History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Gov. WiLLiAsr Trousdale. He Andrew Johnson and Isham G. Harris. 199 349. The Commander of The Bloody First.—When the Whigconvention met in 1851, WilHam B. Campbell was nominated for gov-ernor by acclamation. Campbell wasa man whose name deserves to bepreserved and honored in and brave, honest and true,wise and prudent, he filled the fullmeasure of his duty as a citizen and apatriot. Trousdale was again thecandidate of the Democrats. Thetwo Mexican heroes being before thepublic, the people again alternatedbetween the parti
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Gov. WiLLiAsr Trousdale. He Andrew Johnson and Isham G. Harris. 199 349. The Commander of The Bloody First.—When the Whigconvention met in 1851, WilHam B. Campbell was nominated for gov-ernor by acclamation. Campbell wasa man whose name deserves to bepreserved and honored in and brave, honest and true,wise and prudent, he filled the fullmeasure of his duty as a citizen and apatriot. Trousdale was again thecandidate of the Democrats. Thetwo Mexican heroes being before thepublic, the people again alternatedbetween the parties, as they had donefor years, and elected Campbell by thecustomary small majority. He wasthe last Whig Gov. William B. Campbell. CHAPTER XXX. ADMINISTRATIONS OF ANDREW JOHNSON,ISHAM G. HARRIS, 1857-1S39. iS33-1837, AND 350. The Johnson-Henry Canvass.— The opposing candidates forgovernor in 1853 were Andrew Johnson, Democrat, and Gustavus , Whig. Henry greatly distinguished himself as an orator in his canvass with Cave Johnson forCongress in 1842. After that, he can-vassed the State three times in suc-cession as a Whig candidate for electorfrom the State at large. His formwas well nigh faultless, his bearinggrand and courtly, and his dehverycharmingly graceful and almost daz-zlingly brilliant. He was fairly enti-tled to be called the Eagle Orator. Johnson, on the other hand, was theplainest of Democrats, but a powerfulTribune of the People. Born in pov-erty, the death of his father made it necessary for the County Court tobind him out to service at the age of ten years. He was, accordingly.
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