Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-01-29

hatred of wrong, and as much reverence
! for pure and undefiled Democracy as the
new senator from Tennessee.
[St. Louis Timesl
1t is triumph for the old man of which
/ he may well be proud, and even those
/ who ike him least will scarcely be-
| grudge him the crOwning honor of his
| life. Opinions differ widely as to the
/ loftiness of bis patriotism and states
| manship, but there is only one opinion
| of his indomitable pluck, his incOrrupti-
/ bic honesty and unpTetentious COM
mon sense. That he will again become
/ a power at Washington, and a power
! formidable to tyTants and plunderers
and cOrruptionists of every degree, We
all believe, and without distinction Of
party most confidently hope.
Cincinnati Commercially
Andrew johnson was yesterday elect
/ ed to the senate, to succeed ParsOn
! BrOWnlOW, whose term expires on the
! fourth of March next. The struggle has
been a protracted one and the result
was so uncertain that no one would
have ventured to predict it up to the be-
ginning OF the decisive ballot. The
friends of his accidency were all along
fearful of 8 combination that would de-
feat him, but they stood firm, and final
ly, and probably to their surprise, found
that copstancy and perseverance paid in
the end. The election Of Mr.. johnson
will not be likely to please the ultras on
either side, but the people at large have
an abiding faith in his patriotism and
ntegrity-qualities not, unfortunately,
as conspicuous in public men as they
once were-and will receive the news of
his return to the senate with sincere
qualification.
From the Louisville COurier-JournaLl
The election OF Andrew Johnson,
which is announced this morning, will
be received with q species of exultant
yet h9Zy satisfaction all over the cOun-
try. There is notion that the EXPIRES
ident will be thorn in the side of the
Radicals, and there is sympathy with a
certain Obdurate courage he has dis
played throughout his fight in Tennessee,
which unite in giving him an extensive
and, in some respects, al undeserved
popular support. The expectations en-
tertained OF the new senator are likely
TO be disappointed, for, with great nat
ural gifts, johnson is not in reality either
a bold or a bad man. With many good
intentions, he is selfish egotist to whom
the south, at least, owes much mislead-
ing and many misfOrtunes. The oppo-
sitiOn he has overcome was created by
his own perversity. A thorough mar
plot, as he is thorough agitator, he Ie-
turned to his home in Tennessee, after
retiring from the Presidential office, 10
precipitate himself into vulgar Wrsngle
which has given him, al the end of six
years, what he might have had without
a contest in the beginning. The years
OF disappointment through which he
has passed attest his factlOus and bitter
disposition, not any preconceived hos
tility to him on the part of Tennessee.
Yet, it is impossible not to admire the
vigOr OF one who, siXty-six years Of age,
shows the firmnes5 and the grasp, the
eager ambition and the selfish individu-
aIIty of q youthful aspirant. The EX-
President viii go to Washington bent
on personal satisfaction. He will go to
revenge himself and to vindicate his
administration. Thus he will be some
thing of lobbyist filled by one idea; !;
and the danger is that ne will prove 8
bore, missing the issues of the present
to fight his own lost battles over again.
His election to the senate will at least
get him out of local politics. Thus Ten
nessee has followed the example of the
young lady who married an importunate
suitor to get rid of him.
Nashville Union and American.l
The political classification of the gen.
eraI assembly is ninety-two Democrats
and eight Republicans. Mr.. JOhnsOn's
strength was composed of the united
Republican element and forty-four
Democrats. 1t thus appears that he was
supported-including Mr. Galloway
by forty-five Democrats, or cnly one less
than half the total number in both
houses. We fiud q good deal of signifi-
canoe in these figures, because ii has
been charged that Mr.. johnson is not a
Democrat, and the Union and american
does not propose to support for office any
| man whom it does not know to be sound
in that political faith. Emphaticsliy as
we condemned his course in 1872, we
I have never been brought to believe that
| his purpose was to go beyond the pale OF
/ the party. AS we supported him for the
senate in 1869, on the ground that he
! could be of most service to Tennessee
| there, so, now that another Democratic
! legislature admitted to be thoroughly
representative of the people-has fixed
upon him for the senatorial succession,
/ we see no reason why his great talents
( and experience should not be made
I available. The time is eminently pro-
/ pitious TO such q change IN our repre-
/ sentatiou al Washington, and Mr.. Johns
/ son will take his seat in the senate un-
/ der circumstances that will call for all
/ the resources OF broad, comprehensive
craftsmanship. If he should meet the
/ confident aDticipatiOns of those who
( have followed his political fortunes with
such unswerving devotion since the war,
/ the so. called breach in the Democratic
party will be speedily healed. We hope
4 for the best.
ISomerville (Tenn.l Falcon.I
Well, Andrew Johnson has been elect
/ ed our United States senator. To say
/ that we are surprised and panied by this
result would but poorly indicate our SEN
timents. We are shocked, mortified,
I indignant beyond expression! We are
. at a loss to understand how legislature
/ calling itself Democratic, could select
such a man as Andrew Johnson as its
representative TO the national senate,
We suppose that the members who
voted for johnson have their reasons
for their actiOn-some Of them very sub
stnntidl reasons We Opine. We advise
them to prepare their explanations, be-
cause the people will assuredly call for
them. They will want 10 know why &
legislature, Overwhelmingly Demo
cratic, should elect to that high and re-
sponsible office man, whose every ex'
eTtion, during the past four years, hai
been directed to the breaking-up OF the
Democratic party and the formation
a personal organization Of which him
self should be chief? A man whose sol
motto is now and ever has been "Eg'
ct Ego" Andy and myself!
We not only think that the legislator
in electing johnson has bestowed homo
and reward on a renegade ant
J licked the hand that has OF