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35.-A Single Vote That Saved a President.

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No. 35.-A Single Vote That Saved a President.
@rDF a single Senator's vote had been cast differently, the world At
large would have been treated to the amazing spectacle OF a United
States President convicted Of high crimes and msdemeanors'
eA This would have been a scandal without precedent and a danger
us weapon to hold over future Presidents.
The man who thus escaped by one vote vas Andrew Johnson a rfesr
dent vino las never elected, a general who ws untrained. to war a states
man who violated many rules of saesmanship. Added to these paradoxes
he had two other doubtful claims to notorety. First, he was the only Presr
dent evr impeached. Second. that he as too drunk o speak plainly in
delivering his Vice Presidential address. Here is his rather dramatic story:
johnson was the sol of a North Carolina sexton and laborer. His father
died when the boy vas Ave. Andrew is said to have begged N the streets
to support his widowed mother. At ten he was apprenticed o a tailor. At
fifteen he smashed the windows OF a neighbours home and left town to dodge
the police lie then worked as a tailor in South Carolina and later al Grccnvile.
Tenn. In 1896 when he was only seventeen. he married Ella NcCardc' a pretty
r~~~~~~~~~S When he a married he could lot even write. He
The Tailor Who mao earned , nrr Mo a Re" ,Tu hmps "T Ta w q" IN n S,, a /.
Became President. Sfan ssos a. "st .x. %F ar.onaS snHdre sn' IVA Mn' v n 's saae "a.
Ie man mad ability, pluck and DOundless ambition. He went in for polite.
served n turn as Alderman. Mayor Assembyman. state Senator. PresdeDaai
Governor of Tennessee vicePresdent and President of the United States; ocu
'y'2 Wh nSaf II. every 's%n ~ "fT ss in me 5ohn sa the natSni he "a, a sounerner-s stood .a.
smss, od 1s n mJse u vas 80" "|n n %. m ms SE n ~ .,or ~1 "a, ~ .nsn ms, "mUt hv Im " sou n'
sns' ae 1sS % D'T Lincoln ~oI' s made ~a D Johnson n%o MI as9es Go Ssrs "e e; %snae ss e' S In n.
n he was .n Looked on Gm as ass som ns.a v 0r a m rarSs, n nd I'm y. spite OF .e t ,,cs that at
1884, when Lincoln vas chosen President for the second time Lincoln wa' '0
1t vas al era that called for pertct craftsmanship The civil val had Just
e ede ,n o"S ,d TN nsnd nc OF n a genius ,s s0m u, ,saun sas ,hs nr re Sunnas sh .b .hs sas e
the country. Johnson vas not a genius. At once lie an consress FLASHED;
en states readmrted to h Union as nsta they should apply for such admis-
out special Hesitation. Then johnson issued a proclamation forming provisional
admitted ~ southern freedmen to full citizenship Johnson promptly vetoed, Thu,
~. an consrsss passed 4" 0erh his veto etc.. -u 49,.
Clash land q S ras1 sh Il: sse @s veto! S9" sas 'sops Ssasss'' his sos ss. cd
It. Gilman. :s%s'::', e s.; 'ssa ss .S sss; sss.; {: his :. sss q :s s;;s
il own plan 70 VGNSy, asanst his consent
nm"o" in E@"" the he chef e count aHainst "m being . snes sss"ss a,a aa %s' n
power" and his public speeches asalnstt Congress ExctemeH baaed hMS" II
was one Of GU, oountry's historic moments.
the vs. On me article Of the indIctmeno stood as follows:
vea Tu ", , y,s a , Sin. s,s yss he c s.1 ss.'s Seny5e 10 A. ~, The s. Ss,29oD 4.v , os,,m..
indefinitely. without taking vte m my {: the other articles of the impeachment