Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-20
ANDREW JOHNSON.
The Great Independent as He appears
in a Photograph Taken by the
ClarksVille Tobacco Leaf.
The Great Change in the People Toward
Him-W,l ,lat He Was as Military Gov
ern0r-What 6reeley Says.


THE PROSPECT-GREAT CHANGES.
We We're satisfied, says the Clarksville To-
5accg Legf, that the Nashville people who
soyed with the rigadier-General, Military
Governor, Moses johnson, indicated but little
Of the sentiment Of Tennessee, The reason
Tor ~ was plain. Moses emerged suddenly
from the bulruSheS, where he had been quietly
BidiuE his time and watching the times,
studying the drift Of public sentiment and
making ready TO spring into the political
uaelstroOm. 30 as 10 strike the current. He
had been wanted for the Senate, not for any
complimentary reason. but a. a fair match for
Ben. Butler, that he might do great deal OF
dirty work. He was defeated by a cOmbina-
lion OF Democrats and Radicals II was well he
was beaten, for had he not been he would have
pounded and hammered sumner and Trum-
Dull and other. his old enemies. 50 that they
could not have made the Liberal movement,
which would have suited him, for he didn't
want II made, aud abuses the Democrats now
tOr yielding their votes and their organization
and accepting Greeley and especially for &C
cepung the Liberal platform. He was beaten
people thought, fOully. johnson saw in the
spirit OF dissrganiZation in Tennessee his
chance 10 have an Endorsement OF his course
in the war, 10 humble rebels, both soldiers and
citizens, and TO- begin political canvass, his
insatiate appetite for public office and money
being unsated by forty years Of service and
He cast himself into the political arena and
seized the uppermost theme, appealed 70 pas
sion and prejudice, used, no doubt, his money
10 foment mob. 1t arose, IL surged, II bore
him like scum to the surface, and cast him
on the broad waters, and then-lt Subsldeu.
II has already gone down We were never
afraid OF its effect such frenzies react,
and a sober reflection is apt to carry
mob on the opposite extreme. The peO-
pie, many Of them, accepted Johnson
simply because they had been Tor him
before. and had forgotten his violations OF the
cOnsti tuition he PIRATES OF his Infamous mea-
~ures at Nashville, and his insulting women
and children his imprisonment Of ministers
Of holy religion. They are turning by the
hundred. We saw at Nashville men from all
parts Of the country, johnson as well AS
CheOtham men, and ali concurred that great
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johnson An old cOmrade Of ours, IN whose
Judgment We have great confidence, wrote
from Hawkins that General CheathaIn 5 bold
and manly letter had made him hundreds OF
votes, and that since the nomination Of May
nard hundreds were turning 70 him from
johnson. Ne have positive information that
the crowds that hear Mr.. johnson are not near
80 large be drew in lsj7, and almost alto
gether without applause or enthusiasm. He IS
cOomed Inan- for sober reelection has con-
N.nced them that 10 would be Inconsistency 70
send TO Congress a man who belongs 20 the
past, whose issues are all past ones, who Is
seeking To reopen the past, and who pirates of
his absurd constitutional theories which
<ti4ou.t ty llllllll%i anu L5loAi, W. ~
policy should be buried. Our policy Is
peace, reconciliation, forgetfulneSs, burial OF
the past, bu lding up Of our material wealth,
manufactures, fmines, railroads, not politics
eternally. We don't want man, Who don't
understand the great liberal movement, who
denounces its platform Us leaders, and Us
wanted a straight nomination: but never ad-
Vised his people that IL was best until too late.
A asober second thought, has taught them.
JOHNSON As MILITARY GOVERNOR.
Andy johnson says in his attempt to excuse
his ruthless invasions Of pr yate right, says the
T5bdcco-Leelf. that he levied contrl buttons on
the rich rebels Of Nashville, because they had
promised to support the families OF COnfede-
rate soldiers, and that they were starving, the
wealthy rebels being unmindful OF their
promise. We examined that matter last week
in Nashville and 30 is utterly false nom be-
ginning 70 end. We shall have some certified
statements OF the matter. The fact is that a
Hn.u-a o. As. FWH NnEa
county, Of which the wealthy paid the largest
part. Os course. Thirteen thousand collars
were disbursed by the court % families Of
volunteers, and the contract Wa religiously
performed until Mr.. JohnsoI. the Military
Governor. interrupted the ssfvii government.
