Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-01-28
Herald and Tribune.
United State Senator.
The Great
The Lucky Man.

for Senator. The friends of the different
aspirants from every county in the
State were at Nashville working in the
interest of their favorites. On the fifty
sixth lallot, last Tuesday, Andrew
johnson, the great "Commoner' was
elected. The people generally favored
the election of Mr.. Johnson, while the
Bourbon Rings of Middle and West
Tennessee opposed him. We claim
hi, election as a victory for the Re-
publican party. Our noble little band
Of eight stood firm. 1t is to them that
the x.President owes his thanks fol
success. Had they wavered or re-
fused to vote for him, he never could
have been elected, 1t is great victo'
nv over Bourbon DEMOCRACY, and we re
joice the more from the fact that the
Bourbons carried the last election by
storm over true and honest Republi-
cans in may of the counties.
Andrew johnson, has never been &C.
cused Of doing "A dishonest act for
money. The people considered him an
honest man, and every Tennessee
. ..
Federal Soldier knew him to be a true
union man. When tho old soldiers
road the following address that he de
lived at Columbus Ohio, in October
1861, it will remind them of the times
that tried mems souls, and they will yet
feel like giving three cheers for Andrew
johnson. On the occasion above re.
fe:ed to. Mr.. Johnson, said:
The other day, when | stood in the
presence Of two thousand Tennesseeans,
exiled like myself from their homes of
comfort aud the families Of their love, l
found that my manhood and stcrnness
Of mind were all nothing, and that l was
only 4 child. There they were, my
friends and fellow.citzens of my beloved
State, gathered upon the friendly soil Of
Kentucky, from the tender STRIPPING Of
sixteen to tho gray haired flther of
sixty, all mourning the evil that has BE-
fallen our land and our homes, but all
seeking for arms whercwith to 60 back
and drive the invader from our fields and
hearthstenes. l essayed to speak to them
words Of counsel and encouragement, but
speech was denied me. | stood before
them as one dumb. If 1t be true that
out of the f~ullness OF the heart the mouth
speaketh, it is also tru, that the heart
may be too full for the utterance Of
speech. And such wc.e oars-txo thou
sand Of Us exiled Tenncsseeans, and all
ilsnt asa city of tie idcad! But there
was no torpor there. There were the
Bounding heart and %throbbing brain
there we're the burning check aud the
blazing eye, all more eloquent than ever
wsrc the utterings Of human speech.
Each Of that thropg Of exiles, who had
wandered among tho mountains and hid
In their cavorns, who had slept in the
forest and squeezed themselves, one by
one, through the pickets of the invader,
each one was now Offering comfort and
pledging fidelity TO the other. Youth
and age we're banded together in a holy
alliance that will never yield till our
country and our flag, our Government
and our institutions are bathed in the
sunlight Of peace, and consecrated by the
baptism Of patriotic blood.
There were their homes, and there too is
mius-right over there. And yet we
were homeless, exiled And why? Was it
for crime? Had we violated any law? Had
We offended the majesty Of our Consti,
,utisn or done wrong to any human being ?
Nay. nene Of these. Our fault, and IL
only fault, was loving enr country too
we'll to permit its betrayal. And for this
the remorscless agents of that'sum Of viii
l%sipes,' secession, drove US from our
families and firesides, and made us exiled
wanderers. But the time shall soon come
when we wanderers will.go home Depend
upon tiny friends this mopstrous inqiuity
cannot long subsist. Some bolt of
Heavens righteous vengeance, "red with
uncommon wrath, will blast the traitors in
their high estate" But whatever they
may d~o--thOugh they may ravage our
State and make d~esolate our homes,
theush they convert the caves Of our
mountains into sspulchers and turn eur
valleys and plains into graves yards, there
Is still one thing they cannot do-they
never can. while God reigus, make East
Tennessee 8 land Of slaves
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