Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-08-01


N ia with feelings OF the most profound
regret that we announce the demise OF
Senator johnson. who died 1t his resi-
dencs near Knoxville. Tennessee, at
half past two O'Clock yesterday morning.
The seventeenth President Of the United
States was born In Raleigh. North Caro-
lima. in 1903. and at an early age was APP
prenticed to q tailor. By indomitable
application he was able to read and write
at the age Of seventeen. He never wen,
to school day in his life bat by self
denying application acquired great
amount Of information. In 1928 he re.
moved to Greenville. Tennessee, and in
'35 be was sent 10 the State Legislature
In Al he was elected to the State Senate
and was sent TO Congress in '43, where
he remained but a year, being elected
Governor o! Tennessee. and reelected in
'53. He was chosen United States Sens-
tor for "a six-year term, commencing In
1857, after which he served on the Com
mittoe OF Public Lands. At that time he
was Democrat and an ardent adherent Of
Breckenridge and Lane, but when the
Southern States seeded he championed
the cause of the Union and hurled fierce
and scsthing phi'lippics at those VINO
sought to destroy the country. IN %
he was appointed Military Governor %
Tennessee and in ga was nominated on
the same ticket with Liacoln and elected
On the 18th OF April. 1860, he took the
Presidential oath Of office. and then COM
menced four years of continued warfare
between him and Congress. His ideas
and theirs on the subject of reconstruc-
ton were entirely at variance. Presi-
dent johnson recognized as loyal States
the commonwealth Of Virginia, Tennes-
see, Arkansas and Louisiana. Overthe
other seeded States he appointed pro-
visional Governors with authority to call
conventions to establish permanent gov.
ernments. His policy was to recognize
such governments when they repealed
secession ordinances and repudiated
their Confederate debt. On these points
Congress- and the President disagreed
and the years GO, '67 and '6S were full
of constant turmoil and discussion. In
February, 1868. President Johnson I'M
dertook to remove Edwin M. Stanton,
then Secretary OF War. At once howl
went up from Congress, and on the Gath
Of February the House Of Representa-
tives impeached him for "high crimes
and misdemeanors." He was tried and
acquitted, Ben. Wade heaping lasting
obloquy on his own name by giving his
vote for conviction. Throughout the
remainder Of his term he was constantly
at variance with Congress-. and gladly re-
tired to his home in Tennessee in 1869
His administration was marked by many
i,ncousistencies. but he had the good d
the country nt sasssrt. Last Fall he was
elected United States. Senator from hi
old home. and his appearance on the
floor OF the Senate caused many mem
Der to shai. 10 his boots. Had he lived
no would have been of great use In the
Senate. and for this reason his death is
National calamity. He was a devoted
friend. an untiring supporter and re-
lsntless enemy. A self.made man who
had worked himself up from the tailor's
bench to the highest office in the gift Of
the American people, Andrew johnson
understood the springs Of human nature
being, as he once incoherently expressed
1t. himself plebian." HIS advent il
the Senate last Winter was hailed will
pleasure by the friends OF truth and jus
tice throughout the country, and be wa,
just the man needed there next Deem
Der to ventilate the villainous scheme
aud rascalities Of tho Administration
He was consistent in his inconsistency
that being his superficial nature. but un
DERIVING that was love Of the right ant
hatred for all shams and sophistry
Next to Thurlow Weed he was tn,
shrewdest and most feared politician il
the United States, his correspondent,
and private records being sufficient t.
politically damn the entire crew o
Washington mountebanks, from Squeal
er Colfax TO chichester Butler. The,
are the only ones who will rejoice at hi,
death, and with good cause, for he wa,
the only man living who could show u,
their rascalities in their true light. W.
have thus briefly sketched his career
out volumes would be required to d,
justice to his memory. Like Lincoln
ne was true friend to the South and ,
hrm believer in the Interior principles O
State Sovereignty. His private life wa,
exemplary and the domestic oualitie,
lacking in many public men were deen,,
engrAfted In his nature. He wa. A..
man for the hour. and his death vn
leave a gaping void in the councils Of tn
nation.