The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-08-04

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It is hard to realize that in the
midst of his great usefulness, and
with the laurel wreath Of fame Sc
freshly rebound upon his brow. he
has been taken from us /; yet it is so
Long before these lines shall have
gone into type, and even before they
are written, the sad sentence will
have been uttered by ten millions oil
lips" Andrew johnson is dead p
Not since the death of Washington
has a death occurred among the
American people more deeply felt.
Among the great men Of the ma
ton Andrew johnson stood in many
repects alone and without a peer,
Not the greatest among the orators
of the country, still possessing pow
ers that enabled him upon the ros-
trum to WELD, perhaps, a greater in
fuence than any great orator of his
| day Not the most learned among
America statesmen, he yet possessed
a fund of political information which
fmade him one Of the most practical
and useful men Of the age in which
he lived. His great fame, power and
usefulness were the result not OF
learning ,oratorical powers, or wealth,
but of pure patriotism, sound jadg-
ment, untiring industry, and stern
integrity. Now that he is gone,
friend ond foe will feel and say that
an honest man has died. Now that
his voice is no more to be heard in
the council chambers Of the republic,
many of his countrymen will feel
that American liberty has lost one
of its most trusty and most power
full guardians. h
To-day, tuesday, at Greeneville,
his mortal remains will be consigned
to their final resting place.
There remains to his countrymen
his name, his fame, his wise counsels
and his bright example. These viii
live on, when the age in which he
lived shall have passed into history,
The Press and Herald. Of Sunday,
fifty says:
It will be seen by the sad an
nouncement elsewhere that ex-Pres-
ident johnson breathed his last at
2 80 o'clock on yesterday morning.
The painful and unexpected intelli-
gence will send a pang of sorrow to
the hearts of millions. For it may
be truly said of the I" Great Com
moner," that no one of whom history
gives us any account, had so endear--
ed himself to the toiling millions.
We think that history may be ran
sacked in vain for parallel to his
extraordinary career. 1t was quite
as unique as it was splendid. and
quite as splendid as it was unique.
In him far more eonspicuously than
in any American worthy, were EN-
bodied and crystallized, she respon
sibilities which present themselves
to the American youth of energy and
integrity. From the very humblest
beginning he rose step by step until
he became one among the command
ing personages of the last decade
the stormiest in American politics.
For all this, he was indebted to a
large brain, an iron frame, an indom
liable viii, unfinching courage. un-
bending integrity, and great powers
of application-all these great quail
tiles he possessed in a remarkable
degree and it is not strange that
they won for him conspicuous place
in his couutry's history. That he
had his faults, even his warmest adj
mirers will be the last to deny; had
he not, he had been more than NOR
tai. But so entirely eclipsed were
they in the light of his many virtues.
that he seemed q driyeller, indeed,
who paused to dwell upon them.
Now, that his strong spirit has
gone to its last account, history will
begin to do him justice.
It was too much TO expect for the
e Great Commoner'' in the flesh; for
his name was the synonym of strife.
A truer patriot-an honester man
a stouter heart -or 4 truer friend, |
never lived than Andrew Johnson
and the cook of his eveutful life is
rcplete with instructive lessons to
Tie alnbitious youth of the land.
The Chronicle of Sunday, mt
of his eventual life, uses
ne following appropriate Language
Elk -President Johnson was n strong
ype OF an American seIf.made man.
lis early life was one continual
ye may say a desperate struggle
With poverty. lie had everything
o discourage him. lie was not only
,oor but, he was absolutely without
;ducation. except that gained from
constant battle with the stern re-
.Iities Of an ill-favored life. Butt
luck, perseverance, and indomitable
Industry overcome all in measure,
nd he rose. step by step, until he
aimed the topmost pinicie of flames
air temple. % Ii
These struggles with fortune inn
ressed his whole nature, SO that
throughout life his course showed
be thorny path bic had trods lie
now the ihnerlnost feelings Of the J
lechanic's and Iaboring mars heart 4
ma understood perfectly tile main j
lrfng Of their lives. it was this
which he made Use OF
) Bl1ifully. That gave linn influence
YER this class of our population
lat time With an its changes and
golutions could never shaie