The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-04-16

lnlt we near so UluCl 1UONL' ilN'' !"
much in the lie Of each that they
would like to bury il the arrangement
could be made. and the dirt over the
scpulchre packed down well,
Maynqrd lI"s q keen ambition to be
Governor of Tennessee. He looks
forward to it as a graceful rounding mp
Of his long and successful career. 10
he merely Il Congressman does not fill
the measure Of his ambition. 1t is
quite q common thing to be a Con
grcssman, and not immensely honor
able. MAYNARD has been IN Congress
for some fifteen years, and now he
longs for something higher and nobler'
He wants 10 be Governor. He would
would mOkG n good Governor. lie
would preside over the grand old vol
unlccr State" See Fourth Of July ora
liOns) with becoming sOIeMnlty and
dignity. lie could not vote to raise
his own salary, which is his weak point,
fail great men have weak points, and
would, therefore, be harmless lie
would make a digniiied and upright
Ggure-hcad for the State Government,
and his messages would be able and
pleasant to read. He would now and
then pardon q conviCt'out OF the pcnl.
Tertiary, and give him n sort Of Sun
day school lecture. Bat he would
never pardon a man who used a kulle
or a pistol to take the life Of a fellow
man. lie would let them hang every
time, for he IS opposed 10 the half CIV
ilizcd-nO, hcathcnIsh-custom they
have Of cutting and shooting. lie
would also he the friend Of The TEN
pcrance people, Ono insignificant mum
Der now for he ID q temperance man
and never touches liquor, Looking a
the prospect in all points OF view, IL Is
clear that there might n worse Govern
or arise than Horace Maynard.
As for Andrew Johnson We know
that he is the leader of a party Of forty
thousand voters, and that he wants Il
20 TO the Senate. His voters and TIT
! Republicans, if they would form an al
lance, could control the politics o
Tennessee AS ellectually as the Rcpub
Leans control Massachusetts. why
should they not unite and take com
plctc control Of thC''machine = Whcl
victory is within such easy reach VIII,
not 90 forth and pluck it? No harm
cou.l come from sending Johnson t
the Senate. His integrity has neve
been questioned, even by his worst en-
cmics. Throughout his public carcc
he never stole anything, never entered
into any sort Of a combination t.
swindle the people, never voted to III
crease his " pay and never accepted
Il present while in office, The cXampl
Of such a man is needed in Washing
ton. If he had been III the Senate las
year he would have saved three million
of dollars to the people by dcIeatInI
the passage Of that infamous back pa
steal. 1t passed 10y Il majority of onI
two OF three, and he would have pu
Tennessee Oh record against it instea
Of for it,. There was a time in the his
tory Of that iniqnitous measure whc
the change Of one Senator would hay
defeated it.
The people are oppressed with drN
and taxes. The Sheriff and tax gath
crcr go hand in hand oycr the country
and every Olhrr man oNCs more tina
he car pay. AT such times there is
universal desire to put men in Ollie
who believe in low salaries and IT
t~rcHchmcut. johnson, all his lite, la
been the advocate Of these, and thcrei
is his strength with the toiIing masses
Perhaps, after all, to secure his eICt
ton, the Johnson men may be wiIlln
to unite with the Republicans, an
the Republicans to secure the cIcctlo
of Maynard, may be wiling to unit
with the johnson party, Strange
things have happened.
d, But | would not be understood
prophcsying anything or advocatln
anything. Politics are in such
strange twist here that nobody can tc
what will happen, and | knoT a fe'
who don't care. ii. '. X.