The Nashville Caion OF August 2, lsi2, which
was Johnson's organ, advocated tax Of two
hundred dollars for Zach rich secessionist and
one hundred dolle-rs for those not so rich, for
the mon s9id-- -eis. They had many OF them
This birer war paper says, December .,
lot-- sp-ite number Of the dislOy al persons,
asSesse-t by Governor johnson, have come
for'E erd and paid the monthly instalments.
hundreds OF our suffering poor VIII be
c.heered by Tins provision for their beneft-"
- that a. was ~Our poor" that were suffering
and were fed by their enemies, VINO did they
s-all our poor? The wives OF their own soldiers,
refugees, of whom there We're thousands nom
East Tennessee, North Georgia and North Ala
He assessed citizens for them, and assessed
only rebels; no loyal man was compelled 70
pay FOR support OF the poor. Now, of course
he poor had 10 be aud ought to have been
supported, but 80 long as civil law was su,
pTeme, the county was doing just what mad
been promised, and no doubt would have
taken care even OF the refugee class I nion "a,
sne4 were. II MF. Johlisoil hts1 20 20 le',lt M ~ y
arbitrary power, he should have assessed
loyal and ali.
Mr. johnson ought TO have known better
than 70 sttempt that hiInsy, shallow and iaise
HOB ACE GREELEY on ARDREw JOHN
son.
johnson refused a wise suggestion Of Gree
ley, which would have eoncillated ana mar
monized. II Is easy 10 know " hat MI. Johh-
son said. It must have been, "tiaat l6e,.soh
must be made OdiOuS, and traitors punished
and especially the arch-traltor Lee, Nhohi
ne refused 20 pardon ON Grant recoiiliiieiie'a
uon:
NEW YORK, June %, is72-MY DEAR SIR;
have your letter 10 Mr.. N. Reid.
Il would not wish 70 publish anything VIII
respect 70 3 private conye rsatiOn with Presl-
dent johnson without his assent.
Il did visit him just before Congress assem-
bled after his inauguration. supposed Wa
invited by him; bat would not assert II he
slissemted.
Il did advise him to call three representa-
rive Northern men and three equally eminent
southern men 10 counsel him as 20 the best
mode OF pacifying and harmonizing the cOun-
Try. I asked him to advise those to remain in
the White House as his guests untn they
should have agreed upon a plan Of reconcilia-
tiOu-he meeting and consulting with them
whenever his daily duties should permit
" did suggest to him as cOnferees on the
OF Massachusetts, Gerrit smith OF New York,
and Judge Rufus u. Spaulding Of Cleveland,
Ohio.
81 did propose that he should designate and
invite General Robert F. Lee As enc Of the
cOnferees ON the part OF the south.
a II 1 named another Southern man to him,
I cannot now recall the circumstance.
$50 much feel al liberty 70 state. because
it refers solely 70 my own action in the prem
ises. As 10 Mr. JOhnsOns part Of the colloQuy
1 cannot speak without his permission. But
you are at liberty TO send this letter 70 him
and he may state what he said On the occa-
SION OF not, as he shall see Mt. l can remern-
her nothing more Of consequence said by me
on this occasion except that pledged myself
10 support 10 the utmost any plan O! recOncil
iation which the conferees should agree upon
and he should adopt and recommend. Yours
"HORACE GREELEY.
General J. d. Imboden, Richmond, Virginia
HIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR HANGING
MRS. SURRATT
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: I'VE adYis'
ex-President johnson not to allude sgain tC
Inc murder OF Mrs SuFTatt ana to his own re
sponsibiIity for Il, unless he can do bettel
fhsn he did in hh late speech al Columbia