Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-03-18
ANDY JOHNSON.

II IL q general, but not i~nvariable,
journalistic rule to disregard all an
onymous communications. We re-
ceived yesterday, through the mail,
the subjoined letter on a matter ofpub-
lie interest on which we had lately
commented, and the sincere and man.
~ tone OF our unknown correspon-
dent induces US to depart from our
rule
EUREKA, March 16, 1875.
EDITOR SENrINEL-Sir: You will
pardOn the writer for presuiTing to
trespass upon your time and attention
concerning Z matter that, perhaps, Is
of no particular importance to yourself.
1t is concerning 4 comment in this
mornings SENTINEL upon the past
acts OF Mr.. Johnson, of Tennessee,
and l offer these few remarks
in behalf of truth and justice.
You say that Mr.. Johnson is
q stubborn, wrong headed man
in many respects. Was he wrong in
his administration of military affairs
in Tennessee while the fratricidal strife
continued Z. Or was be wrong in striv-
ing to establish In the past principles
that must be inaugurated in the future
or else the days Of Caligula will prove
not far distant ? Or was he wrong in
not resigning his office as chief OF the
nation when he found that he was not
in accord with Congress and the Cab
met for writing what his mind led him
to believe vas just to all sections OF the
Union? There was a time, Mr.. Edi-
tor. when patriotism a at a premium
ia the Republic, but it seems that
what il left Of the relic has become alb
sObed in q few such men as johnson of
Tennessee. God knows that he has
been maligned more than any other
public person since the surrender at
Appomattox; and yet, strange to say.
his raligners can not prove where his
eflicial acts were not correct. All, sir,
time Is the arbiter of all human affairs,
and it behooves the American people
to attend to the teachings OF men like
him, or the destines of a free republic
will pretty soon end. There was a
time when the writer of this was en-
gagged in strife against the principles Of
Mr.. Johnson, but | thank Heaven that
time has stricken the scales from my
eyes as the angel did from Saul's, and
henceforth partyism has become OBJ
sOlete with me, q | know it is with
many more.
Yours, with respect,
EUREKA.
We disapprove, have yer disap
proved Of many of the public acts of
Andrew Johnson. We believe him 10
have deprived the presidential Office Of
much of the dignity which had ever
surrounded and should ever attach to
it; we believe him guilty Of participa-
ton in the foulest military murder
that disgraces the annals of our
people-the hanging of Mrs. Surrratt;
even when hs "a INDEPENDENTLY
in the reconstruction matters-we be-
lieve that to his wrong-headedness and
obstinancy the defeat of the very
measures which lie advocated, is, in a
great measure, to be attributed. But
wit hal, we give Mr.. Johnson credit for
sterling integrity of purpose and for
honest, u~nsectionai, devoted patriot
ism. He never disgraced his high
Office by presidential present-taking;
he permitted his Judgment to be
Influenced by considerations of his
" interest. The nation, with its
present experience, can but our his
loss rs chief executive, and the absence
among the Cadicals of the straightfor-
ward, modest unionism Of our repent
ant rebel correspondent.