Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-01

canvassed the State, making some OF
the most telling speeches u his life. For
/ this reason it was supposed, and expect
ed, he would 90 with the south ia b.
secession Of the States fTOL2 the Union
but he elected otherwise, and became in
the senate one of the most determined,
uuf1inchinp and uncompfDm'sing de-
Tenders OF the Union. lie served out
his term in the senate, Sd Immediately
thereafter was appointed .-nllltaTY-goV-
ernor OF Tennessee, in which position
he reOrganized the STATE government,
acting for that purpose 4 ali the dis,
cOrGant elements tken imposing the
Union party. He was subs Identy nUmi-
uated by the RepUb,icr' party, aid
on the reelection of Nj. Lincoln g 81
President, in the autumn o' lSGf,
WAS elected Vice-PIe'ident, aud
after the assassination Ct Mr.. / iu-
coin, ApriI l4,h, was sworn in as POSI-
dent April I5, 1865. On lis accession
to the Presidency, MIR. Johnson ct first
manifested great severity against the
Confederate leaders; refusing TO s.en to
any pleas for the cOmmatstion Of the
sentence of death passed Oh Mrs. Sur
ratt, and declaring that 'Tebels, even il
repentant, must take the hack seats"
but very soon he changed his policy en-
tirely and proclaimed successive amnes-
ties for those who had been leaders in
the war But congress objected and the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments TO
the constitution were passed and ratified
by the requisite majority Of two-thirds
of the states. Measures of reconstTuc.
ton, having for their ohjectthe protection
Of the freedmen, and the granting Of
suffrs ge to them, were passed by con-
gress, and, though vetoed by Mr.. John |
son, were passed oyer his vetOes. From
the summer OF 1856 the hostility between
Mr. johnson and the party which had |
elected him and its representatives in |
grew daily more bitter. In a
tour made through the northern States |
in the autumn Of 1866, this bitterness |
was intensified by Mr.. Johnson's denun-
citation Of congress, and Of some Of the !
senators by name. His subsequent !
such as opposing impartial suf |
frage, recommending greenoack cur |
Tency, ard his open and bold opposition !
to Officer OF the government, especially |
to Secretary Stanton andGeneral Grant, |
still further widened the breach. An |
coup d'etdt to gain possession |
OF the war office, led to his impeaeh- |
ment in February, 1868, but he was tri- |
vindicated. In his foreign |
policy, and during his administra-
ZION the Atlantic cable was successfully |
laid, and telegr8 Dbic messages eX-
between him and Queen Vic |
tOTia. On March 4, 1869, his term of |
Office expired. On his return to the |
State he was everywhere received with |
regard by the people, whose |
faithful champion he had been through |
q long life, and was sOOu after announced |
as candidate for governor before the
Democratic convention. But he was |
defeated. He was also defeated for the |
United States senate by Cooper. He |
ran as an independent |
candidate for Congress from the State at /
large against Maynard, Republican, and
Democrat, but was again |
defeated, Maynard being elected. These
successive defeats only had the effect to
haydsu him in his determination, and |
early last fall he announced himself |
candidate for the United State senate, |
aud was, after an unprecedented con.
test, elected by q mere mSjOTity. AT an
extraordinary session of the senate he |
was sworn in, avsiliDg himself of de-
bate on q resolution to lndOrse Grants
administration to vindicste bis own ad-
and denOunce Grant and
co-adjut0rs for what the whole country
now acknowledge them to be. He
warned the people b beware OF Grant,
and so closed a career that is rich leg
acy to Tennessee end the republic ae
had served with devotion and single
ness OF purpose that must rank HIM
among the purest patriots our country
has ever known.