The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-02-04
TENNESSEE POLITICS.
The Opinions and Comments Of
a COurier-JOurnaI
COrresnondent.

The people of Tennessee are striving
manfully to be pleased with a. J., but
they remind me of the good old Ken
lucky gentleman of whom it was said
during the late war, "He tried harder to
be Union man than any one, yet made
the dist worst attempt at it of any of
his neighbOrs." Prominent men say to
me, ''He is now my Senator, and 1 will
sustain him in all he does for the good
Of the country, but 1 am afraid he will
fight his own battles, to the exclusion
of other higher duties. Yet l shall hope
for the best" Poor fellows! it's a hard
blow, and l should admire very much
to meet a gentleman of the opposition
who bears this late infection of Provi-
dence with the mien of a philosopher.
But they are coming to it gradually and
if Mr.. johnson meant what he said in
his speech Tuesday night, then 1 pre-
dict that he will have more, rather than
fewer, friends when his term expires
Heaven knows, of all men in Tennessee
Andrew johnson ought to be foTgiving,
and should treasure uD no longer those
ardent hates which have burned so long
in his bosom. This noble and generous
people has held out the olive branch to
him; aye, more, they have twined it in
TO wreath and last Tuesday they set it
upon his brow. He should be a very
Apostle of Peace.
A queer feature of Mr.. JOhnsOn's cleo
ton is the rejoicing of the Radicals of
Tennessee, who clap their hands and
yell as loudly as the best of Democrats
at the election of Mr.. johnson. They
say they now have the Democracy just
where they want it, and that the skies
are bright for them in the near future.
But these shrewd fellows reckon with
out their host. The party will not dis
rupt because of his election. Those
hard-headed, honest old East Tennessee
UniOnists say that the last wound is
now healed, the two wings are cement
ed, and that the cry of ''War DemOcra-
cy" shall be heard no more in the land.
War Democracy down here means Just
what Andy has recently denOminated
''the id rebel Democracy" En- pas
SAINT, learn that since his election he
has decided to join the church, cease
swearing and drop several other little
bad habits of his. / believe l tele-
graphed you that he had been "slightly
indispOsed" since his election. Let all
piOus people join in the hope that his
may be as complete as has
been his unlocked for vindication.
THE CONFEDERATE ELEMENT.
yesterday to know how
many eX-cOnfederates supported Mr..
johnson. Upon inquiry, l found that
in the Senate nine gentlemen, who had
been in that army, were his earnest sup
porters, they constituting a majority of
the Confederate element in that body.
In the House twenty-one had been his
supporters, actively striving to secure
his election; and, like the Senate, these
twenty-One were a majority of that ell
ement in the House.
The General Assembly numbers one
mem bers, about forty per cent.
of whom were Confederates, and we
find seventy-tiye of that number sup
porting Mr.. johnson. You can imag-
inc the powerful engine this showing
Will be in the hands of Senator Gordon
IN combating the stories of the Radi-
Gals about ''rebel prescription of Union
men," Without this hearty and true
support from the ''rebels'' Mr.. johnson
would have been defeated. Bear in
mind, too, that Ofhis opponents, Brown,
Bate and Quarles were Confederate
Generals, Stephens and Savage COnfed-
crate Colonies, and Henry a COnfeder-
ate States Senator. Let us hear no more
''war cries" they cease to echo through
the hills and valleys of Tennessee.
When can the North be brave and Chi
various enough to say as much of any
State of that section? Yet the old cry
will still be made, until mayhap the
COmmOner-I cannot tell lie and say
the "great into the Senate, when
one blast upon his bugle horn may prove
worth a thousand from any other. No
they will not believe even him.
The politics OF Tennessee is an anon
ally, the like of which does not exist in
any other State. Men sit gravely down
and tell you that the Wings of Tennes-
see have had all the offices since the war
and it is high time the Democrats were
coming in. They seem wholly oblivi-
Gus of the events of 1852; they forget
the day when the grand old Wing party
folded the drapery of its couch around
it and laid down to rest, quiet at last as
was the one truly Great CommOner who
had been to it a staff and shield.