Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-26
II EMPHIS APPEAL
SATURDAY, AUGUST 90, 1876.
ruENEW rlsr FoR OFFICE.

HE NEW TkBr FOX ofkACEs
The chronic haiers Of Democracy
deserve credit for the ingenuity they ex-
hibit ia eudeavoriDg TO sow discoro.
There is little squad OF misehief-ma'
kers in this ecu atty who PROPOSE to drag
the honored name of Andrew Johnson
through the canvass with the hope Of
producing discussions and dlscord
These creatures propose to make sup
port OF reDnessee's great son the touch
stone by which TO test mems quallncss.
tons for Office. The Rs99nltGb hi, white.
ee I1sfru1ndy, their Bell, their Polk,
leir Jones, aud % any OH sr idols whose
names hsve y,f .cted homer upon the
State. Bat they do not propose to dig
up their bones and dag them through
the mire and party filth of Shelby county
for the ignominiouI purpose oi making
the support OF eithsr test as to y
msn's Ialifications for office, and they
will rebaKe with indignant scorn the
uDfeeliag and brutal gbouls who, for
vile selfish sins, would dig up the re-
mains of Andrew Johnson snd drag
them through this canvass, not in honor
Of his ssc-ed memory, but to in.
jure man who have been trusr friends
to the crest commoner than the brutes
who have no regard for the sanctity Of
the grave. Every Teunessesn is proud
OF the fame Ct Andrew Johnson. While
living there WIS no man in the State
whom the people r2n'after as taey. did
after him. No man was SO vociferously
cheered ia public meetings or with such
unb)u nded admiration. Whenever he
went to a city or country town to de-
liver any sort OF sn address, lager null
titudes a )cked to he3f him enemies to
crafty their curiosity at the sight of so
noted a character, and friends because
they had so long treasured him in their
hearts q, their great political instruc-
tor. His eccentricities contributed to
his popularity, on the same principle
that people are taken with consistent
oddly ofia great character in novel or
aplsy. Beneath these superficial sour ,es
OF interest, the popular masses saw in
Mr.. johnson what they regarded as the
solid merit OF having contri buted more
than any other man to that state Of public
sentiment which prevailed In Tennessee
after the death of Jackson, and 1t &C.
corded with their sense of fairness that
his greas services met recognition.
When this great commoner died, all did
jastice to his memory, and all buried
Iheir resentments, just as the enemies of
Andrew Jackson did,. But this did not
suit the atrocious purposes OF the politi-.
cal hyenss now howling over the grave,
proposing to test every mans fitness for
off g by his relations to the dead states
man. II these hypocrites are in earnest
In their vo US to punish the enemies OF
1ennessee's great son, they had better fly
TO Greenevil:e, in East Tennessee, and
apply their avepgipg Isshes to the backs
Of the People of Greene county, who a
few days since refused to nominate An
drew Johnson, jr., for the legislature OF
Tennessee. He is a deserving young
man, the worthy son of noble sire, and
his defeat should put Ia motion the rod
of the Shelby county avengers. Ard,
pray, who are the creatures that propose
to res urrecE the dead statesman to ipjure
the living? Among them we can point
to lnen who have pursued An.
drew Johnson with beastly fsroci-
ty. In the contest between John.
son and Etheridgefor United States sem
stcr in 1869, they were Whisking about
the capitol at Nashville, breathing the
sinking vapors Of their nostrils upon
the name and fame Of the ilIustrious
ex.President. 1t was through their In.
strumentaIity that CubbIns and Town.
send and Jones and the whole Shelby
county delegation were freed 10 vote
against their Judgment and inclination.
They filed the press with traduction of
Mr.. J-husc n, pstted their confederates
on the bach, and the bitterest assaults
did not satisfy their intense hate. These
are the creatures who have gone into
the avenging business. The wsys OF
Providence are mysterious, or such
hypOcrites would be blasued by the
liRt Things Of righteous retribution.
They are certainly living monuments
to he mercy Of heaven.