Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-09-16
WHY SHOULD ANDREW JOHNSON BE
ELECTEDi

It's very well to fippantly state that
Andrew johnson is entitled to the graft
tude of Tennesseeans, but for whatf Is
It for his vindictive course as Military
Governor of the State2 Is it for repu-
dating the terms of the Sherman'J Ohm
ston surrender, and announcing soon
after that treason must be made odious
and traitors punished Is it for his pro-
clamation, vindictively and falsely charg-
;ng that Messrs. Davis, Saunders,
Thompson and others were Implicated
in the assassination of Lincoln? Is i
for his design to arrest and try for trea-
son General Lee, which design has been
testified to by General Grant, Is 1t be-
cause be originated military gov
eminent in Tennessee government
so UNANIMOUSLY used by his worthy
successor, Brownlow Is it be-
cause under his regime three-tourths
of the citizens of Tennessee were dis
franchised and had to remain in bondage
for years2 1t is because he refused 70
recognize the writ of habeas corpus
granted in the Surratt case by Judge
Wylie, and thereby ignored the "Const'
tuition" that he SO often pirates aboutY
Is it because he placed the carpet-bagger
and scallawag in power over Tennessee
ans? Is it because in his Washington
speech on the capture of Richmond in
1865 he 6ercely stated that treason
must be punished with DEATH the halter
to intelligent, influential rebels. The
leaders would hang | hold that
wealthy traitors should be made to re-
munerste Union men who have lost their
uroperty"2 etc. Is it because in his
speech in January, 1864, at the St. Cloud
Hotel, he announced that "a Contede-
rate soldier had forfeited his right to
vote and ought to be removed frem
citizenship; that the great plantations OF
rebels must be seized and divided out
among honest and industrious men who
we're loyar'2 Is it because in his speech,
delivered to Senator Morton and a dele
CATION of Indianians in April, 1865, be
said: Those engaged in treason must
not only be punished. but their social
power must be destroyed; and ] say,
after making treason odious, every
Union man and the Government should
be remunerated out Of the pockets OF
those who inflicted this great suffering
pom the country"2 Is it because, in
his speech delivered at Nashville in No
vember, 1864, he said: This sristoe-
racy; yes, this corrupt aud damnable
slave aristocraey Of Nashville, taunt
the family of free labor with
negro equality. Negro equality
indeed Why. walk along High
street among the parvenue negro aris-
tocracy of Nashville, whose sons are
now skulking in guerilla bands close to
our city, robbing and numbering; and
YOU can see as many mulatto as white
children bearing an unmistakable re-
semblance to some of Nashville S boosted
aristocracy Is it because he levied an
illegal and onerous tax on the people OF
Nashville, the proceeds OF which we're
distributed not to the families Of Con-
federate soldiers, hut to the Union refu-
gees from the mountainsl Isit because
he is a chronic ofice-seeker, a man not
satisfied with the Offices he has held and
the emoluments he has received but who,
like Oliver Twist, asks for more7 Ia it
because of all these things the people Of
Tennessee are now to bend low and in
bondsman's key, with bated breath and
whispering humbleness,' say: All these
vile things have you said and done, yet
for all these courtesies we will elect you
Congressman for the State at large
AGAINST Frank Cheatham, true son Of
TENNESSEE