Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-04
THE cmEATHAm.JoHNsoN CONFUSION.
spirit of ,he Prcss.

is the all-absorbing topic of the day, and
all parties are interested in hearing what is
thought about it. We present extracts from
a number of exchanges:
Fayetteville News.l
General b. +. Cheatham was nominated
by the convention which met ut Nashville
on Tuesday, for Congressman for the State
at large. General Cheatham is q soldier,
but not the man for Congress, but he be-
fore Andrew johnson, two TO one.
Shelbyville Commercial
We are for the nominees, and would have
been for them, no matter whom the con-
vention had chosen.
We sound notes of warning. The indi-
cation is that Andrew johnson will bring
the people of Tennessee into much trouble.
He is takirg advantage of our disorganized
condition. We shall very soon see.
Memphis Appeal
Andrew johnson proposes to represent
the State in the Lower House of Congress.
Brownlow's successor will be chosen by
the next Legislature, and johnson propos-
es to control this Legislature, and become
Rrownlow's successor. He would thus
smash Ben. Butler first, and then extermi-
nate Cooper. This is the eX-President's
programme. OF the obstacles he must
overleap we will speak hereafter.
Memphis Avalanche.l
The Nashville Union and American still
! clings to the fence, but casts loving glances
! at a. j., while General Cheathams name
is on the ticket on its masthead. From
| his perch on the fifteenth rail the editor of
| the late "organ" slowly and sadly, between
his sighs, quotes from Burns:
"How happy l could be with either
Were 'tother dear charmer away"
Memphis Ledger.l
! The entdnt terrible is at large. At a mass
meeting held at Nashville last Saturday,
the great "circle-swinger' announced his
determination to stump the State rs a
candidate for Congressman for the State at
large. Andrew johnson is man of un-
questionable ability, and Notwithstanding
his furious loyalty displayed when Military
| Governor of Tennessee, he deserves credit
for his fight on the Impeachment question
against the leaders of the Republican par
ty, whose nominee and candidate he was
| at the time of his election to the Nice-Pres.
idency. He is outspoken on all subjects
except one, and his lips has been ever seal.
ed on that, Notwithstanding the "calls' up
on him to rise and explain. That is the
part he took in the murder of Mrs. Sur
raft. This may be the grinning, ghastly
skeleton in the Andy Johnson household
"a thing of terror, of which it is impossi
BILE to speak. Public opinion has fastened
this terrible crime upon the eX-President
and it is to be hoped that in his Memphis
speech he will not only be able but willing
to clear his skirts of the bloody deed i
not, it may be said to him, as was said t.
Robespierre " Wretch the blood of Dan
ton chokes thee"
Chattanooga Times.l
We infer from an editorial of the Knox
vile Press and Herald, wherein it de
| alin IN Gnnnnrf tho rnnI1lar nOninpa N
the party, that the people of East Tennes
see are in immediate danger of some dead
ly peril. The Press and Herald says tn
people of East Tennessee will support An
drew Johnson as the " sureSt means Of SELF
11reserUationn We are sorry to learn tina
the good people of upper East Tennesse'
are in peril, and are alarmed. We TAX
pleasure in assuring them of refuge from
all their enemies in Chattanooga.
, would open their eyes to come out Of thei
: mountain seclusion and live in q cit
where they could meet people from al
,, , over the world, and thus be enabled to as
certain that East Tennessee is not the uni
verse, although it is the Switzerland c
/, America. 'sa-as's-'a-ss
The. Democrats, Conservatives and Lii
eral Republicans of Chattanooga see moth
ing in Andrew Johnson's candidacy, but
determined, premeditated effort to destro
all party organization at the very momen
when such organization is essential to su(
cess. They know that IL Mr.. johnson ha
responded TO the intimations of his friends
: when delegates were being selected to tn
State Convention, ii would have been mex
\ TO impossible for any other candidate
have secured the nomination but Nj
johnson, for reasons best known to hin
n self, preferred to do as he has done; an
a now the men in this community who WEI
Mr.. Johnson's most ardent supporters fo
: the nomination, declare that they cannC
d sustain him in his effort to destroy the ol
o ganization Of the party in the face of tn
enemy.
y The Athens Post speaks out plainly fc
:. Gen. Cheatham in the Congressional cor
? test, and gives such timid, hesitating con
n Germs as the "big organ" in this place
y good rap over the knuckles. 1t says:
a We regret the unfortunate and some
what muddled condition of the politics
Il situation in Tennessee at this journalist
i, hour, but do not feel at all embarrassed b
Y it. To our view the path is plain enough
: AS long as we elect to remain in associf
a ton WITH or to publish paper in suppol
a of, any political organization, we prOpos
"a TO conform to its established practice an
n usages in the selection of candidates
r. When we are led to believe that it Is ou
r duty to abandon such organization, we wi
:. not hesitate about it, nor linger within til
d lines to scatter the seeds of discord an
r, strife and furnish food and ammunitio
/ for the enemy, but depart openly and d'
family, and go our way with drums bea
It ing and colors flying.
A flor ruta hon 1,n TnlNI