The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-08
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What Andy Johnson Thinks.
4 Few Wholesome Facts.
Speech Of fEx.President johnson.

of the speech was devoted to defending
himself against the Un'on j. AmcricaH
Chattanooga special and editorial of Oc-
tober Sd, in which he was designated a.
4 Ex- Republican President, and in favor
of The Reputation of the State and ma
tisnal obhgationf He says:
This editorial [ have read is intended
to express the opinion that Ex-President
johnson, Republican Ex-Presidcnt, is
not u proper person to goto the United
States Senate Then who ought to so?
They point the case well, and suggest to
the Democratic party that Stokes is upon
the stump; that Hawkins is upon the
stump, and that Stokes and Hawkins ad-
vocate precisely the same views as John
son. and that johnson Is little Of L Re-
publican, and that the man they are
holding in reserve il not a Republican.
That this man Johnson, though we speak
of him tavorably, is not our man. They
have expressed their opinion as
/" VIII" ought not to- go I"
the Senate, and they ought
t. hay" told us who they
favor going (applauSel The query
comes up is not that unkind in that pa
! per which | have stood by in all times
and ON all ucraSions and | hope when
| they come tn consider they will come
/ back into the line. com" buck in support
! of true Democracy, tn" Democracy that
Jefferson and jackson fashioned lap-
plauSo.I In tho>" old times when You
called Il man Wing. the term had An
association of ideas in it, you thought "f
Clay, Of Protective tariff and of II line of
! impruN "mcnts 10y tn. Federal G"v"rn-
| mrnt. which We're Advocated hy that
| grca, party. When You called IL man q
! Democrat you meant nnti-protrctlon and
unti-hunkng, and direct opposition Ia
! the principle, "f the great WI hig party.
Now the Wing party i gone, but W"
/ ,til have what is called the Democratic
party, but ~ then uny dis:ncticn dciin-
! IT, were idea. aS~ocmtrd with il. sup
/ pose "" takr mp the Credit M"bllirr, and
! find it Was ~ much Republican a.
! Democratic. There were II corresponding
number nf fingers in that pie "f both
>iI",. Laughter. And then tn" salary
crab; that measure Was neither R"puh-
! lican nor Democratic. When YOU come
/ I" the currency question You find YOU
! have aS many Democrats on one -idc n
! Oh the other. What has become "i the
4 great Democratic party? We hay" had
| 80 many departures that it is hard I" SAY
| in what sea we are sailing now, and |
think the time has come when we should
consult that old I"S book of principles,
! that we may get our reckoning and get
! back within constitutional limits. AN
/ cx-Rcpubican -President!' What r';lo
| that put in for? am willing 10 believe
! it was put in merely I" round of SEN
trncc. An cx-Rrpublican President and
Stokes upon tn" stump. Stokes advocates
same principles IT. those Of johnson.
/ Now, this remarkable editorial is prcdl-
Gated np"n dispatch based upon
( single sentence torn from speech,
/ with"at giving the connections.
Never WAS u Republican.
/ In lSG6 Stokr> WAS candidate for
/ Governor with Scntrr running against
/ him. BY request of some of my friends
| entered into that canvass, speaking IN
all portions Of the State. urging the p""-
pie to support S"nt"r. The result was
Stokes was defeated. 1t seems /" me
that the service then rendered the
party ought no, to hr forgotten, yet in
! Chattanooga Mr.. Stokes happened I" he
present when made a speech, and when
/ | closed hr was called by SON" of his
friends Hrwa> an independent candidate
( for Congress aud H. the audicnr" was
made up of all CLASSES he had his friends
present. and don't -" how ! am I" be-
, held responsible tur that fact or why our
1 names should have been connected.
Charles V, Emperor Of Germany, after
running for II long time very success
full administration, hrram" tired "i his
anticS and turning over the government
! 10 his son, retired To- Il Monastery and
undertook IL regulate the movements ot
( watches. hat ~nnn found that h" could not
make any two Of them keep tn" sam"
time. and was in this WAY led tn reflect
/ upon the folly Of attempting l" make
men think alike for he had undertaken
! a. make rvrryh"dy think ~
/ h, did in religious matters.
We'll. people differ from me, and ! am
willing they should. hut when | am
rla>>rA aS a Republican think il Is un-
kind. 1t will not Il" t" Saythat tn" e!i-
tor of thu iHi"U y .i",r,ir0,' i lgn"r-
ant Of the history uf the past. viii
,av right here that never WAS Rcpuh-
/ liCan, but from my advent INTO public
Z life | have been a constitutional Demo
/ crat. rs taught by that great statesman
/ Thomas Jefferson. and that patriot
5 soldier. Andrew jackson. When DEM
ucrnrv WAS in it, greatest trnuhl" III Ten
nr>srr. vuu did not hear such talk a
that, when help was needed Ia carry our
! banner. But now, f"rSo"th, We have
new Judges and new critics. did not
/ virl,! the palm /. any living man IN sup
port OF thcSr great principles of Drmoc-
rncv. IApplauscl In 1850 Mr.. Lincoln
/ was elected President In that canvass
: | supported Breckenridge in Tennessee.
AS would have supported Douglass In
Illinois.
Never Drew u Radical Breath
1 In speaking Of Mr. Lincoln'> second
nomination he said: This Con-
vrntinn wa- held in Baltimore a.
a National Union Convention composed
of mtu of all parties. That Con-
yrn,ion nominated Lincoln for President
and myself for Nicc-PreSident; but :"
far n Radicalism Is concerned, never
drew Radical breath in my life.
Laughter do not say thi. in di>r"-
spect IwsS nominated and elected a a
Democrat. never sought the place and
never asked for it. When it Wa pre-
santad To me unsought. owed it 10 my
country. owed il 10 my Children, 10 &C
cept it. Look at my letter of accept
ancr. II YOU would get thc truth Of the
history. In that letter | stated l was =
Democrat coming up te the support OF
the Union. That's the way cane upon
the ticket.
Well. the election came on. Mr.. Lin
coin was elected President; was elected
Vice President Shortly after this cleo
tion. by the hand of an assassin, he was
. ,.IIa1 fr,,, tim,, to eternity and by the