Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-05
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Opinions OF Leading Journals Of the
Union upon the Career and IabOrs
OF the "Great COmmoner."
IN Instructive 5elange-A Great Char.
acter for Honesty, Integrity and
Industry Conceded.
Baltimore Sun

Baltimore sun
ID his death the country
has lost a citizen whose example OF sue
Cegsfu. energy, rising above the greatest
difficulties to the highest station, should
be an aHimating example to the youth
of tae land, and e statesman whose vigOr
of intellect, public spirit and political
knowledge derived from practice, would
have been Of great service in the councils
Of the nation.
Cincinnati Timesl
His death closes one OF
the most TemaTkable careeTJ in our po-
liticai history. and one that future his.
tOrians viii fad much to interest them
in. While, at this late day, much of the
snimosity that led to his Impeachment
has passed away; set the relief is still
strong in the dishonest and unpatriOtic
selfishness OF his course as President,
and the country is still suffering under
tie evils that il wrought.
Kansas City Times.I
A strong man, brave and true patriot
and an honest public servant has fallen.
The story of his life is a noble lesson to
the children of the poor and q remark
able illustration Of the effect of Ameri-
can institutions in developing character
and TeWerding merit wherever found.
He died with clean
hands and his record was a proud one.
The helpless orphan, the tailOr's ap-
prentice, made himself the head of the
great republic, and no stain rests upon
his fOrty-tive years of public service.
Columbia Is. c. Union-Herald
In many respects Mr.. Johnson filled
the popular idea OF the typical Ameri-
cana seli-made man. Without early
education, social advantages or wealth,
he literally fought his way to the high
est stations in the gift of the people.
With infirmities of temper and an ego
tism which resulted in wonderful OBJ.
stiuaCy, he yet retained the love of
friends and the respect OF foes, for his
faults were not those Of meanness or
treacheTy. History will accord to him
o high place among American states
men. The almost universal feeling will
be, as the people read of his death, that
We could have better spared better
man.
Knoxville ChrOnicle.I
Ia one respect, at least, Ex-President
Johnson was a model statesman. He
was honest. Whatever men have said
of him politically, no responsible man
ever called his unflinchiDg integrity in
question. He was in public life almost
half century, yet no man can say that
he ever betrayed the confidence of his
friends by taking that which did not be-
long to him. His character, in this re-
spect, was so well understood, that he
was scarcely, II ever, approached by a
dishonest lobbyist with q corrupt prOpO-
siliOn. This is one of the principal res-
Sons why he was always 80 strong with
the masses. His personal integrity al.
ways gave his political policy special
weight, aud thousands relied upon him
without giving questions much inves-
tigatiOn, knowing his personal incOrrup-
tibility.
cbburg RepubIcan.I
Andrew Johnson was no ordinary
man. Born in poverty and obscurity,
without any educational or social ad-
Yantages; bound out in early life to
learn the trade of tailor; removing
from North Carolina tOTennessee to be-
gin his career, where he was stranger
in 3 strange land; without friends or
money to bring him into notice or push
him forward IN his ambitious career, he
vet accomplished what few have been
able to attain by aid OF all the adventi-
tiOus advantages of birth, family intiu-
ence, education, friends and wealth
The obstacles which seemed to rise up
before him to impede his progress on the
road to fame were such as to an ordinary
mind would have seemed insuTmount-
able, but to Andrew Johnson they were
as wisrs OF straw to a giant. He sur
mounted them with the least apparent
effort, and rose rapidly through all the
grades Of Office-member OF the legisla-
ture and governor OF Tennessee, con-
gresham, United States senator and
Vice President-tO the glittering pin
nRcle of mems highest ambition in this
country, President Of the United States.
Washington Chronicle.I
To "speak no evil of the dead" is a
maxim more plausible than just; for it
is only by commencing the good actions
of a man, or cOndemplng his evil ones,
that his history can be used to "pOint
moral" or from which lessons may be
drawn that will prove useful TO others.
AS virtue should ever be initiated and
commended, so vice and error should
ever be censured and denounced. The
"gOOd that men do lives after them" is
a truthful saying conceded by all. Un-
fortunately, it is equally true that the
errors they commit are equally followed
ny results. In many respects the life of
Andrew johnson was useful one. In
its earlier stages, particularly, it Illus
trated the benign influences Of our insti-
tutions, through which, without the
advantages Of an early education or the
aid of influential friends, he was enabled
to attain positions to which the most
highly educated aspired. Possessed OF
an irdOmitable will, and with natural
abilities above the common mass, he
improved his opportunities to the ut
most; and in this respect his example is
one which may well be initiated by the
youth OF our country. No young man,
however inferior bis station in life, or
surrounded by poverty, need despair Of
success, who will use, with his best
energies, as Mr.. Johnson did, his God
given powers.
Charleston News and Courier.
A remarkable man, the last Of the ex-
Presidents OF the United States, has
gone to his rest. The career of Andrew
Johnson affords the most striking and
conspicuous instance of the almost un-
limited opportunities and possibilities
which the American system of govern
ment holds out tG tie hum blest citizen,
il he chance to have the ambition to
grasp and the ability or the luck to bend
them TO his will. Time has done
Justice to Andrew Johnson. The sober
second thought of the whole American
people approved the vote which acquit-
ted hin, and the courage and consist
ency Of his course, seen through the
vista Of TeCeding years, have won the
plaUdits OF many Of those who once
clamOred loudest for his overthrow and
disgrace. II was only last winter that
Tennessee once more hUnored him with
the highest Office within her gift; and as
the veteran statesman, emerging from
the retirement in which he had passed
six years, appeared again, and for the
last time, in the senate Of the nation, the
voice Of the people hailed bis coming
with hearty and ungrudging welcome.
Whatever his faults or mistakes might
have been, they recognized at last in the
x.PresideDt what has become all too
rare among political leaders in these
days Of public plumber and corruption
an honest man.
Now Orleans Bulletin.
Andrew Johnson belonged to the peO-
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