Lives of the presidents of the United States of America, from Washington to the present time .. . eEnglish, in this our great grief, so touched all loyal hearts, thatAmericans began to think that it was possible that England andAmerica might yet again be united in the bonds of brotherlylove, burying all past grievances in oblivion. CHAPTER XVII. ANDEEW JOHNSON. Hi« Lowly Origin. — Struggles for Education. — Early Distinction. — Aldennan, Mayor,State Representative, State Senator. — Speeches. — Member of Congress. — Governor. —Anecdote. — United-States Senator. — Opposition to Secession. — Spee
Lives of the presidents of the United States of America, from Washington to the present time .. . eEnglish, in this our great grief, so touched all loyal hearts, thatAmericans began to think that it was possible that England andAmerica might yet again be united in the bonds of brotherlylove, burying all past grievances in oblivion. CHAPTER XVII. ANDEEW JOHNSON. Hi« Lowly Origin. — Struggles for Education. — Early Distinction. — Aldennan, Mayor,State Representative, State Senator. — Speeches. — Member of Congress. — Governor. —Anecdote. — United-States Senator. — Opposition to Secession. — Speeches. — GradualChange of Views. — Military Governor of Tennessee. — Address to the Colored People. —Vigorous Administration. — Vice-President. — Speeches. — President. — Political Views.— Agreement with the Republican Party. — Conflict with Congress. — His Policy.—Articles of Amendment. — Peter Cooper. — Future Prospects. The early life of Andrew Johnson contains but the record ofpoverty, destitution, and friendlessness. He was born the 29th of. KKsii>kn«;k ok andkkw .kminsox. December, 1808, in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. Hiaparents, belonging to the class of the poor whites of the South,were in such circumstances, that they could not confer even the 436 ANDREW JOHNSON. 43» slightest advantages of education upon their child. When Andrevvwas five years of age, his father accidentally lost his life whileheroically endeavoring to save a friend from drowning. Until tenyears of age, Andrew was a ragged boy about the streets, sup-ported by the labor of his mother, who obtained her living withher own hands. He then, having never attended a school one day, and beingunable either to read or write, was apprenticed to a tailor in hisnative town. A benevolent gentleman of Raleigh was in thehabit of going to the tailors shop occasionally, and reading to theboys at work there. He often read from the speeches of distin-guished
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