratic lion in his den. II this
is their feeling on the subject, we know
that the glove win be taken up
with alacrity by the great Com
moner. If these giants meet,
we win have the greatest excite
ment which has been seen since 1910.
No man in this country is hated and
feared by the Radical party 50 much as
Andrew johnson. They wish TO break
down his influence in Tennessee and
destroy his prestige with the people, In
order to disrupt and tear to pieces the
Democratic party. For this purpose
Wilson Is to be brought into the ring.
We have never heard Wilson speak, and
although we are forced to cOncede his
great abilities, still we are willing to put
the Tennesseean against him or any two
Of them. Wilson represents the Puritan
ie side of the impeachment mob, which
contained and still contains the direst
foes this government ever had. johnson
hates them with hatred unspealSable,
and nothing would delight him 50 much
as to get hold Of Henry Wilson, either
on the soil Of Tennessee or upon Boston
Common.
From the Galiatin Examiner.l
That Andrew johnson Is the choice Of
a vast majority Of the Democratic masses
is indisputable, and yet we have a pre-
tended convention, putting in the ted
a gentleman who is notOriously not the
choice OF the people. Well, we can tel
those gentlemen that the people viii
now have their say in this matter. They
have become so disguised with the con-
ventiOn system that they viii break IL
TO pieces and scatter It 70 the four winds
OF heaven. The first blow was struck AT
Nashville on Wednesday, when Sumner
county declined 10 90 into the meeting.
The work has commenced In earnest.
and we predict that there will not be a
county or State convention held in Ten
nessee after 1872. Theoretically fair and
honest, they are practically frauds upon
the rights Of the people.
From the Memphis Ledger.I
The eafant terrible is at large. At a
mass-meeting held at Nashville last
the great "circle swingern an
his determination TO f'stump'f
the State as a candidate for ConRress-
man for the State at Large. Andrew
johnson is a man Of unquestionable
ability, and Notwithstanding his furious
loyalty displayed when Military Cover
nor of Tennessee, he deserves credit for
his fight on the impeachment question
against the leaders OF the Republican
party WnoSt uoAAlntt anu cdnul0dle ne
was at the time Of bis election TO the
Vice Presidency. He Is Outspoken on
all questions except one, and his lips
have been ever sealed on that, notwith-
standing the "calls" upon him to rise
and explain. That is the part he took
ina the murder of Mrs. Surratt. This
may be the grinBing, ghastly skeleton
in the Andy johnson household
thing Of terror, OF which it is impossi-
bic 20 speak. Public opinion has fas-