Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-08-07
MEETING OF RESPECT.
To the Memory Of Andrew Johnson,


Pursuant to call signed by Messrs.
~. a. Quarles, HI. Frech. DIR. w. M.
Green, X. L. Furguson, c. NJ. Stew
art, Hon. IL. Fl. Lurton, G.. d. Will
son and f. G. Irwin, large crowd as
sembled at the Courthouse on Mon
day at II o'clock. The business
houses were generally closed in honor
of the event, in accordance with a
proclamation by Mayor Sullivan.
Hon. G. q. Smith Was called TO the
chair, and Jno. W. Faxon, correspon-
dent of the Courier-J ournal, Jas. A.
Grant, of the Chronicle and Ii. NJ.
Doak, of the Tobacco Leaf, appointed
Secretaries. The chairman explained
the object Of the meeting accompa-
MED with few very appropriate re-
marks ia regard to the distinguished
dead.
Upon motion Of Gen. Quarles, the
following committee on resolutions
was appointed Gen. w. A. QuarleS,
j. E. Bailey, j. Z. Hawks, H. Frech,
o. NJ. Blackman and c. Nj. Stewart.
The following resolutions We're read
by Gen. Quarles as the report of the
committee:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the AZ
mighty Ruler Of the Universe. TO re-
move from our midst an eminent
statesman, who was once 4 Represen-
tative in the Legislature of his State
and in Congress, u former Governor Of
Tennessee, a President and at the time
of his death a Senator in the Congress;
of the United States; and who in al
these positions had so deported him.
self as to win from a multitude Of
friends, high admiration, devoted at
tachment, and never filling support
and from his worst foes-eyen In az
age Of corruption and public demon
alization--the confession, that though
countless thousands of public money
had passed through his hands, they
remained unsoiled, and that ne dice
as he had lived, an honest man and
now that we stand around his oper
grave, when malice should cease tt
blacken and rivalry to detract, we fee
that with one impulse we as citizens
of his beloved Tennessee, may offe,
his name as a rich contribution to the
/ fame OF our common country, illustra
ting among other things, the equality
of life under our laws whereby tht
humblest boy In the land may by en-
ergy, honesty and ability rise to thu
position of highest eminence and wher
his life is closed it may be said of hin
as now of Andrew johnson, the high
est in the land mourned their peer, thu
fowliest lamented their friend. sac
Let us give to the decca, ed the it'll
he priced most-a Tribune of the PEG
pie, and that epitaph he made for him
self when his voice was last heard IL
our midst: When | come to lay In,
fevered head upon its dying pillow
may / so have lived and acted as t,
let my last living thought be, | wh'
have been SO long and so often trusted
by the people of Tennessee, that
have been true to their interest ant
have done them some little service
and when they visit my humble gray,
may they be ready to say: Here lIei
one, who loved principle better thai
wealth, and the people better thai
power" Be it therefore
Resolved, That in the death of An
drew johnson, the nation has lost al
eminent statesman. the people frien,
and the State of Tennessee a publi
servant, experienced in council, pro
found in knowledge, bold and able il
the assertion and defense of constitu
tienal liberty.