The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-02-03
ASDREW JOHNSON.
An Immense Popular DemOnstFa-
ton on the Public Square,
The Democratic Successor of
BrOwnlOw Addresses His
Constituents.

= BrOwnIOVy Addresses His
r. Constituents.
FsPeeeRek b byHon. Geo. w J6ne.
. EICoL A. s. Colyar and Mr. G.
D w. Brien.
7 y1Ctmaediately after-lTis election b
the Convention, ex-President Johr
son, now Tennessee's Senator elect
Fwas Fwaioea Upon fat the Maxwell
House BY an irhmense crowd of hi
friends nd4adhefents. who congrat
ulated him upon. his success and in
4 sisted upon a speech. To this Mr.
Il Johnson responded shat he conIdno
e then comply with their request. bu
= would be pleased to address them a
night. Arrangements were, there
fore, made during the afternoon fol
speaking upon the Public Square. A
large stand was erected immediately
in front of Berry & Demovilie's drug
store, and hand bills announcing the
1evening's programme were distribut
! ed all over the city, setting the hour
OF Z 80 for the speaking.
At halfpast seven Mr.. johnson was
introduced by the Hon. George W.
Jones, " no said: +-
REMARKS FHON GEO. ". JONES.
lf.fI believe that the result ofthe elcc.
tion to day will be the best for the
Epeop le, not only of Tennessee but of
tie SOUL. and. Of the whole nation.
l meyer fe9nd any guile in Andrew
! Johnson. ] have found him on all
questions, to be true and faithful to
The Democratic party and to the in
| terest or the many. L have Known
him for forty years, and in all that
ktime Lhaveallnown him@as a gentle
lIhan, true, and honest, and faithful |,
and upon this occasion the pleasant
duty has been assigned me to intro
duce him to YOU. now introduce
to you Andrew Johnson, the Senator
elect ofthe State of Tennessee. ZAP
plause.
4 <Mr. johnson then spoke as follows {:
Mr.. JOHNSON'.S .44DDRESS.
Fellow citizens: In appearing be-
fore you tonight. it is not for the
purpose of making an address, but
simply to participate in the feeling
and sentiments that have been pro
duced on this occasion. | am not
here for the purpose of discussing
any Of the questions which have di-
vided and now agitating the public
mind. My purpose is simply to ap-
speaT before you Tonight at this de
'monstration, for the purpose of re-
turning my thanks to you and to the
Legislature for what. has been done
this day-1an6in referring to il, it
will not Ire my purpose to be invitli-
Gus or to sag any thing derogatOry.
or calculated TO wound the tender
sensihility Of any one who may have
been connected with it. When We
look at the condition OF the country
we know we have been divided into
parties; we know that these parties
have had thei: bitterness; we know
it from the history of our county,.
These party differences and these
party animosities shoald be set aside,
and the time has come when wes
should all come forward and stand
around the altar Of our common eeun-
there offer up alLthese party
elitfereness as a-saerifiee GPouit. The
time has eonle~when it. seems to me
thatstl4e- Country shoalJt rise above
tfese PartY flecrees and our pastdif
ferences% The time has come when
the couAtry should rHte instead of the
cOqgitry -heiH9 ruled by mere parti
saps|and party hacks, and in adj
dressufa you here tonight want to
sa5 tltat { am no partisan, although
1 have belonged to one of the old
parties of the country from my ad-
vent into public life to the present
time, but while have been that !
have always had that earnestness, in
accordance with my Judgment, to
pursue the principles which believe
were calculated to promote the COM
mon welfare aad WELD the common
good of my country.
~ In making. an apology here to-
night for not-speaking, i wish to say
rlis: that while we are exnberant. !
while we max be considered in a
state Of exultation as It were, let us
remember our true position. Al
though it may be said that we have |
succeeded. that we have triumphed, |
let us look at it in a right point of |
view cInlthis contest with hsmy- op- !
ponents or adversaTies, as you may |
term it. it has pot been my purpose |
or my habit to,ihdulge in epithets or
in the use of any unkind expressions
III re eference to. them. but onthe con
trary, to the extent that I have been |
before the country, directly or indi-
rectl5S itlhds peaIupon hly.own mer- |
its; upon my own claims, and not up
on the demorits ofaany one else. AS |
to the cause of.rejoicing. let me say 4
one or two words Alt thohgh have |
been the iastFument, the individual.
as it were, selected through which |
the popular heart Of the State might |
be reflected it is not my triumph; it |
is not my victory; it is the victory
of the popular heart of the State and !
Of the nation [ Applause The pub
ic,mind has been for some time inn |
pressed with the condition or the |
country. both State and Federal. In
the last canvass throughout the State,
the attention Of the coanirS was
called to the condition OF our State
and. ih discussion of theseS
great principles they have made a
in the popular heart. The
great Wits or tire people we're dis
turbed they discovered that some
thing was wrong, and that a remedy
was needed! and this has made its
way into theahearts Of the people.@1
They went ia quest of some ipstru-
nent,. in the shape Of some individ-
nal or person, in whom that popular
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