Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-02-27
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uon, d naniiness oI purpose ana an until
ring zeal in the discharge of all his official
duties. No man, however industrious, tai
ented and influential he may have been,
can boast having done SO much for the peo-
pie as Col. JOHNSON Such has been his
character for industry and humanity that i.
he has gained throughout the nation the,
proudappellation of the ''poor mans friend"
No man ever confded to him business that
he either neglected or failed to attend to;
in whatever part of the union he lived,
when he coufided his claims to him, no
pains or exertions were spared to have them
Property adjusted. In all the west, and
more particularly in the new states, no 9th
er man has such claims upon the gratitude
and confidence Of the people as Col. Ohm.
SON. The farmers Of this country remem-
Der and ] hupe will never cease t. appreci-
ate the valuable services rendered that dis,
tlnguished patriot; when our citizens were
on the verge almost of ruin and distress,
loaded with a debt to the government far
oeyond their means and ability to pay,
daily and hourly expecting to be driven
from their homes and their fire sides, their
hopes cut of, the inventive mind and
untiring exertions of this man averted this
great calamity and distress. The gloomy
prospects of the poor man were again re-
versed, he was restored to his home, to his
fireside and tohis family. So long as graft
tude is the permanent trait in the character
of freemen, Col. JOHNSON will live in the
/ fond remembrance OF those who experien-
ced the effects OF his bensficent exertions
at that eventfu period; will it ever be for
gotten by US that he was the first man on
the floor of congress who introduced and
advocated the bill for the relief of the pur-
chase,s of the public ands2 A measure
iraught with the greatest benefits, and he
which relieved thousands from poyert, and
ruin. The poor man, again reveal, this
day might have been without a cabin to
have sheltered himself, If it had not have
been for The wise and patriotic exertions Of
Col. JOHNSON. Who, then in this country
could, under such circumstances, prefer an
other to him.-He called The attention Of
the meeting to his course in favor Of the
soldiers of every war; he has been their
friend, he is considered their champion, he
has advocated repeatedly on the floor of
congress, their claims to the bounty of the
government
Col. Field said, that he could, under no
circumstances, sanction the plan Of a Ma
tional Convention, no good could result
to Col. johnson, by submitting his claims
to Baltimore, Philadelphia or any other
Convention. If he had claims, those claims
were upon the freemen of this nation, and
they would be discharged. They needed
The aid Of no National Convention to ex-
press their will this is priviledgeto too high
and sacred ever to be parted with by men
who understood, and were deslrous to pre-
serve their rights How can it be imagin-
ed for moment BY the friends q mean true
friends, not the milk and cider politicians
whose principles are SO plant that they are
for johnson or any and every body else,)
Of Col. johnson, that his prospects can be
advanced, or his. claims properly apprecIa-
ted by n convention in which, IN all human
probability feelings, interest and wishes of
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