Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-03
UNION AND AMERICAN.
THE MIGHTY FALLEN.
Tributes to the Memory of
Andrew johnson.
Friend and Foe Vie in Their
Regrets.
The Tennessee Press.
Chattanooga Times.

Chattanooga Times.
A great man has fallen. No matter
how widely We may have differed, or
how bitterly we may have fought him,
none can deny that Andrew johnson
was a great man. Who else, born and
reared In extreme poverty, laboring at
a tailor's trade until he was nearly
twenty-one, learning his letters by his
own unaided efforts, and taught to
write by his wife, could have risen 10
the commanding position that Andrew
johnson held?
In all the high positions which he
was called upon 70 fill, the faint Of cor
ruption was not found upon his gar
ments. No man was ever exposed to
more searching inspection than he as
President during the jmpeachmen trial,
and yet no charge was brought against
him Of corruption.
His services 10 the State we have
not time to recount, yet we cannot for
get that to his lsbors was due the de-
struction of Know-Nothingism, and
that Re was among the first who fought
for the homestead bill.
Since the war, and after his term as
President expired, he has been a power
IN Tennessee. Not all Of Us have sym.
pat lied with his movements, yet none
can deny the purity Of his motives and
the ability with which he Carried out
his plans.
He had been closely studying the
politics Of the country and preparing
himself TO take a leading part in the
deliberations Of the Senate next win
ter, up 10 the time OF his death. What
he would have done Is, of course,
matter Of conjecture, but his ambitions
spirit would never have been content
with a subordinate position.
Knoxville Press and Herald.
We think that history may be ran
sacked III vain for a parallel to his ex-
traOrdinary career. 1t was quite as
unique as 1t was splendid, and quite as
splendid as 1t was unique. In him far
more conspicuOusly than N any Amer
lean worthy, were embodied and chrys-
talized the responsibilities which pre-
sent 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
commanding persOnages of the last
decade-the stormiesU in American
politics. For all this he was indebted
To a large brain, an iron frame, an
iniUmItable viii, unfinching courage,
Unbending integrity, and great powers
of applIcatiOn-al these great qualities
he possessed IN remarkable degree; and
1t is not strange that they won for him
a conspicuous place IN his cOuntry's
history. That he had his faults, even
his waTmest admirers will be the last
to deny: had he not, he had been more
than mortal But so entirely eclipsed
were they in the light of bis many
virtues, thai he seemed a driveller, in
deed, who paused to dwell upon them.
Now, that his strong spirit has gone
to its last account, history viii begin to
do him Justice. 1t was too much TO eX-
pect for the Great COmmOner" IN the
flesh: for his name was the synonym of
strife. q truer patrio.-an hOnester
man-a s5OUter heart-OT trUer friend,
never lived than Andrew johnson: and
the book Of his eventful life is replete
with instructive lessons to the ambitious
youth Of the land.
Memphis Ledger.
Andrew johnson is no more. His
political battles, his strifes, ambitions
and aims are all laid low by the CON-
mon leyeller, Death. The suddenness
of his taking off will be a profound
surprise. Less th N week ago 1t was
announced that he would shortly visit
Nashville, and probably continue his
trip to Cincinnati. 1t was even
given out that he would make 2 speech
at the latter place and might take part
IN the Ohio campaign. StrOng-willed,
elf-pOssessed, and able and aggressive,
he made his way up from obscurity to
great prominence, and carved a name
which VIII always live IN the history Of
the times through which he passed.
Memphis Avalanche.
Andrew johnson Of Tennessee. the
defender of the Constitution and the
Union, and the advocate Of the rights
and liberties Of the people, is dead. As
a representative of American Democ-
racy he VIII rank in the history Of the
Republic with Thomas Jefferson, who
when living was denounced as a dema-
gogUe and a plebeian.
Andrew johnson made d Judgment
In the hearts Of the people, whose af.
fections chung to him despite the hue
and cry of politicians, because he never
deceived the people, never betrayed
them, never forgot them. The attempt
to impeach him as President Of the
United States was not 50 much the
work Of the worst elements Of the Rad
zeal party in Congress as 1t was the
conspiracy Of the corrupt mIney max
ing ings, who made use of the ma
chiusry Of the party in their attempt TO
remove from the Presidency a man
who would not accept gifts, and who
could not be sold or bought, and who
would not betray the people. The
highest praise, IN the days of general
political and public corruption, is that
q public servant Is honest.
Memphis appeal.
Tennessee has lost no greater man
since Andrew Jackson was laid away.
At tn very outset Of his career, while
vel mon the thresholdsof the life that
has closed full Of honOrs, he antago.
nized al whom he deemed opponents
of the rights IF the people, and be-
came their champion as against classes