Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-01-28
Rx.PRESIDEEr JOHNSON.
Comments Of the Press on His EIee-
ton 90 the U. s. senate.


ton 90 the U. 5. senate.
Cincinnati Commercial
Andrew johnson was yesterday elected
TO the Senate TO succeed Parson BroWnlow
whose term expires on the 4th Of Marcel
next. The struggle has been a prOtracted
one, and the result was so uncertain that
no one would have ventured to predict il
up TO the beginning Of the decisive ballot.
The friends Of bis Accidency were all
along fearful Of a combination that
would defeat him, but they stood firm,
/ and finally, and probably to their surprise,
] found that constancy and perseverance
1 paid in the end. The election Of 1Ir.
! johnson viii not be likely to please the
nltTas on either side, but the people at
large have an abiding faith in his patriot
ism and integrity-qualities not, unfortu-
nately, as CONSPICUOUS in public men as
they once were-and will receive the news
Of his return to the Senate with sincere
qualification.
With a. ]. in the Senate, we can afford
70 dismiss all fears for the safety Of the
Constitution.
Cincinnati Gazette.
And so Andy johnson has been elected
Senator, and from TennesSeei Who, ten
yeaTs ago, would have thought such a thing
possible? End the general comment Of
Republicans is, ssWell, he win make things
lively in the Senate" Who, seven years
AGO, would have thought this would have
been the first utterance Of Republicans on
hearing that his Accidental Excellency was
going back TO Washington?
People evidently forget a good deal in
seven years. 1t is only eight years ago
that a demand for the impeachment of the
newly-elected Senator was going up from
one end Of tie country to the other.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The election of ex-President johnson to
the Senate is unquestiOnably public ben
eft. He has never been accused OF steal
ing, which fact constitutes a most excel
lent character for a man who has held
official position almost consecutiyely
fOTty-seVen years. He has mquestiOned
ability. The Republican party viii not
deny this, for it made him Vice President.
He has an independence and tenacity of
purpose which would be difficult to match.
With an experience of ten years
Ia the House of Representatives;
six years in the Senate; more than
three years in the Presidency; always
dlL4NCF GAAEAAENA-- CA4Ls Will 6llic Oh
accounts 70 adjust with the Republican
party, and possessed Of both the inelina-
ton and ability to adjust them; with an
aggressiveness which nearly three score
years and ten have not tanned. and which
some Of those years have stimulated, ex-
President Andrew johnson, of Tennessee,
viii be probably the most interesting, and
possibly the most conspicuous figure in the
next United States Senate. Like Caesar
in Gaul, be may make it lively for the
boys"
The stately gentlemen Of the United
States Senate will be about as much de-
lighted when Andy johnson steps into their
midst as if some Waggish fellow had me
andered through the hall sprinkling acoW
itch' here and there on the backs Of Sena-
torial necls.
Andy viii be there when Grant is i'm
peached.
When Andy johnson sticks that long
nose Of his into the United States Senate |
the trouble will begin.
Louisville Courier-JOurnaL
The election of Andrew johnson. which |
Is announced this morning, viii be received |
with q species Of exultaut vet hay salts /
action all over the country. There is a |
notion that the ex-President will be i
i thorn in the side Of the Radicals, /
md theTs is sympathy with certain Obdu-
ate courage he las displayed tll35ughout
ais fight IN Tennessee, which unite in Civ
ng him an extensive and, in some
respects, an undeserved popular sup
loTt. The expectations entertained
IF the new Senator are likely to be
disappointed, for, with great natural
yifts, johnson is not in reality either a
bold or a broad man. With many good !
be is q selfish egOtist to whom |
he South, at least, owes much misleading
md many misfoTtunes. The opposition
le has Just overcome was created by his
DWn perVersity. A thorough marplOt, as
e is a thorough acitatOr, he returned to
lis home in Tennessee, after retiring from
he Presidential office, to precipitate him
elf into vulgar Wrangle which has given
lin, at the end of six years, what he
night have had without 4 contest in the |
BEGINNING. The years of disappointment
trough which he has passed at
est his factiOus and bitter disposition, |
lot any precOnceived hostility to him
N the part Of Tennessee. Yet, it is i'm
'Ossible not to admire the Vigor of one
Who, sixty-six years Of ace, shows the firm
less and the grasp, the eager ambition and
he selfish individuality, Of youthful as
iirant. The ex-President will 90 to Wash
ngtOn bent on personal satisfaction. He
will 90 to revenge himself and to Vindi-
ate his administration. Thus he will be
Of hObbyiss, filed by one idea;
nd the danger is that lie will prove bore,
Missing the issues Of the present to fight
lis own lost battles over again, His elec-
ion to the Senate will at least get him out
f local politics. Thus Tennessee has fol-
owed the example Of the young lady who
married an impOrtunate suitor to get rid
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