Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-01
The Impeachment Trial-HOw Mr.. JOHN
son Treated the Leading Southern
ers Who Applied for Pardon.
His Purpose Of Restoration the Policy
that Mr.. Lincoln Mapped Out and
Intended TO Follow.
Why He Wanted Troops Sent to Mary
Iand-The Mexican Mission and
Grants Course Of Action.
The Question Of VeracitV Between Grant
and JOlRsOn-The Cabinets lndOrse-
ment of the President.

IsPECLIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE APPEAL
GREEEvILLE, EAST TENNESSEE, October
80 -Greenville, which is now famous as
the last resting place of Andrew johnson
is pleasantly situated in valley near the
Nollaehucky, a small stream, the waters
OF which empty into the French Broad,
and thus find their way to the Gulf by the
Tennessee, the Ohio and the Missis-
sippi. 1t is 50 deeply buried among the
hills as to be completely
shut in from any point Of view on the rail
road, from which may be seen away to
the East the Unaka range and nearer
Paint mountain. 1t is a rich region OF
country and healthy, and being close to
the Wautauga settlement and part OF the
original foundation of the State, iG among
the oldest places in Tennessee. 1t ID dl-
rectly on the highway from the Mississippi
Valley to the Eastern States, and is not
many miles distant from the war-path by
which the Indians, before the discovery OF
America, went up from the Tennessee Val
ley to the great hunting grounds, in what
Is now Kentucky and East Tennessee, and
which was almost central to the great |
rich valley that is watered by the Clinch, |
the Holston, the French Broad and their |
many tributaries. 1t is an inviting spot. |
Attracted by its beauties, hither came
many years ago, while Tennessee was still |
young, the future President OF the United |
States, when merely an humble journey |
man tailor he perhaps dreamed OF being |
an alderman as great ambition. Here
he began his life work, and here he closed
it, and here on hill overshadOwing the
home he built with so much care and
Labor he lies buried, his monument being
A conspicuous object from the railroad.
Andrew Johnson was great personality,
I great power IN the politics Of Tennessee
and of the nation. Dominated by an ire
sistible will, and with a purpose to fix him
self in public life in subservieney to the
best interests of the people, he could not
have been other than a leader of men and
a g7,ide. Faithful and honest, he could not
help taking the high position he held in
the public confidence-R confidence he re-
Gained to the last, and of which no COM
Oination OF political influences could rob
min. With strong attachments, such rs
still eharacterizs the ScottiRh people from
whom he traced his descent, he could not
be otherwise than he Has-a lover OF the
people. He was OF them, and from them,
and was with them. Step by step he
mounted the ladder of fame, sustained
always, willingly and cheerIully, by those
SsGGm he served with answering fidelity,
and who found him, whatever his weak
nessss otherwise might be, as true to them
as the needle 10 the pole. No better proof
OF this intense devotion to the people
could be offered than his persistent efforts
Tor the Homestead law, which made free
homes available to millions. 1t is monu-
ment to his memory that must live so long
as the Union eudures. Prudent, cautious
and careful in reaching conclusions, he was
always prepared to defend his positions,
,shSch were generally fortified by the public
needs. A man of simple habits and linn
tied tastes h lived within his means, and
thus avoiding debt, was free of any sense
of obligation, an ] was therefore independ-
ent. His integrity was uuassailable. He
could not be bought. Thoroughly self-re.
liant, he made no compacts. entered into
no combinations and scrupulously avoided
entangling alliances. He was an earnest
friend and formed strong friendships. On
these he relied, and was seldom disap-
DoiI,ted. He had no eoneealments, and
was always frank and open in sus.
tanning his party and party nominees,
standing squareiy upon it's platform until
the civil war cams 70 separate him from
that party and temporarily ally him, Tor
the sake of the Union, with tbe ruling
party of the North. When war waS ie
clared, he took his stand, alone of all the
Democratic leaders OF the South, and thus
made sacrifice in some respects greater
than death. He stood by the Union. To
that, the constitution and the laws he was
always true, and for them was always an
eager and willing advocate, believing as he
did in government of and for the people
and by the people. A man thus so strong
ly equipped for the one great purpose OF
his life could not, under any circumstances
be traitor to his convictions. Firmly
beddei in his belief that the defense oi
the constitution and the Union was the
defense of the peoples dearest rights, and
living up to that belief, lie could not plot
even for entertainments upon either,
much less for their destruction. Bat such
is the story that comes to US now, and that
we are asked to believe, ten years after he
has lain in his grave. grave to which
he was consigned by his fellow cit
zsns of all the States as one moi
merely honored by the highest OH
they could confer, but as s mau who
in his rounded life had left the testimony
of faithful servant and honorable cit
zen. Mr.. Chauneey NJ. Depew, President
of the New York Central railroad. gen
tlemsn of some influence in the Republic
an party, of which he is an ambition.
leader, on the Goth inst. published ar
open letter addressed to Col. F. ID. Grant
eldest son OF Gen. Grant, in which, sfte
reiterating the statement so often pub
lished that President Andrew Johnson wa
at one time, and before he wa
launched into the Office and bust
ness of Chief Executive Of the ma
ton, an earnest advocate for the pun
ishment of the principal Confederst
officers, civil and military, he charged hir
with conciliating what are called the aristo
Gratis of the South in exchange for soeia
recognition, and that Immediately upor
and as aresult OF such recognition, that h
changed his policy, and thereafter nc
only became conciliatory, but was snxiou
to jeopardize the peace of the country t
to secure to the South immediate repre-
sentation in Congress, to force Souther
representatives into Congress, and recoi
nize only as the legally-organized Hous
and Senate such trump" or remainder I
might indorse his plans of restoration. nc
re construction, by all needed and nece