Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-10
ANDY JOHNSON AGAIN.

He Who became VIGOROUSLY immortal
as His Accidency. and who. bu: for the
interposition of demagosue Chief JUS
tees rulings and influence wonld have
been impeach.d and broken of the Presi-
Dental office. has somewhat fifty come
to represent. in the Senate of the United
States. the State of Tennessee, the Gas
c,ny of the Republic. None of Andy's
distinctive traits have left him: and, in
deed, he would not be himself if he did
not. on all possible and improbable oc-
casions let loose his eyerlastin., tongue
in q turgid stream of talk. He has been
lately interviewed. of course, for the rea-
son that he canDo. resist the temptation
10 talk, and on the other hand, that the
average Washington interviewer. piano.
piled in Sutronian cheek. would think
mself guilty of an almost criminal ne
elect. were he TO let so fat a take "a
Andy escape his importunate pumpings.
The assumption of lofty. sage-like dig
nifty on the part of the hero of My Po-
Icy as set forth in the following tele-
graphic report of an interview with him.
is droll in the extreme. The old. old
slangwhanSery; the ready made store Of
stock expressions: the solemn owlish-
ness of the man when he sets up his
mock Duke-like pomposity Of demeanor;
circle-svinging days. with their inevita-
bic spoutings of hourly TRADES against
Congress, and the glib rigmarole about
the flag with its thirty-six stars. the
Constitution al it is. the Union as it was.
ct eeterd. al noussam. Being duly pump
ed by the subtle deity Who prssides over
the Washington correspondence of the
New York Tribune. Andy is reported
thusuise. rs follows
II can give no pledge Of my future
course. i cannot say that l will act
With one party or the other. We have
too much Of party. and Iproposs TO bind
myself in advance to no theory of party
policy / have never done 40 in the
past. and do not intend to do SO in the
future. shall support such measures
as appear in my Judgment best for the
country. caring not whether it is Dem
ocratic measure OF whether it is support
ed by Republicans. / will never place
myself in q position where / must do a
thing because it Is a party measure, or
oppose thing at a party's dictation. l
place country above party" Mr.. John
son could not say whether he would |
in the debate on the Pinch |
beck resolutions On being asked if he 4
wouldn't. in his new position, have an /
to paw off some old scores.
and if be didn't have a mass of facts
against the leaders Of parties Of to-day.
lie said Whatever may have / don't
say. but 1 shall use nothing. NY ser
vice in the Senate will not be a personal
one. don't represent myself. but Ten
nessee The country has now nothing
to do with my personal matters and
punish or friends to reward. have
buried resenfmenS ard have forgotten
the i'll treatment of individuals. If /
can pefIolm inc uuues tnat are nov oe-
fore me as conscientiously and clearly as
I see them at this moment. l shall ac-
as much as human vanity may
seek to attain"
All of which is the unweighed verbos-
ty of man who likes 10 hear himself
talk. and who has no more steadfastness
IF purpose than q tailless kite. Hsis
right about one thing. however. he does
represent Tennessee. 1t takes his sort
IF character te do that same.