The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-29
ANDREW JOHNSON

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ar ur severely criticised man occupying
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far ui fru.u wI'H.r u, mn hH.a'g Gao him. Co
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GOO often Niht KINDLY mention D. wB1. uI him
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Mr Mccullough, we mus, remind rnr
Awr,Ls pnlOrt, was Secretary oi tho
1urHry in Mt Johuson's Cabinet, A. hc
subsequently was in President Arlhur's, he
therefore hal lhc very beet oppsluuilics
ior knowing him, and knowing him we'll.
. What hr nys then about the great mln,
J whose morris ate slll among thc unsettled
guul1us boz tennessee, anil at thc South,
aud about bis patriotism, must have great
weight with 40 who roal H. Mt johnson
WIS not uulou'o,l b,clus, ho hal iuw
friends anil uu cppdliuis among his
/ contemporaries The confidence which hc
. failed t1 invite or give o. iuliNduilr hc
aynto the people. IT, was no. afraid 60
invite tho s'iricst sr,u'ily oi his liio aud
hc WIS frank with the propio-"thc dear
unopIc, " o. hc mou than once termed
rcm-a fnnknvss ior which no was
duhbyla dcmagosuc. Hut ihi, dii not
prevent q continuance Of that confidence,
nor voau the people from him. They
vcw with him 10 the day Of his death. lie
made spmn mistakes during bis lie. One
/ Of thrs0 wts that after his warm cgpousal
oi tho Breckenridge ticket ho became va
pronounced and hiilcr Union man.
This was, 90 most OF the people,
a Flaung Inconsistency, Tor which.
in the excitement aul heat Of The
oFilatious prrgl.ng ihc Civil War
there was NO room Tor explanations o.
hops of combination Mr. johnson was
a man oi strong un,uu aud on adequate
Imyu,aiIou could hr intense, and hc a..
ways spoke from q sonsc OF conviction. A
systgma,.c education would have greatly
modified his tendency o. extremes bul
this having been dcuici him. hc was the
rrcy OF lois telling, guided hy doe pdn,i
pies be- so earnestly defended and CON
served. This devotion to principle pre-,
vented him from making tho grJat mis
take ofhccoming ,hctool oi the Radicals 20
Courrys and turning h.s back upon ia,
policy OF restoration ~ opposcd,o recon
b s,mcii0n which NJ Lincoln had mappc,
out and initiated hcioro his untmcl,
b death. Mr. Joluiou's pon1nal coniroycrs.
D with Mt Stanton and later with Gen
b Grant, together with the impeachment
trial and the brutal abuse hcapcl upoI
3 him by the Radicals In aud out Of Con
grcs', greatly confused the general publ
b Of the North a. 10 AB merits. and IA
J people Of tho South were never who'll
Q rcconcilcd TO him even by his hcrculca
q efforts 10 prevent the ignomnics anil ca
ASPIRATIONS Of reconstruction. But tim
: Is gradually clearing those obscurlpg cloud
} away, aud his character as q statesman
J steadily becoming palmer Tor vhaiil rcall
. is-ihai Of an unsclGsh and devoted irlcn
. Of the people a single hearted lover q